Well, I'm back from my vacations and I'm ready to continue on with my stories. On my last chapter, I got a review from Rahkshi500 and have 80 hits, which makes this story the biggest view story on my profile. I'm hopping that this will keep up with all the positive credit in the near future. It's now time for another action packed adventure of Doomed Titans. The Teen Titans and Alex are heading to Communications via jeep, but blocking their way are a bunch of obstacles, some of them dangerous. We'll they be able to make it out of there and reach towards the Comm. Facility or will they get stalled, permanently.

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

Chapter Eighteen: Route 666

Communications Transfer, Garage Airlock: November 15, 2145, 6:15 P.M.

The jeep containing the Teen Titans and Alex entered the Garage Airlock. One of the garage door closed behind it and four exhaust pipes hanging on the ceiling puffed out a vapor of white smoke to sanitized the vehicle before going out. Once it was finished, the garage door in front of the car opened up, revealing the outside of Mars with the metal road taking them to where ever they go and high winds blowing red sand in the air. When the garage opened halfway, it immediately jammed as sparks start seeping out of the sides.

Attention, garage airlock door malfunction. All maintenance personnel must report to Service Tunnel 4 for immediate repair.

But luckily, the garage door was opened wide enough to let the jeep move through. Cyborg pressed the gas petal and the jeep roared out of the airlock and into the open air of the Mars surface. The wheels moved along the cold steel surface as they all approached a four-way intersection with roads leading them to different parts of the base.

Cyborg: "Ah man! How are we going to get to Communications if we don't know where we're going?

Alex quickly took out his PDA and gained access to the map area.

Alex: "Leave that part to me."

He looked at the map and spotted the intersection where the car is going. He then clicked with his pen and zoomed out to see the Comm. Facility not far from where they are.

Alex: "According to my PDA, the Comm. Facility is at the left so you should make a left."

Cy steered left at the last minute as the car skidded and went to the proper path. It continued to drive straight as Alex looked through the map.

Alex: "Now, in a quarter of a mile, make a right turn at a ramp. From there it can take us up to the next airlock."

Cyborg: "What are you now, a human GPS?"

Alex: "Hey, I'm here to get you guys on the right path to Communications. Just head to the two way intersection and turn right."

As the jeep continued going straight, they were bombarded by yellow fire blasts from the left. Cyborg steered his wheel left and right to avoid the shots while Alex took a quick look and notice a bunch of Cacodemons shooting them down.

Alex: "Great, looks like they're trying to knock us off the road."

Robin: "I'll handle this."

Robin, who was sitting next to the window seat on the left side took out a bunch of freeze disks from his utility belt and was going to open the window. That was when Alex looked at him and stopped him from doing it.

Alex: "NO! Don't open that window!"

Robin looked at Alex as he tries explaining him something.

Robin: "I have to open that window. We have to take them down before they kill us for good!"

Alex: "Does it make you think that if you open that window, you'll kill yourself along with everyone else in the jeep? Listen, the air on Mars is incredibly thin, that means a person without an oxygen tank won't last a second outside the facility. And the last thing I want is all of us expanding into balloons and exploding in the car."

Beast Boy: "O.K., permanent note, don't go outside the base or you die. I'll remember that."

Cy was steering clear from the blasts when he spotted the two-way intersection heading towards them.

Cyborg: "Everyone hang on!"

Cy pushed on the break pedal and turned the wheel, making the car drift to the right. The others got caught off guard when the hybrid pulled this stunt. He then pressed the gas pedal really hard and the jeep rocketed straight to a ramp that will take them to the next garage airlock. As the car kept on moving upwards to its next destination, a shadowy figure was standing on a metal beam, waiting for the moment to attack. Once the jeep was off the ramp and under the beam, the creature jumped off the beam and landed on the hood of the car. Cyborg and Alex saw the creature on the hood and it was an Imp screaming as it was getting ready to charge up a fireball. Cyborg immediately pushed the brakes, stopping the car and making the Imp fall face first on the windshield. Luckily for the team, the glass didn't break but there was blood smeared on the glass. Cy then shift gears and put the jeep in reverse with the Imp sliding off the windshield and hood and tumbled on the steel driveway. The car made an abrupt stop as the Imp slowly got up and looked at the car that had its engines roaring. With a smirk on his face, Cyborg moved the shift stick to drive and then pressed both feet on the gas and break petal, letting the front tires turn and creating smoke from the steel floor. Cy then let go of the brake pedal so that the car moved over eighty miles and hour, fast enough to run over anyone, and it did. The Imp was unprepared to see what was coming as the jeep rammed it with its front bumper snapping it in two and leaving the creature dead. Alex looked through the back window and saw the Imp starting to disintegrate. He whistled a long whistle and looked at Cyborg.

