BioTitans

by LuisJM

After surviving a freak thunder storm, the Titans detected a distress signal at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. When they got down there, they weren't expecting an underwater utopia filled with insane citizens, big metal monsters, and a ruling dictator. Will they be able to find a way out of this nightmare with the help of some unlikely alliances? (TT/Bioshock X-Over)

3. Splicers

Sorry if the third chapter took a while. There have been a lot of things that have been going on with me as of late. I had three classes on the fall semester I had to juggle and struggle with (thank good I passed them through As and Bs) I had to work for a little bit, I am part of a social group in Hankering for More, pretty much everything and anything. So you can imagine how complicated things were. Thankfully, I now have one class for the spring and whatever happens with work, I have to help out. Whatever the case, I will still continue to write my stories down as long as I want and will not stop this hobby of mine. That's a promise I intend to keep.

As for what went on with the last chapter. I still didn't get a single review from anyone and my hit counter is 76 hits in total. I feel like something that was a whole lot less. Preferably because I have my OC and Terra in this story. But what can I say, this is my Titan story and I've been going through that direction since day one. So I will intend to keep it like that. Whatever happens with the reviews and hits though, I will continue with this story no matter what.

On the next chapter of BioTitans, the team entered the city of Rapture to find the location of the distress signal. But when they step foot into the city, they'll soon realize that something has gone terribly wrong and encounter the citizens that aren't too friendly. Will they be able to survive a population of demented people? Things will get worse from here on out for them.

Chapter Notes

The splicers will make their appearance into this chapter but here's what I'm going to do. Like in the games, I will slowly introduce the different class of splicers to slowly raise the threat lever the team will be facing. Don't worry, you'll get to see the Spider, Houdini, Brutes, and Nitros in future chapters. But until then, we're starting with the Thugish and Leatherheads as they are the first enemies in the game. I will also make a couple of extra changes to help tie Bioshock 1 and 2 with Infinite. Giving that the 3rd game focuses on Infinite universes (spoiler warning) I do believe that they are more then one Rapture just like more then one Columbia. And to see that there existed both a Columbia and a Rapture in the same universe will make the story more interesting. Trust me, I got something special planned for a future chapter and it will make a good enough tie in to my Transformers Prime/Animate and Bioshock Infinite story.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans or Bioshock.

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Chapter Three: Splicers

'There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.'
O. Levant

Back in the welcoming center of Rapture, the Teen Titans were walking through a glass tube that will take them to another building that would be the so-called terminal. As they were walking, they looked to the vast underwater ocean between the curved glass and was amazed by the fish swimming around them.

Beast Boy: "Okay, shock factor aside, this place does look like an indoor aquarium. Only this is 110 times way awesome than that!"

Raven looked through the glass to see a school of fish swim by and was a little impressed.

Raven: "For once, I could agree with you, Beast Boy. This place certainly is something to marvel about. Though I am curious as to how this city was built and who was crazy enough to build it."

As they were walking, they were passing by rows of old fashioned TVs attached to the walls. It was then a ding was heard and an announcement was made.

"Good morning, and Welcome to Rapture: Where opportunity awaits. And now for a special announcement, here is Andrew Ryan."

Soon enough, the static changed to the logo of Rapture, a tall lighthouse shining through the open sea. The scene then changed to an advertisement depicting a couple with the man lighting a cigarette for his wife or girlfriend. The strangest part is that the man wasn't using a lighter, but instead the tip of his finger had a small flame with it looked like it didn't hurt him at all. There was also a title on the top and bottom of the screen that says, 'Fire at your fingertips! Incinerate: Plasmids by Ryan Industries'. The scene then switched to a man around his forties that was relaxing comfortably on his chair with parting hair to the sides, a mustache and he was holding a smoke pipe. The title next to him said 'From the Desk of RYAN' as a voice was heard through the speaker.

'I am Andrew Ryan and I'm here to ask you a question: Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?'

The scene changed to a working man on the farm sweating the day away. But the next scene changed with the same man getting chased by a bald eagle with the Capitol of Washington in the background.

'No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.'

The next scene was the man backing away in fear from a huge hand offering sanctuary with the Vatican in the background.

'No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.'

In the next scene, the same person was running for his life then a hammer and a sharp curved blade went after him with the building of Moscow behind them and a star that was shining over him.

'No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.'

And then the final scene was the man cowering in fear while in the background, another person was doing a arm lifting salute with two red banisters from the left and right that has the black swastika over a white circle.

'No, says the man in Germany. It belongs to me.'

The scene soon switched back to the person making the introduction as he continued on.

'I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose… Rapture.'

Soon enough, the TVs were showing off scenes of different places in Rapture, both outside and inside. Inside, they could see people enjoying themselves and spending time with their partners or family members while the person on the monitor was still talking.

'A city where the artist would not fear the censor. Where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality. Where the great would not be constrained by the small. Rapture is a well kept secret, preventing the parasites from controlling what we can and cannot do. Where innovation and creativity can evolve pass those whose primitive minds cannot comprehend. And where children will have brighter futures then what they have promised from the surface. So if you're here to assist in turning the gears of this city, create many marvels of science, or to live a life of leisure, then welcome to Rapture: Where Opportunity awaits. And remember, with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well.'

The message ends while the music played and TVs still showing things to do in Rapture. The Titans watched each monitor as they passed by and knew who's in charge.

Starfire: "The television sets states that this Andrew Ryan created this city. For a human being, he really thought big."

LM looked to the monitors and was a little weary of this person.

LM: "Don't know about it Star… The way he acts, he certainly reminds me of Merovingian. Talks a big game and is all high and mighty, while having an ego the size of Jupiter."

Robin listened to their thoughts and decided to speak to him.

Robin: "Whatever the case, he is in charge of this city. Perhaps he knows who sent that distress signal."

Terra though head that and thought of something else.

Terra: "Or, maybe he was the one that sent that signal in the first place."

Robin rubbed his chin and thought that was possible.

Robin: "Hmm… Maybe. But we have to see him just to be sure. If only we knew where he's located."

The group kept on walking until they stopped at a security airlock with a gear of some kind in the middle of the door. Then they approached it, it didn't open, but there was a lever on the side that opens the door. Robin headed to the door and pulled the lever to open the airlock door. But as he did that, it didn't respond. He did it over and over again, but the door still wouldn't open. Getting annoyed, he turned to the others and asked Cyborg for a favor.

Robin: "Door's stuck. There's no other way through. Cyborg?"

The hybrid looked to the lever and knew what the leader wants.

Cyborg: "On it."

Approaching the lever, he opened his compartments on his arm and multiple small tools started to pop out. Opening the switch next to the door, he noticed that the gears looked simple, but programmed to keep that door locked.

Cyborg: "That's strange… Looks like someone locked the door on the other side, preventing anyone from getting into the docks."

The others listened to him and realized he has a strong point.

Raven: "That would explain why the docks we were in was abandoned. Question is, why it was abandoned?"

Robin thought this as well and decided to keep moving forward.

Robin: "Don't know, but we'll see soon enough."

As soon as he said it, Cyborg managed to bypass the locking mechanism as the gears started to turn at the center.

Cyborg: "There, we're in."

Slowly the door started to rise slowly as the Titans walked through it.

Robin: "All right team, let's see if we can get some help…"

The Titan leader immediately stopped as he and the team looked what's in front of them, starring on with wide eyes and were in complete and utter shock. They all remained silent as Beast Boy muttered a few words.

Beast Boy: "Whoa… Dude…"

Standing in front of them, they were in what appeared to be a departure/arrival wing for people to leave or enter Rapture. There were rows of seats in a circle like structure and a glass dome on the ceiling that shows the underwater ocean with schools of fish swimming above it. At each end were desks used to let people board, A few strange looking vending machines scattered about, and at the center of it all is a huge statue of the underwater utopia with a tall lighthouse that towered over it and an 'R' plastered on the bronze like wall of the lighthouse. But what shocked them the most was that it looked like somewhat of a protest. Luggage was discarded and left behind, some of the seats were broken off, and picket signs were everywhere saying things like 'Ryan doesn't own us' or 'Let it end. Let us ascend' or 'We are not your property'. But then someone must've climbed up the monument and painted a message under the R emblem that says, 'Rapture's Dead.' To make matters worse, the glass ceiling was leaking water in some spots while lights flickered in a couple of places. They all looked at the scene in front of them and didn't know what to think of it.

Terra: "Man… Guess we know why that door was locked up tight."

Cyborg then approached one of the rows that had one of the picket signs and read it silently.

Cyborg: "Looks like the people in the city didn't want to stay here for so long. Seems like this Ryan guy did a city wide lockdown, preventing people to get out of here."

Starfire looked around the place and noticed that it was completely empty. Not a single person around.

Starfire: "Then if that is the case, then where are the people? Why isn't there anyone that would be present at the time?"

Robin noticed it too and realized that she does have a point.

Robin: "Don't know, but there's something very wrong about this city. Someone has to be around to give us answers. We just need to find them."

Beast Boy checked around the area too while figuring out what they should do now. Checking the place out one more time, he found someone sitting on one of the chairs and was holding something around his arms and a hat tilted down.

Beast Boy: "Well we don't have to search for long. Looks like someone is still here."

The changeling then walked to the person and wanted to ask this person what just happened. However, Raven sensed something wrong and tried to stop him.

Raven: "Beast Boy, wait!"

But BB didn't listen as he was in front of this person and started to asked some questions to him.

Beast Boy: "Hey there mister. My friends and I just came into the city and noticed that it was in lockdown. Can you tell us why?"

He waited for a response, but didn't get any from this person. Feeling a little impatient, he asked again.

Beast Boy: "Hel-LO! Dude, are you listening? What's going on in this town?"

Still, no response. Starting to get annoyed by this, he starting to shake him, thinking he's still asleep.

