Hello everyone! Welcome to the second chapter of the third season, where the Titans encounter an enemy from their past that they thought long gone. How will Sora affect the story and will we figure out who is under the mask? We shall see. I hope you guys had a great Christmas and have a great New Year's Eve planned. With that said, on with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Teen Titans

Chapter 31: X

Sora was sitting in the living room of the Tower going through the Kingdom Hearts book. He was so fascinated by whomever wrote it, since they had such knowledge about the Heartless, the Keyblade, and Kingdom Hearts.

"Makes me wonder if Master Yen Sid wrote this," Sora said to himself as he continued through the pages. But he wasn't just going through the book because it interested him, it's also because he was still looking for the answer behind his keyblade's transformation. A few days ago, after the battle with Brother Blood and the H.I.V.E, the Titans began an investigation of the new string of criminals and innocent people being attacked by a mysterious figure. After seeing the scene, Sora was certain that the figure was Sephiroth, especially after he had a conversation with one of the injured criminals.

(Two days ago)

The Teen Titans arrived at another attack scene where three criminals were found by the police, covered in cuts and burn marks. The team walked up to the captain of the Jump City Police Department to get more info.

"Hey Captain," Robin said, getting his attention.

"Hey guys," The Captain said as he took his hat off and rubbed his head.

"Is this attack just like the others?" Starfire asked.

"Yeah, third one to happen this week. We got the call from the store a few hours ago but when a couple of my men got there, they were already gone. We found them like this 30 mins later. Do you guys have any leads or ideas on who is doing this?" the Captain asked.

"It's someone that I've dealt with before Cap. He was one of the toughest enemies I ever fought in my life and the fact that he's here, tells me he wants a rematch," Sora said. The Captain let out a breath as he looked at the criminals being treated by medics.

"Do you have any idea what he's planning?" Captain asked, with Sora shaking his head.

"When it came to me and him, he always challenged me to a direct fight. One-on-one. But now…I have no idea," Sora said. Meanwhile, one of the criminals was being wheeled out of the scene but as he passed Sora, he grabbed him by the arm, catching the boy's attention.

"He said he had a message for you! He did this to us because of you! He has returned and nothing will stop him from taking the keyblade from you! Especially your friends!" the criminal yelled as the medics took him away.

"Will they make it?" Raven asked.

"Yeah, the doctors concluded that each slash and burn wasn't fatal, just to cause pain," the Captain said. Rose looked over at Sora, who had a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"You okay?" Rose asked. Sora responded with a smile.

"Yeah, just thinking," Sora said as he ran over to the criminals and casted a Cure spell on them, healing them of their injuries.

"I will stop him. I've done it before and I can do it again," Sora said with a determined look on his face.

(Present)

Sora marked the page he was on and closed the book as he went to the kitchen to get something to eat. He hasn't found much about transformations yet but he knew he will soon and then when the time comes, he'll give Sephiroth the rematch he's desired for a long time. He found a red apple and began to bite into it when suddenly the alarms went off and the others came running in. Sora sighed as he threw the apple away and joined his friends.

'You wanna get to them Sephiroth, you gotta go through me,' Sora vowed.

(Later, in the middle of Jump City)

The Titans found themselves in a secured building with multiple security systems installed all around. They were currently chasing after a shadowed thief, who was skinny, was wearing a cape, and was wearing black clothes. Rose wasn't with them as she decided to help out with investigating Sephiroth's attacks, leaving the usual six. They continued chasing after him when suddenly the thief stopped in the middle of a room filled with wooden boxes and moonlight was pouring in from a window on the roof. The thief then turned around to face them, making all the Titans freeze in their place, for standing in front of them was a suit of armor that the Boy Wonder use to wear.

"Red-X! That's impossible!" Sora said as his eyes widened The Red-X suit was standing in front of them in all its glory, clearly being worn by someone else. It hasn't changed at all since it had all the things Robin used when he wore it.

"I thought Robin was Red-X?!" Beast Boy questioned as Robin narrowed his eyes at the thief.

"Think again," Red-X said, this time with a higher-pitch sounding voice, as he raises both arms into the air and launches a salvo of red Xs from his palms. The Titans quickly take cover, except Raven, who created a shield around her to protect herself. She looked up to see the thief flying towards with a kick, so she created another shield in front of her but he teleported past it and kicked her feet out from under her. He pulled out another X, intending to cut her but Sora knocked the X out of his hand with the keyblade and attacked him but Red-X managed to block the swings before blasting him away with a red blast, knocking Sora into a few crates. The rest of the Titans attempted to hit him but this new wearer of the suit proved to be just as elusive and dangerous as Robin was, managing to outmaneuver and bring them down. The team quickly recovered and surrounded Red-X as the unknown person stood there with a confident stance.

