Too Much Red

by Pakkrat

Raven finds herself torn between RedX and Robin. That is not the worst part, Slade wants her, villains need her, and one demon aside from dad wants her to suffer! The world is sometimes too much, but who knew it has Too Much Red? Sequel is up and ready!

3. Chapter 3: Guard Duty

Too Much Red

By: Pakkrat

Chapter 3: Guard Duty

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, or Batman characters which come in at times. I do take credit for Heretic and Bata-Boom.

After the dinner was over, the issue came on what to do about Red X. This caused silence at first, Cyborg explained Red X was out for until probably morning. The sensors could be turned on to keep him from moving without detection so they all could get rested but what about tomorrow? He would be awake; he had to be watched fully. Robin nodded to himself, "I know what has to be done."

Beast Boy asked, "It doesn't equal up to us putting him on a pike does it?"

Robin not amused said "No Beast Boy." He turned to all the titans "We have to watch him on shifts tomorrow, if a crime occurs strap him down and leave him. If he escapes, we can only hope he doesn't steal the belt."

Cyborg nodded, "Yeah he really is a pain with that belt."

"Will he not need Xinothium to power it friends?" Starfire asked with a finger high. Robin nodded smiling, "Yes but it could be easily stolen from a facility with his own skills. The belt is the only thing he can not get without major effort."

Raven kept quiet listening; she had no ideas on how to deal with Red X for obvious reasons. Raven finally asked getting involved. "How do we decide who stays with him when?"

"Straws!" Screams Beast Boy actually giving a good idea. "We all draw straws and see who gets what shift from the shortest one!"

Robin blinked, "That will not work."

"No really it will!" Beast had five plain straws. He turns to a crab and snips the ends making five different lengths. "The one to get the longest will be the one to go first, while the smallest gets last shift! I think this is the best idea I ever had since kibbles-n-bits flavored chips!"

Robin actually accepted the idea, it seems fair. "Okay, Beast Boy hold the straws, we'll all draw and see who gets what shift."

The straws are drawn and the team starts to compare straws. Starfire smiles as she has the longest straw. "I have won… I think." Now she grimaced in realizing what her prize was. Beast Boy grins as he had second longest, "Dude! I have some killer jokes to tell somebody! This will be awesome!" Cyborg third longest, "I'll be able to check his wounds he should be self healing though."

Robin and Raven look at their straws, "Beast Boy." Raven frowns, "they're the same length!"

Beast Boy blinks, he checks and they were exactly the same. "Oops. Sorry about that."

Robin grabs his head, "It figures something would go wrong. What do we do now?"

Beast Boy screams "Rock, Paper, and Scissors!"

The two titans shrug, surprisingly Beast Boy was having good ideas. They do the three arm moves to then both put out rock; they go again, rock again. "You have to pick something else!" screams Robin wanting to know when his turn would come. Raven narrows her eyes saying, "I don't have to do anything."

They go again, and yes, rock again. "Stop that!" Robin growls, Raven just flares at him with flames in her eyes. This time as the turn comes Raven glares into Robin's head, "Paper…" Raven smiles putting out scissors but Robin used Rock! "What the! You were thinking paper!"

Robin narrows his eyes, "First of all that's cheating! Second," he gives a look to Cyborg who was ruffling through the news paper, "I was trying to read the news!"

Raven is angry; her emotions cause a light to explode, "Fine! Go ahead and make me last!" she floated off to her room so she could get some sleep. Robin seems upset she was so angry. "Maybe I should let her get the shift instead."

Beast Boy shakes his head "I don't get good ideas often. You are not taking this away from me!"

Cyborg agrees as it was a fair game. Either way the others head to bed as well. Robin does not sleep well; he shifts for most the night wondering just how mad Raven must be with him. He grumbles to himself "Why am I so worried about her?" He shifts again, "I'm so confused."

Raven had a wild night as well; she slept having the dream again. This time it had a different cast, now it had Red X. Red X was the one she spoke to in the dream, and she almost kissed him as two snakes curled over her legs. Raven jumps and the snakes move off to the distance. Raven sees behind her the strange tattered form of Robin. She flies over screaming "Robin!" He does not answer so she turns him over. The one she now sees is Red X. She panics; the images are mixing, what is this? Was it a dream, a premonition? Raven turns to behind her and there is Bata-Boom skating away, "You!"

She flies after him; he rolls into the darkness laughing like he does. She follows not noticing how dark things have become. There are many explosions, and she sees Bata-Boom now with what seemed like a large group of people behind him. When she does realize she turns to go back but in her way was two eyes staring at her in the dark, looming over her with some height were two deep penetrating eyes of red, human but discolored. She screams to awake breathing heavily, her chest moves fast as many objects in the room had been tossed from their walls to the ground. "What… was that?" She looked at her clock; it was nearing Starfire's time to watch Red X. She frowns as she knows no way is she getting any sleep now.

As the Titans had dinner so did another group? The jail for villains of Jump City had dinner time just like they did. One inmate still in his trench sat alone poking at the substance before him. It was gray, lumpy, kind of disgusting in all honesty. The only thing he dared eat was his pudding which was the desert. As he was playing with the food Bata-Boom scoped the villains, Killer Moth was always looking at him when he could some how Bata-Boom figured he knew he was not planning on staying long. Killer Moth was leaving the line with his daughter, Kitten dragged him along to her table, there you found the three other teenage villains, Gizmo, Mammoth, and Jinx. They unfortunately were busted soon after the H.I.V.E. broke down; becoming a rogue group they had little real success. Gizmo was a short stature guy having a bald head and little eyes white in color. Next to him was Mammoth, the large hairy figure having semi long brown hair and facial hairs his eyes also brandished white color. The female figure was Jinx, she was slender and pale skinned, her hair fell into two tails at the sides while she had both her hair and eyes in pink color. She was prodding the food annoyed in its appearance. "We eat better while were stealing stuff, where does feeding us this slop teach us crime is bad?"