Beast Boy: "Hey! Wake up! I'm asking you a simple question. The least you can do is-"

By the time he kept on shaking this guy, the hat fell off his head as the green Titan saw something that was completely horrifing. Looking right at him, he saw his face looked completely mummified with a wrinkled flesh, glazed over eyes, strands of thinning hair on top of his head, teeth showing in his mouth, and flies buzzing. That caused the changeling to scream like a girl and backed up in shock. The team saw this dead body in front of them and felt disgusted by it.

Raven: "Knew it…This person is dead. By the looks of this body, he was dead for quite a while."

LM looked to this body too and noticed something that was next to it. Curious, he approached the body and picked up and inspected what looked like a bottle of some kind with a skull and crossbones on the label. He then spotted a bunch of blue pills on the seat surface and knew what happened to this poor person.

LM: "Figures… Cyanide… A poisonous drug that is extremely fatal to those that take it. This poor bastard must've taken too much that he killed himself in the process."

Everyone listened to him and could tell that he's was strongly right in all of it.

Starfire: "Then, what happened to this poor soul? Why did he end the life the way he did?"

LM tossed the bottle aside and saw something in the arms of this body. Looking on, he knew that it could be something important.

LM: "Maybe what this person has could give us some answers."

Getting a closer look at the object he was carrying, it almost looked like some kind of recorder. Cautiously, the rebel Titan slowly pried it out of his dead arms and managed to get it out of his grasp. Taking a good look at it, he noticed that it was still working and hit the play button below the tape recorder. Once it started to play, he and the others could hear panic and angered voices in the background as people were protesting. Then they heard a man speaking about something, the same man that committed suicide.

'This is bullshit. This is absolute bullshit! Ryan decided to suspend all departures out of Rapture for fear that Atlas's thugs don't commandeer one of the subs and take them to the surface. That's all fine and all, but what about us? We came to Rapture just so the Parasites won't treat us like vermin. We didn't come here to take part in some Civil War between Ryan and Atlas! By locking us in, we are trapped in this damn hellhole trying to survive. Those that haven't picked a side are surely dead by now. And even those that aren't dead are splicing themselves with as many Plasmids as they can use, not knowing of the side effects or what those bottles will do to their bodies! I don't want this! I don't want any of it! If I can't get out of this city, then I will find some other methods in leaving! Even if it means killing myself… Then so be it…'

The recorder stopped as the team listened to message. Hearing it, they knew what happened to this city.

Terra: "A civil war within this city. Man, that's messed up."

Cyborg turned to the Earth bender and nodded in agreement.

Cyborg: "Can you blame this poor soul? He and the others wanted to get out of this city because of some war, yet Ryan didn't want anyone to leave in fear of exposing this place. Still doesn't explain why there is a war within the city."

Robin thought that through and knew of some theories.

Robin: "There are many things that would cause a war. Sometimes it has to do with a working class dispute. Sometimes its based around religion. Other times, it could be extreme radicals that are in over their heads."

LM thought this through and was curious of this uneventful news.

LM: "So what brought a city underwater into a war? Working class struggles, religion, anarchists, or all the above?"

Robin tried to figure it out and started to connect the dots.

Robin: "No clue. However, giving the distress signal we got, it has to be bad."

Cy looked around the place, trying to forget about the body they've discovered, and thought of moving on.

Cyborg: "Well, we can't get any answers around here. The place looks a little abandoned and there's nothing that can help us."

Robin turned to him and nodded in agreement.

Robin: "Good point Cyborg. Let's keep moving forward and hope we find some survivors that knows more of what happened."

The rest of the team nodded in agreement as they all walked away from the body and left the boarding area. LM though stayed behind and looked to the body, feeling sorry for what happened to him. Placing the recorder on his lap, he picked up the person's top hat and placed it back on his head, making sure he's at peace. He soon caught up with the others as they continued their investigation. What they didn't know is that someone was watching them in the shadows. One shadow was an average size man around his thirties, the other is a huge bulking character with a glowing porthole and a drill connected to its arm. The guy looked to the group leaving and could tell who they are.

"So, this is the group Miss Elizabeth wanted us to keep watch on, huh? Definitely a strange bunch if you ask me. Still, we should've introduced ourselves rather then hide from them."

The huge creature behind him groaned lowly as if to say something. The man turned to it and understood what it meant.

"I know, I know. Orders are orders. Yet I'm curious what is her A game in bringing these young radicals into the city when it's overrun by lunatics. Guess I'll never know."

It was then that the creature pointed its drill to the direction of the open gate and groaned of a new situation. The person turned to the direction of the gate and agreed with what it was trying to say.

"I got it. We now have to disable all the subs at docking before we can continue observing. With that gate open, it will be a matter of time before his men find out of about it and commandeer any of them. I just hope these kids don't get too far. Come on Delta, we got work to do."

The man then walked directly to the open gate as the creature called Delta slowly followed him with lumbering stomps, focusing on the next course of action.

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Meanwhile, the Titans left the boarding area and walked down the long hall with glass curves on the corner and metal statues acting as pillars. During the walk, they soon noticed more protest rallies that use to have been around that is littered with picket signs and discarded luggage. Overhead, they spotted a timetable board showing the arrival and departure times, all the status rows said, 'Canceled' while it was flickering on and off. Beast Boy looked to this and finds it very off.

Beast Boy: "Sheesh… All these people trapped in this place. You think Ryan would have to decency to let them out if they don't want to get hurt."

Raven was silent about this and explained of the turmoil most men would do.

Raven: "Sometimes, fear gets into the hearts of those that are great. It would consume them until they take risks so extreme, that they would do whatever it takes to protect themselves, even if it means having others killed."

Star heard that and found it terrible on all accounts.

Starfire: "It still does not explain that he would close this city off, especially from fear."

Robin was at the lead and told everyone that it was all right.

Robin: "People like Ryan, do get paranoid over things they can't control. Let's hope whoever is alive can give us answers as to why this city is like this."

The team kept on walking as they kept searching for survivors. During that search, they spotted something that got their attention. It was a huge statue that resembled the leader of Rapture, Andrew Ryan with a banner over it that says, 'No Gods or Kings, Only Man'. At the base of the statue there was white paint written on the floor with a can close by that reads, 'You didn't learn from Columbia.' The group watched on and could tell that whoever this Ryan is, is certainly full of himself.

LM: "And I thought Merovingian has an ego. This Ryan got a tall statue in his honor."

The group read the banner as they were suspicious about this person.

Terra: "No gods or kings? Who does this guy think he is? A hypocrite?"

Raven: "It might mean that he is far superior then those that are in charge. Making him better than anyone else."

Terra turned back to the telepath and finds that to be very creepy.

Terra: "Yeah, well if you're superior, you shouldn't make statues for your self glory."

Robin simply ignored them and noticed another recording device on the ground over the written message. Approaching the device, he picked it up and see what's on this recorder. Hitting play, he could hear the voice of a woman discussing about the past and what happened to Rapture.

'I can't believe this has happened. I never doubted in my years that this city would succumb to the chaos that plagued a city before Rapture. My mother, Constance Field was a little girl when she and her family came from Columbia, a sky city built under the prophet, Father Comstock. She always told that place was close to Heaven. But then when this Vox Populi uprising happened in Columbia, it brought the city to ruins, causing its horrendous downfall to oblivion. She was lucky that her and her family escaped that flying hellhole, but there are those that suffered through that massacre. Now decades after Columbia's fall, this happens. And to think, Rapture is where everyone is equal and we don't treat each other like the parasites on the surface. It would seem as though it still has it's issues regarding the working class and the poor, like what Comstock and Fink did in Columbia. Ryan didn't learn the lessons Columbia suffered from. Doesn't matter if a city is in the in the air or at the bottom of an ocean, it will be an ever living nightmare!'

The recorder soon stopped as Robin listened in and wondered. Whatever happened to this city seemed awfully familiar with what has transpired in another city. But there are still questions that have plagued his mind. What is Rapture? What is Columbia? What happened to Rapture and Columbia? How can a city underwater and in the air get into a war within itself? These are the types of questions that needed to be answered. Deciding to leave it for another time, he turned to the others and decided to continue.

Robin: "Let's keep moving. There has to be someone that's around that could give us answers."

The team followed the Titan leader as they need to search for any survivors in this war torn city. Upon reaching the end, they encountered a fork in the road with the wall plastered with portraits of different people and a title above that says, 'Rapture's Brightest Minds'. Each portrait shows a person that must be popular in this city with plaques belong it showing their names. Names such as Sullivan, J. S. Steinman, Julie Langford, Sander Cohen, Sofia Lamb, Gilbert Alexander, Milton Porter and all other sorts have been lines up as Ryan has a bigger portrait of himself in the middle of the group. Few of the pictures though were a little messed up due to both tampering and the elements. One was that of Brigid Tennenbaum, whose light above her was flickering and her face was slashed by a knife, while the words, 'Whore' was scribbled on her body. Another belonged to one that says Frank Fontaine as his picture was toppled down to the side with an X over his face and the words 'Traitor' all over it. And lastly was one painting that that the plaque of Yi Suchong with salt water leaking through the walls and was slowly damaging it. The team looked to these pictures and was surprised of the many people on the wall.

Terra: "Well, looks this Ryan guy isn't the only one in this city. Turns out there are a lot more people that have made a name for themselves."

Raven looked down to each plaque and read the occupations out loud.

Raven: "Scientist, botanist, artist, doctor… These people certainly made quite a reputation to this place."

LM though crossed his arms and wasn't impressed at the slightest.

LM: "Yeah? Well this city is still a major wreck. Guess Rapture's brightest minds cannot stop a civil war within the city. Bet they're all dead for all we know."

Robin simply shrugged it off and decided to continue the search.

