How you doin' kids? Red-X here, coming back with more replies to your reviews. Now don't worry, I ain't here to steal RavenOnline's story again, I'm over it, those bumps on my head really helped me. Anyway, just for you to know, RavenOnline hasn't updated in a long time for a justified reason so put down those shotguns! Yeah, you in the back, I can see you too! As I was saying, dear ol' Raven formatted his computer lately because of his stupid little sister's shenanigans so it took him a while to post this chapter. Okay, okay. Replies time!
Redlobster7878- Thanks man, me and the chief really appreciate it. Besides, it was your idea to make a wake up scene so THANK YOU!
(Clears throat) The beautiful N' lovely Starfire fan 09. (Inhales)- Girl, do me a favor, next time you ask RavenOnline to dedicate you a review, get a shorter name! Thanks for reviewing and oh, almost forgot! RavenOnline told me he couldn't fit your idea in this chapter but maybe he'll try it next chapter okay?
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Steve-Racer (both Reviews) – Rave (Can I just call him Rave?) told me he'll try and make the action less formulaic and a bit more interesting.
Blaze-Firestorm-That was where me and Rave were going at. Fluffy and yet funny.
Yukigata- And he updated again!
Vampire-Orchid- Wait no more! Chapter eight is here!
CrazyDeafGirl- Good to see you again and so sorry your mom has a beat on grounding you. Rave's mom always goes nuclear on him and he's always able to sneak out of it so I believe you'll be able to slick your way out of this.
Ok, where were we…oh yeah! The chapter! Take it away Rave!
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Disclaimer: Nope, I still don't own the Teen Titans. I do own Shadow-Assassins
Chapter eight: X-Termination
Jump City's clothing district was one again at a relative state of peace. The storekeepers, who got used to the super powered villains coming to rob their stores, were reopening the doors and hanging the "OPEN" signs. The customars were soon to follow and once again, the state of business making has been restored. Cyborg, Lisa, Raven and Beast Boy stood in front of the building on which they just fought Fang, it was a five stories building with a large "Clothes Emporium" sign above the main doors
"Dude c'mon!" said Beast Boy, pulling Raven towards the main doors
"Yeah Rae, we all need some new civilian clothes, C'mon, it'll be fun" Cyborg grabbed Lisa's arm and they both walked in
"See?" started Beast Boy, pointing at Cyborg and Lisa "They already went in, oh come on Rae, please?" he knew what he had to do. He morphed into a small green parrot and flew inside her hood, standing on the inside of the dark blue hood, he squawked into Raven's ear
"Qouth the raven, NEVERMORE!!!"
"Okay, okay!" She said while using her powers to extract Beast Boy from her hood "I might as well get some new clothes". Walking past the large glass doors displayed a new world to Raven; she stood in the middle of the first floor, looking all around her.
"This place is so pointless" she remarked. Out of nowhere, a boy about her age and height, wearing a black shirt and blue jeans with black hair appeared
"Everything's pointless, wanna-"
"Oh no you don't, she's my girlfriend!" screamed Beast Boy and shoved the boy aside. The Goth boy sighed and walked away, mumbling something both Raven and Beast Boy couldn't hear.
"Did you really mean it?" asked Raven suddenly
"Meant what?"
"What you said there"
"Uh…and by that you'll be referring to…"
"Me being your girlfriend" she glared at him. Beast Boy blushed and loosened his costume's collar
"Oh course I did Rae"
"Good answer, now C'mon, lets go get some clothes"
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The living room of Titans tower was awkwardly quiet. Deathly silence surrounded the large room, save the ticking noises that came from the left side of the room, where Starfire was sitting in front of the Titans' mainframe, pounding the small keys with frustration. On the couch, covered with a yellow blanket with a black R, laid Robin, his teeth were gritted and he was tossing and turning on the surface of the narrow couch. In his mind, haunting voices spoke to him
"…My apprentice"
"You will obey my every command"
"Attack Robin, use the blaster, I command you!"
"What kind of deal did you have in mind?"
"Partnership"
"…Don't you wanna play? After all, they're your toys"
"C'mon kids, X marks the spot"
"I'm not a threat to your precious city, just lookin' out for number one"
"You think you gave this guy enough gadgets?"
"Don't you dare compare me to him!"
