Another chapter is coming up to ya right now. Man, these long complicated chapters are surely a killer. I mean with all the stuff I've been juggling, I don't if I'm ever going to finish it. But I'll keep this up until there's nothing left of me. On the last chapter I got one review and 34 hits, which was somewhat the usual progress of my story. So, here comes the next chapter of Doomed Titans. With team entering one of the main pump stations they now have make it to the next level of the plant. But the problem is that once they step foot on the station, they'll be walking right into a trap. Will they be able to get out of there alive, or will it be the end of the Teen Titans?

Chapter Notes

The Revenant and Mancubus will make their appearance on this chapter.

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

Chapter Twenty-Two: Pump Station Ambush

UAC Warehousing District, Storage Corridor G: November 15, 2145, 7:49 P.M.

Back at the Warehousing District, the same Warehousing District the Titans were in. It was all silent except for a few zombies and creatures wandering around. In one of the corridors, an Imp turned right on a junction and continued searching for some fresh meat. But what it didn't know was that it immediately got hit by a green orb of light and flew straight to the wall dissolving to ash. Coming out of the junction was Jack Campbell holding his BFG 9000 and following him was Counselor Swan carrying his machine gun. Over half an hour, they managed to get out of Communications, took the jeep the Titans used, and headed to the Warehousing District to get what they need for Campbell's Plan D. They turned right and walked down through the corridors where they see nothing but metal doors that have different types of storages. But the one Campbell was looking for was not far from his position. After passing a few more doors, the two made a stop as Campbell looked at the label of the storage door that says, "Explosives."

Jack Campbell: "This is it."

He took out his PDA and scanned it through the monitor next to the door. They were glad they have full access throughout the entire base or they would've been royally screwed. After waiting for the scan to finish, the screen went from red to green as the door made a few bleeping noises and opened automatically. Jack went in first to see if the area is clear only to see it empty with the exception of the flammable barrels and some explosive devices for different kinds of purposes. He fully walked into the room as Swan was about to follow. Campbell then looked at the counselor.

Jack Campbell: "Guard this area and keep your eyes open for anything inhuman. This will just take a second."

Swan nodded and then turned around to look at both sides of the corridor incase any monster comes around. As he was doing that, Campbell was looking through each item too see what he can use. After looking through shelves and tables, he opened a cabinet door and found the items that he was searching for. Inside the cabinet were packs and packs of remote detonator charges miners use to open up passages through the caverns down below. He smirked and nodded in approval.

Jack Campbell: "Bingo…"

He then looked around for something he could store them in and spotted two duffle bags on the floor across him. He picked them up, places them next to him, and started emptying the cabinets and stuffing the detonators in one of the bags. While he was doing his task, Swan looked over his shoulder and sighed about this idea of Campbell's.

Counselor Swan: "You know, this plan of yours a too crazy even for me. I don't know if it's a good idea."

Without even reverting his head away, Campbell answered Swan's question.

Jack Campbell: "Hey, we have no other choice. These creatures have taken over most of the installation and soon they'll be able to take over Earth. I cannot let that happen."

Counselor Swan: "But think of the consequences it will be for us, for Earth, for the UAC even. If the board finds out about this-"

Jack Campbell: "The board will never find out what we're doing. Besides, they will think it was all just an accident."

Counselor Swan: "But are you sure this is going to work?"

Jack stopped working and looked at Swan with a determined expression on his face.

Jack Campbell: "It will work for all I care. You know that they made us do it in the first place. And with Betruger out of the picture and we can't trust no one, I would rather watch this facility burn to the ground then to see these beasts get a one way ticket to Earth."

Recycling Facility, Security Airlock: November 15, 2145, 7:51 P.M.

Now back at the recycling plant, there was both an Imp and a Maggot munching on two different Marine corpses in the security airlock. They kept on eating until they heard the airlock opening behind them. They turned around to find out what was that noise, but when they do, they've been blasted by a boatload of bullets. When they fell down dieing and dissolving, the four sentry bots got out of the airlock and scanned the area to find any more hostiles. A zombie came out of the security office and was going to attack one of the bots, but its head gets blasted with pellets from two shells. Once the area was clear, Alex walked out of the airlock reloading two shells from his double-barrel shotgun. Once the Teen Titans followed suit, Al took his PDA out and view his digital map to find out where are they.

Robin: "Well Alex, anything?"

After a few quick taps, Alex found out where they are and turned to the team for answers.

