On this chapter of Doomed Titans, Alex and the Titans search for this secret passage somewhere within the Marines Dormitories. But there's something else inside the floor and it ain't pretty.

Chapter Notes

The Maggots will make an appearance in this chapter. Also, you'll get to see the double barrel shotgun that was used in Doom 2, Hell on Earth and Doom 3, Resurrection of Evil.

Communications: Italics

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans and Doom 3

Chapter Eleven: Demonic Growth

Alpha Labs Sector 1, Reception: November 15, 2145, 3:46 P.M.

Inside the Reception area of Alpha Labs Sector 1, it is quiet, too quiet. All the lights were turned off due to some power outage that made the place so dark that you can't see where you're going. That was until the transfer bay doors opened up and a marine walked in. He scanned the place with a flashlight and saw that the access door in front of him was lock tight. Just as he was going to walk further into the place, Sergeant Kelly radioed in.

Sergeant Kelly: "Marine, I have received a report that you haven't reached Bravo Team yet."

Main Marine: "I know, I know. I was having a hard time trying to find security clearance to get to Alpha Labs. Jeez can you cut me some slack for just a minute?"

Sergeant Kelly: "No! You need to pick up the pace! They can't wait for you. Reaching the Communication Facility quickly is imperative. Now move it!"

Main Marine: "Yes sir. Man can this sergeant get a goddamn break or something. I mean finding Bravo Team is one thing, but the zombies and monsters, that's another. sigh Oh well, who am I to blame? This strange attack is working him up. I better get to Bravo Team fast before it's too late. There's got to be a panel or a terminal somewhere to open this door."

He continues walking when he heard abnormal moans coming from all around him.

Main Marine: "Just my luck."

The Marine then took out his machine gun and waited for the moment to strike. Just then, he saw glowing red eyes surrounding and starring at him.

Main Marine: "Gotcha!"

Marine Dormitories Level 4, Elevator Access: November 15, 2145, 3:47 P.M.

Down in the Elevator Access at the Marine Dormitories, there was nothing but silence. But then one of the elevator doors opened and the Teen Titans entered the floor. Following behind was Alex who was looking at his PDA and using his digital pen to search the database.

Beast Boy: "Dude, can you put that thing away and search through the net later? Incase you forgot; we are in the middle of an intergalactic invasion."

Alex: "I'm not searching through the net, I looking for information about these monsters. Since dad downloaded all the data I need, I have to find out what we're up against and how tough they are."

Robin: "So knowing what these things are can give us a good field advantage?"

Alex: "Maybe, maybe not. All I know is that with all information in here, we'll be ready for what's up ahead."

So the team just waited at the access elevator with Cyborg looking left to right and the two exits with his Sonic Cannon ready incase there were an attack. Alex made a few more taps on the PDA and found what he was looking for.

Alex: "Aha! Got it!"

Starfire: "You've finally made access."

Alex: "You bet Star. Now let's see what we got on these freak shows."

Alex then tapped down a few buttons and looked at the various monsters. Big and small, strong and weak, normal and completely ugly, all the information he needs is right inside his personal data assistant. After going through with all the monsters on the list, he wanted the Titans at attention.

Alex: "All right team listen up! I was able to skim through the data and found out about the monsters we faced earlier."

The team looked at Alex for an answer the same time he clicked on a button and looked at the picture of the baby monster with the information next to it.

Alex: "First off, those bug babies Starfire encountered at the Maintenance Passage are called Cherubs. They maybe weak, but their flight and jumping abilities are quick and agile, making them very difficult to hit. They are also lethal when they attack in groups, so my advice is to take them out quickly."

He clicked on another button that showed a picture of the inhuman monster.

Alex: "The next ones are the Imps, the ones that attacked us at the Military Complex earlier. According to the data they're fast, sneaky, and utterly lethal. Their skin is tougher then a human's and their multiple eyes help them see better then an owl. If course, we can take them down easy by shooting them in point blank range or at a distant with a reliable weapon."

He then clicked on another icon and it showed a picture of the bull beast.

Alex: "And the mutated bull we fought at Central Command are called Pinkys. Half monster, half metal, these behemoths mode of attack is a bull like charge followed by bites and stomps. The only way to avoid their attack is to have enough room to duck and dodge and fight back."

Raven: "Thank goodness that Central had enough room to get out of harms way."

Robin: "But what I don't get is how the other half of it is metal?"

Alex: "It says here that scientists were working around the clock figuring out ways in merging the creature's tissue with metallic parts for military purposes. Something called Project Frankenstein. But after many attempts that project became a total failure."

