Princess-Korriandre: I am so Sorry I haven't updated for like… ever! Please don't kill me! Anyways… School will probably beat you to it! Grr! OK well… here's the chapter. I hope you likiez! Oh yes… Another character shall be joining us on our show!
Red X: … (wide-eyed)… who is it?
(Robin and Slade smirk evilly)
Princess-Korriandre: It's… drumroll, please!
(drum rolls across the room…)
Princess-Korriandre: (rolls eyes) CRYSTAL SUMMERS! Whoot!
(crickets chirp)
Princess-Korriandre: (tapping foot and looking at watch) she should be here… right… about… now.
(Our friend the post man comes in carrying a wooden box)
Princess-Korriandre: Well, looky here! It's my package!
Red X: (rolls eyes)
Postman: OK… your 23 and you STILL look like your like thirteen or something! You gotta tell me how you do that!
Princess-Korriandre: (snatches wooden box and signs the paper the postman hands her) No. I don't wanna tell you my secret! BUAHAHAHAHA! Now… GET OUT!
(Postman runs out screaming)
Princess-Korriandre: (rubs hands together) YAY! (Tears top off the box and looks around the room)
Slade: What are you looking for?
Princess-Korriandre: (looks at him) You! (Throws the large piece of wood at him)
Slade: Ahh! My leg!
Princess-Korriandre: ( puts tofu eggs and bacon on a plate and shoves it in tranquilized Crystal's face) WAKEY WAKEY! TOFU EGGS AND BACEY!
Crystal: (Opens her eyes and gags) EWW! Get that CRAP AWAY from me!
Princess-Korriandre: THAT IS NO WAY TO TREAT YOUR CREATOR!
Crystal: (rolls eyes)
Starfire: HELLO, FRIEND!
Crystal: HOLA MI AMIGA!
Starfire: … COMO TE LLAMAS!
Crystal: Mi nombre es Crystal!
Starfire: ¡Agradable encontrarle!
Crystal: Vaya a hablar en inglés ahora...
Starfire: Sí.
Robin: (sweat drop)
Red X: …………………
Slade……Ohh… Kay?
Crystal and Starfire: (smile sheepishly)
Princess-Korriandre: OK. Enough of that nonsense! Crystal, read the disclaimer!
Crystal: Yes, MASTER! Grr… Princess-Korriandre does not own the Teen Titans. If she did, I would be one too. YAY! Awsomeness! Whoot! Yeah! Woo hoo-
Slade: SHUT UP!
Crystal: Your just jealous cuz she wants me to be a TITAN!
Slade: ……… What EVER!
Robin: (o.O) Don't do that again…
Starfire: Yeah.
Princess-Korriandre: I own Crystal!
Crystal: Unfortunately…
Princess-Korriandre: Shut up… I own Crystal. You may use her with permission, but I don't know why you would WANT to… (Gets tackled by Crystal)
Slade: Wow… now I can take over this station and rule the world!
Princess-Korriandre: Put a sock in it!
Crystal: (Puts one of Robin's gym socks in Slade's mouth.
Robin, Starfire, and Red X: BUAHAHAHAHA! (ROTFL)
Princess-Korriandre: ON WITH THE STORY!
CRIMSON BLADE
CHAPTER 7
"Be back here at 08:00 tomorrow with that report and your records. I'll escort you to the exit." Victor started walking and the others started following. Perfect! A report! This is going to be SO fun…
Richard Grayson and Kori Anders both arrived at Pier 21. Slade should be SOMEWHERE around here… There was WAYNE Enterprises, The Museum of Chemistry, and Chang Corporations. All of them had xinothium in them…
Richard and Kori looked at each other. How would they catch Slade? If they went into the wrong building, he could get away… They decided to split up and stand outside of the two outer buildings. Stood outside of Chang Corporations and Richard stood outside of WAYNE Enterprises. They both made sure they were out of sight and could see the Museum of Chemistry in between the other two buildings. Now they just sat.
ABOUT AN HOUR LATER
After about an hour of waiting, Slade came out of WAYNE Enterprises. Richard followed him quietly as to make sure that he was not heard.
Xavier, at about the same time Slade had come out, also came out of Chang Corporations. Kori silently followed, thinking about how weird it was that Xavier used to be the one following HER around…
Both Slade and Xavier came to an abandoned warehouse and looked around before entering. Richard spotted Kori and stealthily walked over to her. He was about to speak when-
"Hey Richard… took you long enough to get here." Said Kori
Richard gaped at her. "What?"
"I said 'Hey Richard. Took you long enough to get here.' Did you hear me that time?" she asked, smirking.
Richard's mouth dropped open. Did he make a noise? How did she know it was her? He shook the thought from his mind. "Whatever…" he said bitterly.
Kori shrugged. "OK…? So what do we do?" she asked.
Richard thought. "I guess we… go in there. We can't do anything else, right?" he said. Kori nodded.
"Hey umm… are you really as good as everyone says?" he asked. Kori gave him a questioning look.
"Who talks about me?" she asked.
'Everyone…' he wanted to say, but instead he said, "Just a few guys…"
Kori looked at him. "Oh…" she said. "Well… I guess so, if they say."
