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Chapter 2- To Infiltrate
Run-down, disgusting and simply impossible to live in, this was the description of an old warehouse building X called home. Now you might be thinking, why would Red X, someone infamous and probably rich if he was paid for doing his job, live here?
Simply put: this was the only place he could call home, his only sanctuary.
"I'm home," X muttered to the empty warehouse, pushing up the garage and walking in, pulling the garage down. He slipped off his black trench coat and threw it onto a lone chair next to a small table.
Sighing, Red X looked around the empty warehouse again, feeling a tad bit lonely. Waving the feeling away though, he collapsed on the bed, pressing his arm to his forehead.
Why the hell am I still here? He thought to himself as he rolled over. His eyes caught a picture frame set on the nightstand next to his bed. Sitting up and reaching out, he grabbed it, pressing his fingers against the cool glass.
In the picture was a family of four, smiles lighting their faces. X's eyes only focused on one face though. A small girl, barely even one in the photo. She held tightly onto her older brother's hand, shyly looking into the camera with her wide, innocent baby blue eyes as soft waves of auburn hair curled around her face. X's eyes tightened, Tessa…
That's right, he thought. He was here for her. His precious little sister that had been taken from him that horrible night he had found his parents dead.
Unconsciously, memories started to flash through X's mind reminding him of that horrible night…
Flashback
Slowly I backed away from the grotesque sight, tripping over my own feet. Too shocked to get back up, I just crawled backwards, eyeing the pool of blood that was slowly pushing towards me, as if to attack me and submerge me in its crimson veil as well.
"Big brother?" I heard a small yawn from my right.
Tessa, I thought. I can't let her see this! Quickly, I ran up to my sister, putting my hand over her eyes.
"Big Brother?" she repeated, her voice confused.
I shut my eyes tightly, I rather die than let Tessa see this…
"Shit! The kids woke up!" Turning, I spotted two men, clothed in black suits, coming from the room next to my parents, bloody guns in their hands.
"Quick! Shoot them!" One screamed.
"Big Brother?" Tessa said again, this time more frightened. I could feel her body trembling as I pulled her closer to me. The two advanced, their guns out as I backed up, pushing myself protectively in front of my little sister.
"Stop," a voice interrupted, booming.
My eyes turned the newcomer. He was tall, his white hair shaggy and a single blue eye staring down at us as the other was covered by an eyepatch. "Boss, we were just about to kill them, so—"
"Fool," the man hissed at his subordinates. The two cringed and the man turned back to us. I gave him a deadly glare and all he did was chuckle. "Quite the look this boy has." He shoved his face up to mine, his face hardening, "I dislike that look of yours."
A whimper behind me made his head turned towards my sister. He reached out to grab her but I blocked him, screaming, "Leave her alone!"
The man frowned, "Insolent boy!" He threw me aside and my back hit the staircase making me cry out.
"Big Brother! Ahh!"
"Tessa," I murmured, looking up to see the man had grabbed her face, staring into her frightened blue eyes. The man smirked.
" The girl is young, able to be trained. She's valuable. As for the boy, you can do whatever you like with him."
Without warning, the guy hoisted Tessa up. She screamed and banged against him just like I taught her to do, but she was no match for such a large guy. "Tessa!" I tried to move, but the bones in my body ached with every movement. "Tessa!"
"Big Brother!" she cried out, tears falling down her face. "Big Brother!!"
"Tess—" I stopped as one of the guys cocked the gun at my face, smirking as if to taunt me that he had control over my end. Staring up, wide eyed, a strange feeling filled me. Something hot, burning in the pit of my stomach.
"Big Brother!!" I could hear Tessa yell from downstairs. "Big Brother!!"
It was then I snapped. Growling, I pushed with all might and grabbed the guy's hand, biting it. He howled, dropping the gun. Following nothing but my instinct, the feeling inside me that forced my body to move, I picked it up and shot wildly. It was heavy, much too heavy for a nine-year-old to carry, but somehow I had strength. I had something that drove me. This…burning feeling that rose up and threatened to explode. This…anger. Hate.
"Tessa!" I screamed, hauling the gun in my hands as I ran after her, stepping over the dead bodies of the two men I had just killed. "Tessa!" I called out, seeing the door open. I dropped the gun and ran towards the door screaming her name over and over again into the night.
End of Flashback
X opened his eyes, looking at the photo. Placing it back, X stood up. He grabbed a gun from a holster and turned to the picture of Slade Wilson, mayor of jump City and the man he had seen so many years ago. X's blue eyes narrowed to a glare, one even deadlier than the one he had given Slade twelve years ago. "Slade," he growled. "I'll kill you, you bastard!"
BANG! In the middle of Slade's forehead in the picture, right between his eyebrows, there was a bullet lodged into the wall.
X lowered his gun, his hand trembling now. It always did that when anger filled him. When he hated Slade to the point of where he would show him no mercy once he got his hands on him. After all, this violence fetish was because of Slade. X couldn't break free now.
