A/N: Ha ha, how the years fly by…I know, not funny but School has been very stressful, so I couldn't write, by know I'll be lucky to get a signal review, so any review would be nice --' thank you.
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, Resident Evil or any brand name products. No money was made or lost in the production of this fiction.
Resident Evil: Project S.L.A.D.E.
Chapter 20
The Team tried one more time to open the steel elevator doors with no avail. They had fifteen minutes until the planes made it and things looked as bleak as ever. The Titans slowly felt there powers returning, but not enough to actually summon them, though they could feel it. With one last attempt to pry the doors, that failed, they slumped to the floor in defeat.
"Does anyone have ANYTHING of importance…or unimportance?" Raven said, her voice seeming bleaker then the situation. The team slowly began to discuss each of their excavations. When they finally reached Raven and Starfire, at the point when Raven was separated, Wesker showed a certain detail of interest on his face. When she had finished and gotten to Chris and Berry's story when Wesker jolted up quickly, wincing in pain from his still healing wound. His eyes scanned the area as if trying to find were he was.
"What is it friend Wesker?" Starfire asked in concern. Then, as if there was no wound that took up half hi body, Wesker sprinted to the basement entrance, yelling something that sounding like "I know the place!"
Nicholai smirked as the elevator halted on the roof. The door squeaked open and a crisp, chilling air flowed into the elevator. The rain had halted but left the smell fresh in the air. He walked out unto the puddle filled roof, smirked and waited triumphantly, unaware of the team's new lead, and an unsuspected guest lurking a story or two below.
The team sprinted through the entrance of the basement, surprised to see Wesker move so fast with a big wound. Carlos finally was in shouting range he yelled. "Wesker, I know this may seem obvious to you but, how will going down help us get up?" Wesker smirked and finally slowing down from the increasing pain in his side, though all he muttered was "Chris, check your map…to this location."
Chris checked his map skeptically, but as he did the door, which was smack-dab-in-front of him, was not on the map. It was also the door Raven had burst through only a few minutes ago. Wesker noticed the look on Chris' face and smirked, he continued, though in a slow jog. He made it to the room were Raven once sit and thought of where to go next, then, to everyone's surprise, Wesker lifted off a sheet, kicked away the furniture and revealed a small passage way. To everyone's look Wesker responded. "An escape route that would be used to get to the roof incase of danger." The small passage way went a little ways to a narrow staircase.
As they were ascending the staircase, in order of Jill, Chris, Carlos, Rebecca, Robin, Starfire, Berry, Beastboy, Cyborg, Raven and Wesker, Raven asked Wesker how he knew about the hidden area. Wesker smirked weakly, drained from the wound and all the excitement, and began.
Nicholai was tapping his foot impatiently. The choppers were now two minuets late, but in his mind every minute counted. The bomb was set to explode and the Miasma Project was still out there. The team, on the other hand, he chuckled at the thought of their faces drenched in sorrow as they waited for their demise. He smirked again thinking of how the plan went seemingly smooth considering some, "split-ends" he joked openly with himself thinking of Wesker's wound, still unaware of his lurker, picking up a certain scent that was oh-so familiar.
"While I was still working for Nicholai," Wesker started as the others rushed past the second story, while Raven and he were still nearing the second floor, "I was told to find the maps for the escape headquarters, here in other words, and so I went to the city hall and got the oldest maps I could reach…" He took a deep breathe and looked at his hand, that was wrapped around his wound, to reveal blood, a sign that the wound had re-opened, though he brushed off Ravens concerns.
"The maps included an ancient set of maps one included this sight, at first the map was hard to decode from the ancient text, but it was also confusing because, like the modern map, the door back there was not on the map, so what it had looked like was a one-building mansion with another building on the side, an impossibility. When I decoded the text, though, they explained in detail what it was for, to escape from rogue intruders. Considering my trust with Nicholai I decided to keep this location a secret and took a map that did not have the passage indicated in anyway and told Nicholai it was the oldest known map." He finished coughing as the reached the end of the trail. The door was locked so Jill was picking the lock. They all loaded their weapons and prepared them selves for the final fight with Nicholai.
