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Chapter Eighteen: Weapon-X, Memories Part III

"And who are you if I may ask?" X sounded plainly annoyed; he wasn't going to let a voice creep him out

"X" said the voice. A figure appeared from thin air and stepped out of the shadows.

"Red X"

Red-X stared at his opponent with certain awe; the man, it was a man, X could tell, was wearing a suit much like his own; the black, slick, skin tight fabric, the two X's on the chest and the skull mask, the skull mask itself, and to top it all, the tattered cape. There were some noticeable differences though; the opponent's suit looked more crude, the skull mask was rigid at some points, the eye slits darker, not normally white like Red's, the cape itself was an exact replica, except a huge red X, like the one on the chest, painted all over it and X could notice some red lines, traveling all over the suit, like blood vessels.

"So…" he started, mind still a bit on the fuzz "Are you…the president of my fan club or something?" the opponent cackled, it didn't sound…right, it was evil, to an extent used only by Slade

"Idiot" it spat "To you, I'm the Grim Reaper"

"The Grim Reaper?" X looked lost in thought "Isn't that a rock group from-"

"SHUT UP!" exploded the opponent "Your fast mouth won't get you out of this one" he leaned forward, muscles tensing inside the combat suit, and charged.

The attack was lightning fast, X didn't even see it coming, and two fists slammed themselves into his temples. X staggered back, but quickly recovered; he grabbed the adversary's shoulders, and slammed his own forehead into his. The two masks collided in a blunt thump sound; using his momentary advantage, X jabbed his boot deep into his opponent's stomach, sending him back towards the main doors. The man came back at X with a mind bending speed, but the trick didn't work on X the second time, as he ducked under the two crushing fists and sent a low sweep kick that took his opponent of his feet and onto the floor.

"You're just what I knew you were, an amateur" said the opponent, still flat on his back

"Looks like it's good enough to take you down" replied the vigilante at the same mocking tone. Without warning, the opponent lashed a red whip of energy that sent X crashing into the sofa, he tumbled back, across the cushions and whacked his head against the table

"I'd hate to be melodramatic and all…" he said as he got up, right hand clutched to a fist "But…" His right hand opened in a spring-like manner, revealing a handful of red X shaped throwing stars "There can be only one!" in what seemed to be no time, he wound his arm back and then forth, flinging the deadly Xenothium weapons with deadly accuracy. In a split second, the opposing Red-X withdrew his backhand X blades and deflected the throwing stars with ease

"Better be careful with those" mocked X "you'll poke someone's eye out"

"Yeah, yours" he replied with a tone filled with disgust.

X placed both forearms in front of his face, as if to protect himself

"I think it's time we kicked it up a notch" he said and threw his arms back, also revealing the two X rotor blades. Without words, the two masked warriors charged at each other, blades colliding and emitting sparks that flew all over titans tower. X swept low, aiming a lethal slice to the man's midsection, but he was cut off by the red crisscross blades, slicing through his own like nothing. The vigilante was so shocked he didn't even try to stop the smashing kick that sent him again towards the sofa.

"How did you do that!" he exclaimed as he examined the remains of his right hand blade; two of the four ends were cut off and dissolved once hitting the floor

"That's for you to find OUT!" he leapt into the air and came diving down, blades first. X saw it coming and rolled aside, only to be cut by the left blade, a long gash was opened across his back, through his cape. His nerve ending fired up, sending clear messages of pain to him mind. In a single move, he flipped back to his feet and leapt high into the air and came down with his most recognized move; the diving kick. The opponent was well prepared for the attack and rolled aside as well, dodging the powerful foot that smashed into the floor. X's eyes widened in fear; the blade was coming right towards him. He bent down backwards, anything that was above the legs bent back, X could feel the gash in his back now, burning like acid. The blade went over his head. That was his chance; he grabbed the man's right arm and tossed him over his shoulder, towards the big screen T.V. Collision, shards of glass flew all over. The opponent stepped out of the large hole, pat of his mask was torn, revealing lightly tanned skin

"I knew it was you" hissed X

"Well then, I guess I won't be needing this anymore" he said and took off his mask

"No!" screamed Raven

"Not again!" exclaimed Beast Boy

"You've gotta be kidding me" said Cyborg and Lisa in unison

"Robin!" screamed Starfire. The Titans felt horrible, their blood ran cold in their veins as they saw their leader once again in the Red-X suit. Robin didn't look like himself; two bloody trails were stretched from his eyes down and a stain of dried blood was noticed on his forehead

"Kid, no matter what hormone breakout you're going through, you better snap out of it" hissed X, he sounded angry, his tone unclear and rising on occasions

