Robin glanced behind him again. Starfire had her head down, and was quiet. Very unusual for her. Beast Boy was behaving strangely, too. He wasn't joking about anything, or making stupid comments. It was as if Penelope had taken their personalities along with their powers and appearance.

"Do you two… feel well?" he asked, stopping.

"I have been feeling a bit… milky-choly ever since Penelope took our powers," she replied.

"You mean melancholy?" Robin asked.

"Yes."

"Me, too," Beast Boy agreed. "What if… she can take everything from you? Like, not just your powers. Your looks, and personality, too?"

"Judging by the way in which you two are acting, I'd say she can do a lot," Robin replied.

--

"Sooo," Penelope's eager voice called to her brother from behind the door. "How's everyone's favourite patient?"
"She's well," Elliot replied. "You are, right?" he asked.

Raven nodded.

"Good," he replied. He stood, and opened the door. "Thaliaurore, get in here."

She sauntered in. "Hi!" she greeted Raven, who glared death at her. "How ya been?"

"I'd worry more for yourself, Thali," Elliot cautioned her.

Penelope looked unfazed. "Why's that?" she asked, putting her hands on her hips mockingly.

"Because, you idiot, you put us all- the Teen Titans, our family, our people – in a shit load of danger. If Neredeir finds out we're harboring people you snuck in, and if she finds we're planning to end her reign, we'll… I don't know what'll happen, but, we'll regret it."

"Aww," Penelope grinned, rubbing the back of her neck. "You worry too much, bro. It'll give you wrinkles."

Elliot grabbed Penelope by her throat. "Don't act like everything's peachy-keen with whipped cream, kid. Neredeir's probably somehow got word of the Titans being here, and, with that, comes the investigation of our rebel group. Take everyone back," his hand tightened around Penelope's throat. "Now." He let her drop. Penelope fell, gagging, to the floor.

"All right, okay… god…" she massaged her neck. "But, Morieron, I don't know where everyone else is," she smirked.

Elliot growled. "Find them, then." He turned to Raven. "Penelope says you have communicators. Does it work? If so, you can call your friends."

Raven took her communicator from her cape, and clicked the talk button. Static fizzled on the screen. "It doesn't work."

"Well, of course not," Penelope said. "Earth technology can't function here on Lapsci."

"Why the hell didn't you speak up about that, then?!" Elliot shouted.

Penelope yawned. "Didn't feel like it."

Raven frowned. This was so different from how Penelope acted at Titans Tower. She was almost acting like Beast Boy; easygoing, and a smart-aleck.

"Whatever…" Elliot snapped, shaking his head. "Just… go; find the Titans. Bring them back, and, give them back their powers. I'll see what I can do to get them back to Earth."

Penelope smiled. "Okay!"

"She gave in a little too easily there…" Raven noted.

"Come on, Rae!" Penelope said giddily. Too giddily. Starfire giddily.

"Fine. Don't call me Rae, either." Raven mumbled, getting out of the bed. "Ah, Elliot…" she said, a bit bashful. "Thanks for, uh, helping me."

Elliot smiled widely. "Sure."

Penelope giggled. "Come on, want to find them before the guards do!" She went out the door, and Raven followed her into another dimly lit room.

"This is our main house," Penelope said. "Where we kept you was the underground room, which serves as our headquarters."

"Uh-huh…" Raven replied, uninterested. "Is this the only city here, on this planet?"
"Yup!" Penelope replied cheerfully. "Which makes it the biggest, too."

"Great…" thought Raven. That would make things very difficult in trying to locate her friends. Suddenly, Raven had a thought. "Hey, Penelope…" she asked.

"Yeah?" she replied.

"You have my powers, right?"
Penelope shrugged. "Yeah, basically."

"And, I can use my powers to telekinetically communicate with another person…"
"What exactly are you getting at?" Penelope asked, annoyed.

Raven sighed. "You could telekinetically communicate with Robin, because, a piece of me is inside him, and you could tap into that piece, and speak to him."

Penelope gasped. "That's so cool! Okay, how would I do that?"

Raven smiled craftily. "Okay, first, calm down; relax, and find a centre, and sit in a lotus position."

Penelope sat on the floor, and crossed her legs. She inhaled, then exhaled.

Raven nodded. "Good. Now, concentrate on what you remember Robin looking like. Once you do, say 'Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos. Then, slowly open your eyes. When your inside, it's easy to control him. But, what he feels, you'll feel, too, and, it only takes one knockout to force you out of his mind."

Penelope inhaled again. She remembered Robin; spiked hair, thin face, skinny shoulders, athletic… really, really cute, too. A mental image of him appeared in her mind. She stared at his forehead, trying to unlock his mind. She squinted her eyes tighter; her forehead puckered. She began to breathe rapidly. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" She opened her eyes. They were shimmering a pure, white light. A great, black bird rose from her body, and flew to the sky.

--

Robin stopped short. His breath came in faster, and he pulled his head down. Cyborg turned around.

"Everything okay?" he asked.

"Y-yeah…" Robin gulped. "G-go on ahead of me. I'll catch up."

"If you say so…" Cyborg walked on with Starfire and Beast Boy.

Robin knew what was happening. He remembered it clearly from when Raven was trying to get inside his mind to see Slade. "Raven?" he asked, holding his head up. Penelope's green irises were showing through his mask.

"No," he heard Penelope's voice answer. "It's me, Robin; Penelope. Listen, my family is going to take you and your friends home, okay? Just let me be you for a while, okay?"

Robin breathed in a little. "Yeah, okay. What do you want me to do?"

"Just keep walking with your friends. Then, once you get to the city, I'll tell you where we'll meet up, okay?"
Robin sighed. "Okay."