The Beetle and The Bard (JAIME!)

[Gemini]

Players: Blue Beetle and Gemini
Location(s): All O'er El Paso
Plot Summary: Jaime and Gemini get into some old gangster sh*t.. which eventually leads to friendships and good times and just a load of relations!

Dammit, Gemini... you really messed up this time haven't you? Her back was pressed up against a wall as the red ooze slowly made it's way down her arm. She had been shot twice already.. she wouldn't survive another hit. Where was Jade when she was needed! She could always show up when she had Toffee to buy but when Gem was being accosted by.. Oh you go straight to hell! She popped out of cover for a few seconds and let off two quick shots with her good arm. Boom. Boom. Two bodies hit the floor with a rattle and a groan. Eat me, you pre-pubescent bastards! I'll turn your spines into ampersands! Breaking out of cover, she scooped up the guns that the two randoms were carrying and made her way over to the barn. It was one of those massive old red Barns that you see in horror movies or Weird Al Videos. Holstering up inside, she slammed the doors shut and fell down against them, trying to catch her breath. She should've never got involved in this war... she wasn't a diplomat.. she wasn't even a soldier! She was a lover... not a fighter! Ooh that was a good one.. she could get that written on a T-shirt and maybe a slap bracelet. She could slap her backup with a freaking Bracelet.. forcing her to take place in this war. Why had the noise stopped? She stood up and turned to look at the massive barn doors and shivered. The sounds of gunfire and screams and fallen bodies had been replaced with an eerie calm.

Pushing open the barn door ever so slightly, she saw something tragic. The entire remaining enemy force.. amassed and standing in a row, guns drawn and aimed at the barn. This was the end... the last ride for The girl and her collection of feels. She took a deep, sobering breath and pushed open the barn doors.. striding out into the fresh air. There were no words between Gemini and the aggressors. She just nodded as all the safeties were released. I had a dream it would end this way... The shots came like bats out of hell's arse and peppered her with red and muscle spasms as she fell to her knee's, the pain of defeat proving too much for her to stomach. The sound of Bells and cries came echoing out of the ether as Gemini hit the ground. It was over.. the opposing army was turning to leave.. step away from it all, leave her to ro... okay that's enough of that. She pulled herself off of the ground and stalked away from the place where she had been Left for dead. Paintball was quite possibly the best way to spend time when one was at an amusement park. She had shot Jade the message about a week ago... She was bored and needed something. She said she was gonna show up but.. Gem wasn't actually planning on it.

Stalking out of the Paintball Field, she hit the showers and bought a Cotton Candy stick. Blue... because it was the color of champions and warriors. The Meeting point was supposed to be deep in the park by the Ferris Wheel... but waiting by the Ferris Wheel was boring as sh*t. Finally slinking back over to the giant machine, she plopped down on a bench, ate her cotton candy in silence and started playing brick breaker on her omnitool. What do Lions dream of.. when they take a little Lion Snooze. Do they dream of mauling heroes.. or Mommy in her Arhkam Suit. But don't you worry your pretty furry head, I'm gonna get you home to mommy and your cozy lion bed. And then I'm gonna find my best friend bud and then I'm gonna give her a best friend hug. She ate at her candy and hummed out the next part of the song, not having enough creativity to think of a good substitute. But if he's been murdered by mercs and bandiiiits Well then I'm just out of luck.. There was also that message in her inbox about meeting some group named.. the Hive Five out here?

That was just the dumbest name for a gang of villains ever.. Team Satisfaction was way better. She was going to politely tell the five to go shove their offer up their respective bums.. but there was no reason she couldn't have fun at the Carnival while waiting.

[Blue Beetle]

A little outing was set for the day. Mostly set by Dad's request, Jaime was sent to the carnival for a day out of home as well as hero work. He even got a few bucks to get some treats and ride some rides.

At first, Jaime felt he was wasting his time here. All the rides and little kids running around. Clowns. Urgh, how he disliked clowns. But as time went on, Jaime got more and more comfortable. He bought himself some old fashioned carnival popcorn and got to check out some neat exhibits. It wasn't too bad. He got to relax a little.

