This is where the next special guest pops in. Have ya guessed it? Enjoy for all and for all enjoyment!! (gets a mouth full of tickets for stupid phrase)

An eerie, yet awkward silence loomed over the passengers at the sight of the mysterious, yet irritating villain known as Red X. The silence lasted for almost a minute, with Raven and Red X keeping full attention on each other's movements, until a child broke the ice, "What'ca doing here, Mr. Red?"

It didn't take a genius to figure out that Red X raised an eyebrow in that skull embedded mask of his. "First of all kid, no one calls me Mr. Red but me, and secondly, why are you here?" Raven almost smirked.

"Funny, I was going to ask you the same question," Raven replied.

"Well, isn't it obvious? I saw this huge train parking on the island beach, and who wouldn't be curious?" said Red X, and continued, "So I jumped on this old cart, and got in. And this is the welcome committee I get? A Christmas grinch in blue and a bunch of scrawny little kids?" Red X rudely remarked.

The little kids didn't say anything, but they had a smug look on their faces, and Raven was pondering at what Red X just said , huge train parking on the beach , Christmas Grinch in blue? A split second later, she gasped.

"You were on the island just now! And you saw… you saw…" Red X crossed his arms with a head tilt of obviousness, "Took you long enough! I thought maybe it'll be fun if I dropped by, do a little reshuffling here, a little peek there, and maybe grab a few bites along the way… but, after seeing that, I kinda lost my stomach, -I know the borderline- so here we are, and, oh…" Two sharp crimson Xs protruded from his hands. "Are we gonna duke it out, or not?"

Raven was silently hoping that it wouldn't have to come to this. She really does want to give him a good shakedown, but as much as she hated to admit it, Red X is more than capable of overpowering her, and she's now alone, without her friends here to help her out. If they would help me that is.

And what's more, there are a dozen kids on board, and things could get nasty. But worst of all, he knows her little secret, and who knows what he'll do with it. After another series of eerie, yet awkward silence, Raven made her choice.

"There are four large shards of broken glass aimed at the back of your hands and legs. Any sudden movements, any sudden statements, I'll send them flying through you," the kids tilted their head so they could see what's behind him, and gasped at the sight of four sharp pieces of glass from where Red X cut in for his entrance surrounded in black energy and aiming right where Raven said it would be. Red X was stunned.

"Judging by the little kiddies gasps, you ain't kiddin," Raven raised a glowing hand that was hiding in her cloak to warn him again, "Any sudden movements, any sudden statements, I shoot,"

Red X shrugged his shoulders a bit, and said, "I gotta admit, you're sneaky for a Grinch," he could almost feel the shards poking his suit, but that didn't stop him from doing a back-flip and smashing the glass pieces into harmless bits in mid-air. He landed back on his feet with the remark, "But I'm sneakier,"

"Kids, back in the seats, NOW!" Raven shouted as she blocked a fury of flying Xs. Red X leaps at her and strikes. She blocked it out with a black streak just in time, but Red X was resilient with his attacks and kept the pressure on. Red X slashed and stabbed forward, with Raven blocking and dodging back, only to have her back touching the door, with no where to run.

She glanced at seats beside her, but there were kids there. Parrying to the side, ruled out.

"No where to run, no where to hide," mocked Red X who was standing just a few feet away from a cornered Raven. The masked villain raised his palm to reveal a glowing crimson X, ready to finish off the quick battle. But as they say, nothing's more dangerous than a cornered half-demon, and she does have one more trick up her sleeves…

An enormous X cannoned right at Raven. Taking a deep, deep breath, she braced herself and jumped back through the door. "What the…!!" Red X exclaimed in shock. A big crimson X was all that's left of Raven's little trick. And she was about to do another…

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" chanted Raven as she appeared from the top of the train using the same technique. Her hands glowed black and so did X's body. Black energy quickly engulfed him and he was trapped like a corpse in a coffin. Good thing he didn't know I could pass through solid objects.

"Heh heh, so, no hard feelings for calling you a Grinch?" Red X frankly croaked out with a hint of fear in it. With one sharp glare, Raven turned him horizontally, and prepared to toss him out of the broken window of which he made his entrance. Just as he was about to shoot out of the train, Red X exclaimed, "Wait! Wait! Just here me out okay?"

