Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans or any other related person, place or thing. I do own Gem, Evelyn Feather-Duster and anything related to her. In other words you get the idea and this whole disclaimer thing is s crock of ! Because If I owned anything important, this would be an episode and not just a fanfic! Duh?

Disclaimer 2: Any songs I may use in here belong to their respective owners and not me because otherwise I'd have my personal assistant writing this instead of myself working my fingers to the bone.

Warning: This is a hint of Rob/Rae and Cy/Bee, major O.C/Red X fic. Plus the possibility of a few character deaths. Hope you enjoy!

Summary: Two girls connected by the threads of fate fight to avoid their intertwined destiny, Rob/Rae O.C/Red X.


Till the End

Prologue

Gem watched from the shadows as the small group of teenagers entered the abandoned warehouse. She wanted out of the darkness as quickly as possible and she sincerely hoped they didn't see her as she crept towards the door.

Only a few minutes earlier she had seen a tall figure dressed in a strange costume with a red X emblazoned on the front. She had a feeling this encounter was about to get very, very ugly and if it came to the point where she might have to fight, she wanted to have the full strength of her powers.

She hesitated in fear when she heard the hooded girl speak up. "Someone's here. They're close by too." Raven said her eyes boring into the darkness trying to spot the presence through the murky shadows that danced across the walls.

"I can't place it either." Cyborg muttered tapping his mechanical arm in frustration.

"Guys I have a bad feeling about this." Beast Boy whispered as he gazed around the room. Suddenly a giant energy field surrounded them and divided them from each other by more energy fields.

"Yep, definitely a bad feeling." Beast Boy said with a groan.

A tall shadowy figure came forward from the darkness and Robin growled, "Red X. What a surprise."

"Actually it is a surprise. I didn't think he was bright enough to come up with something like this." Raven said jabbing her head at the energy field.

Red X just smirked at her. "I can do MUCH better. Maybe I'll show you sometime." Raven just glared at him.

"Oh come on, aren't any of you going to try and escape?" Red X demanded looking extremely disappointed. "I was expecting more of a challenge."

Robin just growled, but he had learned his lesson the last time he encountered an energy field. He hadn't liked the fried egg feeling he had had afterwards.

Gem watched in silence, part of her kept saying 'jump in and save them' the other half told her to run as fast as she could and as quietly as she could. Her better half won out and as the tall figure made fun of the captured teens Gem moved silently through the shadows until she was directly behind him.

She caught sight of a control stuck inside the belt that hung around his waist. Gem whispered a quick prayer to anyone who might be listening and quietly launched herself out of the shadows and towards Red X. Her motion was fluid and almost cat-like as she jumped through the air and tackled the figure knocking him to the ground with a loud, "oof" of surprise as his face hit the ground.

Gem tried to roll away but Red X grabbed her arm and rolled over onto her and pinned her to the floor beneath him. "Who the hell are you?" he demanded. Gem laughed her eyes becoming a strange mix of colors that reminded him strongly of a rainbow after a really bad storm.

Red X saw the attack before he felt the flash of bright light slammed him away from the girl who quickly got to her feet and made a move for the control she had knocked from his belt. Red X threw a X-disk at her and she dodged it but the explosion caught her by surprise and tossed her against a pillar.

She groaned and touched the back of her head her fingertips were red with blood and she froze. Her head had split open when it hit the corner of the pillar. She grimaced as the pain washed over her in waves but she wasn't about to be beat by this moron.

"So Titan's where did you find this mistake?" Red X asked his back to Gem.

"We don't know her." Robin answered with a hard glare.

"Oh great just another goody-two-shoes." Red X said with a condescending smirk. Raven began meditating in hopes of helping the strange girl.

Gem slowly stood up and almost screamed when she heard Raven's quiet voice in her head.

Get the control, we'll distract him.

Gem looked over at her and nodded, slowly making sure Red X hadn't taken notice of her she crept back into the shadows. She watched silently as Raven began sending bolts of dark energy at the energy fields. Red X watched in silent amusement as she failed over and over again.

As he watched Gem made her way to the other side of the room in the shadows and as she knelt down to grab the control Red X sent another X disk at her without even turning to look at her. Gem's eyes widened as the disk flew straight for her she quickly dived to the right and watched as it hit the wall and lodged itself there.

"Ha, you missed," Gem, said gazing at the disk, she turned back only to find Red X was knelt down beside her with his face dangerously close to her own,

"Who said I was aiming for you?" he whispered, a silent laugh echoing in his words. Gem's eyes widened as he leaned in, but gasped as his fist connected with her stomach knocking the air out of her and sending her into a most welcome darkness.

Red X smirked as the girl in front of him collapsed into darkness, her head falling backwards. Red X gently laid her on the ground and turned back to his captives.

"Now what should I do with you?" he said smirking at the titans in front of him.

"What the hell did you do to her Red?" Robin demanded not able to see the girl completely because she was lying in the shadows.

"She's...taking a little nap." Red X said smugly.

"She's hurt." Raven said in her customary monotone voice.

Red X glanced at her, "Of course she is, I just beat the hell out of her." he said pacing in front of them trying to decide what to do.

"No...Robin she's got a cut on the back of her head. She's losing a lot of blood." Raven said her dark eyes peering out at them from beneath her hood.

Red X's eyes widened, "Your kidding right?" he demanded narrowing his eyes at her.

"No I don't joke." Raven answered. Red X stood for a second and then turned and strode over to the girl half hidden by shadows. He knelt down beside her and grimaced when he felt a sticky liquid on his knees. He gently picked her up one arm around her shoulders, the other under her knees.

Red X carried her into the light and set her down as gently as he possibly could, completely aware of the blood that had begun trickling down his arm from the girl's head.

"Let me out of here and I can help her." Raven said watching the girl. Her thick waist length black hair was matted with dried blood and her skin was deathly pale. She was wearing a pair of tight skimpy black shorts with a light yellow spaghetti strap shirt on. Her feet were in a pair of white sneakers and she had large silver hoops in her ears.

Blood had begun soaking through her shirt as Red X stood over her trying to decide whether or not to let Raven out.

"Fine." he said finally. He grabbed the control and hit a few buttons, Raven moved forward when the energy field surrounding her disappeared.

Red X watched her warily as she knelt beside the girl and with a look of disgust on her face slipped her hand under the girl's head. Moments later she pulled away and stood up. Red X backed away until he was hidden in shadow. Raven tried to see him but the shadows hid him too well.

Suddenly the control flew out of the darkness and clattered to the ground a few feet from her.

"Come on Raven let us out!" B.B yelled. Raven picked up the control and hit a few buttons. The titans grinned in relief when the energy fields disappeared. Robin looked around in the darkness to see if Red X was still there but he didn't see him and he walked over to Raven who was standing next to the black-haired girl.

"Who is she?" he asked looking at her. Raven just turned away.

"She's still unconscious, guess we should take her back to the tower." Cyborg murmured as he knelt down and picked the girl up and carried her to the T-car.


Celsie: For now the story will be rated T but if you think later on in the story it needs tobe changed to M just let me know because I wasn't sure about it.