Beast Boy: "Yeah, and we can see why."

Robin: "Are there more of those things with metal components? Ones that have weapons?"

Alex: "I checked the rest of the data and I could tell it looks bad. But I don't want to waste your time talking about them when you know we have to get to Communications and Gamma Labs. Maybe when we get the chance to meet them, I'll put up their bios and find their strengths and weaknesses."

Robin: "O.K. So where's this secret passage?"

Alex: "I don't know."

The Titan leader looked at Alex with a look confusion.

Robin: "You don't know?"

Alex: "Hey! Don't look at me like it's my fault! I just heard this rumor about a secret passage here a month ago."

Raven: "And where did you hear this rumor?"

Alex: "Employer gossip."

Starfire: "So what you're saying to us is we're blindly running around."

Alex: "Fraid so. But it's no biggie. All we have to do is to clear house on this floor and then we'll start looking."

Cyborg: "Sounds fair".

Alex took out his shotgun and pumped it for the oncoming battle.

Alex: "Let's go, we're burning daylight."

Alex went first out of the Elevator Access with the Titans following him and Cyborg was behind them with his cannon ready for firing. They first entered a hallway full of automatic doors heading strait towards the exit on other. When they were close to the exit, two of the doors left and right busted open and two fat zombies got out and lumbered towards the team. Alex aimed his shotgun and fired two shots at the first zombie and another two shots at the other. With the two of them dead on the floor the team continued down the hallway and entered a circular room, which appeared to be a sitting area with benches and UAC advertisement on the walls. Before they continue, Alex saw a zombie from the corner of his right eye. He turned his shotgun to that direction and started firing. He then reloaded some shells into the gun as they continue into another hallway. Before they did, Cyborg heard a noise from above. When he turned around, he saw an Imp coming down a vent shaft. Quickly he fired his sonic cannon at the creature before it had the chance to launch a fireball. As the creature disintegrated on the floor, Cyborg joined the team that was turning a left corner into another corridor. As they continued walking, a hidden alcove opened up and another Imp came out and threw a fireball at the team. Alex aimed his shotgun at the fireball and blasts it in the air. He then shot the Imp in the head and it fell to the floor, turning into ash. But that was just a distraction as an automatic door opens up next to him on the right and a zombie came out, ready to eat him alive. Robin saw it and threw a birdarang straight at the undead's head. It fell to the side and blood flowing on the floor. Alex looked at Robin then smiled and nodded.

Alex: "Thanks for the help. I owe you one."

Robin: "Don't mention it."

They continued walking approached two metallic doors. They automatically opened up and they enter the Rec Room that had a pool table, a ski ball table, and a ping-pong table in the middle, four arcade games and a pool rack next to the right wall, and a vending machine, snack dispenser, and five stools next to the left wall. On top of the pool table in front of them was a blue keycard.

Cyborg: "Strange, what's a keycard doing here?"

Alex: "Looks like someone left it when this attack started. Maybe it could be useful later on. I'm going to get it."

Beast Boy: "Are you sure you know what you're doing?"

Alex: "Don't mind me BB, it's like taking candy from a baby."

Alex approached the pool table and took the key. But when he placed it into his pants pocket, three Z-Secs popped out from the ski ball table holding shotguns and another three came out from the ping-pong table holding machine guns. Alex immediately ducked just as soon as the undead guards fired their weapons. The Titans immediately ducked and covered from the entranceway as bullet holes decorated the other end of the corridor's wall. Robin slowly took out four silver balls out of his utility belt and waited for the right moment. When the Z-Secs stopped firing and reloaded their weapons, Robin threw the balls towards them and they exploded in a bright light, temporarily blinding them. He immediately looked at this team and gave the order.

Robin: "NOW!"

After hearing that order, Alex jumped out of his hiding place with a machine gun of his own and start blasting on two guards. Starfire threw a star bolt at the other guard's gun and Beast Boy went tiger and slashed it to pieces. Raven levitated three pool sticks off the rack and threw them at the next one, penetrating it through the groin, heart, and head. Cyborg quickly lifts up his arm and a small compartment opened up on the top. It fired a small projectile device at the Z-Sec and planted it on top of its head. It blinked for a few seconds then created a small explosion on the head, leaving it headless and dead at the same time. The last undead guard loaded his gun at aimed it at the closest Titan until Robin's birdarang hit it off its hands then flew back at Robin. Once he grabbed it and placed it back in his belt, he took out his Bo-staff and was about to extend it. Of course that's when Alex came in and stop the boy wonder for doing it.

