The New Hive.
Crime was at an all time low in the city, and the Teen Titans were the ones to thank for it. Since the team formed, criminal activity had gone down considerably. Of course, there were still the occasional bank robbery or car theft, but the riff-raff had obviously taken the Titan's message to heart. Even Jump City's super villains were being unusually quiet. It had been weeks since they had seen neither hide nor hair of Slade, or anyone else for that matter. That's what worried Robin so much. A dry spell like this could only mean one thing; someone was up to something. And no matter what it was, he was determined to put a stop to it. It was this determination that made him decide to have twice the amount of daily patrols, despite their endless complaining about it. And of course, he decided to take the first patrol of the city, which even he began to regret. It was freezing out, and his costume wasn't exactly the warmest thing in the world to wear. He had been swinging his way around the city for almost three hours by now, so he decided to stop on a rooftop for a short rest before returning back to the tower. To be honest, sometimes he enjoyed being out in the city by himself. Between the constant video game arguments, and encroaching on each other's personal space, it got to be pretty loud around the old home. He removed a pair of binoculars from his utility belt, and scanned the streets below him. Still nothing. What he wouldn't do for just a simple robbery, even stopping a purse snatching would be better than this evening ending up being a total waste. He was so caught up in his searching that he failed to notice the sudden flash of movement behind him.
"I wonder what the rest of the team is doing right now?" Robin wondered aloud.
"I think there are more pressing matter for you to worry about." A mysterious voice answered from behind him. Robin whipped around to face the voice's owner, but found nothing there. Was he hearing things? Was he going crazy? No, all this monotony must be playing trick on his mind. He turned back to the roof's ledge, and was met with a nasty surprise
"It can't.." Before he could finish his sentence, darkness overtook him.
"Who would like to sample my blorthnor stew first?" Starfire asked, holding a giant pot of steaming something in her hands. "Anyone?"
"No thanks Star." Cyborg called, not bothering to turn away from his video game. "I've already eaten."
"How about you, Beast Boy? You have yet to feed this evening." Beast Boy peered over into the pot, and fell backwards from the stench.
"Sorry, but I was gonna eat that left over Tofu." He apologized. Everyday Starfire would make some kind of nasty meal from her home planet, and try to make everyone eat it. Raven holds the record for avoiding Starfire's gagh worms or whatever thing she decided to create that particular day. Cyborg paused his game so he could stand up and stretch. The last time he attempted to eat something she made, it somehow managed to gum up his circuitry.
'Hey, why don't you give it to Robin when he gets back? You know he'll at least try it."
"What a wonderful idea Cyborg!" Starfire beamed. "But, where is Robin? Should he not have returned already?" According to the agreement they all made, there would be four three-hour patrols everyday, one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and two at night. Robin had agreed to take the latest one, but he should have returned over an hour ago. It wasn't strange for him to stay out longer if he was in an especially vigilant mood, but he never did so without contacting the team to let them know.
"Yeah, he should have. I'll try contacting him." Cyborg activated his communication device, but all the got in return was static. "There's no way this can be a good thing."
"Something must have happened to him! We must go out and search!" Starfire cried out.
"Whoa hold on Star! Where in the world would we start looking?" As if to answer Beast Boy's question, the security alarms began blaring a full alert. There was an intruder in the tower!
"The signal's coming from Robin's room! Titans go!" Cyborg commanded. The team rushed up to Robin's room, but all they could find was Raven, standing by herself in the center of the room
"What's going on here?" Beast Boy asked, frantically looking around
"I heard Cyborg's call, so I rushed here as fast as I could. This was all I could find." Raven pulled a letter from her cloak, and held it out for the rest of the team to see. It read: Dear Teen Titans. We have Robin. Come and get him if you dare. You'll find him at this address: Ten Alistair Drive. Downtown Jump City. We'll be waiting for you. Sincerely, The Hive. It was a simple letter, printed out in black ink from a computer terminal. The only strange mark was a small X daubed in red ink on the bottom of the sheet of paper.
"We have to go rescue Robin." Cyborg said, crushing the letter in his hand.