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The next morning Beast Boy could tell that Cali had never told Robin about Nikki. Unless Robin suddenly became a great actor in hiding how he was feeling about someone (which he was really horrible at), then he was probably still completely clueless.
Beast Boy had informed the rest of the group last night, and none of them had reacted too kindly when they found out that Nikki had been abusing Cali. The whole team had been exchanging weary looks as Robin and Nikki chatted pleasantly about something that was of little interest to them.
Robin suddenly turned around as Cali came down the stairs. "Beast Boy, Nikki and I were thinking that maybe you could take Cali to the park for the afternoon."
Beast Boy looked from Nikki, to Robin, to Cali in surprise. "Um…Sure." Beast Boy asked uncertainly. His glance wavered back to Nikki who had a sadistic smile on her face that he really wasn't liking.
"Great, Robin's acting like they're an official couple now." Cyborg hissed to Raven. Starfire, who had overheard that comment stiffened.
"When do you want me to take her?" Beast Boy asked, still completely confused.
"How about sometime in the afternoon, if that's not any trouble." Robin said.
"No, it's fine…I guess…"
"Great. Nikki and I want to spend some alone time together." Robin said dreamily.
"Has he completely gone off his rocker?" Cyborg hissed to Raven.
"That is rather odd. I wonder why he's acting like that? As far as we know she doesn't have any powers relating to hypnosis." Raven said, also puzzled by Robin's odd behavior.
"Unless she spiked his coffee and now he's completely drunk." Cyborg muttered.
"I doubt it." Raven replied, although she was still considering it as a possibility.
Starfire was really becoming furious with the fact that Robin was having flirtations with Nikki without knowing how sick she really was.
Beast Boy, on the other hand, was still confused, but managed to smile reassuringly as Cali gave him a timid look. He only hoped that Cali would let Robin know what was going on soon."
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The afternoon rolled around and the Titans had all left the tower minus Robin and Nikki. Raven, Cyborg, and Starfire made their way towards the mall while Beast Boy took Cali to the park.
"So, what do you want to do?" Beast Boy asked Cali as they approached the entrance to the park.
"Play hide and seek?" Cali asked quietly.
Beast Boy smiled at her. "You don't have to be afraid of me. I'd love to play hide and seek. That's my favorite game."
Cali's eyes lit up. "Mine too."
"Great, so how about you hide and I seek? Okay?" Beast Boy asked.
"'Kay." Cali said.
"All right. I'm going to start counting to ten…"
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Beast Boy walked around the park for the hundreth time. He had searched everywhere and Cali was nowhere to be found. He shouted her name, he had even told her that he had given up, but still, she hadn't appeared.
Now what was he going to do? He had lost his leader's daughter! Nothing could possibly get any worse than this.
Soon the roll of thunder came, unleashing a downpour.
"Great…" Beast Boy said sarcastically as lightning struck the sky. He pulled out his communicator and contacted Raven.
"Raven? It's me. Beast Boy. Listen, I lost Cali. Yeah, yeah, I know. Major screw up. But you have to help me find her, before she gets phenomena or something from all this stupid rain. I've check everywhere in the park, so maybe we should start checking the whole city. OK, report back if you find anything." Beast Boy clicked off and raced towards the exit screaming Cali's name at the top of his lungs while racing to find her.
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While back at the tower, a very drugged up Robin was lying with Nikki on the couch. Nikki wasn't quite sure why Slade had wanted her to drug up Robin, but if it made the boss happy…
Robin's communicator rang, and Robin casually picked it up, while smiling stupidly at Nikki. "Hello?"
"Robin, this is Raven, listen we've got a problem…"
"No problem…I'll get right on it." Robin slurred.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Are you drunk or something?"
"No, I feel like I'm floating on a cloud."
"Fine, then let me bring you back to Earth, Cali…You know, your daughter?…Has gone missing and we can't find her anywhere. We need your help."
"Don't worry I'm sure everything will be fine…Wait…WHAT DO YOU MEAN CALI'S MISSING?" Robin thundered, snapping out of his drugged up trance and sitting bolt up right.