Mammoth who did not find a problem consumed his gray slop easily, "Food is food, remember!"

Gizmo pales, "Barf-vile dude, you have got to get some taste-buds."

Mammoth gives a glare with his cheeks full, he sticks out his tongue showing the more mashed substance now causing Gizmo to turn green and away from the others. Jinx rolls her eyes, they are idiots. Killer Moth sits down and Jinx smiles, "Hey K.M., anything new happen?"

Killer Moth was looking on Bata-Boom. "New guy in here, any idea what he's about?"

Kitten looks over, she cringes "He's so weird looking. What is his name again?"

Gizmo thinks as he remembered the guards talking, "He's a bomber nothing too spectacular. I do think the guards said he caused Raven to loose it like she did with Dr. Light."

Jinx grins, "Really? So cool." She idly motions a spoonful of the slop to her mouth, "That will pull that witch down a peg!" she accidentally eats the slop and becomes nauseous. "Oh crud…"

Mammoth rolls his eyes, "It's not that bad Jinx." Her head pitches to the side where he is sitting, "Ah!"

Killer Moth takes a bite of the substance; it was edible but hardly tasted good. He looked onto Bata-Boom and thought 'When is he going to make his move?'

Kitten noticing her father's distraction piles her mush onto his plate than takes his pudding. 'It's a fair trade!' she grins evilly as she than devours her and his pudding quickly.

Bata-Boom notices a shadow come to his table. Sitting down is an elderly man, with a bald top and some other fellow who seemed old and slightly frightened. The older man smiles, "Hello governor heard you put them Titan twerps through the old wash-thru now did ya?"

Bata-Boom nods, not talking still while he eats his pudding. The other man smiles slightly, "My name is Light, this is Mad Mod. I heard you had a run in with… with…" his eyes become large and he falls to a fetal position, "Can't sleep… Raven will get me…"

Mad Mod rolls his eyes, "Bloody yanks, acting all big and bad till somebody has their period."

Bata-Boom raises a brow, "She does that only when she has her period?"

Mad Mod laughs, "Nah, we just pick when daddy comes to mess with her." Bata-Boom is still confused." Look here." Mad Mod leans in, "She be a half demon, her pappy is some unholy "demon god" or something like that. When she looses her emotions that feller comes and messes with her. It's a sight to see ain't it?"

Bata-Boom nods, "It sure was. I was actually scared, and from the crazies that's something."

A loud voice is screamed across the room, "Fat man!" Bata-Boom in little emotion looks at the screamer, a large muscular guy with gray skin, blue eyes, and spiked black hair laughs while he walks over. Mad Mod rolls his eyes, "Bludger its Johnny Rancid."

Mad Mod takes Dr. Light with him to another table, "He's more bark than bite best to bloody ignore him."

Johnny Rancid stalks up behind Bata-Boom, "Hey, fat man. I heard you got some kind of trouble." Bata-Boom looks on Rancid and says "Actually Jamie Francis I didn't get in any trouble."

Johnny blinks, "What? Hey!" he growls in his fist shaking, "My name's Rancid! Johnny Rancid!"

"Whatever Francis I'm eating so why don't you go somewhere else?"

Johnny gives a smile, "Oh, you're eating! I'm so sorry to disturb you when we all can see," he pats Bata-Boom on the stomach, "You can't live without that."

Bata-Boom chuckles, "You don't listen too well do you?" Rancid smirks, "Nope, I have learning disability called "Kicks-butt-of-all-I-want disorder!"

Bata-Boom now goes to his pudding and tries to eat it when Rancid grabs the cup. "I suggest you give that back."

Rancid smirks, "Aw, baby gonna cry?" Rancid dunks his finger into the cup, "My germs!"

Bata-Boom sighs, "What a waste of perfectly good pudding." He flops the hand Rancid had his pudding in and spurts it in his face. Bata-Boom then takes Rancid's pudding and begins to eat it.

Rancid growls, "You're dead!"

Killer Moth gets up stopping Rancid, "Chill out! This is not the time or place. Go ahead Rancid get some food and sit down before you get in trouble."

Rancid turns around and snorts "Go back to your slut of a daughter."

Killer Moth was close to his table when he heard that, "Excuse me?"

Rancid smiles, he wanted to fight. "Oh I'm sorry! I meant your keeper! Still, I think I was right in my assumptions!"

Killer Moth loosing it runs out to meet Rancid. The others are cheering in the fight as Rancid and Moth had the better size and reputation around. Johnny had indirectly taken out the Boy Wonder, and caused something of a rift in space, a bit of the big time criminal thing even for a punk like him. Moth was actually going to win but by a twist of fate Kitten ordered the switch for his army of insects, so he was pretty much out of luck when the Titans popped up. Moth ducked under a punch, both in boxing stances as they circled each other. Rancid tried a strong hook to the chin but Moth leapt out of the way to then fly forward for an uppercut into Rancid's chin. Rancid fell back on his feet giving Moth a chance to flash several hits to the ribs. Rancid kneed Moth in the gut, backing him off. Rancid now tried a full frontal swing of his right but Moth pulled back, and as the punch passed he made a strong jab right into Rancid's face causing the large man to fall into a table crushing it. Rancid snarls while coming up but was gripped by Bata-Boom in the neck making him fall unconscious. Bata-Boom looks over Moth and does a small bow, "I like you…" he tosses his cup from the pudding to Moth. "See you around!"

Bata-Boom leaves, the guards have been standing by watching they had no real need to get involved. You could, but sometimes the villains here were more unpredictable than every-day criminals. Killer Moth looked at the cup breathing heavily as Kitten kicked the unconscious Rancid; she was not as timid and weak as you would figure. Gizmo looks at Moth, "What's with you? You're smiling?"

Moth pulls something from the bottom of the cup, "I have good reason to."