Though, it would be better if Paco and Brenda were here. It had been a while since he hung out with them for a full day. Paco was busy with his work and Brenda was really focusing towards school. They still did phone calls and IMed, but it all just wasn't the same. They both still ask about his hero work. Jaime can only reply with a shrug and say it was going fine. They should know. He was on TV with most of the heroes who caught media attention.

Today was going to be a day for him to just take time and enjoy the sun. It was slightly chilly, but nothing cold enough for a coat. The sun baked down upon the area, making it just about the perfect weather for a little hang out.

He paid for a few tickets and rode one of the unsettling roller coasters. Mostly as a sort of test. He used to feel ill just by looking at them. Now he could ride them with ease. When you fly through space and do all sorts of spins and loops, a little earth-bound roller coaster was nothing to him.

All in all, this is going to look like a pretty regular day.

[Gemini]

It was times like these she wished she had her guitar. She could've rocked the mess out of that Ad-lib and possibly got a record deal. Then she wouldn't have to keep doing evil for all the cool people of the world.. and then she could open up his own Record Label! Called.. 'Twinsanity Records' Yeah... yeah that would be wonderf- Who was that? She jumped out of her seat and held onto the Cotton Candy like it was a dagger, as she came to look at her mark. On the norm there was nothing spectacular about him... no outstanding features, no.. no- no nothing! But that didn't explain why she couldnt' stop looking at him. There was something about him.. something that made her spider-sense tingle. She had to mess with him... she just had to. Something had to be done to figure out why he made her lightning bolts show up! She bit into the Cotton Candy again as her heart rate declined back to normal. How was she going to run this pull.. she could go with the Honey Pot... but she was running that scam on Virgil, she hated repeat performances. The Savage Beaver? That could work... she was feeling limber enough for it. She shook out her limbs and cracked her neck, before smiling and skipping off towards the bathrooms. She was going to need... a disguise. She went through her mental list, instantly knocking out any and every super she knew.

She finally settled on disguising as herself. It was the perfect disguise! No one in Texas knew who she was and this way whenever she left, she could do it in disguise. It was foolproof, because it was actually a foolish plan. Irony? Possibly.. she couldn't understand the definition of Irony ever since Alanis Morisette made that damn song. Striding out of the bathroom, she pulled a match from her purse, lit it and placed it gently beside the Fried Food stand. She skipped away from it happily, heading towards her mark before suddenly... WOOSH. Oh my goodness! That stand is on fire!! Everyone looked, it was a bad scene... the stand was surrounded by propane tanks (To keep the fried food, OH so fried) and people were either running away hysterically or frozen on the spot in indecision. Gemini waited, casually, in the middle of the action. She had to time this... oh so correctly, otherwise she'd get caught and that would be depressing. The fires were put out quickly enough but a few dozen people were trying their best to get away, just in case.

Gem, moved through the crowd to run towards the main exit, right in her mark's direction. She moved with the crowd, a look of mild panic on her face until she was jostled in the direction of the most unspectacular of spectular men. She was pushed towards him and her arm stretched ever so slightly to try and pull something from his pockets. Until of course she actually tripped, her hand outstretched towards his pockets and her face buried in the dirt. This was the second time she had wound up hurting herself due to her inability to be decidedly awesome in the midst of a pull. She pulled herself to full height, adjusted her jumper and looked Jaime in the eyes. What's wrong with you? Good ol' Gemini 'No Tact' Jones. What makes you different from the rest of the world? Why are you setting off my Spider-Sense!? She unstretched her arm back to it's normal length and folded her arms. If he really was just a normal joe, she'd kill him. If there was something special... well she'd kill him. She just really needed an answer.

[Blue Beetle]

A little dizzy at the end of a ride, Jaime got out of the small coaster seat and let his feet touch ground. Stepping through the small exit near the entrance, the boy began to work around a small turn. Instinct helping him dodge the rather crowded areas of the Carnival. People would stand and watch rides turn and roll and listen to the screams of happily scared people. Jaime didn't pay much mind. All the people gathered around conversing and enjoying some good time out together. Sure, Jaime was by himself, but he still felt a bit swarmed.

It wasn't long before the clumps of people were jumped out of place as a sudden fire swarmed a few of the stands near by. People screamed and were yelling for water all while scattering a good distance from the fire. It wasn't that big. Jaime was all too used to large burning buildings and pulling people from the tall story windows. Though, the propane tanks near the tent stroke a need for action within the young hero. Though, action was taken, but not by his hand. It wasn't anything a hero needed to solve. The fire was dealt with, but the panic continued none the less.