Alex: "Nice tackle."

Cyborg: "Thanks."

Beast Boy looked at the back window and saw the hoard of Cacodemons right behind them.

Beast Boy: "Uh… Guys, we got company behind us. Lots of them."

Cyborg looked at the review mirror and saw the army of bodiless monsters about to spit out their fire blasts.

Cyborg: "So I see. Petal to the metal!"

Cy accelerated the jeep and headed to the airlock driveway as the sensor above the door opened up and opened the garage door. Just as the jeep made entry, the Cacodemons fired their blasts and they were flying towards the car itself. But just before the blasts would blow the vehicle up, the garage door closed tightly, letting the blasts hit the metal sides. Back inside the airlock, the air normalized and the garage door leading to the service tunnels opens. As the car kept moving, Alex checked his map to get the right direction to the Comm. Facility.

Alex: "O.K., there is a another service tunnel no far from here, but its in the fork in the road, one going straight and the other on the right. Once we reach the fork, make a right."

Cyborg: "Are you sure you know where you going?"

Alex: "Just trust me on this one and do what I say. Got it?"

Cyborg agreed as the jeep entered the tunnels and continued its way to the Communications Facility. It was heading to the fork in the road when it approached a catwalk on the right side, but when the door heading into another area opened up and five Z-Secs came out and were on the catwalk aiming their machine guns at the jeep. They fire but the bulletproof windows and the tough metal plating makes it difficult for the bullets to penetrate. Alex looked at the security zombies and shook his head.

Alex: "We got Z-Secs closing in fast!"

Robin: "Now can I take them out?"

Al looked behind him and saw the Boy Wonder still holding his freeze disk. Alex smirked and nodded.

Alex: "Fire away!"

Robin pushed the down window button on the side door as the window slid downwards, but bullets were still flying. He ducked down avoiding the bullets, the same with Starfire, Beast Boy, and Raven. Once he got an opening, which is now, he got up from his dodging position and threw the freeze disk at the Z-Sec in the middle. Once it connected, the disk exploded and formed an ice burg, completely freezing the undead guards within. Robin pushed the up button for the window to rise up and close on the top. He took one last look at the frozen security guards and smirked.

Robin: "Stay Frosty…"

The jeep kept on speeding down the dim litted tunnel then turned to the right at the fork. It moved into another tunnel and there was a few zombies blocking the way. That didn't bother Cyborg at all as he run them over and flatten them with the jeep's tires.

Alex: "Go left!"

Cy followed the command and made a left at the end of a tunnel. They then enter yet another tunnel where there are many passages going to different directions.

Alex: "Bare right!"

Cyborg made a right turn at the next passage and entered what appears to be a security checkpoint with a catwalk that leads up to the security office above the road and a few metal crates, barrels, and boxes all over the area. In front of them is another airlock garage door that takes them back outside. When they approached the door, it didn't open. So Cyborg immediately pushed hard on the brakes and stopped the jeep, hoping not to make a car crash. As the car made an abrupt stop, the team waited for the door to open but there was no luck.

Cyborg: "C'mon, c'mon… Why won't this door open?"

Just then, an announcement was heard through the speakers on both top corners next to the garage door.

Attention, airlock door sealed by external lock. Please wait until security assists you.

Alex: "That's why."

Alex grabbed his machine gun and opened the passenger door. Cyborg looked a little perplexed at what he's doing.

Cyborg: "Yo, where are you-"

Alex: "Since the security around here is either dead or zombified, that door will remain lock until someone gets it open. And that someone is me."

Starfire: "And what about us?"

Alex looked at Starfire, then looked at Cyborg. After doing a double check, he came up with a plan.

Alex: "You two, out."

Cyborg moved his shift gear to park at the same time he pushed the button to open the sunroof on top of the jeep. Starfire, who was in the middle of the seats, unbuckled her seatbelt and flew out through the sunroof. Both Cyborg and Alex left their seats soon before Star me the two. The three joined between a jeep and a small flight of stairs leading to a small loading area and higher up to the passage leading the security office. Alex looked up at the security office pondered about something.

