The Invisible
Chapter 1: Gone
Starfire tapped her foot as she waited for Robin. She was currently sitting in the park waiting for the hero. They had set up a date, and Robin was late. This was not like him. He was never late for anything. Starfire wasn't sure if she should be worried or not. Robin was more than capable of taking care of himself, she knew that. There was just this nagging feeling in the back of her mind.
Starfire pulled her communicator out of her pocket as it went off, shocking her slightly. She hoped that it was Robin calling her. Instead, as she answered it, Beast Boy's face popped up on to the screen.
"Hey Star, we need some help downtown," Beast Boy said quickly.
"Alright, I will be there," Starfire assured the green teen.
"Where's Robin? He's not answering his communicator," Beast Boy chirped quickly.
"I do not know," Starfire answered quickly, "I will be there shortly." She hung up on him and took off into the air.
She arrived downtown minutes later. The Titans were engaged in a fight with Red X. Red X seemed to have the upper hand here. Beast Boy was dodging the red x's that were being flung at him, while Raven worked on freeing herself and Cyborg from the red goo that stuck them to a wall. The antihero had not noticed Starfire yet. She sighed and hit him with a starbolt knocking him off his feet. She flew over to him and raised her hand to let out another starbolt to knock him out.
"Where's Birdbrain? I thought for sure he would be with you," Red X said quickly.
Starfire paused for a moment. Her hesitation was all Red X needed. He pushed her off and disappeared. Starfire looked around frantically for the antihero.
"Where did he go?" Beast Boy asked walking up to Starfire.
"He got away," Starfire replied.
"Where's Robin," Cyborg asked joining the two with Raven right behind him.
"I do not know. We had a date, but he did not show up," Starfire said trying to hide her worry. She could not shake the feeling that something just wasn't right.
-The Invisible-
Robin lifted his head. Things were hazy. His vision was blurry and his head was pounding. It was cold and damp, and he could not move at all. His hands were tied behind his back. Feeling was slowly coming back to him and all Robin felt was pain. His body ached. He could faintly hear voices talking somewhere. Everything seemed to be in slow motion. The voices were hazy, yet at the same time familiar.
The last thing Robin remembered, he was getting ready for a date with Starfire. Ever since Tokyo, the two had been dating. They had a few bumps along the way, but things were great. Robin had let his guard down for the first time in a long time. Starfire just brought out the best in him.
The fog in his mind started to clear. He could hear arguing between two people. He recognized one voice. It sounded like Johnny Rancid, which was odd since he had been chased away after the attack on the Brotherhood of Evil. The other voice Robin had no idea who it was.
"This is the kid that bested you? He's so scrawny, I don't get what the big deal is."
"You haven't seen anything," Johnny replied to the stranger.
"Alright I distracted the Titans, Rancid where's my money?"
A new voice joined the other two. Robin knew that voice. He had to get out of here. The binds on his arms and legs prevented him from moving though. He couldn't get out of here. He was in big trouble and he knew that.
Robin turned his head and saw Johnny Rancid and Red X talking. Red X seemed to notice Robin in the corner.
"What the hell is this? This is your plan?" Red X shouted. "I didn't sign up for this, you're asking for trouble Rancid, just give me my money and I was never here."
"It's on the table, take it and go, I don't need you for this," Rancid said.
Robin started to wiggle a bit trying to get free. He had to get out of here. Whatever Rancid had planned, it wasn't good. Robin was worried.
"Oh, Johnny, look who's awake."
Robin glanced over to the other person. He could see he was built like Johnny and tall. He seemed to have dark hair and wore dark clothes. His vision was still a bit blurry.
Johnny stood up and walked over to Robin. He grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt.
"Well, well Little Bird, who's in charge now?" Johnny asked tauntingly.
Robin mentally cursed himself for letting this happen to himself. He wasn't going to let Johnny see any fear though. He would find a way out of this.
"I still can't believe that this is the kid that bested you."
"Just shut up and let's get this over with," Johnny snapped annoyed. "You picked the wrong guy to mess with kid," he sneered.
Robin still let no fear show across his face. His team would figure out he was missing eventually and come to find him. Cyborg would be able to trace his communicator. He had nothing to worry about.
"By the way, no know even knows you're here," the other guy laughed darkly. Robin looked to him and saw a smashed device in his hands, he saw bits of yellow and knew just what it was.
-The Invisible-
Starfire was standing behind Cyborg. He was sitting at the Titans computer. They were looking for Robin, but they could not get a fix on his communicator which was odd. The only way that they wouldn't be able to get a signal was if the communicator was turned off or destroyed completely.
"Something is not right," Starfire said looking at the screen as Cyborg typed away at the keyboard.
"I'm sure he just turned it off for your date," Beast Boy said quickly as he joined the pair at the computer, "Right Cy?"
"Maybe," Cyborg said slowly.
"Starfire, what time was he supposed to show up?" Raven asked the Tamaranean.
"We had agreed to meet in the park at seven o'clock," Starfire said. "I know Robin is never late. This is the first time ever that he has not shown up, and we cannot find him. I am afraid something is wrong."
"She's right, it's not like Robin to just disappear like this," Raven said.
"There are a hundred reasons as to why he's gone off the grid," Cyborg countered, "he could've been followed, or discovered, or got a lead on something and not want to be discovered, or…" he trailed off.
"Or he could've been attacked," Beast Boy piped in without thinking.
"We don't know that," Cyborg said quickly.
"It seems most logical," Starfire said biting at her lip.
"Let's not jump to conclusions," Raven said cutting the others off.
"Why not? Do you know where Robin is?" Beast Boy asked.
"No, but who's to say something bad happened. Maybe Robin's been asked to help someone and they don't need us knowing," Raven suggested.
"Why wouldn't he tell us?" Beast Boy asked.
"Why would he?" Raven countered.
"Don't worry Star, I will find him, he's gotta be somewhere in the city," Cyborg said, "why don't you go get some rest and I will continue the search," he suggested.
Starfire nodded her head and left the room. She headed to her bedroom. She was worried, there was no denying that. Something was wrong, and Robin was somewhere and in danger.
"I say we contact-" Beast Boy started.
"No," Cyborg cut him off.
"He's right. I think we should contact them, we might get some answers," Raven said slowly almost as if she couldn't believe that she was agreeing with Beast Boy.
"Not a good idea, we might as well just announce to the world that Robin is gone," Cyborg said shaking his head. That did not seem like a good idea.
"Why not they might know where he is," Raven said.
"And if they don't? Not only will we alert them that Robin is gone, you know who will come looking for him and I'm not sure if that's what Robin would want," Cyborg said.
"Someone seems like he has trust issues," Beast Boy commented.
"Well, we blindly follow them and we don't know what they're up to half the time. as temporary leader of this team, I say we handle this ourselves for the time being," Cyborg said.
"Alright dude, relax," Beast Boy said putting his hands up.
"Also please keep in mind Starfire is worried, let's not do anything to make her worry more. For all we know Robin could be caught up in something and he will be back by the morning," Cyborg said. Raven and Beast Boy nodded their heads together.
So there you go, chapter one. For more information on the status of my fic check out my profile, I will keep it updated as I post chapters.
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