X-Marks the Spot

Chapter 5: This is For Keeps

Lyrics belong to the Spill Canvas and Snow Patrol

Raven woke up the next morning to find herself alone. She found a note on the bedside table that read,

Raven,

I'm sorry I had to leave you like this. There is a big heist that Red-X is going to pull off tonight and I kind of need to be there. Don't wait up for me.

Love Robin

Raven's mind began to worry. How big is this heist? She asked herself worried.

About seven hours later in a lab about ten miles from Red-X's hideout, Robin pulled his mask over his face and got ready to pull off the greatest chemical heist since professor Chang about a year ago. And even so, this one would blow him out of the water.

He stealthily crept passed the guards, took out one of his X-Bombs and blew away the door to a safe that contained a giant supply of both Zinothium and various types of explosive chemicals. He began to gather as much as his space cube (a cube that breaks down the molecules of an object and keeps them safely in it until said object is needed) when he heard a gun click behind him.

"On your feet," a voice said behind him. He turned to see almost the entire police force of the city standing around him. "Hands where I can see them," the man who had the gun at his temple said. He slowly raised his hands. The man extended a hand to his mask and was about to pull it off when Robin dropped a smoke bomb. He dashed to the exit of the building only be met by three officers.

"Get him!" one shouted. Robin tired to teleport, but they were too quick for him. One stepped on his cape making him fall to the ground where they beat him fiercely. Robin grabbed another smoke bomb and threw it to the ground. The officers released him immediately to cover their mouths from the smoke. Robin ran off to his hideout.

Raven awoke from her sleep. She looked at the clock. It was nine o'clock at night. She had fallen asleep after dinner but was awoken by a terrible premonition. She had woken once she saw Robin being brutally beaten by three officers. Her eyes filled with tears as she thought of whether he was dead of alive. How could he do this to her? Risk his life for these cheap thrills and not even know how much it hurt her. She teleported to his hideout knowing, that if he was alive, he would be there. She was so angry that she didn't even notice a bloody Robin enter the building. He found her in the room he had taken her to when she was in danger. The same room where he had watched her sleep and realized how much he cared about her.

"Rae," he muttered. She turned around to see him standing against the wall.

The streets are dark, my pulse is flat-lined
as I'm running to you
You sit completely unaware of what I'm about to do
The air is thick with tension much like when we are together
My fangs are aching as I'm pondering about you and I forever

She crossed the room to him and slapped his already beaten face. He reached out to put a hand on her shoulder, but she avoided it.

"Don't touch me," she snapped at him tears falling down her face. He reached out to hold her. He wanted her to know how sorry he was. He wanted to feel her and know that everything was okay.

"Stop!" she screamed as he held her. "I said Stop!" she shouted pounding on his chest. Soon she was so overcome by tears that she lost all strength. She cried into his chest silently.

As I round your corner
I am nervous that you won't be my lover
I knock three times and hope that my pale complexion won't blow my cover
You answer the door with your innocent face
Would you like to leave this human race, tonight?

She was still so angry she didn't know what to do. She finally asked what had been on her mind since that morning, "Why do you do this to me?"

"I don't know," he answered. "It's like a disease (a/n see how I used villainy like alcoholism) and I don't mean to, I just do."

"Why can't you stop? Why not for me?" she asked.

"Raven, it's more complicated…" he started.

"Fuck you and fuck you're fucking life that you've come to love more than anything else…more than me!" she shouted at him.

Eternity will never be enough for me
and eternally will live our infallible love

Robin looked like he was about to hit her. Instead, he grabbed her arms and pinned her against the nearest wall. He smashed his lips into hers. She turned her head away from him and looked deep into his eyes. They both were looking at each other with nothing but anger and lust. Raven caught his mouth with hers and felt her back ram against the wall once more. She gasped, pushed him away and shoved him onto the cot that was in the room. She removed his utility belt not wanting to blow herself up. She let her hands roamed all over his toned body still covered by the costume that she hated so much.

My brain is pumping an unusual secretion of lust
Your eyes are softer now
and your chin, it drips a bloody color of rust
I am raising up the stakes of this round, I am playing for keeps
Oh, would you like to leave this human race, tonight?

Their lips met again and Raven bite his bottom lip drawing blood. Robin flipped her over. She practically ripped off his costume so that he was before her in nothing but a pair of black boxers. She kissed his toned stomach before he laid her back down and slowly undressed her of her costume. He looked at her naked and defenseless beneath him and the anger that had surged through his veins earlier was dead. He also saw that she was no longer looking at her with anger but with longing and caring.

Eternity will never be enough for me
and eternally will live our infallible love

He wanted to remember every detail of her body; he wanted to remember everything about her. He began to kiss her once again and then looked into her eyes as if asking if she was ready. She simply nodded.

Follow me into the sea
We'll drown together and immortalize you and me
Leave behind this lonely town
We're both better than this, it's not worth being down

He entered with care so he wouldn't hurt her. Her hips began to move with his as he went faster and faster. Her breathing was becoming more and more hitched and with a final gasped of his name, she came. Just hearing her gasp his name like that sent Robin over the edge. He collapsed on her and rolled off of her breathing hard. Raven crawled onto him and rested her head on his chest. As she was falling asleep she heard him whisper in her ear, "Light up, Light up as if you have a choice. Even if you cannot hear my voice. I'll be right beside you dear. Louder, louder and we'll run for our lives. I can hardly speak I understand why you can't raise your voice to say."

She smiled and drifted off to sleep.