Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans.

The sky was rapidly growing darker with each passing minute and black clouds covered the moon. Beast Boy was pacing around the Common Room, looking out the windows every time he got to them. Now he was extremely worried, over an hour passed and he got no sign from them. He had tried contacting them through their communicators many times but neither were picking up. He knew this meant they were in trouble, but he had no idea what to do about it. He was the only one left, and he was not fit to be his own leader, he had no idea what to do. Was he meant to stay inside out of trouble and keep hoping for a miracle? Was he meant to go out and search for them? Was he meant to tell someone? If he was, who was there to tell, the police? They wouldn't be able to do much, they already told them about what was going on and it didn't change anything. Millions of thoughts flooded his brain and he just couldn't think straight. First the love of his life Raven and his friend that was like a sister to him Starfire were taken, and now his best friends Cyborg and Robin. All of them were more like a family to him than just friends, and he could not understand how they were taken away from him so quickly and he didn't know how to find them. At this moment in time he felt so helpless, so vulnerable and alone. He tried to not feel sorry for himself, since as far as he was concerned all his teammates could be in a lot greater pain than him, but he didn't know what else to do. What would Robin do? He would probably send out a search of the city again, but then he was pretty sure he wouldn't of left everything until now in the first place, when he noticed something was wrong he'd do this a lot earlier. But what was done was done and he couldn't reverse the time he wasted, and it was better late than never. Of course he'd have to search the entire city on his own, which would take up a considerable amount of time, but he didn't know what else he could do.

So he decided to set off and do the search by himself. How he wished he could have at least one of the members of the Titans back, any one of them, at least he'd have some help and company. He shook his head. This was not the time to think about this, he needed to focus or he could miss something important. He was in the form of a bat, since he could see everything from above in the dark and go through the whole city quicker than by foot.

"Do we get him as well?"

"No, not yet at least."

"I thought we were meant to get the Titans so they weren't a threat to us?

"Arion, does he really seem like he could pose a threat to us alone?" Castor asked with a smile that made Arion smile as well.

"I guess not, but we were also doing it to have something to play with."

"We've got the other four, we basically took the half robot guy just for fun, he didn't have to be taken."

"I still think we should get him as well."

"What's the point? Wastes our space, food, medicine, time, and if we want them together we have to knock one more out. He's better off here, plus it gives the other ones a bit of hope to live off, even though none of their wishes will come true. He really is the weakest Titan, there is no point worrying about him."

Later on when the entire city was checked as best he could at this time at night, Beast Boy returned back to the T-Tower empty handed. And still alone. He couldn't believe the empty hole he felt inside of him, and he couldn't believe some people felt that all the time. How could they cope? Was this how the others felt right now? Did they miss him? Were they alright? He wished he knew the answers to any of those questions, but the sad truth was he knew nothing. He didn't even know where they were, or what happened to them, or if they were alive. He hated this situation, he hated himself, he hated his job, he hated Arion, at this point he felt like he hated everything, and he had a good reason to. If his worst fears were confirmed and they were all dead, he would never forgive himself, he wouldn't have anything to do with himself. He was sat on the sofa, head in his hands, tears in his eyes but he refused to let them drop. He wasn't done for the day yet, he needed to do something else. The search was not enough.

He decided to do what he predicted Robin would do. Sit at the computer for hours, attempting to find anything that might help him. So he did just that, or rather tried to. Beast Boy hadn't done much on the computer, it was mostly Robin or sometimes Cyborg that took an interest in it, and he never done anything on it apart from reading something over Robin's shoulder sometimes at most. Five minutes later he managed to turn it on and find some browser he could search things up on. The task at hand was easier said than done, it was difficult to know what to search for when you never done this before. What was he meant to type? He wanted the answer to many questions, but he knew he wouldn't be able to find the answers to 'where are my friends', 'are they alive' or 'what do I need to do to find and save them' online. He typed in 'Arion' and hoped for the best, but all it popped up with was some baby name websites and asked if he meant 'Orion'. Shrugging, he decided to look Orion up, it seemed close enough and he didn't know what he was meant to do anyway. He read about the constellation Orion and many other things, but it didn't really interest him since he didn't see how that was meant to help him, even if Arion was meant to be Orion he doubted it meant much. He typed in other things, such as 'villain Arion', 'Titans and Arion', etc. All this resulted in was a few news articles that desribed their meetings with him and the damage he caused, but not much else.

