Before I start on this story, I need a favor to share with anyone in the Fanfiction Community who is reading this. So one of my stories, 'Transformers Infinite' is pretty much in a holding pattern and I'll explain why. See, my collaborator and big fan of my stories, Henry Cerro (A.K.A. FictionFan1024) suffered a heart attack in August and had to go through a Quadruple bypass surgery. Good news is that he survived the procedure and is recovering at his home. The bad news though is with his recovery, the kidney stones, and the blood thinners he's taking, it's going to take a while for him to get back to story writing, which includes our collaboration. So I've already finished with chapter eight and working on nine and ten, yet I didn't see anything Henry did so far, so you can tell that I'm having a problem with this.
Now I've been trying to find someone else to be a temporary replacement until FictionFan is fully recovered. Did ask a few authors in the FanFiction community to help out, but they declines because they are either too busy or that they don't know about the source material. So my story is pretty much on a hiatus until FictionFan recovers or I have to find a temp replacement. Which brings me to why I'm writing this to you. I'm in need of a temporary replacement that is part of the FanFiction community, does good action scenes whether it be short descriptions or long paragraphs, and is familiar with the Transformers Prime/Animated and Bioshock Infinite franchises. If you or a friend you know that has any of those types of talents send me a private message that shows your action driven stories and Gmail address and I'll start sending you the chapters on Google Docs. Course it's going to be eight and ten as I'm doing chapter nine by myself. Feel free to read Transformers Infinite too, just to give you a good idea of what to do with the characters.
Now let's see how things went for the first chapter. Sadly, I didn't get any reviews, but my hit counter is over a hundred. So it wasn't that bad. There was however a guest reviewing my story, but it was less of a review and more of when one of my stories will be updated. I've been getting that for months and it's getting annoying. I just hope the next chapter will get me some reviews.
On this next chapter, the Titans make their appearance as they are doing their yearly inspection of the newly built Titans Towers across the globe. However, due to a freak thunderstorm that appeared in the Atlantic Ocean would lead to the team to take part on a mission they won't be prepared for.
Chapter Notes
Now the Teen Titans will make their appearance. The original ones, not the TTG ones thank goodness. I really wanted to distance myself from that abomination as much as I could. Now for my OC is someone I've used since I started FanFiction. All you need to know is that his name is LM, my sort of alter ego from the Matrix universes. See, LM is the student of Neo and not only that he taught him all he knows, LM has his own style as well. When Neo sacrificed himself to save Zion, the only human settlement underground, LM became the leader of Last Hope, before becoming a member of the Teen Titans soon after when he and the team joined forces in stopping Merovingian and Slade. If any of you like to know more of LM and his exploits, here's a list of stories that involved him.
Teen Matrix 1 and 2
LM's History
The Teen Titans, Tower of Terror
Nightfire
Nightfire's Origins
LM in Mumboland
Panty and Stocking with LM
Have a good look at all of those stories and you will see what I've been working on with that character. Just to warn you, my early work did have a bit of script writing before I switched it up after I got temporarily suspended when I didn't realize that type of writing is prohibited. But hey, I did switch it up and now the rest of my stories are a little less script written. But let's hope this stays that way.
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans or Bioshock
Chapter Two: Rapture
'It was not impossible to build Rapture at the bottom of the sea. It was impossible to build it anywhere else.'
A. Ryan
Somewhere above the Atlantic Ocean, in the near future…
It was a bright and sunny day over the Atlantic as there is not a cloud in the sky. The seagulls were flying over the ocean as the gentle waves blew through peacefully. Just then, something big started to hover over the ocean, as a huge shadow was casted down over the waves. Upon clearer view, it was a huge orange space ship with a total of seven glass ports and wide turbine wings. That ship was known as the T-Ship, a vehicle designed for both sea and space exploration. Inside the ship reside a group of teens gifted with super powers known simply as the Teen Titans. A team that consists of the leader Robin, the alien princess Starfire, the cybernetic genius Cyborg, the dark empath Raven, the shape shifter Beast Boy, the Earth bender Terra, and the teams black sheep LM. They were in that ship because they were starting their first ever inspections of the new Titans Towers across the globe. Since the recruitment of new teenage superheroes and adding of more to their cause, they had to set them up with new homes and place them in new teams just to get started their global communications. Inside one of the cockpits, Robin was speaking to Argent, another Goth just like Raven, only her powers were that of creating anything from red energy.
Argent: "Thanks again for visiting our Tower in London, Robin."
Robin just smiled to told her it was nothing.
Robin: "It's nothing to worry about, Argent. We have to make sure the new Towers are up and running around the planet. With new teens and teammates, we have to make sure that everything is ready when trouble is afoot and there will be help close by. Speaking of which, how are things going with your team?"
Argent: "Doing good so far. Though it's no easy working with Jericho. With him never saying a word and using hand gestures raises Hot Spot's temper. And you know how he's like when he looses his cool."
Robin just laughed it off and remembered the one time they had to control Hot Spot's anger issue.
Robin: "Trust me, he's not easy to control. Just give him a cute pet and he'll calm down. As for Jericho, we'll figure something out on how to handle his mute problem. Other then that, I think everything else is in order. We'll let you keep England and the rest of Europe under your watch. And if you every need any help, you know who to call."
