Before I start with the next chapter, I've seen the Teen Titans move, "Trouble in Tokyo." and I got to say that was awesome. The action and comedy in the movie, great! Starfire playing Guitar Hero/Dance Dance Revolution/Whack a Mole, crazy! Beast Boy singing Karaoke, ridiculous! But the one thing that has everyone talking was at the end where Robin and Starfire kissed for the first time. Oh… I bet the fans of Rob/Rae pairings are furious about this. I hope they make another full-length movie or a Season 6 soon cause I want to see where this escalates. Now let us continue with the story. Now I got a review from Rahkshi500 and 43 hits on my last chapter, a bit less but still has great results. And when the story progresses further, everyone will want to know what will happen next. In this chapter, with most of the Titans concerned about Alex's loyalties, Alex decided to go on his own to find a way out of the underground tunnels. But that would make a dumb decision as new creatures appear and attack them. Will they keep their heads in check and be able to get out of there with their lives intact?

Chapter Notes

The Vulgar, those skeleton like spider Imps from the Doom 3 sequel, "Resurrection of Evil", will make an appearance on this chapter. Along with that, an appearance from one of the weapons Robin once used the Teen Titan episode, "Aftershock pt. 2"

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

Chapter Twenty: Deeper Underground

Unknown Location: November 15, 2145, 6:43 P.M.

Both the Teen Titans and Alex were falling deeper into the unknown abyss, breaking through pipes, beams, and panels. Luckily for them, Raven's shield was protecting them from the multiple impacts. They then crashed through a concrete floor then splashed right into some strange liquid. After the impact, Raven turned off her shield and Alex tried to figure out who's damaged.

Alex: "Anyone hurt?"

Beast Boy: "I'm cool."

Raven: "Nothing's broken."

Cyborg: "My systems say I'm fine."

Starfire: "I'm undamaged."

Robin: "We all seem to be alive, for the moment."

The Boy Wonder started sniffing something very foul. He tried to look around to find out where the smell is coming from, but the area was completely dark except for the red ceiling lights that were emergency lights. Failed to investigate the stench, he looked at the others for help and answers.

Robin: "Hey, did anyone smell something a little funky around here?"

They all smelled the same odor and nodded on Robin's question. They all had an answer and looked at Beast Boy, waiting for an explanation from him because they think that he's the one that ripped another one. The changeling looked at his friends and was getting confused and nervous at the same time.

Beast Boy: "Hey, it wasn't me."

Raven: "Well this smell is a whole lot worse then you Beast Boy. In fact, it almost smells like…"

After taking one more sniff, her eyes opened wide in surprise as she covered her nose with her pale hand and had a disgusted look on her face.

Raven: "Please don't tell me we are where we think we are."

Cyborg turned on his shoulder flash light and realized what Raven means by that.

Cyborg: "All right, I won't tell you."

Where the team is at, is in a sewer system with a connection of tunnels, pipes, and narrow sidewalks. But what they were standing in was stream filled with piss and shit. Starfire looked down and was shaking in pure disturbance.

Starfire: "Although Raven helped us survive the fall I feel kind of, grossed out?"

Alex: "Well just be glad that we're still breathing after that fall. Could've been worse I tell ya."

Alex looked up at the hole he and the team created when they fell but couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. He sighed in despair and looked at the team as they all went up to the sidewalk area getting their feet out of the toxic like sludge.

Alex: "Great, so much for heading back to the jeep. Looks like we're going to continue on the hard way. There's got to be an entrance to the closest facility around here somewhere. Let's go guys."

Alex started walking to start finding the way out.

Alex: "Maybe if we're lucky, we can find a emergency generator room and power this place up so that way we can see where we going."

Alex stopped and turned around but noticed that the Titans weren't even following him. They were just standing there looking at him a little suspicious.

Alex: "Uh… What are you guys waiting for? Let's move it!"

They just stayed there doing nothing except starring.

Alex: "Look, if it's about the smell I'm sure that there's a sanitation station close to here to wash it off."

Robin then approached him and started questioning him.

Robin: "It's not that Alex, we want to know what just happened up there?"

Alex: "I don't know, I wasn't expecting an attack like that. Those skulls were new to me and they weren't on my PDA when I checked the monster data. By the way they look, they must've been like… like… lost souls."

Robin: "No, that's not what I meant. I want to ask you what were you thinking? Going to shoot the counselor just because he was doing the right thing? You have some explaining to do."

Alex was shocked at Robin's tone of voice, but he does know that he wants an explanation for that. So he sucked it up and talked.

Alex: "I was just following my dad's orders Robin. I had to protect the Main Comm. Room from anyone and take them out, by any means necessary."

Robin: "But you were going to kill Swan! He was going to make sure that the distress signal doesn't go to the fleet and save Earth from total destruction. But you didn't listen and was about to blow his face up. Why do you want to do it?"

Alex: "Because he was going to ruin everything. We got people dying out there and we don't know who or what were up against. Getting back up is the only thing left to stand up against those creatures and we had orders to stop anyone or anything that tries to disable or demolish the room."

Robin: "We don't have orders to kill innocent people."

Alex: "True, but we have to follow an order, even if it means sacrificing ones life to do so. We're in a middle of a war Rob. And during this time of need you have two options, kill or be killed. And trust me, I don't want to take option number two. Now if you're done, we have to go forward."

Robin was silent at the moment until he mixes it up a little more.

Robin: "Not until you answer me one more question. If you say you rather want to kill then to be dead, does that mean you to kill your team as well?"

Alex was a little shocked and confused at the question he threw at him.