Cyborg: "So, what do we do now?"

Alex kept staring at the office and nodded to himself.

Alex: "You mean, what do I do. You two will guard the jeep incase trouble comes our way."

Starfire: "And what will you do?"

Alex turned around and looked at the two Titans.

Alex: "I'm going up there and enter the security office. I bet that there's a terminal up there that can open the garage door. Once I open the door, we keep going."

Cyborg: "And if there is no terminal"

Alex looked back at the office and made a small joke.

Alex: "Then God help us."

He chuckled to himself and walked up the small set of steps to the small docking area and turned right to reach a flight of steps. While he was going upstairs, Cyborg shook his head.

Cyborg: "Man, and I thought Beast Boy's joke were horrible."

Back to Alex, he made it upstairs and was walking on the catwalk with his machinegun in hand. He approached the door leading him to the security office and didn't hesitate to enter. Once he stepped foot into the room, he looked around to see if there's any monsters. There was a security desk at the left corner filled with supplies, a small lamp, a laptop, and a few pictures of a family. A health station next to it that's on the fritz, book shelves holding binders and books, and a security terminal that is placed on the right side of the wall where windows were looking down below. He kept walking when he notices a wrapped cocoon sitting on the revolving chair where the desk is. Upon looking at it, he realized what just happen.

Alex: "I got a bad feeling about this."

He held his weapon closer to his body as he approached the terminal. Suddenly, he heard strange noises all around him that made him stop midway. Hearing the noises, they seem to sound like a bunch of cackles and grunts from smaller creatures. But once the noises came, they we're gone in a flash. Not wanting to know where those noises came from, Alex reached the terminal and looked for something that can open the door. A few buttons blinking, two screens static, and a security monitor keeping an eye on Starfire, Cyborg, and the jeep containing the rest of the Teen Titans, but still, no luck on finding a panel that can get them out. While Alex was looking, a shadow of a six legged spider thing slowly descended out of a open hole on the ceiling and landed gently on the work desk, not making a sound and ready to strike down on its prey. Alex kept on searching until he spotted a screen at the right side of the terminal that was showing a red light. It said, "Airlock Controls, Comm. Transfer", below says, "Area Secure", and below that is a big icon what says, "Open Lock". Alex realizes that it is the override controls to reopen the garage door. Quickly, he tapped his finger on the icon and within seconds, the screen went from red to green, the icon disappeared and the screen reads, "Area Unlock", and the garage door outside the office opened up for the jeep move right on in.

"Airlock Access, now accessible"

Alex looked through one of the windows and smiled to see the garage door opened.

Alex: "Time to go."

He was turning around to get out the same way he came in when he saw a Trite leaping off the desk and flew directly to him. Alex dodged the attack but one of the spider monster's legs gave him a small cut on his cheek with blood slowly seeping out of it. The Trite landed on the security terminal and turned around to for a second attack. But Alex armed his machine gun and fired at it, short circuiting parts of the terminal itself. Once the spider was killed, he exited the security room and rushed on the catwalk.

Cyborg: "Hey Al, we saw quick flashes in there. What happened?"

Alex looked to the left and saw Cyborg and Starfire down there a little worried about what happened inside the security office.

Alex: "Just a small pest problem that needs to be exterminated. But don't worry about it, I have everything under control."

Alex was about to head to the other end of the catwalk to take the stairs. But when he looked back to the catwalk, he saw four red clouds hovering above the metal floor. Lightning bolts struck the catwalk and within seconds, four Cherubs appeared and the first thing they saw was Alex with pincers ready to slice. Alex looked blankly for a second and aimed his weapon at the baby monsters.

Alex: "Then again…"

He quickly fired at the first Cherub and dodged the attacks from the other three. While he was busy on "babysitting", Starfire and Cyborg looked on from where they were.

Cyborg: "That doesn't look good."

Starfire: "We must save him!"

Star lifted off the air and was about to give Alex some back up when she heard clanking noises on the driveway. She looked down and saw the two metal wall tiles on the driveway floor on opposite ends and two Imps came out of it. Then two Cacodemons materialized in front of her and was about to eat her when she flew back and joined Cyborg, who was ready with his Sonic Cannon online.

Cyborg: "Looks like we have to take a rain check on that Star! Take them out!"