"Come on, kids. X marks the spot," Red-X said with a snarky tone. The Titans attacked but once again, he dodged the projectiles and attacks from the team before landing on a stack of crates. However, he didn't notice Robin, who tackled X to the ground as they tumbled away from each other. Robin quickly pulls out a birdarang and threw it at his former suit but he vanished out of the way as the birdarang went back to its owner. Red-X appeared behind Robin readying a fist but Robin moved out of the way before dropping to the floor and tried to kick back but Red-X blocked it with his fist and used Robin's boot to sail over him. Robin goes in for a punch but the thief manages to block the first one and the next one before leaping into the air and attempted to kick Robin but the team leader caught the foot and tossed him into a stack of crates then grabbing him by the mask.

"Who are you?!" Robin demanded.

"If I wanted you to know that, would I be wearing a mask?" Red-X joked before grabbing Robin by the wrist and electrocuting him while following up with a punch to the face, sending him crashing into another stack of crates The other Titans run in to help out as Sora and Raven ready to blast Red-X but the thief throws a small X in between the two, zapping them both as their projectiles hit the other.

"Looks like you got your wires crossed," Red-X said when suddenly the other Titans attacked as well but Red-X managed to pin Starfire against a wall and flirted with her for a little before getting a face full of starbolts and dropping Beast Boy and Cyborg into a newly created fissure. He made his way over to Robin and pushed him aside from the crates he landed on to reveal an object laying beneath him. Red-X clears away the debris to show a white revolver like device with several barrels bored through a cylindrical block. Red-X picked up the device as Robin ran after him.

"I won't let you get away with-" Robin began to say when something impacted his legs and made him fall over. Red-X stopped running as he turned and saw Robin on the ground. He spun the device in his hand and holstered it in his belt like a gun.

"Better luck next time, kid. And thanks for the suit," Red-X said about to press his belt and disappear when suddenly he was electrocuted by a blast. "What the? Come on, come on!" Red-X said as his belt short circuited. He looked up to see Sora flying towards him.

"Heads up," Sora said as he shot more blasts from his keyblade.

"Great," Red-X said as he ran for the window roof. Sora followed him out as X punched the front of his belt, reactivating it. They ran towards the edge of the roof as Sora leaped towards him but missed as Red-X jumped out of reach.

"Catch ya later," X saluted as he disappeared. Sora shook his head as the other Titans caught up with him.

"I almost had him too," Sora said. Suddenly, Starfire started poking Robin's shoulder over and over.

"Hey! Star! Ow! That hurts!" Robin said as he grabbed her wrist.

"Then you are not a hologram?" Starfire asked.

"No, of course not," Robin said. But she looked unconvinced as she continued to poke all over his body.

"The last time we faced the Red-X, he was you in disguise, and you were not really there," Starfire said until Robin pushed her away, annoyed.

"STARFIRE, CUT IT OUT!" Robin yelled as Starfire complied.

"He is not a hologram," Starfire concluded with a smile on her face.

"He could still be a robot. Check him for batteries," Beast Boy said to Cyborg as he placed a rubber glove on his hand.

"Whoa! I don't think we need to go that far, guys!" Sora said, as he stood in front of Robin.

"I promise, it wasn't me," Robin said as the others glanced at each other in concern. Robin began to walk away from them as he continued. "Red-X was a mistake, a mistake I won't ever make again," he said. The others looked at each other in worry as they followed Robin.

(Back at the Tower)

"Robin?" Sora asked as he looked for his friend. After coming back, they decided to have a group meeting to discuss this but the Titans couldn't find Robin. So, now Sora was looking for him. He continued down a hallway after checking Robin's room and finding it empty.

"Robin, where are y-Whoa!" Sora said as he finally found his leader standing in front of a huge vault, with the vault door torn from it's hinges and the board that held the suit now empty.

"Robin," Sora said, getting his attention. "Everyone's waiting for you in the living room," Sora said. Robin nodded as he walked away as Sora stared at the vault before following him. "How did he even get into the vault? That door looked way to heavy for him to bust open!" Sora asked.

"I don't know. But when I find him, I will find out," Robin said.

"I thought you said that you destroyed the suit after the battle with Slade," Sora said.

"A lie. To make sure no one else could use it. And even if I wanted to I couldn't, the fuel for the suit was too unstable to destroy," Robin said.

"Ok, then there should be a way to trace the fuel and find him right?" Sora asked.

"Maybe," Robin said.