Alex: "Kill my team? What are you talking about?"

Robin: "Well there have been a few things that we are concerned about. For instance, all those monsters that we've seen kept attacking us everywhere. Not only that, they surprise us everywhere we go and they were getting more aggressive by the minute."

Alex: "And what's all this have to do with me?"

Robin: "Well… I know it sounds a little off but…"

Raven then came up next to Robin and blurted it out.

Raven: "We think that you must be working with the monsters."

Alex stood there in silent after hearing Raven. Then he exploded.

Alex: "What?"

Raven: "We believe that there could be a connection between you and those creatures we've encountered. For some reason, right after you told us about this Ark, all this bad shit keeps happening just about everywhere. The zombies, the monsters, those "Lost Souls" we face up there, keeps on setting up these traps and attacks for us. And no matter what happens, you were somehow in the middle of all this one way or another. So I put two and two together and could tell a rat when I see it."

Alex: "So let me get this straight. You're saying that I could be betraying you guys?"

Raven: "You can say that."

Alex: "Well how could you tell that I could be the traitor in this mess?"

Raven: "I learn this from experience. When Terra betrayed us I learned that you could never trust someone you thought would be a friend. Because friends never turn their backs on others and will never kill them as well. I will not make the same mistake I did with her and I won't fall for any tricks."

Alex: "Okay, I understand that you have a pure hatred thing going on against Terra. But you can't point at me and say I'm the enemy! I'm trying to get you guys back to the past and I'm using all my resources to get you there."

Raven: "Then tell me something Alex. Does this Ark you said really exist or are you just making it up so you can lead us right into a huge trap?"

Alex stayed quiet and started clearing some cobwebs out of the Goth's brains.

Alex: "I'm telling you, there is such thing as an Ark and I'm trying by best to get you there. Do you think I'm making this up? You think lying? Is that what you're thinking?"

The Titans kept quiet from this as Robin came in and reasoned with him.

Robin: "No, it's not like that. We trust you on what you're doing. The thing is that if what Raven said is true you know we have no choice but to take you down. And after what happened back up there at Communications we are a little concerned about your behavior."

Alex looked at Robin and was starting to get a little pissed off.

Alex: "You're concerned? Is that what you're thinking?"

Robin and the others nodded.

Alex: "All right then, let me let you in and something. We made it this far and you guys are still alive because of me. If it wasn't for me, you guys would've been spider chow. If it wasn't for me, Starfire would've been dead by now from the venom. If it wasn't for me, you guys would've been turned to cooked meat when Campbell was firing his BFG at the Communications Room! And after all that I done, this is the thanks I get? After all the accomplishments I did for you I'm going to ask you one thing to let you think about. So who's your friend and who's your enemy?"

The team just stayed where they are and were speechless at Alex's words. Alex on the other hand waited for a response but couldn't get it from them. So he looked down and spotted a flashlight on the floor on the right side. He bent over to pick it up and looked back at the Titans, who are still not sure if they can trust him.

Alex: "Well since you guys can't straighten out your judgments yet, I'll head to the power generators and restart power to the tunnels, alone. You stay here and wait for me. When I come back, I hope you have an answer for me."

Alex turned around and walked away from the team to find the generators. The Teen Titans just stood there and were still thinking about Alex's speech. But Raven was thinking something else about Alex and realized that this could be another trap.

Raven: "Told ya he's working for them."

Sewer Line 24: November 15, 2145, 6:47 P.M.

A few minutes later, Alex was walking alone in the dark tunnels, searching for the generators that were somewhere along the underground passages. In one hand was a flashlight lighting his way through the darkness, on the other was his PDA as he was looking at the digital map and trying to find the generators.

Alex: "Hmm… According to the map, the generator room has to be around here somewhere."

After he took a few more steps, the screen on his PDA started to go a little static. He hit it a few times trying to get it back to normal.

Alex: "C'mon c'mon. Work already!"

Within seconds, the screen went blank and a message came on the screen saying, "No signal. PDA offline." Alex sighed at the situation.

Alex: "Damn it! Oh well, looks like I'm on my own."

He continued walking as he put away his PDA and held his flashlight to light the way.

Alex: "I can't believe that the Titans think I'm a traitor in this mess. I mean I'm trying my best to get them back home and they suspect me as a bad guy. Geeze they could be so persistent!"

He then stopped, bowed his head down, place his right hand on the wall, and sighed, knowing why they think of him as a backstabber.

Alex: "But I can't blame them. After the whole incident with Terra, they're getting a little cautious. They just can't let their guard down; they have to be prepared for everything. Guess that means not keeping their eyes off of a betrayer."

Alex shook his head and hope that they won't think of him as a traitor. While he was thinking about it, his hand felt something moving slowly on the wall. He looked at the wall and pointed his flashlight at the wall and noticed that it's the strange growth infecting the entire facility. He jumped away from the growth and quickly wiped the blood away from his hand with his pants.

Alex: "Jesus Christ! This crazy growth is completely freaking me out in a big way. I hope it didn't spread through the generator room cause if it did, then we're all in trouble."

While he was about to finish up, something was crawling in the other side and in the darkness, watching him with devilish yellow eyes. When Alex was finished, he could tell something was wrong as he heard nothing but snarling in the background on the right. He pointed his flashlight to the right to find out who's following him. But what he saw was nothing but an empty space and growth veins spreading across the wall. He sighed as he knew that something got away, for now.

Sewer Line 19: November 15, 2145, 6:49 P.M.