Robin: "Let's worry about it later. Let's focus on searching for someone that could help us get a clue on what happened in the city. Looks like there's a two way path that goes both directions. If we are to find someone around here, it's best we start splitting up to cover more ground. LM, Raven, Beast Boy, Terra, take the right path. Starfire and Cyborg, you're with me. We'll take the left. We'll rendezvous if either of us find someone still alive in this city."

As Robin was planning to split the teams up, none of them didn't know is that there was a camera above the portrait of Andrew Ryan. It was still on the whole time as it looked right at the team.

In a secluded room, another mysterious figure was watching the monitors in front of him. He was sitting at his desk and had a glass of wine with the bottle next to him. He watched on as the conversation within the team was finishing up.

LM: "And how are we going to meet up? We just entered this city and we don't know much about this place. Not to mention how big this city is."

Robin: "I'll think of something. Fan out."

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Soon enough, the team split in two as they went to two separate directions to find some survivors. As they were leaving, the man sipped his wine and was surprised by them entering, speaking with a bit of an aristocrat voice.

"So, these parasites managed to get through the city's defenses. I'm quite impressed. Any vessel, be they air or sea, would never evade my torpedoes and live to tell about it. Still, this is a mockery of my legacy. These intruders have entered my precious city and desecrating it with their filthy footsteps. They must be punished, strictly. However, I am quite surprised that whoever these individuals, though strange as they are, are a bunch of youths…"

That thought made this person think of them as a threat. They are nothing but teenagers and young adults, youths who have bright futures ahead of them. And even if they look strange from their skin color to their outfits, they are still young children. But regardless, they have entered Rapture and they must be taken care of. He doesn't know who sent them, but he knows they mean business.

"It doesn't matter anymore, a parasite is a parasite. And like all parasites, they need to be exterminated. Must take a close look at them to see what they are capable of."

So he checked the monitors at the team's progress. One team, that consist of Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg, was walking down the hall to find some help.

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Around the same time, one of the security cameras were keeping watch on the three Titan members without them noticing it. The group kept walking down the hall as they looked around. Seeing the hallway, they could tell that it was in disrepair with cracks on the walls, overturned trashcans and a bench, a few flickering lights here and there. As they were walking down the hall, Starfire looked at the art deco of the place and was impressed by it.

Starfire: "How fascinating. Underneath all this destruction, this used to have been an amazing achievement in human settlement. One of artistic and beauty. To see it degraded like this is baffling, even for me."

Cy listened to her and would come to an agreement.

Cyborg: "You and me both Star. Based around such innovation and craftsmanship, it's surprising that someone crazy enough would create such a city at the bottom of the ocean. Gets you wondering how something so grand would fall so quickly"

Robin heard the two speak about it and answered to them what they were thinking.

Robin: "We'll find out soon enough. Once we find any survivors that knows of what this City went through, then we will search for the source of the distress signal."

The three soon started to walk forward to the hallway until they stopped to see what looks like a small wing for shopping, with stores used the sell cigars and food and the like. It's mostly used for shoppers that entered the city and want to get a taste of what Rapture has to offer. Unfortunately, the stores were shut tight and there were small memorials at the entrances, honoring the store owners that must've been the casualties of this war. But as they were walking, they noticed something else they didn't expect. One of the arrival and departure signs that were on the ceiling was detached and fell to the ground, blocking their path. Seeing their way blocked, Cyborg looked at this and didn't expect it.

Cyborg: "Well, ain't that just perfect? Now what to we do?!"

Robin looked around and wondered if they should head on back. But when he turned to the left, he spotted a store that was still opened. It looked like a department store with a neon lit sign that says 'Finley' on the top. Looking to this store, he decided to take an alternate path.

Robin: "Let's head into this store. Maybe there's a shortcut to get to the other side."

The other two soon turned to the sign and followed his order as they walked into the store. But as they were entering, a few shadows loomed around their hiding spots, looking at the three with intent.

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Meanwhile, LM, Raven, Beast Boy, and Terra were walking down the other side of the hallway searching for survivors as well. They continued to walk as they passed by debris and turned over furniture. During their walk, Terra spotted something written in red ink on the wall with the light flashing on and off. She couldn't get a good look, but on a bright view it said, 'You shouldn't have come.' That message brought chills to the Earth bender and was a little nervous about it.

Terra: "You know, as much as I don't like the water, I really don't like creepy places like this. It's nerve wrecking that this town went downhill and would look like a living haunted house. You may never know when something would pop out at you."

The changeling smirked and re-corrected her on that.

Beast Boy: "A haunted house? Hmph… Terra, this is a haunted city. All we need is a few jump scares and we'll be in business."

Raven looked back to her and told her it was all right.

Raven: "Everything will be okay Terra. I'm certain that what happened here just didn't spread all across the city."

LM though look to what looks like another dead body, most likely female and he and the others walked past it, knowing that they don't want to disturb the dead.

LM: "You're certain Raven? If this place went to Hell, one can only imagine how far the Devil spread his wickedness."

The telepath turned to him and responded to his words.

Raven: "Didn't think you went religious all of a sudden LM."

LM: "Well I used to have been a Catholic before I knew the truth of the real world. Even if I knew the life I used to have is a lie, I still keep to what I believe in."

As the conversation went on, Beast Boy heard something with his sensitive ears and told everyone to stop.

Beast Boy: "Wait! Did any of you hear that?"

Everyone soon stopped as they turned to him, not hearing anything.

LM: "Uh… We don't hear anything other then the sound of dripping water and blinking lights."

Beast Boy: "Well, my ears are picking something up. Can't tell, but it sounds like banging on the doors and two voices. I think there are survivors."

The moment they heard him say that, they were relieved as LM stretched a little.

LM: "Well, at least there are some people still around. You know where they are?"

Beast Boy took a good listen as he pinpoint that location of the survivors.

Beast Boy: "Sound like they're coming from this way."

He pointed to a hallway around the corner as the group looked to that passage. LM soon turned back to him and gave him an order.

LM: "Take us to them."

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Returning to the first half of the Teen Titans, the door opened up in front of them and entered the Finley store. Now the store looked like a small little department store for men and women to gather up some of the latest fashion and styles for people to wear. And it looks big and wide enough to be a complete department store. But like when they first came in, it was in shambles as well. Make up fell from the counter and scattered to the floor, letting the contents out and all over the floor. The dresses and suits that looked new back in the day were now raggedy and moldy. And mannequins that had on more of these fashions were toppled over and discarded, leaving them a disheveled mess. And isles of items were dropped from the shelf too and one of them shelves fell like a domino to a wall and caused more of a mess. The three looked on at the destruction and still were at a lost for words.

Cyborg: "Man, look at this place. This is a mess! Is there anywhere that's not torn apart?"

Starfire looked into this mess deeper and remembered something she had saw on TV.

Starfire: "Perhaps this is the looting that happened when war spreads."

Robin thought of this too, but took a deeper look. Approaching the cashier place he noticed that it was old fashioned and was looked very simple. Clicking on one of the buttons, the bottom opened up and noticed that there's some money left in the change. He then spotted some of the clothes and other supplies still left over Seeing all of this, something didn't feel right.

Robin: "No, there are still outfits and supplies still around here. And there's money still in this cash register. If this place got looted, everything would've been empty. It's weird most of this stuff haven't been touched."

The hybrid turned to Robin and asked what to do next.

Cyborg: "So now what to we do?"

Robin turned to the two Titans and was curious and what needs to be done. Looking down, he spotted an old fashioned duffle bag that was left discarded. Seeing this, he decided to formulate a plan.

Robin: "We start salvaging."

Picking up the bag, he tossed it to Starfire as the Tamaranean grabbed it.

Robin: "Starfire, see if you can gather anything we need. Food, drinks, toiletries, anything that is necessary. With an underwater city this big, there's no telling on where the person or the distress signal is actually located. Cyborg, you and I will be finding an alternative route within the store. There has to be an alternate path that can get us back on track."

The two Titans heard the leader's orders and nodded in approval. Soon enough, Cyborg and Robin went off to find an alternative path while Starfire browse the store to find anything that could help them. However, what they didn't know is that there are survivors that are within the store. And they don't look too friendly for visitors.

---

Back to the other half of the team, they were walking behind as Beast Boy tracked the voices with his ears. They kept on walking down the decrepit hall as Beast Boy heard the voices getting closer. At the same Raven looked to the changeling and asked if they were close.

Raven: "Are we there yet."

Beast Boy kept on listening hard as he could tell that they were near.

Beast Boy: "Just about. Sounds like they are around that corner, over there."

LM crossed his arms and decided to get impatient.

LM: "I hope you're right about this one BB. Cause if this is some wild goose chase, I'll stuff and mount you on the wall."

The changeling got a little nervous and gulped a little. But remained calm and told him that it was all right.

Beast Boy: "Hey! My ears don't lie! If there are people close, then I would believe it."

The group kept on walking until they reached a T intersection of the halls. But just as they turned, they immediately stopped dead in their tracks and backed up, peeking through the corner. Beast Boy, being small, was at the button and saw something of importance and pointed to it.

Beast Boy: "There! There's our survivor!"

The team looked on and saw as male person that looks like he was dressed in a business suit, banging on a door with a sign over it that says, 'Employees Only'. However, his look was worse for wear. His suit was raggedy, dirty, and torn off while was missing his shoe. At the same time, there seems to be some form of tumors growing on his hip and bursting through his pant leg, looking a little deformed. The group watched on as the guy was banging on the door, demanding someone to get out with a weak and rugged voice.

"Open up Brenda! I know you have it! I'm not some kind of sap!"

Then another voice came from the other side of the door and it sounded female and raspy.

"I'll do what I want! It's my Adam! I earned it!"

The man was losing his patience as he kept banging it a little harder.

