Nightwing stared incredulously at the now unmasked face of his long time nemesis. Starfire who was standing next to him reached out to touch the villain's exposed long white hair, running her fingers through the silky strands. Raven, who stood at the back of the room with Nightstar, slowly shook her head unable to accept what she was seeing in front of her. The villain's eyes we are hard as flint and cold as steel and Raven stared deep into the mysterious orbs.
Gar was slack jawed, and opened his mouth more than once to speak, but no sound came out. Finally after the third try he was able to enunciate.
"You're a girl?" He croaked.
"She's a teenage girl." Raven growled. "And she's an impostor."
"I'm not an impostor!" The white haired teen hissed back at the sorceress. "I am Red X!"
"You would have been a toddler when we first met you." Nightwing responded. "So why don't you tell us who you really are and how you stole this suit from the real Red X, and while you're at it why don't you tell us who he really is?"
Raven scanned the young girl who looked to be about 14 years of age with her empathic powers. The teen was seething with anger and fury. Raven noticed something familiar about the girl's mind. She didn't recognize the girl, her features were completely unfamiliar. But she sensed an empathic echo in the girl, an echo or an imprint of someone with who she was all too familiar.
"I didn't steal the suit; it was given to me by my father."
"So you're saying that the real Red X is your father?" Gar asked somewhat incredulously.
"No you stupid green idiot." She howled back at him before turning to Raven, grinning at her maliciously.
"Daddy still says he can't believe you married the green fool. He must be well endowed to satisfy your demonic …"
Raven approached the white haired teen and slapped her across the face.
"Watch your mouth." She warned her in her old school monotone.
The girl smiled back at her.
"I see I hit a nerve demoness, daddy told me that you were easy to provoke."
Nightwing noticed that Raven was balling her fists under her cape and moved to place a calming hand on her shoulder.
"You still haven't told us how you came into possession of the suit." The masked Titan grilled her. "You are going to tell us how your father was able to take it from Red X."
"I thought you were trained by Batman, the greatest detective in the world. You mean you haven't figured it out yet?"
Nightwing folded his arms over his chest.
"Your father took it from Red X by force."
"Very good Nightwing, very good." She taunted him.
"And he did it shortly after Red X disappeared years ago. Your father knew that Red X was disabled, that his leg was broken."
"Correct again."
"What happened to Red X? What did your father do to him?"
"Isn't it obvious?" She asked with a murderous gleam in her eye.
Raven was still standing in front of the shackled and insolent teen. She glared at the girl before addressing her.
"I knew I recognized something about you. You are most definitely his daughter. Your criminal mind matches his own distorted and dysfunctional psyche."
"And after all he did for you that's the gratitude you show." The girl sneered
A deep monotone voice echoed out of the clinic's lab.
"I've told you more than once Rose that Raven will always be ungrateful for the assistance I gave Robin on that fateful day, assistance that in the end saved Raven and the whole world."
The sorceress turned around and scowled at the source of the familiar voice, which they all recognized.
"You only worked with Robin that day to save your own neck, Slade."
Slade entered the clinic's reception are, surrounded by dozens of his latest generation Slade-bots.
"That is true Raven, but the fact remains that I was instrumental in defeating your father and saving the world. Oh, and before I forget, from a proud father to a soon to be mother, congratulations."
Starfire, Nightwing and Changeling all adopted their fighting stances, ready to fight their long time foe.
"Now, now my former apprentice, there is no need for any unpleasantries. I merely came here to collect my daughter who has been …misbehaving without my permission. Surely as a father yourself you can understand my situation."
"My daughter is not a criminal, Slade. But your daughter is, and she's going to jail, you aren't leaving with her."
"I see that you are as stubborn as ever, my former apprentice. But I came prepared. My robots have taken that nice family across the street hostage. You wouldn't want anything to happen to the Biaggi family, do you? And if I don't leave with my rebellious Rose in exactly 3 minutes my robots will do what they are programmed to do. So do we have a deal?"
