Cris, Robin, Dark and Silver rushed into the computer store. Several forty-year-old guys were gaggling over Halo 2. He ignored them and walked up to the counter. A tall, lean cashier gasped. "You're here!"
"In the back. We're already set up," Cris replied. The man and four others, none of whom were the Halo 2 obsessors, quickly filed into the back. Cris and Silver followed them, while Robin and Dark stayed. The overweight, hairy men ran out as Robin pulled out his K57s and pointed at the window.
Five teens burst through. "You're under arrest! All of you!" said the leader.
"And what might the charges be?" Robin asked. Dark silently extracted his claws and crouched into a fighting stance. They couldn't see him…yet.
"Disrupting the peace," the leader droned, "attempted kidnapping, attempted murder, murder, kidnapping, and terrorism."
"Goddamnit," said Robin, laughing as he aimed his guns. "Was I that boring?"
The 'Titans' leapt out of the way as Robin opened fire. Cyborg fired a bolt of blue energy at him, which the Rebel merely dodged. Starfire launched a green projectile at him, but he leapt out of the way and used his momentum to kick his program twin into Cyborg.
Beast Boy was about to go after Cris and Silver when Dark lunged at him. The boy slashed upward, catching the armadillo in the soft underbelly. He dodged a perfectly good copy of Halo 2 cloaked in black and shouted, "What the hell? That was a perfectly good copy of Halo 2!"
The dark girl simply ignored him as she kicked him across the face. Dark flew into the rack of magazines as Beast Boy trampled into him as a rhinoceros.
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Meanwhile, Cris and Silver had almost completed the unplugging when Cyborg crashed through the wall. The last person exited as Cyborg looked around. "Where'd they go?"
Cris leapt from her perch above the door and drilled the android in the back. He slid across the ground, but aimed his cannon at the girl. She flipped backwards, into the Robin program. He flew backwards into the street, where he narrowly avoided being run over.
Cyborg got up in time for a whirling, trenchcoat-clad figure to kick him into the wall. Fist after fist flew at the android program as Silver made a larger dent in the wall every second.
The battle outside continued. Beast Boy was now in the form of a lion, fighting Dark claw to claw. Robin and his clone continued to fight, the human having reloaded and reusing his submachine guns.
The fight was completely even… until Garth burst through the window, aiming his MAC11s at the wrong Robin. Robin leapt into the other room, where Silver had already beaten the android unconscious. "It's time to go. Other crews are arriving."
As Kid and Morpheus leapt through the open window, Cris had to hide her face. They believed her to be dead. She quickly jacked out through the hardline in the back.
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Morpheus looked around. His phone rang and he snapped it up to his ear. "Link, what happened? It looks like someone else got them out."
Link typed madly away at his keyboard. "Sir, someone did. But you're not going to believe who!"
Starfire blasted the phone out of Morpheus's hand. Robin rushed him. Morpheus simply caught the program's foot and threw him back into the wall. "Robin!" Kory yelled, as Cyborg fired at the Captain. Morpheus, both hands behind his back, leapt over the cannon blast and kicked the android in the back. He landed on Beast Boy, who turned into a bear.
The bear swiped at Morpheus and caught him in the chest. Kid bounced off of him and blasted the bear with his 590 Shotgun. Beast Boy stumbled backwards, and turned into a snake. He slithered towards Garth, who was fighting with Raven's clone.
He reared back to bite the Rebel when a powerful blast of energy from Raven sent Garth stumbling back. Right onto the snake's head. He changed back and clutched his head as Garth kicked Raven in the head.
Morpheus stepped out the door. "I guess there's no point in staying…" He and Kid quickly ran to their exit. Garth looked around.
"Uh-oh…"
All five programs threw something at him: birdarangs, sonic cannon shots, star bolts, chairs or poison spit (Beast Boy turned into a dilophosaurus). He simply ran into the back room and prayed that AK would see the hardline.
But AK didn't. Tesla did. Garth jacked out just as Cyborg blew the door off of its hinges. "What the heck? How did they do that?" the changeling program yelled.
"We've got to stop this… they're kidnapping people!" Robin yelled. "Their weapons are military-grade. These are not normal kidnappers. These are terrorists and we need to lock them up."
"You failed. Again."
Johnson, Jackson, Thompson and Wilson filed into the room. "When we're busy going after the Mjolnir, we trusted that you could catch Morpheus and Kid. I'm disappointed, Mr. Grayson."
"We underestimated them," said Robin, gritting his teeth. "Apparently…" said Johnson, looking at the utter destruction. "Go home and stop Slade or something. That's about all you are useful for."
The Titans filed out, hanging their heads. They flew home.
"As for you…" continued Johnson. A dark figure appeared out of nowhere. "We have a use for you. What did you see?"
"The Titans were winning until Morpheus came and played off of their egos," it whispered. "We will have a use for them yet."
Johnson, Jackson, and Thompson left. The Exile followed. Wilson stayed a moment… picked up the copy of Halo 2 that Raven had thrown… and followed.
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"Link, what was it you were trying to tell me?" Morpheus asked his Operator after waking up in the Real World.
Link was shaking his head in disbelief. "I don't believe it. Sir, you really need to take a look at this." The Operator had recorded the Matrix feed from ten minutes before Morpheus, Kid and Garth had arrived at the store.
"That's impossible," Morpheus whispered. "They're dead."
Link brought him back to reality. "Sir, there's one more thing. There's a fourth… an unknown."
"Contact Commander Roland with this information immediately. See if you can run a trace on the drop point," Morpheus commanded. "Captain… Morpheus… this line is untraceable." The Captain's eyes widened.
"There's only one ship in the history of Zion with untraceable… evacuate broadcast depth and return to Zion, Serra!" Morpheus ordered. The female crewmember quickly steered the Believer away from the now dangerous fetus fields and towards home.