Meanwhile, the Teen Titans were sitting on the stone walkway waiting for their guardian to return. Cyborg had his shoulder flashlight on for the team to let them see as Starfire flew up through the hole they created to see if there's an opening at the top. When she returned, Robin looked at her hoping that there's some good news.

Robin: "Well Starfire, anything?"

The Tamaranean that was using her star bolted hand to illuminate more light, bowed her head and shook it.

Starfire: "Sorry, the way back to Communications is being blocked off by metal debris. Even if I use my strength to move it out of the way, it will make things much worse."

Robin hung his head down and shook it as well.

Robin: "Then that means we can't go back up there. Figures. Looks to me like we have to find an alternate solution if we are ever going to get back home."

Raven: "If there is a way getting there."

Beast Boy looked at the empath and started telling his two cents.

Beast Boy: "Are you serious? What about the Ark Alex talked about?"

Raven: "It's possible that it must be a trap. He's trying to set us up, that's what he's doing."

The changeling moaned at the fact that his friend is still angry at what happened to her and the others, and couldn't help but feel sorry for her as well.

Beast Boy: "Look, I can tell that you're still upset at what Terra did to you, we all are. But you can't just let all your anger out on someone that's helping us."

Raven glared at BB and her eyes were about to turn red until she centered herself and protested.

Raven: "Helping us? You think Alex is helping us? Let me remind you Beast Boy that we are in a middle of a blood bath here. And as all this is happening, our so-called friend must be behind all this. Think about all the dangers we had that almost got us killed, and Alex was the only one saving our hides. Think about that wherever we go or whatever we do, these creatures would surprise us and our guardian would be involved somewhere. And now we're waiting right here while he's out there looking for this generator alone. I would count that as traitory. Face the facts, Alex is nothing but trouble and has to be delt with in the harshest of ways."

The Team thought about it about and Raven was right for once. Alex could possibly be involved in this mess. But after what Alex said in his speech, there could be some other truth to all this. So Robin came in and talked to Raven about this.

Robin: "Even if what you said is true, don't you think maybe you are pushing it a little too far?"

Raven looked at Robin.

Raven: "Too far? What do you mean by that?"

Robin: "If Alex is working for the enemy, you think it's oblivious that he helped us getting out of this mess in the first place? I mean think of it like this. We managed to go this far with his help so he's the only reason why we're still alive."

Starfire: "Indeed, if it wasn't for his help, I would've died from the venom in my body."

Beast Boy: "He saved us from that Vagary back at the warehouse. Hell we all would've been spider chow if it wasn't for his quick thinking."

Robin: "And lets not forget that he told you to turn on the shields to protect us from Campbell's weapon. If you haven't use your shield, we would've been dead back up there. So what really makes you think that Alex is a traitor?"

Raven was a little shocked at this because her team seems to be on Alex's side.

Sewer Intersection 8: November 15, 2145, 6:53 P.M.

Speaking of Alex, he was walking into an intersection that links three tunnels to different directions. But when he pointed his flashlight around, he spotted a ramp way over the roof. He jumped off the walkway and went through the sewer sludge to make it to the ramp way. When he got out of the disgusting water, he examined the steel girders and spotted a metal plate with a label next to the service ladder. He headed to that direction and he took a closer look at the plague and read it with his eyes that says, "Generator Room".

Alex: "Generator Room huh? Looks like this is the place. Now how do I get up there?"

He looked around and found both a lift at the end of the wall and the service ladder next to him. It seems that those two are the only ways going up to the generators. Unfortunately for Alex, the lift was in the middle and was slanted to the side and the bottom half of the ladder was broken and somehow landed into the pool of disposable water.

Alex: "Lift and ladder are out, so I have to find an alternative way. Wish Starfire was here to lift me up there."

Alex looked around to find someway up there. It was then that he pointed his flashlight a few stacks of metal crates, big and small. Upon looking at it, he smirked and found a way up.

Raven: "But think about it like this. If you think that Alex wants to help us, why would he want to leave us here while he goes out there alone?"

Robin: "It's just because of what you said to him."

Raven: "And what I say is that he's a traitor!"

An awkward silence swept through the tunnel as the team remained silence. Of course Cyborg intervene.

Cyborg: "Well he does have his reasons on leaving us here. One of them is that you will be giving him Twenty Questions and saying that if he's a betrayer or not."

Raven: "But he is one! I mean where's the proof that he's on our side?"

Robin: "He saved our lives countless of times. That's enough proof we need."

Sewer Intersection 8, Power Generator Access Ramp: November 15, 2145, 6:57 P.M.

After moving and stacking all the crates to form a stairway, Alex was on the ramp and walked straight to the entry door. He then walked through the darken hallway with the only lights around there were two red emergency lights and another door at the other end. He continued walking until he reached the second door. Once the door opened automatically and he passed through it, he had officially entered the generator room. There were two huge generators in front of him, with sparks and lightning strikes coming out of them. At the top left side was the control room balcony that operates the generators. But on both sides of the area were two huge holes that something came through them and so many bodies, both marine and employees, lay mangled on the floor and weapons and ammo scattered everywhere.

Alex: "Hmm… Guess I found out what happened to the generators. Looks like there must've been a huge battle here. I wonder what attacked them?"

Upon pondering that, he looked up at the balcony.

Alex: "Well, while I'm here, I guess I should restart the power."

He walked down to the left and headed to the lift. She clicked on the "Call Lift" icon on the touch screen panel as the lift descended from its position and went down to the ground floor. He went on the lift and pressed another touch screen for the lift to ascend. Once he reached the balcony level, he observed the control room. There were dead bodies on the floor and some of the screens and consoles short-circuiting. But the rest of the terminal is still working. Alex walked past each body and shook his head.