Argent nodded and decided to help her call.
Argent: "Understood, Robin. This is Argent, signing off."
The screen soon went static as the communication ended on a positive note. With the talk ending, he opened all comm. channels to the other cockpits and let them know that they're almost finished.
Robin: "Okay team, we've finished with the Towers in Asia, Russia, Africa and Europe. Now we're going to focus on Titans North, and South in the US, South America, and Canada before we can head on home."
The others in the cockpits understood that they are halfway there as Beast Boy got in a relaxing state.
Beast Boy: "Finally, we are nearing our inspections. Sheesh, who would've thought keeping these towers in order, could be a chore? By the time I get back home, I'm so getting a Tofu burger and playing Super Monkey 4 non-stop."
Starfire nodded and agreed with her green friend.
Starfire: "Indeed, and I can not wait to get back to my Silkie."
Still, there are those that were a little impatient under all these inspections. One of them is LM as he was looking at his Samsung phone to look at some YouTube videos.
LM: "I still find it to be a waste of time though. I mean, going around the globe to check up on the new teams and towers? Shouldn't we at least contact them at the comfort of home? Would've saved us a lot of time then going on a road trip."
Robin sighed to himself and told the rebel about why they were doing this job.
Robin: "LM, I know that you don't like the idea of checking buildings, but these Towers need to be inspected if we are to start our global communications. And with our enemies everywhere, we need to have everything ready incase Slade or other dangerous threats make their appearance. You know what would happen if this world isn't protected from any terrorization. Remember Merovingian's failed alliances?"
LM looked up to the screens comm. and remembered about that.
LM: "Of course I remember about that. Frenchy's partnership with Slade and the Brotherhood was the worse. Thank goodness we put a stop to his plans, otherwise we would've had his so-called new world order. Still, I find it quite wasteful that we need more teams to get the jump on things when we could do it ourselves."
Terra was in the cockpit next to his and was in strong agreement with him.
Terra: "You and me both. As much as we need more help in our goal to protect the planet, I think it's a little excessive having others handling our problems. I'm still a little ticked over Slade after what he had to put me through."
The Titan leader knew what she was to go through while being Slade's apprentice and eased her mind.
Robin: "You and me both, Terra. But you need to understand that if we don't start setting up a global network of Titans, Slade or any other dangerous criminal would plan on taking over another country, or worse, a continent. We cannot allow that to happen. Which is why we need teams from around the globe keeping watch on anything that poses a threat."
Cyborg though decided to add a little something to the talk.
Cyborg: "Besides, we haven't been to the Titans East tower for a while. Can't wait to see what Bumblebee and the rest of the team did to the security upgrades. Bet Brother Blood and his H.I.V.E. Academy students would think twice in crashing it again."
LM though knew what he was trying to say and decided to stir the pot.
LM: "Or, you really want to see your girlfriend after being separated for so long."
The hybrid heard that and was a little wide eyes, turning red in the face.
Cyborg: "Say what?! No, no, no! That's not what you think! Bee and I are… friends with benefits."
LM had a cocky grin and knew that meant something else.
LM: "Yep… Definitely boyfriend and girlfriend."
The others soon laughed it up as Cy was more embarrassed then ever. Raven though was in her own cockpit and was reading her book whenever they are on these long trips. Peeking to the console with her comm. on, she was getting annoyed and decided to break it up.
Raven: "As much as I would like to hear of Cyborg's crush on Bumblebee, all this noise is really starting to ruin my concentration. So can you all be quiet? I'm trying to read."
Robin could hear her monotone voice on his comm. and decided to end the talk.
Robin: "Sorry Raven, we were just having a good time in the conversation until we get back to work. We're already in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, will be a while until we get to Steel City to check up on Titans East. We all deserve a little bit of a break before we head down there."
LM nodded on that and decided to listen to his music as he put his headphones on to listen to his I-Pod.
LM: "Just wake me when you get there. I'll be listening to Hollywood Undead if you don't mind."
Soon enough, he mashed play and listened to his music. The others though did their own thing as they were getting themselves relaxed before getting back to work. Robin was looking at the computer to work on strategy for future missions. Starfire was looking at a fashion magazine since she's interested in fashions. Cyborg was checking diagnostics on the T-ship, making sure everything is on the green. Beast Boy and Terra were on private comms as they were discussing on what to do together then they get back to Jump City. Raven though, was still reading her book and wanted some peace and quiet. Soon enough, everyone was doing their own thing, as they were relaxing after their daily inspections. But what none of them didn't know is that their peace would be disrupted completely. LM was still listening to his music while closing his eyes. Just then, his I-Pod started to get a little ecstatic as the sound was getting staticy. LM opened one of his eyes and looked down to his MP3 player to see it acting up strange.
LM: "The hell…"
Looking to it, he noticed that it was getting wonky and tapped his finger a couple of times to see if that works. Unfortunately it didn't work, as it kept getting worse. So much so, that the song changed into some strange opera tune he never heard from before. He couldn't get much of it, but the three words he heard was 'Rise, Rapture, Rise…'. Looking confused, he was getting a little aggravated over this.