"You want this rough, or do you want this nice. I can do it either way… OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!"

The four looked to the person trying to get the woman to open the door and relieved that someone is still alive.

Terra: "Finally, someone alive in the city. Didn't think that there could be somebody that would survive something like this. Doesn't look like he's in the mood though."

LM though decided to get his help and got out of the corner.

LM: "Whether he's in the mood or not, we still need to get answers. Who knows, maybe this is the guy that sent us that distress signal. I'll go over and ask."

He was about to approach the person, Raven immediately stopped him there.

Raven: "Wait! Something isn't right."

The rebel Titan turned to her and was curious about it.

LM: "What do you mean?"

The telepath looked to the person on the other end and could tell that this is wrong.

Raven: "This person isn't what he used to be. I can sense something off about him. His emotions are rampant and his mind is shattered. It's almost like he's a shell of his former self."

LM heard that and was a little unsure of her assumptions.

LM: "Ah, that's nothing. Just simple paranoia and survival of the fittest type of shit. I've seen plenty of it back in my Last Hope days. I'll just speak to him and ask a few questions. No biggie."

He then started to walk away from the group and was getting closer to the person while the others stood by and watch. He was already midway through until he stop to keep his distance, looking to the male citizen continually banging on the door.

"Last time, I warned ya. You open this door up this instant, or I am going to-"

Before he could finish what he was saying, LM cleared his throat before opening his mouth.

LM: "Excuse me, sir?"

The man stopped banging when he heard the voice from behind and slowly turned his head to see who spoke.

"Huh? Who's that?"

LM just kept firm and begins the conversation.

LM: "Sorry to interrupt, but my name is LM. I work for the Teen Titans. I just want to ask you a few questions and I'll let you be. We've picked up a distress signal from our ship and tracked it to this city. Did you send us that signal? And if not, care to explain what happened to this town?"

The rebel waited for a good answer, but he didn't get any. The stranger remained still as he turned to him and got a good look. LM didn't see his face since his hat tilted downwards to cover it up. But from what he could tell, the person's skin looked a little melted and he could see the exposed teeth on one side. Seeing that, he knows something isn't right and decided to check on him.

LM: "Sir, are you all right?"

Still nothing. The person remained quiet until he muttered one single word.

"Parasites…"

The Rebel Titan raised an eyebrow and was confused of what he said.

LM: "I beg your pardon, sir. Did you say something?"

That's when the unexpected happened. LM could see bright white light spreading on the person's veins and electricity sparked out of his fingertips. The electricity was low at first until this unknown power started to intensify while the lights around them started to flicker. Soon enough, the person exploded in lightning and he screamed out loud the same word again.

"PARASITES!"

The moment he said that, he soon relaxed and took a breather, but his skin and veins were glowing blue. LM looked to his strange performance and had a loss of words.

LM: "Okay…"

The person took a deep breath before looking to the Titan with his eyes glowing bright and sinister like. Picking up a wrench on the floor, he slowly walked down to LM before he slowly went to run. The Titan backed up and could tell that he's not in the mood to talk.

LM: "No, no, no! Sir, put that down!"

He wouldn't listen as he got closer to his target.

LM: "Put that wrench down, right now!"

Still not following his order as this person got closer to him and raised his weapon.

LM: "SIR!"

Was all that he said before the person came right in front of him and delivered a fatal blow to his head.

---

Back in the Finley department store, Robin and Cyborg walked around the store to look for an alternate way to continue the path and search for the source of the distress signal. As they were walking around, they could see the shelves looked raided and a variety of clothes looked torn on the mannequins. Cyborg looked to the huge mess and was very curious about it.

Cyborg: "Man, looking at all of these clothes, they used to have been pretty nice at the time. A shame to see something like that got left to deteriorate."

Robin checked the stands of ties and was in agreement with him.

Robin: "Guess not all clothes last forever. These outfits are an exception. But we're not here to take a look at fashion. We're here to find another way to continue the search."

Cyborg: "Got it. Too bad there's no alternate exit, otherwise we would've out of here by now."

Continuing the search, Cy stopped and noticed a something to the far right corner. Pointing to it, he told Robin what he found.

Cyborg: "Hey Rob, you think this is the way out?"

The Titan leader turned to the direction Cy was pointing at and noticed a separate room with a pair of busted doors. There was a little sign above that says 'Plasmids Available' and two billboards in between the doors that had a picture of a wide red bottle that says, 'Evolution in a Bottle: Plasmids by Ryan Industries'. Looking to this, he decided to check it out.

Robin: "Don't know… But let's check and see if this can get us out of here."

Soon enough, the two approached the open way. Once they passed the broken down doors, they were shocked to see what was inside. In this room, there were empty shelves with bottles broken and what looked like needles with little blue liquid oozing out of the tips. Ads were placed within the walls that were showing off a wide variety of what looked like unbelievable powers. There were those that had names such as Incinerate, Telekinesis, Teleport, Winter Blast, Gravity Well, and Electro Bolt. Then where were some that served in thinner bottles with names like Shock Jockey, Possession, Bucking Bronco, Devil's Kiss, and Old Man Winter. But on the floor was the worse, as they saw a small group of bodies on the floor with dried up blood all around them. The two looked on in horror as they didn't see anything like that before.

Cyborg: "Whoa… Look at this place. It almost looked like a tornado up in here. What happened?"

Robin looked down and noticed an empty syringe on the ground in front of his feet. Bending down, he inspected it and came up with a good conclusion.

Robin: "My guess, these people are drugged up with something and got them all crazy in killing themselves. Whatever was inside these syringes must've killed them."

It was then that Cyborg remembered something and told Robin about it.

Cyborg: "You know, there are a lot of posters here was were showing off something called Plasmids. From what I could tell, these plasmids can give these people super powers like that of the Justice League. You think that killed them?"

Robin though looked up to one of the dead bodies and spotted what looked like holes in chest. Seeing this, he knew one thing.

Robin: "No. Looks like these people got shot. Almost like someone was killing them. Maybe the killer could be in there. Watch yourself."

The hybrid nodded as the two armed up and slowly walked into the room, treading through the dead bodies. Going down the middle of the room, they were surprised by the damage in the store. Almost looked like the raid just got ugly. Just as they were walking along, a sound caught them by surprise as Cyborg turned his sonic cannon to the right to fire. But before he could do that, he noticed that it was nothing but a TV screen doing an ad for Bucking Bronco, complete with a little jingle. He gave out of deep sigh and was glad that it wasn't a threat. Robin though ignored that sound as he walked on down to the end of the room to notice a cashier desk close by. Curious, he approached the place to see what's on the other side. When he got behind the desk, his eyes were wide and alerted Cyborg to his discovery.

Robin: "Cyborg! Get over here!"

The hybrid heard his order and rushed to his end to see the problem.

Cyborg: "What is it?"

That's when Robin pointed to floor and gave him the answer.

Robin: "There…"

Cy looked down and was shocked to see something he didn't want to see. On the other end of the cashier was another dead body, but it looked mangled and cut up with a shotgun in his right hand and another audio diary on the left. Robin continued with what he found.

Robin: "Looks like we found our killer. He must've been a storekeeper of this establishment that was protecting his store. Didn't work out well for him."

The hybrid looked to him and was disgusted by it.

Cyborg: "Tell me about it. Looks like the poor fool didn't stand a chance. What do you think happened to him?"

Seeing the audio diary, Robin approached it and picked it up, hoping that it can help.

Robin: "Perhaps this can get some answers."

He soon pushed play on the recorder as the tape started to roll. Soon enough, they heard a man sounding desperate as he was breathing heavily and was on the verge to killing.

'Splicers… That's what the folks of Rapture are calling them. People who are addicted to Adam contained in Plasmids and they soon lose their minds when they can't get enough. On the surface, they were very few that rummage through the city, looking for any left over Adam. Now with this war between Atlas and Ryan, everyone wants plasmids to protect themselves. They don't care of what the side effects will do to them or the deformities; all they care about is survival of the fittest. And that's the problem! The Adam in those plasmids are very volatile if injected into the bloodstream, rewriting the DNA of the person and deteriorating the brain. But then they're the drinkable ones that's the worse. I don't know if it was Fontaine or that Suchong fella that introduced those bottles, but they didn't expect the fact that the Adam in those bottles contain 10 times more then that of the injectables. Now where I am, in the middle of this god damn war, trying to keep my store from getting raided. Most of the people here in the city have lost their minds with all that Adam in their bodies, and the other half are desperate to get some so they won't get killed. The riots and looting ain't fairing better either and I'm afraid my little shop will fall next. Damn that German scientist, damn her completely. Wish she had never discovered Adam! Wish she-'

Just then, the sound of knocking back by the door as the two heard other voices from close by.

'Open this door! We want the Adam!'

'Give us the Plasmids! We can't survive without it!'

The person on the audio told them to go away.

'Go away! I'm not letting you take my store over! The Plasmids and Adam are causing all of you to lose your minds. Look at yourselves! Look at what you've all become! You are nothing but shells of your former selves all because of that Adam you've got in your system! I cannot let you go down with path to insanity. You hear me!'

There was a bit of silence until another voice came out of the speakers.

'Get the door open!'

Suddenly, there was a banging on the door as everyone was trying to get into the store. The man on the recorder was in a panic and was at his wits end.

'Oh no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. They're trying to come in. I can't let them. I can't!'

Just then, they heard the sound of a gun cocking and the door smashed opened with people rushing into the store.

'There it is! There's the Adam! Get it!'

The sound of people rushing in to take Plasmids was evident as the storeowner's voice was screaming on the speaker.

'Get out of my store! I've warned you!'

Soon enough, the two heard the sound of the shotgun firing as more people kept coming in, getting their hands on every bottle and syringe they laid eyes on. It sounded that the fight was fierce as the store clerk felt overwhelmed, continuing to shoot his weapon.

