Ladies and gentleman, back by popular demand, it's the one and only LuisJM! Sorry to keep you all waiting, but a lot of things happened while I was away. Like for instance, my graduation from college, the wedding I went to, and to register to get my degree. But now I'm back, and I'm back in black! And the reason why is that I have started on my new story, a second installment of the Teen Matrix Trilogy called, Teen Matrix 2: Rise of the Brotherhood. Here's the summary.

Merovingian's at it again, and this time he has joined forces with a dangerous terrorist group. And with word spreading that there's a secret weapon in the works, it could spell total devastation throughout the Matrix. It's LM's job to prevent The Frenchman and the Brotherhood, and destroy the weapon fast before it's too late. But he's not doing this alone. He's going to need not only the Titan's help, but help from his old team and a team from Beast Boy's past.

Story Notes

This is of course a Teen Titans/Matrix crossover, but I'm going to add a couple of more sub crossovers from a few movies and comics. So just before I go a little over board on this, I just want to let you know is that I don't own any of them. But the only thing that I do own is my character, LM. For those of you who are first time readers are reading this and have no idea who LM is, first read LM's History and Teen Matrix, then you get to understand his background.

On a serious note, this chapter would be dedicated to the Canadian Crippler of the WWE, Chris Benoit, who he and his family died from a double murder/suicide a few weeks ago. We love you Benoit, you will forever be missed.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Matrix or Teen Titans

Enjoy

Prolong

Not to long ago, an egostatictical Frenchman named Merovingian joined forces with Slade and created the Alterer, a weapon capable to change the face of the Matrix forever. LM, student of Neo and leader of Last Hope, was assign to stop this team and destroy the Alterer before it's too late. But there was one problem; He has to gain help from a superhero team in the Matrix called the Teen Titans, a young group gifted with powers and talents. By gaining their trust with each other, they stopped Merovingian and Slade's plan and shut down the Alterer. But what made this moment so special is that they made LM their honorary member of the Teen Titans, even though he was a rebel. And just for once things in the Matrix were going to be back to normal. But they are wrong. Now the Frenchman is back, and this time he joined alliances with a secretive terrorist group. To make matters worse, reports of equipment stolen from the top research facilities and rumors of an ultimate weapon are complicating things further. It's up to LM to find out who this mysterious group is and stop them from unleashing this weapon. But he can't do that alone. He needs all the help from not only the Titans, but another team that has a well-known history with this terrorist group. The ultimate battle is about to begin.

Teen Matrix 2
The Rise of the Brotherhood

Chapter 1: I Don't Want to Stop

Deep within the docks of Metro City, all seems peaceful as usual. But at the shipping area was a delivery ship with guards holding UMPs and 52 AM Sniper rifles watching the place and an M logo on the front haul. At the entranceway of the pier, a supped up Mustang and two motorcycles went through the gateway and headed straight to the ship. When the vehicles approached the entrance to the ship with two guards waiting for the guests and waiting for intruders to kill. Two men got off the bike while the doors of the Mustang opened up as a group of people came out of it. They were all wearing faded jeans, shirts with a skull logo in the front and a banner title below it that says, "The Skulls", and black lather jackets that have the same logo. One of them was the leader that got out of the driver seat and looked at the ship. The rest of the gang headed to the trunk, opened it, and took out their weapons ranging from USP .45ACP Pistols to G36 rifles. One of the men approached the leader and looked at the ship too, a little worried and scarred at the same time. He then looked at the leader the asked a question.

Skull Member 1: "Uh, sir."

Skull Leader: "Yeah."

Skull Member 1: "Are you sure this is the right place?"

The leader took a plain card out of his jacket pocket and examined the back that showed the address.

Skull Leader: "This card says it's the right address, so this is the right place. Why do you ask?"

Skull Member 1: "Oh, I don't know sir. It's just that I got a bad feeling about it."

The leader turned around to see one of his colleagues and stared him straight in the eyes.

Skull Leader: "Look, this is no big deal. All we have to do is give the dude the stuff and get our fee. Easy money."

Skull Member 1: "Yeah but still… Don't you think it's a bit odd that they want something from a high security industry? I don't think that-"

Skull Leader: "I don't care about what you think about this. What I care about is getting the money and be done with it. Now get the case and let's get it over with."

The member was a little hesitant when his boss interrupted him. But he nodded and headed to the back seat to get something out of there. Once he got out of the Mustang, in his hand was a metallic suitcase containing unknown materials. When he and the rest of the gang was ready, the gang leader looked at each of them and nodded in approval.

Skull Leader: "All right, let's go."

Everyone then walked away from their vehicles and headed straight to the entrance where two men holding sawed off shotguns were guarding the area. One of the guards approached the Skulls and looked at the case. While he was doing that, one of the members took a good look at this strange man. Though his clothes look normal, his skin was pasty white, just like a ghost. He then looked at the other guard that was shirtless black man, and his tattoos were really strange. After looking at the case and the crew, the guard nodded in approval.

Vampieric Guard 1: "You can come in now."

Skull Leader: "Thanks."

The guards let them pass through the entrance. As they enter the ship, the Skull's member shook his head after what he saw.

Skull Member 1: "Yep, what I tell ya. Definitely something not right here."

Skull Leader: "Shut up and keep walking."

They meet up with another guard at the ship's entrance and led them into the hull, unaware of what's going to happen next.

On the other side of the ship, where a couple of guards were walking about the stern with UMPs in hand, something was heading to the hull underneath the dark murky water. It swam up to the outer wall of the ship and emerged from the ocean's surface. What it was is a scuba diver that was on a mission. He looked up at the guardrail on the second floor of the ship, then took out his grappling gun, aimed, and fired. The hook flew up high in the air and latched onto the rail. Once attached, the diver pushed the button on the gun, lifted himself out of the water, and headed headed straight up to the floor. While he was going up, one of the guards was walking around the area and spotted a hook on the guardrail. He was a bit curious of where this hook came from and looked over the guardrail. But when he did that, he got shot in the forehead without making a banging sound. The dead guard tipped over the guardrail and fell straight into the ocean while the scuba diver jumped over a rail and scanned the area with a P299 pistol with a silencer attached to the front end. Once the place was clear, the diver removed the breathing mask off his head. Turns out that the person in the scuba suit was LM, official Titan member and Zion's personal soldier, taking a deep breath after being in the mask for a long time. He then took his sunglasses out of the diving suit pocket, which were luckily wet resistant, and put them on, while lifting his head up and sighed.

LM: "The things I do for the Matrix."

Inside the ship, the Skulls were walking down the hallway, following the guard that was taking them to their boss. They were looking around to see more guards around them with weapons in toe. One of the members was getting more nervous then ever after seeing all the strange people.

Skull Member 1: "Man, I don't like this one bit."

The other skull member looked at him and tried to calm him down.

Skull Member 2: "Chill out man. Don't get so nervous on all of this. You know what the boss said. All we have to do is get the money and that's it. No worries."

The first member looked at the second one and was a little unease with this.

Skull Member 1: "I know that but still… I got a sick feeling in my stomach that there's something bad about this. I don't know what but-"

Skull Leader: "Will the both of you shut up? I don't have time of your bitchin' already. Let's just get the money and be done with it. Got it?"

The two members looked at their boss that interrupted them and nodded.

Skull Members 1 and 2: "Yes sir."

The gang continued to walk, hoping to get all this over with as soon as possible.

