Sorry about the long wait guys, but I've been writing this chapter and found that I did it too long. So I have to split it up to make it short. I'm not like this Post guy that makes his chapters so long that it waste so much hours. But rest assure, you'll get a chance to see the rest of this when I update this chapter very soon. Anyways, I got two reviews from both Herr Mangum44 and Rahkshi500 and the hits counter is now up to almost 540 hits. But just to let you guys know on one thing, one of the weapons in the Doom series is not the BFG 90 or 9k. IT'S THE BFG 9000! Get it together for once. Time to move on to chapter fourteen of Doomed Titans. The Titans and Alex were able to get out of the hands of the Vagary but with Starfire's condition getting worse, someone has to stay and take care of her until she feels better. Meantime, someone else must venture into the Warehouse District and find some power cells to power up a portable generator and activate the lift that can take them to Communication Transfer. Who will it be?

Chapter Notes

The Grabber and the Portable Power Plant that were on Doom 3, Resurrection of Evil, will make their appearance on this chapter. Of course, the Grabber will be here for a short time, you'll get to see its full potential in the coming chapters.

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Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans or Doom 3.

Chapter Fourteen: Splitting Up

Communications Transfer, Docking Zone: November 15, 2145, 4:55 P.M.

Inside the docking zone of Communications Transfer, the place was dark and quiet. All the loading and unloading docks were completely empty, the lift access that goes all the way up to the warehousing district was empty and the lift itself was up on the top floor, and the lights around the area were dim and dreary. Just then, the door leading to maintenance opened up and a team of five marines entered the docks and was scanning the area. Two marines were carrying two MG-88 Enforcer Machine Guns, one was holding a Mach-2 Chain Gun, and another had a Series 3 Plasma Rifle. But one marine was carrying not a weapon, but a useful tool. It almost looks like a plasma rifle, but the colors are orange and metallic gray and had a screen on top the states "scanning". It is known as the Ionized Plasma Levitator, but to the folks of the UAC, they call it The Grabber. Once they all entered, the team leader scanned the place, looking for anything out of the ordinary.

Marine Leader: "Area's secure. Hold position here while I contact Sarge."

Marine Soldier 12: "Yes sir."

While the leader tries to find the frequency, a marine carrying a plasma rifle was looking at the marine holding the Grabber.

Marine Soldier 13: "I can't believe you're carrying a piece of crap like that. You should've got your hands on a plasma rifle or something."

Marine Soldier 14: "I know that. But when I saw those creature launching fireballs at us I think this should come in handy."

The Marine carrying the chain gun walked to the two and joined in on the conversation.

Marine Soldier 15: "C'mon man, that thing is used for carrying hazardous materials. What good can it do?"

Marine Soldier 14: "You'll find out once I get a shot at it, as long as you guys stop taking my kills."

Marine Soldier 13: "A marine like you taking on monsters with something as useless as that? I don't think so."

Marine Soldier 15: "Yeah man, there's no chance of fighting them with the Grabber. But don't worry, when we need someone to move crates out of our way, we will use your help."

The two of them chuckled at their teammate, but the leader looked at the two and hushed them.

Marine Leader: "Will you two shut up! The moment you keep yapping your mouths you're going to give out our position! Now quiet and let me talk to Kelly!"

Marine Soldiers 13 and 15: "Yes sir…"

The leader placed his right hand to the side of his helmet and was getting a frequency. What the team doesn't know was that there were some beings climbing around shadow areas on the walls and ceiling.

Marine Leader: "This is Lieutenant Daniels of Omega Team calling Sergeant Kelly. Come in Kelly, do you read me."

There was nothing but static on his comm. for a few seconds and then-

Sergeant Kelly: "This is Sergeant Kelly reading you loud and clear Lieutenant. Go ahead, where are you now?"

Lieutenant Daniels: "We have left the maintenance shaft and entered the docking zone of Communications Transfer. There's a jeep waiting for us at the Service Tunnels. We're heading down there right now to-"

Sergeant Kelly: "Negative Daniels, I want you and your team to stay where you are."

