Doomed Titans

by LuisJM

After Terra defeated them, the Titans wake up in the UAC Facility on Mars in the year 2145. Now in order to get back to their own time, they must venture and survive the dark regions of the facility with the help of their guardian. TTDoom3 xover revamp

34. The Primitive

Now, prepare yourself as we head straight into chapter 34 of Doomed Titans

Finally, after over two months of writing, I've updated chapter 34 of this story. Sorry about the long wait and all. Juggling my writing hobby with college, work, and other things, it isn't easy finishing it in a few weeks. But I'm able to get all the ideas and details down and ready to get this through. Let's start off with the report on the last chapter. I got one review from Rahkshi500, and the hit counter is up to 44 hits. Now Rahkshi said that the last chapter wasn't as good as the ones before it, that I'm lacking a bit of talent. Well, just want to let you know that I'm not lacking any talent what so ever. I keep coming up with new ways to make the chapters more unique and exciting. And with this chapter, you won't feel bored about it. Now, prepare yourself as we head straight into chapter 34 of Doomed Titans. With the team in the Delta Museum, they must find the Primitive and give it to Dr. Cray once they retrieve it. But with hoard of demons and zombies around every corner, how are they going to reach it?

Chapter Notes

I know I told you guys that the Commando Zombies made an appearance on the last chapter. But on this chapter, Commando Zombies will be carrying chain guns! This could be interesting.

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

Chapter Thirty-four: The Primitive

Delta Labs Level 3, Level 3 Entrance: November 16, 2145, 1:04 A.M.

Down at Level 3, an elevator door opened up and a marine entered the security checkpoint. He scanned the area just in case there were hostiles. Luckily, they were none so he got out of the elevator and walked down the hallway. Looking around, he lowered his weapon and sighed very deeply.

Main Marine: "Man, this is crazy. All this crap, the demons, the invasion, is all connected to this Soulcube I keep hearing about. I can't believe all this. Though I surprised that this Soulcube is some kind of weapon. Wonder what it's like when I get a hold of that artifact."

He wondered what it would feel like to get a hold of the Soulcube. But when he was about to imagine it, he heard a footsteps coming from below him. He looked down at the observation window and saw three people walking down a longer hallway. He could tell that the first two were Commando Zombies. But leading the pack was Dr. Betruger himself. He watched as the three walked down the hallway and approached the end. When they turned to the right, the marine had a sneaky suspicion.

Main Marine: "Hmm… Something tells me they're up to something."

When he said that, he heard Betruger say something to one of the Commandos.

Dr. Betruger: "Destroy the bridge!"

Suddenly, the marine heard a huge explosion that shook him off his feet. When all that passed, he regained his composure and could tell his assumptions were correct.

Main Marine: "Yep, definitely something they're up to."

He headed to the door to see where the explosion came from. When he entered, a group of Z-Sec security guards were waiting for him with guns at the ready. In response, the marine had his plasma rifle up and screamed out loud.

Main Marine: "Bring it on!!"

Delta Museum, Main Lobby: November 16, 1:06 A.M.

Somewhere in Delta, the Titans and Alex were in the elevator waiting to reach the museum. When the lift made a complete stop, and door opened and the team entered the main lobby of the Delta Museum. The place was a big room that's also favored as a waiting area, with seats in a couple of spots, a small dining area complete with a coffee bar and a catering station, two restrooms for both genders next to the elevator, and a reception desk in the middle of the lobby. The center of attention of course is a huge statue resembling the emperor of the Mars civilization and between it were two tapestries that show what the civilization looked like. But the place didn't look as fascinating as it should've been. On the tip of the spear the statue was holding was a dead corpse hanging limply on the tip. And on the floor were random mangled bodies of men, women, and children scattered about in pools of blood. The team observed every piece of dead corpses and couldn't tell whether they would be horrified or disgusted by what they saw.

Cyborg: "Man, now I've seen everything. Looks like no one is safe from this invasion."

Starfire: "Indeed… This is truly horrifying… Look at all the children around here. All of them that would've had bright futures ahead of them, now dead at young ages."

Alex: "It's a sick world we're living in now. And by the way this looks, Betruger would take no mercy on anyone big or small. No matter what, we cannot let him get away with all of this."