'Damn it! Too many of them! Get away from me! Stay back!'

Soon enough, the voices of people got louder as the owner was surrounded and was attacked. They could hear the scream of this person as he was brutally beaten on his final moments before the sound of static came from the audio log and stopped abruptly. The two Titans looked at each other and didn't like how that went down.

Cyborg: "Something tells me that didn't end well for him. And what did he mean by Splicers?"

Robin rubbed his chin and was curious as well.

Robin: "Don't know, but it sounded like the people in this town went crazy than expected. I better contact the others and warned them about what we found."

Dropping the audio log, he took his communicator out and contacted the other half of the team of the situation. But he didn't know that they weren't alone in this store.

---

In another part of Finlay, Starfire was at the grocery section of the store, looking for food to keep the team nourished. After much searching, all she could find if cans of meat and fruit while picking up soda bottles. As she searched, she sighed knowing that searching for food won't be easy.

Starfire: "It is a shame that they do not have enough food for anyone. Beast Boy will be very upset knowing that there is no tofu for him."

She continued the search as she picked up a can of beans and stuffed it into the bag. While she was searching, her ears perked up and heard the sound of a woman singing a twisted lullaby.

"When your daddy's in the ground, mommy's gonna sell you by the pound. When your mommy's up and gone, you're gonna be the lonely one. When you are the lonely one, no one will be there to sing this song."

Star heard that and turned her head to that direction, realizing that sounded like a survivor. Curious, she walked straight to the source of the sound and could hear the voice getting nearer. When she got there, she stopped to see a scene that got her sadden. The voice belonged to that of a woman that was with an infant in a crib. She was wearing a dress that looked raggedy at the bottom and dirty with one missing heel. Her bare foot looked deformed as it shaped to look like a heel itself and there was a growth protruding out of the side of her waist line, ripping the fabric out completely. The woman tried to sooth the child in the crib and was failing to do so.

"Hush now… Mommy's gone…and daddy too. Wait…this is happening before and not… Why aren't you here? W-why is it today and not then when you were warm and sweet? Why can't mommy hold you to her breast and feel your teeth? Oh no, no, no, no, no…"

Starfire watched it all unfurl, as she couldn't help but to feel sorry for her. This woman couldn't calm her child as she was crying to herself, knowing it was impossible. But a part of her told her to help her out, no matter what as she stepped in and ask for assistance.

Starfire: "Ma'am? By the sound of your voice, it seems you can not calm your young one down. Are you in need of assistance."

She waited for a response from her, but she didn't say anything. She remained silent as if that she doesn't want help. But the Tamaranean won't give up, as she asked again.

Starfire: "Ma'am? Is everything okay?"

Still, she couldn't get an answer out of her. Slowly she walked up to her and see if she was shy. Lifting out her arm, she tried to touch her shoulder to get her attention. But as she was about to do that, the woman turned around and slapped her hand away, showing her face in a veil and was holding what looks like a rolling pin with blood on it. Giving a blood curdling scream, she raised the rolling pin up high and was about to hit the alien girl on the head.

"Baby and me! BABY AND ME!"

Starfire was startled by that as she jumped back to avoid the hit and got a good enough distance. The woman was iratated and rushed right to her, leaving the carriage unattended. Star quickly got her hands up and blocked the attacks as she told the woman to stop it.

Starfire: "Please, I do not mean you or your child no harm! I am here to help you!"

The woman didn't listen as she kept swinging and swinging just to kill the Titan. Starfire was holding her off as much as she could, but it was fruitless in getting her to stop. So she had go to the offensive just to get her off her back. After the last attack, Star flew up to the ceiling and charged up her Starbolts with enough power to wound her. With one quick throw, she hit the rolling pin and disintegrated from her hand. The woman looked to that and was shocked for words. As she was distracted, Star's eyes glowed bright and fired her eye beams her chest, pushing her to the crib and causing to trip on it and both of them fall to the floor. Starfire saw this and was shocked to see that happen.

Starfire: "Oh no! The child!"

She flew down to check with the baby was all right. But when she got close, she stopped to see something very horrifying. The veil that woman had on fell to the floor and she got a good look of the woman's face. It looked deformed and peeling with bloodshot eyes and a few missing teeth. But that's not the half of it. Something tumbled out of the baby carriage and it wasn't the baby. Instead, what it was is an old fashion revolver that was fully loaded. The woman immediately picked it up and pointed it to Starfire, ignoring the fact that she was floating in the air, and had an angry look on her face.

"You woke my baby…"

---

Back at the Plasmid store, both Cyborg and Robin were about to contact the rest of the team of the news they just found. Before they could do anything about it, they immediately heard the sound of shots fired close by. The two soon turned to the door they went through and was startled by it.

Cyborg: "You heard that? That almost sounds like it was close."

Robin nodded in agreement and was curious who was shooting. Suddenly, his eyes grew wide and soon realized his teammate is out there.

Robin: "Starfire!"

He quickly jumped over the cashier counter and rushed out of the busted down doorway. Cy saw him go and decided to follow him, knowing that Starfire could be in deep trouble.

---

Heading back to the hallway, LM didn't expect an attack happening millions of miles away. But he never expected that in a quick amount of time. This man, this person, was attacking him for no complete reason. However, this person attacking him was different as he looked disfigured and electricity coursing through his veins, trying to hit him with a wrench. He managed to avoid the first strike as he rolled to the side. But that wasn't enough as the person still went after him and swung his wrench at him again. Quickly, the rebel Titan blocked that attack and quickly push kick him away, trying to calm the person down.

LM: "Whoa! Hold up! Stop attacking me! I'm trying to help you!"

The person looked to him angrily and didn't want to listen to him.

"I don't want help from a parasite like you!"

He quickly rushed to him and swung his wrench yet again. LM quickly ducked down and rolled out of the way, getting behind his attacker. This attacker missed, but caused the wrench to make a hole right through the wall. Turning back to the attacker, LM was getting frustrated and decided to get aggressive.

LM: "All right! I didn't want to do this, but you left me no choice!"

Getting up, he did a quick stance and went into the defensive position, turning to the attacker while gesturing him to bring it on. The splicer turned to him and was starting to get very furious on him. Screaming at him, he rushed in and deliver a serious blow. Focusing, LM used his maneuvers to sway back and forth, avoiding each strike. The attacker then performed a crucial blow by winding back and made a bat like swing. Quickly, the Titan bended back as the wrench swung over him, seeing the move in slow motion. Getting his hands on the floor, he lifted his legs up as one of his foot kicked the man by the chin as the rebel flipped to stand himself up. Getting back up, he looked to see his work as the attacker backed away and hit his back to an strange looking vending machine with a clown face on the sign and the title, 'Circus of Value' written on it. Even the kick made him lose his hat as LM got a good look at him. What he saw disgusted by it. The dome of the persons head was thinning and there were scabs on the surface. The attacker then looked up to the Titan and his face was just as worse as the rest of him. His eyes were bloodshot, his face looked disfigured and peeling, and the teeth were showing was on one of the sides. The attacker growled at him while the Titan looked completely sickened by his look.

LM: "Damn…"

The person had had it with this intruder and decided to end this fight. Looking back to the vending machine, he turned around and grabbed if by the top and the slot on the bottom. Then he did something evening more amazing. Despite his size and weight, he lifted it up completely with the greatest of ease and was holding it over his head. LM backed away a little bit and tried to talk him out of it.

LM: "Easy now… Let's not do anything too hasty. Just drop that vending machine so we can talk."

The person didn't want to as he was ready to crush him.

"Talk? To a parasite like you? Never!"

He was about to toss it to flatten him. But just as he was going to do that, the vending machine was incased in black energy and lifted it off his hands. By the time he threw his arms, he didn't see the vending machine and looked up to see it floating in mid air before levitating away from him. Turning to the left, he saw three more individuals that weren't normal. There was one that was a young teenage girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, but the others were very different. One of a young boy with green skin, hair, and eyes and wearing a purple and black outfit. The other was a female teenager with pale gray skin and a black leotard with a blue cape complete with a hood that's covering her upper side of her face. She had her hand lifted up and it was incased in that same black energy as the vending machine that was in the air. Those three were of course three of LMs teammates, Terra, Beast Boy, and Raven, members of the Teen Titans. The attacker looked to the three and was very confused by what he was seeing.

"Wha… What are you?"

Rae looked to the attacker and was very emotionless with her answer.

Raven: "Complicated…"

The person looked to the three and looked seething from the sight of it.

"You parasites… You are quite an weird bunch."

BB looked to him and joked around.

Beast Boy: "We look weird? Dude, have you looked yourself in the mirror lately?"

That touched a nerve to the civilian and got his wrench out.

"You parasites will die for that!"

He immediately ran up to them with his wrench and was ready to take them down. Both Terra and Beast Boy got into their stances and were ready for battle. Suddenly, there were gunshots close by and it hit the attacker in the back, killing him in and instant. The three looked down as the man soon went down. Close to the body was LM standing there with his pistol out and was smoking at the hole. Raven looked to the rebel and was quiet about his actions.

Raven: "Why is it that you tend to be aggressive with your questioning?"

LM looked to her and considered it a thank you.

LM: "You're welcome."

Just as things were starting to get back to normal, they could hear the raspy woman voice from behind.

"Charlie! Are you okay? Heard quite a ruckus out there. What's going on?"

The woman waited for an answer on the other side of the door and didn't get a response.

"Charlie? Charlie?!"

She still couldn't get an answer and was starting to get worried. Almost immediately, the door opened up and out walked a young woman wearing what's suppose to be an elegant dress back in the day. Now that dress looked all torn and raggedy and her feet were bare, dirtying her soles. Her body was skinny as scars were present on her arms and legs and her face looked like a shadow of her former beauty, now was now showing all of her teeth with a few missing and she was covered in splotches. She looked around and spotted a dead body drowning in a pool of blood.