The two fired their blue lasers and star bolts at the creatures that quickly avoided them and fried back with fire blasts. Back on the catwalk, Alex was having trouble killing the Cherubs since they're too fast and too agile. One of them hovered up and flew at Alex to nudge on his face. He lifted his machine gun up and the creature hit its claws at weapon's metal. He shoved the creature off by shaking his weapon around, then pointed his gun at the creature and fired. Upon firing, he felt something scratch the back of his armor. He turned around and used his free left hand to punch the second Cherub that was in mid air right in the face. It landed on the floor hard and smeared blood on the catwalk's metal floor. It slowly started to get up but Alex positioned his machine gun and fired a couple of bullets while it was down. Once the baby monster was disintegrated, he looked at the last two Cherubs and pointed his weapon at them. But when he pulled the trigger, there was a clicking noise. He looked at his machine gun and found out that the numbers says, "0/431". He sighed and started to get irritated.

Alex: "God damn it, of all times on leaving an empty clip in the gun, it has to be now?"

He looked back at the Cherubs and they were ready to cut him with their pincers. Too late to reload a clip, he took out his pistol from his pants pocket and aimed it at them.

Alex: "All right you Cabbage Patch Kids rejects, it's time you meet your maker."

The Cherubs shrieked and leapt in the air to attack Alex. Back on the ground floor, Cyborg and Starfire were busy with their own problems. They are trying to take down the two Imps and two Cacodemons that were firing their fire balls at them while at the same time, destroy the jeep in the process. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon and killed the first Imp while Starfire used her star bolts to burn the second Imp and first Cacodemon to ash. Just as Cyborg destroyed the last Cacodemon with his cannon, ten clouds appeared from the farther end of the driveway as lightning bolts struck and ten Maggots materialized. They all grunted, snarled, and charge right in for the kill. The metal hybrid looked on in disbelief.

Cyborg: "Ah man… Is there no end to all this?"

Starfire: "Apparently not."

Cy looked at his teammate that was soaring in the air and smiled with a gentleman like bow.

Cyborg: "Ladies first."

Starfire looked at Cyborg and nodded. As she looked at the army of Maggots rushing towards them, her eyes glowed green and out of them came green beams of light. She used her eyebeams to create a line in front of the monsters. Once they were over the line, it exploded, causing all of them to fly around dissolving to nothing. Before the smoke cleared, they heard soft murmuring language and a struck of lightning. Once the smoke is gone, five Cacodemons arrived with their mouths loaded with fire blasts. Cyborg looked at them for a few seconds then looked back at Star.

Cyborg: "You take a break Star, I'll handle them!"

Cy looked back at the Cacodemons as his shoulder blades opened up. Soon, mini rockets popped out of the small holes and all of them hit the floating heads. None of the monsters would survive that blast, nobody would. Heading back to the catwalk, Alex was having trouble taking out the last Cherubs. He used his pistol to take them on, but they keep on avoiding the bullets with swift accuracy. One of them made a quick leap and used its claw to rip the right side of his pants and made a small minor cut on his bare leg. Alex felt the cut but it subsided in seconds, giving him the momentum he needs. He looked behind him and saw the Cherub gave him the cut. He then give it a swift kick in the thorax and it went flying straight into the outside wall of the security office. He then looked back at the other baby monster that was making a leap to get his face. Alex did a roundhouse kick and knocked the creature out of the air. It hit one of the guardrail poles, giving Al enough time to kill it with his pistol. He fired five shots, one in the head, killing it and watching burn into nothing. The now last Cherub had recovered from the last hit and looked at Alex watching the dust of the last creature he got rid of. It shrieked leapt to action for revenge. Alex heard the shriek from behind and turned around and saw the Cherub heading towards him. He ducked down letting the baby monster fly over him. He got up and saw the Cherub turning around with its pincers and made another leap. The Titan's guardian aimed his pistol and fired the last two bullets precisely at the creature's wings. He ducked again to let the baby monster fly to the other end, but when it turned around to do a third attack, it realized that its wings that gave it its height advantage was lost. It screamed in agony and anger as Alex slowly approached the wounded creature and, without getting close to its fierce pincers, squished it hard with his foot. After moving his heal in different directions just to kill it, he watched the last Cherub disintegrate and shivered at what he faced.

Alex: "Oh I hate bugs."

Cy: "Yo Al!"

