So before I start off with the fifth chapter of BioTitans, I want to share something of interest. So I was looking through YouTube the other day and I've noticed that there was a Teen Titan mini movie called Teen Titans vs. the Justice League. Looking through the trailer and clips, I could tell that this was the Teen Titans we all wanted. The animation is sort of similar with that of Young Justice and the character designs are almost identical to the Titans with a bit of a grown up look. And yeah, the fact Stafire changing to her outfit is a bit magical girlesque, but at least they got the powers down. And then there's the Titan version of the Blue Beetle, which I believe that the Blue Beetle in the Young Justice show is more in-depth then this one. Other then a few nitpicks on the story, at least this is the Teen Titans we want. If it were up to us, we would show this mini movie to the CN executives and say, 'Look! This is the Teen Titans we want! There's more to the Titans then just brain dead comedy, twisted morals, bathroom humor, and random pop culture references.' Of course those executives won't listen as they care less of the people requesting such things and more of wanting to make money quick. Still, I do believe we can let our voices heard to sharing this hash tag, #WherearetheGoodCatoons? As for that Titan movie, I'll watch that sometimes in the near future. Who knows, we might have more of these movies in the near future. But for now, just Teen Titans Go with it.
Checking on the last chapter, not much is going on with it. Just over eighty hits, but I finally got some reviews. Two at the most. Pretty good ones too. Though one asked what I meant when one of the mystery protagonist, well it's not a mystery being that her name is Elizabeth but shut up I'm trying to make a point here, that the Titans have a part to play in Rapture. Well to be frank, I won't reveal much as it will ruin the story. But giving that this is the Bioshock universe and that it's multi universe, you will see what I mean.
Now on the fifth chapter of BioTitans, the Titans finish their battle with the Big Daddy and thought that they are in the clear. However, they are going to encounter a threat far greater then the monster they've faced. That threat is the ruler of the underwater utopia itself, Andrew Ryan. Will the team survive his wrath?
Chapter Notes
I always wanted to do this. The fact that Ryan would be threatening to the Titans could be something to witness. I was thinking of combining the Ryan appearance from the first Bioshock game and the Ryan appearance from the second episode of Burial at Sea. Makes it more interesting. There will be other surprises in this chapter, but I'll leave it quiet until you read it. But I'll tell you; this one is going to be a good one.
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans or the Bioshock series.
Chapter Five: Andrew Ryan
"What is the difference between a Man and a Parasite? A Man builds. A Parasite asks, "Where is my share?" A Man creates. A Parasite says, "What will the neighbors think?" A Man invents. A Parasite says, "Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God..."
A. Ryan
Returning to the Lightfoot Theater, the battle was intense as the Teen Titans were battling this huge metal creature that attacked LM for no reason. The battle was fierce as the team hit the target with everything they got. Cyborg armed his cannon while Starfire was in the air shooting with her eyes going green. Both them fired with beams as the huge monster as they pushed it back completely. The creature made a stop when they ceased firing and was angry over this. Letting its drill spin, it pointed the weapon towards them and fired right at them. The two split apart and got out of the way as the drill missed them. Suddenly, a black shape rose from the floor and shaped into a human shape. That said shape fazed into Raven herself, as her eyes glowed white and fists glowed black. With a quick wave of her arms, the flying drill was encased in the same black energy and stopped just inches to her body. With a flick of her wrist, the drill turned to the creature and flew straight towards it. The drill immediately hit it upside the helmet and was a little bit dazed. Making a quick recovery, it looked on and was annoyed over that attack. Retracting its drill back to its arm, it spins it and pointed it back to the telepath to attack. But before it could fire back, it felt more bullets hit it to the side. Turning to the left, it saw LM standing there with the SS Shotgun pointed to it, the same person that it faced before the team arrived. Getting angry, it turned to the rebel and fired the drill at him instead. LM focused and waited for the right moment to strike. Once it was close enough, he jumped up and landed on the top of the drill before launching himself high in the air. The moment he was over the behemoth, he used his shotgun and fired away at it in the air, getting some précised shots right at its top. By the time he landed on the other side, he looked back and saw the metal lug stagger a bit. Making a quick recovery, it turned to him and was furious over him. It soon rush right to the rebel and was ready to drill him to pieces. LM would've dodged the attack, but he remained still as he was waiting for something to happen. Just then, the brute got close to him; Terra came down in front of him and tightened her fists, which glowed in yellow. With a quick lift in the air, the ground shook and the floor started to split apart. It soon lifted itself up and slanted to the metal monster. It didn't have time to avoid the attack as it slammed right into the inhuman helmet and pushed it back very violently. It toppled on the floor and smashed through a bunch of broken down seats. Rolling back up to its metal boots, it slowly stood up and wanted to punish someone. Looking up, it saw Robin heading towards him and has his bo staff in his hands. Hurtling downwards, he swung his staff and hit the metal being to the side of its head. However, it barely budged an inch, as it felt nothing but a scratch. Robin quickly pivoted his foot and swung his staff to the other side. Still, it wouldn't budge as it felt nothing but a tap on its head. Knowing that didn't work, the Titan leader performed a fencing maneuver to used the end of the staff to continuously pound it to the creature's body. The being was overwhelmed by the attack and had to put a stop to this once and for all. With quick reflexes, it grabbed the staff with its one huge hand and tightened it to the point it broke off in pieces. Robin saw this and looked to the broken end of his stick to see the damage. Twisting it around, he pushed a button and the other end extended to continue with the battle. But as he was about to strike back, the creature backhanded him with a heavy fist. Rob was knocked down for the moment as he rolled on the floor before getting right back up. But not before he saw the metal lug approach him with the drill ready to impale. Before it could do that, a green streak came by and grabbed him, letting the metal being missed him and pierced through the floor so deep, that it was impossible to get out of it. Meanwhile, the green streak, which was Starfire flying very fast, placed him on the ground and landed next to him. The others soon joined them as they look to see the metal thing struggling to get its drill out. This gave them all the time in strategizing on what to do now.
Starfire: "This creature seems so intent in killing us, correct?"
LM gave her that 'really' look and reminded her what he had to go through.
LM: "The creature is trying to kill us? What gave that away? I assumed it was trying to give me a hug the time it showed up."
Robin heard them and told them to stow it.
Robin: "Focus Titans! We have to get rid of that thing before we can continue with our main objective."
Terra looked to the metal brute and believed it is impossible.
Terra: "But we hit it with everything we got and it's still not enough! How are we supposed to stop it?!"
Robin thought of that too and knew it wasn't going to be easy to bring it down. Thinking of something, he looked up to the stage and noticed the neon 'Lightfoot Theater' sign hanging overhead. Seeing this, he came up with a really good idea.
Robin: "Simple, we flatten it. Follow my lead."