"How do we know you won't double cross us?" Gar asked.
"Dear Beast Boy, you should know by now that I am a man of my word."
"I don't and you aren't … have your robots bring the Biaggi family here … if they are unharmed we'll do a trade. And the name is Changeling."
Nightwing tensed up. He knew that Slade had them at a disadvantage; there was no way they could save the Biaggi family before they were executed by the SladeBots.
"And my name is and has always been Deathstroke, but you always call me by my given name, Slade, which I have allowed as you are my good friends."
"Don't make me puke, Slade." Raven hissed at him.
"And I thought you had developed a sense of humor Raven … very well … I will have them brought here. And please Titans … no treachery … I would hate to see Raven become injured and miscarry her child."
Gar glared at their nemesis with a jaundiced eye.
"The suit stays here Slade."
The one eyed villain chuckled as he pressed a button on a panel on his forearm, summoning his droids.
"My Ravager doesn't need the suit, so we have a deal, Changeling."
Nightwing clenched his teeth but said nothing. In less than a minute a platoon of heavily armed SladeBots escorted the Biaggi family across the street from the restaurant; their deadly weapons were trained upon the terrified family, threatening to obliterate them.
"OK now, no sudden moves please." Slade warned the four Titans.
"Mr. and Mrs. Biaggi, I'm so sorry you were dragged into this. You will be unharmed, I promise." Raven apologized to them.
Gar released Rose Wilson from her shackles.
"The suit please." He growled at her.
"I'm not wearing anything under it."
"Too bad, now hand it over."
Rose gave him a seductive smile as she stripped down.
"Gar, what a naughty boy you are. And you already have a wife, who would have thought you had a thing for minors." She smirked at him.
Ignoring her accusation he handed her one of his soiled lab coats which she slipped on after which she stood next to her father, who acknowledged his gesture of modesty with a nod.
"We will now take our leave. Until next time, Titans."
"Slade."
"Yes Nightwing?"
"Who was he? Who was Red X?"
Slade stared at Nightwing with his single good eye through the slit in his signature mask.
"I have no idea. I dumped his body in the bay, if they found him he's a John Doe. If you were looking for closure I'm afraid I can't give it to you."
Slade and Rose Wilson quickly withdrew with their robots. Mrs. Biaggi, who was carrying her young daughter, began to cry.
"I'm so sorry about this, Mrs. Biaggi." Raven once again apologized as Starfire consoled the weeping woman.
Nightwing picked up the suit and studied it carefully. There was no doubt in his mind that this was the very same suit he wore when he tried to fool Slade 13 years ago and it was the same suit the opportunist who adopted Robin's alias as his own stole from right under his nose. He now knew why Red X vanished into thin air. Slade was right … Nightwing wanted closure … he wanted to know who was the young con man who kept giving him the slip, time after time.
And now he would never know.
Gar was leaning on his desk, watching Raven and Starfire escort the Biaggi's back to their apartment above the restaurant as police cruisers pulled up.
"Are you OK Gar?"
He shook his head.
"How can anyone be OK, knowing that he's back? You know what Dick? I thought that we had left that all behind us, that Rae and I could live a semi-normal life. I should have known better. I thought that others would come after us, to take our place being superheroes. But while we were going about trying to be normal Slade was busy setting up shop again in Jump City…"
"Gar, if it's any consolation, I also thought about hanging up the spandex, taking a regular job at Wayne Enterprises … but I just couldn't."
"You know what's going to happen Dick; the mayor is going to ask us to come back. They can't stand up to Slade."
"I know, but we've already committed ourselves to Titan's East."
"But Raven and I can't face Slade all by ourselves. Maybe if Rae wasn't pregnant, but now we're going to have a daughter. We're gonna be parents, we can't do this anymore … I don't know how you and Star pull this off."
"Come with me Gar, I have something to show you."
Nightwing led the changeling back into the apartment above Azarathia, where he had left his titanium briefcase. He unlocked it using a digital key and pulled out 5 manila folders which he tossed onto the dining room table.