Alex: "As a matter of fact, yes. My PDA says that we have now entered the pump station sector of Recycling. This area has five main pump stations that help reduce any chemicals and hazardous elements out of the waste and preserves it into clean water. But where we're heading is the third pump station where there's an elevator at the top of the station that will take us to the EFI Ward and Shipment."

Robin: "Isn't there another way we can get through the plant?"

Alex: "Sorry Robin, but the elevator is the only exit in this sector."

Beast Boy: "Lifts that go into mechanical rooms that could be dangerous. Man who built this place?"

Alex: "That, Beast Boy, is classified."

Alex entered the Security Office and headed to the terminal to unlock the blast door that will take them to the hallway. Once he moved the mouse and clicked on the "Unlock Blast Doors" icon on the monitor, he left the office to join the Titans that were waiting for him.

Alex: "All right, let's hurry."

The team and the sentries headed to the blast doors as it slowly opened. They then entered a long hallway where the right side had multiple access doors that lead to different pumping stations and pipes placed in most of the areas. They all went that direction and started their search for the right pump station. But as they kept walking, what they notice was dead Marine bodies on the floor, mangled and ripped apart, and dead sentry bots that were broken beyond repair.

Cyborg: "Man, look at this mess. The bodies almost look decapitated and the drones look destroyed."

Starfire: "Indeed, I have seen many battles when I was on Tamaran, but this beyond it. Who would do something like this?"

Alex looks down at one of their bots taking aid to one of the damaged ones.

Alex: "I don't know, but I don't want to find out. Let's head to pump station three before we get company."

They continue down the path and got close to a sub terminal. From there, an Imp came out and begin its attack. The sentries took it out before the creature could throw fireballs and they kept moving to the second pump station entrance. There, they spotted a group of zombies chowing down on a corpse. One of the dead beings looked up at the team and shrieked to the others that it found more food. The living dead got up and charged at the team. Alex clipped a few off with his machine gun while the drones took care of the rest. After doing that, they all heard strange whispering voices speaking in an unknown language and the sound of lightning bolts, followed by some screeching. They turned their heads to the left and saw a few Vulgars blocking the path and hurling green fireballs at them. Raven created a black barrier just in time for the fireballs to deflect. She disengaged the shield as Alex and Cyborg killed them with bullets and sonic blasts. Once the creatures were killed, the team proceeded to their destination. Once they passed another sub terminal, they were at a corner that turns right to the other pump stations, but it appears that the hallway going there was blocked off by debris. But on their left side, there was a pump station entrance with a big three above the entrance door.

Alex: "This must be it, Pump Station 3."

They all turn left and went through the automatic door. Once they passed it, they walked down a short hallway with pipes surrounded the walls and ceiling. When they got out of there, they have entered one of the main pumping stations. There were eight floors around this huge pumping machine that's bolted to the ground and up to the top. The pipes that were around the Titans in the hallway they passed went down below the rusted metal floor and connected to a huge tank in the middle of the room with four pumps on each corner that drains the remaining bacteria and chlorophyll and recreated the clean water in the pumps. The water then moves up to a set of pipes and fills four thin cylinder containers that moves up to the next part of processing, while four empty containers came out of the machine to repeat the same sequence. The containers then moves up to a gyro system where all the containers spin 360 degrees a couple of times in order to remove the remaining harmful chemicals. Once that was complete, one of the containers filled with clean water move further up to the top, shifted vertically, and shot up through a tubing system that will take it to shipment. The Titans just stare at the big monstrosity and couldn't believe it.

Beast Boy: "Dude… That looks so huge."

Alex just chuckled at the changeling's remark.

Alex: "I know it is. One of these pumping stations is the reason why the UAC makes clean dependable resources for Mars. That and all the pumping stations put together can deliver 250 containers of water a minute. Once it finishes production they get moved to the EFI floor for shipment through out the entire installation."

Robin kept observing the machine until he spotted something on the ceiling that doesn't look right.

Robin: "Hey Alex, do you see what's up there?"

Alex looked at Robin a little confused.

Alex: "Up where?"

Robin: "Look."

Alex lifted its head up to see the what's above the main pump. Turned out it was that same strange growth that's now on the ceiling, only this time there's a huge hole over the machine. Al was a little speechless when he said something.

Alex: "Huh… Thought for a second there that it was suppose to be a flat ceiling."

Robin: "What do you think its doing?"

Alex: "No idea, but I don't wanna wait to find out."

