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Okay, I have a good feeling about this chapter. Thanks again to my reviewers, especially you, Zodokai.

Technical Difficulties

The next days passed in a rather slow haze. The monotony of sitting in the living room was quickly driving everyone crazy. Every once in a while, Robin allowed them to go up on the roof and get some fresh air. Seeing the sun and the brilliant blue sky was always a welcome change. Unfortunately, the view wasn't all good…

They couldn't even see the island anymore. Thousands upon thousands of the undead lumbered around at the base of the tower, bumping into the walls as well as each other. Beast Boy would always tell the others that they were looking for a way in, but they all quickly disregarded his statement. After all, the dead weren't smart enough to actually "look" for ways in…were they?

Besides the usual trip to the roof, the rest of the Titan's days were very uneventful. They would sit in the living room. Beast Boy and Cyborg would play the Gamestation, Raven would read a book, and Starfire would keep herself busy by continually inventing new recipes and testing them on her teammates. Robin did a little bit of everything, and he always made sure to talk to every one of them every day. He wanted them to feel confident, and nothing raises morale like a good pep-talk from the leader. But other than that, no one did much. Sitting around was soon becoming the favorite pastime. You could only play the same games and read the same books so many times.

The sun was beginning to set again, and Robin was making his way to the kitchen. 'What day is this now? I think its six, but I'm not sure. It's so easy to lose track of time.' His thoughts were interrupted when he saw Raven sitting at the table by herself. She looked up at him as he entered, and gave a small smile.

"Hey there, how's it going?" he asked.

"Same as always. I couldn't concentrate on my book, so I though I would come in here and have some tea."

If one good thing had happened from this whole ordeal, it was that Robin had gotten to know Raven a whole lot better. Now that she wasn't locked in her room all the time, he could talk to her whenever he felt like it. And for some reason he always felt like it…

"Cool, mind if I join you?" He asked her.

She shrugged and watched him take a seat in front of her. They both sat in silence for a minute, and Robin finally spoke.

"Do you think any one is still alive? It's been a long time, and we haven't seen or heard anything."

She thought for a moment. The thought of survivors did seem unlikely…but then again, people could do amazing things when they needed to. "I think that one should never give up hope." She finally said.

Robin smiled at her and she smiled back. He couldn't help but wonder why he was feeling so fond of her lately. They say during times of hardship that people can form a bond, but with Raven?

He didn't get to finish his thought, because the sound of yelling was coming from the living room.

Robin and Raven ran into the living area to see Cyborg and Beast Boy in the middle of a huge, all-out brawl.

"THAT'S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY! YOU'RE MADE OUT OF FUCKING METAL! THERE ISNT ANY THING FOR THEM TO BITE!" shouted Beast Boy at the top of his lungs.

"HEY FUCK YOU MAN!" Cyborg shot back.

Robin chose this moment to intervene "HEY! Both of you…CALM down! What's this all about?"

"I am not a chicken!" spat Beast Boy. "He's sitting over there, actin' all smug and has the nerve to call me a chicken! I fought just as many of those things as he did!"

"Yeah, crying like a little pussy the entire time!" shouted Cyborg.

"SHUT UP!" yelled back Beast Boy. He quickly turned around and grabbed the Gamestation and chucked at Cyborg's face. Luckily for him, he ducked just in time to send it sailing safely over his head. Unluckily for everyone else, the Gamestation made contact instead with the central computer.

CRASH

Everything immediately went dark. Robin heard Starfire give a scream, and then heard a noise like someone stumbling towards the computer.

"You MORON!" screamed Cyborg as his shoulder-lamp flipped up and he started fiddling with the remains of the computer. He looked extremely nervous, and was pulling cords out of his arm and plugging them into the consol. Robin heard a low hum noise when Cyborg made the connections, and saw Cyborg give a sigh of relief.

"I'm using my power source to keep the doors on lockdown, but I don't have enough power to bring back the electricity. Someone's going to have to go to the circuit breaker and reboot the Tower's system."

"And where is this breaker of the circuits?" asked Starfire in a questioning tone.

"…it's in the basement."

Starfire gave a squeal of fright and sat down on the couch quickly.