His work on dodging people continued and he was doing pretty good at getting out of their way. !))% *)& "Look out? Look out for what-?" As soon as he questioned the Scarab's odd warning, a body who stepped in front of him landed smack-dab into the dirt face first. "Wha-!?" Jaime took a step back and noticed the odd stretch with the arm that was rather low towards his pockets.

Jaime's brow remained quirked but his desire to help grew. "Are you okay?" Stepping closer, he prepared to help her up only to get an odd response in return. "What's... wrong with me?" Jaime repeated and pressed his hand to his chest. Why was this even asked??? It seemed like a really odd time for some random person to say. Jaime was prepared to question her and see if he had met her in the past somewhere? Honestly, he didn't know. That or he couldn't remember. His life's been a little wonky in the past several years.

The questions kept coming and each one left Jaime more confused but all the more worried. "What are you talking about? Spider-Sense?" Jaime stepped closer, his brow aimed down to an irritated stare. "What's wrong with you?? I only asked if you were okay! Sheesh.." Jaime stepped back and prepared to leave the scene. The snooty snob attitude was not something Jaime Reyes appreciated.

[Gemini]

Was he talking to himself? What a weird guy.. she figured only crazies and savages spoke to themselves. As she pulled herself out of the dirt she mumbled something incoherent to herself, before giggling and looking back up at the man before her. Sorry... she's just really funny. She didn't exactly need any help.. well she needed tons of help, but none from this person telling her what to do! Not exactly... wrong. I mean there might not be anything wrong with you.. but there's something SPECIAL about you. Like.. I don't know just tell me what it is with you. She had always wanted a reason to say 'what it is with you' in a semi-correct context. Doing awesome today!

A spider-sense... you know.. like a tingling feeling at the base of my skull, alerting me to personal danger or interesting events in proportion to the severity of that danger. You're setting off a massive warbling! Have you never read a Marvel Comic? Jeez.. The nerve of some of these people, not reading her favorite superhero. She did appreciate him taking the stance to get right in her face and confront her.. he was aggressive! But... I mean, wait wait.. I'm sorry! She put her hands up and smiled. We can start over... I didn't mean to be all aggressive to you and what not. I'm Gemini.. and I'm sorry, once again. She smiled, something very innocent and apologetic. A completely well practiced and false smile... as she was totally gonna kill this guy. Sorry for ruining your day.. you have a good one.

She turned and skipped away from the man she had just bothered. She didn't like being yelled at by him.. and so her plan was to cut out to the left of the on fire stand, double back around to where the man last was, pick up enough speed in her legs to tear off someone's head, stretch her arm out real far and WHAM! She saw the back of the man's head and smiled one of Jade's wide assassin grins before she took off as fast as possible. Stretching her arm out and back and launching herself at him, throwing her arm forward to crush him beneath it's powah! Hey! INCOMING! Revealing her powers in public? Check Minus. Going full tilt on one unpowered gentleman? Double Check Minus. Misspelling Power? Priceless.

[Blue Beetle]

Jaime felt his brow raise as the woman picked herself up, explaining she was funny? Gosh, it was only a matter of time before he met someone this confusing. Shortly after their scuffle, the woman began to ramble on and on about how there was something off with him? Or of sorts. Whatever the case, Jaime was feeling a tad worried. The Scarab was under his skin. It couldn't be seen. It wasn't detected by X-rays or anything. Whatever this woman was sensing... Jaime was hoping it wasn't the Scarab drawing her attention.

"Uh... I don't know? I'm just a regular person.." Jaime stated with an irritated tone. The woman continued then pointing out that she had a sense of sorts, supposedly it was warning her of danger... "Oh.. great." The boy's eyes continued to roll. The Scarab was dangerous, yes, but Jaime trained him. Both of them worked together and stopped the coding within the Scarab's technology from the Reach.