Alex looked back to the left side of the catwalk and saw Cyborg and Starfire all finished with their battle against their own monsters.

Cyborg: "Are you all right?'

Alex just smiled.

Alex: "Yeah I'm cool. Just have to exterminate a few more pests then I thought. What about on your front?"

Starfire: "We're undamaged. We had some trouble of our own but thank X'hal its over."

Suddenly, they heard a loud stomp coming from the opposite end of the driveway followed by a small aftershock on the ground. The three looked at the end of the driveway with both surprise and scared at the same time.

Alex: "You were saying?"

Alex quickly reloaded both his pistol and machine gun while keeping his eyes on what's coming down there. Stomp after stomp, the vibrations get rougher and the stomping noises get louder, meaning that the creature was getting closer.

Cyborg: "What the hell is that."

Alex kept watching the other end when he spotted a shadow coming from the left side of the driveway intersection, a huge shadow. He kept starring in awe at the shadow when the shadow stopped and made a huge roar, getting everyone's attention, inside and out the jeep. He was speechless until he realized what's coming.

Alex: "Something big and extremely pissed. Let's get out of here!"

Alex spun and ran to the guardrail and jumped over it. Upon landing and did a roll over, Alex got up quickly and headed to the passenger seat while Starfire flew back into sunroof and Cyborg entered the driver's seat. The rest of the Titans that were inside the jeep the whole time looked at the three and were wondering what occurred.

Robin: "Guys, mind telling us what happened out there?"

Beast Boy: "What was that noise and those vibrations on the floor?"

Raven: "And what's coming after us?"

Alex looked back and tried to make a long story short.

Alex: "I don't know, but it's mean and I don't want to find out what it can do."

Cyborg closed the sunroof window and cranked the shift gear to drive.

Cyborg: "Everyone should hold on to something. We're gettin' outta here!"

Cy pressed on the gas pedal and the jeep started speeding towards the airlock garage. The garage door closed before the big monster was heading to their position. Once the airlock is depressurized, the garage door in front of them opened up, showing the outside view of Mars. They drove straight on a stable metal bridge to the next airlock door that was not far from them. As they drove straight to the airlock, Alex looked to the right side of his window and saw a building that had multiple satellites on the rooftops. It was then that he realizes what it is.

Alex: "There it is. That's the Communications Facility. We're getting close."

Beast Boy: "Exactly how close are we to get there in one piece?"

Alex: "All we have to do is to go through a few more service tunnels, a couple of ramps, then enter one more airlock to make it to Communications."

Beast Boy: "I was afraid you say that."

As the jeep entered the airlock garage, the door behind them closed, the area was pressurized, and the door in front of them opened up. The car drove straight through one of the service tunnels, where it was greeted by five Z-Secs with machine guns on the ground floor and four more on the catwalk above them. They all fired at once; of course they didn't know that the jeep is resistant to bullets. So in the end, the jeep just flattened the security zombies on the ground while the zombies on the catwalk just kept firing at the vehicle that passed them by in the distant. Back inside the jeep, Alex kept checking the digital map on his PDA to get the right directions.

Alex: "O.K., at the end of the tunnel, make a right. When we enter the next tunnel, there is a ramp that can take us down to the lower levels. Once we reach the bottom floor we'll-"

Suddenly, without warning, there was an abrupt stop that made Alex body to lean forward and pushed back on the seat. Caught by surprise, Alex looked at Cyborg that was driving and was a bit furious about the sudden stop.

Alex: "Hey! What's with the immediate halt? We have to keep going before-"

He gestured his hand to let them move forward and looked at the windshield window to see the road. But when he looked at it, he found out that the road is sealed off by lots of metal debris that caved in, loose wiring dangling with sparks shorting out, and small fires in some hazardous spots. Upon looking at the damage, Alex couldn't help but to whistle at all the serious damage.

Alex: "Uh… Never mind."

Beast Boy: "Terrific… Well, any other way on getting to Communications, Mr. Navigator."

Alex takes a quick glance at the changeling and he's already showing signs of frustration.

Alex: "Hey, don't look at me. The map said that this is the only way to the Comm. Facility."

Beast Boy: "Is there like a shortcut, or a secret path, or something that can get us there quickly?"

Alex: "Do I look like I'm psychic? Any of the paths, roads, or tunnels could lead us to dead ends, different areas, or worse, a whole lot of trouble. If you have any way of getting to the Comm. Facility, I love to hear it.