Titans Tower and morning. Breakfast had been prepared by someone unexpected, Raven. Raven made some very good food French toast, eggs, bacon, orange slices the works. The titans came floating in from the aroma and stopped in halt to Raven. Raven looked up and glared, "What?"

"Um," Beast Boy looked over the smorgasbord and said "Raven... cooking?"

Raven gives a small glare saying "Shove it." She finishes some toast and puts it on the last plate. "I had a bad dream so I cooked."

The titans sat down to the plates. Robin noticed how six plates had been made. 'I bet I know who that is for…' he gnaws into his toast with slight irritation but also so he did not cause the same trouble as before. Starfire has her plate and the one for Red X, "I will see you later friends I must watch the Red X for now."

She floats off, Raven blushes, "Make sure you take some syrup… for the toast and all."

"I have already…" Starfire smiles taking some syrup in a cup, "I see." She realized she meant for Red X. Robin has now shoved his entire thing of toast in his mouth. 'Can't say something stupid if I don't say… gag!' he starts choking 'DOH!'

Raven realizes he's choking and flies over to help him. She grabs his chest and start the Heimlich maneuver. When the bits of toast shoot out on Beast Boy's face Robin is gasping for air. He looks back smiling, "Thanks… Raven…"

Raven shrugs, "No problem." She looks at him, "Robin?"

Robin looks to see his hands are on hers, he blushes taking them off, "Sorry about that." He sits to resume eating. Beast Boy wipes the food saying "Dude I know it's good but you don't have to shovel it in like that."

Raven smiles, "Thanks for the compliment Beast Boy."

Beast Boy nods saying, "Hey even I can see you deserve it!"

Robin is eating again; he stops to smile on Raven, "Yeah Raven it is really good."

Cyborg laughs, "Yeah, for Robin it was to die for." Beast Boy and Cyborg high-five to Robin's embarrassment. Raven sighs saying "Robin just ignore them. I'm glad you like the food as much as you did."

Robin nods to eat his food. 'That wasn't why I was shoveling it down.' He eats some of the food and smiles, 'Well not totally.'

Starfire has been sitting with a giant smile, Red X has not yet moved from his laid back slumber on the medic table. Several diodes were about the room as it was the Titans medical facility. It had its limits, but if you took into account the heroic dangers they often had to use the facility. Starfire smiled on Red X, he still did not move so she asked, "Are you awake?"

Red X does not act, he seems to be sleeping. Starfire puts the plate of food next to Red X's table saying "Please wake soon, Friend Raven prepared this food for you an-." She is startled as a hand comes over the bacon, grabs it, and lifts the mask only enough for his mouth. "You are awake?"

Red X puts the mask back on, "Yeah." He munches and seems to moan happily, "Never knew she could cook."

Starfire nods, "Raven is an excellent cook. She does not do this often without being bribed by us."

"Really?" Red X chuckles, "Guess she had some personal reasons."

Starfire turns to her feet; this was Red X of all people and was not the most trusting to look at. Still, she had to spend this time with him so, "What would you like to do?"

Red X raises a brow, "Uh, what?" he was told on how the titans were on guard duty, and who was next. Red X chuckled at that. "I guess it makes perfect sense. I mean I am somebody you all could not know is a friend or enemy."

"You are our enemy." Starfire blinks, "That is what Robin believes yet you have been kind to us so it is more like…" she thinks, "I would call you an acquaintance with unknown allied persuasions." She gives a large grin, as Red X sweats to the title. "Sure… whatever you say doll."

Red X looks around, not even a proper television or book for him to try and ignore this deal. Sure Starfire was cute, and built in the slender fashion most men obligate their male minds too. However, he was starting to realize she was kind of childish and to him that was a turn-off. Starfire started listing "activities" they could enjoy; she made the list of "Pretty Pony Coloring Book" and "Wear Ribbons" which to each his answer was "No thank you."

Starfire sighs, "This is most difficult." She turns to Red X, "What would you like to do?"

He thinks, "I would like to… die in peace." He flips over irritated with her attention until he hears this whimpering sound. He turns and gulps as she has tears brimming her eyes, "Oh come on!" she now has her lower lip quivering; "Don't you do it!" She now sniffles her nose so he sighs, "Give me a red crayon…"

Starfire smiles as she gives him the red crayon, lays the coloring book down, and they (to his horror) color pretty ponies for the next few hours. He murmurs something; Starfire blinks "Does that mean a "Bad Witch?" Red X looks shifty eyed, "No it means a female dog."

The others go onto their regular activities, cleaning, some training, until Beast Boy is up. He grabs his joke book smiling, "Thought he was in stitches before, wait till I get there!"

Raven sighs, "Please don't do anything to make him kill you."

Beast Boy frowns, "Oh come on my jokes are pretty good."

Robin nods his head with Raven, "Actually try not to upset him too much." Everyone looks at him in shock, "I still need to interrogate him and if he is in a bad mood…"

Beast Boy rolls his eyes, "Sure thing boss."

Raven gives a slight glare to Robin, "Do you have to interrogate him?"

Robin sighs, "Raven I'm sorry but if he does know anything I will need to try and find out."

Raven looks to the news paper, "Fine." She reads it, "This is odd, says here lower Gotham had a jail-break caused by… Bata-Boom?"

Robin grabs the paper, "What?" Raven flies behind him as Cyborg runs up to them asking, "You're right. Was that why Batman called?"

Robin shook his head to Cyborg, "It says here the bombing was right after the call, maybe he was going to warn us about Bata-Boom and he took Batman out of the picture."

Cyborg smirks, "But we took out Bata-Boom, can't be anything to worry about now."

Raven looks uneasily, that dream had Bata-Boom in it. It was just a dream right? "I wouldn't be so sure."

