The Titans Tower had alarms going off, not only had Starfire been spotted, apparently she was fighting. Several phone calls told the Titans she had been seen flying toward a large warehouse on the outskirts of the city. Also they were informed that some members of the Hive were seen converging on her known location. Robin was telling the Titans how quickly they had to assemble and help their friend, but they didn't need to be spoken. They all rushed. In record time they arrived at the scene at the warehouse where a fight was evident. Many of the windows on one side had exploded outward and a large portion of the ceiling was missing.

They gathered near a large double door, which was the only one open. So lead by Robin they went inside. It looked like a major war had been fought inside this building. As they explored some coughing could be heard, so they converged on the noise. They rounded a corner and saw Mammoth sitting on the floor coughing up what looked like blood, with Gizmo leaning on the wall beside him, pale and sweating. Jinx looked like she was trying to comfort her friends, it was her who spotted the Titans.

"Great, it's the rest of the Titans" she said "Leave us alone. Haven't you already done enough?" she looked on the verge of crying

"What do you mean?" Robin replied, remaining calm while inspecting the area and the Hive members.

"Sicking your little alien on us" Jinx yelled at him "Look what she did to my friends" she said motioning at Mammoth and Gizmo. Robin was staring at the red marks on her otherwise pale neck. Jinx saw where he was looking, flushed and covered her neck with her hands, displaying her burned arms.

Cyborg cut in "Do you mean Starfire? Are you saying she did this to you?"

"She was here" Beastboy said transforming back to human from the various animals he had been changing to since they entered "I can still smell her in the air." He transformed into a hawk and started flying around the building.

Raven had flown up to look at the wreckage in the large building better and came back down "This place is empty, I don't see anything that Slade or these guys" she motioned at Jinx, Mammoth and Gizmo "could want from here. All they did was destroy an empty warehouse."

Gizmo finally spoke up "It was for training. Brother Blood sent us here to test our skills, he said that we would get twice our monthly salary to kick one Titan's butt."

Robin: "How long did Starfire leave?"

Mammoth had started a coughing fit and Jinx had to hold him upright with some help from Gizmo who looked like he was going through serious withdraw. Beastboy flew down and transformed "From what's left in the air, seems like she flew out that window about 10 minutes ago. I flew outside and caught her scent but the wind is blowing so I couldn't follow it"

"With a 10 minute head start she could be anywhere" Raven said

Jinx cut in "You really didn't know she was here?"

Robin replied sadly "No, we haven't seen her for months. Not since Slade decided to make her an apprentice. We're trying to figure out why. And how. And get her back."

Gizmo laughed weakly "heh, it figures that it would take someone like Slade to make her kick butt. She couldn't do it with you guys holding her back"

Robin face flared with anger for a second and then calmed down "We have to find her" is all he said. Raven was looking at Jinx who had clenched her fists and said with anger "It was Slade who did this."

Mammoth had stopped coughing and tried standing up by leaning against the wall. He breathed in and out slowly and occasionally coughing up blood. He had tried to speak once during the exchange with the Titans, but had a coughing fit instead.

Cyborg pushed some buttons on the communicator on his arm and looked at Jinx "Your teacher sending you guys some help or do you need me to get you a ride?"

Jinx sighed and looked at the floor "After we told Brother Blood we lost against a single Titan he got really mad and called us failures. He said not to come back."

Beastboy looked concerned "Maybe we should get these guys to a hospital" he said. Robin agreed with him and Cyborg did some typing on his arm. After he told the operator the address closed the panel and joined the other Titans who had already started to spread out and look for any clue that may lead to Starfire's whereabouts. Minutes later an ambulance arrived and they took the three hive members away.

Cyborg and Beastboy had been using various types of devices / forms to investigate for any clues. They could find nothing that would say where Starfire may have went. Raven was floating around outside the building looking for clues and Beastboy had taken the form of an eagle, who's sense of smell was very good. But with all the smog and exhaust it was hard to follow a scent trail. Robin saw a connex on one side of the building which was untouched by the fight. He walked up and saw a simple padlock on it which he easily picked. Inside it was empty except for a small cup with one of the mechanical devices the Titans had spread around all of Slade's bases.

Robin picked it up and opened his communicator. " I have a clue" he said. And the other titans joined him in the connex. Cyborg picked up the device and looked at it. "It's one of mine all right, I can figure out where it was deployed by taking it back to Titans HQ and examining it."

Raven cut in "You do know this is a trap."

Robin nodded "Yeah. I know. But we have no choice."