The Titans returned to their tower, only to find it in a state of chaos. Furniture was ripped apart, doors smashed, and the Gamestation was a smoking wreck. Three of Slade's robotic minions were smashed outside the open garage door, and the unfinished jet-bike was gone. Raven alternately ran and flew through the tower, calling Tylan's name. She searched for his presence, but couldn't find it anywhere. When the television was flipped on, the news channel showing Tylan's house on fire, it was too much for her, and she began to break down and weep, destroying several small items throughout the room, including the TV remote.

"I have to go, I have to!" she cried as Cyborg and Beast Boy tried to hold her back. "I have to make sure he's okay." She broke free of them, and teleported away from the Tower, heading for her true love's mansion.

"Slade is behind this, I know it!" Robin pounded his fist into the table. "We've got to stop him!"

"Man, even if Slade is behind this, we have no idea where he went! We have no leads to go on, and Raven's concerned for Tylan. She won't be helping us anytime soon." Cyborg paced the room furiously, shaking his head. "I knew we shouldn't have let a civilian into our circle! They're just too much of a security risk!"

"Dude, what are you talking about? You were having yourself a great old time talking about that smart stuff earlier today!" Beast Boy accused Cyborg. "You were probably happier than anyone except Raven that he was here! He barely talked to me!"

Robin broke up the fight about to break out. "Listen, guys, this fighting is getting us nowhere. I say we go to the house, and look for clues of Slade's involvement and whereabouts." So the group set out, Beast Boy and Starfire flying, while Robin rode his R-Cycle and Cyborg drove the T-car.

Raven searched through the debris of the mansion, looking for any sign of her boyfriend. But no sign revealed itself to her. The paramedics had told her that they had evacuated and old man and old woman in critical condition to the hospital, but made no mention of a teenage boy. She continued to search, but found no clues. The only thing that gave her hope was the fact that his jet-bike was nowhere to be seen in the wreckage, so she hoped he was still alive.

Suddenly her T-communicator beeped. She opened it, expecting to see Robin's worried face telling her to return to the tower. Instead, she found herself looking at an eerily familiar masked visage.

"Slade!" she gasped. "What do you want?" Then another fact registered. "How did you get a T-communicator?"

Slade chuckled. "Your boyfriend had it when I kidnapped him. Seems Robin made him an honorary Titan, although, from the fight he put up, I'd judge he has no superpowers at all." Slade leered at her, and his cyclopic gaze enhanced the effect rather than detract from it. "If you ever want to see him alive again, you will come to the warehouse on 75th and Maple. Come alone. If you bring the other Titans, I will kill your little boyfriend and then all of you. Understand?"

Raven fought back the tears, tears of anger and fear. "All right," she whispered. "I'll be there." She slapped the communicator closed and dashed it to the ground, shattering it. She turned on her heel and walked briskly away.

Robin and the others arrived moments later, attempting to reach Raven on her T-communicator, but with no success. As they searched through the debris, Cyborg came across the wrecked remnants of a T-communicator. "Yo! I found this over there," he said, while running up to Robin.

"Whose communicator is it?" asked Robin. After some quick data checks in the miraculously intact processor, Cyborg determined it to be Raven's. Beast Boy, of course, figured it out after a couple sniffs as a bloodhound.

"Yep, it's hers all right." Beast Boy said after metamorphosing back into human form. "I'd recognize that incense scent anywhere."

"All right, Beast Boy. I need you to find Raven's scent and find where she was going. Cyborg, you do a broad-scanner sweep of the area. Starfire, I want you on aerial reconnaissance. I'll search the city streets. If any of you sees any sign of Raven, call everyone and we'll meet you. Titans, go!" He hopped on his R-cycle and took off. Starfire flew into the air, her eyes scanning the ground for any sign of her lost friend. Beast Boy quickly changed into a dog and began sniffing the ground. Cyborg activated his scanners and began searching.

Four Titans searched for the fifth, who, unknowingly, had walked right into a trap.