The Batman was at home, not Batman but Bruce Wayne. Bruce sat at his table inside his mansion with his slit back black hair, blue eyes, and in a gray sweater and black jeans Bruce sighed deeply, "Three… only three…"

Bruce remembers last night out of all the maniacs loose he found three. First the Mad Hatter, which had not enough time to even gather up his mind control devices from his last hide out. After him, he had a mix-up with the Riddler and some silly game of chase and checkers. After him he had a massive smack around with Killer Croc, that lasted little time but afterwards he had so many injuries he had to re-cooperate. That left; well it left a lot of villains. Alfred came in putting down breakfast, "Sir, have the police captured any of the culprits?" Batman thinks and realizes one other villain was taken that was Fire Fly who had started a small city fire in the end of town before being caught from a co-operative strike of firemen and police. Batman was not alone; he had his friends in blue helping.

Batman hears music in the main lobby; he enters to see his old enemy… Joker. The Joker was in a nice purple suit with a yellow under vest. His left breast had a flower and his green hair was slicked back in his Joker fashion with a clean shine. He grins madly and coincidently with madness of insanity, his bleached skin seems more color than usual but only as he was slightly joyful of his re-entry to the world. "Greetings and salutations citizens of Gotham! I know you all wanted to see this beautiful grin again so terribly, especially one of you since there was a jail-break! The question is," he taps his chin and pouts to his side, "Who may that lovely person be." The Joker twirls into a chair crossing his legs with a playful grin, "No matter! I'll find that out soon enough! However, today I have a much more serious problem! There are simply too many villains in town recently so I ask you what can this mean?" The Joker pulls out a noise-maker and party hat, "Good times! Just like tonight as in Gotham and the masked ball at Madam Giley and her ball for the sophisticated masses. I hope you will be attending, because I might just expect more entertainment than just a couple of party-clowns!" he begins laughing madly to the camera before turning it off. Batman was given a ticket to that ball as Bruce Wayne; he now realizes he might just have to go as Batman instead.

Beast Boy smiles, "Come on, did you hear what I said?" Red X has a pillow over his head, "What did the elephant make when he sat on a grape?" Red X grips the pillow harder, "He made a little whine? Get it! Whine not like Boo-Hoo but… wine! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

"Ergh!" Red X tosses the pillow at Beast Boy who dodges, "Could you just kill me now? If Robin sent you to torture me he could have been more humane!"

Beast Boy laughs, "Oh come on these are some of my best ones! I've used this book every time I get upset or hurt."

Red X turns on Beast Boy, still upset he notices Beast Boy stopped at his book mark, it oddly enough was a photo. Beast Boy smiled on it before hiding it in his book. Beast Boy closed the book sighing, "You listen to me." Red X noticed a change, Beast Boy was serious now, "You ever do anything to hurt Raven, and I'll kill you."

"… What?" Red X raised a brow, not something you expect from these kids. "You would kill me?"

Beast Boy gave a glare it was a warning, "I will, I know how it feels to lose someone you care about." He caressed the book, "You do anything to hurt Raven and I will make you pay."

Red X chuckles, "Sure…" Beast Boy grabs Red X, "I mean it!" Red X winces, his body is still a bit sore, "This is not a joke! This is my friend! I won't let you mess with her head! She had one guy do it and I swear I won't let that happen again."

Red X seemed accepting, "I understand." Beast Boy lowers Red X; their time was up anyway, "You really did care, what happened to her?"

Beast Boy looked at the photo, "She made… a sacrifice. She did what she thought was right after so long being trapped in the dark." Beast Boy put the picture away, "She did the hero thing."

Red X lay down, "Must be hard being the good guy. Now you can see why I don't like it."

Beast Boy opened the door, "I know, no one likes it always, but sometimes it has the good too."

Cyborg watched Beast Boy come out slightly depressed, "You okay?" Beast Boy did not answer, Cyborg walked in slightly upset, "What did you do to him?"
Red X shrugged, "Nothing." Cyborg snapped "Don't you lie to me!" Red X looked at Cyborg saying "I didn't do anything; he just went on about somebody he lost."

Cyborg looked back, "Yeah, we know." Cyborg sat down, "Listen buddy, this whole thing between you and Raven has us all worried. We don't know what your intentions are and we all know you won't tell us will you?" Red X seemed to just stare, "Thought not." Cyborg smirks at the arrogance Red X had for the others.

Red X shifted his weight to have his legs off of the table, "Just know this, whatever it is I honestly don't want to hurt her."

Cyborg nodded, "I know that but you could. That's why we can't trust you not because of who you are but how unpredictable you are." Red X laughs, "Oh that's funny to you?"

Red X looks at Cyborg, "Not that, I just thought about that joke." He chuckles, "He made a little whine."

Cyborg smiles, "A Beast Boy original."

Jump City prison, Killer Moth is waiting for lunch which was to be served soon. Breakfast the fat man had not shown up. Neither did Johnny Rancid. Lunch was just around the corner; Killer Moth heard the bell so he left. On his way he bumped into Kitten, she smiled to her father saying "Did you hear?" Killer Moth pitched his head, "Johnny was found with his arm broken in seven spots and unconscious." She hugged her father, "I didn't ask you to do it but thanks dad. He's a real jerk anyway."

Killer Moth shrugged, "It wasn't me."

Kitten blinks asking "Then who was it?"

"Me." Bata-Boom is behind them, "He wanted to "settle the score" so I settled it." Bata-Boom went to the table Moth normally sat, Moth sat down and looked back and forth, "So, when do I use this shaker?" Mammoth who was sitting with the others said "When we get some grub, pass me the salt first!"

Moth snaps "Shut up!"

Mammoth blinks, Bata-Boom chuckles, "Whenever you like, I would use it around 8 and a half grains through the pepper."

Moth nods, "I see…"

Gizmo blinks, "Uh, what do you…" he is bonked by Kitten, "Don't be stupid let them talk!"

Moth turns back on Bata-Boom, "Where will you be 8 and half grains through the pepper?"

"Here, with my pudding." Jinx is very confused, "Dinner is not till nine."

