Beneath the Earth's surface, an intrepid group of scientists were at work on a portal; a portal to view an unseen world. Their true intention was to see another dimension; other planets even. It would be used to contact extraterrestrials and make peace with them. However, things were about to take a turn for the worst.
They were putting the final touches on the portal; it was almost complete. "Reaction core: on-line," one of the scientists said as he flipped a switch; the portal revved up. "Main power: activated," he said again as he flipped another switch; the portal turned on and in it was a swirling mass of energy.
Some engineers were standing near the portal, ready to go into it on the first signal. "Is it safe?" one of the engineers asked.
"Only one way to find out," a scientist said. "Charles, go and check the portal out."
Charles walked over to the portal, stuck his arm in, and pulled it out without a scratch on him. "Looks fine to me," he said to the scientist; but as he said this, another arm came through.
"What is that?" one of the engineers exclaimed.
Suddenly, two gigantic creatures came through the portal. One of them grabbed Charles and threw him against the wall, snapping his spine and killing him instantly. The two beings started taking down engineers one by one; the scientists tried to shut the portal off, but it was too late.
One of the scientists looked down at the disarray and said, "My God, what have we done?" This was the last thing he said before one of the beings crashed through one of the walls and smashed his head against the wall.
(10 minutes earlier)
Beast Boy and Cyborg were playing one of their many tournament-style video games, as usual; Raven was reading from one of her books; Starfire was attempting to make something that resembled a cake with a mucous color icing on it; and Robin was nowhere to be seen. Cyborg was winning in the game, but Beast Boy was still hanging in there.
"I'm gonna win this time," Beast Boy stated triumphantly.
"Not if I take you down first," Cyborg said.
"Do you guys ever quit?" Raven asked glancing from her book to the other guys.
"I'm not gonna quit 'til I win," Beast Boy answered.
"I go get the ice then," Raven said sarcastically.
"Then we can celebrate with this, how do you say, 'Perty Cake' that I am making," Starfire added.
"I'll need that celebration once I kick Beast Boy's butt," Cyborg stated.
Beast Boy had Cyborg on the ropes and almost beat him when the power just shut off. Beast Boy and Cyborg stared at the blank screen, dazed and bewildered. They looked over to see Robin with the Gamestation plug in his hands.
"We have more important issues to attend to," Robin said. "I've just gotten word that there has been an accident at a near by research facility."
"Fine, we'll go," Beast Boy reluctantly said.
"If it gets those two away from that game…" Raven said, looking towards Beast Boy's direction. He just leered at her as they headed out to the scene of the crime.
They got there to find that there was already law enforcement there; queer ones too. There were APC's, tank-like SUV's, sitting outside. Also, the police were clad in grey armor and jumpsuits, wore white gasmasks, and carried stun batons. The Titans walked up to the door and one of the cops blocked their way with a baton and said in a raspy, gasmask muffled voice, "No civilians allowed."
"But we're not civilians," Robin interjected.
"NO CIVILIANS ALLOWED!" the cop said in a more demanding voice, turning his stun baton up a notch.
"Relax, they're with me," said a voice and the Titans saw that an aged man stepped out from behind a cop. The cop stepped aside and walked towards the Titans. "Sorry about that; we have to keep security up," the man said. "By the way, my name is Doctor Breen."
"Can you tell us what went on, Doctor Breen?" Robin asked.
"I can't reveal everything," Breen said, "but I can tell you this: the scientists were working on a portal experiment and it got out of hand. Me and the Com…uh, I mean my law enforcement came to clean this up."
But I'll get to the bottom of this," said a voice above them and a man jumped down, dressed as Batman, and approached them.
It's TV's Adam West!" Beast Boy exclaimed with delight.
"I am Batman," West said, "and I'm here to get to the bottom of this. I already said that; I must be going through relapses." He then grabbed Robin by the arm and said to him, "Listen, you'd be perfect to play opposite me as: Robin, Boy Wonder; and I don't say that to everyone."
"But," Robin started, "I am Robin."
"Curses! Foiled again," he said and took a grappling hook from his utility belt and fired it. "You gotta get one of these; I have one because I'm a star," he said as flew off.
Robin and the others stood there, dumbfounded, when Robin asked, "Anyways, can we have a look around the scene and find out what happened?"
"I don't see why not," Breen answered. "I'll show you where the incident took place." He led the Titans into the building, past some more cops like the ones outside, and to the elevator; down to the portal.