Chapter 5

Everywhere we go…

Well I am writing like a man possessed doing on average about two chps on both my stories a day. Well here is the final chp of this story…they all die…(jus kidding lol).

Btw I am gonna make this an extra long chappie.

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Cyborg blasted the bear in the face as he ducked it's claws. They had thrown everything they had at the bear and it was still going. They managed to slice one if it's claws off but that was as far as the damage went.

"this isn't working" Raven shouted as her and Star flew above the scene hitting the bear with there powers.

"you think I don't know that Rae?" called back Cy.

BB turned in to a T-rex and swung around hitting the bear with his tail. The bear fell in to a tree which split in two and landed on it. Shrugging the tree off it stood up and lunged at Beast boy, knocking him over. As the two beasts battled the others stopped firing afraid they would hit BB. The bear took a swipe at BB but he grabbed the claw with his hand and head butted the bear. The bear evaded the blow and bit in to his shoulder. BB howled and wrapped his tail round the bears neck and squeezed. The bear released it's grip on his shoulder but continued to swipe at him. Before long both the bear and Beast boy were covered in sweat and blood. The bear had just cut a deep gash in BB's leg but he countered with a head lock, his short dinosaur arms just wrapping around the thick stump of a neck. They struggled for a while but the bear wriggled free and smacked Beast boy, winding him. BB flew backwards, changing back in to a human. He gasped for breath s the creature stomped over to him. The other Titans battered it with an array of blows but it was infuriated at BB and took no notice. It stood on it's hind legs and drew up to it's full height.

"this is it," thought BB ",I am going to die".

Suddenly there was a whizzing noise and a sharp object lodged itself in the back of the bear's skull. The bear paused a minute in shock. Then the thing exploded. Not even the bear could take such an attack and it's cranium was blown open, brain fluid streaming out of the wound wildly. Then BB realized he had to move. The bear might be dead but it could still kill him. If it's corpse fell on him it would crush him. He didn't have time to change and he was to winded to run. He closed his eyes and waited for the impact but luckily Star flew in at the last minute and swept BB up in her arms. The ground trembled slightly and ,mounds of earth were dislodged as the bear hit the floor.

"um what just happened?" asked Raven.

"I happened Raven" said a voice behind them.

They all jumped and spun around. A figure was standing in the wooded area, it's figure was indistinguishable because of the trees and lack of light. The figure stood and watched them. The Titans watched back.

"who are you?" Cy called as Star landed with BB, BB leaning on her shoulder for support.

The figure looked dismayed at the question.

"you mean you don't even recognise your best friend" it said stepping out of the shadows.

"ROBIN!" screamed Starfire charging at him and squeezing him in to a hug.

"Star a little…..looser…please….I can't breath" he wheezed.

Star let go of him and looked him up and down, then unexpectedly she brought her hand back and slapped him round the face. The blow was so unexpected that Robin fell on the floor.

"what was that for?" he cried as he clutched his face.

"for leaving, I was worried sick, were did you go?"

Robin looked at the team. They were all staring at him curiously, mentally willing him to tell them. He supposed he owed them an explanation.

"well when we were in the fort I knew we had a couple of minutes left at best, so knowing we were going to perish I ran off to the civic centre. There I contacted Tab and told them about the mutant problem. When I returned you were gone and the fort had been pulled apart. I assumed you were dead and so I started to make my way to the base alone. That's when I found you and Mr. Furry over there. I just chucked an explosive birdorang at it's head when I saw it was about to kill BB".

"yeah we saw some helicopters fly over, then we heard explosions coming from the city" said Cy.

Robin nodded.

"yeah, that was them, I left before they got to the city but I saw them fly over, I don't know what happened to them though".

"should we continue to journey to the base?" asked Starfire, helping Robin up.

"we don't have a lot of choice, all the surrounding cities were in the blast radius and are probably the same as," he stopped, he was going to say home but instead he said quietly ",the city".

They all knew which city he was talking about and so they set off, happy to be back together again. They encountered no over hostiles on there way down the road but they were growing nervous. Night was fast approaching and in the dark they were more vulnerable to an attack. Then just as they were about to give up a settle down and confront the night they went over a hill and were confronted by another city.

"this must be Garlyson city" said Rae looking at the urban jungle.

"hey Rae I have just thought of something" said Beast boy, a frown forming on his lips.

"well there's a start for everything" said Cy jokily.

"no, I'm serious, why can't you just teleport us to the base.

The others stopped and froze, why hadn't they thought of this in the first place. Raven how ever looked at BB as if he had just asked what was a donkey.

"an excellent plan BB but with two minor drawbacks, one ,I don't have enough energy and two I can only teleport within a mile radius" she said grimly.

"oh, alright then" said BB looking disheartened.

Raven was sorry that she had to break the news to them, she was hoping to avoid the question so as to not get there hopes up. Cautiously they walked in to the city. It wasn't much different from Jump city, there were smashed windows, partially extinguished fires and broken buildings but strangely there was no sign of any life. They edged along alert for even the slightest noise.

"it looks clear" said Robin as he looked down an alleyway.

