A/N: This is if another universe from the original one I would use, where Red X is Jason Todd and all of the Batman Family is older than Dick Grasyon... In this universe they still are, but Red X is another person. Ages will be all the same, unless a birthday comes rolling around... Which you will never know of because you never saw my DC Calendar. I'm planning to at least update this fanfic once a week, and Reunite Family will be more like once a month or once every two months because I need the inspiration for the story... or I just have writer's block for that story :P.

– That will be the plan if you want me to continue the story. I'm not asking for favorites or follows or reviews (although I will be sort of glad that people are reading this and sort of giving me the thumbs up to write another chapter)–

Summary: Will I be caught by the Titans, my father, or my friends? It's tricky avoiding all three at once, but I think I have handled it so far. My life behind the mask is more complicated than people think, especially when I keep thinking about hamsters.

Disclaimer: I do not own any Teen Titans character, but the appearance and background story of Red X is from my side.

Thievery

Chapter 1: Hamsters

It's not that hard to steal someone's wallet or cellphone. First, get in close enough to the person and then locate the object. Next, cause some sort of distraction, like throw a rock on the ground close to him or her that you are stealing from. Once done, slip your hand in while the person is distracted and take the object. Lastly, sneak into an alley and enjoy your prize.

I used to do these things everyday to earn cash. My parents are divorced, and I had to live with my dad since my mom was moving all the way to Europe to follow her dreams of becoming a teacher there or something. My dad and I live in a house, but it's not in the best of neighborhoods. It has one floor and a basement with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It's the house my mom and dad used to live in together before I was added to the family.

"I'm done, Connor! I'm fucking done!" Mom shouted before she left. I think the whole neighborhood heard her. I was 12 when she left Jump City, but I usually never had conversations with her because I didn't like her.

My dad, Connor, is a lawyer and works from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. He doesn't earn a lot since he says he's 'low-ranked' in the business. I steal without catching his attention. While I'm out, he thinks I'm working a part-time job. How wrong he is.

I just turned 17, and I am a junior in school. I graduate three months from now to become a senior. I skip school zero to three times a week, depending on the activities I do outside of school. It's not teenage sex by the way, so get that idea out of your mind. It's thievery, and as the master thief known as Red X. Yeah, I do heists in broad daylight, but I don't steal with the suit on. That'll be quite noticeable, even though I can avoid unwanted attention pretty easily.

The Red X suit is very poweful, thanks to Boy Wonder, and is awesome in my opinion. As I said earlier, I used to do pickpocketing everyday, and I still do, just not every single day of the week. Well, sometimes, but now I do more of the advanced stuff ever since I stole the suit from its original owner, Boy Wonder, or Robin. I steal from a variety of stores or galleries. You would think I would be a billionaire. Well, I am not. The paintings in Jump City aren't worth that much, and banks now have 'Titan Security' since many other criminals like to rob them.

I know what you're thinking. I've gotten passed the 'Titan Security' in their Tower without the Red X suit to get the actual suit. Well, here's the reason.

They used specific technology to locate criminals, specifically me! Or rather the suit. The technology is at every bank in Jump City now and that's where all the cash is. They have gotten smart... and how did they even afford it while still paying bills? Their giant T-shaped target is huge and the electricity bill must cost a fortune. I'm afriad to admit it, but I am jealous that they own so much money.

Anyway, right now it's Sunday night. I know, I know, I should be sleeping considering it's Monday tomorrow, the day every kid probably hates, but the Teen Titans are not sleeping either. How do I know? Well, they are standing right in front of me. Why? I got caught while I was stealng a cheap painting since I have no cash in my wallet. I bet someone would pay me around $300 for it in the underground market. See? Cheap. Also, I tripped the alarm because I was really bored, and I mean really bored.

Wait, let me reconsider the school thing for the Titans. I mean, if they go, they'll be surrounded by their fans since they are so easy to spot. Cyborg is half-metal, Beast Boy is green, and Starfire is orange. Raven and Robin could go... but Raven is, well, ghostly pale. Can she ever get a tan? And Robin would look weird with sunglasses on, inside. Still, it isn't fair that I am older than some of them, I think, and they don't go to school but I do. Seriously, the majority of the Titans never finished or went to school because they have to be heroes all the time. Okay, back to reality.

"Hand over the painting, X!" Robin shouted at me while holding his bo staff. Why does he say it? It never works. What kind of criminal would willingly hand over a painting they just stole?

"Why, kid? Its not that important."

Cyborg was aiming his Sonic Cannon my way. "It doesn't belong to you!"

"Who does it belong to then? All I saw was something without a name so I claimed it..."

The leader of the Titans growled. "Never mind that! Titans, GO!"