Alex: "Not even the people on the higher grounds didn't survive. Who or what can do something like this?"

He walked up to the end of the catwalk and observed the tunnel that was created by a huge creature.

Alex: "Well whatever it was, it's gone for now. Better restart power before it comes back."

He approached the terminal that operates the generator and type in a few key sequences to see if it's working. Unknowing to him, something was on top of the generator, watching his every move.

Robin: "Now Raven, I know you're upset about what Terra did to you, I mean we all are. But you can't just point fingers at anyone we meet and say they're a traitor. Even if they're helping us out."

Raven: "But I know that Alex could be working for them."

Robin: "But do we have proof that he's working for those monsters, any video evidence, clues on this pursuit, anything?"

Raven remained silent the whole time while Robin was looking down on her with a desperate look.

Robin: "You are a telepath, you can sense people's feelings and instincts. Why can't you sense his?"

Raven: "Because after what Terra did to me, to us, I've decided to trust my gut and not my brain."

Robin: "So you're just betraying yourself?"

Again, another harsh silence.

Robin: "Listen to me Raven, even if you think Alex could be the turncoat in all this, he's still helping us to get back to where we were from. You should respect the risks he takes in getting us back home. When he comes back, you have to give him an apology, a REAL apology."

Raven got up and protested on that.

Raven: "I'm not apologizing to him! There's no way you're making me do that!"

Robin: "You have no choice! You're the one that started all this, you have to pay for it. So if don't say you're sorry, then from here on out, you're on your own!"

The rest of the Titans were shocked the their leader's reaction to Raven's protest, even Raven couldn't believe it. If she doesn't give Alex some forgiveness, not only will this ruin her reputation as a Titan, but she will lose her friends, her life, and quite possibly, her sanity. After a moment of thought, she looked at Robin and responded.

Raven: "All right, I'll do it. But even if I feel sorry for him, that doesn't bear the fact that he could still be a traitor."

Robin just got close to Rae's face and stared her down with stern eyes.

Robin: "For your sake, I hope you do it."

Generator Room: November 15, 2145, 7:01 P.M.

Alex: "Okay, almost got it"

He pressed the enter key and a pop up window appeared saying, "Activate Generators" on the top and, "Cancel" at the bottom. He placed his index finger on the mouse pad and moved the cursor to the top. Once he clicked on the icon, an announcement was made through the speakers.

"Attention, emergency cables are active. All personnel stay clear from the generators."

Four huge metal pillars lowered from the ceiling and plugged into the two sockets on top of each generator. Four compartment doors opened on the floor between the generator and four mini plugs encased in the same metal casing came out and bended to connected to the smaller sockets. Once they all connected, another announcement came through again.

"Powering main generators."

A low humming sound of the generators was being heard throughout the entire room. It then went loader and louder until the generators went to full power. The lights on the ceiling came back to life as the entire place was on in a second.

"Main generators online. Power restored."

Alex: "Thank you for pointing the obvious."

Alex stepped away from the terminal and looked around to see if there are any monsters in the room before moving on. He didn't notice that the strange creature left before the generators were back on.

Alex: "Looks like everything is normal, so far. Better head back to the teammates before they think I left them behind."

He was about to leave when he spotted a security terminal at the right corner. He then looked up and saw a security camera hung over his head. Looking back at the huge hole on the ground floor, he lifted his shoulders up a little and put them down.

Alex: "Well since I'm here, I guess I could check to see what happened here."

He then approached the terminal and used the mouse pad to change the screen to a different camera angle to the generator area. He then went to the scroll bar at the bottom and used it to rewind back to see what happened here. What he found was truly gruesome. On the screen, many Marines and scientists were being pin down by a huge monster that was killing them off one by one. They had all the weapons they could need, but it wasn't enough to take down a creature that big.

Marine Soldier 15: "COVERING FIRE!"

They kept firing and firing, hoping to stop it before it can cause any more damage. But just as they thought they were going to succeed, the creature looked at one of the generators and placed its huge clawed hands on it. Static electricity surged throughout its body and the entire place was surrounded by lightening bolts, killing everyone, including the ones on the balcony that made contact. Finally, sparks shot out of the two generators, which lead to the huge blackout and the screen went static. Alex saw the whole thing and couldn't believe what he just witnessed.

Alex: "My god… That thing is huge! I don't know if the Titans are ready to take something like this on, but whatever the case, they have to be prepared for what lies ahead of them."

Alex was about to leave when he spotted something from one of the dead Marines. It was a yellow circular device with gray little circles and red rings on each side. He knew what it was cause he rarely seen it in one of the weapons testing facility whenever he goes to the shooting gallery. It was a Class 5 Series Sonic Blast Grenade. Alex picked it up and inspects it a little more. By the way it looks, one of the Marines was going to use the grenade to throw it at the monster. Too bad for him that he was electrocuted along with everyone else died before he before he did that. But he smiled as he realized that the Marine's lost is his game.

Alex: "This would come in handy."

He placed the grenade on the strap wrapped around him to a spot where a few of his plasma cells used to be. After he did that, he headed back to the lift and went down to the ground floor.

Back at the sewer system, the Titans kept waiting for their guardian to come, even after the argument with Raven. While they were waiting, all the lights on the tunnel ceiling flickered on to life and the tunnel was bright enough for everyone to see. Starfire shut off her star bolt and Cyborg turned off his shoulder flashlight.

Cyborg: "Well looks like the lights are back up. Guess Alex was successful getting them back on."

Robin: "Guess so."

Starfire: "Should we join up with him?"