LM: "That's strange… My I-Pod never acted like that."
Looking to the console, he noticed something else as well as the monitors was having static just like his I-Pod. Feeling very confused, he turned on his comm. and told the others about it.
LM: "Hey guys, something wrong in my cockpit. My console and music player and behaving weirdly."
He could hear Robin's voice responding to the situation.
Robin: "You and me both. It looks like there seems to be static interference or something. Cyborg?"
The teenage hybrid looked to the systems and couldn't get anything.
Cyborg: "Sorry Rob, can't get a good reading. Whatever's going on may be causing all systems to fail badly. I have to find out what the source of the disturbance is located."
As soon as he said that, Beast Boy looked up to the sky and noticed something that the others should pay attention to.
Beast Boy: "Uh… Maybe the disturbance might have something to do with that?"
The others looked up to the sky and saw something that left them completely speechless.
Robin: "What the…"
In the sky was a huge dark cloud that grew as wide as the eye can see. It was sparking with lightning strikes and looked like that was endless in a way. Everyone looked at it in awe, as Terra didn't know what to think.
Terra: "What in the world! Is that a thunderstorm?! I thought the whether said that it was a clear day without a cloud in the sky!"
Cyborg looked to this freak thunderstorm and was in a bit of a panic.
Cyborg: "Don't blame me over this! The weather sensors I've installed would've warned us that a storm would be coming! No way this one would pass the sensors so easily!"
Raven checked the scanners in her console, and although it was a little static, she could see the read outs were completely bizarre.
Raven: "Wherever this storm came from, the energy read outs are off the charts. This sure doesn't look like no ordinary storm, that's for sure."
Starfire looked to the width of the storm and could tell this was bad.
Starfire: "This storm of thunder is too massive! There is now way around it!"
Robin knew the situation is too grave and decided to take the risk.
Robin: "Looks like we have no other choice then to fly through it."
Everyone looked to their leader and was complete shocked by his decision.
LM: "Fly through it?! As in going through an aggressively violent storm that would ultimately kill us?! As a former leader myself, Robin, I respect your risky decisions. But this is one of the worse choices you've ever made!"
Robin: "Noted… Either way, this is the only option that we have left. Everybody hold on tight! We're going in!"
Quickly, everyone grabbed hold of the steering wheel as Cyborg turned off the autopilot on the ship. They all pushed forward as the T-Ship flew right through the dark clouds and entered the storm. The team held on tightly as the high winds rattled them and lightning strikes rained around them. None of them didn't even notice the sound of backwards whispering and strange noises. To them, this dangerous storm lasted hours, but it immediately lasted a few short seconds as they saw a light coming out through the clouds. Almost immediately, the moment they went through the storm, they were quickly out of it as the sun shown through their faces. Looking around, they soon realized that they were out in the clear with the skies all blue and seagulls were flying by, not aware of what just happened. The Titans blinked their eyes and were a little quiet by what they have to go through. In fact, they left unshaved with the exception of blood oozing out of their noses.
Beast Boy: "Um… Did we just live through that?"
Robin wiped the blood off his nose and was just was bewildered as the green changeling.
Robin: "It would seem that way. Looks like that storm was a quick one. Still, that storm was a rough one. We have to make sure that everything is in working order. Cyborg, diagnostics."
Cy checked the systems and could tell that they went back to normal very strangely and scratched the back of his head over it.
Cyborg: "This is so weird… The ship is amazingly in one pieces of all systems are back online. As for us, it seems like we managed to get out of that storm in one piece with just only nosebleeds."
LM looked back to the hybrid while wiping the blood off his nose as well, completely surprised by this.
LM: "Nosebleed? Really? That's all we've managed to get through with?! I'm surprised that my body didn't flat line in Zion. What the fuck was that all about? Never seen a storm like that before."
Raven rubbed her chin and was curious about it too.
Raven: "Neither have I. But giving how strong it was, it seemed as through this storm was artificial in nature."
The others listened to that and were intrigued about her theory.
Terra: "Artificial? Are you certain?"
Raven: "Positive. It almost like someone created this storm to attack us, but it seems this person failed in doing so."
LM looked on and remembers some code he saw in his late teacher's glasses.
LM: "You do have a point, Rae. I've detected a strange code in Neo's glasses and it looked completely abnormal in a way. Almost too erratic. Whoever did this storm is either a genius, or a psychopath."
Robin though decided on changing some plans to figure out what happened.
Robin: "Whatever the case, it is a serious matter we need to attend to. Looks like our inspections will be put on hold, Titans. Let's head to Titans Tower and check to see who created that storm. I'm sure our scanners picked up its energy signature and-"
Before he could actually finished, he got a beep on his monitor. Looking down, he groaned and was getting fed up with these unexpected events.
Robin: "Now what?"
Getting on the console, he typed a few key sequences to see what the situation was this time. Looking to the computer screen, he noticed something very off and didn't know what to think.
Robin: "That's odd…"
The others heard him through their headphones and were curious on what he found.
Starfire: "What is it Robin?"
The leader remains quiet as he looked to the computer with a bit of unease.
Robin: "I'm picking some kind of distress signal. I little blurry, but strong enough for our ship to detect."