Back on the deck, LM was removing the diving suit off of him and hid it someplace where no one can't find it. When he was done with that, He readjusted his black tie and flapped his black suit jacket around to make it fit right. He also opened his jacket to see if his weapons weren't lost from all that swimming. Turns out, his two P229 pistols, two Mac 11s, two pairs of clips, two flash bangs, two stun grenades, and four explosive grenades are still intact. Once he's all set, he continued the operation. He started to run silently to get to the first objective when he turned a corner and spotted a shadow coming close to his position. So he immediately stopped and hid at the corner, waiting for the guard that would come directly towards him. When he did, he immediately took out his pistol, turned it over, came out of the corner, and used it as a club to knock him out in the head. LM then placed his pistol back into his weaponry belt and decided to hide the body quick before another guard could see it. He picked up the body and looked around the place to find a good hiding spot. Finally, he found an outside storage closet that would fit perfectly for this situation. He approached the door, turned the latch, and opened the door. The Rebel Titan quickly tossed the unconscious guard in the closet and closed the door tight. Once that was taken care of, LM went back to the task at hand.
Inside the ship, the Skulls kept following the guard as they went from one hallway after another. It's like they were running around in circles and it would take forever. Finally, they all approached two big doors with a sign above it that says, "Ballroom". They immediately stopped right at the front doors as the guard looked at them with those beady eyes of him.

Vamperic Guard 2: "The boss would see you now."

The guard turned back to the doors and knocked three times. After a few seconds, the doors suddenly opened all the way, giving the gang an entrance. The crew walked into the ballroom and could tell it was huge. There were three chandeliers hanging on the ceiling, a piano with a guard playing a classical tune, and on the middle of the dancing stage was a table with two thin glasses filled with Champaign, and two chairs. Sitting on one of the chairs was the person in charge of the ship with two henchmen that were different from the others the gang just saw. One was Cain, a skinny person wearing an all black suit and Abel, an almost athletic build wearing a dark red and black suit. The gang started walking straight to the center of the ballroom to meet face to face with the boss. But when they were at the table, they found out it wasn't the boss. Instead, it was a black clad man with palish skin and long black stringy hair. That person was called Vlad.

Vlad: "So nice that you all have come…"

Back outside, LM was sneaking around the place, avoiding more guards and trying to find a way in. But when he turned to the right corner, he immediately stopped and spotted a security camera watching the area. He immediately hid and waited for the right moment to get out of the camera's view. Once the camera turned its head to the right, he came out of the corner and went underneath the camera. When it turned its head left, he left the camera and bolted to the other corner before it turned back. After he was away from the camera, he spotted two more guards at the farther end. He noticed that they were going to turn and walk his way, so he jumped up and grabbed on to the edges of the ceiling so that he won't fall. When the guards walked past him, without noticing the intruder above their heads, LM jumped down from the ceiling, landed on his feet, took out two silver daggers from his boots, spinned them, and stabber them in the backs. Once they started to twitch violently, the rebel did a jump spinning back kick and knocked them off the boat and let them plummet into the ocean floor. Now that that's out of the way, he has to find a way getting in the building without getting detected. He looked around the area and spotted a ventilation shaft on the wall next to him. It was then that he came up with an idea.
Meanwhile, inside the ballroom…

Skull Leader: "Now wait just a damn minute! I thought we were going to talk to this Frenchman, not some vampire reject from Buffy. Where is he?"

Vlad snickered a little then got up to explain why his boss isn't here.

Vlad: "I could explain. You see, Merovingian is a very busy man and he never has time to meet up with run of the mill gangs. Even as we speak he's with our benefactors putting the finishing touches of his plans. So he sent me to handle with the negotiations."

Suddenly, the Skulls Leader took his pistol out and aimed it at the Vampire general.

Skull Leader: "Bull shit! I'm here to speak with your ringleader. I don't have time for this crap. Let me talk to your boss, NOW!"

Suddenly Cain and Able took their 1911 pistols out and aimed them at the leader. Suddenly the rest of the gang pointed their rifles and pistols at the three. Soon enough, every guard in the ballroom had their weapons at the aim of The Skulls. Each of the member looked at the guards with rifles in hand and were a little scared at the situation their in. But the boss stared Vlad dead in the eye as the vampire smirked and chuckled under his breath.

Vlad: "You and your men certainly got a lot of guts. But when you're with us, we play our own rules. So if you ever think about shooting at us, you're only way out is in a body bag and straight into the morgue. Do I make myself clear?"

The gang leader looked left and right to see the guards with their weapons poised and knew they mean business. He then put down his pistol and looked at his boys to try to calm them down.

Skull Leader: "Stand down boys. They're not worth it."

The gang members understood and put their weapons away before there would be some heavy damage happening. Once they were done with that, the vampiric guards laid down their weapons as the general took a seat and started to get serious.

Vlad: "Now, on to business."

As the meeting got started, someone was crawling in the vent shafts without the enemy knowing it. That person was LM. He was slithering his way through the vent like a snake, looking for the location he needed. After taking a couple of turns, he then heard some voices coming from the left. He then turned to the left shaft and kept crawling through the duct. When he reached the opening vent, he looked down to see his first objective, the security station.
In the security station, the place is real busy. There were three guards at the station looking at the terminal with the screens showing various parts of the ship, inside and out. While they were looking through the monitors, a voice cackles from the radio comm. console.

Vampiric Guard 3: "This is unit three reporting from the sector one. Nothing out of the ordinary so far."

Vampiric Guard 4: "Roger that unit three. We haven't heard from unit four in sector two in a little while. Can you head to that sector and see what happened to them?"

Vampiric Guard 3: "Roger that command. Heading that way now. Over and out."

When the communication was done, the guard went back to work. But just as soon as he was doing his job, he turned his head right to see the two still busy with what they're doing. He then turned back to the screen in front of him and smiled at the fact he would be getting away with what he's going to do. He started to click the button on the console to change it to the TV channel. Within a second, he went from watching a live feed from a security camera, to an ECW show where Kevin Thorn was taking on Chris Benoit in an extreme rules match. While the two kept their eyes on the ship and the other keeping his eyes on the ring, the vent slowly opened up and a foreign object came down the open shaft. One of the guards was hearing the sound of clanking on the floor and turned around to see what that noise was. It was then he saw a smoke grenade puffing smoke out of the object and engulfing the entire station. All three guards were coughing by the blinded smoke, unaware that LM came down the open shaft and went on the attack.

In the ballroom, the meeting started at the Skulls leader sat on the vacant chair and started talking to him.

Skulls Leader: "Well, if your boss isn't here then I believe you know why we're here."

Vlad: "But of course I do. Merovingian and his business partners are working together to create a special project. But in order to make that possible, they need the parts necessary to make it work. So I want to know if you have what we want?"

The leader just chuckled and answered.

Skull Leader: "Oh I got what you need. But first things first."

She slouched forward, lifted his hand up, and rubbed his fingers together to gesture something. Vlad looked at the leader's gestured for a few seconds and knew what he meant.

Vlad: "But of course…"

The vampire leader snapped his fingers the two henchmen picked up two brief cases that were next to them, approached the table, and placed them on it. They then opened the crates and revealed two million dollars of money each. The leader was shocked, but pleased at the same time. He was about to get a hold of the first bundle until the cases were immediately snapped shut.

Vlad: "Not so fast… You got what we need?"

That surprised the leader for a moment, but understood what this was all about. He then shook off what happened and called one of his men with the briefcase in hand.

Skull Leader: "Show him."

The member approached the table and placed it on top of the table in front of the other two. Once he opened the case, Vlad looked at inside the case and was pleased at what he saw.

Vlad: "Excellent…"

Back at the security station, LM was finished knocking out the guards in the area from the smoke fumes, punches, and shots. When the place was clear, he approached the terminal and took his Samsung phone out of his trench coat pocket and pulled a small cord out of the bottom part. Once he plugged the other end into the slot, he typed down the code on the pad and pressed the send button. Within seconds, the security screens went static one by one and the system went down. After he was finished with that, he started calling the authorities and waited for the response. After ten seconds of waiting, he got the response from Agent Jackson.

Agent Jackson: "Hello?"

LM: "Sup Jackson, this is LM. I just call to let you know that I've already disabled the security field in the boat and it is ready for you guys to tear it all up."

Agent Jackson: "Well done Mr. Morgado. Not bad for being a former terrorist and honorary Titan. I've already contacted the authorities and they are on the way. Now listen Mr. Morgado, remain where you are until backup arrives. Don't do anything stupid."

LM: "No problem Jackson."