It was around two in the morning when Beast Boy jolted awake and found himself doubled over with his head on the computer keyboard. The browser was full of random searches that would obviously not be of any use. What happened? He didn't remember anything but he must of fallen asleep at some stage. How on earth did Robin do this for entire nights? His back and head ached from the position he spent a while sleeping in. He felt guilty that he did not manage to get any further and even fell asleep while doing his job. Firstly he attempted to type some other things in, but his mind still felt sleepy and the new pains did not help his concentration. He started to drag himself up to his room, deciding it was pointless to force it and he could do much better if he was well rested.

He was about to open the door to his room when something caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. Raven's room. Sighing, he tried to forget about it, but he couldn't bring himself to enter his room and go to sleep. Growling to himself, he gave in and approached her door. He was about to slide it open when he paused. What was the point? It would just remind him of her and make him upset all over again. She would probably get annoyed at him for entering her room without her permission if- when - he found her. But something didn't let him leave, she wasn't there after all and under the circumstances they were in surely she wouldn't mind too bad. Plus, she didn't need to know - how would she find out? So he closed his eyes and took a deep breath and opened it. When he opened his eyes he looked around his crushes' room. He let out his breath. Everything was more or less normal, it was as organised as always and everything was in its rightful place. All apart from the owner. That's when he realised the place wasn't as ordinary as it always was. It had a weird feeling to it, full of coldness, loneliness and misery. Perfect place for him right now. He took a step in and he felt tears well up in his eyes. Why did he go through with this? He knew it would make him even more depressed than he already was, and just remind him of how terribly he missed her. Another thing he knew was that he should have left then, but he didn't. Instead, he shut the door behind him, and went over to her bed. For a minute or two he sat gently on the edge of it, as if Raven was in there and he didn't want her to get mad at him for messing it up. Then he seemed to give up on that, and lay himself down on it, and closing his eyes. As he breathed in her faint scent off of the pillow, he couldn't keep the tears in anymore, and let them out, wetting it. Eventually he fell back asleep, which wasn't too difficult considering he was already drowsy and everything that happened to him earlier.

Robin hadn't slept all that night, he didn't see how he could. He had been captured, the love of his life was in the room opposite and he couldn't get to her, and he didn't know how to get out or what to do. All that night he scanned the room for any escape routes or things he could use against the villain. The room was pretty simple and plain, there was the window on one wall, two doors located on the other two walls and inside there was a single wooden chair and some shelves on both walls with some mysterious potions and objects on them. Of course it was dark in the room so it was not easy to make out what they were but he doubted he'd be able to tell anyway, he was no potion expert, it was more of a Raven thing. He could use them against his captor by knocking them over or something, and he could use the chair as well for hiding behind, and he would obviously be able to exit through the doors or possibly break the window and get Starfire as well. But before any of that could happen, he needed to get out of the ties. That was the one thing that he couldn't figure out, no matter how much he fought against them they woild never give in, and there was nothing around him to cut them with. Struggling against them all night was very tiring, but he had no other ideas of how to get out of them.

Suddenly the door swung open, and in entered his enemy, Arion. For a minute he was confused and a tiny bit frightened, he seemed very serious and to the point when usually he loved to tease and mock and had a cruel smile on his face. He approached him and seemed to be studying him for a second or two, looking him up and down, before he gave a small smile, but even that seemed a bit forced.

"Morning, didn't get much sleep then princess?" Arion asked as if he cared then moved on quickly, "I guess it would be nice of me to help you catch up." Before Robin could figure out what he meant, a metal fist punched him in the face hard, and he got knocked out.

One by one, everyone's eyes eventually opened. All four captured Titans were together in one room, all tied to a single wall with even space between them. Raven and Starfire were gobsmacked when they saw two of the boys they thought were trying to rescue them there, and Robin and Cyborg just felt very relieved that they were there and didn't look too bad. Before they could all begin talking, Arion stood up from a chair in the center of the room.

"Good morning darlings," he said, nodding at each of them. "I am guessing you are rather confused as to why all of you are in here together, yes? And probably happy as well, maybe a bit angry too, but I'll answer your questions. We wanted to let you in on our plan, and just have a chat with you in general."

