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Cyborg watched as the JCPD rescued the drugged kids from the basement. The entire block was closed down for the ambulances and police cars, reporters were booming with questions as Beast Boy tried to assure them that the Titans will soon give them the answers.

Cyborg offered his services and helped the officers scan for the kids' identity. Most of them were presumed dead, others missing for years. The many detectives on the case were in bewilderment as they've failed the cases, or gave up the cases due to the lack of leads and evidence. Kid Flash and Starfire were on crowd control duty, Speedy was back at the tower, incase X tried anything. Ever since he and Kid Flash returned that afternoon, Cyborg could sense something off about the archer.

Speedy was hard to read when he first got here, but he enjoyed fieldwork, he would complain about it, but Cyborg knows that in reality, Speedy was having a good time. He would use cocky one-liners to piss his friends off, but it was all harmless, good fun for him.

He was aware of his visit to his mentor, The Green Arrow, but that was about it since he didn't bring it up again. Since his confrontation with The Green Arrow, the guy went silent. No more egotistical comments, no teasing, nothing. Kid Flash didn't open his mouth either, which was a surprise. Raven probably knows something about it, but really, it wasn't their place to go about and try to find out about their private and personal matters, behind said person's back.

Come to think of it, Starfire's been acting a little off as well. Raven had informed him about a warehouse explosion caused by Starfire, though he hasn't have the time to discuss about it with her yet. Raven suspects it's just a phase, it'll pass once Starfire figures things out. After all, her abilities are based on her emotions. What worries Cy is how long it takes for Starfire to return to her normal self. He knows very well that Starfire is on a journey of self exploration. Her identity, her place in the world and such. He's been through it all a long time ago, all by himself. It took him some time before finding his center, and making his decision to use his abnormal abilities to help people instead of just hiding away from the rest of the world. He also met the Titans, which helped him understand that some things weren't meant to be gone through alone.

Starfire's recent development of accidentally destroying property was expected, given that her powers are a little hard to control. He gets it. He's destroyed billions of stuff before he understood how to use his Sonic Boom cannon. It's just her tendency to shut herself away from the Titans, and go to the RedX for comfort that concerns him. It's not that X is a bad guy, despite causing trouble in Jump from time to time, but what made her go to X in the first place? Robin made it clear since the first day the Titans united as one, that 'if there were any problems, anything at all, you'll know who to call'

Which brings him to another concerning matter - what if they've simply dismissed her calls? What if she had approached them before, but they didn't respond the way she hoped they would? Therefore resulting in taking off and finding someone else who would listen?

"You may be half metal, but I can feel your gears turning." Says Raven, appearing in the shadows next to him.

He yelps and glares at a smirking Raven. "I'm getting too old for this, Rae."

"When are we returning to the tower?" she asks, clearly bored of the cleanup process.

"Soon" he replies.

Beast Boy calls for help from Kid Flash in answering the press' questions, Kid speeds towards him and takes some weight off the changeling's shoulders. Cyborg glances at Raven, who has her heads down and uncharacteristically fiddling with her hands.

"What's wrong?"

"How did we not know?" She says, her voice only a soft whisper. "How did I not know?" she glances at the younger kids, most of them unconscious, some are no doubt dead.

"Our speciality is dealing with Metas, none of these kids-"

"They were going to become metas. Some of them, at least. The ones that survive might show traces of powers here and there, but I doubt it's strong. The medics say that the drug they found in their blood systems are underdeveloped, and the substance is as rare as Xenothium."

"What the fuck, they're injecting unstable elements into kids?"

"Something like that."

"Do you think RedX knows about it because whatever's in that drug could be provided by the same people extracting and creating his Xenothium?"

Raven simply shrugged, "Only one way to find out."

Location: Wayne Manor, Gotham

Dick Grayson was picking out the books off his shelves. Smiling slightly at the picture books Bruce or Alfred used to read to him when he was younger. How many years has it been? It all seemed so far away, too far away for his liking.

Tim poked his head in to alert Dick that dinner was ready, when his eyes land on the book his older brother was holding. He smiles, Dick realises for the first time that Tim's eyes sparkled with the same glimmer of hope he once had. Well, still have whenever Alfred bakes cookies. Tim points to the book, "I've heard about that tale, Clark comes over sometimes and tells me stories about Krypton." he says, "the story of Nightwing and Flamebird was the one I liked most."

Something clicks in Dick's mind. So that's where he's heard the name before. When Starfire returned from travelling through time, she told him about his change of alias. He only brushed it off as something he'd heard as a child, maybe a bedtime story. He wasn't wrong, it just didn't occur to him that this was the Nightwing she referred to.

"Hey Tim," Dick says, a small smile playing on his lips, "what say Robin of Jump City returns as Nightwing?"