Alex: "Hang on Robin, this one's mine!"

Alex ran, jumped onto the ping-pong table, jumped off, starts cork screwing upside down over the Z-Sec, and landed behind it. The security zombie turned around to face Alex and did a left to right jab at his face. Alex dodged the two punches and uppercut it in the chin. He then grabbed it around the waist, lifted it up in the air, and body slammed it straight through the table, breaking it in half. The zombie was unconscious for a second but it started to stir and was going to get up. Alex took out his pistol and fired at the Z-Sec's head, making sure it permanently stays down. He then bended down and placed his hands on the zombie's belt. The rest of the team approached him as he grabbed two clips from the right side.

Raven: "Yeah, from a dead, flesh eating baby."

He places the clips in the side compartment of his armor then stood up to look at the team.

Alex: "Well I wasn't expecting a trap set up by these dead beats. Looks like they're getting much smarter then ever. We really need to keep our eyes pealed this time. Let's not wait for more of those things coming to get us, we should keep moving."

The team nodded at they all walked out of the Rec Room. They continued walking down the hallway then turned left to another hallway. When they were journeying on foot dim litted corridor, a vent covering suddenly opened up and landed on the steel floor, and with total shock and horror, something fell halfway out. The Titans and Alex positioned themselves for battle, but the thing that almost came out wasn't a zombie or a monster, but a Marine corpse dangling upside down. Alex lowered his shotgun and sighed.

Alex: "False alarm guys."

The Titans lowered and weapons or powers just as Alex bend down and picked up a case of shells and a set of bullets.

Beast Boy: "O.K., this place is officially starting to spook me out."

Starfire: "I agree with Beast Boy. This place is more scary then the caverns of Tugicious."

Robin: Let's not loose it for a second team; this could be what these things wanted. If we show them fear and get separate from each other, it will give them the opening they need to take us by surprise. I think the only thing we can do is to stick together, no matter what.

Alex: "You have a point there Robin. And the sooner I get you guys back home, the better."

After Alex got the ammo out of the floor, he and the team proceeded down the hallway and approached another two set of doors. But when they opened up, an Imp was ready to ambush them by laying on all fours and lunged at the team. Alex and the Titans luckily dodged it, but Cyborg didn't move. Instead, he tightened his left metallic fist and gave it a right hook to the cranium. The creature was smashed against the wall and it disintegrated after the impact. After the team was shocked at what the hybrid did, they shook it off entered the Conference Access that has a Conference Room on the left and another access door at the other end. As they continued walking, three more Z-Secs, two carry machine guns and one holding a shotgun, ambushed them. They started firing but Raven formed a black wall to cover the conference room entrance, windows and all. She then used her powers to engulf the entire conference room ceiling in a black sheet of energy. It then started to shake like crazy and then collapsed under the undead guards, flattening them with ceiling tiles, parts of a ventilation ducts, and metal beam structures. Suddenly, two more Z-Secs came out of the access door in front of them holding shields and pistols. Alex fired at them with a shotgun but the shields protected the zombie guards. They were about to fire back with their pistols through the holes of the shields, when Beast Boy came out of the group and charged them in his bull form. Both the guards were smashed by the beast and they were crushed to the door the same time the door was split open and torn apart. He morphed back to his human form as the team followed suit. When they got together and looked around, they realized that they're in the offices for Military records. The place has many cubicles in the middle for UAC employees to calculate, analyze, and store many Military files and records, and around the cubicles were private offices for generals and sergeants, including the office for Alex's father, Sergeant Kelly, and four exit doors on each end of the wall, especially the one the team went through. However some of the lights on the ceiling were blinking on and off, which makes it a little difficult to see who or what is coming. After a close inspection of the place the team gave off a long moan.

Raven: "This is going to take a while."

Robin: "Not if we split up to cover more ground. Here's the plan. Cyborg, you and-"

Alex: "Whoa, whoa, whoa… Hold up. What are doing?"

Robin: "We're searching for that secret passage you mentioned."

Alex: "Yeah I know that, but split up? Are you crazy? If we do that, these monsters will hunt us down and kill us! If we're going to survive this whole ordeal we have to stick together."

Robin: "That's great and all but it's not enough. I mean take a look around for a second Alex. There are three more doors that go into different sections and this floor could be huge. If we can split up, we can find this passage must faster."

Alex: "Haven't you forgotten that there are still zombies and creatures lumbering about on this floor? We can't split up without knowing what we're up against. We should think this through."

Robin: "What is there to think? Splitting up is the only option we have to search for the passage and get out of here."

