Wow, is it over a month already? Man, time sure flies when you're doing things. Sorry about the long wait. I'm pretty sure you guys know that I was doing a short chapter. But with all the things I've been doing like college work, chores, and doing other stories, it took longer then expected. But don't worry my chapter's been updated and is ready to be read. I hope you enjoy it. Let us begin by giving you the news on the last chapter. So far, I got two reviews from two authors and the hit counter is up to 36 hits. Not bad, not bad at all. One of the reviewers, Jericho Pryce, like my story cause of the interesting plotline, but stated that I'm doing too much dialog. Well Jericho, I could understand what you're saying, but I have to put some dialog in this story in order to let it go through like a real life movie. Without it, there will be too much action and not enough answers. But don't worry; I'll give you some action on the next chapter. Now then, time to move on to chapter 32 of Doomed Titans. Just when you think the Titans know about Delta's secret, there's more to the secret then what they heard. Now there's more secrets to be revealed, an ancient story about the invasion of the Mars civilization, a dark prophecy, and an evil demon that's somehow connected to all this. What surprises are in store for the team? Wait and see.

Chapter Notes

You guys who are Titan fans, even after the show's cancelization, know about season four and the whole Raven ark. Well after watching the Raven ark, the three part series of 'The End', the whole darkness thing, I was pretty impressed by it all. But I was thinking, what to do if I make it my own Raven's ark? I gave it some thought and decided that maybe it would be a good idea to make my own ark by using this story and perhaps a sequel to this story. When seeing Trigon, the fiery monsters and the apocalyptic world, I was thinking of doing it a little differently. Well, all that except for Trigon of course, I could leave him the same. Trust me, when you read this story, you'll understand.

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

Chapter Thirty-three: The Book of Scath

Delta Labs Level 5, Executive Offices corridor: November 15, 2145, 11:58 P.M.

Up at Delta 5, the place was more of a wreck then the rest of the facility. In one of the corridors, a Z-Sec was patrolling the area with a machine gun in its hands. It was scanning around the area to see if there were any survivors on this floor. It turned its back to see if it missed something. What it didn't know was that there was a scientist hiding behind the janitor's closet, waiting for the security zombie to leave. When he had the opening he needed, he ran out of the closet and got away from the undead guard. But the Z-Sec turned back around and saw the scientist getting away. The zombie then pointed his machine gun at the scientist and opened fire. But it missed him by a few inches as bullet holes pierced through the walls. It quickly turned on its comm. radio attached inside its helmet and warns the other zombies about a survivor coming their way.

Mean time, the scientist was trying his best running away from the Z-Sec and looked for a better place to hide before something finds him. But what he didn't know was that it already made a direct alert and some of the zombies picked it up. As he continued to run, he passed a T-junction splitting in two directions. He continued to go straight, making it the fastest route to safety. But by the time he passed the junction, the scientist just got shot by a shell straight to the knee. He fell to the floor, feeling complete pain on his knee as blood oozed out of the wound. As he crawled to get into some safety, a Z-Sec with a shotgun came out of the junction hallway where the shot took place. The scientist then turned over to his back to see the undead guard as the zombie took a pistol out of its holster and aimed it straight at his head. The scientist then quickly gestured not to be killed as he begged for mercy.

Scientist 15: "Please… Please don't kill me… I don't want to die… I have a family…"

But it was too late. The Z-Sec fired its pistol at his head and killed him in a second. With the scientist dead, the security zombie contacted the others and told them in a strange language that it got him. It then walked away from the dead body and searched for more survivors. What it and the other zombies and demons didn't know, a group of people was hiding and taking cover someplace where no one would ever find them.

Up above the ceiling of the floor, a group of people was crawling through the ventilation ducts quietly so that they couldn't be detected from any hostiles. Those people were Alexander Kelly and the Teen Titans. They slowly crawled through the ducts, careful not to be detected. Alex, of course, was in the front leading the way. While they were crawling through, Raven was getting a little annoyed about this.

Raven: "I'm crawling in a dark ventilation duct. It's official, worst day of my life!"

Beast Boy, who was behind Raven heard that remark and said to her…

Beast Boy: "Hey, look on the bright side. At least it doesn't smell worse then that sewer we were in a while ago."

Raven was getting more annoyed by Beast Boy's reminders and decided to shut him up. So she lifted her leg up and kicked him right in the face. BB felt that and rubbed his forehead that got hit.

