"Robin." It was the low, bored voice of his teammate. Raven; he often wondered why she wore a hood over her face; she looked more like a villain than a hero. He also wondered if she ever got cold wearing the stuff she wore. But her voice was shrill as she spoke through the mobile to him. "I've seen Slade. I don't know where he's gone off to but I saw him running towards Jasdeep's Socks. I can't -." There was the crinkled sound of a signal dying, but as the unmistakable sound of her communicator falling to the ground with a loud thud, he could still hear her shrill scream.

The signal went dead.

Robin was shocked and stood almost like a statue for a moment before frantically punching buttons, trying to call her back, although he knew it was no use. "Raven!"

Robin frantically called the other Titans with his communicator, taking extreme care in pressing the buttons so that no time was wasted. He arranged the call so that they could all speak at the same time and hear everybody's voices – it didn't take long to tell them to meet at Jasdeep's Socks.

The team immediately rushed off to meet at the shop. Robin had ordered them to meet behind it – the sun wasn't fully raised yet and so the shadows would keep them nicely hidden, although it did prevent them from seeing each other's faces properly. When Starfire finally arrived, she enabled them to see more clearly with the green glow of her star bolts.

Beast Boy fluttered into the scene not much longer; he was the same, small hummingbird and it conveyed his true concern for the situation as he flapped around the alleyway before turning back into his green, human form.

"Where's Raven?"

"That's why we're here," Robin said through clenched teeth as his eyes narrowed. "I received a call from her about ten minutes ago. She said she was near this shop when she'd seen Slade running off somewhere. She was about to say something else when she screamed. And then the signal went dead."

The team stared at him in agonizing silence. Robin hadn't told them the whole story over the communicator and his impatience to tell them made it so that his story had come out in a slurred mess. Nevertheless, Beast Boy was trying his best to gather his words and pull his jaw back up from the floor.

"We've got to find her!" He yelled.

Starfire flinched at Beast Boy's outburst and turned to Robin for some words of reassurance. "I believe that is why we are here, am I correct, Robin?"

Robin paused as he looked into Starfire's worried eyes and Beast Boy's frantic ones – Cyborg had thankfully kept calm. It was his casual attitude that put Robin at ease.

"No."

"What!"

"We must continue to look for Slade," Robin snapped back at Beast Boy. He almost felt sorry for the boy – Beast Boy's love for his friend was appreciated, but not when it made him into a naïve, thoughtless boy. "We can't spend our time looking for Raven. I know that she can look after herself – Slade might not have been the one to kidnap her, you never know, if could have a friend helping him in all this. If -."

"No!" Robin turned back to Beast Boy, his once calm attitude quickly turning to anger. It wasn't as if he didn't care about Raven but he knew that even if Raven was in trouble, then she'd sacrifice herself so that they could defeat Slade once and for all. "We have to look for Raven! I don't see how we can finish this mission without her – we're a team."

Robin glared at Beast Boy – he was fully aware that they were a team, but because of that fact, certain sacrifices were to be made. If everything went according to Robin's plan, if Beast Boy would only listen, then Raven would be saved after all.

"Let me finish," Robin snapped. "We can't look for Raven because that could lead us off our track. If we look for Slade then we could end up finding Raven. But for now, Slade is our main priority and Raven knows that."

Beast Boy could only sulk.

"Are we going off together or are we splitting up again?" Cyborg asked. Determination was plastered all over his face.

"We'll split up into two. I'll go with Beast Boy and you can go with Starfire. Raven said that Slade was running past this shop when she was kidnapped. If you find anything then you must report back to me immediately."

Beast Boy immediately turned back into the same little hummingbird and waited patiently for Robin to lead him into the right direction. Starfire lowered her glowing hands so that they lay by her side and she followed Cyborg out of the alleyway, away from the shop.

Robin watched them both leave to make sure that they were gone, although he couldn't doubt them. He knew that Starfire depended on having Raven as her friend, being the only other girl in the team. And Cyborg was faithful and extremely loyal.

He turned to walk down the alleyway but as he faced the darkness, he immediately regretted choosing Beast Boy as his partner; Cyborg and Starfire both had lights whether it was part of their power or installed. Robin and Beast Boy had nothing. They were stuck in complete darkness.

He moved towards the wall as Beast Boy rose into the air so that he could see better, although Robin doubted that was possible. He ran his fingers along the wall in case he came across a door that would lead to somewhere. He doubted that Slade could get very far with Raven locked in his grip; he'd have to go into the nearest place possible.

As Robin was thinking over the situation over in his mind and wondering what he would do next if nothing interesting came up, a small yet thick object collided in the side of his stomach, making him groan grab onto his stomach in pain. Beast Boy immediately landed on the floor and turned back into his human form, ready to comfort Robin.

"Robin! Are you OK?"

Robin nodded frantically, trying to swerve Beast Boy away from his unimportant wound. "I'm fine. I just didn't see…" Beast Boy's gaze followed Robin's and he let his hands roam around the wall until he came across a small doorknob. Beast Boy turned the knob, only to find out that the darned thing was locked. He tugged on it and pulled on it, but it was no use.

Robin released his hands from his stomach and shook his head – he knew Beast Boy's attempt at trying to open the door was useless. Superheroes, open doors? Even if the damned thing was unlocked, that wasn't the way to do it. No way.

He stepped back a few steps, taking Beast Boy with him, and then threw his leg at the door. His steel boots collided with the door and unhinged it immediately. It landed on the floor with a loud clatter and left the doorway clear for them to pass through.

Beast Boy transformed into a small mouse and scuttled inside before Robin, jumping over the broken door. Robin followed him quickly, trying his best to step over the door without making too much noise. Before he took a long look at his surroundings, he turned to Beast Boy so that he knew where he was. It was then that he noticed that Beast Boy's once green fur had turned navy in an odd, blue light.

Beast Boy turned back into his human form, puzzled by the light. "Why blue?" His head turned frantically to try and figure out where it was coming from.

"Quiet," Robin whispered. He stepped closer into the light, his eyes fixed in concentration. Beast Boy kept close behind him, keeping as quiet as he possibly could. Both of their heads were turning left, right, above and then finally below. They both stopped dead before a beam of light that focused on the floor.

Beast Boy gasped as Robin muttered angrily. "Shit."