He took out his PDA and checks the digital map to locate the lift. As he, the Titans, and the sentries were at the ground floor, something was watching them at one of the balconies in the shadows, something with dull green eyes. After gathering all the information through the 3D point of view, he looked at the team and told them the news.

Alex: "All right, the PDA says that the lift that can take us up to the next floor is at the top of the pump station."

He pointed at the top balcony and the team looked and could tell this won't be easy.

Beast Boy: "Way up there? You got to be pulling our legs."

Cyborg: "I can agree with BB of once. How are we ever going to get up there?"

Alex: "Steps, lifts, anything that can take us up. That's all it takes. Let's not waist time talking about it, we should hurry."

Alex passed the Titans and sentries to head to the lift straight in front of them. But Raven felt something not right ever since they got into this area. She looked up at one the balconies and noticed a pair of green eyes watching them moved away and hid behind a steel wall. Realizing what's going on, she looked at Alex and demanded him to stop.

Raven: "Wait!"

Alex stopped and turned around to see the telepath.

Alex: "What is it this time Rae? If it's about the whole trust thing, I told you-"

Raven: "It's not that. Something isn't right about this."

Al slowly approached Raven a little unsure of what she means.

Alex: "What are you talking about?"

Raven: "You told us once that these beings are sneaky and they can surprise us without warning. I have reason to believe that since this station is big and it's real quiet, then something tells me that they're luring us to a trap."

Alex looked around at the area and could tell that the Pump Station was eerily quiet and there were no signs of any deadly hostiles, yet. He then looked at the Goth Titan and reasoned with her.

Alex: "Even if they could be setting up a trap for us, that's a chance we have to risk. Now let's hurry before they spring it!"

Once again, he left Raven and passed the others to get to the lift until Robin intervenes.

Robin: "Raven does seem to have a point there Alex. There's a chance that this could be a trap and we're walking straight to it. Perhaps maybe we can stay put until its safe."

Alex spun back around and looked at Robin on his point of view.

Alex: "The more we stay, the more time is wasted getting you guys back home. I cannot let anyone get hurt or injured in this crazy place. Besides, you have nothing to worry about. I got the tools, strategies, and wits to take them on since their only way of attacking it hurling fireballs and gunfire and the closet way in surprising us is cheap teleportation. What's the worse that can happen?"

Just as he said that, two mini rockets came out of one the balconies without warning and flew over the Titan's head. They all looked up to see the rockets as they hit the long pipes and exploded, making the pipes crack and swing straight to the team.

Alex: "Oh shit… EVERYONE HIT THE DIRT!!!"

Everyone quickly jumped out of the way from the swinging pipe, except for one of the sentry bots that got caught in the crossfire as it got hit by the broken end of the pipe and soared straight to a wall, shutting it down in the process. The Titans and Alex were on the floor in different directions after they avoided certain death and slowly got up. Alex shook his head and looked up at the balcony where the missiles were fired.

Alex: "What in God's name was that?"

Robin: "What ever it was it came from the balcony."

Starfire: "Maybe it's more survivors."

Alex looked at the Tamaranean and shook his head.

Alex: "Not possible, the Marine I talked to in the locker area said that there are no survivors here. So there's no way there could be someone here alive."

Robin: "If what you say is true, question is, who or what have done it?"

Beast Boy looked up at the balcony and saw a figure walking up to the edge. Once he saw the figure in full view, his eyes grew wide in horror.

Beast Boy: "Um… I think we just got our answer. Look!"

Everyone turned their heads to the direction of where the changeling pointed up at and they too were horrified at the figure on the balcony. This figure almost looks like a human skeleton but it had transparent skin and strange looking body armor with a pair of small rocket launchers attached to its shoulders. It has dull glowing green eyes and was grunting and moaning at the team. Alex just stared at the strange new creature the same the other Titans looked at it.

Robin: "What is that?"

Alex: "No idea, but we have to take it out quick before more of them show up."

He took out his plasma rifle and aimed it at the skeletal being. But before he could get a shot at it, the human skeleton made a loud roar that shook the pump station. Within seconds, dozens upon dozens of skeleton creatures appeared on different balcony floors and screamed in a loud roar. Alex looked around the area where the creatures are and had no idea how to handle this.

Raven: "You were saying?"

They all fired their shoulder-mounted rockets at the team as mini missiles headed straight towards them. Raven formed a dome shield to protect them and the three sentries. Once the missiles hit the shield and the smoke cleared, Rae turn down her shield as Robin positioned himself for battle.

Robin: "Titans GO!"