Beast Boy: "Ow… What was that for?"

Raven gave a small emotionless smirk and lied to the changeling.

Raven: "Nothing. Just feel like hitting someone."

Beast Boy: "Yeah right. You did that on purpose Rae!"

Raven: "Oh really? I didn't realize."

She then kicked him two to three more times and pretended to not kicking him at all. Beast Boy tried to cover up but the telepath's foot always hit him in a number of places.

Beast Boy: "Hey! What are you doing?!"

He got kicked in the left side of face.

Beast Boy: "That hurts!"

Then to the right cheek.

Beast Boy: "This is not funny anymore Raven!"

Then the nose.

Beast Boy: "Quit it!"

Immediately, Alex looked back at the two and shushes them up himself.

Alex: "Will you two be quiet?! You're going to give away our position."

Raven stopped kicking BB and looked at Alex, who was a little serious about this. As for the changeling, he was rubbing the bruises on his face and wiped the blood ticking out of his nose. He then pointed at Rae, being she was the one to blame.

Beast Boy: "Rae started it!"

Alex: "I don't care who started it. If you give away our position, we're going to get killed. So I suggest that both of you shut your mouths!!!"

The two shut themselves up and continued to crawl down the vent. As they move through it, Robin was a little unsure about this strategy. So being behind the guardian, he told him about this plan.

Robin: "Uh, Alex. Mind telling me why we're doing this?"

Alex: "Well you guys already know that Delta Labs is completely infested with zombies and demons, much because of the main portal that opened a gateway to Hell. So if we go through these vent shafts, we will avoid any danger what so ever. And since these vents have many passages throughout this floor, it will make it easier for us to find the monorail station and leave Delta before those things find us."

Robin: "Wait. Don't you think we should stop the main portal first before we escape?"

Alex stopped crawling as the team did the same thing, then turned his head to see Robin from behind him.

Alex: "I thought I told you before. We're not going to the main teleporter in Delta 4 and destroy it. It's too dangerous!"

Robin: "It might be too dangerous for you, but not to us. We can handle situations like that."

Alex: "You still don't get it do you? That main portal caused this nightmare in the first place. And if what McCormick said is true, then we could be in some serious trouble."

Robin: "It doesn't matter. We'll still stop that teleporter no matter what."

Alex: "And how are you going to do that? That teleporter is huge! It will take you all day to rip it apart piece by piece in order for you to shut it down. And besides, what would happen if you or your friends accidentally step into the portal and enter Hell? I don't want to know what's on the other side and I sure you don't want to know either."

Robin: "You're right for once. We don't want to know what Hell's like on the other side. But that's a risk we're going to take."

Alex sighed at the fact that the team still wants to stop the main portal.

Alex: "You guys have certainly got a death wish coming at cha."

He then turned back to the vents and crawled down the passages to avoid getting killed. The team soon followed and searched for a way out of Delta. After ten minutes of crawling and sneaking, Starfire was feeling a little uncomfortable in the vents.

Starfire: "Um… Not that I want to ruin the plan, but can we get to some open spaces and take a break? I'm feeling the cramps as of late."

Cyborg: "Yeah, and the smell of Beast Boy's tofu breath isn't helping much as well."

BB looked at Cy who gave that quick remark and was turning a bit red around the face. Alex looked at the back and notices that some of the Titans were feeling tight on the vents. He realized that if they decided to move around a bit, they might bring attention to the creatures below them.

Alex: "All right fine, we'll take a break. Just let me find a place where we can be safe. Don't want to be surrounded by a bunch of zombies if you know what I mean."

He looked around the couple of vent shafts where they have different directions to other places through out the lab. That was when he spotted a light coming out of the grating floor on the right. So he approached the opening while the Titans follow him to see what's he doing. When Alex approached the open grate, he looked down to see what's below them. With a quick peak, he noticed that the place was in fact someone's office. Whose office is it, he doesn't know. But he knew it's enough to hide from the demons that are lurking around. But he wondered if the creatures were there. So just to make sure, he used his left robotic arm to peer through the grating and used its strength to pull it open. After a few attempts, he managed to open the grate and made it bent and folded. He placed it away from the opening and moved his body further to get over the opening. He then bended down and peeked out of the vent to look around the place, upside down. He moved his head left to right to see if there were any other creatures around the office. When he was done with that, he decided to make a full scan on the place, just to be sure. So he jumped out of the vent, somersaulted, and landed on his feet. He then took his machine gun out and scanned the area one more time, spinning in a circle and left no stone unturned. So far, everything seemed to be clear. Once everything's all right, he looked up at the open-air vent and told the team that everything's safe.