Digging into one of his compartments, he took out a bunch of silver balls and waited for the moment to strike. Back to the creature, it was prying the drill out of the floor and succeeded in doing it with one hard pull. Managing to free itself, it looked to the team and was ready to wipe them all out. But the Titan Leader tossed the balls right to it and that exploded near its helmeted face, blinding it temporary. The moment it was out, Rob told Cyborg and Starfire to attack.
Robin: "Now, push it to the stage!"
Both Cy and Star armed the cannon and eyebeams and fired a straight shot to the creature. The projectiles hit the being and pushed it back, all the way up to the stage. Raven then waved her hands and it was incased in a black aura, lifting it up to the air and dropping it on the stage. The moment it was on the stage, Robin then took out some freeze disks and jumped up high, throwing them to the intended target. Those disks went around it, and hit the floor, immediately incasing its feet in ice and making it impossible to break free. The creature looked down to its feet encased in ice and struggled get out, using the drill to break out of it. Robin saw this and decided to execute the next phase of the plan.
Robin: "Now! End it!"
Hearing that, the team got together and targeted the neon sign above the stage. Cyborg opened up his shoulder blades and fired his mini rockets right at sign, blowing up the support beams. Starfire then flung a couple of star bolts right at the beams as the heat melted them. LM then took his explosive grenade out and armed it to throw it at the sign. Raven then used her dark magic to levitate the object up to the sign. The moment it went behind, it soon exploded, causing it to slant downwards below the metal being. Terra then finished it off by lifting her glowing yellow hands and concentrated hard. Pulling her hands down, the sign broke off as the lights flickered madly. The metal creature nearly got out of the ice and was ready to give the Titans some serious payback. But as the small pieces of metal and loose spotlights danced around its shoulder, it looked up to see the sign rocketing down towards it. In a panic, it tried to get out but it was too late as the sign flatten it and destroyed the stage completely. It soon formed a plum of smoke as the team braced themselves for impact. The moment the dust settled, the group looked on and was surprised by the end result. What they saw was the Lightfoot Theater sign in complete shambles with letters scattered about and the main stage was torn apart from the aftermath with wires a strewn and sparking and spotlights on the floor. The Titans looked on and thought that it was finally over with. However, that soon changed as a drill burst through the wreckage and the spinning madly, followed by an ear-piercing roar. The team got into battle as they thought that they had to go through it all over again. However, the drill arm fell limply on the ground and lay motionless on the ground. The Titans sighed in relief as the threat of the huge metal creature is finally over. LM walked down to the wreckage and was pleased with the end of the battle.
LM: "Hell yeah! Suck on that, you metal asshole!"
When he was celebrating, Robin decided to get back to the main task at hand.
Robin: "Well, now that that's out of the way, we should really focus on finding the location of the distress signal fast before more things try to kill us."
Raven though heard that and turned to the leader to give her own two cents.
Raven: "With all due respect, Robin, I say this has gone far enough. With the fight with those splicers to… whatever that was, it's starting to become evident that whoever sent that distress signal could either be dead, or turned into one of those freaks.
LM soon ended his celebration and made a strong agreement with the telepath.
LM: "Rae has a really good point. Giving what we already went through, there is no telling if whoever sent that signal is still around. And giving how big this city is, there's no telling where this person is or how long it will take us. I say we cut our losses and fallback to the T-Sub. Hell of a lot better then getting killed."
The Titan leader heard their plea, but they came in deaf ears.
Robin: "Though you are right on a few occasions, we still can't give up. We have to find that person or people and rescue them. Even if they are not around, we can still find the source of the distress signal. No exceptions."
The two looked to each other and was still surprised that Rob would want to continue the search. So they decided to accept it and let the search continue. But as they accepted it, Terra came in and asked one other thing.
Terra: "Guys? What about Beast Boy? Shouldn't we check on him to see if he's all right?"
The group turned to her and realized that she has a strong point.
Robin: "You're right, Terra. Giving what all of us have been through, we need to make sure that he and the girl is safe."
He then took his T Communicator out and checks on the changeling.
Robin: "Come in Beast Boy. This is Robin. Is everything okay? Have you taken the girl someplace safe?"
He waited for a response from him, but didn't get anything. So he contacted him again.
Robin: "Beast Boy? Are you there? Please respond."
Still he couldn't get anything as the team got worried.
LM: "Hmm… No response. Not a good sign…"
Hearing this, the leader turned to Cyborg and asked for a quick favor.
Robin: "Cyborg, can you get a lock onto Beast Boy's communicator?"
The hybrid opened his hand held computer on his arm and did a quick scan. After a few key clicks, he managed to get the location of their friend.
Cyborg: "Got it. Huh… That's strange… My scanners say that Beast Boy isn't far from our position. Almost close to this theater."
The others listened in and were in a bit of a surprise by that. Robin then got worried as he asked the hybrid one more thing.
Robin: "Can you take us to him?"
He turned to the leader and nodded.
Cyborg: "I can. Though I don't know if what we found would lead to something worse then we've imagined."
Robin: "Good… Take us to him."
Soon enough, the group walked forward and left the theater. But not before LM looked back to the dead creature and kicked the helmet for a bit of payback.
LM: "That is for attacking me from behind, freak."
He soon walked away from the dead body and rejoined the others. But as they were leaving, something was watching them the whole time. Not far from the battle, a security camera watched the whole thing as a certain someone witnessed it all.
In a disclosed room, the very individual that watched the battle was impressed by this team. Spinning his wine glass around, he sipped it and was in deep thought.
"Impressive… It is one thing taking on my loyal citizens, but a Big Daddy? These are no ordinary parasites. They are something else… Who are they? Where did they came from?"
He took another sip of his wine and watch them walking down the hallway. Watching them, he decided to take matters into his own hands.
"Perhaps now is the time to make my presence felt."
Returning to the team, they started to walk down the decrypt hall as Cyborg took the lead. Using his handheld computer on his arm, he kept a lock on Beast Boy's communicator signal and could tell that they were getting close.
Cyborg: "There. We're getting close. Straight ahead."
The group continued to follow the hybrid as the walk past the turned over furniture and torn down walls. Just as they were walking straight, they soon approached the end and noticed a bunch of fancy windows viewing the lower level, with one window in front of them shattered by some unknown force. They could see a set of steps on the other end and join together into a grand stair case to the lower area, only the half of it was ripped apart and a pool of salt water was raining down in the middle by a crack on the leaking roof. Seeing this, they could tell that it looked like a floor the leads to somewhere. But where is the question. Doing a quick scan, Cyborg checked the area and managed to get a lock on their friend.
Cyborg: "All right, according to my scanners, our little green friend is… below us…"
He soon looked down and to find their green friend. But as he looked down, he was shocked to see what he had seen.
Cyborg: "No..."
