So I got one review and over 700 hits, not bad for short chapter with little action. But I didn't know that the review site allows only two-digit number, which could explain the fact that the BFG 9000 was being called BFG 90. So I apologize in advance for what I said on the last chapter. Now, let us move on to the next chapter of Doomed Titans. While Robin and Beast Boy take care of Starfire until she feels better, Alex, Cyborg, and Raven journey within the Warehousing District to find some power cells to activate the lift. But on the way, they discovered some secrets within the walls of the facility. What is the UAC's hiding?

Chapter Notes

A few scenes are going to be almost familiar to the ones in the game, Halo, and in the official Doom movie.

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

Chapter Fifteen: Scavenger Hunt

UAC Warehousing District, Storage Junction 4: November 15, 2145, 5:09 P.M.

In Storage Junction 4, the hallways were barren and the there were multiple doors leading to different storage areas. In the middle of the junction, a group of zombies were feasting on a dead corpse. What they didn't know was that a grenade was gliding to them. It suddenly exploded and the zombies were flying everywhere. One of the undead slowly got up and was on fire, slumping around. It then got blasted in the head as its brains and blood started flying. Once the coast is clear, three people came out of the shadow area of the junction, Raven, Cyborg, and Alex. Alex reloaded his double barrel shotgun then placed it in his shotgun pack behind his back. He then took out his PDA and used the digital map to pinpoint portable generators around the area. A few seconds later, two blinking dots appeared in two different locations. He smiled and talks to the team about it.

Alex: "All right guys listen up. I scanned the digital map on my PDA and found two standard generators within the warehouse. The first one is in storage room number 24, not far from where we are. The second one is in Office Operations. Once we get those power cells, we'll get back to the Security Checkpoint. If we don't get into any trouble."

Raven: "Let's hope that won't happen."

Alex put away his PDA and took his shotgun back out as the three of them continue walking straight ahead.

Cyborg: "You're sure you know where you're going?"

Alex: "Of course I know where I'm going. I always go to places like these since I was little."

Raven: "Seems like you should need a vacation when this nightmare is over."

Alex: "Heh… Wish I had one. I've been in this installation since I was five."

Cyborg: "Seriously?"

Alex nodded.

Cyborg: "I- We never knew about that."

Alex: "Well now you know. I've been getting use to all this when I was growing up. I know this isn't much like Earth, but when they turn the place into a perfect ecosystem, then it will be much like Earth. If there are any survivors."

Raven: "Does your mom know anything about this?"

Alex remained silent when he heard that question. But Raven sensed his sadness in his heart and felt sorry for him.

Raven: "Oh… I didn't know."

Cyborg then looked at Raven a little confused.

Cyborg: "Didn't know about what?"

Alex stopped walking and looks at the two Titans with sad expression on his face.

Alex: "My mother dies when I was little. She had cancer in her heart and she didn't tell anyone about it, even me. She wanted me to be happy and not get worried about it until it was too late."

Cyborg turned his head to Alex and was shocked at the news.

Cyborg: "Whoa… Sorry I never thought about that. But you're not the only one here. I lost my mom a long time ago so I feel you're pain."

Alex: "Nah it's O.K., I just want to get something out from my chest. But after mom's death, dad moved me to Union Aerospace, to get a restart on my life."

Raven: "Sounds like you're dad loves you."

Alex chuckled at that thought and proceeded walking with the Titans following him.

Alex: "Well my dad's more then the type of sergeant that screams out, "Drop down and give me fifty hua hua!" He's a kind-hearted dad that every kid has. Strong and tough on the outside, yet a softy for his son on the inside. Of course, I never get the chance to see him, since he always on duty here, but I talk to him frequently via vid comm."

Raven: "Very impressive."

Alex: "Huh… It's better to have a father instead of no family at all. What about you two, did you ever love your dads before?"

Alex stopped again to look at the two as Raven and Cyborg looked at each other then looked back at Alex.

Cyborg: "I use to love my father once. Of course that was before the 'accident'."

Alex: "That's true, but it was your father that saved your life back then. Right?"

Cyborg gave off an awkward nod, feeling a little hesitant.

Alex: "So at least you got to be thankful for him. If not than you won't be a Titan nor staying alive."

Cyborg: "I guess you're right."

Alex smiled then directed his attention to Raven.

Alex: "What about you Rae? Do you care about your father?"

The dark Goth shrugged at the thought, not wanting to tell him her disturbing past, but glanced back at his face to give him a little info.

Raven: "Let's just my father and I have some issues, lot's of issues. So we never talk to each other, ever."

Alex: "Touchy subject?"

Raven: sigh "If you knew anything about my father, then you wouldn't like me anymore."

Alex: "Well whatever the case, you have to talk about your father sooner of later."

The three continued walking when they reached a storage door that was mysteriously ripped opened.

Raven: "How about 'never'?"

Alex: "Fine, if you put it that-"

Suddenly, four shots were heard and four bullets flew out of the open doorway. Alex and the two Titans immediately stopped and pressed their backs on the metal wall next to the door. Alex held this shotgun steadily thinking that this is one of the Z-Sec guards, but then he heard a disgruntle voice of a person, a live person.

