Chapter Four: Captive

Ps... I don't own Teen Titans. Heck, I don't even know who does! Cookies to anyone that tells me so I can visit them and slap them in the face for not letting me see more episodes.

"Tell me Raven, what brings you into town?" he said with another chuckle. She rose slowly, knowing his power. Breathing deeply, she chained up her rage and attacked with complete focus. This time, there was no "Titan's GO!" shout. Raven simply attacked without a word. X quickly leapt forward away from his perch and dodged a bolt of light, throwing a X shaped contraption at her. Throwing a sharp wave of energy at it, it snapped in half. Raven's hand glowed as she punched left. X caught it, putting some kind bracelet on it. She snatched the chain it was connected to with her other hand and yanked forward, causing X to stumble forward. He rolled, almost hitting Raven's knee as it went up.

She tumbled onto her back, then throwing her weight to her legs as she brought herself back up onto her feet, carefully avoiding the chain still attached to her wrist. Red X took the moment and grabbed her left wrist, pulling it back painfully as he brought the other half of the chain up to her neck. The chain tightened, cutting off her air supply. Spots started showing, and Raven fought a wave of panic. She released a black ball of energy from her core like a shield, knocking X away from her. He held tight to the chain still in his hand and as the wave grew wider to knock him off the building, she was dragged with him.

Raven let out a surprised gasp as she felt herself tumbling down, Red X right beside her. She quickly snatched the chain so it wouldn't break her arm as she flew upward. X's hand was clutching the other end of the chain, and it was merely inches away from her. She flew over another rooftop and possessed the chain, breaking it off her wrist.

That was the moment Red X suddenly did something. There was a hiss as he pulled a gun out of his pocket during his decent and shot at her. Surprised, she tried to ward it off with her sheild. Her attempt was futile as it flew right through and pierced her right shoulder. Hissing in pain, she dug a dart out of her. She heard a grunt as X landed roughly on the roof in a black and red heap and dropped down on the roof's door just above him.

"What did you do to me!" she demanded. She heard that grating sound again and suddenly anger welled up inside of her. She dropped down again, this time grabbing him by the shirt collar and landing a solid punch on the masked man's jawline.

"What!" she howled. Red X grabbed her wrist firmly, only to be punched again.

"I swear, if you don't tell me what you just put in me, I'll throw you off this roof again but this time I won't save you." she roared. His laughter only increased.

"You couldn't save me, even if you did have your powers." he shot back with another chuckle. He leaned back confidently, his body language reeking of it. Raven began to shake. Whether it was from fear, or anger, she couldn't tell. Wait, what? She suddenly came to a realization. Fear. Anger. She felt them. Yet, nothing was happening. No earthshaking, father-rises-from-bellow-to-crush-all-humanity, nothing. She trembled, this time from fear, as she released Red X. Her powers!

With Raven's realization, came the flood of wonder at these new sensations called feelings. She suddenly remembered she was still on the rooftop with the Titan's archnemesis. She backed away as she tried to savor the new emotions of fear and anger roiling in her stomach.

"Was that what you stole?" she sneered. Red X rose on his own time and made his way slowly closer.

"Stole what?" he asked with a smirk apparent in his voice.

"The serum. That's one of a kind stuff around here." she snarled. Red X had put his hand at the utility belt and pulled away a designer handgun, created to be a dart gun. Each piece looked particularly unique.

"Nope, sorry. I got that somewhere in Europe from the Brotherhood of Mutants." Red X smoothed his hand over the dartgun's barrel like a pet. "This is a little creation of my own. I just did a smash-grab job to get ahold of the last piece." He must've seen the look on her face.

"Just the barrel, mind you." he said, tucking his prize back onto his belt. Raven felt her heart thumping against her chest as she ran to the edge of the roof and jumped off, attempting to fly. She felt the fleeting feeling for only a moment, but then felt a new sensation: Gravity. It yanked her out of the air and she let out an ear piercing shriek as she plummeted toward the busy city streets below. A black figure streaked toward her and snatched her in midfall. Raven struggled against Red X's tight grip on her.

"Stop." he commanded briefly as the zip-line arched up. Raven glared distrustfully at him, but stilled for her sake. He came to a stop on a busy street corner and cuffed her wrists. People looked fearfully at the masked menace, but did not stop to help her.

"What did you do to me?" she asked again. His mask looked a little toward her as he locked the other cuff to his gloved wrist.

"I injected a serum that will immobilize your powers temporarily." there was a ring of laughter. "The permanent stuff had already been swiped by the Justice League, otherwise I would've used it." He suddenly dissapeared, feeling the tug of the chain lead her through the crowd to a dark alley. There she felt the chain go slack, but wished she didn't feel anything when a sudden blinding pain struck her temple. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head.

A/N: So I know Raven was moody. I didn't really want to bring out SO much moodiness until the right time, so here is one reason why I had Rae here take a vacation. Tell me what ya thought! Those really active scenes are such a pain in the bum!

Raven: Don't call me Rae.

Me: Sorry, sorry, jeesh. What, ya gonna beat me up like star?

Raven-raises fist.