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Red X jumped across the roof tops of Jump city looking for one certain building.
He decided that before he started playing Robin Hood that he would steal some special supplies.
A large supply of xynothium.
He found the building he was looking for. It was a tad big for his tastes, but it was just a building.
A building owned by the infamous Lexcorp.
He planned on A) stealing some xynothium then B) steal some money (of which he was going to distribute to some particularly needy families starting with him)
"I'm still out for myself I'm just helping others on the way" he said to himself before scaling the building.
He finally reached the top of the building. In all honesty, he was scared, he was scared of heights.
He entered the building through a ventilation system and made his way to the vaults.
When he was at the right floor (The 55th floor) he hopped out of the shaft. Now he didn't notice but the floors there were equipped with a new device.
A device that detected vibrations and analyzed them. And when there were vibrations similar to footprints then it immediately sent guards to that floor.
This particular guard was in his mid-seventies and was shocked when what he thought was a simple malfunction in the system brought him face-to-face with….
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IIIIIIIITTTTTSSSSSS RRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEDDDDDD XXXXXXXXXX"
"What the f-……..um hello." Red X said when he turned around to find an old man pointing a gun at him.
Within seconds that single old man was joined by an army of guards.
Within half that time Red X had kicked all their asses and was standing in the safe. He quickly loaded as much xynothium into his belt as possible and grabbed a small container of it.
He at the roof when he heard the one voice that he never wanted to hear ever.
"Stop right there!"
Red X sighed. He was hoping that he wouldn't have to deal with Bat's bitch and his crew but….
"Howdy…. You wouldn't mind letting me run off with this would you?" Red x asked rather kindly.
They all silently shook their heads.
"Well I guess I'm just gonna have to kick your asses to keep it." He put the container on the ground and got ready for a fight.
Robin was the first to attack. He ran at him with a kick to the face. Red X simply grabbed his leg and threw him into Cyborg.
X quickly ducked in time to dodge a couple of starbolts.
Before he was able to recover, however, a green ram met his side with the gift of pain.
"AGH" he said landing on the ground holding his side for a little over a second.
"Please give up and go with us to jail, we do not wish to harm you further." Starfire pleaded with him.
"Sorry to disappoint you." He said throwing an x shaped dagger at her.
He had to quickly dodge again because someone (Raven) used telekinesis on it to make it go back at him.
He fell over from landing wrong and found himself in a familiar position. He quickly jumped and landed on a certain green ram's back.
"Never try the something twice on me." X said before jumping and shooting Beastboy in the back with a x that changed into a sticky paste like substance.
He grabbed the container and jumped off the building. He heard someone gasp right before he pushed the little, red, x shaped button on his belt.
He teleported right into his bed. Or, more correctly, above it. He landed face first into it with a container of one of the most destructive elements of all time.
Who says the life of a thief isn't boring?
He sighed and stayed on the bed for a few minutes before finally getting up and moving to his computer.
He had work to do and, god as his witness, he was going to do it.
The next day
David Dick (Red X) looked at himself in the mirror. He was Robin's size (otherwise he couldn't fit in the suit) and had short brown hair. He had calm green eyes and a somewhat tan complexion. He had a scar just below his eye that curved just slightly around the bottom of it. He wore jeans and a loose, button up, blue shirt.
He had white tennis shoes that were discolored from walking through dirt.
He left his home to go to his day job. He designed security systems.
It was quite ironic actually, a thief designing security systems. But, when you think about it, that was the best job for him. He knew what thieves looked for when they went on a heist.
In any case, today felt like it was going to be a long day.
Titans Tower
All was peaceful at Titans Tower. That is how Raven liked it. Unfortunately this peace was only temporary because…
"Dude! I'm not eating your disgusting bacon!"
This was usually followed by….
"No, your tofu bacon is disgusting!"
It was the argument that occurred every morning. It was the argument that broke the peace every morning.
Raven zoned out of the argument like everyone else did.
The thing that kicked her out of her thoughts this time, however, was not their argument. It was much more important. It was the alarm.
She immediately jumped to attention.
Robin ran to the computer and began typing furiously.
"It's Dr.Light. He's robbing a bank downtown."
It took them roughly 20 minutes to get there, 5 to beat up Dr.Light, and another 5 for the cops to pick him up.
That was when Beastboy decided to say "Dudes, is anyone else hungry?"
As if on cue everyone heard a load rumble from Beastboy's stomach.
"I guess we can get some pizza." Robin said scratching the back of his head.
The Giant Pizza shaped Pizza place downtown.
David was eating at his regular pizza place. The people here knew him well. He not only came there every day around noon, but he also designed and installed their security system for free. That had earned him free pizza for the rest of the year so he was content. Of course, with all the money he had he could have just as easily bought the pizza place, but he didn't want anyone to know that he was about as rich as some organization executives.
What set today apart from every other day was that today the Titans decided to drop in on his lunch.
"Dude, someone is sitting at our usual seat" Beastboy said.
David looked up from the laptop he was working on and blinked. "Would you like to join me?"
"Um…. Sure." Robin said sitting down.
There was a long silence. "Who are you?" Raven finally asked.
"Ah yes. I'm sorry my name is David. David Dick."
This resulted in a long series of giggles from Beastboy and Cyborg.
"Dude, High School must have sucked for you." Beastboy said.
"Never went to high school." David replied with an unperceivable smile.
This brought up another few seconds of silence before…
"Why didn't you go to high school?" Robin finally asked.
"Didn't have a home. Although in retrospect, it was probably a good thing I never went other wise I wouldn't have the skills to do what I do now."
"Which is?"
"Security consultant"
"Wouldn't going to high school give you the skills to do that job?"
"No because otherwise I would not have become a thief and wouldn't know what thieves are really looking for in heists. That is what gives me the skills to be a Security Consultant. Like they always say know your enemy. But I suppose it's even better when you have been your enemy."
Robin thought about it for a second then a thought hit him. "I'm curious, were you ever caught?"
David smiled "Yes. I was caught several times but the people I stole from never filed charges eventually I didn't need to steal anymore and I just lived like a regular person."
"Umm dude… You do realize you're talking to superheroes right?" Beastboy said butting in.
"Yep." He looked at his watch. "If you don't mind I have a meeting with Wayne corp. apparently the return of Red X must have prompted them to hire people such as me. I hope we can speak again sometime soon." David said dropping his card on the table before taking leave. David had the feeling that he would be contacted sometime soon.
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