The group looked down to see what the hybrid is seeing and spotted a certain someone laying with his back on the broken stairway and was in a water puddle with a small waterfall of seawater. It was Beast Boy as he was knocked out with blood tickling down the side of his head. Everyone looked on in shock as Starfire gasped over it.
Starfire: "Beast Boy!"
She then floated up and flew down to the changeling, flying through the broken window with Raven following soon after. Robin, Cyborg, Terra, and LM saw this as well and made a mad dash through one of the halls and heading down the stairs. Once they jumped off the broken edge, they all soon joined the downed Titan as Terra checked on him.
Terra: "Beast Boy?! Are you okay? It's me, Terra! Please wake up! Beast Boy?!"
Raven then stepped in and placed her hands to his face. It was then that her hands were glowing a crystal clear blue color as she was using her healing abilities to fix him up. Robin went next to the telepath and asked about his condition.
Robin: "Is he..."
Rae turned to him and give him the good news.
Raven: "No, thank Azar. He just has a serious concussion as he was hit hard in the back of his head. Nothing like a little healing would fix things. Though he might be a little woozy after that attack, I think he'll make a full recovery."
Robin heard that and gave out a deep sigh.
Robin: "Thank goodness. I thought for certain that we would lose a good teammate."
LM turned to him with the look of awkwardness.
LM: "A good teammate? Robin, Beast Boy isn't much of a teammate, more like a comedy relief. And if I know a thing or two about horror movies, comedy relief guys die first."
As soon as he said that, they could all hear a groan from close by.
Beast Boy: "I heard that…"
Everyone immediately turned to the direction of the voice and saw Beast Boy slowly stirring and waking up. As soon as he was recovering, Terra approached him and checked on him again.
Terra: "Beast Boy! Are you all right? Can you move?"
BB groaned for a bit as he rubbed the back of his head in agony. But he did hear her and told him he's fine.
Beast Boy: "I'm okay, Terra. Got a massive headache, but I think I'll manage."
The Earth bender smirked and was pleased with what he just said. Just then, Robin came in and asked of what happened to him.
Robin: "Beast Boy, can you tell me what happened while we were battling that metal monster? How did you end up like this?"
The changeling got up and was wobbly for a few short seconds. Once he was able to take a stand, he explained what has occurred.
Beast Boy: "Right… Well, I was following your orders, getting that girl to safety, when I got ambushed by a small group of splicers. I tried to fight, but they attacked me with one of those plasmid doohickeys. Next thing I know, I got hit hard in the back of the head and was unconscious. And when I woke up, I see all of you gathered around me."
Everyone looked to each other and could tell that he had no clue what happened in between the attack and when they arrived. But then, they wondered about the girl that the green Titan tried to protect. Robin then asked him about it.
Robin: "What about the girl? What happened to her? Is she safe?"
Beast Boy was silent about it as he tried figure out what occurred during his time out of consciousness. Trying to picture it together, he came up with what he saw.
Beast Boy: "Can't figure it out. When I was going in and out of consciousness, I could see the girl surrounded by those splicers and were going to do something to her. But then, I could see what looks like two individuals killed that group. One looked normal and doesn't show those abnormalities. The other one though, looks like that metal creature you guys faced, only more human and not so threatening. I think they were working together. There was also another on the radio the normal human had, a woman I never heard of. The rest is a bit blurry."
The team was silent as they heard of what he witnessed during that his time out of action. Still, there's the concern of the girl as Robin kept asking the question.
Robin: "And the girl?"
BB thought it through and remembered about that.
Beast Boy: "I think those two saved her. I don't know how, but they've managed to save her and told her to go someplace safe. That's all I know before I passed out."
Everyone listened to him and finds it a bit too sketchy. Cyborg then scratched the back of his head and was really confused by all of this.
Cyborg: "So, there are two more people that aren't crazy psychopaths. Question is, who are they? Allies? Rivals? Survivors? Or just some random people that don't want to turn into those things we've faced?"
Robin pondered that as well as he decided to leave that for another time.
Robin: "Don't know… But if we meet up with them again, I will personally speak with them. Right now, we have bigger problems to worry about. Mainly, searching for the location of the distress signal and aiding those that sent that signal in the first place."
Starfire then had an assumption and asked about it.
Starfire: "That distress signal that is located here, you do not think that those two individuals Beast Boy witnessed could be the ones responsible for sending it to us. Correct?"
Robin realized what she said and knew that she has a point.
Robin: "Hmm… It could be a possibility. If we meet up with them, I'll ask. Until then, we have to continue the search."
Looking around, he spotted two separate halls that had the neon signs above the entrances that said, 'Rapture Metro'. The one on the left looks caved in as the sign was slanted and fizzled in and out. Thankfully, the one on the right was clear and it looked like it was the only way through. As he looked on, he decided to continue with the mission.
Robin: "Let's get going. Pretty sure that area leads to another path through here."
He soon took the lead and continued heading to the only path throughout the area. The others soon followed, as Terra and Raven assisted Beast Boy and kept watch incase he passed out. As the group was leaving, someone is watching not far from them. Within the room, there were two bathrooms in both sides of the room for separate genders. In the male side of it, two shadows watched on in the shadows as the group was leaving.
"So, Atlas's assumptions were right. More surface dwellers have entered the city."
"No kidding. But they don't look like the certain kind of dwellers, they look like they came straight from a freak show circus. What are they?"
"Don't have a clue, but if they said they took down a Big Daddy, they could be of some good use to our boss. Let's get back to Atlas and tell him, maybe they will help us. Get those sentry bots up, they could need some backup with Ryan is already looking into them."
The other soon nodded as they followed the group at a far away distance. Behind them, a couple of lights appeared as they soon followed.
As they were following, the Titans walked down the hall and were keeping watch incase any more psychos start to attack. As they were walking down the hall, the approached the end of the place as they walked down the archway. Upon entering, they noticed they were in a wide circular room with doors leading to different places with a huge clock hanging on a ceiling with the glass dome showing the ocean and sea life, old fashioned televisions in between the entrances, ancient speakers above the door, and departure and arrival schedule boards that that show when transports leave and enter. Above each entryway is one different sign to another leading to different places in the city. Places such as Medical Pavilion, Sinclair Solutions, Port Neptune, Ryan Amusements, Arcadia, Siren Alley, Fort Frolic, Adonis resort and spa, Hephaestus, Dionysus Park, Olympus Heights, Fontaine Futuristics, Apollo Square, and Fontaine's Department Store. Two of them that had Fontaine's name over it and the one leading to Dionysus were locked up tight with lock gate like emblems of the Rapture symbol that says, 'Closed by Order of the Council'. Everyone looked to these locations and was a bit befuddled over them.
Terra: "Great… More places that we need to go. This search is going to take longer then expected."
Cyborg then looked to the locked entrances and gave a bit of bright side.
Cyborg: "Well, at least there are three that we're not allowed in. Wondered what happened to those places?"