He looked around and spotted a couple of dead security guards next to the reception desk with shotguns, machine guns, clips, and a few grenades lying around. He approached the corpses and started gathering all the ammo he needs to get through. While he was doing that, Robin wondered about something ever since they were in the security terminal.

Robin: "Hey Alex, I was wondering about this Dr. Cray person we talked with on the Vid Comm. and there was something I just remembered."

Alex: "Yeah, and what is it?"

Robin: "Well if I'm guessing this correct. Before Ian died, he said that we need to speak with Cray so he can help us. Do you know anything about this guy?"

Alex: "Well, from what I could understand is that when Delta Labs was being built in the mid 2030's, there were seven founders that envisioned a high tech, state of the art lab that would change the fabric of history. Two of them died during the construction, three more died of natural causes, and one was sentenced to the death penalty for leaking cargo transport to pirates on Earth. But the remaining survivor that founded Delta was of coarse Dr. Winston Cray. From what I could understand, Cray is a big time genius with an IQ of over five hundred. But from what I could understand is that no one has ever heard or seen Cray except for a few selected people. For a guy as old as a ancient relic, he certainly has a way keeping his life a secret."

After gathering up all the ammo he needs, Alex stood up and turned around to saw the team.

Alex: "Whatever the case, we still need to find this Primitive he needs and get it back to his lab. Then when we're finished with that, we'll head straight to Delta 4 and stop Betruger's plans once and for all. Maybe if we're lucky, Cray could give us some helpful tips on how we stop the main teleporter.

Robin: "But do you even know where the Primitive is?"

Alex: "Cray did say that the Primitive is in the main chamber of the museum. But where the chamber is, I have no idea. I never been in this museum in my life and I don't know where to begin."

Dr. Cray: "Perhaps I could be of assistance."

Everyone got startled when they heard that sound and look around to see where it was.

Cyborg: "What was that?"

Alex: "Don't know. It sounded like Cray himself, but I don't see him anywhere."

Dr. Cray: "Look down Mr. Kelly."

The guardian did that as he looked down and saw one of the dead soldiers with his face completely thrashed. That was when he saw an earpiece next to the corpse with a mini mic attached to it. He then picked it up and placed it in his ear to see if he could hear the doctor.

Alex: "Dr. Cray?"

Dr. Cray: "Ah, excellent, a good frequency. Sorry for the sudden shock Mr. Kelly, but I had to find a way to get in contact with you."

Alex: "Yeah, a little warning would've been nice. So you mind telling me where this main chamber is?"

Dr. Cray: "Certainly. The Main Chamber is within the north wing of the museum. The problem is that the damage to the wing is severe since this massacre started. So there's no telling if the paths are blocked or not. But don't worry; I'll walk you through it. First thing you need to do is to override the lockdown sequence. They must've sealed the doors when the situation got worse. Once you override the doors, head to the main hall and wait for further instructions."

Alex: "So override the doors and we're in?"

Dr. Cray: "That is correct."

Alex rolled his eyes and sighed.

Alex: "All right, whatever you say."

He turned off the earpiece and looked at the team to give them some of details.

Robin: "Well, anything?"

Alex: "Cray said that the main chamber is in the north wing of the museum, but the problem is that the entire place has so much damage that it won't be easy getting there one bit."

Raven: "There's a news flash."

Alex: "Anyways, once we override the doors and enter the main hall, I'll contact Cray to see what the situation is."

He looked back at the reception desk and found the computer terminal that's in charge of the security grid. The guardian quickly approached it and scanned screen to see which option controls the override door. Finally, he discovered the override program down the middle and clicked it with the mouse that was there. When he clicked it, a message popped up that says, "Override all security doors". Alex thought about it and decided to do it anyway, so he moved the cursor to the "Yes" button and clicked it. But just when he was done with that, the lights in the main lobby were all turned off and the screens in the reception desk went static. The team immediately readied their weapons and powers at every direction as they scanned the area to see if there were any monsters popping about. While they were doing that, Robin looked at Alex and was a little unsure.

Robin: "I thought you said that the override would unlock the doors."

Alex: "I did. But something must've disrupted it. What's going on here?"

Suddenly, the screens went back on and were operational. But instead of showing the menu option, it showed a person who's none other then Dr. Betruger. Alex stared at the screen and was completely scornful.

