A/N: Hi everyone, this is HeliadX also known as Heliad! Formerly known as 'LemonShineLover22'! There was a huge error with my old account, and I'm so sorry to all the people who I couldn't contact due to it! This is still my first actual story, I've been writing for a few years but I'd never actually gotten this far as to publishing one of my stories! Since I've been gone I've been able to finish this story and hope you enjoy it! Raven is my favourite character of all the Titans, and you'll be made sure of this by reading my stories in the future...if you like this one :P Anyway, if you have any problems or issues with the story then please PM or leave a review so I can respond! I hope you enjoy, please R&R!
Summary:
Some of us were heroes because we had god sent powers and skills. Some needed to repent for their sins, and others needed an outlet for vengeance...but few, because they were lost. He, he was lost...he had died a thousand deaths and his mind was an imbalance of guilt and madness. He was in the middle of the good and bad, he only looked out for himself. His dark mind didn't care who died or what was lost if he still got his gain...well, that's what I was told by his brother.
I don't know why it happened, but fate was never really my friend was he now? We had never really sat down and spoken before that night. But whenever I laid my eyes on him I felt the demon within me crave his life and body.
I have never wanted to be evil, I had never wanted to do bad things … and yet I was drawn to it like a moth to a flame … I was drawn to the people who knew who they were and the freedom inside of them…I couldn't take it anymore, the lies and the secrets…I needed on truth…something that Richard, Bruce, or anyone else I knew couldn't give me…but him…
Pairings: Mainly Red X/Red Hood X Raven, with hints of Beast Boy X Raven, Robin/Nightwing X Raven, and Robin/Nightwing X Starfire along with Bumble Bee X Cyborg X Jinx
Crimson Knights
Chapter 1: Hex
6 Months ago...
"Does he know that you're still alive?"
A question that rung in his head for a moment before he looked at her. A hostile gaze was what she got in response as both of their eyes held resistance. "What?" He asked as a wolfish smile appeared on his face, "Sunshine…I understand that Papa Bat is difficult to talk to, but you're a part of the league now, aren't you?"
"I have a name…Jason." He chuckled as he stared into her indigo eyes, with a childlike fascination for the exoticness of her Amethyst orbs.
"I know what your name is, Raven…but you look more like a Sunshine to me. And to answer your question, of course he does…Bruce told Tim, Damien, and Barbs…So why wouldn't he tell his favourite son? He knows about Red Hood, so why wouldn't he know about me?" She was slightly confused and Jason could tell, he placed his glass of whisky on the bar and fully faced her, "Do you need me to explain?"
She looked to the ground for a second before shaking her head, "Why would he lie about you?" She addressed him in a curious tone, light years away from her usual monotone voice. Jason shrugged his shoulders as he looked her up and down for a moment.
Jason felt himself smirk as his eyes lingered over her every curve, "I'll answer you once I'm done checking you out…"he said as he imagined what she looked like stood up. "Who made you wear the dress?" Jason asked staring at the white figure hugging dress. A blush appeared on her pale face as she looked at him,
"I'm twenty-two years old, I can dress myself." He raised an eyebrow as he stared at her cleavage, he looked at her face for a moment before staring back at the large swells. "Fine. We had a deal, I wear a dress tonight and she'll stop giving random men my number…"
"I didn't even say anything Sunshine…but by her, you mean Jinx?" He said flashing her a cocky smile. Jason stared at her full red lips as she sipped her drink, he had always focused his attention on Starfire when he was younger, and he regretted it. She was the girl his elder 'brother' had his eyes set on…and Raven? Like a fine wine. And what woman couldn't resist the temptation of Jason Todd? Well, Raven for one, but that didn't bother him…
Over the years it seemed as if she became more human, her skin had evened out, slowly becoming more olive than deathly pale, her formerly short violet hair was now long and black and her eyes had slowly become bluer, making them that light indigo colour. His eyes lingered on her as she nodded,
"Why didn't you join her?"
"Pardon?"
He smiled as he asked again, "Why didn't you join her? You know…get a real job and an education?"
She bit her lip slightly as she stared into his eyes, "I'm an empath…I can feel and influence other people's emotions. It was worse when I was younger, but I don't have the capacity to feel for myself, without ending a city. I have an education, a PHD…but that's for the worst-case scenario." She paused. He heard a hitch in her breath as she continued, "I was made to destroy everything I wanted to love, I'll be on the earth for thousands of years…eventually, I'll lose everything and become a monster, helping people is the only way I can save myself…"
"You're opening up to me?" Jason asked surprised, he ran a hand through the long front of his hair, re blending the white and light brown. "Are you trying to get me into bed or something? Because if you-"
"I'm waiting for you to answer my question. But again, I feel everything you feel…and I know you trust me not to tell anyone I saw you here tonight. When you died, I saw a change in him. He became cold, distant…you were the reason he and Kori broke up, the reason he left the Titans…"She said quietly. His body would always tense up when he remembered his death, when he remembered everything he'd endured over the years… "I'm sorry…"
"Don't be sorry, I'm here enjoying my drink, in an old friend empty bar…with a beautiful woman, I could still be dead you know…" He watched the expressions on her face change, she gave him a small smile before going back to thinking almost instantly.
"He lied to you about me, like he lied to everyone else. It's the one thing you learn in that family, I'm surprised you don't know…you did spend a long-time undercover with them…" he said quietly in a sly tone, "Oh wait…you still are undercover…aren't you?"
One of the light bulbs exploded as she stared at him, "How do you know?" She asked, finished his whisky as she continued. "Nobody knows what I'm doing except Cyborg, Bat-"
"I like to keep an eye out on business that concerns me. I don't care too much about what you personally are doing Raven, but I have a lot of money going into a deal that could be affected by the façade you and Dick are pulling…" He said touching a lose strand of her hair,
She stayed quiet as he continued, "I'd also advise you not to catch feelings for him, it's not hard to tell that you two are…getting busy…but just know Raven, you're not the only former titan th-"
"Stop." She said gripping his wrist. She pushed it away from her face as her glass started to crack, "I stopped having feelings for him a long time ago and we're not…getting busy…"
Jason laughed slightly as he stared at his wrist. "I don't see nothing wrong with a little bump and grind, Sunshine" Jason mumbled under his breath. "Plus…there are cameras everywhere in that god damn house. They all look at that footage at some point in the day, even little Damien…who is such a gossip!"
"Do you want something, or do just want to play with me?" She confessed as her face panned. He sat there for a moment. A bright smile appeared on his face as he just said,
"I'm waiting to pay my tab sunshine, then I'm driving back to Gotham…"
Raven sighed, "You shouldn't drive under influence…" she said as he continued to smile, "What's so funny?" She asked he burst out in laughter. He continued to laugh as he stood up and pulled money out of his black leather jacket. He threw it on the bar as he started to walk away…
"Sunshine," he said as he walked to the glass door, "I shouldn't be drinking as is. I'm barley nineteen…and I'm always careful …"He said finished leaving Raven alone in the bar. She bit her lip as her emotions rallied in her mind. Another light bulb broke as regret filled her body as she heard his bike start…
