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Chapter 17
Red X typed away at the computer that showed the images from the cameras he had set up around their hide out. On one of the screens was Micheal who sat next to Raven with nothing but devotion in his eyes. Red X began to remember when Micheal looked at him like that and it put a sting of jealousy in him to see someone else in his place.
Flashback
"James!" Micheal called out from the backyard of the orphanage
"What's wrong little brother?" James came running
"someone wants to adopt us!" Micheal danced excitedly as much as his eight year old body would allow.
James smiled at his younger twin brother and felt a swell of hope he had thought had died along with his parents. But before he could feel anymore happiness at being adopted, Mrs. homes came out of the orphanage. She was worried and a look of aprehension was on her face as she approached the boys.
"Micheal, James, I have to talk to you both" Mrs. homes said as she kneeled down to the boys' eye level.
"we know! Someone is going to adopt us" Micheal exclaimed happily
"Not exactly Micheal" Mrs. homes said
"What do you mean?" James asked as he wrapped an arm around Micheal's shoulders
"The couple only wants to adopt Micheal. You, James, are going to a foster home" Mrs. homes told the boys in a soft and regretful tone.
"No, I don't want to leave my brother" Micheal declared as he clung to his brother
"James, we talked about this remember?" Mrs. homes asked James
James remembered that Mrs. homes told him once that it might occur that a couple would only want one child and not both of them.
"Can I talk to my brother?" James asked as he began to think of ways to tell his brother they would be separated.
Once Mrs. homes left James took Micheal's hand and took him to their place.
"Let's runaway!" Micheal told James once no one could hear
"But Micheal you always wanted a family" James tried to reason with Micheal
"You are my family" Micheal said and tears began to fall from his eyes
"I will never leave you..." James paused and looked at his brother
"Promise?" Micheal asked hopeful
"Yes, don't worry I won't let anyone seperate us" James said
The boys ran away together that night.
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"Look what I got Micheal" James said as he walked into the abandoned house they lived in
"I love strawberries!" Micheal exclaimed as he saw what his brother had for him
"He I met this man today" James told Micheal as they ate the fruits
"I thought you said we were suppose to stay hidden" Micheal said confused as to why his brother talked to a stranger.
"This man is like us Micheal. He has to steal to survive and other stuff." James explained as he thought about the strange man.
"What did he say?" Micheal asked as he ate more fruit
"He said he can help us so we won't be stuck in a place like this. He is a little weird but he says he has a plan to make the world a better place for people like us." James explained as he thought about it
"I don't think we need that guy" Micheal said as he leaned back on his hands and a smirk came on his face
"Maybe we do. We can barely call how we live living, Micheal. I want to give you a better life bro" James began the same speech that he gave Micheal since they left the orpanage 6 years ago.
"If you think we should trust this guy then ok?" Micheal said as he jumped up to face his brother
"You really trust me that much?" James asked doubtful of his brother's words
"Of course, you are my brother and you always want the best for me" Micheal answered
"I'll always look out for you bro" James said as he and Micheal clasped forearms
"what's this guys name anyway?" Micheal asked
"Slade"
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"Micheal hurry they're right behind us" James warned as they ran in their black burglar attire
"What the heck does slade want with this stuff anyway" Micheal asked as they jumped from rooftop to rooftop.
"Stop comlaining and hurry" James said in an irritated tone
Both boys made it to the abandoned factory where slade told them to meet
"You are late" came the ominous voice of slade who came out of the darkness
"This one here got cold feet" James said in a teasing tone
"If you don't like this life style Micheal maybe you should find another occupation" Slade said in a tone with slight irritation
"No, I'm I just want to know what all this stuff is for" Micheal said as he remembered all the stuff Slade had told them to steal.
"Micheal! After all he has done for us you question him?" James asked as he stood beside Slade
"N..no I was just wondering" Micheal said in a small voice at his brother's reprimand
"Maybe you shouldn't think so much next time" Slade said as he turned to get the boys their mpney for this robbery
"WHY would you say something like that?" James asked Micheal once Slade was gone
"I'm sorry it was just a question" Micheal flinched at his brother's tone. Ever since they had started working for Slade James had become more angry
"He took us out of poverty and now we have all we could ever want-"
"But freedom" Micheal said in a tired tone
"What?" James asked when Micheal turned and walked away from him
"We can't go out anymore. We have to constantly hide and be on the run" Micheal said as he stared out the factory window into the night sky.
"I'm sorry I guess I have been enjoying the adrenaline so much that I didn't notice how much things were changing" James said as he sat next to Micheal
"I want to stop all this and get back to working for ourselves not for anyone else" Micheal said as he looked at his brother
"Alright we will just get paid for this job and leave" James promised as they clasped forearms
But before they could talk further of the future the factory began to fill with gas.
"What's going on?" Micheal asked covering his mouth and looking around frantically
"Sorry boys but I don't like being backstabbed" Slade said as he stood at an open window near the ceiling.
"We won't say anything" Micheal promised as he and James tried to find a way out
"I don't want to take that chance" Slade said as he turned and lept out the window. All the windows began to be sealed shut by metal shutters.
"What are we going to do?" Micheal asked as he watched all their escape routes be closed off
"That window is stuck open, hurry!" James yelled as he grabbed Micheal's hand and pulled him towards the exit.
