Nice and Easy (Open)

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Red X, Jason rolled the name over in his head. He'd have to thank Dick next time they met up for thinking up such a good name. Saved him a lot of bother and sounded so much more mysterious than his own Red Hood idea. Jason was pretty sure that Robin didn't have a clue who he was or what he had been trained to be after all why would Batman tell his sidekick that his replacement had gone rogue? That was the thing with Bruce and what he had heard of Dick they had such stubborn pride, mistakes had to be dealt with by themselves with no help from others. Though it did seem that Robin was working with a team now, that had caught him by surprise. Though stealing the suit Robin had made was a masterstroke of sheer genius. Though having the belt stolen was a set back one that had meant he had made a deal with the Brotherhood of Evil though once he'd got what he wanted from them he vanished into the night once again.

So here he was watching a truck dropping off its cargo, it wasn't the most interesting of things just a shipment of various bits and pieces of equipment for a science lab somewhere in the city but one piece was of interest to the thief. That was the box marked 414, that one tiny box held a component that Red X could sell on the black market for a nice sum of cash. Just in time for him to buy that nice shiny new electric guitar and pay the rent on the penthouse he had just rented out. Why Jason had never thought of doing this sort of work before he had no idea, probably too caught up in Bruce's crusade to help the helpless. Thing was, wasn't he one of those people? Shouldn't he have the good life for once? Not like he was hurting anyone really, so a few thefts now and again, the world was a mess and Red X was going to make the best of it.

With a flicker he had teleported down to beside the truck and slapped a X shaped gag over the first guard, a flip and side kick had another spinning to the ground a few feet off which left the one guard at the door. Rotating still using the momentum from the kick Jason tossed out a few X's that exploded near the guard sending him running. Which gave him a couple of minutes to get his prize and leave, one nice and easy robbery and him a few thousand better off in the morning.

[Starfire]

Star flew quickly threw the air as she left the tower. There was trouble. she didn't know where the others were, so instead of normally going with them she went alone. It was a mere robbery, something she could handle with ease probably by herself. Or so she wanted to believe. She'd feel horrible if she failed to catch a robber alone. She thought maybe she'd appeared weak to not be able to catch them.

Slowing down her speed, Star gazed around to find out where the action was taking place, but was having slight issues up until the explosions took place. Floating down, she saw one guy already on the ground gagged with an X. She narrowed her eyes a bit. That was great, just who she wanted to fight, Red X. She remembered the first time they met. She rolled her eyes and kept walking, knowing she had a job to finish before she could acknowledged her dislike for him.

Getting Red X in sight, her hands already glowing brightly from her starbolts, making it a bit easier to show him seeing as how the outfit was black and so was the night. Her eyes glowed a bright green. "I am going to ask you nicely to apologize to the guards for the damage you have caused and leave. I do not wish for things to get violent if it is able to be avoided." She spoke, hopefully loud enough for him to hear. Honestly she didn't want to fight if it could be avoided. Yet she also fought for the good side, so it was okay, right? Well at least she gave him a chance.

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He had the small box in his hand, who would have thought something so small was worth so much and things had gone exactly as he had planned and then he saw the glow. Teleporting up to a beam above the door he crouched and waited. At least he would have the element of surprise!

Soon followed by the voice the red headed alien entered and offered him the chance to surrender if it wasn't for the skull like mask the amused smirk on his face would have been as clear as the moon that was out tonight.
Starfire was actually a threat to him, even with the suit he wore. She had the distance with her energy blasts and if he took the fight to her he would have to deal with the strength that could level a building. Thing was he wasn't going to be playing fair. Sliding the small box into his belt Red X shifted to a sitting position and swung his legs a little. It seemed the Alien was out solo tonight. Which meant not annoying Robin to stop him from talking to her this time.

"The only thing I'm going to say sorry for Beautiful was for not catching you on you own sooner. Always got time to change that though. Your looking rather stunning tonight, have you done something with your hair?" Jason grinned and leaned back a little getting comfy. Unlike his more heroic counterpart he had no problems flirting with the opposite sex in fact he quite enjoyed it even if in this case it was most likely a waste of effort.

[Starfire]

Star's glowing eyes looked around. She figured he was rather skilled in the dark and the building's shade wasn't helping very much either. It wasn't long before she spotted the white mask up on a beam above the door. She kept her angry eyes on him, even if you could hardly tell since her iris couldn't be seen. If she needed to she could knock him down from the starbolts in her eyes, but she would not attack unless attacked first.

Star growled a bit in her throat as he spoke. Normally she'd find it flattering at least, but not from a bad guy and she did have a boyfriend right now. She glared, even if you couldn't exactly, see it. Her starbolts grew larger, but she didn't throw any. "My style of the hair has not changed from the last time you have seen me. I see you have not changed either. You do realize you will be brought and placed in jail, do you not?" She asked rather annoyed, placing her green hands on her hips, tilting her head a bit. At least she figured he'd be placed in jail. Maybe he had a chance to get away with her alone, but certainly maybe not with the whole team. The first time they barely knew his abilities, since Robin controlled it differently.

