-1Argent ran down the streets of Jump City, chasing after some crook the bank phoned in about. Her spiky, black hair was a glossy mess.
"Damn thief. Why couldn't he just rob a bank in the daylight like the other villains?"
Ba-bump. Argent's heart suddenly stopped. Her breathing became irregular. She fell on her knees to the ground. Black strands of hair fell in front of her face but didn't hide the red, shadowy light that was escaping her eyes.
And as quick as it came, it was gone.
Argent jumped back on her feet, her eyes searching rapidly for any trace the crook left behind. But it was her nose that caught whiff of a scent.
"Xnophium" she said to herself as she looked at the residue on the ground. She lifted the heel of her boot only to see the red stain it had left. "And now it's all over my shoes. Peachy."
Sourly, Argent flew across town to Titans Tower, which she was house watching while the titans were out taking care of business in Tokyo.
Argent laid out on the titan's couch drinking some of Raven's herbal tea. "This must be an acquired taste" she sipped some more out of the cup, "Maybe not". She washed the taste out of her mouth with some cold water and walked back to the couch and flipped on the T.V.
But nothing happened.
She pressed some digits into the remote but the large T.V screen wouldn't turn on.
"Today isn't my lucky day" Argent sighed and laid her head back against the soft pillow and closed her eyes. She laid there quietly for a couple minutes. Undisturbed. Relaxed.
But a loud noise brought her out of her slumber. She heard a cutting noise and then a shadowy spectral run through a back hallway. "Company's here" she said as she silently flew through the air to follow him.
She ended up finding him in the evidence room. The figure reached forward and grabbed some kind of lock and key device. Argent drew the line here.
A red beam of energy shot through her hands and knocked the object out of the crook's hand. He turned around in shock and revealed his mask in the light. A red X was cut into the right side of his mask.
"An X huh? Why not a A?" She said as she flew behind him and lifted him into the air. But as she touched him she began to get the feeling again. Her body began to shake, and her arms grew weak and tired. She dropped Red X on the ground and fell to the floor.
"Because X sounds cooler" Red X said as he picked up the locking device and teleported away.
After a few seconds the feeling went away and Argent stood up. She picked up her communicator and called Robin.
"Robin, I've got a problem here." Argent said as Robin's signal became secure, "Some guy with an X scratched across his mask stole some lock-and-key device from the evidence room. Anything ring bells?"
Robin sighed frustratingly and ran his fingers through his hair, "That would be Red X. Look Argent, Red X is obviously trying to reach out to me for some weird reason. Don't worry about him. I'll try to get to Jump City as soon as I can. Things are…" Starfire crossed her arms and gave Robin a hurt look in the background, "…complicated here in Tokyo."
"What about the lock-thing he took? Anything I should know about that?"
"It's a lock picking device used by one of Slade's robots once. Just a thief's tool." He answered. Robin seemed to be agitated and somewhat rushed, "I really have to go, Argent. Tell me if Red X gives you anymore trouble." Robin's signal then died.
Argent closed her communicator and walked over to where Red X had stood.
"No. That is unacceptable"