Robin went ahead of the others to see if there were any more threats. He heard the Marines' radio communication:
"Let's go! Let's go!"
"Sir, I think I heard something."
"Roger that."
Robin looked around a corner. Several Marines were standing there. Apparently one saw him. "TARGET!" One of them shouted, and all the Marines started shooting. Robin leaned back just in time as the bullets started flying. He signaled with his hands for Starfire and Beast Boy to move up.
They waited until the fire had ceased, and then they attacked. Starfire knocked several Marines off of their feet with a huge blast of energy. Robin knocked the weapons out of many of the Marines' hands, and Beast Boy plowed through them all as he turned into a bull.
They heard a beeping. It was a sentry gun: something that would shoot at anything that moved. It looked like the Marines had been ordered to kill everyone that had come in contact with the "crabs." Maybe the government thought that whoever was down here was contaminated. The odds of Raven and Cyborg's survival were getting smaller, and so were the odds of the other three.
Robin threw an electric disk where he thought the sentry gun was. The gun stopped beeping. As Robin walked by it, the gun shot through the ice that had stopped it and started shooting at Robin. Starfire flew him out of the way before he was killed, but he had still been knicked in the abdomen by a bullet. Starfire applied pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
Robin was breathing deeply and painfully, but overall he appeared to be okay. However, Robin was worried. "Is it bad?"
"Robin, it is fine. There is nothing to be troubled about."
The bleeding had stopped and Starfire helped Robin up. She wiped blood off of her hand. Robin examined the wound himself. There was no bullet inside. Good, he thought.
"Dude, are you all right?" Beast Boy asked. There was a look of worry on his face.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Robin grunted through the excruciating pain. Then they were off again, but they had no idea what they were about to find.
CHAPTER 4ATTACK
Raven heard screams in the distance, which startled her. She knew what she feared would happen had occurred. Suddenly many zombies jumped, she was extremely surprised how high, and started attacking the townspeople. Cyborg rushed out of the electronics store and started hosing down the zombies. But soldiers stormed through one of the many tunnels and started blasting away at everything that moved. Raven and Cyborg managed to eliminate some of the threat, but there were too many and they were overpowered. Raven felt a white-hot pain in her gut. Everything started going in slow motion. Raven had been shot. She looked at her abdomen; it was bleeding freely.
Then she saw a green flash. Both zombies and Marines fell. She saw an explosion, and then she saw another green flash: an animal, and then passed out.
When Raven awoke she saw Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy above her. She looked down at her abdomen. Her clothing had been ripped open, and her wound had healed.
"Hi Raven. We managed to remove the bullet before you started healing yourself," Robin said. Raven looked at Robin's clothing, then at the rest. All except Cyborg had red stains splattered across their outfits, and Cyborg had many dents. Wires were hanging out of many places on his body. They were in a place that looked to be a hospital. There were syringes and other medical equipment sitting on shelves. Raven sat up, but lay back down after an unbearable pain shot up her chest.
"Yeah, it'll be a little tight for a while," Cyborg said. He looked at Robin. "Now let's have a look at you," he said.
"No! Really, I'm fine," Robin replied.
"No you're not!" Cyborg retorted, "Take that off I want to see the extent of your injuries." Robin ripped off his shirt revealing a muscular chest. There were several areas of bleeding. Cyborg poked around the wounds and Robin cringed in pain. Cyborg examined one of them thoroughly. "This could get infected," He explained, "If you hadn't let me see you could've been in serious danger."
Frustrated, Robin said, "Yeah, okay, just take the bullet out." Cyborg grabbed some tweezers and stuck them in the wound. Robin's face went pale. His mouth twitched. As Cyborg pulled the bullet out Robin grimaced, He grunted when it came fully out.
"There we go!" Cyborg exclaimed, "The rest are just holes. There's no other bullets."