He then hung up the phone and then smirked wickedly.

LM: "Don't mind me warming the party up for you."

He was about to leave until he looked at one of the screens that showed ECW match where Chris Benoit defeated Thorn via the Crippler Crossface after three German Suplex's and a diving head butt. He then smiled in approval and clapped his hand silently.

LM: "Great work Chris. We are proud of you."

He then jumped back up through the open vent and started looking for where enemies' stronghold is.

Heading back to the Ball Room, the Skull leader and Vlad were enjoying themselves on what they now have. Vlad has gotten the brief case that contained the specific item he needed, and the Skulls has the brief cases filled with money they deserved.

Vlad: "You know, I'm real impressed at the accomplishment you and your gang did. I never really thought you could pull something like that."

The Skull leader chuckled at that and explained.

Skull Leader: "Well I hate to sound polite but we have our way in getting what we want. Especially if it means killing a couple of security guards to get it. But for what I need to know is why the Frenchman wants this item so bad. It's not like it's very important, is it?"

Vlad: "It's none of your concern. All that matters now is that my master has what he needs. Thanks to you, we can now begin our operation and the world will belong to Merovigian."

Skull Leader: "And us too right?"

Vlad: "Of course you, and all the other participants that helped make this project a reality. But let's not talk about this. Right now, let us celebrate our soon to be victory."

Vlad took his glass off the table and raised it up in the air.

Vlad: "To the future."

The Skull leader also picked his drink up and raised it.

Skull Leader: "To the future."

They tapped their glasses together and started drinking the champagne, unaware of an intruder was somewhere in the ship.

In the hallway of the ship, one of the vampire guards were was walking about, scanning the area to see if it's clear. Once he knew this place was secure, he walked down the hallway and approached the door that leads to the security room. He knocked on the door a few times and ordered him to enter.

Vampiric Guard 5: "Open up, it's me."

He waited for them to open the door, but no one answered it. So he knocked again and said it louder.

Vampiric Guard 5: "Hey, do you hear me? I said let me in!"

Again there was no answer. So he knocked even harder to get their attention.

Vampiric Guard 5: "Are you guys drinking tainted blood or something? Open this damn door!!"

Finally, after waiting impatiently, he placed his hands on the handle of the door and used all his strength to open the door. Suddenly, the door was opened by force as the guard entered the room to find out what happened.

Vampiric Guard 5: "What the hell is wrong with you guys? Are any of you watching that ECW crap? Because if you are, I'm going to f-"

He suddenly stopped when he noticed what caused them to be so lazy. And by lazy I mean dead. There were three dead guards lying on the floor, bruises and bullet holes through their body. He then looked up at the security terminal and saw, besides one screen showing ECW, all the screens were completely static, where live security feed were. Looking at this mess and realizing what just happened, he took his small communicator out and alerted everyone in the ship.

Vampiric Guard 5: "Calling all units, we have a problem."

Back to the ballroom…

Skull Leader: "Could you at least tell us what are you planning to do with what you got now and the rest your boss has? We need to know."

Vlad: "I'm sorry, but my master would like to keep this little project a secret. But when the time comes, releasing our special project, we'll let you know."

He went back drinking his Champaign and relaxing. But while he was doing that, Cain heard a couple of blinks from his Motorola as he picked it up and answered.

Cain: "Hello?"

As he was doing that, the Skull leader snickered and shook his head.

Skull Leader: "You better let us know bud. Hate to be stuck in the dark if you know what I mean."

Vlad: "Yeah, I know what you mean."

Back to Cain, he got the call from one of the vampire guards that something happened at the security station. He was completely shocked at what just happened.

Cain: "Are you serious?" … "Do you know who did it?" … "Okay, let me go tell him the situation."

He hung up the phone and approached the vampiric leader's side, not wanting to know what his reaction will be. He then tapped his shoulder to get his attention, and it did as Vlad looked at Cain and a normal expression on his face.

Vlad: "What is it this time Cain?"

Cain bent over to get close to Vlad's ear and whispered something to him, so the Skulls won't know what they're talking about. Even the gang leader wants to know what one of the bodyguards was doing.

Skull Leader: "Umm… You mind telling me what you're bud is talking about?"

Vlad just lifted a finger up at him to hush while he listened in on Cain's info. The Skull Leader then waited for them to finish, wanting to know what they're saying. After a minute, the vampiric leader nodded and gestured the bodyguard to shew away. As he walked away from him, the vampiric leader looked at the gang leader and had a serious look on his face.

Vlad: "Gentleman, I'm afraid we have to cut the meeting short. I'll have my men escort you out of the ship."

He then got up and was going to leave. But the Skulls leader stood up from his seat and protested.

Skull Leader: "Now wait just a damn second! You mind telling us what the hell is going on here?"

Vlad turned back around to see the leader and answered calmly.

Vlad: "There appears to be an intruder within the ship. He took out a few guards and disabled the security system. They're search units in dispatched all over the ship, but I think it's best if you leave the ship immediately."

Skull Leader: "Oh no, no way you're not going to kick us out like that. If you have a problem, we'll be able to help you out. Just tell us who the creep is, and we'll turn him into a new target practice marker."

Vlad: "It's not going to be that easy. You see, by the way this individual acts, he could be a threat. Not to mention he has a grudge with my boss for a long time."

Skull Leader: "I don't care how dangerous this person is, we'll beat him up and hung him to dry. Just tell us his name and we'll take care of it."

While the two were talking, a mysterious shadow was on the edge of the architectural hangers, listening in on the conversation and chuckled quietly.

LM: "Sounds like you have a over-confident asshole to control, huh Vlad?"

Everyone heard the voice, turned around, and looked up to see who said that. What they saw, in the dim lighting, was LM hanging onto the crack walls, trying not to fall. Apparently, he found where the vampire leader was hanging and listened in on their talks for a little while. Quickly, the Skulls and vampiric guards pointed their weapons at the Titan and waited for him to do any sudden movements. But Vlad gestured them to hold their fire and kept starring at the rebel.

Vald: "LM, so nice to see you."

LM: "Hey Vlad, long time no see."

One of the gang members lowered his pistol and pointed a finger at him with his free hand.

Skull Member 3: "Hey! That's one of them honorary Titan twerps!"

Skull Member 2: "Oh man… Don't tell me that they're here as well?"

LM just laughed a little bit at one of the member's curiousness while shaking his head.

LM: "Relax homes, my friends aren't here to fight my own battles. I'm doing this mission on my own. Consider it a solo assignment."

Vlad looked at him awkwardly and wonder what he wants with him, though he knows he wants the Frenchman.

Vlad: "What do you want boy?"

LM simply smirked and answered.

LM: "Funny you asked. You see, rumors around the underground society stated that a lot of high tech equipment is being stolen from big time industries. And from what I understand, all these burglaries are all connected with one name the surviving guards have heard. And that name is your boss, Merovingian. From what I can piece together, a bunch of rough and tough gangs were breaking into multiple companies and stealing a bunch of selected items for an important weapon. The big problem is that no one knows what type of things they're stealing. So I was sent on an important assignment by the feds to see what the Frenchman's been up to lately."

He looked down and spotted the briefcase Abel was carrying.

LM: "So tell me, what's in that suitcase?"

Vlad had a deep scornful look in his eyes and was beginning to snarl.

Vlad: "That's for me to know and you to never to find out. KILL HIM!!!"

Quickly, every guard in the ballroom aimed their weapons at him and opened fire. Even the Skulls pointed their guns and joined the fun. As the bullets head straight towards the Titan, he just smirked seeing the bullets in slow time, one of his focusing abilities.

