A Long Night in Jump City

[Red X Unmasked]

A Long Night in Jump City

By Red X Unmasked

Part 1

“…And with this, Wayne Enterprises, Inc. presents to Jump City…the Perpetual fusion engine!” announced spokesman Jacobs Anderson. He stood before a large crowd of the citizens of Jump City. The big meeting was being held in the middle of the city introducing the newest invention of Wayne Enterprises. “The perpetual fusion engine is built to house enough nuclear energy power this ENTIRE city for a LONG period of time. Maybe even longer. We people at Wayne Enterprises are happy to bring to Jump City a new age in power!”

Everyone in the audience began to clap their hands rapidly, excited about the news. One coated figure in the audience did not clap, however. His mind was too occupied with ideas of how his plan would work. He just needed the right people…



East Jump City…



A pink haired, pale faced girl stood at the sidewalk that night, nodding her head as if she were listening to music. She had been standing there for a while now, as if she were waiting for something. Or someone. Or in her case…anyone.

She stood there with a grin on her face as the world past her by, until a guy in a red Lamborghini rode up to her.

“Hey there,” said the guy with a smile on his face. “What’s a pretty face like you doing in a place like this on a night like this?”

“Just hangin’ around,” responded the girl. She eyed the red car widely and then the guy. “Nice ride you got here. Dig it totally.”

“Nice to have your approval. So where you headed to? Need a lift?” asked the guy.

“Yeah, I guess I could use one,” she said as she shrugged and then hopped into the passengers’ seat. “Doesn’t matter where to. We can just drive around a bit.”

“Fine with me,” the guy said grinning as he started the car and they drove off down the street. “Want some tunes?”

“Meh,” she said shrugging.

The boy then turned on the stereo system in the car and placed in his CD. The music blasted loudly with an urban hip hop beat. The girl rolled her eyes in disgust.

“What’s your name anyways?” the guy asked, as he looked at the girl up and down. “I have a feeling I’ve seen you before.”

“Nope. I’m new in town. The name’s Jade.”

The guy once again looked her up and down. He noticed her attire and how she wore all purple and black.

“Jade? Don’t look like a ‘Jade’, but if that’s your name, then I like it.”

Jade looked over at the boy and then looked down at the cup holders under the radio system. To Jade’s luck, there was a cup of hot coffee in it. But before she could go any further, she HAD to do something about that God awful beat.

ZZZZZZZ! ZZZZZZ!

“Hey what the!?” exclaimed the guy as his system began to fry and sizzle. He quickly and hurriedly began pressing buttons, but the sparks kept burning his hands. “JEEZ! This is a brand new ride!”

“What bad luck, huh?” commented Jade. Just then, the cup of coffee, somehow, fell over into the guy’s lap.

“AAAAAAAAH! JEEZ!” he screamed as the boiling hot cup of coffee scorched his lap. He quickly swerved his car as a reaction to the pain. In doing this, he went onto the sidewalk full of newspapers and other posters. He looked ahead of him and saw that he was about to crash into a large metal pole. “NO!” The guy quickly slammed on the breaks as hard as possible, and the car struggled to stop. But luckily for him, and Jade, it stopped directly in front of the pole, but the impact of the sudden stop sent the guy flying forwards and crashing his head onto the window. He fell back with a large lump on his forehead. He was entirely dazed.

“Ugh,” he managed to get out.
“You’re two for two, pal,” said Jade as she reached over and opened up the drivers’ door. She then nudged the guy over out of the car and hopped into the drivers’ seat. She then started up the car with the keys that were left in and then speeded off. As she took off, the guy she left behind managed to lean over atop of a newspaper that lay on the ground. On the front page it read “WANTED” with a picture of Jade on it. Only under her picture, it had the name Jinx.

[Allen CARR]

Yo X, great work! your storytelling way surpasses mine, i can't wait till the next chapter.

[Red X Unmasked]

Thanx, Allen. And I just got done readin your Slade fic. Very good work. Keep it up.

Here's the rest.
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Part 2

The taxi cab stopped right in front of an apartment complex. The back door flew open as a man hopped out and ran for the inside with the strength of his life.

Just then, a motorcycle stopped behind them. A muscular teenager, possibly in his late teens, stepped off the bike and quickly walked for him.

“HEY! WHERE’S MY FAIR?” the cabby shouted at the man that ran in. “I’M CALLING THE COPS!” Just as he grabbed his cellular phone, ready to alert the authorities, the teen walked by his window and tossed in a roll of money, enough to pay whatever the fair could be. He then ran inside after the man.

The cabby stared at the suspicious teenager. He decided to call the police anyway.

The man ran as hard as he could up the stairs to his apartment. When he finally got there, he struggled hard to pull out his keys and open the door, but his nervous hand kept trembling. He stopped and looked down the stairs, and saw the teenager coming for him.

He then turned back around and finally managed to get the key in.

Thank you!

He barged the door open and slammed it behind him. He put the chains on the door and held his breath.

He listened for the loud footsteps of the teenager, but then, they were gone. He heard nothing anymore.

Maybe he’s gone. Maybe…

The man slowly turned around and looked out the peep hole in the door, but his dismay, there he was.

The teenager smiled and said “Hey, Mikey.”

WAM! The doors were then punched off of their hinges, sending the man known as Mikey flying backwards. And there stood the teenage hitman known as Johnny Rancid.

“Mikey, Mikey, Mikey,” said Johnny as he shook his head. “You should be ashamed of yourself. Making me run halfway across this city chasing after you. Not to mention you should be ashamed of the fact that you’re a grown man running away from a kid! A kid!”

“How’d you find me anyways?” asked Mikey.

Johnny pointed at Mikey’s coat pocket. Mikey opened it up and saw a small blck tracer attached to it. He looked back at a smiling Johnny.

“Come on, Rancid,” pleaded Mikey as he tried to crawl back. “You know I got the money. You know I’m good for it.”

“Uh, no I don’t,” answered Johnny. “Actually, I really don’t know you like that. All I know is your name and that you’re behind on your payment and Mr. Tino’s getting mad. And people get mad they hire me, and that gets me mad because I have to take time out of my schedule to catch a man that has GOT to be mad, because when you think about, he just laid out his deathbed.” Johnny then walked up closer to Mikey. “Irony a kick, ain’t it?”