That got their attention as Raven asked about it.
Raven: "A distress signal? Where?"
Robin kept looking at the map with the red dot on the middle of the screen, close to their position, and didn't know how to say it.
Robin: "That's the problem. It seems as though the signal is coming from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean."
That team was surprised by that as LM looked skeptical.
LM: "A signal at the bottom of the ocean? I think your scanners are experiencing technical difficulties, Rob. Who would survive at the ocean's surface?"
It was then that Beast Boy came up with an answer and explained the others about it.
Beast Boy: "Maybe it's Aqualad. I mean, the dude is Atlantian and can survive underwater. He might need our help or something."
Robin shook his head and finds it highly unlikely.
Robin: "Even if it's true, Aqualad would've contacted us by now. And that signal I'm getting isn't coming from his communicator. Whoever it's coming from, we have to look into it right away."
Starfire though wondered about what they experienced moments ago.
Starfire: "But what about the storm? Should we look into that first?"
Robin though told her what's more important.
Robin: "It will have to wait, Starfire. Right now, someone needs our help and we have to find out who. Cyborg, prepare to dive."
Cyborg nodded as he started activating the ship's second mode.
Cyborg: "Switching to sub mode. This is going to be a bumpy landing."
Once he got the system operable, the T-Ship made its slow decent to the ocean surface. Once it hit the water, it got jittering until it was completely submerged. Once it was fully into the ocean, it became a T-Sub and activated its hydro boosters to descend into the ocean's depths with the headlights turned on. Soon enough, the sub kept descending deeper as it was reaching the source of the signal. Ten fathoms. Eighteen fathoms. Deeper and deeper the sub dove as it reached the source of the signal. As they were descending through the water, Terra looked on and was getting a little nervous. BB saw her getting worried and checked to see if she's fine.
Beast Boy: "Terra, are you all right?"
The Earth bender turned to him and smiled a little weakly.
Terra: "I'm good, Beast Boy. It's just that I don't like the water pretty much."
LM heard that through his headphones and knew what she was talking about.
LM: "Hold up a sec. You mean to tell me that the mighty Earth bender is afraid of a little water?"
Terra turned to the rebel Titan and snapped to him.
Terra: "I'm not afraid! It's just that I'm not good with water. You know, like swimming, holding breath, the usual things."
Raven listened to that and was a little amazed by this unknown fear she had.
Raven: "Wow, Terra… I didn't think that you don't like the water so much. Especially after you feuded with me in the mud."
Terra looked to her and explained about that.
Terra: "Okay, first of all, mud is a type of wet Earth that I could use when dirt is mixed in. Secondly, are you still mad about that?"
Raven: "The fact that you nearly drown me in mud made it the reason why I was disgusted by it."
Terra: "But you survived it, right? I never thought you would make it out of there alive. How did you get out by the way? Just out of curiosity."
The telepath remained quiet, as she doesn't want to let her know what really happened, giving that she and the team had been through Hell in a way. So deciding to keep it in the dark, she told her a little white lie.
Raven: "Let's just say what happened after that is a little complicated."
Robin listened in and could tell she was keeping that secret.
Robin: "Let's focus on the task at hand, Titans. We have to find out where the distress signal is located. Cyborg, do we have a lock?"
Cyborg checked the scanners and could tell they were getting close.
Cyborg: "We're near. About three miles at least. Once we pass this coral we might be able to…"
He looked up and stopped at what he was saying when he saw something quite shocking.
Cyborg: "Whoa…"
The other soon looked to what the hybrid was looking at and was in quite a surprise too. Passing the coral bed, they encountered what looked like a metal graveyard filled with ships, submarines, and planes, all of which looked like they have been at the bottom of the seas for a while with seas rust showing and sea life growing on the surface. The team watched on in awe and couldn't believe a sight like that.
Beast Boy: "Dude… Look at this. It looks like a cemetery underwater. What happened here?"
Raven looked to the view and remembered something about this sight.
Raven: "I've heard of something like this. There were legends of someplace called the Frozen Triangle located in the Atlantic Ocean. Not much is known of it, but the Triangle is the zone of the unknown where ships were lost, never to be found again…"
LM looked to the wreckage through his glass dome and put the pieces together.
LM: "You you're saying that we're in the middle of this triangle and these ships and subs got caught in it? Oh man, that would explain the distress signal. No one would've survived it."
Star saw this too and was curious about it.
Starfire: "I do not understand. If what Raven said is true, how did all these vessels get to the bottom of the ocean? And how are we picking up the distress signal when no one would survive this?"
Robin though this too and wanted to get some answers.
Robin: "Don't know, but the only way to find out is to get to the signal and investigate. Once we locate it, we'll find our answer and leave before-"
Suddenly, there was a proximity alarm blaring in the cockpits as the team was alerted to it. Cyborg looked to the console and spotted seven dots heading to their position on the radar.
Cyborg: "Eyes sharp team! We got boogies incoming!"
Everyone started to get sharp and looked for anything heading to them. It was then that Terra spotted something in the distance.
Terra: "I got a visual. Almost looks like…"
Robin got a closer look as well and noticed what it was. What they were are seven torpedoes with propellers in the back and red blinking lights in the front. Seeing them, Robin panicked and had to avoid it.