"Robin, look I know your gonna take this seriously, well more seriously than normal but just know that its not just your responsibility," Sora said.

"The last time I wore that suit, I kidnapped you and hurt the others. It's definitely feeling like my responsibility for whoever is wearing it now," Robin said as they entered the living room, only to see Beast Boy sailing towards the kitchen and crash into it, making a bunch of food fly up around him.

"Face it. Red-X could be anyone. Anyone smart enough to find the suit and dumb enough to take it for a joyride," Raven said.

"And when Robin returns, he will help us to discover who," Starfire said.

"Present," Sora said getting everyone's attention as Robin walked up to the computer.

"It doesn't matter. I created Red-X. Every system, every weapon. Whoever's inside that suit, he's my responsibility," Robin said as Sora looked worried.

"Well, if we're gonna catch him, we at lest need to figure out what he's after," Cyborg said.

"I already know," Robin said as he pressed a key on the computer, making the computer show a picture of an X shaped molecule. "Xenothium. The fuel that powers the suit," Robin said as everyone, except Sora, Beast Boy, and Robin, gasped in fear and worry.

"Aw, man, I never understand anything!" Beast Boy said as he stomped away in annoyance.

"Xenothium?! You powered that suit with Xenothium?! Are you crazy, man? That stuff is dangerous, and unstable! Tell me you were not stupid enough to go messing with it!" Cyborg ranted at Robin, who simply stood there in silence.

"Uh, what exactly is Xenoth-uhm?" Sora asked.

"Xenothium. It's a chemical compound that's used to supply super-powered things like guns, cannons and in this case, Red-X's suit," Raven explained.

"Than what's so dangerous about it?" Sora asked.

"The compound is very unstable and volatile. As the molecular structure breaks down, it will release the energy resulting in radioactive decay," Starfire said.

"Uh what?" Sora asked.

"If it's destroyed, it will vaporize anyone in it's area," Raven explained, making Sora's eyes widened in shock.

"And you used it knowing what could happen to you if it was destroyed?!" Sora asked Robin, who released a held in breath after everyone's surprise.

"Like I said, it was a mistake. The scanner Red-X stole will locate any Xenothium within a ten-mile radius," Robin said as the scanner appeared on the screen.

"So we must locate it first," Starfire said. Cyborg walked up to the computer and plugged in a cable from his chest as he began typing something.

"X isn't the only one with a scanner. I'm downloading the molecular signature and transmitting to your communicators," Cyborg said.

"Thanks. But I won't need it," Robin said as he walked towards the door.

"Robin, wait. How are you gonna find it without a scanner?" Sora asked as he chased after him.

"The same way I found it the first time," Robin said as the door closed behind him. Sora released a breath in worry for his team leader.

"Friends, I am concerned for Robin. I fear he will take this situation too seriously," Starfire said.

"Uh, have you met Robin?" Beast Boy said.

"She has a point. Whenever it comes to things like this, he starts to think that only he can deal with it," Sora said.

"Yeah, and most of the time leaves us hanging with nothing," Cyborg said.

"Look, Robin is Robin. There's nothing we can do to change that. The best thing we can do is look for the best Xenothium site and hope Robin catches up," Raven said.

"Alright, let's check them out and see what we can find," Sora said. The Titans nodded as they left the room as Stitch got to work cleaning up the mess Beast Boy made when he crashed.

(Later, in the city)

Sora walked around a part of the city tracking the signature of any possible Xenothium cores around the city but he hasn't found any trace so far.

"Man, this Xenothium stuff is hard to find," Sora said as his communicator went off. He opened it to see Rose on the screen. "Hey, Rose. Whassup?" Sora said.

"Nothing much. Just wanted to see if anything knew came up," Rose said.

"Oh, yeah. So, do you remember Robin's Red-X suit?" Sora asked.

"Yeah, I remember. What about it?" Rose asked.

"Well, someone stole it from him and is using the suit to steal things," Sora said.

"What?! Someone stole something from Robin?" Rose said in shock.

"I know right? I was surprised too," Sora said.

"Wait, I thought Robin destroyed the suit," Rose stated.

"We thought that too but he actually locked it up in this huge vault back in the Tower. But somehow, someone broke in and stole it from him," Sora said.

"So, someone broke into the Tower, got into Robin's secured vault, and made off with the Red-X suit?" Rose asked.

"Yeaaaah," Sora said sheepishly.

"Hhm, did you learn anything about the thief?" Rose asked.

"No, he used the suit just like Robin and there didn't seem to be anything else special about him," Sora said.

"Then how did he get inside the Tower?" Rose asked.