Alex: "Betruger…"

Betruger just stared at the guardian and was silent until he said something.

Betruger: "I see you've just met Dr. Cray. That old man is certainly a fool needing you guys for help. Though I'm quite surprised that he would last this long."

Alex just had it and started arguing to him on the screen.

Alex: "Why are you doing this Betruger? You used to be a proud scientist with honors and achievements. Now you're helping these demons take over the universe. How could you do something this horrible?"

Betruger chuckled pretty lowly and answered him in the sinister of ways.

Dr. Betruger: "Oh you don't need my explanation dear Alex. I'm doing this for the future of the universe. And you and your kind are getting in the way of everything I've worked for. Well all that will change soon enough."

Alex: "We'll see about that. Once we get to main teleporter and shut it down, we're going to kick your ass."

Dr. Betruger: "Like that would ever happen. Soon you, Dr. Cray, Counselor Swan, Jack Campbell, and your precious Teen Titans will die and when the fleet gets here they will join you. But first, I'm going to give you a little parting gift. See even though you fool me on the bait and switch elevator shenanigan, you won't escape my wrath this time. Destroy them my children!"

The screen went static again and went back to its usual menu option. But the lights all around the area were still off and the doors leading to the hall were remained shut. Just when they all thought they were out of the blue, ceiling tiles exploded and fall to the floor, leaving a couple of yellow glowing compartments above them. Suddenly, out came a dozen Maggots crawling out of the ceiling and headed down to the team. Alex looked up to see the monsters and took his machine gun out for a battle.

Alex: "Maggots! Everyone shoot them down! Make sure they don't reach the lobby floor! Go, go, go!!"

The guardian quickly opened fire on some of the maggots that were getting closer to the floor. While he was doing that, the others used their own arsenal to take down the rest. Starfire and Raven flew up to the ceiling and fired their star bolts and aurora blasts at the demons that got on the walls. Robin and Cyborg use their exploding disks and sonic cannon to demolish the ones coming out of the open shafts. The Maggots that made it on the floor charged in and headed to the group for a bountiful feast. Beast Boy saw them coming and turned into a bear to strike them with precise accuracy. At first there were quite a few, but more kept on coming. Robin noticed that Beast Boy couldn't take them out by himself, so he jumped in and took his R-Sword out to help him out. As the two were taking them out, Cy was left alone taking care of the Maggots clinging on the ceiling. But more Maggots keep coming out of the shafts by the second. So he had to take the direct approach. He opened up the shoulder blades and fired his mini rockets straight at the ceiling. They all exploded and killed the hoard after a direct hit. The team continued their onslaught against the monsters until the last few Maggots were left standing. When the last of them were dead, all the lights went back on and the doors leading to the hallway opened up. When Alex looks at the open doors, he put away his machine gun and looked at the team.

Alex: "Looks like our path is clear. Let's go before more of them bastards show up."

The team quickly left the lobby and headed down the hallway. The place was filled with glass displays on each side of the wall and was showing ancient pottery that was made by the civilization. But scattered on the floor was hand made barricades to hold off the demons at bay. But they all could tell that fail as bodies and security and soldiers were scattered about. Alex looked at each of the dead marines and spotted one that had a plasma rifle and a lot of plasma cartridges all around. Alex decided to gather them up since he's a little low, so he bent down and pick up the cartridges. While he was picking them up and placing them around his plasma belt, something startled the team.

"Welcome to the Delta Museum. Here is where scientists store and analyze ancient relics from the Mars Civilization that lived here eons ago."

The Titans looked around to see where all that was coming from. Alex then looked up at the sound and saw one of the monitors that were working, showing the introductory video for the museum.

Alex: "Relax, it's just a video. Don't want you guys to shoot blindly at nothing."

The team calmed down and put away whatever they had while they listened in on the introductory video.

"To ensure your stay here is safe and productive, we advice you to follow all rules and regulations. First rule, being in a group. Always remain in your group at all times. Sure Delta Museum is a big building and the artifacts within the museum truly amazing, but you have to stay with your groups, even if you are interested in observing one special piece of art. If you get separated from your group or got lost, find the nearest security guard. They are here to help no matter how big or small the situation is."

When Alex was finished gathering plasma cartridges, he got up and turned his head to his teammates.

