Aqualad, unaware of the Teen Titans’ new connection with Mr. Jupiter, returns to the surface world in search of his teammates and finds Titan Lair deserted. He tries to find Wonder Girl at the apartment she shares with Sharon Tracy, but instead finds himself battling thugs who are after Sharon because of something she accidentally witnessed in the park, but which she cannot remember due to selective amnesia. Leaving her in the safety of the former Titans HQ, Aqualad locates Robin at Hudson University, and is taken to the other Titans at Mr. Jupiter’s estate, only to find them unwilling to become involved due to their pacifist vow. The Titans redon their costumes long enough for Lilith to use her telepathy to learn that Sharon had witnessed the transformation of a henchman of Ocean Master, Aquaman’s arch-enemy, into an alien being. Angered at his former comrades’ seeming apathy, Aqualad pursues the case alone, but is defeated by Ocean Master, bound, and left to die when the hour he can survive out of water is up.