Nicholai had finally reached the point of insanity; the helicopters were now ten minutes late, meaning the bomb would go off in twenty or so minutes, since the helicopters were out of sight and it took ten minutes to reach this area, it would be a miracle of he would survive, unknowing that was his only problem, he kicked the dirt, creating a loud clang sound, of course attracting close attention.
As the door to reveal The Teams presence was opened with a bang, an old friend shot through the roof behind Nicholai. Nicholai at first looked smug to see Raven and the rest of The Team, but when he turned around to see what the noise was his face was wiped clean to see the Miasma Project staring him in the face. The Miasma Project spared no time and swiped Nicholai, causing bloody wounds of intense size, and tried to swipe again, but Nicholai ran for the nearest cover and lost the Projects attention. The Miasma Project had notice the large clump of people that were now spreading out across the roof. His attention was caught by the lavender hair girl he had tried to get at before. He then charged at Raven, getting across the roof at a quick speed, and managed to grab Raven. She winced as the claws punctured small areas of her body and was lifted up above the Miasma projects head.
"Berry, use the bazooka already!" Jill yelled hearing Raven scream out as the small punctures drove deeper into her body. The team was trying to damage it with bullets, but the bullets didn't even loosen the Miasma Projects grip.
"I can't, one the thing wont fire and two there too close to the roof, if I shoot he'll take Raven with him." Berry shouted. Raven was grabbed right near were The Team had entered which was right next to the roof's end.
"RAVEN, HOLD ON!" Beastboy shouted as he was about to charge, but Chris held him back. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
"If bullets won't do anything, what do you think you can do!" he said, his was voice strained in regret as he said "There is nothing any of us can do." Beastboy just grimaced and gave up resisting falling to his knees as Raven cried out again.
"Guys the helicopters! They're HERE!" Shouted Rebecca as the whir of the helicopters engines came audible. This is when Nicholai finally emerged.
"Well…Well, look what we have…here." Nicholai said through his painful new injuries. "Looks like you need to make a choice, Leave your precious team member, or escape. Oh that's right, these helicopters aren't for you anyway…too…bad." He said laughing after wards. But the Miasma project had picked up his scent again, though he didn't drop Raven, his other claw extended out puncture Nicholai right through the chest.
"What the…he can do THAT!" Jill shouted as the claw went back to normal, he then continued with his previous job, causing Raven to scream in pain."
"What should we do?" Yelled Cyborg, "If we try and lure his attention away from Raven he'll attack us without even loosening his grip on her!"
Raven began to fell faint as her loss of blood increased, though she was able to mutter to the team. "GO…WITH…OUT…ME."
"We can not!" Starfire replied to her.
"You won't…have to." A familiar voice said from the entrance to the stairs. The Miasma project began to whiff loudly seeming to recognize the scent as well. Just then Wesker leapt out from the entrance and stabbed the creature in the eye, causing it to scream loudly and drop Raven.
"RAVEN!" Beastboy yelled as he went to fetch her along with the other Titans.
"Berry…Shoot…NOW!" Wesker yelled to him.
"I cant, it won't shoot!" Berry yelled frustrated trying again to shoot the loaded shell out.
"Use…grenade launcher…Nicholai…has one!" Wesker replied as the Miasma project finally grabbed Wesker off of him and held him like he held Raven, his claws puncturing him. Berry looked over at Nicholai, and found the launcher a few feet away from his body. 'He had planned to shoot the Miasma project anyway' Berry thought in disgust as he ran over and grabbed it.
"Wesker…" Raven muttered trying to stand up and help him. Wesker just gave a weak smile, "I wouldn't have lasted anyway, and this wound would have…gotten to me eventually." The Titans ran over and grabbed Raven.
"Thank you, friend." Starfire said as they began to clear the area.
"Don't…mention it." He replied
"Wesker, are you sure I should shoot, the shoot will get you too!" Berry yelled one last time.
"Just…SHOOT!" He yelled with his last breath. Berry aimed, closed his eyes and shot. The grenade made impact with the Miasma project and a massive explosion erupted out of it. The area was then one mass of burning ashes, and nothing more.
The helicopters landed a few minutes later. "Mr. Nicholai hurry," said the captain of the first landing chopper. "The bomb goes off in nine…" He was silenced by Jill's hand, and the second captain silenced by Carlos.