Alex: "And splitting up will be the worst mistake we ever did! I'm not going to let this team get hurt because of your soon to be actions."

Robin: "Why don't you trust me?"

Alex: "I do trust you! But I don't like the fact that you want to separate you're teammates and risk your lives for this search. As your guardian, it's MY responsibility to protect you from anything, and that includes this threat."

While the two are arguing, Beast Boy was turning away not wanting to listen in on their voices. That was when he noticed one of the private office rooms on the right side that was strangely opened. But what makes it more mysterious is that the lights around the office entrance were all off, leaving it in complete darkness, but there's a red glow coming from within the office. With curiosity setting in, the changeling approached the area while Robin and Alex continued complaining.

Robin: "And if what you said is true, then how can you tell that there is a secret passage on this floor?"

Alex: "I told you before. I heard a rumor through gossip that there's a hidden passage way on this floor where scientists were working on some top-secret experiments. Problem is no one doesn't know what are these experiments and they have no clue on where this passage is. All they know is that it's around here; somewhere and they saw scientists walking about, even if they know no scientists ever come here most often."

Robin: "And if we find this passage, how are you going to open it?"

Alex: "I don't know. There could be a button, or a switch, or something that open a wall, door, or floor. Your mentor, Batman, had some secret lever or something to help him enter the bat cave."

Robin: "So do you have any idea how big or wide this floor is?"

Alex: "No clue, one maybe two miles wide."

Robin: "And that's why we have to split up. Look I know it's risky, but we have to other choice in the matter."

Alex: "With all do respect Robin; I don't think anyone on this team would agree on your opinion."

Robin: "We'll see about that. Titans, what do you think of this idea."

Cyborg: "Well Alex does have a point. We have to stay together so we can get out of here alive."

Alex smiled at what Cyborg said.

Cyborg: "But I agree with Robin. Splitting up could help us get to this passageway quicker then staying together."

Alex had his head down with an anime pulse on his head and blue wavy lines over the head.

Starfire: "As much as I like to do the splitting up, I would take up on Alex's offer. Ever since I got separated within the maintenance passage, I was almost attacked by those Cherubs Alex mentioned. I don't want to be separate from my friends again and I would get hurt."

Raven: "Staying together seem to be like an offensive way to work as a team. But if we split up in two, we can be defensive against this hoard and can save time on this search."

Robin: "I couldn't have said it better myself. What about you Beast Boy, what do you think about this plan."

When Robin turned his head, he noticed that Beast Boy left his spot and was nowhere in the group.

Robin: "Beast Boy? Beast Boy? Damn it, where did he go?"

Starfire then saw Beast Boy at the left side of the area, looking at the strange red glow in on of the offices.

Starfire: "There he is!"

Once the team saw the green changeling, they walked down to the left area.

Alex: "Beast Boy, what are you doing? You know better then to leave the group."

Strange enough, Beast Boy didn't say anything as he kept staring at the red glow.

Alex: "Are you even listening to me?"

Beast Boy remained like that for a few seconds until he started to say something.

Beast Boy: "Uh… Alex… Remember when you dad said that there's some strange growth in this place."

Alex: "Yeah…"

Beast Boy: "Well I think I found it."

Alex slowly walked towards Beast Boy and looked at what the changeling saw. What he was looking at gave him quite a shock and was at a loss of words. Inside the office there was red flesh slowly moving on parts of walls and on the ceiling along with red tentacles dangling out of the vent shafts. There was over turned furniture, a few dead bodies, litted candles, and many objects around a circular like picture of an upside down star glowing on the floor. The rest of the team joined in and saw the horror inside the office.

Cyborg: "Ah man… What is it?"

Alex: "Looks like the unnatural growth dad talked about. I never expected it to be anything like this."

Starfire: "Is it alive?"

Alex: "I don't know, but whatever it is, it could be dangerous. We should avoid areas where they have this spreading, cause who knows what will happen if we go anywhere near it."

Everyone nodded in agreement but Raven was very suspicious about the circled picture and the objects on the middle of the floor. She then entered the office, approached the picture, and bends down to get a closer look. Alex looked at her and was a little concerned at what she's doing.

Alex: "Raven, what do you think you're doing?"

Raven: "Just curious to check on something."

She kept starring at it for a few seconds then placed her hand on the circled border. But when she touched it, she got horrific visions of a different world filled with fire, brimstone, and death, seas filled with lava, and a variety of creatures scurrying everywhere. She then saw a huge being in the shadows sitting on a stone thrown with four glowing yellow eyes. The vision stopped when she removed her hand away from the picture but she was quite horrified as her eyes were opened wide and cold sweat dripping down her face. Her teammates were looking at her outside the office, waiting for her to talk. But she didn't say a word after she saw the vision.

