Oh… My… God… I haven't updated this story five to six months ago!! What's wrong with me!?! Sorry about the long wait ladies and gentlemen. Being your real life gets in the way of your private life, things get a whole lot complicated. And be that I have a semester to pass, spring break in Baltimore, and stuff to do around the house, it's not that easy. Now that the summer is upon us and I'm done with college, I hope I can update this story sooner then last time. Let's hope my summer schedule doesn't get in the way. Let's see what went on while I was away. Hmm… Well apparently during my recent absent to this story, not much has changed. I haven't gotten a single review as of yet and there are 14 hits in the counter. People, I could tell that you are reading my story and I respect that, but not giving me a single review on how I'm doing doesn't make any sense what so ever. I know you guys have your own opinion on what you think, but if you at least tell me if I'm doing something wrong with it or if there were any spelling or grammar mishaps at least I'll be more appreciated. Now for another exciting chapter of Teen Matrix 2. Both LM and Negative Man made out of the torture chamber. Now they have to escape the prison their in and find a way to stop Merovingian and the Brotherhood from taking over the world. But with guards around every corner and Eddie following them, things are going to get complicated.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans and the Matrix.
Chapter Twelve: Jail Break
In Merovingian's office, the Frenchman and Brain were discussing their business with each other while the others sit back and watch. General Immortus and Monsieur Mallah stood by watching what's happening unfold, Cain and Abel were sitting at the chairs playing cards, and Persephone was next to her husband drinking the finest of wine. As they were doing their thing, The Brain and Merv began to finalize their deal.
Merovingian: "Now I know you must understand where I'm going with this. I'm a very respectable businessman and as one I need to keep things fair between the two of us. Now then, I was thinking we split our offer 50/50 since we both share the same goal. I'm also thinking of a bit of a truce. I know you are as dangerous as me, so sometimes there could be a bit of ego in your mind. I do believe that this truce would help us get together and hopefully don't let us fight each other over their territory. And believe me when I say this, the last thing I want is a war between two opposing forces. Ainsi, avons-nous une entente? Yes, no?"
Brain thought this for a moment and came with a conclusion
Brain: "You are very clever Merovingian. Being that our goal is to rule the world, you always come up with ways in persuading me. However, I like how you manage how we do this once the satellite is armed and ready. Though I don't like the fact you use the 50/50 share on me, the truce you put up seem to be a brave option. And I could tell because you are already at war with the rebels and having two opponents between your men on the board does not favor your odds. So to that end Merovingian, I do believe I would except your offer."
Merovingian had a wicked smile on his face when he heard the expectance and cocked an eyebrow.
Merovingian: "Very good… I'm glad you see things my way."
Brain: "However, even if we made the deal I'm a little unsure of our prisoners underneath your mansion. Though Negative Man can be easy to dispose of, this LM looks to be serious of our goal."
Merv shook his head over that response and sighed about Brain's thought.
Merovingian: "No reason to worried my ami, for you see I've gotten the advantage on both of them. So you see, I have a special client that's disposing of our guests. I'm pretty sure he's finished with them by now."
Down within the dungeon, someone was walking down the long hallway finding the torture chamber. He looked like one of the soldiers of Merovingian's army, but he was completely different. He was wearing a red reptile skinned pants and a light blue opened buttoned shirt over his unusual shirt. This person was none other then one of the generals and guardian of the Chateau's dungeon, Cujo. After minutes of walking, Cujo found the doorway that leads to the torture chamber. But as he approached the door, he noticed something very odd. For instance, the door to the chamber was opened and normally, people would close that door when they start torturing people. At first he thought that Eddie was already finished with the two prisoners and decided to enter the room anyways.
Cujo: "Hey Eddie, are you finished with your toys already? Cause the boss is getting a little impatient about the results."
He then opened the door to see if the maniac was finished. But when he enters the room, he was shocked at what he saw. The room was a complete mess with tables broken, tools scattered around, and a crater on the wall. But what shocked Cujo the most was that the prisoners or the torturers weren't around at all. He saw two torture beds with shackles dissolved into muck and a glass tube that got smashed. He also notice some blood in a few places, which means that a battle must've tooken place but no bodies to be found. Looking at this mess, Cujo now notice that this is trouble. So he took out his phone and contacted Merovingian.
Back in the office, Merovingian and Brain continued to discuss business. That's when an antique phone on his desk started to ring. He looked at the phone ringing a couple of times then look back at Brain, excusing himself.
Merovingian: "Excusez-moi ..."
He picked up the phone and talked into it.
Merovingian: "Bonjour?"
Cujo: "Boss, this is Cujo. We have a problem. The prisoners have escaped."
Merv blinked her eyes a couple of times and had his mouth shut for a moment. After sinking the whole thing through his head, he responded back on the phone.
Merovingian: "What? Comment?"
Cujo: "I don't know, but there's no one in the torture chamber right now. The place is a mess, there's blood in places, and the beds the prisoners were locked into look disintegrated and the tube to keep the other prisoners self is not there. We're in serious trouble."
Merovingian: "What about my client? Is he…"
Cujo: "No sir, his body isn't anywhere in the room. My guess is he's in pursuit of the prisoners even as we speak. But it's going to take more then one guy to stop those two, especially if you're dealing with a rebellious kid like LM."
The Frenchman couldn't believe what he have heard and wondered how all of this happen. That's when he looked at his wife and had a questionable expression on his face. So he asked Cujo one more thing before he would hang up.
Merovingian: "Was there anyone else that came down to the dungeon before the incident?"
Cujo: "Well… yes of course. Your wife came down here to see the prisoners for the last time. Preferably because she wants to say her final goodbyes, nothing else. Why did you ask?"
He cocked an eyebrow at his wife and realizes that she must've helped him and the other prisoner escape. He then looked down and gave Cujo the orders.
Merovingian: "Nothing really. But if they've escaped that means we're in big trouble. Have all your men ready and alert. We can't let them escape the dungeon!"
Cujo: "Understood sir. I'll inform the guards right away."
Merovingian: "Très bon. Contact me back when you have them. Bye…"
He hung up the phone the intentionally shook his head on what he heard. Meanwhile, Brain looked on and could tell what just occurred just now.
Brain: "Something happen Merovingian?"
The Frenchman looked up at Brain and gave a warm pleasant smile to keep his mind off the sudden downturn.
Merovingian: "Oh, it's just nothing. A minor setback is all. But don't worry, my men are already taking care of it."
Brain: "For your sake, it won't cause any problems."
Soon enough, Brain, Immortus and Mallah left the room and got ready for the project. When they left the room, Merovingian got up and approached his wife still relaxing with the glass of wine in her hands and had a really pissed off look on his face.
Merovingian: "You and I are going to have a long talk about this when this is over."
But Persephone didn't do anything, instead she slowly sip her wine and looked at him with a warming smile on her face.
Persephone: "Good luck catching them my love."
Merv just turned his head away and cursed out a French word, knowing that his wife won't say anything. He then looked at the others and gave them the order.
Merovingian: "Let's go. I can't have two prisoners rummaging about my home."
Merovingian got up from his desk while Cain and Able nodded and left their card game in a draw. The three then left the office, leaving Persephone all alone.
Persephone: "Have fun…"
She then went back to her wine as if nothing had ever happened.
Back down within the dark and dingy dungeon, both LM and Negative Man were walking down the long hallway, passing many locked doors and bars. The Doom Patrol member looked at each of these cells and noticed that there were people in them, some completely healthy while others were sick. He then turned his head away and was sicken by the view.