Robin looked at Star and shook his head.

Robin: "No. Alex said we have to wait here until he comes back, so we wait."

Beast Boy: "Uh Robin… I think we should start moving right now."

The Boy Wonder looked at the changeling after hearing what he said.

Robin: "What do you mean Beast Boy?"

From what he could tell from his angle that Beast Boy was looking at something that doesn't look right and pointing at it.

Beast Boy: "Well, you might want to take a look at this."

Robin and the rest of the team looked at what Beast Boy saw. What they found out was a bit of a shocker, for deep within the darkened tunnel were multiple pairs of yellow eyes starring down at them and soft hissing noises. Robin took out a few exploding disks in each hand and calmed the team before they do anything over their heads.

Robin: "Stay where you are Titans, we can take them on if we don't panic. All we have to do is to fight and back away slowly."

Cyborg was going to turn on his sonic cannon when he heard more hissing noises from behind. He turned around saw something that made his jaw drop wide open.

Cyborg: "Um… Robin, I think you should see this."

Robin turned and couldn't believe what the hybrid saw. There were more pairs eyes glowing yellow. Raven too looked at the eyes then looked at Robin, knowing why they're here.

Raven: "Boy, Alex is sure is a big help now isn't he. He would let us stay and leave us here to die."

Robin glared at Raven's sarcasm since he knows that's not true, hopefully. As the team prepared themselves against a hoard of creatures as one of them moved forward a little by revealing its fleshy bony hand to the light and placed it on the ground, scratching the cement surface.

Back at the generator room, Alex walked to the access way and was going to head back to the Titans. But when he entered the access way, he stopped mid-way as the saw a strange creature crawling on the ceiling, a creature he never encountered before. He could tell it almost looks like a skeleton, but its body looks almost like flesh with a long bony tail and a skull for a head without a lower jawbone. It had four pincers on its mid section and two more at the side of its upper jaw, making it looks a little bug-like, and glowing yellow eyes staring down at its prey. Alex kept staring at the thing as he slowly placed his hand on the double-barrel shotgun and slowly took it out of its holster. While he was doing that, the creature detached itself from the ceiling and landed on the floor, slowing standing up halfway and shrieked at him. Alex aimed his shotgun at the creature and slowly squeezed the trigger.

Alex: "I don't know what you are, but you'll be dead in one second."

He pulled the trigger and fired the shells at the beast, but it swiftly dodged the attack by jumping away and used its claws to attach itself to the left wall. Alex was shocked to see it do something like that. He quickly reloaded his shotgun but just after he took out two shells, the monster lifted one hand up and charged up a green fireball and threw it at Alex. He was able to dodge attack by ducking his head low, put two shells in the gun, and closed it. He was going to make a second attempt at the shot, but the monster was quick as it was coming at him and leaped off the wall to pin him to the ground. The shotgun flew off Alex's hand and rolled a few feet away from him. The creature starred down at its victim with vicious eyes and shrieked again for the kill. Before it got the chance rip him apart, Alex placed his left hand on its neck and trying his best not to let it near him. But the skeletal bug-like creature used its claw hand scratch his body. So far it was able to get a couple of scratches on the armor and a one-claw scratch at the top of Alex's nose. Alex was trying to fight it off but it was getting harder to fend for himself. So he tries the optional solution. With his free right hand, he searched for his pistol, found it, took it out, and blasted the beast's mid section five times. The creature screamed in agony as Alex let go of his left hand and used it to punch the creature out of the way. He immediately got up ran for his shotgun, picked it up, turned around, and aimed it at the monster that recovered from the shots and is more pissed then ever. It leaped up in the air and was going to make a second attempt but Alex pushed the trigger again and this time, made a direct hit at the creature's head. It fell limp on the ground and disintegrated into dust. After that experience, he dusted himself up and looked at the pile of ash. With the top of his nose bleeding from the scratch, he began to ponder.

Alex: "Hmm… What a strange creature. Good thing I put it out of its misery. I wonder where it came from?"

Upon thinking, he shrugged it off, put away his shotgun, and headed back to the sewer system. When he entered back to the intersection, he was going to walk off the catwalk and head down to the ground floor via stairway full of boxes and crates he created. But before he could place his foot on the first step, he heard a lot of hissing. When he looked up and scanned, he was surprised to see hoards upon hoards of the skeleton bug-like creatures. He then heard the door open and saw more of them monsters coming out of the access hallway. Realizing he was completely surrounded, he could only come up with the one word when there's trouble like this.

Alex: "Shit…"

Sewer Intersection 7: November 15, 2145, 7:06 P.M.

At another intersection, there was blue and green flashed coming from one of the tunnels. There came out the Titans shooting the creatures down with everything they got while the skeletal flesh monsters came out and chased them. It was fortunate enough that Beast Boy changed into a Stegosaurus and charged through the beings in full forces back at their waiting area, killing some of them in the process. Now they are running away from them while shooting and slowing them down before they get a chance to eat them. The girls were in the air shooting their star bolts and aurora blasts, while the boys were running through the cesspool water throwing birdarangs, blue lasers, and a grabber.

Cyborg: "Man, why is it that no matter how hard we try to stop them, they just keep coming?"

Raven: "Well why don't you ask Alex that question? He's the one that responsible for this now."

Robin: "Don't start that again Raven."

Starfire kept on shooting star bolts at a couple of monsters, but more kept on coming.

Starfire: "They're to numerous to fight! We can't stop them!"

Robin: "We can and we will!"

Robin then threw four exploding disks and six of the monsters that were crawling on the ceiling got hit and fell down dying.