"What are those?"
"5 dossiers. The Justice League gave them to me."
"Who are they?"
"Their names are Bart Allen, Cassandra Sandsmark, Connor Kent, Tim Drake and Mia Dearden. But you know them better as the latest incarnations of Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Superboy, Robin and Speedy."
"I thought they were with Young Justice."
"They were, but they aren't ready for prime time. The Justice League as asked us to mentor them …"
"And where would we do that? And when? I have a veterinary practice, and Raven has Azarathia and Coraline will be here soon."
Nightwing sighed.
"The Justice League had personally requested that both of you return to active duty. Arrangements have been made to recommission the Tower and bring it back online. You would of course be fully funded by the Justice League, carte blanche, so you don't have to worry about budgets or money."
Gar plopped himself down on the couch as he studied the 5 dossiers.
"Wow … they look very talented."
"They are, they have great potential, they just need some dedicated mentors, and we can't do that in Titans East, not at this time."
Gar fingered through the folders, studying the glossy pictures.
"So instead of being bossed around by Robin, I get to be the boss."
"I never bossed you around."
"Like hell you didn't."
"OK, maybe I did … so … are you interested?"
"I'll have to talk this over with Raven … she's never gonna go for this …"
"I'm never gonna go for what?" Raven asked as she entered the apartment.
Changeling glanced nervously at her, his eyes darting back and forth between her pregnant figure and the 5 folders he held in his hands.
"What are you holding Gar, what are those folders? Is this some hare brained scheme to have us become heroes again?"
She glared at Nightwing and he could literally feel a chill in the air around him … she certainly hadn't lost her touch after all these years.
"You're behind this, aren't you? It figures that the first time you come to visit after the wedding it would be with an ulterior motive. Dammit, you've always been sneaky. You hid your identity from us; you pulled off that stupid Red X stunt, became Slade's apprentice and didn't tell us why …"
"I'm just the messenger, Raven." Dick apologized. "This isn't my doing; I'm telling you the truth."
Raven reached over and took the five dossiers from Gar and quickly glanced at them.
"I thought they were with Young Justice … so the Justice League is behind this, why am I not surprised? … Why do they want to dump them on us? They do know that we have normal lives now, don't they?"
Nightwing braced himself, as he knew she wasn't going to react well to what he was about to say.
"Raven … Slade and Rose Wilson were just here … does that sound like a normal life to you?"
As expected, she glared at him, but instead of saying anything she read the dossiers more carefully.
"Superboy is a clone of Kal-El with some of Lex Luthor's DNA mixed in? Why in the world did they choose him? I already feel sorry for the kid."
She looked at the glossy photos of the lad known as Connor Kent before dropping his folder on the kitchen table.
"He is a good looking kid, too bad he isn't as strong as Superman."
"He's strong enough, he could hold his own against Kori, in fact he's a lot stronger than her." Nightwing replied.
"Cassandra Sandsmark … so she's the new Wonder Girl? But she's not an Amazon." Raven remarked as she flipped the page. "Zeus is her father? I guess that explains it. It says here that she has anger control issues …"
"Doesn't that remind you of someone?" Dick chortled. Raven responded with a raspberry.
"I didn't have 'anger control issues', I never beat up anyone because they were jerks." She quickly glanced at her husband. "Gar doesn't count."
Nightwing began to guffaw.
"Shut up Dick." She threatened him in her monotone. She quickly went back to Cassie's folder and read the last page. She frowned as she continued to read Wonder Girl's dossier.
"Is this a joke? We're supposed to mentor Superboy and Wonder Girl knowing this?"
"Knowing what?" Nightwing replied.
"Didn't you read her dossier? She's sexually active with Superboy, and has been for quite some time."
"You'll get to make the rules Raven."
"I'm not doing bed checks every night. We kept our hormones in check when we were teens, why can't they?"
She opened the next folder.
