Garfield Logan stared at his friend, his team leader. His eyes continued to be lifeless, just staring. Then, slowly, he shook his head no.

"Gar, we can get you help. You're not a criminal, no matter what happened here. But you need to come with us quietly. Please." The empathy conveyed by Robin's voice was almost overwhelming.

Yet, one final time, Beast Boy shook his head no. He turned and began running towards the sidewalk. As he ran, he morphed into a rat and made for the sewer grate. Robin began to run after him, pulling out his communicator.

"B B BETA, Wally NOW!" He shouted into the phone.

Whatever the titan leader expected to happen, didn't. The green rat was almost at the grate when he shouted again, this time to Cyborg, "CY! Over here!" The metal titan was running towards the grate as well.

The three arrived at roughly the same time, Beast Boy dove into the grate.

"Cy, get that grate out of here, NOW!" Cyborg lifted the grate and flung it away from them. As he was doing so, Robin took out a gas pellet and threw it into the sewer. "Cover your mouth!" Both teens covered their mouths and turned away from the open sewer. After a moment, the smoke cleared.

"OK Cy, look down, do you see anything on infrared? Any trace of Beast Boy?"

The half metal titan looked down, scanning. "No, nothing. At least nothing Beast Boy sized. And he would have changed back if he was unconscious."

"DAMN! That was our last chance." Robin hung his head.

At that moment, Kid Flash appeared next to him and Cyborg. "Hi guys, you called? Sorry I couldn't be here sooner, I was in the middle of a battle, came as soon as I could."

The titan leader had his head in his hands, thinking. "Thanks Wally. It's ok, I hoped you could get here sooner, but I appreciate you coming. I'm going to need your help and the twins. Where are they?"

"Hey, Mas & Menos are a bit slower than I am and they had further to come." Kid Flash looked around, "I take it Beast Boy got away."

"Yeah." The three were silent for a moment. Robin continued, "OK, we're going to have to coordinate another search, this time for BB. We'd better get back to the Tower. KF, can you get me and Cy back ASAP?"

"Sure, no problem."

"What about my BABY?! You can't leave it here," interjected Cyborg.

"WILL YOU FORGET ABOUT THAT DAMN CAR!" yelled Robin. "We've got to find Gar and fast." He was finally losing patience, the events of the past ten minutes since hearing the Hive Five had been sighted were finally catching up with him.

"ok, ok" muttered Cyborg.

At that, Kid Flash grabbed both of his fellow titans and began the trip back to Titans Tower.

If we were to go back about a minute ago, before Kid Flash had arrived, before Robin and Cyborg looked into the open sewer, if we were to go back to when Robin yelled at Cyborg to get rid of the sewer grate, we would have noticed a small event take place.

If only Robin had not been focused on the sewer itself and throwing the gas grenade down, he might have noticed that on the grate that was currently flying away from the scene, there was a small green spider clinging to the side. While the grate was still in mid air, the spider changed into a hummingbird and began to fly away. After about 100 yards, it changed into a hawk and disappeared into the distance.

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About twenty minutes later, Robin and Cyborg were at the monitor in the Common Room at the Tower. First thing was to see if they could track Beast Boy's communicator. That was difficult while he was morphed since the communicator apparently transformed along with his uniform, making it untraceable. But they had to hope he changed back at some point and wasn't still hiding underground.

Mas and Menos had appeared about five minutes after the others. Robin immediately set the three speedsters to search various portions of the city. Mas & Menos were to look in the city parks, Kid Flash was to search a number of stores and eateries that Raven and Beast Boy were known to have frequented.

While they waited for updates, Cyborg had a thought. "Hey, how did Flash and the twins know to come here anyway? What was it you yelled into your communicator?"

"BB Beta. That's the backup plan for capturing Beast Boy. The idea is that Kid Flash and the other Titan speedsters would get here and knock BB out before he had a chance to morph. Obviously, it didn't work because they weren't able to come here immediately. So I had to go with BB Gamma, my third option, a gas attack while he could still breathe air and hope it knocked him out. That didn't work either." Robin resumed scanning for the missing titan.

