That last one was short so I'll do two today. I just wanted the cliffhanger effect, and I couldn't resist ending it there.
CAUSEXMAYHEM – again, who said it was going to be one or the other? This is RED X we're talking about. No one's exempt. Just hang in there, and you'll get what you're looking for.
--START--
DOWNTOWN JUMP CITY--
Red X was sitting happily on top of the counter in Jump City's most lucrative jewelry store. It was a big shop - two floors, a fountain in the entrance lobby, multiple salespeople, and a good challenging theft. This one in particular was exciting for him, because it would entail a large part of his new game to unfold. So there he sat, people tied up in piles all around him, a big sack of precious stones to his right. Chuckling joyously to himself, he waited for the titans to arrive.
--MEANWHILE--
Starfire was starting to feel guilty, and that she should have told the team about Red X's return before he had the chance to commit any crimes. Anxiously, she sped up, hurrying to the crime scene, hoping to be the first one there. She also hoped, in the back of her mind, that it was someone else. She hoped he'd still be her secret, hers to keep to herself.
Robin was flying along on his glider, relatively jaded heading into this particular mission. He wasn't even close to noticing Starfire's clear change in behavior in the last two days. He'd been busy training and what not, busy doing Robin things.
Raven was starting to feel very suspicious of Starfire. Her room being the one next to Starfire's, she'd heard voices the night Red X visited her. She'd heard a lot more right before he arrived, thanks to Robin. She was very confused as to why, after Robin left and the water stopped running in her shower, she heard another voice. A man's voice. And judging by how Starfire acted yesterday, she thought, it must have had some effect on her. It left some kind of impression. And seeing how she was acting going into this mission, Raven had a hunch Starfire knew something she wasn't telling the rest of the team.
That was when they arrived at the jewelry store, and barged aggressively into it. Immediately after doing so, each and every one of them inhaled sharply in a surprised gasp. Every one of them but Starfire. Sitting in front of them, amongst a pile of hostages and stolen goods, was Red X.
Who was enjoying their reactions so thoroughly and completely that he swore that he could have gone home right then, his job was almost done.
But alas, he still had work to do. Taking advantage of their alarmed state, he shot out his favorite detaining apparatus, a large, sticky X. he stuck them all to the wall, shot an extra one over Raven's mouth, and lodged a sticky wad of what he called "red sticky crap" into Cyborg's blaster cannon. For a moment more, he drank in their surprise.
"Hi, guys! How've you been?" he asked them in a mocking tone. He went down the line.
"Beast Boy! You look as green and adorable as ever." He said, giving him a pinch on his cheek. He loved how quickly the resentment and dislike arose in the boy's eyes. Beast boy tried to turn into a carnivorous dinosaur and eat X's face, but failed. "Oops! Almost," Came X's rebuttal.
He was about to talk to Cyborg when Robin interrupted.
"Coming back was a mistake. At least like this. You know you won't get away with this." Robin warned. X forced a snicker. This was his favorite part.
"Whatever do you mean, Robin? I thought you knew I was back in town." X said, with exaggerated shock. Then he looked at Starfire. "Unless…" he walked over to her. "She didn't tell you, did she?" he asked.
The look on Robin's face was fantastic.
Raven, a mute bystander in this predicament, saw this coming the moment she laid eyes on Red X. What she didn't know was what X had planned, and more importantly, why Starfire would keep seeing him a secret.
What on earth did he do to her that night? She wondered.
Then, as if to be the cherry on top of a drama sundae, Red X lifted his mask, revealing bright blue eyes and extremely attractive features. He turned to face Starfire, who was speechless and hopeful, and eyed Robin with one piercingly bright eye, giving him a look that Robin would come to know and hate beyond anything. He deftly placed his finger and thumb on Starfire's chin, and slowly, leaning in closer and closer, brought his lips to hers, making her face turn a bright red, and caused her body to melt with his highly anticipated touch. As if hypnotized by desire, she kissed him back, eagerly.
Completely and utterly astounded, Raven, Beast Boy, and Robin could only stare. It was Cyborg who broke the silence on the Titan's end.
"Yo..." He said, and paused. "Not cool."
This seemed to shake Robin out of his quiet state.
"WHAT?!" was his simple exclaim. "WHAT?!"
--END--
I feel so naughty writing this. It's like I'm dropping drama bombs every other paragraph. How am I ever going to follow THAT act?
I should really learn to pace myself.
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