She managed to get to the first level without being spotted that is until she got outside, but it was an unavoidable conflict; Breen was out there waiting for her along side several Cops, Soldiers, Elites. "Well Raven," he said, "You somehow managed to escape my iron maiden, defeat ten of my Combine Soldiers and five Elites, and you even rescued your friend; you even managed to take down one of my Striders. I must say I'm impressed.
"Even though I am impressed, I can't help but feel some rage towards what you have done to my pride and the Combine name. However, you still amaze me and I'll ask you the same question: will you join me?"
"If my answer was no the first time, what would make you think that I'd say yes again?" Raven answered.
"Very well then; you have proven your point," He turned to a Combine soldier next to him. "Corporal Kelvin?" he asked.
"Yes sir?" Kelvin asked.
"Kill the girl; leave none of the others alive," Breen said as he walked away, grabbed something from his pocket, pressed it and teleported off.
"You heard him," Kelvin said, "Kill them all."
The Combine's pulled out their weapons that ranged from as simple as a stun baton to as sophisticated as an OSI pulse rife. The other Titans started regaining consciousness; Raven did her best to wake them up.
"Wha…what happened?" Robin asked, trying to grasp a hold of the ground. The rest started to come to.
"Where am I?" Starfire asked.
"My head hurts," Beast Boy said in a whining manner.
"How did we get here?" Cyborg asked.
"It's a long story," Raven said, "but I'll explain it to you later. Right now, we have a bigger problem on our hands." She motioned to the Combine's all around them, weapons drawn.
Beast Boy added, to make matters worse, "They don't look so tough."
Three striders appeared from behind the skyscrapers amongst the city; Beast Boy stood there dumbfounded. "You jinx us yet again, Beast Boy," Cyborg said.
"We can still take these guys," Starfire said. "We have kicked much worse butt than this."
Alright, let's do this," Robin said and he shouted, "Teen Titans, go!"
They made short of the Combine; the only thing that remained were the three Striders, which would be the hardest to destroy. "They're not so tough," Cyborg said. "at least when we're through with them they aren't."
"Besides, the bigger they are; the harder they fall," Robin said as he threw one of his boomerangs at one of the Striders legs, dismembering it; the Strider toppled over and imploded.
"Watch this," Beast Boy said to the girls as he transformed into a Tyrannosaur to take out the Strider; it got the best of him and he fell to the ground.
Starfire giggled and Raven sarcastically said, "Nice one Beast Boy."
"Don't worry, BB," Cyborg said, "I got your back." He fired his sonic cannon at it and the Strider split in two. "Oh, yeah," he said in triumph, "two down, one to go."
The final Strider came lumbering towards them but Starfire and Raven made quick work of it using their special abilities. They were about to celebrate when three Combine drop ships lowered, depositing two dozen troops each ship. "Anybody got any bright ideas?" Beast Boy asked.
Robin replied, "Just one: keep attacking them." Just as Robin said this, the ground opened up and swallowed the Combine soldiers. When the ground closed up, a large pentagram was glaring orange and faded away.
The Titans stood there dumbfounded. "Uh, what just happened there?" Beast Boy asked.
"Man, I don't wanna know," Cyborg said.
"Anyway," Robin said turning away from the inexplicable scene, "at least that's over."
There was a sound of someone teleporting to the nearby vicinity and the Titans turned around to see Breen standing there. "Breen," Raven said, "what do you want?"
"Don't be alarmed of my appearance," Breen said. "I didn't come here to fight."
"Then what did you come here for?" Robin asked.
"I came here to make amends. You see: I've changed my ways. I wanted to rule the world and send a demonic army to bring chaos and discord to Earth, torturing people with evil music by Hillary Duff and Ashley Simpson. Then I saw an episode of 7th Heaven; it showed me the light and made me want to do something with my life.
"I gave up the whole 'world domination' and opened up a checking account at the local bank. Besides I have checks, with little kittens on them."
He showed them his kitten-embossed checks and Starfire awed and said, "They are so adorable."
"I won't be needing this anymore," he said as he handed the teleportation device to Raven. "Farewell, fellow do-gooders," Breen said as he walked off, never to be seen by the Titans again.
Raven looked down at the device in her hands, reflected on the past few hours and smiled. "I think I learned a lesson here."
"What, that anyone can change there ways?" Robin asked; Raven shook her head.
"That you should be careful when building an inter-dimensional portal?" Starfire asked.
"No."
"That violent video games don't warp your brain?" Beast Boy asked.
"That Beast Boy isn't very bright?" Cyborg asked.
"No," she said, "I learned this: Adam West is crazy." When she said this, everyone laughed. After they finished, Raven asked, "Anybody up for pizza?"
(Meanwhile, at the local Cineplex)
"Here your popcorn and soda Mr. West; that'll be $7.75," the youth at the counter said.
"Thanks, kiddo," West said and leaned over to the kid and added, "Listen, you'd be perfect to play opposite me as: Robin, Boy Wonder and I don't say that to just anyone."
"Oh, yes he does," the line behind West said in unison.
"Sweet mother of Pee-Wee Herman, they found out!" he exclaimed as he took his grappling hook out, fired it, and took off. He appeared, a few seconds later, hovering above the counter, and said to the kid behind the counter, "You gotta get one of these, and I gotta get me one of those…" he grabbed his popcorn and drink, "…with salt." West shot up to the ceiling and vanished again, leaving the kid awestruck and bewildered.
(Meanwhile, at the underground facility, where this story began)
The floor was still covered with the blood of the projects victims and the ashes of the demons that came through the portal undetected. There was an unsettling calm in that place, one that was omnipotent and all-seeing. The portal awoken from its deep slumber; no one was around to turn it on. Inside the portal, an eerie voice said, "Now is the demons' time to rule; now we can bring a literal Hell on Earth."
From within the portal, a Hellknight came forth and gave a blood curdling roar.