LM looked to one of the gates and was curiosity as well.
LM: "My guess, nothing too good. With the city gone to hell, pretty sure there are places in this city are far worse then others."
Robin looked to each entrance to the different sections of the city.
Robin: "Well, looks like we have to search through each section to find the source of the distress signal."
Starfire, though, looked at the entrances and was a little worried.
Starfire: "But where do we begin? With a city this vast, it will take us many earth hours to find the signal's source, let alone the days."
Beast Boy then has an idea and discusses it with the others.
Beast Boy: "Hey! I got it! Why don't we play Eenie Meanie Minie Moe and choose a place to go. That will make it easier for us."
The rebel turned to the changeling with a look of 'really'.
LM: "And if what place we choose is wrong and the location of the distress signal isn't there? What then?"
BB looked up to him and starred him down.
Beast Boy: "Head back and choose another area. Duh…"
Robin looked back to his teammate and thought it was the only option they have.
Robin: "Whatever the case, it's all we can deduce. If we are to check the city, we need to look at each section of the place. Let's get started and search the city. Let's hope we don't run into any trouble."
By the time he said that, something unexpected happened. They soon heard gears shifting and they looked around to see the security doors closing on them and locking themselves up. The group didn't have time to escape as all the doors closed in front of them in an instant and prevented them from getting into one of the city's sections. The group looked on in disbelief as Raven turned to the leader with that looks she always gives to the team when things went wrong.
Raven: "You were saying?"
They then heard more gears shifting from above and looked up to see steel like doors rising and covering the dome, closing the ocean view from above.
Cyborg: "I got a bad feeling about this…"
As soon as that was closed, the lights on the lampposts and signs started to flicker until they all went out, leaving the place in complete darkness. The group couldn't see a thing as they were caught by surprise by all of this.
LM: "And the lights go off… Swell…"
Robin looked to what happened and decided to get the group together.
Robin: "Focus Titans. This is a temporary setback. We just need to work around it. There has to be a generator around here somewhere. Let's look around and find this generator. Let's get going before-"
But he was interrupted as another thing has occurred. The TVs attached to the walls started to flicker, illuminating the place in a white and eerie glow. All the TVs have the Rapture's 'Please Stand By' with the lighthouse over it. It flickered on and off until the pictures changed to a picture of what looks like a man with a thin mustache and his top half covered by a hat. But at the bottom left corner of the screens was the name 'Ryan' written very strictly. As soon as the screens transfixed to that picture, the phonographs went on and they could hear a very familiar voice they heard from before.
Andrew Ryan: "Do you know what they call someone who enters a man's home? Uninvited… A thief… That is what the parasites do. They come into your homes without you looking, and they take everything from you. Your wives, your jobs, your prized processions, everything you work for, gone because of those in the surface are too greedy to not get what they want for themselves."
The rebel Titan listened to that and groaned to himself.
LM: "Argh… Not this guy again. He really likes the sound of his own voice, does he? Really reminds me of Merovingian, all talk no guts."
As he was complaining, he didn't expect what to come next.
Andrew Ryan: "Is that so? Well, dear boy, sometimes words are a far dangerous weapon than that of the guns you are carrying."
LM blinked as he heard that and realized that it wasn't a recording.
LM: "Shit… A live feed… Now I kicked myself in the ass."
When he heard the rebel saying that. Robin looked to one of the monitors and started to ask a question.
Robin: "I am Robin, leader of the Teen Titans. I take it that you are Andrew Ryan, am I right?"
Ryan was quiet about the whole thing as he responded back.
Andrew Ryan: "Indeed I am, Robin. I am the ruler of this fair city you see before you. So… You are the Titans… Like that of the Greek gods that came from members of the second order of divine beings, descending from the primordial deities. Have you not read my immortal words throughout the city? No God, No Kings, Only Man. Regardless, I do not remember inviting you into my city. Though I am quite surprised that you, Titans, managed to breach my defensives and enter Rapture, I never thought you make it this far. So tell me, friends… which one of the bitches sent you? The KGB wolf? The CIA jackal? The Nazi hyena? Here's the news: Rapture isn't some sunken ship for you to plunder and Andrew Ryan isn't a giddy socialite who can be slapped around by government muscle."
The team heard that and realized what he was saying, he thought they were working to some government. Hearing this, Robin decided that now would be the time to explain to him what they were really doing.
Robin: "We don't work for anyone. We came here on our own."
That caught Ryan in a twist as he demanded what they really want.
Andrew Ryan: "Is that so? Then tell me, what would a small group of parasites, as young as you are, are trespassing in my city? I really want to know."
Hearing that, the leader told him the honest truth.
Robin: "We picked up a faint distress signal coming from this underwater city. We came in to investigate the location, only to find mutated splicers and metal creatures whose sole purpose is to kill us. Giving everyone here is insane, I got one question to ask. Are you the one that sent us that distress signal?"
No one didn't know it, but Ryan was shocked on that question and answered back.
Andrew Ryan: "Me? The man who created this precious utopia out the sweat, blood, and tears of my own body? Hardly… Though whoever sent that signal is either desperate, or just simply homesick. Either the case, no one in this city would leave. After all, I have everything under control."
BB heard that and rubbed the back of his head, remembering the recent attack.
Beast Boy: "Seriously dude? Your people are trying to kill us and a few of them nearly got me."
Raven then added something else about what's been happening.
Raven: "And it looks like you city isn't as glamorous as you once envisioned."
Ryan listened to that and explained that it was just nothing.
Andrew Ryan: "My city has been going through some… growing pains after the civil war. Sure it will be a long and tedious process, but Rapture will recover and repair back to its formal glory. Now I know that you came here to look for someone that is in need of escape, but as you can see, there is no one that would wish to return to the surface. That being said, I will offer you a choice. Either you and your accomplices return to that bathysphere of yours and return to where you came from, or remain here and die for your foolishness. It is up to you."
There was a bit of silence as the team looked to Robin who would give them an answer. Half of them felt like they should leave after what they've all been through. The other half wanted to continue to search for this person that sent them that distress signal. After giving so much thought, the Titan leader gave him a straight answer.
Robin: "Sorry, but we are not leaving until we find those that sent the that signal. I just hope that you don't get in the way in our rescue."
Andrew Ryan heard this and was pleased with this at all.
Andrew Ryan: "So… You wish to pursue such a fruitless endeavor, knowing you won't find what you are looking for? How sad… You're not a man, you are just an ant that really wants to get stomped on. If that's what you wished, then allow me to help you. As of this moment, I've already alerted my civilians to come to you and end your life. They will be there shortly to end your 'mission'. And with that, farewell, or, do svidaniya. Whichever you prefer…"
Soon enough, the picture of Ryan was removed, only to be replaced by the same Please Stand By picture illuminating the screens. By the time he disappeared, they could hear sounds of screaming all around them and metal banging on the floor. Terra listened to that and didn't like it.
