A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the late update, i always start around 9:30 and then this guy asked me out so i was excited and talking to him XD I DEDICATE THIS CHAPTER TO ANGELICA!
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I sit on my bed. What should I do? Though sneaking around is fun and exciting, I'm starting to think it's not worth it. But if I stop, Red-X will tell the team. Robin and I will be over. And, as if here to make my life worse, the alarm rings, and I swiftly run into my closet and put on my leotard and cloak as fast as my short legs let me. Then, I hear it. The thing I was hoping I wouldn't. Robin's shout, drifting and echoing as a short whisper through the hall. "Red-X."
Going to the coordinates I was told, I found myself standing in front of a museum. Typical. I walk inside to see the perpetrator had left it neat. All except for one broken case. I take a look but I'm not sure what was taken.
"Looking for this?" Red X appears in front of me holding a very large stone, which I assumed to be a ruby.
"I guess," I reply honestly, knowing it's just him, "What is it?"
"A ruby of course."
What is this, a museum or a jewelry store?
"Ok." I walk toward him with my hand outstretched in front of me, and with a lazy voice I declare, "Hand it over, X. Don't make this rough."
Of course, that's the moment when the other titans enter the building and we can hear the scampering of them.
"Oh! But, Sunshine! I know you like it rough," And with that, X sent a kick to my chest, and I skid to the floor with hitched breath. I stand up and wipe the dirt off of my leotard.
"Azarath, metrion, ZINTHOS!" My black aura swarmed into the air, grasping at X. He dodged it and flipped back, jumping off of Robin on the way. He turned and easily swiped Starfire from the air with a large red X and a smaller one over her eyes. He then landed a right hook to Robin's jaw. Robin landed on the ground but tumbled backwards and used his hands to spring himself up. He threw aimless punches in X's direction, and for once I wondered why Robin was so off his game. X didn't give me anymore time to think about that because he threw a net that captured Robin and X went on to his next victim.
He grabbed Beast Boy by his shirt, and flung him at the wall. Just as he turned to the older brother of the group, a blast from a certain blue sonic cannon hit his chest. He hit the ground for what seemed to be the first time today and quickly launched himself back up and sent a gooey X into the sonic cannon. With that he jumped up and landed four spinning kicks to Cyborg's chest. Cyborg landed onto the ground with the sound of scraping metal. I quickly found myself springing into action, only to have one wrist grabbed, then the other. He pulled my hands behind my back and taped them together using another X. He then pulled my arms up and sent a kick to my back, sending me to the floor for the second time today.
He turned with a graceful kick to Cyborg's head, then stuck a device on the robotic man's chest.
Cyborg gave a cocky smile, "Nice try, but you need to catch up," and he grabbed Red X and threw him onto the ground, quickly running over and pointing his gooed cannon at him. Red X smiled as Cyborg blasted it, only to have his arm blow up and him flying to the other wall with recoil.
Red X shot me a glance. "Pathetic," he muttered looking at me. I frowned and my eyebrows knit together. Pathetic? He's calling me pathetic? What's going on?
I squirmed and got back to my feet. There really isn't much I could do by this point.
"Give up. Face it, X," I spat his name with a certain snare, "You're not going to win."
He looked around at the defeated titans and then back at me. "And why not?"
"Because," I smirked pulling my arms into view where I held the ruby, "You underestimated me."
He looked at me, and I could almost feel his eyes widen under his mask. I took this time to take advantage of him. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" And I caught him in a black bubble.
But what now? Surely I couldn't arrest him. I would never. I have fallen too fast and too hard to just throw him away and lock him up. I looked to my other teammates. I can't just let him go either. I look at him through uneasy eyes. I could see that he wasn't going to teleport away. He's testing me. I look to him for further support. He seemingly scoffs at my frustration. Robin was ripping at the net.
"Are you going to help me?" He asked angrily.
A send an icy glare and in my best monotone I look at him, "Do you need help? Robin, it's a net, not a freaking torture chamber."
"It might as well be! There's no way out!" He grunted some more and X looked amused.
I walked over to help Robin, only to see his issue. The net didn't open or close anywhere! It looked as if it was built around him. The ropes wouldn't cut when we tried to with one of Robin's tools.
"How do you get out?" I reluctantly asked X.
"A magician never reveals his secrets," X replied.
"You're not a magician," I regard.
He sighed, "Bird Boy made it. I'm not sure how to get out."
I turned back to Robin who was still struggling.
"It's a switch," Robin explained, "on his belt."
"You heard him, let him go, X."
