A/N: I noticed the severe lack of Red-X in my drabbles, and this needed to be remedied. He's probably pretty OOC, but whatever.

Not So Bad

It was a rough day for the Titans.

Beastboy was out of soy milk, the game station was broken, Robin's hair refused to cooperate with him...

Oh yeah, and there was a jail-break.

Monsters, criminal masterminds, and regular thieves alike ran about Jump City, causing the Titans to have to call on several nearby Honorary Titans.

It still wasn't enough to send more than one Titan per criminal.

Starfire in particular had taken on more than her share of crime-fighting for the day, insisting she was fine and could keep going.

As the day drew to a close, most criminals had been apprehended.

The Honorary Titans had been dismissed and the five main Titans were split up to round up the last few criminals.

Starfire flew to the old warehouse by the docks to check for any hiding criminals. She saw a shadow of a man running and she of course followed.

Little did she know what she had just walked into.

Slade commandos, many of which were armed, came out from all directions.

The alien princess was surrounded.

Normally it would not have been a problem. They were not living creatures, so she didn't need to hold back.

However, she was exhausted, and these were particularly advanced robots.

She hastily reached for her communicator to call for backup, but a blast of energy shot her hand and caused her to drop the communicator.

That one action set them all off.

She held her own, but it seemed that the more of the automatons she destroyed, the more there were, and they were getting a few good shots at her too.

Her communicator had long since been crushed, and she was beginning to lose hope in defeating the swarm.

Suddenly, a familiar male voice cut through her thoughts.

"Hey Cutie, need some help?" said Red-X, dropping down from the ceiling.

She barely registered the offer before he started fighting. Red, sticky X's shot out from his hands, pinning back several robots.

Acrobatics Star was once positive only Robin could perform knocked out a couple more robots.

With a slight smile, Starfire charged her starbolts, a new hope burning in her.

In seemingly a matter of minutes, the room was absent of commandos, besides scattered parts and those pinned to the walls.

Red-X turned to leave, but Starfire grabbed his shoulder and turned him to face her.

"Why did you come to my aid? What is it that benefits you?" she asked, her joy faded to suspicion.

"What? I can't help a hot chick beat the crap out of some robots without a catch? Your welcome by the way," replied Red-X.

"I am neither warm nor a domestic fowl; nevertheless your assistance was most appreciated, although rather uncharacteristic for you if you have no ulterior motive," said Starfire, her eyes suggesting she hardly believed he helped her out of the kindness of his heart.

"Hey, believe whatever you want. Sometimes it's alright to play hero for a while, and besides, I couldn't let anything happen to you," he responded.

Starfire narrowed her eyes at him.

"I mean, then who would I flirt with? That Raven chick? Then again, she was kinda cute…" teased X.

A small smile graced Starfire's lips.

"You better get back to the Tower before Bird-Boy has a heart attack. Oh and, Cutie? I was never here," he said. He pressed the buckle on his belt and faded away, leaving behind a still slightly in shock Starfire.

She walked out of the building and started flying towards the tower, sorting out her thoughts and feelings about what just happened.

"Perhaps the Red-X is 'not so bad' after all," she mused, a smile on her face.