LM: "Too easy…"

He immediately jumped off the ledge seconds before the bullets could hit him and landed on one of the chandeliers. It started spinning around as everyone was shooting bullets at him. He quickly avoided the bullets as he took a Mac11 out for a big stand off. He opened fire in a spinning circle and killed off half of the gang. The rest of them immediately took cover behind the white pillars as the Skulls ran to take cover behind the piano where the guard that was playing the piano was dead. Once LM was done with that, he jumped off the chandelier, somersaulted in the air, and landed kneeling on the floor. It was then that the remaining guards came out of their hiding places and charged in for the attack. The first one started the attack by using the high kick, but LM stood up and bended way back to avoid the first assault. Once he bended back, he lift his foot up and give the guard a swift kick in the chin, sending him flying to one end of the ball room. The next two guards came to him and were going to attack. But after LM delivered the kick, he went upside down and did a handstand to do a break dancing spin and used his feet to knock the two off their game. The Titan got up from break dance and saw another guard coming to his flank and started punching him in different ways. So he stepped back a couple of times while blocking all of his punches. After the last attempted punch from the guard, LM grabbed it with two hands, turned around, and threw the vampire off his shoulder and over him. He flew straight to the piano and hit it, making the piano create a loud sound that everyone can hear. The Skulls that were behind the piano peeked from the side to see the unconscious guard and hid again. That was when the Skull leader made a drastic decision.

Skull Leader: "Ah screw this! We got what we need. Everyone retreat back to the vehicles!"

The rest of the gang nodded as they left their hiding place and ran to the entrance they've entered a while ago. Meanwhile, Vlad, Cain, and Abel were hiding behind the bar, keeping their ground. When they saw the gang leaving the scene, they decided to do the same thing.

Vlad: "It's time we leave this place. We got what our master needs."

Abel turned his head to see Vlad and wondered about something.

Abel: "But what about LM?"

Vlad: "Leave him. He already has his hands full, no sense in joining this fight. Let's go."

The three then sneaked their way out of the bar and headed to the door that would lead them into the storage room for wine, beer, or other refreshments. Once there, the vampiric leader took a key out of his coat pocket, inserted it into the keyhole, and turned it. Once he opened the door, there was no storage room on the other side, but the inside of one of the Chatue's hallway, Merovingian's own personal mansion. Back in the middle of the ballroom, LM was fighting off the guards that were attacking him. But while he did a back roundhouse kick at one of them, he spotted Vlad and the bodyguards leaving the scene with the briefcase they have in their hands. He knows that if they leave, then all the evidence he would need to know about Merovingian's plan would be out the window. So he took action as he got a hold of another guard that was roundhouse kicking him and spun him around knocking all the others that were around him. When they were all off their feet, he quickly took out his pistol underneath his trench coat and aimed it at Abel's hand that's holding the case. He was just about to leave the room and be out of danger, but LM pulled the trigger and the bullet flew straight to the hand. Once he felt the bullet hitting his hand, Able felt the pain, screamed and waved his hands up and down, accidentally letting go of the briefcase and letting it fly in the air. LM saw it up in the air and concentrated hard to jump off the floor and in the air to reach it. After being in the air, he got a hold of the case and landed on the floor the same time Abel closed the door and was filling the effects of the pain. When the Titan landed on the ground, he stood up and looked at the briefcase he has in his hands, smirking.

LM: "Jackpot."

Vampiric Guard 6: "Get him!"

He turned around and saw the guards he took out got up and ran straight towards him. With quick thinking, he positioned the briefcase like a steel chair and spin around to hit them all on the cold steel surface and knocked them out for good. When he was done with that, he looked around and saw more guards coming out of their hiding places and aimed their UMP's at him. They immediately open fire while LM concentrated real hard and did cartwheels, somersaults, and flipped to the exit while dodging every bullet that was heading towards him. When he reached the doors, he took a grenade out and removed the pin.

LM: "Love to stay and play, but I gotta other important matters to attend to. In the meantime, here's a little parting gift."

He then tossed the grenade to the middle of the ballroom as everyone saw it and tried to run from it. LM closed the main doors to the ballroom and sealed it shut, just in time for the grenade to explode, engulf the place into a ball of flames and blew the door open. Lucky for the rebel Titan, he managed to run clear from the blast and was hiding at a corner close to where the explosion took place. He was slowly panting and had his eyes looking straight up to the ceiling.

LM: "Well, that was stupid."

He then was about to leave when he heard footsteps coming down the hall. What he saw, were two guards heading down there when they heard the explosions and saw him standing there a bit winded. They all then aimed their rifles at the boy, being that the odds are in their favor.

Vamperic Guard 7: "Don't move…"

LM slowly raised his hands up in the air and sighed.

LM: "I stand corrected, that was really stupid."

In another part of the ship, the Skulls were finding a way out of the ship and get to their mode of transportation. One of the members was shaking at what happened back at the ballroom and talked frantically.

Skull Member 1: "Man I told you I had a bad feeling about this! I told ya! You shouldn't make a deal with this French guy boss! Now we got this Titan on our tail and after our asses! Now we're totally screwed. We're screwed man!!!"

The leader couldn't handle one of his members bickering anymore so he turned around and screamed at him at the top of his lungs.

Skull Leader: "SHUT THE HELL UP HOMES!!! Look, we never expect one of the Titans would be here and mess everything up. It's all right. All that matters now is that we got the money and we're getting out of here. What's the worse that can happen?"

They all saw a door that could lead them outside and headed straight towards it. But just as they were going to reach it, the door exploded and flew straight to the gang. The Skulls immediately ducked when they saw that as the door flew under them and landed ten feet behind them. Everyone stood up and looked behind at the door that blew up. The gang then turned back to see the smoke coming out of the busted door. But coming out of the smoke were a squadron of S.W.A.T. soldiers and aiming their MP5 rifles at them.

S.W.A.T. Soldier 1: "Freeze! M.C.P.D.!"

The gang was shocked to see the police here so soon, so half of them turned to another hallway to the right while the last two hold back and fired their weapons at the S.W.A.T. team. The police squadron retaliated with some shots of their own as the two gang members quickly retreated to join the others. While they were all running, one of the members approached the leader and reminded him at what he said.

Skull Member 1: "You were saying?"

Outside, the ship is heavily under attack as S.W.A.T. vehicles and tanks surrounding the place and helicopters flying over it. Soldiers were all over it as some entered into the ship while more were lowered from the helicopters. One of the loudspeakers on the helicopters boomed throughout the docks in order to bring peace to this situation.

S.W.A.T. Soldier 2: "This is the Metro City Police Department. You are all under arrest for stealing materials from private property and murder. Surrender right now or we will be forced to fire."

But that didn't work one bit. The vampieric guards were ready for a surprise attack and had their weapons ready to kill someone. The rest headed to the mounted sentry guns to take the choppers out while others grabbed their rocket launchers make things really messy. Within seconds, the battle between vampires and S.W.A.T. units was underway.

Back in the ship, the two guards were pointing their weapons at the rebel Titan, waiting for him to make a move. Suddenly, they felt the ship beginning to shake and heard explosions around them. When all that ceased, the two guards looked at each other and wondered what occurred.

Vampiric Guard 7: "What the hell was that?"

Vampiric Guard 8: "Don't know."

But LM knew. Turns out the reinforcements arrived as early as he expected. Now things got a little more complicated then ever. So he ran straight to the two guards as the vampires saw it the opened fire. He started focusing as he ran from floor to wall to floor again to avoid the shots. Once he's in front of them, he immediately jumped off the floor and performed a hard double leg kick. They got hit in the face and went flying down to the ground. LM landed on his back, but he jumped back up and took his pistol around with his free hand to aim it at the two. After he killed them in two shots, he put his pistol away and looked around to see if there's anyone else around here.

LM: "Damn it… Never expect Jackson to bring the Calvary real soon. Better find the Skulls and ask them some questions, get some info on who Merv's partners are. Let's hope the S.W.A.T. didn't get to them first."

He then took his Mac11 out and ran through the hallway, searching for the gang that made a deal with Vlad.

Back outside, the S.W.A.T. soldiers were doing their work taking care of the vampire guards and securing the areas. The guards were doing the same thing, killing off the squads from reaching to their positions. Two of the guards that were operating the torrents at the front were trying to take out the choppers in the air. One of the torrents took out the tail of one of the chopper's and it was spinning down to the ocean floor. Luckily, the pilot and the other squads got out of the damaged helicopter before it sank into the ocean. But in the docking area, a group of soldiers saw that as the one leading them contacted all air and ground units.