"Bart Allen, formerly known as Impulse, now he calls himself Kid Flash. Ha! Does Wally know about this? And it says here that he's from the 30th century. It also says that he's an insufferable know it all."
Nightwing grinned at her.
"Dick … if you say anything … you're dead meat on a stick."
"Like I said … anger management issues."
"Leave the jokes to Gar, bird boy … who's next? … Mia Dearden … trained by the Green Arrow … not bad … she has discipline and self control … even better … wait … she's HIV positive? Through sexual contact? Dick, are any of these kids still virgins?"
"I believe Bart is."
Raven looked at the last dossier.
"Tim Drake … was able to figure out Batman's identity … his father died … Bruce adopted him … Dick, what is it about Bruce and young boys?"
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that. In any case Stephanie Brown is the new Robin in Gotham."
"And it says here that they might be physically intimate …"
"Tim told me that they aren't. He said that he and Stephanie are just friends."
"And you believe him? Just because he's Robin now?"
"Why shouldn't I?"
Raven tossed the last folder onto the table and began to pace around.
"Do you really think these horny teenagers can become Titans?"
Gar cleared his throat.
"I was … kinda horny … you know … when we were in the Tower."
"I know Gar, I'm an empath … remember?"
"And even so, you still married me."
"Yes, I did, but my point was that we behaved ourselves … unlike these kids. It actually makes me sick to know that they are sexually more experienced than I am."
"And whose fault is that?" Grayson interjected.
"Don't go there, Dick. Chastity is still a virtue."
"Sorry, you're right."
Raven stared out the window. The Tower was lit up in the night time darkness. It had strands of lights flowing along its sides and looked like an upside down Christmas tree.
"Raven, Garfield … I need an answer."
The Logans locked eyes with each other for a moment.
"We'll tell you tomorrow." Gar finally replied.
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The radiator in the room began to hum as the hot water began to flow through it, and it began to warm the room as the February night chill began to nip at Jump City's inhabitants. Raven and Gar were sitting in their bed, going over the dossiers once again. Both were clad in thermal pajamas and Raven's protruding mid-section was accentuated by her form hugging sleepwear.
Raven was re-reading Mia's profile. The girl had grown up on the streets and ran with the wrong crowd from a tender age. She was a runaway and quickly found that she couldn't survive the streets on her own. A man offered her shelter and protection, but it turned out to be a ruse to trap her into a prostitution ring, where she became infected with HIV. She was rescued from her involuntary life as a prostitute by the Green Arrow. Raven put down the young girl's folder and sighed.
"I was quick to judge her. She's had a very difficult life. Had I been a little less lucky I could have wound up like her."
"Other than Cassie, they all have had a tough life. And in a way so has she. It can't be easy being Zeus' illegitimate daughter." He remarked.
"I suppose I can relate to that too. Tim was leading a pretty normal life until his father was murdered. I'm not sure that I can think of him as Robin, to me Dick will always be Robin."
Raven stared at a picture of Cassie and Connor.
"They seem like a nice couple Gar, but I have a big problem with them being intimate…"
"Rae, you do know that Dick and Kori began to … do it … not long after Tokyo … right?"
"I knew. I could sense it … Starfire eventually confided in me … at the time it wasn't something to which I could relate … back then I was having a hard time just holding your hand while we watched a movie … Starfire once asked me if it was normal to have 5 orgasms in one night…"
Gar burst out laughing.
"What did you tell her?"
Raven grinned.
"I told her that I didn't know since I'm not Tamaranian, but that I'd ask Galfore the next time I saw him."
"What did she say to that?"
Raven shook her head, still in disbelief after so many years.
"She said that it was a good idea."
Gar leaned back in the bed and sighed.
"So what are we gonna do? Slade's back and he has a psycho daughter now."
"Too bad she didn't turn out more like Jericho." She replied.
"He has to take after his mother …"
"One would hope so. So … what do we do? Gar, what is your gut instinct?"
He leaned forward with a troubled look on his face.