"Well I'm glad to hear that. I wish I hadn't ripped the shirt off, though." He went outside, searched some houses, and found a black muscle shirt. "Works for me."
Starfire walked over to him and put her hands on his shoulders. "Robin, I…"
"Not now, Star. There are more important things we have to do." Starfire looked disappointed. Robin hated to just dismiss Starfire's affection like that, but there wasn't time to dawdle. They had to find where these creatures were coming from, and fast.
Cyborg found the nearest computer and logged on. "What are we looking for?" He asked Raven.
"A portal. Something these things are coming through," she responded. Cyborg looked first for a high concentration of zombies and head-crabs. Out of these search results, he found what looked to be a portal of some sort.
"I think I found it, but it's on the surface, and the way back is being patrolled by the Marines. We're gonna have to find another way up," Cyborg explained.
"Raven, do you mind telling me what's going on?" Robin inquired. Starfire, Robin, and Beast Boy all looked at Raven in question. She explained to them that she probably had used her powers in her sleep and had accidentally opened a portal to an alien planet. Oops. The Marines had been ordered to control the situation, but the had gotten caught up in it too and were ordered to kill everyone who came in contact with the aliens. Everyone was a potential threat.
Raven asked Robin how they were not zombies, and he guessed it had been the sunlight. Robin concluded that the creatures could only exist underground, or at night. They could use this to their advantage, but right now there was still a major risk. It seemed that all they had to do was get to the surface, and during the day, they would be safe. However, they would find that was easier said than done.
CHAPTER 5THE TRAIN
The way back, although being the quickest way to the surface, was not an option. However, they found the next best way. The tunnel was dark, and the occasional head-crab was startling, but this leg in the race to the surface was relatively uneventful. Unfortunately, they ran into trouble soon enough.
They came into a control room, which appeared to be part of some company building. There was a small train car outside. An injured security guard was lying on the floor.
"Hey mister," he said, "That train'll take us strait to the surface, but you need to get the power on. I'd do it myself, but… It's a long way to generator room and that… thing's… in the way." The Titans looked out the window. A giant blue monster started shooting flames at them. They ducked back.
"Okay," Robin started, "Raven, you get to the generator room as fast as you can. We'll distract the monster." Raven nodded. She flew quickly out of the window and down a corridor across from the control room. The signs said the generator was to the left. She followed the signs, but was blocked when a boulder fell from the ceiling. She tried to move it with her powers. It wouldn't budge. She had to find another way.
Unfortunately, there was no other passage where she was so she had to go back out to where the monster was. There was another passage under the control room, and she followed it. This one took her to about ten head-crabs, which, with her experience with these things, were no problem. This passage led her to and elevator. At the bottom, there were many bombs. Fortunately a head-crab set them all off. She walked down the dark corridors until she found some stairs. Down the stairs was the generator room. "Yes!" She exclaimed.
There was a generator control, and on either side, a fan. The fan on the left did not work. She tried turning the generator on but that didn't work either. The stairs went further down, she must now go see what was causing the problem.
There was water on the floor down there and fish-like things were biting at her ankles. She saw a pump and what the problem was. A box was jamming it. She lifted the box and the pump started moving. She went back up and turned the generator on. Apparently this alerted someone, as she began to hear voices.
She went up the rest of the stairs and down the elevator came two Marines. They shot at her, but Raven threw them into some explosives. Boom! She went up the elevator and found five more Marines.
"Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" She shouted. Black energy burst out of her hands. They all fell. She returned to the control room and tried activating the train. A mechanical voice said, "Train power not on."
What more do I have to do, she thought. Then she noticed one of the train tunnels had opened. She rushed down it. The monster followed her. She found a switch and flipped it. Suddenly the power came on, and the monster exploded. She sprinted back to where the other Titans were. They were a little singed but unharmed.
They all hopped on the small train car and started it. Raven was glad that that frightening incident was over, but unfortunately, they had their work cut out for themselves still.
