Chapter 3 He's gone
True to his word, Cyborg led the search party for Robin the following day. It was an exhausting four hour search but it yielded no answers to the locations of the gung-ho Titan leader. Starfire had wanted to stay out and search and she would have to if Cyborg and Raven hadn't literally dragged her home. The days dragged on but, still no sigh of Robin. Raven and the remaining boys gave up searching after week but Starfire would have been out there everyday if they others hadn't given her a three hour lecture on how pointless it was.
So this is where we come on. It has been two weeks since he disappeared. It was a quiet 8:00 am, but everything had been quiet since the Titans had lost their leader, lost their friend. Beast Boy was sitting on the couch with his videogame controller in his hands trying to concentrate on "Lightspeed 3" (A/N Yeah, I made that up). But ever since Robin had gone missing everything seemed to have lost its purpose, lost its pleasure. Raven and Cyborg were sitting at the kitchen table watching the young changeling stare blankly at the TV.
"So, what do you think happened to him?" Cyborg asked sadly; turning his gaze to the emotionless girl sitting across from him.
"I don't know." Raven said in her monotone voice, not even removing her eyes from her glass of herbal tea.
"Do you think he's ok?" Cyborg asked.
"I don't know." Raven replied in the same blank tone.
"Then what do you know?!" The metallic teen almost shouted in frustration.
"What do I know? I know he's gone." The dark and quiet girl replied, finally looking up at the once star athlete.
"You mean dead?!" The brotherly Titan yelped, choking on the words like they were poison.
"No." The Azarathian said without showing any sort of emotion.
"What I mean is exactly what I said. He's gone. We are all just going to have to face reality in that; even if he is alive I doubt he is ever coming back." She continued as she turned her attention back to her tea hoping Cyborg hadn't seen the hurt written in her eyes. Cyborg let out a small sigh. Raven was sad he could tell, but he said nothing. Beast Boy, who had been snapped out of his 'I can't believe that really happened,'-trance by the yelling; opened his mouth to say something but stopped when he suddenly heard the door open. Even the door opened slower than usual, almost like it missed the boy wonder walking through him, but no one noticed.
"Good morning, friends!" The Tamaranian beauty chimed as she walked through the door.
"Hey, Star." Cyborg replied trying to smile, to give Starfire some silent support. Cyborg knew that the only reason the Tower hadn't already crumbled to the ground was Starfire. She was the only one who kept her communicator near her every second. The loving alien was the only person who never let her determination waiver; the one true glowing light, the only beam of hope left. He couldn't let that "light" die.
"Shall I make breakfast for everyone? I promise to cook only Earth food." The alien teen continued as she walked over to Cyborg and Raven.
"No, Star. You've done enough. I'll make it today." Cyborg said kindly.
"Only if it's tofu." Beast Boy jumped in.
"Not today, Beast Boy." Cyborg groaned, as Raven sent him an almost evil look.
"Oh, come on, Cy! It's not like I'm..." Beast Boy began to protest but Starfire heard no more. Her attention was fixed on something else. It was an empty spot on the circular couch. Now, there was nothing different, noticeable, or special about the spot that had caught the Tamaranian's attention, but she continued to stare as if she was looking for something.
"I know I will not find what I seek." Starfire thought sadly, for what she sought was the young 'boy of wonder', as she called him; the spot she had become mesmerized with was his spot. The same spot that had always held his being, the same spot that was one of the only pieces of proof that he hadn't been just a dream.
Starfire could feel the tears filling up behind her eyes but she refused to let them come out. The young girl felt her entire body begin to shiver like she was cold, so she pulled her arms tight around herself in a fruitless attempt to stay calm.
"Starfire." A calm and quiet voice broke through her thoughts. The alien heroine turned to find the gothic girl staring at her with a look like she had never seen before. The look on the telepath's face was filled with, concern, pity, and fear all mixed into one sad and lifeless expression.
"Are you ok?" asked the Azarathian girl, even though she knew it was a pointless and stupid question.
"I am..." The alien princess began but was interrupted by the Titans alarm. The four protectors of Jump City immediately ran to the giant computer/tv in the middle on the room.
"It is...him?" Starfire asked slowly.
"No, it's...Slade." Cyborg replied calmly.
"Titans, Go!" He yelled as they ran for the door, oblivious of the danger and heartache that awaited them.