"Charlie…"

She looked on in disbelief as she saw her friend dead on the floor. Suddenly, she looked up to see four strangers, one holding a smoking pistol in his hand. Her sadness turned to anger as she took out her own pistol and demanded some answers.

"Who are you? How did you get here? What have you done to Charlie?!"

The rebel looked to the body that used to be Charlie and could tell that she wants answers.

LM: "Uh… Yeah… Funny story actually. You see…"

But the woman interrupted him and knew what was going on.

"Shut it! I know what's going on. You parasites are going to pay for taking Charlie's life!"

He pointed to the rebel Titan and was about to pull the trigger. Then without warning, the Circus of Value vending machine flew towards her direction and hit her, crushing her completely. LM covered himself when that attack happened and when he looked back, he saw the woman dead underneath the vending machine, via the Wicked Witch of the Wizard of Oz. The vending machine started to spark up as the audio started to say something.

'Ha, ha, ha, ha! Get your cravings at the Circus of Values!'

Seeing the dead woman underneath the vending machine, he turned to Raven and didn't expect it.

LM: "Was that really necessary, Raven?"

The telepath approached him and considered that a thank you as well.

Raven: "Consider us even."

Soon enough, Beast Boy and Terra ran past them and checked on the bodies of the two attackers. Looking at the dead bodies, they looked a little shocked by they way they look.

Terra: "Damn… Looks at them. They look deformed."

Beast Boy checked the guy with the bullet holes in him and was even more disturbed.

Beast Boy: "Are you kidding? It almost look like they had never looked at a mirror for years. What happened to them?"

LM dusted himself up before heading to the male body Beast Boy was next to. Bending down next to him, he investigated it himself and searched the body to find anything that's off. After skimming the tattered clothes, he felt something in the person's coat pocket and took it out. Observing it, he noticed that it was a syringe of some kind with a needle sticking out and little blue liquid that was left. Looking to this, he was putting the pieces together.

LM: "Hmm… Looks like self-injection containing an unknown substance. Whatever is in there must of force the two to inject themselves with it and mutated their bodies. Probably caused them to go insane."

The others soon joined him as Raven was curious.

Raven: "So what happened to these two? Why did they attack us?"

LM thought this through and through and didn't get himself an answer. That's when he decided to speak to the Titan Leader.

LM: "Let me call Robin."

He took out his Samsung phone and dialed in Robin's communicator, hoping to speak to him for the matter. Of course, he didn't know that they had their own hands full.

---

Returning to the Finley department store, Starfire was flying around the store, avoiding bullet fire from the insane woman that was trying to kill her. Pistol in hand, the female splicer kept on shooting round after round, missing the Tamaranean with her flying capabilities, screaming at her for what she had done.

"You woke my baby! You woke my precious one up!"

Star flew down as a bullet missed her from below as it hit a light fixture, shattering the bulb and knocking the light out. Looking to the crazy woman, she never expected what she had witness.

Starfire: "I am assuming that your baby is not a dangerous weapon meant to harm. Is it?"

The woman was furious as she reloaded a fresh round into her pistol.

"Do not mock me, you freak! I will not let a parasite touch me and my child! You hear me!?"

Pointing the pistol back to her, she fired more shots at her. Star still flew around and avoided each shot, getting annoyed by her attacks.

Starfire: "I will not get harmed by an inferior weapon!"

To that end, she charged up her star bolts and fired a few quick shots at the woman. The splicer ran out of the way as the green projectiles rained down around her. Once she got to cover, the bolts still kept flying all around her. She needed to find a way to bring her down and fast. Looking down, she spotted a fire extinguisher on the pillar. Looking on, she came up with a good plan and lifted her hand up to bring it to her. Just then, the extinguisher was pried off the wall and was floating in mid air. Turning back with a devious smile, she got out of cover and launched the extinguisher right to the alien. Then with a pistol in her other hand, she targeted the flying extinguisher and fired right at it. The bullet connected as it was a few inches closer to her face, letting the foam like substance and it nearly blinded her. She flew around in a blind state and nearly hit herself on another pillar, causing her to fall to the floor and knocking herself out completely. Once she was on the floor, the splicer approached her as she checked her gun to see that she had one round left. Loading it back up, she was close to the Tamaranean, she pointed to her head and was ready to fire.

"Prepare to die, parasite…"

She started to slowly pull the trigger and was ready to end it all. But before she could kill Starfire, a birdarang came out of nowhere and struck at the woman's wrist, forcing her to let go of her gun in pain. Turning to the direction of the attack, she saw a young teen with spiky hair, a mask over his eyes, and a multi colored red, green, yellow, and black outfit and an African American male with most of his body made of metal. They were of course Robin and Cyborg, as they came to Starfire's aid. The metal hybrid then armed his sonic cannon and fired right at the woman, hitting her directly and pushing her to the metal shelves. She slouched down and was out of the moment. Of course, that was until the shelves started to topple over her and had little time to get out of there as she was crushed completely. Once the threat was eliminated, Robin approached the prone Starfire and checked to see if she's all right.

Robin: "Starfire! Are you all right? Speak to me!"

Star started to stir as she was wiping the icy residue off her eyes and looked to Rob with the redness in her emerald eyes.

Starfire: "Robin? Is that you? What happened? Where is the woman that was trying to kill me?"

The Titan leader smiled and was relieved that she was fine, with the exception of the near blindness she suffered. He then explains to her about what happened.

Robin: "She'd been dealt with. At least I know what you will be alright."

Cy looked to the downed metal shelf and looked on at the body that was crushed.

Cyborg: "Guess that's one of the splicers we heard about."

Star turned to the hybrid and was a little confused.

Starfire: "Splicer?"

The leader turned to her and explained about that.

Robin: "It's what we heard from when we were searching for another exit. From what we gathered, there are survivors in this underwater distopia, but they have gone insane. We have to warn the others on what we found."

Just as he said that, he heard his communicator chiming in his utility belt. Taking it out, he saw the T insignia blinking. Opening it up, he saw the picture of LM on the screen with an audio window below it that had the rebel Titan's voice ringing out.

LM: "Robin, this is LM. Do you read me?"

Robin was surprised that the other half of the team would speak to him soon. But he responded, checking to see if they are all right.

Robin: "I read you LM. What's the situation?"

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Returning to the hallway, LM was on his phone and spoke to him.

LM: "Well, for starters, we found a few survivors and tried ask for their help. They weren't happy with us. They sort of want to kill us for no reason and we had to take them down."

He waited for a response back to him as he told him the situation.

Robin: "Listen to me. There are survivors in the city, but not the friendly kind."

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To Robin…

Robin: "Cyborg and I encountered some evidence that the people in this city was using a substance called Adam, a genetic structure that alters the person's DNA and gain that person powers that super heroes would use. Apparently, there are side effects when administering Adam and it drove them insane, mutated their bodies and minds, getting them completely addicted to the stuff. They call themselves Splicers."

LM heard it on his end and didn't like the sound of it.

LM: "Splicers… Son of a bitch… Guess we now know what we're up against now. Did the three of you encountered them as well?"

Robin turned to Starfire as Cyborg was tending to cleaning her face from the foam resedue.

Robin: "Starfire faced one of them, tried to shoot her in the head. If Cyborg and I didn't intervene, then we would've lost a great comrade."

LM: "So now what do we do? Should we fall back to the T-Sub and leave this place? If the residents are unruly, there's no doubt the person that sent the distress signal is like them."

Robin thought of that too and wanted to leave. But there is a strong chance that the person that sent that signal could still be out there and is trying to survive against these loons. So he came up with the best of decision.

Robin: "No… We continue with the mission. There is a strong chance that the person that asked for our help is trying to survive out here."

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Back to LM…

Robin: "We'll continue to search for this person, or persons and get them out of here."

Beast Boy heard that from close by and didn't like the plan.

Beast Boy: "Dude, you kidding right? We nearly got attacked by two lunatics with a thirst for blood. Didn't you get that memo?"

The rebel Titan turned to him and told him to shut it.

LM: "Beast Boy! Not now!"

He turned back to Robin on the phone and continued the conversation.

LM: "Copy that. We'll continue with the search, I just hope that the splicers we faced are the only ones we have to face."

Terra turned to the hallway that they were in and saw something that wasn't comforting.

Terra: "Uh… LM? I think you should keep your mouth shut. Look over there."

LM turned to where she was looking at and saw the last thing he really wanted. At the end of the hall were a huge group of splicers that heard the commotion from close by. When they saw the four Titans and two dead splicers, they were irratated over it. The one splicer that looked like a cop went in front of them and ordered them to attack.

"Parasites! Parasites have killed our citizens!"

The four Titans starred with shocking expressions and didn't expect more survivors, survivors that want to kill them. Seeing them as well, the Rebel Titan decided to keep Robin on hold.

LM: "Hey, Robin? I'm going to have to call you back."

The splicer in a cop uniform pointed to them with his Billy club and told everyone to kill them.

"After them! No prisoners!"

Quickly, the small group of splicers ran past him and went after the Titans. LM hung up his cellphone and told everyone to make a run for it.

LM: "Move!"

The Titans turned around and ran for their lives while the splicers chased after them."

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Returning to the general store, Robin heard the click on the phone and didn't like the sound of it. Cyborg soon enough approached him and asked of the situations.

Cyborg: "Trouble?"

The Titan leader looks to him and told him that it was bad.

Robin: "You could say that. It sounds like they encountered more hostiles from where they are. We have to find them and aid them quick. They could be in trouble."

Just then, Starfire saw something and gasped, pointing to what she saw and warned the two teammates.