They made there way along a small sector making sure it was clear and then doubled back to a large they had found. They went to open the back door and found it unlocked. Carefully they made there way inside. They split up to cover the house quicker. Robin and Rae went and checked upstairs and in the attic Cyborg covered the ground floor and the basement. Robin and Rae edged up the stairs careful not to creaky board that might give them away. When they reached the top they went over to the first door and on the count of three Robin chucked it open. It was a bedroom, the bed was matted in blood and the closet doors were open, swinging in the breeze that blew through the window. Rae went over to the window and clamped it shut. Out of the window he could see the back garden. It looked normal with a pond and a shed but there was a large blood stain over the patio. They glanced around the bedroom then left. The next door led in to a bathroom. The walls were a murky brown colour and the bath was filled with blood. Using her powers Raven pulled out the plug. As the blood drained away they saw that there was a dead body lying in the bath. Most probably the person and been having a bath when a member of his family came in and killed him. Raven could not stomach the horrific scenes that she had been exposed to throughout the day and she ran over to the sink and threw up. Robin pulled back the shower curtain and walked out of the room once Raven had cleaned her self up. The next room was a bedroom two. There was nothing wrong with this room except for a couple of shards of glass that had been scattered from a broken light bulb. Another quick search revealed nothing and they left and walked up the corridor and in to the next room. This room was a antechamber and was barren except for a leather couch and a few pictures of trees. The adjoining room was the master bedroom and appeared to untouched and a candle still dimly flickered on the bedside table. The room was empty. Raven shut the door behind them and walked up behind Robin as he surveyed a picture of a man with an umbrella.

"Robin" she said her voice cold.

"what is it?" he asked sensing her tone and turning to face her.

"tell me the truth now and don't lie because you know I can just read you thoughts," she said staring him in the eyes ",do you think we are going to make it to TAB".

Robin sat down on the bed and looked at her. She had coped tremendously well with the stress of the whole situation and was still as direct as before. He paused a moment thinking the question over then solemnly shook his head.

"to be honest I don't, and everyone is looking towards me for answers and I just don't know what to tell them. I'm humouring them for now but I don't know if I can take this any longer" he said putting his hands on his head.

After a while they walked out of the room both disdained and chagrined. They paused at the last room. It was a study and there was nothing of interest but a computer buzzed in the corner. Walking over to it Robin sat down and looked at the screen. There was pictures of fish swimming back and forth and a message saying you have two new E-mails. He pointed the mouse over the message and clicked. The first message appeared.

"hey Rex, the total money estimate for this years sponsored

walk (ty for organising it) was about £346.86. They still have

To do some more change but it is about £350. Say hello to Cloey 4 me

And reply soon.

TY! Jason Howard ;)."

The second E-mail was shorter and the words scrambled:

"boat missile took base hour fire success death radius big

And mutants came fight go stay die get here see now damage

Sorry what done we, wrong, destroyed base.

Rhaoul."

"hey Rae look at this" he said enlarging the second one.

Raven walked over and looked at the screen. As she read she bit her lip.

"this is what happened. Look if you make sense of it it make perfect sense. Missile boat hour five-we took the missiles to the base and launched them, this guy was part of the attack!"

"I don't know, what if a friend was just telling him what was happening?"

"I don't think so, look here, sorry what done we. I'm sorry, what have we done?"

"I guess your right, bastard" Rob said angrily.

He closed the computer down and walked to the attic entrance. They walked up the stairs and robin turned on the light. There was blood everywhere and about three dead bodies, all human. One was holding a gun and on closer inspection they all had bullet wounds.

"they must have committed suicide" Robin said miserably.

They walked to the stirs and switched off the light. As they were walking down Cyborg came rushing up to meet them.

"hey guys we found something that might interest you" he said excitedly.

As they walked down stairs Cy told them that they had found one body and a body of a dog. Apparently in the basement they had found some sort of bunker stocked full of clothes, guns and food.

"looks like we know where we are going to spend the night then" said Robin.

In the bunker Star and BB were sorting through boxes and pulling out cans of food. There was kitchen in the bunker and they sat down after they had prepared the food and started to eat. The door to the basement was barred off to any intruders. After the food they found some beds. Star and Raven shared a bed whilst the rest slept on the chairs.

According to the clock they awoke at twelve pm and so they found a few backpacks and filled them with essentials-food, guns, ammunition and clothes-and set off through the city. Quickly though Robin checked the shed. It had all the normal shed stuff but also there was plans and blue prints sprawled out on a workbench. He put them in his pack and then they set off joining back on to the road. Thankfully they met no resistance and as they walked away leaving the city behind they were all relieved but nervous. Were had all the mutants gone too? But putting the question aside they walked, oblivious to the answer that would play a big part in the coming future.

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Well I told you it would be a big chappie and I also said that you would find out about Robin. See I am a person of my word (although I sed ud find out bout Rob in chp 5) ah well. Enjoy this it took me about an hour 2 write!

JH ; :

(btw at the end of the 1st email it does ; ) and the initials of his name are JH!)