Kitten, Moth, and Bata-Boom glare at the three, they slowly slink to their seats. Bata-Boom asks "What napkins will you be bringing?"

"My shaker is for the storage room, I'm getting my suit!" Killer Moth looks around, "I might take these three with us."

Bata-Boom nods, "Let all the criminals know. I think I might give out some extra shakers just in case."

Moth grins, "So the shakers will be plenty?" Bata-Boom laughs, "More than plenty. With all those shakers in the streets those kids won't be able to catch up." Moth gives a concerned look, "What if they see ours?"

Bata-Boom gives a glare, "Then make them sneeze."

Bata-Boom gets up to leave; he sits with Mad Mod and Dr.Light. Moth grins when Gizmo asks "Was that about salt and pepper?"

Killer Moth rolls his eyes saying "No you imbecile. We're escaping tonight."

Mammoth screams "We're es-." Jinx and Kitten grab his mouth; the guards look over as Kitten adds "No silly! Escargot is not on the menu tonight!" the guards look at each other, one rolls his finger at his head and they laugh. Kitten rubs her hands together, "laugh while you can, because soon we'll be free as birds."

Jinx narrows her eyes, "I hope not jail birds."

Mammoth asks holding the Salt and Pepper, "Should we take these with us?"

Gizmo narrows his eyes, "You are so lucky you have the brawn."

Robin looks at the clock; it would be his turn soon. Starfire shows Beast Boy the ponies they colored and Beast Boy chuckles, "I can't believe you got him to color ponies."

Starfire sighs, "You do not understand the sophistication of ponies."

Beast Boy turns into a pony and raises his tail, Starfire rolls her eyes at the silly action before he turns back. "Still, you do not know the joy of ponies' friend Beast Boy. Raven, could you explain it to him?"

Raven turns on the two, "I don't like ponies unless their cooked." Starfire and Beast Boy gasp, "Medium rare even. So I can hear it neigh." The two swirl in shock while Raven is joking with the two. Robin sees the clock strike; he stands up and heads to his place. Opening the door Cyborg smiles back "Hey keep in that bed okay."

Red X shrugs, "I'll see what I can. Hope things work out with you and Jinx."

Cyborg took time to tell Red X his romance. That of course and how he would beat the life out of Red X if he hurts Raven. Cyborg nods to Robin, "Hey Robin. He's dong fine for the most part, no medical problems so far."

Robin nods, "Okay Cyborg. I'll see you in a little bit okay?"

Robin enters the room, and gives a cross armed glare to Red X. The tension is thick because both have some trouble with their company. Robin sits down on a chair backwards, "Answers," Robin says in a glare "I want them to my questions from you."

"So I ask questions, and who gives answers?" Red X chuckled but quickly Robin screams "No games!"

Red X notices this was serious, "Fine kid, what do you need to know?" he turns to his side, "Though I won't answer every little thing you ask. Only what I can."

Robin looks at his hands, to that he nods, "Acceptable. First question." Robin lays his chin on his hands, "Why did you buy the necklace for Raven?"

Red X shrugs, "I wanted to." Robin gives a stern glare, "That is it kid; I wanted her to have it."

"Why did you help us with Bata-Boom?"

"I knew he had the building set to explode. I may not be the best guy in the world, but even I have limits on murder."

Robin nods, not a bad answer. So far he seemed truthful enough. "What about the explosion, why did you go to him knowing it was a trap."

"Why would you?" Red X asked simply. Robin gave a confused raise of his brow, "I knew it was a trap and readied for nearly anything. I also knew that it was meant for you he only settled for me."

"Wait a second what do you mean it was meant for me?"

"Think kid!" Red X seemed more irritated now, "He was always looking on you, and he wanted you to do it. That whole fight he was on you really. I think he wanted to hospitalize you and leave the Titans vulnerable without their leader."

Robin nods, as that was actually a good assumption, "He's in jail so it's a good thing we got him when we did."

"How did you catch the guy?" Red X asked with a little interest. Robin gives a smile, "Raven caught him. She was hell bent on it."

Red X lays his head back; "I see…" he seems happy by that. Robin gives a small frown saying "If you hurt her, I'll throw you in jail after I kill you."

"Gee, you all say the same thing." Red X laughs, "Of course when Starfire said she would feed me to ponies I thought she was kidding." Red X nods, "Take my word I will try not to hurt her."

Robin shifts uneasily "I guess I will take your word for now… but only for now." Robin takes the newspaper he read earlier and skims it, "You better lay back, Raven is coming in next I don't want her getting angrier at me for interrogating you."

Red X chuckles, he then sees the paper and jumps off the bed to slam into the ground, "Damn!" he screams full force as the pain is nearly blinding him. Robin jumps up to help the enemy, as he thought that he drops Red X on the ground, "Ow!" Robin blushes, "Oh sorry I just…" he grabs Red X and puts him on the bed. "Why did you jump off the bed?"

Red X grabs Robin by the scruff, "Jail-break!" Robin blinks, "Don't you get it! He's planning another Jail-break!" Robin looks at the headlines in the paper, "He's going to let all the villains loose hoping he can fade out! He's going to blow up the jail!"

Robin gasps, why the heck did he not get that sooner? It makes sense! Bata-Boom could show up again, and the chaos from all their villains in the city would be more than enough to cause some distraction. Robin turns to leave, but pushes a button to cause the restraints on the bed to grab Red X. Red X gives a chuckle, "You don't trust little old me?"

Robin turns back around, "As much as I trust myself."

Red X rolls his eyes in that statement, "What an insult."

Robin runs to the main room, "Get your things! We have to go."

Starfire is worried, "Why is this friend Robin?"

Robin looks on Starfire, the others are gathering around. "Red X just dawned something on me, Bata-Boom wanted to get caught."

Raven gives a brow raised smile, "You mean you believe him?"

Robin shrugs it off, "No time for "I told you so" Bata-Boom is going to make a second jail-break this time in Jump City. We need to move now."

