Totally Spies: Gotham Gals

Cupid's Flower

A/N: The dreaded time for every college student is coming soon. Finals week and it's two weeks from now. Wish me luck.

"Hey, Jinx, were you ever in school?" Sam asks while reading a book.

"No. The temple was all I had. At least I got to an 11th-grade education. I haven't learned shit since I left," Jinx answers, drinking a cup of juice.

"Hey, Lexxie, where do you keep the Teekl's treats? Oh, who is this?" Klarion asks, appearing in their kitchen.

"You know who I am, asshole!" Jinx exclaims, shooting a glare at Klarion.

"Well, if it isn't my cousin from across the sea, Jinx?" Klarion says, giving Jinx a shit-eating smirk.

"Whaaat?" Sam, Clover, and Alex yell in shock.

"Klari, you're related to Jinx?!" Alex yells, leaning over the couch.

"Honestly, I can see it. Especially with the grey skin and horns," Sam comments, looking at Klarion and Jinx.

"Wait a minute, Jiji, I thought you were Indian?" Clover questions, looking at the two cousins.

"I am. Long story short, one of the half-human Limbo Town descendants snuck onto a boat containing spices headed for India. Once said ancestor got to India, she headed to the state now known as Maharashtra, and that's where she stayed. Her sister, Klarion's ancestor, didn't figure out where she was until a couple of years later. Ever since then, we've stayed in contact with our subterranean witch cousins. That's why my last name is Bleak. I just never told anybody," Jinx explains, making Klarion laugh. "Ugh, fine! And that's why people call me Jinx. Jinx was the name Klarion's family gave me when they got me out of the temple. They were impressed by my abilities with bad luck. Technically, it's my witch name. It just doesn't sound right anywhere else on Earth."

"Oh, you could've told us the truth, you know," Clover says, smiling at Jiji.

"I would've told you the truth had I known Alex was dating my cousin," Jinx replies, crossing her arms.

"Anyway, I made some yummy beef empanadas for my chaos bunny," Klarion coos, kissing Alex on the cheek while handing her a box decorated with cute pigs.

"Aww, thank yooooouuuuu!" Alex screams as Jinx, Sam, Clover, and herself get whooped. "At least we have something to eat on the way to our mission!"

The spies and Jinx land on the airplane couch with a groan and look up to see Jerry surrounded by flowers.

"What happened to you? Did you become a botanist?" Clover teases, making Jerry smirk.

"No, quite the opposite. I've read How to Be a Plant Parent by Dr. Pamela Isley, and ever since I followed her advice on how to cultivate plants, I've had nothing but a garden growing in my place, so I had to move some of my plants to other spaces," Jerry explains, making everyone side-eye each other when they hear the name, Pamela Isley. "Anyway, your mission today involves a flower from a play I enjoy. In Puzzlewood, Forest of Dean, we've been notified that a flower, known as the Cupid Flower, has sprung to life in clusters. The Cupid Flower can make people fall in love with the first person they see if they breathe in its pollen or ingest its petals. With that being said, I'm sure you can understand the danger if multiple of these flowers fall into the wrong hands. Anyway, your gadgets for this mission are the Bear Mask Pendant, Extra Thick Stretchy Gloves, the Air Tight Miniaturizing Eyeshadow Palette, and our latest invention, the Earring Solar Powered Broomstick."