Negative Man: "This is all too horrible. I can't believe a cruel man like Merovingian would do something like this."
Without looking at the bandanged up man, LM agreed with him and was disgusted by this as him.
LM: "Believe it or not, Merv has a thing for being more then just cruel. Since he demands more power, he would do anything to get it, even if it means taking in prisoners and keeping them for life."
Negative Man: "So who are all of these prisoners the Merovingian locked up and what was their crime?"
LM: "Who knows? As far as I know it, they must've pissed the Frenchman off in a big way. Whatever the case, he has his reasons sticking everyone in prison."
As they were walking, they heard an announcement through the speakers.
Cujo: "Attention all guards, this is Cujo. We got a situation in the dungeon. Two prisoners have escaped the torture chamber. One is the Doom Patrol member, the other a renegade punk. Search the entire dungeon and be cautious, they might be dangerous. Anyone who catches the two escapees gets double the rations. Move!"
After hearing the message, both LM and Negative Man started to feel a little worried.
Negative Man: "Sounds like they already know we're missing."
LM: "Definitely… Let's hurry before they get a chance to find us."
The two then ran down the hall to find the exit. They turned to the left and headed down another hallway. That's when they noticed two guards coming out of the smaller halls. The two quickly hide behind an attached pillar on the wall and took a peek to see the two guards. The two guards looked at each other and began talking.
Vampire Guard 23: "You search this area. See if the prisoners are hiding around here."
Vampire Guard 24: "Got it."
The one guard left as the other started to walk down the hall, searching the place. Both Negative Man and LM saw him heading down to their position and quickly hide behind the pillar.
LM: "Great, looks like the word caught on really quick."
The Doom Patrol member looked at the rebel and asked him a simple question.
Negative Man: "So how are we going to approach this?"
LM looked back and noticed that the guard was getting closer to them. He then saw him stop in his tracks and searched one of the cells to see if it's locked and if the escapees were in there. This gives LM the opportunity to formulate a plan. He immediately looks down on the ground to see what he could use to distract him. That's when he noticed a small rock on the ground and picked it up. Inspecting the rock, a smile formed on his face as he looked at Larry and answered his question.
LM: "Watch and learn…"
He turned his head back at the guard and notice he's checking another empty cell. Gripping the rock in his hand, he waited for the right moment to do his work. Finally, he quickly got out of his hiding place, threw the rock in the other side of the hallway, and went back to his pillar before the guard could see what happened. The rock flew to the end of the hall and hit with a loud thud. That causes the guard to jump back and got a little frightened for the moment.
Vampire Guard 24: "What was that?"
Calming down for a bit, he looked to his left up to where the sound came from. The guard then headed down to the area to investigate the strange sound that scared him in the first place. Watching the guard leave, Negative Man looked at the rebel and sighed.
Negative Man: "I don't see why distracting the guard is part of the plan."
That's when LM lifted his finger up and such him for there.
LM: "Just because you need to pull something as simple as that doesn't mean you can't leave any evidence behind. Now watch this."
He then took out a small mallet he got out of the torture chamber and came out of his hiding place. Silently, he slowly approached the guard that had his back turned and approached the place where the sound came from. But he didn't know that someone was right behind him. As the guard looked around, he could tell it was just nothing. But as he turned around to get back to his post, he got slammed by the mallet LM was carrying. Blood gushed out of his forehead as he lye on the floor completely unconscious. Smiling to his own work, LM put the mallet back and dusted his hands off at a job well done. But then, he heard the voice of the other guard.
Vampire Guard 23: "Hey, what's going on out there? What's that noise?"
The rebel Titan knew that the sudden surprise attack would get some attention and it did. Not only that, but if that guard notices him with a dead guard, he's going to warn everyone about the escapees. So LM thought of a way to get out of this predicament. He took out one of the dagger knifes he got out of the chamber and waited for the right moment to strike. When the door opened and the guard came in, the Titan then threw the dagger like a circus performer and the dagger spun around in the air until it hit the other guard in the head pointy side first. The vampire fell to the ground and was twitching before he died in his own blood. With the two guards dead, Negative Man got out of his hiding place and examined the damage, quite impressed by the way the renegade did it.
Negative Man: "Well that was unorthodox. I've seen Mento coming up with ways in taking out an enemy, but you just take the cake."
LM shrugged his shoulders and gave a short smirk to the Doom Patrol member.
LM: "Well, from where I'm from you live by one rule. You survive through life or you die where you stand."
Negative Man: "Sounds like a good rule."
LM: "Yeah, it is… Now let's hurry, no telling when anyone else gets here."
The two then entered the door where the two guards came out of and headed straight through a bunch of wooded doors that lead to interrogation rooms. They stopped when they saw another door right in front of them that might lead them to another cell hallway. LM slowly approached the door and took a peek through the small bar window. What he saw where a couple of guards protecting the area, all holding UMP rifles. He sighed to himself and realizes it won't be that easy as before.
LM: "Damn it… As if things couldn't get any worse."
Negative Man approached the Titan and wanted to know what he was looking at.
Negative Man: "Well, what do you see?"
LM turned his head to Larry and told him the situation.
LM: "Well, from what I could tell, this hallway is completely compromised. There are five or six guards protecting the area and are carrying some weapons of their own. I might be able to take them all out, but without a gun I'm done for. There's got to be a way to get around or through them."
He rubbed his chin a little bit, trying to figure out a way to get through those guards. As he was thinking this through, Negative Man came up with something and told LM about it.
Negative Man: "I think I have a plan."
LM looked at the Doom Patrol member and was a little concerned at what he said.
LM: "You have a plan? What kind of plan?"
Negative Man: "I'm going to go ahead and take out all of the guards in a swift shot."
This made the Titan a little more confused then ever.
LM: "You can't be serious… Didn't I just say there are six guards loaded with hot led in the hall? How are you going to take all of them out without you getting noticed?"
Though he was bandaged, Larry did have a smile creeping up his face.
Negative Man: "They don't call me Negative Man for nothing."
With that said, he began to concentrate on releasing his inner self. Within seconds, he screamed out in pain as his dark energy soul jumped out of his body, causing it to fall limply on the ground. The now dark energy persona turned around to look at LM and told him what the rebel said to the bandaged man.
Negative Man: "Now you watch and learn."
Suddenly, Negative bolted really quick and phased through the wooden door. As he disappeared, LM took a good look through the bar windows to see what he was up to. That's when he saw something he couldn't believe. In the hallway, the Doom Patrol member moved incredibly fast like lightning and punched every single guard in the room, sending them flying to every direction. When that was all over, the phased back through the door and went into his body. After getting up and shaking the cobwebs out of his head, Negative Man stretched a little as LM approached him.
LM: Wow… That was amazing!"
Negative Man: "No not really. It takes a lot of concentration to get my powers to work. The hard part is that I have to get back to my body in time. If I don't, the magnetic field in my body would drag me down to the core of the planet and then… Well you don't want to know what would happen next."
LM cocked an eyebrow, not knowing what Negative Man meant when he said that.
Negative Man: "Trust me. This happened to me before. I'm not going to let it happen again."
LM could tell that Negative Man was a little upset at what happened to him before. A near life and death experience could be gruesome for someone under his experience. Heck, the rebel suffered through his own near death traumas in the past and tries to forget it once in a while. But wouldn't forget about what occurred to him before. Getting that out of his head, both the Titan and the Doom Patrol member opened the door and entered the hallway. There, LM could tell Larry did a good job on disposing the guards.
