Author's note: Hi there! Just a few things I have to get out before you start reading:

1.) I just recently re-watched the entire Teen Titans animated series, which inspired me to write this story! The events here take place after the ending of Season 5, but before the movie Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo. The title is the same as the song by Young Heretics, listen to it—it'll give you a sort of background on my story.

2.) Yes, it is based off the animated series, and I haven't read the comics so... please be nice to me! (I did do extensive research on each of the characters so... yeah thanks )

3.) I wrote this as if it were one of the episodes playing in my head so I'm sorry for any sudden changes in POV, plus it's gonna be a little fast-paced cuz like I said, it's playing in my mind like one of the episodes in the original series.

4.) I really didn't want to be redundant and keep saying that "Red X was smiling underneath the mask", so whenever he's expressing something, it's always under the mask unless I specify that he is unmasked. Also, it applies to his eye movement, since the slits on the mask for his eyes widen and narrow like real ones based off the series.

Hope y'all like it and don't forget to check out my Jelsa fic "Never Let Me Go". Tell me what you guys think by leaving a review down below :D Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything except the story line and plot of this story.

CHAPTER ONE

"QUIT FLIRTING WITH MY GIRLFRIEND!" Kid Flash shouted, throwing an angry punch at Red X but ultimately missing him by a hair's breadth. Red X teleported a few inches to the left of his punch to dodge it. "About time someone did," he said, "You're just jealous because you aren't giving her the attention she deserves." This only made Kid Flash angrier, sending a gatling gun of punches in Red X's direction. "I can do this all day," Red X quipped, his digital voice dripping with sarcasm, the speed of his teleportation matching the blows delivered by Kid Flash. When he decided that it was time to finish this, he reappeared behind Kid Flash and kicked him in the behind with enough force to send him crashing to the brick wall across from them. He raised his gloves and released an adhesive X that pinned Kid Flash against the wall. He groaned, trying to break free to no avail. Red X smirked.

He turned to pick up his loot, which were two sacks of money he had stolen from Jump City Bank, and found Jinx's black platform boot on it. "You're not going anywhere," she said with a grin, her pink eyes reduced to slits. Just as they were about to glow, signaling her release of bad luck, Red X threw another X at her, this time aimed at her eyes. She gasped when the X blindfolded her, clawing at it with her long pale gray fingers. "Asking you out is my job. How about a candlelit dinner for two, Saturday night?" Red X whispered in her ear from behind, backing up just in time for her to turn and punch at him blindly. He ducked under her arm and kicked his foot beneath her as he spun, sweeping her off her feet. Behind him, he heard a low bubbling noise; Kid Flash had somehow melted the adhesive X, which was now a pile of red goo on the floor. "Get away from her, you perverted psycho!" he yelled, torn in a moment's hesitation between stopping Red X and helping his girlfriend. In that moment though, Red X saw smoke billow ing from Titan's Tower. His smile widened.

"Try to keep up next time, kids," Red X said, giving his signature two-fingered goodbye salute before disappearing, completely forgetting about the two sacks of cash on the floor and leaving behind his bounty for the day.

"TITANS, GO!" Robin yelled. Starfire engaged, headed straight for her sister amidst an army of green gooey monsters. Blackfire had returned to Earth from banishment, along with an army of schlurches courtesy of Starfire's ex-fiancé, Glgrdsklechhh. "What's the matter, sister dear?" she cooed, easily dodging Starfire's starbolts. "Missed me?"

"Why have you escaped banishment?" Starfire asked instead. "You are a criminal and you should be brought to the justice!"

"Can't I just visit my baby sister and see if she's behaving well?" Blackfire's eyes glowed purple, shooting lasers at Starfire, which she was unable to elude. She yelped, falling back to the ground. Blackfire continued to fire at her nonstop—thank goodness for Tamaranean resilience. When the smoke cleared, Blackfire gulped; Starfire remained standing, her forearms crossed before her, her eyes narrowed and glowing bright green. "I will not do the behaving well if you continue to pursue this evilness!" Starfire took off, teeth gritted, flying with lasers shooting out of her eyes at Blackfire.

As the sisters' battle raged in the sky, the other Titans were busy taking down the schlurches. They were on top of Titans Tower, which was now covered in sticky green glop that looked like mucus. Beast Boy was in his giant gorilla form, smashing the schlurches two at a time with his mighty fists. Cyborg, though covered in slime, continued to blast the aliens out of the tower with his sonic cannon. But one of the schlurches sent a projectile of slime at his cannon, jamming it and allowing its companions to overpower him. "Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" Raven yelled, her eyes glowing bright white, dark energy tearing the schlurches apart and reducing them to nothing but slime. "Thanks, Rae!" Cyborg yelled over the disgruntled gurgling sounds of the schlurches. Raven waved a hand that cleared Cyborg's cannon, which allowed them to resume battle.