Moment of silence…

Starfire: "Actually…"

Everyone looked at Starfire when she started blurting something out. Star looked at each of their faces and started to shut her mouth for a second before Robin came in.

Robin: "What is it Star."

Starfire: "I think I discovered a way to get to the Building of Communications."

Alex: "We're listening."

Starfire: "When we passed a passage not far from here, I have spotted a strange tunnel that was on the wall. I don't know what it is but maybe it can get us to where we will be going."

Alex: "Are you sure about it?

Starfire nodded.

Cyborg: "Well if it's true, then let's get going."

Cy shifted the car to reverse and moved the jeep backwards to where Starfire spotted the tunnel. When they reached to the passage on the right, Cyborg shifted back to drive, turned right, and entered the storage passage that was filled with barrels, containers, crates, and other pieces of equipment. The jeep then stopped as the team saw what they thought was impossible. At the other end of the wall was that strange growth that's spreading throughout the base, but this one is a hole of slimy, slithery, red goop that forms into a tunnel wide enough to let a vehicle move through. The team kept watching, not sure what to do.

Alex: "You're sure this is it Star."

Starfire: "Of course it is Alex. It's not what you expect but looks like a tunnel in my point of view."

Robin: "Hmm… Looks like the jeep can go though that without getting stuck. Guess this means we're taking the alternate route."

Alex: "I don't know about this Rob, it doesn't look safe. I mean we don't know what this growth is, where it came from, we even don't know if it is dangerous."

Robin: "That maybe true, but that's a chance we have to take. Cyborg"

Cyborg: "On it!"

Cy pushed on the gas and the jeep moved straight towards the growth tunnel. Suddenly, three Imps materialized via lightning clouds and started throwing fireballs.

Alex: "You sure this is a good idea? Cause I don't think we're going to make it."

Cyborg: "We will make it."

Alex: "No we won't."

Cyborg: "Yes we will."

Alex: "No."

Cyborg: "Yes."

Alex: "No!"

Cyborg: "Yes!"

Alex: "NO!"

Alex closed his eyes and covered them as the jeep ran over the Imp in the middle of the road and entered the slithering red tunnel. It followed through the tunnel that went left and then straight where there was light at the end. Once they reached the end and jumped out of the tunnel, the bumper of the vehicle hit the head of a Z-Sec zombie that was standing guard. The car landed on the concrete/metal road, made a left, and head to the ramp that will take them down to the bottom floor. Alex removed his arms and opened his eyes and noticed that they were back on the driveway heading to their location. He stared at the scenery with a complete blank face.

Alex: "huh…"

Cyborg peered his eyes to see Alex and grinned.

Cyborg: "Told you we can make it."

Alex just shook off the blank state of confusion and got his head back to the task at hand. As the car entered the ramp and went further down to the bottom floor. They all encounter a vast of spider webs, few at first, but more and more as they went deeper down. There was an eerie silence through out the ramp way as the team got suspicious.

Robin: "I don't like the looks of this."

Alex: "You and me both Rob."

As the jeep went down floor to floor, the lights on the ceiling were dimming until it went completely dark. Cyborg brightens the headlights to lighten the way. Just as they were about to reach the bottom, they all heard some hissing noises. That got them on edge. Suddenly, a hoard of Trites jumped everywhere and landed on the jeep. The surprise attack got everyone off the edge. As all the lights were turned on and the Titans made it to the ground floor, the jeep raced down the service tunnel with a group of Trites cling to the jeep itself. Cyborg turned his wheel left and right and the car hit the walls to get the spider monsters off. The sides were clear with a couple of scrapes and a dent, but there are still some more Trites on the front, back, and top of the car. Few of the creatures crawled on the windshield and pecked on it, hoping to get in and feast. Cy then turned on the windshield wipers and they started pushing the spiders off the front window. As the jeep made a left, they were heading to the garage airlock that would take them outside and to Communications. But guarding it were ten Z-Secs with machine guns and shotguns and eight Imps. The car made a stop as they all started to fire onto the jeep, killing the Trites on the jeep in the process.

Cyborg: "An ambush? Since when did they plan this and here of all places?"

Alex: "Looks like the security upstairs must've warned them that we're coming. Damn it, should've killed those deadbeats when I had the chance."

Beast Boy: "Now don't tell me that we have to go through them."

Alex looked at Beast Boy.