Alex: "Cost is clear guys. You can come down now."

With that said, the team jumped out of the vent and into the office with ease. One by one they went down until Raven and Beast Boy were left up there. Raven got out of the open shaft and levitated down to safety. But when Beast Boy was about to get ready, he slipped and fell out of the vent shaft. And to make matters worse, he landed on top of Raven that was going to clear a path for him. Everyone quickly gathered around the two, where Beast Boy was on top of Raven, with his rear on her head.

Robin: "You two all right?"

The changeling got up and rubbed his head a bit after getting hit by Rae's heels. But the telepath was getting a little annoyed as she blew a strand of purple hair off her face and had a sour look.

Raven: "And now I smell like tofu butt."

Beast Boy looked down and saw Raven under him.

Beast Boy: "Sorry Rae. Must've slipped or something."

But Rae didn't apologized. She was a bit fuming in that emotionless tone.

Raven: "If you don't get off of me within three seconds, I'll take you to Hell personally!"

Immediately, BB got off of Raven and dusted himself up while Rae got up herself and fix her hoodie cape. While they were doing that, Cyborg looked around the office, which looked like a big cubicle, but pretty much roomier.

Cyborg: "Well, gotta admit. This place is much roomier then in the vents."

Alex looked at Cy and cut this relaxation short.

Alex: "Don't get too comfortable. We're just going take a break before we get back in the vents."

Robin: "So, do you know whose office is this?"

Al then looked at the Titan leader and answered his question.

Alex: "Don't know. I never had time to figure out who owns this office, but I got the feeling whoever it was might be dead."

Beast Boy, after cleaning himself up, looked around the office and saw a few pictures, honors, and a diploma hung on the wall to the left. He approached the wall and looked at the pictures. But when he took a closer look, he saw something the surprised him.

Beast Boy: "Um… I think I know whose office it belongs to."

Alex then turned his head to see Beast Boy and had an odd look on his face.

Alex: "What?"

Beast Boy: "See for yourself."

The guardian decided to follow the changeling's advice and approached the wall that's filled with pictures and what not. When he looked at the pictures, he was just as shocked as Beast Boy. In some of the pictures, he sees Dr. Betruger with a couple of popular scientists and students from colleges. All the honors medals from his previous successes have his name on it. And on the top of the pictures and honors was his college degree for science technology in Harvard II, and on that name was Malcolm Betruger. After observing these things, his eyes grew wide and was speechless for the moment.

Alex: "Oh my god… It's Betruger…"

The rest of the team turned their heads to see both Beast Boy and Alex as Robin didn't understand what his guardian said.

Robin: "Say what?"

Alex turned around to see the Titans and told them whose office is this.

Alex: "We're in Dr. Betruger's office."

Cyborg: "You're serious right? You're certain that this is Betruger's office?"

Alex: "Quite positive Cy. All these pictures and medals on the wall proved that this is his office."

Beast Boy: "Then if that's the case, we should crawl back into the vents and get out of here before he knows we're here!"

Alex looked at BB and stopped him there.

Alex: "No, not yet."

The changeling looked at the guardian and was perplexed for a moment.

Beast Boy: "What do you mean not yet? If Betruger finds out we're here, we're all dead!"

Alex: "You don't get it. Incase you haven't forgotten, Betruger started this mess in the first place. And judging by what McCormick said, the doctor helped Hell to get to the other side. Maybe there are some clues that can help explain why Betruger did all this."

Beast Boy: "You got to be kidding me! We're going to get so killed if he finds out what we're doing."

He then looked at Robin to see if he could give Alex some reason.

Beast Boy: "Robin, you're the leader of the team, tell him it's too dangerous."

Robin gave this some thought about this after hearing Alex's idea. Sure it's dangerous to investigate why Betruger did all this, even if he's watching the whole thing. But it would give them a chance to find more secrets being hidden in this upside down facility. So after much thought in all of this, he looked at the two and came to a conclusion.

Robin: "Beast Boy's right. This investigation is a bit risky."

Beast Boy smiled at what the leader said.

Robin: "But if we don't find out more to this truth, then we won't have any idea what was Betruguer's true intension. So I decided we start searching."