"The only thing that'll be snapped here today Slade" the blades on Robin's backhands began spinning "Is you" he lounged forward at X, blades first with a battle cry. X grabbed him by the shoulders, went flat on his back, and sent him flying towards the other end of the room with a little help from his two feet. Robin skated along the floor and charged again, X quickly drew a replacing X blade. The two weapons collided with a horrible CLING. The two warriors were sent back by the sheer force of the blow

"Robin! You must listen! The Red-X is not Slade!" exclaimed Starfire. X turned his eyes towards her

"Let him think that way Star" he said and returned his look to Robin, his eyes narrowed to two slits in the skull mask "I've waited for this opportunity for a good long time"

"Then come and get me" returned Robin and retracted his X blades

"With pleasure" X leapt into the air and came down with another dive kick. Robin swerved sideways and then popped up to X's side, sending a punch towards him. X raised his left forearm to block the attack out of instinct. The clash between the two limbs was followed by a sickening sound of a bone snapping in two. With his right hand, X grabbed the point of the impact, growling in pain. He took a kick to the stomach that sent him towards the eastern wall of the living room. He fell face flat on the floor, balls of pain exploding in his stomach

"How did you do that?" he asked in a muffled voice

"Simple" started Robin "This is not the Red-X suit you saw, Slade, this is the original version, Red-X Alpha. It doesn't use the refined Xenothium yours use, instead; it uses raw Xenothium to power more weapons and strength and speed enhancers. There was a reason I didn't use it back then, according to tests, it has a ninety five percent of causing a fatality"

"Fatality this" said X and lounged at him like a tiger, fists forward

"You'll never learn" mocked Robin and readied his fists. He threw the punch at X's incoming form, only to him a black blur. Even before turning around, he took a kick to the back of his knee than sent him falling down. Propelled by inertia, Robin's body kept turning around, only to be hit by a powerful roundhouse kick that sent him crashing into the armchair, falling behind it. His head popped up from behind the tumbled furniture, only to see the white skull on Red-X's sole crashing towards his face, he tried moving sideways, too late, the kick hit dead on target, smashing the Boy Wonder's nose and sending him to the ground. He got up with rage, nostrils flaring, face red, partially from anger, part from blood.

"Robin, you gotta listen to me" said Cyborg, trying to reason with his leader "He's not Slade! Wake up man!"

"Stay out of this!" raged the hero. He directed his palm towards the titans, and soon, they were all stuck to the wall by red X's

"You got no one to hide behind now, Slade, you're mine!" exclaimed the Boy Wonder and stormed X. the attack was lightning fast, the vigilante never stood a chance, over taken by a flash kick to the guts, he staggered backwards, another kick, and another punch, and then, came the punch to the ribs; the wind was knocked out of X's body and he felt at least two ribs break in half, snapping like twigs under the power of the blow. He fell to his knees, trying to catch a breath, it hurt him to breathe, supporting himself with one arm; he saw Robin charging again. X tried to move, but his body refused, still too aching to obey his brain, and then came the kick, it smashed against the middle of his ribcage, he coughed up blood on the inside of the skull mask.

Flat on his back, X could do nothing more than to cough up more blood from his bruised lungs, and then came the boot, stomping his ribcage. X's body jolted upwards in a convulsion of pain.

"You're killing him, man!" screamed Cyborg

"Not yet, I'm not" He said and placed one boot on X's stomach. He reached with his right hand behind his belt and pulled out the weapon; a 0.44 Desert Eagle pistol

"Robin, NO!" exclaimed Raven "You've proven to be the better fighter, don't do it!"

"Why shouldn't I, Raven?" he replied, pointing the gun towards X's skull mask "He's put us through enough agony before" he switched the safety to Semi-Auto

"Because" said Starfire "It is you who I love!"

At that moment, all the pain inside X's body was replaced by heat, the scorching heat of blind hatred. Even though most bones in his upper body were broken, he rolled sideways, snapping more ribs, making Robin lose his balance and tumble to the cold white floor. With his last ounces of strength, X managed to get on his feet, he reached for his belt's buckle and was about to press it

"Catch'ya later" he said and was about to push it

"Catch you in hell" Whispered Robin. He raised his hand, took aim

And the gun went off

Author's Notes:

Told ya it'll be short, as planned, I wanted to give this last fight scene a chapter of it's own, to add to the drama or…whatever. Anyway, In three days from now, the review chapter will hit your screens. I raked up enough reviews to do what I wanted at the first place, but you know what they say…The more the merrier!

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