Cat like theif

chapter twenty one

Jinx sat up cautiously in the bed she'd found herself in, she recognised the room as the medical room in the Titans base and s

Jinx sat up cautiously in the bed she'd found herself in, she recognised the room as the medical room in the Titans base and since she didn't seem to be handcuffed to the bed or tied up with a power inhibitor she wasn't being forced to stay here. She experimentally flexed the fingers on her left hand that seemed to be in a cast, a few sparks shot from her fingers confirming her suspicions about the power inhibitor being gone, she leant back and examined the IV bag hanging next to her, it was just painkillers. With a wince she pulled it out of her arm and swung her legs over the edge of the bed.

"Leaving so soon?" A voice asked quietly from the door, Jinx looked up and Kid Flash looked back at her, his expression hard to read.

"Maybe." She replied noncommittally and stared back at him, after a few moments he gave a deep sigh and walked over to her and stopped a few feet from her bed.

"I don't know whether to hug you or strangle you." He said flatly.

"I'd prefer the first." Jinx suggested hopefully, Kid Flash rolled his eyes at this.

"How could you not tell us what was going to happen? How could you not tell me?" He asked despairingly, Jinx looked away at this.

"It wasn't your fight, plus, none of you believed me anyway." Jinx replied and picked at the stitches in her arm.

"I asked you when you were demanding I take your power inhibitor off to tell me why but you didn't! You could have explained then!" Kid Flash pointed out feeling angry at Jinx's accusation.

"You were too hurt because you thought, reasonably, that I was guilty, I had no right to demand you believe me with no evidence and mess with your mind like that. And it wasn't your fight, the HIVE five are my problem, I made my bed when I left them, I always knew this was a possibility I just wasn't expecting them to be so smart about it was all." Jinx shrugged.

"You can't just- it doesn't work like that!" Kid Flash said exasperatedly grabbing a handful of his own hair in frustration.

"He's right." Robin said from the door, he eyed Jinx as he walked to the foot of her bed Jinx eyed him back warily.

"The Titans are a team, I thought you understood that when you came here, if a team member has a problem then the team has a problem. If I ever find out you're holding information like that again I'll make your life hell." Robin glowered at her, Jinx looked taken aback at this.

"You're talking as if I'm still a Titan." Jinx said warily.

"You are. And I'm sorry, if I hadn't been so blindly against you being a Titan then I would have investigated your protests of innocence more and figured out what was going on rather than just accusing you, and I shouldn't have acted the way I did. I could have prevented this whole mess and I apologise." Robin said bowing his head slightly.

"Yeah, he doesn't do the sorry thing much, you might wanna get that in writing." Kid Flash grinned at Jinx.

"You acted the same as I would have if it'd been the other way around." Jinx said slowly not quite believing the situation she'd found herself in.

"Yes, well, I like to think I can do better." Robin smirked at her.

"Hey!" Jinx snapped at the insult.

"Oh god, you two are still going to fight even now aren't you?" Kid Flash said holding his head in his hands.

"Oh that's pretty likely, especially since this seems to be one of the few ways that I can annoy you for a change." Robin grinned at Kid Flash.