Lieutenant Daniels: "What?"

Sergeant Kelly: "I have a Marine in E-Pro that's looking for a transmission card that Bravo Team had before their demise. Once he gets the card, he will head to Communications Transfer to reach the Communication Facility. I want you and your team to hold your position until he arrives."

Lieutenant Daniels: "But sir, I-"

Sergeant Kelly: "That's an order marine!"

Lieutenant Daniels: sigh "Yes sir."

Sergeant Kelly: "Excellent. Just stay where you are until the marine gets there."

Lieutenant Daniels: "Understood."

Sergeant Kelly: "I'll contact you when the marine gets near. Sergeant Kelly, out."

The comm. went to static again after the order as Daniel looked at his team to give him the hard news. His team was little concerned about what they were talking about.

Marine Soldier 15: "Well, what did the sergeant said sir?"

Lieutenant Daniels: "We must remain here until a marine gets here with the transmission card."

Marine Soldier 14: "What? Are you kidding us? We can't stay here for too long!"

Marine Soldier 12: "He has a point sir. We don't know what we're up against here."

Marine Soldier 13: "Yeah, not to mention that these creatures can surprise us in many ways then one."

Marine Soldier 15: "I agree with them. We should screw this and get to the jeep as fast as we can. That marine is as good as dead from what I know."

They argued for a minute about this plan but Daniels started to shut them all up.

Lieutenant Daniels: "ENOUGH! Now I don't like this idea as much as you guys. But this is Sarge's order and I don't want to overthrow a direct order. If he said we stay here, we stay here. Don't worry, we'll be all right as long as we don't get attacked."

Suddenly, there was a loud clank as barrels on the dock were toppled and rolled in different direction. The team turned to look at the fallen barrels, thinking there was something there.

Marine Soldier 14: "What the fuck was that?"

Lieutenant Daniels: "Don't know. But let's not wait to find out. Jack, get down there and check it out."

Jack, the marine holding the machine gun, looked at the leader, turned his head back at the barrels, and gulped. He slowly walked up the steps to the dock and pointed his gun at the area. He skimmed the place left to right looking for a creature, but found nothing but barrels and crates. He looked back at the team and leader.

Lieutenant Daniels: "Well… Spotted anything?"

Jack: "No sir, nothing. It was probably just a mouse."

Without warning, an Imp's hand came out of the shadow ceiling, grabbed Jack's head, and lifted him up in the shadows with incredible strength. Jack screamed with mercy and dropped the machine gun as the rest of the team freaked out as what they saw.

Lieutenant Daniels: "OPEN FIRE!"

Daniels and his team opened fire at the shadow area where the imp with bullets and plasma blasts. The dead body of Jack dropped dead on the floor the same time the creature fell on top of it, disintegrating into dust. Two more Imps teleported on the docking section and two Maggots got out through the ducts and scampered down on the floor. The team was ready to fight but two more Imps fell right through the opened tiles on the ceiling. The Marine with the Chain Gun turned around and opened fire on the two beings, splitting them in two. A Maggot then teleported in front of the Marine as he continued firing at it.

Marine Soldier 15: "God damn it! They're everywhere!"

Lieutenant Daniels: "Just keep firing and hold your positions! We must protect this area by any means necessary!"

Daniels then headed to the machinegun Jack dropped while firing on any monster that get in his way. He quickly picked it up and used both dueling machine guns for extra firepower. But no matter how hard they try, more of these creatures just keep coming and their ammo slowly started to run empty. Just then, an unknown creature was scampering in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to attack. The Marine firing the plasma rifle continued blasting and reloading as fast as he could when he heard the sound of both lightning and roaring. When he turned around, he was slashed in the chest by a being with razor sharp claw arms. The Marine fell to the ground and started coughing up blood, bringing attention to the Marine holding the Grabber.

Marine Soldier 14: "MAN DOWN! MAN DOWN!"

The Marine came to him and gave him some medical assistance while the last two were busy trying to stops the creatures with little ammo they have left. But back up at the warehousing district is where our story is taking place.