Terra: "I don't like the sound of that…"
They then soon heard music from the phonographs playing 'Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition' performed by Kay Kyser & His Orchestra. Beast Boy listened to that and was even more nervous.
Beast Boy: "Don't like the sound of that either."
Everyone soon gathered around in a circle and got themselves prepared for another battle.
Cyborg: "Well, looks like Ryan doesn't want us in this city at all. Perhaps we could've fallback after all."
Robin kept his eyes peeled and was ready to fight.
Robin: "No turning back now, Cyborg. Since we now know that Ryan isn't happy with our arrival, it seems that we have no choice but to fight our way through this city. Get ready everyone! This is going to be very aggressive!"
The group stood their ground as they were ready to take on whatever they will be facing. After a few short seconds, they could see the splicers coming out of the dark areas and were armed with steel pipes, pistols, and machine guns. One of them got out of cover as he screamed out loud…
"Death to the parasites!"
The Titans could see them rushing towards them as Robin gave out his battle cry.
Robin: "Teen Titans, GO!"
Soon enough, the group rushed in as they were ready to fight the splicers off. Starfire went up to the air and her eyes glowed emerald green. Charging her starbolts, she threw them as the splicers from the farther distance, bringing them down completely. The rest on the ground fought off the splicers close to them and used all in their arsenal. Robin took out his bo staff and spun it around to begin his attack. He started to strike the first splicer with the staff to the side of his body and did a quick spin hit the splicer in the head with the other end of the staff. Then using it as a catapult, he lunched himself up in the air and took out a small set of exploding disks to throw it at others far away. Those disks exploded at them and brought them down in mere moments. By the time he got back down, he kicked a female splicer in the face to knock her down in mere moments. Raven had a group of splicers with tommy guns in their hands.
"No way out my little pretty, pretty. Prepare to eat a bullet sandwich!"
The aimed their weapons at her as they were prepared to fire. Raven looked to them and closed her eyes before opening them up to reveal her white glowing orbs. Lifting her hand up, it glowed black and started to form a shield to protect herself as the splicers started to fire. The bullets bounced off at the shield and it protected her completely. But that wouldn't stop them as they would continue to fire at the shield, hoping to break it. As Raven kept holding her own, she needed to find a way to take them down and fast. Looking behind them she could see a few oil barrels stacked behind them as they were supposed to be stored someplace. Yet, she could us them as a reliable weapon. Lifting her other hand up, she did a quick wave as the barrels were covered in the same black energy as the shield. Levitating them up in the air, she flung them to the splicers and they flew towards them. The splicers didn't notice this until the barrels hit them in the backs and exploded on impact, killing them in mere seconds. Raven looked to her accomplishment and was glad that was over with.
Raven: "Not the brightest of the bunch, are they?"
Cyborg was surrounded by more splicers as they were eager to take him down.
"You think you can take all of us on wanker. You're just like a Big Daddy. All muscle, no brains…"
Cy heard that and didn't like that compliment at all.
Cyborg: "Oh, is that what you think? Well why don't you come here and see what I can do."
The splicer looked to him oddly and laughed it off in a cackling voice.
"You really are looking for a death wish, huh? Very well then, prepare to meet your maker!"
He soon charged in with his melee weapon in hand and decided to bludgeon him in the head. But the moment he threw the first swing, Cyborg grabbed him by the arm and squeezed it tightly to let him feel so much pain. He then did a hard punch to his face to break his mask off to reveal his deformed face and punched it a couple of more times to knock him out. When he was taken down, Cy grabbed the pipe that the splicer flung in the air and turned to the others to threaten him.
Cyborg: "So… Anyone else wishes to take on someone that all muscle and no brains?"
He then bend the pipe with his super strength to show that he's not messing around. The remaining splicers could see it and were completely silent over what transpired. Then a female splicer with a raggedy dress and deformities on her left arm and right foot pointed to him and told the others to attack.
"Don't just stand there you morons. Get him! It's just one guy, we can take him!"
The group listened to her and decided to follow her orders. Getting their weapons up, they charged in to swarm on the hybrid. Cy simply smirked at them and decided to pull out the big guns.
Cyborg: "Thought so…"
Dropping the curved pipe, he armed both his sonic cannons and fired away, hitting any splicer that was closest to him and pushing them to the wall. Beast Boy was in anther area of the departures room and felt cornered by the splicers as one of them has a butcher's knife in his hand and decided to make the boy's life a living hell.
"Alright lad, let us see what's in your body that have some fun."
BB gulped as he didn't like the sound of them.
Beast Boy: "Seriously, dude? Are you saying that you are going to eat me? Maybe you didn't know this, but I'm a vegetarian, as in I don't eat meat."
The splicer looked to him and laughed it off as a bit of a joke.
"You're a vegetarian, oi? Where's the fun in that? Don't matter… I will cut you into a thousand pieces and hang you on my wall with all the others I butchered!"
He soon rushed right to his and raised his butcher knife high to split the top of his head. BB though took that shot and shifted into a turtle, using his shell as a shield as the knife didn't make a dent. The splicer saw this and was in shock to see it happening.
"What the- How did you do that?"
Feeling pissed, he lifted his knife up again, he decided to hit him hard enough to pierce his shell. But the changeling quickly shifted into a mouse and scampered away, right between the enemy's legs. The psycho got nothing but the floor as it made a crack. He blinked his eyes underneath his mask and was completely shocked by it all.
"Hey! What's the deal? Where'd you go?! When I get my hands on you…"
The moment he wondered where he go, he heard a voice from…
Beast Boy: "Right behind you…"
The splicer heard that and turned around to see a huge green fist towards his face. The fist belonged to Beast Boy as he turned into a gorilla to begin his attack. The other splicers saw him take their comrade down as he turned to them, pounding his chest and giving out a loud roar for a threat. The others looked at each other and decided to attack at the same time.
"Let's go!"
Quickly the group charged in and readied their melee weapons to attack on all sides. Beast Boy was prepared for his and he roared on ahead and got into the offensive. One by one, he punched them all as they got back up and charged again. The changeling saw this and kept on fighting and punching them down as many times as possible. One of the punches knocked on of the splicers, making the lead pipe loose off his hand and flying in the air, landing on the ground. Close by, Terra was trying her best in avoiding the attacks of one of the splicer that had a rolling baseball bat on her. Dodging and rolling out of the way, she was during her best in not getting herself hit. She really wanted to fight back, but being an earth bender, she can't use her powers cause there's not much of Earth for her to move. As she was thinking about it, she was distracted as the splicer hit her in the knees as she was knocked down in an instant. Feeling dazed, she rolled her body upright and saw the blood stained bat pointing at her and the splicer with a baseball cap and a tattered baseball uniform has a sly grin on his deformed face and was victorious.