"What happened to BB Alpha? I assume there is one since you wouldn't just jump to Beta."

Robin didn't answer for a moment. "Raven's dead."

"I know. So?"

"She was supposed to contain him in an energy bubble so he couldn't escape either microscopically or by breaking the bubble." He replied quietly. "If I had another energy manipulator, or a magician, I'd have them replace Raven, but we don't. Yet."

"Sheesh, you make grass stain sound dangerous. Come on, he's not that tough. I beat him, or at least his negative image that Trigon made."

"Never underestimate Gar. You beat a replica that was created to mimic BB, it didn't have his brains, only his abilities during a time of crisis. And you surprised him before he could shift targets."

"You weren't even there. I think you're blowing this out of proportion again. Yeah, he killed the Five, but they're not usually a problem. And what's this about grass stain's brains." Cyborg let out a bit of a chuckle. "Look, I'm his best friend and I love him. But he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He even said he doesn't use them much."

The titan leader swung around in his chair and looked at his metal friend. "Are you trying to tell me you actually BOUGHT that act of his?" He looked stunned. "Forget about the massacre we just saw, are you saying that RAVEN would be attracted to the kind of dope he pretended to be?"

"No, I'm not saying she would be attracted to a dope. I'm saying he's an incredibly sweet guy, kind, occasionally funny and one of the nicest guys you'll ever see. Given her personality, she'd be attracted to someone like that. But he's not necessarily sharp."

Robin put his right hand over his face. "I'm going to have to rethink my opinion of your abilities if you believe that."

He continued, "Look, Gar's parents were both geniuses, biological geneticists who were at the top of their field. Do you think MAYBE their son would inherit at least some of their brains?"

"Weeellll"

"Look at how he's stayed alive over the years. Between the time before the Doom Patrol, then DURING the Doom Patrol, no one who is stupid could have survived all of that. He had to have incredibly sharp wits to survive."

"He had a team to help him."

Robin let out another breathe, "What about with us? He was able to save you by turning into a self replicating microscopic organism."

"He even said he was dumb enough to try anything."

"Again, a cover for his abilities, if you noticed, all of his intellect comes out when he's on his own. He beat the Slade-bot by himself, and those things give us a miserable time. He figured out how to take out the Brotherhood when we all incapacitated. He set up the rescue of the Doom Patrol. From what Mento said, he even set up the method for them to get into the Brotherhood's headquarters."

"Weelll!"

"Oh, and while we're at it with that one, do you remember that HE reprogrammed their computer in seconds? You would have had to plug into their system and it would have taken me a while to figure it out. He was able to access it with no trouble."

Cyborg's human eye opened wide, "Yeah, but, he always said….Look, he knows nothing about history, about literature, about…anything. When I had him put me back together on that planet, he didn't know the names of anything!"

Robin smirked, "There's a big difference between being stupid and being uneducated. Sure he doesn't know the basic facts that come out of books, he never went to school. Never had time or opportunity, but that doesn't make him stupid. Look at how his was able to beat Control Freak by remembering EVERYTHING about television shows he had seen."

"Oh, and let's add one more little bit of evidence to the pile. We all like to play videos games, right? You have a computer memory. I have the training that was given to me by the Batman for observation, memory recall and reflexes."

"How come he can keep up with us on these games, always give us a good challenge and on occasion, beat either one of us? Especially if he were as dumb as he claims?"

"No, he's brilliant, both intellectually and as an actor. This is just a long built cover to gain an advantage. The more people underestimate him, the better off he is."

"Why that little dirtbag! And I FELL for it?"

Robin chuckled, "Don't beat yourself up TOO much, the first couple years I fell for it too, until after the Doom Patrol adventure. Then I sat down and applied the reasoning skills Batman drilled into me and started putting everything together."

"So how come you didn't beat the crap out of him?"

"Because a, he's my friend, b, I developed a good deal of admiration for him as a result and c, I wasn't sure I would win. We're sparring partners and he's pretty good on his own just using martial arts. If he let loose with his powers, he might very well beat me. You remember that as the Beast he almost took all three of us out. That was just using his instincts. With his intelligence in use, that would be a whole 'nother story."