The team then jumped into action as they were throwing and firing projectiles and lasers while the Sentries fired their mounted machine guns at the balconies. Alex, upon shaking off the shock and awe, got his head in the game and started blasting the enemy with his Series 3 Plasma Rifle. They managed to kill a few of them, but they're still more up there ready for the next attack. The first few fired another set of mini rockets straight to the team. Cyborg and Alex teamed up and blasted them with plasma projectiles and blue lasers. Cyborg then opened his shoulder blades and fired his own set of mini rockets at the monsters, killing them all after they exploded. Another group of moving skeletons fired another set and was heading towards Robin. But he immediately jumped and somersaulted over them and landed on his feet. He hoped that they must've exploded on the floor away from him by now, but when he turned around, he saw the missiles curve up into the sky and turned back down to their target. That made the Boy Wonder surprised at what they did and what they are.

Robin: "Heat seekers!"

Robin ran as fast as he could with the rockets closing in behind him. When he saw a sentry bot attacking a couple of more skeletons, he came up with an idea and took out his grappling hook to aim it at one of the pipes. The grappler launched and connected on the pipe while the pushed the button and ascended up from harm, leaving the missiles heading for the sentry. The drone sensed hostile weapons approaching fast in its area and turned to the left to take it out. But it was too late, as the missiles hit it and disable it upon exploding. Robin headed up to one of the pipes, landed on his feet with his knees bent and looked at the team to give them a warning.

Robin: "Careful team, these things have heat seeking rockets at their disposal! We must take them out now before they launch more."

Alex, upon reloading a cell cartridge into his rifle, listened to the Boy Wonder's warning and shook his head.

Alex: "Hmph… Easier said then done."

He then continues his onslaught on the skeleton soldiers. Raven lifted four barrels with her telepathy and threw them at one of the balconies that had a group of skeleton monsters. They all died from the explosion but the very few fired their missiles at the team before they got killed. The mini rockets sailed to the team, but Starfire took half of them down with her eye beams. Alex then took care of the rest with his plasma rifle. There was on last missile heading to them but Beast Boy used his Grabber to get a hold of it. But when he grabbed it, the mini rocket had a mind of its own as it flew around with the green streak attached to it and the changeling trying to control it.

Beast Boy: "Whoa! Hey! STOOOOOOP!!!!!!"

The missile flew in many directions as the team avoided the maneuvers of the rocket. It missed Cyborg a few inches from his mid back, Starfire jumped and hovered as the speeding projectile flew below the soles of her feet, Robin back flipped off the pipe and away from the rocket, and Raven phased into the floor seconds before it flew to her position. Alex ducked his head low as the rocket went above his head. But when he stood up to see where the missile was going, he was shock to see it heading to the main tank of the pump. Without a second to loose, he aimed his weapon at the rocket and pulled the trigger, launching blue projectiles out of it. He was able to get that missile before it made the tank explode. Once he was relived that that's over with, he looked at Beast Boy and was a little pissed off at what he did.

Alex: "What do you think you're trying to do? You almost got us killed!"

Beast Boy shivered his body when he heard the guardian's outburst.

Beast Boy: "I'm sorry, it will never happen again."

Alex: "You bet you're ass it won't."

They kept on shooting and killing a few living skeletons, but it wasn't enough since there are more on the higher levels of the pump station. They threw everything from disks to bullets, but they couldn't get any higher.

Cyborg: "Aw man, these creeps are higher then we thought. We'll never get all of them."

Alex: "Relax Cy, we'll get them all. It's not like more trouble is going to find us in a hurry."

But just as he say that, twenty five clouds appear around the pumping machine and twenty five Cacodemons flashed into the scene by lightning bolts. The team looked up and moaned in despair.

Beast Boy: "Dude, next time keep your mouth shut before you start opening it."

The floating headed beasts opened their mouths and energy blasts came out of it and soared to Alex and the Titans. Lucky for them, Raven formed a ceiling shield to deflect them.

Alex: "Everyone fall back to the entrance and regroup."

The team followed the order as they and the remaining two sentries retreated to the hallway entrance they were in while the Cacodemons followed suit. The skeletal soldiers thought of taking the team out fast as they launched their mini rockets at them. But instead of killing them, they killed the floating heads that were blocking the way. The Cacodemons looked up at the higher balconies and saw the skeletons and decided to take them on before they could attack the team. As they were charging to them, at the bottom floor, Alex took a quick peek and saw the Cacodemons attacking the living skeletons and took a breather while turning to the Titans about the good news.