S.W.A.T. Soldier 3: "All units, I want those torrents out of commission now!"

A tank came rolling along, getting close to the ship when it stopped and aimed the cannon at one of the torrents. The soldier in the tank heard the order and responded.

S.W.A.T. Soldier 4: "On it."

Suddenly, the tank fired a rocket straight to the torrent. The rocket hit the torrent and exploded it as the guard operating it got killed and pieces of the torrent were flying everywhere. The other guard in the other torrent saw what happened and couldn't believe it.

Vampiric Guard 9: "Holly Shit!"

He moved the torrent to the right to see the tank and opened fired on it.

Back inside, LM was running through one hallway to another in search for the Skulls. But after a couple of turns, the only thing he found was trouble. He made a left to see if the gang was there, only to stop to see a group of guards scrambling to defend their position. It was fortunate that they had their backs turned when they were running and haven't seen LM behind them. This would give the Titan the opening he needed. So he took an explosive grenade out, removed the pin, and threw it to the guards precisely. He immediately took cover as soon as the grenade hung on one of the guards back neckline. The vampire felt something cold on the back of his neck, so he stopped and removed it out of the neckline of his shirt. When he takes a look at what was on him, he saw a grenade heavily armed. He freaked out and was about to warn the others about this. But before he could do that, the grenade exploded, killing the guard that was holding it and blowing the rest of them more forward then before. When that happened, LM came out of his hiding place with Mac11 in hand and pointed it at the vampires slowly getting up. He pulled the trigger and clipped them all down in the back. Once all of them are dead, he hurried through the boat's structure the find the Skulls.
Outside of the ship, the battle still rages on between the S.W.A.T. and the vampires. Some of the troops made it to the ship and proceeded forward to gain some ground while Merovingian's guards defended their position as they kill anyone that get in their way. One group of vampires was securing the top floor of the ship, making sure no one would reach it. But what they didn't know was that a helicopter was slowly coming up from it's position with mounted rocket launchers and machine guns attached to its wings. One of the guards looked left and saw the copper rising up from its position and caught them all by surprise. Everyone looked up to see the chopper and decided to fire it until it was destroyed. What they didn't expect was that the chopper was bullet proof, meaning that their bullets were nothing more then slingshot pellets to it. The pilot of the chopper just watched the vampires trying to get the better of them and had his hand resting on the trigger switch.

Helicopter Pilot: "Targets locked. Engaged!"

He pulled the red trigger and within seconds, the machine guns started to fire at the group from the top. Everyone tried to run as fast as they could, but the fast bullets hit them in many directions and killed them all.

Back in, LM continued his search as he ran and shot down the enemy. He was tanking cover at the corner while two guards were taking offensive position firing their shotguns. Once they start to reload, LM threw a stun grenade at them and it blew up between them. Once the vampires were stunned, he came out of the corner and took them out with his Mac11. He continued to run to far end of the hallway where there were sets of windows on the left. While he was running, another guard coming from the right and saw him. He pointed his 1911 pistol at him and ordered him to stop.

Vampieric Guard 10: "Hold it right there!"

LM saw the guard ready for an attack, but he didn't think of stopping. Instead, he ran faster to catch up to him. When the vampire noticed he's not stopping, he decided to stop him himself as he opened fire on him on a couple and attempted shots. The Titan, using his focus ability, swift and dodged the shots in a couple of maneuvers, then upon getting close to him jumped up, placed one foot on the wall, jumped off, and gave the vampire a hard kick straight to the cheek. Once the guard was knocked off of his feet, LM looked around to see if the ghost is anywhere clear. When he looked to the right where a hallway is, he spotted the Skulls, finishing up their rounds and killing a couple of S.W.A.T. soldiers in the process. After they took care of business, they were about to leave as they headed to a set of stairs. Of course that was until two gang members looked to the left and spotted LM watching them do their work.

Skull Member 2: "Oh shit it's him! Kill him!!"

The two members pointed their rifles and him and opened fire. Now normally, the acceleration of the bullets would've killed him, but LM was different. So he lifted the palm of his hand up and oddly enough, he stopped every bullet that came close to him. Once the bullets stopped in near inches to his hand, he let his hand down and the bullets started to fall to the ground. The two members saw the entire thing happening and were speechless. So their backup plan was to run away and regroup. LM was about to follow them until someone punched him in the back. After falling face first on the ground, he rolled over to see who hit him. Turned out, the guard that he took out earlier got up and hit the Titan while he was distracted. The vampire aimed the pistol with a fresh clip inside at him and smirked.

Vampiric Guard 10: "Humph… Think hitting me would stop me, think again."

He cocked the ignition key back and had his finger on the trigger, ready to kill a defenseless Titan. But what he didn't know was that LM looked behind the guard and spotted a helicopter in view of the windows.

Vampiric Guard 10: "Say goodbye punk."

LM, after seeing the chopper, he took the covering position the same time the guard was about to shoot him. But suddenly, the chopper fired a couple of missiles from it's wing mounted launchers and blew the hallway up, hitting the guard in the back, flying over the prone rebel, and blowing him up in the process. Ask for LM, he was in the cover position the whole time, away from the blasts as the missile carrying the vampire flew right past him. Once the missiles ceased and the smoke is cleared, LM slowly got up and looked at the extent of the damage. He then looked down the long hallway and saw a big heap of flames where the guard was, burning into a crisp.

LM: "Goodbye."

The Titan, after observing the wreck, searched for the case he dropped after the surprise attack. After a few short seconds, he found the case looking all scratched up, but what's inside it is still intact. So he picked it up and followed the path where the Skulls went.

Heading back to the Skulls, they were running down a couple of sets of stairs to reach the ground floor. The two members that came into contact with the Titan explained to their boss everything that happen.

Skull Member 2: "Boss, you never going to believe this. While you guys left, we saw this Titan kid looking at us, so we used our rifles to kill him. But just as soon as we did that…"

Skull Member 3: "He stopped all the bullets with the palm of his hand! I mean I was shocked at what he did! It's like he had some special gift or something, like he had the power to control the bullets. That's not normal."

Skull Leader: "I know that. He's a Titan incase you didn't hear back there. The last thing I want is to get captured by that punk. We have to get to our vehicles and make our getaway. We got the money and there's nothing that can stop us from escaping with it."

Suddenly, a group of S.W.A.T. soldiers appeared from the floor down the stairs and spotted them coming down. They then pointed their weapons at the gang and ordered them to stop.

S.W.A.T. Soldier 5: "Stop right there!"

Quickly, the Skulls reacted and started pointing their weapons at them. This could get real interesting.

Meanwhile, above the group, LM was running down the steps when he heard the gunshots coming from downstairs. He was about to investigate until he got bombards by shots from the vampiric guards from above. He quickly dodged the bullets and took cover behind a turned over table. He waited for the right moment to fire back with his Mac11 in hand. Once he heard the guns stopped firing, he came out of his hiding place and fired back. Of course, the guards took cover in different places as well and waited for him to cease-fire. Once he retracted his trigger back, the vampires went back to fire back as LM went back to his cover spot. He was trying to think of a way out of this mess when he noticed a fire extinguisher on the wall where the group is. It was then he came up with an idea and waited for them to stop. Once they started to reload, he came out of his cover and aimed the gun at the extinguisher. He quickly pulled the trigger and fired the bullets at the extinguisher, causing it to explode on impact and causing the guards to fall away from the blast. While they were shaken up, it gave LM the opportunity to take them out while they're defenseless. The bullets hit the group as one of the guards was staggering forward with bullet holes in his torso, tripped on a guardrail, and fall to his death. Once everything was clear, he reloaded a fresh clip in his gun and decided that the only way to get down to the source of gunfire is to jump over the guardrail. So he jumped over the table, headed to the guardrail, and jumped over that too. He falls from floor to floor reaching closer to the gunfire, which was ceased moments before he was done with the attack he suffered. LM then landed on the ground floor with his feet and stood up to see what just happened. What he saw is what it appears to be a disaster zone. There were S.W.A.T. soldiers down with blood painted on the walls and floor. There were also two Skull members that got caught in the cross fire as they were resting, keeping their hands on their wounds. After observing the mess, he quickly approaches one of the soldiers and asked him the situation.