UAC Warehousing District, Security Checkpoint: November 15, 2145, 4:58 P.M.

At the entryway of the Warehousing District, the place was disserted but the lights and security monitors were still on. All of a sudden, the airlock door that goes to Storage Sector 2 opens upwards as a team was inside the transfer bay. Alex was the first to walk out, holding his machine gun and skimming the area for any signs of contacts. He pointed the gun to the right and saw another airlock leading to Storage Sector 1, but the door was bended slightly, sparks coming out of it, and the monitor was static in a red glow. He pointed his gun to the left and saw a wide lift that goes straight down to Communications Transfer and a hallway that leads to the district itself. He pointed his gun to straight and noticed a security station that had a terminal on the back wall, a metal self full of boxes and a weapons rack that had only three clips and a case of shells on the right, and a health station attached to the left wall. Alex lowered his machine gun and looked at the team.

Alex: "Clear."

He gestured forward with his hand to let them come in. The Teen Titans then entered the security checkpoint with Cyborg carrying Starfire in his arms. Once they entered the security office, Beast Boy took a long metal cart that had two boxes on it from the hallway and bring it into the security office.

Beast Boy: "Here. Something to let Starfire sleep in."

Cyborg laid Starfire on the boxes and let her sleep peacefully. Robin then approached the Tamaranean and talked to her in a calm voice.

Robin: "Starfire, are you all right?"

Star opened her right eye slowly and looked directly at Robin, coughing a bit.

Starfire: "R- Robin… I do- don't f- feel too go- good…"

Robin: "It's O.K. Star. You're going to be fine. Just get some sleep and you'll feel better. Don't worry; I will always be right here for you."

Starfire smiled and then went back to sleep, but Robin could tell that her condition is getting worse. He then turned his direction to Cyborg, who was scanning the girl's body with the computer consol attached to his arm.

Robin: "Well Cyborg, did you find anything wrong with her?"

After a few seconds of scanning, Cyborg shook his head when the results came.

Cyborg: "Alex was right and it's worse then I thought. The venom from spiders and those Ticks and Trites we saw earlier works in different ways. To a human it's meant to paralyze, but to a Tamaranean…"

The hybrid was silent for a moment, leaving the team in suspense.

Beast Boy: "Well Cy, tell us. What is it?"

Cyborg looks at the team and decided to let them know.

Cyborg: "To a Tamaranean, it's… it's poison. I did a total diagnosis on her and found out that the venom is slowly coursing throughout her body. If it continues to spread through her veins, she's going to grow sicker, weaker, colder, until she…"

Cyborg stopped there not wanting to say the word, but the team knows what he meant. Robin slowly approached the hybrid hoping to know what to do.

Robin: "How long till she has?"

Cyborg: "Hard to tell. Judging by her condition and the fact that we didn't rescue her sooner, I say an hour or so."

Robin: "Can you do anything to help her?"

Cyborg: "Sorry Robin, I can't. No matter how hard I try, it won't be enough to fully cure Star."

The Boy Wonder then looked at Raven to see if she can do something.

Robin: "Raven, can your healing powers prevent the venom from spreading."

Raven: "I don't think it doesn't work that way Robin. My powers only work with opened wounds and broken bones, it won't work on poisonous material in someone veins."

With no other choice left, Robin turned to Alex and slowly walked to him.

Robin: "Alex, you know about the UAC more then any of us. Is there someway that can save Starfire's life? Some medication, a piece of machinery, anything?"

Alex looked around the security office and spotted the health station not far from him.

Alex: "There's only one thing to do. It's a long shot, but we have no other choice. Quickly, get Starfire to the left wall, close to the health station!"

With that said, Cyborg and Beast Boy pushed the cart with Starfire on it to where Alex told them to put her. Alex then removed a stainless steel wrist cufflink with a metal cable attached between it and the health station itself and hook it up on Starfire's wrist. Once he was done with that, he went to the screen and set up the features needed for poisonous, hazardous materials. While Alex was putting everything together, Robin was questionly wondering about what he's up to.

