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tamingthemuseTitle: Time is a Thief 8.5 (Chapter WIP)
Fandom: BtVS/Teen Titans
Prompt: 427 - Sleepwalk
Words: 524
Warnings: Unbeta'd, Chapter Drabble, I'm moving tomorrow and have been run ragged all week packing, cleaning and painting, no time to write more than the bare minimum
Xander felt like he must have been dreaming as Jinx gently shoved him back in bed and gently pulled the covers up over his aching body. If his head weren't throbbing so badly he might have protested her mothering. As it was his foggy mind couldn't get over the fact that she had taken his side. She had obviously been on a rampage over what had been done to her teammates, what HE had done to them. Her abrupt about-face confused him. He knew that they had become something like friends after all the afternoons they had spent together but she was a full blown, HIVE certified villain. What was she doing tucking him in and retrieving painkillers and water for him?
He was the one who was supposed to be the henchman, she should have been demanding that he fetch and carry her things, not the other way around. He was especially surprised when she settled into his desk chair to keep watch over him as he slept. The only threats that knew where he slept were her teammates. Was she really going to choose him over them?
His final thought as he nuzzled his head into his new pillow was that she was a TERRIBLE villain if this kind of thing bothered her. She was too soft hearted.
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"What is this?" Jinx asked gesturing at the generous pile of disks he had kept after liberating them from Gizmo. The kid was a genius after all and it was a shame to destroy his work when it could be misappropriated instead.
"The bits of Gizmo's work that were worth keeping when I robbed him blind during 'Phase 1'."
"Phase one?"
"Yeah, they attacked my private space, so I attacked theirs. In order for it to be proper revenge I now have to one up them."
Jinx watched him warily, "What do you consider one-upping what you've already done?"
He grinned at her, "You'll see."
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His revenge was brilliant in its simplicity. He switched the screenwall that Gizmo and Mammoth had destroyed with one in the Headmistress' conference room. He recreated their handiwork perfectly. Headmistress Kane hated being humiliated more than anything and it was the height of professional embarrassment for her to open the door for an important business associate only to see her conference room defaced. The chairs and table were destroyed and one of her robo-bugs was pinned to the wall with the pieces while a cartoon Gizmo laughed.
Xander had, after all, taken everything the boys destroyed from around the school. It wasn't too hard to simply switch out his screen wall for hers and show her exactly what Gizmo and Mammoth had done to her expensive robotic toys. He stole a weaponized drone this time and reprogrammed it with Buzz's backup servers as well as an advanced AI that Gizmo had created and then abandoned when he grew bored. What better way to protect Beej (Buzz Jr.) than give him weapons and a grudge against the tiny technological terror.
He was looking forward to the next time Gizmo tried to enter his rooms, Beej was a vicious guard dog.
Fandom: BtVS/Teen Titans
Prompt: 427 - Sleepwalk
Words: 524
Warnings: Unbeta'd, Chapter Drabble, I'm moving tomorrow and have been run ragged all week packing, cleaning and painting, no time to write more than the bare minimum
Xander felt like he must have been dreaming as Jinx gently shoved him back in bed and gently pulled the covers up over his aching body. If his head weren't throbbing so badly he might have protested her mothering. As it was his foggy mind couldn't get over the fact that she had taken his side. She had obviously been on a rampage over what had been done to her teammates, what HE had done to them. Her abrupt about-face confused him. He knew that they had become something like friends after all the afternoons they had spent together but she was a full blown, HIVE certified villain. What was she doing tucking him in and retrieving painkillers and water for him?
He was the one who was supposed to be the henchman, she should have been demanding that he fetch and carry her things, not the other way around. He was especially surprised when she settled into his desk chair to keep watch over him as he slept. The only threats that knew where he slept were her teammates. Was she really going to choose him over them?
His final thought as he nuzzled his head into his new pillow was that she was a TERRIBLE villain if this kind of thing bothered her. She was too soft hearted.
-----
"What is this?" Jinx asked gesturing at the generous pile of disks he had kept after liberating them from Gizmo. The kid was a genius after all and it was a shame to destroy his work when it could be misappropriated instead.
"The bits of Gizmo's work that were worth keeping when I robbed him blind during 'Phase 1'."
"Phase one?"
"Yeah, they attacked my private space, so I attacked theirs. In order for it to be proper revenge I now have to one up them."
Jinx watched him warily, "What do you consider one-upping what you've already done?"
He grinned at her, "You'll see."
------------
His revenge was brilliant in its simplicity. He switched the screenwall that Gizmo and Mammoth had destroyed with one in the Headmistress' conference room. He recreated their handiwork perfectly. Headmistress Kane hated being humiliated more than anything and it was the height of professional embarrassment for her to open the door for an important business associate only to see her conference room defaced. The chairs and table were destroyed and one of her robo-bugs was pinned to the wall with the pieces while a cartoon Gizmo laughed.
Xander had, after all, taken everything the boys destroyed from around the school. It wasn't too hard to simply switch out his screen wall for hers and show her exactly what Gizmo and Mammoth had done to her expensive robotic toys. He stole a weaponized drone this time and reprogrammed it with Buzz's backup servers as well as an advanced AI that Gizmo had created and then abandoned when he grew bored. What better way to protect Beej (Buzz Jr.) than give him weapons and a grudge against the tiny technological terror.
He was looking forward to the next time Gizmo tried to enter his rooms, Beej was a vicious guard dog.