"Oh… Close but no cigar gally. Looks like you didn't get your homerun after all. Time for you to hit the showers!"
He lifted his bat up in the air and was ready for the final strike. Terra looked on in shock as she was going to die. Getting her hand in the back, she felt something cold and hard at the tips of her fingertips. Feeling that, she knew that she has acquired a weapon. The splicer rocketed the weapon he was holding down, ready to deliver the final blow. By the time he was about to hit it, Terra got the steel pipe one of the splicers dropped and blocked the attack. The crazy citizen saw this and was in a bit of a shock.
"What?!"
Terra smirked back and decided to pull off a baseball reference.
Terra: "Strike one…"
The splicer looked to this and was getting a little angry. He decided to strike again, as Terra rolled around and avoided the shot, managing to get up to get back to the attack. Holding the pipe tightly, she was ready for the second round.
Terra: "Strike two…"
The splicer was seething as he charged in to attack once more. As he was charging, Terra was ready and sidestepped out of the way, letting the enemy miss her by a few inches. The Earth bender then got into her baseball stance and was prepared to deliver the final blow.
Terra: "Strike three…"
The splicer turned and wanted to attack again. But before he did, Terra swung her pipe and hit him squarely in the face, knocking him down completely. Terra smirked to herself and felt good at what she accomplished.
Terra: "You're out of here…"
But as she felt confident, there were a few more splicers coming to her with the melee weapons of their own. Turning to them, she sighed and knew this is going to be one of those days. Getting her pipe up, she went to the defenses and blocked each strike with her own moves. Meanwhile, LM was in the center of the battle with his SS Shotgun out and was holding his own. Pulling the trigger he shot down one splicer to another, pumping them in lead. Coarse, he was using his weapon to take down those of melee, but not the ones that were in long distance. A small group of splicers had their Tommy guns out and was ready to take him down. One of them saw the rebel Titan distracted and decided to take that opening. Turning to the others, he told them to fire.
"One of them is distracted. Now's the time to strike! Open fire!"
The other splicer got ready and fired right at him. LM though, had experience in battle, so an ambush by a group of splicers is normal for him. Sensing that coming, he turned to the direction of where the bullets are firing at him and lifted his hand up. Almost instantly, the bullets stopped close to him and levitated in the air. The splicers looked on in disbelief and didn't think that he will do something like that.
"What the- How…?
The rebel Titan then used his stopping hand to from a pistol as the bullets turned right back at the splicers that fired at him. The group backed up slowly as LM had that light smirk on his face and responded with a quick remark.
LM: "You dropped these…"
Using his pretend pistol hand to do a fake shot, the bullets flew back to the group and pierced their skin, killing them all in an instant. The rebel looked to this and was happy that he pulled something like that off. But then, he got distracted as a melee focused splicer was rushing to him and was ready to deliver a crushing blow. LM felt that coming and side stepped out of the way, letting the demented person to miss him by a few inches. He quickly used his shotgun to shoot him squarely in the back and killing him in an instant. He then did a quick turn around and blocked the next attack by using his shotgun to hit the pipe with his shotgun as a defensive weapon. The second splicer hit him left and right to hit him, but he continued to block him off while protecting himself. He then found and opening and kicked the psychopath with a back hand, dazing him completely. He was about to shoot him in the head, but peaked back to see another splicer from behind that was about to fire. Seeing this, he quickly grabbed the splicer he hit and used him as a shield, letting the bullets hit the enemy's chest. As soon as he was well protected, he kicked the dead splicer to the one shooting at the rebel and the two collided on each other. He soon used the shotgun at the down splicer and shot him as well. Turning back, he saw two more melee splicer with their weapons up high to attack. Looking at the pillar near them, he jumped on it with one foot and launches off it to deliver a jump kick to the first splicer. Landing on the ground, he positioned himself and avoided the next strike, then picking him up by the shoulders and deliver a John Cena Attitude Adjustment. Once he dropped the enemy in the ground, he aimed his shotgun and shot the two with quick precision.
So far, the fight was on the Titans side as they had everything under control. But more splicers continued to push through as the threat continues to multiply more and more. Cyborg armed up to of his sonic cannons one both arms and fired away as much as possible while opening up his shoulder blades to fire more missiles those at a farther distance. But when he saw more of them coming, he groaned and knew this wasn't getting them anywhere.
Cyborg: "Damn it! They just keep coming!"
Starfire saw them from where she was flying and decided to intervene as she fired her eyebeams on the ground and formed a line between the splicers. That line soon exploded and sent the residence of Rapture flying all over the place while others were charred to death. But she soon saw more coming their way and made a really good deduction.
Starfire: "If I were to guess, I do believe this Andrew Ryan doesn't want us in his city."
LM was below the Tamaranean and tossed an arm grenade with one hand while holding his shotgun with the other. That grenade soon exploded and killed off a few more. Yet more of them kept coming back. He looked on and responded to what Star said.
LM: "Gee… What gave that away? Ryan must be pulling all the stops in killing us. I don't think I have enough ammo for this many freaks!"
Pointing his shotgun towards them, he fired shell after shell and each person fell down to the floor. Robin soon join him and tossed more exploding disks towards the splicers, blowing them up on impact.
Robin: "Whatever the case, we have to get out of here and continue to search for the location of the distress signal."
Terra hit another splicer in the dome of his head and turned back to the hallway they came through. That's when she spotted more splicers coming through there and blocking their only way out.
Terra: "But we're blocked off! There's no way in getting out of here!"
Another splicer came up from behind her and was ready to attack from behind. That was until Beast Boy came out of the blue and rammed him to the side in his goat form. Once he took him out, he shifted back to his human form and looked for any other possible exits, only to find none around.
Beast Boy: "And there's no other way out! We're trapped here!"
Another group of splicers have their shotguns and Tommy guns ready and fired at the two Titans. Just as they fired, Raven came through the ground and deployed her wall like barrier to protect herself and her teammates. As she was protecting them, she grunted and knew this wasn't going to be easy.
Raven: "Well, at least we know that we are not welcomed in this town. Now what?"
The team all got together and were in a circle, surrounded by the splicers Ryan sent to kill them. Robin looked to all of them with his Bo staff at the ready and decided to risk it all.
Robin: "Looks like our only option left is to survive. Get ready everyone! It's time to fight till our last breath!"
Everyone got ready as they knew this will be their last fight. The splicers were ready as well as they had their melee weapons and guns armed for battle.
"This is it boys! Those parasites have nowhere to go! Attack! Show them no mercy!"
They all charged in and were ready to kill the Titans at the spot they stood on. The team went on the defensive and were set for the fight of their lives. But before the splicers could strike, those that were behind got shot in the back and killed them off. The rest heard that and turned to see the dead bodies behind them. The Titans looked on with strange expressions and wondered what happened as well. That's when they spotted what looked like machine like drones with propellers keeping them up in the air. All the drones flew up in the air and fired at the splicers with machine gunfire connected to their front side. The splicers were bombarded by them and didn't expect that to happen.
