So far, I got two reviews. That's a good sign of things to come. Here's chapter two of the Tower of Terror. It's the first night at the Tower for the Titans and things are starting to get a little haunting. A mysterious girl humming a tune, strange electrical surges, spooky ghosts, and living deadly furniture. Looks like there's more to the hotel then meets the eye.
P.S. This goes out to birdygirl12. If you want to know about the seventh member of the Titans, LM, you could check out his bio in my personal profile. If you want to know more, read my story, "Teen Matrix".
D:TT/TOT/HM/SH
Chapter 2: First Night of Terror
Outside The Hollywood Tower Hotel
A storm outside grew fierce as the lighting kept on flashing throughout the sky.
Seventh Floor Hallway
The halls all over the floor were quiet except the loud thunder. Then unknowing to the team, a voice of a little girl was echoing in the halls, singing a song.
Raining, pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed, bunked his head
Couldn't get up in the morning
Robin's and Starfire's room
Robin and Starfire were sleeping on a king-sized bed. Robin was sleeping uncomfortably due to his endless nightmares, and Starfire was sleeping peacefully, with her feet on the pillow and her head on the end of the bed. Just then, the room door that enters the hallway was glowing in a bright light as the girl's singing voice was echoing through the door. Starfire started to stir as her eyes slowly opened at the glowing door. The light suddenly vanished as Starfire slowly got up with some confusion on her face.
Starfire: Wha- What?
She then heard the singing voice of the girl. Starfire crawled to Robin's side and tried to wake him up.
Starfire: Robin, Robin please wake up. Get up from our state of slumber Robin, something weird is at the other side of the door.
But it was no use; Robin was still in his own nightmare as he was talking in his sleep.
Robin: I'll get you Slade, I'll get you if it's the last thing I do.
Since Robin couldn't get up, Starfire had no other choice. She has to go on her own.
Seventh Floor Hallway
The door numbered 709 slowly opened as Starfire exited the room. She looked around the halls to know where's the voice is coming from.
Starfire: Hello, hello. Is someone there?
She decided to wake the others in their rooms, when she heard someone laughing behind her. She turned around and saw a small little girl around seven with blond goldylock hair and a pretty looking sundress. Starfire sighed in relief for she thought it was something else.
Starfire: Hey little girl. What are you doing up so late? Are you lost? Shall I assist you in searching for your family?
The girl simply smiled at Starfire then happily skipped away from her.
Starfire: Little girl, where are you going?
Starfire floated up and went after the girl, unaware about what's going to happen next.
Cyborg's and LM's room
Cyborg was lying on his bed, stiff as a board as the charger next to him was charging his batteries. LM was sitting at the desk installing a flashlight on his Entry Shotgun and listened to Saliva on his MP3 Player. He looked at his watch that reads 2:17 and continued working. The small light on the desk started to flicker since the lightning's interfering with the electrical systems of the Tower.
LM: (whispering) Oh please don't turn this into a blackout.
LM continued to work on his shotgun without him knowing what's going on at Cyborg's side. The charger that's powering up Cyborg is connected to a real old plugging system. Sparks soon started to fly out of the plugging system, then little lightning zappers came out of the plugs and spread through the cord. It then hit the charger, causing it to short-circuit trough another cord and into Cyborg. Cyborg jolted up, screaming in pain. LM heard the scream and looked at Cyborg with his body covered with electrical sparks.
LM: HOLY SHIT!
LM hurried to Cyborg's bed and tried to take out the cord that's connected to the center of his chest. But when LM touched it, he immediately let it go cause the cord was hot. He then held his hand out, and a cleaning rag flew off the desk and into his hand. LM used his rag as a glove, grabbed the cord, and pulled it out as hard as he can. When he finally took out the cord, Cyborg was sitting on the bed panting heavily and hardly sweating. LM felt a little shaky, cause when he tried to take the cord out of Cyborg's body bits of electricity went through his body. He sat on his bed and shook off what's left of the surges.
LM: Hey Cy, you're cool man?
Cyborg looked at his mini computer on his arm and check to see if there were any viruses in his systems.
Cyborg: Diagnostics says I'm O.K.
They both stood up off their beds and looked at the charger that's still sorting out.
Cyborg: I knew that old piece of junk would kill me. Look at my charger dog, it looks like it's having a segure or something.