LM: "Gotta admit, this was pretty impressive at what you did to the guards. They didn't know what hit them."
Negative Man: "I have my expertise."
LM looked down at one of the guards before him and bent down to pick up the rifle he was holding. He then checked his pockets and found a couple of clips he needs for the weapon.
LM: "Gonna need this though. Can't be unprotected all the time."
Negative Man looked at LM and was serious at what he was taking from the knocked out soldier.
Negative Man: "Do you really have to use that to get through. Guns are by far the most dangerous weapons in the history of man."
LM: "True… But they're one of my ways in surviving in the world I live in. And besides, it's better then being defenseless with nothing in your arsenal."
Once he gathered all the clips he needs, he looked around the room and figure out where to go next.
LM: "Now let's see… There's got to be some way in getting out of this prison."
That's when Larry turned his head over to the rebel and was completely surprised at what he said.
Negative Man: "You mean you don't know where you're going?!?"
The Titan looked at the Doom Patrol member and explained further.
LM: "I didn't say I am lost, I'm saying where can I find the nearest entrance. This Chateau has millions of secret passages, some I never been through. If I'm right, there has to be a passage out of this dungeon in back to the Chateau."
Negative Man: "Even if it's true, you don't even know where to start."
LM: "Perhaps, but at least I have my intensions. The more we stay, the more guards would come and start killing us. Now let's get out of here."
The two ran through the hallway and passed through a series of cell doors to reach the end. They turned left and right from a short hall as they continued to go straight. As they were running, they heard another guard alerting the others.
Vampire Guard 25: "Keep your guard up men. Two prisoners are on the loose and they're really dangerous. I'm trying to reach contact with the squad down the hall and I haven't heard from them yet. I got a bad feeling they must've been taken out by them. Be prepared for anything. We might be the next targets."
Both LM and Negative Man split up and hid behind the two pillars after they heard what appeared to be a group of vampire soldiers. LM lifted his rifle up and waited for the opportunity to attack. But with all of the guards they're splitting up and taking positions in the area, it would get a little complicated. So he looked at the Doom Patrol member and asked him for a favor.
LM: "Yo Larry, think you can do that thing again? You know, the part where you come out of your body and beat the living crap out of people."
Negative Man looked at the rebel and nodded for a yes. He was about to reactivate his ability until LM told him something else.
LM: "Oh and by the way, can you save me some? Can't let you have all the fun now can I."
Larry sighed to himself and knew this was going to be all day.
Negative Man: "Yeah, yeah…"
He concentrated once again and his dark energy self got out of his body and flew straight to the group. With one punch after another, he took half the group down for the count. The other half got their rifles and tried to shoot the negative being down, but it was too fast for them to catch. This gave LM the opportunity to strike. He pointed his rifle at the others and pulled the trigger, firing bullets at the guards and killing them after a couple of good hits. Once that was taken care of, Negative Man went back into his body and the two proceeded running to the halls. During their running, they encounter a few guards that were minding their own business. They were able to take them down before they could attack or sound an alarm. And so far they able to get out of one mess after another. That's where they saw a door at the end of another hallway that might be the exit of the prison. There were two guards defending that area with their rifles armed and ready for an attack. Both escapees looked at them and knew this was going to be easy.
LM: "Man, this is a piece of cake. Once we take these guys out, we'll get out of this place."
Negative Man: "Are you sure that's the way out?"
LM: "Well let's see… Be that there are two guards defending that door and armed with rifles, I believe what's on the other side is really important."
Negative Man: "So how are we going to take these guys out?"
The Titan place his hand on his chin and thought up on a plan.
LM: "Hmm… Don't know, but maybe something like a decoy would be suffice."
Negative Man: "And how are we going to pull that off to begin with? Who's going to be the decoy anyways?"
After a few minutes of planning and thought, the two came up with an idea and started to go right to work on it. Meanwhile, the guards were keeping watch, hoping they too don't get into trouble like the others that encountered the two prisoners. But that was when they noticed someone coming out of the hiding spot and stood in front of them. That person was in fact LM himself. Immediately, the two guards pointed the weapons at the rebel and ordered him to stop.
Vampire Guard 26: "Freeze!!! Don't move a muscle!"
Immediately, LM stopped in his tracks when he heard one of the guard's order.
Vampire Guard 26: "Now drop the weapon and put your hands where I could see them."
Again, the renegade dropped the rifle he had in his hands and put his hands up in the air. As he did that, the guard smiled at this and chuckled under his breath.
Vampire Guard 26: "Good… This was all too easy."
The other guard was still keeping his weapon up at the Titan, waiting to see what he was going to do next. That's when he noticed that there was something missing in this picture.
Vampire Guard 27: "Hey, wait a minute… Where's the other prisoner?"
Vampire Guard 26: "Humph… Who cares? At least we got this loose case. But by the way this look, the other guy must've chickened out and ran away."
What the two didn't know was that something phased though the floor from behind them. It was then that the something started to say something.
Negative Man: "If I did chicken out, then LM would've surrendered in the first place."
The two heard the voice and turned around to see what was that voice. Before they could see who it was, the stranger placed his hands on their heads and clogged them together in full force, dropping them to the ground and got them unconscious. What they didn't know was that the individual that knocked them down was in fact Negative Man in his negative black soul version that phase out of the floor and performed the move. LM smiled as he picked up his rifle and snickered while doing that.
LM: "Well that was fun."
He approached the two unconscious guards and kick one of them and the side.
LM: "Humph… That'll teach you to not be prepared for a sneak attack."
Negative Man shook his head and knew he was the one that did all the work.
Negative Man: "Yeah… Let's just get out of here before I loose my mind."
The dark energy being flew past the rebel and turned the corner to where his limp body was. Once he was in his body, he headed back to LM and the two headed to the door. When the door was opened, the two entered and noticed that the place was dark, but they were still walking anyways.
Negative Man: "Great, now the entire place is dark. Can't see anything at all."
LM: "Hang on a second. There's got to be a light switch around here somewhere… Ah, here we go."
In an instant, LM pulled something and a light bulb was turned on over their heads. Soon after the light was on, they looked around to see where they are. What they saw were racks filled with wine and wine barrels covering every wall. Negative Man looked at all the wine everywhere and was a little confused by all of it.
Negative Man: "A wine cellar? I beat down two guards just to enter a wine cellar?!"
LM: "Don't get too surprised over this Larry. The Chateau is a little complicated then you think. Sometimes you go to one place, in other times you somehow end up in another. And from what I can tell, the guards must be watching the exit."
The Titan looked around to see if there was another door. After searching he spotted another door that will lead them to the next room. Smiling at that, he approached the door as Negative Man followed.
LM: "And by the way it looks, our exit is just past this doorway."
Negative Man: "Or it could be a trap."
LM was in front of the door and place his hand on the handle. But before he could open it, he looked at the Doom Patrol member and told him everything is going to be fine.
LM: "Don't feel so negative all of a sudden Negative Man."
He chuckled when he said that statement and shook his head. The same time, Negative Man rolled his eyes behind his bandage face and sighed to himself.
LM: "Sorry, sorry… Couldn't help it. Anyways, what seems to be the problem? We're out of the prison now. All we could do now is to find a lift or a passage that would take us back to the Chateau and head to Merv's office to stop their plan. What could go wrong?"
He then opened the door to enter the next room. But just as he did that, someone was there waiting for them.