"Whoa! Where the Hell did those things came from?!"
Another splicer had it and pointed his pistol up.
"Who cares! Take those buggers down!"
So those that had their weapons out targeted the drones and fired away at them, hoping to take them down. The drones flew around to avoid each shot while firing back to them. As they were busy, the Titans looked on and were confused by what just happened.
Beast Boy: "Dude! I didn't expect backup. Where did they come from?"
Cyborg looked to them flying about and thought the same thing.
Cyborg: "Hey, your guess is as good as mine, BB. At least we get some help."
Just as they were wondering about them, they heard gunshot from in front of them and looked down to see something surprising. Coming out of the hall were two men that don't look mutated like the other splicers. One is an older individual in his fifties with a gray beard and hair with a huge bald spot and light blue eyes, wearing a business suit that was in tatters and loaded with an ammo belt and a few homemade grenades on his side. The other person is someone in his twenties with a full head of brown hair and hazelnut eyes wearing a raggedy uniform and shotgun shell straps over his shoulders. The two were shooting the distracted splicers up with a carbine and a shotgun as they were making a B line to the team. The team looked to the two, wondering who they were and why are they attacking the splicers. By the time they reached the Titans, the older one looked to them and asked them a simple question.
"You folks came from the surface. Were you?"
The team looked to each other with a little confusion. But giving that they were the only ones in the city that haven't killed them, Robin looked to them and gave them a silent nod.
Robin: "Yes… And you are…"
The older person smiled and was glad of where they came from.
"I'll explain on the way. Right now, we need to get you out of here. The security drones won't hold them off for long."
He turned to the younger male that use shooting close by Splicers with a shotgun and asked him for a quick favor.
"Johnny! We need an opening!"
The person named Johnny looked to the older individual and gave a quick nod.
Johnny: "Got it!"
Tightening his fist, the started to glow fiery red as the color of charcoal covered his arm. Turning to see a stack of flammable barrels he pointed to them and fired a wave of flames right at them. By the time the barrels overheated, they exploded and took out a few more Splicers along the way, creating an opened path behind the wall. The Titans looked on in awe and didn't think that someone would do that. Johnny then turned to the older person and told him that he got access.
Johnny: "We're in!"
The older person turned to the team and told them to follow.
"If you want to live, you better come with us."
The two then ran to the open hall Johnny created as everyone turned to Robin for an answer.
LM: "Um… We have no choice in the matter, do we?"
Robin looked to the two leaving and decided to trust them.
Robin: "Better then staying here, that's for sure. Titans, fall back!"
Immediately, the team went after the two and entered the hole in the wall. Starfire though was behind them as she turned to see the splicers picking off the security bots and were ready to go after them. Looking up to the hanging clock on the ceiling, she knew that it was big enough to crush them. Knowing this, her eyes glowed as she charged her eyebeams to fire right at it. The beam hit the cable over the block and melted to a snap, causing it to fall to the ground. One of the splicers saw it coming down and warned everyone about it.
"Look out!"
The clock then hit the ground and was destroyed on impact, crushing any splicer that was below it. Star looked to this and smiled in a cheerful tone. But knowing that she was just delaying the inevitable, she flew through the hole to rejoin the group. The remaining splicer recovered from that last attack as saw the team going into the hole. One of them pointed to the opening and told them to move.
"After them! Ryan doesn't want any survivors!"
So the group of splicers ran on ahead and entered the hole as well, pursuing the team and the two individuals.
Down in one of the maintenance passages, the Titans and the two individuals were running down the corridor filled with pipes and gears. As they were running, Robin decided to ask away.
Robin: "Okay… I appreciated the two of you rescuing us. However, there is still the question of who you two are and why you are rescuing us?"
The older person turned to him while running and decided to explain a few things.
"Don't mention it. Those that came from the surface never really last this long. As for introductions, my name is Saltonstall. This is Johnny. We work for Atlas and were on an assignment to salvage supplies. Then we saw you came by and knew that you all aren't from around here. So we followed you until the splicers came by and attacked you. Had to intervene in some way."
LM heard that and remembered that name.
LM: "Hold up. You're working for Atlas? Been hearing his name around this city from time to time. Who's he? Some kind of revolutionary or something?"
Saltonstall turned to him and decided to keep that to himself.
Saltonstall: "That you have to ask him yourself."
BB heard that and knew what that meant.
Beast Boy: "We're meeting him? Seriously?! He's not going to kill us, is he?"
He looked to the changeling and told him that it won't be the case.
Saltonstall: "Trust me, he's a kind person that doesn't want to kill anyone. Just protecting those that are in need of protecting. After all, we didn't kill you when we got to you."
Raven raised an eyebrow and finds that to be a bit off.
Raven: "Yet…?"
Salton turned to her and explained it a little more.
Saltonstall: "Understand that Atlas is not like Ryan. He cares for the people that matter and not the rich socialites. I'm certain that he'll care for you. His headquarters is underneath the Welcoming Center. If we can take the service elevator down, then we would be safe."
Robin: "And do you know where this service elevator is located?"
He looked back at the Titan leader and told him that he has everything under control.
Saltonstall: "We've been through these tunnels away from Ryan's eyes. We'll be safe as long as Ryan doesn't have access to the tunnels."
They kept on running as they were going through the tunnel to get to the elevator. By the time they reached the end, they saw the elevator in front of them and made a mad stop.
Saltonstall: "There. This elevator will take us under the building and away from the Ryan's eyes."
Noticing a push button, he pressed it and waited for the elevator to come down. The cable soon started to ride up, but it was slow going as it ascended upwards. Terra looked on and was getting nervous over this.
Terra: "Is it me, or is that elevator moving slower then usual."
Saltonstall waved it off and told her that it was nothing.
Saltonstall: "No need to worry. These elevators are old but operable. You just need a few more minutes until it makes its way upwards."
Just as he said that, they could here one of the splicers calling to the others.
"This way gang! They are close! I could smell them!"
Everyone soon turned around and saw shadows of the splicers in the light getting closer. Cyborg, LM, Starfire, and Raven got their weapons and powers armed as Cy didn't like their odds.
Cyborg: "Well a few minutes we don't have! We got company coming our way!"
Robin saw those shadows as well and decided to let the team to at it.
Robin: "Hold them off as long as you can! We have to make our escape and fast!"
