Back at the Ghost Industries, Arny is seen placing an old machine on his desk. It was cream in color and equipped with a button pad, a phone number display and a built in tape recorder. He looks up to see he had company.
"Ah, hey there. I was just checkin' out Moltar's control room when I found this forgotten gem stashed behind the system. An AT-5000 Autodialer." He proudly proclaimed. And I'm gonna use this to help gain some progression by making a telemarketing ad." He sit down at his desk and grabs the remote. "In the meantime, lets go back and see what the other Titans are up to." He points the device and unpauses the TV.
THE DISPATCH
Part 9: Quarantine
The three Titans made the long walk back towards the common room. Turning into the hallway that lead to the automatic doors, they came to a pause. A distant, electronic bleeping noise was coming from beyond the doors. "That sounds like the computer!" The spiky haired teen rushed forward, immediately followed by his female comrades. The doors slide open and they all gathered into the main room. They were startled to see an alert message appear on the large monitor. 'EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM' was displayed in red text across the screen. Below it were the words: 'THIS IS NOT A TEST' in a small white text.
(MSP) Kevin MacLeod - Echoes of Time v2
They all stared immensely at the screen, knowing fully well that this message only ever appeared when the city was in Huge jeopardy. Before anyone could utter a word the bleeping noise then changed to what sounded like a dial tone. Was somebody trying to make contact with them? they soon got an answer when a male voice spoke.
'This is a national television broadcast from the US Department of paranormal activity in research and containment. Do not turn off your television and await instructions.'
Starfire and Raven shared a anxious glance while Robin held a look of puzzlement. New text appeared on the monitor as the voice continued.
CLASS: Not organic.
THREAT: PA 071-B may result in loss of human life.
DESCRIPTION: Condensation will gather on all windows and mirrors of your home, wiping it off or revealing the outside world in away will result in the revealing of PA 071-B. Looking upon 071-B will result in insanity before suicide or homicidal rage before spontaneous death.
Please follow these instructions to minimize the loss of human life:
Close all windows and doors
Do not leave your home
Do not remove condensation
from you windows/mirrors
If condensation is somehow removed,
do not look out the window/into the mirror
'Keep you television turned on and await further instructions.'
The screen very suddenly went black, terminating the broadcast and leaving the Titans in total silence. Robin stared at the blank monitor, his jaw falling slightly. A distressing thought suddenly entered his head. They'd all completely overlooked the possibility that something may have been released from the vault. Something they couldn't even see... something deadly.
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"R-Robin...?" Starfire's soft yet shaky voice broke the silence. Robin lowered his head and sighed. "It's okay, whatever it is we're dealing with, we will get through it. I promise." He advised them without turning round. "What on Azar...?" Raven's shocked response caused him to look back and see both girls staring out the main window, their mouths were agape as Starfire slowly pointed to something far off in the distance. Robin quickly joined them and followed their eyes to the direction of the city.
(MSP) Kevin MacLeod - Blue Sizzle
The sky above the city had gone dark very suddenly at an unnatural speed, it was like something larger than life was looming over the city. Clouds billowed on the horizon and lightning played across the sky. Flashes of light and rolls of thunder rocked the tower, Robin and the girls were thrown off their feet. It started pouring down rain, beating against the windows of the common room. Starfire and Raven huddled together as the floor continued to vibrate, they suddenly heard a loud cracking sound.
The glass was beginning to break!
"Robin..." Raven stressed. "I know! I'm gonna activate the lock-down! just hang on!" Robin staggered to his feet and grabbed onto the control panel, he began typing rapidly at the keyboard as the tower shook around him. The cracks were getting bigger and began spreading across the entire windows. Raven held her breath while Starfire clutched hold of her cape in fear. The rain was beating harder and harder, with small drips of it leaking through the thin cracks."ROBIN!" Starfire started to panic. "I'm almost there! just a few more seconds!" He yelled back as he frantically typed at the computer. "We don't have a few seconds!" Raven gritted her teeth. Just then the overhead klaxons sounded and the entire room started flashing red. A large number 10 appeared on the monitor, accompanied by a computerized voice stating that the lock-down had begun.
"ARIGHT! WE'VE GOT TEN SECONDS! HOPEFULLY THE GLASS WILL HOLD!" Robin yelled over the noise. He ran over to his teammates and helped them to their feet. They stumbled and struggled to stay up as they ran across the rumbling floor, just as they reached the sliding doors there was a loud shattering noise from behind. Without looking back they threw themselves through the threshold and into the awaiting corridor.