"Yeah yeah, I've read some... He's not my favorite.. But whatever your 'spider-sense' is warning you, it's a bit off." Jaime shrugged towards the woman. There was something off about her. He didn't know. She just made him uncomfortable. The Scarab was at the ready upon feeling his host's discomfort. Soon enough, however, the woman seemed to clean up her act, putting on a smile and speaking towards introductions. Her sorry's were continuous and irritating, but Jaime let her apologize. Who knows. Maybe she was just having a bad day? A crazy day? It happens.

"Uh.. Hi Gemini. I'm Jaime." He replied back with a moment's hesitation. Soon enough, she departed and Jaime shook his head, preparing to carry on. "Weird..." !#*@$ "Yeah.."

Things carried on for several minutes like usual. Though, Jaime was tempted to just leave. He felt irritated...like something was keeping his senses at defensive mode. Was the Scarab that noticeable? Was there something more to that woman? Jaime wasn't sure, though, he didn't really want to stick around and find out. Sadly, that would not come to pass. The sudden yell of that woman's voice met with Jaime's ear. !)))% )#& "What-?!" Jaime jumped at both the Scarab's warning and the call from the woman. Before Jaime was able to order the Scarab not to, action took place and the Scarab began to grow from his back. In a matter of milliseconds, the well recognized armor latched over him. It stung for a brief moment but Jaime recovered. Thankfully he was near the dead-er side of the carnival so not many saw, and those who did were too busy looking at the flying stretchy woman.

The Scarab continued to act and a growing layer of blue armor formed and stretched, forming a sort of wall-like shield. Quickly, Jaime ducked down and raised the shield, forcing the flying chick to land face first into armor.

[Gemini]

As her fist collided with the rapidly summoned blue shield, three thoughts ran across her mind. The first was a very excited yell of 'Cool!'. Not only was she fighting someone with powers. she was fighting someone with really cool powers. The next thought was more along the lines of her lineage, bragging that she knew he was special and her psychic powers were coming in nicely. The third was completely out of character for her. Her feet touched the ground and she reeled her hand back in to a normal size. She took a few steps back and wondered, 'So what do I do now?'. She had never fought someone like this before... she didn't even know people like this existed! So... I feel like we've gotten off on the wrong foot. Jaime... I had no idea you were a superhero. I bet you have a really wicked supername to go along with this armor... you're gonna have to let me figure this one out, I come up with the best names.

She tried her best to keep her voice cool and uninterested, but in reality she was just... oh so excited. She got this way whenever she got around other supers and their fanciness. From her hopefully safe distance, she crossed her arms across her chest and pouted. Jaime... you lied to me. I mean.. I know we just met and all, but had you told me you had this.. this.. Blue Butterfly armor on you, I wouldn't have pounced like that! If we're keeping a scoreboard.. this is partially your fault. She smiled and spun around on her heels, hoping that her tone came across as joking rather than pretentious. She stuck her hands into her hoodie's pockets and kept her smile nice and bright. I'm just... Gemini. I don't even have a super villain name... mainly cause I'm not sure Gemini is my real name. I go by 'Joy' most of the time though.. cause I'm so happy all the time. Oh really quickly... you know what would make me... 'really happy' Now she was 100% interested in starting fresh with this guy, and maybe taking him out for some scones, she really wasn't in the mood to fight... it was too crowded here and people would start staring at them... drawing all the attention from that guy with his brain in the glass case.

No sooner did Gemini think of the glass case man, did she look over Jaime's shoulder and see the Hive Five approaching. She groaned and brought her hand up to her face. They looked nothing like their pictures on the internet... they looked scarier in person, approaching Gem and Jaime with some sort of malicious intent hiding behind them. She stepped a bit closer to Jaime and put her hands up as if she were surrendering. So... these five are here looking for me... I was going to turn them down, but now that they can see me with you? I think negotiations miiiight be off the table. She swung around Jaime and put her arms out in welcome. Team Diversity! Welcome to El Paso, Texas...I trust you all had a pleasant flight. Can I offer you some really good food? Possibly a few drinks down in Juarez? She was... 100% not in the mood for a fight. All of her aggressive feels had been whisked away after Jaime's armor showed up. Not to mention how angry Mammoth looked... well he always looked angry when he wasn't eating.. or kissing Shimmer's ass. Gemini... have you accepted our offer? Did you bring the Beetle here as a gift? Jinx... For some reason, Gem had always imagined her with pale skin and pink hair.. I uh... hmm. Would you guys be angry, if I just said no?

