Disclaimer: Dont own Teen Titans.

NOTE: Boredsenseless, yeah, sorry about all the things I sent you regaurding our problem, I kinda did them all at once. recently, I also did a search on stories titled Nightmare. and I found one written by mysterymaiden7. once again, the characters are completly different, but the powers that she put into her Nightmare and the ones I put into mine are somewhat similar. though the ones I added to my verision of the character are slightly different. so if mysterymaiden ever reads this, I just want to let her know that I didn't steal her character either, just thought of it at a different time. and I make no claim to own hers, just mine. btw, her story is titled Nightmare, if anyone wanted to read it. anyway, chapter 13! Enjoy!

Chapter 13

The Search Begins

Robin paces impatiently around the warehouse, worried for Beastboy, and equally worried about Starfire, who still hadn't woken up yet.

"Robin, if you pace a little faster, you'll leave skid marks on the floor." Says Cyborg.

"I'm worried. Beastboy isn't here, and Nightmare isn't either. What do you think that means?"

"You think that he kidnapped BB? I don't think he did."

"Oh really? And how do you figure that?" Asked Robin.

"Well, if he was going to turn us in to Slade and Brother Blood, don't you think he would have grabbed Starfire too? I mean, it's not like she'd be all that much trouble as she is right now." Reasoned Cyborg.

Robin sighs deeply and resumes his pacing. Cyborg rolls his eyes and goes back to work on his left arm. In the back of the warehouse, both of the teens could hear Raven meditating.

"Azerath Metrion Zenthos. Azerath Metrion Zenthos. Azerath Metrion Zenthos."

All three of the Titans turn as they hear a small whimper coming from Starfire. Robin rushes to her side.

"Starfire! Star? Are you ok?" Robin asks, a concerned look on his face.

"R...Robin?" Starfire stammers. "Where am I? Where are our friends?"

"Well, Cyborg and Raven are here...We don't know where Beastboy is."

"Why do you not know where Beastboy is?" Starfire asked, her eyes shining with worry.

Robin looks back at Cyborg then back at Starfire. "Star, we have a lot to talk about. But first you need to eat."

Starfire starts to sit up, but falls back, groaning in pain.

"Don't try to sit up Star. You've been through a lot. We all have. And as soon as you feel better, we'll go look for Beastboy and Nightmare." Robin said.

"Nightmare? But why would we look for someone that wishes to destroy us?"

"As I said, we have a lot to talk about. But here, eat first." Robin says, as he hands Starfire a bowl of cereal. Starfire reluctantly takes the bowl from Robin and slowly starts to eat.

Raven lands softly on her feet, done with her meditating. She walks over to the three other Titans. "Has anyone had any luck tracking Beastboy or Nightmare?" Asks Raven.

"No. His T-com is still off. Do you think he and Nightmare went after Slade on their own?" Robin asks.

"That don't make sense though. Why would BB go after Slade with Nightmare? Unless...what if he went after Terra?" said Cyborg.

"That I could believe. But why would Nightmare go with him? He doesn't have any reason to help us." Robin said.

"Maybe he does. If you went through what I did and saw his past first hand, you would understand. Nightmare has gone through a lot in his life, more so then all of us put together. Maybe this is his way of redeeming himself." Raven said.

"Rae, do you think you can find BB through telepathy?" Cyborg asked.

"I can try. It will be hard though. Normally when I do this, I have some idea where they are. I'll need to search the whole city for the both of them. And when I'm doing it, you all need to leave me alone." Raven replies as she walks back to where she was meditating.

The other Titans watched as Raven fell deeply into a trance-like state, a black raven rises from Raven's shoulders and disappears through the wall of the warehouse. Outside, the spiritual form of Raven flies through the city, looking for any trace of Beastboy or Nightmare. Suddenly, Raven senses something coming from the street below. Looking down, she sees a familiar face. Jinx. In disguise, or as close as a disguise as Jinx could come up with. Jinx had her hair in a tightly wrapped bun, and she was wearing a pink and black trenchcoat complete with pink combat boots. Raven follows Jinx from a distance, hoping that she would lead her to Beastboy and Nightmare.

Jinx dances down the street, drawing a lot of attention to herself. Raven rolls her eyes and continues to follow her throughout the city. After about an hour, Jinx arrives on the docks. Raven watches as Jinx walks over to sewer drain and drops herself in. Raven flies down after her. Jinx quickly throws off the trenchcoat, revealing her normal attire, and quickly runs down the sewer tunnel. After a few minutes of running down the sewer, Jinx arrives at a huge steel door. Raven flies slowly up and tries to see what the code was when...

"Raven!" Robin shouts, startling her and making her lose her concentration, falling hard to the floor.

"What do you want? I was about to find out where Beastboy might have been." Raven snarled, obviously angry with Robin.

Robin looks at Raven speechless at what he had done, maybe condemning Beastboy to a horrible fate. Raven's face softened, and she got to her feet.

"Don't worry. I found out where they most likely are, I just didn't get the password to open the door. But, that shouldn't be any problem. I can get us through." Said Raven.