Scared Person: "STAY BACK! Stay back! You're not turning me into one of those things! I'll blow your fucking brains out! Get away from ME!"

The person started yelling like he was paranoid, and who could blame him. Alex, Cyborg, and Raven looked at each other and they didn't know there are still people around here trying to survive. The man stopped yelling and continued talking to the strangers frantically, thinking that they were zombies or Imps or something else.

Scared Person: "Don't go near me you freaks. I won't be like you. I'll die first!"

Alex: "It's O.K. We're not what you think we are."

Scared Person: "Who's there? Somewhere there?"

Alex gestured something to the two members, telling them to stay put, and cautiously entered the storage room. He looked around at the mess of boxes and metal crates around the area, then he saw what looked like a barricade made up of a table, boxes, and big crates made of steel. Quickly, the scared person popped out behind the barricade to get a good look at Alex. Alex also inspected the man and notice by the look at the orange jumpsuit that he's a maintenance worker. He was holding a pistol in his right hand and he raised it a little with his weapon shaking.

Alex: "It's all right. I'm not going to hurt you."

The worker lowered his pistol and sighed with relief, still a little shaky.

Maintenance Worker: "Oh, thank god you're not one of them. Look I don't know who you are, but you have to get out of here right now before you attract attention."

Alex: "Hold on there bud. I'm only here to help."

Maintenance Worker: "Help? You can't help. No one can help! Let me give you a little advice. Find your own hiding place cause the monsters are EVERYWHERE! Play dead, that's what I did, play dead. They took the live ones, sliced them all to bits. I saw it with my own eyes."

Alex had a sweat drop coming down his head looking at the disgruntle man.

Alex: "Uh-huh… Well if I can't help you, maybe you can help us. You see my friends and I were suppose to head to Communication Transfer. But with the lift offline, we have to find some power cells to reactivate the lift generator. We know where the standard PPPs are, maybe you can show us the way."

Maintenance Worker: "What? NO! I'm not going out there, they could be still there, waiting for me, waiting to kill me. I have to stay here in hiding. But I can give you something. Take my PDA, it's on the floor over there."

The worker pointed to his PDA laying on the floor as Alex looked at it.

Maintenance Worker: "It gives you security clearance to most of the district; it can give you easy access to Storage 24 and Office Operations. Good luck."

Alex picked up the PDA and inserted the bottom slot to the other bottom slot of his PDA. It immediately went into automatic download and finished in a second and a half. He then removed the PDA and give it to the frighten worker.

Alex: "Thanks for the help bud. Just be careful, these creatures are very sneaky."

Maintenance Worker: "Of course, I'm prepared for them."

Alex looked at the pistol the guy was holding and wondered if a weapon like that would work. Shrugging it off, he left the storage room and entered the hallway with Raven and Cyborg waiting for him.

Cyborg: "Well, what happened?"

Alex smiled and shook his PDA in front of them.

Alex: "Our frightened friend in there gave us access to this place. That's what happened. So what are we waiting for? Let's go grab some power cells."

Raven: "Wait! What about the person in the storage room? Is he coming with us?"

Alex: sigh "Let's just say he's a little paranoid to come out. For what I know so far is that he's on his own. Now c'mon, let's move it."

Raven and Cyborg followed the order and walked after Alex as they continued heading to the first portable generator. But Raven stopped and looked at the ripped open doorway and saw the maintenance worker sitting on his chair, shaking a pistol in his hand. She wanted to help him out and protect him no matter what, but she and the other Titans have one goal and one goal in mind, getting back to their time and finish what they started. Knowing it's too late for this poor soul, she left the open doorway and continued following Alex and Cyborg down the corridor and heading to Storage 24.

UAC Warehousing District, Security Entrance, November 15, 2145, 5:13 P.M.

At the entrance to the security checkpoint, the mounted machine gun hanging on the ceiling moved left and right in search of any intruders. As if on cue, two zombies were lumbering around the corner and headed to the security entrance. The torrent detected the two undead beings and scanned them. Once knowing that they're a threat, it fired on them, leaving them in a pool of blood. And Imp suddenly appeared in another corner on the other side. The sentry gun turned its head and detected it as a threat as well. Just before the Imp was about to launch a fireball at the mechanical weapon, the torrent fired automatically and shredded the creature in pieces. Not far from the gun was a security camera monitoring the area.

Back in the Security Checkpoint, Beast Boy was watching the whole thing through the security monitor and smiling.

Beast Boy: "Man, Alex ain't kidding. That torrent gun is ripping them apart!"

The changeling then turned his head to Robin who was still at Starfire's side.

Beast Boy: "Hey Robin! You want to come see this?"

However, the boy wonder remained silent the whole time until he said a few words.

Robin: "Not now Beast Boy."

BB looked at him oddly, shrugged it off, and glued his eyes back at the monitor. Robin remained sitting there ever since Raven, Cyborg, and Alex left. He didn't leave Starfire's side the whole time and he doesn't want to leave her now. He raised his head to see the health station's monitor and saw her health status was rising a little, like about sixty. He looked back at the sleeping Tamranean and whispered something to her.

