Disclaimer:
I do not in any way, shape, or form own Teen Titans.
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"Great idea, Raven," Beast Boy said, sarcastically, "Let's go into the dark and eerie basement!"
"Robin and Starfire fell down," Raven told him, "Now we need to go down."
"What about Cyborg?"
"He could be anywhere. At least we have some idea as to where Starfire and Robin could be."
After being unable to get out of the house by any means, the two Titans were distraught. Beast Boy had returned to being terrified, and Raven was again uneasy, knowing that the only way to help their friends was to find them themselves.
The two reached the bottom of the dank staircase, "Stay on guard," said Raven, looking around, "There's no telling what might—"
"Raven!" cried Beast Boy, tackling her to the ground. The two lay there, motionless for a moment.
"Beast Boy, would you care to tell me why you just tackled me?"
Beast Boy slowly stood up, "Look." He pointed to where they had once been standing.
Raven sat up at gaped at the sight of the large pendulum, now slowing down, "What…how…" She shuddered as the enormous blade swung from side to side, "We should keep moving." She stood up and continued walking.
"What?" Beast Boy walked quickly to catch up with her, "That's it? I don't even get a thank you?"
"I could have handled it," replied Raven, not looking at him.
"Yeah, before or after you were sliced in two?"
Raven said nothing.
"Fine," Beast Boy shook his head, "See if I ever save your life again." He looked at the ceiling, "But just so you know, you owe me—" Raven had grabbed his collar, causing him to stop walking, "What the—" Beast Boy looked down and saw the huge hole in the ground, and his foot hovering above it.
Raven said nothing, she just knelt down and began investigating the hole.
"OK," Beast Boy cleared his throat, "So we're even. I keep you from being diced up, and you save me from plunging to my death."
Raven wasn't listening. She was feeling along the side of the large hole.
"What are you doing?" asked Beast Boy, kneeling down beside her.
"This hole," she said, "It's not supposed to be here. It's almost as if someone blew up the floor."
"Maybe it was Cyborg," said Beast Boy, hope in his voice.
Raven kicked a small rock into the hole. It took a while for it to clunk, "Not likely. Why would Cyborg blast a random hole in the ceiling? He would have no way of getting up here."
"What about Starfire? Starfire can fly," Beast Boy thought for a moment, "Maybe—"
"Starfire blasted the ceiling and flew up through it," said Raven, coolly.
"Hey, I was just gonna say that," Beast Boy crossed his arms.
"They must have gone this way," Raven flew up and over the hole. Beast Boy said nothing, turned into a bird, and flew over as well. They walked for a few more yards, their only lighting being a few dim light bulbs, from which they had found a light switch. They couldn't see very far in front of them, but they finally came into a fork in the tunnel, "Left or right?" she thought out loud. She turned to Beast Boy, "Maybe we should split up."
"Split up? Are you crazy?" cried Beast Boy.
"Then what do we do?"
"Let me handle this," Beast Boy cracked his knuckles, "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by its toe. If he hollers let him go. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!" He paused, "We go right!"
Raven sighed, "Right it is…"
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"So you got a distress signal, too, huh?" Cyborg thought for a moment, "I wonder who sent it out, then…"
"Whoever it was, we need to find them," said Bumblebee, "There's no telling what other stuff can happen around here."
"But what happened after you got here?" asked Cyborg, "How did you guys get separated."
"We walked into the house, but everything was dark. We couldn't see a thing. I heard some kind of yell come from one of the guys, not sure which one, and then I felt someone grab me. I tried to break away, but he held something up to my face that made me weak. I couldn't move, and he started carrying me," Bumblebee explained, "I watched as he took me down a ton of winding hallways, which were more like tunnels if you ask me. I saw him approach the dead end, and walk right through it. After that, I lost consciousness and woke up tied down to that table."
"And then you heard me yelling, tried your best to call to me, I untied you, and here we are, walking through the labyrinth that is this house," Cyborg shook his head, "This is crazy. What kind of psycho lives in this place?"
"One that obviously doesn't want us to reach that distress signal," Bumblebee said.
"What about the other Titans?"
"They're probably doing the same thing," Bumblebee told him, "With ten of us on the job, I don't think it will be that hard."
"This place is dangerous, Bee," Cyborg said, seriously, "I got knocked out and was chillin' with a bunch of skeletons, and you were knocked out too, and tied down to a lab table. Who knows what could have happened to the others?"
