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Jinx P.O.V.
"I'm Kid Flash, the Fastest Kid in the World."
She kept hearing his voice in her mind. Those blue eyes haunted her dreams, always laughing, always shining, as if he possessed some kind of joke and he was the only one who knew it. She had long ago given up on trying to sleep, he kept invading her thoughts.
"You can do so much better than this."
'I know I can do better. But I can't, Flash. I have no where else to go. Who would take in a jinx?' she thought, hugging her pink and purple teddy bear closely while a lone tear streaked across her pale skin. Her eyes eventually wandered over to her desk where the two roses he had given her lay, the only physical evidence he had even entered her life for one bright, shining moment.
Then he faded away as quickly as a shooting star.
She brought her legs in close to her chest. In this place, there was no place for comfort. She could talk about nothing to anyone. And even if she did, she couldn't. She couldn't trust anyone. Or could she?
'I bet I could trust you. But I wouldn't let myself. I trusted Stone, and he was a Titan. I've fallen in love with a good guy, again. Even my emotions are cursed!' the thought bitterly crossed her mind, imprinted it seemed.
She wasn't getting anywhere, just sitting around and moping. Standing up, she went and got her boots on. Her communicator, bright yellow, sat on her bedside table. She went to grab it, but decided not to. She didn't want to be bothered tonight. She just wanted to be alone.
Walking out of her room, she took the long climb up the stairs. Gizmo, who had designed the hide-out, had failed to see the need for an elevator, as he was always using that stupid jet-pack anyways. Soon, she was out of the Hive 5's secret lair.
The looked up at the night sky, taking a deep breath. Night had always been her favorite time of day, when all the stars were out and the moon shined bright. It made it seem as if the world had hope, that maybe there was a chance she wasn't cursed. That it was all a bad dream, and she would soon wake up from it. But, when she woke up, things were just the same.
'How can I let myself be so naiive? Get a grip on yourself, Jinx. Suddenly, another pretty-boy crime-fighter comes along, and you melt like chocolate on a warm summer day. The guy's bad luck.' She laughed sarcastically to herself. Kid Flash was as far from bad luck as you could get.
"You don't have to hurt people to feel good about yourself."
She started to walk, not really caring where she was going. She just let her feet carry her. Soon enough, she found herself at the beach. She sat on the sand, drawing her knees close to her chest again. Letting her eyes roam to wherever they liked, they soon focused on the waves that seemed to crash on the rock relentlessly, as if it thought if it tried once more, pushed a little harder, came a little faster, it could defeat it. She gave a half-smile.
'Just like Kid Flash. It never gives up. It just keeps coming back, even though it knows it'll never succeed. But it never looses hope.'
Kid Flash P.O.V.
Sitting on a rock, he looked around. It seemed he was somewhere in Greece, most likely in Athens. It was his favorite place to think. Or possibly Rome, in the Colliseum. But most likely Athens. He wanted to go back to see her. But he couldn't. He knew he couldn't. But that hadn't stopped him yet. It had been a month since she had let him go free from Madam Rouge. Sometimes, during the middle of the night when everyone was asleep, he'd come into her room, just to watch her sleep. He was tempted to leave her a rose. But he didn't want her to know.
It was his guilty pleasure.
He wondered if she felt the same way. If they were normal teenagers, no powers, no good or evil to keep them seperated, would they be together? Probably. There wouln't be anything to hold them back, if they were. But they weren't. She was a villain, he was a hero. But he knew she could do better than that. She had more potential then she thought. And just because she controlled bad luck didn't mean she had to be evil. He stepped off the rock, feeling recharged now. Stretching a bit, he gave a short yawn. But he wasn't tired. He started to run, not knowing where his feet was taking him, not caring.
All he cared about was her.
But he couldn't have her, could he? No. Because good and evil don't mix. That's what Flash said.
'Who cares what Flash says? I'm not Flash. I may be his ex-sidekick, but I'm not him. I'll get her. I don't know when, and I don't know how, but I will. Even if I die trying.' Soon, he stopped. Less than five feet away from him, a familiar figure sat scrunched up on the sand, staring out into the water. She didn't know he was there.
He walked closer.
"I don't know what to do, Flash. I want YOU, but I can't have you. It's against everything I've learned at the Hive Academy. I want to do good, but I can't. I'm bad luck. I want to have a happily-ever-after, but I can't. I'm a jinx. And jinxes don't get happy endings. They get cursed ones. Maybe I could change my luck." She gave a bitter laugh. "Change my luck. Pfft, like that will ever happen. I don't even know why I think these things."
Her back was turned to him, her small figure shaking. She was crying. He could tell. He walked up to her, slowly, cautiously. He then sat.
"Do you really mean it? I'm touched." he said, giving a soft chuckle. She looked up at him, face streaked with tears, eyes wide.
"Kid Flash..? You shouldn't be here. You'll get caught. I know you will. You have to run. Run away, as fast as you can. Run away from me. I'm bad luck, remember? Nothing good ever comes out of bad luck."
"You came out of bad luck. And you're one of the best things I've ever seen."
She turned away.
"You don't mean it. Nobody ever does."
"Jinx, I like you. I may even love you. Why do you just have to keep running away?"
"Running away? Why don't you ask yourself that question? I'm not the one who can run around the world in less than a minute. And you can never love a jinx. It's cursing yourself."
"Ironic, isn't it? I finally like someone, but they're a self-proclaimed villain. They can change their fate in anyway, at any time, but they choose not to. They say they can't. And they don't believe they can do anything good. Does this story sound familiar?"
"Yeah. It's the story of my life. Go away, Flash. I mean it."
He gave a sigh, frowning a bit.
"I'd do anything for you Jinx. And if this is what you want...I guess I'll do it. But not without giving you something first." I ran off, but then I ran back. Beside her, I left a bear with my uniform, holding a rose. From the other side of the beach, far away where she wouldn't see me, I saw her grab the bear, and hug it tightly. I smiled to myself, tempted to do a victory dance right then and there.
'She likes me!'