A/N: Thanks so much for all of the awesome reviews! I know I'm updating this pretty fast, so I hope you don't mind. There are going to be five chapters total, so two more after this one.

Beast Boy was star-struck. "Wow. You're Batman!" he exclaimed.

Batman stared. "Is Robin here?" he said, walking in without waiting for an answer. Beast Boy nodded.

Robin and Cyborg were wondering what was taking Beast Boy so long when they heard the door close. "It's about time," Cyborg said. However, Beast Boy wasn't the one to walk in the room.

When Robin heard the door close he turned his attention to the cartoons, not noticing that Batman had come in with B.B. "Hey Cyborg, did you see the remote-"

Robin looked up. Holy crap.

"What are you doing here!" he exclaimed.

Batman held up a box. "I brought the anti-toxin," he said, glancing around the Tower.

Robin's eyes narrowed. "Where's Beast Boy?"

"He's checking on the girls. Why don't you show me where they are?"

"Ooh, I will, Mr. Batman!" Cyborg said, rushing to where Raven and Starfire were.

Batman followed.

Robin gritted his teeth. Why did he come here! He promised he wouldn't interfere with the Titans.

Robin joined the others. Batman was carefully administering the anti-toxin to Starfire. "How long until it works?" Beast Boy asked.

Batman looked at a clock. "They should be fine in an hour or so," he said.

Everyone looked relieved. "Thanks for bringing the cure, dude," Cyborg said.

"No problem," Batman replied. "Robin, can I speak with you? Privately."

Robin, who had been leaning against the doorframe, nodded curtly and turned toward the rec room. Batman followed. He looked around and noticed several security cameras. "Let's go on the roof," he said.

Robin didn't say a word; he just led Batman to the stairs that led up to the roof.

When they got up there Robin turned to face Batman. "What?" he asked.

"You let them know your secret identity," Batman said, not even pretending to ask.

Robin seethed. "Barbara told you!" he said angrily.

"No, I read her e-mail."

Robin took a few deep breaths to try and calm down. "It was an accident," he said.

"You shouldn't compromise your safety," Batman said.

Robin would have rolled his eyes had the Joker not chosen that moment to make an appearance.

The Joker was leaning out of a helicopter piloted by Harley Quinn. "Look! It's Batsie and Bird-boy!" he called, waving at them gallantly.

Batman reached back and pulled out a Batarang at the same time Robin pulled out a Birdarang. "Joker," Batman said. "What do you want?"

The Joker laughed maniacally. "I've already got her, Bats!" He reached back in the helicopter and pulled Raven out by her arm. Raven was tied up and had tape over her mouth, but she appeared to be recovering from the gas. Her eyes were opened wide, so she seemed to be conscious.

"Raven!" Robin yelled, ready to leap forward and rescue her.

Batman grabbed Robin's arm before he could jump, and the Joker laughed and waved as Harley flew the helicopter away.

"You let him get away!" Robin said angrily. Batman shook his head. "You wouldn't have made that jump and you know it, Robin."

Robin turned and went back down the stairs to see if the others were okay.

Starfire was sitting in her bed. She seemed okay, besides the fact that she was quite scared. Beast Boy was sitting on the bed that had been Raven's, holding his arm tenderly.

Cyborg was at the computer, probably trying to trace the Joker. He seemed fine besides a few cuts here and there.

"What happened?" Robin demanded, rushing into the room.

Batman followed calmly.
"I don't know, man," Cyborg said. "The Joker just blew a hole in the wall and snatched Raven. His girlfriend kept me and B.B. busy."

Batman walked over to the computer Cyborg was at and waited for him to move. After Cyborg stepped out of the way, Batman used the computer to establish a video link to Batgirl. She was in the Batcave, and seemed surprised to be hearing from Batman.

"Batman, I didn't expect to hear-"

Batman cut her off. "The Joker has kidnapped one of the Titans," he said. "I need you to get over here as quickly as possible."

Barbara thought the call from Bruce was strange. She knew that he and Robin could handle the Joker; they'd done it lots of times before. However, she also knew that Robin was upset about something and she wanted to be there to make sure he was okay.

When she finally reached Titans Tower, Batgirl was exhausted. She walked up to the door and pushed the button she assumed was the doorbell.

A green kid answered the door.

"Hello," he said. "This is Titan Tower-"

Batgirl smiled. "Hi, I'm Batgirl. Batman called and-" she said, pausing when the green boy's face lit up.

"Batgirl! Man, I'm having one lucky day! My name is Beast Boy."

He opened the door and allowed her to enter. "Everyone's upstairs," he told her, leading her to the elevator.

Robin was watching Batman and Cyborg try to locate the Joker, wondering when life became so complicated. Oh, right, he thought bitterly. It became complicated when my parents died.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when Beast Boy came running in the room shouting, "Batgirl is here!"

He's like a hyper dog happy to see his owner, Robin noted.

Batgirl was greeted by Cyborg, Batman, and Starfire but she felt her heart sink when she noticed Robin standing in a corner looking mighty upset.

"Hello," she said, smiling. "Batman. I came as soon as I could. So you said the Joker kidnapped one of the Titans?"

Batman nodded. "Yes, the one called Raven. We haven't been able to figure out why yet, but we're still looking."

Batgirl walked up to Batman and lowered her voice so the others couldn't hear. "How is Robin? He seems…distant."

