Ch.6 Strike: Residential (Final)

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Raven and Starfire gently touched down in the middle of the street. Sub-urban houses went along the road, evenly lined up.

"We need to split up again to cover more ground."

Starfire nodded and flew one street up.

Raven sighed and trudged towards the eastern side of the residential district. "Like finding a needle in a haystack."

She shrugged it off and levitated up.

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Robin and Beast Boy were currently flying of the bay, heading towards the other side to the houses.

Beast Boy gently held the Boy Wonder in his pterodactyl talons. Careful not to cut into the suit.

"Beast Boy fly faster, we only have about 10 minutes."

Beast Boy started flapping more and gained some altitude.

Robin looked around as they flew. He turned towards the suspension bridge. A bright, glinting metallic blue object speed down the stretch of road.

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SCREECH

Cyborg hastily scrambled all across the road. Nearly hitting a dozen cars in the process.

I clung tightly to the Jesus bar. "Do you have to drive so-watch out! - horribly?"

He narrowly swerved out of the way of an oncoming truck. "Yeah how else do you get any where in this city."

He reached forward and pushed a button.

"Robin this is Cyborg E and I are heading to the residential district. We are going to search the western area."

"Roger Cyborg, I see you. Beast Boy and me are going to take the north, it looks like Raven and Starfire are doing the south and east."

"What you mean all by their selves? What if they need help?" The sentence came from my mouth but I was shocked.

"You don't know much about the Titans do you? The girls can handle them selves fine. No more talking on the communicator, I want radio silence. Over"

Cyborg swerved around a car, whom just cut him off. He angrily honked and continued speeding.

Great I'm on the highway to hell.

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Starfire entered her first house. The room was a run down gray and didn't seem too extraordinary. She walked forward and opened a door. She entered what appeared to be a master bedroom.

There was torn mattress, and littered trash on it. She approached the bathroom that had a horrible stench filled the air. All Starfire did was open the door, sadly taking in the smell, and concluded that no one would hide there, not even a robot.

She exited back to the main room and continued her search. She walked into the garage.

WHUMP

A medium sized white dog jumped on her and knocked her down. The dog started licking her face, and Starfire broke into uncontrollable laughter.

"HeHeHeHe Pl--please let me up Terran canine."

The dog backed off and Starfire stood back up.

"Now little doggy have you seen any large white packages? It contains a big bomb, and could easily give you a new… pie hole."

The dog simply stared at her. And started walking out towards the front of the house.

Starfire followed the dog. She reached for her communicator.

"Robin I have found a canine who seems to know the location of the bomb."

"Star dogs can't understand english. It just sound like a bunch of crazy words."

"Alas Robin I realize this but this dog as you call them is walking down the street with me, and is leading me to the bomb."

A sigh came through the communicator. "Fine Star have fun playing with the dog."

The dog started to jog and Starfire quickly followed.

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Clamp.

Raven shut the trunk and headed for the front door. Tucked inside her robe where a few choice books found while searching.

She headed for the next house. She knocked on the door.

"What do you want?"

Raven looked around realizing the voice came through the door.

"I'm Raven from the Teen Titans. I need to search your home."

"Do you have a warrant?"

"No but all I need to do I is look around. I won't touch anything."

"No warrant, then you don't need to come in."

Raven sighed. She didn't have time for this.

Ravens body was covered in black energy, and sank into the ground.

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A middle aged man stepped away from the door.

"Damn teenagers and their wanna-be titan stuff." He sauntered forward and sat in a recliner. He pulled the handle and put his feet up.

Watching baseball, and eating some potato chips.

Jish

Ravens head and only her head appeared in the floor. She looked around the ground. And 'walked' into the next room.

"FRANKY get off your lazy ass and fix that fence."

In a cramped kitchen a rather large woman was busily at work. Raven kept moving passing a dining room and a couple bedrooms. Satisfied that the house was clean she moved on.

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Robin gently landed atop a rooftop. Beast Boy quickly followed and became and elf again.

"So… we go busting into every ones houses?"

Robin glared at Beast Boy. "No you politely knock on their doors, ask them to let you in to search. They refuse then do it covertly. They accept then hurry and look."

"Alright dude I always wanted to do a mission Sam Fisher style." He turned into a mouse and scampered down the chimney of the house they were currently on.

Robin sighed and headed to the house next door.

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Beast Boy plopped into the house. And landed on the cold wooden floor.

SNEEZE

The now current elf sneezed heavily. Dust littered the floor and covered everything. Old covered furniture decorated the room. Cobwebs hung between the doorways, not a single sign of movement other than the occasional cockroach or bug.

Beast Boy took a few steps.

Creak!

He walked forward and entered a walk-in closet.

CRRAACCKK

The floor gave way.

"Aaaauuugghhh!" Beast Boy plummeted down, and down. He was falling through a tunnel going underground.

Plfft!

The tunnel turned into a slide, and he slammed into a pile of dirt. Dust filled the air.