Starfire: "So are we!"

The two looked to Starfire and saw the exact same thing as she did. There were splicers that surrounded them, as they all heard the sound of gunfire. When they saw the three Titans standing there like deer in the headlights, one of them screamed and banged a steel pipe he was holding to the ground.

"We got parasites! Put them out of their misery!"

The others soon yelled out loud, lifting their weapons up and shooting their guns to the sky. Robin looked to all of them and soon realized that they were in just as big of trouble as the others. He quickly took out his flash disk from his utility belt and armed it to make an escape.

Robin: "Titans, fallback!"

Tossing the disk to the ground, it slid to the middle as the three made a hasty retreat. The splicers soon jumped off the shelves and display tables to go after them. But when they did, the flash disk exploded and blinded the group temporarily, giving them enough time to escape. The splicers rubbed their eyes as they tried to get the spots off of their faces. When they were able to see clearly, one of them spotted an orange blur in the air. Knowing it was the three, he told the others that they were leaving.

"They're getting away! Stop them!"

The group followed after the orange blur and immediately got up with the Titans, firing their pistols and Tommy guns at them.

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Getting back to the other half of the team, they too were in a bit of trouble. Splicers were chasing them as well as shooting their weapons at them. LM was behind the team and retaliated by taking his pistol out and fired a few rounds at them. Mostly he was planning on slowly them down by shooting off their knee caps. But that type of plan didn't work as there were too many to take down and he had very little ammo to work with. Running back to them, he told Raven the problem.

LM: "It's no use! There's too many for me to bring down!"

Raven nodded and decided to find someplace safe.

Raven: "Our best bet is to find a safehouse that would keep us between them."

Terra turned to her and told her that it was impossible.

Terra: "But we just got into town! We have no idea if there is a safehouse to begin with!"

Raven peeked to Terra and knew she has a point. Being that they just got into Rapture, they do not know on where they would turn to for shelter. Looking up to the ceiling, she could see what looks like a sign in the fourway intersection that goes to different places. One said place was to the right with a title that says, 'Kashmir Restaurant'. Seeing this, she came up with a good enough plan.

Raven: "Then we will have to make one. Come on! This way!"

She quickly turned to the right as the rest of the team followed. The splicers saw them leave and turned to the right as well, catching up to them by leaps and bounds. Terra saw them on the move and had to think of something to get them off their backs. Sadly, she didn't see anything Earth like being that their in an underwater city with no vegetation. But then, she spotted a toppled over plant that with a dead tree. Tightening her fist, it glowed yellow as the dirt was engulfed in a yellow outlined. Waving her hand, the dirt lifted up from the floor and flew straight to the Splicers, grouping together and hardening into sharp spikes. These said spikes penetrated the insane citizens, bringing them down in a matter of moments. But the rest toplled over their dead bodies and still went after them. Terra quickly ran and join in with the rest of the group as they continued to reach where Raven was going. But as they turned to the left where the Kashmir sign was located, they were immediately blocked off by more splicers with self made barricades of stools, newspaper dispensers, and a vending machine.

"Those damn parasites got nowhere to turn to now!"

Beast Boy saw this and decided that it was his turn.

Beast Boy: "Everybody stand back! I got this!"

Running on ahead, he changed into a rhino and charged straight to the barricade. The splicers saw this and were in a panic.

"What the Hell?! Did that green kid turned into an animal?!"

The other splicer saw this and decided to intervene.

"I don't know, and I don't care. Let's take him down before he rams through. Open fire!"

They all got their weapons out and fired on the green rhino. However, due to the tough skin, the bullets had little effect on the green changeling. Charging on forward, he was now up to ramming speed and plowed through the barricade, knocking the insane citizens down very easily. Once they were through, Beast Boy shifted back to his human form and ran on ahead while the rest of the group soon followed. At the same time, the huge army of splicers kept chasing them and they too went over the destroyed barrier. The Titans kept on running until they spotted another sign that lead them straight to the Kashmir.

Raven: "We're almost there! Just keep running!"

The group continued to run as they were reaching the place the telepath wanted them to go to. As they were running, LM looked back to see the splicers were getting closer and had to push them back. Looking around, he spotted a piece of wall that was broken down, exposing a pipe with a label on it that says, 'gas line'. Looking at this, he uses it to his advantage and pointed his pistol at it, firing it a couple of times. The moment he ran past it, the last bullet blew the pipe up and it spewed out high flames at them. The splicers made a complete stop as the fire blocked their path and that there was no way out. Just then, one of them tightened his fist and his hand turned into an icy like substance. With one quick flick, he shot out a snow like projectile right at the broken pipe, sealing the opening and extinguishing the flames. Once their path was cleared, they kept on pursuing the Titans and were gaining ground. As they kept running, Raven looked back at the splicers and could tell that they were serious in stopping them.

Raven: "Sweet Azar, there's no stopping them! Let's hope they won't get to us when you reach the-"

Before she could finish, she turned and stopped dead in her tracks, seeing something she wasn't expecting. The team soon stopped as well and they to saw what looked like a busted door with debris blocking the path. The team starred in surprise as they weren't expecting that. Beast Boy though turned to him and asked her about it.

Beast Boy: "Uh… You were saying?"

There was a scream coming from behind and turned to see the splicers rushing right at them. Seeing this, Raven flew up in the air and got her hands out as they glowed dark black. Quickly, multiple objects from trash cans to billboards lifted up and a few flicks from her arms, flew right at the crazy horde. Most of these objects hit a few splicers as they were knocked down for a moment. But there were still more coming as they were ready to pummel the team. LM decided to join in and took out his M739 Light Machine Gun and pointed it right at the group. Pulling the trigger, he fired a huge load of bullets right at them and those that were in the front were shredded, ripping their insides out as blood was spilled on the floor. As they were busy holding them off, the rebel told the changeling and Terra to find another route.

LM: "Find us another way out of here, you two! We don't have much time!"

Both Beast Boy and Terra nodded as they searching for an alternative path. But with the narrow hall and the only way out is to backtrack where the splicers are, there was no other way in leaving. Just as they thought there was no hope in escaping, Terra noticed a crack in the wall. But it felt like air coming through that wall as if there was on opening on the other side. Turning to the green teen, she told him what she found.

Terra: "Beast Boy, I could feel air coming out of that hole! That could be our way out!"

Beast Boy looked to the hole and decided to take that shot.

Beast Boy: "I'm on it!"

He quickly turned into a gorilla and roared with him pounding his chest. Approaching the cracked wall, he punched through the wall and slowly created the opening. Meanwhile, Raven and LM continued to attack the splicers with everything they got. Raven levitated more loose objects and tossed them right to the splicers. Meanwhile, LM was using his rifle to continue shooting at those that were close by as the bodies kept on piling up. Seeing more of them coming through, he kept on shooting and was running low on ammo.

LM: "There's too many of them! No way we can hold them off!"

Raven tossed another trashcan in the air and knocked down a few more crazies in the back.

Raven: "Just keep holding them off for a bit longer! As hold as we do that, we can make an escape!"

The two kept in keeping the splicers at bay while Beast Boy kept smashing through the wall. As he was getting through, he created a hole big enough for all four of them to come through. Seeing this, Terra turned to the other two and told them they found a way out.

Terra: "We've got an opening!"

Raven looked back to see the big hole in the wall and was pleased with that.

Raven: "Everyone inside! Move!"

Quickly, the three Titans got through the wall and was safe for the moment. Meanwhile, LM was standing there shooting off the charging hoard. Once he saw the team leave, he decided to switch to the defensive. Taking his flash bang out, he armed it and tossed it right to the floor before squeezing through the opening as well. The splicers kept on charging in and thought that their retreat won't last. But as they were going after them, the flash bang around them ignited and bathed the hall in a white light, blinding the group for a few short moments. Back to the team, LM got out of the opening and took a breather.

LM: "Sheesh… Talking about cutting it too close. Though the bang won't last long. We have to keep on moving if we are to get to someplace safe."

He looked up and could tell that the team and him were in what looks like some kind of liquor and cigar store. The place though was in shambles as wine and vodka was scattered on the floor with some of them broken and cigar boxes toppled over with its contents spilled out. Once they were taking the moment, Raven turned to the renegade and told him that they were close.

Raven: "Relax, we're almost there. If I'm guessing this correctly, the place we need to go is through that door."

Raven pointed to the door not far from them with a light blinking on and off above it. Terra soon approached the door and noticed that it wasn't opening. She soon turned to the others and told them that they are trapped.

Terra: "Now what? This door is bolted shut. No way we're going to get out of here. We're pretty much trapped here."

Beast Boy though approached her and cracked his fingers.

Beast Boy: "No problemo, Terra. I got this."

Approaching the door, he turned into a gorilla again and approached the locked door. Placing his fingers on the door, he pushed hard and tried to open that door for them to get through. Looking on, LM noticed that it was going to take some time in opening that door. And time is something they don't have. Looking back to the hole in the wall, he knew that the splicers would come in at any moment. Looking to one of the bottles that remained on the rack, he came up with a good idea on holding them back. Taking a handkerchief that was on the floor, he rushed to the bottle of wine and popped the cork off the top. Raven saw this and was curious on what he was up to.

Raven: "What are you doing?"

LM turned to the telepath and answered her question.

LM: "Trying to keep these loons at bay."

Taking out his lighter, he soon placed it on the handkerchief and waited until the cloth was burning. As he was doing that, they could hear one of the splicers telling everyone where they were.

"I saw them going into that wall. Hurry! After them!"

Terra heard that and was getting nervous.

Terra: "Sounds like they know we're here. LM?"

Once he saw the fire was spreading on the cloth, he was ready to throw it.

LM: "Got it!"

Getting the bottle in his hand, he waited until the saw the first splicer squeezing through the wall. When he saw the team, he alerted the others of what he found.