Everyone agreed at their leader's decision. But ask for Beast Boy, he was living it.

Beast Boy: "WHAT!?!?!?!?!?"

Alex looked at BB and smirked.

Alex: "Sorry Beast Boy, but this is the only shot we have in knowing what the doctor is really up to."

Robin: "But we have to do this quick. If what Beast Boy says is true, it will be a matter of time before he finds us and send his demons out of get us. Let's search."

The two looked at Robin and nodded in agreement, since BB had no other choice in the matter. Soon enough, the team looked through Betruger's office, just to see if Betruger was hiding any more secrets from the UAC. They opened cabinets filled with books and notepads, wondering if there were any notes about Hell or demons or whatever. It's been fifteen minutes now, and they have no answers to why Betruger was working for Hell. After looking through the third book, Beast Boy tossed it away and sighed in failure.

Beast Boy: "This is going to take forever! Finding whatever secrets Betruger was holding is like finding a needle in a haystack. I told you leaving right now would've been a good idea."

Raven looked at the changeling and tried to give him some sense.

Raven: "If we leave now, then we won't know what Betruger's really cooking up. Don't you want to know what he's really planning?"

Beast Boy: "Quite frankly, I don't care. We all know what Betruger's doing, bringing peace throughout the universe by unleashing Hell and killing zillions of innocent people. He started this invasion anyways, we don't want to waste our time looking through a bunch of books to find out if there's more information."

Alex: "Is that true?"

The two looked up at Alex and wasn't sure what he was about to say. It was then that he put away a binder loaded with notes and started with what he was thinking.

Alex: "We know Betruger built the main teleporter to open a gateway to Hell. But did he really did it all by himself? Did he know Hell was at the other side to begin with? Had he figured it out all by himself?"

Robin looked directly at Alex and wondered what he's saying.

Robin: "What are you talking about?"

Alex then turned his head to see the Titan leader and explained.

Alex: "I'm saying that someone must've told him about the portal. Told him to create that gateway and used the Soulcube to unleash hell. It's not like Betruger to do all this by himself. So whoever told him to create this portal and free the demons is the one pulling the strings, not the doctor."

Cyborg: "So how are we going to find out who's really behind all this? These notes and entries would take us a lifetime."

Alex thought about this for a sec. Surely, it's possible that Betruger's working for someone, possibly from the other side. But with all these books and pads, it's not going to be easy to find. So he looked around the office to see what else could be useful and quick. That was when he spotted a computer terminal with the monitor still on that has the UAC logo and a message that says "Site Lock". Starring at the, Alex got the alternative way in of finding the truth.

Alex: "By going digital."

He quickly approached the computer and pulled in a swivel chair that was near it. Once he took a seat, both Robin and Cyborg joined him to see what he's up to this time.

Robin: "You sure this is gonna work?"

Alex: "Of course I'm sure. Computers like this one contain private information from scientists and other personnel. If Betruger held some of his personal information in the system, it could tell us more about him, the teleporter, and most possibly, who he's working for."

Alex then started to crack his knuckles to get ready then placed his hand on the wireless mouse. Once he scrolled to an icon that says "Log In", he clicked on it to enter the system. But when he did that, there was a pop-up message that appears on the screen. It was a log in window with a message that says "Password Required" and a text box to type that password. Looking at that, Alex pulled his head back and sighed.

Alex: "Shit…"

Both Robin and Cyborg looked at Alex and knew that didn't sound good.

Robin: "What is it?"

Alex: "The computer's locked out. I need a password to gain access to the system."

Robin: "Couldn't you use your own password to gain access?"

Alex: "I can't. Each of the computers has a password a user set up for private issues. There's no way my password would pass Betruger's computer.

Cyborg: "Then what are you going to do?"

Alex: "I think my best option is to guess a password that would grant me some kind of access. Maybe something that involves what is happening around here. Let's start off with… Hell."

He typed down Hell on the password bar and clicked on the enter key. But when he did that, another pop-up window blinked a couple of time with a message saying, 'Access Denied'. Alex watched it blink and rolled his eyes around.

Alex: "All right, that didn't work. How about… Demons."

He entered that in the password to log in. But when he pushed enter key, it showed the same message again.

Alex: "No, that's not it. Maybe… Evil."

He typed that down, but got the same answer. Access Denied."

Alex: "World Domination?"