Back at the entryway to the generator room, Alex was having the worse of it all. He was shooting off multiple shots at any beast that was getting close to him with dual weapons, on one hand the MG-88 Enforcer machine gun and on the other hand, the Series 3 plasma rifle. The monsters, on the other hand was attack him with huge leaps and green fireballs while Alex kept dodging them. He kept on shooting and reloading cussing them in a loud booming voice.

Alex: "COME ON YOU CIRCUS REJECTS! YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME? COME AND GET ME I'M RIGHT HERE GOD DAMN IT!"

He kept shooting at the right side of the tunnel that was fully infested when he looked at the Generator entrance and saw a huge armada crawling towards him. He pointed both his guns at the doorway and fired his bullets and plasma projectiles at them all. But just as he was about to get this over with, both guns clicked empty. He looked at the guns and realized he's in deep shit. With no time to reload and the creatures and so close to him, he took the risk and jumped off the catwalk and fell straight into the river of filth. He made a splash into the water, and remained under there for a short time. The creatures surrounding him were waiting for him to come up but they have no idea what he's up to. Behind the things and away from the attack, Alex came out of the water, holding his nose from the tremendous stench that was in the polluted waste.

Alex: "Uh… Jesus man, this smells worse then the time I was on garbage cleanup duty in Alpha Labs. Urrrggghhh… I'm never eating spicy roasted chicken again…"

Alex looked behind him and saw the beings still waiting for their prey to come out. It was lucky for him that they're on sidewalks, walls, and ceilings, and not swimming in the sewer water. That would give him a good advantage. He slowly walked away through the water, not making any sounds so that the skeletal/bug creatures would hear. But just as he though he's in the clearing, he heard more hissing noises coming from the right end of a tunnel in the intersection. When he turned his head left, he saw more of them waiting for him to walk right into a trap. And of course, he did."

Alex: "Shit!"

He aimed his guns at the hoard, which was reloaded while he was under the water, and opened fire while at the same time running backwards to get away from them. He then turned around and made a full dash at where ever he was going. While the monsters followed him and threw green fireballs at him since they can't attack on the water.

Sewer Line 22: November 15, 2145, 7:08 P.M.

The Titans still kept fighting and surviving for their lives as the creatures kept coming. Cyborg kept firing his now duel sonic cannons and kept blasting every single monster that keeps on coming over and over again. The beasts were avoiding the blasts and threw their green fireballs at them. The Titans kept on avoiding the barrage of fireballs, but Beast Boy kept grabbing any fireball that he could with his Grabber and fired them back at the beings. Although he took out a few skeleton bug-like monsters, more continue to come out.

Beast Boy: "Man, can't these things get a break?"

Cyborg: "Oh, I'll give them a break!"

The hybrid let down his weaponry arms and opened his shoulder blades to fire multiple rockets at all the monsters that were scurrying on the walls, floors, and ceiling, killing all of them.

Sewer Line 27: November 15, 2145, 7:09 P.M.

Alex was running through the sewer tunnel firing his weapons everywhere at the monsters that were attacking him. He kept dodging fire blasts everywhere, hoping not to get killed. His weapons went empty, so he went underwater again and reloaded his weapons while the creatures kept firing their projectiles into the water. Alex quickly came out with fresh clips and continued on firing at the beasts. He looked behind him and found more creatures blocking his path. He then took out a standard grenade and threw it at the hoard.

Alex: "EAT THIS SHITHEADS!"

The grenade explodes, causing the things to fly off where they stood and burn to nothing. Having the opening he needs, Alex jumped out of the water and onto the cement sidewalk, running for his life, while he was being pursuit by more skeletal bug-like beings behind him.

Sewer Storage 4: November 15, 2145, 7:11 P.M.

The team decided to head into one of the storage rooms that are connected to different tunnels, to take a shortcut. They enter one of the rooms and spotted another door that would take them to another passage. As they were about to reach the door, they all heard sounds of hissing and shrieking from behind. Raven turned around and saw a few of those creatures coming out the door they came in and trying to get through it, except they were completely stuck. Raven looked to her right and saw racks of tools and boxes, and a couple of flammable barrels around them. Upon inspection, she looked back at the monsters getting in and came up with an idea.

Raven: "Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!"

She waved her glowing black hand to the direction of the creatures and everything on the left side of the storage room flew off the ground and straight to the opened doorway, crushing the beasts from the impact and blocking their way through it. Raven then turned back around and joined the others that were already out. When she did, they were under attacked again by more of them things. Rae quickly armed her shield to deflect the monster's attack and sighed under her own breath.

Raven: "Gee, this day keeps on getting better and better."

Sewer Storage 6: November 15, 2145, 7:13 P.M.

Alex was in another storage that was loaded with a dozen of flammable barrels, shooting beings in front of him that was trying to get in through the door he came in. Suddenly, the guns went empty and Alex took the drastic measure. He quickly took out another grenade, armed it, and placed it where the barrels are. After he did that, he turned around and ran out through the other doorway while the inhuman skeletal bugs burst through the first one and followed him. Alex took a dive straight into a the sewer water the same time the grenade detonated and exploded, causing a chain reaction with the other barrels and made a huge fiery flame and engulfed the room in a heated flame, killing every creature in the room and shooting fire blasts out of the doorway from both side. Luckily for Alex, he made it into the water before he got burned to death. When the fire cleared, Alex came out of the water and looked up at the smoke coming out of the storage room.

Alex: "Well, that's been taken care of."

Alex looked around the noticed that mysterious clouds hovering around him. But these clouds aren't red like the others, but they were green. Green lightning bolts came out of it and hundreds of creatures surrounded him.