"We don't know. Hopefully, we can figure that out when he catch him," Sora said.

"I see. Well, I wish I could help but I'm still following up on our mysterious attacker," Rose said.

"Right, any luck with anything?" Sora asked.

"Nothing yet. Just more attacks. This Sephiroth guy is just attacking anyone who comes his way: criminals, people, excluding children and a bunch of others. Though he hasn't attacked any official people yet, like the mayor or any big criminals either," Rose said.

"I see. We have to find him soon or else more people will get hurt," Sora said.

"We will. I just have to get a good trace on him is all," Rose said.

"All right, I'll let you get back to it, Rose," Sora said.

"Ok, good luck with the thief Sora. Tell the others I said hey," Rose said.

"I will. See ya soon, Rose," Sora said with a smile. She waved goodbye as she canceled the call. Sora was about to close his communicator when it suddenly rang again. Sora answered to see Cyborg and the others.

"West side's clean. You guys find anything yet?" Cyborg asked.

"Nothing in the middle of the city," Sora said.

"Thus far, my search has been unsuccessful," Starfire responded.

"What they said," Beast Boy said.

"Ditto," Raven stated. Suddenly, the picture cut to static as it transitioned to Robin's face

"Titans! I know where Red-X is going to strike. Sending coordinates," Robin said as a location appeared on Sora's communicator.

"Got it. Heading there now," Sora said as he jumped up the walls and flew towards the building.

(Later, at the Tech Company)

Sora flew through the air as he found the building where Robin was waiting at the edge of the roof for everyone else. He landed as Robin continued to stare out into the city, with his cape over his shoulder.

"Hey Robin. You doing alright?" Sora asked.

"Yeah, just…thinking," Robin said. Sora walked up to him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"We'll find him and we'll stop him," Sora said. The team leader smiled as he pat Sora on the shoulder.

"I hope so," Robin said. The two waited on the others as Beast Boy came flying in as an owl and landed next to them.

"So, you're pretty much kicking yourself for not getting rid of that Red-X suit when you had the chance, huh?" Beast Boy said. Robin gritted his teeth in anger at the response. "Uh, forget I said anything," Beast Boy said.

"He couldn't destroy the suit. The core of the suit was too dangerous to get rid of, right?" Sora asked and Robin nodded in agreement.

"It was supposed to stay locked away," Robin said. Raven and Starfire joined them after but Sora noticed that Cyborg was missing.

"No sign of Red-X," Raven reported.

"What about Cyborg?" Sora asked.

"There has been no sign of him either," Starfire said. Robin pulled out his communicator and tried to call Cyborg but he didn't get any response.

"X must have attacked him. If Cyborg's hurt, it's my fault," Robin said.

"Robin…" Starfire said in worry.

"I'm responsible, Starfire, for everything that's happened," Robin said.

"No, your not. What you did in the suit might have been bad but that was in the past. You didn't attack Cyborg and your not the one in that suit," Sora said.

"And personally…," a voice said above them and they looked at the top of the roof to see Red-X standing there. "…I think it looks much cooler on me," X said as he launched a handful of X's at them, though they quickly managed to move. Red-X quickly throws a large X to trap Beast Boy, who turned into a rhino, and Raven when they charged at him, trapping them together and distracting Starfire as she tried to keep them from tumbling off the roof, leaving only Sora and Robin. Robin continually tried to charge Red-X but the thief kept managing to throw Robin off before pulling at Robin's mask, hurting his eyes. Sora swung at him with his keyblade but X managed to dodge before kicking his feet out from under him, bringing Sora to the ground. Before he could get up, X threw four X's at Sora's hands and feet, trapping him there. Red-X than took the chance and dove into an opening of the Tech Company. Sora tried to free himself but found that the X's were firmly stuck in the ground, so he summoned his keyblade in his mouth and shot a beam at the X holing his hand before removing the rest. He got up as Robin fixed his mask and Starfire set the two trapped Titans down.

"And now, I smell like rhino butt," Raven joked as she blew Beast Boy's tail out of her face. Sora smiled at the joke before shooting a beam of light at the X, freeing the two. Beast Boy turned back into human after being free.

"Dude! You think you gave this guy enough gadgets?" Beast Boy said to Robin in anger. The five jump down into the round chamber that X went into. They find themselves staring down multiple pathways.

"Split up, and be careful. I don't want anyone else getting hurt," Robin said. Everyone nodded as they each took separate hallways. Sora walks down his hallway looking for any signs as to where Red-X went. He walked through the corridor looking for anything when he heard a noise behind him. He turned around to see a group of men dressed in space suits with red goggles and pikes.