Robin: "Please be O.K. Starfire. Don't die on me now."

UAC Warehousing District, Storage Corridor D, November 15, 2145, 5:20 P.M.

A few minutes later at one of the storage corridors, there was a small battle brewing between the Alex and the two Titans and a zombie, a Z-Sec holding a machine gun, and an Imp. Alex made a good headshot on the living dead with his shotgun. Raven levitated two flammable barrels and launch them to the Z-Sec and Imp. And Cyborg fired his sonic cannon to cause the barrel to explode, and killing the undead guard and the creature. Once the smoke is clear, the three of them continued on down, but Alex stopped, picked up the machine gun the Z-Sec dropped, and took a clip out of it to add it on his own ammunition. While he was doing that, Cyborg retracted his arm, turned on his mounted mini computer and check on his power status. He let out a loud moan as he could tell his power level is 15.

Cyborg: "Oh man, I'm running low on juice. I guess sleeping for over a 150 years can really drain some life out of you, literally."

The three then continued on the search for some power cells as the teen hybrid turned off his computer and looked at Alex.

Cyborg: "Say Alex, you don't suppose you have a charging station around here for me to replenish my strength?"

Alex, who was still walking, answered Cy's question.

Alex: "Sorry tin man, but the nearest charging station is in the lab sectors throughout the base. But if you want to get some energy so badly, then you can use the Portable Power Plant when we find it. It has an input plug on the side so you can extract some juice out of the PPP and into you."

Cyborg: "Really? That's nice and all but I don't want to waste up the cell's juice when we need it bad."

Alex: "No worries Cy. The power cell in the generator has enough energy for it to last up to fifty years. I'm pretty sure they won't cause any harm there. Guarendamnteed!"

Alex both smiled and chuckled at that, but that smile turned into a frown when he and the others saw something very disturbing. There was that strange growth they saw back at the Dormitories. But it wasn't the long tentacle like red flesh that moves ever so slowly. Instead it was long wavy ribs coated in blood while the same red blood slowly drips on the metal walls. What's weird is that these rib walls were blocking two of the many storage doors, and not Storage 24 thank goodness. They continued walking while at the same time, looking at the unsettling picture.

Raven: "More strange growth?"

Alex: "Looks that way. But this growth looks a whole lot different than the one we saw earlier. This one is blocking two storage doors for some reason. And if this growth is blocking passages, then who knows what we're in for."

Both Raven and Cyborg nodded in agreement as they continued down the dim litted path.

After a few minutes of walking and monster shooting, the three teammates approached the metal door with the numbers, "24", on it.

Alex: "This is it."

He approached the door and looked at the monitor attached to next to the door that wants security clearance from a PDA. So he took out his PDA and looked at it for a moment.

Alex: "Well, here goes nothing…"

He inserted the bottom of the Data Assistance into bottom of the monitor and waited for a response. Finally the red screen turned green and it made a few beeps, meaning that it's unlock. Alex smiled as he walked into the opened doorway with the two Titans following behind them. Alex scanned the area with his shotgun in hand, just in case any monsters or zombies surprises them. The storage room was filled with rocky tablets and two stone slabs that is written in some strange language. When he aimed his gun to the right, he spotted a standard Portable Power Generator with a screen showing a picture of a power cell lighting the room up in brilliant energy. He lowered the shotgun and had a wide smile spread across his face.

Alex: "Bingo!"

Alex rushed over to the generator and saw that it still operating normally, even after the invasion started.

Alex: "Perfect, it's still in good condition. Just have to remove the cell and keep moving."

Alex was about to touch the "Remove" button on the screen, when Cyborg halted him there.

Cyborg: "Whoa, hold up there Al. Aren't you forgetting something?"

Alex looked at the hybrid completely confused until the answer came up to him in a flash.

Alex: "Oh right, sorry man. Charge yourself up and be fast about it too. We're on a tight schedule already."

Cyborg approach the generator and next to Alex. He opened the small gray compartment in the middle of his chest, pulled a cord out of it, and connected it to input hole on the side of the PPP. Once he pushed the button marks, "Transfer", energy left the generator and into Cyborg, giving him enough power to last him for a day or two. Knowing that this was going to take a while, Alex walked away from the PPP and headed to metal shelves holding not only tablets and rocks, but also two cases of shells and two clips. While he was getting the ammo he needs, Raven looks around the area, quite interested in her surroundings. She then noticed something that seems a little odd. At the left side of the room, there was a glass case acting like an exhibit for history museums. But what's in the case was an adult size skeleton holding a skeletal baby, holding its bony limbs out to hold back something. Raven couldn't help but stare in awe at the display.

Raven: "Whoa…"

Alex turned his head left after cleaning out the selves and saw Raven fascinated at the skeleton holding the infant and smirked.

Alex: "Ah, I see you already met Lucy. Lucy, this is Raven and Cyborg, two more fossils of a lost past."