Richard shrugged. He sure as hell hoped that she was good, cause those two people in that warehouse probably wouldn't hesitate to kill… except maybe Xavier… again, he shook his thoughts from himself and looked at Kori.
"Well then, let's go." He said. He really hoped that she could fight. From what he saw from her so far, he could assume that she was good. But that was just a first impression. And first impressions can't mean everything, right?
Kori nodded and followed him to the building. They shot their grappling hooks up at high barred windows and made sure they were secure. They both quickly went up and hung, putting their foot on the wall for extra support. They peered into the window.
They saw Slade but… no Xavier. Suddenly, they saw a man with a black suit and a mask on. He had a Red X across his chest. Slade walked over to him and said something. Then, the man in the black suit shot a series of red Xs at a target and they all hit a bull's-eye.
Richard and Kori looked at each other.
"Well… this certainly changes things." Kori said. Richard nodded.
"Do you think we can still go in there?" he asked.
Kori nodded. "We should…"
Richard shrugged. "OK…"
They both slowly slid down the wall and landed gracefully on their feet. They ran over to the back door and Richard put a hand on the door knob and turned to Kori. She nodded. Richard turned the knob and…
The door flew off the hinges sending Richard in the opposite direction. Kori got out her swords and got into defensive position. She was about to attack seeing that the man had no visible weapons, until she was pinned to a wall by a large red X. She looked up and saw the man with the black-red X costume coming closer to her. He came closer and-
"Hey Cutie," he said.
Kori's eyes narrowed. "Xavier?" she asked.
Xavier took another step closer, closing the gap between them. "Now… why would you figure that?" he asked.
Suddenly, Xavier was hit in the head with a bow staff. He stumbled back and Richard helped Kori cut herself out of her restraints.
"Xavier!" Richard asked angrily. He had pissed him off.
Xavier shook his head. It's Red X, now." He said.
Kori rolled her eyes. "That's stupid…" she said. She paused…
"In fact, YOU'RE stupid…" she added.
Richard looked at her like she was crazy.
(A/N: Yay… A fight scene… Blah… Hey! I told you that I suck at fight scenes so stop GLARING AT ME! Gosh…)
Red X had gotten quite mad from Kori's comments. He charged at her but she quickly dodged his attack. Red X took out a small red X (lol) and it extended into a sword. Kori and Richard took out their swords.
Red X charged at Kori and she blocked with one sword and attacked with the other. Red X withdrew his sword and blocked her quick attack. Richard was just about to attack when he heard something behind him.
Richard turned around and quickly dodged an explosive disc flying his way. It exploded behind him. She squinted in the smog to see Slade with his bow staff drawn.
Richard put his sword away and got out his bow staff. Then the two commenced in heavy staff battle…
The sounds of swords and bow staffs hitting each other filled the pier as it grew later.
Soon, Kori was backed up in a corner. Red X came closer. Kori took out her grappling hook and shot it up. She pulled herself up quickly and started running on the roofs, with Red X following her from the ground.
Kori jumped from rooftop to rooftop, hoping to loose Red X, but to no avail. Seeing that he wouldn't give up, she jumped from the rooftop, and catching him off guard, tackled him.
"So… how do you choose to die? Castration, or taking your intestines out and having the wound burned closed?" she asked him. (A/N: Sorry if that was a little… grotesque…)
Red X was quite scared. Seriously. He was. None the less, he risked moving to push her of him, and it worked. But it wasn't pleasant, considering that he had almost had his arm torn off in the process.
Considering that this was enough for now, he ran of into the distance. Kori chased after him, but he pushed a button on his suit and he disappeared. Just… Disappeared.
Kori stopped abruptly and stared at the spot where Xavier "Red X" had been. 'What the…?' She shrugged it off as she remembered Richard.
"Shit…" she mumbled as she turned and ran in the direction of where she last saw Richard. She hoped that he was as good as everyone said he was…
SLADE AND RICHARD
Richard delivered a well-aimed smack in Slade's face with his bow staff. Slade quickly regained his balance after stumbling back a bit. Slade sent Richard a punch in the stomach, sending him into the ground. Slade jumped high into the air, attempting to bring his staff down on Richard.
Richard quickly moved his head to the side and the bow staff met the concrete with a CLANK. Richard, still on the ground, kicked Slade in the chest, sending him into the opposite wall. He hastened to stand on the ground, and charged at Slade. The air filled with sounds of clanks, bands, and angry grunts.
After a while, Slade had Richard's bow staff on the same side of the room with him, and Richard was on the other side of the room, panting heavily. Now that Richard was on the other side of the room without his weapon, Slade could strike. He took out a jagged dagger and threw it at Richard.
Suddenly, when the dagger was about six inches from Richard's face, a pocket knife connected with it and the dagger and the knife flew into a wall. Richard looked at Kori, who was breathing hard. He looked in the direction of where Slade once was, to find he wasn't there…
Princess-Korriandre: Yay! Done with that chapter! It took me a while… lol
Robin: I guess it was OK… EXCEPT YOU MADE ME LOOK HELPLESS!
(Starfire giggles)
Princess-Korriandre: Deal with it, lover boy!
(Robin and Starfire glare and Crystal laughs. Red X pouts and Slade smirks)
Princess-Korriandre: anyways, stay tuned! I will update ASAP!