The forward march stopped and Jinx raised three fingers. She closed her eyes slowly and when they reopened, charged with a vibrant pink light, she tapped the ground and unleashed a massive bolt of energy. It collided with Gem and sent her sailing through the air before crashing into the ground, leaving a trail of dust and obscenities behind her. Jaime... help.Her voice was halting and pained as she called out, feeling pretty bad about herself. She struggled to pull herself back to her feet, but when she did... she was ready to fight her way out of here, or die trying. Sans the dying... that would just put a huge damper on most of her plans.

[Blue Beetle]

Well, this was something the young hero had signed up for when he was told to 'have a day off'. Armor up and his guard steady, blue Beetle was prepared for a small fight if any intention of one were to fall upon him, but the way the woman responded back to him... well, he was all too confused.

"...Huh?" His brow raised confusingly, not too well seen from under the Beetle mask. The woman talked as if she had made a mistake. Head tilting, Jaime remained quiet as he listened to her. Though, her stating his real name while he was armored on caused slight panic within the teen. "Please don't say my name. It's Blue Beetle now." Jaime quickly informed with a firm nod of his head.

The woman talked further, even stating a silly name such as 'blue butterfly'. Jaime could feel his brow twitch. Oh, he has gotten all of the nick names since his rise in becoming a super hero. Though, as she continued to talk, it was becoming all too obvious she was excited to talk to him. Or at least try and get on the right foot. That was all the more concerning.

"Gemini... Okay.." He ran that name for the Scarab so it could hang onto it for any future encounters. She was interesting, the vibe she gave off to him was a bit unnerving. She seemed to be on edge, or really curious. Almost like a kid of sorts, but with the body of a young woman and having the powers of a rubber band. Stepping closer, Gemini stated that she is called 'Joy' at times due to being happy all the time. "I can see that..." Jaime worriedly responded. She then began an interesting topic, asking what would make her really happy, though she was cut off for a brief moment, giving Jaime enough time to speak up.

"Uh, okay, sounds interesting, but perhaps we can discuss stuff when I am not armored up and not expecting you or some other supervillains to show up and- His own words were cut off as he noticed Gemini's expression change. He slowly turns his own head to stare behind him and what he sees came almost as a surprise.

"Juuuust my luck."

The sigh was deep, but he remained still, preparing his body and mind for the obvious fight that was about to unfold. Gemini stood by him and informed just what was happening. Okay, so she was not really a hero by any means, but what was she thinking exactly? And why did they want to meet her? Turning his head slowly along with his body, Jaime let the Scarab warm up it's defenses as the big tough group made it's way over to the greeting Gemini.

The larger one ignored her greetings and asked for her answer as well as stating she had brought the Blue Beetle as a gift to them. Jaime couldn't stop himself from scoffing at the notion. Soon enough, Gemini answered them with a no and was quickly sent flying past from the blast Jinx had sent her way.

"Whoa!!" Jaime sidestepped with a mild flail, all while hearing Gemini call out to him for help. He scrambled for his arm as a stun cannon was beginning to form and quickly called back to her with a turn of his head. "Don't use my name!" A quick pulse and a warm shake, the canon fired upon the magical Jinx, sending her back a ways with a nice stun bolt. Stepping back slowly, another one was beginning to charge. "Now you guys don't really want to do this. Leave now and I wont give you guys the beating you all deserve.." Jaime made sure to use his serious tone. His desire to get the fight out and away from this busy civilian filled area was strong. These guys were not an easy fight. Heck, even Wonder Girl had issues dealing with them.

Taking several steps back, he waited for their answer, all while turning his head a tad in search for Gemini, wherever she landed.

[Gemini]

Beetle… that made sense. The wing configuration, the scary mask. Butterfly was much cuter though. You should consider Blue Butterfly as your handle. Need something the kids can connect with… people see beetles and they think Mummy and unless you’re secretly Brendan Fraser, we’re gonna have a problem. She knew he wasn’t Brendan Fraser, obviously, and yet- She didn’t have a yet formulated. Her mind was still absorbing all the intricacies of this moment. All of that was easily swept under the rug however, as the Fab Five shoved up to ruin everyone’s day.