Robin: "Hey Reven, is there something wrong?"

Raven remained like that when she whispered something in her breath.

Raven: "I was afraid something like this would happen."

She then stood up and look at the team.

Raven: "Do you have any idea what this is?"

Everyone simply shook their heads.

Raven: "This is a sacrificial portal. It is once used for resurrections by apocalyptic cults and saintanic societies."

Cyborg: "How can you tell that it's what you think it is?"

Raven: "I can tell because of the way it looks. See that glowing circle? That's called a pentagram; it can be drawn in the middle of the room by using virgin goat's blood. The candles around the pentagram are used to activate the portal. And the objects like books, small equipment, and corpses has to be littered around it so it can take whatever's on the other side to where the portal is."

Starfire: "And how do you know about all this?"

Raven: "I've done a lot of reading back at the Tower, plus I took out a few cults that were doing this ritual before I became a Titan."

Alex: "But that doesn't explain what this portal has to do with this growth around the office."

Raven: "I have no clue on that. But what I know about this portal is that it must be taking these creatures from their world to ours."

Alex: "You know it's kind of funny. It almost sounds like what Betruger is doing on that main teleporter at Delta…"

Alex stopped there after saying Delta, then looked at Raven and then at the sacrificial portal. He shook off that thought.

Alex: "No… No, no…. That can't be right."

Raven: "What's not right?"

Alex shook the thought off and looked straight at Raven.

Alex: "Nothing. Let's get out of here before this growth does something horrid to us."

Both Alex and Raven left the office and joined the Titans. But before they were about to continue, all the lights in Military Records went completely off, leaving the entire place in complete darkness. But the next second, the lights went back on only this time, the place was engulfed in a bright red light, freaking the team out for the bit.

Beast Boy: "O.K., now what's going on!"

Starfire: "I don't know, but saw these lights go on like that down in Maintenance. Maybe it's the UAC's emergency alert systems."

Alex: "Impossible Star. I've been in the UAC for a long time and I never seen lights that can change colors when there's an emergency."

Raven: "I don't think this is an emergency. It's something else, something worse."

Alex: "All right Raven. Tell us what is it."

Before Raven would answer that, Alex saw inside the office behind Raven a strange firery cloud above the pentagram and then heard a silent voice speaking an unusual language.

Alex: "On second thought, I already know. EVERYONE HIDE!"

The team did that the same time a red lightning came out of the cloud and hit the pentagram. From out of the lightning materialized a strange monster the Titans or Alex has never encountered before. It had two charcoal like faces with burning red eyes and claws sticking out from its shoulder blades. It scurried on all fours out of the office when the lights went back to its original color and scanned the area. While it was doing that, Alex was slowly peering his eyes to look at the strange being, making sure it doesn't see him. He and the rest of the Titans were hiding behind the office cubicles, Starfire, Cyborg, and Alex in the left, and Robin, Beast Boy, and Raven on the right, waiting for it to leave. They started communicating with each other in a soft quiet tone so that the creature won't hear it.

Robin: "What is that thing?"

Alex: "I'll check."

Alex took out his PDA and accessed the monster database. After a few clicks with the touch pen, he founds the picture of the creature and the bio next to it.

Alex: "It says here that it's called a Maggot. They seem to be relatively weak due to a couple of autopsies on its fragile skin. But their strength advantage is their speed and agility. Their most dangerous attack is their powerful leap and if the claws on their hands miss you, the claws on their shoulder blades will."

Beast Boy: "Note to self, avoid the claws."

Cyborg: "Well at least their weak. One shot at my sonic cannon and they'll be gone in a second."

Robin: "But they're fast to avoid anything Cy. You have to time it just right in order to get a clear shot."

Cyborg: "Got it."

Starfire stood up to look for the Maggot but there's no sign of it.

Starfire: "Friends, it's gone."

The rest of the team stood up and looked around for the creature but it wasn't there.

Alex: "Must've left in a hurry. Now's our chance to get out of here before it comes back. Once we're in the clearing, we'll think of a way finding the passage."

Beast Boy turned around to find a way out but saw something that wasn't good at all.

Beast Boy: "Uh… Dudes, I should look behind you if I were you."

Everyone turned around and saw fifteen Maggots watching them with all eyes and ready to pounce.

Alex: "Great… Looks like that Maggot brought some friends along for the ride."

