"This is hopeless!" said Raven, "We'll never find him at this rate."
"We'll find him Raven, we'll find him before Slade does anything to him," said Robin, trying to sound reassuring.
"I doubt that Slade will just kill him," said Beastboy, "He'll probably be the type of person to talk about his plans for ages or at least give him another chance to join him."
Beastboy had meant this to sound reassuring, but it only made Raven worry more that Jericho wasn't alright. Maybe he had decided all he could do join him. After all, that's what happened to Robin.
"Where do you think Slade would take him?" asked Starfire.
"He wouldn't go back to any of the old places, he'd expect us to look there." Said Cyborg.
"Unless he knew that we'd know that so he went there because he knew that we'd know so we wouldn't know that he knows that we'd know." Said Beastboy.
They all watched him for a few seconds trying to figure out what he'd just said and if it was correct.
"Let just stick with what Cyborg said," said Robin, "Do you know anywhere else around here he might be able to hide?"
"If I did, he wouldn't be hiding there." Said Cyborg.
"Unless he'd know that…" began Beastboy before Raven hit him hard around the back of the head, "Damn girl, you hit hard!"
"Why didn't we give him a communicator or something?" asked Robin.
They all stared at the ground, thinking hard about a way to find them.
"Raven, couldn't you try and find him the way you found me in the conditioning shafts at the tower? Y'know when I thought Slade was after me?" asked Robin.
"I knew where you were when I did that," said Raven, "And beside, I don't think Slade would be stupid enough to leave him with his eyes clear."
"But couldn't you ask him? You spoke to me," said Robin.
"He would not know, he was unconscious," said Starfire.
Cyborg and thought about this before speaking.
"But why don't you find Slade?" asked Cyborg.
"He'd know I was there," said Raven, "And like I said, I don't know where he is."
"But it's the only plan we've got," said Beastboy.
Raven hesitated, "Alright, I'll try"
Slade shook his head, thinking about everything he'd done. He wasn't proud of it, but he wasn't going to let Joseph waste his abilities like this. He was going to persuade him whether he wanted to join or not.
Jericho was remaining still. He was hunched up, hugging his knees. He was determined not to make any sign to Slade, not so much as swearing at him. Total block out, it was to only way to remain sane right now…he hoped.
Jericho could suddenly hear someone blundering around. Slade was swearing at an extraordinary level of loudness.
"Get out of my head witch!" she shouted.
When he opened his eye again, he knew it wasn't just him seeing what was in front of his face. He quickly closed his eye again and tried to force her out, but she wouldn't go. She was talking in his head.
"We're coming to find you Slade, and when we do, we're going to make to pay for what you've done. You're nothing but a murderer Slade, or would you prefer 'Deathstroke'…"
Then she was gone. He span around, Joseph was moving his head, trying to figure out what was going on. He walked over with his shot gun and shot the chain. It shattered and he grabbed Joey by the neck of his shirt and threw him towards the door.
"We're leaving!" she shouted.
Raven shook her head as she came out of her trance.
"They're in a bomb shelter or something like that," she said and stopped hovering.
"There aren't any bomb shelters around here," said Cyborg.
"No, but there's an underground bunker not far away, but we have to move fast, he'll be leaving with Jericho." Said Robin.
They headed in the direction Robin was pointing. However, by the time they arrived there, Slade was already riding away with Jericho is someone else's car. The driver was standing in the road yelling at them.
Starfire zoomed down and picked up Cyborg with Beastboy's head and Raven picked up Robin. They flew at top speed after the car. It was an open top sports car, and Starfire used this advantage to throw Cyborg into the car. Slade, however, was suspecting this and swerved the car. Cyborg managed to land safely and Starfire and Beastboy swooped down and picked him up. (But Cyborg was still swearing after the car for a while). The car stopped outside the closed mall. Slade grabbed Jericho and smashed the glass before throwing him in.
The Teen Titans landed and approached cautiously.
"Why go in there?" asked Cyborg.
"Lots of places to hide." Said Raven, "We'll end up slitting up to find them."
They entered the building and stood guard. There was no one in sight. Cyborg scanned the area with his electronic eye. He could only pick up traces of heat. Nothing big enough to be a person.
"Looks like we'll have to split up." Said Robin.
"But that's what Slade wants us to do." Said Beastboy, "And I don't like the mall being this dark."
"Get over it Beastboy," said Raven, heading for the upper floors.
"Just keep your communicators on alert," said Robin, "We'll need to contact each other when we find them."
"Personally, I don't see the point in splitting up," sad Raven, standing at the top of the escalator.
She closed her eyes and a large black bat-like creature appeared.
"He'll find them for us."
The bat split into several bats, zooming into every shop and room. Raven stared at the titans blankly, her eyes were completely black. One of the bats zoomed back.
"This way!" called Raven, running in the direction of a sports shop.
She rounded into the shop, the other titans not far behind. Slade turned and stared at them. Jericho was sat on the floor, trying to pry the bland-fold loose. Slade was holding the heavy hand gun in Jericho's face.
"End of the line Slade," said Raven, "You might as well give him up."
"That won't be happening." Sad Slade, pointing the gun at them.
While he was doing this, Raven was using her powers to untie the blind-fold. She whispered using her telepathy.
"We'll get him into position, just be ready to jump…"