Raven paused, but was ready to throw him out if he did anything funny. Red X continued, "Look, I know this really doesn't sound like me, but… I'm… I'm sorry for attacking you for no specific reason a moment ago, and I'm… sorry for calling you a, Grinch,"

Raven was positively dumbfounded. She was expecting a snide comment, or even blurting out the… incident…, but definitely not this. It didn't change anything though. Red X was floating closer to the window, and he desperately shouted, "Do you know how cold is it outside! It's a blizzard out there! And… I don't really have any place to stay! And I'll be good, I promise!"

His body stopped moving. Her heart tells her that Red X really means it, but logic has made it clear that he's going out. He's telling the truth, but he's a criminal, he can't stay here! But he did meant what he said, and it is Christma… what am I thinking! I can't let this pointless festival cloud my judgement!

Red X and the children was looking on at Raven having a mental battle with herself. Realizing that Christmas won't effect her choice at all (as that's the only reason why he shouldn't be thrown out), he blurted out, "If you throw me out of this train, I'll tell everyone about it, and I mean everyone!"

Raven stared at Red X. Perfect, he's blackmailing me with THAT. Could this night get any worse? Before she could do anything else, Raven felt the train slowing down, then came to a bumpy stop. She looked out into the window and saw they were in the rural part of Jump City. The kids looked out as well, and they saw the conductor talking to someone, but it was too snowy to see who it is. "I'll know what to do with you when the conductor gets here," Raven said to Red X.

"Kids, call the conductor here," Raven politely asked the children. After several nods, the kids shouted out of the broken window in which Red X made his unexpected entrance (you'll know what I'm gonna say when I mention this again) to the conductor out in the snow, and you can well imagine the look on his face when he saw the broken window, now imagine the look on his face when he saw what's on the other side of it.

"What in blazes been GOING ON HERE!!" The conductor shouted at the top of his voice when he saw the mess: Torn leather seats from Red X and Raven's short but cunning battle; Bit and pieces of glass lying all over the place; snow blowing through the broken window and, of course, a floating Red X.

"I've captured a stowaway, Mr… conductor, sir. I'm leaving you to decide what to do with him," said Raven.

The conductor huffed a bit, and said, "Well, congratulations on succeeding in capturing him, but he's no stowaway, he's on the list,"

Among all the awkward silences they've been through, this has to be the most awkward one yet, mouths were hanging open, long stares at the conductor, and Raven made a face that's something between a seizure and disappointment. Then the man instinctively reached in one of Red X's belt pouch, and took out not one, but two tickets. Using his trusty puncher, he punched each of them with lightning speed, stuffed one back into his pouch, and the other handed it to Raven.

"But… wha… how… why…" Raven was stammering like she never stammered before (to X's delight of course)when she was handed the golden ticket, but the conductor raised his hand to silence her, and said, "We knew you don't have pockets, so he was invited for that reason, and a few other things,"

The conductor showed Raven the clipboard to prove his point. There were dozens of names listed there, but there wasn't any Red X. Seeing that look on her face, the conductor pointed a name right below Raven's, and made a rather evil smirk. An eye for an eye…

"So, does this mean I get to stay?" Red X hopefully asked. Raven flatly answered, "Yes you may, but only because of the ticket. And if you try anything funny, again, I'll tell everyone your real name,"

There are getting far too many awkward silences in this chapter, but there's one more to go. Meanwhile, Red X was gruffly released from his black binds and he quietly settled down on a seat, mumbling something like "I'll get even", while the conductor was patching up the window with duct tape and a thick piece of paper. Raven took a seat as well while keeping an eye on Red X, who's fiddling with his ticket. Then she remembered there was some mark on the it, and on the ticket, there were holes that read "ST". The conductor punched the two words apart like an uncompleted word. This trip just keeps getting weirder and weirder.

After patching up the window, the conductor was scratching his head to remember something. Then a look of dread fell upon him. "Err, little missy, I don't have to call you to get in the train, so, could you get in please? Tight schedule here!" shouted the conductor at the passenger who was still outside. A teenage girl dressed in white stepped into the train, and Raven nearly fainted.

The girl looked exactly like Terra.

Did anyone guess? But, she's not the last passenger, no. There'll be one more, and that person will be special. Enjoy for all and for all enjoyment! (gets a mouthful of pebbles for stupid phrase)