“I got the money, Rancid. I got the money, just don’t hurt me.”

“So you got the money, but instead of giving it to me, you made us think you didn’t have it which added to all the madness? Irony again. Well if that’s the case, then just give up the money, and the world can go back to spinning.”

“He he,” chuckled Mikey. “Ok, actually, I lied.”

“You li…”

“Yeah.”

“To save your…”

“Yep.”

“But in turn you’re just adding…”

“Yeah. Irony, I know.”

Johnny then rolled his eyes as he reached into his coat pocket and pulled out his weapon, ready to finish his job. Just then…

“FREEZE!” The police had rushed through the space where the door once was and held there weapons up at Rancid.

“Oh you’ve got to be—who called the cops?” asked Johnny as he scolded Mikey.

“Thank God!”

“Drop your weapons, Rancid and get on the ground!” ordered one of the police.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah—I know the drill.” Johnny tossed his gun to the ground and then dug in his pocket. “Don’t worry, I’m just gettin out my pager. I won’t be needing that anymore now will I?”

Then Johnny looked at the pager and stared at a red button on it. He then pressed the button unnoticed.

“Here,” he said as he tossed it to the ground.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Everyone looked around as they listened for where it was coming from. Then all eyes turned for Mikey.

“What the…” Mikey felt his coat and then opened it up and saw the tracer that was planted in it. Turns out it wasn’t only a tracer.

Johnny quickly used this distraction to run towards the window and break through it, right before the tracer exploded, setting the entire room up in flames.

“HAHAHAHA!” laughed Johnny as he fell down towards his motorcycle. “I love this job!”

[Red X Unmasked]

Part 3

“Oof!” went Red X as he landed on top of the armored vehicle. He quickly hopped to the back and grabbed onto the back doors. Behind him were police cars in hot pursuit. “Jeez, a guy can’t even steal in piece.”

He tried to pull the door open, but he failed, seeing as how it was shut tight.

SCURRRR! The truck swerved around the corner, trying to wiggle Red X off, but he held on as tight as he could.

Red X tapped the side of his mask, which activated his communicator.

“Adonis? Adonis!” he called to his partner. “The doors are shut tight and they’re thick as heck.”

“Melt them with the rocket boosters I implanted, X,” answered Adonis from over the speaker. “You know, for a master thief that managed to break into TitansTower WITHOUT the X suit, you sure are acting slow lately.”

Red X lifted his leg up as a burst of fire came from the sole of the boot. He held it up on the handles and they slowly began to melt. He then kicked it open.

“I’ve been losing it lately. Sue me,” he replied back to Adonis. He looked back at the two cop cars that were behind him, firing their weapons at the thief. He quickly ducked and hopped inside. Inside the truck was a ton of gold bars. “Gold? Adonis, I thought this was paper we were getting not gold?”

“Turn on your camera so I can see.”

Red X clicked a button on his mask that turned on the camera on his mask that allowed Adonis to see what he saw while at his hideout.

BLAM! BLAM! More shots were fired, but luckily they missed.

“Whoa! That’s a load. Mr. Lamark wasn’t clear on what he wanted. He just gave me the location of the armored truck and the instructions that he wanted YOU to get the money inside for him. It may be gold, but it’s still money.”

“Really, does it look like I can get all this out of here? How much does he want?”

“Didn’t say that either. I’m guessing he wants all of it.”

Red X quickly ducked form another shot and turned to the cop cars. He then got an idea.

“It’s your job to guess, not mine,” he said. “And since he wasn’t clear on how much he wanted…”

“Wait? What’re you doin’?”

Red X then turned off his camera and then looked at the gold. He quickly jumped behind a large stack of gold, and pushed it towards the edge.

“X? What’re you…”

He then forced it off of the back. The gold bars then fell over and crashed on the first cop car. Glass broke and tops were smashed as the heavy gold smashed the car. The other one tried to drive around it, but the one ahead got in the way and the two crashed.

“What was that noise!? X? X!?”

“That was for chasing me and making my job a lot harder than it should’ve been,” said X with his hand pressed on another stack of gold. He then shoved that one off the edge as well, watching them tumble for the cops that were left behind. “And that was just because I felt like it.”

Just then, the armored truck slammed on breaks, sending Red X flying backwards and the gold bars crashing down on him. The doors then shut from the impact.

“Alright, he’s still back there,” said the driver of the truck, who was, of course, a police officer, along with the one in the passengers’ side. The two hopped out of the car and pulled out their weapons. Cautiously they walked to the back. Slowly, they opened the doors, and readied themselves for whatever was about to happen.

When they opened the doors, they stared at the pile of gold that had Red X under it. The cops then pulled off the gold bars and looked at the dazed thief.

“We have you now, X,” said officer #1. “Now let’s see what you’re hiding under this mask.”

The officer leaned over, ready to yank off the Red X mask when…

“I don’t think so,” said X as he lifted up his foot and the rocket boosters were activated. The blast sent the cop flying back into the other one, sending the two flying out the doors and on the street pavement.

“Ugh,” they groaned.

Red X stood, shaking his head and rubbing his arms.

“X? What’s going on? Can you hear me?”

“I’m great Donny. Just great,” he sarcastically answered. He then slammed the doors shut behind him and then melted them shut with his boot. He then hopped into the front seat of the truck and then drove off. “This was pretty ‘X’-citing. Pretty ‘X’-citing indeed.”

[Sproxie]

Wow, this is great, very action packed, I hope to see another chapter soon.
RED X Rocks!

[Red X Unmasked]

Part 4

“Where is he?” asked a tall man wearing a fresh suit with jewelry on him. Standing next to him were two large muscular bodyguards, one of them was holding a large suitcase. Standing in front of them was a frail teenager with black hair and wearing a suit that was bigger than his body.

“He’ll be here, Mr. Lamark,” said the teen, dusting off his suit.

“You’d better hope so, Adonis,” said Mr. Lamark. “I can’t believe I got kids doing my dirty work.”