LM: Actually Cyborg, It must've been the thunderstorm that caused your charger to short-circuit. It happens to a lot of people when storms starts to cause disruptions like-
Suddenly, a quick lightning bolt got out of the charger, went between the two Titans and hit on the lamp between the two beds.
LM and Cyborg: Whoa!
They stared at the electrified filled lamp in amazement until the lightning bolt got out of the lamp and hit LM's MP3 Player. LM slowly approached his Player to see if it's all right. What he noticed was a strange message on the screen. It reads, "Evil Tower U R Doomed."
LM: What the...
LM kept staring at the screen until lightning bolt jumped out of the MP3 Player and into the small lamp attached to the desk. LM got surprised as he fell backward and landed on his ass. The lightning bolt then zapped to the metal doorknob. It got electrocuted for the moment and then disappeared in an instant. Cyborg lifted LM off the ground.
Cyborg: O.K. What the hell was that?
LM: I don't know, but whatever it is, we have to follow it.
LM went to the deck, put on his trench coat, and grabbed his shotgun.
Cyborg: You got to be kidding me.
LM: It makes me feel comfortable. Now let's go!
Seventh Floor Hallway
Room door numbered 712 opened as LM with his shotgun and Cyborg entered the hallway.
Cyborg: Maybe we should wake the others, see if they saw anything weird.
LM: Nah, let them sleep. Sides, it's just small little lightning bolt, nothing that serious. Now lets see where sparky is at.
Cyborg: I think I found it.
LM looked at what Cyborg saw. There were electrical blue surges surrounding a hallway lamppost. It then jumped out of the lamp and into another one.
LM: After it!
The two Titans went after the little lightning bolt that went from one lamppost to another. They turned from corner to corner not losing their eyes on the blue bolt. When they went to the final turn they stopped and saw a wide hall that had two elevators on each wall. At the center, there was a huge pillar with two lamppost attached on both ends. The blue static surge was on one of the post but it quickly got out of it and on the metal elevator door then disappeared. They then approached the elevator as LM pushed the down button.
Cyborg: Hey LM, how are we going to find out where that little spark's going?
LM: You'll see.
LM took a pair of glasses that belonged to his teacher and savior of Zion, Neo and put it on his face. He then looked at the elevator door and, through his eyes, saw the Matrix code on the doors. LM looked through the doors and saw the shaft of the elevator. He looked up and saw the elevator descending to the floor, but when he looked down, he saw a disruption on one of the cables. LM took a closer look and saw the lightning rocketing down the cable to the bottom floor. It then jumped out of the cable and hit a metal elevator door, making a big time interference on the code. When it disappeared LM looked through those doors and, in normal view, saw that the door had a big B at the bottom. A quick blind light appeared, disappeared, and brought back to the seventh floor where Cyborg and LM were. LM had a small smirk on his face.
LM: Got you now you little speck. (turning to Cyborg) We're going to the bottom floor, basement level.
Cyborg: Say what?
LM: Just trust me.
The arrow made it to the seventh floor as elevator made a ding sound. The doors opened and the two Titans entered the shaft. LM pushed the button marked B and the doors closes, descending them to the basement. Meanwhile, Starfire followed the girl around the hallways, hoping to catch her before she gets into any trouble.
Starfire: Little girl, please wait up. Let me assist you in finding your parents.
But the little girl didn't listen; she was skipping down the hall singing her song. The girl then made a turn at the corner. Starfire quickly followed but when she made the same turn, she didn't see the girl. The only thing she saw was a hallway with room doors and another service elevator at the end.
Starfire: Huh... Maybe the girl found her parents.
Starfire turned around and was going to head back to her room, until she heard a ding from behind. She immediately turned back around and saw the doors of the service elevator slowly opened. Curious, Starfire moved closer to the elevator and landed back on the ground. She stepped into the shaft and looked around. Unknowing to Starfire, the doors slowly closed on her. She made an abrupt jump when she heard the doors made a loud shutting noise. Starfire went to the elevator controls and pushed the button that opens the doors, but it didn't respond. All of a sudden, the shaft slowly moved downward as the lights in the shaft started to flicker. Not knowing what's going on, Starfire was growing a little scared as she watched the number arrow moved backwards.
Basement Level
It was dark and quiet inside the basement. The only thing that was there are the four elevator doors and a huge pillar at the center. The silence then got interrupted by a ding as one of the elevator doors opened. Out came LM pointing his shotgun in one side and Cyborg pointing his Sonic Cannon at the other side.