He typed that one, but once again… 'Access Denied.'

Alex: "God damn it! What is it with these restrictions?!"

Robin: "Maybe it has to be something different. You know, like he has a very secretive password that no one ever knew about."

The guardian looked at Robin and was a little pissed at that.

Alex: "If no one knew that, they would've gotten in his computer and started logging away."

Cyborg: "Then why don't you hack the system?"

Alex looked back at the computer and thought about it.

Alex: "Well I could try. But hacking a computer would take a while, like a few hours. And by the way Betruger locked is system this much, who knows how many blockers and firewalls he has in this thing."

As the three figure out how to get into Betruger's computer, Raven was watching on, rolling her eyes around and sighing in impatience. She already know finding out Betruger's true intensions would be pointless and thought she would be better off dead then wait for a long time. But before she could give up, she felt a strange, yet familiar presence close to her. She looked around to room to find out where the presence is coming from. That was then she spotted a promotional poster at the other side of the wall. From there, she detected something behind the poster, something evil. So when Raven opened the poster up with her powers she revealed a hidden compartment. And in that compartment was a strange book glowing a bright fiery color. The telepath was a little hesitant at first, but she decided to pick it up anyways to see what it is, since she had experience with dark books. When she picked it up, she examined the cover of it. What she saw, made her eyes grow wide in disbelief and didn't thought twice of letting fear out for a second. As she was starring at the cover, the boys were still at the computer; talking about the situation they're in.

Robin: "Just keep figuring this out until you get access."

Alex: "Not going to be that easy. You just can't get the first password and you're in. There are a million; maybe billion of passwords in the supercomputer today and the chances of getting one right are real slim. If I don't find the proper password in time, then we might as well fight our way out of here until we die."

Raven: "Try Scath."

The three immediately turned around to the direction Raven was in and didn't know what she just said.

Alex: "Excuse me?"

With her back against them the whole time, Rae said it again, only this time much clearer.

Raven: "Try using Scath as the password."

Alex cocked an eyebrow and was confused at Raven's idea.

Alex: "Scath? I never heard that word before. Are you certain?"

Raven: "Just do it."

After a third time, Alex gave up; lift his head up, and sighed.

Alex: "All right, fine… Whatever…"

So he turned around and typed Scath on the password bar. When he pressed the enter key, there was a new message, and a good one at that. It said, 'Access Granted.' Seeing that, Alex's eyes were wide open and his jaw dropped down.

Alex: "Son of a bitch… We're in!"

Seconds later, the desktop was opened containing multiple files of reports, projects, and other important details. He clicked on a couple of files that seem important to him and scanned through all the documents and logs. Looking through all the recent reports, he discovered something that could be of interest.

Alex: "Well what do ya know."

The two Titans looked at the screen as both Beast Boy and Starfire approached the computer terminal. But Raven, she stayed put and looked at the book she just found, keeping it secretive to herself until the time comes.

Robin: "Well, what did you find?"

Alex: "Enough. Apparently, Dr. Betruger is working with an accomplice. Someone who goes by the name of Sabaoth. This guy must be involved in finding the survivors and killing them with this army."

Robin: "Betruger was only spreading the word while this Sabaoth orders those zombies and demons to kill anyone still standing. Any idea who this Sabaoth really is?"

Alex: "No clue. His identity is shrouded in mystery. But check this out."

He clicked on the folder that said, 'Security Cameras' and a window popped up showing vid fees through out the complex.

Alex: "From what I could understand is that Betruger must be using the security cameras through out the entire facility to spy on any survivors while Sabaoth uses them to his advantage. This could explain why there were so many demons trying to get us. Obviously they want us dead before we could reach the Ark."

Robin: "Is there anything else you got on what's Betruger's objective?"

Alex: "None yet so far. But I did caught sight of a few journal logs in his database that are quite disturbing."

Alex moves the mouse pointer to the folder that stated, 'Journal' and clicked it. When he did that, there were multiple logs discussing about the recent entries before the incident.

Alex: "From what I could understand, Betruger was talking about the day approaching. Quite frankly, he must be talking about this Hell being unleashed to the UAC. But what makes me feel a little worried is what the doctor says. Take a look at the last log."