Robin: "Are you sure you know what you're doing?"

Alex: "Positively Rob. These health stations aren't just for show you know. They are used for immediate medical attention incase the med labs are either full or far away from any location. Inside the metal cable are tiny wires that show her pulse range and vital signs and thin tubes that inject with antidotes, morphine, anesthetics, additional blood, ext. I tell ya, whether you are human and an alien from a different world, these stations can really make them feel better. I think…"

Alex then pushed the button on the panel screen that said, "Start Transfusion", and then the screen changed into a vital monitor that has a slow but steady beat and the number, "54", on top of the vitals as the amount of health the Tamaranean has left.

Robin: "So how long will this take to make Star healthy and back on her feet again?"

Alex looked at the Titans and answer Robin's question.

Alex: "Well Cyborg did say that it will take an hour or so for the venom to take full effect on Star's bloodstream, so I'm guessing it will take thirty to forty-five minutes for all of the venom to be removed from her system and fill her body up with some antidotes and what not."

Robin: "Let's hope you're right about this Alex. Cause if she dies-"

Alex: "Hey! At least be glad that she's in mid health capacity. If we haven't found her so soon, her condition would've been a whole lot worse."

Robin: "Hmm… Good point."

Soon as that problem was over, Alex and the others left the security office while Robin remained there sitting next to Starfire's side. Alex then took out his PDA and checked the digital map, looking at the lift to his right, then back to the map.

Alex: "According to my PDA, the only way to get to Communications Transfer is by taking this lift down to the docking zone."

He put his PDA away and walked to the lift that could take them down there. But when he got there, he saw the panel screen with red letters that says, "Low Power. Elevator Service Suspended."

Alex: "And unfortunate for us, this lift is temporary out of order."

Beast Boy: "Well that's just perfect! The only way out of here is out of service for who knows how long."

Raven sighed knowing this would take a while when she spotted something next to the entrance lift and walked down there while the boys try to figure out how to get the lift working again.

Alex: "So this is where we're at now. We have a lift that doesn't work and there's no other way getting to Communications Transfer. To make a long story short, we're completely screwed."

Beast Boy: "Can you at least fix it up yourself like what you did with the terminal at the Military Complex?"

Alex: "I don't think I can do something like that. It's going to take a miracle to fix this."

Cyborg: "Then let me handle this. I told you once that I can help and I'm going to prove it to you."

Alex: "How long do you think you can get this up and running?"

Cyborg: "Well since this tech is a little advance then I normally work with, it's going to take me two hours to get it to work."

Alex: "Two hours! We have to get to Communications now before those creeps find out about it and destroy the place. Now we really need a miracle to fix this thing."

Raven: "I don't think we need a miracle to fix this. I found something that could be responsible for the elevator's shutdown."

The boys looked to where Raven was and saw her looking at a strange piece of machinery connected to what appear to be a lift's generator. They approached Raven and saw a red cylinder like structure with a screen in the front that said, "Power Cell Generator" showing two empty lines with the words, "Generator Offline", above it. Below the screen is an open compartment that's suppose to have something inside. After examining the machine, Alex suddenly knows what it is.

Alex: "Huh… Figures… Looks like we're missing a few power cells."

Beast Boy glanced at Alex, confused at what he's saying.

Beast Boy: "Power cells? Al, what are you talking about?"

Alex then looked at Beast Boy a little startled.

Alex: "You mean you don't know what it is?"

Beast Boy shook his head as Alex looked back at the device.

Alex: "This is the AM3 Series Portable Power Plant. It is used for military and commercial applications. Since the blackouts started months ago, these babies are used to power up as backup lighting to rooms that are still dark as night. I'm guessing this lift's generator overheated and made an immediate shutdown until it restarts itself. They must be using this PPP to power up this lift until the main power is back online."

Cyborg: "So all we need to do is to get these power cells and we'll get this lift working again. Where are they anyways?"