Cyborg: I don't know man, we're not supposed to be here. We're just guests, not workers.
LM: Yes, I know that. It's just that I want to catch that little electric fuzz.
Cyborg: Yeah, but are you sure that you want to follow it? I mean it's just a small piece of electricity.
LM: Not if that small piece of electricity almost killed you and gave me a bizarre message on my MP3 Player. And if we don't do something about it, it will hurt the rest of the Titans. Let's split up and search the place, I'll take the left area, you'll take the right.
Cyborg: Well, good luck LM.
LM: Thanks, same to you.
Cyborg activated his mini flashlight on his shoulder and went one direction while LM took the other direction, hoping to find their unknown bolt.
Boiler Room
The arrow on the number indicator above the elevator doors slowly approached to the letter B and then made a ding sound. The doors slowly opened and Starfire walked out of the elevator carefully. She then looked around the area that looked like an old boiler room. She walked on the catwalk and saw many things that were strange to her. There was an old furnace that looked like a person's face, a work table filled with tools, gears, old pictures of a family, and an antique radio, and a bunch of pipes that looked rusted and leaking out bits of steam.
Starfire: This place is creepier then the insides of a Yudorusha cave. What is this place?
She then heard a faint laughter echoing around the boiling room. She turned her head left and right to find out where the laughter's coming from. Starfire made one final look and saw goldylock girl again at the other end of the catwalk.
Starfire: Little girl, what are you doing here? This place is not safe for a girl your age.
The girl quickly smiled, turned around, and skipped away from Starfire and into a dark hallway.
Starfire: Not again. Don't leave young one.
Starfire floated up followed the girl yet again.
Basement Hallway
LM walked down a long spooky hallway with his shotgun in hand. He carefully searched the area to find the small spark. He then approached a door labeled Electricity Room.
LM: Hmm... I wonder if the piece of electric fuzz is having a small snack.
LM opened the door slowly and scanned the area. The room was filled with huge electrical generator surrounded by walls of steel fences. On the walls were fuse boxes filled with levers, dials, and number meters. One of the boxes is surrounded by blue electrical surges. LM approached it and pointed the shotgun at it.
LM: Kitchen's closed...
Suddenly, the blue bolt jumped out of the fuse box and flew at LM's face. LM quickly ducked as the bolt exited the room.
LM: Son of a bitch!
LM exited the room and searched the hallway when he spotted the electrical fuzz on one of the ceiling lights. He pointed his shotgun at the ceiling light and fired at it. But the electrical fuzz jumps out of the light seconds before the shotgun shell hit the ceiling; letting sparks float to the ground. The bolt then hit a long electrical cord line enclosed by a metal casing on the ceiling and zipped through the line. LM took action and went after the small lightning bolt. The bolt went to a fork in the road and turned left; LM simply made a left turn and continued chasing it. The bolt in the cord just disappeared into the end of the wall that had two well designed doors and an exit sign above them.
LM: Oh no you don't!
LM quickly picked up speed, strength, and focus and went towards the doors. He immediately jumped up and kicked the doors with brute force. He landed feet first on the floor and looked up. But instead of finding the blue fizzle, he saw what looked like the lower level of the lobby.
LM: Dammit!
Another Basement Hallway
Starfire hovered around the hallways searching for the little girl. The halls were dimly lit that it's so hard for her to see.
Starfire: Oh where could that girl be? It's so hard to see in this place.
Just then, a white light came out of nowhere and blinded Starfire for the moment. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that the light was coming from two folded doors. The light suddenly faded and disappeared. Starfire approached the door and looked at it. Something was written on the doors and it reads, "Storage Room, Employees Only". Starfire knew that that area is restricted, but she got a good feeling that the girl could be in there. She slowly pushed the doors and entered in.
Lower Level Lobby
LM observed the lower level of the lobby. To his right side was a painted mural of the Tower on the wall. Next to the mural was an outside bar called The Fountain Room. At the far right corner, were two different areas sitting close next to each other. One is a small gift shop and next to it is some type of restaurant called The Sunset Room. Behind LM was two elevators doors the lead to the lobby and they too had out of order signs near the entrances. After taking one final look at the area, LM decided to leave. But when he turned back to the door he first went through, blue static electricity surrounded the chandelier on the ceiling. It then jumped out of the chandelier and slipped between the two doors that lead to the Sunset Room. LM went to the doors to open them when he saw a huge lock and chain surrounding the handles. LM took out his P229 pistol out of his trench coat and pointed it at the lock. He fired his pistol as the lock broke free and the chain flew freely down to the ground. LM put his pistol away and slowly opened the door carefully.