Landing in a jumbled mess, the double doors slammed shut almost instantly behind them. The sirens continued to blair around them, they clung to the floor for protection as it continued to vibrate. Eventually after what felt like an eternity, the sirens ceased and to their surprise the rumbling almost immediately stopped. The three Titans lay motionless for at least over a minute.
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"H-has it... s-stopped?" Muttered a stricken Starfire. Robin raised his head and listened for any more noises, but there wasn't any. "Yeah... I think so Star." Forcing himself to stand, her offered Starfire a hand and helped her up. "The lock-down should have engaged itself by now." Raven was the last to stand, she held her head with one hand, massaging her temple. "Yeah... but we better make sure of it first." She insisted and Robin agreed. The electric doors swished open and revealed that the lock-down was enabled, much to the Titans relief.
(MSP) Kevin MacLeod - Aftermath
A large armor-plated shutter in the familiar white and blue colors of Cyborg's technology, covered the entire windows. The Titans made their way towards it but were suddenly stopped by a distressing sight. A large puddle of water covered half of the common room. The windows had shattered just five seconds before the lock-down, the pieces strewn across the floor. "Looks like we'll have to clean this up later." Robin sighed. Stepping cautiously over the shards of glass, Robin inspected the reinforced shutter. There was no sigh of any leaks and it seamed to be sturdy enough. As he stood close to the metal structure, it suddenly dawned on the young detective that something was noticeably absent. He leaned close, pressing his right ear up against the shutter and listened for a few seconds. "Hmm... that's strange."
"Is there something wrong friend Robin?" Starfire asked curiously. "I don't know why, but I can't hear the rain." The two girls now shared looks of confusion. "Um... why is that the strange friend?" Robin backed away from the shutter and turned to face the alien girl. "When I helped Cyborg build the tower, he told me that the lock-down system was designed to withstand an attack, the size of a nuclear blast. He built it to absorb heavy impacts, but... he didn't make it soundproof." His teammates paused as they realized that what their leader was saying was true, a rainstorm this fierce would have been very noticeable, even when obscured by several tuns of armored platting.
"Maybe it was just the passing of showers?" Starfire spoke logically. Raven shook her head. "No, that was no ordinary rainstorm. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and yet it came from nowhere in a matter of seconds, and was strong enough to damage the tower. Storms like that don't just pass over quickly. This was something... supernatural." The common room fell into silence again, with no one able to come up with a better answer.
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(MSP) Audionautix - Deep Space
Beast Boy had been climbing the step ladder for a good few minutes. The unseen whispers had long since stopped, leaving only the sound of water endlessly dripping around him. Moving at a slow pace he took a firm grip on the glowstick and held it above him. Squinting through it's green glow, he almost dropped it when the words: 'J.C. WATER DEPT' came into view. "A manhole cover." He whispered, putting the stick away and climbing up the reaming steps. He placed a hand on the underside of the cover and pushed himself up. Groaning in effort, the cover slowly lifted up until it was half open.
Beast Boy raised his head up to be meet with a slight breeze of the outside air. "Yes! I made it!" Feeling refreshed that he had finally made it back to the surface, Beast Boy emerged from the hole, the lid falling shut behind him. Standing up he discovered that he was in a different part of the city. He was now standing in the middle of an empty three-way intersection, but each route only lead to a thick wall of fog. Sighing he turned around to be faced with the front entrance gates to a building that both confused and unnerved him.
He was outside the Murakami High School.
Beast Boy swallowed a lump in his throat, having recognized it as the school that Terra now attended. Why of all places was he lead here? seeing this place again brought back some memories that he'd rather not think about. Shaking his head and deciding it was better to not risk getting lost in the fog, he edged forward, passing through the front gates of the school. As the buildings entrance came into view he stopped almost instantly.
From behind one of the front doors, a darkly dressed figure was staring at him. It swiftly ducked back inside slamming the door shut. Beast Boy felt a sudden chill, was that the same figure that ran into the subway? was he being followed? or was he being lead somewhere? shuddering, he proceed towards the school.
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With the TV pausing again, Arny faces the views. "Welp, this a good time to stop and show y'all the telemarketing message I've made." Arny motions towards the autodialer. "I'll show you how it works. Despite it's age, this baby still has every phone number in the city programed into it, it automatically calls them one-by-one and plays a pre-recorded message. Listen..." He presses the 'Dial' button and his message begins.
'Greetings friend, do you wish to be as happy as me? welp you've got the power inside you right now! so use it! and send one review to Arny-the-Entity. Ghost Planet Industries Jump City. Don't Delay! enteral happiness is just a review away.'
The message ends and Arny leans back in his chair with his arms folded. "Heh, heh now I just sit by the mail box and watch the reviews role in."