"There they are. The parasites! Kill them!"

He and a couple of others got through the wall and were about to kill them. But LM took that opportunity and tightened the wine bottle.

LM: "Sorry, shop's closed!"

He then threw the bottle to them as it landed on the ground in front of them. The wine itself spilled over while the fire spread over the spilled contents. The splicers were caught in the fiery blast as they were burned to death while the others stepped back and was away from the flames. As they were being kept at bay, Beast Boy did one more huge push in his gorilla form and managed to open the metal door as sparks started to fly. As it was fully opened, he shifted back to his human form and told everyone that he did it.

Beast Boy: "There. We got a way out!"

The team looked to the opening as Raven decided to go on ahead.

Raven: "Come on! This way!"

The telepath then ran out of the store as Terra and Beast Boy soon followed. LM noticed the flames were getting thinner and decided to leave as well. Once they left the store, they approached that look like some kind of second floor balcony with the first floor all the way down. On the right side were a group of elevators that look inoperable with one that seems to be working and a strange tube with green lightning coming out in the middle. Over it is a sign that said, 'Vita Chamber' as it blinked a couple of times. Raven looked up to a huge neon like sign with that said, 'Kashmir Restaurant' and knew this was the right place.

Raven: "There. We can hide in there until the splicers are off our backs."

Beast Boy looked up to the sign and was a little unsure.

Beast Boy: "A restaurant? Rae, is this your idea in escaping? Because if it's a joke, I'm so not laughing."

Raven turned to the green changeling and gave him a choice.

Raven: "Well, it's either this, or back there with those lunatics wanting to rip us to shreds. But I'll leave this to be your choice."

BB opened his mouth and wanted to say something. But as he was going to speak, they all heard loud screams coming from the entrance to the liquor and cigar shop. Turning to that entrance, they could see the splicers coming out of the store and repeat the same thing over and over again.

"Parasites! Parasites! Crush the parasites!"

LM got his rifle pointing to group and fired right at them with a huge spray of bullets. Beast Boy looked to the splicers trying to get to them and came up with his restaurant.

Beast Boy: "Restaurant. Go in. Now."

Soon enough, all three Titans entered the with LM still firing away on the horde. As a few of them were dead, the lightning bolt in the chamber sparked as they came back to life and one by one rejoined the group.

"That won't stop us, you worm!"

LM saw the chamber bringing them back from the dead and soon found out what it was doing.

LM: "A chamber that would reanimate the dead? Does this city ran out of any ideas?!"

As he continued to fire, Raven looked back to the rebel and told him to come in.

Raven: "LM! Hurry! Get inside the restaurant!"

LM looked back to the telepath while shooting away. Turning to the splicers charging in, he decided to end this once and for all.

LM: "Sure! Give me a second to clean up!"

Putting his rifle away, and started to focus hard and slammed his foot on the marble floor. That pound caused a ripple on the floor and tiles started to fly. The wave like ripple headed to the crazed citizens as they were caught by the wave and fell off the floor. This gave LM time to finish them off as he got into his jacket and pulled out an explosive grenade. Arming it, he soon tossed it to the fallen group and turned back to run straight to the restaurant. Approaching the door, he took his pistol out and aimed at the door lever, firing right at it. The bullet soon enough hit the lever, damaging it that the door started to close, but not before the renegade squeezed through at the last second. As soon as the door closed, the splicers managed to recover and saw the door that goes straight to the Kashmir.

"Looks like they got into the Kashmir. They think they're so smart. Well we have them trapped!"

As they were going to get to the restaurant. Just as they were heading to them, one of the splicers noticed the grenade and picked it up.

"Hey! What's this?"

Looking to the grenade, he shook it and was curious of what was inside. But as he heard some form of ticking, he blinked and realized what it was.

"Oh fuck…"

Just as he said it, the grenade exploded in his hand and killed him and any splicers within its radius, destroying everything in its path and with an explosive fire that engulfed the balcony.

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As half the Titans made it out safely, the other half was having their own problems. In the Finlay department store, they were running away from an army of splicers that wanted to kill them. The crazy horde was shooting at them with pistols and Tommy guns as bullets were flying. Robin skidded to a halt while performing some aerial moves to avoid the bullet fire, ducking to one of the aisles. Starfire and Cyborg were behind him as they were firing star bolts and energy blasters right at the threat before they too started to duck into the aisle where Robin is in.

Starfire: "This is utter insanity! Do not they know that we are only here to help?"

Cyborg: "I guess in this city, they aren't very interested in our help! Definitely not happy to see us is all."

Robin looked back to see the shadows on the floor getting nearer and knew that they weren't friendly either.

Robin: "Whatever the case, we can't fight that many ourselves. We have to fall back and regroup with the others as soon as we can."

They all ran to the other end of the isle as they thought that they were in the clear. But then, a splicer came out of the corner with a lead pipe and was eager to kill them.

"You're mine!"

Robin saw him coming and could tell that he wants to fight. Running up to him, he jumped over him just as the splicer swung the pipe. Corkscrewing and landing on the other side, he took out his retractable staff and turned to block off his next attack. The two soon enough fought each other with a quick successions of swings and blocks whether they be high, low, or down the middle. When the splicer did a straight forward swing to Robin's head, the boy wonder ducked down and did a sweep with his staff, knocking him down with ease. He then got his staff up and pounded him in the head, knocking him out completely. With that fight over, Robin retracted his staff and put it away, telling the others to hurry.

Robin: "We have to move, now! This way!"

Quickly, the three ran as fast as they could, trying to find a way out of the store. As they turned to the right, they encountered more splicers on the display stands and makeshift barricades made from sofas and tables, all armed to the teeth. Seeing them there, they all went to a different direction.

Robin: "No, the other way!"

They quickly turned around and went the other way to make a quick escape. As they were running away, one of the splicers took out a tin can with a fire and snapped his finger to ignite a little flame. Once the flame was near the wire, it started to spark and the enemy juggled the object with one hand, looking to the retreating group.

"Catch!"

He then tossed the grenade right at the team as it landed near them. After a matter of seconds, the object exploded and nearly knocked them off. Cy looked back and was surprised by that explosion.

Cyborg: "They are throwing makeshift grenades?! When did they make that?"

Soon enough, more splicers took out more grenades and armed them to throw. Robin looked back to see those grenades heading towards them and told the Tamaranean to assist.

Robin: "Starfire, take out those grenades!"

She looked back to see those grenades and knew what her objective is. Turning around, she charged up her starbolts and tossed them to the man made grenades. One shot after the next, each bolt hit those objects and they explode in the air like indoor fireworks. Once they were out of the way, she flew back to the others and joined with the male Titans. During that time, one of the splicers was up on the top shelf and was holding an elephant rifle in his hand, checking the scope attached to it. Looking on, he saw the orange alien flying and was getting her into his sight. Seeing her, he was ready to shoot her down.

"Don't know how this little bitch can fly, but I'm going to clip her wings."

Getting a good enough target, he pulled the trigger and fired a bullet. Fortunately, she flew past a pillar and the bullet implanted into the stone grating. Star could hear that and looked to the right to see the sniper close be.

Starfire: "There is a sniper over there!"

Cy looked to where she was looking at. When he too saw the sniper, he decided to put it into his own hands.

Cyborg: "I got it!"

Arming his cannon, he took aim and fired an energy blast right at him. The splicer sniper didn't had time to avoid it as he was pushed from the impact and hit the back of his head to the wall, knocking him out cold. Once he was out of it, Cy and the rest of the team kept on running to look for an exit. After much searching and running, Robin noticed a doorway within the wall that has the sign, 'Maintenance Only' and discovered a way out.

Robin: "Over there! That door! That's our way out! Move it, Titans!"

The group continued to run as they were getting closer to their exit. But they were the only ones as a female splicer yelled out loud…

"They're escaping! After them!"

Robin turned back to see more splicers coming from the woodwork and charging them with clubs and guns. Seeing them, Rob told the others that they still need to hold them off.

Robin: "We have to take care of these splicers if we are to make an escape!"

Cyborg and Star saw the huge horde approaching them and knew they need to apply something to block them off. Looking up to the ceiling, they noticed a crack over it and it looks unstable. Seeing this, the two came up with the same idea as Cy told Star on it.

Cyborg: "Star! Let's bring the house down!"

Star looked to the ceiling and gave a quick nod.

Starfire: "Agreed!"

With their powers and weapons armed, the two fired their starbolts and energy blasts up to the ceiling. The green and white energy projectiles hit the roof multiple times as the ceiling started to crack and chunks of it started to fall. All the splicers looked up to see debris towards them and freaked out.

"Run for your lives!"

The huge group started to scatter as the chunks fell to the floor and created a big mess, crushing a few of the splicers to death. As soon as the dust settled, all there was left as huge debris blocking the splicers path as the two teens looked on in success of what they did.

Cyborg: "Booya! Now that's what I call a party crasher. Nice work on the team up, Star."

Star turned to the hybrid and smiled.

Starfire: "You are welcomed."

Robin then approached them and let them know that they are not out of the woods yet.

Robin: "Great job you two, but that won't last long. Let's get through that door quick before those splicers regroup."

The two turned to Robin and gave a quick nod, knowing that they will come back. Hurrying to the door, Robin opened it up and let the others in before getting in himself and closing it. However, knowing that they are safe from these mutated lunatics, the worse is yet to come.

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That's it for chapter three. Yeah, things are starting to go bad for the Teen Titans. With them encountering the splicers, it could only mean there are far worse things awaiting them. Now I know I didn't get enough action scenes from Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg. But I think it's a fair amount when it comes to surviving and escaping. Pretty sure in the next chapter is when things could get more complicated as one of the Titans starts to encounter one little girl and one big metal monster. Please Review.