LM: "Are you O.K.?"

The soldier looked up at him and coughed a bit.

S.W.A.T. Soldier 6: "I'm fine, just got caught off guard for a moment."

He coughed again as blood spat out of his mouth.

LM: "Can you tell me what happened?"

S.W.A.T. Soldier 6: "Well, we were securing the area we're in when all of a sudden, these guys show up on the way down. We told them to stop and we had our weapons ready incase they pull something drastic, but they retaliated in a big way." cough… cough… "We didn't even see this coming. Their weapons were too powerful!" cough… cough… cough… "They went that way."

The soldier then pointed to the left as LM looked down there. He stood up to get a better look at the hallway and knew that the Skulls were down there.

S.W.A.T. Soldier 6: "Please…" cough… cough… "Don't let them get away."

LM knew it's now or never, so he looked at the wounded soldier and nodded.

LM: "Don't worry; I won't let them get away with this. Just stay put, I'll get you some help."

The rebel Titan just ran away from the previous battle and headed to the direction of the Skulls.

At the entrance of the ship, a couple of guards were trying to hold off the S.W.A.T. units from getting in. Both the vampires and the soldiers were taking cover from each other's fire while at the same time shoot each other down with rifles. Suddenly, one of the soldiers took a smoke grenade out of his belt and threw it at the group. When the smoke engulfed the guards, the squad came out and charged in with weapons at the fire, killing the enemy. They were about to charge though the door, only to be gunned down by a flying bullets coming out of the smoke. In a few short seconds the entire squad was down in a heartbeat. Coming out of the smoke were the remaining four members of the Skulls, leader included. They all looked around the area to see if it's all clear, then saw the Mustang and bikes waiting for them.

Skull Leader: "There it is! Everyone to the car!"

Soon enough, the Skulls headed straight towards the Mustang when a couple of S.W.A.T. soldiers showed up and were about to shoot them down. The gang members pointed their weapons at the charging group and sniped them down. As they approached the car, LM came out of the exit and smoke to see the group about to make their getaway. He saw them opening the doors and entering the car and knew they would leave in a moment. So he pointed his Mac11 out at the car the cried out loud.

LM: "Hold it right there boys!"

He immediately opened fire and bullet holes hit the front bumper and shatter a headlight. Luckily, the Skulls didn't get hit as the only member that haven't gotten in got to his position and opened fire. LM quickly took cover behind a barricade built by the vampires and was waiting for him to stop shooting. The Skull member continued to shoot more in order to break the barricade and kill the Titan. But his boss forced the person to get back into the car.

Skull Leader: "Quit wasting time on that punk! Get back in the car so we can get the hell out of here!"

The Skull member looked at his boss at the driving seat, nodded, and hurried back into the car. The Skull leader immediately pressed on the gas pedal and put the car to third gear to make their getaway. When LM heard the car about to leave, he got out of his cover, and fired his Mac11 at the direction of the car. So far, the bullets hit the side and trashed the back window, but it wouldn't stop an inch. Even the cops tried to stop them, but those that were blocking the Skulls way just got mowed over and sent flying away from it. The Mustang then broke though the gate that was locked off and was onto the streets as LM ran out of his covering point and looked on. When he saw the Mustang leaving the area, he lowered his head and cursed.

LM: "Shit…"

He now knows that he had to pursuit them and stopped them quick before they escape. So he took his Samsung cell phone out, opened it up, and punched in the number sequence. Once he pressed send, the title on the green screen appeared that says, "Calling Car."

Somewhere inside one of the freight containers, the sound of an engine started to hum to life and the front headlights were turned on automatically. The wheels started to turn and the car that was inside the container moved straight to the door. It went through the doors with full force and made a complete stop. When it was outside of view, the car was none other then a classic Pontiac GTO, LM's personal car. The wheels started rolling again as it turned left to reach its owner. It drove straight and headed directly to LM. When the Titan saw it, he was pleased at the fact he came prepared early before the trade off started. Once the car approached him, it turned in circles and made a complete stop. LM then jumped over the hood to reach the driver side on the other end. Once he entered the driver seat, he threw the suitcase on the passenger seat, shifted his crankshaft to fourth gear, and revved the engine up.

LM: "So, you want to play Cat and Mouse huh? All right then, I'm gamed. Let's play!"

He pushed the gas and brake pedal hard at the same time as the back wheels started burning gravel. Finally, he released the brake pedal as the GTO moved in an extremely fast pace and headed straight for the exit. Suddenly, two vampiric guards appeared in front of the exit and started to open fire on the car, puncturing holes in the front end. LM smirked inside the car and pressed the gas pedal a little more for some ramming speed. In an instant, he ran the guards over and exited the dock, entering the streets to start pursuing the Skulls. But before he does that, he went to his i-Pod attached to the console and searched for a specific song for a chase. Finally he found a more suitable music, Ozzy Osborne, 'I Don't Want to Stop', and started bobbing his head to the beat.

LM: "Now that's more like it."

He then shifted gears up and down to change lanes and speed past trucks, cars, and bikes to reach the culprits. After going between a truck and a bus and switched right to avoid a slow moving car, he spotted the Mustang not far from his position. So he pressed the gas pedal more to keep up with it while avoiding traffic at the same time. Inside the Mustang, the Skulls were celebrating their survival as the leader was driving and the two members were checking the money in the back.

Skull Leader: "Well boys, how are we looking?"

The members took packs of bills out of the briefcases and flipped them through, just to see if the money is real. After examining each bill, one of the members looked up at the driver seat and smiled.

Skull Member 4: "Yep, all the money is real all right. That French fella wasn't lying."

Skull Leader: "Perfect. I guess stealing something for this Merovingian guy really paid off after all. Now all we need to do is to ditch this crappy town and enter the border. Hello Tequila Vile!"

The leader laughed about it as one of the Skulls looked at him and sighed, knowing that it will take a long time to get there from where they are. He then looked out at the passenger window to see the buildings passing by just to ignore him. Just then, he noticed something on the review mirror very odd. There was a Pontiac GTO heading their way and it was moving fast. Feeling a little worried, he told his leader the situation.

Skull Member 1: "Uh sir…"

Skull Leader 1: "What…"

Skull Member 1: "I think we're being followed."

The leader looked at one of his comrades quick and had an odd look on his face. He then looked up at the review mirror over his head to see who's following them. When he saw the GTO following them, he wondered who would be chasing them. So he took a closer look at the person that's driving the car and spotted a familiar person. Within seconds, his eyes grew wide as he realized that the person was none other then LM, the very person they've encounter back at the boat.

Skull Leader: "Ah shit, he's here!!! You two; slow him down! Don't let him get to us!"

The two members in the back seat looked at the leader and nodded.

Skull Members 4 and 5: "Yes sir!"

The two Skull members removed the briefcases off of their laps and took out their G36 rifles. Once they checked their ammo to see if they're full, they rolled down the windows and peered through to see the Pontiac heading straight towards them. The first person climbed out of the window, sat on the ledge, and aimed his weapon at the car. LM saw the guy ready to fire, so he changed lanes and went to the right the same time the Skull member opened fire. He did miss a shot to kill the Titan but managed to puncture a few bullet holes on the side exterior. Just when LM thought he was safe, the second person came up the right window and started firing on the car. That caught the rebel Titan by surprise a little, but luckily he had bulletproof glass on his car or it wouldn't be over a long time. Being that charging in was no good with the two Skulls in the way, he went straight to Plan B. He immediately pushed the brakes as the car came into a complete stop while a truck that was not far from him from the left went right past him. He then pressed the gas pedal again and switched lanes to hide behind the truck. Away from the gunfire, the Titan pressed one of the buttons on the central console and the screen above it blinked and said, "Weapon System Activated." Within moments, a couple of machine guns poked out of the front bumpers and two gun torrents raised from the back. Now he's armed and ready to catch up with them. So he switched lanes to the left, then cranked the shaft to forth gear to catch up to the Mustang. Once one of the members looked on to the left, he saw the GTO coming back and panicked.