Robin looked at the last log a day before the incident. It reads:

'Everything it set. The time has finally come. After all the years of preparation, the main portal is ready to open the gateway to Hell. These foolish humans… They think they are going use the Soulcube to see if there is a connection to the portal. What they don't know is that the cube itself is actually a key to open Hell's gate. Soon, my children will overwhelm them and take over the Union Aerospace. And when the time comes, my master will soon be released and the universe will be ours for the taking.'

Robin looked through the journal log again and was a bit perplexed.

Robin: "Master?"

Alex: "Yeah, a bit odd don't you think? From what I could understand, Betruger isn't the one pulling on the string. It appears this 'master' is the ringleader behind all of this."

Robin: "Could this master be Sabaoth?"

Alex: "I don't think he is. If he said anything about Sabaoth being the master, then it would've been a different story. And before you asked that question, I would like to say that Slade could be the master. But he died a long time ago incase you haven't forgotten. So whoever this master is, he could be some serious business."

Raven: "I know who this master is."

Everyone turned to direction where Raven is and saw the telepath still with her back turned to the team.

Alex: "Um… What was that?"

Rae slowly turned around and said it again.

Raven: "I think I know who this master Betruger's working with."

Alex: "Well then spill it. Who's this master?"

Raven lowered her head, gripping the book she has in her arms tighter. Alex looked down at the book and notice something strange about it. The book looked a bit musty and completely ancient, but by the way Raven's acting, it could be important.

Alex: "Raven, what's that book you're carrying?"

Raven looked at the book she was holding, then looked at her teammates that want an answer.

Raven: "I guess you are wondering why I said the password was Scath, right Alex?"

Alex: "Yeah, I wonder about that. Why did you ask?"

Raven: "Well, this could explain it."

So the telepath approached the team and placed the book on top of the desk next to the computer. The team gathered around Raven and took a look at the book. Indeed the book was ancient, but what they saw was a bit complicated. On the front cover there was no title, but a strangely shaped S. And to Alex's surprise, this is the same S he saw ten years ago. He stared at the mark for a while and was shocked for words.

Alex: "Is… Is that what I think it is."

Raven: "Yes. That's the same mark you saw when you lost your friend in that horrific accident ten years ago. This is also the same symbol McCormick told us about before his demise."

Beast Boy: "So… What is it?"

Raven: "It's called the book of Scath. An ancient book created by the monks of Azarath eons ago."

Starfire: "Azarath… That's your home, is it Raven?"

Raven: "Yes, it is Star. As I was saying, this book contains spells and ancient incantations. And by the way it looks, Betruger must've been studying its ancient text for a long time."

Alex, staring at the book, realizes something not right. So he looked at Raven and wondered something.

Alex: "Now wait just a second. How do you know about this book? And why is it here in the first place, since it was suppose to be in Azarath?"

Raven looked at Alex and answered his questions.

Raven: "I've learned about it when I was young. The monks have a long extent of knowledge about their existence. They thought it would be best if I learn about it during my training. Ask for why it's here, I have no idea. Some of Azarath's books are either missing or disappear from their dimension. But of all the books, I never thought I find this one."

Alex: "So, what's so important about this one, besides the spells and whatnot?"

Raven: "It tells a story. A story about a civilization being attacked by a dangerous force."

The telepath looked back at the book and started to open it. She turn page after page when she finally reached the one that had the story. The Titans looked at the story and realized the words were written in bizarre symbols and pictures showing its history. To them, they don't understand the language it was saying. But to Raven, it was all-natural as she skims through the words and begins the story.

Raven: "It started a long time ago. The entire universe is being attacked by an ever-growing army. This army attacks planet after planet until the universe becomes their domain.

Robin looks at the picture showing the army attacking a civilization. Starring at it, he notices something very familiar.

Robin: "Wait a minute. Some of these creatures look like the ones we faced."

Raven: "That's right Robin. This is the very same army that's attacking us right now. And they were all created by one entity. One so ruthless and powerful that even his name is feared in the hearts of the brave. Trigon the Terrible."

Everyone was silent about this until Cyborg opened his mouth.

Cyborg: "You mean to tell me that this person that's behind all this is Trigon? Oh man…"

Starfire: "His cruelty is legendary. Even in my home world."

Alex: "So what you're trying to say is that Betruger is working with Trigon?"

Raven lowered her head and sighed.

Raven: "I'm afraid so. All the evidence seems to be clear. He goes by many names in his times; The Devil, Saintan, Lucifer. But Trigon is the true name the Monks of Azarath calls him. He believed that the universe is unraveling. All the wars and pain was taking its tool and he thought he could bring peace throughout the universe. But his methods of bringing peace were ruthless."