Alex: "Well, it seems the Cacodemons are doing a great job taking care of the new enemy, but it will be a matter of time before they turn on us."

Beast Boy: "Then what were those skeletons with the mini bazookas on their shoulders!?"

Alex: "Let me check."

He took out his PDA to access the monster files and scanned each profile until he spotted the proper one.

Alex: "It says here that these freaks are called the Revenant. They were once another military experiment; supposedly super soldiers in long-range defense, but the results weren't acceptable. They possess two mounted rocket launchers attached to their shoulder blades that holds a minimal fire power and the missiles they have are heat seekers, meaning that even if you dodge them they will come back and take you out no matter what."

Robin: "We already knew that Alex. A little early warning next time we face something like this."

Alex: "Gee, sorry for not mentioning this sooner."

He looked outside the entrance and stared at the main tank.

Alex: "The problem is that if those Revenants use their rockets to hit the tank, then we'll be up to our waist the hazardous waste and the story is over if we're either contaminated or if we breath the fumes."

He then takes a look at the lift waiting for them to use, then looked up at the top floor where the exit is and saw the Cacodemons battling the Revenants and it looks like the Cacodemons are loosing the battle.

Alex: "Now if we can only get out of here and head to the next floor. But with those Revenants shooting us, I don't think we have a chance of escaping. What we need now is a diversion so we can get to the lift and won't get detected."

Beast Boy: "And how are we going to distract them? Who would be idiotic enough to pull such a dangerous risk?"

There was an awkward silence in the entranceway when the two Titan girls looked at each other and then looked at the team.

Starfire: "We'll go."

The team looked at Starfire and was a little unsure on what she was saying.

Robin: "What?"

Starfire: "Raven and I will create the diversion while you guys get up to the exit. We'll join you as soon as you get there."

The Boy Wonder approached the Tamaranean and was a little concern about this plan of hers.

Robin: "Are you sure about this Starfire? I mean after what happened to you with the Vagary I don't-"

Starfire: "Not to worry Robin, I can take care of myself. Besides, I will have some assistance with me."

Raven: "Starfire does have a point there. I will give her all the help she could get."

Alex had a confident look on his face after he heard the determination in the girl's voices.

Alex: "You know that this is a suicide mission you are pulling, do ya?"

The girls looked at Alex and nodded for in agreement.

Alex: "All right then, if that's what you want, so be it. Now before you two go out there and handle this, I'm going give you the word. Once I say "Now", you rush out of there and keep them busy while the rest of us get to the top. Got it?"

They nodded again.

Alex: "O.K."

He then looked back out to the battle between the Cacodemons and the Revenants and realized that there was only one Cacodemon left to fend off against the hoard of skeleton soldiers. It kept blasting its energy blasts at them while dodging their rockets.

Alex: "Wait for it, wait for it…"

The floating head fired one more shot then dodged another missile. But what it didn't know is that the mini rocket turned around and headed straight towards the creature. It then hit the monster as it fell down to the bottom floor disintegrating, a perfect opportunity for the girls to get into action.

Alex: "NOW!"

Both Starfire and Raven flew out of the entrance hallway and up to the Pump Station sky where the Revenants were. The first group saw the Titan girls and fired their missiles at them. The girls flew left and right with the mini rockets following them. After taking a right turn and soaring up in the air, Starfire positioned her body to look down and started shooting the missiles down with her star bolts. In just seconds, all the rockets were taken out except for one. With the last one, she stopped, somersaulted over the rocket, and shot it down with her eyebeams. After flying upright, she looked behind and saw another group of Revenants firing their missiles at her. She flew up and away from the rockets the same time Raven flew from below and stopped the missiles with her dark magic. With the rockets all covered in obsidian black energy, she waved her hands to turn the missiles around and launched them back to the skeleton soldiers, killing them all in an instant.

While the girls were busy with the creatures in the air, the boys looked up and see the skeletons busy with them.

Alex: "All right, they gave us an opening. Let's go before we get spotted."

The Titan boys nodded as they left the hallway entrance with the two sentry bots following after them. They were halfway through the pump station when they were reaching the lift. But just before they were about to head to the lift, a loud thump was heard in the area and the ground shook. Everyone stopped when they felt it and turned around to see where that came from.

Beast Boy: "Uh… What was that?"

Robin: "An earthquake?"

Alex: "No, that didn't felt like an earthquake."

Again, another thump was felt followed by a low loud moan.

Alex: "And that doesn't sound too good."

The thumping and thumping kept getting rougher and louder until they saw pieces of tiles in front of them.