Alex: "Let's go."

Soon, the team walked down the hallway and headed down to a security checkpoint complete with metal detection and an X-ray machine to show what's inside a bag or purse. When they walk down to the checkpoint, the video continued playing.

"Upon entering the museum, always remember to check all baggage and loose items in the security checkpoint. Remember that all items may contain metal materials that could give out detection within our sensors. If you get caught by the security sensors, remain where you are and let security inspect you immediately."

Alex was the first one to go through the security sensor. But when he passed it, the sensor's made a loud beep and the flashes turned red. That meant that the guardian had metal around him, and a lot of it. Alex looked at both sides of the sensors and could tell that could be trouble. So he immediately banged both sensors with his prosthetic metal arm, shutting off the sensors and destroying the alarms. When he finished taking it all out, he looked at the team that was a bit surprised at this action.

Alex: "What?"

The Titans were silenced through the whole thing and knew why he did that. If the monsters and zombies heard that siren, they would come here and investigate. After a long silence, Alex decided to let that slide and move on. The Titans brushed that aside as well and walk past the busted security sensor. The introduction still kept going.

"Though these artifacts are rare and their cost is overwhelming, loitery and vandalism is a felony and would count as a serious crime. As you will know, all glass displays have tripped lasers that could alert security if they get broken through. If you see anyone suspicious in stealing, please contact security immediately and they'll handle the rest."

As everyone walked out of the security checkpoint, they all approached what appeared to be the main entrance to the museum. At first, they thought it was completely locked. But when they were about to figure it out, the sound of the gears from within the locking mechanism was being heard through out the hall. The team watched on as the door makes a slow, but abrupt opening to the museum while the introduction video still plays on.

"Never enter restricted areas. Those areas are for researchers and staff only and it will be trespassing if you enter. And in case of a fire emergency, follow the exit signs and head back to the docking bay at once. Don't stay too long for the flames will consume you."

The main gate fully opened and a light engulfed the team. They all covered their eyes from the sudden intense light, but when their eyes adjusted to it, they look at the main entrance and were a bit skeptic about this one.

Beast Boy: "Okay, is it me, or did someone opened the door for us?"

Cyborg: "Don't know Beast Boy. Maybe Betruger gave us an opening invitation for us."

Alex: "Then if that's the case, well let's not keep him waiting. Come on."

Soon enough, the team entered through the gate as the announcer finishes up the introductory.

"Remember, here in the Delta Museum we want to make sure you have a safe and pleasant stay. So from all of us here in the Union Aerospace Corporation, we would like to thank you and have a nice day."

When the team left the hallway, they entered what appeared to be a grand room in the middle of the museum. They couldn't believe it, but what they saw was truly amazing. In the main room were three separate wings, the east wing, the west wing, and of course the north wing. On the walls of the wings were temple like structures the Mars Civilization use to build, but were recreated by the UAC. In four separate corners of the room were four tall statues, each resembling different rulers of the past. Though the view of the entire place was elegant, you can't hide the fact that there's some dark evil around here. Where the ceiling use to be is more of that demonic growth spreading with a huge hole in the middle and on the floor was a glowing red pentagram with bodies and object littered around it. The team kept looking around, amazed at what they just saw.

Beast Boy: "Whoa dude, never thought museums would be this awesome."

Cyborg: "Yeah right… You've never been in a museum in your life."

Beast Boy looked at Cy and was annoyed at his remarks.

Beast Boy: "Hey, it's not my fault the museums in Jump City are boring. They should livin' all of them up to make them look this cool."

Alex had enough time looking, so he warns the Titans the task at hand.

Alex: "That's enough guys. We're not here to observe. We got a job to do."

The guardian turned on the earpiece and contacted Dr. Cray for the next course of action.

Alex: "Dr. Cray, we're in and ready to roll. What's our next move?"

Dr. Cray: "Wait a minute while I check your situation." … "Oh dear. I seems this is worse then I at least expected."

Alex: "What's the situation?"

Dr. Cray: "Well, it appears that Betruger must've sealed off the entrance of the North wing. This makes your chances retrieving the primitive impossible."

Alex looked straight at the entrance to the North Wing and noticed the path was blocked off by a lot of debris.