Star did have to admit that there was a bit of a resemblance between him and Robin. She didn't want to admit it, but there was no doubt to it. Yet Red X was more, out there than Robin was, less serious. He liked to play and have fun, Robin was different. Sure he liked to have fun, but just not as often. To Red X it seemed like a game, Robin, not so much. That was their main difference. Yet she liked Robin, much more than she probably ever would Red X.

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"I guess I didn't get a chance to see it as well since you were trying to turn me into jam last time we met." Falling backwards Red X twisted in mid-air and landed in a crouched position snapping his head up to look at her the male shrugged "I really can't let you take me to jail Hot Stuff, I don't do well with being held against my will." Flipping a couple of times to put some distance between them Jason leaned against a post "We really don't have to fight you know, I could buy you a drink and we could go on a date. Maybe watch the sun come up from the hillside."

Red had what he wanted and could teleport away at anytime but now he had someone to entertain himself with and she was cute too. The news had told him Robin and Starfire were an item, the pictures from the conferance in Japan had made a big deal about it but Jason was better than Robin in everyway and that meant he was better for Starfire than Dick could ever be. If anything else it would annoy the life out of the Boy Wonder like nothing else.

"You look so cute when your irritated, sort of pouty and defiant. Why don't you join me? The world would be our playground, have anything we wanted."

[Starfire]

Star bit her tongue. Actually back then her hair had been singed by Professor Chang's machine, so it was short then but it was back to it's length now. She wouldn't say that because he would have noticed it before the whole Professor Chang going psycho. At least if he was truly interested he would have noticed. "You do not have the say in whether you go or not." She almost snapped at him. Then she rolled her eyes at his next comment.

"I am not interested. That, and I am through talking." She wasn't supposed to sit there and talk to the thief, if she didn't so something he'd get away and plus this was just distracting her. He seemed to be good at distractions. Lifting one of her glowing green hands, she shot a starbolt out. It wasn't totally directed at him, it was aimed for the box to knock it off of him. Then she'd take care of Red X.

"I am not selfish like you are." Star growled at him, wanting to throw another one badly but just waited to see how the firs one went.

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As the energy bolt came his way Red stepped back behind the pillar letting it sail past "Not selfish? Your the won trying to fight and tell me what is right and wrong. So called Heroes are the most selfish people in the world. Not trying to be rude here but your not even from Earth and you appoint yourself as a judge and police officer. Who gave you that right?"

Jason was now out of her eyeline and moving across the top of various stacks of boxes "For all you know I just stopped some evil genius from getting his goons to ship him parts and you come in here wanting to trade blows without knowing anything about whats going on." Now sitting not far from her head he gave a short wave "lets be honest here. You seem to have a bee in you bonnet about something and it appears to me your wanting to take it out on someone. So you fly in here tossing your weight around like every other sod calling themselves a Hero. Really Starfire, I thought you were better than that. Guess I was wrong." His left hand Jason kept behind him but it had several of the explosive X's ready if Star tried anything else.

[Starfire]

Star listened to Red X, and gradually her eyes went back to their normal green, hands stop glowing as well. His words stung. Lately instead of becoming rougher with the harsh words thrown at her from the school, she was becoming more, sensitive than she already was. His words stung, but she didn't let her eyes water like she wanted to. She wouldn't show weakness to the enemy, she refused, especially Red X. Star began to tremble from being angry and upset at the same time, yet kept herself from glowing. Why couldn't she be quick with remarks like Raven, or strong emotionally like Robin, or brush things off like Beast Boy, or just not care of others opinions of what a hero was like Cyborg? She had none of those qualities.

Star didn't look up but she had a feeling he was near especially with how his voice echoed in the building. "So, does that mean, that you think I am the freak, like everyone else...?" Maybe Red X was right.. Maybe she'd been troubled about school and now she was snapping at him for something he hasn't done, school was a different matter, but just his words reminded her so much of it. Robin still didn't know of the incident and honestly still didn't want to tell him, the only one that knew was Beast Boy. Why was she somewhat confiding into a villain? She knew he was going to get away and it would be all her fault, who knew what was in the box that he had, but now she had lost all will to fight. She clenched her teeth and shook her head, but it did no good. "Perhaps I do not belong here after all.." she mumbled, heart beating painfully. She rubbed an eye. "I dislike you for many reasons.. Robin will not be happy.." She mumbled as she sat down on a box, her green eye looking up to look at Red X. He has gotten the victory without having to lift a finger... She thought sadly.

((yeah i didn't mean for that to happen, but I have no snappy comeback for that...))

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Like a popped balloon Starfire seemed to deflate, the fight was over and it looked like the girl was about to cry. Looking up at the exit Red X shifted his weight to leave but instead slipped off the crate. "I never said you were a freak or anything. Just that to take the law into your own hands is selfish. Incase you haven't been following I actually find you quite attractive, well when your not trying to blow me to bits or smash my head in." Jason stopped a good couple of feet away since if this was a trap he wanted a decent amount of space to move around in.

"Pff Robin is never happy, I was under the impression you are always cheery. So before I leave I'd like to find out whats become so bad that its got you down." Keeping defensive and his hand still behind his back, could the alien actually be trying to trick him? Jason wasn't sure, he'd only seen the girl during combat and the occasional TV news thing. This wasn't at all what he would have expected, Red also wasn't really sure the girl was capable of deceit. Didn't hurt to prepare just incase she was.