You ever notice how hoping for a good situation is the surest way to have life backhand you? She laughed nervously and came up with a dynamite plan. Jai- Beetleborg wasn’t going to keep attacking her, so she could focus on the twerk team. Secondly, with Beetle being a hero, He’d have to help subdue the threat of evil! This was a Hero/Villain team up! Jade would be so proud of her. Well she’d be more proud if Gem had sidestepped the super bolt of magical energies.. or if she had landed gracefully. If Gemini had a neck bone system… it would’ve been 100% wrecked and needless to say, her ego would’ve been just crushed.

I won’t use your name if you don’t want me to, bro. I’m not calling you Blue Beetle though… that is just dumb. Named after a bug? Not even that but Beetle wasn’t good enough, OH NO! He needed to point out the color scheme of his outfit and give it its own feature in the title. Either Supers felt that everyone they met was colorblind or they just didn’t care anymore. Gemini pulled herself from her crater and stretched her limbs, trying to loosen up before a serious throwdown and yet.. she had to deal with this guy. The Five obviously were in a battling mood as they had just dropped the gauntlet. Gem was ready to return fire and Jaime had a cannon coming out of his arm.. and yet he gave them a warning. A warning!? She groaned so loud that some bystanders believed she was letting out her death rattle.

She made her way back to the main brawl in supreme style. Rushing up and over Jaime, she stretched her arm out as fast as she could and hit Shimmer RIGHT across the jaw. Now she wasn’t as fast as her mother, but she could stretch these limbs at something around sub-sonic speeds. She reeled her arm back as she touched down and smiled. Shim Shimma was out and her brother was piissssed Mammoth roared into the air and took off in a charge towards the unlikely pair. Scorpion King, you can have the big’un. JINX! Sucker Punches aren’t cool! She took off towards Jinx, looking to get some good old fashioned payback. At this point in the battle, anyone that stayed at the fair was willingly and with malice and forethought, courting death. Nothing could be done to stop the sheer stupidity of some people and Jaime would just have to accept that.. and help Gemini not get ripped in half.

[Blue Beetle]

Gemini's response to his title name irritated the young hero. "Blue Beetle's a fine name! It rolls off the tongue! Not like The Blue Butterfly." Jaime replied with a snobby tone.

Jaime remained strong and stood his ground. Eyes focused to the five dangerous people standing before him. Gemini's next comment on life backhanding him practically made him chuckle. "Heh. I try and tell myself that every day. Sadly, it has never stuck with me." He grinned, watching her from the corner of his eye. Whoever she was, villain or hero, he was going to be working with her to take these guys out. At this point, he didn't see much else of an option.

With that notion, and being told that Blue Beetle was a lame name, Jaime had little to no response as the young woman's arm stretched past him and hit the leader straight across her jaw, knocking her out quickly. "-Whoa!" He looked back to Gemini and grinned. "Nice shot!"

A loud roar rang out and nearly made Jaime jump out of his shell. At the plan that was quickly announced, Beetle watched the stretchy woman jump towards the magical being, leaving the big guy for him and him alone.

"Scorpion King? Why? That doesn't make an- Oh. AH-!" Jaime's brain then clicked in and instinct to run kicked into high gear. Though, with a glanced behind him, he noticed the crowded area of the carnival and held his ground with great hesitation. He wasn't going to lead this fight into civilians. And his previous warning went unnoticed or ignored. Either way, Jaime planned to finish this before it gets worse. The stun cannon still formed, Jaime aimed towards the big mammoth and with precise aim, he shot three shots into the giant torso. Each one hit forced a loud grunt to leave the Mammoth's mouth in irritated pain. However, he was still coming towards Jaime at full speed.

"Uh.." &# $)(&$ %!&& *!( "No! I am not going to kill him! We just need a stronger stun gun... or someth- AH!" A large fist was swung his way and with aid of the Scarab, he was able to dodge it quickly, though all too close of a call. He fell to the floor and rolled away from another possible punch. As he got to his feet, the cannon at his arm phased into a different weapon, forming a sonic wave blaster.

"You've got one warning-!" Millisecond after his second warning, all he got in return was a louder roar. "Alllrighty then." With a brief charge and a jump back, the cannon fired and sent a mighty shock blast into the Mammoth, sending him back quite a ways, landing into one of the carnival's storage tents. Looked like the lemon stash for the fair's lemon-aid stands...