Eddie: "Hello boys… Remember me?"
The two looked at what they heard and saw someone very familiar to them. The moment they saw the torn clothes, the messy hair, the strange Hannibal mask, and the one really bad eye, they knew who this person was.
LM: "Eddie… Never thought meeting up with you again. Still bummed at me beating your sorry ass."
LM laughed a little bit at the short pun he did as Eddie was getting pretty annoyed about it.
Eddie: "Don't laugh it up punk. You got lucky in beating me back at the chamber, but you won't escape from me this time."
LM: "Hmm… That's funny. You must be the fifteenth person that said that."
Negative Man approached the rebel Titan and warn them of the situation they're in right now.
Negative Man: "LM, I don't think this is a good idea making fun of him. There's not much about this guy then we do right now."
He turned his head to the Doom Patrol member and calmed him down.
LM: "What's there to know Larry. Eddie kills prisoners for money, no matter how high the price is. That and he has a way in killing them. There's nothing else about him we should be prepare for. I mean what else can he do to stop us?"
As he was talking to Negative Man, Eddie pulled out something from behind his back the whole time and started it up. That's when the two heard a strange roaring sound and turned to see what it was. To their surprise, they saw Eddie, only this time he was lifting a chainsaw high up in the air and was ready to rip them to bits.
Eddie: "Here's EDDIE!!!"
The two were completely shocked at this as Negative Man told LM one last thing.
Negative Man: "How about a deadly chainsaw?"
Suddenly, Eddie swung his chainsaw down at the two for the first blow. Both the Titan and the Doom Patrol member split up and avoided the attack. LM rolled out of the way to the left while Negative Man did the same thing to the right. The Titan looked at Eddie and was now surprised at the sudden attack from him.
LM: "Okay… Didn't see that coming."
Eddie turned around to see the rebel and had a smirk on his face.
Eddie: "Now where were we? Oh yes… Finishing the job!"
Again, the torturer readied his chainsaw and ran towards him with the tip of the weapon on the ground, causing sparks to fly. LM quickly jumped up and flipped backwards to avoid the attack, knowing that the chainsaw would cut his top skull. But even after that, the psychotic madman continued with his assault with LM. He ran straight towards him and started swinging his chainsaw up, down, left, right, and diagonally. The Titan focused and avoided every direction the chainsaw was swinging. Of course, his black jacket had a few cuts and was looking like something punk bands would use for their shows, but at least it wasn't much worse then that. As for striking back, the renegade was trying to find an opening to get the second first blow in. But Eddie moved so fast, it's so hard finding one weakness. The killer then used another diagonal slice to the right bottom to cut one of the Titan's feet. Immediately, LM jumped up and avoided the low attack. Eddie was about to cut him up in the air, but as he was going to do that, something caught the weapon he was carrying. When he looked down, he noticed the edge of the chainsaw was caught by a piece of wood the holds the shelves filled with wine bottles. He tried desperately to pry it out but to no avail while LM, who was in slow motion in his point of view, looked down and found his opening. So he flipped right side up and landed gently on the psycho's shoulder. Eddie felt that and turned to his right shoulder to see what it was. Only thing he saw was a kick right in his chin. What LM did was give Eddie a really high kick to his chin and lifted off his shoulders, somersaulting up in the air and away from the killer. Eddie felt the impact as he fell to the floor the same time the tip of the chainsaw was freed from the wooden shelf. But as that happened, the wine shelf started to fall and created a domino effect on one shelf after another. LM was already mid air and upside down as he was flying to the other end of the room, the very same direction the shelves were falling towards. He immediately landed on the other end of the room the same time the last shelf fell next to him. He didn't see that coming as the shelf landed on him and caused him to fall to the ground. Once that chaos ended, the Titan looked at the mess and noticed that his legs were bolted by debris that were once shelves. He tried to pull himself out of the rubble, but there was little effort over it. He didn't know that Eddie slowly got up and saw the rebel stuck in his own mess. Smiling under his mask, he picked up the chainsaw and headed toward the Titan cocking the weapon ready to cut. Meanwhile, LM continued to pull as hard as he can but no matter how hard he tries, he couldn't break free at all. What he didn't know was that a shadow was loaming over him with a weapon over the shadow's head. When he heard the rattling sound, the renegade look up and saw Eddie with a chainsaw up in the air.
Eddie: "Now, time to finish it!"
LM immediately pulled his leg out of the debris harder to get out of the broken shelves, but still no use. The psychopath was about to kill the Titan there on the spot until he heard someone coming from the left.
Negative Man: "Get away from him!"
Eddie turned his head to the left and saw Negative Man, or his dark energy self, rushing towards the fiend in blinding fast speed. Eddie had very little time to react as the Doom Patrol member speared him and sent him flying to the other end and crashed right into the wall, letting Larry phase through his body and the wall itself. While Eddie was down and out at the moment, LM saw it all go down and noticed that the killer's head was under a shelf filled with wine barrels. Seeing that, he has an opportunity to take him out before Eddie could attack again. So he took his rifle out and aimed it at the support sticks that hold the shelves together. Once LM pulled the trigger, he fired a barrage of bullets at the barrels, causing the shelves to break apart and red wine spilling everywhere. While that was happening Eddie was shaking his head from the sudden attack and was going to get back to his job. But then he felt drips of wine raining down on him. He looked up to see what it was and saw barrels of wine falling down on him. The torturer panicked as barrel after barrel fell on top of him until he was completely buried underneath broken barrels of wine. As that was out of the way, Negative Man appeared in front of the rebel Titan and had his arms crossed. LM looked up to the dark being and had a stern look on his face.
LM: "What took you so long?"
The Doom Patrol member sighed to himself as he use his ability to break the debris over LM's foot.
Negative Man: "Don't mind me… I'm just waiting for the right moment to help you."
When the rebel was free from the tattered shelves, LM shook his foot to see if it was broken. Lucky for him, his foot didn't break as he was able to stand up. At the same time, Negative Man flew back into his lifeless body and instantly got up. After the two dust themselves up, both LM and Larry joined up and looked at the pile of broken wine barrels where Eddie was buried under.
Negative Man: "Is he going to be okay?"
LM: "For a villain that enjoys killing people for money, yeah I believe so. But I think we should leave now before he get more pissed then ever."
Negative Man nodded in agreement as the two left the winery and headed to the door where Eddie was waiting for them. Speaking of Eddie, the psychopath burst free from the rubble and was dripping in soaked wine. He looked around the place and noticed that the two got away.
Eddie: "So, you two want to play hide and seek huh? Alright then…"
He took his chainsaw out of the broken barrels and started it up again.
Eddie: "You're it."
Back to the two, they were running down the hallway, trying to reach the exit, if they could ever find it. Negative Man looked to LM and was worried about this.
Negative Man: "I don't see why we're running if we can't find the exit in the first place. This is a waste of both time and energy. Hell, the exit might be in Kokamo for all I care."
LM: "Well, if you remember correctly, two of the guards were protecting the wine cellar. If we see guards protecting a certain area, then that means we might be getting close to our exit."
Negative Man: "And what about Eddie? Surely barrels of wine won't slow him down. Maybe get him a little drunk, but it won't slow him down."
LM: "I know, I know… I just thought it would be enough to hold him back. Last thing I want is to have him chasing us around with a chainsaw thinking he's Leatherface. We have to hurry up and find the exit fast before he-"
Just when LM was about to finish his sentence, the two heard a loud chain rattling noise behind them followed by a very familiar and yet disturbing voice.
