Chapter 2
Red-X had had his share of fights. Sure he'd fought giant cyborgs before, sliming beasts heck even bipedal lizards. Nothing compared to what he was up against now. He ducked below the first uppercut, hoping to land an elbow to the chin, but was met with a swift knee to his face. Red-X only had a minute to register the blinding pain, quickly reacting and somersaulting away. Fresh crimson blood dripped from his nose. He winced. If only he had his mask on…
Robin did not show mercy. With a sleight of hand, 3 razor sharp birdarangs sliced through the air. Red-X flipped, managing to evade two of them, but the third sliced his thigh open, warm blood seeping into his suit. He gritted his teeth as Robin leapt of the cavern wall, slamming his metal staff into the spot where Red-X had been a second before. As Robin pressed on, Red-X started to analyse his fighting style. The patterns of turns and kicks, the angle of every strike…He remembered the endless times that he had trained with Bruce in the pitch darkness of the Batcave, blocking punch after punch, kick after kick until he would collapse with fatigue. He remembered the first time he landed on hit on Bruce, and the warm sensation of pride and acceptance as he clapped him on the back and smiled warmly. Of course, it was one of the only times that he had seen the old man smile.
Red-X deflected every strike that Robin hurled at him when suddenly…An opening Red-X smiled and reacted quickly, not letting the chance evade him. He caught Robin's arm with his elbow, twisting his torso and curled himself into a ball, launching off Robin's chest and somersaulting through the air. Robin stumbled, winded and disorientated. Red-X leapt towards him, about to deal the finishing blow with an airborne axe-kick when…
"You will leave him alone!"
The right side of Red-X's body exploded in heat and pain as he was blasted into the cavern wall. Pieces of rock, debris and dust rained upon him. He looked up in time to come face-to-face with a charged, ready to fire sonic cannon. Without moving a muscle, he managed to make out the blurred silhouette of Starfire, eyes glowing a neon green and Raven, eyes glowing white. In the background, he made out the shape of a green rhinocerous and finally…Robin who was on all fours glaring at him.
"Not….not fair….." Red-X mumbled…
And his world was enveloped by the darkness of unconsciousness.