The fight began with me immediately shooting a sticky X at Raven. She's the Titans' defense, and I didn't want her using any shields or trapping me in a black bubble of some sort. Starfire took to the sky, firing her starbolts while Cyborg fired with his Sonic Cannon at the same time. I used both of my hands to shoot an electrifying X at both of them. The Xs shocked both of them, and they tumbled to the ground. Beast Boy came at me as a charging rhino while I was shooting the Xs. I was slammed into a brick building. Did I mention we were fighting on the street? Well now you know.

By the way, bricks hurt when you are slammed into them by a rhino. You would be thinking I should be crushed, but the Titans don't kill, so Beast Boy didn't use full force. I moved my hand to my belt, and that was a little hard to do with a rhino horn holding me against the wall. I teleported onto the roof of the building I was smashed into and started running with my prize still hooked to my back, rolled up.

But, of course, I didn't fight Robin and trap Beast Boy yet. I skidded to a halt when the two appeared in front of me. Fights with the Titans could be uninteresting sometimes, but there are these rare special fights that suddenly have a whole new meaning to it. This fight is uninteresting.

"Two against one? That's a little unfair for you guys."

"Are you sure about that?" Boy Wonder charged at me with bo staff, but unfortunately for him, I dodged and flipped behind him while he was pulling back his staff. I kicked him in the ribs before he got the chance to punch, kick, or swing his staff again, and he was sent flying into a wall. Didn't know my own strength there, or he's just small and underweight.

Footsteps alerted me that Beast Boy was approaching as a hamster, no, not a hamster. Hamsters are very small and cute and would not be useful in this fight. I spun around to see him as a hams– as a rhino, not a hamster. Why do I keep thinking of hamsters? I like ham, and there's ham in the word 'hamster'. Maybe that's why. Okay, off topic.

Most likely, he was going to turn into a different animal at the last second and not have a repeat of earlier. I mentally sighed. The Titans are getting more and more predictable every time I have to face them. When will they ever start using new tactics?

Just as I predicted, Beast Boy transformed into another animal when I dodged. A hamster? No. A gori–

Shit.

Boy Wonder snuck up behind me and kicked me in the ribs like I did to him. How the hell did I forget about the kid? It must've been the thought about hamsters, but it's pretty difficult to forget about the 16-year-old leader... I really think he's lying about his age.

So now, I lay on the roof of the building. With a green gorilla holding me down. I also lost the painting... Out of the corner of my eye, I can see Raven and Starfire, but I did not see Cyborg. I managed to get away on the very first fight we had four or five weeks ago, but tonight, my performance was absolute shit. Just like my performance in school.

I did not want them to find out who I am. That would be also terrible. I would be placed in a juvenile detention center. Yep, that seemed completely fun. I closed my eyes for a few seconds, only to open them up and see a green glove hovering over my face. After calculating the chances I have to escape, there was at least one way possible to get the fuck out of there without being embarrased. Well, no, I'll be embarrassed anyway since I was so easily pinned.

Since my left hand was being held down by a foot, I was able to send an 'X' directly at the gorilla's foot, making him growl and jump back. I rolled away before anybody can grab me. Raven disappeared from my sight, meaning I have to act fast. Flipping at least two times in the air, I landed next to Robin, who had the painting. Shocking him with an 'X', I made a grab for the artwork, only to have it thrown to Starfire at the last second.

Are you serious?

My only options was to ditch the painting beacuse Raven was right behind me– OH SHIT! I hit the teleport button on my belt, which I had gotten back from Boy Wonder a week ago. I was teleported to Jump City Park.

Above a small pond... With ducks...

I trudged home with the Red X suit stuffed inside my backpack. My clothes I wear under the suit were soaking wet, but I definitely wasn't going to go walking down the street with no clothes on, even though it's most likely past midnight. That would be weird and inappropriate.

Jumping the fence for the backyard, I opened my bedroom window and gently set my backpack on the ground before climbing in myself. I hid the backpack underneath my bed, which is the best place for hiding very powerful and expensive items. No one will ever find it there. Well, that's true, at least, for me. My dad sometimes pays attention to what I'm doing, and he'll ground me when he realizes I've been sneaking in and out of the house. He's a lawyer, and I'm a thief. His friends are policemen. I wonder how I'll be arrested...

I collapsed onto my bed, sighing as I felt my eyelids getting heavy. Before I fell alseep, I considered if I should go to school tomorrow, today, whatever. I think there's an exam about hams– atoms and molecules that is a quarter of my grade. Damn hamsters and their cute faces... That night, I had a dream, in which I had a hamster as a pet. In real life, sadly, I do not have a hamster as a pet.