Skull Member 5: "He's coming back!"

Skull Leader: "Then keep shooting!"

The guy quickly aimed his rifle at the car and opened fire. But just when he had it in the bag, the right gun torrent in the back looked at the guy and prepared to fire. Quickly, the gang member slipped back in to the back seat while the gun fired, missing him by a few inches. The second person saw it all happened so he turned around to get a better view continued blasting. Swiftly, the GTO moved to the right, passing two lanes to reach the other side while one of the Skulls continued firing, putting a few holes into the hood. The second gun torrent to the left aimed at the guy and started firing. The person was able to avoid the gunfire but one of the bullets scratched him on the shoulder and he felt it pretty bad. He started screaming in pain as the other one aided him.

Skull Member 5: "Are you okay?"

The guy, still feeling the pain, answered.

Skull Member 4: "Yeah, I'm fine. It's just that it hurts like hell!"

The first member heard that and started to get scared shitless.

Skull Member 1: "Oh man… I knew this was a bad idea from the start."

The boss, upon hearing that, tried to calm the scared person down.

Skull Leader: "Easy there bud. None of us didn't see that coming. But what matters now is that we have to get away from this psycho as soon as we can before he pulls something drastic."

Suddenly, the car started to shake in the back as the gang felt it.

Skull Leader: "Whoa… What was that?!"

One of the gang members at the back seat looked though the back window and saw what was happening. So he looked to his boss and explained the situation.

Skull Member 5: "Um sir… I think you spoke too soon."

And what he said was true. For behind the Mustang, LM's GTO's front bumper machine guns were tearing it through the truck of the car. The boss looked through the review mirror and realizes that it would only be a matter of time if LM either ignites the gas in the tank or blows the tires up. So he looked at the two in the back seat and gave them the order.

Skull Leader: "Well, don't just stand there. Get that bastard off our tail!!!"

Quickly the two members went back to work, even if one of the members was wounded, but this time they're aiming their weapons at the back window instead of the sides. Back at the GTO, LM was just about to end the Skulls driving experience until he saw the two rifles pointed at the back window to him. Knowing the danger he's now in, he quickly switched to the right lane the same time the two Skull Members fired on the car, punching holes in the hood so damn fast. The first person in the passenger seat saw a car next to them and came up with an idea. He took out the USP .45ACP pistol, opened the window, and aimed it at one of the car's front tire. After a couple of attempted hits, he finally hit the tire as the car went out of control and skipped up in the air and flipped straight to the Pontiac. LM saw it coming, hit the brakes one more time, and moved the gears to reverse. Once he pressed the gas pedal, the car sped backwards, passing two cars that were moving forward and avoiding the flipped car. Of course, he was able to dodge the car, but the two cars didn't, as the flipped car landed and crashed on the top hoods of the cars, causing a pile up with the other cars in the way. LM keeps driving the car around, avoiding the cars on the verge of crashing and surviving the mess all around him. Finally, he was able to get out of that catastrophe and went straight to the Mustang at full speed. One of the members in the back saw the car coming in and thought fast on how to loose him. It was then he spotted a semi truck driving past them and came up with a plan. He pointed his rifle at the trucks right front tire and fired on it. Pretty soon, the tire exploded and the driver behind the wheel started to push the breaks before it tips over. Luckily, the truck made a turn and came to a complete stop, but the truck's bed didn't follow suit, as it detaches itself and fall off it's side, blocking the entire path. LM didn't know what to do, until he spotted an opened sidewalk on the right. So he quickly turned the car in a diagonal way to reach the sidewalk as the cars behind him made a complete stop followed by more cars crashing from behind and jumped over them. When the GTO went on the sidewalk and drove past the turned over truck bed, he went back to the street and went after the Skulls in the Mustang. One of them saw the car approaching them and sticked his gun at the back window to open fire. The other member joined him and together they tear it up by punching more holes on the hood and took out one of the four headlights. Suddenly, the GTO's hood latches were split and the hood flew open and went over the car and landed on the hard pavement. But after all that, LM's car's still kicking it and heading straight towards the Mustang. The Titan then pressed the trigger button and the front machine guns went back to ripping the back apart as the two Skulls quickly ducked from the gunfire. While they were doing that, the Skull leader has officially got irritated from all this.

Skull Leader: "Will someone please shoot this guy!?!"

Skull Member 4: "What does it look like we're doing?!"

Skull Leader: "Missing…"

The two cars immediately made a left turn at an intersection then entered a tunnel, where they continued their battle. The two gang members in the back poked out of the side windows to continue firing at the Pontiac while LM kept driving from lane to lane, avoiding the gunfire. Even though he had bullet holes on the front and both sides of the car and a right review mirror shattered, he still continued to follow them. The Titan then opened fire on the car with the machine guns attached to the front end. As they continued firing, one of the Skulls fully climbed out the window to get a better view to shoot. But just when he pop out of it, the gun's bullets hit him extremely fast that he didn't even see it coming. He started to stagger for a few moments then falls out of the car and landed on the road, rolling and getting run over by other cars. The other member saw that happening and decided to get his revenge by pointing the gun through the back window and fired. LM switched the right lane and sped forward to get next to the Mustang. The person saw the GTO coming up next to their car and aimed the gun at the right side and continued firing, putting more holes to the side. But then, the left torrent pointed at the Skull member and opened fire through the window. The bullets pierced through the person's insides as he felt all wobbly and accidentally opened the back door, which was unlock to begin with. The door swung open and the guy flew out of the door and got smashed by another car through the windshield. The driver of that car panicked and pushed on the breaks really hard, making all the other cars behind him crash into a demolition derby. With two shooters down, LM now has the chance of taking the car out. He turned the wheel at the GTO hit the Mustang to the side a few times. The Skulls car started to shake a bit but the leader kept it under control. The passenger at the front then pointed his pistol at the Pontiac driver and pulled the trigger. LM quickly slow the car down and as the bullet smashed through the glass window and missed his face by a couple of inches. With both windows open, LM has the opening he needed. So he quickly took out a flash bang from his belt and threw it through his window and entered the enemy's window. Once it landed on the passenger side, the last Skull member looked down to see what it is. When he saw the bang, it exploded creating a bright white light engulfing the inside of the car. Both the leader and the gang member were blinded by it as they were rubbing their eyes to get rid of the spots.

Skull Leader: "Shit! I can't see!!"

Now LM has a shot at taking them out. Once they got out of the tunnel, the GTO slowed down to position as the Mustang was loosing it's edge, as it was driving in and out of it's lane since the driver was too blind to see the road and was rubbing the spots out of his eyes. In an instant, LM performed a P.I.T. Maneuver at the side of the trunk and the Mustang spinned out of control. It then made a complete flips after spinning the forth time and performed five rollovers before it went straight to a lamppost and crashed into it. The pole completely bent the front end of the Mustang as the engine popped out of the hood; two of its tires got knocked off their position, and shrapnel flying everywhere. The end result, the Mustang upside down with a busted up front end and the light pole falling on the vehicle. The citizens that were waiting for a bus at the bus stop saw what just occurred and headed to the wreck to see if there were any survivors. Fortunately, the driver got out of the car with a few scratches, but the passenger was in the car unconscious. Soon enough, everyone was in around the destroyed car as a few of them were aiding the driver, unaware that this person was in fact the leader of the Skulls.

Citizen 1: "Hey man, are you okay?"

Citizen 2: "Someone call an ambulance!"