"Well for now, they'll just have to fend for themselves because we have no idea where we even are!" Bumblebee threw her arms in the air out of frustration.
They continued to walk in silence until they reached the end of the hall. At the end as a large wooden door. The two looked at each other, shrugged, and Cyborg pushed open the door. He walked into the room, his flashlight on. Bumblebee walked in behind him, "There's nothing here," said Cyborg, looking around. He shined his light on the blank walls and vacant floor.
"Well that was a waste of time," said Bumblebee, turning to leave the room, "What?"
Cyborg turned around as well and saw her tugging on the now closed door, "What are you doing?"
"The door," said Bumblebee, "I didn't close it, did you?"
"I walked in before you."
"Well I didn't close it," Bumblebee put her foot against the wall and continued tugging at the doorknob, "And now it's locked."
"Let go before you hurt yourself," said Cyborg, moving Bumblebee away from the door. He drew his sonic cannon, and blasted the door, but it remained unharmed, "What?" He blasted it again, "What the hell kinda door is this?" He sent repeated blasts at it, but each one failed.
"Stop before you hurt yourself," said Bumblebee, "Leave it to a professional." She drew her two guns and started blasting the door. After a few moments of fire, the door was still undamaged.
Cyborg looked around, "Great! Now we're stuck in here!" Then, suddenly, Bumblebee let out a shriek, "Whoa! What?"
Bumblebee had jumped into Cyborg's arms, "Look!" she cried.
Cyborg looked at the ground and saw creatures of all kinds. Snake, spiders, lizards, "This can't be good." He dropped Bumblebee and started blasted them, "I could use some help!"
Bumblebee had regained her composure and was now blasting away as well, "We need to get out of here!"
"How do we do that?"
"There coming out of a crack on the other side of the room. Blast that and we should be able to break through!" said Bumblebee, trying her best not to get bitten by any of the more-than-likely poisonous creatures.
As he blasted away the creatures, that were increasing in numbers at an incredible rate, Cyborg managed to take a shot at the crack in the wall where critters were pouring out of. It had only created a small hole, but at least it had worked. As time progressed, both Titans were able to hit the wall enough times to make a person-sized hole. The only problem was that that was where the critters were coming out of…
Cyborg then heard a cry of pain and spun around immediately. He saw Bumblebee, clutch her ankle, and a small snake slithering away, "Bee!" He cried. The critters were now scurrying away, back through the hole in the wall, "Bee!" Cyborg ran over to her, "Are you OK?"
"I'm fine," she assured him. She then fell to the ground.
"Bee!" Cyborg knelt down beside her. She was sweating profusely, but at least she was breathing.
"I'm…fine…" her eyelids fluttered a few times, and then slowly fluttered shut.
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"Robin, I do not like this place," Starfire shuddered, "I do not like it at all."
"Neither do I, Star," said Robin, "But we have to find the others before we can do anything."
"What do you think has become of our friends?" asked Starfire, "What if they have been faced with dangers such as we have?"
"We can only hope for the best until we can find them," Robin shook his head, "Maybe we shouldn't have made a left turn at the fork. This tunnel isn't getting us anywhere."
"Wait, I see something ahead," said Starfire, quickening her pace. Her starbolt did not provide much light, so they could only see a few yards ahead of them. Once the two got closer, Starfire gasped, and Robin's jaw dropped.
The tunnel they were in was about 3 yards wide. On the wall to their right, was Mas y Menos, with a large javelin like object going through them. The were pinned to the wall by the weapon, and a trail of blood had trickled to the ground, forming a small puddle.
Both Starfire and Robin gaped at the sight of the Spanish-speaking shishcabob. Starfire began to cry. Robin tried his best to comfort her, "But we should keep moving." He hung his head, "There's nothing we can do to help them now." Starfire still sobbed, and began walking, "Wait!" Robin held her back. He picked up a small rock and tossed it a few yards in front of him. From the wall on their left, shot about six arrows, one right after another, as the rock passed that spot on the wall. Robin looked harder and saw the small holes in the wall, "We need to be careful."
"But how do we get across without suffering the same fate as them?" Starfire gestured to Mas y Menos.
Robin shook his head, "We go as fast as we possibly can, and hope to God that we don't get hit."