"Something tells me you guys don't work here," Sora said. The men fired a red blast from the pikes and this red ooze at him but he moves out of the way and threw his keyblade at them, hitting them all in the head. Sora grabbed the blade and knocked them all out. "Yeah, definitely don't work here," Sora said as he ran down the hall, looking for his friends. He kept running until he found Robin standing in front of a big steel door. "Robin! We got a problem," Sora said.

"What's wrong?" Robin asked.

"I was attacked by these weird space men. I think there here for the Xenothium too," Sora said. Suddenly, a scream from Starfire echoed across the hallways.

"Starfire?" The two said as they were about to run down the hall.

"What's the matter, kid?" They heard behind them and they turned to see Red-X standing behind them, leaning against the doors. "Don't you want to play? After all, they're your toys," X said as he pulled out a handful of Xs and threw them at the two, though Sora creates a shield to protect the two. One X got lucky and hit a computer console behind them, destroying it and opening the doors, leading to a room, filled to the brim with security laser beams. Red-X backflips into the room as Robin follows him in.

"Robin, wait!" Sora yelled as the two darted back and forth in the laser room. Sora groaned as he put his hood on and leaped in after them, being careful not to hit any of the lasers. He managed to keep up with them as they jumped into the next room which turned out to be a long vertical shaft to the bottom. Red-X and Robin didn't even hesitate to jump down into the shaft with Sora behind them. As they descended, they found a window-like barrier awaiting them at the bottom and as they drew closer, Red-X fired a huge X towards it, opening the barrier up, allowing the thief through. But as Sora and Robin drew closer, the barrier started to close again, so Sora quickly flew down and grabbed Robin by the foot, stopping them before they crashed into it. Sora summoned his keyblade and fired a beam at the barrier, opening it back up for them.

"And that solves that," Sora said as he made the keyblade disappeared.

"Thanks Sora," Robin said as they continued down the hallway Red-X went down. They found themselves in a darkened room with black tiles in the middle and another door at the end.

"Where's X?" Sora asked.

"After you," the two heard behind them but its too late as they were pushed onto the black tiles by the mentioned thief. Suddenly, the tiles below them lite up, revealing a huge red x underneath them as they hear something above them move. They look up to see a giant laser cannon hovering over them, charging up.

"Oh come on!" Sora said as the cannon fired at them but they quickly moved out of the way as another X appeared below them and the cannon moved towards firing the red laser. They made a dash for the opposite door but the skull wearing thief beat them to it as he closed the door to seal them in.

"Thanks for the hand, kids," Red-X said as the door closed all the way. Robin tried to pry it open but was unsuccessful. Sora was about to shoot a beam at the door but saw that the laser cannon was getting closer to them. Robin suddenly leaped up into the air and, using one of his birdarangs, cut the cables connecting the cannon to the roof, making it fall to the ground. He then picked up the cannon by himself and fired it at the door, cutting a circle.

"Remind me not to make you mad," Sora said as he backed away from the door. The door fell down from the circle, revealing Red-X trying to put a Xenothium tube into a yellow canister.

"You're not going to win!" Robin said as he dropped the cannon to the ground and nailed a flying kick into Red-X's chest, sending him flying into the far wall with the canister.

"Kid, you are taking life way too seriously," Red-X said as he got up and charged at Robin.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but I kinda gotta agree with him," Sora said. Robin just shot him a glance before the two charged at the thief. The three launched projectiles of their own but each managed to dodge or block them, with Sora and Robin blocking the X's with the keyblade and bo-staff and Red-X dodging Robin's grenades and Sora's fire spells. Red-X, seeing their weapons, raises his fist as the X on the back of his hand grew into a four-bladed knife. His other fist did the same as he charged again and engaged the two Titans, managing to hold them off as he kicked Robin away and slashed Sora across the shoulder. Sora yelped in pain as Robin managed to bash the thief away with his staff. Red-X stood back up as he made his blades spin like a sawblade. He dashes in again as Robin moves out of the way while Sora manages to block the blade and drive it into the ground. Red-X suddenly fires an X at Sora trapping his arms and electrocuting him. Robin charges in and clashes with the thief.

"Why did you steal the suit? What are you planning to do?" Robin demanded.

"Whatever I want," Red-X quipped as he knocked Robin away. "Not everybody likes to play the big villain, kid. I'm a thief. I'm not threatening your precious city, just looking out for number one," Red-X admitted. Sora froze the X and freed himself.

"So, your not evil. You're just about yourself!" Sora said.