The four nodded as they readied what they have and waited for them to come. Johnny and Saltonstall the joined in with their won weapons and waited for the fun to come. By the time the first splicers came though, they hit them with everything they got. Cyborg fired both of his sonic cannons and pushed the psychotic enemies to the back. Starfire flew up and shoot her starbolts at them in the air and knocked them down completely. Raven used her levitation ability to encase a bunch of exploding barrels and tossed them to the group, blowing them up and killing a bunch of splicers completely. LM, Johnny, and Saltonstall used their weapons and shoot down the remaining group as much as they could as the body count piled high. Still, more of them kept coming as they were desperate in killing the surface dwellers and those that are helping them. LM continued to use his shotgun on them until it was completely empty. Tossing it away, he took both of his pistols out and continued to fire, getting more pissed off over all of it.
LM: "They just keep coming! I don't know if we to hold them off much longer!"
Starfire then used her eyebeams to blast a couple through the chests and told him to keep attacking.
Starfire: "Do not give up yet, friend. We must stall them long enough until our escape route is clear."
The rebel looked up to her and was annoyed by what she said.
LM: "Easy for you to say. At least your power capacity is unlimited. I barely have enough ammo to take them all on!"
The group continued to fire as more splicers kept on pouring in. But what they didn't know is that there were a few splicers over them through the vents as they waited to pounce. The battle took a really good few minutes until the elevator finally made it and the gate started to open to let them all in. Terra saw this and told everyone the good news.
Terra: "Hey! The door is opened! We can go down now!"
Robin saw this as well and told everyone to get in.
Robin: "Everyone into the elevator! We're leaving!"
Everyone hurried into the elevator shaft and was ready to leave. LM started to run low on pistol ammo and looked to Johnny to go.
LM: "Time to go!"
Johnny look to the hoard of splicers coming in and decided to stay put.
Johnny: "Go! I'll hold them off!"
LM nodded and decided to let him hold the horde off until everything is in the clear. As soon as they started to leave for the service elevator, Johnny used his Tommy gun to shoot them all as soon as they were close by. One of them had a Tommy gun of his own and was going to fire on it. Johnny saw it a mile away and fired at the splicer, killing him instantly. But this was before the dead splicer blindly fired and took out some of the lights in the area, leaving the whole room in the dark. As soon as everyone was in, Saltonstall turned to his friend and told him to move.
Saltonstall: "Johnny, everyone is in the elevator! Move!"
Johnny nodded and turned around to get to the service elevator. But by the time he got there, something came out of the vent and landed in front of him. Everyone got back as they saw the unknown thing in front of Johnny. It almost looked like a splicer, but it was holding hooks in his its hands and creepy claw like feet. The team saw this and was a little startled by this stranger.
Beast Boy: "Whoa! What is that?!"
Salton saw this and knew what it was.
Saltonstall: "Shit! That's a spider splicer! Johnny, get out of there! Now!"
Johnny stood back and was startled by it in front of him. Knowing it was too late for him, he told his friend to get back to the base.
Johnny: "Go on without me! I'll hold them off as much as I can."
Getting his Tommy gun out, he shot a full load at the spider splicer and killed him in the chest. But then, more came around him and trapped him completely. One of them hissed and was eager to wipe him out.
"Nowhere to run pretty boy…"
The three then strike as they tore him apart. Johnny fought as much as they could, but he wouldn't stand a chance. Soon enough, all the splicers dog piled him and ripped him apart as blood came out and screams from Johnny coming within the pile. Saltonstall saw this in distrust as he yelled to him.
Saltonstall: "Johnny!"
Soon enough, a few splicers rushed to the elevator shaft and went after the Titans and Salton. Quickly, Robin pulled the lever from close by and the door closed, preventing them from getting in. The splicers hit their melee weapons at the gate as they tried to get in. The shaft soon started to decent downwards form the massacre. Saltonstall watched in disbelief as one of his friends were killed by a swarm of splicers.
Saltonstall: "Damn it Johnny… Why do you have to be so stubborn?"
Robin looked to this and decided to comfort him.
Robin: "I'm sorry about what happened with your friend. I could imagine how you are feeling. But he sacrificed to keep us safe. That's all that matters."
Salton heard him and knew he had a point.
Saltonstall: "Yeah… He did save us. But Atlas would be upset that one of his best men is sent to the slaughter. Let's hope he understands his sacrifice."
The team descended downwards underneath the building, where the team will meet with Atlas to get an understanding on what's really going on.
Not to far from the brutal attack, two individuals were watching from afar as they knew that the Titans have fled Ryan's splicer minions. Those two were Jack and Delta as they were following the team and kept close watch on them. When they saw them leave, Jack contacted the mysterious Elizabeth on the short wave radio to let her know of the situation.
Jack: "Elizabeth, it's Jack. The Titans have made an escape, but two of Atlas's men got to them and took them underground. One was killed holding off the splicers. What is our next objective?"
There was a bit of silence until Elizabeth told them what to do.
Elizabeth: "It would seem everything is going according to plan. Still, not much we could do as they are with Atlas right now. But they will return eventually. Would you kindly head to Medical Pavilion? There's a chance that the Titans will be in that area next."
Jack looked to her oddly and asked about that.
Jack: "You sure about that?"
In an undisclosed location, two shadowy figures were at a secluded room as Elizabeth gave him a promise.
Elizabeth: "I'm positive that they will head there. Get to Medical Pavilion and wait for further instruction. Elizabeth out."
As soon as she ended the transmission, the other figure approach her and was now a little angry about this.
"It is as we feared. Atlas got to them first before we did. Now what do we do?"
Elizabeth turned to the figure and told her that it was all right.
Elizabeth: "Now, we have to be patient. The Titans will resurface and when they do, we won't loose them a second time."
"Even if it means that they will meet up with the very man that created this Hell? The very man that tricked me in creating the Adam? The very man that tricked you when you rose that department building from the depths of the ocean? You know how maniacal he is?"
The girl turned her head away and remembered that near death event.
Elizabeth: "Yes… I'm fully aware that they would be visiting the very man that made both our lives a living Hell. But if I know him, he will use them to get what he wants. I should know, he offered me my girl if I get him to Rapture. Boy how foolish I was…"
"Still, it is a risk in having them near this bastard. What makes you think he won't kill them?"
Elizabeth was quiet over the whole thing until she got her own answer.
Elizabeth: "Because he won't be eliminating his only meal ticket. All we have to do is wait until they resurface. Once they do, we'll keep a close eye on them from a safe distance. They will play their part in Rapture. We just need to see this through before we can bring them in."
The mysterious woman was silent until she gave a quick nod.
"Understood, Fraulein Elizabeth."
Now this ends chapter five of BioTitans. This was the most intense fight I put together. Though it's not much of a big deal, at least I was able to get that out of the way. Now on the next chapter, the Titans meet up with Atlas to help get a clear understanding of what happened to Rapture. But Atlas wanted to give them a small favor for him, a way out. Will they except that offer? This one will be one of those breaks before the following chapter. A little something of interest before the next fight. You have to wait and see what the next chapter will be about though. I'm sure you'll like it. Please Review. #WherearetheGoodCartoons?