Raven grabbed the wrists of Bane and Ghost, who in turn took Niobe and Serra in hand. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos," Raven muttered silently, and the five began a slow descent into the ground, towards the library.
Meanwhile, Team Two, which consisted of Morpheus, Kid, and Roland and his crew, were slowly rechecking their guns. It was time to strike.
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A rather obese teen, perhaps 18 or 19, with red hair and donning a Klingon coat, sat snugly at his computer in the library. "Die, bitch!" he shouted randomly, as his character blew online opponents into bloody chunks.
Suddenly, he looked up. The sound of bullets rang through the library. Some of the people leapt out of their chairs and looked around warily. Only he noticed the black form of five people float through the floor. And the unmistakable voice of the man he only knew through Unreal Tournament said:
"Everyone, into the back. We're getting you all out." Bane.
And there was another… another he knew quite well… but she couldn't be here. He looked out the window. There he was: the legendary hacker and terrorist, Morpheus. Fighting the Teen Titans? Control Freak almost wanted to take a picture.
"Damn… I didn't bring my camera," he muttered. He noticed the Raven outside firing burst of energy at someone who looked suspiciously like Aqualad…
He turned, and there was Raven, herding the many library patrons into the back, where he knew that they would be unplugged. "Well, well, well," he said, drawing out each syllable.
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"Everyone, you already know who we are," Raven commanded, "so just go into the back and try to make hush-hush. Others are outside making a distraction so you can get out."
She felt a familiar presence behind her… or a smell. The smell of cheese curls. "Well, well, well…" a familiar voice said from behind her.
A vein twitched in her forehead. "Oh, no," she muttered, before turning and facing the fat man. "So, coming to get us out of the Matrix?" Control Freak smirked. "Thanks for the favor, Rae."
"Get in the back, bastard," she snarled. His grin widened.
"I am curious though; is like, your evil twin out there fighting Morpheus or something? And Aqualad. You got all the Titans out, didn't ya?"
"You know so much," she said, still stoic, and crossed her arms, "how come you didn't get out before now?"
"Waiting for Bane. Old friend." Raven almost laughed.
"Whatever. Get your fat ass into the back before I just kill you," she ordered. "I'm sure you were friends with Bane, considering you probably don't even know his name…"
"Nathan Bliss. He used to have us call him Bane after some famous hacker. That's where I got all my info, duh!"
"Get back there before I slice your four hundred pound head off."
Control Freak merrily strode into the back room, where he was seated by a black woman and his old friend Bane. "Hey, Jasper! What's going on?"
"Dude, you've got, like, a beard," he muttered to Bane. Bane smirked and waved as Niobe, with difficulty, sat him in the seat. "See ya in a minute, you old bastard."
Control Freak jacked out.
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Morpheus reloaded one KS7 and let loose a stream of bullets from the other. Dark Raven merely dodged and fired a burst of black energy at him. "Doesn't she have any other tricks?" Kid yelled at Garth.
He spoke too soon. Dark Raven slowly began to project her astral form. The great bird swooped down upon the Rebels. "Well, there's that!" Garth yelled as he flew to the side, both MAC11s firing madly.
The bullets were simply absorbed into the demon as it quickly progressed towards Kid. The First Mate closed his eyes and winced…
A rapid series of shots from Morpheus drove Dark Raven away from Kid, and she focused on Morpheus instead. The astral projection drew closer as Morpheus matrix-flipped into the air and fired down. The bullets sank into the projection, canceling it out. Dark Raven fell from the black cloud, unconscious.
Morpheus landed in time to get slapped back by a large green bear claw. The bear roared and charged. Morpheus aimed the KS7 at the bear's skull, and it turned into a triceratops.
A quick shot from Colt's grenade launcher blew the dinosaur to the side. Morpheus saluted to Roland's First Mate and leapt at the elf. Beast Boy looked up in time to see a steel-toed boot fly towards his head.
"Not again…" he muttered, before Morpheus knocked him out.
"One down," Garth yelled to Kid, whipping out two small daggers and dashing, both hands behind his back, towards the Titans.
Kid pulled out his large Mossberg shotgun and twirled it while pumping it. "Four to go! Live and let die!"
Dark Robin spun on his heel, leaping into the air, and swung his bo staff down at the charging Garth. One dagger blocked the pole, while another flew at Robin's chest. Robin slapped the arm down and kicked off of Garth, who flipped backwards, replaced a dagger with an Uzi, and fired.
Robin spun the bo staff and deflected every shot. He looked back and saw Starfire swooping in, both starbolts charged. "YAAAGHH!" she cried, as she launched a continuous stream of projectiles at Garth, who merely dodged by flipping backwards.
