A Teen Titans Drabble Story: Staring the Hive Five.
Title: Some Wykkydness.
Rating: K10+
Genre: Humor/Friendship
Characters: Kyd Wykkyd/Jinx.
Summary:
Author's Note: I was away from home, and is my custom, while I was gone I wrote this one-shot, only, it turned into a story halfway through. It won't be that many chapters, but I like this style too much to just make it a one-shot. This is my first go at a drabble story, so I hope you enjoy it.
Warning: I dislike that in the show Jinx left her team for Kid Flash, so for this story that doesn't happen. Also, this is completely improvisation, so it is most likely going to be terrible. Just a warning.
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, and I simply wrote this to get my word count up.
Chapter 1: HIVE Six?
He unnerved them. Even though they had all gone to HIVE Academy with him, they hadn't ever socialized with the cape wearing meta-human. The boy never talked, which was enough to disturb anyone. He also had red eyes, and powers that seemed to be very dark.
Of course, those same powers were also very useful…
"One minute; thirty-five seconds. Best time so far."
The grey-faced villain smiled, as he held up his latest prize; a black pearl necklace, which was obviously worth more than all of his previous heists put together.
"And one of the greatest things we have stolen so far, nice work Kyd." Jinx complimented, taking the jewelry out of the thief's hand.
Not that he had expected to keep it anyway.
A short, bald kid; with a green jumpsuit and backpack, scoffed, and shook his head.
"So what? We don't need the lame brain. Besides, we have enough members already. It's called the HIVE FIVE, you puke-faced punk!"
Both Jinx and Kyd stared at Gizmo for a second, trying to figure out who exactly he was insulting. Deciding that it was Kyd, as the genius wasn't arrogant enough to call his leader names, Jinx smirked.
"What's the matter Gizmo? Does he scare you or something?" She taunted, drawing a scowl to his face.
"No way! I ain't afraid of this crud-muncher!" Gizmo said, pointing at Kyd. Only the teen wasn't there.
"Hey, where did here…?" The boy started, only to be cut off as Kyd Wykkyd suddenly appeared in front of him, causing him to let out an unnaturally high scream. The pink-haired enchantress started laughing, while the silent teleporter smirked down at the frightened tech-wizard.
"You were saying, Giz?" Jinx asked, a smirk crossing her own face as her laughter subsided.
"I wasn't… I mean he didn't… I couldn't…" Gizmo sputtered, while the smirk on both of the other's faces grew. Eventually, he sighed, glared at Kyd, and turned away.
"Fine, whatever, let the snot-licker join. I don't care."
As the bald villain stormed off, Kyd looked at Jinx, a hopeful gleam in his red eyes.
The hex-caster glanced between him, and the necklace in her hands, before frowning.
"I'm afraid…"
She couldn't hold the frown as Kyd Wykkyd's face fell, a smile making its way onto her lips.
"We're going to have to get a new name." Jinx finished, whipping a modified HIVE communicator, with a large '5' painted on the back, out of a small pouch on the side of her uniform.
Kyd's eyes grew wide, and he snatched the com-unit from her, the gleeful smile on his face not really fitting with the way he looked.
"Welcome to the HIVE Five." Jinx told him, before getting a thoughtful look on her face.
"Name pending."
Back at the school, See-more was the only member of the newly formed group of villains that had interacted with Kyd. Having spent most of his time with the talkative girl Angel, even that interaction had been limited.
But still, it was enough where the one-eyed villain had no problem welcoming the newest member of their team.
"Hey Kyd, how's things been going?" See-more asked, walking over to the mute with a smile on his face.
Kyd returned the smile with a smaller one of his own, and raised his right hand into the air, shifting it side to side.
"So-so huh? Well, don't worry. Things are a lot better here. Jinx has enough plans to keep us busy for the rest of our lives."
Jinx smirked at this, and nodded.
"And I have some for after that too."
Kyd felt slightly alarmed at this, but he knew Jinx was just kidding.
….Wasn't she?
Before he could think about it further, a tall teen in a full body, red jumpsuit with the sign for division on it walked over to him, holding out his hand.
"Well, lookey here! You remember me, right Kyd Wykkyd? I'm Billy Numerous!"
Carefully shaking the outstretched hand, the bat-like villain nodded that he remembered who the country boy was. Lifting up his other hand, Kyd raised one finger, then two, then three.
"That's right! I'm the guy that can make as many of myself as I want!"
To demonstrate this, two Billy clones suddenly appeared beside him, and then vanished back into their original creator.
As Kyd silently clapped, the cloner bowed.
"Thank ya, thank ya very much."