Tessa, X looked up at the roof, letting his body calm down. I'll rid this city of Slade…of evil…and then we can live together. When it's all over and done, I promise I'll put this gun down for life. Yes…X thought, looking down at his right hand, the hand that he had used to kill. I'll break free of this violence fetish.
"Dammit!" Richard yelled, banging against the desk as he stared at the computer screen madly. "That damn bastard X!"
"This guy must be good," Raven murmured as she rubbed a soothing ointment on Victor's skin. "I mean, never had I heard Robin curse someone so much."
"Dude, the guy pushed Kori on top of me!" Gar interrupted, fuming. "Kori's a lot heavier than she looks!"
Eyes flashing dangerously, the said girl glared at Gar. "GARFIELD LOGAN!!"
"AHH!" Gar screamed, running out from the furious Kori. One thing that was just as bad as getting Raven mad was getting Kori mad.
"Not the smartest thing to say in front of Kori," Raven muttered as she rolled her eyes. "The idiot. Just like when he cut my hair, he doesn't know when to shut up or stop."
"Hmm," Victor chuckled. "By the way, like the new 'do, Raven."
"Thanks," Raven said uneasily, unused to compliments. Her hair, which had been defaced by Gar but fixed thanks to a talented hair stylist in a salon near the office, was now an indigo bob barely brushing her shoulders.
"Where could he be?" Richard hissed from the computer.
Finishing up with Victor, Raven rolled her eyes. "Someone better calm down Boy Wonder before he blows a fuse."
Victor laughed, "If anyone was brave enough to approach him."
"Oh that's easy," Raven smirked. "Just send Kori."
Victor smirked as well and replied, "Before she kills Gar, right?"
Raven paused, looking like she was thinking about it. Smiling, she shook her head and said, "No, after."
Victor burst out laughing as Raven smiled at her own joke, walking away to put away the ointment.
Afterwards…
"So," Raven started, looking at her other teammates while trying hard not to laugh. Victor was doing the same as Kori stood tall, smirking proudly. Gar, on the other hand, stood in the middle with a swollen cheek, lip, and a black eye. "Why are we here?"
Richard, his holier-than-thou attitude on, smirked as he said, "I have found a way to get X, slowly, but surely."
When his team did not react, he frowned but continued, "Here's my plan, we have someone on the inside. Maybe bribe one of his friends or something into giving us information. And since they're going to be close, he'll never see it. It's brilliant!"
"Actually Richard," everyone turned towards Raven. "It has a flaw. From what you tell me, this X person is very solitary meaning he probably doesn't have many friends. And it's highly unlikely his friends would betray him. He's a killer after all. Who says he won't go after his own traitor friends?"
Raven stopped, looking at her friends with a look that said "I'm right, aren't I?".
"So you have a point," Richard muttered, not liking that someone had found a flaw in his plan. "Then what do you suggest, Raven?"
Raven straightened, going into full-cop mode, "Having someone on the inside is a good idea. However, we can't trust someone else. It should be one of us."
"One of us?" Richard brightened, warming up to the idea immediately. "I like that! And since you suggested it Raven, you should be the one to infiltrate!"
Raven, who had been smiling at her intelligence, quickly frowned, "No."
"Why not? X has already seen all of us but you because you stayed behind."
"He's got a point, Rae." Victor said.
Raven turned her glare onto Richard, firmly saying, "No."
"Come on, Raven." Richard argued. "You're the only one who can do this! And at Police Academy you were the best at infiltrating the enemy's."
"He's right, Raven." Kori added. "You're the best for the job."
"Uh-huh," Gar muttered, nodding.
Raven looked at all of her friends as they circled around her. "Raven," they all chorused. "Please?"
I'm going to regret this…I know I'm going to…Raven thought, her will crumbling under all of her friends' pressure. "Fine."
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I'm sorry it's kind of short, but that was a good cliffhanger. :D And I'll try not to take to long on updating now. (3 days since last update, not so bad…right?) Anyway, thanks so much for the reviews!! I feel so loved!! LoL! :) Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!
Replies to Reviews (because I'm too lazy to send review replies right now XP):
Okikuchan: Thanks for reviewing. I'll make sure to keep up with it. :)
Z.Brite: LoL, glad you loved it so much. XD Onions can be annoying. (Coming from the girl who always ends up cutting the onions for dinner).
liliac gurl: Thanks for reviewing both chapters! I glad you liked Ch. 1.
718darkstar: LoL, no, it wasn't Raven. Good try for guessing though! It kind of sounds like I might be talking about Raven, huh? LoL, I added something in this chapter about her hair thing earlier actually! Hope you enjoyed it. XD
Poison's Ivy: I think I already replied to yours. ;p But can't remember...oh well. We both have bad memory. XP LoL, but I'm glad you liked it! I love the black hair/blue eye combo too! Although it's Robin-ish, X would look WAY cooler. I love the irony too, that's why I added it. :)
Ciao,
Xaleria