Robin: "It's coming from down below!"

Cyborg: "Well whatever is coming out of there, they will be dealt with soon enough."

Cyborg charged his sonic cannon and aimed it at whatever's breaking through the tiles. Once something breaks through the tiles, the team stood in fear at what it was. Slowly coming out of the strange growth that's been slithering underneath the metal tile floor was a huge, mammoth size beast with long tentacles for a mouth and two mounted blaster cannons attached to its elbows. Cyborg look dumbfounded when saw this thing and had his sonic cannon shaking freakishly.

Cyborg: "Then again, I could be wrong."

The huge creature roared at the team the same time another one was coming out of the floor to the left. Alex looked at both of them and was a little hesitant for the moment.

Alex: "I think we should get to the lift, RIGHT NOW!"

They turned around and ran to the lift and entered the lift while Alex pushed the "Raise Lift" icon on the monitor and the lift raised them to the next floor. The sentries stayed behind and fired their mounted machine guns at the first huge monster, but no matter how hard they try it was still too big to go down. The creature then set up its huge cannons to launch huge fiery blasts at them. The first shot hit the sentry on the left and made it explode while the second on the right got blasted as it hit the wall and shutdown with one of its spider legs twitching. Meanwhile, the boys were up on the second floor with Alex holding his plasma rifle tightly. They immediately left the lift and kept running.

Alex: "Hurry, there's a set of stairs that can take us to the third floor."

They turned left then right at the next corner and were halfway to the stairs that were in front of them. But they were being heavily shot at by huge blasts of fire so they quickly ducked to take cover with Beast Boy in the form of an armadillo. The blasts missed the team as they made burnt holes through the walls and destroyed a few terminals. Alex took a quick look and saw the two huge behemoths trying to take them out with the third one coming out of the floor. Alex immediately pointed his weapon the fired madly at them while the others got out of their covering areas and looked at their guardian.

Alex: "Keep going!"

The boys followed his orders quickly and headed to the steps with Alex not behind them. After shooting a couple of more rounds, he ran directly to the stairs, reloaded a fresh cartridge, and went up the steps.

Meanwhile, Starfire and Raven were soaring through the air avoiding missiles from the Revenants and taking them down with star bolts and aurora blasts. Star flew in many directions with the mini rockets following her as she used her eyebeams to kill of a group of skeletons at one of the balconies. She then look behind and shot down the mini rockets with her star bolts. Just when she was done, another group of skeleton soldiers fired more rockets and the young Tamaranean did the same procedure. Ask for Raven, she formed a black wall barrier to block off the set of rockets what heading towards her in the front with one hand. She then sensed more rockets coming from behind so she used her other hand to create another barrier. All the rockets hit the barriers but didn't hit the telepath. She let down her shields and shot black needles out of her finger tips to pierce the Revenants that were in front of her and killing them in an instant.
Heading back to the boys, they already went up two more floors but they were having a hard time getting to another lift that was going to take them to the next floor on the other side because at the ground floor, four of the huge beasts were there shooting them down with their colossal cannons. They ducked and dodged every blast only to have their clothes and armor singed a little. They then hid behind two pillars for some covering but they know it's a matter of time before the pillars get ripped apart.

Beast Boy: "I don't know about you guys, but I do believe we are officially screwed."

Cyborg: "I can agree with BB on this."

Alex: "Look, I know this is a bad thing, but we have to get to the top if we have to get Titan-flambé off the menu."

Robin: "Then let's go before we become that."

Once then wait for the creatures down below to stop firing. Robin and Beast Boy quickly ran to the lift while Cyborg and Alex kept the behemoths busy with their blue projectiles and sonic lasers. Though they did get a couple of tempted shots, the mammoth sized monsters still wouldn't go down. They fired back with their cannons as the hybrid and guardian ducked under the blasts. That made Cyborg completely angry.

Cyborg: "All right you big pieces of lard. You wanna play rough? I'LL GIVE YA ROUGH!!!"

He stood up, opened up his shoulder blade compartments, and was ready for some heavy demolition. Alex looked at what the hybrid is doing and tried to stop him.

Alex: "No Cyborg! WAIT!!"

But it was too late as Cy launched his own set of missiles. They flew straight to the large beasts as they all explode and killed them all. Some of the missiles hit the main tank and exploded; letting hazardous waste poured out of the container and into the floor the same time fumes came out of it. That made all the sirens whale and the announcement pouring out through the speakers.