"My gut says that someone else can train them … I know we're needed but I think we're done with the superhero business … we've done our duty and we've earned the right to a private life. We don't owe the Justice League anything, they can have someone from their club train them."
Raven pursed her lips as she considered his words.
"But we have a perspective that no one from the League has. We were independent teen superheroes. We can offer them a perspective that no one from the League can. We can help them understand that they can be more than horny and promiscuous teens."
"I see your point, Rave, but I still don't want to do it. We could maybe lend a hand on occasion, but I'm not interested in moving back into the Tower and mentoring these kids. We did it without anyone showing us the ropes, if they can't do it, then maybe they aren't cut out to be Teen Titans and should just stick to being sidekicks until they grow up."
Before Raven could reply his mobile phone chirped, announcing the arrival of a new text message, which he read with a quizzical look on his face.
"OK, now things are really getting weird."
"Who sent you the message?"
"Tina, Tina Felty."
"Another of your undergrad study pals?"
"Yeah … I haven't heard from her in over 4 years too."
"What does she want?"
"She's in town … she says she'd like to drop in and say hi … to both of us. That sure is a coincidence."
"I don't believe in coincidences."
"You think this has something to do with Alexa?"
"What else could it be?"
"So … do we invite her over?" He asked.
"Tell her to meet us for dinner at Salvatore's tomorrow."
"Rave, do you think that's a good idea?"
"I have no idea, but I am curious as to what, if anything she has to say."
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The restaurant door chimed as it opened. The Logans entered the bustling establishment were immediately greeted by Mr. Biaggi, who led them to a quiet booth he saved for them near the back of the small restaurant.
"How is your wife doing today, Mr. Biaggi?"
The restaurants proprietor gave them a small smile. "She is doing well. We thought about going away for a while after the incident with Slade, but that was simply out of the question. And besides, my wife is always happy when she prepares our family's recipes in the kitchen."
"She is a superb chef." The changeling replied.
"Yes, she is … can I get you anything to drink while you wait for your guest to arrive?"
"How about two glasses of red wine?" Garfield replied. "And we don't want to hear a word about you being in our debt. I want to be clear on this, we are paying for our meal this time."
"Of course … though we will always be in your debt. I will be right back with some Chianti."
The tall mustachioed man darted into the kitchen while the Logans looked out the window at the bustling street outside. They watched the ebb and flow of pedestrian traffic in the late afternoon: seniors walking their miniature dogs, young couples walking hand in hand, teens zooming by on their skateboards, a hipster strumming a guitar, etc. The street was equally busy, with cars zooming down the street searching for nonexistent parking spaces. It was just another average evening, one without Slade present to ruin it.
"Do you think she'll show up?" The changeling wondered out loud.
"She's your friend, you tell me."
"Tina was always reliable."
As yellow cab pulled up to the red curb in front of the restaurant and a shapely brunette emerged from the taxi and paid her fare. Raven narrowed her eyes.
"Let me guess, that's Tina." She grumbled unhappily. "Didn't you have any ordinary looking classmates?"
"I guess I was lucky."
His remark earned him a mild glare from his wife just as Tina entered the restaurant. She immediately spotted them and waved enthusiastically. She quickly joined them at the table.
"Gar! It's been so long! And you must be Raven!" She gushed as she extended her hand to Raven, who politely shook it. She then looked at the changeling and spread her arms wide.
"What? I don't get a hug?"
Gar rose from his seat and gave her a very meek and reserved hug. Tina sat down in the booth opposite them. Her eyes met Raven's and she smiled at the sorceress.
"So you guys are married. I was wondering how long it would be until you guys tied the knot."
Raven responded with a puzzled look. "You have me at a disadvantage. How could you possibly have known that?"
"Sorry, of course, we never met. I just feel like I know you so well, Raven. Gar would always talk about you back during our college days, about how great and wonderful you were." Tina grinned at the changeling. "Oh Gar, it was so obvious that you were so in love with Raven … why do you think that Janey and I never made a pass at you?" She giggled. "You guys are such a cute couple."