Robin: "Torpedoes! Evasive maneuvers!"
Getting on the controls, he lifted the handles up in the air as the sub flew high and avoided the missiles by mere inches. Everyone held on as they all was ascended upwards with the sub. Once it was evenly stable, LM took a breather and didn't expect it at all.
LM: "Raven, did the legend of the Frozen Triangle involved torpedoes in anyway?"
Raven simply shook her head and was confused as everyone else. Terra looked to the radar, and noticed the dots are turning around and heading back to them.
Terra: "Wherever they came from, they are locked on to us."
Robin knew this as well and decided to take it to the defensive.
Robin: "Not if we can help it. Titans, separate!"
At that moment, the team reached for the button and pushed it at the same time. Almost immediately, the T-Sub/Ship started to break apart into seven pieces and altered to individual vessels. Once they were apart, the group gains control of their own vehicles and flew away from each other. At the same time, the torpedoes got to their position and missed as well. But this time, they too separate in different directions and went after each other, one missile reaching one vessel each.
The first one, Raven looked to the radar and saw one of the torpedoes from behind. Seeing this, she started to steer her pod through the rocky terrain not far from her. The projectile followed suit and went after her through the rocks and coral. With her quick maneuvers, she was able to get a step ahead of the projectile and could get by easily. Still the missiles kept going after her and was gaining ground too. Continuing to push forward, she spotted a dead end right in front of her, but there was an opening on the top and decided to take it. Yet with her pod not durable in going up, the telepath has to pull a quick trick of her own. With her eyes glowing white, the pod was encased in a black aurora and lifted itself high in the air. The torpedo though didn't have enough height advantage as lifted up in a slant, hitting the wall and exploding on impact. The pod Rae was in lifted back out to the opening and tilted to its proper place, with the magic fading. Raven looked down to the billowing underwater smoke and was pleased with what she did. She soon returned to the others and hopes they got out of their own predicament.
In Cyborg's pod, the hybrid was holding his own as the second torpedo was gaining on him. Looking to his radar, he smirked and was ready to trick it.
Cyborg: "All right little guy. Let's see if you handle this!"
He then lifted his steering mechanism up in the air and did a quick loop that went upside down and over the torpedo in mere seconds. Once he was behind the projectile, he targeted the torpedo and fired his blaster turrets, blowing it up completely. Looking at this, he fist pumped in the air and gave his ever so popular one liner.
Cyborg: "Booya!"
Meanwhile, Terra was trying to get away from the third torpedo that was coming towards her, but wasn't enjoying the chase anymore. Figuring out a way to loose it, her eyes started to glow yellow and the ground below her pod started to shake. It was then that a bunch of huge stone pillars rose up around the wreckage and extend higher. She then maneuvers through the pillars and loosing the torpedo while that projectile tried to get out of the rising earth. With one quick turn after the next, it was trying to make an escape. But with the pillars rising and the earth moving, it was getting very difficult for it to get away. Finally, it caught site of the vessel Terra was in and went straight ahead. Before it could reach her, a pillar rose right in front of it and it had little time to avoid it. Just like that, the torpedo hit the pillar and it blew up in a matter of seconds. Terra looked back to the underwater explosion and smirked to herself, pleased with her plan.
Beast Boy was the opposite and he was trying to shake the torpedo behind him off. With the maneuvers he was pulling, he can't get out of it without the underwater missile trying to get him.
Beast Boy: "C'mon Beast Boy, think! You got to get yourself out of this mess quick before that missiles blows you up. It's a shame that this missile is locking onto my ship…"
That's when an idea popped into his head and remembered what he really is.
Beast Boy: "Hold the phone. That torpedo has a lock on my ship, but not on me."
With that said, he pushed the Auto Pilot button to let the pod steer itself. Pushing another button, the chair lowered itself and BB was out of view. That was when a compartment opened up and a green shark swam down to headed to the missile. It was obviously Beast Boy as he can shape shift into any animal he can think of, especially underwater ones. As he headed to the torpedo, he swam right past it as he figured out the projectile was interested his vessel and not himself. Knowing it was distracted; he shifted into an Octopus and used his long tentacles to grab hold of the torpedo. Almost instantly, the torpedo knew it was attack and flail around endlessly, trying to get the octopus off of it. Beast Boy held on for dear life as he was being rallied like that of a bull rider. He knew that he had to let go for get turned into calamari. Gripping his legs tighter, he spinned his body and made the torpedo go in a circle over and over again until he let go. The underwater missile was flying out of control until it collided with a wrecked plane and exploded on impact. Looking on to the mess he did, he mentally smiled and shifted back to a shark to get back to his vessel.
Meanwhile, in Starfire's pod, she was maneuvering through the rough waters as the other torpedo went after her very swiftly. She looked back to the radar and could tell that it was gaining on her very quickly.
Starfire: "Whoever fired these torpedoes, certainly does not want us around. I must dispel this missile before it dispose me."
Maneuvering through the water, she had to find a way to get out of it as much as she could. Meanwhile, Robin was trying to get his torpedo out of the way. As he was handling his own problem, he turned to the right to see Starfire having trouble of her own. Seeing her in danger, he immediately contacted her.