"Lighten up, Spike. I'm not such a bad guy, once you get to know me," Red-X said as he fired four X's at them. Sora managed to block his own but one of the X's managed to knock Robin off his feet. The thief jumped into the air planning to stomp on Robin's head but Sora intercepted him in midair and managed to knock him into a nearby wall. Red-X got up and saw that he landed next to the container. He quickly got on his feet and grabbed the container before making a break for the door.

"Playtime's over, kids," Red-X said. Robin pulled out a birdarang while Sora readied his keyblade. "Back off, or I trip the power core," Red-X said as he pressed a button on the front of his belt, making it glow red. "And the core triggers the rocks. I don't thin you want that on your conscience," Red-X said as he narrowed his eyes. The two lowered their weapons in response.

"And you know that if you do that, you'll end up destroying yourself right?" Sora said. Red-X begins to back out of the room when he notices someone behind him and he turns to see the space suit men standing behind him. "Robin, those are the spacemen!" Sora yelled but was too late as they fired at Red-X and Robin with their electric pikes, bringing them down. Sora was about to attack but they beat him to it as they sprayed him with the red ooze, trapping him on the wall. Sora struggled before freezing the ooze and smashing his way out. He started attacking the spacemen but one of them got lucky and shot Sora in the back with the pikes, bringing him down. As soon as he hit the ground, the spacemen started gathering up all the Xenothium cores in the vault and removing it from the complex.

"Wait. Stop! You can't take that!" Sora said in a tired tone before passing out.

(Later)

Sora groaned in pain as he stretched out his body. He saw that he was sleeping next to the wall and he used it balance himself as he slowly got up.

"Ugh, What happened?" Sora asked as he saw Red-X still laying on the ground in the center of the floor and Robin standing in front of the doorway. "Robin?" Sora asked, getting the leader's attention.

"Oh, Sora! Glad to see your awake," Robin said as he walked up to him.

"Yeah, not the first time that someone said that to me. What happened?" Sora asked.

"Professor Chang, the guy who first supplied me the Xenothium, took all of the Xenothium ore in here and plans to use it to power up a cannon he built to destroy the city. He also kidnapped the others in order to try and keep us out of it," Robin said.

"So, then why are we still here and not going after this Professor guy?" Sora asked. Robin looked down at Red-X to answer.

"We have to make sure he doesn't escape," Robin said. Speaking of the thief, he finally started to awaken as Robin walked over to a nearby security panel. Red-X groaned in pain as he rubbed his head.

"Okay. Who were the moon men?" Red-X demanded when light shines down from above and steel bars from the ground rise up and surround him.

"Criminals. Just like you," Robin said as he walked up to him. Red-X turned to face him as he placed his hands on the bars.

"C'mon kid. You don't really think this little playpen can hold me," Red-X joked. Robin pressed a button on the panel, sending a jolt of electricity through the bars, shocking the thief's hands.

"You don't even care, do you? A lowlife maniac just got his hands on enough Xenothium to disintegrate the entire city, and it's your fault!" Robin blamed.

"Don't you mean our fault?" Red-X quipped.

"At least we're going to do something about it. And if you cared about anything other than yourself, you'd be helping!" Robin stated.

"Sorry, kid. Some guys don't like to play the hero," Red-X said in retort.

"That doesn't mean you can't help us. You can keep telling yourself that you don't care but deep down you won't let that mad man get away with destroying the city. It doesn't matter how selfish you claim to be, in your heart, you know you can't just walk away from this," Sora said.

"Spike, I've said it once and I'll say it again. I don't care about your precious city. The only thing I care about is myself cause that's all I ever had to care about. You want to know what my heart is telling me? It's telling me to get out of these bars and ditch this lousy town," Red-X said. Sora shook his head in annoyance.

"We'll be back to take you to jail," Robin said as he and Sora began to walk out of the room. Red-X glared at them before looking down at the panel.

(Later, at the abandoned Observatory)

Sora and Robin land at the top to see a huge operation going on within the old observatory. The laser cannon was in the middle of the building with the barrel being where the scope used to be, Chang's men were up and about making sure everything was ready, The captured Titans were all trapped, frozen in place except for Starfire's head, and Chang himself, who was an elderly, snaggle-toothed fellow, with emergency breathing apparatus on his suit, and red goggles, was climbing up to the cannon controls.

"Ok, lots of guys, our friends captured, no back up, and a giant laser that can destroy anything it touches. Any ideas?" Sora asked.

"Just try and keep Chang from firing. Once he and the cannon are down, we'll save the others," Robin said as he jumped in.

"Well, better than nothing," Sora said as he followed. Chang reached the control platform and began aiming the cannon at the city.

