"Um… so… did ya wanna… talk… or… something?" Beast Boy asked uncomfortably.

"Yeah, sure," Raven replied, "What about."

"Oh I dunno. Life, this, Hitler's favorite color…"

Raven snickered. "Well," she began, " This sucks. I mean, we don't know where we are, we have to blow up the planet, and somehow get off which looks impossible."

"Yeah, it certainly doesn't look good."

Raven was surprised. This was the first real conversation they had had in forever. "I've actually been wanting to talk to you for some time now. I don't know how much you trust me, but I just want to say that you've earned my trust."

"Well, that's progress!" Beast Boy exclaimed enthusiastically. Beast Boy sensed what Raven was trying to tell him, and he gazed deeply into her eyes. He stroked her hands and got up. He still felt slightly awkward.

Raven gazed after him as he left. She looked back to the time when she hated him. It was strange how relationships like this started, but not uncommon. They were complete opposites, but perhaps that was what made the relationship worth shooting for.

Robin awoke before Starfire. She was lying next to him, her arms wrapped around his torso. He didn't want to wake Starfire, but as he looked around, he found that everyone else was up. He figured they should start moving. He lightly kissed Starfire and stroked her hair. She started gradually to stir.

"Good… morning?" Starfire asked rather than stated.

"Close enough," Robin replied smiling. It was always dark here. Robin got to his feet. "All right Titans," he said, "Now we all know what we're getting into. We need to get ourselves underground. Cyborg's already found the nearest place. It's not far, so let's get moving."

The Titans found themselves running once again through the dark, but this time they knew exactly where they were going. In only a matter of minutes, they came to what they thought they were looking for. From within this passage was an eerie green glow. From a distance they saw dog-like creatures illuminated a radioactive green. Cyborg cocked his sonic cannon and shouted, "Let's do this!"

THE LAST DEFEAT

They ran down the tunnel swiftly, adrenaline flowing through their body's like mad, and they barely had to stop for their opposition. Cyborg and Starfire took the dogs out in a matter of seconds, but just then Robin was hit with an acid. A headless alligator spitting an acidic sludge from it's grotesque, severed blood vessels was doing just that. Robin's flesh was burning with white-hot intensity, and when the pain subsided, he could barely stand as his muscles were rapidly expanding and contracting. They didn't have time for the barrage of monsters now pouring out of the walls, and so they ran, or flew rather: Starfire with Robin, Raven with Cyborg, Beast Boy as an eagle.

They soared through the underground caverns, going progressively lower with each passing minute. As they continued, the green glow continued until it hurt to be awake.

They reached the source of this light, and discovered that it wasn't as intense anymore. There was no where else to go, so they figured that this was as good as it got.

Cyborg took a detonator and handed it to Raven. "You started this mess," he said, "You want to do the honors?"

Raven took the detonator and placed it on the ground. She set it to explode in thirty minutes. This would hopefully be enough time.

Just then a horde of creatures of all kinds came swarming at them, as if they knew they were about to be blown to kingdom come. If this was to be the monsters' end, they would have such an end, as to be worthy of remembrance. There was nowhere for the Titans to go, and it looked as if they were going to die.

Just then, Cyborg sprang to the ceiling and started drilling his way up, and the others followed.

Surprisingly, this took them closer to their exit then they had hoped, but they still had over two kilometers to go. They all flew with the help of each other into the air, and it looked like they would make it out with plenty of time to spare.

But something hit Starfire. Literally. She toppled with Robin to the ground. She had fallen unconscious and Robin was trying to wake her up. Cyborg checked his watch. They had less time then they thought.

"Come on!" He said, "We have to go!"

"No!" Robin replied, "I made a promise! I'm not breaking it now!"

"Come on! We can't…" Cyborg gave up. The clock struck 00:10, and Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy made a break for the portal. They reached it just as the planet exploded.

LIFE IN DEATH

Raven awoke with a start. She was alive, or thought she was. She looked around. Cyborg and Beast Boy were there, but Robin and Starfire were not. Apparently, we made it out alive, she thought, they didn't. She looked at her communicator. It showed that they were still there, but it couldn't pinpoint the coordinates. She knew this couldn't be, and threw it away with a scream of frustration.

Robin slowly opened his eyes. All he could see was white, and Starfire laying next to him. He looked around more closely. Below them were white shores, and behind them, a far green country. It was beautiful. Starfire was already awake.

"Are we dead?" He asked.

"Does it matter?" Starfire returned, "We are together now. That's all that matters."

Robin smiled. She was right. They lay there together, enjoying the sunrise before them. Then Robin said, "Well, we only have the rest of eternity. We better not waste it!"

THE END