Eddie: "Ready or not, here I come!"
Larry looked back when he heard the voice then turned his head to the Titan again with a aggravated look on his face.
Negative Man: "You were saying?"
LM rolled his eyes around and continued on their pursuit out of there.
LM: "Just shut up and keep running! Don't even think about looking back!"
So the two continued to run down the straight hallway, looking for their exit as quickly as they can. As they were running, the two notice another guard coming out of a doorway. He was looking around the hallway to see if there were any intruders or escapees in the mist. When he turned to the left, he saw the two convicts heading to his direction. So he pointed his rifle at the two and told them to stop.
Vampire Guard 28: "Freeze!!!"
But LM took that to the offensive. He ran past the Doom Patrol Member and in front of him to reach close enough to a wall. As he approached the guard, he focused hard and jumps onto a pillar with one foot. When he got off the pillar, he gave the guard a spinning kick to the chin and knocked him out in an instance. He landed on the ground while the vampire fell face first into the pavement. Once he took care of him, LM meet up with Larry and continued on running.
LM: "Sorry, can't stay and fight. Got a psychotic killer with a chainsaw after me!"
The two kept running faster, finding where their next entry way is. They approached a corner and turned to the right to enter another hallway. That's when they were introduced by a lot of guards holding rifles. The two immediately stop when they saw the group as the leading man ordered them to surrender.
Vampire Guard 29: "We got you right now punks. Surrender peacefully or we will have to take some drastic steps."
The two remained still as they don't know what to do with the group of guards wanting to kill them. Not only that, but they are being followed by a chainsaw wielding maniac. Thinking of no other option, LM decided to take matters into his own hands. He took a step forward as the guards pointed their weapons at the rebel and the leader cried out loud…
Vampire Guard 29: "FIRE!!!"
Everyone pulled their triggers and open fire on the two prisoners. All LM just did was raising his hand up and position it for a stop. Negative Man thought that his comrade completely lost it and ducked down to avoid the gunfire. But for some strange reason, he didn't hear the bullets passing them, or penetrating the rebel. When he looked up, he saw LM still alive and well. What he also saw was that all the bullets stopped instantly just inches to the Titan. Shock and awe by what he witnessed, he shook his head and was completely skeptical.
Negative Man: "How… How did you do that?"
Still trying to focus, LM answered the Doom Patrol member without looking at him.
LM: "Hey, what can I say? I have experience…"
The group of vampires was completely surprised by what the renegade did as one of them look at their leader.
Vampire Guard 30: "Uh… Sir?"
The leader shook his head and gave them the same order.
Vampire Guard 29: "Just keep on shooting!! One of those bullets has to get rid of them."
Again the guards continued to fire, hoping to kill the two from escaping. LM lifted his other hand and stopped more bullets from hitting them. The onslaught continued until the guards ran out of ammo and began reloading as quickly as possible. While they were reloading, the renegade Titan smirked and decided to get rid of them.
LM: "My move…"
He closed his eyes and began to focus as hard as he could. The bullets started to shake and turn into the opposite direction, where the guards were. After he did that, he shaped his hands to look like pistols and said something pretty obvious.
LM: "Bang…"
He lifted his hands up, acting like he was really shooting two pistols. Suddenly, all the bullets that were going to kill him blasted immediately and sailed straight towards the guards. They didn't have any time to avoid as the bullets went at them at blinding speed and hit them all with extreme force. Fortunately, they were vampires and that didn't kill them, just wound them severely. Negative Man watched it all happen couldn't believe what he saw. He then approached the Titan asked him what was all that about.
Negative Man: "Okay, now that wasn't normal. Exactly what just happened? How were you able to pull that off?"
The Doom Patrol member waited for an answer. But before he could get one, they heard a very familiar voice coming closer then ever.
Eddie: "I'm coming to get you…"
The two looked back and the hall they were in and could tell that Eddie was not far from them. LM groaned to himself and looks to Larry.
LM: "I'll explain later. Right now, we have to get out of here before Eddie catches up."
They continued to run straight pass the downed guards and turned to the left to find their exit. But when they turned the corner; they noticed there was nothing but a wall in the end of the hall.
Negative Man: "Terrific! We're now trapped!"
The Doom Patrol member turned his head to see LM and was upset about this.
Negative Man: "Nice going genius. Now what are we going to do?"
The Titan looked around to see how are they going to get out of this mess. Then he remembered all the vampires that were trying to kill them. If there were guards there, then that means that they were guarding something very important. He looked around the room one more time and found another wooden door that the vampires were guardian.
LM: "I think we found our next checkpoint. Come on!"
The rebel ran to the door as Negative Man followed. Once they opened the door, the two entered in the same time Eddie appeared and headed to the end of the hall with a chainsaw at tow. As he made it to their position, he noticed they weren't anywhere to be found.
Eddie: "Huh… Now where did you run off to?"
Back with the two escapees, they locked the door and turned around to see where they are. What they saw was what appears to be some kind of laundry room with rows of washing and drying machines, racks to put clean clothes, and hampers to take care of the dirty ones. Looking at all of this Larry was a little confused by all of this.
Negative Man: "First a wine cellar and now a laundry room. Do these guards really have to take care of these areas?"
LM: "Unless it has to do with defending our way out. And by the way this looks, we might be getting close."
As they were going to continue, they heard Eddie coming from the door behind them.
Eddie: "I know you two are in there. Come out or I'm coming in after ya!"
The two couldn't believe it as they heard him starting the chainsaw.
LM: "So much for getting away from him. Barricade the door! Find something to block him from coming in!"
Negative Man nodded with him as they started searching for things they could use as blockers. They were able to take a few empty hampers, some movable shelves, and a couple of benches to block the killer on the other side of the door. As they were done with that, Eddie was able to start his chainsaw and began cutting the door down along with a few of the items used to barricade it in the first place. The rebel nodded and knew that it will hold him off for a while.
LM: "There… That should keep him busy. Let's go!"
Quickly, the two ran down the long laundry room while the psycho was trying to break through the door. The run took forever as Negative Man and LM continued their path through the hall of washing machines and dryers. That's when they spotted a door at the end of the hall. When they reached the door, they both knock down and entered another hallway. But as they opened the door, they saw a guard keeping post in front of them. When he saw the two, he pointed the rifle at them and told them to stop.
Vampire Guard 31: "You two, hold it right there! Stay where you are or else!"
