"Now, if I were a reality-altering superhero on the run from my own instability, where would I go?" Beast Boy thought out loud. Cyborg gave him a hard slap across the back of the head, sending him face first into the concrete sidewalk.
"Yo, BB, we're supposed to be lookin' everywhere for 'im, not just guessin' where to look, alright?" The teen looked skeptically at Beast Boy as he got back to his feet, at which point he sweatdropped and laughed nervously.
"I knew that." The changeling assured his friend as he came up behind him.
"Y'know, you've been actin' kinda weird since we left the Tower."
"Whaddya mean, dude?"
"Well, for one thing, you haven't said anything about Raven and Shift 'gettin' it on!' in Raven's room, or somethin' stupid like that."
"Oh. Well, maybe I'm saving it for when she's around." The shapeshifter shot back in faux offence.
"Well, why didn't you say somethin'!? I wanted to join you!" Cyborg stared as Beast Boy scratched the back of his neck nervously.
"Well, I kinda felt bad after what happened back at the Tower."
"Why? What happened?"
"Nothin'."
"Whaddya mean, 'nothin''?"
"Well, I kinda... went to apologize for pushing Raven too far."
"And?"
"And nothing, alright!?"
"Okay, okay! Man!" Cyborg finally just let it go, holding his hands up in surrender. They resumed their search, but - even after several more hours and a scenic trip through the city's sewer system - came up empty-handed.
Meanwhile...
"Shift, where the heck are you!?" Raven yelled at the top of her lungs. Robin and Starfire had elected to search by themselves. As if she didn't know why. Suddenly, a rustling noise behind her. She readied herself for combat, straining to keep her tired eyes open as she sheathed her hands in black energy.
"Raven?" Robin called through the bushes. As they parted to reveal the Boy Wonder and his Tamaranian girlfriend, she sighed in relief and diffused the energy around her hands. She'd been searching by herself for what seemed like an eternity, and - having finally found someone - she was glad it was someone she knew. She began to worry even more about Shift, however.
"He's nowhere!" She yelled skyward, kicking the base of a tall oak tree in anger. Robin came over to comfort her somehow, but he remained silent, unable to find any comforting words.
"Friends, perhaps we should retire for the evening. It is beginning to get rather dark, and we have yet to find even one trace of Raven's missing friend." Starfire said as she joined them.
"No! We have to find him!" Raven insisted. Suddenly, the sorceress yawned.
"We can't just keep searching like this forever, Raven. We're running out of energy." Robin said wearily. Raven finally sighed in defeat, slumping over against the tree and hanging her head.
"We have-" Yawn. "-to find him." She began snoring lightly as she slid down to rest at the base of the tree.
"C'mon, let's get her home, Star." The Boy Wonder whispered to Starfire. She picked up the limp body of the sorceress and flew off as Robin mounted the R-Cycle. Somewhere nearby, a 7-foot-tall man wearing a conspicuous trench coat and hat eyed their retreating forms, then whispered into his armband.
"We're on the right planet, alright. The Stargazer is definitely here." He then disappeared in a flash of light.