"I've spent years hiding from this cursed city. Now let them hide from me. Prepare to fire!" Chang yelled about to pull the trigger when Robin came swinging in and kicked Chang across the face, forcing him back and making his feet kick the levers, misplacing the cannon and making it shoot a laser. The laser managed to hit the very top of Titan's Tower, vaporizing the top floor before stopping, leaving only the ironwork glowing from the heat. Robin lands at the top of the railing as Sora flies in and blasts some guys away before landing next to Robin.

"That was the roof of my room," Sora said in anger. The cannon breech opened up and rotated a new fuel canister.

"Attack!" Chang ordered as he tried to get the cannon back under control. The spacemen came charging in with weapons at the ready.

"You take the top, I'll take the bottom?" Sora asked and Robin nodded as he charged at his group. Sora leaped down from the railing and stabbed the keyblade into the ground, sending a burst of light forward, sending a few guys flying. Sora was about to attack when suddenly his keyblade transformed into a set of claws, with the gauntlets being gold and blue and the blades sliver grey. "Woah," Sora said but was interrupted by the spacemen firing at him. He dodged out of the way and struck at them with his claws, cutting their weapons and the tubes firing the red ooze, making them get stuck in their own adhesive. He continued cutting through the group of men until the claws suddenly turned into huge drills and knocked everything in front of him away. He turned and saw more spacemen running towards him, so he charged towards them and started spinning towards them, knocking them all out. His keyblade then turned back to normal as he saw the frozen Titans off to the side of him so he quickly threw his keyblade at the tubes pumping the freezing air, cutting them.

"There, that should free them," Sora said when suddenly a blast from the cannon passed right through his head. He started running as the cannon continued to fire at him as he created a reflect shield in front of him. The shield managed to block the blast but the force pushed him back against a wall. The cannon then went up to the railings where Robin was and began to power up.

"Robin, look out!" Sora yelled. Robin looked and saw the cannon aiming towards him so he too ran down the railing the laser continuously fired at the boy wonder until eventually he was left dangling by a broken end of the railing. Sora was about to go help him when he was sprayed by the red ooze again.

"Ah, I hate this stupid ooze!" Sora yelled. The cannon reloaded itself again as Chang turned it to face Robin.

"Okay, good boys. Who should I destroy first? You too…our your friends?" Chang said as he turned the cannon to face the other Titans. Sora burned the ooze off of him as he ran over to where the Titans were and created a shield around the others. But it didn't come as Sora looked up to see sparks flying from Chang's control panel. He then heard Robin yell and he looked up to see him falling when someone dressed in black caught him. Sora flew up to see Red-X on the railing and Robin safe.

"I thought you said you only care about yourself?" Sora asked.

"That's not what my heart is telling me," Red-X said. They looked down the railing to see more men coming after them. The three nodded in agreement as they leaped into the group with feet and keyblade at the ready. One by one, the men were swiftly defeated by the three temporary allies. Suddenly, the laser went all haywire as it began to fire randomly, cutting through the observatory. Luckily, Sora, Robin, and Red-X moved out of the way as Sora jumped onto the panel to see a saddened Professor.

"Nighty-night, Professor," Sora said as he bashed Chang off the panel with the keyblade and landed on the ground. The other Titans were freed and surrounded him as Robin and Red-X joined them.

"Time to get what I came for," Red-X said.

"Time's up," Raven remarked.

"Thanks for the help, X. But don't think that means you can help yourself," Robin said.

"No problem, kid," Red-X said as he held up a tube of Xenothium. "This should keep me going for quite a while," He stated.

"Funny, cause it looks to me like your forgetting something," Sora said. Red-X looked confused before looking down at his waist to see that his belt was missing. He looked up to see Robin holding the belt.

"Better luck next time," Robin said. Red-X backed up but stopped when he realized that he was very close to the edge of the mountain.

"Not bad, kid. Not bad," Red-X said.

"Who are you?" Sora asked, confused.

"Not yet, Spikes. And just know, Sephiroth is waiting for you," Red-X remarked before throwing the tube at the ground, making it explode and sending him falling off the mountain into the clouds below.

"Sephiroth?" Sora asked confused.

(Later, back at the Tower)

After returning the Xenothium and taking Professor Chang and his men to jail, the Titans began searching for any sign of the thief but sadly come up with nothing. After looking for a few hours, the Titans returned home with nothing except Red-X's belt, which Robin locked away in a small storage locker. Sora walked into his room to see the roof gone due to Chang's laser and immediately took notice of the cold in his room. Stitch suddenly crawled up to him and noticed the cold as well.

"What happened?!" Stitch asked.