BLAM! Kid's shotgun fired at the girl, who yelped and leapt out of the way of the shot. Garth leapt into the air and piledrived her into the ground. She looked up. "Oh, shit," he muttered as her eyes began to glow green.
"I do not agree with your Earth verbal commentaries. Robin says that," KRAKKK! Garth snapped her over the head with the butt of his Uzi. "My god, you just don't know when to shut up!"
Kid cart-wheeled over bulletfire from a random police officer, and quickly fired the shotgun when standing. The cop flew into Cyborg, who glared. He stopped firing at Morpheus and instead began launching waves of sonic energy at Kid.
Kid flinched as the blue energy beam flew at him, but a solid wave of black absorbed it. He grinned at Raven as the four others, finished with the unplugging, ran out of the building. Cyborg fired at Raven, who teleported behind him and threw Azar energy at the android's head.
"AUGH!" he cried as the impact destroyed most of his artificial skull. He slumped to the ground, deactivated for the moment. Dark Raven spun at her Rebel twin, launching thin blades of dark energy. Raven held out her hands and countered with a large beam of energy.
The two stood struggling, until Robin's boot collided with Raven's back. She shouted and fell forward. Dark Raven's eyes widened as her leader was thrown back by the power of her dark energy.
Kid stood up behind Dark Raven and slapped the back of her head with his shotgun. "Night, night, kiddies."
Johnson fired at point blank range. Kid's eyes became too big for the laws of physics as the bullet soared at him. Time went into slow motion. Kid prepared to move, in vain, just as a large Tisiphone Edge was held out in front of him.
The bullet was blocked. Raven looked up at Kid's savior.
He wore a large black bandana, along with a black trenchcoat, black boots, and black sunglasses. He even had black spiky hair. The warrior paid no attention to Raven or Kid, but instead twirled around and gutted Johnson.
Wilson smirked and left his host, which turned out to be a fully armed SWAT commander. Jackson, Thompson, and the policemen opened fire on the new fighter. He leapt over the bullets, which flew at Morpheus and the other crews. They fell to the ground, created force-fields, or just simply deflected the bullets with their weapons to avoid the projectiles.
The masked person stabbed down at a police officer, then used his Tisiphone to level himself while he bashed another's head in. He whipped out a KS7 and opened fire on the Agents, who dodged and rushed him. Four quick slices of the nimble blade were all it took to bring them to their knees.
The SWAT commander opened fire with his many assorted weapons. The warrior merely leapt gracefully into the air and threw the sword at his head. The weapon split his skull in two, splattering the contents of his head across the bullet-lined pavement.
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"They're gonna have a hell of a time cleaning that up," Sparks muttered to himself in the Logos Core. Two others watched from behind him.
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"Kickass! Where's ma main man Bane? He's missing the sweet shit!" said a newly freed person inside the Believer. A vein pulsed in Link's forehead. "How can you read this, anyways?"
"Bane taught me, biotch," the rather heavy man said. "You know who this guy is, of course. It's Robin! I could tell from that fighting style. He's a bit more…" Jasper twirled his finger around his head for effect, "…crazy… or violent. Whichever works!"
He laughed at his own joke. Link began having fantasies of strangling Jasper, but decided he wouldn't be able to reach the man's neck.
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"Get the Titans out of here," Raven ordered after the mysterious vigilante had disappeared. "The last thing we need is traumatized opponents."
Bane shook his head. "Shite, are these bloody buggers always gonna' be here to stop us? It's gonna be hard to get many people out with crap like this to deal with."
"Let's just hope this is all of the Titans. I don't want to deal with Titans West too soon," said Niobe, raising her cell phone to her ear.
An arrow shot the cell phone back, where it shattered against the wall. "I think you spoke a little too soon," said Bane. "Shut up and jack out. We'll take care of them."
Raven silently entered meditation. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos… Azarath Metrion Zinthos… Azarath Metrion Zinthos…" Black energy formed around her, effectively serving as a cloak.
Morpheus ran up the stairs followed by Kid and most of Roland's crew. He took a quick glance back at the five figures closing in on his fellow Zionites… and followed the others to the hard line.
Niobe nervously fingered her gun, her knuckles white. "These are a lot tougher than those last five…" Garth murmured to Ghost, who nodded silently. Garth twirled his daggers and stepped to the side, while Ghost and Bane unsheathed their Katanas.
"It looks like we came just in time. Garth, you are going to jail." Garth smirked at Dark Aqualad. "I think not. Instead, I think you five are going straight to HELL!"