"Where're we headed to?" Robin asked as the T-car sped off from the tower.

"About 30 km west from the jail we locked Red X in." Cyborg replied tersely.

"That's Slade's old…"

"Yes, it is." Cyborg interrupted.

"What in the blue blazes is he doing there?"

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"33546782….." The man recited as he punched the numbers into a public phone.

"Allen residence, how can I help you?"

"Wally? Is that you?" The man asked hurriedly.

"Yes, this is Wally, may I ask who's calling?"

"Wally, it's me Quick. I need to ask you a favour."

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"So what next?" Raven asked Red X, as she watched the sun rise, her head on Aqualad's shoulder.

"When Bird-boy and the Titans get here we'll sneak back to the tower and lounge around while Cyborg follows the fake trail I've left him. That'll give us about four or five hours before he realizes and the Titans hurry back to the tower. Of course by then we'll have finished with our mischief and will get the see the Titans attempts at regaining the tower."

"Sounds good. Aqualad remarked. "But what if they manage to get inside?"

"Oh they will." Red X said slyly, "That's the point."

"You know they'll probably bring the Titans East with them." Raven said casually, "I hope you've planned for that."

"Oh come now," Red X mock-admonished. "You, Aqua and myself are more then a match for them all."

Raven raised one eyebrow, "Well that's cockiness if I ever saw it."

Red X shrugged, reached over and tweaked her nose. "It's called confidence."

"Not in the spades you possess it." Aqualad quipped. "I'm pretty sure they call that sheer stupidity."

"Touche." Red X grinned and stood, having sighted the T-car "And now the fun begins."

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"Damn." Cyborg cursed, slamming his hand down on the dashboard of the T-car. "The signal keeps jumping around; he's teleporting at a mile a minute."

"Is there any other way to track him?" Robin asked slowly.

"Yeah, but all will wield the same results." Cyborg answered grumpily, "And anyway, you know I equipped the T-car with the best."

"If only there was some other way…" Starfire trailed off wistfully.

"If only we had Raven…" Beast Boy ventured. He'd never really been against her, he'd just always been a bit of a sheep, always obeying Robin and following the crowd.

"Beast Boy." Robin warned, "There'll be none of that talk."

"I'm just saying what's true!" Beast Boy said in a sudden spurt of confidence. "Raven could find him in a second and even predict his next four or five movements!"

"Stop that now!" Robin commanded, "She betrayed us by leaving, allying herself with Red X and committing several crimes under the alias of Damask. She's nothing more then a villain."

"Do you forget so easily what she's done for us?" Beast Boy asked sadly, "The lives she's saved, the people she's helped?"

"She did nothing for the sake of the people." Robin growled, "She only did it to make up for what her father was going to do years later."

'No." Beast Boy shook his head, "She cared about them and she cared about us. Do you think she would have defeated her father if she didn't?"

"Despite what she may have done Beast Boy, the fact remains that she abandoned the Titans and joined forces with a known criminal, Red X."

"She abandoned no-one." Beast Boy remarked softly, "We abandoned her."

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