"And even worse, we were without power for about 30 seconds back there. That's a 30 second window that one of those things could have gotten in." Cyborg added looking grim.

Robin felt his insides fall about a hundred feet. This wasn't good. They had to get power fast.

"I'll do it." He said walking forward. "The rest of you stay here, I'll be back in a fla-" but he was cut off by Raven.

"I'm going with you. You said so yourself, the only way we are going to make it through this is if we stick together. 'No one goes anywhere alone' remember?"

Robin was about to argue, but one look at her eyes told him it was useless. He sighed, giving in to defeat.

Cyborg spoke up again "Once you guys get the power running again, I can use the tower's scanners to locate any intruders. But until you get our systems on line again, we are all gonna be in the dark, figuratively and literally"

Robin nodded, and headed towards the hallway door with Raven at his side. He turned around to face the rest of his teammates. He gave a grin "Be right back." and then he and Raven proceeded into the depths of the dark tower.

Insane darkness filled the hallways. This was no ordinary dark, like when you turn out the lights in your room. It was so dark you couldn't see your hand if it was resting on your nose. Robin and Raven walked down the hallways slowly, Robin in front with a flashlight he had taken from his utility belt.

Their pace was slow but steady, and with every step Robin took his ears strained for a sound. They were getting close to the basement door now, and Robin was hoping they could make it through this without any trouble. Suddenly they heard something.

"What was that?" Robin said turning around quickly and shinning the flashlight down the hall. The small silvery cone lit up the hallway for only about six feet in front of him. His breath quickened as he frantically moved the light in every direction, looking for the creator of the sound.

"I don't think it was anything…" said Raven. "Lets just hurry up and get the lights back on."

Robin stood there for a second more, then nodded and continued down the hallway. They finally came to the door they were looking for. It opened and they proceeded down the long stairway to the bottom.

"We're almost there now Raven." said Robin. It may have sounded like he was trying to reassure her, but in fact he was trying to make his self feel better. This had been way too easy, something still wasn't right.

They stopped in front of the fuse box and Robin opened the front. Behind him Raven was smiling. "See? We got all worked up for nothing."

Suddenly something jumped out of the shadows and sprinted towards them. Robin gave a startled yell and dropped his flashlight. Total darkness engulfed them, and panic took hold. Robin whipped out his staff from his utility belt, and began to swing in every direction, turning around in circles frantically. He swung again and again, but nothing but air met his blows.

Suddenly something bumped into his side. He gave a startled yelp as he raised his staff to strike.

"Robin it's me!" shouted Raven. Robin stopped in mid-swing. He felt relieved by the fact that Raven was still okay. However his relief was soon destroyed by the sound of running feet.

Robin saw his flashlight on the ground. It hadn't moved from his foot where he had dropped it. He quickly bent down and picked it up, just in time to see a rotting face come out of the darkness.

"SHIT!" and Robin swung forward out of pure reflex. His staff connected hard with the zombies face and it went flying into the darkness.

Robin quickly turned around again and looked at the fuse box. He clicked a few switches, and the lights came back on. The basement became flooded with light, and Robin's heart lifted…until he saw that there were four zombies surrounding them.

"Raven take 'em out!" and he rushed towards one.

As he got closer, the zombie lifted its arms as if to grab him. Robin rolled on the ground and came up with a bird-a-rang in his fist. He threw it with all his might and it went whizzing towards the monster's head. With a sickening THWAK noise the bird-a-rang lodged itself firmly into its face.

Robin turned around to see another one coming for him at full speed. He could see the saliva flowing out of its mouth…its rotten blood-stained teeth gnashing excitedly.

Robin took out an electric disk and threw it. It connected with the beast, and with a resounding sizzle, zombie number two was defeated. Robin smiled. These things weren't really that tough once you caught them in smaller numbers.

Robin turned around to see that Raven had also disposed of her attackers.

"Hey great job Raven! That wasn't so bad…was…it?"

His voice trailed off. He stared in horror. Raven was on her knees a few feet away from him. She was holding her arm tightly, and even through all the blood, a bite was clearly defined.

For those of you who don't know, a zombie bite is not a good thing. We're talking like "kiss your ass good-bye" not good. Will Raven make it? How will this affect Robin and the rest of the team? Review please! They make me feel good.