The Power Within: Thanks for the fave, really appreciate it. Unfortunately, the next couple chapters are from the Titans' PoVs so we don't get to see much of Beast Boy's thoughts, but I will incorporate it. And there's no real pairing, but it's leaning more towards BB+Ter.

Underestimated

Chapter 3: On Opposite Sides

Robin continued his attempts to contact Beast Boy, but found he couldn't pick up the frequency of his communicator. "We have to find him!"

"But don't we already have a mission?" Cyborg pointed out. "Do you want the entire city wiped out!"

"Slade's behind this. We find Beast Boy, we find him," explained Robin.

"Robin has a point. And as annoying as that green fluff ball is, we have to find him before something happens to him," said Raven.

"We have to split up and look for him," ordered Robin. The others nodded and they went in separate directions.

Beast Boy watched the monitors as his former teammates searched for him, but their attempts were all futile.

"Should I exterminate them now, or would you rather deal with them?" Slade asked.

"I'd rather take them down myself."

"It won't be for a while, however; you still need a lot of training. But in time, given the proper room to grow, you will be powerful enough to overtake them."

After several hours of looking without any clues, they had given up and regrouped on the street above.

"Any sign?" asked Robin. Cyborg, Raven and Starfire all shook their heads, a grim expression of their faces; they had to assume the worst: Beast Boy was gone, probably even dead.

It had been several months since the incident, and still, not even a trace of Beast Boy. Everything was different without him. The tower had been quieter since then. Cyborg played video games less frequently, realizing it lost its fun without someone to compete with. Even Raven missed him, although he annoyed the hell out of her.

But that had also been the last time they had been bothered by Slade up until this point. It had just been the annoying villains. Mumbo had been spotted once, the foiled one of Mad Mod's plans, and Dr. Light escaped from prison again, but that was it. Now that they had all this extra time, there was no crazy green BB to spend it with.

They were all in the living room, minding their own business, when the alarm went off. Robin turned on the screen, bringing up a map of the city. A symbol representing a research facility was blinking, indicating that was the target.

A minute later, Robin was on his R-cycle and Cyborg in the T-car, followed by Raven and Starfire who were flying alongside them. The two vehicles screeched to a halt outside the lab.

"Any idea who or what we're looking for?" Cyborg asked.

"No, but the place isn't that big, we should be able to find whoever it is soon enough."

Once inside, Cyborg found a security panel in the wall. "I'm gonna try hacking into the cameras," he said in a hushed tone.

"Good idea," Robin responded.

"Second floor, lab 226B."

"Who is it?"

"Can't tell, it's too dark."

"Guess we just have to find out the Titans way: by kicking criminal ass," said Raven.

They headed upstairs and found the right room. A shadowed figure was leaning against the wall. "Been a while," he said. "So how have you guys been without your comic relief to insult?"

He emerged from the shadows and the Titans froze in shock

"Beast Boy?"