“We may be ‘kids’,” said Adonis, “but we’re the best ‘kids’ that can get the job done.”

SSCCCUUUUUUUURRRRRRR! A large armored truck stopped right in front of the four people and the drivers’ door flew open. Then out hopped Red X.

“Honey, I’m home,” said Red X as he went to the back of the truck and opened it up. Mr. Lamark and the others followed him to the back. “Here’s your gold, and I’m guessing that’s my money in your pet bears’ claws.”

The bodyguard grunted at the remark.

“Tough crowd.”

“X,” said a nervous Adonis. “Just give them the gold so we can be out.”

“Wait a minute!” said Mr. Lamark. “What is this!? There’s, like, less then half of the car filled! I know there was more gold than this.”

“There was, but I ran into a jam, you know, had to pay a couple bills I owe for eating out.”

“Where’s the rest of my gold? I hired you to steal ALL of it!”

“Aha. Now see, Mr. Lamark, when you hired me and my frail partner here, you were not clear on exactly HOW gold you wanted stolen. You said you just wanted me to bring you the gold from the truck. In fact, I didn’t even have to bring the truck.”

“Yeah, he’s right,” said Adonis smiling, until he saw the anger in Mr. Lamark’s eyes, as well as the bodyguards. “I mean—I don’t know what he’s talking about.”

“So I’ll be out with the money,” said Red X.

“If that’s the case,” said Mr. Lamark, “then I’m pretty sure I said I’d give you ALL of the money when you bring me ALL of my gold.”

“Did he say that?” asked Red x as he turned towards Adonis. Adonis thought about it, and then slowly nodded.

“So without all my gold, you get a quarter of the money.”

“Ah, loophole,” said Red X. “You said I’d get the money when I bring you ALL of YOUR gold. Technically, it was property of the police, seeing as how it was in their custody, meaning it was not yours, and I can’t take all of what is not yours, now can I?”

Mr. Lamark gritted his teeth as he turned to his bodyguards. Red X turned back to Adonis and gave him thumbs up and quickly turned back around.

“Take it!” said Mr. Lamark as he tossed the suitcase to the thieves. He and his body guards then got into the truck and drove off.
“I should’ve charged interest for the truck,” said Red X.

[Crowgirl]

Wowzers!!

This is great, I love how each villian has somewhat of a personality. Top-notch, top notch.

However, if this is in chapters, could you title them or something of the sort? It would make it easier to tell apart.

Crowgirl

[Red X Unmasked]

Part 5

“50 G’s!” shouted Adonis who had just got finished counting all the money they just made. “50 G’s!”

The two were now in their secret hideout: an abandoned warehouse by a harbor. Inside were all sorts of gadgets and things used for stealing. Adonis made it, X used it.

Red X then walked over to his partner.

“We need to buy a car! Yeah! A car! No, two cars!” said Adonis.

“Donny,” said Red X. “I love to burst your bubble, does it really look like we can buy two cars with 50 G’s? Besides, you can easily make one.” Red X then turned around to go outside and get some fresh air.

“HEY I NEED A BREAK ONCE IN A WHILE TOO!” shouted Adonis.

Just as Red X opened the door and stepped outside, he paused as he noticed four motorcycles outside their hideout. He eyed them, and then quickly turned around and ran inside.

“Donny?” he called. He then ran back to where his partner was, and then saw four men wearing large puffy jumpsuits. In their hands they held large tasers up at Adonis.

“That’s him!” said Adonis. “He’s X, not me!”

“What’s going on?” asked the thief as he held up his guards. The men then put down the tasers and then pulled out a small portable television and placed it on the table. It read “TURN ME ON”.

“That sounds odd,” commented Adonis. He then chuckled and looked to see if anyone else was laughing. Not even a giggle.

“Somehow this seems familiar,” said Red X as he turned on the TV. Just then a face popped up on the screen .It was the face of… “Chang.”

“Well if it isn’t Mr. Xynothium,” said the old man on the screen. “Nice to see you again too, old chum.”

“You know this guy?” asked Adonis.

“Never seen him before,” he answered sarcastically as he reached to turn off the TV.

“Don’t you dare turn off that TV,” Chang said quickly. “Now, let me continue. As you may have heard, Wayne Enterprises has been very generous to give us, the people of Jump City, perpetual energy, enough to power this city for an indefinite time. But, that’s not all it can be good for…”

“What do you have planned for it?” asked Red X.

“Why do I always have to be planning something? Maybe I just want it to power up my reading light.”

“Who reads anymore?” asked Adonis. Still he got no laughs. “Okay, I’m just gonna get something to drink. Want anything? A martini, tequila…Hawaiian Punch?”

“Let me guess, Chang,” said Red X. “You want me to steal it for you, huh?”

“No, I just called to say hi and—oh of course I want you to steal it!”

“How much you payin’?”

“$15,000.”

“HA!” laughed Adonis. Everyone then looked over and scolded him. “Umm—no one wanted—anything to drink—so…”

“$15,000?” asked Red X. “I make more than that working at the local candy store. Kids sure do love candy. And I love money. Meaning I’m gonna need more if you want me…”

“I can only afford to pay you $15,000 because the other $15,000 is going to you partner,” answered Chang.

Red X then looked at Adonis.

“Not him,” said Chang. Red X then looked back at the screen and saw a pink haired girl standing next to Chang, smiling. “Her.”

“Who’s she?”

“She’s going to be working with you to get the engine from Wayne Enterprises. She has the stuff. She’ll tell you what you need to know to get past the security systems in Wayne Enterprises.”

“I can handle this on my own. I’ve done bigger stuff than this before.”

“I don’t think so,” said the girl. “The Perpetual Fusion Engine is going to be heavily guarded before it can be hooked up to the city. Even you won’t be able to get past it without my help.”

“And once again, who are you?” asked Red X.

“Jinx. Name’s Jinx. So are you in or out?”

“HEY!” shouted Adonis. “What about me? Aren’t I gonna get any paper from this?”

“No,” answered Chang, Jinx AND Red X.

“Humph!”

“Well,” said Red X. “Money’s money. Better than nothing. Okay then, Chang. I’m in.”