"Not until you let me go."
Knowing Robin wouldn't approve, I turn back to X knowing I had my way out. I dropped my aura and he did three things. One, he let Robin go. Two, he looked at me and said, "It's still my game. You're making it harder for yourself because now the level is going up." Three. He disappeared
I sat in my room rethinking what possibly could have happened. I know X and I are enemies, but we had a truce. Of course, when it came to this we tried be fair. But he had never been this tough on me before. Something was bothering him, though I wasn't sure what. And even though I didn't know much, I knew one thing. I would be seeing more of Red-X and less of Jason.
9:00pm. I sit in my room. There has to be a cheat to this stupid game. Anything. I need a way out. I have to be at X's house at 10:00.
"Knock, knock," Robin says, coming in without actually knocking.
"Hey," I reply, just a tad distracted.
"Hey. So, uh, I hate to do it, but I guess I have to play the leader now," he informs me.
"Okay," I brace myself, placing the bear next to my giant stuffed chicken.
"HOW COULD YOU LET X GO?" He yells, his face turning red. He so did not hate to do that…
"SO I COULD FREE YOU!" I defend myself, "If I could catch X that time, I could do it again. Plus, he could have just teleported away!"
"BUT HE DIDN'T! We had him, Rae!"
I look down at my lap, maybe that would've been my way out. Him in jail, I wouldn't have to visit him. Why did I let him go?
"Well, I can't change much now…"
"Yes, but this is for the future. In the mean time…" He starts, taking a seat next to me on the bed. He smiles at me, leaning in and kissing me. It started out as a typical Robin kiss, but then he pulled me closer, deepening the kiss. He opened his lips, causing my lips to open too, and he quickly invaded my mouth. The kiss was rough and heated, but sweet and he seemed to also be gentle. He gently placed one hand on my hip, pulling me onto his lap. He placed the other on my breast. It wasn't like him to cop a feel, he's changed since Jason and my date.
He stood up and laid me on the bed, leaning over me as he unclipped his cape and tossed it to the ground. He retired from our kiss as he messed with his utility belt. He placed hot kisses down my neck and across my chest. He began messing with my cloak and I pulled his hands away, hoping he's get the message. He didn't because he reached up and tried again, I pushed him off of me and stood up, pulling my cloak around my body.
"Sorry, not tonight, Cutie," I tell him. Oh great, now I'm using stupid nicknames.
He looked befuddled, but he stood up and grabbed his belt with a hurt expression, "Oh, you goin to the 'café' again, tonight?"
I look at him. Obviously he knows it's not a café I go to. "No. I'm just tired."
"Do you wanna sleep in my room?" he asks.
"No, I uh, I have my period, Robin."
His mouth makes an 'O'. "Right, got it," he replies, kissing my forehead. "G'night."
I show up at X's house at exactly 10:00pm. Just as I'm about to knock on the door, it opens. As I put on my best glare for X, a see him kissing another girl.
"I'll miss you," she giggles. He's not in his Red-X costume. He's dressed as Jason.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll miss you too, Sunshine. But you have to go, I have work at 10."
"Okay, Jay, see ya later, Baby," She replies, turning so I can see her face and bumping into me. She's very pretty. She has an olive completion and long legs. She's tall and curvy, but very skinny. She laughed a bit then flipped her hair over her shoulder, "Excuse you. Like, didn't you see me coming?"
I raise one eyebrow, "No, but it's my first night with my new eyes. Is tonight your first night on those chicken legs, and when's your first night with a brain?"
She looked at me, running a tongue across her teeth, "Aha, funny, so, comedian or a clown? I'm guessing clown but that could just be your make-up."
"I don't wear make-up," I step closer to her, crossing my arms over my chest, "I don't need cosmetics to look beautiful. Though, since cosmetics obviously don't work for you, I suggest a paper bag."
"For what? Your face?"
"If it helps me block out your face then, sure."
"You want trouble, because-"
"Yeah, I want trouble," I cut her off, "So save the stupid speech, because so far nothing that has come out of your mouth has been important.
Her face hardened, "Excuse me?"
"All I mean is, does everyone picture tape over your mouth so early in the conversation?"
"Maybe, but you jus-"
"Save it, bitch."
She smirked, "Who are you calling a bitch?"
"Gosh, I don't know, what's your name again?"
The girl laughed a cold laugh then swung at me, I caught her hand with my black aura. Her face shown with fear as she tried to struggle out of my grasp. She began to cry in frustration, swinging the other arm at me, that I caught with my free hand and twisted it back. Just as it was about to break-
"RAVEN!" Jason yelled, running over to us and trying to release the blonde.