It was then the final two members of the team walked in. Mammoth raised a hand in greeting, lumbering over to the group. Gizmo simply ignored him, and walked over to the couch.
Kyd simply shrugged, and turned to Jinx, who was smirking.
"Well, as long as nobody has problems with him, looks like Kyd Wykkyd is the newest member of the HIVE Five."
And then, she frowned.
"Again, need to come up with a new name."
Of course, it wasn't long until someone asked him THAT question, the question he could never answer. It was a stupid question, when you thought about it.
Why did people always ask why he never talked?
"Well, what is your problem? You got no tongue or something, crap-breath?"
In response, the masked villain stuck out his tongue at Gizmo. The name-caller blinked in surprise, before glaring at Kyd.
"Alright, so what's wrong with you? Were you dropped on your head as a baby or something?"
Kyd simply ignored this, continuing to eat the bowl of cereal that sat in front of him. He had been with this new team for three days, and they had yet to commit any kind of crime. This was fine with the teleporter, as he was content with just sitting around the hideout. Jinx, on the other hand, was far from content. She hadn't touched her bowl, and was furiously scribbling down ideas on a notepad.
The other three simply ate, and watched Gizmo interrogate Kyd.
"Hey, I'm talking to you grey-lips! What's the matter, are you too stupid to speak?"
Silence.
"Or do you think you're better than us?"
Crunch of cereal.
"Is that it? You think you're so much better than us that we don't deserve to hear your voice?"
This kid was getting on his nerves.
"Heh, Giz, I don't think you're gonna get an answer from him." Billy said, only serving to point out the obvious.
"Well, why won't I? Is it that hard a question? I just want to know if he can talk or not!"
And this kid is supposed to be a genius. If he couldn't speak, how the heck was he supposed to answer him?
"It is a good question. Why don't you talk Kyd?" Mammoth asked, finally stopping his devouring of his tenth bowl of Fruity Puffs.
Well, at least Mammoth had an excuse; his IQ was equal to the cereal he was eating.
"See, he wants to know too! So, what's the deal crud-muncher? Is your voice too girly or something?"
Alright, Kyd gave up. He was going to give him a very simple answer.
Lifting his hand from the table, he turned the back of it to Gizmo, and made a simple gesture.
A very simple gesture.
A very simple, obscene gesture.
Gizmo turned red.
And the others laughed.
And before Gizmo could retaliate, Jinx sprung up from the table, and threw her fist into the air.
"I got it!"
The boys, startled, whirled to face the pink-haired girl, causing Billy Numerous to fall out of his chair, and Mammoth to knock his bowl off the table.
Thankfully, it was plastic, and barely had anything in it.
But back to the point.
"What have you got, Jinx?" See-more asked, his eye rotating to a question mark image.
"Boys, time to make ourselves rich." Jinx cackled, a wicked grin covering her face.
A bank robbery, one of the oldest schemes in the book. However, Jinx threw in robbing a jewelry store and an electronic store, all at the same time, in the middle of the day.
Well, you couldn't say she wasn't ambitious.
"Whoopee! Look at all these here money sacks! Jinx sure knows how to plan 'em!" Billy yelled, as his clones grabbed up as many bank bags as they could carry. Robbing the bank was easy, with Billy Numerous distracting the guards, as Kyd Wykkyd teleported in and out of the vault, taking all the loot outside.
The HIVE Five had split up, according to Jinx's plan. Mammoth and Gizmo raided the I-Spy electronic shop, with the tech boy pointing out the most valuable and important items, and Mammoth carrying them out. Jinx and See-more took the Pearl Of the City jewelry store, both having an 'eye' for beauty, their powers allowed them to quickly shatter the display cases, and load as many bags as they could with diamonds, crystals, gold watches, silver rings, and many other types of bling. This left Billy and Kyd to handle the main job, of robbing Jump Cities' First National Bank. So far, it had gone pretty well.
"This here's been the easiest job we've ever pulled! Now let's get out of here before them darn Titans show up!" Billy said, as the last of the sacks were picked up by his clones. Kyd appeared beside him, only a little dizzy from the constant warping.
"Too late."
Both of the villains jumped at the voice, whirling around to see a dark-skinned man, with half his body covered in metal, and a girl in a leotard, wearing a cloak that covered her face.
Cyborg and Raven, two Teen Titans.
Oh boy.
Plans don't always turn out like they are supposed to. Each of the robberies was stopped by members of the Teen Titans, and almost nothing was gained besides a few bruises for the HIVE members.
No one was happy that night, too say the least.
