The Titans, less one, sat in the Tower going over what happened.
"I can't believe how easily we got our butts kicked!" Cyborg said, slamming a hand down on the table.
"The creature knew how we were going to fight, and countered our every move." Starfire sat back, nursing the slashes across her back she got from Carrion's wing claws.
"And he kidnapped Raven!" Beast Boy was pacing. He hadn't stopped moving since he got back. "What are we going to do? Who knows what that sick, twisted, evil bastard is doing to Raven at this very moment?"
At that moment, in the cave, Carrion sneezed twice as he watched Raven, chuckling to himself.
Robin, however, was reading the incident report. "I'm not entirely sure he IS evil."
Everyone rounded on him, shouting out a surprised, "WHAT?"
"Here me out," he said, holding up the police report. "In the assault on the city, he only destroyed empty buildings. If there were people in the building, he'd first terrorize them, driving them out of the building, then take it down story by story, always knocking the rubble away from civilians. Yes, he destroyed three city blocks...but aside from us, there were no injuries and no casualties whatsoever. For a dragon attack, that's pretty incredible."
"I'd say RAVEN GETTING KIDNAPPED is pretty evil!" Beast Boy snapped.
"Wait," Cyborg said, "are you saying that the whole attack on the city was just to lure us out and capture Raven? That sounds like something Slade would do."
"But Slade wouldn't care about civilian casualties," Robin said. "Whoever Carrion is, he did."
"Then maybe he's some sort of crazed super fan with powers...oh god! WHat kind of sick depraved things is he doing to her! I've gotta find and save her!" Beast Boy leaped out the window and became a falcon, flying through the city looking for Raven.
Robin sighed. "I don't think that's what it is...and I don't think finding her is going to be that easy..."
"What do you mean, friend Robin?"
"We're not picking up her communicator, so wherever she is, she's shielded. Also..." He paused. "Ever since I was...haunted by Slade, and she looked into my mind, I've had a...sorta sixth sense about where she was, and could feel her in my mind to a certain extent. But...I can't sense her now, which means either she's dead, or her powes are being suppressed."
"Then we've got nothing to go on," Cyborg said. Then he slammed his fist down on the table. "DAMMIT!"