Without warning all the Maggots leaped up and was ready to slash the Titans to bits. But Raven came between the team, opened her cape big, swallowed her friends, and disappeared through the floor. The creatures landed where the team disappeared and were confused at what transpired. What they didn't know was that right behind them, a black hole was formed on the ceiling. Out of the hole, a few exploding disks came out and hit three of the Maggots. They all disintegrated at the rest of the Maggots looked at their fallen comrades then looked at the hole. It was then they saw Alex holding his shotgun with the Titans following him.

Alex: "Take them down NOW!"

The team attacked the creatures but the Maggots avoided the team with swift movements and scurried all over the place, confusing the Titans.

Cyborg: "Damn, their too fast. How are we going to stop them?"

Alex: "Wait till they are close enough, then when it's time, we clip them one by one."

Robin: "Alex, you took the words right out of my mouth."

Robin took out his Bo staff and waited for the moment to fight. Two Maggots then came close to him as he started swinging it to attack them. The rest of the team waited for the creatures to come closer and when they did, the team split up and went on the offensive. Robin swung his staff at the two Maggots, twisting and turning it many directions. They were about on swing their claws at the Boy Wonder, but he jumped flipped over the two creatures, avoiding the slashes. He quickly pulled out a birdarang and threw it at the first Maggot, penetrating its back and turning it into ash. Once he landed, he continued using his staff at the second creature, blocking its claws left and right. Starfire was fighting off a Maggot in close range combat, punching it on the first face and kicking the second one. It flew a few feet away from her but landed on all fours. It sneered and groans at the Tamaranean and then leapt directly to her face. Starfire knew it was going to do that so her eyes glowed green and she shots her eye beams at it between the two faces and splitting it in half. After it disintegrated and turned into nothingness, Starfire then saw another Maggot at the corner of her right eye and started firing star bolts at the fast moving monster. Cyborg was having a hard time with the swarm of Maggots all around him. He punched the first one with a straight uppercut, fired his sonic cannon at the second, went back to the first one and stomped his metal foot at one of the heads, and aimed his cannon and the third and fired. All of a sudden, the fourth Maggot caught the hybrid off guard as it attached itself on his back and slowly used its claws to rip the metal plating on his front chest. Cyborg struggled to get the thing off him and succeeded by grabbing one of its heads with his unarmed hand, and slammed it directly on the floor in front of him. He then fired his cannon at the Maggot, ripping a hole through its waist and watched it disintegrate. Raven has formed a bubble shield around her to protect herself from the two Maggots that were breaking through. She then used the shield as an exploder to send the two monsters flying towards the other side. They landed on their four feet and scurried a bit before leaping directly to the Goth Titan. Raven quickly looked around to find something useful and kill the Maggots when she spotted two loose wires dangling out of the ceiling spitting out sparks. She smiled and waved her black hands to engulf the wires in the magical grasp. The Maggots leapt in the air the same time the wires moved on their own and connected to the creatures chests. They were electrocuted for a few seconds and then fell to the floor in a fiery ash. She then sensed another Maggot coming from behind to she turned around and formed a small wave of black energy to deflect the creature's attack. Beast Boy was changing to different types of animals, trying to fend off against the hoard. He went from gorilla to slam one Maggot hard on the ground, then from mouse to sneak his way out from the other two, he changed to an octopus to squirt ink on their faces, temporary blinding them, and finally to a kangaroo to kick them with his powerful legs and crashing them through one of the cubicle walls. He immediately shifted to bear and pounced on them, using his own set of claws for a melee attack. As for Alex, he was shooting everything that gets too close to him with his shotgun. He fired the first shot on a Maggot that was about to kill Beast Boy from behind while he was still slashing the other two in his bear form, then got two lucky shots at another that was crawling on the walls. A maggot was on top of a cubicle office and was ready to kill Alex. It leapt off the cubicle and was going to knaw his head off, but Alex saw it for a brief moment and slided down and under the Maggot and fired a straight shot at its chest. Alex jumped back up and was about to reload his almost empty gun when he saw another Maggot running dangerously close in front of him. Alex used his gun as a shield but the creature used its claw to slice it in the middle, ripping the shotgun in half. He was startled by the swiftness of the Maggot's attack but was still on guard as the creature continued the assault. He used the remains of the shotgun at a defense weapon against the Maggot's razor sharp claws. Once he blocked two claw hands at the same time with the two parts of his shotgun then jump spinned up and stomp his feet at its back. He jumped off the Maggot, dropped the broken shotgun, took out his machine gun, and blasted it out of existence. Alex slowly backs up when he bumped into something behind. He turned around and aimed his gun, but sighed in relief that it was Robin that was positioning his staff at Alex, who he thought it was a creature. Their relief soon turned into surprise when they saw two Maggots coming behind them and spoke at the same time.