Kyd Wykkyd relaxed on the couch, rubbing the side of his head, which was bleeding, but only slightly. Stupid robot with a stupid cannon.
Though that Raven girl was interesting, her powers were dark, as was her costume. She was kind of like him.
Definitely wouldn't have a problem fighting her again.
Billy sat down on the couch, hard.
Oh yeah, all the others were mad.
He had forgotten about that.
"Stupid…Junk…Good-for-nothing…Goody-two-shoes…" Billy Numerous muttered, a large bruise forming on his forehead, where he had been struck by a parking meter, curtsey of Raven.
Kyd glanced around at the others, suddenly realizing that no one was saying a word, besides Billy's curses that he muttered under his breath. Mammoth was eating a sandwich that was about the size of the giant's head, except for a black eye, he seemed to be completely unharmed, not a surprise. Gizmo, whose tech-pack had been completely smashed, was busy repairing See-more's rotating eyes, several of which had been damaged in his and Jinx's fight with Robin.
Speaking of Jinx, she was nowhere to be seen.
Kyd blinked at this realization, before his logical side kicked in. After such a complete failure, there was only one place the enchantress would go.
Standing up from the couch, Kyd wrapped his cloak around himself, and vanished. Billy was too absorbed in his insulting the name Titan to notice.
Kyd Wykkyd couldn't stand the quite, that was why he always hung around with Angel, as she filled his need for conversation. One of the downsides of the HIVE Five was that none of them were as talkative as her.
Well, a certain pink-haired girl was actually more talkative than she let on…
Kyd hated knocking on doors, for one simple reason.
"What is it?"
How the heck was he supposed to answer that?
And so, he knocked again.
"Whoever you are, go away!"
Yep, Jinx was mad.
Not that he cared.
Knock, knock, knock.
"Kyd, is that you?"
No, it's the other guy who never talks.
Knock.
"What do you… Oh, right."
Well, at least she didn't ask.
"Alright, fine, come in."
Her voice was venomous, and he probably wouldn't get a warm welcome. To avoid having something thrown at him, or worse getting hexed by the girl, he simply teleported into the room, realizing a second later this was probably a worse idea that just opening the door.
In single moment, Jinx yelled, tipped her chair back, and cast a hex that blew a hole through her wall.
Oops.
The enchantress picked herself up off the floor, growling several obscenities, while she glared at Kyd with a murderous look in her eyes.
Big oops.
Shaking his head frantically, the silent villain raised both of his hands into the air, trying to prevent a very sudden and painful death.
Taking a deep breath, Jinx seemed to calm down, her eyes softening a little, but she was still glaring at him.
"What do you want?"
Kyd though for a second, before pointing to himself, then to his eyes, then to Jinx, causing the girl to stare at him for a second.
And then, a light bulb went off.
"You came to see me?"
A nod.
"Why?"
Kyd tapped his chin for a second, trying to think of a reason he could mime, but Jinx spoke first.
"Hey, didn't Gizmo patch you up? You're bleeding." She asked, a note of concern in her voice. Kyd raised his hand up to his wound, and wiped it, then looked down at his palm.
Huh, there wasn't that much blood before.
The girl sighed, and sat her chair down on all four legs, motioning to the seat.
"Sit down; I'll see what I can do."
She thought he wanted her to treat his cut. Well, that was a good enough reason for him.
He sat down in the chair, and heard her open a drawer behind him.
Looking around, he took in the details of Jinx's room. It was small, which wasn't really a surprise; all of their rooms were very cramped. Her bed was a single, with dark purple sheets and matching pillows. The headboard was in the shape of two dragon wings; at least, that's what he thought they were. The walls were a grayish-purple, with dark-purple wallpaper that resembled her headboard. There were two desks, on one was a computer, some books, and several notepads, and the other, the one he sat next to, had a large mirror, and some beauty supplies.
He had to admit, he liked her tastes in decorating,
"Ok, hold still…"
Kyd glanced over to the voice, to see Jinx holding a small, square pad. Even in the poor light of her room, he could see the glisten of a liquid on it.
He gulped.
Jinx didn't open up too anyone, she simply acted as she always did, no matter how she felt. Though every once and awhile she would truly get upset, and those were the times she retreated to her room, where no one could see her.
But, if someone never speaks, they'll never tell your secrets.
"You can open your eyes now, I'm done."
Jinx smirked as, slowly, one of Kyd's red eyes opened. Glancing around for a second, Kyd opened the other one, and gave a quite sigh.
"You can fight with Titan's, but can't stand having an alcohol pad rubbed on a cut?"