"Warning: hazardous leak detected in Pump Station 3. All personnel follow evacuation protocol 30618."

Cyborg looked at the mess he done and had a sweat drop coming down the metal side of his head.

Alex: "Nice going Cy, you're certainly making my day a whole lot better."

Cyborg: "Opss…"

Without thinking this through, they ran to the lift where Robin and Beast Boy are. When they were all in, Beast Boy pushed the "Raise Lift" icon on the control panel as the lift ascended them up to the next floor.

Robin: "What happened?"

Alex: "Oh nothing. Just Cyborg blowing up the main tank of the pump machine."

Robin: "He did what?!"

The Boy Wonder looked at Cyborg and got angry with him. Cyborg, on the other hand tried to reason with him.

Cyborg: "Now this isn't what you think. It was just an accident. Let me explain."

Alex looked at Cy and stopped him there.

Alex: "No time for an explanation Cyborg, this is now a serious situation."

He then looked at the others and did the explanation himself.

Alex: "With the main tank out, that means the fumes will spread upwards until it engulfs the entire area. We must get to higher ground and get to our exit fast before the blast doors close and we all die."

The lift kept going up as another announcement started ringing their heads.

"Code: Yellow. Contamination Level: Minor"

They made it to the floor but when they got out, they saw Imps, Maggots, zombies, and Vulgars waiting for them.

Alex: "Don't you freaks ever give up!?"

Beast Boy stepped in and shape shifts into a rhino to charge in and decimate the hoard, making a clear path for the rest of the team to go through, they all headed down the path with Alex and Cyborg clipping off the surviving group with a machine gun and sonic cannon while Robin sliced them in close range with his birdarang sword he took out.

Back in the air, Starfire and Raven was finishing off the rest of the Revenants with their powers. Raven blocked off the missiles by forming a bubble shield around herself and Starfire. Once all the rockets were gone, Starfire and Raven combined their powers as a huge swirling pillar of black and green energy crashed through the last batch of skeleton soldiers at the top balcony and killed them all in one blow. Once it was all done, they all powered down and sighed in relief.

Raven: "That's the last of them, I hope."

Star turned her head to see her friend and nodded in agreement. But when she looked down, she saw a green mist slowly coming up the pump station.

Starfire: "Um… I know it's not my business, but I'm guessing that that down there is a bad thing."

Raven looked down at the mysterious fog too then heard another announcement.

"Code: Orange. Contamination Level: Moderate"

Raven: "Yep, that's a bad thing all right."

Starfire then remembered about the boys and looked at Raven a little worried.

Starfire: "Where are the boys, our friends?"

Where they are at the floor before the top taking out the remaining the monsters and zombies with everything they got. They already went up three floors and they have to reach one last lift to get to the top floor. There were a few zombies, Imps, and Maggots blocking the entryway. One of the Imps hurled a fireball at them but Beast Boy took it with his Grabber as Alex threw an armed grenade at them. It exploded and killed everyone except for a zombie that was slowly starting to get up. The changeling threw the fireball back at the zombie and it died on the floor. Once it was done with, the boys hurried to the lift as Alex touched the panel to make the lift raise up to the top floor.

"Attention, all personnel must evacuate immediately. Contamination level's reaching critical mass."

Alex: "That must be our cue. Time we get out of here before we become victims of a holocaust war."

Finally, the lift made it to the top of the station and the boys went out to make it to the exit. Lucky for them, the blast doors are still open, waiting for them to come in and the best part of it is that no monster or zombie is around.

Alex: "Hmmm… Looks like the coast is clear for now. Let's get in before it's too late."

Robin: "Now hold on just a second Alex, we have to wait for the girls to come before we continue on."

Starfire: "Friends!"

They all looked to the left and saw Raven and Starfire flying towards them.

Robin: "About time."

Once they are all rejoined, Raven stepped in for a question.

Raven: "What's going on down there?"

That's when Alex stepped in and answered.

Alex: "Well, long story short we got bombarded by huge creatures with cannons. Cyborg thought it would've been a great idea to take them down with his rockets, but he hit the main tank of the pump and now we have toxic fumes coming our way."

Raven: "That doesn't sound too good."

Alex looked at Cyborg and had a mean look on his face.

Alex: "No it doesn't."

The hybrid put his head down in shame.

Cyborg: "Sorry bout that."

Robin: "Still, we can get out of here without getting into any trouble."

They were just about to leave when they all heard shrieked screams coming from behind and above them. They all turned around the see multiple Lost Souls coming down through the growth tunnel on the ceiling and speeding straight to the team.