Alex: "That's the problem. You see, since we have so many Portable Power Plants we never have enough power cells for all of them. So people have to move the cells in different areas of the facility to make the PPPs work. Also you have to count on the size of the generators. For instance, a standard PPP can hold up to 750 megawatts of power that will last up for fifty years. A portable generator like this one here can hold up to 1.5 gigawattz for more advance and upgraded technology like this lift generator. Sometimes, UAC personnel separates the power cells and moves them to the standard PPP and whenever they need the lift operational, they move the cells back to this one."

Beast Boy: "You mean to tell us that the power cells we're looking for that can power up this lift is somewhere in this area and separate from each other?"

Alex: "Looks that way Beast Boy. And if that's true then we have to find them and get them back here if we can ever get out of the Warehousing District."

Cyborg: "So that means only one thing. Looks like we're going on a scavenger hunt."

Alex: "Looks that way Cy. So what are we waiting for? Let's go find some power cells."

Both Cyborg and Beast Boy nodded as the men walked directly towards the entrance to the warehouse district. But before they could reach the entry door, Raven stop them in their tracks by phasing in through the floor in front of them, startling them at first.

Raven: "Aren't you forgetting something?"

The boys just looked at each other and stared back at Raven with question marks on top of their heads.

Raven: "What about Starfire? She's too weak to fight or to get up herself. If we leave her unprotected, the creatures here will find her and probably eat her up."

Alex: "Hmm… Good point there Raven. Looks like someone has to watch over her until she gets better. Any participants?"

They all looked at each other and then turned their heads to Beast Boy's face. The changeling looked at Raven, Cyborg, and Alex and pointed a finger at himself.

Beast Boy: "Me?"

Alex: "Well you are the only one on this team that can use close combat fighting. Not to mention that you can change into any fierce animal that ever existed. So…"

Beast Boy: "Uh-uh. No way! I'm a hero, not a babysitter. I'm not taking care of Starfire alone in this crazy place. So you can forget it!"

Robin: "You don't have to worry about that Beast Boy. I'm staying too."

The team looked behind and saw Robin listening in on everything they said and they were completely surprised at the news.

Cyborg: "But Robin I thought that-"

Robin: "Starfire is my responsibility too. She's more important to me then anyone of you guys. If I haven't protected Star when those spiders attacked us, then we wouldn't in this mess in the first place. Beast Boy and I will stay with Starfire until she's gets better."

Raven: "And what about us? We need a leader to guide us through this chaos."

Robin: "You already have a leader for this situation. And that's Alex. He knows his way around the UAC better then any of us. He's going to be in charge while I stay here."

Alex: "That sounds like a plan to me."

Beast Boy: "Yeah yeah, it's a great idea. But there's one more problem to solve."

The team looked at Beast Boy wondering what he's going to say. The changeling then turned his attention to Alex, Raven, and Cyborg.

Beast Boy: "With you three away, that leaves me and Robin alone in this place. And if those creeps find out we're here, it's going to be an all you can eat frenzy. Now I know that we can fight them off with my shape shifting powers and Robin's gadgets, but there's no telling how many of them will come through this door."

Alex thought about what Beast Boy said and then and light bulb popped out of his head.

Alex: "I have an idea."

Alex quickly rushed back to the security office where Starfire was still sleeping and healing. The Titans quickly head back to the office and looked at their guarding franticly typing at the computer terminal while standing up. Though two of the screens were static in a color of both white and red, the rest of the screens were working. One of the screens was a security monitor looking through each section of the warehouse. The other was a general access monitor where you can gain admittance to just about anything in the area. After typing in a few key sequences, he guided of cursor of the mouse to the mini menu that's marked, "Second Level Access". He clicked on it and scanned entries to find the one he's looking for. Finally he found a marker that says, "Security Turrent Gun", and clicked on that. Once he saw a red button with the words, "Weapons Turrnet Inactive", He clicked on it and the button turned green and an announcement was heard through the speakers.

Attention, Security Turrent Gun is online.

Robin: "Turrent gun?"

Alex turned his head directly to the team and explains to them what was going on.