"I mean, just look at what he did to the Hive. In about a minute he took down the entire gang in a precision strike. He went after the teleporter first, always the most dangerous one, then the muscle. Then he took down the last remaining one who could strike from a distance. Billy Numerous he attacked from the inside. That way he couldn't split and overwhelm him. Then he actually took his time to get the leader, but the only one without powers. No, he spent his time while waiting for the Hive to reappear to plan this takeout and executed it with lightning speed."

"No, Garfield Logan is highly intelligent and extremely dangerous. And now incapacitated by his grief for Raven, we don't know exactly what he'll do next. We've got to find him."

"Well, it's nice to know you are taking this with the seriousness it warrants," a female voice replied behind the two.

"I was wondering when you would show up, I'd hoped it would be later rather than sooner." The teen detective's shoulders slumped and he (and Cyborg) turned around. There, at the entrance to the Common Room, stood Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman. "I figured the Justice League would have to get involved, but I'd hoped it would be later, after we caught Beast Boy."

"And how long have you been listening in, may I ask?" Robin continued.

"BB Gamma," Batman responded. "By the way, that was a series of well thought out responses. And before you ask, no GL isn't with us, useful though he would be. He's on a mission for OA."

"Zatanna?"

"On another mission."

"Damn, nothing is going right today. That was the one good thing I had hoped from you getting involved." Robin was ready to continue when Kid Flash called in to the Control Room.

"Robin, I've checked all of the areas you suggested, no go. Want me to help the twins?"

The titan leader replied, "No, I've got two more places to look. The twins can handle the search in the parks, which was kind a long shot anyway. Go to Raven's grave and see if he's there. If not, head for the tower and swing by that rock he likes to sit on. Then meet us here."

Superman resumed the conversation, "Once we got word that a titan had murdered four of the Hive Five.."

"I am sorry Mr. Superman, it is now all five. Gizmo has died as well." Starfire interrupted the man of steel as she flew into the room. "Robin, when I brought Gizmo to the emergency room at Jump City General, he began to go into convulsions. There was little the doctors there could do. He finally died about ten minutes ago."

Batman interrupted, "I take it Beast Boy poisoned Gizmo? In looking at the recording, we could only see that he changed forms, the picture wasn't clear enough for precise identification."

His protégé replied, "I could make out at least one spider, two snakes, what I believe may have been a blue ring octopus and a frog. Probably one of the poison dart species. All of them incredibly deadly."

"And why could you not tell the species?" questioned Wonder Woman with a bit of contempt, "You are the Batman's apprentice."

"BECAUSE Wonder Woman," Robin answered back with an understandable attitude, "All of Beast Boy's transformations are GREEN. You can usually only get the specific genus and species from the coloration of an insect or creature. Without that key identifying feature, they could be anything." The titan leader had a disgusted look on his face, "Now, either help us locate Beast Boy or get out of the tower. We're somewhat busy at the moment."

'Let's all calm down, shall we?" Interrupted Superman before the argument could expand. "We're here to assist since a Titan becoming a murderer is of concern to all in the hero community. I know that he's been under a great deal of stress due to Raven's death, but that is never a reason for murder."

"I agree," answered Robin, "and so do the others ('reluctantly' muttered Cyborg), so we've got to find him ASAP." In a softer voice, he continued, "By the way, thank you for the flowers for Raven's funeral. They were very nice and meant a lot to us."

The three Leaguers all nodded.

During that moment of silence that seemed to drag on, as each person there thought about the death of Raven, Kid Flash suddenly appeared.

"Hey Robin, no luck on BB, but I did find these on Raven's headstone," and he handed over a Titan's communicator and a small purple box. Robin put the box down first and examined the communicator.

"Yeah, it's BB's." He opened up the back, "And he disabled the monitoring core so the main computer couldn't track him." He lifted up another plate, "AND he removed the private tracking signal that I installed as a back up."

"You installed a private backup?" Cyborg asked.

