Wykkyd watched as Raven kissed the mask again and again. She had to know that there was no feeling behind it. That Red X was simply kissing fabric just like herself. He growled lowly and leapt from the building, teleporting at the last second to miss the ground buzzing with cars.
He reappeared in the middle of the Hive Five base. Seemore was sitting there looking at the ceiling and rubbing his forehead but the others weren't in sight. Wykkyd dropped next to Seemore without warning causing the boy to jump.
"Man Wykkyd sometimes I think Flash is right, you need a bell or maybe something to announce that your around," Wykkyd smile but it faded as quickly as it appeared.
'Raven is with Red X, this is all my fault. I was the one who got jealous she made it clear she had no interest in them and because of that I lose her,' he groaned and held his head in his hands.
"Plus killing didn't help you any some," Seemore added and Wykkyd shot him a glare.
'I saved your life Seemore, have you already forgotten that,' Seemore surrendered and looked like he was about ready to duck under the couch.
"Nah man I haven't, and heck I'm sure you wouldn't have to do much to win her back," Seemore moved back a bit but enough for Wykkyd to notice. Seemore was afraid of him just like the others. He didn't blame them. He walked right up to Angel and ripped her heart out and in his own mind he made jokes like 'I've stolen your heart' or 'I hold your heart in the palm of my hand' and so on. He hadn't really seen the danger in it till now. His own friends were terrified of him and who could blame them.
'I'm not going to hurt you,' Wykkyd knew it was a futile attempt but he really just wanted a friend he could talk to.
"I know man, it's just…," Seemore trailed off and after a few minutes of awkward silence he left. Wykkyd sighed and teleported to Ravens bedroom.
Raven wasn't in the room but Wykkyd figured that she was off with Red X having the time of her life. He couldn't believe that, that thief had stolen his girlfriend. Raven said she didn't want him but really it was only a matter of time before she realised that Red X had everything she wanted. He was dark, and at the same time he was fun. It was like having Speedy and Wykkyd put together.
Wykkyd thought how fun it would be to be a vampire. To rip Red X limp from bloody limp and leave his corpse bloodless and lifeless. To have it crumple on the ground in a stain black and red. He smirked at the thought.
Wykkyd moved around the room for a while and eventually fell onto Ravens bed. He wanted a chance to see if he could change her mind about him. One chance, that's all he'd need.

A Month Later

Speedy kicked a can again and dropped into a lower level of the city. He had an overcoat around him and the collar tugged up. His hands were shoved deep into the pockets and he keep looking around. He knew a few dealers who hung round down here and had intended to see them.
A woman passed by him. She was certainly flashy considering the area. Grim covered streets, flicking lights, rubbish crunching under his feet and walls marked by artiest. The girl didn't fit. Anyone with the brain the size of a housefly could work that out. She wore high heels in bright colours and aqua sleeveless top with a white skirt. She was far too clean too. A man bolted by her snatching her hand bag. A tiny bag held together by something less than a strand.
Speedy's eyes flickered over to the man and his heart started pumping. He could feel the adrenalin in his veins telling his something was happening. He wanted to fight it but instead his feet took off after the man.
They rounded a corner. This was the part Speedy hated. Over the last mouth Speedy had become aware of certain things. And this was the biggest issue. Unlike most people he couldn't fool himself anymore. He wanted something, he took it. Simple. The part that wasn't simple however was realising how far he'd wanted to go. What he'd been willing to do for what he wanted. And now he stood there over the crumbled body of a man. It showed him what he really was.
The lady came round the corner and looked at the man. She screamed but Speedy already placed a hand over her mouth and shoved her into a wall. Her eyes filled with fear and her body trembled. Speedy looked at her. Boring compared to the dark gem he had on his mind. Raven was always on his mind but for some reason he had stopped trying to attack her.
"Please, let me go," the girl said. Speedy had realised his grip had loosened. He tightened it and released her mouth to hold her throat instead. She leaked out tears and choked out cries. "Please I have friends waiting for me," she begged. Speedy had become less interested in her though. He was forced on something else across the street.
A man in a black suit was handing out small bags filled with a few different coloured pills to a few people. No pattern among the people it was seemingly completely random. It looked so discreet but Speedy could tell what was happening.
Speedy turned his head back to the girl and let her drop. He grabbed her head holding on by hair and her forehead and jammed her head back into the brick wall. She crumbled on the ground and Speedy ducked over the street. He snatched up a few bags, out of the pockets of those who had just gotten the drugs and followed the man. When he turned to a warehouse Speedy looked around.
There was a narrow gap between the buildings which he used to get to a window. He watched the man walk in and place the drugs down in front of guy. A big guy, with two man beside him and four people on each wall. This was the boss and he was defiantly happy.
Speedy readied an arrow in his bow. The point gleaming and ready to pierce its target. He took a breath and let go. Before it even hit he'd sent out another three. One wall's worth of man hit the ground, arrow's sticking out from their necks and guns still new. Firing started up and Speedy run around the railing firing arrow after arrow. Each wall of men dropped till all that was left was the boss.
Speedy jumped of the railing held an arrow in his bow, pointing it towards the boss. The boss leaned in his chair which creaked under his weight.
"I see you don't like my business," the man said smiling and folding his hands behind his head.
"Not really,"
"and whys that?" the man asked. Speedy knew he was stalling till more back up arrived but they'd never make it. With Speedy currently how he was there was nothing this man could do.
Speedy let go and the man's face dropped as the arrow went through his skull. Speedy grabbed the case of drugs and turned to leave.