“Now that’s a good little bad boy,” said Chang.

“What’s the plan, Jinx?” asked Red X.

“First thing’s first: we have to get past the security system. Hot wiring it won’t do; we have to shut it down. I’ll tell you how…”

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[Flashback]

“Mr. Anderson?” said the secretary at Wayne Enterprises as she slowly opened up the door to the man’s office. “The reporter from that high school is here and…”

“Send her in,” said Mr. Anderson. Just then, a girl with large rimmed glasses, shoulder length blonde hair, and a blue dress walked in with a paper and pen.

“Hi, Mr. Anderson, I’m Janet,” said the girl.

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“I went in the night before as a reporter for a school trying to get the scoop on the perpetual fusion engine. Here’s what you need to know…”

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[Flashback]

“Right this way, Janet,” said a smiling Mr. Anderson. The two then walked down the hallway. “So what would you like to know about the Perpetual Fusion Engine?”

“Well, Mr. Anderson, if you don’t mind, I’d like to know how it works.”

“Of course. Well you, see the engine is powered nuclear energy, powerful to power this city so electricity won’t need to be wasted.”

Janet continued righting everything down on her notepad.

“But, Mr. Anderson, with the engine having to wait to be hooked up and displayed before Jump City, aren’t you worried about any robberies that might happen?”

“Not at all, Janet. Here at Wayne Enterprises, we have security guards on all the main floors in which testing or manufacturing of the engine was done…”

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“…So this means, X, that you have to get onto the floors that have no guards on them, which would be any floor but the lab floors and the manufacturing floors, and work your way on up…” Red X remembered Jinx telling him. He stood on the edge of a gargoyle statue that was on the Wayne Enterprises building. He turned towards a window and pulled out a small laser and turned it on. The hot beam then began to melt a hole in the glass. The master thief then swiftly hopped in.

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[Flashback]

“On this floor is where the engine was developed by our scientists and engineers,” said Mr. Anderson. “These people are so dedicated to their work that they stay after to continue their work. Who are we to tell them no, am I right?”

“Right you are, Mr. Anderson,” said Janet, righting more things down.

****

“…There might be a small chance that some scientists will still be in the building, so be careful not to get caught…”

Red X turned his head around the corner of the hallways, and spotted two scientists walking down the halls. They were on their way upstairs to the labs. He quickly turned right back around the corner and waited for them to walk by. They hadn’t spotted him. But, unfortunately, something else did…

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[Flashback]

Janet looked up at a brand new security camera that was staring directly at her. It seems that there were more of them all over the place.

“Do you think you can tell me something about the cameras?” she asked, ready for answers.

“Oh, yes the cameras. Well these are Marcellus Industries latest technology in digital recording. Each camera can be programmed to be motion sensitive or sound sensitive. Each camera can record its information digitally using the highest line resolution that digital recording has to offer. Crisp, clear picture and sound. All of that is immediately recorded onto a 5RT recordable DVD. The cameras automatically burns each DVD, logs it for time and date, and stores it our storage facility which is in the security room. Since all this can be done, we have no need for having our guards in the room watching the cameras, which is why they are guarding all the floors.”

“Interesting,” Janet said.

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“If you get caught on camera, don’t worry about it. No one is watching the tapes, but to avoid anyone seeing them, you have to get down to the security camera room and get those DVDs…”

Red X stared at the camera and began moving his head left and right, watching the camera follow him. He then quickly moved from his position to the camera room.

Once inside, he ran for a large metal door on the wall. He opened it up, revealing tons and tons of DVDs. He was bound to be on one of them, if not all of them.

“Oh man.”



Red X had finished disposing of the burnt DVDs and any black ones that were inside the cameras and had headed out the room. He still had to make it to the floor with the engine. He then slowly began creeping down the hall. As he pressed his body up against the wall, he noticed the sign above him read “LAB FLOOR 1”. He then looked over and saw a security guard coming his way. Red X looked above him and saw a large air vent. His escape.

Jeez, he thought. How many close calls can a guy get?

He managed to slip into the air duct above him and watched as the security guard walked by, not noticing a thing. He then continued making his way towards the room holding the engine.

He climbed out of the vent and found himself looking at a large door with a palm scanner next to the door.

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[Flashback]

“And finally,” said Mr. Anderson. “Here is where we hold the engine that will usher in a new dawn of power in Jump City.”

The two stood in front of a large metal door with a DNA scanner next to it.

“All I have to do is place my palm on this scanner, and once it recognizes my DNA, the doors open up and I can come inside.” Mr. Anderson placed his hand on the scanner. A white light moved up and down, reading his palm, and then it was done. The large door slid open and the two stared inside. Inside were bright green motion detector beams surrounding the room and the engine. But that was not all. “Here we have motion detecting light beams that will pick up even the slightest bit of vibration or movement going on in here; in the center of the room we have the engine surrounded by a 3 inch thick bullet proof glass; concealed within the glass are heat sensors that will sound off the high pitched screeching sirens that not only alert the police, but weaken the perp, causing him to pass out if he even manages to get close to the glass. The sensors are very sensitive and will go off if someone with a high enough cold gets near it.”

“Amazing,” said Janet, writing down the info. As she was writing, she then stopped. “Umm, Mr. Anderson, do you have—mine ran out.”

“Of course,” he said as he reached into his coat pocket. He then pulled out a pen, but as soon as he pulled it out, it burst in his hand. “Stupid ink. Sorry, here’s another one.”

“A bit of bad luck, huh?”

He then dug into his pocket again and pulled out another one.

Janet dug into her own pocket and pulled out a rubber and grabbed the pen. Mr. Anderson eyes her oddly.

“Sorry, but you can never be too clean,” she said while holding the pen.

“Right, right.” Just then, the door closed. “Well, I guess that concludes our interview. If you have anymore questions, then maybe I’ll schedule a field with your school so they can come here. Would you like that?”

“That would be delightful!” Janet grinned as she looked at the rubber glove she wore, and looked at the inky fingerprints of Mr. Anderson that were on the pen.

****

Red X then placed plastic fingerprints onto the fingertips of his gloves. Adonis made them from the prints “Janet” acquired. He then touched the scanner, and prayed that it would scan his prints. Then, it stopped. It had worked. The door opened up and then he looked inside.