Alex: "Then again…"

He took out his weapons that have fresh clips and continued his onslaught. He quickly ran to the very directions he was looking at and kept going with his attack. Both his guns were pointed at both ends of the tunnels and fired on the monsters that were crawling on the walls and floor. He then made it to a four-way intersection and stopped there, making his mark on them. As he looked back at the tunnel he came out of and shot every skeleton bug monster, three more were right behind him on the ceiling, ready to strike him down with pure fury. Alex was unaware of the beasts that were stalking him since he was preoccupied on fending off the thousands of them that were charging towards him. The three then positioned their hind legs, leapt off the ceiling, and extended their claws for the kill. But before they got a chance at attacking him, a blue laser and a few star bolts came out of nowhere the killed them in a second. Alex looked behind him where he heard the blasts and saw the ash falling from the air. He looked around to find out where did those explosions came from. When he looked left he saw the Titans still trying to fight against the same creatures that are attacking him.

Alex: "Hey! Over here!"

Robin looked at his left side and saw Alex waving at them with his machine gun hand while using the plasma gun hand to hold the creeps back. The Boy Wonder then signaled his team to follow him. They did that and headed straight to Alex's position. Finally reunited, they're killing monsters everywhere with an assortment of birdarangs, exploding disks, sonic blasts, star bolts, plasma projectiles, aurora blasts, flying bullets, and fireball grabbing.

Alex: "I see you've already met our friends."

Robin: "What are they?"

Alex: "I don't know, but they seem real pissed!"

Raven: "Oh you don't know huh?"

Robin: "Raven, don't start with that again!"

They continued firing with everything they got. As Alex took care of the last skeleton bugs coming out of one of the tunnels, he made an opening.

Alex: "Everyone this way!"

Alex headed straight for the opening with the Titans running after him and the skeletal bugs not far behind. The team continued running and running and thought they were going to get out of this alive. But when they reached the end, they all stop and found out that it was…

Alex: "A dead end? You got to be kidding me!"

Indeed, it was a dead end. There was no light at the end of the tunnel, only a huge back wall blocking the way. Raven looked at him with an ice dagger look coming out of her eyes.

Raven: "Nice going Alex, you have leaded us straight to our own dooms."

Alex looked at the Goth and protested.

Alex: "Shut up!"

Suddenly, they all heard shrieking from behind. They all turned around and saw hoards upon hoards of monsters scurrying closer to them. They immediately poised their weapons and power and opened fire. But the more they kill, the more they grow.

Beast Boy: "Uh… This is just ridiculous! We take them down, and they keep coming back."

Raven: "Like a weed."

Robin: "If that's the case, we have to find a way to take them all down fast before they make us the main course."

As they kept firing, Alex heard what Robin said. He put away his guns and took out the Series 5 grenade he picked up back at the Generator Room. After looking at it then looking at the creatures, he now knows what to do.

Alex: "Guys, get in the water and hold your breaths."

Everyone looked at Alex and was a little confused on what he means.

Alex: "I know what I'm doing. Trust me!"

The team made their decision and went into the water quickly, well all except Raven of course. She remained in the air shooting off her blasts at the beasts.

Alex: "You too Rae, get in!"

Raven looked at her guardian and crossed her arms.

Raven: "I'd rather stay here and die with honors then do the cowardly way and go underwater."

Alex: "It's your funeral."

Before Raven can explain her reasons, Cyborg's arm came out of the water and pulled the telepath into the water. With them out of the way, Alex looked at the skeleton shaped bug creatures and pushed the red button on the sphere like object.

Alex: "All right you creepy looking assholes! You have no idea who you're FUCKING WITH!"

He tossed the grenade in the air and went into the water where the others are. The grenade spun around in the air once until the small gray circles opened up and it exploded in a white light. The light itself engulfed the tunnel along with the rest of the sewer system and blew the entire species out of their spots and flew away from the blasts, killing them all in one blow. Once the light faded, there was nothing but ash falling all over the place. At the dead end where the blasts took place, Alex and the others popped out of the water and took a breather. Upon that, Beast Boy looked at himself and his face was more disgusted then before.

Beast Boy: "Gross… I think I'm going to loose my appetite."

Alex: "Just keep that mouth of yours shut."

Robin looked around at what happened and couldn't believe what he just witnessed. Piles upon piles of ash were on the sidewalk floor where those monsters use to have been. He then looked at Alex, realizing that he was the one responsible for this.

Robin: "How did you do all this?"

Alex looked at him and smiled.

Alex: "Simple, I just used a Series 5 Grenade at them. One of the most deadliest ultimate weapons we rarely used around here in the UAC."

Robin: "And what did it do to them?"

Alex: "Well that part is classified. But what it does is create a powerful blast that it can take out hostiles within a three hundred mile radius. In short, when someone throws it up in the air when surrounded by enemies, well use you imagination. Of course the blast will kill the person throwing it as well so they must take cover immediately before they bite the dust."

Robin couldn't help but grin at the fact that Alex took care of all the monsters in one move.

Robin: "Well classified or not, you really took care of them."

Alex: "Thanks."

There was a harsh silence in the area for just a second until Robin said something else.

Robin: "Um… Alex, there's something I… err… we have to tell you."

Alex: "Hmm? What is it?"

Robin: "It's about what happened back at the tunnel we fell into. About Raven thinking that you're responsible for all of this. Well we had doubts that you were a traitor. I mean after what Terra did to us we couldn't take any chances. But after what you said to us before you left us, well, we realized that everything is true. You saved Starfire from a near death experience, you protected us from all known dangers, and if it wasn't for you helping us, then we would've been in deep shit. So we would like to say we're sorry for judging you as a turncoat. Will you forgive us?"