Nikki frowned, obviously confused on what he was talking about.
Robin pulled on his shirt hastily as he listened to Raven on the other line. His hands were shaking so violently he could barely hold the communicator.
"BEAST BOY LOST HER? WHY WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON THAT LITTLE GRASS STAIN I'LL KILL HIM!" Robin thundered, before slamming the communicator off and racing outside into the rain.
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"CALI! WHERE ARE YOU? THIS ISN'T A GAME ANYMORE! WHERE ARE YOU?" Beast Boy screamed over the rain. There was no reply. No laughter, no call, no shriek, nothing. Just dead silence.
"Robin is so going to kill me for this…" Beast Boy murmured, running his fingers through his wet green hair.
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Raven and Starfire searched the skies while Cyborg drove around in his car. He kept on cursing himself for not putting a tracker on Cali. Raven noticed Robin race by beside Cyborg's car. They exchanged words, before Robin sped ahead.
Raven sighed. What a mess. This wasn't Beast Boy's fault. How was he supposed to know Cali would go disappearing on him in a game of hide and seek? Luckily Nikki hadn't followed him. She couldn't wait to strangle that scrawny little neck of hers…
"Raven, perhaps I am mistaken, but I do not think any of us own a black vehicle, am I correct?"
"Yes." Raven said, still locked in her own thoughts.
"Then why is there a black vehicle following Robin?"
"What?" Raven glanced down and noticed, sure enough, a black car speeding behind Robin. One of Slade's androids popped out of the window and aimed something towards him.
"ROBIN! LOOK OUT! HE HAS A GUN!" Raven shrieked at the top of her lungs. But it was too late, the trigger had all ready been pulled and Robin had been sent flying off his motorcycle onto the black pavement.
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Cali shivered and hugged her knees, rocking back and forth in the dark room she had been put into. She didn't know where she was. She had been hiding in a bush waiting for Beast Boy to try and find her when a man with an orange and black mask had snuck up from behind and grabbed her. He had ran, and he was hurting her head, for he had had his hand tightly clamped over her mouth. Everything was a blur. All she knew was that she had been pushed into this room and she had been there ever since.
She shivered. She wanted her mother and father. She didn't like it here. It was too dark and scary.
Soon, the door opened, and she blinked against the sudden brightness. Soon she noticed the man that had kidnapped her standing above her and she scrambled away.
"It's all right child. My name is Slade. I'm here to take care of you." The man said gently.
Cali relaxed slightly, although she was still terrified. "What about my daddy?"
"I'm sorry my dear. You see, it was all your fault that your mother was killed, and so your father killed himself so that he wouldn't have to look at you and be reminded that you were a killer."
Cali whimpered at the man's words. But her father had said the loved her, she remembered that, she hadn't meant for her mother to die. It wasn't her fault, was it? "What about Beast Boy?" She said shakily.
"Beast Boy doesn't love you, and neither do the others. They all hated you. And they're glad you're gone. In fact, they're not even looking for you. They're having a party that you're gone. But it's okay. I'm here now, and I love you and I care about you." Slade said softly.
Cali began to sob and clung on to this man who she didn't know, hoping that he was telling the truth.
"It's okay Cali, I'll be your father now."
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"ROBIN!" Starfire screamed, flying down beside him. Cyborg pulled over and slammed on the brakes before diving out of the car and racing towards him.
Raven searched the road, but the car had disappeared. She silently cursed under her breath before getting control of her emotions. She landed and came to see the damage.
"I'm okay, I'm okay." Robin said hoarsely. Raven gave him a look of disgust at his obvious lie. His voice was shaking so hard, it was kind of obvious that he wasn't okay.
"Did you find Cali?" He gasped.
"No, not yet. Beast Boy's still searching." Raven said.
"What if he doesn't find her?" Robin wheezed.
Raven didn't reply. All she did was give a firm order for him to be taken back to the tower.
Somehow, it seemed like it was all over.
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I hope you liked this chapter and I'm sorry for the late update again. I hope everyone had a nice Halloween though. Please leave me a review on your way out!