[Gemini]

It rolls off the tongue? Is that really a selling point you'd enjoy focusing on? That's like saying you could've gone with dung beetle, because it rolled off the tongue as well. We're just never going to agree on this point, my heroic companion I say we drop it. She smiled at his seeming annoyance. It was funny that her first hero best friend, one who actually understood that she was a baddie, was annoyed at her brand of comedy stylings. She didn't know how to explain it... but it made her giddy. I'm only giving you crap cause I'm nervous... and you're my first superhero friend.. well you're my second but my first superhero friend doesn't like me anymore. She... she tried to kill twice. That was a sad story for another time though.

I think most people should get that line tattooed on the inside of their eyelids, so that no one ever utters that line again.. that and 'what could possibly go wroong.' As her fist reeled back in from dislocating Shimmer's jaw, she smiled up at Jaime. For all the crap she gave him, she did appreciate his help.. and his awesome bug armor that seemed to do like.. everything. Now as soon as we're done here, I definitely have a bunch of questions about that armor for you.. like does it come in women's sizes and possibly in red? She could totally rock super bug powered Gemini armor... and then Jade would have to bow down to her skill in sparring matches. And also her fashion sense.

As she barreled towards Jinx, bouncing to and fro, avoiding any mystical energies and poorly formulated insults, she wondered how this would look on the news. Oh.... oh no... speaking of the news, if Virgil caught sight of this then it was choppers for her. She stretched her arms out, wrapping them around Jinx's limbs before pinning her to the ground and laughing in her face. Jiiiiiinx, before I- HEY, no biting. Before I suffocate you, I want to thank you for putting me in touch with Jaime. He's my new bestie. She smiled her brightest grin as parts of her arms stretched up and towards Jinx's face. Through her mouth, through her nostrils. All of her airways simultaneously closed out. In effect, suffocated Jinx. Gemini picked the girl's body up and held her over her shoulder like a battle club.

Gemini made her way back to Jaime, with Jinx still posed in her hands like a weapon. Hi, Honey. How was your day at the Carnival? I went off and won myself a Jinx plushie. Life sized and everythang. She showed Jinx to Jaime while keeping her eye on Gizmo and Psimon. They had neglected to take part in the fight so far.. one could only assume they had something really interesting planned. Wait before, I continue with anything... the Scorpion King line was a reference to The Mummy, as he was the villain in the second mummy movie and as an added bonus, Scorpions and Beetles are heavily referenced in Egyptian Culture... so it was like a double whammy. Sure you were never supposed to explain the joke.. but that was such a good one, she couldn't just let it go to waste. Oh, back to uh... this. How long do you suppose we have until Mammoth wakes up? Cause if we can beat up these two real fast, I have an ideaaaa.

Oh beans... I uh.. hmm.. Psychic and a Technopath.. You come up with a plan please? Psimon scares me... She didn't know if it was his powers already beginning to affect her, or just her natural aversion to people with their brains visible. Which was odd... seeing as Brain was her evil bestie forever. She dropped her Jinx doll on the ground and rested her foot on her shoulder. What exactly does your beetle do and can it block psychic's from being mind-warping dirty bastards. She hated anyone that had to do with the mind... Psychics, Psychiatrists, Shrinks and Aliens. She could feel a muscle underneath her eye twitching and contracting at the very thought of someone probing her mind. It was their fault she was the way she was, it was their fault she was crazy... their fault. She was so caught up in her emotions that she didn't notice how hard she was stomping on Jinx's head.

[Blue Beetle]

There was something really different with Gemini. She was technically a bad guy, but he had never heard of her before, or of what she is entirely capable of as well as how much she has done in her time as a villain. Whatever the case, they needed to work together and deal with these baddies who decided to barge in on this nice little carnival. The comments made to his name forced his yellowed eyes to roll. "It's Blue Beetle and that's that!" He stated. Hey, it wasn't Jaime's fault he was picked as the third Blue Beetle. Two other guys had the name previously. He was just passing down the heroic generation.

Looking at Gemini, she was informing Jaime that she dubbed him her first superhero friend. "What?" Alright, that was a new one. The woman continued, stating that her once buddy supposedly tried to kill her twice. "Wow. That's not cool..." He winced. Nodding, he grinned back to Gemini as she was planning to ask him a lot of questions about his armor.