Alex: "You were saying."

Alex got his plasma rifle ready and fired it at the flaming skulls. The Titans soon did the same thing as they shoot them down with their bolts, disks, lasers, dark energy, and Grabber. But the more they shoot, the more the Lost Souls keep coming. Just they thought it couldn't get any worse, another announcement came out of nowhere.

"Warning. Code: Red. Contamination Level: Major. Blast doors closing. Evacuate at once."

Alex heard those words and look behind to see the blast doors closing downwards. He then reverted his head to see Beast Boy and gave him the orders.

Alex: "Beast Boy, keep the door open for us! We cannot let it close!"

The changeling looked back at the closing door and realized what he means. He then headed to the door and morphed into a Sasquatch to keep the door up. Once he done that, Alex alerted his team on the situation.

Alex: "Everyone fallback and get in quick before the door closes on us!"

Upon hearing that, the team slowly backed away while they keep shooting the throwing things at the skulls. They all then went through the doorway and were at the Elevator Access. But Alex was left behind shooting Lost Souls down one by one. Beast Boy changed back to his normal self and stepped away from the door while it closes. That was when they realize that Alex was still standing at the doorway killing off inhuman skulls. And to make things worse, the door was only halfway down and it seal off the area within seconds.

Robin: "C'mon Alex, get out of there NOW!"

Alex looked back and saw that the door was just about to close as he turned back and kill the skulls and then saw the fumes coming up. When his plasma rifle ran on empty, he laid on the ground back first, rolled over the sliding door that was inches to his body, and sat up. He then found out that he must've dropped his weapon, so he stick his left hand out where the fumes have already made it to the top and took the weapon from the other side before the door closed on his arm. When that horrific experience was over, the Titans hurried to their guardian to check if he's fine.

Robin: "You all right?"

Alex took a breather after his experience then looked at the team with a smile on his face.

Alex: "Never better. Damn, that was close."

He then inserted another fresh cartridge, put the rifle away, and stood up. While he was doing it, Cyborg used his handheld computer on his arm to scan his body for any hazardous infections.

Robin: "Well Cyborg, anything?"

Cyborg: "No, he's clean. But it just doesn't make any sense. That arm of yours should've been heavily contaminated."

Alex looked at his left arm that got the weapon and shake it off a little.

Alex: "Guess I just got lucky. I'm going to see if the elevator's working."

He headed straight to the elevator to see if it's operational. While he was doing that, the Titans grouped together to explain about what's going on.

Robin: "Well that's kind of strange. He said its all right but his arm got caught in the fumes. He could've gotten contaminated in a instant."

Raven: "Now that's creepy."

Cyborg: "I'll tell you what else is creepy. I did a full scan on his body for contaminants the discovered some metallic alloy was detected on his left arm."

Robin looked at Cyborg when he heard it.

Robin: "Are you sure?"

Cyborg: "Quite positive. Maybe that's why his arm wasn't infected. But how he got that metal is beyond me."

Robin: "Then who or what is he?"

Cyborg: "Not sure about that. Maybe he's-"

Alex: "Excuse me."

The team turned to see the direction of the elevator and Alex.

Alex: "Our ride is here. If you guys are done with your little pow wow then we should go."

Alex entered the elevator while Robin looked at the team.

Robin: "We'll talk about this later, let's just get this over with."

Soon as they nodded, they headed straight to the elevator as Alex pressed the "EFI" icon on the touch screen monitor as the doors closed and the elevator moved them up to the next floor. But they were unaware of a security camera watching over them the whole way.

Delta Labs Level 5, Military Command Center: November 15, 2145, 8:02 P.M.

In the Military Command Center in Delta, the mysterious Sabaoth watched the team entered the elevator and snickered in his own breath.

Sabaoth: "Looks like they are tougher then I thought. Never expected them to make out of that mess in the first place."

He then looked at the monitor that showed a cage in the EFI and saw a huge creature clanging on the fence wall.

Sabaoth: "Still, they won't stand the chance against what's coming to them. So enjoy your rest Titans, while it lasts."

He snickered as he watches on in the comfort of his own enjoyment.

Geese these chapters are getting tougher and tougher by the second. I swear I'm going to have a heart attack after this is over. But still, I finished another chapter for all of you to enjoy. And wait till you see what I got in store for you in the next chapter. The Titans and Alex keeps on fighting against the hoard when they meet something that means business. Will they be able to stop this thing, or are the Titans number is up? Wait and find out. Please Review.