Raven listened in while staring at the case.

Raven: "You found human remains?"

Alex: "Humanoid. Lucy and her baby we're the first the UAC found. We've been digging up more finds everyday."

Raven: "And where do you find them?"

Alex: "You remember when I told you that the UAC's responsible with the archeological dig?"

Raven looked at Alex and nodded.

Alex: "About thirty years ago, when workers were busy constructing the Erebus Labs, there was an Earthquake and it swallowed seven men. Luckily, they all survived. While waiting for a rescue to come and save them, they journey down a cavern underneath the surface. What they found changed the face of human history."

Cyborg: "What they've found?"

Alex glanced at Cyborg, who has overheard the conversation and glance back at the Goth.

Alex: "An ancient civilization, buried underneath the Mars surface. It was quiet an astonishing find. More astonishing then the rocks and a face on the Martian sand your NAASA buddies found in the past. Most of the buildings, or temples as they like to call them, were in perfect condition, some vases and special artifacts were unbroken, and remains of strange beings that looked almost human, like the ones we see here. These aliens look like us but there's a slight difference."

Raven: "What kind?"

Alex: "Well unlike us, these meta-humans have 24 chromosomes."

Raven immediately turned around and looked at Alex, completely surprised at what she heard.

Raven: "Are you serious? But that's impossible! No one should have more then 23."

Alex: "Well these Martians had. And Lucy here was one of the people carrying them. The scientists took a bone tissue sample from her skeletal structure and discovered the extra chromosome. The results were quite staggering."

Cyborg: "So what does this chromosome do to them?"

Alex: "It makes them stronger, they heal ten times faster then any normal human, plus they have a higher intelligence then us which means their technology was more advance then ours. Raven, take a look at this."

Raven walked over to where Alex was heading to the big written slabs and looked at the strange writing etched in stone. While she was gazing at them, Alex kept talking about what it is.

Alex: "See all symbols and pictures on those slabs, they seem to be the Martians ancient writing. Notice the techture of their language, how detailed it is. It all seems perfect, a fine work of art. Hell, this makes the hieroglyphics in Egypt look like a two-year-old's crayon drawing. For what the translators can tell, it seems to be the history of Mars. Of course the writing isn't the only thing they're good at. There are other accomplishes like stone doors that open by themselves when someone's going to enter, they cured many disease we never heard of, and they were about to succeed in their most crowning achievement yet, teleportation."

Raven once again looked at Alex, shocked at that piece of advice too.

Raven: "You mean the same teleportation the UAC's doing?"

Alex: "The very same. Betruger and his science team were able to encrypt one of the slabs that discuss how the civilization was able to create teleporters that can move them from one place to another. And because of it, the UAC created their version of teleporters within Delta. Of course, that piece of information and the rest of Mars history are stored in Site 3, the highest security level in the area. Meaning I can't gain access to that area. But I know about it because dad always goes down there to study about the Martians history. So in conclusion, the meta-humans are a whole lot more then little green men you see in the cartoons, they are way different within our imaginations."

Cyborg: "Well if these humanoids were super smart, then why are they all dead?"

Alex: "I believe it has something to do with the rest of the history. It started thousands of years ago, when this civilization was peaceful. Then an unknown army they didn't know about came and washed it all with it's evil. Leading this army was a dark ruler whose soul purpose is the destruction of the entire universe and ruling it in his own image. Though the Martians did their best to fight off this army, they were no match by their strength in numbers. It seems all hope was lost. But suddenly, a brave warrior came down from the Heavens and fought them off with a weapon that can defeat this evil. He used the weapon to harnest the souls of the evil army and with one swift move, strike the Ruler through its dark cold heart. Within seconds the army was vanquished and the civilization was save."

Cyborg: "Wow… That's some amazing story."

Alex turned his head to Cyborg for some gratitude.

Alex: "Thanks, but dad was the one who told me about it in a bedtime story when I was little. That story was fresh in my mind for a long time and I can imagine what that battle was like."

Raven listened in on the whole story and remembered what Alex said earlier, about the teleporter experiment this Betruger person was working on. She also remembered the monsters she and her friends faced ever since they woke up in this hellhole. Suddenly a thought came up in her mind and somehow, all of this is coming together. A bit concerned at what Alex would say, she decided to ask her question.

Raven: "Alex, do you think that this invasion has something to do with what happened to Mars long time ago?"

Alex glanced back at Rae a little confused.

Alex: "What are you saying?"

Raven: "Think about it. An evil army attacked a civilization on this planet, killing almost everyone. They had all the weapons in their disposal but it wasn't enough to stop this ever-growing armada. What if these monsters are the same ones that attacked the ancient city and, if it's possible, that history is repeating itself?"

Alex places his hand on his chin and rubbed it, understanding most of what the Goth Titan is saying.

Alex: "Well it could be possible. But without any valuable information, I'm as stumped as you are."

Cyborg looked at his monitor and saw his energy meter was at 100 full power, then he looked up at Alex to tell him the good news.

Cyborg: "Hey Al, I'm all done here."

