The next morning Argent woke to find her teammates finally back from their respective journeys.
"'bout time you guys got back, you have no idea what I've been through these last couple of days" She lied, but she wanted her team to be here until the Titans returned.
"Looks like our troubles have just gotten a little better, our friend switchblade is up to something" Kid Flash commented while looking at the TV. The 10:00 news was on.
This is reporter Darren Roberts coming to you from downtown Jump City where the attempted robbery of the Van Gogh Memorial Art Museum was a shocking story, but it got more surprising from there. The robbery was stopped by Switchblade, who was responsible for five bank robberies of his own this week. When asked about his actions, he simply replied, "I made a promise to a friend" before running off. He still has a warrant for his arrest regardless of this this act of heroism. More on this story as it develops.
"Hey guys, I'll go check it out." Argent said blankly.
"You need any backup?" Hot Spot asked.
"I'll call if I do." She replied
Switchblade was walking around the Roseton borough of Jump City. He didn't know what to do from here, this was the first hero-like thing he had done in months. Usually when he was a villain he robbed a place, supplying him with food and housing for a month before rent, where he would just go to one city to the next repeating the process of rob, eat, and leave.
He crossed an alleyway with a pool hall entrance down the way. He always liked pool, just another way to get his mind off things. He quickly changed into his civilian clothes in a nearby by bathroom. As he changed, he could feel his soul transform from Switchblade back to Jeff. His uniform was very flexible so he just hid it under his clothes. When Jeff was only five feet from the pool hall door, a dark figure appeared behind him.
"Well, well my little brother has finally found his place in the world." The figure said sarcastically
"What do you want Will?" Jeff asked monotony.
"It's been awhile since I've abandoned that name, if you were smart at all you would leave this whole "Jeff Sydal" business and stick with Switchblade. And what I want is for you to quit being a hero, remember the last time you did something like that?"
"Well if your not Will, than what should I call you, because I'm sure as hell not calling you brother." Jeff retorted coldly.
"You can call me Red X, and this is a warning" He said, quickly shoving a dagger into Jeff's shoulder. "You go against me, and you'll die because of me." He continued as he pulled the dagger out of Jeff's shoulder. With that Red X disappeared, leaving Jeff as he fell down grunting in pain.
Jeff heard footsteps running toward him, he pulled out a dagger of his own thinking it was Will, coming to finish the job. But when Jeff looked up he saw it was Argent.
"Toni, get out of here. He'll come for you too." Jeff managed to say.
"I'd like to see him try, come on." She replied while picking him up off the ground, "I know a safe place we can go."
Argent flew to Titan's Tower, while hanging on to Jeff's shoulders. When they entered the structure, She led him into the main room. The four boys were shocked to see Argent leading the bloody ex-villain towards them. Kid Flash pulled her aside
"Have you gone insane? Why did you bring him here?" He questioned
"Don't worry, I worked out a deal with him. I trust him" Argent replied.
"Ok, If you trust him, I will too. Take him to the infirmary before he loses too much blood."
Argent fallowed his orders and led Jeff to the infirmary. It was a little dark inside the room, and it took a while for Argent to find the bandages. Jeff was able to rap most of his shoulder up, but he started to become faint, so Argent finished the bandaging.
"Thanks for helping me Toni" Jeff said, breaking the silence.
"It's no problem, I'm happy you stopped those robbers. I half expected to never hear from you again."
Jeff laughed, " I wanted to prove that I could change, and it kind of felt good to be a hero again"
"And I bet you wanted to finish that kiss too?" Argent continued
"Yeah, that too" Jeff said, continuing to laugh. He leaned in and kiss her again, it filled him with the same amount of happiness as the first time he kissed her on the cheek.
After about five minutes of kissing each other more passionately then they thought humanly possible, Kid Flash walked in.
"So this is the "deal" you two had worked out?"
Argent quickly walked out the door with Kid Flash.
"So I like the guy, so what? She asked
"He used to be a criminal!"
"So was Jinx!"
Kid Flash realized he had been defeated not to long ago he was in the same place she was, " I'm Sorry. If you like him, I'll try to be civil" He finally said.
"Thank you" She replied and walked back into the infirmary.
"What was they about?" Jeff asked.
"Nothing" She replied "I just explained to him how you're my boyfriend."
"Boyfriend?" Jeff repeated.
"Yeah" Argent said smiling as she held his hands. The two looked into one another's eyes and for once, they both felt truly happy.