"I...c...cant breath" Micheal gasped and began to trip over his own feet
"Hold on...just...a little more" James gasped as he pulled Micheal onto his back.
James climbed as fast as he could to the window but only one person could fit through and he was quickly running out of strength.
"Go on Bro" James whispered as he pushed Micheal out the window with the last of his strength.
Police came and found James' body hanging out of the window with a weak pulse and he was rushed to the hospital. Later he was taken to prison with charges for both him and his brother.
Micheal woke later with no memory but that of his name and that of someone named James. After wandering into the next town over he was found by a couple and adopted.
End flashback
Red X removed his mask to reveal the face of James. He rubbed his face with his hand and sighed from the events that had led to that day. Guilt still gripped his heart for it was his fault that his brother had to go through so much.
"Why isn't she waking up?" Micheal's voice filled the room James was in
"I'm not sure she is probably fighting her inner emotions or something" James answered and erased all the fatigue he felt. At one point he wouldn't bother hiding his problems because Micheal knew him so well. But James was realizing that this was no longer the brother he had all those years ago. Micheal had a dark sadistic side that could be the effects of the gas that had nearly killed them. James would have gone as far to say that his brother was evil but he couldn't bring himself to do that.
"How are we going to get that sample from her soulself if she won't wake up?" Micheal asked as he paced the room with a slightly irritated look on his face.
"I have an idea" James said as he put his Red X mask on. He found it easier to deal with this new situation.
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"What is a pheonix?" starfire asked Cy while beastboy was in the background fighting off an enraged eagle.
"It's a Greek Mythological creature that when it dies it goes up in flames and is reborn from its ashes." Cy told Starfire as he taped away at his robotic arm.
"Oh like the birds of my home planet-"
"Dudes lets go before that eagle comes back for my head!" Beastboy yelled as he grabbed Starfire's hand and pulled her towards Cy's car.
"Why did you not simply ask the eaagle for his feather? Are you not able to turn into a eaagle too?" Starfire asked as they drove away from the screeching eagle
"Uh..." Beastboy pondered her question
"Starfire did you say you have pheonix's on your home planet?" Cy asked her as he drove away from the mountain.
"yes but my home planet is a weeks journey from earth" Starfire answered as she looked at the list Robin gave them
"I think the league has a way to transport almost instantly to another planet. You can go while beastboy and I go looking for the other items." Cy said as he continued to drive
"Do you think Robin found Raven yet?" Beastboy asked as he starred out the window.
"I hope so" Cy answered with a strained tone
"Let us collect the items on Robin's list" Starfire told the others with a hopeful tone
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"You should be getting close. The signal is coming from somewhere in that area" Batman's voice flowed into Robin's ear from the ear piece he had.
"Remind me later to ask how and when you put trackers on the students" Robin told Batman as he jumped onto the rooftop of what looked like an old factory.
"Contact the tower when you find her. I will be looking for any information I can find on Micheal and see if Red X has made an apperance anywhere else. Be careful" Batman said before he cut the connection
Robin smiled faintly at the words his mentor said to him.
"Its time to set up our plan Raven" Robin said as he found a secluded private place. He began to take things out of a bag he had tied to his belt. Raven had given his all the knowledge of how to perform the Anchor ceremony so he could perform it.
The only thing he had left was to get Raven back before sundown in an hour. Batman had given him an area where she could be.
"If I were a syco villan where would I take her?" Robin asked himself as he stood at the top of the roof. There was a couple of wearhouses surrounding the abandoned factory he was standing ontop of but they would take too long to look at individually.
"They have to have chosen some place where they won't be at risk of being interrupted." Robin thought out loud as an idea came to mind. A smile curved across his face as he pulled out his communicator to call the league.
"This is Superman" The man of steel's voice came from the communicator
"Hey it's Robin and I need an underground grid of my location" Robin said as he activated a high tech computer in his mask.
"Okay give me a minute, I'll send it to you" Superman answered and there was a pause as he sent the information.
After a couple of minutes an image appeared before Robin's eyes and he could see a network of tunnels and what looked basements under the wearhouses.
"It is a really old underground system of tunnels that could at once been part of the bomb shelters from back in the 1940s" Superman told Robin as information having to do with the tunnels appeared on his mask.
"Is there suppose to be any activity going on in there?" Robin asked even if he already knew the answer to this
"No, those tunnels have been closed off for years" Superman told Robin matter-of-factly
"Thanks" Robin thanked Superman as a smile came on his face
Robin cut the comlink and jumped from the building. He found an entrance to what looked like a large circular bomb shelter. The entrance was in the center of the wearhouses.
There was a old water pump hiding the tunnel into the underground tunnels. Once he had moved the pump he put a small red bat shaped mark next to the hole. With a grappling hook attached to the top of the hole, Robin began to lower himself down.
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"Well it seems our guest is here at last" Red X said to Micheal as they watched the computer screen that showed Robin lowering himself into their hide out.
"You sure she will come to his rescue?" Micheal asked as he glanced at the screen that showed Raven.
"Even if she doesn't then we get rid of this nuisance and she will be free. Two birds with one stone if you ask me" Red X told Micheal as he began to push a few buttons. Boy Wonder was in for a big surprise when he got to the bottom of that hole.
"Let the fun begin"
A/N: I need help writing the final battle between Red X and Robin guys so help me out a little. Enjoy and review this chapter thanks