"So we may go and find our friend now, yes?" Came Starfire's voice from across the warehouse.

Cyborg answered her. "Star, you are in no condition to go anywhere right now. And neither am I."

Starfire looked at Cyborg and then tried to move herself, her back and head exploding in pain. Lying back down on the table, Starfire turns her head towards Robin.

"Cyborg is right. I am in no condition to go with you, and neither is he. You and Raven shall go and find Beastboy together." Starfire said sadly.

"Hey, don't worry Star, we'll find both of them. Cyborg will look after you, and he'll tell you everything that's been happening while you were sleeping." Robin said. "Let's go Raven."

Raven nods and walks towards the door. Robin takes one long last look at Starfire, and then follows Raven.

"Robin! Wait!" Starfire called.

Robin walked back over to Starfire.

"What is it Star?"

Starfire looked deep into Robin's masked eyes.

"Be careful."

Robin stared longingly into Starfire's eyes. "I will Star. Don't worry, I'll be back."

Robin turned from Starfire and walked over to Raven, who was waiting at the door.

"Why can't I tell her how I feel?" Robin thought to himself.

Raven noticed, but didn't say anything.

"The entrance I followed Jinx through was a manhole by the docks." Raven told Robin.

Robin stares straight ahead, not acknowledging that Raven said anything at all.

"ROBIN!" Raven yelled.

"Huh? What is it Raven?"

"Get your head in the game Robin. We need to go towards the docks. I can get us to the door and then teleport us through it. The only thing I'm concerned about is what is on the other side of that door. You broke my concentration before I could go through it or find out the password to it."

"Sorry Rae. I was worried. You were in that trance for over an hour." Robin said.

"I know that. But we have to be on guard. Keep your mind on the mission. We have to save Beastboy and Nightmare, if he's still on our side."

"You think something's happened to him?"

"Possibly. I'm not sure though." Raven replied.

The two Titans arrive at the docks, finding nothing threatening, the two head towards the manhole that Jinx went through and follow the same path that she went down. After a few minutes of cautious walking, they arrive at the huge door that Raven had seen.

"Are you ready, Robin?" Raven asked.

"Yeah. Ready for anything. Let's do it." Robin replied.

Raven teleported themselves through the door. Robin was ready the instant the transportation was finished, having his staff already out and ready for anything, while Raven took a similar fighting stance to Robin's. The two Titans look around but see nothing. Relaxing slightly, the two begin to walk down the long passage that they had entered.

"No welcoming party I guess." Robin jokes, trying to lighten the mood.

Raven says nothing in reply, continuing to look straight ahead. Robin takes a look around the tunnel and sees that it was relatively clean, everything polished, all the pipes running through it looked to be new chrome pipes, but what was passing through them, Robin did not know. He looks ahead of him and sighs, as he sees nothing but a very long passage, shrouded in darkness.

Elsewhere...

Carcer wakes up chained to a wheel-like table, his mask gone, and so was his shirt. Carcer moved his head to get a better look at what was around him, trying to see where he was and if anybody else was in the room with him. Seeing no one, Carcer strains against the bonds that held him in place, but to no avail. Resting back against the cold surface of the table, Carcer waits for whatever Brother Blood or perhaps Slade had in store for him.

"I see that you are awake. Good. Rather then use you again as my student, I think I'll test your true powers against the Titans." Brother Blood said as he walked up to Carcer.

Carcer look at Brother Blood's face, a look of fear on his own.

"Ah good. I see the fear on your face. That will help quite a lot for this experiment."

Carcer looks away from Brother Blood, realizing that he was right. His own fear would help turn him into something that he did not want to be. Straining harder against his bonds, Carcer struggles to get himself free while Brother Blood stands next to him and laughs.

"You will find that breaking through those bonds is quite impossible, so stop wasting your energy. You will need it to defeat the Titans." Brother Blood said, tauntingly.

Brother Blood walks over to a nearby table and picks up a syringe. Walking back over to Carcer, Brother Blood swabs his left arm with an alcohol pad.

"This is a fast-acting sleep drug. When you fall asleep, you will be consumed by your own worst nightmares, turning you into the very creature you hate." Brother Blood explains, injecting a struggling Carcer with the drug. Slowly but surely, Carcer slows down, and falls into a deep sleep.

Brother Blood smiles and walks towards a door. Walking through it, he turns and locks the door, leaving Carcer to his fate.

"Blood, report to the planning room immediately." Slade's voice came over the loudspeaker.

Brother Blood walks slowly to the planning room. When he arrives, he looks around at the planning room. There was a huge round table sitting in the center of the room with a huge holographic computer sitting in the center of it. Slade sat in one of the chairs, Terra sitting next to him, her head staring down at the table.

"Brother Blood, how goes your plan?" Slade asks.

"Good. Gizmo is working on a collar that will control Nightmare's evil side. And Nightmare shall transform within the next few minutes."

"Good. Very good..." Slade said, looking at the holographic screen, showing Robin and Raven carefully walking down a corridor. "Terra, you know your mission. Go to it."

Terra slowly stands up, still not looking Slade in the face.

"Yes master." She said as she turned and walked out of the room.