Red Bird: How's that speech coming?

DS: A little rough still. I'm working on perfecting it. I'll probably have it done by tomorrow.

Red Bird: When will you be presenting?

DS: Tomorrow.

Red Bird: Well, you've got quite a dead line then, huh?

DS: So it would seem.

Red Bird: I guess I'll leave you to it.

DS: Did you contact me for a reason?

Red Bird: What?

DS: You contacted me this time. Usually I'm the one who contacts you. Did you contact me for a reason this time?

Red Bird: I was just checking up on you.

DS: How thoughtful. I'm doing fine.

Red Bird: That's good.

DS: Nothing else though?

Red Bird: Just a little bored, I guess.

DS: I see. No bad guys to beat up today?

Red Bird: No, the city seems pretty quiet actually. I don't know if I'm just paranoid or if something's up.

DS: Isn't it a good thing that the city's quiet?

Red Bird: Of course. Not to worry.

DS: I wasn't worried. I was just curious on why you would be worried if everything's is quiet.

Red Bird: You're right. It's nothing.

DS: I think something's about to happen too.

Red Bird: You do?

DS: It's always quiet before a storm. One can never be too prepared in Jump City. It's not your paranoia acting up, it's your instinct.

Red Bird: My friends think differently.

DS: Your friends rely on their powers to keep them alive. Without powers, you're more in tune with your survival instinct than them. Not to say they're bad at what they do, but you have been doing this since you were around ten or so.

Red Bird: That's true. Still, whether something's coming or not, I supposed I should just relax while I can.

DS: I would spend my time researching if I were in your position.

Red Bird: Researching what?

DS: Where the villains are likely hiding who are not behind bars, and possibilities of where they will strike next. Such as… Are there any new weapons being made at Wayne enterprise? Any new technology coming out in Stark Industries? Any new gem shows that are being shipped right now?

Red Bird: That's a good point, but my friends say I should relax. I've kinda been obsessive over catching the bad guys lately.

DS: I don't see how that's a bad thing. Shouldn't you all be working as hard as you can to catch the bad guys before they cause destruction, instead of while they're in the middle of it?

Red Bird: I thought so too, but I supposed they're getting worried because it's interfering with my sleep schedule.

DS: Which villain in particular are you looking for?

Red Bird: Don't worry about it. We'll find them all and put them behind bars in no time.

DS: I'm not worried. I'm curious. I just wanted to know if there's one in particular on your mind that's causing disturbance in your sleep.

Red Bird: I don't feel comfortable worrying a citizen.

DS: I understand. However, you should know, I'm not a normal citizen.

Robin paused when he got this message. This message could only mean a couple of things. One, DS was saying he was a hero or vigilante. Two, he was a criminal. Three, he was just trying to offer help despite being a citizen because he could sympathize with how hard they worked. Or four, he was a spy.

Robin looked at the positive sides and the negative sides of the arguments and went over what he knew of about DS. The man had said he was a motivational speaker that often pissed off his audience of five to get them to do good things. Meaning he was skillful in using reverse psychology. He said he worked all over the place but had refused to give a job description. He'd told about someone robbing the mall, but hadn't stopped it himself. He seemed very curious on Robin's sleep patterns since it had been mentioned not once but a couple of times in the conversations so far. He knew of Robin being a hero despite Robin's username being Red Bird. All of this seemed to point Robin towards spy or criminal. He ruled out hero since the guy had not stopped the mall robbery himself. He still wasn't sure about sympathetic citizen since that was still a possibility, however it didn't seem likely that a citizen would know his IM account or be so secretive when it came to their job. Then there was the fact that Robin had a nagging suspicion the audience of five thing that had been said a lot were meaning the Teen Titans were the audience, since there was only five Teen Titans. Meaning, this guy had to be a criminal. But which one?

Robin couldn't pinpoint which criminal had sent him this IM, but he started again with what he knew. White hair, male, and taller than Robin. He knew the man was cocky, very observant, and seemed like a smooth talker. He had told Robin that Robin wouldn't recognize him though his appearance but rather his style. He had said they were friends, but that could've just been manipulation. Then there was the fact that whoever this criminal was had obviously been trying to tell him he was a criminal this whole time. He'd given Robin all the clues to put together, either that or he was just plain dumb. But what criminal would try to talk to him like this and give away that they're a criminal? If they had really been after information, Robin thought they'd been more careful about the information they gave out about themselves. Spy was officially rules out because they'd given so much information.

Robin couldn't help his mind going to Slade automatically. He couldn't tell if it was because he always had Slade on his mind or if it was because the smooth talking the DS had reminded him of Slade. But as he thought about it, all things feel into place. He wouldn't recognize Slade by appearance because he'd never seen Slade without his mask. He was cocky, observant, and a smooth talker. Robin didn't know what Slade did in his down time, so it was possible he had more than one job. But he stopped when he'd thought of the reverse psychology. Slade was just evil. He didn't do bad things to make the Titans do good things, so that part didn't make sense, unless of course he'd been lying. Then there was the fact that Slade was always brilliant at coming up with master plans and this just didn't seem his style nor did he seem dumb enough to give all the information away that could lead Robin to him.

Robin paused. There was one way he could find out who it was quickly. He could hack into their computer and see what was going on. Robin tried finding an IP address from the DS but couldn't. He tried other methods of hacking when another message appeared.

DS: Have I scared you off?

Robin was tempted to answer with telling him he knew he was a criminal, but then the thought occurred to Robin. If he got the criminal to open up to him, he might be able to track him down that way. Since none of the hacking methods had worked, he needed to play the game with this guy.

Red Bird: No sorry. Just got distracted.

DS: Researching?

Red Bird: Something like that.

DS: Something bothering you?

Red Bird: No. Why?

DS: You're demeanor towards me seems to have changed.

Red Bird: I supposed I'm confused when you said you're not a normal citizen.

DS: Just that. I'm a citizen, but not a normal one.

Red Bird: Okay. What's the speech over?

DS: If I told you, it wouldn't be so much of a surprise would it?

Red Bird: It doesn't have to be a surprise. You could just tell me.

DS: No. But if you're so curious, take a guess.

Red Bird: Explosives?

DS: Explosives huh? That's an odd thing to guess for a motivational speech.

Red Bird: Was it right?

DS: No.

Red Bird: Guess I'm no good at this, you should just tell me.

DS: I'll tell you tomorrow.

Red Bird: When?

DS: It's a surprise.

Red Bird: You're doing this to mess with me, aren't you?

DS: Of course. But you shouldn't be concern with me right now.

Red Bird: Why not?

DS: Wait for it.

Suddenly the alarm went off in Titans Tower. Robin shut his laptop and went to check out what was happening.

AN: Yay! Another chapter. R&R! Also, if anyone has ideas on what to do with this story, you should tell me!