Realizing that they were about to be thwarted by the Titans, the remaining schlurches joined forces to create one huge slime monster. The slime beast roared, sending splats of slime at the Titans. Raven stood in front and created a shield to protect her friends from the splatters. The four Titans stood side by side, wondering the exact same thing—"How do we get it off our roof?" Raven asked monotonously, though there was a pinch of annoyance in her voice as she scraped slime off of her cape.

"Leave it to me," Beast Boy said, and was just about to turn into a T-Rex when Robin stopped him. "If you turn into anything heavier than an ape, you'll destroy the tower. We have to get it off before we destroy it. Raven, Cyborg, now!"

The combination of Raven's dark energy and Cyborg's sonic blast was enough to send the schlurch falling off the tower's edge. Beast Boy leaped after it, morphing into a blue whale—or in his case, a green whale—mid-fall, completely squashing the schlurch, its slimy remains splattering across the façade of Titans Tower. Cyborg grumbled in exasperation. "BB you're cleaning this mess up!" he yelled in irritation, his eyes narrowed. But their miniature victory was short-lived as the splatters on the walls turned into more schlurches. Without pausing, Robin dove, his retractable staff at the ready, shooting a grappling cable when he was far enough down. As he swung, he engaged at the schlurches with ferocity, slicing them in half and disemboweling them.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Starfire still fighting Blackfire, the two sisters locked in a hand-to-hand fight as they fell from the sky. Blackfire was stronger than Starfire, but Starfire was more determined. She broke free of Blackfire's grasp and turned in mid-air, blasting her sister's back with her starblasts, sending her crashing to the earth quicker and with more force. There was a low boom when she collided with the ground, a plume of dust engulfing her. She was just about to finish her off with one more blow when a spaceship emerged from the clouds, sleek silver and midnight blue in color. The windshield was tinted dark black—so dark it looked almost opaque. The design was like their T-ship's, only edgier and larger. She wondered who the intruder was, but she didn't stop to find out. A lethal-looking space gun emerged from below the craft, aimed right at her. "Eeep!" she yelped. The gun released a silvery energy beam, which Starfire eluded by flying straight up. Blackfire was also alarmed as she emerged from the plume, forgetting about her plot against her sister and attempting to fly away. Starfire glared at her sister, determined to stop her once and for all, and pursued her. She wove in and out of the energy beam's path, as did her sister. It seems as though it targeted both of them. She was hot on her tail, a starbolt ready in her hand, when the silver beam finally caught her. She screamed; she writhed in pain, electricity flowing through her veins, causing her to halt and her starbolt to falter. She felt as though the beam was some sort of vacuum that pulled at the very fibers of her being. She had to escape; she did not like this feeling. But by the time the beam released her, she was already unconscious.

Red X was busy scaling the other, cleaner side of Titans Tower when he froze. He saw Starfire caught in a beam of sparkling silver, and saw green energy escape Starfire's body. The green energy was sucked back into the space-gun from which the beam was emitted from. His eyes widened as she fell from the sky when the beam released her. As far as he could tell, she was unconscious, spinning uncontrollably in the air. His nerves tensed; his pulse quickened as adrenaline coursed through his veins. He waited to see if Robin saw her, if he would save her as he saw many times before. A few seconds passed; Starfire was still descending quickly. "He's taking too long," Red X grumbled, "What is that kid doing?"

He rolled his eyes, jumping off the wall and teleporting without hesitation, reappearing a few feet above Starfire. He made sure his cloaking device was turned on so as not to get sighted by the Titans, his hands outstretched in front of him, ready to grab her. "Almost there, cutie," he said to himself, "al... most... there..." He was desperately trying to extend his reach, her long hair tickling his fingertips. Finally, he caught hold of her waist with one arm and with the other, he shot an X-hook at the tower just a few feet before they hit the ground, their momentum swinging them around to the back of the tower. He landed on his feet with a grunt, holding Starfire's body tightly against his. He was still invisible, and she was still knocked out cold, her head lulling back. He laid her down on the rocky surface gently, resting her upper body on his knee, brushing her soft red hair from her face. Red X looked up to see the spaceship that attacked her hovering in the airspace above the tower, firing lasers at the Titans when they engaged. One by one the slimy green things retreated after Starfire's sister, who was nowhere to be seen. It looked like none of the Titans were coming to Starfire's aid very soon—he couldn't just leave her here while she was vulnerable and while that ship was still after her. Red X slapped his forehead in indignation, releasing a low and exasperated breath. He produced and placed an X-shaped device on the buckle of Starfire's belt, the device beeping thrice before instantly making her invisible, too. The sensor in Red X's mask allows him to see her still, so he was able to carry her bridal style without difficulty. He looked back once more at the hovering ship, which was being attacked by the Titans, and then at Starfire, whose lashes were fluttering slightly. "A hero's gotta do, yada yada yada," he mumbled under his breath as he started to walk.

Author's note: Sooo... what do you guys think? REVIEW!

Happy Holidays!