Beast Boy: "Translation: Killing everyone in the universe and rule the it himself."

Rae looked at BB and was a little annoyed at that, but glad he made it short.

Raven: "Thank you Beast Boy for interrupting and making more sense."

She then looked back at the book and turned the page, continuing her story.

Raven: "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted. Trigon thought killing everyone would be the only option. So he sent his army to destroy planet after planet. One of the planets was this one."

Alex looked down at the picture and saw a city that was under attack by these demons. Taking a closer look, he discovered the architecture of the city looked identical to the history books he read when he was young.

Alex: "Mars…"

Raven: "Exactly. This civilization was always at peace with itself. You did state that they are super intelligent and created technologies that are beyond ours Alex. But no matter what, Trigon's army will destroy you if you're at war or in peace. They attacked this civilization without warning and killed everyone in sight. Though the soldiers tried their best fending them off, they were overwhelmed by the ever-growing army. The remaining survivors thought it was all over. But then, a lone man came down from the heavens of Azarath holding the weapon that could end the evil rule."

Raven turned another page and it showed a picture of familiar weapon Alex saw.

Alex: "The Soulcube…"

The Soulcube was created by Azarath to serve one purpose, to destroy the army and kill their master. After a much intense battle, the warrior killed Trigon by striking him into his dark heart and in an instant, sent the entire army to a horrid dimension."

On the next page, shows the demonic army falling into a world filled with flames and rotting flesh. Robin knew what that picture was.

Robin: "Hell…"

Raven: "That was when the civilization was saved by this unknown warrior and they called him a hero. They even created a chamber to commemorate him after his death."

Alex: "Then that Chamber of the Hero down in the main excavations was meant for that warrior. And the Soulcube was placed there as a memorial or something. Man, that's quite amazing. I'm even surprised at the fact that this warrior came from Azarath. Raven, do you know this person's name?"

Rae looked back at her guardian to answer.

Raven: "No I don't. In fact, no one knew who the name of this warrior was. He just appeared, slayed Trigon and saved the universe. No questions asked."

Cyborg: "And after all these years, the demons came back with the help of Betruger to finish what they started. This could explain everything."

Robin: "But what I don't understand is why the demons came back in the first place. Should've they stayed in Hell for all of eternity."

The telepath look at the book again and turned the next page.

Raven: "There were two loopholes in that. One of them is that the demons could be release if there was a gateway created to bring them back to the real world. But in order for that to work, they would need the very weapon that imprisoned them for so long."

Beast Boy: "Then the main teleporter Betruger made was really a gateway to Hell, just like Ian said."

Starfire: "And the Soulcube was the very weapon that banished them to the fiery damnation. Who would've thought it would bring them back to this plain."

Alex: "There is still one problem to all this. Betruger was actually playing these sick games with us when we now know that this Trigon is the one mastering it all. And with the demons free from Hell, it would be a matter of time before their master gets out of the main portal and finishes what he started."

Raven: "I don't think that's a possibility."

Everyone looked at Raven and was kind of confused, saying, "What?" at the same time. Raven turned another page and told them the rest of the story.

Raven: "I don't think Trigon can escape through the portal Betruger created. The ancient civilization knew that Trigon and his army is too dangerous together, so they set up two prisons to separate them. The first prison was set up on Mars and was designed keep the demons in Hell. But the second prison is for Trigon himself. Since he's a threat, they decided to put his prison on Earth, in a place where no human would ever go."

Beast Boy: "Uh… Don't you think that is a bit extreme?"

Rae looked at the changeling and repeated what she said.

Raven: "I said a place where no human would ever go. That means no one had ever step foot on the place."

Alex: "I see… So if this Soulcube opened the gateway to Hell and freed all those demons, then it might as well free Trigon as well."

Raven: "No."

Alex looked at Rae and had an odd look on his face.

Alex: "Excuse me?"

Raven: "The Soulcube isn't the key to release Trigon from his prison. There is another key."

Alex: "All right then, what's this key Trigon wants?"

Raven: "It's not a what, it's a who."

She turned to the next page to show a picture of someone opening a huge door. Next to that picture is a story about Trigon's prison. Alex looked at the picture as Raven discusses about the story.

