Chapter 7: Beaten
Robin hit the wall and slid to the floor with a moan of pain for what seemed the umpteenth time.
"Is this little escapade done yet? I have alot of work to do."
"No" Robin lurched to his unsteady feet. X sighed, "Well let's get this over with then."
X threw himself at Robin, landing a punch to his stomach, Robin doubled up, breathing hard. Without waiting for him to get to his feet, X kneed the Boy Wonder in the face. Robin looked up into Red X's masked face, blood flowed freely from the former's nose.
They stared at each other for a moment, then with out warning X snap kicked Robin's in the face again, causing him to fly back into a pile of wooden crates.
"You should know by now Robin, I am going to win"
"It's not a fair fight" mumbled Robin, "You're not suppose to hit a man when he is down."
"Bad guys don't play fair, we lie and cheat and steal to get what we want."
"Then you won't mind if I drop to your level then, right?" Robin pulled his and Red X's utility belts from the smashed wooden boards and clipped them both around his waist. The added weight brought a sense of comfort to Robin.
"Fine with me bird boy, I'm still going to win."
"Not today, not ever"
X let out a yell as he ran towards Robin, Robin ducked and plunged a hand into his belt, intent on grabbing a freeze disk. His hand grasped nothing but air in the pocket.
"Do you really think I would be stupid enough to leave all the of your weapons in there?"
Robin turned his head away and cursed, X tutted at him.
"You said you had work to do, what is that?" Robin asked playing for time.
X shook his head and sat down on one of the only remaining wooden crates.
"Just the normal, rob a few banks, frame you…."
"Why? Why do all this?"
"Because I can, kid"
"That's all? You would frame me, kill someone, because you can?"
"Yes", Robin could almost see X smile from behind his skull masked face. Suddenly X jumped to his feet in a ready in a fight stance and kicked out as Robin ducked simultaneously.
"How are you planning on framing me?" Robin threw a punch that missed X's face by inches.
"Well I don't need to do much now, your friends now believe you a criminal which was the most challenging of all my tasks." X blocked another attack made by Robin and using the wooden box as a spring board X jumped and landed behind Robin.
"What?" Robin spun around to face X.
"Isn't it obvious kid? I set you up, for months I have been breaking into the tower…" Grabbing Robin's wrist as he punched X twisted the boy wonder's arm behind his back and yanked upwards causing Robin to let out a hiss of pain
"How did you break in? We have the best security system in all of…" he gasped
"Your tin-friend really should come up with a better password than, 'Bumblebee', Leaving simple clues for your friends to unravel, making it appear on the security cameras that X is leaving and entering your room" Robin went still, listen intently to what X was saying. "A well placed 'X' in front of your girlfriend's room, a nightmare placed in the Goth girls mind, a torn piece of an X suit for the changeling to find. Stealing the money and hiding it with a spare suit under your bed. They had no choice but to think that you are Red X, once I am though using you and you have crawled back to your friends, broken, begging for mercy, and once you are firmly behind bars, I will retire 'Red X' and come out with a new villain without their strong leader, the Teen Titans will fall and Jump City will be mine for the taking, or maybe I could become a hero" he smiled insanely behind his mask, "Yes that is it, I will become a hero and take your place as leader of the Teen Titans. Only you will know who I truly am, but they will think you insane by that point and you may very well be." Robin looked over his shoulder at the madman who still had a firm grip on his arm. Thinking fast, Robin spit straight into X's masked face, causing his to loosen his grip slightly. That was all Robin needed. He pulled away took and leapt and landed facing X two meters away. Looking from X to the exit, Robin quickly decided that it was better to flee than to give this madman a chance at doing those horrible things if he himself didn't win.
"Thinking of running, are you? You're smart kid you just don't think enough. You have four super powered teenagers and a whole city after you, where will you hide? And if they find you, what will you have gained?" slowly X walked towards Robin as he said these things. As he neared Robin began to back away. But his movement was halted as his back ran into a hard concrete wall. Looking above him hoping that by some chance of fate there would be a window. While his eyes where off his enemy for seconds, X took the chance and thrust another needle into Robin's chest. Robin felt the dizzying sensation pass over him for a second time, thinking vaguely of how stupid it was to turn away from a known enemy, he began to black out.
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A/N: First off I am so sorry I haven't been updating. I would try when I had a spare minute only to relies that I was late for something. But the next chapter is already like half done, and is better than this one was (at least I think so).
Reviews:
Shadow0015:Yay! Only one spelling error last chapter! Hopefully there are none in this one (I went over it with a fine tooth comb).
RoBiNLuVvR: It might end that way….in a loooong while.
Ravnrcks: Thank you!
Babie A: Sure! I started to read one of your story and it was really good but then I had to run off (again!) and couldn't finish it.
ravenfairie: Thanks!
TiKadie: Yeah it will be Star/Rob and a little Rav/BB. Unless I want to mix things up a bit evil laugh.
Sorry but I am out of cookies (dogs at them all)...but I do have chili!