"Sure, what if we needed to track you and you'd disabled the main monitoring core? You built these things." Cyborg looked a little sheepish.

Then he spoke as well, "Uhh, next to the transchronic capacitor, check to see if there's a small green light."

"OK" Robin searched, "Nope, nothing there. Why?"

"That's MY private tracker in the event YOU disappear after disabling the monitoring core and we need to find you." Robin nodded acknowledgement. "So, he disabled all THREE?"

"Nice to see you have a proper system of monitoring, but Beast Boy seems to have circumvented all of it." Batman interjected, "As you said earlier, don't underestimate his abilities."

Robin nodded; he then picked up the small box and opened it. The teen then slumped back in his seat and put his left hand over his eyes and began rubbing them.

"What is it?" the metal titan asked.

This time it was Superman who answered, "Engagement ring. Nice one too. There's an inscription. 'Love Forever, Gar'."

"Terrific," answered Cyborg, "Well, we knew they were devoted to each other, especially Gar, so I guess it's not a surprise."

"Since all the leads here have petered out, it's time to revert to old-fashioned detective work," the Batman's voice interrupted the mood. "Where's his room so we can investigate to see if he left any ideas regarding his further intentions."

"We sealed up his and Raven's room after her death," there was a start by the three Leaguers to hear that the two teens were living together, "Oh stop that, they were over eighteen and in love. He was going to marry her. Of course they were sharing a room." Robin let out a snort of disgust and continued. "Anyway, after we found Raven's body, Beast Boy went back to his old room and wouldn't come out, at least not until today. Anything that would give us a clue is most likely in there." He got out of the chair, "Cy, why don't you stay here and man the monitor, just in case the twins or someone else sees him. Kid, help yourself to the food, we'll probably need you shortly. Star, you want to come with us?"

"Certainly Robin, if I may."

For the first time that day, Robin smiled a real smile. "Always."

"Ahhh, young love," said Superman, nudging the Batman with his elbow.

"Don't make me hurt you."

Wonder Woman let out a chuckle as the boy wonder turned into the beet red boy wonder and led the assembled heroes to the elevator and the floor where the living quarters were.

Upon arriving at Beast Boy's room, Batman raised an eyebrow at the hole in the wall next to the sliding door. Robin answered the unspoken question, "We had some problems with BB when we tried to convince him to go to the funeral."

When they entered the room, it was spotless.

"Well, it appears your teammate is extremely neat," commented Wonder Woman. "I'm actually rather surprised."

"So am I Ms. Wonder Woman. Beast Boy's room was not like this yesterday. The room was still a wreck from the day of the funeral, although he did clean it up some so that it was livable."

"Actually Starfire, I suspect that the limited view you and your friends saw was a probably not the reality. There's really no way your Beast Boy would have been able to clean the entirety of the room in such a short time once he was aware that the Hive Five had been spotted. Probably everything was ready to be finished at a moment's notice." The Batman replied. "Which is unfortunate for us in that there seem to be limited signs of his plans and purposes left, still we'll examine the available evidence."

The Batman and Robin went right to work looking through the room. The first thing that was found were the three communicator parts that had been left on the bed.

"As we suspected," Robin muttered. "He knew just what to look for."

After about half an hour of going through drawers and closets, it became obvious that there was little to actually examine that would give the heroes a direction to search.

"Very well," The Dark Knight began, "since this turned into another dead end, the last area to examine would be the room Raven and Beast Boy shared. It appears that most of his personal belongings and papers are there. There may be some clue as to various places he might go to go into hiding."

The assembled titans and Leaguers left the room and moved down the corridor towards Raven's room.

"We've kept the room locked. Not out of trying to preserve it," began Robin as he started working the keypad to release the locks and open the door. "But no one had the desire to go in here and s…"

The door opened.

"SHIT!" yelled Robin.

Starfire immediately broke down into tears. The Leaguers turned away from the door.

"DAMMIT GAR!" shouted Robin, falling to his knees, "WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU COME TO US FOR HELP?!"

But the cold, green body hanging from a noose didn't answer.