“Holy…”

“…It might get tricking when you get there, because there is a code that is needed to shut down the lasers and junk, but that I couldn’t get, so you are on your own here…” he remembered her say.

“Great.,” he said as the door shut behind him. “Just great.”

[Sproxie]

I like this, alot.
I like how you made Red X and Adonis have those cocky, outgoing atittudes.

RED X RULES!

[Red X Unmasked]

Originally Posted by Sprox 083

RED X RULES!

Don't he?

[Crowgirl]

Yup! He rules, Jinx rules, THIS RULES!!!

[Red X Unmasked]

Part 6



“Alright, X,” he said to himself. “You can do this. There’s no turning back now.”

He looked before him at the large room surrounded by motion sensor beams and in the center of the room: the engine surrounded by the 3 inch thick bullet proof glass. “I can do this.”

He then ran forward and began doing flips, cartwheels, and slides to get past the beams undetected. He made his last slide and slid all the way towards the engine. As he got closer, he quickly stood up and paused before he moved any further. He stood on the tip of his toes as he was about to fall forward on the glass and backwards on the beam. He managed to keep his balance. He looked at the glass.

“Okay, now what?” he asked himself. He didn’t have anything on him that would help him get it out of the glass. He then looked at the platform the engine sat on. “Hmmm, maybe…”

He then touched the glass, and as soon as he did this, the sirens went blaring.

WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!

“AAH!” exclaimed Red X as he held his ear and dropped to his knees. “I should’ve brought some earplugs!”

Just then, the platform began to spin around and a hole opened up beneath it. The engine slowly lowered into the hole.

Perfect.

Red X quickly jumped down into the hole and watched as it closed behind him. The security guards ran into the room, but saw that no one was there.

“Shut off all exits!” said the guard into his walkie talkie. “I repeat! Shut off ALL exits!”

****

“That doesn’t sound good,” said Jinx from inside her red Lamborghini. The car sat right out front of Wayne Enterprises. She could hear the sirens blaring from the inside. “Come on, X. Get outta there.”

****

“WHOA!” exclaimed Red X as he fell down the hole with the engine. He then landed on top of it as it fell into a large black empty room. Two large robotic arms stretched out and grabbed the glass case the engine was in, and removed it with a high powered laser. Red X quickly jumped up and landed on the arm that grabbed the engine and lowered it downwards into the lower part of the room, which was the storage room for all of the Perpetual Fusion Engines being made for distribution past Jump City. The large robotic arm pushed the engine towards a small metal door that was the storage closets for the engines. The door opened up and the engine was stuck inside its own closet. Red X quickly jumped inside before it closed and locked him out.

He now sat in total darkness. He then pulled out his laser and heated around the metal. Once it was done, he kicked it open. He then pulled the engine towards the edge and pulled out his grapple gun. He then fired the hook all the way to the bottom of room where the entrance door was. He knew security was coming, and he had to get out fast.

The hook grabbed onto the top rimming of the door, and then Red X wrapped the gun around the engine. That’s when he and the engine went swinging down towards the door. He unhooked the engine and then opened the door and began sliding the engine on the ground.

Once he got out, he looked down the hall and saw several security guards that had spotted him.

“THERE HE IS!” shouted one of them as they began running for him.

“Not good,” said Red X as he turned around. There was no way he’d be able to push the engine down the hall quick enough to get away. He was trapped. That’s when he looked down the opposite way the guards were coming from, and saw that there were sprinklers on the ceiling. “Too easy.”

He then pulled out of his sleeve four small explosive balls made by Adonis. He then tossed them for the sprinklers. All of them exploded, releasing water all over the hallway floor. He quickly pushed the engine down the hallway and hopped on top of it as it began to slide down the wet and slippery hallway.

“Too easy.”

He looked back at the security guards and saw them all slipping and falling on the water. He turned his direction back to in front of him, when he saw he was heading for a large window!

“Not good…”

****

SMASH! Jinx quickly looked up at the window from the 7th floor of the building and saw Red X break through it with the engine.

“For some reason, I’m surprised,” she said as she backed up the car onto the sidewalk and pressed the button that opened up the truck of the car. The engine landed with full force into the trunk, but the cushions inside lowered the impact.

Red X came crashing down and landed on the elastic cover of a fruit stand and bounced on the ground with a loud thud.

“That wasn’t fun at all,” he said as he struggled to get on his feet.

“STOP OR WE’LL SHOOT!” ordered the guards as they barged through the front doors of Wayne Enterprises holding their weapons.

“Get in the car, X!” shouted Jinx, as she pressed the button that closed the trunk and pressed another one to open up the passengers’ door. He then quickly ran in, dodging bullets. And with that, the two teenage thieves made their getaway.

[Red X Unmasked]

Part 7



“Well this was fun,” said Jinx as she drove the car with the engine towards Chang’s hideout; an old abandoned observatory a few miles away from Titans Tower. They had to make sure the Titans wouldn’t get involved. By now they were already alerted by the alarms that a robbery had taken place at Wayne Enterprises. It would only be a matter of time before they figure out who was involved in the break in. They had to play it cool and cover up their tracks.

They drove up the swerving hill up to the observatory and then parked the car right at the top as they saw Chang and his henchmen standing out there waiting for them and the engine. The car doors opened and Red X and Jinx stepped out. Jinx walked to the back to get the engine, while X walked to Chang to get their money.

“Nice job, Mr. X,” said Chang. “I honestly was a bit skeptic, but turns out you proved me wrong. My engine, please?”

“Umm—a little help here?” asked Jinx as she struggled to lift up the engine. Chang then snapped his fingers, giving the signal for his men to go and retrieve the engine and bring it inside.

“Here is your money,” said Chang as he gave the two their suitcases containing their money in it. “Have a nice life and all that stuff.”

Chang and his men then walked inside, leaving the two thieves outside by themselves. Red X turned around and began walking away.

“Hey, X,” called Jinx as she ran to him. “Nice working with you and all. It was actually fun. If you wanna do another team up again, then look me up.”