Batman actually frowned. "I'm not sure. When you get the chance maybe you should talk to him."

"Sure," Batgirl said.

Cyborg and Batman were still at the computer trying to get a signal from the tracer on the Joker's helicopter. "So, any idea why the Joker would want Raven?" Cyborg asked, trying to make causal conversation.

"No," Batman said. He waited a few minutes then added, "Are there any special things she can do?"

Cyborg nodded. "Yeah, she can do lots of stuff. Nothin' the Joker would want, though."

Batman shrugged one shoulder. "You never know."

Starfire and Beast Boy were keeping Batgirl entertained by showing her around the Tower. "And this is where we eat our meals, Girl of Bats," Starfire said, gesturing toward the kitchen. Batgirl shot a glance at Beast Boy, who smiled apologetically. "Star's…not from around here."

They entered a hallway full of doors. "Where do all these lead?" Batgirl asked.

"These doors lead to our rooms," Beast Boy said. "That one's mine, then there's Cyborg's and Star's-" he pointed to three doors on the right. "And there, across the hall are Robin's and Raven's rooms."

Batgirl got an idea. "Has anyone checked Raven's room for clues?" she asked.

Beast Boy and Starfire shook their heads vigorously. "No. No one goes in Raven's room," Beast Boy said.

Batgirl frowned. "Why not?"

"It is her special place and we are her friends. We would not invade the 'privacy' that she always desires," Starfire said matter-of-factly.

Batgirl shrugged. "Okay. Why don't you two go see if Batman and Cyborg have found anything."

Beast Boy and Starfire didn't understand why she couldn't just go with them, but they went anyway.

Once the two had left, Batgirl really began to look around. She knew they wouldn't have anything in their rooms, and she was slightly scared by their comments on Raven's room, so Batgirl decided to look through the only one left. Robin's.

She approached the door and it opened automatically with a hiss. Glancing over her shoulder to make sure no one was around, Batgirl entered Robin's room.

She saw the usual stuff; Birdarangs, his bo-staff, an extra cape, some smoke bombs, the usual. Moving over to her desk she saw the picture that she had sent him. "Nice to know he's not that bitter," she muttered to herself. Knowing full well that she was invading his privacy, Batgirl opened Robin's desk drawer. Her reasoning was that if something was wrong, being his friend she had a right to know so she could help him.

Inside was a picture of Dick and his parents. They were all smiling and seemed very happy. On the back, "Dick's 9th Birthday" was written. The handwriting was too neat to be a man's so obviously Robin's mom had written it.

Batgirl put the picture back where she found it and started to close the door when she heard a voice from behind her.

"Interesting, isn't it?"

She jumped, slamming the drawer closed in the process. Whirling around, she saw that the person was Robin. Uh-oh. Caught, she thought guiltily.

"Robin, I'm sorry. I just-"

He held up his hand. "It's okay. You're just worried, right?"

Batgirl nodded.

"And you wanted to make sure I'm okay."

Again she nodded. "Well, I'm just fine." Robin said, turning to leave.

"Robin, wait!" Batgirl grabbed his arm. He turned back around.

"I'm just here to help," she said. Robin didn't look as angry after she said that. "I know, Barb. It's just- I left to get away from everything. Everything was going so good here. There was hardly a day where I spent more than a few minutes dwelling on the past. And now here it is catching up with me."

"Oh, Dick. You know you can always call and talk to me. You don't have to hold it all in. No matter what Bruce tells you, I think it's okay to tell your new friends things too," Batgirl said, Giving Robin a sisterly hug. Once she let go, Robin smiled. "Thanks," he said. "Now lets go find Raven."

Raven was in a dark factory, and that's all she knew. Since they had landed Harley had put a blindfold on her and tied her hands up. Also, her mouth was still taped up so she couldn't say her chant. This meant that the Joker knew what her powers were. The room of the factory where she was being kept was extremely dark, which Raven normally liked. This time, however, she just wanted to see. Her mind was racing, but one thing kept repeating. Why me? What does the Joker want with me?

Raven judged that she had been there for about two hours when the Joker finally made an appearance. A small overhead light bulb was turned on and Harley pulled the blindfold off.

"Welcome, my little dark one!" the Joker said jovially. Raven tried to say something sarcastic and cutting, but she was still gagged.

The Joker looked at Harley. "Pookey, take the tape off."

"Sure thing, Puddin'," she said, pulling the tape off as fast as she could.

"Ow," Raven said emotionlessly. Harley shrugged. "They say that's the best way to make it painless."

The Joker stepped forward. "Yes, yes. I'm sure you've been wondering why you're here." He paused, waiting for a response. When he didn't get one he resumed his speech.

"You see, my dear, you have something we want."

"And what would that be?" Raven said, trying very hard to pretend that she didn't care.

"What else?" the Joker laughed. "Your powers."

Raven rolled her eyes. "Yeah, that's real original."

The Joker narrowed his eyes. "I'd watch your tongue if I were you."

"What are you going to do? Laugh me to death?"

The Joker lost it. He was about to push his "Blow Up the Brat" button when Harley rushed forward and slapped Raven across the face. "No one talks to Mr. J like that!" she said.

"Why thank you, Harley," Joker said. "You see, your powers are what we need- to destroy the world."

Raven's eyes widened. "No…" she said.

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