Robin: "Behind you!"
Alex: "Behind you!"

They quickly turned around when they heard each other and attack the beasts with machine gun fire and birdarang slashing. Once the two Maggots were dead, Alex looked at saw more coming out of the woodwork.

Alex: "Damn it! They just keep coming!"

Robin: "Well wherever they came from, we must find a way to get rid of them."

Alex made a quick scan of the area and spotted the door with the monitor next to it saying, "Thomas Kelly". He made a small smirk since he knows what's in his father's office.

Alex: "Robin, you and your team hold the fort down. I'm going to get Matilda."

He quickly headed to the office shooting Maggots that were in his way while Robin looked at Alex with confusion on his face.

Robin: "Matilda?"

Robin immediately went back to fight off the creatures that were attacking the Titans. Alex jumped over a cubicle wall, shot off the two Maggots between him with his machine gun, and then entered his father's office. He looked around the area that had a desk, computer, chair, closet, pictures, and other office appliances. He then found his father's favorite weapon mounted on the wall next to a trophy bear head and a box of shells on the computer desk.

Alex: "It's time to go postal."

Back at Military Records, the Teen Titans were taking out every Maggot using an arsenal of exploding disks, star bolts, telekinesis, blue lasers and shape shifting abilities. But they were cornered against the wall with ten to twelve Maggots surrounding them. Robin held his Bo staff tightly and panted during the battle. He looked at his teammates and noticed they look tired as well.

Robin: "Titans, I just want to let you know that no matter how many monsters are here, we have to stand our ground. No matter what happens, we won't give up without a fight."

Starfire: "Robin, you have our word. We won't leave here."

Cyborg: "And we won't surrender to anyone, not even these things."

Raven: "We're with you Robin."

Beast Boy: "All the way…"

Robin looked at his friends and smiled, then looked back at the creatures that were positioning themselves for battle. He raised his staff up and gave out the order.

Robin: "Prepare yourselves team; this is going to be one hell of a battle!"

The Maggot in the middle suddenly leaps in the air and extended its claws at Robin while he twirled his staff around for the impact. But before that could ever happen, something shot the creature from the back, letting it disintegrate and leaving Robin covered in ash. The Boy Wonder had no clue what happened when he saw someone at the other end of the room behind the Maggots. The creatures turned around to see who shoot at their comrade and saw Alex holding what appeared to be a double barrel shotgun. He placed two shells into the two slots and closed the shotgun.

Alex: "All right, who's next?"

All the Maggots charged in at the same time and were approaching Alex. Alex pumped his gun, getting ready for the fight of his life. The first Maggot appeared to the right so Alex turned and fired his shotgun at it. Two more Maggots came in front of him, but he flipped his gun like a baseball bat and swung it to all four heads, knocking them out. Another Maggot began scurrying down the left side towards Alex, but he ran up to the wall and defies gravity as he went over the creature. Once he went back on the ground, he had plenty of time reloading his shotgun before the Maggot turned around. He then pointed his gun at the beast and blasts a hole through one of its heads. Another two Maggots approached between Al and were about to slice him on both ends. Alex quickly jumped over a cubical wall like a hurdle and landed in the office space. He then saw a Maggot running straight at him, so he grabbed the rolling chair next to him and pushed it at the creature. The Maggot jumped on the chair and was spinning about for a few seconds, which was plenty of time for Alex to reload two more shells. The chair stopped spinning and the beast jumped up at Al with razor sharp claws ready to scratch his chest. Luckily, Alex took quick aim and fire at the Maggot's torso. Unfortunately, that was just a mere distraction as another Maggot came out of nowhere and rammed him at the steel wall, knocking him out for a moment. The rest of the Maggots surrounded an unconscious Alex and looked at him like an evening meal. But before they have a chance at eating, an array of birdarangs flew threw one of the creatures and it became nothing but ash.

Robin: "Don't you dare hurt him!"

Robin and the Titans rushed in to Alex's aid and attacked the rest of the Maggots. Beast Boy went to saber tooth mode and pounced on the first one and slicing it to pieces. Starfire blasted multiple star bolts at the other two Maggots, burning them to ash. Cyborg set his Cannon to extremely high and fired it at three more Maggots, blowing them to nothingness. Raven engulfed the next two beasts with in a black aurora and sends them flying up to the strobe light above them, electrocuting them after they crashed through. And Robin took two of the birdarangs on the floor, put them together, and formed to make a long red and yellow sword. He positioned it ready for the last two Maggots then charged in. He swiftly avoided the first strike from on of the creatures and then sliced it diagonally. He then turned around and slashed the last one straight in the middle. As the two Maggots disintegrated around him, the rest of the team joined their leader and his new toy.