Alex: "We have to. We're getting close to the Communications Facility and that door is the only way to get there. We have to take them out and get to the Main Communications Room before they think about shutting it down."

Raven: "And how are we suppose to stop them from killing us."

Alex looked back at the windshield and watched as the creatures and zombies trying desperately to destroy the jeep he and the Titans were in. Even if fire and bullets won't penetrate the jeep, he doesn't know how long it will hold. He has to think of a way to take them down in one blow before its too late. It was then through out the barrage of attacks he spotted propane tanks and flammable barrels scattered across area where the creatures were standing. An idea popped out of his head as he looked at Robin for some help.

Alex: "Robin, hand me one of your exploding disks."

Robin was a little confused at what Alex was pulling at first, but once he saw the determine look in his eyes, he nodded and handed him the disk out of his utility belt. Alex got the disk and looked at Cyborg.

Alex: "Cyborg, drive."

Cy turned his head to look at Alex and was confused as well.

Cyborg: "Excuse me?"

Alex: "I said DRIVE!"

Cyborg immediately stomp his foot on the gas pedal and speed the jeep straight towards the barricade of zombies and Imps. Once the Z-Secs on the left ran out of ammo and in need to reload, this give Alex the opening he needs. He rolled down the passenger window, got half way out, and with precise aim, threw the disk straight at the propane tank next to one of the zombies. Once the disk hit the tank, it exploded, causing a chain reaction through out the entire area and sending all the zombies and Imps scattering all over the place, hitting walls and ceilings, disintegrating, and burning into overcooked meat. Alex slipped back in to the jeep and rolled the window back up before the car ever reached the flames. Soon, the car sped through the flames, roasting the remaining Trites on the vehicle, and entered the airlock garage. The door closed, the air depressurized, and the second door opened, taking them back outside.

Alex: "Make a left at the next turn and we'll reach the Communications Garage. That is where we reach the Comm. Facility."

Robin: "No turning back now huh?"

Cyborg: "Guess not, so let's go all the way on this."

The jeep then left the garage and continued until they reach the end of the road. Cyborg then turned left and it was heading to one more garage airlock. But blocking the way were five Cacodemons, three more materialized on the right side, and two more at the garage door the team came out of. Thinking that they're surrounded, Alex kept looking at Cyborg.

Alex: "Keep driving, they're not a threat to us yet."

The jeep keeps on moving to the garage as the Cacodemons fired blasts from their mouths. Beast Boy looked at the back window and saw the Cacodemons about to fire back. He then saw a regular airlock door opening sideways and a Marine came out of it and started shooting them down with his plasma rifle. Beast Boy kept watching him until the jeep entered the airlock garage and the door closes. Once the air was pressurized, the garage door in front of them opened up and they entered the Communications Garage. The jeep slowed down until it came to a stop as Cyborg shift the gears in park and left the car. The others got out of the jeep as Alex had his machine gun ready for action.

Alex: "All right, as of this moment on we're walking. The Main Comm. Room is on the second floor. We'll get there, protect it until Bravo Team arrives, and head back down here."

Robin: "Head back down."

Alex looked at Robin.

Alex: "From what I can tell, we now have a mode of transportation. Once we finish with our objective, we take this jeep to Gamma Labs and we'll be able to get to the Ark in no time."

Raven: "You sound pretty desperate in getting us back."

Alex then glanced at Raven.

Alex: "Trust me, I have my reasons."

Alex looked at each Titan then spotted Beast Boy looking back at the garage door.

Alex: "Hey BB, something troubling you?"

Beast Boy looked at Alex and explained to him what he saw.

Beast Boy: "I saw someone just outside a minute ago."

It was then that everyone was looking at the changeling.

Alex: "Someone?"

Beast Boy: "Some guy came out of an airlock and was shooting down those floating freaks for us. He could be still outside taking them down and is being outnumbered."

Alex: "Did you get a good look at the guy?"

Beast Boy: "Couldn't tell, but he wearing some body armor."

There was a short silence until Robin broke it.

Robin: "You think he could be from Bravo Team."

Alex: "Don't know, but I say we should get to Main Comm. immediately."

Alex started walking to the elevated catwalk while the team watched in confusion.

Robin: "Whoa whoa, wait a sec. What about that Marine out there? If he is part of Bravo and, quite possibly, have the transmission card with him, we have save him and take him with us."

Alex: "We go out there, we're signing our own death wish."