The caped teen made some frantic hand gestures, as if trying to explain some legitimate reason for it, but Jinx only shook her head, and cut him off.
"Don't bother, it won't change the fact you're a wimp."
Kyd huffed, and Jinx started laughing.
"So, what kind of Band-Aid do you want?"
Kyd's eyes went wide at this. Surely she wasn't going…
"Hey, I have to seal the wound with something, or else it will start bleeding again. So, do you want dinosaurs or birds?"
Kyd groaned, and started flapping his arms.
As the grey-skinned villain glared at the bandage on his cheek, which was decorated with colorful parrots, toucans, and other tropical birds, Jinx flopped down onto her bed, and closed her eyes.
There was silence, until…
Poke.
One of her pink eyes opened, to glare at the offender.
Kyd Wykkyd.
"Why are you still in my room?"
Shrug.
"Get out."
Silence.
"What do you want?" Jinx yelled, sitting straight up and glaring at Kyd, who stumbled backwards at her sudden movement.
After regaining his footing, Kyd pointed to one his mask's long ears, and then pointed to Jinx.
"You want to listen to me?"
Nod.
Her glare deepened.
"You're a…"
Quickly, Kyd shook his head.
"Well, then why do you want to listen to me?"
He pointed at the ceiling, and made his other hand into a closed mouth.
"The others aren't talking?"
Another nod.
Jinx's gaze softened a bit, and she sighed.
"Yeah, I guess we're all pretty ticked off right now."
Her glare returned, but this time she wasn't using it on him.
"I really thought I had it this time, one of our biggest heists yet. But, as always, those do-gooder Titans go and ruin it!"
The enchantress slammed her fist down on her bed, which really, did nothing.
"If it wasn't for them, we would run this city, and the HIVE Academy would still be standing."
She must have noticed Kyd's questioning look, because she turned to face him.
"You remember Stone right?"
A nod.
"Well, it turns out that jerk was actually the Titan Cyborg! He's the one who destroyed the school! He's the one who beat Brother Blood!"
He's the reason I'm wearing this stupid bandage…
"I hate him, even more than I hate the Boy Blunder! Just think, I used to have a crush on his sorry…"
Instantly, Jinx realized what she said, and threw her hands over her mouth. She turned, and saw Kyd Wykkyd staring wide eyed at her.
He should probably be running now.
"If you tell anyone…" The enchantress began, her eyes glowing a bright pink.
Kyd, acting quickly, threw his left arm across his chest, and raised his right one in the air.
Was there such a thing as 'Thief's honor?'
Jinx sighed, and the glow faded from her eyes. She stared at Kyd for a second, and then burst out laughing.
"You have no idea how stupid you look right now."
He wasn't about to check his reflection in the mirror to see.
Seeming in a better mood, Jinx walked over to her bed, and sat down on it, bouncing a little. Kyd watched her two horns of hair go up and down as she did, and couldn't help but wonder how the heck she got it like that anyway.
"But really, I would do anything to get payback against that metal-faced freak. Well, I'd do anything to get payback against any of those Titans…"
At this, Jinx glanced up to see Kyd Wykkyd tapping his chin, which she had come to understand was his way of saying he was thinking. Suddenly, he lifted a finger into the air, and rushed over to her work desk, grabbing a notepad and flipping through it.
"Hey! What the heck do you think you're…?"
Again, she was cut off when he whirled around, and showed her a page. It was a diagram of a heist her, Gizmo and Mammoth had pulled back when the Academy was still in operation. One of the last they had pulled, in fact.
"Yeah, I remember that. It was an equipment warehouse, so what?"
Kyd looked back at the desk, grabbed a pencil, and started scribbling. A few minutes past, with Jinx watching his over-the-top movements, like his multiple faces that he seemed to rotate between, and his frequent shaking his head.
Finally, he finished, looked over his work, nodded his head, and then handed it to Jinx.
His smile grew as the look on her face turned from confused, to excited, and finally settled on mischievous.
She looked up at Kyd, and nodded.
"Let's do it."
His own smile turning mischievous, he quickly turned and opened the door, walking out into the hall, followed by Jinx.
"Oh, and Kyd."
He looked at her.
"If you tell ANYONE about the unicorns…"
Kyd swallowed, hard.
The members of the HIVE Five in the living turned at the sound of a door opening. They had stayed in their silent brood the whole time, although Billy hadn't stopped his quite ranting.
Of course, when they saw the look on Jinx's face, they all stood to their feet. The boss had a plan, a good plan.
"HIVE Five, Eat 'em Alive!"
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Final Note: Anyone catch the 'Sly Cooper' reference? Sorry, I couldn't resist.