Raven: "According to legends, in order for Trigon to be freed, he would need a single individual that shares the same blood line as him. And offspring if you will. Once he or she summons this spell, it will open Trigon's prison and sets him free."

Alex took a closer look at the page that had the incantation of summoning Trigon. Since Alex knows about ancient writing when he was ten, he could read what this spell said.

Alex: "This gem was born in evil's fire. His gem shall be his portal. He comes to claim, he comes to sire. The end of all things mortal."

Starfire: "That almost sounds like some kind of prophecy."

Raven: "It is. If this person chants this spell, it's the end of all living beings in the universe."

Alex: "Well this Trigon fellow could think twice. Having an offspring that shares the same blood line as him is completely thin."

Raven turned her head away and closed her eyes. What the team didn't know was that Raven is keeping a deep dark secret to her friends. She knows that one day they would find out about her roots and would start asking questions. So she decided to keep this her secret and when they discover something about her, she talks to them about it.

Robin: "Even if this descendent decides to free him, how are we going to stop Trigon?"

Raven looked back at the book and turned the next page, showing another prophecy.

Raven: "There's only one way to destroy him. If Trigon is ever resurrected, the Azarathean warrior would be reborn with the Soulcube in his possession. He will finish what he started and strike Trigon again through the heart, sending him and his demons back to where they belong."

Alex: "Again, that's still close to impossible. Finding this resurrected warrior is like finding the person that shares Trigon's blood. There is no way we would find the two."

Beast Boy: "Well, that could be good for us. With no warrior being reborn and no one with some evil blood around, we might take a breather."

Robin: "Either the case, we must stop Betruger and shut down the portal before he starts looking for Trigon's child."

Alex thought this up for a moment. Of course, he doesn't want to take out Betruger and get himself killed in the process. But if he decides to get the team out of here and head to Gamma, they would still be dead. So after giving this much thought, he stood up and turned to the Titans to make his decision.

Alex: "Then that settles it. If Betruger is working for Trigon, and unleashed his army, it will only be a matter of time before he searches for blood relatives and recreate Armageddon. So here's the plan, we find the main portal, destroy it, and take care of Betruger. But after that, we head to Gamma and send you guys back home. Understand?"

Everyone nodded for a yes.

Alex: "That's good to know. Now we wasted time long enough. Get ready to head back into the vents and start searching for a way to reach Delta 4. Move!"

They all nodded again as they prepared themselves for another trip through the vents. While they were doing that, Alex approached Raven, thanking her for her insights.

Alex: "Thanks for the advice Raven."

Raven: "It's nothing really. But I thought you want us to head back to the past so soon."

Alex: "I was. But after what you said, if we don't stop Betruger from awakening Trigon, there won't be a future left for anyone. Speaking of which, I'm quite surprised at all that information you know about Trigon and this invasion. It's almost like you know him pretty well."

Raven was about to say something, only to shut her mouth and lowered her head after hearing what her Guardian said. Alex stared at her and noticed something wasn't right about her.

Alex: "Yo Rae, are you all right?"

Raven turned her head away and sighed, whispering to herself.

Raven: "You have no idea."

Alex: "Excuse me?"

Raven looked at him knowing he overheard her comment. Deciding not to give anything away, she made a quick lie.

Raven: "Oh… It's just nothing."

Just before anyone could get into the vents, the lights started to flicker then shut off in an instant. The team got startled and looked up at the mysterious shut off.

Cyborg: "O.K., that was unexpected."

Robin: "Must be short circuit. Nothing to worry about."

Alex: "Maybe, but you may never know what to expect. My solid guess, Betruger found us and set a trap for us. Let me check."

Alex approached the door that leads outside the office and took his double-barreled shotgun out of his holster on his back just in case. When the door opened automatically to the side, everyone was shocked when they saw a hoard of zombies and demons surrounding the door. Alex pointed the shotgun to the middle and smirked.

Alex: "Yep, he set a trap for us."

So he pulled the trigger created an opening through the group.

BANG!!!

End of chapter Thirty-two. A bit complicated, but it makes plenty of sense through out the story. Now I could understand some of you don't like the part that Trigon's really the devil himself. But when it comes to Hell and Doom 3, he has to get involve in someway. So don't sue me, this is how I roll. Now on the next chapter, there is some action that you guys finally want. But around the way they are introduce to another scientist and wants them to go on the mission. What does he want? Find out for yourself on the next chapter. Please Review and have yourselves a Happy Thanksgiving!