Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans! I never have, never will.

CHAPTER 10:
Only One Thing Left To Do

The last thing that Starfire remembered before being knocked out was a sweet smell in the air.

She had been flying along, following no street in particular, looking for a sign of Robin. 'Why would Robin act so strangely? He would never wish to harm me or any of our friends.' It was then that she spotted him. Starfire followed Robin to the roof of a warehouse on the pier. She landed, but by then he was gone.

"Robin? I do not wish to fight you…" It was scary on the dark rooftop, especially being alone. But she had to find Robin. That was of the utmost importance right now.

Then, a voice out of nowhere screamed, "Help me!" The voice sounded a lot like Robin's.

"Robin!" Still hearing the bodiless cries for help, Starfire ran into the building andonto the top floor. She followed the sounds to a door down a long, darkhallway. She hesitated before opening it because she could hear voices coming from the room beyond.

"What have you done?"

"I have done nothing. You have done all those things."

"Stop it!"

Starfire could hold her silence no longer, "Robin?" The voices on the other side of the door stopped shouting at the sound of her voice.

"Starfire?"

She slowly turned the doorknob and pushed open the door, which squeaked in protest. What she saw inside broke her heart. A man, whom she recognized as Robin, only older, was squeezing his body into a far corner of the dimly lit room. A ceiling lamp swung back and forth, throwing eerie shadows all over the room. The man was alone, which Starfire found strange. She was sure that she had heard two specific voices through the door. Robin was wearing the same long, tan colored coat, but had lost the hat. Robin appeared to be shaking all over.

She had never seen Robin like this before. 'This cannot be… my Robin…'

"Robin?"

"Starfire…You shouldn't be here…"

"Robin, what is—

"No! You have to get out now! Before it's too late! Get out before--!"

"I will contact Raven. We will help you. We are your friends Robin…and we will not leave here without you." So saying, Starfire pulled out her communicator. She turned to the right frequency and said, "Raven, friend Raven? I must speak with you."

"What is it? Can it wait? I'm sort of …busy right now."

"This must not wait. I have found Robin."

"Where are you? We'll be right there."

This was Starfire's mistake: by turning her back to Robin she left him the open opportunity for an attack. Starfire realized it too late to do anything about fixing it. The air in the room began to feel heavy and smelled sweet. It was so relaxing. Starfire felt sleep descending upon her.

"Starfire? What's going on? Starfire! Are you there?"

"Starfire? What's going on? Starfire! Are you there?" Raven shouted into her communicator.

Terri stared at her---his eyes narrowed when Raven's friend, Starfire was her name apparently, did not answer. "What is it?"

"Something's wrong. My friend is in trouble. I need to find her."

"I thought we were looking for Robin."

We are! Starfire was helping me; we had to split up. She had contacted me now to tell me that she had found him."

Terri approached Raven warily and asked, "Do you trust me?"

"Not really."

"Well, you're going to have to in order to find your friend."

"Why do you want to help us?"

"I don't know. But I think I should."

"That's a stupid answer."

"I know, but it should be good enough for now. Come on!" Terri grabbed Raven underneath his arm again and started off towards Wayne Manor.

"Hey! Let go of me! I can take care of myself! Where are you taking me?"

"You'll see."

Later at Wayne Manor…

"So you really are Batman…" –Raven.

"His replacement really." –Alfred.

"What do you mean?" –Raven.

"Ma… I mean, Batman was killed a long time ago, but Master McGinnis has brought order to Gotham for five years running now." –Alfred.

The sight of the Bat Cave had convinced Raven that Terri was in actuality the new Batman. But she still gave Terri the feeling of mistrust towards him. 'I wonder if she's always like this?' Currently, Terri was using the computer to track the frequency from Starfire's communicator. Raven had loaned him hers for this purpose. He studied the communicator now: It was a relatively circular shape, yellow and black in color, with a large letter 'T' printed on the front. He found himself wishing that there was a faster way to find Raven's friends.

"There is a faster way, Terri." Raven's voice startled him, "The mind reading comes with being part demon."

Terri found this a shocking fact. 'Raven is part demon, and she can read people's minds? I'm afraid to find out what else she can do…I guess I really don't know anything about her.'

"I can use my ability to find them, but I have to know where they are first, which is why we are tracking the call."

"I just wish this computer would go a little faster."

"Patience, Master McGinnis."

Terri hated it when Alfred said something like that. It got on his nerves. "Wait a minute! I think its working!" Terri referred to the computer screen which pulled up some data on Starfire's transmission. The data concluded that the call had the backdrop of coming from somewhere inside a large warehouse. But the only place there were any really big warehouses was…the pier.

"…. I know that address…" Alfred said after taking one look at the location on the screen.

"You do?"

"That's where the original Batman was killed… The Joker's hideout…"

"But how can Robin be the Joker? I thought you said the Joker was dead?"

"He is. But Robin knows the hideout. He was the one who killed the Joker."

"This doesn't make any sense. Why would Robin go there?"

"I can find out the answer to that."

"How are you going to do that, Raven? We don't have any way of…looking into…Robin's…mind…"

"He's the only one who can provide any answer to what's going on. I'm going to look into his mind. It's the only thing to do now."