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Red X

Red X readied himself as Robin darted swiftly out of the way of the explosives and headed towards him. Red X sent three shurikens whirling in Robin's direction, but they missed by inches and embedded themselves in the road.

Red X snickered. "It's nothing personal, bird boy. You just have powerful enemies. With Bats and Super gone, you could have taken the hint and gotten out of town. You have a lot of money tucked away, you could have bought a nice life for yourself. But you decided to make yourselves a target. Always playing the hero. That's the trouble with you people. Being noble and stupid gets you in a whole lotta trouble."

Red X made a downward flicking motion with his right wrist, and a poison dart appeared. He fired it at Robin, then whirled and launched a stunning kick in his direction.

Dawnsong

Dawnsong clamped his fingers around Shyft's throat, bracing against the weight, then heaved with his whole body, sending the rubbery mutant flying through the air. Shyft smashed into the front of a building on the other side of the street, but he immediately bounced to the road, landing in a fighting stance, apparently unharmed by the impact.

"What are you?!" Dawnsong shouted at him in frustration.

"Your undertaker," Shyft growled.

Dawnsong roared and fired two blasts of flame at his opponent, but Shyft's elastic body snapped easily out of the way.

I hurt him when I burned him, Dawnsong realised. That's why he's staying far away, out of range of my firepower. But how can I make him stand still long enough for me to hit him again?

Dawnsong cast around for an object to throw and settled on a nearby car. Lifting it into the air, he threw it at Shyft with all his strength. Shyft reacted immediately, his limbs lengthening and body stretching into a new configuration. His hands reached out and wrapped around the car before swinging it around in a wide arc, redirecting its force back towards Dawnsong. And the end of the arc, Shyft let the car go, and it flew back towards the one who'd thrown it. Dawnsong had little time to react. The car clipped the edge of his legs as it flew past, knocking him to the street. As he fell, he aimed another fireball at Shyft, who merely dodged.

Curses. Now my leg hurts and I'm no closer to pinning him down. Dawnsong's mind raced, trying to come up with a plan.