Red X looked over the mess. Sixteen bodies speared out against the walls with another four in the middle. All penetrated by arrows. This was the fourth building filled with blood, arrows and drugs. Red X was aware that it was Speedy but no one else wanted to believe it. They tried to convince him that Speedy wasn't crazy and that he wouldn't do something like this but Red X had blocked them out.
"Someone seems to have a thing against drug dealers," he mumbled.
"Speedy said he'd used but I figured that meant he'd more than likely be buying drugs not killing their creators," Raven said as she walked around the room. She wasn't acting as indifferent as usually though.
"He's still affected by… whatever you said happened, he might not know what he'd doing,"
"He knows, he just can't stop himself," she moved further into the room and sighed.
"Anything?" Red X asked walking over.
"I can sense things, Beast Boy can track things and Cyborg can follow heartbeats and sounds, yet in the last month I've had more luck finding the TV remote over him. He knows what we look for and he's making sure he can't be found,"
"Robin said there was another scene over near the bay, made we'll get lucky," Red X held his hand out for her and she sighed again before taking it and mumbling something.

Within a second they were in a new spot. The walls were blackened from burn marks and the floor was cracked. Red X looked at Raven and she knew he had raised an eyebrow. Raven looked around for a few minutes but seemed more taken by the area.
There wasn't any bodies, just piles of dust, black marks and claws from what Red X could tell. The room itself had a smoky smell and looked like it had gone up in flames but there was nothing to prove this fact.
"This wasn't Speedy," Raven said as he looked at a pile of dust. Red X knelt down and scooped the dust into his hands before sifting it between his figures.
"So we should take some dust back to the tower than?" Red X asked and Raven turned her head.
"It's not dust, it's what remains of the people that were in the room. Now stop playing with our bodies," she stood and Red X jerked back dropping the dust.
"You let me play with it, how could you let me play with it," he whined.
"I was busy actually looking over the crime scene. How was I meant to know you'd grow so bored you'd start playing with the remains?"
"You could have said something when you knew they were bodies,"
"I could have but as I said I was busy. It would take an enounce amount of magic to pull this off and with us looking for Speedy I don't think there's time. Whoever did this tho they didn't really have reasons for it? Nothing has been taken and everything has been left untouched,"
"So a crazy guy came in here, touched the place and dusted the people and left?"
"Or, a person was sleeping in here and was rudely woken,"
"Two lovely theories, anyway to tell who's right?" Red X asked.
"It's not a competition X, besides right now this can be taken care of by the other, we have a better chance at finding Speedy than anyone else and I'd rather be focused on that,"
"And how, may I ask, do we have a better chance at finding Speedy?"
"We have bait,"

Red X wanted to argue or tell her how stupid she was being. But honestly there really wasn't a lot they could do. Speedy was more than likely killing people and he needed to be captured. But having Raven as bait was the last thing he ever wanted.
Raven was currently walking around the very bad place. She kept her hood down so Speedy would recognise her and kept herself walking. Red X told her to yell the moment she was in danger. He was on the roof tops watching her as she walked. His heart beat painfully against his chest and his ears were filled with the sound of his blood pumping. He hated seeing her endanger.
Raven turned down a narrow path that led to were Red x was meant to meet her. He jumped to the next roof top and slid down the narrow walls. Raven was floating on above the ground waiting for him.
"Maybe he doesn't like you that way anymore," Red X said dropping down beside her.
"I thought about that, in that case we may as well look over the burned room case," she said keeping her eyes closed.
"Nope, I think what we should do is take a vacation, Paris maybe,"
"I think the titans will notice. Plus what would we do, one of us would have to be covered head to toe doesn't seem so fun,"
"I know," he leaned on the wall allowing his eyes to fall over her. They still couldn't touch, it was killing him.
"Speedy gave up his willpower and I don't even want to know what Wykkyd gave up. But you haven't even looked for a cure, why?" Raven opened her eyes but maintained floating.
"I'm not really a magic type of person. What am I meant to do?"
"I don't know, it's just I thought maybe you would go to the same person and see what she wanted but instead you just stay by my side,"
"Well I'm keeping unwanted visitors from getting to you. Besides who knows what crazy witch lady would do," Red X knew what she'd do because whether Raven knew it or not he had gone down to see her and she told him she wanted to take away his love for Raven in return which defeated the point. He heard her sigh and stepped forward. "I will find a way to touch you without the need of gloves, I swear. But right now we need to focus on saving Speedy,"
"You almost didn't cringe at his name that time," Raven smiled.

Malchior had re-created everything in the rooms, he'd fixed each item and was now just waiting to see his Queen. Of course he'd made a few errors. He accidently fried a room of innocent but it's not like he cared. They had entered the room and demanded he leave. So they got fried. He was fine with that.
Malchior looked at the dress he'd picked out for Raven and smiled. It was only a matter of time before she realised he was free and he knew that meant that she'd show up sooner or later. He wasn't going to any lengths to hide himself from her.

Short, I know.