Both the Doom Patrol member and the Titan looked to each other and gave themselves a shoulder nod. Instinctively, the two split up and ran in a curve towards the vampire. The guard didn't know who to shoot at first since they split, but decided that LM was likely the biggest target. So he pointed his rifle at him and opened fire. The bullets should've wounded him, but the renegade Titan focused and dodged every bullet as time moves slowly around him. He somersaulted; cart wheeled, and sidestepped everyway he can so that he got closer. When he did, he grabbed the gun and lifted it up in the air while the enemy was firing. The bullets flew and hit the ceiling as the two continued to wrestle for control. Just then, the rifle ran out of ammo and LM took the opportunity he needed. He started off by head butting the guard with his head, causing him to let go of the gun. Now with the gun in LM's hands, he used it as a baseball bat the whack the guard, who was still already dazed from the head butt, upside the head. Once the guard fell down and was temporarily unconscious, the prisoners continued to run to the left of the hall. As they reached the end, they turned right and left through another short hall. But as they make another left, three more guards appeared holding shotguns. They all pulled the trigger at the same time as pellet shells flew directly towards the two. LM bended all the way back while his knees collapsed forwards to make a quick slide while Negative Man hide behind one of the pillars and let his soul self phase out of his body. As the renegade was sliding, he got his rifle ready and fired a round of shots at the guard in the middle. The vampire was seriously wounded as LM made a complete stop at the very spot the enemy was in. That's when the two other vampires turned to where the prisoner is and pointed their shotguns at him. They were about to fire him until suddenly, out of the blue, Negative Man popped out of the floor in his dark energy form and attack the guard on the left side from behind. He wrapped his hands around the vampire's head and cracked his neck in a second. Once he fell down to the ground in a second, the last guard noticed it and pointed the weapon at the Doom Patrol member, not realizing that LM was there too. With him distracted, the Titan got up and grabs a hold of the enemy's shotgun before the guard could react. The rebel immediately used the shotgun as a weapon and hit the guard's head with the end of the weapon. The vampire got dazed which gave LM the chance in taking the shotgun from his hands and flipped it around to pointed it at his target. He pulled the trigger and another round of pellets came out of the weapon's hole, only this time it hit the guard and not the prisoners. The last vampire fell and was in complete pain in his stomach. Once that battle was over, the renegade Titan turned to see Larry and position his shotgun ready.
LM: "Area's clear. Let's go!"
When Negative Man flew back to into his body, the two left the fight and proceeded down the hall, getting closer to their exit. As they were running, LM knew that the three guards that were there meant there's a passage that could take them to a way out of the underground maze. They reached the end of the hall and turned to the left. As they turned left, they noticed a door at the end of that hall, but then noticed a torrent hanging on the ceiling, waiting for any threat that would come to it. To their surprise, the torrent saw them and immediately opened fire on them. Quickly, LM and Negative Man split up again and hid behind the wall pillars for better cover. After a few seconds, the rebel took a quick peak at what they're up against and the torrent continued to fire to where he was. He took cover at once and cussed under his breath.
LM: "Shit! This keeps on getting better and better."
Larry peeked as well, but the torrent turned on him and fired at him too. Taking cover, he looked at the rebel and started making a quick guess.
Negative Man: "Well by the way this looks, I'm guessing that's our next point of entry."
The Titan looked at him and nodded in agreement.
LM: "I could agree with you on that deduction Larry. And with a torrent guarding the area, my guess is that that could be our exit. We have to come up with a way in getting into that room without being turned to Swiss cheese. Any ideas?"
Negative Man started to think until he came up with one.
Negative Man: "I got an idea, but it's not going to be easy."
LM: "Well, whatever it is you're going to do, do it now. Because that torrent doesn't look friendly to us."
The Doom Patrol member nodded as he started to concentrate really hard. That when his dark energy body came out of his shell and sped straight towards the sentry gun. The torrent saw him and quickly fired at him, but for some strange reason, the bullets that hit the negative being didn't slow down. As he approached the weapon, he flew up and went right into the gun itself. LM wasn't sure what Larry was doing until seconds later where the torrent started to short circuit in black lightning bolts and suddenly exploded to a thousand pieces. Out of the explosion came Negative Man as he flew back to his prone body and absorbed right into it. When he got up and stretched a little, LM approached him and was completely surprised at what happened just now.
LM: "Wow… That was pretty impressive. How the heck did you do that?"
Negative Man finished stretching his body and answered the rebel on what he did.
Negative Man: "Well, it's real simple. Not only do I use my dark energy to beat baddies quicker, I can also enter any type of machinery and short circuit them until it's completely destroyed. It's another knack I get with my powers."
This impressed LM as he rubbed his chin and little and nodded in approval.
LM: "Not bad… I guess you're more useful then I take credit for."
He then looks back at the door that the torrent was guarding and thought about the task at hand.
LM: "But enough that. Right now, we got to get out of this basement and find the Frenchman's office."
Larry turned to see the door the rebel was looking at and nodded in agreement. So the two walked straight to the door and LM got the chance to opening it, taking them inside the place. When they did, the two felt extremely cold as they wrapped their arms around their bodies and begin to shiver.
Negative Man: "Brr… What type of room is this? It's freezing in here!"
LM looked throughout the entire room and realized where they were. What he saw was the biggest cold storage he had ever seen before. The place had hooks with frozen cow meat hanging on them, shelves of cut lamb, fish, and pork all lined up in a row, and a contraption in the middle that helps keeps the food around there cold and fresh. Scanning the area, he now knows where they are.
LM: "If I would've guess, I'm saying we're in a cold storage room, and a big one at that."
The rebel walked down the area to see if there was another way out of it before they freeze themselves to death. As he walked past the strange freezing contraption, he found what appears to be a lift the goes up to the Chateau, where he had no idea. Relived at what he found, he turned to Negative Man and told him the good news.
LM: "Hey, I found the exit! Let's get out of here!"
He ran straight to the lift and pushed the button. But just as the doors opened and LM was about to get in, he got a straight punch right to the face. He almost falls to the floor but he quickly did a handstand and flipped right back up to see who punched him. To his surprise, what he saw was one of the prison's guardian's Cujo, waiting for the two to come here.
Cujo: "Sorry, but you're not going anywhere."
The rebel Titan straighten his neck a little bit and was unprepared for that surprise attack, but he decided to play it cool and get on with the fight. So he gotten his stance ready and remembered facing this man before when he first entered the Chateau.
LM: "All right, bud… It's time for our little rematch."
Cujo grunted as he charged right in and began his attack on the renegade. He started by doing a spinning heel kick to LM's face again but the rebel bended back to avoid the assault. The guardian then give the Titan a series of punches left to right in order to get a good opening. However, LM did a series of high and low blocks to avoid getting attack. When Cujo did a backhand strike, LM quickly grabbed it and looked at the enemies fighting style with a questionable look on his face.
LM: "Hmm… This seems new… Let me guess, upgraded yourself?"
Cujo was now really pissed about what he said and went on the attack once more by slipping his hand out of the rebel's grip and went to a spinning double punch to the prisoner's sternum. LM felt that and flew back; close enough to reach the freezing machine. Fortunately, he skidded to a complete stop before he entered into the strange machine. Cujo saw this and had a wicked smirk on his face.
Cujo: "Careful where you step punk. Once you enter that ice chamber, you'll be frozen like a Popsicle in the summer time."
LM looked back at this chamber Cujo said and was now a little worried about what would happen if he step foot into that place. But by looking back at the chamber, Cujo found an opening he needed to push him in. He ran straight to the rebel, jumped up, and grabbed a hold of the pipe hanging from the ceiling to swing it. He was going to double kick him in the back and finishes him at once. But just as he was going to do that, LM felt that coming and sidestepped out of the way for the enemy to jump into the machine. Cujo was caught completely off guard from that move and immediately landed on his feet and stopped a few good inches before entering. LM then rolled behind one of the vampire leaders and was ready to finish the job by giving a high sidekick to his back. Cujo then turned around and quickly grabbed the kick with both hands before it was too late. Successfully doing so, he spinned the Titan's foot, causing his body to spin in the air and fall to the floor back first. The rebel shook his head a little bit, didn't expecting that coming. With the renegade down, Cujo got the opportunity he needed to get a hold of him. LM panicked and used one of his feet to push the vampire out of the way as fast as he could. After one last sudden push, Cujo went back and was just about to enter the chamber. The leader intentionally used both of his hands to get a hold of both sides of the frame door, just so he could not get into the machine. LM then lifted his legs up and jumped back up to his feet, ready to take him down before he has the chance in escaping. Cujo then jump up and place two of his feet at the rebel's stomach once again. LM roll down and got right back up again, just in time for the leader to charge in and gave him a number of punches and kicks. LM blocked them all and retaliated back with his own version of punches and kicks. As the two kept on fighting, Negative Man watched in the sidelines of the fight. Ever since the rebel told the Doom Patrol member he found the exit, he followed him and was just in time to see the fight. Though he liked watching, he didn't want to stand by and do nothing. He wanted to help. So he waited until LM needed the help. So far no help was needed as he crossed his arms and was getting impatient.
