A/N: As mentioned in the last chapter, I have revised the story so this chapter is going to be a little different than the original.

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Nameless: Chapter 2

Robin had been working on his roundhouse kicks in the gym when the power went out. Great. What now? He heard Cyborg yell at Raven. What could Beast Boy have done this time to upset the empathy this time? He stood in the darkness. A minute or two later the lights came back on. He headed out to see what the trouble was.

He met up with Cyborg in the elevator.

"What happened, Cy?"

"I'm not quite sure, but I know Raven has something to do with it. I'm pretty sure I heard the doorbell ring, so something must be up. Let's go find out."

They made their way to the entrance only to find Beast Boy sprawled out on the floor, out cold with a box of pizza by his side. Cyborg kneeled down next to the boy while Robin examined the pizza box to find a whole, warm cheese pizza with M&Ms on it. The colorful pieces of chocolate spelled out "X marks the spot."

X… X? X! Someone must have been going after the suit!

Cyborg was lightly slapping Beast Boy to rouse him. It wasn't working.

"Let's bring him upstairs. We need to find out what happened to the girls," Robin barked.

Robin took the box of pizza with him. Cyborg easily lifted the small green boy in his arms as he and Robin made their way back to the elevator. Robin was on edge. He pressed the button for the top floor again and again. The elevator just wasn't going fast enough.

"Yo, Robin. You're going to break that button into pieces. It ain't going to make the elevator go any quicker, ya know."

Cyborg was right. Robin lowered his arm to his side and clenched his fists. He needed to know what happened. Something must've happened to Raven. Starfire too. He could only hope that they were alright.

The elevator doors opened to reveal Raven, hand glowing blue in healing, stooped down in the kitchen next to an unconscious Starfire.

"Raven! What happened?" Robin asked hastily.

His voice broke Raven away from her concentration. What could she say? That another teenage boy caught her emotions red-handed? That Raven herself had feelings for her leader?

Cyborg placed Beast Boy on the kitchen counter. He reached for a bucket under the sink and started to fill it with water, then proceeding to dump its contents over the green boy's face. Beast Boy sat up, gasping for air.

"Woah!" Beast Boy panted. "What happened?"
"I was hoping you could tell me," Robin replied.

"Okay." Beast Boy started thinking of the past events before he got the lights blown out of him. Thinking was not his strong suit. He looked like his brain was going to explode. "Well, the doorbell rang. It was totally weird. The guy said he had a delivery for us, which was strange since we don't get all too many things sent all the way here on this island. I guess that should've been my first sign that something wasn't right…"

Starfire awoke from her unconscious state. "Dear Friends," she moaned. "What has happened? I was making the pudding of friendship when Friend Beast Boy answered the door."

Beast Boy answered, "Starfire, last thing I remember after getting the door was being punched out cold. I'm guessing he went after you next then?"

Nodding hesitantly, Starfire continued, "Soon after you opened the door Friend Beast Boy, someone attacked me as well and before I knew it I was also 'cold punch'."

The team, except for Starfire, shared weak smiles.

Robin questioned, "What happened after that?"

"I was on the roof meditating when I felt a foreign presence in the Tower," Raven stated matter-of-factly. She paused. "When I finally got down from the roof, I found him right outside your bedroom door, Robin."

Raven looked down at the floor before saying softly, "I think he went after your Red-X suit."

"Did you get a good look at him? Did you see anything that would tip us off as to who he is?"

"He was wearing a white mask, so I couldn't see his face."

"Tell me you at least tried to stop him!" Robin cried angrily.

Keith paddled back to shore like it was nobody's business. He headed to the less than ideal part of the city.

There were abandoned warehouses, hollow stores with broken windows, and deserted sidewalks filled with rubble and trash. But for Keith, it was home, he realized – it always had been. Childhood had only taken up a small part of his life, and it was the dimmest in his memory, the cobweb-covered box in the dustiest part of the attic in his mind.

The sight of these streets, the very ones he had grown up on, brought the exciting tales of battlefields, heartbreaks, and great friendships back to his mind. His younger years had been full of nights like these, looming in the alleyways with his friends and causing a commotion wherever they knew they weren't wanted. But even through those effortless days, there had always been something inside him – a flame that had the potential to be a passionate, roaring fire. His small cubicle on the twelfth floor of his day job was suffocating the fire, reducing it to only embers of anticipation.

But what could Keith do? The last thing he wanted was for his sister to find out that he was stealing again. That would break her heart… That's why he needed his day job as a telemarketer, however annoying the job may be. But now that he had the suit, he might as well quit, right? No one would miss him. But Keith surely missed his younger years…

Oh, what he would give at this moment to go back to those days, when he was free to run wild where he wanted, where he owned the streets and people feared him for his differences and honored him for his non-conformity. What he would do to have his family back together again…

At least Keith had Kaitlyn. But the Titans didn't know that. Keith didn't think the superheroes would give him the time of day to explain why he lived the way he did. And Keith had the suit now. Kaitlyn didn't have to know.

The world may be round, but there's always more than one side to a story. There's more than just the division line between good and evil. Sometimes, no party can be pleased. Others, everyone can be. But there's a vast world of in-betweens; there will be times when only a few can be appeased. There's a difference between what is just versus what is legal. Justice isn't always just.

If Keith had things his way, he wouldn't be where he was today. He wouldn't be the bad guy running away from the scene of the crime, even if he had a good reason to steal. No, he knew he had the heart of a hero. A better hero than any of the Titans, anyway. He just wasn't in the best circumstances.