She then walked to her car and then drove off, smiling back at Red X.

“…Girls,” he said as he turned around. “Wait—jeez now how am I getting home?”

****

“Yes!” exclaimed Chang from inside his hideout. He gazed at the perpetual fusion engine that sat before him. “Now that your precious power is in my hands, I can go along with my plan. Jump City shall quiver before me!” He then walked over to his computer that he had left on. On the screen were blueprints for the engine and an outline of procedures for something called “DOOMSDAY”…

****

It had now been almost a week since the robbery at Wayne Enterprises, and the of course, the Titans were already on it. The guards had given them a description of Red X, and then the search was on for him. Luckily for Red X, he was laying low, and the Titans or other authorities had no idea where he would be hiding.

For now, Red X hid out at a hangout for local thugs and crooks. Here they could do whatever they wanted. They could fight, spit, the works. Right now, X was playing pool with fellow crook Gizmo.

“Man this blows,” said Red X as he stopped playing pool. “It kinda gets boring winning for the umpteenth time in a row.”

“Shut your scum-buffing, snot-slurping mouth, X!” shouted Gizmo.

“I’m getting a drink,” said Red X as he walked over to the bar.

“Wouldn’t drinking involve you removing your mask, which you don’t do?” said Gizmo.

Red X quickly shot a sharp glance at the short techno geek.

Just then Gizmo turned towards the TV and saw a news report taking about the robbery from Wayne Enterprises.

“…And for any information on the perpetrators or the mysterious ‘Red X’, please call in this number 1-800-ARREST…”

Red X then walked back to the table with a beverage in his hand, not catching the news bulletin.

“Wait a minute, X,” said Gizmo. “YOU lifted the Perpetual Fusion Engine from Wayne Enterprises?”

Red X looked at the television and saw his face on the screen. “Yea, I guess I did.”

“Let me guess, you were hired, huh?”

“Yeah, so?”

“How much they pay you?”

“$15,000. Why?”

“$15,000!? $15,000!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

Red X stood there looking at the laughing Gizmo.

“Yea, I’m missing something, aren’t I?” asked Red X.

“Missing something? I’d say a heckuva lot more money than you made! Wait. You don’t know, do you?”

“Know—what?” The two then looked up at the TV and listened to the rest of the report.

“…Wayne Enterprises is offering $1,000,000 dollars for the capture of Red X or the discovery of the Perpetual Fusion Engine…”

Red X dropped his glass beverage. He was speechless.

“I can’t believe you! Are you dumb, or are you dumb!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

Red X then walked towards the door, not uttering a word, but before he walked out, he stopped by a pool table and grabbed a pool stick. He tossed it at Gizmo as if it were a spear, which hooked onto Gizmo’s collar, sending him and the stick flying for the wall. The stick was speared into the wall, and had Gizmo hanging from it by his collar.

“Humph.”

And at that Red X walked outside. As soon as he stepped outside, he saw a nice slick black car stop right in front of him. The doors opened up and out walked Jinx.

“You really aren’t the easiest guy to find,” she said. “Ever think about going into the yellow pages?”

“Where’d the car come from?”

“Some guy who thought they could get a shot. Took his ride, and now it’s mine. You coming or not?”

“Where to?”

“We both know Chang jipped us, and I know you wanna…”

Red X walked directly past Jinx and into her car.

“Get in. I’m driving.”

“Do you even have a license?”

“Do you?”

“Point taken,” said Jinx as she walked into the passengers’ side and sat back as the car took off.

[Sproxie]

LOVE it. 'nuff said.

[Red X Unmasked]

Part 8



RING! RING! RING!

Johnny Rancid rode down the road on his motorcycle at top speed, ignoring the law, when he heard his phone ring. He quickly slowed down and parked his bike near the sidewalk and answered it.

“Rancid. Whaddya want?” said the teenage hitman.

“Ah, Mr. Rancid,” said the person on the other line. “My name is Chang and I have a job for you.”

“Who do you need done, Mr. Chang.” Johnny listened for his instructions, and nodded his head. “Nice.”

****

The car then stopped in front Chang’s observatory. The car doors flew open and the two stepped out. Red X had noticed a motorcycle badly hidden in some bushes, and Jinx walked over to the front door. She then began knocking. Red X looked at her oddly.

“What?” she asked. “Maybe he’s home?”

Red X backed up and whirled around, performing a powerful kick, busting open the door. The two inside, not noticing the small red motion sensor beam that their feet walked past.

“CHANG!” shouted Red X as Jinx walked around looking. “CHANG! I don’t believe it…he high tailed it outta here.”

Just then, the doors slammed behind him, locking him and Jinx inside. He paid no mind to it and kept walking around.

Jinx walked by the computer and looked at the screen. Apparently it had been left on by Chang, and on the screen was something called “DOOMSDAY”.

“Hmmm,” Jinx said as she searched all over the computer table. She then found plenty of blank disks and then saved “DOOMSDAY” on the disk. Red X then walked up behind her.

“What’s this?” he asked.

“Dunno. Something called ‘DOOMSDAY’. Chang was working on it before he left…”

“Shh,” Red X. He held Jinx’s mouth close, and the two stared at the computer screen. They could see the reflection of someone…someone with a gun.

Red X quickly kicked his foot back, knocking the gun out of person’s hand. He then stared at the person in the eyes.

“My gun,” said the teenager. He then reached into his coat pocket and pulled out another. “Good thing I always carry a spare.”

“Who are you?” he asked.

“Name’s Rancid, Johnny Rancid. Not that it matters, ‘cause it’s gonna be the last name you hear…”

Johnny then pulled the trigger, or at least he tried to. The trigger would not go down.

“Wha—It’s jammed?” said Johnny.

Red X quickly looked at Jinx, whose eyes were glowing purple. She was causing this with her hex magic.

“HYAI!” shouted Red X as he kicked the other gun out of Johnny’s hand and continued kicked him repeatedly in his chest. He then reached for Johnny and grabbed him, spinning him around and tossing him for the computer table. Red X then picked up the gun and was ready to fire.

“Not so fast,” said Rancid as he grabbed the bottom of his ankle and pulled out a knife. He got back up and flung it for X.