Robin: "What?"

Alex turned around to look at the team and made things clear with them.

Alex: "Incase you haven't listened, the air out there is completely thin. Do you really think you can survive out there for ten minutes? I don't think so. So unless you have a couple of oxygen tanks with you, then we're not going back out there."

Starfire: "So we condemn him to death?"

Again, another eerie silence.

Alex: "I'm… I'm going to see if the elevator is working."

As Alex headed to the elevator, the Titans got together for a private group meeting.

Beast Boy: "Gee, cold shoulder much."

Cyborg: "Well he does have a point. We go out there, we die. Guess this makes it kind of ironic."

Robin: "Still, we have to trust him. If he says that there's a way getting us back to our past then we have no choice but to follow him and hopefully get out of this nightmare."

Rob then looked at Raven and noticed she was in deep thought.

Robin: "Rae, something wrong?"

Raven looked at Robin with a look of worry in his eyes.

Raven: "Nothing, just that there's something strange going on here."

Robin: "What is it?"

Raven: "Didn't you noticed that those zombies and creatures out there seem to know where we're going or where we might head to, yet they are either stupid or aggressive to know anything?"

Everyone gave it a thought and realized what she's trying to say.

Cyborg: "Yeah, I noticed it."

Starfire: "Me too."

Beast Boy: "Me three."

Robin: "We all noticed it. So what's your point?"

Raven: "Think about it. If these things seem to know our position, the way we think, the way we take action, then that means someone's giving them orders to kill."

Again, they let the information sink in. Robin was the first to act.

Robin: "Are you saying that there's an assailant working with them?"

Raven: "I'm talking about someone who's working on the inside, telling them what to do. Someone, who knows a lot more then us."

Raven eyes looked up at the catwalk, showing them the direction. The rest of the team took a quick look at the catwalk and saw Alex gathering a few shards to upgrade his armor. Upon this, they reverted their heads away and couldn't believe it.

Beast Boy: "You think Alex is helping them?"

Raven: "Who else? He knows his way in and out of the installation and where ever we go they keep following us, ambushing us when we're off guard. And how do we know that he knows that there is a time machine in Gamma. He could be leading us right into a trap. He's just like Terra when you put all the pieces together, a cold-blooded traitor. Once we trust him, he will turn our backs against and throw us straight into a slaughterhouse. Do we want to make the same mistake we did with her?"

The team gave it some thought.

Starfire: "Even if you think that he's working with the abominations, we have made it this far with him and we're still alive."

Beast Boy: "That's true. And he's using any means necessary to get us back home so bad."

Robin: "Even if all this is true Rae, we're going to need some proof before we can jump to conclusions. And until we get to that, we just have to trust him in getting us back."

They all nodded in agreement as Alex whistled in for their attention.

Alex: "Hey, if you guys are finished the elevator's here. C'mon."

They all followed the order and headed up the catwalk to enter the elevator one by one, the last two out were Robin and Alex. Before Robin entered, he looked at Alex's face and stared at him with serious eyes underneath his mask. After he went into the elevator, Alex wondered why he was staring at him. Shaking that thought off, he entered the elevator and clicked on the touch screen panel to go up to the second floor. As the elevator doors closed, a security camera was watching the whole thing, and someone else was watching it too.

Delta Labs Level 5, Military Command: November 15, 2145, 6:26 P.M.

In the military section of Delta Level 5, a mysterious person was watching the scene on the security monitors. One of the monitors shows the Communications Garage where Alex and the Titans entered the elevator and left the area. Another shows the Marine outside of Communications fighting the remaining Cacodemons. The third screen showed Counselor Swan and Jack Campbell was walking through the maintenance passages, heading straight to Communications. He then saw three Imps appearing in front of them and was about to fire. Of course, that's when Jack fired his BFG 9,000 and killed all the Imps in one shot. After destroying them, the two then hurried to the Comm. Facility. Upon looking at the three monitors, the strange man turned on the Comm. frequency on one of the terminals and started talking.

Mystery Guy: "All units, we got a complication."

That's chapter eighteen. And I'll tell you, this story is getting more interesting by the second. And if you're wondering what that big shadow is on the chapter, you guessed it. That was the Hell Knight making his quick appearance. You'll be seeing it again later in the story. Stay tune on the next chapter when we got Communication problems, friendships tested, and flaming heads flying. Please Review.