As much as his beliefs rang similar to Robin's, he didn't have a mentor who played the role of a father; unlike Starfire, he was far from being raised in royalty. Keith didn't almost lose his life to become a whole new person of his own like Cyborg and Keith didn't grow up with a loving group of super-powered individuals that became known as his family like Beast Boy. Sure as hell, he was glad he didn't have the devil for his father.

What he got instead was different. He knew he was a good person; he just grew up going along a different path – a rather rocky one at that. He was born into a family of crime, lies and deceit, yet somehow, he had a taste of what it's like to have a family and be loved. There were only two members of his family still standing today – him and his sister. And just like his parents did for him, Keith was ready to fight to the death to save his family.

Early the next night, X decided to go on his first heist with the new suit. A new shipment of precious cargo made it's way into Jump all the way from Star City. X didn't know what it was, but he held on to hope that it would be something that would help him in his search for the sake of his sister. The cargo was making its way to Jump City's Finest Jewelers. Red X could care less about sparkling stones that could cast a spell on girls and make them go gaga. But he figured he could use it anyway, even if he wasn't the ostentatious type. He could care less about what they looked like; what was truly important was what they'd be worth. He could sell them for Kaitlyn. But how could you put monetary value on somebody's life? That was wrong, he knew. Life was worth more than any amount of money; life was worth more than any bag of shiny things. It was more than just a purchase. It was opportunity. It was chance. It could be everything, and that's all he wanted to give his sister – an opportunity to see the world, the chance to experience the joys of life. After all Kaitlyn had been through, that was the least she deserved.

X tried to see it more as a business deal, for his sister's sake. He knew she meant more to him than that. But Keith couldn't show that he was attached to his sister, for he knew he would be putting her in danger, in harm's way. If someone like Slade was to exploit his weakness, who knows what would happen to Kaitlyn? It was business - it had to be.

He looked once more at the progress of the shipment. Whatever that cargo was, it just made it into the jewelry store. Now all X had to do was wait a few more hours until dark to do the deed. In the meantime, he'd get used to all the wonders this new suit would provide.

Robin was on the roof, staring at the sunset. The smog made the setting sun a deeper red, the color of some internal organ. Red. RED-X. The boy wonder silently fumed at the thought. How could he let this happen? Why wasn't his team prepared to handle this petty thief? He had trained them to be better than that! He had to think of ways to train them harder to avoid having his team taken down so easily, especially now that someone had the suit. Shit.

The door to the roof softly opened. Robin's back was to the door, so he couldn't see who was standing behind him. There were no footsteps, so it had to be one of the girls flying. He thought again of the suit-stealer. He should've been able to protect Starfire. Raven… RAVEN. She was the one who let the thief get away. Robin clenched his fists by his sides.

"Robin."

Speak of the devil; it was Raven, which only aggravated Robin all the more. "What do you want?" he seethed.

"Look, I know you're angry. I get it. But we'll get the suit back and –"

Robin huffed and turned around to face his teammate. "You don't know that. We don't know what this villain is capable of! Maybe if you could just tell me what he did to you, we'd be more ready to take him down!"

Raven blushed but she stood her ground. "I can't tell you. It might jeopardize the team."

"You're jeopardizing the team by NOT saying anything!"

"Robin, you're just going to have to trust me, okay?"

"Raven, I trust you with my life. I went to hell and back to save you. Trust me. I can handle whatever you're hiding. Please, Raven. I don't want this guy to take advantage of the team."

Raven paused. She opened her mouth and reluctantly said, "Okay." She hesitated. "Red X found out about –"

The roof started flashing crimson as the all too familiar alert sounded throughout the Tower.

Robin sighed, "I guess you'll have to tell me later. Titans, trouble!"

This was it. The sky was getting dark and the guards had left the store. Here goes nothing.

Silent and agile, X jumped off a nearby rooftop and threw a smoke bomb in the direction of the store's entrance. He landed gracefully and slapped some red goop on the surveillance camera. X easily pried open the doors with some simple lock-picking and guessing security codes. Seriously, what kind of security code is 1-2-3-4?

X heard a gasp behind him. He turned back to see two bystanders pointing at him and reaching for their phones. He easily trapped one of them with a net, but the other was able to run fast enough in time to get away. Guess X had to hurry then. Won't be long until someone calls the Titans to catch his tail.

He headed to the back rooms. That's where all the good stuff had to be. Jewelry stores wouldn't leave their most expensive stuff out for show. For people like him, it would be way too easy to get away with it. No, he had to find out where the special shipment was placed.

X picked his way though yet another door and surprise, surprise! There they were! Necklaces, earrings, and bracelets, some with stones as big as golf balls laid out for easy access. B-I-N-G-O. Maybe it was a little too easy. Shrugging off any doubts of his so-far good fortune, X pulled out a bag seemingly out of nowhere, from his handy, dandy belt. He started grabbing whatever loot he could get before he began hearing sirens in the distance. The Titans will be here any second.

As if on cue, Robin's distinct battle cry "Titans, Go!" filled X's ears. Of course the Titans would be here; no steal this big would've gone by unnoticed. It was too good to be true. X turned around to face his new foes for the second time; the first time didn't really count. Now it was business time.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the Teen Titans. I'm so glad you've come to join me, it only makes the heists that much more worth the while."

A/N: You've made it to the second chapter! Thank you so much for reading! Please feel free to leave me a review!