Alex looked at Cyborg, nodded, and walked towards the power generator while Cyborg removed the cord out of the PPP and into his chest.

Alex: "Look Rae, I don't want to worry about your assuming guesses. What I want to do is get to Communications then Gamma Labs. You got me?"

Raven sighed and nodded while Alex looked at the screen and pushed the "Remove" icon button. Once he did that, the compartment door opened up revealing the battery and all the lights in the room flashed a few times then turned off in an instant, leaving the emergency lights on incase of a blackout like this happens. Alex placed his hand in the handle attached to the top but when he took it out of the generator, it clanked to the ground and it was impossible to pull it up.

Alex: "Damn it! Didn't know these powers cells were that heavy."

He heaved and shoved all he could but it didn't budge at all. That's when Cyborg came in and helped Alex by picking it up. Once he did, he realized that the cell was light as a feather since he is half metal and his strength is over 100. Alex looked at the hybrid and gave out an embarrassing giggle.

Alex: "You know I was going to let you carry this."

Cyborg raised his eyebrow a little.

Cyborg: "Riiiiight…"

Cyborg discovered a warp around pack on the floor, so he picked it up, placed the cell into the sack, zipped it, and warp it around his titanium body.

Alex: "O.K. That's one down and one to go. Let's hurry to Office Operations and get the last cell so we can continue with out mission. We don't want to walk into any trouble."

The three of them were about to head to the exit when a strange red cloud appeared above them and a red/yellow lightning bolt came down. When it was all done, an Imp magically appeared and shrieked at them. Quickly, Alex took out his shotgun and fired in close range before the creature was about to throw a fireball. The being disintegrated as Alex put in two more shells into the two slots and closed it tightly. Raven looked at Alex in a cocky mood.

Raven: "You were saying?"

Alex glared daggers at Raven.

Alex: "Looks like these creeps are smarter then they look. They must've set a trap for us, not a bright one, but a trap nonetheless. Let's not waste any more time."

The three headed to the door as it opened automatically but just as they were about to enter the hallway, four Z-Secs holding machine guns and shotguns welcomed them. The team quickly took cover between the exit as the undead guards started firing, hitting nothing but air and turning rocks on the shelves in the back into rubble. Alex, who was on the right side of the doorway looked at Cyborg and Raven on the left side, quite shock at what's transpiring right now.

Alex: "That's it, I take it back. This is a bright trap!"

Cyborg: "You think? We have to get them off our backs. Any ideas?"

Alex: "Just one, but we have to run for it."

Alex removed a grenade from his belt, turned the knob to activate it, and threw it outside where the undead guards are still firing and reloading. Once the grenade explode close to two exploding barrels, all the Z-Sec zombies flew everywhere and burned to death.

Alex: "GO!"

The three of them ran out of Storage 24 and headed down a hallway, taking them to where the offices are. When they were halfway down the hallway, sounds of odd whispering and thunder was heard, followed by a loud roar. Without warning, a Pinky emerged from the right side of the T-junction and charged its way to the team. Cyborg armed his cannon and slammed his arm in the bull monster's face, firing a laser high enough that it ripped a hole from the cranium to the creature's backside. When the Pinky turned into ash, the three teammates continued on their quest while a security camera watched them from a distance.

UAC Warehousing District, Security Checkpoint: November 15, 2145, 5:27 P.M.

Back at Security Checkpoint, Beast Boy watched the three heading off to get the next power cell. When he saw Cyborg killing a Pinky with one crucial blow, he was completely speechless.

Beast Boy: "Damn! I never knew Cyborg can be that rough. He should've had that toughness with the first Pinky we fought."

He spins the chair around to see Robin who was still sitting next to Starfire.

Beast Boy: "Hey Robin, you want to come join me? You're missing out on some good stuff."

Robin, not directing his eyes away from the Tamaranean, answered the changeling's question.

Robin: "I'm fine Beast Boy. I have to keep watch on Starfire until she gets better."

Beast Boy frowned a little and lowered his head. He knows Robin's been on Starfire's side a while now and it's really freaking the shape shifter out. So he decided to intervene on all this, as he raise is head back up and looked at Robin again.

Beast Boy: "Maybe I can take your place while you keep watch. You know, incase those things out there find a way to get in here."

Robin: "Thank you Beast Boy, but I think I'm better off keeping an eye on Star by myself. I don't want to loose her, even now that we're in an awkward time with strange beings trying to kill us. I'm going to protect her no matter what."

Beast Boy shook his head and turned his chair back at the security monitor and saw a view of what appeared to be a lift area.

UAC Warehousing District, Lift Access: November 15, 2145, 5:29 P.M.

In the lift area, things seem a little quiet, but the door leading to the hallways opened and a Z-Sec zombie wobbled into the room backwards and landed on the floor with the a hole with through it's chest. Coming into the room was Alex holding the shotgun, looking down at the dead corpse on the ground. He bent down with one knee and carefully removed the machine gun from the zombie's hands and opened the slot to take out a clip. Both Raven and Cyborg entered the area and looked at their guardian taking a few more clips from the Z-Sec's belt. They then looked around the place, not knowing what to do.