Tim smirks. "Does this mean a new costume? We can probably make one in a day's time."

"Sounds like a plan, kid-genius."

After dinner, Dick resulted to calling Roy to update him on how the Titans are doing. He was greeted by a weak smirk from the archer, who assured him that Raven and Cyborg are handling the situation. Dick glared at Roy and deadpans "I mean what's the situation?"

Roy grudgingly tells him about the children kept at the basement, and how RedX got hurt. Dick's eyes widened when the name "RedX" was mentioned, and to think that the reason why the self absorbed thief was at their tower was because he took a hit for the Titans? His mind automatically thought about Jason, but Dick pushed it aside and kept focusing on the fact that RedX saved Starfire, X, the guy who cared about nothing but his own satisfaction. The guy who dismissed everything unless there was something in it for him.

The guy who helped him defeat Chang. The guy who helped him retrieve his briefcase. The guy who's rhythm in fighting was shockingly too similar to someone he once knew.

The guy who could easily be Jason Todd.

Dick thanks Roy for keeping him updated and enters the new information into the Titans log. He tries to distract himself from the pain of thinking about his brother. About how Starfire could've gotten hurt.

How he's probably been fighting someone he took for granted for so long.

Location : Titans Tower, Jump City

"You're lost, Roy Harper. This isn't your home." croaks Jason, Roy winces at how bad he sounds. This is the first time Roy's heard X's voice, his voice adjuster was busted and mask ripped when he took the hit for Kori, yet something inside Roy feels that he knows his kid.

Something clicks. Even X could feel the atmosphere change, despite his eyes closed and face half concealed.

"Yeah," Roy replied, "Well this isn't yours either, Gotham-boy" X visibly stiffens immediantly and his heart rate spikes a little before returning to it's normal pace. His hands are shaking, which means Roy was right all along. "I know it's you Jason Todd." He continues, "I've suspected it for some time now. Only a bat could pull off your stunts."

"You just like to spoil all the fun, don't you." Jason turns his head to glare at the archer, who has his arms crossed, head cocked to the side. Jason notices that he's not wearing his uniform, just a tank top, sweatpants and a baseball cap. "You look like a loser."

Roy's eyes suddenly turn cold, void of emotion. Almost blank. "Remember…a long time ago, when you saved me." Jay tilts his head a little before deciding it wasn't helping his wounds, "The time when Ollie and I disagreed and fought a lot…and when I was a druggie?"

"You mean that year when you and Queen ruined the League Christmas party?"

Roy snickers, "Yeah, the months after that were a pretty rough for a sixteen year old."

Jason Todd, AKA. ROBIN was on patrol that night in Gotham City. The Bat trusted him enough to let his protege handle his usual zone, plus, he was sure Catwoman was looking out for him anyway. It was an unusually quiet night, perhaps it was why Batman had decided on letting Robin go alone.

On cue, a few punches were heard. The sound of broken glass cut through the disgustingly polluted air, with a stench of death reminding the city of it's unforgiving villains.

In a dimmed alleyway stood Roy Harper, well, a Roy Harper attempting to stand on his own without losing balance. Robin narrowed his eyes and saw the blood trickling down his figure. Springing into action, the Boy Wonder landed outside the bar, causing at least a dozen men to sprint away. A couple of kicks and wrestling allowed tracking devices to stick onto clothes.

Robin let them go. He'll get them later. He always does. He picked up the homemade bow and arrow, clearly at the brink of breaking, and sighed. He makes his way to the boy known as Speedy-

" …call yourself a superhero? You dirty lowlife drunk…"

A smirk found it's way onto Robin's voice. He knows this guy, and he had a lot of guts to be staying in Gotham City.

"That coming from a guy wanted for assault in three different countries?" His hands snaked it's way to reach a birdarang.

"Who—"

Bullseye. Right where Robin wanted a cut on that bastard.

"They really don't make anonymous thugs like they used to, huh?" A swing and a kick, and the man was down. His friends reached for their weapons, but Robin quickly beat them to it "Look how easy you break" A punch sends them flying backwards, knocking them out for the night. He kicks the wanted man for assault in a man's most precious area with the look of triumph apparent on his face.

"There, that's better." He declares, "You're Roy Harper, aren't you?" he says, turning to the figure on the floor. "I'm Robin. Version II, actually — but I bet you could figure that out on your own"

The boy was at a loss for words. "Why…why are you helping me?"

"They took these from you back in the bar. I thought you'd want them returned." Said Robin, "My predecessor told me that you're a good friend of his, before you fell off the wagon. Wanted to let you know that…if you need a friend, I'm here."

Roy scoffs "I don't need friends. Friends just let you down." he says as he reaches for his equipment.