"Get in line!" He chuckled and quickly dodged another punch that was aimed to his face. Another swift dodge and a quick punch to the opponent's face, Jaime was free for the moment. Looking to Gem once again, she was facing Jinx one on one. He flew towards her, but soon saw she was able to handle herself, taking out Jinx and then making her into a carnival joke. Chuckling, Jaime couldn't help it. First this entire fight felt serious, but now it seemed to become a joke. There was something with this woman.

He wasn't sure, but it was really refreshing to him, meeting someone who didn't take life all too seriously. Granted she was a villain. Most of them tend to think life is one big joke...

Flying down next to her, Jaime figured out the joke she had mentioned moments ago in regards to his name. "Oh- oh yeah I remember that movie.." He stated, suddenly feeling a little foolish for not getting it the first time.

Listening further, it seemed that Gemini had a plan, but she quickly turned it to Jaime to take what was left of these guys. Thinking for a moment, he looked around. "Well, I can see about knocking whoever's left out. I have a stun blaster and a numb cannon. But could you find some rope or something and tie them up once they're down? Then they'll be less of a worry to fret about once they're all gathered in a pile. Jaime figured with a nod. Nope, he was not the best plan person, but it was worth a shot. These guys were almost all too easy to deal with anyhow.

[Gemini]

Easy, Captain Carnage.. I'm done with the name thing now.. you don't have to.. do beetles bite? Like, I know they have strong mandible pincers and the like but.. do they chomp or just.. bite. Is there a difference? Oh dear god... that question was going to be haunting her thoughts until she died now. When this was all over, Jaime was getting a shot to his kidney for forcing such unruly thoughts and questions into her already delicate mind. She did laugh at his genuinely sincere admission of 'That's not cool'. He was so awkward and weird.. it was a definite foil to her particular brand of crazy. No, her trying to kill me was totes justified. I did throw her in front of a moving train... twice. Good old Batgirl. Always the survivor.

As she quickly dispatched of Jinx, who in all reality should've been much stronger than she was at the moment, perhaps magic had waxing and waning moments like the ocean, in which case... she was going to have to make a note to beat up that smug asian magician girl in metropolis... her and her dumb lizard. She glanced upwards at Jaime, who was flying, and her jaw threatened to drop. You can fly... you.. and your armor, you can fly. You have guns and cannons and walls built into your armor.. and it can fly. You are the coolest superhero, I've ever met... and I've met like 12 of em. Oh, this day just could NOT stop getting better and better. She needed one of these beetle armors like she needed good comedic timing.

While staring off with Psimon and Gizmo, trying to think of some clever plan beyond 'let Jaime do it.', she was hit right in the head by the sheer awkwardness her new bug friend exuded. She had to stop her staring match to look up at him and groan. Dude... if you can't get the joke the first time, fine. But if you can't come up with at least a clever way of showing your understanding for the joke the second time, then don't say anything. You're an amazing combat partner but you're seriously TANKING my social score here. There was no good team dynamic in this.. none at all.

Bringing her foot off of Jinx's.. probably concussed head, she stretched her arm to the side and grabbed a length of rope from the petting zoo. Okay. Gizmo is a.. for lack of better term, hobbit. He's incredibly short, should be wearing goggles and has a super high tech backpack on. No powers, he's just incredibly smart.. don't let him hack your armor.. and if he DOES hack your armor, then start insulting his height. It won't stop him, but it'll be funny to see. Psimon is a tall lanky dude with part of his skull removed and replaced with a glass case so that you can see into his mind. He's a psychic... don't let him get to your head. Illusions, telekinesis, psychic blasts.. all of that. I'll tie up these three. You go hunting.

She didn't wait for a reply or even questions from her assosciate. There was no way in hell she was dealing with Psimon, she had only recently gotten her brain away from night terrors and Filicide. She was never going back. She gathered Jinx and Shimmer and Mammoth and tied em up reaal nice and tight. Mammoth stirred, during the event, so she had to hit him with a cotton candy cart. It was the heaviest thing she could think of.. and she managed to score her and Jaime some cotton candy for when he got back. She got him a blue one... for obvious reasons.