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The Search
In Titan's Tower, Robin was pacing back and forth in the main room, Cyborg was eagerly tracking Raven's signal with no luck, Starfire was in the kitchen making her 'pudding of sadness' and Beast Boy was on the phone trying to call her on her communicator.
Cyborg heaved a sigh of defeat. "No luck, Robin. I can't track her anywhere."
Beast Boy walked up to his leader. "She's no picking up her communicator either."
Robin looked at the note she had left them once again.
Dear Titans,
If you are reading this, you know that I'm missing. Do not Try to find me and take care of one another. This has nothing to do with any of you. It's just a personal issue.
Forever Yours,
Raven
"Why do you think she left, Robin?" Beast Boy asked.
Robin's mind was swirling with a million questions. Starfire flew over to the rest of the group with her pudding in hand. Starfire squirmed with disgust with each spoonful she took.
Suddenly the doors of the living room opened and Dragon Nebula and Jhun walked in.
"Nebulae-Jurai Search and Rescue, ready!" Jhun said broadly.
I will never be able to look at Robin the same way again, Nebula said telepathically to Jhun. Or Starfire for that matter.
No kidding, Jhun telepathically replied to Nebula.
"Did you hear anything from her?" Robin asked eagerly. Nebula could sense that he was on edge.
"If I did, you would be the first to know," Nebula assured him. She didn't realize until now how much Raven impacted their lives.
"We're going to have to split up," Robin began, "Nebula, Starfire, Beast Boy: you three will scan from the skies from cities within a hundred -mile radius. Cyborg: you and Jhun will take the East. I'll take the west. Titans: move out!"
With that command, the Titans moved to their assignments even though Nebula and Jhun knew that searching for her was a waste of time. Nebula didn't mind though. After she split apart from Beast Boy and Starfire, she went baby shopping for Raven, but made sure that she was in the skies when the Titans called to check on her. She teleported back to Titans Tower and left the bags in Raven's old room. She then went back to where she was supposed to be.
Since Jhun could not fly and was in the presence of Cyborg, he could not do the same, but he could sense Nebula making trips to and from the tower.
Many hours past and the Titans had no luck. Everyone returned exhausted and disappointed.
"Robin, whatever the reason is that she left must be pretty big," Nebula said. "Maybe we should just… let her be. Wherever she is, Jhun and I can't sense her and she knows for a fact that if I could, I would be there in a heartbeat."
"Nebula's right," Jhun agreed, "Let's leave her with her thoughts. Let's wait it out and see how it goes."
Robin reluctantly agreed. "We'll call when we want to search for her again."
"Nebula nodded. "Right. Later!" she said as she teleported to Raven's room, grabbed her shopping bags and some other things that Raven might need later on from her room and teleported home with Jhun two steps behind her.
"Do you think Raven will ever come back?" Starfire asked her teammates. Robin and Beast Boy were silent.
"I hope so, Starfire," Cyborg said, "I really do."
Starfire went to the kitchen to make more of her pudding. It had been the longest day and it would probably be a while before the Titans could learn to let her go and adapt to life without her.