Alex: "Turrnet guns are the only defensive move for restricted areas incase an intruder get in and tries to steal some heavily sensitive equipment. Each gun has a built in friend or foe tech installed. That means that both me, Raven, and Cyborg would go in and out unharmed while zombies, Imps, and Maggots would pose as a potential threat. Consider it your first and final line of defense against these creeps."

The Titans look at each other about this, but for Robin, he kept looking Starfire sleeping peacefully on top of the cardboard boxes. Star got hurt the last time and he didn't want it to happen again. Confident, he looked at Alex and smiled.

Robin: "Looks like we got nothing else to loose."

Alex smiled back at the leader as Robin turned to see his friends and gives them attention.

Robin: "O.K. Titans, here's the plan. Since we have no power cells to operate the lift generator, there's no other way we can get to Transfer. So our only option is to search for the cells so we can get down there. Cyborg and Raven, you'll be with Alex to help out with the search. He'll also be in charge since he knows his way around the installation. Beast Boy and I will remain here and take care of Starfire until she feels better. If there's problem here, we'll try to contact you some way."

Alex: "Not a problem Rob, there's a button on the terminal that gives announcements throughout the warehouse. There's also a security monitor there too if you guys want to keep track of us. Almost the entire area is littered with security cameras; most of them are still operational. Just incase things get a little hairy and we need some reinforcements."

Robin turned back to Alex and grinned.

Robin: "I like the sound of that."

Alex: "Good. Now what are we waiting for? The sooner we get some power cells, the sooner we get to Communications. Let's go!"

Robin: "Just let us say our good-byes first."

Alex: "Fine by me, I'll wait for you guys at the exit."

Alex then walked to the weapons rack, grabbed some clips and shells, and left the security office and headed to the entrance the warehouse. Once he left, Robin and Beast Boy say their farewells to Cyborg and Raven.

Robin: "Good luck guys. Be careful out there."

Raven: "Don't worry about us Robin; we can handle ourselves. You have to make sure that Starfire doesn't get killed while she's resting."

Robin: "I'll make sure she'll be safe."

Beast Boy: "Go get em' Cy. Teach these weirdoes it's not nice to mess with the Titans. And make sure you give them a shot for me."

Cyborg: "Can do my little grass stain. I'll make sure that they'll be sorry they try to fight us."

Soon enough, the team gave each other some hugs and then after that both Raven and Cyborg left their teammates and exit the office. They then headed to the entrance to the district where they saw Alex waiting at the doorway with the double barrel shotgun in his hand. The two Titans nodded as Alex nodded back as they walk to the doorway together and two doors opened sideways, leading them to the hallway. They scanned the area to make sure that its clear then Alex looked up at the sentry gun that was pointing at them but didn't fire at all. Alex smiled and talks to himself in a soft voice.

Alex: "Friend or Foe Technology, you gotta love it."

Alex and the two Titans continued walking down the hallway and started their search. But what they didn't know was that a security camera was watching them from afar, not laying a lens cap away from them.

Delta Labs Level 5, Betruger's Office: November 15, 2145, 5:04 P.M.

Inside his office, Dr. Betruger watched live camera feed of the two Titans and Alex walking down the corridor looking for some power cells on his computer. He peered his eyes to another pop up window showing Robin sitting next to Starfire's side and Beast Boy looking at the security monitor.

Dr. Betruger: "So these Titans defeated the Vagary with the help of Thomas's son, how interesting. But that was just beginners luck. It doesn't matter now; they split up so they can continue to Communications. A foolish decision. Oh just wait and see what surprises I have in store for you.

He chuckled to himself as he sit back and watch the show from the comfort of his own office.

Well, that's chapter fourteen. I know there's no action on this one, but don't worry, next chapter going to have some and real soon since I'm almost finish with it. And for those who have no idea, PPP is short for Portable Power Plant. Have to make it short because the name itself is too long. On the next chapter, with Alex, Cyborg, and Raven searching for power cells, they then discover some mysteries about Mars history. What could it mean? Well you have to wait for the next chapter to come out. Please Review.