Robin: "Starfire, are you okay? What's your situation?"
Starfire could hear it on her end of the comm. and told Rob about the situation.
Starfire: "Very grim, Robin. This underwater projectile is moving faster then I could loose it. I would require assistance immediately!"
Robin nodded and looked to his radar to see the torpedo that's after him getting closer as well. Looking to this, he came up with a plan and spoke to Star about it.
Robin: "Starfire, I have a plan though you might not like it."
The Tamaranean nodded and decided to take whatever idea he has.
Starfire: "I am open for whatever suggestion you have, friend."
Robin then got serious and told her his plan.
Robin: "Good… I want you to come to me so we can collide."
Star heard that and was confused by his plan.
Starfire: "I don't understand… Are you planning on killing us before the torpedoes do?"
Robin shook his head and told her the exact opposite.
Robin: "No, we'll just let the torpedoes collide to each other. Trust me, it will work. Now move to my position and wait for my signal."
Starfire nodded and was a little nervous of what would happen next. Piloting her pod, she turned to Robin's direction as the projectile went after her. Robin did the same as he headed to her position as well with his own torpedo still chasing him. As the two were getting closer, Robin started to tell her the hold her speed.
Robin: "All right Starfire, we're ready. Get ready to avoid me on my mark."
Star tightened her handles, as she was ready to follow the leader's order. The two kept on getting closer and closer until they were mere feet from each other with the underwater missiles still gaining on them. Once they were in position, Robin told her to act now.
Robin: "Mark!"
Soon enough, the two moved their handles in two separate directions, with Robin's pod over Star's and Starfire's pod beneath his. As soon as they avoided each other, they sped away as the missiles collided into each other and exploded in a ball of underwater flames. Once they were in the out of clear, Star sighed and was glad that they've got out of it.
Starfire: "I think I almost excreted the food from my nine stomachs…"
Now all that's left was LM as he has the last torpedo after him. Going through flips and turns, he tried so much to get the missile off of his case. Yet no matter what he does, it wasn't doing the trick. Seeing the torpedo getting closer on his radar, he was aggravated and decided to put a stop to it.
LM: "Tricky little bastard… Let's see if you can go after me through the wreckage!"
Pushing his handles down, his vessel descended downwards and drove right to the underwater graveyard as the torpedo followed suit. Soon enough, he was steering through pieces of ships, subs, and planes that were rusting away and squeezing into a few tight cracks just to loose the pursuer. Still, it wouldn't do as the torpedo kept on chasing him no matter what. The rebel Titan checked his radar again and cussed to himself.
LM: "Damn it! You just don't give up, do you? Looks like I have no other choice then to take extreme measures."
Looking through the wreckage, he could see a half of a plane that was resting on the remains of a ship. Seeing this, he knew how to handle this torpedo and pushed the two buttons on his handle. Just then, two compartments opened up in the front and two missiles fired out of it. Those missiles hit the poles that were holding the plane up and blew up on contact. The poles were soon destroyed and the plane started to make it's decent into the ocean surface. Seeing that small window opened, he ignited the turbo on his sub and he sped faster then its original speed. The torpedo though kept following, but it was having a hard time reaching him, giving his pod has become quicker. LM held on tightly as he was hoping that he could get out of this tight squeeze in time. In a matter of moments, LM managed to thread the needle and made it out the other side. The torpedo, on the other hand was at the side he was on and didn't make it as it hit the plane and it exploded on contact. LM looked back as metal debris floated downward in the ocean and was happy with what he did.
LM: "Sayonara sucka!"
He soon relaxed and was relieved that that was finally over. But just as he was about to take a breather, a bunch more beeps came on the radar. Looking to the screen, he could see more beeps coming to the team's position. He turned his comm. on and warned the others about it.
LM: "Eyes peeled everyone, we got more company coming!"
Everyone soon heard of it and looked on to see the more torpedoes heading straight towards them. Beast Boy saw this and couldn't believe it.
Beast Boy: "You've got to be kidding me! More of them?! Where did they come from exactly?"
Cyborg checked the monitor and doesn't like the looks of it.
Cyborg: "Don't know, but they're too many to count! I don't think we can maneuver that many!"
Raven looked at all of them and knew as well. But looking down to the huge debris of ships, she thought of a way out of it.
Raven: "I think I know how to loose them, but it will be risky."
Robin listened to her and had to trust her.
Robin: "Whatever it is you're planning, make it quick! We're about to be new additions to this graveyard!"
The telepath nodded and closed her eyes to focus. Opening them up again, they glowed pearly white and lighted her hands high up in the air. Out on the ocean surface, multiple wrecks were engulfed in black energy and slowly rose off the floor and up to the air. She focused incredibly hard as she was lifting all the objects at the same time. Once they were in the exact height, the many torpedoes started to hit them all the created a huge chain of explosions, enough to make an enormous fireball underwater and leaving no sight unseen. During the explosions, the Titans managed to make their escape through the chaos. They all regroups and reconnected into the T-Sub and went through the coral and rocks beneath to opening just so they don't get caught again. The team took heavy breathers as Robin looked to the Rae and thanked her.