Beast Boy: "Dude, Robin that's so-"

Raven: "Medieval."

Robin took a good look at his sword and smiled.

Robin: "Thanks. Ever since Slade's bots attacked the tower, I thought it would be a great idea to upgrade my weapons incase another attack happens. I call this beauty the R-Sword. Like the birdarngs, this sword can cut through just about anything and its unbreakable."

Starfire: "Fascinating!"

Robin: "Yeah. I was going to use it on Terra incase she gets too far but… I was caught off guard."

Raven: "It's O.K. Robin. You're not the only one that was caught off guard by Terra's trickery. And when we get back, you know she's going to have some serious payback coming her way."

Robin nodded, looked around at the mess they and the creatures cause, and looked directly at Cyborg.

Robin: "Is that all of them?"

Cyborg: "Looks that way. I mean we sort of cleaned the place out."

Unknowingly to the team, the Maggot that came out of the summoning office room was hiding in the darkest of shadows at the right corner, waiting for the opportunity to strike. When it sees the Titan leader's back turned, it positioned its legs and leapt straight to where he was standing. But before the creature was able to rip Robin to pieces, a sound of a shotgun was heard all over the area as to flying shells pierced through the Maggot's two heads and landed flat on the floor burning and disappearing. Robin turned to look at the pile of ash the Maggot once was and then looked at Alex that was still sitting on the floor after the surprise attack and holding the double barreled shotgun with his right hand.

Alex: "Missed one."

Alex put the shotgun on the floor and slowly gets up. Starfire then came and assisted him.

Starfire: "Alex, are you all right? Do you require any medical assistance?"

Alex: "I'm fine Star, it's nothing, just a few scrapes that's all."

Robin: "Thanks for the help Alex. Guess that makes us even then."

Alex: "Guess so. But you don't have to thank me, thank this baby."

Alex picked up the shotgun and showed it to the team.

Alex: "Titans, allow me to introduce you to Matilda, my dad's trusty double barrel shotgun. We always go to camping trips on Earth when dad's not busy with work. He always takes his shotgun to hunt. I mean this one time; he killed a bear with one shot."

Beast Boy: "What! Your father killed an animal! He's a murderer!"

Alex sternly looked at Beast Boy and gave him the cold glare.

Alex: "For your information, the bear was attacking our campsite. Dad had no choice but to take it down."

Beast Boy: "The bear was looking for food. Isn't it that dangerous!"

Robin: "Hey! Take it easy you two. Let's think of a way on how we going to find this passage before more of those things show up."

Alex: "Actually Robin, I gave it some thought during our battle and decided that its best we split up."

Robin looked at Alex, surprised at his opinion.

Robin: "Really?"

Alex: "Of course, if we ever going to find this passage, it's only fair that we can split in groups and continue with this search. Besides you guys are tough enough to take out this hoard."

Alex placed the shotgun in the leather pouch on his back, the one that he found in his father's closet. The team looked at each other then looked at Robin for the order.

Robin: "Fine. Titans let's split up and start searching. Cyborg, you and Raven check the west section, Starfire, you and Beast Boy search the east, me and Alex will go north. We'll group together in half an hour."

Raven: "And where are we going to meet?"

Alex took out his PDA and searched thought the digital map for a place safe from any monsters. He then found the perfect spot, looked at the Titans, and showed the map to the team.

Alex: "There's a storage room in Junction 7. We'll meet there."

The team nodded.

Robin: "O.K. team, let's not waste anytime. Fan out and good luck."

The Titans and Alex split up and went into three different areas. What they didn't know was that a security camera watching them the whole time.

Delta Labs Level 5, Betruger's Office: November 15, 2145, 3:58 P.M.

Inside his office, Betruger was watching the Titans and Alex battling the Maggots and saw them walking separate in different areas. He pounded on the desk and started cursing.

Dr. Betruger: "Damn it! This team is stronger then I anticipated. Even if they split up, my minions won't stand a chance. Oh well, let them find that passage. If they do, they're in for a real surprise. Let's hope they're afraid of spiders."

Betruger cackled at the thought and couldn't wait to see what will happen next.

And there you have, a revamped story of Doomed Titans. Don't think that it ends right here, there's more to this story coming your way. On the next chapter, the team encounters an army of eight legged freaks. Please Review.