Cough Cough

Beast boy stood up and waved his hand in front of his face. The dust started settling. He was in a large cavern. Tunnels similar to the one he fell through sprouted out on all sides. The largest one was branching out to Beast Boys left.

He started heading towards it and noticed dimly lit lights were stringed through out the tunnel. He reached for his communicator.

"Robin uh dude I think I found something."

"Beast Boy it better not be another 'illegal' ferret farm."

"Dude that only happened once okay. And they were in small cages, with little food and water…… But this times it might be important. There's this big tunnel under the houses, and there's a bunch of caverns."

"Where are you at?"

"I'm in the house we landed on."

"Your still in the first house? I've already gone through three. Just hold your position. I will be there soon."

Beast Boy pocketed the communicator, and morphed into a parrot. He flew up the hole, and sat on the floor.

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SWOOSH

Cyborg passed another car.

"So…any ideas of where to go?"

"Yeah dog, you and me are going to be searching houses in the southern area when we get there."

"Alright man, I'm gonna hurry up and find it faster."

PPSSSHHB

Cyborg turned his head towards me. I was gone.

"Dang teleporters."

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PPSSSHHB

I landed in the middle of a field of purple flowers. The sky was an orange-ish blue, and thick green trees littered the field.

The smell of tulips filled my nose.

She's got a nice head.

I walked forward and searched the field. A black aura appeared around my body, and I lifted up into the 'sky'. I flew upwards, looking for a door, an exit point, anything.

As l lifted up, I noticed that the flowers changed color when you look at them, they were currently roses. That's when I noticed a square of the flowers stayed yellow like daisies.

I flew towards them and gently landed. I walked forward and picked up a flower.

Ppssshhb

The sky disappeared, the trees faded away. And were replaced by a blue sky and street poles. Instead of a tree I was standing next to Starfire. Beside her was a medium sized white dog. Starfire turned towards me and jumped.

"Where did you come from?"

"Doesn't matter, I'm hear to help you. The dog knows where the bombs is, he can smell it."

"Glorious, it was beginning to get lonely."

I started walking down the street, still following the dog. I looked down at the animal.

"Hello old friend, long time no see."

I reached for the communicator.

"Hello, I still don't get this thing… ahem Starfire and a dog have located the C4 I recommend that the rest of you get here. Especially since I don't have any training in bombs."

"Have you actually seen the bomb?"

"No but the dog can smell it."

A sigh escaped through the communicator. In front of us a small flat portal appeared, Raven slowly rose through the ground. Starfire ran forth and attempted to hug her.

"Only if you want to suffer intense pain."

The dog started walking again, Starfire and I quickly followed, Raven took the back.

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Robin slid the window open and walked in. Beast Boy was running around in circles as a dog.

"Where's the hole?"

"This was."

Beast Boy proudly walked to the closet and pointed towards the hole.

"Good find huh."

Robin walked tot he hole and jumped down.

"Not even a good job, keep it up, nice Beast Boy. Jeesh a little encouragement couldn't hurt."

He became a parrot and glided down the tunnel.

Robin was already at the tunnel.

"Alright Beast Boy I want quiet." He started trudging through the tunnel.

They took a right, then a left, and walked straight. The tunnel slowly rose up.

They walked into another cavern, this on had sticks every two feet, supporting the ground.

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Meanwhile…

BAM

I slammed my shoulder into the door. It flew up. Starfire stepped in hands glowing.

"Star no ones here, not even a rat." Raven walked into the house. We headed to a long hallway, and each turned to our own door.

Mine opened up into a small bedroom. Raven had picked out the master bedroom and Starfire the bathroom. One door was left. Raven reached up and turned the handle, a stair case heading towards a basement was within.

We went down the steps. In the basement was a water heater, old washer and heater, the middle of it was completely empty.

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Dim lights were seeping through the top of the tunnel. Robin kicked out two sticks, and punched out the other two. The ground caved in.

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Smoke filled the air as two figures moved in the smoke screen. Raven eyes started glowing gray, Starfire's green, I held up my pistols.

"Stop." Starfire shouted.

The figures turned around and looked up.

"Its us guys." Robin said in between coughs. Starfire flew down and hugged Robin.

"Happiness to the omega, we are nearly complete are we not?"

Beast Boy looked around.

"Cyborg couldn't make it? I always told him flying was the way to go."

I reached down and pulled him out of the hole. Raven had wondered over to a corner.

SCCREECH

The T-Car pulled up out side, moments later Cyborg stepped into the room.

"Robin, if you don't mind, I think you should deactivate the bomb considering you're the one with the training."

Robin looked up, saw the bomb in a distant corner and walked up to it.

A pair of pliers came out from his utility belt, and he snipped a blue wire. The clock stopped ticking. He picked up the bomb and headed towards the stairs.

We all looked up at him, All us of but Cyborg had a fair amount of dirt covering our bodies.

"Let's go home."