Storage Room
The doors opened as Starfire came in. The whole room was too dark to for any one to see, so Starfire turned on her star bolt, illuminating the entire room. What she saw was a huge storage room that have shelves filled with old items that belonged to the Lost and Found, old fashion furniture that's covered in dust, ladders, tools, and janitor equipment. Starfire walked down the room and searched the place for the little girl. What she didn't know is that when she passed an old dummy that was used to entertain the kids, the dummy's head turned its head looking at Starfire.
The Sunset Room
LM entered the Sunset Room looking at nothing but darkness. He then turned on his flashlight that's attached to his shotgun and looked at the Sunset Room. The dining room was huge and filled with big tables with chairs that place upside down on the tables and covered with cobwebs. He then looked at his right and saw a wide bar with selves filled with old wine bottles. He then looked at a wine bottle in an ice bucket close to one of the stools and a fancy glass cup on the bar table. Since he didn't see the electric fuzz around, LM decided to turn back. When he walked away, he then heard a loud pop that echoed through out the restaurant. He turned around and pointed his shotgun, but what he saw was the wine gushing out some foamy liquid at the top.
LM: O.K., this place is getting weirder and weirder by the minute.
LM then turned back around and headed to the exit until he heard a voice behind him.
Man: Believe me young man, nothing is as weird as what you're going to deal with soon.
LM pointed his gun back at the bar and saw a man in his thirties wearing a sharply dressed tuxedo and has a slick mustache on his face.
LM: Who in the hell are you, what do you mean what I'm going to deal with, and why are you in the dark?
Man: London, Gilbert London. And I'm sorry for hurting your metal friend.
LM: Hurting my metal friend? Wait a second, you're must've been that electronic fuzz ball that attacked Cyborg. Give me one good reason why I won't kill you here and now?
Gilbert London: Because I'm already dead.
LM: Dead? I don't believe it.
Gilbert London: You'll believe it, sooner or later.
London grabbed the wine bottle and poured it in the glass on the table. He then took a seat on the stool took a sip.
Gilbert London: Do you want something to drink?
LM: I don't suppose you have a few shots of Sangria, do you?
London simply smiled and waved his hand. To LM's surprise, five small glass cups and a bottle of red Sangria hovered to the bar table. The five glasses landed on the table as the bottle's cork popped itself and poured the Sangria into the cups. As the bottle placed itself on the table, LM was speechless.
LM: How did you-
Gilbert London: Like I said before, you'll believe it.
LM took a seat next to London and placed his shotgun in front of him with the flashlight on. He then picked up his cup and sniffed at it, to see if it didn't expired. Curious, he took a sip and found out it tasted real good. He then drank the first shot of Sangria as London looked at him and wonder.
Gilbert London: How old are you lad?
LM: Oh, twenty. I only drink Sangria to ease my nerves.
Gilbert London: I see. (sipping his wine)
Storage Room
Starfire slowly walked down the large storage area looking for the girl, but the only thing she saw was nothing but old worn out appliances and more dusty furniture.
Starfire: Oh, where could she be?
Just then she heard a small squeak coming from the left area, making Starfire jump off the ground. She landed back on the floor and approached to where the noise came from. She moved her well litted star bolt to the wall and saw nothing but a pile of old mannequin pieces on the ground. Starfire sighed in relief that it wasn't anything dangerous. What she didn't know is that there was something behind her. When she saw the shadow of the figure with her star bolt, Starfire quickly turned to the figure and fired at it with her star bolt. The figure flew to the other end of the storage room and got smashed and buried by a bunch of old slot machines. Starfire slowly got close to what she hit and lit up a star bolt in front of it. Turned out that the figure was actually-
Starfire: Cyborg!
Starfire assisted Cyborg up and out of the damaged slot machines.
Starfire: Oh my friend, I'm so sorry for hitting you. Are you undamaged, do you require medical assistant?
Cyborg: No, I'm cool Star. It's gonna take more then a small star bolt to stop good old Cyborg. What are you doing here?
Starfire: Well, I was in my room sleeping with Robin when a strange I heard a girl's voice and saw a strange light coming from the door. I went to see who was at the hallway, that's when I saw the girl. She skipped away from me and I followed her. She then disappeared and one of the elevators of service just opened its doors. I went in that elevator but the doors closed behind me and the elevator went down to the lower level. When I entered the basement, I was in a dark scary place filled with twisted tubes and monstrous machinery.