Robin: "Nice thinking Raven. Having those torpedoes take out the wreckage while we make an escape was perfect!"
Raven took a few deep breaths to calm herself as she told him that it was all right.
Raven: "Thanks… Just remind me when this is over to meditate when we get back to the Tower."
Soon enough, the group remained quiet until Terra spoke up.
Terra: "So… Any idea where those torpedoes came from?"
Cyborg took a look at the radar and noticed that the blip came from the same direction as the torpedoes that came towards them.
Cyborg: "Don't know, but the distress signal it located where the torpedoes came from."
Beast Boy heard that and was really worried.
Beast Boy: "So our idea is to head down to the source of the signal that tried to kill us. If there is a vote, I go for getting back home and not get blown to bits."
Robin sighed to BB's comments and told him that they have no option.
Robin: "Whether you like it or not, Beast Boy, we are going to check out that signal and see if they need any help. And whoever fired those torpedoes at use could be something that's keeping this person hostage. Whatever the case, we have to investigate."
So the T-Ship/Sub kept swimming through the water to reach the distress signal. This time, they swim close to the ocean's floor and under the coral, to prevent any torpedoes from coming straight to them. As they kept moving, LM looked on ahead and spotted something off at a distance.
LM: "Huh, that's weird…"
Robin heard him through the headset and asked him about it.
Robin: "What is it LM?"
LM: "There appears to be some type of light at the end of the coral reefs. I can't get a clear description, but it looks like its unnatural, giving that we're in the bottom of the Atlantic."
The others saw the unknown light too and was curious of it as well.
Starfire: "Maybe they could be the school of fish that glow."
LM: "You mean those glimmer fish? Naw… If they were, the glow would've been different. This glow, on the other hand, almost looked man made.
Cyborg checked the scanners again and could tell that they are getting close.
Cyborg: "Well the signal is where this light is emanating from. So we might get a visual in 3, 2…"
He looked up to see the end of the tunnel as the light nearly blinded the team. When they got their sights back, they saw something they would never saw before with their eyes wide and jaws widen, all of which completely speechless with the exception of a few words.
Cyborg: "Whoa…
Starfire: "In the name of X'hal…
Beast Boy: "Dude…"
Raven: "Sweet Azar…"
What the team was looking at was a huge city, with buildings that stretched for miles and spotlights shining. Neon signs illuminate the area as fish and other marine mammals swim around the structures. Seeing the art deco, it was very sleek and well designed with Oscar like statues and sculptures of god like beings holding the structures on the walls. And to top it off, waterway sidewalks that are interconnected to each building. The team watched on in wonder and didn't know what to think of it.
Terra: "Okay… I did not see this coming. What is this place? And what's it doing at the bottom of the Atlantic?"
LM was curious about it too until he turned to see what looked like a billboard that shows a happy 50s like family enjoying themselves with a sign over it that said, 'Welcome to Rapture: Your beautiful city.' with one of the lamp post sorting out.
LM: "One of the billboards said that the place is called Rapture. Hmph… Strange way to name a city after an apocalyptic word."
Raven heard that and was confused.
Raven: "Rapture? But I never heard of this city before. In fact, the only city that is in the bottom of the ocean is Atlantis. Wonder if Aqualad know of this place."
Robin, still in awe by the sight of it, shook his head and told her that it was impossible.
Robin: "If Aqualad knew of this place, he would've told us. Seems like the distress signal is coming directly into the city. Let's check it out."
So the sub dove down into the city and glided past the many beautiful buildings that make up this amazing town. The group watched on to see the close detail of the structures and neon signs and billboard shining brightly. As they were passing, they were under one of the walkways and saw what looked like a bulky metal man applying rivets into one of the arches to prevent it from leaking while the next one on the water surface used its drill to fire at a nearby structure and retracting up to higher level to continue its work. As the team looked on in astonishment, Beast Boy thought of something and told the others.
Beast Boy: "Hey! I just thought of something. If this city is beautiful, why is someone sending us a distress signal? It's not like they're in danger or anything. Right?"
Terra looked to the buildings architecture and didn't think of it.
Terra: "Maybe this person is afraid of closed environments and the fact that he has to be underwater the whole time. Judging by the structures of these buildings, I don't know how they can take the pressure of the heavy seas."
Cyborg looked to the buildings too and was curious of it as well.
Cyborg: "Well, these buildings to look structurally sound. Kind of amazing how whoever built this place managed to keep the structures intact. The main problem that I have are the windows. Though as durable as they are, they seem to be too thin to hold all that water out. There's no telling when one of them will crack under pressure."
Robin: "Well, let's hope none of them crack when we get in. The distress signal is coming from within the buildings. The exact location though is unknown. Our only option is to check the entire city and find the distress signal."
LM heard this and didn't like the idea.
LM: "So, the plan is to go into the city and search every building to find the person that sent that signal. Great… That's going to take us forever."
Robin sighed and told him that they have no choice.
Robin: "It's the best option that we have. After all, there could be residence in those buildings that could help us out."
He looked around and noticed what looked like a welcoming center with a neon sign on the top that says, 'Rapture Metro' with red lights acting like subway lines from behind. Looking to this, he spotted a passage that looked like the docks of some kind.