"It didn't stop Alexa, did it?" Raven asked in her old school monotone.
"Well … Alexa was different." Tina replied as she examined the menu.
"So I've heard. She also told us that she has a son out of wedlock." Raven interjected.
Tine lowered her menu.
"Yeah, that's what she told me too."
"When was this child born?" Raven asked in her monotone. Her husband noticed a nearly imperceptible twinge of apprehension in her voice.
"I don't know."
"Do you know who the dad is?" Garfield asked.
"No, I don't that either… no one seems to know who he is. Alexa has been really private about her son, which is odd, I only learned about the kid, she calls him Mark, about 7 months ago … if you ask me, something strange is going on."
"What do you mean?" Raven asked.
"I haven't seen her son or any pictures of him … no one has. It's like he doesn't really exist."
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And we stop here for now!
For those of you who aren't familiar with Rose Wilson/Ravager, she isn't an OC. She really is Slade's illegitimate daughter in the comics.
And now, time for another bulging mailbag! Thanks for all the reviews! Keep them coming! You have collectively surprised me as this story is outdrawing the original.
adventuresstime - "Ooooo a cliffie! This story just gets more and more interesting. I can't wait I see who Red X is."
I hope you weren't disappointed.
Purplepox63010 - "OHHHHHH!"
You are a reader of few words!
Glacier - "I would be quite honestly unsurprised if it was deathstroke who was the father of alexa's child. And yes, i mean /deathstroke/. That's kinda out of character for slade, but as for what little i know of deathstroke, seems like something he'd do.. Judging by the fact he slept with terra. Eww. Nice job on the last few chapters, force, and I agree with you, as interesting as it was having raven and changeling train the new teen titans, it was a tad dull.. This'll be interesting, to say the least. Keep up the good work!"
That would make for an interesting twist ... I'm still surprised so many of you remember the original story.
Dvasapolli - "This story is freaking amazing, I wish it would never end. I'm calling it if Garfield inth the father then whoever the Red X is, the dad of blondies brat."
Rose was also Red-X in the original version of this story.
SilentGoddest - "ARGH! That was totally you! I could only imagine who-or what- he was. Can you please not keep us in suspense? Please? For my birthday.. *Does that classic birthday pout-face*"
I did send you a private spoiler.
DeeThom - "I'm not entirely sure where this story is going anymore. It's different than last time but I still love it. Other than my belief that Red X is Jason Todd, which is my perpetual theory, I have nothing more to say. Great job!"
I don't think that Jason would work as Red X as he is much younger than Dick Grayson and older than Tim Drake.
WishToBeYouSomeday - "Awesome story i absolutely love it cant wait till the next chapter :)"
I hope you liked this chapter too.
SuperNolon -"If you must know, my friend made that plush fore the ultimate Raven Fanboy. Now, Nightwing ees the father of Alexa's kid. So, we know Star will find out and turn into the bad butt she should have been. (slade voice) This should be fun. (normal voice) Slade is Red X Version 3.0113"
Ooh! Star would be ticked off! You should post a picture of your Raven plush somewhere online!
Shadico - "Cy the prodigal wingman, awwww yiss. SO glad Gar didn't take that job too! Oh, and everyone paying attention to Rae's belly was adorable, haha. Glad to see Gar's still a big hearted guy considering how he reacted to Puplo, that was so sad. He just needs a big hug! Not gonna lie, I did get overly scared as soon as Red X threatened Rae."
The real Red-X would never hurt Raven. He might steal a kiss from her, but he would never hurt her.
Guest -"*my name is demon girl* . . . . Damn you cliffhanger!"
Ain't I stinker?
IzzyQuagmire0907 - "*Pulls hair out* DAMN YOU CLIFF HANGER!"
And I gave you another one!
TW - "You know I've always wondered who Red X was."
I'll bet Glen Murakami doesn't know who Red-X was!