“AAAHHH!” screamed the master thief as it grazed his shoulder, causing him to drop his gun, but luckily Jinx was there to grab before it even touched the floor.

She held it up at Johnny and fired a round of bullets at him, but lucky for him, she had no aim and all of them missed. Johnny used this to his advantage and ripped off the wooden legs from the table and leaped for Jinx, ready to take a stab at her (ignore pun). Red X quickly got up and knocked her out the way. He held Johnny’s arms, protecting him from getting staked by the wooden legs.

“HA!” shouted Jinx as she fired a purple energy blast at Johnny, but Johnny was quicker than that, and shifted Red X in front of him to take the full blow. Red X then dropped to his knees, and Johnny ran off. Jinx ran after him, but lost him in the large observatory.

“Now where are you?” she asked as she walked around the library section of the observatory. She walked past multiple book shelves, but did not find Rancid. She then noticed a book that caught her eye about hexes. She grabbed the book and pulled it off the shelf, but as soon as she did this, she saw a gun staring her directly in her face.

BLAM! The gun went off. Johnny turned around and reloaded for Red X.

“She’s down and out; now for Mr. Tall-dark-and-dead over there…”

Just as he began walking, he could see a large dark shadow over shadowing him. He quickly turned back around and saw the large bookshelf fall over on him, which knocked over the other one, which knocked over the other, which knocked over the other, and so forth.

Jinx stood back up after ducking the bullet. She dusted herself off and ran over for Red X, but not before going back to get her book. Just as she got closer to X, Johnny busted through the bookshelf that fell over him, holding his gun and held it at Jinx, while Jinx quickly readied herself to fire another energy blast. And that’s when Red X stood up holding one of Johnny gun’s that was previously dropped.

“Seems you’ve run into a little predicament, Johnny,” said Red X. “Now tell us what you’re doing here…”

Just then, a loud buzzer sound was heard. Everyone looked around and saw a large TV come down from the ceiling. That’s when it came on and Chang’s image came up on the screen.

“Chang?” said Jinx and Red X.

“If you are getting this message, then that means that you have tripped my motion sensor…”

Red X and Jinx then looked over at the front door and saw the red beam.

“…This recording is set to come on exactly 10 min. after the beam is tripped. As I’m sure you are aware, I hired Johnny Rancid to kill you two thieves. It was obvious that after you two see the reward that is being handed out, you would find out that you were jipped BIG TIME! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Ahem, but anyways, you will not be seeing a penny because I’m not giving you anything!”

“HA!” laughed Johnny.

“Oh and Johnny Rancid, if you have disposed of X and Jinx, and you’re still here, then let me tell you that you as well won’t be getting anything! Meh! I just wanted you guys dead, which is why I hired Johnny. And if he didn’t do the job and you guys killed him, you’re still going to die.”

“WHAT!?” shouted Johnny. “YOU’RE NOT PAYIN’!?”

“And after this recording is done, then the countdown will begin…NOW! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

Chang’s face went off the screen and was replaced by the number 20 and the countdown had started.

“20…19…18…17…”

“AAAAAHHHHHH!” screamed Johnny as he ran for the front doors, trying to open it. But to his dismay, they were locked shut. There was no escape.

“At least he was nice enough to give us a countdown,” said Red X as he dug into pants and pulled out a grapple gun.

“X, what’re we going to do?” asked Jinx.

“…14…13…12…10…9…”

“”Hold on,” X said as he fired the grappling hook all the way up to the large window on the roof of the observatory. The hook broke the through the glass and hooked on to the telescope.

“…6…5…”

“Wait for me!” shouted Johnny as he ran for the two and held onto them as they went shooting up towards the exit.

“…3…2…1…”

BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM! The entire observatory went off in flames, but luckily, the three had just made it out in time, right before the flames had caught them.

“AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” they screamed as Red X let go of the gun and they all went flying for the ocean below them.

SPLASH! All three of them splashed into the water with powerful impact, knocking them out.

[Crowgirl]

AWESOME!!!

Just watch out for those homynyms. They can really get to you.

Crowgirl

[Sproxie]

I loved it, lots of action. I like how you post often....

[Raven37]

Wow, this is an awesome story!!! Red X rocks! Can't wait for the next chapter. Please post more soon!

-Raven37

[Red X Unmasked]

Thanx for ALL the positive feedback! Here's part 9

Part 9


Red X opened his eyes and saw that he was lying on the shore. He looked around and saw Johnny mourning over the destruction of his bike and Jinx just sitting there.

“You nearly drowned out there,” said Jinx.

“Huh? Wait. My mask—you didn’t?”

“Don’t worry about it, X,” answered the Vixen. “You’re a man of mystery, and I respect that. I didn’t remove your mask. I just left you lying there hoping you’d recover.”

“Uh, thanks—I think.”

“AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!” screamed Johnny, kicking the burnt pieces of his motorcycle away. The three were surrounded by a massive amount of rubble and other junk from the observatory. “Chang is REALLY gonna catch it!”

“You ain’t kiddin’,” commented Jinx.

“Alright,” said Red X, “if Chang doesn’t want to pay…”

“Then he’s gonna pay,” finished Johnny slamming his fists together. “Not only was he gonna stiff me, but he tried to kill me AND trashed my ride!”

“Serves you right for trying to kill us,” joked Jinx.

“Hey, hey, hey, I was hired! It’s my job! Just like X over there. He’s a hired thief; I’m a hired hitman. See the similarities?”

“Only difference is I can get my job done,” said X.

“What was that!?” exclaimed Johnny as he ran for Red X. Jinx quickly jumped in between them.

“Hey! Quit it you Neanderthals! Jeez, now I remember why I stopped working with Mammoth and Gizmo!”

“I don’t have time for this,” said Red X as he turned around, ready to walk off. Jinx then followed him. Followed by Johnny. “You’re not coming with us, Rancid.”

“Who died and made you Prince of Darkness, huh? Why ain’t I goin’?”

“Because…you hit me…” Red X then continued walking with Jinx rolling her eyes.

Johnny spit on the ground and then followed them anyways.