I let her go and stepped back.
"OMG!" The bimbo squeaked, "You're Raven? From the teen titans?"
"Uh yes, sorry, it must have been the purple hair, EVERYONE has it!" I said sarcastically, "Oh, and the uniform I'm wearing. I look nothing like Raven!"
She huffs and her eyebrows tighten together.
"Samantha, this is my cousin, Raven. Raven, this is my girlfriend, Samantha," he introduced.
I got that lump in my throat, but I swallowed and managed a small smile, but my eyes were heavy with tears, I blinked them back. I found my breathing hard.
"Nice to meet you," I answer coolly, sticking my hand out. She steps back a bit.
"Yeah, nice meeting you," she turns to Jason, placing her hand on his muscular chest. "See you tomorrow night." She leaned up and placed her lips to his and seeing him kiss her just gave me the worst feeling.
I turned away from them and into his apartment. I walked straight to the bathroom, closing and locking the door behind me. I let out a soft sob, letting the tears fall down my face. I feel like my heart was just broken into a million pieces, then danced on.
I took some toilet paper and dabbed my eyes, I'm not supposed to care. He's nothing to me. But when he called me his cousin, I almost dropped. My legs are weak, my heart is broken, and my mind is cluttered.
I wiped my eyes once more and made myself presentable, walking back into his apartment to see him sitting on the couch. He turns to look at me, getting up and coming to me. He put both hands on my lower back, arching my back toward him and resting his forehead on mine.
"Hello, Sunshine," He says, kissing me. I tightened my lips, but melted against his body. I pulled away from him and looked at him, my tears threatening to stain my face once more.
"Stop acting like nothing happened, Jason! Who was that? Why was she here?"
He looked at me, seemingly taken aback by my questions. "You know the answers to those questions."
I took a deep breath. His girlfriend, and sex.
"How long?" I asked.
Red-X
"How long?" She asks. Her eyes are glistening with tears, and I can see she's hurt. I heard her crying in the bathroom. I didn't think she'd be that attached to me.
The answer to her question is 'About a day now, and as long as I continue to supply her with that jewelry I steal.' Though I wouldn't tell her that. I know how she feels, that was the point! She knows how I felt now! Hurt, broken, betrayed. I smirk.
"Two years."
"TWO YEARS?" she now lets the tears roll down her face. She lets her face fall, looking down at the floor. "Two years…" she sobs.
"Yes."
"You're cheating on me…"
"I guess, not that we have anything to cheat on, right?" I smirk, bringing back my smug expression as I re-use her words.
"YEAH! WE DO!" She decides.
"Then, you're cheating on me too."
She looks away, placing her head into her hand.
"Yeah, why couldn't you tell me about her? Maybe then this could've been avoided!" She yells.
"Nothing to tell, there's nothing between you and me."
She wipes away her tears and sends me a glare.
"Well, are you ready to get this show on the road?" I ask her.
"I can't just act like nothing happened, Jason."
I shoot her glare back to her, "I acted like nothing happened for you."
Raven POV
His comment makes my heart sink. This is what this is about? He's playing me, with my own games! So, this is how he felt. I should've known. He's such a pompous asshole he has to make me feel the way I make him feel, before telling me anything.
"Is that what this is about?"
"Stop trying to make this about you, Raven!" He counters.
"Ok, then who is this about?" I ask, popping my hip to the side and placing my hands on my hips.
"Us."
"Us? You just said there is no 'us'."
"THOSE WERE YOUR WORDS! I like you, Raven. Okay? Is that what you want to hear? I like you! You hurt me, Rae! Robin and I? You can only have one, Rae, and I'm sick of sharing."
I gape at him. Exactly what I didn't want to happen. I didn't want to feel anything if he ever said that. I do though. Because I like him too. A LOT!
"You could have left at any time. You could have stopped. You're the one making me come back…"
"I didn't want to lose you. Of course I'd tell you to come back. Before I used to take and break in and all that fun stuff, and I was all good with seeing you then, but I wanted more. Now I got you, and like a good thief, I won't give you back. But you came here on your own today."
I just look at him, just barely being able to process his words. "I came because you told me too."
"But when do you ever listen, Rae?" He smirked, "Listen, this isn't my thing. If you want romance and drama go to Bird Boy, but there is no way I wanna get caught in this scene again."
I smile, "Then, let's get to business." I pull him to me, kissing him lightly.