Raven: "So, how far if this place from here? It's like we've been walking for hours on end."

Alex: "Not far, according to the digital map, Office Operations is just beyond this room. There's a connection of catwalks that links between here and the offices. Once we pass through one of these doors, we can-"

Alex stood up but when he looked to the other end of Life Access, he was too shocked for words. There were two elevator shafts in the middle that goes down to Shipping and two automatic doors between them that takes people into the catwalks. But the part that was shocking was that two of the automatic doors are blocked off by slithering flesh of strange growth and one of the elevators doors was opened slightly and metal debris was inside the shaft. Alex did a double check and shook his head down.

Alex: "Well so much for the easy way."

Cyborg: "So now what?"

Alex's head rose up and looked at the only elevator working, pointing at it.

Alex: "We go the hard way. That elevator seems to be the only thing operational in this room. It's going to take us to Shipping, but there is a lift or a ladder around there that can take us back up. Let's hurry up and get that power cell. Move!"

The three of them hurried to the elevator but before they could make it, there was a flash of red light, the room of littered with blood and skeletons, and the two lift shafts were on fire. But just as soon as it started, it immediately stopped and everything went back to normal. The vision shook up the team up for the moment but then an Imp materialized in front of Alex and shrieked. The Titans guardian positioned his shotgun and immediately fired and the creature before it got the chance to attack. Once it disintegrated, the team headed to the shaft as Alex pushed the "Call Lift" icon on the touch-screen monitor. Once the shaft door opened wide, the team entered and Alex pressed the "Lower Lift" icon on the other screen on the left side of the lift. The lift move downward to the lower level of the warehouse. Just as they were midway down the shaft, they heard a sinister wicked laughter echoing down the lift. The three of them looked up not knowing where the laugh was, but they know that that laugh means that this is just the beginning. Once it finally made it to the ground floor, the shaft door in the opposite direction opened up and Alex, Raven, and Cyborg left the shaft and entered the shipping section. They looked around the area and saw a bunch of working conveyor belts that go from one side of the wall to the other side leading to another part of the district, cardboard boxes, metal crates, and barrels littered all over the place, five forklifts in different places, and a security office on the left corner of the place close the three teammates. There was a lot of blood all over the place, since there were people working here, then they were attacked the next second. They then looked up and saw and connection of catwalks above their heads. Alex moved his head a little and saw what appeared to be a door on the far end of the room. He smiled and pointed at that direction.

Alex: "There, that's the entranceway to Office Operations. Now all we need to do is to find a way up there."

He looked around one more time and found a lift in the middle right side of a wall.

Alex: "There's the lift. We should hurry before we get caught."

Alex moved forward as the two Titans followed. But just as they were reaching the first conveyer belt, they all heard a loud shout and an unknown tongue and thirteen Z-Secs came out of their hiding places and aiming their machine guns, shotguns, and pistols at the three comrades. The team immediately ducked behind a conveyer belt just as soon as the undead guards open fire. Bullets and shell pellets were flying and sparks were dancing on the side of the conveyer belt where the two Titans and their guardian were hiding behind.

Alex: "Damn it! Just what we need, an ambush from a bunch of dead beats. These guys are certainly determined to kill us."

Raven: "Do you have any plans to get us out of this mess?"

Alex: "I'm thinking, I'm thinking."

Suddenly ten more Z-Secs appeared from the catwalk and fired their weapons. Raven quickly created a black ceiling barrier to protect Cyborg and Alex from above, but it won't hold them for much longer.

Raven: "Well you better think faster, or we'll never get out of here alive!"

Alex started looking for something that could help them get out of this chaos. Just then, he found an open case loaded with two cases of grenades. Raven looked at the grenades then looked back Alex, knowing what he wanted. She lift her left hand while keeping her right hand up in the air, holding the shield together, and the two grenade cases were engulfed by black magic and levitated them to the guardian. Turning to see Raven and nodded as a thank you, he removed the grenades out of the case placed them around his belt buckle.

Raven: "So you do have a plan."

Alex: "Sort of… I'm getting on that lift and take out the guards on the catwalk."

He looked at the two Titans.

Alex: "Think you guys can take care of the others here?"

Cyborg: "I'm pretty sure we can handle them. Exactly what are you planning?"

Alex: "Trust me, this is going to work. Just stay clear from any incomings O.K.?"

