Chapter 1
Red X watched the video of him fighting the Teen Titans, one by one. And winning. He had just kicked the green guy known as Beast Boy's butt, who was now struggling to get out of the red gluey substance shaped like a x that held him down.
The annoyingly naïve alien girl came after him next.
She kicked him hard in the back, and he used the momentum to roll into a somersault. Running at Starfire, dodging her starbolts, he jumped and tackled her to the ground, pinning her with another sticky X. The metal man or Cyborg was next, leaving the two more powerful, the two birds, last. Red X grabbed a metal pipe from the ground and flipped backwards over to Cyborg, carefully avoiding his sonic blast. When he was close enough he faked to the left. He went right and shoved the metal pipe up into the sonic cannon part of his arm, which Red X knew from so many carefully studied fights, acted similar to a pressure point. Cyborg's entire system went haywire. To stop him from correcting himself, Red X yanked out Cyborg's memory card. Red X knew that there were many more where that particular one came from, but this was just for now. He would have to destroy the rest later.
Boy Wonder was next, or as Red X preferred, Boy Blunder. Robin came in with a kick to his side. Red X caught his foot and pulled it forward and shoved it back, as hard and fast as he could. Robin fell but leapt up, ready to fight. They continued to fight, repetitively knocking each other down and quickly jumping up. As Red X watched the screen he noticed a pattern. Robin's fighting techniques were repetitive. Right punch, left punch, right round house kick, left hand chop to neck. Stomach left open, unprotected. Left punch, right punch, left roundhouse kick, right hand chop to neck. Stomach still left unprotected. If only Red X had noticed during the fight. The end of Robin would have come a lot faster then it had. But he hadn't. They continued to fight until Red X pulled out a bottle of sleeping gas. Robin tried, Red x gave him that. Robin had just received a shot right to his face. It took him a full 43 seconds to drift into unconsciousness. Usually it took 15 maybe 20 seconds.
Next and last was Red X's favorite Titan. Raven, the gothic bird. Raven the beautiful sorceress. She was Red X's favorite because one, she was so freaking stubborn and two, she was actually a challenge, unlike Animal Boy, Ms. Naïve, and Metal Man. Robin was a challenge also, he had to admit, but not in the same way.
They were both a challenge to fight, but Raven was more of a challenge not to flirt with. Whenever she was around, it was all he cold do not to be Jason the 17 year old guy behind the mask. He didn't know what it was or why. So he just blamed it on hormones. But inside he knew it was something more. He loved how even if he had her pinned to the ground or had covered her mouth so she couldn't chant her mantra, she still wouldn't give up. She wasn't all that stubborn, no, she was determined. He loved how every day she was out there risking her life to save other people. He loved how she was able to stay emotionless, monotone. He knew that took real talent. He had tried, but he could have a bad temper. He loved how she was able to deal with her horrible past. How she was actually able to get up everyday and live her life.
He turned his attention back to the screen. While the rest of the team had been fighting, she had been meditating, waiting her turn. Red X jumped up next to her and whispered something in her ear. The tape hadn't picked up what he had said, but Red X remembered. "Time to dance, babe." That was what he said. Because fighting her was like dancing. The graceful way she moved to dodge each punch and kick thrown at her. The way he dodged her black aura. Her punches and kicks. It all moved to a silent rhythm. It was all like dancing. Spin, twirl, one step left, two steps back. Whenever he did this he fought the urge to grab her hand and pull her close to his chest. The only thing Red X didn't like was the look Robin gave Raven before each fight. He had it on all the tapes. Raven never seemed to notice or at least acknowledge the look. It was like Robin wanted to tell her something. He looked sad, maybe even a little desperate. For what, Red X didn't know, but he was determined to find out.