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"How are they doing Cyborg?" Robin asked after having been back at the tower for about an hour and hooking up the other three titans to life support systems. "Not too good man…quite honestly I don't know if they're gonna make it…" Cyborg said with a sense of remorse about not being able to do more for his fallen comrades. Robin stepped over to the bed that Starfire was lying at and looked at her unconscious figure and punched the wall in front of him. "Damn it! This is my entire fault! If it weren't for me none of this would've happened…in a way I'm the one who did all of this to them…" Robin rambled out while beginning to lose himself to the darker part of his mind that was beginning to show itself. "Whoa man chill! None of this is your fault. You made Red X to get closer to Slade. You just did what you felt was best for the team and for Jump City. You shouldn't blame yourself. If you want to blame someone blame the guy beneath the mask." Cyborg explained trying to talk Robin down from almost going off the deep end yet again.
"…You just don't get it Cyborg…" Robin muttered under his breath "I'm going to go out for some air. Contact me if anything comes up." Robin said with cold intensity growing in his attitude and voice. "Whatever man just remember one thing, it's not you under that mask anymore." Cyborg said trying to get Robin to stop thinking of himself as Red X and kicking himself for creating him so at least one member of the Titans would be in a good enough mental and physical status should Red X strike again that night. Robin proceeded to hop on the R-Cycled and drive out into town to look for any leads as to what Red X was planning, why he was working for Slade, and how they could be stopped.
"So were you successful in taking down the Titans" Slade questioned in a cold monotone without any concern as to how it was done. "Yes master. It was a flawless victory. I wasn't able to take down the machine or Robin but I did manage to take down the troq, the green loser, and little miss darkness. I did however manage to mentally wound Robin which is probably even better than any physical damage I could have done" Red X stated with pride and joy for being able to carry out his master's bidding. "Very good. I see that you live up to your reputation X. Now all we have to do is wait. We need only weaken them mentally and physically. With all of the stress they are going to be going through they will wind up destroying themselves." Slade said with clear satisfaction in the operation's results.
"Damn it! I've been searching Jump City for almost 2 hours and I haven't come up with a blasted thing! At this rate…no! I refuse to let them get away with this! Whatever Slade's planning I'll stop it! Even if it kills me I won't let anyone else get hurt because of my stupid mistakes!" Robin said to himself before taking off to the tower to see if everyone was alright before continuing his search.
As Robin raced home he began to wonder who it could possibly be underneath the mask. From the way he acted he was definitely the same guy that helped him stop Chang but that still left the question unanswered as to who he could be…Speedy maybe? He fit the physique and he had always seemed a little jealous of his relationship with Starfire and his gadgets…or maybe it was Bruce Wayne? Although he didn't really seem like a criminal he always had done some rather unusual things to train him…but…Red X sort of seemed to have a female physique and sense to her…but what female would possibly have the agility and martial arts know how to be on par with himself…that seemed like the main question to consider at the moment. Just as Robin started to contemplate what girl could possibly be in the suit he parked and ran up to the medical wing of the tower.
"Hey Robin found any leads yet?" Cyborg asked glad to finally have some company. "…No…everything was a dead end…" Robin mumbled out quite disappointed in himself for being so pathetic for not being able to prevent his friends from being hurt or even getting any leads as to how he could take down their enemy. "Look man I hate to pile on the bad news but…although Raven's healing abilities have been able to keep herself stable…Beast Boy and Starfire have fallen into a coma…I'm sorry…" Cyborg muttered quite unhappy and sorrowful with the recent turn of events. "No…Red X! He'll pay for this! I swear on my life…in order to avenge Beast Boy and Starfire I will kill Red X!" Robin shouted as he ran down out of the room and to his R-Cycle. Cyborg sighed and mumbled one thing before he went back to taking care of his fallen allies "…Robin…Be careful man…"
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