An: I had some requests for some red-x fun. Next will be the beginning of the fights. I love adding ideas people want does anyone have anything they hope to see? Review!
Red lights began flashing around the compound and all eyes were on Cyborg and Red-X.
"Report, what's going on?" Robin's face appeared in the upper portion of their screen.
"Where is it tracing from?" Cyborg demanded as they tried to track it.
"Raven contact all your Titans, we need to move." Red-X snapped.
"It's the collar!" Cyborg shouted causing both men's hands to freeze.
"I should have known!" Red-X slammed his fist on the keys below.
"Raven, have Herald open a portal. We are all going through. If they are coming for us I want to be in an open location with no civilians around." Robin ordered. "Cyborg, X, how long until the collar transmits our locations?" Robin asked.
"Minutes," Cyborg answered as Red-X kicked a nearby trashcan. "Calm down," he snapped.
"I risked everything to save that girl. I'm not losing her again!" Red-X retorted. "She risked death to keep me out of harms way! ME!" He raged on while everyone stood and watched. The room began to fill with anxious Titans. "Madame rogue would have killed me on the spot had Starfire tossed that GPS tracker, like she was suppose to do. It was the plan! She is like this because I didn't watch my back. Don't tell me to calm down," Red-X's furry was evident.
"I chose." Starfire's meek voice silenced the room. Everyone turned to see Robin holding her in his cape with Hot Spot at their back. "This is not your fault," her shivering voice stated. Red-X starred at her for seconds, processing how one girl could make him do all this. How one choice changed everything. Now he was here with the goodies, fighting to stop The Brain's hostile takeover. This one girl was the reason he hadn't left.
"Then I'll just rip the stupid thing off you because we are out of time. You're not dying, I have spent too much time for you to go and waste it by dying." He grumbled.
"Wait, that's it!" Cyborg shouted. "Herald open a portal. Take us to an open field where we can fight them. They are going to be led to the collar and we will be ready." Red-X grabbed the metal man by the shoulders and pulled him until they were eye to eye.
"Does she look like she is in a position to fight?!" His tone almost put Robin's most angry tone to shame.
"She will be. They didn't have time, did they?" Robin asked and Cyborg pushed Red-X's hands off him.
"Based on all the information, I haven't seen anything." Cyborg replied.
"I can loop my powers as a precaution," Raven added.
"Will someone tell me what's going on?!" Red-X interrupted, furious to be left in the dark.
"Herald, are you ready?" Robin asked, shifting Starfire's weight so she was closer to his chest.
"I have a perfect spot, but what about Starfire?" He was as concerned as everyone else in the room.
"Based on what I've seen, Mad Mod had time to build it and instal a tracker. He didn't have time to add any removal preventions. Meaning no bomb or poison or injections." Cyborg smirked as Herald opened the port.
"Meaning, this will be ripped off and transmit our location. But we will be ready." Robin smirked, enjoying the upper hand.
"Everyone in, we are wasting time," Raven stated before stepping through first. Red-X gasped as he felt Cyborg's metallic hands pick him up by his collar and before he could react he was propelled through.
On the other side Raven and Red-X watched as everyone stepped through, one at a time with Robin, Starfire, Hot Spot, and Herald bringing up the rear.
"I need her neck exposed," Raven stated. She walked towards the small group and helped move Robin's cape so Starfire's shoulders were now visible.
"Ready?" Raven asked.
"You're placing all your goodie hopes on a gamble!?" Red-X snapped. "Her life that nothing else is set to go off if the collar is tampered with? They are bad guys! Have you goodies forgotten?! They don't play by the rules and they don't care about what happens to pretty, red haired, girls!"
"Calm down, we both went thru the blueprints. There was nothing in them to indicate this would be dangerous," Cyborg placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Get off me," he pushed it off. "I didn't save you to let these people killjoy in the end, Red-X pointed an accusing finger at her and Robin, since they were huddled together in his cape.
"Red-X, I," Starfire sighed.
"Save it, but if you get hurt or die this is not on me." He growled. Robin glared at him but didn't say a word as Starfire nodded in acknowledgement.
"I have full confidence you shall succeeded," Starfire said, turning to Raven and shivering harder. Hot Spot immediately drew closer to Robin, hoping to bring his generating heat closer.
"Azarath Meterion Zinthos," Raven uttered. The whole team held their breath as Raven looped her powers around the collar and broke it in two and pulled it away from the group.
"Not even an explosion," Cyborg smirked.
"You're safe," Speedy sighed, being supported by Aqualad and Bee. The group watched as Robin slowly set Starfire to her feet, still holding to her.
"How do you feel?" Robin asked. The group was silent as Starfire stepped out of his arms.
"I am sore yet well. I thank you friends for assisting with my rescue," the alien girl beamed, but her face fell when she heard a poof and realized he was gone.
"I owe him a great debt," Starfire turned to Robin.
"You owe him nothing," Robin grumbled taking her hands in his. "You still seem pale and hurt."
"Do not fret, the sun shall aid in my recovery. I already feel it's warmth strengthen my core. However, the Red-X did not capture me. Without him I would have certainly found death. When we have defeated our enemy you shall help me find him. I need to express my gratitude," Starfire's large eyes begged.
Cyborg nudged Beastboy with a smirk as the entire Titans extended team watched the boy wonder's stubbornness weaken.
"Fine," he sighed. Starfire giggled with glee before crushing him in one of her hugs.
"As happy as I am for you Starfire, we have another problem. They're coming. The signal has been sent." Aqualad informed the group. Tramm was holding the broken coller in his hands and staring up nervously at Aqualad. He spoke softly and Aqualad waited to hear his words before translating.
"Tramm says, their are multiple signals. They are coming but not here, they are attacking all our homes." Aqualad's eyes widened.
AN: and review. I hope everyone likes it. It's a little shorter but I had some requests for some extra red-x and next begins the fight so I wanted them seperated