"Plan? Chat? What in the world is going on here?" Cyborg shouted impatiently to earn a silencing glare from Arion.

"I was about to explain when-"

"But you already told us your plan," Raven commented, interrupting him.

"Yes but wouldn't it be better if all of you-"

"We aren't all here, Beast Boy isn't here," Robin argued. Upon hearing his voice, something seemed to burst in Starfire as her eyes went wide.

"Robin!" She shouted as Arion got prepared to speak again.

"Shut up and listen!" Arion yelled over them and took a deep breath to calm himself. "Please, just listen first. Yes, the girls already know the plan. I know Beast Boy isn't here. But I wanted all of you who we have captured to hear it at the same time, so no interruptions while I am explaining. Please." Then he went on to tell them the entire story, and no matter how much they wanted to scream and tell him how stupid it was, they knew better and kept their mouthes closed, even though it required to grit their teeth together.

"Any questions?" Arion asked at the end, looking around.

"Loads," said Robin.

"I don't even know where to start," replied Cyborg. It was true enough, both Titans had so many questions racing through their minds but they did not know which ones to ask.

"May I start for you?" Raven asked politely, and when no one replied for a few seconds she went ahead. "So why isn't Beast Boy here?"

Suddenly Arion smiled and walked closer to the girl, looking right at her. "Still worried about that green boy? Why do you care so much? Is he anyone that... close... to you?"

"No! I mean, he's not in that way, but he is one of the Titans and we are like family to each other," Raven explained, hoping this would satisfy him in some way.

"Are you absolutely certain of that?"

"I am," she answered, nodding and gulping.

"Truly, one hundred percent no lies there?" Arion repeated, to which Raven nodded again. "Good, wouldn't want you making a mistake by saying those words. Remember, you can change your mind and say that you love him any time, but for now I'll believe you and assume you do not feel anything towards him. You should be able to handle this piece of information then. Are you ready?"

Raven nodded again, her heart suddenly racing. It was true she did not feel anything towards Beast Boy, but if anything happened to him... She wouldn't be able to handle that.

"Well then, while you may only feel friend, or family, connections with him, he feels something else towards you." Raven did not believe what he was suggesting, and had no idea how to react.

"N-no, I'm pretty sure our feelings are the same towards each other."

"Raven, honey, that boy loves you. Whether you believe it or not, he really does, and it doesn't look like a simple crush either."

"Beast Boy doesn't love me," Raven tried to sound confident but her voice went all croaky and wavy. Arion shrugged, then pressed a button on a remote he always seemed to carry around to all the rooms. A projector appeared from the ceiling, and with another press of a button it flashed to light on a plain wall. The image was of the hallway that lead to all of their rooms.

"This video says otherwise," Arion said as Beast Boy entered onto the scene, approaching his room. Then he looked over at Raven's room and walked up to it instead, and after a couple minutes of hesitation he entered. The camera then changed to a view inside the room, with Beast Boy standing inside of it. His eyes shined with tears as he sat down on the side of the bed, then lay down on it and cried until he fell asleep. Of course the whole clip took a lot longer than explaining it, and it left the Titans in shock, especially Raven.

"What do you think?" Arion asked, turning back to her. She shook her head, looking down at the floor. She didn't know whay to think, let alone what to say. From the video, it really did seem like Beast Boy liked her. But why? She always was so mean to him and hit him and made fun of him... Suddenly she felt a large feeling of guilt creeping over her, and she felt like she wanted to go to him right this second and apologise for everything she ever done. How could she be so clueless?

"Man, sorry to day but that video was a load of bullshit, it does not prove anything. So what, he goes to Raven's room to grieve, maybe they were close as friends, how would you know?" Cyborg snapped. He didn't believe his own words, but he was willing to lie to protect Beast Boy and Raven.

"Hey, watch your language," Arion growled, rushing over to him,

"Please do not speak to friend Cyborg in that tone of a manner," Starfire said, not wanting them to start a fight while Cyborg wasn't able to protect himself.

"Protecting him now?" Arion said, going over to her. "You are mine, remember that, you can't be with him."

"She's not yours!" Robin interfered, and that got Arion incredibly wound up.

"Oh really? I think this is enough social time for you guys," he said, and before anyone could cut in he knocked them out, one by one.