Cyborg: You mean the Boiler Room, right?
Starfire: If that's what you say it. The girl was in that boiler room and followed yet again. She disappeared yet again so I have to search for her. I saw the blinding light again and it came from here. And well... You know what happened next. What are you doing here friend?
Cyborg: Long story short, some sort of a blue lightning attacked my charger and almost killed me. Both me and LM went after it all over the hallway and went to the basement. LM decided that we would split up to search the place. Of course that was when I went here and you blast me with your star bolt.
Starfire: Oh, so where is friend LM?
The Sunset Room
Gilbert London and LM were sitting at the bar talking and laughing about, drinking their drinks.
LM: And so Beast Boy went into the bathroom, but he didn't know that Terra was in there, naked. When he went in and saw the blonde bombshell, his nose was bleeding like a waterfall. Of course that's before Terra punched him in the face. He had a black eye for weeks.
LM drank his fifth shot of Sangria.
Gilbert London: My, your friends are so weird.
LM: Yeah well, I get used to it. They are weird, but in action, they kick a whole lot of ass.
Gilbert London: As I said before, I would like to apologize for my actions back at the room. I was a little lost and well hit your friends' machine. I didn't mean to hurt your friend.
LM: Eh it's all right. As long as you apologize it's cool with me. Now about the message you put in my MP3 Player. What do mean by an evil tower and me being doomed and shit?
Gilbert London: Oh yeah, that. I was trying to warn you and your friends to leave this place at once.
LM: Leave? What do you mean leave? We already made the reservations in this hotel. Not to mention that Beast Boy forgot to call for reservations at another hotel.
Gilbert London: Perhaps you should listen to my story. Back in 1939, this hotel was once filled with life, happiness, and hope. One night me and a couple of people entered an elevator. Sally, Dewey, Emmaline, and my good friend, Carolyn. We were all supposed to go up to the Tip Top Club for many reasons. Sally was suppose to meet her family, Dewey was going to meet his father, the owner of the Tower, Carolyn was going to make her singing debut, and me, well, there was something I was suppose to do.
London took something out in his vest; it was a small fuzzy casing. He opened it, revealing a shiny diamond ring with a golden rim around it.
Gilbert London: You see, after Carolyn makes her singing debut, I was going to propose to marry her. Ever since I became her agent, I fell madly in love with her. I wanted to say it to her, but her business was too important then her love life. I thought it would've been perfect to propose to her at the club. Of course that was until tragedy struck.
LM: What happened?
Gilbert London: We don't know. The elevator suddenly stopped between the eleventh and twelfth floor. Then suddenly, lightning struck the Tower and hit us in the elevator as well. The next thing we know is that we were in another world, somewhere between heaven and hell. By that time, we come to realize one thing.
LM: What?
Gilbert London: That someone placed a curse in this estate. We don't know who did it, what we know is that the person had us trapped here and I got a feeling that that someone will keep us here for all eternity. As years passed more people came into this hotel, they either get killed or get sent to that world. I feel so sorry for every single soul that step foot in this cursed place. And I'm afraid if you and your friend don't get out of here; you'll be in grave danger.
Storage Room
Starfire continued to search for the girl and forced Cyborg to help her as well.
Cyborg: Man, I can't believe that you forced me into this. I mean I'm supposed to search for a blue lightning bolt, not a girl with curly hair.
Starfire: I'm sorry Cyborg, but I need someone to insist me on locating the girl. Unless you want to see how the people of Tamaran wrestle...
Cyborg: Uh... Nevermind...
Starfire and Cyborg kept walking down further into the storage room, unknown to them that something was silently crawling behind them. Both Titans stopped at a dead end and saw something strange. They saw two old-fashioned cushioned chairs, and old movie screen on the wall, and between the two chairs is an antique movie projector sitting on top of a sturdy-serving cart. Starfire took a closer look at the old camera with curiosity.
Starfire: Cyborg, what is this strange contraption.
Cyborg: Looks like some kind of movie camera, and an old one at least.
Starfire: Huh?
Cyborg: You see back in the day before television, people use these types of camera not only for movies, but also for news, sports, and sometimes cartoons.
Starfire: Fascinating, I didn't know people would watch all those things and without a sound and picture box.