****

“Sir,” said one of Chang’s henchmen. “The signal from the observatory went off. The bomb hit.”

“But they’re dead, right?” asked Chang, staring at his engine.

“Our men are searching for bodies right now. It turns out that they found no bodies. Either they drowned in the ocean, or escaped.”

“Oh pooh!” said Chang, upset at the news. “Give me the phone. I need to make a phone call to the chief of police…”

As Chang called the number on his phone, the private plane he sat in took off for his new hideout so he could continue with his plans…

****

Red X, Jinx, and Johnny all walked towards X’s hideout, the harbor. As soon as they turned the corner, they quickly jumped back. Surrounding the front of his hideout were several cops. There would be no way they could get in with out being noticed. Red X stuck his head around the corner and saw 3 cops step out of the hideout carrying all types of equipment that belonged to Adonis and X. Then a 4th cop came out, and he was arresting someone…

“Donny,” he said. “They got Donny.”

Adonis was handcuffed and put into the back of the cop car, while the cops drove him off.

“They got Donny……Chang…”

“We gotta get outta here,” said Johnny. “It’s too hot.”

Jinx looked around and saw an empty squad car, but it was surrounded by a cop. Her eyes then began to glow and the cop’s hat went flying off as the wind picked up. At that, Jinx and Johnny then ran for the car and opened the door.

“COME ON, X!” called out Jinx.

“HEY!” shouted the cops as they saw Jinx and Johnny in the car. “GET OUT OF THERE!”

“Forget him!” said Johnny. “Let’s high tail it outta here!”

Red X then snapped to and quickly started running for the car.

“STOP OR WE’LL SHOOT!” called the cops. X didn’t stop. Rounds were fired, and most of them grazed X’s cape, but he managed to get into the passengers’ seat.

“DRIVE!” shouted Johnny and X. Jinx started the car and drove off, while the back of the car was riddled with bullets. The other policemen hopped into their cars and pursued them with extreme prejudice, chasing them down the streets of Jump City.

“They’re shootin’ at us!” said Johnny from the backseat. X looked at the shotgun that sat in front of him and Jinx, and grabbed it.

“Here!” He tossed it back to Johnny who caught it and held it up at the back window.

BLAM! CH CH! was the sound he made when he fired and reloaded. He aimed it directly at the left front wheel of the cop car behind him.

BLAM! CH CH! The wheel was destroyed and the car began swerving into the one right next to it and the two crashed, causing a pile up as other cars behind hit began to crash.

“WOOHOO!” cheered Johnny.

“It ain’t over yet,” said Jinx. Johnny turned around to the front and saw two cop cars that stopped directly in front of them. “Man news travels fast.”

“Taken care of,” said Johnny as he held up the gun to the front window.

BLAM! The glass was shattered and he aimed the gun at the cop cars gas tank.

BLAM!

BOOOOOOOMMMMM! The cop car exploded with a burst of flames, setting off a chain reaction destroying the other one next to it. Jinx then drove her car past all the flames and continued driving.

“Nice, Rancid,” commented Red X.

“No need to praise me, I’m just…”

“Now we’re up for murder as well,” finished Red X.

“Meh, maybe they’re still alive.”

Jinx and Red X then scolded him.

“It was a guess. What’re we gonna do now?”

“Well let’s look at what we got here,” said X, “I’m a wanted thief and there’s $1,000,000 for my capture…”

“Or the return of the engine,” said Jinx.

“Right, the engine. And Chang just jipped us and we—wait. $1,000,000 for the return of the engine?”

“That’s what they said.” Just then, Johnny, Jinx, and Red X all looked at each other. They all had the same idea.

“If WE can steal BACK the engine that we stole for Chang and then turn it in ourselves, we’ll get the reward money.”

“2 problems with that, Einstein,” said Johnny, “1) How’re we gonna steal the engine back form Chang if we don’t know where he is and 2) how’d you expect to turn in the engine without getting caught?”

“I’ll work out the details later, but that’s what we’re doing. First we GOT to ditch this car.”

“Taken care of,” said Jinx as she drove the cop car as fast as she could to a secluded area of Jump City. Here is where most illegal crimes took place. Jinx drove the car towards a large garage and stopped. Everyone got out and Jinx then opened it up, revealing dozens of stolen cars inside.

Johnny and Red X were speechless.

“Pick one,” she said.

“Alright, so we took care of our car problem, but now we have to plan out our next move. Most likely the engine is going to be heavily guarded, meaning that Chang is planning something big for it…”

“Oh, yeah,” said Jinx as she dug into her pocket and pulled out a floppy disk. “I think everything we need to know about what Chang is up to will be on this little puppy.”

“I like you already,” said Johnny.

“Well, okay, Jinx, you’ll go to the library and try to find out what’s on there but be incognito. If you get caught with that disk, we won’t know what’s going on. Johnny, you and I are going to try and find where Chang’s hiding.”

“I might have an idea,” said Johnny, grinning. “Chang also runs an illegal underground trading ring for stolen stuff and junk like that. Bet you $10.00 he’s in one of them.”

“So you mean to tell me we’re gonna drive from ring to ring to find a man that isn’t supposed to know we’re looking for him, only so his men in the rings can report and tell him ‘Oh, hey Chang. How’s it going? Yeah, my kids are great, thanks for asking but I just thought I’d let you know two guys came in, one with a skull on his face and the other a big grayed skinned moron, and they were looking for. I told them you weren’t here so they said they’ll come back…”

Johnny just stared at Red X while Jinx rolled her eyes.

“It’s gonna work, trust me.”

“I’m supposed to trust someone that tried to kill me AND tried to leave me behind back there to get caught by the cops?”

“It’s not like they were shooting at you.”

“………they WERE shooting at me!”

“Alright, alright!” shouted Jinx. “You guys go check out the rings, and I’ll decode the disk. Here, take these phones someone left in their car—idiots—and we’ll keep in contact.”

Jinx looked at X, and they nodded; Johnny looked at Jinx, they nodded; X looked at Johnny, and they nodded.

“Alright then—we’re out…”

[Sproxie]

I love all the action in your story, This was a great chapter, although I was hoping you would leave Johnny behind. (He seems annoying)