STAR POV

When we all returned home to our tower, I offered to help Cyborg carry everything upstairs. Everyone else went up to their rooms for the night because it was quite late. "Cyborg, would it be alright with you if I went on a quick walk? I want to go to the park and feed a lost little dog. It has been asking me for food very often."

He chuckled a little and nodded. "Go ahead, Star. But don't take too long. Robin might worry." He chuckled again and walked the last of our belongings upstairs.

I exited the garage and flew towards the park. Unbeknownst to me, however, my communicator fell and hit the pavement, totally destroying it. I didn't notice and kept flying towards the lost little dog with part of a sandwich from my lunch. When I arrived at the park, I wandered until I found the puppy in the woods on the opposite side of the road from the park. I fed it and played with it for a little bit. When I stood up to go home, however, I was struck with a spell of tiredness and dizziness, causing me to collapse in the grass under the trees.

ROBIN POV

Next morning

As I stumbled down into the kitchen, I was greeted by the same sarcastic remarks as the day before. This time, however, Starfire didn't come in. "Hey, have you guys seen Star? Normally she's up by now." I looked in the direction of the door, hoping she was right outside.

"Relax, Rob. She went on a walk last night. She's probably still just napping. If she's not out by 7, we'll check out her room."

I sat on the couch watching BB and Cyborg play games for an excruciatingly long hour and 15 minutes. As soon as the second hand reached 12, I headed for her room. I knocked on the door. Nothing. I waited and knocked again. Nothing. I tried one last time, and received the same answer; a hollow quiet. I hastily typed in the overwrite code and threw her door open. I saw her bed, perfectly made. Her pajamas, still laid out for bedtime. Something was wrong.

I ran down the stairs, with a very confused threesome following me. When we reached the garage, we all hopped in the T-Car. "Where was she going? Did she tell you? Maybe something happened to her. What if-" I was spouting off random questions, looking out the window constantly, searching for clues.

Raven's powers forced me to silence. "That's MUCH better. Stop freaking out, bird boy. She's probably fine. Don't worry until you have good reason to." She was glaring at me from under her hood. I nodded.

"Raven's right, man. She told me that she was going to the park because she found a lost puppy and she wanted to feed it. Typical Star." He chuckled and kept driving. At an insanely slow pace.

He was right, though. That was very typical of her. Caring for everyone else before herself. She was a sucker for any small helpless creature, especially if it was small and furry. I whispered to myself, "Please be ok, Star." At that moment, Cyborg decided to slam on the brakes, throwing BB into the front seat and into Raven's lap, and me onto the dashboard. At least, partially. One of my feet was in Cyborg's face, the other was in Raven's.

It was a commotion with feet and insults going every which way.

"Cyborg, why the HELL did you do that?" My head hit the windshield, my foot hit his face.

"BEAST BOY! DON'T MOVE! If any of you touches ANY of me down there, you. Are. DEAD!" She tried to extricate him without making it worse. "Why don't you change, retard?"

Cyborg shoved me out of his face and just knocked me onto BB, who got shoved even further down under the dashboard and resulted in his face being squished between my back and her lap. "Guys, is that Star's communicator?"

All the flurry stopped immediately. Cyborg stepped out of the car. BB changed into a cat, allowing the rest of us to pile out. I sprinted to the small pile of plastic debris. It was a communicator, all right.

I fell to my knees. "No… Please, no… Star!" I jumped up and ran for the park, followed closely by the others. When we reached it, we searched for 10 minutes. BB became a bloodhound. Raven used her telepathy. Cyborg scanned the surrounding area. But to no avail. "NOW do I have good reason to worry, Raven?" She looked at me briefly, then turned away, ashamed. BB pulled her into a hug. Cyborg shook his head. I fell to my knees. "Star, where are you?" escaped my lips, barely an audible whisper.

Little did we know something was transpiring in the woods across the street.