Starfire then noticed a switch on the base of the projector. Next to it is a label that reads, "Play Me". She was curious about what it said and decided to follow what it said. She flipped the switch on as the film attached to the camera started to move and the light bulb inside the camera illuminated bright light on the screen. Cyborg looked at Starfire and saw what she did.
Cyborg: What are you doing?
Starfire: The camera said to play it so I did it.
Cyborg: Star, to what in your right mind made you think that the camera tells you to do something? You don't know where it came from or how if it still works or-
Just then they both heard old trumpets playing through the projector's speakers. The two Titans turned their heads and saw the screen showing an old globe with a title "News around the World". They then heard a voice of a reporter through the speakers.
News Reporter: News around the World.
Music of old swing music came to play as the scene to the city of Hollywood on the screen. Both Starfire and Cyborg sat on the chairs and watched the screen.
News Reporter: Dateline Hollywood 1939, the movie capital of the world. Where people hobnob with the stars and be part of the entertainment experience. But there's nothing star studded about this golden age of Los Angeles. (scene switches the Tower) The Hollywood Tower Hotel, once a place of elegance and glamour, now turned into a case of both tragedy and mystery. The police are investigating a number of potential suicides in the rooms of the Tower. This isn't the only thing that's making the residents of the Tower scared. A few months ago, lightning struck the hotel, causing the two wings to disappear into oblivion along with an elevator containing four guests and a bellhop. Two of the four guests were popular stars in Tinsel Town, (scene switches to a picture of on older woman) they were thirty five-year-old Claire Poulet (quickly switched to a picture of a little girl) and seven year old Sally Shine.
Starfire: That's the girl!
Cyborg: Excuse me?
Starfire: That's the girl I've been searching for.
Cyborg: Starfire, that's impossible. They said this girl disappeared over sixty years ago, ain't no way it's her. Even if it was her, she could be a ghost.
Starfire: A Ghost?
Starfire bowed her head down at what Cyborg said. She then notices blood dripping on her purple skirt. She slowly risen her head to see what's leaking as the news reporter kept on talking on the screen.
News Reporter: In order keep this case under wraps, the mayor of Hollywood and the police decided that beginning tomorrow, The Hollywood Tower Hotel would close it's doors to the public until the case is solved. But question this reporter has is when will the case be solved and will this luxurious hotel be opened again? Only time will tell.
Starfire looked up to see what's leaking on the ceiling. What it was is a puddle of blood that seems to be growing bigger. Suddenly something came out of the puddle that made Starfire quiver. It looked like a human being, but its arms seemed to be strapped in some bizarre straight jacket that covered it's entire body and has no face. Starfire starred at the creature for a second then made a blood-curdling scream.
The Sunset Room
Starfire's scream was heard throughout the entire bottom floor that it reached to the Sunset Room. LM quickly got up out of his stool as he heard the scream.
LM: Starfire?
Gilbert London: And so it begins.
LM looked at London as his eyes showed signs of anger.
LM: Not if I have anything to say about it. (grabbed his shotgun) Thanks for the talk Gil, but I got people to save.
LM quickly left the Sunset Room.
Gilbert London: Good luck my friend, you're going to need it.
London quickly vanished into thin air.
Storage Room
Starfire shot a star bolt at the creature, blowing its head off. Cyborg got attack by another one of the creatures, but he tossed it to the movie screen, smearing bloodstains on it. The creature slowly got up as three more of them came out of the walls. They slowly crawled to the two Titans making eerie noises. Starfire readied her star bolts as Cyborg activated his Sonic Cannon.
Starfire: What are these strange beings?
Cyborg: I don't know Star, but my gut tells me that we should leave before it gets too ugly.
Cyborg and Starfire were about to leave but when they started to turn around to leave, they saw four mannequins in front to them. The mannequins look more like moving spiders with four legs and no head.
Starfire: I'm afraid it already got ugly.
One of the mannequins quickly lunges itself and jumped at Cyborg. Cyborg quickly ducked out of the way as the mannequin crashed to film projector. Starfire immediately fired her star bolts at the two mannequins and Cyborg fired his Sonic Cannon the last one.
Cyborg: Hurry to the exit!
Both members ran for their lives as the four mannequins quickly got up and followed them. Cyborg looked behind and saw those spider like creeps following. He fired his Sonic Cannon at one of them but it jumped up and started crawling on the ceiling. Starfire fired two more star bolts at the others but they jumped up on the shelves and crawled on the walls. The two Titans then saw the two folded doors at the end.
