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Chapter 15

Beast Boy stopped abruptly in the middle of his 'victory dance' as Raven drew in a sharp intake of air.

"Red X!" Raven whispered in disbelief. Their plan was ruined! The element of surprise was no longer on their side, but rather, on his.

"Yeah, that's me kid," he responded. With that, he wasted no time and whisked out a handful of weapons. The Titans had absolutely no time to react, and were suddenly wrapped together in an unbreakable x.

"Let us go!" Raven cried.

"Why do you people even bother with your pleas? I mean really, kid, do you think I'm actually going to just set you free and let you walk away?" Red X taunted. Raven could tell he was grinning devilishly beneath that mask of his.

Beast Boy glared furiously at Red X. Just when things were going good

––– no, every time things were going good ––– he would go and ruin it. He would crush all hope. He would destroy all their chances at anything.

"What's the matter, kid?" Red X ridiculed towards Beast Boy. "Mad? Mad that I got you? Mad that you've lost your team? Mad that I've outsmarted you? Or," he taunted with a glance towards Raven, "are you mad that I've ruined your chances with Goth Girl here? Mad that I won and you –––"

As this was playing out, Beast Boy became more and more enraged with Red X. Who did he think he was? Talking about him and Raven like that! He was going to pay . . .

And he did.

Beast Boy furiously burst out of the x containing him and Raven with a single morph into a tyrannosaurus rex. He supposed the x wasn't unbreakable after all. He roared wrathfully and feverishly at Red X. Red X, bewildered, stepped back.

"How'd you . . ." the stunned villain muttered. Beast Boy responded with an infuriated roar.

Red X immediately lost his cool and whimpered frightfully. Then, he took off running through the doorway, his arms flailing. Beast Boy, however, did not pursue him.

The changeling returned to his human form, looking after the fleeing Red X.

Raven was standing several feet away from him, taken aback. "Wow."

Beast Boy glimpsed over at her, and his angry expression faded. He resumed his normal personality and smiled hugely. "Yeah, well, that guy was really getting on my nerves," he said humorously.

Raven looked at him one last time, then down at the ground. "We better warn Robin and Cyborg that Red X knows we're inside the building." She took out her communicator and spoke clearly into the receiver. "Calling Cyborg. Calling Robin. Red X has returned and knows that we are inside of his hideout. We should get Starfire and go. It's too risky to stay here. Hopefully he hasn't found you guys. Robin? Cyborg?"

After several seconds, a deep and familiar voice crackled into the communicator. "Oh, don't worry about your friends. They're in good hands."

Hideous laughter followed, and Raven dropped the communicator.

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