"He's gone Robin"
"Gone…"
He jumped up with a gasp, lost his balance and fell off the couch, knocking his body on the cold floor. Hearing the sound that the crash made, Starfire turned and ran towards Robin, who was now lying on the floor, groaning because of the pains that attacked his body. Starfire leaned towards him, placing one hand below his head and raising it
"Robin, are you okay?" she pleaded. The Boy Wonder, still half asleep, stretched his body and yawned
"Not now Alfred…Combat training starts in one hour" he said and turned his head aside
"Who is this Alfred? It is I, Starfire. Are you okay?" she asked again. Robin snapped out of his trance "Huh? Yeah, I'm okay" he replied quickly, getting on his feet
"Splendid!" she screamed, hugging him
"Star…Air…Everything's turning black…" he said, holding on his last seconds of air
"Forgive me" she said, letting go of him
"It's…its okay" he said, coughing "I just need a glass of water" Starfire got back to the computer and Robin went to the kitchen, poring himself a glass of water, the liquid was too cold for Robin's mouth so he closed his eyes and kept on drinking. A silent squeal made him open his eyes, looking towards the direction of the noise. Red-X stood behind Starfire, his hand around her mouth, an X shaped throwing star in his hand and only millimeters away from the young Tamaranian's neck. The glass was dropped to the floor and Robin charged, sprinting towards the criminal with a battle cry
"Don't do it!" exclaimed Red-X, eyes wide, it made Robin stop "You can't make me do it!" he screamed again, both Robin and Starfire looking at him with strange looks. The vigilante raised his head towards Robin's
"Hit me kid!" he said with a voice filled with panic. Robin didn't need X to tell him that twice, he pounced at Red-X and smashed his Bo-staff against his ribs, blowing him towards the couch. He got up and extended his backhand X blades
"Kid, listen to me! You gotta stop him!" he screamed before charging at The Boy Wonder, swinging the blades towards his body. The blades and the staff were locked together and Red-X and Robin came inches away from each other
"What do you mean 'have to stop him'?" asked Robin while forcing his staff down, locking the blades even further
"Let's just I haven't been myself around lately" Red-X back-flipped, unlocking Robin's staff from his blades and sending The Boy Wonder flying towards the mainframe. Robin hit his head on the computer and looked up to see a red Bo-staff diving towards his face, he rolled aside and kept dodging the staff, finally able to be on the offensive, Robin shot his bird-a-rand grapping hook towards Red-X's legs, the cord twisted around his legs and Robin pulled, making the criminal take a dive to the ground. The Boy wonder got up and looked at Red-X's weapon
"I thought you hated Bo-staffs" he said while extending his own
"Slade is behind all thi-" he grabbed his head and screamed with pain, regaining his combat position and charging at Robin
"What are you talking about?" asked Robin while dodging a series of attacks. Red-X pulled a frontal flip and landed behind Robin, slamming the red staff on his back, Robin was sent crashing to the ground, but he managed to twist his body into a successful landing
"I know that move, it's Slade's!" he exclaimed while dodging a swipe from the red Bo-staff
"C'mon kid, make one plus one, I thought you were supposed to be smart" said the vigilante while pouncing at Robin and pinning him against the floor. Robin looked at Red-X's hand, which sprouted an X shaped blade with horror, the blade started spinning and made a sickening voice as it cut through the air. Even though his face was covered with a mask, Robin noticed that Red-X was struggling against his own body, trying to pull his arm back up. The blade came closer and closer to Robin's neck and he closed his eyes, awaiting the death blow
"I'm sorry kid" said Red-X when he was bombed away from Robin by a barrage of green Starbolts, behind him stood an extremely raging Starfire, smoke still rising from her palms. The vigilante got on his and prepared for another attack
"The Back of my head!" he screamed and gave another shriek. Robin used that moment of weakness and charged, slamming his Bo-staff against Red-X's chest, sending him crashing to the ground, even before hitting it, another blow came to Red-X's left temple, a third blow was sent to his ribs, turning him upside down. Robin came closer and saw the round object jabbed in the back of Red-X's neck, he tried pulling it, but it was no use
"Starfire, give me a hand!" the alien girl approached and pulled the object out. A needle extended from the bottom side of the device and injected something into Red-X's body. The front side, consisting of two buttons and a video screen showed Slade's face
"So you've stopped my little pond Robin, congratulations" said the madman while clapping
"What are you up to Slade?" asked Robin with a raging voice
"That's for you to find out my dear boy, but in the mean time, let's play a little game. I'm sure you saw the needle that was jabbed into Red-X's neck right?" Robin nodded
"It contained a powerful viral agent that would kill him in a few hours and in case you're wondering, the antidote formula is known only to me, but I'm willing to give it to you"
"Where's the catch?" shot Robin
"See the two buttons on the bottom of the device? By pressing the red one, the video screen will display the antidote formula, by pressing the yellow one, it'll display a map that will lead you directly to my hideout, you can only pick one and time's running out" Slade's face disappeared and instead appeared the digit five, followed by four. Robin looked down at Red-X, who was groaning in pain and turned his look to Starfire
"It is the right thing to do Robin" she said and placed her hand on his shoulder. Robin looked at Red-X again and pressed the red button
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"Oh C'mon Rae, try it!" exclaimed an excited Lisa. After they entered the mall, the four Titans split up. Beast Boy and Cyborg headed for "The Bizarre-O' Shack" whereas Lisa dragged Raven inside "Ricky's Swimsuit Boutique" and was forcing a black two-piece bikini on the half demon
"I don't do bikinis" replied Raven shortly
"But it'll be perfect on you!" she tried again, pushing the hanger closer to Raven's face
"I told you I don't do swimming suits!"