"There's been a change of plan." Jill said hitting the captain in the back of the head, knocking him out. Jill looked over to see that Carlos had also knocked out the second pilot. The both loaded in the unconscious pilots and yelled for the others to get in. Jill, the pilot, Robin, Chris, Berry, and Starfire were loaded into chopper one. Carlos, the pilot, Rebecca, Raven, Cyborg and Beastboy were in chopper two. Raven winced as Rebecca began to dress the wounds at take off.
The choppers began a full speed escape in hopes of making it out. A timer notified them that there was only eight more minutes until the bomb explodes. Jill had grabbed the remote that Nicholai had previously stolen from her and saw the exit within seven minutes of where they were. She quickly pressed the third button, which was lit, and after which the other two lights lit up she pushed the second one, and the other two lights went on, but the door remained closed, she pushed the first button and the doors finally opened just as they reached them. Once upon leaving Jill hit the second button and closed the doors, as she did the whole are was demolished with a loud crack, fire and smoke. The team looked out the chopper windows as the city they once called home lay in ruins.
"What will we do now?" Starfire asked Robin. "Where will we go?" Robin walked over to Jill and asked her to open communication with Carlos and told them to go to Gotham City, he knew someone who would take them in. In the other chopper Raven weakly looked out the window and gave a weak smile. "It's finally over" she said. Beastboy looked over at Cyborg; he gave a smile then nodded. Beastboy returned the smile and walked over to Raven's side.
"Uh, Raven," He said with a goofy smile and a blush. "I have to tell you something."
"What is it?" She said, blushing because he was blushing.
"Back there I wanted to tell you something, but couldn't get up the courage until now. I…I-I love you." He said as he quickly kissed her. When there lips parted she looked shocked at first, Beastboy took this the wrong way and was going to turn around when Raven grabbed his shoulders and drew him in for another kiss.
"Two months had passed since Jump City was destroyed in a fatal explosion." The blonde news reporter said on the Gotham News channel in the house of Bruce Wayne. Two months ago Robin came to his door and asked if they were welcome. He was told the story and let them stay as long as they wanted. "The wall, which kept the explosion in, but the people out, was destroyed yesterday. There were no survivors but creatures. The mayor of the city was also found and arrested after telling the whole gruesome story that and more news at eleven."
"Has it really been two months?" Jill asked the some of the others who were gathered around the television. "Wow, it's been awhile, thank you again Mr. Wayne for letting us stay this long."
"No trouble," said Bruce "This old house does get lonely besides Wilfred, it was my pleasure."
"Has anyone seen Raven?" asked Starfire who had just walked in, "She was not in her room."
"I'll go look for her." Beastboy said blushing from the wink he received from Cyborg. Beastboy started walking through a long dark hallway. The sound of a soft voice humming was heard from the ends of the hallway. Beastboy followed the voice to a small balcony over looking the Bay of Gotham, which currently held a vivid sunset. There was also the silhouette of a small person overlooking the scene. Beastboy walked over and wrapped his arms around the silhouette, who winced at first as the arms touched the bandage waist, but quickly fell into the embrace.
"How ya feeling." Beastboy whispered to Raven.
"…Uneasy I guess." She replied dreamily. "I just don't know, they were stopped last time, but they still came back, I just don't know."
"Hey, don't talk like that; Mr. Wayne said he cut off all accounts known by both Parcel and Umbrella and they said they were tracking all similarities that the company has pulled before, and besides," he turned her around so they looked each other in the eye. "If it happens again, we'll handle it together." Their faces drew together in a passionate kiss. When they drew apart Raven flashed a smile, causing a small whirlpool in the water from her rejuvenated powers.
"Come on, the others are worried." They walked inside together hand in hand.
A/N: There you have it ending one, I decided to go on the original plan and have two separate endings for the love triangle from the beginning. The next chapter is the Cy and Ray ending, this story is also gluten for sequel ideas that I may write, I'm not quite sure. Anyway thanks for the loyal reviewers, who are allowed to shun me for my lack of quick reviews, though it was because of school I should have multi-tasked better. Thanks anyway Bye…for now.