Negative Man: "Whenever you're ready, call me for help. I got all the time in the world."
He continued to wait, unaware that he heard the sound of a chainsaw coming from right behind him. Suddenly, he heard some type of cutting coming from behind and turned around to see what it is. What he saw was that the tip of a chainsaw cutting through the door and was about to succeed. Seeing something like that happening could only mean one thing. Suddenly, the door burst open and Eddie entered the cold storage room with his chainsaw completely warmed up. He looked right at Larry and smirked viciously at him.
Eddie: "I found you…"
Negative Man was completely shocked at this and rolled his eyes around to sigh.
Negative Man: "Oh here we go…"
The psychotic madman raised his chainsaw up and was ready for a battle. He then charged right towards the Doom Patrol member with a blood-curdling scream and was going to cut him right up the middle. Negative Man instinctively ducked down and rolled out of the way before he got turned into mincemeat. He quickly got up and ran away from the crazed man while Eddie lifted his chainsaw up and pursuit the bandaged up man. Meanwhile, LM was still busy fighting Cujo, not noticing Eddie trying to kill Negative Man. He gave two punches and jumped to do a spinning roundhouse kick. But the vampire blocked the two and bended down in a circle to avoid the kick. But just as he went back up, the rebel got on his feet and surprised him with a backwards-high heel kick to the chin. The leader stumbled back from the attack and shook the cobwebs out of his head. He then wiped the edge of his mouth and feel blood dripping down his chin. After examining the blood on his fingertips, he looked at LM and chuckled to himself.
Cujo: "Very impressive boy. You seem to fight better then the last time."
LM smirked at that and replied with a cocky attitude on his face.
LM: "What can I say… I learn from the best."
Cujo then got serious and knew about something.
Cujo: "Still, it wouldn't be enough. You not going to stop Merovingian and the Brotherhood for putting their plan in action. I won't let it. Now get back to the torture chamber and behave like a nice dead man."
To that end, the renegade Titan shook his head while tightening his fist.
LM: "Sorry, but I can't. You see, I got myself a get out of jail free card. Wanna see it?"
Immediately, he lifted his fist up and punches the vampire right in the face. Cujo stumbled back the moment he felt that impact as LM went on with his assault. He did two punches down to the enemy's sides as Cujo blocked both of them. The rebel then used one of his knees to jab him to the gut. As the vampire squatted down in pain, LM took this opening and used the same fist he tightened to give a swift uppercut to the forehead. Cujo was still dazed, but at the same time aware at what's been going on. Realizing what he's up against, he ran straight to the renegade and speared him right to the waist. Once the two were on the floor, the vampire was on top of the prisoner and continually punches him in the face. After three to four punches, the rebel used his strength to roll over Cujo. Now LM was on top of the enemy, giving his own punches to him. Back to Larry, he was trying to avoid the maniac's chainsaw attack and hope he doesn't get cut up. He can't fight him head on and if he uses his dark soul self, his body would be completely vulnerable to the attack. He thought it was best hiding behind all the hanged meat that's hung everywhere on the ceiling. But Eddie cuts the meat up like they were timber. Fortunately, Larry avoids the chainsaw swings when it was cutting up all of the meat. He quickly backed away from the psycho, trying to reason with him as much as he could.
Negative Man: "Hang on there buddy. Let's not get a little over our heads here for a second. I don't know how much this Frenchman is paying you. But my leader owns a powerful company. I'm pretty sure he can make it worth your wild."
Eddie smirked at that offer, but laughed at it at the same time.
Eddie: "Sorry bandaged boy, but unless it's about killing someone for money I'm not taking any temp jobs. And as far as your offer goes, I don't accept it."
To that end, the lunatic rushed towards the Doom Patrol member with his chainsaw ready for a massacre. Negative Man sidestepped out of the way before Eddie got the chance in finishing his job. Back to LM, he was still fighting Cujo and was still on top of him continuously punching him till he passes out. While he was doing that, Cujo looked for an opening that would help him get out of this predicament. Finally, he found one as he placed his foot on LM's stomach and used all of his remaining strength to lift the rebel off the ground and send him flying behind him. The rebel once again landed on the ground back first and was getting really tired to the pain he's feeling. But he still got to fight no matter what. He lifted his legs up and spinned around break dancing style and was up on his feet. At the same time, Cujo jumped back up and turned around to face the rebel. The two then charged each other and went on the attack. They kicked, punched, and blocked each other's attack until one couldn't fight at all. Cujo did a double kick up to the rebel's face but he blocked both of them while going backwards. As he did that, he spinned and did a back kick to the enemy's chest. As he stumbles back, LM used his same foot to perform a roundhouse kick to finish the battle. But just as he did that, the vampire grabbed his foot with the inside of his elbow and held on to it tightly. LM was surprised by this but wanted to finish it anyways. So he use his left hand and started to punch the guy in the face. Yet again, Cujo grabbed the punch with his other hand and tighten it tight too. Now the rebel was surprised by the guardian's reaction and was now completely defenseless at the moment. Cujo then smirk wickedly as he used up all of his strength to lift him up and threw him to the middle of the freezer. The Titan skidded on his butt, but had the chance to roll back and went back up to his feet. He was going to go another round until he felt something rubbing his back. So he turned around and was going to punch whoever's going to attack him, only to find Negative Man standing in front of him, startled too to what he felt behind him. The two stared at each other and were quite surprised to see each other again.
Negative Man: "LM?"
LM: "Larry? What are you doing?"
Negative Man: "What do you think I'm doing? Trying to survive."
LM: "Survive? From what?"
He took a peek from behind the Doom Patrol member and saw Eddie with his chainsaw poised and ready to strike. With his eyes wide in fear, he looked back and Negative Man and laughed nervously and now knew who he was surviving from.
LM: "Uh… Nevermind…"
He turned around and saw Cujo standing in front of him and could tell things got a whole lot worse.
Cujo: "Well now, this is interesting. Standing right between a rock and a hard place. How convenient… It looks like you won't be able to reach the Frenchman any time soon. Now be a good boy and kindly surrender."
LM didn't know what to do. Both he and Negative Man are in a whole lot more trouble then ever. Not only does he have to deal with Cujo, but also Eddie with his chainsaw all fired up and poised for blood. He has two choices… One, he and his friend would fight this off and get on that elevator to reach the Chateau. Or two, they would die right here and now. As far as he knows it, they are both screwed. Just as he was about to think up a plan, he heard Eddie coming from the other side.
Eddie: "Now wait just a second bud? What about me? Your boss paid me to kill these prisoners. I intend to kill them right now."
Cujo looked back at Eddie and was getting annoyed.
Cujo: "No Eddie. You were supposed to kill them at the chamber and then we'll pay you for your assignment. And by the way this looks, you failed miserably. So as far as you know it, you won't get paid any time soon."
The psycho rolled his eyes around and was peed at this and retorted back at the vampire.