Cyborg: We're almost out!
They were about to make it out until a huge monster jumped out of nowhere and attacked Cyborg.
Starfire: Cyborg!
Starfire was about to help Cyborg until she heard a strange groan from behind her. She turned around and saw what looked like a bed but had a creature molded to it with four small legs slowly walking sideways. Starfire then looked around and saw the four mannequins surrounding her. She charged up her star bolts and positioned herself for battle. The first lunges itself at Starfire, but she retaliates by giving it a hard round house kick, sending it flying to a stack of old boxes. She quickly fired her star bolts at the other two. The last mannequin stood right up and attack Starfire. Starfire grappled the creatures' top legs and surprised it by shooting her eye beams, destroying the mannequin in half. She was going to attack the huge monster but it quickly attacked her before she did anything. The monster trapped Starfire to the wall and pinned her to it. The monster opened its mouth, revealing its razor sharp teeth, like it wants to eat Starfire. Starfire had no option but to scream for help. All of a sudden, a sound of a shotgun was heard, putting a hole in the monster. It let go of Starfire and went to the floor screaming in pain. Starfire looked up and saw LM at the exit holding his shotgun.
Starfire: LM!
The bed monster got up from the pain and quickly jumped at LM. LM pointed his shotgun at the creature and fired another shot, ripping a hole to the center. With the monster lying dead, LM quickly checked up on Starfire.
LM: Starfire, are you all right?
Starfire: I'm fine, (pointing her finger) but you have to help Cyborg!
LM looked at what Starfire's pointing at and saw Cyborg wrestling another one of the bed monsters.
Cyborg: Get off me you freak, I'm not a late night snack!
LM immediately took out his Mac 11 and fired at the monster. The monster fell down screaming in pain as LM continued firing at it. Once the monster's dead, he and Starfire aided Cyborg.
LM: What the hell were those things?
Cyborg: I don't know and I don't care. Where were you?
LM: Long story pal. We'll discuss later.
All three of the Titans then looked in front of them and saw four lying creatures, three mannequins, and two more bed monsters.
LM: But right now, I think it's time to leave.
Quickly they all exited the Storage Room and closed the folded doors. All the creatures hit the doors but Starfire and LM is keeping the door closed. Cyborg ripped out a pipe out from the wall, placed it through the handle, and twisted it like a lock. Both Starfire and LM stand back from the doors and watched as the creatures tried to break the doors open.
LM: Those doors won't hold them for much longer. We should get out of here; we have to find an elevator.
Starfire: I know where we could find an elevator.
Three of the Titans went to the boiler room and headed to the service elevator that Starfire was on. Starfire pushed the up button and the arrow on the indicator moved down. They suddenly heard a loud noise from down the hall.
LM: Ah crap they got out.
LM pointed his shotgun, ready to attack. Soon the monsters appeared at the boiler room and started attacking the team. LM fired his shotgun at the lying creature, Starfire shot a star bolt at the mannequin, and Cyborg fired his sonic cannon at the bed creature. The arrow reached the Basement level, made a ding sound, and the elevator doors open. All three members entered the elevator as Starfire pushed the button numbered seven, but somehow, it didn't work.
Starfire: The button's not working.
LM: Keep pushing Star!
LM and Cyborg kept firing on all the creatures that came in. LM's shotgun ran out of ammo, so he dropped it, took out two P229 pistols out of his trench coat, and continued firing. No matter how hard they try, those creatures kept on coming.
Cyborg: HURRY STAR!
Starfire: I'm trying!
One of the bed creatures slowly approached the elevator, then made a full jump at it. Starfire pushed the button continuously, until the light was shown on the button. The doors quickly close on the creature, as the creature itself slammed onto the metal doors. The elevator shaft slowly raised upward as the three Titans sat on the floor exhausted.
Cyborg: Man that was close.
LM: Yeah, too close.
Starfire: I do not understand. What were those weird creatures, where did they come from?
LM: I don't know Star, but something tells me that there's something wrong with this hotel, very wrong. We'll talk to the others when they're awake.
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The figure watched the three members going up an elevator on his crystal ball and had a look of pure disappointment.
???: These people are a lot tougher then I thought. I'll give them a few days. After that, I'll be sure that they will enjoy my world, for a long, long time. (small laughter)
End of Chapter 2. Yet another long chapter, damn! Don't worry, I hope the next chapter will be a lot shorter. In the meantime, please review.