I've got two small chapters for you, but they are both from the viewpoint of the titans. Again, I warn you that I am rubbish at writing a group of people. I always either leave someone out, focus too much on one person, or mix up the characteristics of one with another. It's a mess, but I think I did fairly well on this bit.

Get excited about the end of Chapter 5, though. I've got a bit of a surprise. I considered not doing it at all, but eh…I went with it anyway.

I hope you like what you read and I anxiously await your reviews!

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Chapter 4- The Penny Drops

(Titans)

The Titans discovered the absence of their leader far too late.

It wasn't until they had defeated the seemingly endless onslaught of Slade-bots that they could take a step back and notice their missing friend. Able to sense the train of an object in her collection, Raven immediately knew of its presence and flew into the dark warehouse with the team following close behind.

"What's wrong?" Beast Boy asked, morphing back from the form of a dog that he had used in an attempt to find Robin's scent.

Raven hesitated, confirming the pulling in her mind before answering. "My mirror has been stolen. I can feel the effect of it somewhere nearby, but it has been tampered with…and used." She, with a bit more focus, was able to hone in on a closer estimate of location before the trail ended. Leading the group forward, she continued explaining. "I can't get too close. It feels as if it is no longer linked into my mind; as if it isn't even here anymore."

"I do not understand?" Starfire admitted, blinking large green eyes, "This mirror you speak of; it is what friend Cyborg and friend Beast Boy used to enter your thoughts, yes?" At the empath's confirmation, she went on. "Then how could it be no longer connected to you? Has someone changed it? What purpose would it serve?"

Cyborg nodded in agreement. "Yah, what good would it be to someone else if it doesn't work on you?"

"It's not made specifically for me. It can be linked to another person's mind."

At Raven's statement, everyone gasped; connecting the dots between the missing mirror and their friend's absence.

"We must stop him!" Starfire cried. "He could enter Robin's thoughts and damage his mind!"

"There's no telling the damage he can do by messing around in Robin's head," Cyborg agreed, eyes wide with worry. "We have to get to them as soon as possible!"

The empath quickly tried to call to Robin through telepathy.

"I cannot reach Robin," she breathed after a few moments, "He is somehow keeping me out, but it feels almost as if he isn't aware; like he's unconscious."

"Can you not sense his presence? What of Slade's?" Starfire prompted.

It was only moments later that Raven shook her head, "I can't."

"Beast Boy, what are you doing?" Cyborg called, bringing the previously wandering changeling closer.

The younger boy frowned, "I think I can smell them. It keeps leading me to that wall," he led them over, "but there's nothing here."

Lifting his arm, the cybernetic teen began rapidly typing in several prompts before blinking in confusion, "That's odd," he mumbled before speaking up, "my scanners are picking up some sort of heat signature. It's too light to be human…unless it's being dampened by something in the wall itself. That would explain why you smell them." He began to run his hands along the wall as if searching for something. "Starfire," he called after pausing in his movements, "I need you to blow a hole in the wall. Try to keep the damage light in case I'm right."

Nodding, the alien lifted her glowing hand and pressed it to the blank space her friend had motioned to. After a short wait, the metal began to melt under her touch to reveal a small alcove.

The titans gasped at the sight of their leader chained to the far wall, unconscious.