Cyborg and Raven nodded in unison as Alex looked back behind the conveyer belt to see the Z-Secs either firing or reloading their weapons. He was holding the last grenade in his hand and turned the knob to arm it. He tossed it to the other side and it landed close to two flammable barrels on a forklift. It exploded and created a firery mess, making the undead guards duck and cover from the shrapnel and metal debris. This gave Alex the opportunity to get to the lift in time. He stood up, jumped over the conveyer belt, and hurried to the lift. Two security zombies saw Alex rushing to the lift and aimed their shotgun and machine gun at him. But before they could fire, they were caught off guard by two blasts of blue energy. The rest of the guards looked at what fired them and saw Cyborg with his sonic cannon armed and dangerous. Both him and Raven got up, jumped and float over the conveyer, and started their attack on the Z-Secs. Back to Alex, he made it to the lift and pushed the "Raised Lift" icon on the control panel, making the lift itself raise up to the catwalk area. He then took out his machine gun to be ready for the battle up there. Once the lift made it to the top floor, Z-Secs pointed their guns at the boy and started firing. Alex took immediate cover behind a metal crate not far from him and took covering fire from both the top and left side of the crate. After that didn't work, he took out another grenade, armed it, and threw it at the middle. It exploded, causing two guards to fly off the catwalk and landed hard on the floor. With the others shaken up from the blast, Alex came out from his hiding place and fired his machine gun, killing two guards in the process. Back down, the two Titans were busy taking care of the guards their own way. Cyborg was using his cannon to blast the security zombies to next Friday. But they were able to duck and hid behind many crates and boxes to protect them from the blue laser. One Z-Sec sneaked behind the hybrid, without Cy noticing and aims his pistol at his head. Suddenly, the pistol was encased by a black ball and broken into pieces. The undead guard looked around and found Raven with white glowing eyes. The zombie quickly took out a knife right out of the side of its left boot and charge towards the telepath. It made a few attempted strikes on her body, but she swiftly dodged them and formed a black strip in front of the to deflect the last strike to her heart. The knife bounced off the shield and was sent flying up in the air as Raven delivered the roundhouse kick to the zombie's head. With the Z-Sec down for the moment, Raven lifting her left glowing hand up in the air and the knife was covered in black magic. She then threw her hand down and the knife spun with the sharp end pointing at the floor and it flew straight back to the ground. The security zombie slowly got up, but before it could get a chance to fight back, the flying knife stabbed through the zombie's cranium and laid back down to the ground dead. Raven let out a small smirk on her face, unaware that two more Z-Secs came out behind her with machine guns ready to fire. Without warning, two blasts of blue energy from the right sent to the two of them back and flying towards a stack of barrels. Raven turned her head to the right and saw Cyborg with his cannon smoking and a smile on his face.

Cyborg: "Thought you can use a hand."

Raven was about to say something when suddenly, four Imps materialized around the two Titans, screaming and forming fireballs out of their hands. The two Titans grouped together with glowing black hands and sonic cannon ready for a big time fight. Meanwhile, up on the catwalk, Alex was running and firing his machine gun to take down the Z-Secs taking immediate cover from the flying bullets. One of the zombies came out of his hiding place fired his shotgun at the guardian. Alex rolled out of the way from the blast and fires his weapon, piercing holes through the zombie's body and leaving it in the pool of blood. Unknown to his naked eye that another zombie was behind him grabbing his shoulder with one hand and holding a pistol with the other. Alex felt the shoulder grab, so he turned around and blocked the hand off, letting go of the machine gun in the process. The guard quickly pointed the pistol at him but he roundhouse kicked it out of its hand. Alex then perform a jump spinning back kick to the zombie's head, letting it stagger for the moment. He threw high low punches, a tiger claw, and a quick upper cut to knock the Z-Sec off his feet and over the guardrail of the catwalk, plummeting to its death. When Alex looked to see the guard's corpse, he spotted Raven and Cyborg surrounded by four Imps firing fireballs at them. Fortunately, Raven had a shield up to protect her and the hybrid, but that won't last for long. He knows he had to do something before it's too late and he has to do it now. He then saw three flammable barrels between two of the Imps so he decided to give them a fair advantage. So he took out a grenade, armed it, and threw it directly at the barrels with excellent accuracy. The grenade hit one of the barrels and in an instant, exploded, sending two of the Imps in two separate directions and disintegrating in the air. The other two creatures were blown away from the blast but they weren't killed on the impact. Raven let go of the shield, letting Cyborg fire his cannon at the last two. Cy looked at where the grenade was thrown and saw Alex giving him the teenage thank you salute. The hybrid smiled and saluted back, but quickly pointed to him and had a face of desperation, telling him to look behind him. Alex had no idea what the hybrid was saying, but when he turned around, he saw three Z-Secs aiming their machine guns at him.

Alex: "Shit!"

