X Marks the Spot

Chapter 3: Identity Revealed

Raven headed to the abandoned warehouse where Red-X told her he would be as soon as she heard that Robin was hot on his tail. She had to give him a heads up. But the question that kept infiltrating her mind was, "Why am I helping this bastard?"

She took her very own black BMW to the warehouse for Cyborg was so psycho about touching his "baby" a.k.a. the T-Car. On the way she decided to clear her mind with some music.

"Now here's "Point of No Return" from the longest running show in Broadway (and in my opinion the best especially for special effects) "The Phantom of the Opera" on the On-Broadway station 98.5" the radio blared. Raven glared at it and turned the station.

"Now on country radio here's The Wreckers with "Lay Me Down," the hillbilly DJ announced. Once again Raven turned the station.

"And now on underground hip-hop this is "Bitch you're just asking for a good fuck from dat gansta…"

"URGH!" she growled changing the station once again.

"And here's a classic from Aerosmith," one DJ announced.

"Well, at least it's not about lust," Raven breathed.

"Workin' like a dog for the boss man
Workin' for de company
I'm bettin' on the dice I'm tossin'
I'm gonna have a fantasy

But where am I gonna look
They tell me that love is blind
I really need a girl like an open book
To read between the lines

Love in an elevator
Livin' it up when I'm goin' down
Love in an elevator
Lovin' it up 'til I hit the ground"

"Shit," Raven muttered. She finally arrived at the warehouse. She slowly entered the building.

"Looking for something, hottie," a voice echoed above her. While Raven was looking above her, Red-X used his teleportation button on his utility belt to pop up behind her. Raven whipped around knowing he would do this and ripped his mask off. Immediately, Red-X shielded his face but the green eyes and black spiky hair that Raven had spotted had given him away.

"I thought you were out of this business," she said not daring to look into the eyes of her fellow Titan and best friend.

"You don't understand Raven," Robin began to explain.

"Please just stop," she told him holding up a hand. "I don't want to hear it."

"Rae, please," Robin pleaded, "this is my alter-ego to a sense. He's my braver side; the side that dares to bend the rules, the side that dares to do….things."

"What things?" she asked. Robin didn't answer. "I'm sorry I ever trusted you." With that, Raven exited the building into the pouring rain that had started while she was still in the building. She heard footsteps behind her, but she still did not turn around.

"You want to know what kind of things I'm brave enough to do behind that mask?" Robin asked. She could sense him right behind her. "Things like this." He turned her around and drew her into a mind blowing kiss. She didn't know what to do. Soon, she found herself settling into his lips and she began to kiss him back. He gently stuck his tongue in her mouth and slowly massaged her own tongue. Her soaked arms slowly went behind his neck and pulled him even closer. She wanted every single little space between their bodies filled. She wanted the world to stop so that standing here kissing Red-X or Robin or whoever the hell he was to be right and not the one of the worst things she had ever done. He pulled away and rested his forehead to hers.

"Are you going to stop stealing?" she asked.

"Rae, I can't," he said. "This is what I want to do. Please respect that."

"This isn't you Robin," she told him.

"It's the part of my you can only understand in time," he whispered before kissing one last time and leaving.

On the way home Raven turned on the radio to find it fitting her mood once again.

"Damn XM-Radio," she muttered as she listened to Senses Fail.

So let me take this medicine
To quench my love for violent things
My swan song will
Be like a bullet laced in anger
As the razor cuts a soft spot
On your heel.

(Each breath) is getting slower
(This war) is getting harder
To fight by myself
(Sick waves) of bitter fashion,
(Ripped down) the shield that I have
Tears rain from above.

Do you see?
The life I lead?

So follow me into the sun,
And I will bleed, the poisons dry.

These bayonet scars never cease
To blind the light shed from the beast
And all we do is hate.

(Eyes shot) from constant visions.
(Angels) are rendered useless
Good has lost it's heart.

Do you see?
The life I lead?

So follow me into the sun,
And I will bleed, the poisons dry.

For you
(For you!)

Bite to break skin,
Don't give the secret,
My stoic face,
Beaten with passion
The phoenix will die
Inside the fire storm
I am the son
So follow my footsteps.