Batman is in the ball, he is trying to make his way across the floor as he is bumped from behind. "Stick-em up!" Batman turns to see The Joker smirking on him, "Come on Bat-Brain! If I wanted to play I would." Batman glares and The Joker sighs, "Okay, let's settle the formalities. Now move on to the DANCE!" The Joker points a normal banana at Batman's face and squishes it into his face. The Joker cackles clicking his heels in a run. Several dancers turn about on Batman firing guns at him. The ball's attendees who stupidly decided it was a silly joke took to now ducking. Batman leaps off the back of one fat man and into two of the men. He lands on them while plowing his hands and feet into their faces quickly putting them down. Batman now makes a dash grabbing from his sides batarangs, he flings these to disarm several others as it curves over their hands and slaps away their guns. Batman does not stop as police who attended the ball begin grabbing the hired goons. Batman runs up the stairs which Joker took, and looks down seeing three last goons now firing on the cops. Batman grins as he rips a cord up the stairs, the chandelier falls on these men ending the goon-squad.

Batman knew The Joker had to be up to something better than this. Sure The Joker could be having a bad day, but the way it looked it had to be a trap. Batman follows into the room of Madam Giley and sees the balcony open. He follows to see a set of bed sheets leading to the roof. Batman grabs his grappling hook and fires up to hear it snatch, he ascends and sure enough there he finds The Joker "What is it you're planning Joker?"

The Joker shrugs, big grin in all, "I actually wanted to know. Who broke us out Bats?"

Batman narrowed his eyes, not answering made the Joker sigh, "Figures, guess I'll have to play your cords," He grins devilishly, "Or maybe your ivories…"

Batman is gripped in a strong bear hug; he turns to see Killer Croc! Killer croc is a humanoid with green skin, razor teeth, and claws like razors too. He tries to crush Batman smiling, "Been a while since we saw each other Bat-brain!"

Batman tries to break free, "You were caught by me earlier!"

"Yeah, but jail is not my thing. Joker here helped me escape. Along with that guy too."

Batman sees another villain, a bolding man with glasses, in his arms a small puppet with a scar on the right cheek. The puppet speaks, "Well ain't it the Bat-Fink! Trying to ruin our good time."

Batman rolls his eyes, The Ventriloquist and Scarface were not really good villains, The Joker must only be trying to get information or yes… maybe he did have so little planning before the ordeal. "What is it you really want Joker?"

The Joker sighs shaking his hand, "Listen Bats, I want to know who broke me out, and why! I figure I owe them a debt of gratitude." Batman seems to give a glare, The Joker smirks, "Okay you twisted my arm!" at that Killer Croc twists Batman's arm slightly making him moan in pain, "I wanted to simply get into the swing of things. It has been a while, and I missed you Bats!" The Joker spins a cane he had under his arm, "So I leave you to your games, smack him around Croc!" The Joker begins his retreat and Batman launches to attack.

Batman causes his weight to force his body down and kick off his legs into Croc's jaw. Croc stumbles back as Scarface starts firing his little Tommie-gun. Batman leaps under the bullets and flings a batarang on Scarface making his head snap. Scarface screams "Dummy!" and Ventriloquist runs after his master. Batman turns seeing Croc had been hit by the bullets but his scaly skin protected him. Batman makes a leaping kick knocking him unconscious. Batman turns, The Joker was far gone. "Well two is better than none." He thinks on Robin and wonders if he is okay. Leaving Robin to face an enemy like Heretic was dangerous especially not knowing Heretic was there. That and Bata-Boom, or perhaps other criminals he hired. Batman shakes his head saying "I can't help him. I have my own problems." Batman has tied up the two criminals, "Besides, he has a team with him."

The walls to the hold of weapons and such crumble in. Killer Moth smiles as he quickly rushes the guard inside plowing a fist in his face. This was where they held the gimmick weapons not taken by the Titans. Killer Moth took to his suit; this was a large gray suit with the head of a moth, except having fangs of metal in the place of the mouth. "That feels much better than that crap they had us wear." His voice in the suit is more mechanical, he likes the sound for fear. "Hurry up, we haven't got all day."

Control Freak is now wearing a brown trench coat; all the villains are putting on their old clothes as quickly as possible. Mumbo has on a black tux but no hat… the titans had his hat and wand. Mammoth had his gold and black suit and bands of gold armor on, Gizmo is in his small green jumpsuit. Dr. Light put on his first costume, one that did not have built in weapons, as Mad Mod was in his red vest and long khakis. Moth turns to guards now coming, "Move it you idiots! We don't have any more time!"

Mammoth cracks his knuckles, "Watch this!" he flings his fist up and crashes the ceiling down blocking the guards from them. Moth smiles, "Nice job…" he then screams "But that was the quickest way to the cafeteria!"

Mammoth smiles innocently when Jinx in her black dress with long socks flings her hexes on the wall next to them, "Actually this is much quicker."

The crew of villains make a dash for it. When at the cafeteria Bata-Boom is waiting, he sees guards pointing into the cafeteria, "Freeze! You are all under arrest!" the second guard shakes his head, "No they already are in jail, it's just freeze!" The first guard sweats saying "Oh yeah, right."

Bata-Boom twists his goggles frames, making them change from green lenses to red lenses. There is a beam of red that hits the guns and they begin glowing before exploding. The guards are tossed back unconscious; the villains blink at his toy. "Always make a disability a possibility!" Bata-Boom chuckles turning to the wall he uses the same beam and fires. The wall energizes before blasting apart. The villains look seeing the courtyard, "How are we getting out?" asks Control Freak before a large truck barrels through the walls of the courtyard. It stops with pillows in its back. The villains jump off to the truck than Bata-Boom drops down and the truck peels off. Distance from the others Bata-Boom orders the car to stop, "Okay, off the bus!" The villains file off and Killer Moth chuckles, "The city is ours again. I must say that was a dastardly plan."