Alex gave it some thought and made his decision.

Alex: "Of course I'll forgive you guys. But you don't need to apologize, this nightmare is the cause of all this. These monsters and strange visions are making us turn our backs at each other. This must be the reason why everyone else is dying. And after what happened a few minutes ago, I think this time we'll stay together no matter what. Of course it will be until we get to the Ark in Gamma."

Robin: "Well, there is one person that should apologize that started this in the first place."

The Boy Wonder looked at Raven.

Robin: "Well Rae, say you're sorry to Alex."

Raven turned her head away and pouted.

Raven: "I don't wanna."

Beast Boy then came in and gives her the reason why she should apologize.

Beast Boy: "C'mon Raven, this guy saved us already and you still think that he's an enemy? Just apologize to him and then that's it. It's not like he's going punch you in the face or something."

Raven heard what the changeling said and gave it some thought.

Robin: "Listen Raven, it's either an apology, or we leave you alone. It's your choice."

Raven decided to suck it up while she had a chance. She then approached Alex and looked up at him.

Raven: "Alex, I would wish to say that I'm sorry about what happened. I guess my thoughts about you got us in this predicament in the first place and almost got us killed."

Alex: "Well that's understandable. Next time, try to be more careful on what you say if you want to get out of here alive."

Raven: "That's reinsuring. But let me tell you one thing. Backstabber or not, if any of my friends get killed, you're are going to answer to me."

Raven then turned around and walked away from Alex while he looked at her a little nervous and confused.

Alex: "Well at least be glad that I'm helping you and not killing you."

Raven didn't listen as she kept walking on the ash that was once the creatures attacking them. Alex sighed as he looked at the others and gave them the order.

Alex: "C'mon guys, lets catch up with her and find a way out of this death trap of a maze."

Alex and the rest of the Titans followed Raven before she could do anything harsh. While they were walking, Cyborg and Robin was behind them.

Cyborg: "Guess she still can't trust him."

Robin: "Just give her some time. I'm sure she'll be able to learn the errors in her ways."

Cyborg: "Yeah but still, she's in a whole different zone ever since Terra…"

Robin: "I know, we all are. But Alex is helping us to get back so we fix up the mistake we've made. All we have to do is trust him."

Cyborg: "And what if he wrong? What if there is no Ark and he lied to us from the beginning?"

Robin: "Then I guess we'll fight our way out of this until we die."

Cyborg: sigh… "I was afraid you'd say that."

They continued walking a few seconds later until the hybrid came up with another question and looked at Robin.

Cyborg: "Hey Robin."

Robin: "What is it Cyborg?"

Cyborg: "If Raven's wrong about this guy, if Alex isn't responsible for this invasion, then who is?"

Robin: "No idea, but whoever it is-"

Delta Labs Level 5, Military Command Center: November 15, 2145, 7:17 P.M.

Robin: "he means business."

At the Command Center in Delta 5, A few Z-Secs and shadowy figures were at the terminals while the mysterious person was looking at the monitors. One was a security camera screen of the Titans walking down one of the tunnels and the other is a vid comm. screen showing Betrugers face.

Dr. Betruger: "Well once again you failed Sabaoth. You said that they wouldn't make it out of sewers alive. But by the way it looks, they're still breathing. I'm ashamed."

The person that goes by the name of Sabaoth looked at the vid comm. screen and explained to Betruger why he failed.

Sabaoth: "Well if that boy didn't get his hands on the Series 5 grenade, then they would've been dead meat a long time ago."

Dr. Betruger: "Still when our master hears about this, you will be sent to Hell and remain there for a long time."

Sabaoth: "Don't get all worked up doctor, there still is time left. According to my readout, the team is heading to the entry elevator to one of the Recycling Facilities. From there is where the demons will get tough. They won't make it out of there in time."

Dr. Betruger: "And what about the Marine that you've been following? What is his progress?"

Sabaoth: "He already made it to the Satellite Control Center. Once he sends the distress signal, we'll have our way to get to Earth and destroy it."

Dr. Betruger: "Excellent, soon Earth and the universe will be ours once we release our master out of his prison. But remember, I want the Titans and Alex dead. But what ever you do, don't hurt the half-breed. We need her to free our master."

Sabaoth: "Understood. I'll use all in my power the take her in."

Dr. Betruger: "Let's hope you do, cause if she dies we'll both be in big trouble."

Sabaoth: "Roger that. Sabaoth out."

With that, the vid screen went blank and Sabaoth looked at one of the things that was operating the terminal.

Sabaoth: "Commander…"

A pair of dark red eyes in the dark looked at the shadowy person.

Sabaoth: "Send a encrypted message to Recycling Center B. Tell them that the half-breed demon is heading her way. Make sure they remember the order, kill everyone and spare the girl, we don't want her to get hurt."

The pair of eyes nodded and sends the signal to them. Sabaoth then looked back at the screens, saw the team turning a corner and were heading to the right direction to the elevator entrance and smirked.

Sabaoth: "Now the real fun begins."

Got through with chapter twenty. Another long one, but it made all the difference. Now I know most of you know who Sabaoth is since you played the game, but I suggest you keep it to yourselves since we got others reading this story and never played the game before. We don't want to spoil it for everyone. Now on the next chapter, the team enters the Recycling Center and uses anything necessary to reach towards their destinations. And they will get some help from a couple of robotic companions. Please Review.