They all fired at him as Al ran for his life and ducked down to the metal surface. With his machinegun out of his grasp, he took out his pistol and precisely aimed it at the most easiest target ever, the zombies legs. He fired three shots to three knees, one by one, and the three guards went down, dropping their weapons and holding their knees. Alex quickly ran to his machine gun, grabbed it, and fired at the zombies before they could get up and fought back. Sadly, he didn't get a break from it because an Imp climbed over a guardrail not far from him and leaped to his position. Alex saw the creature coming from his naked left eye so he ducked while the Imp flew above him. Remained crouched he pointed his weapon, fired, and killed the being in the process. Back down, Cyborg and Raven continued their assault on the zombies and monsters. Cy blasted two more Z-Secs, leaving them dead with holes through their guts. After they died, a Maggot was summoned between the dead zombies and scampered directly towards the hybrid. It made a few slashes left to right, but Cyborg blocked them off with his metal arm and at the right moment, kicked it in the mid section. With the creature down for the moment, he jumped high in the air, plummeted downward, and stomped it on the back, forming a crater around him. With the Maggot dead and ashed, he looked up at two more Z-Secs aiming their shotguns and an Imp holding a fireball in its hand and blasted the three to them with his cannon. Raven was handling her own business as she levitated two security zombies with one hand and two lead pipes with the other. She flung one of her hands and the two pipes flew straight to the zombies and impale them through the hearts. She let go of her other hand and the two undead guards landed on the floor, dead. Suddenly, she got attacked by four Z-Secs and three Imps firing bullets and fireballs. The telepath sensed it coming and turned around to create a dark shield and deflect everything. But she has to get rid of them fast before her barrier wears off and kills her in a second. She looked around and saw stacks of red barrels next to her. That's when she found way to take them out in one blow. With eyes glowing bright white, she enwrapped her body in the same black aurora, dived right to the ground, and phased through it. At the same time, the wall like shield dissolved into nothingness, leaving the zombies and creatures confused at what they saw. Just as they were going to investigate, Raven's voice boomed all over the room.

Raven: "Azarath, Metion, ZINTHOS!"

Just as she said that, the stack of barrels were covered in dark magic, flew off the ground, and headed straight to the hoard. The Z-Secs and Imps took action and fired at the barrels, unaware that they all are filled with flammable liquid. They all exploded when the bullets and fireballs connect and sent the creatures flying in different directions. The security zombies got slammed to the walls and floors with blood gushing out of their heads while the Imps disintegrated in midair. Once the smoke cleared, a dark portal appeared out of nowhere and Raven came out of it, looking at the destruction.

Raven: "Guess those things were stupid then they look."

While she was gazing at the mess she created, two more Z-Secs ran to the floating girl and aimed their shotguns at her. She felt it coming within her mind and flew all over the place dodging shell shots. She quickly fired aurora blasts while avoiding the enemies' firepower. The dark energy like spears sliced the zombies to a thousand pieces, leaving their body parts scattered on the concrete floor. Heading back to the catwalk, Alex was shooting zombies and Imps in many places. He then headed to the door leading to Office Operations when a Z-Sec holding a machine gun was ready to kill him head on. The Titans guardian jumped on the guardrail and jumped off it and over the guard that started firing Al. He then pulled the trigger and made many shots at its head. With the zombie dead, Alex landed on the cold steel floor and proceeded to the entrance. All of a sudden, two Maggots materialized between the door and scampered directly toward him. He stopped in his tracks and back up avoiding the slashes from the claws. One of the claws did get Alex, but it only scratched his armor. Alex fought back by avoiding the last claw attack and roundhouse kick two of the Maggot's heads, knocking it out for the moment. He then used his weapon and pierced holes between the beast's heads. Once it turned to ash, the second Maggot charged right in and pounced for the attack. So Alex dropped and slid to the ground while he went under the Maggot and fired his machine gun at the creature's stomach. Al jumped up on his feet while the Maggot disintegrated behind him. With the battle over, he headed to the office entrance. What he didn't notice was that there was the last of the Z-Secs limping its way to Alex with a pistol in hand. It slowly aimed the weapon at Alex's head and slowly pulled the trigger. But before the zombie could fire, a metal slab came out of nowhere and slices its head. Alex turned behind him and saw the headless guard lying limp on the catwalk floor. He looked to his left and saw Raven and Cyborg floating with the black obsidian disk on their feet.

Raven: "You missed one."

Alex smiled at the two, mostly the dark Titan.

Alex: "Thanks for the assist."

Raven: "Don't mention it."

The two Titans jumped off the disk and landed on the catwalk the same time the disk disappeared. They then walked to Alex.

Alex: "So is everything taken care of?"

Cyborg: "The lower level is all clear, well except for a few dead bodies and blood. What about on your front?"

Alex: "Catwalk is clear, but they seem to be tougher like last time. Maybe they know that we're a big threat to them."

Raven: "Not possible. I threw a dozen barrels at them and they fired at them. Those creatures aren't as smart as they look."

Alex: "Maybe Rae, but who knows if they are gaining intelligence. Our best option is to stay alert, no matter what. Now let's enter Office Operations, get the last power cell, and get out of here."

Alex headed to the door, took out his PDA, and inserted the bottom to the monitor's slot. Once the scan is complete, the door made a few beeps and it opened in a flash. He looked at the two and gestured them to get in. Alex got in first with his machine gun in his hands, followed by Cyborg and Raven. The door closed and the place was quiet as before. But what the team didn't know was that above the lights hanging on the ceiling, there was something floating around in the shadows, snarling.

Finally, I finished with this chapter. I am getting tired of writing these long chapters. But it's part of the way I write it. On the next chapter, after getting the power cells, the team has to make it back to the others. But there are a few obstacles in the way, fierce ones. We'll they be able to the get to Robin and Beast Boy in time. And above all else, will Starfire ever live. You have to wait and find out. Happy Easter and Please Review.