The Ruby laid exposed on the street behind the Red X. In front of him stood Jinx. In front of her stood Mammoth. In front of floated Gizmo. He stared down five charging Teen Titans.
"Teen Titans. GO!", Robin called out.
Cyborg fired his sonic cannon.
Gizmo tossed a device out in front of him. Before the sonic blast hit him, the device had set itself into a tripod shape. It generated an equal and opposite blast that cancelled Cyborg's into nothing.
Beast Boy's jaguar form raced right by him. As soon as he was past the tyke, Beast Boy shifted into a charging Triceratops.
Mammoth wrapped his hands around Beast Boy's top horns. Instead of pitting his strength against the now dinosaur, the trained Mammoth wrestled Beast Boy off course. The two crashed into the parked cars on the side of the road.
Jinx was looking at the business end of the other three Titans. Robin swung past her blasts. Starfire blasted her blast with a starbolt, and the resulting explosion nearly blinded them all. With Raven, Jinx stuck out her tongue and managed to lick her leg in passing.
Raven nearly fell out of the air. When she turned to glare at Jinx, the dark one's vision was filled with the criminals fist.
The Red X saw all of this. Mammoth probably couldn't handle Beast Boy if Beast Boy bothered to get truly creative. It was a fact that Gizmo could barely keep Cyborg busy. But he had his hands full anyway.
Starfire nearly ran him over like a train hitting a chicken. The Red X hopped over her to throw sharpenned xs at Robin. Robin's staff blocked all of them.
His staff continued through the space the Red X's head had occupied a moment ago. The Red X ripped himself out of his ducking position to dodge Starfire's flying uppercut. Robin blocked the Red X's swung foot with the staff. The Red X ripped his foot out of the way of another starbolt.
This continued on. Robin was no where near as hard pressed with starbolts raining around him. Starfire could fire at will, trusting her love to guide her aim. The Red X was fast, deadly, armed and facing the greatest martial artist his age and the alien energy of that martial artist's girlfriend. Dragging Robin's staff in the way of a starbolt didn't really help his situation. Sending red xs in an attempt to ensnare Starfire only resulted in taking to many blows from Robin. Concentrating on one or the other only openned him to the attacks of the other. Splitting his concentration didn't get the Red X closer to helping his flailing comrades.
This was going to be decided on who made the first mistake. Robin had made one since coming to Jump City-inventing the Red X. The Red X had been captured before, underestimated Robin before, lost the synthomium powered belt, etc. The outcome was inevitable.
Robin had managed to get his hands on the Red X's mask. He kicked with both feet, seperating the criminal and his identity's protection. The Red X tried to compensate with his hands but it was too late.
Gizmo laid skip marks in mid-air, screaching to a stop. Cyborg's jaw dropped. Mammoth glared in the direction of the Red X. Beast Boy slowly shook his head in disbelief. Starfire sunk to the grown, tears threatening to break from her eyes. Robin's fingers sunk deep into the mask he held.
Raven's response was the worst of all. Her breathing became ragged. Her ribs moved visibly as she dry heaved. "No...no...", she chanted.
Goth's eyes stared back at hers from where the hateful criminal the Red X stood a moment ago.
"Looked like I done fucked yo' man, bitch!", Jinx yelled. SLAP! a pink energy encased hand decreed.
So maybe Jinx's reaction WAS the worst. But Raven Roth's reaction WILL be.