Robin awoke in a cold sweat. "Raven!" he yelled. He scanned the room with disoriented maskless eyes. "Raven," he said again softly, "I heard her call me….she was in pain." He rose to his feet and looked at the clock, it read 12:05. "When sis I fall asleep?" he thought, "I wonder if I was dreaming, I heard he so vividly…it was terrible." Robin went out of his room to check…just to make sure she was alright. He walked down the hall to her room and knocked on the door. He waited…..no answer. "Raven? Are you in there?" he whispered. Still no answer. Robin put in the code for the door, and hoped raven would forgive him for intruding.

The door slid open and he walked in. Robin surveyed the room and noticed that her clothes were lying on the ground unfolded and her bed was unmade. "She was here," he thought. "I wonder if she in the living room, couldn't sleep probably," he thought out loud. Robin left her room and started walking down the long hallway with nothing but darkness looming in front of him. As he approached the living room, feelings of anxiety crept into him. There was an unnerving air in the tower…as if something had happened. He walked faster and called out her name. "Raven? Raven!" No answer. Robin ran out of the hallway into the dark room.

By now starfire and beastboy had come out to starfire's room to see what all the commotion was about. The met robin in the kitchen and saw a sight that made their hearts stop. Star gasped. "What the….," said beast boy. Broken glass littered the floor and blood was spattered all over the cabinets. The microwave was half out of the window and Raven's favorite mug lay in pieces on the countertop. Next to it was a piece of paper that held all of Robin's worst speculations.

"Dear bird brain, I hope your enjoying this as much as I am. Since you decide to pay me visits all the time, I thought it just might be your turn. While I was here checkin' out your "happenin' pad", I got a great idea. I saw you little piece ass out here waitin' for ya and I decided to have some fun. So Robin, I just thought you'd like to know she's mine for now and if you ever want her back, you better run your little tights-wearin' butt off and find her. Oh! And Robin…you should hurry cuz she's looking pretty sweet tonight and I might just want a piece of the pie."

Robin clenched his hand around the paper and in blind fury he punched the wall, splitting his knuckles. "Call cyborg, I need everyone here. He could come back for starfire, who knows what that maniac could do. For Christ sake, he got in tower without any of us noticing. How the HELL did that goddamn MOTHER FUCKER get in the tower! Can any of you tell me that!" "Robin, she'll be ok. Please calm down so you can think straight. Please," said beastboy pleading. "I…I'm sorry…it's just…she's everything to me," said robin softly, his voice cracking. "She called for me…and I wasn't there to save her. If she dies, I die. I have to go find her, beastboy take care of starfire and watch the tower until Cyborg gets here. Contact me on my communicator if anything else happens." "I will," said beastboy. "Be careful robin!" said starfire. "I'll try," he said and sprinted out of the tower.

Robin was running as fast as he could, breathing as if his lungs would burst. The thought of raven at the mercy of Johnny Rancid fueled him to run like there was no tomorrow. Robin had no idea where he was or where he was going as he ran down dark and vacant streets but he felt as if he was being pulled in a certain direction, like he just knew where raven was. It was almost like they were connected. Robin kept running until he came to the docks.

It was late at night and there were only a few flickering lights to guide him. Robin stopped running, not knowing where to turn. He squatted down and put his head in his hands. He was breathing hard and whimpering trying to hold back tears of fear and frustration. "Raven where are you?" he thought "PLEASE HELP ME," he screamed desperately. All of a sudden he heard a loud crash and a light flickered in a window above an abandoned pub. "Hold on raven," he whispered and headed for the door.