The Cretin - "I'm hoping the big reveal will be a shocker. Hoping Red-X's identity is a shocker."
I hope it was shocking!
Hairul The Nightrage Beast - "Please, please let it be Jason Todd, I don't want Rose Wilson in it, she's too cool for that. Heck if I were Rose, I'd rather join the Outsiders."
But ... but ... Jason is the Red Hood!
EP - "Wow why such an amazing cliffhanger i hate it haha im just kidding once again you are a very amazing writer and i enjoyed how you had beast boy or should i say changeling bite red x and say that he was a venomous snake when he really wasnt i cant wait for the next chapter to reveal who red x is i think he might be a duplicate nightwing or somone else anyways please update as soon as possible please"
krostovikraven1 already came up with the idea of Red-X being a Grayson clone.
bluedog197 - "NEVER i now don't think beastboy's the dad but still maybe its red x son you never know and funny part with the garden snake prank and it so sweet how beast boy knows when raven is upset and wow who knew they were going to catch red x who could be robins brother and alexa is still a bit untrust worthy. anyway awesome story it's too good for word so good luck and keep writing you are so far the best author for raven and beastboy storys cant wait to see more"
I have to admit I borrowed the snake prank from the comics (BB bites Gizmo, but he was poisonous)
gabylokita41 - "Wow. That's intense haha gatta say this is better than the original I. Still remember some of these parts from the first one but most of it is new which makes it way Way WAY more interesting haha and I also think gar is the father of Alexas child tho what I'm wondering is how gars adoptive parents will react on one side they can get pissed at hi (if he is the father) or love Alexa for having a child with gar more (as they don't really like rae rae) but who knows my mind is just wandering on what could happen next haha I really enjoyed this chap tho I gatta admit I was waiting for u to proved me right or wrong on gar being the father of the child guess ill have to wait till the next chap"
Sorry, daddy is still a mystery!
ferlion - "Much appreciated."
You're welcome.
Anoymous136 - "Yes, I am a girl, can't you tell by my fangirl like attitude?"
At comic con I saw a very convincing Supergirl cosplayer. It turned it was a dude! You can't take anything for granted.
JOHNXgambit - "geez does everyone but me thinks its not BB's kid, it would be too predictable and u sir are not predictable. if l remember right the titans are in for a sad truth to redx but a shock to see who they trolled instead NICE"
You remembered well.
checkit789 - "I HATE WHEN YOU DO THAT! I got to admit though that was pure genius not letting us see who red x really was. It's what keeps us coming back for more and come we shall!"
I'm like a crack dealer, except that what I peddle is legal
js12601 - "Another great chapter. In rereading chapter eighteen I wonder if the child has HIV. If He does then so does Alexa. I love how cyborg was there for Raven. I also find it interesting red x chooses now to so up since he hasn't been around for nine years."
Sorry, no spoilers regarding Alexa's son!
dablman2020 - "Is it Jason Tod I think it might be Jason Tod."
Nope, not Jason.
krostovikraven1 - "noooo... evil cliffhanger! I want to know who is Red X."
Sorry!
Chayse-man - "Why on earth...would you hate Whil Wheaton? He seems like a nice guy. Ha, I really hope you get the family guy reference there. And after reading this weeks mailbag, a lot of people think BB is the father of Alexa's child, I don't, but then again, I didnt really think of that. And why does everyone hate Alexa? Geez, she enters the story and people want her obliterated. Seems kinda harsh. I'm also with BB, diet Root Beer, is nasty. Also great job with this Chapter, I really enjoy Red X's appearences in all your fics, ya write him really well."
I've never met anyone who liked Wesley Crusher.
titanfan45 - "I hope Gar isn't the father of Alexa's child. I'm hoping the fact that she stopped calling when asked to do so is a ggod sign that he is not the father. Gar fooling Red X with the snake bite was as funny as it was when this story first posted."
I couldn't make Gar really be a poisonous snake like in the comics.