While they were helping the driver out, a GTO was slowly driving up to the wreckage then came to a complete stop. Once it was on park, the driver door opened up and out came LM, holding what appears to be a tazer gun in his hand. He turned the knob to set the gun to stun as he slowly walks straight to the group of people. Back to the wreck, everyone was trying to help the driver to his feet. But when one of the citizens was trying to get him up, he spotted a pistol in his hand.

Citizen 3: "He's got a gun!"

When everyone heard that, they all ran away from the man, hoping to get away from the gunshots. The Skull Leader slowly got up and walked limply to find another car to get away, unaware that LM was behind him with a tazer gun in hand. After a couple of more steps, the Titan made a stop and lifted his pistol to aim it at the leader's back. With a green beam pointed at the guy's back, he pulled the trigger and two needles with two long wires came out of the front end. Once the needles painlessly attached to the person's back, a jolt of electricity shook him extremely violently and within seconds dropped him to the floor. Everyone just watched on to see this scene while LM walked straight to the Skull leader still shaking as he was about to reach for his gun. But the rebel Titan approached him and knocked the gun out of reach moments before he would get a hand on it. The leader looked at the gun much farther away as LM used his foot to roll him on his back. Once he looked at the down gang leader, he bent down to look at him face-to-face and smirked.

LM: "Don't you just hate it when that happens?"

The Skull leader just stared at him dead in the eyes and said something in a stuttering voice.

Skull Leader: "Wh- What the he- hell do you wa- want with me?"

The Titan just chuckle a bit and answered.

LM: "I knew you were going to say that. So here's my answer. I want to know what were you and your buddies were stealing that Merovingian wants so badly. That's all."

Skull Leader: "Forget it! I n- never te- tell you anyth- thing!"

LM: "You won't huh? Well then let's take a short walk shall we?"

He picked up one of the gang leader's leg and dragged him back to the GTO. When they approached the car, they reached the passenger seat as LM opened the door to reveal the briefcase he took from Abel. He picked up the case and placed it on the top of the engine where the hood use to be, then picked the Skull's boss up and placed him on the seat. When he was done with that, he approached the case and opened the straps that keep it closed.

LM: "Now then, let's see what's inside…"

He slowly opened the suitcase and took a look at what's in it. What he saw inside was a huge tank of what appeared to be some kind gas with a name that says "Stark Enterprise." He stared at the tank for a moment until he knew what it is.

LM: "Looks like some kind of super power fuel. From what I can understand, this gas uses both hydrogen and nitrogen liquid to make whatever has it to go super fast. This beauty is meant for space exploration to make ships have a much more faster and safer trip. Tanks this small would have a lot of power to lift a ship up in the air and would last about two to three months. But it would be unstable if you use it too much. So they have to be locked up tight in a restricted area within the very company that created the fuel in the first place, Stark Enterprise."

Skull Leader: "What d- does all this have t- to d- do with me?"

LM closed and locked the case up as he turned his head left to see the shaking leader still feeling the electric effects from the stun gun.

LM: "I'm glad you ask. You see, only eighteen of these can only be found in eighteen locations. And news has it that seventeen of the eighteen tanks were stolen from those places. Then in the eighteenth location they took a picture of you and your boys stealing the final tank. So I put two and two together and discovered something interesting. You worked at the Stark Enterprise, didn't you?"

There was a long silence until the leader answered, with the last of the electric shock fading away in him.

Skull Leader: "Yes, you could say that. I use to work for that place as a security guard, having all the access I needed to enter all those restricted area."

LM: "Is that the reason why Merovigian called you?"

Skull Leader: "Kind of… He said that I have clearance though the entire place. So me and the boys stormed in the place to take the fuel tank and get the money after that. Kind of like a bit of a trade if you put it that way."

LM: "More like an illegal trade if you ask me. So, why take the fuel tanks in the first place?"

Skull Leader: "The Frenchman needed all those fuel tanks to power something big. Don't know what but he did told us to steal it."

LM: "I see… And this terrorist group he teamed up with. Who are they?"

Another silence…

Skull Leader: "I don't know…"

LM slowly walked up to the passenger seat and looked at the leader dead in the eye.

LM: "Why are you lying to me?"

The leader looked up and was a little confused.

Skull Leader: "What?"

LM then rolled his eyes and decided to take this to the offensive. He immediately grabbed the leader by the collar of his shirt, flung him out of the car, and slammed him on the back side of his Pontiac. He then took his pistol out at the guy and positioned it to back of his head, threatening him.

LM: "Don't give me that bullshit! I know that Merv has a terrorist group on his back and he's cooking something up really bad. And with all that fuel he took, it could mean total disaster. So either you tell me who's working for the Frenchman for I will blow your head up!"

He was about to pull the trigger until the leader freaked out.

Skull Leader: "All right, all right!!! I'll tell you! Just let go of me! Please!"

LM smiled at the response and let go of the leader. The Skull boss then got off the car, wiped himself up, and explained.

Skull Leader: "Okay, here's the thing. I don't know much, but I do believe I overheard a name of the group over a phone a while back. It was faint, but I could understand it a little bit."

Now the Titan was interested in this.

LM: "So what's the groups name?"

There was a bit of silence when the leader bowed his head down about the consequences and didn't know what to do. Finally, he mustered up the courage he needed and looked at LM to answer.

Skull Leader: "I do believe they were called the Bro-"

But before he could finish, he got shot in the back of the neck and fell over, landing flat on his face. LM reacted by taking cover by his car as everyone else heard the loud shot and scattered. The Titan took a quick look at who shot him, but at a farther angle, he couldn't tell from the distant. So he uses his glasses, the same sunglasses Neo used, to scan the area in code until he saw a disruption twenty feet away. So he stood up, pointed the gun at the very direction, and opened fire. The bullet then flew straight to the Vampiric guard holding a 52 AM sniper rifle at the top of one of the buildings and was hit in the heart. Within seconds, he started to trip over the edge and straight down to his death. When all this was all over, LM lowered his pistol and smiled.

LM: "Bulls eye…"

He then approached the gang leader that was taken out and roll him over to see what just happened. What he saw was his eyes rolled over at the top of his head and wasn't breathing, two clear signs that he was dead. So he sighed, knowing that he won't get an answer from him. But just when he was about to lose hope, he spotted something at the leaders right jacket pocket. So he sticked his hand into the pocket, took it out, and looked at what it was. Turned out, it was some kind of black and white calling card with a picture of a skull on it with a brain showing on top and bright red eyes. He thought that this was one of the ways Merovingian communicated with the now deceased Skull leader. But it didn't look like the exact card he would use. So he brushed that aside and placed the card into his jacket pocket for evidence. After that observation, LM went back to the car and was about to put the suitcase into the passenger seat. But when he approached the exposed engine, he noticed that the case that was supposed to be on top of it is no longer there.

LM: "What the…"

He quickly searches in the engine to see where it is, but couldn't find it anywhere.

LM: "God damn it, now where did it went? Jackson won't be too happy about this one bit."

Deciding to not waste time in searching, he closed the passenger seat door and hurried to the driver seat door to return to the dock. But what he didn't know was that someone was watching in the dark alleyway. It was a female that looked to be in her late twenties; through you can't see her body in the shadows. But what she was carrying was the briefcase LM was looking for. While she was watching, she placed her hand on her ear where a small communicator was attached.

Madame Rouge: "This is Rouge, I have successfully obtained the briefcase."

The woman who was Rouge waited for a response and heard some kind of computer voice coming out of her earpiece.

???: "Well done Rouge… Now return back to base so we can complete our weapon…"

Madame Rouge: "Understood. Signing off."

Once she done talking, she looked back at the GTO making a quick T turn and headed back to the docks.

Madame Rouge: "Enjoy your time boy, for it vill be your last."

She then walked backwards, disappearing into the darkness, ready for the next phase of the plan.

So there it is, chapter 1 of Teen Matrix 2. It's a bit of a long first chapter but I had to get everything in one take. I would like to update you some more, but I'm going on a trip to Europe in a week or so. So I won't be updating anytime soon. But don't worry, when I come back, the next chapter will be shorter then this one. In the meantime, Please Review.