"I'll bet Beast Boy will love it" she tried
"For the last time Lisa, I don't-" a spark lit up Raven's violet eyes "You…you think so?" she asked hopefully
"Trust me sugar, if I didn't, I wouldn't have said it" replied the female android with a smile. Raven stood still for a moment and again, looked up at Lisa
"I'll try one if you will" she finally said, catching Lisa off-guard
"I…I don't…" she mumbled
"What's the matter?" said Raven while taking a pink two-piece off the rack and handing it to Lisa "Chicken?"
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"Dude, check out this sweet mili-jeans!" said Beast Boy while storming out of his dressing booth towards Cyborg's. He wore black jeans with white stains, urban-camouflage style, a black T-shirt and on his neck, a dog-tag
"Nice! Very nice" said Cyborg as he looked at Beast Boy's new outfit
"Yeah, I'm thinking this'll be my new look, the Beast-Dude look" Both their communicators beeped
"Yeah? What is it Rob?" asked Cyborg. On the other side of the line, Robin looked at the four-way split screen
"We need you down here guys, we have an unexpected visitor" said an ashamed Boy Wonder and pointed his communicator towards Red-X, who was on one of the beds of the med-lab, strapped with restrains from top to bottom (A/N: see "Haunted", the way they tied up Robin)
"What the-" Started Cyborg
"What is he doing there?!" demanded Raven
"Dude, is that Red-X? Out of all the people you know, you had to invite Red-X?!"
"So this is Red-X, doesn't look to tough though" said Lisa
"Anyway, I'll need you down here, I don't want to keep him all by myself" snapped Robin
"A'ight man, we're on our way" said Cyborg
"Speak for yourself, I have some business to attend to" said Raven and started struggling with her black bikini which wasn't noticed by anyone. Five minutes later, the four titans met at the exit of the mall, they all had small bags, except Beast Boy, who wore his new clothes.
"New look Beast Boy?" asked a surprised Raven
"That's Beast-Dude" he said and grinned
"Whatever" replied the three and walked out of the mall, heading for the T-car.
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"Omega leader, this is Bravo second, I got a fix on our targets" said a female figure standing on a building in front of the shopping mall
"What's your sit-rep (A/N: Situation-Report) Bravo two?" replied a voice through her ear
"I'm scoping them out of the Clothing Emporium, sights are hot"
"Eliminate"
A silent "whish" slipped through the long barrel of the figure's sniper rifle as the bullet left its former casing, screaming towards a blue hooded girl. Inches before impact, the slug was incased in black energy and was dropped to the floor harmlessly
"What the-" asked the figure standing on the roof when a long stream of bullets forced her to duck down
"Into the car, now!" commanded Lisa, making the others sprint into the T-car. Cyborg gunned the accelerator and the car boomed forward, heading towards the nearest highway. The figure opened a backpack and took out a large green tube
"Adios amigos" she said and pulled the trigger. A single missile was shot out and began streaking towards the T-car; the explosion could have been heard for miles away. The T-car exploded in a magnificent display of fire and twisted metal, leaping into the air the second the missile hit the back of it, sending the vehicle flying into a blazing inferno.
"Omega leader, mission complete, the Teen Titans have been eliminated, returning to base for debrief" said the figure and turned around, only to face the four Titans
"Nobody thrashes my baby" said Cyborg and blasted the figure back with his sonic cannon
"Backup!" said the figure. Suddenly, the Titans were surrounded by Slade-Bots who seemed to emerge from thin air.
"Are those-" said Beast Boy
"Slade-Bots" completed Raven
"So many of them" added a panicked Lisa
"Uh, Rob?" said Cyborg to his arm
"What is it Cy?" said a worried Robin
"We have a situation down here" Cyborg turned his hand so that Robin could see the Slade-Bots
"I'm on my way" he said and signed off the comm.-channel
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"Star, the Titans are in trouble, I'll go and help them while you stay here and watch over X" commanded Robin as he hopped on his R-cycle
"Can't I come with you?" she tried. Robin looked up to her
"No, I need someone to stay here and see if the antidote I gave X works"
"The Red-X is quite durable, I am sure that he'll be among the living when we return. Please?" she pleaded
"Starfire, I command you to stay here and watch over Red-X's condition, that's a direct order" he said sharply. Starfire lowered her head in defeat and started pacing towards the med-lab. Robin placed his helmet on his head and raced out of the tower, heading towards the clothing district.
Author Notes:
This chapter was pointless, I know, you don't have to tell me. I encountered a writer's block and wasn't able to break it, sorry. If you liked it, I'm glad and I promise the next one will be way better.
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