Eddie: "Now hold on just a second. Your boss said that I get paid when I kill them. He didn't say anything about where to kill."
Cujo: "Well thanks to you, you let them escape your grasp and now they're here in this room getting out. The Frenchman is very disappointed in you."
Eddie: "Well you go tell the Frenchman I'm not leaving until I kill these bastards and get my pay!"
The two continued to argue like there's no tomorrow, unaware that the two prisoners were watching the whole thing unraveling right before their eyes. As the two were arguing, Negative Man asked the rebel in a whispery tone.
Negative Man: "Um… Don't the two realize they have two of us right where they want us?"
LM: "I guess sometimes egos clash once in a while. This might give us an opportunity we need."
Negative Man: "And how are we going to do that?"
LM: "Take a look to the left. Do you see the ice chamber in the middle?"
Larry turned his head to the left and saw the ice chamber LM was talking about.
Negative Man: "Yeah I see it. What's the point?"
LM: "Listen, that chamber can freeze anyone or anything who steps into it. If we get these two in there, they will be completely frozen and it will give us the chance to escape this place."
Negative Man: "And how are we going to do that?"
LM thought of this for a second and came up with a wickedly good idea.
LM: "Follow my lead…"
The two looked at the enemies still bickering about payment. Just as they were going to cool each other's heads, LM started to talk to them.
LM: "You know, Merovingian has a way in manipulating people with fame and fortune. I could imagine the many people act like a bunch of puppets on strings."
The two stopped arguing and this time was listening in on what the rebel was saying.
Cujo: "What are you talking about?"
The rebel smirked about this for a second and continued on with the conversation.
LM: "Well think about it for a second. Merovingian has all the power in the palm of his hand and yet he doesn't have enough. And be that as it may, he always need a few helping hands to help him gain that power he needs. I mean first Slade and how the Brotherhood? Can't he do this by himself? Hell, he needs your help to take over the world Cujo."
Cujo: "What do you mean by that punk? He's not controlling me!"
LM: "Oh is that true? Well be that you are always a lapdog for your master; he wouldn't give you a bone until you get the job done. And even if you finish the job, the only bone you get was the little wishbone after every chicken dinner he always have."
Negative Man listened in on what LM was trying to say and understand what he was trying to do. So he looked at Eddie and followed the rebel's plan.
Negative Man: "He's right on that occasion Eddie. Merovingian has everything he needs to take over this planet but he needs partners and associates that would make it possible. And you Eddie are an exception to his endeavor. You got assigned here to kill us for money. Hell, that's your stick right? You get paid if you kill someone. But how much is the question? A billion? A million? A thousand? You might be lucky to get chump change when you're done with us."
Both Eddie and Cujo were getting pretty annoyed with the two and were about to break. That's when LM decided to finish this.
LM: "Face the facts you two, Merovingian's only using you for his own personal objective. When he's done with you he'll kick you off the curb and forget about the two of you. As far as you know it, without him, you two would be nothing."
That's when the two finally snapped.
Cujo: "All right that's it! We had it up to here with you two! Come on Eddie, let's mop the floor with them!"
Eddie: "Yes, lets. Just let me get dibs on the one with the bandages all over him. I was wondering what's underneath all of that."
Eddie raised his chainsaw ready while Cujo positioned himself for battle. As they were getting ready to charge, LM told Negative Man the plan in a whisper.
LM: "All right, here's the plan. When I say go, we sidestep to the right for them to be together. Once that happens, we'll give them a strong enough kick to send them to the chamber."
Negative Man: "You think that would be a bit risky. I don't think you know but we're between two lunatics. And by the way things look, they are a hundred percent pissed."
LM: "Just trust me on this one. The Titans trust me."
Larry rolled his eyes around behind the bandages and sighed nervously.
Larry: "I was afraid you would say that."
Both Cujo and Eddie were now ready as they stared at their prey with greedy eyes. Soon enough, the two charged in and were going to kill them. They were just about to finish them with one blow but the one of the prisoners grabbed the other's hand and he said the order.
LM: "NOW!"
As he said that, he closed his eyes and concentrate hard. In a matter of seconds, time slowed down and Negative Man notice that Eddie moved much slower then normal. Wondering what happened, LM pulled the Doom Patrol member out of the way to safety. As they did that, time resumed and both Cujo and Eddie missed them by a few nanoseconds. They all stopped in their tracks and looked at each other for a few short seconds, completely shocked.
Eddie: "What the hell happened?"
Just then, they heard a whistle coming from the right. They turned their heads to see where the whistle came from until they saw both LM and Negative Man with their feet ready to kick.
LM: "Hello there…"
The two then raised their legs up and gave the two killers a forceful side kick to their faces, sending them flying to the ice chamber and right into it. The two then hit the wall of the chamber and slumped down completely unconscious. When that happens, the machine detected new meat to freeze and shut the door tight. A light came from inside of the room as the machine begins to freeze the occupants from within. After a few short seconds, the door opened up and cold smoke emanated out of the chamber. The two escapees weren't sure what had happened so LM took a few steps closer to witness the results. As the smoke cleared and the place was viewable, the rebel Titan saw the two turned into human icicles, completely frozen in place. Pleased by this, the Titan smirked and said an old cliché of a catchphrase.
LM: "Stay frosty…"
He then looked back at Larry and told him to go to the elevator.
LM: "That took care of the peanut gallery. Let's enter the elevator and get out of this hellhole."
But Negative Man was a little confused at what happened just a moment ago. Not only that, but what happened throughout the lower levels of the Chateau. He seen his new friend defy gravity, stop bullets with the palm of his hand, and slow down time. He wondered how he did that, cause he never saw someone doing nothing like that at all. But before he could ask him that question, LM got a little impatient and told him again to get in.
LM: "Well, what are you waiting for? An invitation? Let's go before Merv gets away."
Larry shook his head a little and decided to wait until the time is right.
Negative Man: "Right."
The two then went to the elevator as LM pushed the button. Once the doors opened, the two entered and the rebel pressed the only floor that goes up, the kitchen. The doors closed and the elevator moved up to reach its destination. What they didn't notice was that a hidden security camera was watching the whole thing.
In a dark room deep within the Chateau, a cloaked figure watched the battle that took place and wasn't pleased at what happened. He even had his cell phone with him and told his boss the situation.
Vlad: "Yes sir, both the prisoners have escaped the lower levels of the Chateau and are heading up. Apparently both Cujo and Eddie failed to stop them and they might be heading to your office even as we speak."
Merovingian: "Merde! LM is tougher then I thought. Vlad, I want you to prevent him and his new friend to reaching my office. I don't want them ruining my plan."
Vlad: "Understood sir. I'll send my men to the kitchen area to make sure that those two won't make it out of the elevator in time."
Vlad hung up the phone and walked away from the screen, alerting his men on the situation they're in now.
And that finishes the long awaited chapter. Damn, this took longer then I thought. And as always, be that I am the nice guy that I am; here are the translations of Merovingian's French lesson.
Merde! – Damn it!
Ainsi, avons-nous une entente? - Thus, we have an agreement?
ami – friend
Excusez-moi ... – Excuse me…
Bonjour? – Hello?
Comment? – How?
Très bon. – Very good.
Now I just hope that the next chapter is both shorter and quicker then this one. Speaking of which, on the next chapter I'm doing a side story of the Titans and Doom Patrol while LM and Negative Man were trying to escape. You just got to wait and see what would happen. Please Review.