"We all need friends, Roy." Robin says with a smile, Roy couldn't help but smile a little at the kid. This Robin is most likely only thirteen and he just beat up a couple of thugs. Some hero Roy was. "You change your mind, just come find me." Robin takes out his grappling gun and points it upwards "I'll be waiting!"

That was the last time Roy Harper ever saw Jason Todd. Until now.

"You were right you know…" Roy said, "We all need friends."

"Is that how you stopped?"

"Yeah. That and the fact that Dinah couldn't live with herself if I just overdosed." He says, the smallest smile appearing on his face. "I don't know, after being abducted for some game of stealing powers, I realised that I had friends. I had Dick, and Wally. I had you to go to. I just…figured I should make my life mission to battle drug lords and pushers. No one should experience what I did."

Jason nodded slightly. The solemn atmosphere was clearly bothering Roy, his hands fidgeted uncomfortably, and he tapped his feet against the concrete. "Remember how you said that "Red Arrow" was too much like Green Arrow?"

"Yeah…" said the injured boy carefully.

"I want to cut off all ties to that guy…What do you think about Arsenal?"

Jason's lips quirk upwards "Well Roy Harper, annoyance to human kind, accidental liability, and my new partner in crime." he says, "You certainly do put the 'Arse' in 'Arsenal."

Location: Research Lab, Titans Tower

X was not much help. Doesn't know what or where the substance is or came from. Underground criminal organisations didn't use them, and if they did, X hadn't came across them before, therefore he didn't have the answers the Titans were looking for. Wally sighs as he hangs up the phone. Barry said he'd help, but Wally knew he couldn't rely on him too much. He gave the information to Barry Allen, not The Flash. Dumb move, but he didn't want the Justice League to think the Titans were incapable of solving this local mystery. It was bad enough that Batman was paranoid, he didn't need the entire League breathing down their necks.

"I've sent our analysis to STAR labs," declares Wally, "we should be hearing about what the hell is in that drug." He glances at Raven, Victor and Gar's fatigue faces, and their effort of covering it with fearless rage. The blue under all that red was seeping out despite their efforts.

Wally looks over to Kori, who's on the communicator with Dick. She isn't doing much better either, in fact, she looked more drained than the rest of the team. She was standing instead of floating, only using one hand to hold the device, and her hair no longer whipping around.

Kori felt more tired than the time they had to save Raven from Trigon. Physically she was all right, she could still stand, she could fight if need be, but she was emotionally torn. It started with one comment, then loss of focus, then more criticism and more accidents. She knew her powers were developing, but that also required proper training in order for her to master the upgraded strength and even more destructive powers. Lashing out the energy within her on the Titans' day to day enemies probably wasn't a good idea. Suppressing them until they explode in warehouses wasn't the brightest thing to do either.

"Kori? You okay?" Her eyes lock onto the tender shade of blue, staring right back at her. "Get some rest, Kori." Dick says with the softest smile. She nods, stifling a yawn. "One more thing," Dick says. Kori hums in response. "Can you also check on X?" She nods again and bids him farewell.

Kori excuses herself from the lab and Garfield does the same, bidding goodnight to Vic, Rae and Wally.

"What a rough week, huh, Star?" Garfield says, eyes drooping as the duo walk towards the common room.

"Agreed. Although we usually are the ones dealing with the metahumans, this week seems to be quite unusual."

"Yeah…but I guess a hero's work shouldn't be limited." Garfield continues, "We're here to bring justice and peace to all…not just, Jump…or anything."

Kori smiles and ushers Garfield to his room (despite his protests of 'I'm not gonna pass out, Star!') and heads for the hospital wing. She halts after swinging the door open, she see's Roy half dressed and blushing while X reloads his weapons.

Her eyes glow green. "Just where do you think you're going?"

"Uh-oh. Busted." mutters Roy.

"Look, Starfire. You want answers about the drug? You find Batman. He probably knows everything given that he doesn't have a life. While you Titans do that, Roy and I will interrogate a few suspected associates."

Kori narrows her eyes, "And what makes you believe that I will simply let you out the Tower?"

They can't see it, but they can feel X smirk. "Princess, you'll keep your mouth shut because you know they can't get answers just by analysing the substance." Kori's green eyes stop glowing. "You've been in those kids' shoes, you know what it feels like. You're not just going to sit by and piece things together with clues like Golden Boy does." With that X grabs Roy by his shoulder and teleports out of the tower.

FZZZST

Raven's eyes widen and flies towards the hospital wing. Kori is sat on the bed, eyebrows furrowed and hands glowing with energy.

"We must take action." says the red-head firmly.

Raven sighs, "We can't if we don't know where to start."

"We must take action." Starfire says again.