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It was morning in the Titan tower, Cyborg, Terra and BB were playing video games, Bee was making breakfast with Starfire who was also chatting with Speedy about the wonders of 'Earth' food, and Raven was on the couch with a cup of tea and her nose in a book. She wasn't reading however, she was running through what she learned about Rune's target. The man was named Joseph Cain, nothing particularly special about him except that he was working for the Joker at the time of Robin's death, and it was possible that he may have been with the group that captured Robin. She was brought out of her musings when she heard the door opened and everyone turned to see Rune standing there.

"Good morning."

Everyone was quiet and simply stared at the man as Raven realized that she forgot to tell everyone that Rune was coming today. Suddenly Cyborg aimed his sonic cannon, BB shifted into an ape and Terra's eyes started glowing. Rune began to reach for his blade while taking a defensive stance until Raven shouted "Azerath Metrion Zinthos!" creating a black barrier between the other Titans and Rune.

"Raven! What are you doing?!" Cyborg shouted.

"He isn't here to fight us!"

"Then why is he here?!"

"What is going on?!" Starfire yelled, getting everyone's attention. Cyborg, BB, and Terra held sheepish expressions while Raven had a tick mark on her forehead. Rune took the opportunity to introduce himself.

"My name is Rune, I have come to apologize for our scuffle last night and to ask for your help. I thought that you would have been informed that I was coming today..." He looked at Raven, "But apparently I was mistaken."

Everyone else looked at Raven now, "You knew he was coming here and you didn't tell us?!" Cyborg exclaimed.

"Uhh…" She blushed lightly, "Well this is awkward…"

-Breakfast and a long explanation later-

"So if we don't find this guy and stop who he is working for then Jump city is as good as gone?" Speedy summed up.

"Pretty much, we have three days to find him before their plan starts. I know he is planning a couple thefts for the next few days to try to distract cops and other heroes, but I need to get this guy."

"Anything else we need to know?" Terra asked.

"He may be carrying an experimental chemical weapon, if you find him then notify me immediately and keep an eye on him but do NOT engage him."

"How bad could it be? He's just a grunt." BB joked.

"This 'Grunt' took out five initiates of the Order of St. Dumas, when we found them the lucky ones had died choking on their own vomit with their faces frozen in fear. Do NOT underestimate him." Rune replied harshly before standing up and heading for the door. He opened it and said, "I will see you all later tonight." before closing it behind him.

"Damn, what could do that to a person?" Cyborg muttered, as the other Titans began discussing plans for finding this guy, Raven slipped away silently and phased out of the tower to catch up with Rune.

She saw him just now exiting the tower and she flew down and landed behind him. "You okay?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Because you were experiencing a lot of pain and anger just then." She replied before thinking, 'Why am I so concerned about him?'

He sighed heavily, "In the Order, you train with a single group of initiates day and night, you build bonds with them, begin to see them as family… those five initiates were the rest of my training group, I was the first, and now only one to become a full member of the Order. They were my closest friends there besides Azrael, seeing them like that…" He heaved another sigh while rubbing the back of his head, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to burden you with this."

Raven could tell that he was going through a lot and could almost feel the grudge he had, in a way it reminded her of Robin, "It's not good to bottle up your feelings, sometimes it helps to talk to someone about it." She put her hand on his shoulder comfortingly, "If you ever want to talk I'm willing to listen." 'Why am I so worried about him?'

"Thanks, I'll see you tonight, Raven." He said as he left the island.

Raven went back to her room with the intent of finding out what was happening to herself.