More than just an apprentice

Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Trouble

Beast Boy watched horrified as the building gave in some more until it collapsed on itself, kicking up dust and rubble.

"Robin!" he shouted, hoping to hear from his leader.

He flew around the building but Robin was gone.

Didn't he make it?

"Robin!" the changeling screamed, fearing the worst.

But only the wind replied to him.

Beast Boy wouldn't give up without a fight. He had to find the titan leader!

He knelt onto the ground and began heaving chunks of rock and concrete, tossing them aside with the hope that his leader might be still under the collapsed building.

He shifted to gorilla form, taking the bigger and heavier pieces now. But the more rubble he tossed aside, the more panic-stricken he felt.

Why couldn't he find him?

The beeping of his communicator broke through his thoughts.

Cyborg was on the other line. "We're done with Overload. How are things with you guys?"

"Guys?"

After the others arrived, Raven managed to lift what was left of the building but except for Robin's broken communicator, there was nothing else to find.

Beast Boy told Raven what happened but since he was following orders, he didn't know what happened to their leader.

His hands turned to fists. "I...shouldn't have listened to Robin. I should have stayed and...forced my way through that wall."

Suddenly a slap made its way across his face.

"Do you really think Robin would want you to be reckless? And he didn't know it would come to this. He's not our leader for nothing, Beast Boy. All we can do now to help him is to look for him," Raven said and they decided to split up and search.

Cyborg took the T-Car, while Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy looked from the sky.

After one hour they came up fruitless.

Starfire and Beast Boy hung their head in sadness.

"I guess it's time to go home. We'll continue tomorrow," Raven said and reluctantly the rest agreed.

All of them went to their rooms and tried to get some sleep, knowing that they couldn't do anything for their leader right now.

Raven floated into her room and placed herself onto her bed and closed her eyes.

But she couldn't rest. How could Robin disappear all of a sudden especially since Beast Boy was with him? Something seemed not right...and somehow the changeling has been acting strange for the past few days.

It was as if he knew something but wasn't telling them.

She crossed her legs and tried to force the confusing thoughts out of her mind.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos," she chanted, floating off the ground.

Suddenly she heard the door of her room open. Heavy footsteps approached her.

"What is it, Cyborg?" she asked without opening her eyes.

"Rae? I have to tell you something. When you lifted the remains of the building, I took my time to make a quick scan of it," the large teen said nervously.

"And?"

"I couldn't detect any type of other material or explosive, chemicals...nothing."

"So you mean except for the materials already part of the building...there was no other substance beneath the rubble?"