Robin: "There! That must be the docking area. Cyborg?"
The hybrid looked down to docking area and nodded in agreement.
Cyborg: "On it!"
He quickly steered the T-Sub/Ship to the welcoming center and headed to the tunnel wide enough to let the sub in. As they approached the tunnel, a sign started to lit up that says, 'All Good Things Flow Into the City' with the 'City' part sparking the moment it lit up while the metal door opened up to let them in. The moment they went through that tunnel, there were promotional posters from side to side showcasing what to do in the city of Rapture, from relaxing in Arcadia, to shopping at Fort Frolic. There were a few posters that was depicting places under the name, 'Fontaine', but they were covered up in waterproof stickers that says, 'Attention! Closed by order of the Council'. They soon approached multiple paths with one litted up to lead them to a vacant dock. Cyborg took the tunnel to the left and kept on piloting till he reached the end of the tunnel. The moment they were out, Cyborg spotted the water's surface and ascended upwards, breaking through the surface. Once the sub was out of the water, the compartment domes opened up to let the team in. Upon getting out, they looked on and could tell that they were in some docking area with catwalks in between and a few long subs to get people in and out of the city, like that of an airport, only under the water. The strangest part is that the docking area looked empty as the subs were abandoned and no maintenance personnel is around. Looking around the place, they could tell that it was huge.
Terra: "Whoa! Check this place out. It's huge!"
Starfire looked at this place too and was curious about the missing people.
Starfire: "Indeed. This Rapture does have its presentation quite glorious. But where are the people? We would have been welcomed to the city with open arms."
The others soon realized that she does have a point.
Raven: "That's right. Someone would've been here to be our guide or provide us with the help we need."
Beast Boy, who was next to Raven at that time, places his hands on his head and sighed deeply.
Beast Boy: "Yeah… Wouldn't it hurt to have a huge group of babes greeting us when we come here."
Rae looked to BB with her usual scrawl and slapped him up the head to knock him out of his daydream. He fell forward face first and groaned in pain.
Beast Boy: "Ow… I was only joking…"
Raven only turned her head away and was a little disgusted.
Raven: "Idiot…"
Robin looked around too and had no clue on what's going on.
Robin: "Well it is odd that a massive city under the water doesn't have anyone at the welcome mat. Wonder what happened to all of them?"
LM though didn't want to take any chances as he jumped back up to the T-Ship and punched a few buttons on the side console of his pod.
LM: "Well, whatever happened to these yokels, I'm not taking any chances."
Pressing the last button, a compartment opened up and a rack of weapons rose up right in front of him filled with pistols, rifles, shotguns, and grenades. Looking through his options, he decided to take a M739 Light Machine Gun and an SS Shotgun along with a couple of clips to reload. Raven saw him gathering up his weapons and was a little confused about this.
Raven: "Really? We're looking for this distress signal and the person who sent it. The last thing we want is for you to be heavily armed to kill."
The renegade Titan looked to the telepath and reminded her of what happened out at the sea.
LM: "Last time I check, those torpedoes that tried to scrap us came directly from this city. Someone didn't want us to come to this city and would do anything in keeping it a secret. I'm not taking anymore risks on this little mission."
He then loaded up his rifle and placed on his holster behind him along with his shotgun. The Titan Leader looked to him getting prepared and understood what he meant.
Robin: "You make a good point, LM. Still, we need to find the location of this distress signal within the city. My guess is that we should start walking and search for any occupants. Come on team, let's move out!"
The group nodded as they walked down the long catwalk that took them straight to the security airlock not far from them. Close by, there was a camera that was off when they got there. Suddenly, the camera started to spark a bit until it sputters to life. Lifting itself up, it looked around for a quick second and spotted the team leaving the docking area.
In an unknown location within Rapture, two figures were watching one of the screens and spotted a black and white live feed of the Teen Titans leaving. The first one started to speak in a female German accent.
"It would seem your first stage of the plan has worked. You managed to get them into this world and into the city."
Another woman responded back in a young and serious voice.
"Was there any doubt?"
"No, there is none. However, I am weary that these young ones will enter this nightmare we all created."
The other woman remained silent, as she knew that they would have to face Rapture's aftermath and the craze citizens that lost their way.
"Yes, we did create this nightmare that they will enter. But they will survive this and get to us. I'll have Jack and Delta keep close watch on them while they save the many Little Sisters scattered within the city grounds."
"And what if he gets them before we do?"
The other woman remained silent again and knew that he will get to them first before she need their help.
"Then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."
The Russian woman nodded in agreement and waits to see what would happen next.
"Understand, Fraulein Elizabeth."
So that's chapter two and the introduction of the Teen Titans along with a few more characters. And before you ask, yes, they are Tenenbaum from the two Bioshock games and Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite. Now I know most of you people are suspicious on why Elizabeth is in this story when in the DLC of Buried Alive part 2, she died in the end. Well I got a really good reason she survived and I'm going to save it in a future story. Until then, I'll keep it in the dark until we get there. Now on the next chapter, the Teen Titans entered the city and soon found out that it got to Hell fast and the people in the city would try to kill them. Will they be able to get them out of this mess? Wait and see. Please Review.