"Yeah, sorry about that, Stitch. A criminal we were fighting shot this huge laser at the Tower and cut my roof," Sora said. Stitch crossed his arms and glared at Sora. "What? There was nothing I could do. And besides, it could've been a lot worse than this," Sora defended himself. Stitch continued to glare at him before breathing out and relaxing, nodding in agreement. "Thank you," Sora said. As he looked around his room, he saw the ship that was hanging from his ceiling was now on the ground and broken. "Oh no. Not that. Ah, I should've hit that Professor harder," Sora said. Stitch looked at him in confusion at the word professor. "Don't worry Stitch. The Professor was the criminal we were fighting," Sora said as he picked up the broken pieces.

"Woah," Sora heard and he looked up to see Rose standing in the doorway. "Your room got hit too?"

"Yeah, don't know where me and Stitch are gonna sleep for a while," Sora said.

"Well, I did come in here to show ya something but now I'm gonna offer if you want to sleep in my room for awhile?" Rose said.

"Oh Rose, you didn't have to offer-wait, what did you want to show me?" Sora asked. Rose pulled out a computer pad and turned it on. She handed it to Sora, who saw a screen of the Red-X suit vault.

"What is this?" Sora asked.

"It's security footage of the night the suit was taken," Rose said. Sora scrolled through the footage until he came upon the actual steal. He saw a familiar figure teleport in front of the vault and rip the vault door straight off the hinges with his bare hands before collecting the suit and teleporting away.

"Yeah, that was Sephiroth. I'd recognize him anywhere," Sora said.

"Wow, he really is scary-looking. But why did he take the suit?" Rose asked.

"I have no idea but I know he wasn't the one in that suit. He's too tall and his personality didn't match the guy in the suit," Sora said before yawning.

"You had a long day, huh?" Rose asked with Sora nodding in response. "C'mon, you and Stitch can sleep in my room," Rose said.

"Are you sure? I mean, we don't want to intrude," Sora said.

"Don't worry its fine. Besides, I don't want you guys catching a cold," Rose said. Sora looked at Stitch, who shrugged in response before climbing up to Sora's shoulder.

"T-thanks Rose," Sora said.

"Of course. Now come on," Rose said as he grabbed him by the hand and led them out.

(Meanwhile, in a rundown apartment)

Red-X ran into an old apartment where he sat down on the bed and released a breath that he's been holding in ever since he escaped the Titans. He was hoping to make a good score since he came to this city but then this winged guy came and gave him this suit in order to distract the Titans. He took off his mask, revealing black spiky hair.

"Did you deliver the message?' a voice said as Red-X stood at attention to see Sephiroth standing in the shadows.

"Yeah, he knows that your getting impatient," Red-X said.

"Good. I appreciate your help in this for me, Mr. Grayson but now I must leave you to your own devices as they say," Sephiroth said as he made to leave the room but Red-X stopped him.

"Hey, you need to help me get more power for this suit and the belt back from those Titans," Richard said but Sephiroth backhanded him away, making him crash into the wall.

"That you will have to figure that out for yourself. Remember, if it weren't for me you would still be picking scraps from the city you came from and most likely in jail by now. And you have payed back by keeping the boy and his friends busy, letting me attack more people. Though I now have another target in mind that will hurt him. So farewell for now, Red-X," Sephiroth said before leaving. Richard looked down in anger before picking himself back up and cleaning things up as best he could before putting the mask back on and left the room.

And that's the end. So my theory for Red-X's identity is that he's an alternate Dick Grayson who was never adopted by Bruce Wayne and was forced to become a thief to survive, using his acrobatics and circus training to survive, who finds himself in Jump City and manages to steal the Red-X. He's also a little older but not too older than Robin which is why he keeps calling him kid. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and my theory on Red-X, so now onto the reviews:

Darkmaster1000000: Yes, I did. And I'm glad that your excited or scared about his appearance.

Maximum Rhapsody: Possibly RWBY but I don't know about the others. Also I added Blue Beetle and Firestorm but I plan to add others in as well.

Althea Sirius: Thank you and Happy Holidays to you! Yes, he will cause Sephiroth was tough.

Guest1: And he'll strike back hard!

Guest2: Yes, she is now a member, though she usually spends her time patrolling the city and going after small-time criminals.

QuintinFMA: Thanks my friend. Glad your excited!

Umbrans.W.A.T: It's cool, glad to hear from you. Sounds good, I really appreciate you doing this my friend. Take as much time as you need.

Wlyman2009: Oh trust me they will go crazy with the attractions.

Guest3: No they are not…Also I have updated.

Guest4: Maybe, I'll have to do more research on that in order for me to do that. I've just been really busy with this story.

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