"Hey, I'm just getting started. You better get going more trouble is on its way!"

Killer Moth grabs Kitten and flies off. The other villains are running to their own plans. Bata-Boom chuckles saying, "Hey that went well. I think with all of those loons those kids will have a lot of trouble keeping up with me."

While near by, Dr. Light smiles evilly with Mad Mod, "We did it! We finally escaped again!"

Mad Mod laughs, "We sure did governor!"

This was short lived as Robin tosses a birdarang that then turns to a net grabbing both villains. Raven lands making Dr. Light squeal in fear than dribble out "Can't sleep… Raven will get me…"

Robin stops on his R-Cycle, "They split up! This must be part of his plan."

Starfire nods, "Yes friend Robin, it would seem most definitely so."

Cyborg looks to an alley, "I see someone going that way. Want me to follow?"

Robin nods, "Beast Boy, Starfire, and Cyborg go together. Raven you're with me," he revs his engines, "I want Bata-Boom."

Raven glares with red eyes before subsiding her rage and looking in normal. "So do I."

Bata-Boom has the truck stop; they switch with another, one that was with armor plating and more of Bata-Boom's inventions. While driving Bata-Boom clacked his heels in the back, "Eh-he!" He jumps up and strolls to the window leading to the driver, "I actually did it! Not only did I get those villains out I even implied myself as the boss! This is going to make things so much more fun!"

The driver looks out his window, he is a simple goon hired as the get away driver "We got company."

Bata-Boom narrows his eyes, he looks to the collection in his truck "I have a better idea."

Robin and Raven are in heated pursuit when the truck starts barreling down the roads. They swerve into traffic not worrying as this truck was built like a tank, and merely flung the other cars about. Robin snaps out "What is he doing?"

"Escaping!" Raven screams out "but not for long!" she chants her words to try and hold the truck. The truck halts and spirals its wheels in mid air. The doors in the back open and something large jumps out. Bata-Boom chuckles and speaks in a slight fake voice "Say hello to my little friend!"

The thing that came out was a giant ball of green metal with four blocks like spider legs. The legs bend as it leaps up and grips Raven, the strange red eye on its top blinks slowly as she looses control, "Now we're even freak!" Bata-Boom cackles as he falls back clacking his feet again. The truck peels off and they escape. Robin stops his R-Cycle at Raven, "Raven! You okay?"

Raven narrows her eyes, "Yeah just super." Her sarcasm was sort of relaxing.

Robin looks at the device; the eye is blinking slowly but every few it blinked slightly faster, "I have to get it off. I think it might be a bomb."

Raven gives a look, "Oh I just thought it was a hug-bot."

"I don't need your blasted sarcasm now Raven!" he snaps it out while trying to find the bomb's device. He sees a panel, and he takes out a Robin-custom multi tool, it opens up to have most essentials a Swiss army knife would have, even a screwdriver. Raven smirks, "Gee you do come prepared."

Robin goes to open the panel but thinks, "No, this would be too easy." He looks at the eye and smirks when he smashes it. The eye was blinking and there was the device. "I actually would have missed that."

Robin sees two wires, one red, one blue, "Okay, which one?" Raven glares on him, "I don't know just clip one!"

Robin looks at the wires, they lead into the device the same fashion, "Um…" he thinks back to Red X and when he clipped those bombs, he had all red wires… "I hope…" he clips the red wire and the large blinking light stops. Robin smiles until the legs slap him back. Robin is flung into a lamp post and the spider-ball thing makes a mad dash for him. It was about to lunge on him when Raven screamed "Azerath Metrion Zinthos!"

The spider-ball is lifting into the air flailing its legs. Raven glares at it before crushing it in making the explosive go off with it. She collapses the metal into a scrunched mess as Robin gets up. Raven lets the metal fall on the ground and smiles, "Thanks boy wonder. You can be of use sometimes."

"Oh quiet you!" He smiles on her, "I'm always useful."

The two head to the others. Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy have Dr. Light, Mad Mod, and Control Freak in their collection. The other villains sadly escaped.

Robin smiles on the team, "Good job everyone let's go search more after we drop them off at jail."

They did exactly that, and at home they all faltered in the door with exhaustion. None of the other villains had popped up. Raven looked to the clock; she had no time to see Red X. "It figures."

Robin pats her on the back, "You better get to your post Raven, who knows what Red X has been up to."

Raven looks back before nodding, "I understand." She flies down the halls to the medic lab. Robin sits down frowning, "Raven…"

"She will be fine friend Robin. We have all been watching the Red X and he did not seem to do anything of extraordinary evil."

Beast Boy snickers, "Yeah, he even colored pretty ponies with Starfire."

Cyborg grimaces at one picture, "Uh, is that Starfire?"

Starfire flies over and smiles, "Yes, Red X drew me painting a pony red!"

Cyborg swallows a lump in his throat as Beast Boy looks and says "That doesn't look like a brush… more like a knife."

"Silly Beast Boy how would I paint a pony with a knife." Starfire smiles idly before it strikes her. "I feel quite ill…" she grabs a waste basket and gags in it while Cyborg laughs "Guess he didn't like coloring pretty ponies."

Raven was at the door to the med lab, she took a deep breath hearing her emotions yammering in her head. Raven shook them all away except fear, fear at the moment seemed to have the upper hand. She floated in to see no Red X? Then he peeped from under the bed, "Oh so that was you?"

Raven blinks before seeing much of the equipment fizzled out, "Er… sorry about that."

Red X winces as he lies back on the bed, "No problem. I liked the breakfast."

Raven nods with a slight tint in her cheeks, "I'm glad you liked it." She sits in the chair Robin used earlier and turns to Red X, "Thank you for the clue on the jail-break."

Red X shrugged, "It made sense after Robin said he got caught and the news said he did it once." He looks up worriedly "Did you catch him?"

"No." she says flatly, he nods with a slightly irritated sigh. "We will catch him I promise."

Red X seems to look on her slyly, "I didn't know you cared."

Raven is slightly embarrassed and that manifests in one more of the diodes exploding. "Oops."

Red X chuckles "Don't worry Raven. I'm getting kind of used to that." He shifts his pillow lying back, "You seem tired you should go to bed."

Raven nods but she can't "I have to watch you tonight."

Red X chuckles "Oh you have to?"

Raven nods, and smirks "That and I want to."

Red X turns up to her, he gleams "I think I like that."

Raven decides it was time to ask something "Why did you give me the necklace?"

Red X notices she still wears it, "I wanted you to have it."

Raven seems happy so she asks the next question "Is this some kind of joke, are you trying to hurt me?"

Red X shakes his head no, "This is not a joke Raven, and I honestly would never want to hurt you."

Raven smiles in a blush, "I see." She looks around the room, "You want something to eat? I could have the others fix you something."

"No thanks I helped myself." He chuckled "Robin strapped me down but I broke out. Had a hassle trying to get around though."

"You didn't escape?" Raven seemed confused. Red X gave her a small grin, "I would not have seen you if I escaped."

Raven nods to the words and sighs, "I think you should get some sleep. If you want I can at least bring you a T.V. or something later when the others are a sleep."

Red X chuckles, "Yeah why not." He gives a worried glare, 'I might need to keep an eye out on these guys.'

Bata-Boom makes his way inside the hangar that was housing his master's headquarters. He takes and knees to his boss, "I did just as you wanted sir, the villains are free, they believe I am the one behind your crimes, and the Titans are still in confusion of everything." The man before him sits in a chair clicking his finger tips together, "As for Robin… well I am sure we will get him in time."

The man who sat before Bata-Boom was Heretic, his plan to confuse his enemies and keep his involvement a secret was going perfectly. (Heretic voiced by Tim Curry of Stephen King's IT "Pennywise", or Scary Movie 2 "The Professor")

"Well done Bata-Boom. There is of course several small matters to still attend to." The shadow hand points out his fingers and two large black snakes fly out hissing and striking the goon. The goon screams in horror at this attack. Heretic stands up and moves into the light. His legs were long and held in black skin material, black shinned boots over the feet having red designs of serpents curving the sides and hissing at the front. His chest was semi-muscular, fitting out of the suit of skin tight black. His arms had slightly bulged shoulders from some kind of padding. The arms stretched in the same black material but on the hands he had armor gloves, having rounded plates over the knuckles and joints the more shrewd metal tips of the fingers were able to move freely in these gloves. The neck had a small mantle that came back in a point to the back. A cape was held at the shoulders but it was not a normal flowing cape, it was curved like an arc on the back which fell half way down the back in a single loose scruff of material. The head had white hair that was fuzzy some what and fell back and to the sides. This man wore a mask over his face, a ceremonial face mask was fitted over his face so only the eyes shown through. From the groove where the mouth would be two red snakes were made to curve up the cheeks and around the eyes to the brows where they curved the hissing mouths to the central groove of the nose. Heretic walked over to Bata-Boom and stopped behind him to lay his hands on his shoulders, "I was wondering something, and why is it baby-bird was not harmed? You instead took this… Mr. X fellow."

Bata-Boom sweats a little, "I was going for Robin." He lowers his head, "But that other guy got in the way. We can still get him sir believe in me."

Heretic nods, he lets go of Bata-Boom having his snakes hiss on Bata-Boom and quickly come back to him, "Forget about itBata-Boom. Baby-Bird must not be made aware of my ideals just yet. I will keep in the shadows and plan out this ordeal further." Heretic sits in his chair crossing his legs and cupping his hands, "Baby-bird will in time figure it is me, that it was I who caused this ordeal. Until then we will play our game and challenge him. In the end Baby-Bird will do as I planned." Heretic shows his eyes in a flare of red, human yet altered in some unknown way.

Note: I wanted to make Heretic more menacing; though he seems mysteriously menacing he is not as "Evil" as I wished. I used the snakes for a reason; a theme to his "Heretic" character and snakes will be explained later. Hope people like the little bit of Red X Raven thing going on. More to come later on I swear. I have other stories to work on so that takes up my time… sorry everybody. Now more responses! Oh yeah! That one person you should read is Shekron Kaizar, he has a good series going on.

Faith-Catherine: Yes I'm glad you liked, so here is what we have with Red X Raven, (I find mixing Raven's emotions with explosions is difficult so I try to make it so like in the show only under MAJOR emotion her powers act out, not the minor outbursts.)

Raven: THE RAVEN! … Oh you're not? Either way hope I updated soon enough for you!

Desert-tiger: Glad you liked Bata-Boom… so you noticed my hints on Robin/Raven? BLAST! Actually that is cool, it is mainly his being a leader… but perhaps if others think it would be fun I may explore on a love triangle.

LunerThief: I always try to keep up a good job… except when I do a bad job and blame it on gremlins… (Shifty eyes) evil gremlins…

Mysti-eyed: Thank you, I wanted to try and show the reason of curiosity to Bata-Boom. His evil is really the thirst of invention that is why I like him he seems like a plausible villain for the show itself.

Inu-Chan: No Inu-chan, she does not know YET that it was the guy from the bar; he's trying to play out the sex-appeal of mystery in a way.

Gothic kid 13: I think Slade is a spectacular villain; I plan to do a story on him mainly for his slightly sadistic nature. I do find him cool, but The Joker has something of sadism mixed with actual inconceivable madness.

Tigerlilly 1234: He's better, but only barely. The idea is he wants to help the Titans, but why? Is it for feelings of Raven, or maybe another hidden agenda?

Shekron Kaizar: Well honestly putting the villains together in the prison came from your story "Gotham City and Jump City". I admit they are a fun bunch to put together. Scientist are cowards when it comes to the physical, next chapter Bata-Boom has a body guard called "Quadro" you will see why.