Alex: "Yeah, I see that. Is there an alternate route we could take?"

Dr. Cray: "From what I could understand is that around the museum are emergency access corridors that go through different parts. Normally, they are used as emergency passages or moving newfound artifacts to different parts of the wings. But right now, they will be used as shortcuts to reach the Primitive in time. According to the map I'm reading here, it says the closest access is at the sacred bath in the West Wing. Head down to the emergency corridor then contact me when you get there."

Alex: "Understood. Stand by…"

He turned off his earpiece and turned back to the Titans to give them more details.

Alex: "Well, looks like our path straight to the Primitive is blocked off. But there are emergency passages around the museum. All we have to do is to take the closest route to the North Wing and get to the Primitive before it's too late. Is that clear?"

They all nodded in unison when Alex asked that question.

Alex: "Good, let's get going."

They all walked down the grand room and was about to head to the West Wing. But before they were able to do that…

Dr. Betruger: "Going somewhere?"

Everyone stopped dead in their tracks and looked around to find Betruger. But they know the insane scientist is nowhere to be found; only his voice was heard.

Alex: "No more tricks Betruger! Show yourself!"

Dr. Betruger: "I'm sorry Alex, but I'm not going to show myself until the time is right. But ask for you, I'm afraid that the museum is closed."

When Betruger said that, red clouds appeared over the ceiling and in a flash of lightning a dozen Cacodemons appeared. But they weren't the only ones that showed up. Four more clouds appeared at the four corners where the statues are and in seconds, four Mancubuses showed up. The team looked at all of this and realized they're in deep trouble.

Dr. Betruger: "I'll let you leave when you pass my security. Get them!"

Soon enough, all the Cacodemons and Mancubus's fired energy blasts and huge fireballs at the team. Raven quickly shielded her friends with a shield that deflected all the known objects. As she was doing that, the other Titans huddled together and think of another plan.

Cyborg: "Great another trap. I think Betruger doesn't want us near the Primitive."

Robin: "Either way, we got to figure out how to get out of this mess. Any ideas?"

Alex started thinking of ways to stop this invading hoard once and for all. That's when he saw the four huge statues that are around the pentagram and the group of Mancubus's. That's when he came up with the perfect plan.

Alex: "I got it. Starfire, I want you and Raven up there to distract the Cacodemons. The rest of us will take care of the Mancubuses."

Everyone looked at their guardian and were shocked at what he just said.

Robin: "What!? Are you crazy?? We don't have enough fire power to take out all four of those behemoths."

Alex: "That's why we're taking the direct approach. You see the statues around us? We can use them to our advantage. What we need to do is to take them off the podiums and let them fall on the freaks. It's a bit risky, but it's the only option we have left. Now do you trust me on this?"

The team thought about it and wasn't sure this plan was going to work. But they decided to trust their guardian since they have no choice.

Robin: "All right, we'll trust you on this one."

Alex: "Good. Now on three, we split up and do what needs to be done. Get ready."

The team got out of their huddle while Raven still had her shield up, getting ready to let it down. As the team position themselves, Alex gave the word.

Alex: "Okay, on three. 1, 2, 3!!"

In an instant, Raven let her shield down as both she and Starfire flew up and attacks the group of Cacodemons. At the same time, the boys split up and headed to the statues, avoiding the firepower from the Mancubus's. It was best that they run next to the walls instead of running straight towards the statues. That way, they won't get killed out in the open. While they were doing that, the girls were in the air taking out as many floating demon heads as they can. Starfire was shooting random amounts of star bolts, hoping to destroy some of the group while Raven uses her aurora blasts and finish them up. But the Cacodemons dodged them and retaliated by spitting energy blasts at them. Raven quickly shielded both her and Star in a bubble shield to help deflect the blasts from the hoard. As soon as that was over, Rae removed the bubble shield while Star flew up in the air and spinned around while firing more star bolts in any direction downwards. The Cacodemons didn't had time to avoid those throws as they were hit over and over until they fall to the floor dissolving away. Back on the ground, the boys split up and headed to the statues to take care of some heavy business. Once they were behind the statues, they began to put the plan to action. Robin took out a bunch of exploding disks out of his belt and threw them at the base of the statue, exploding on impact. Cyborg turned on both his cannons and shoulder blade rocket launchers to fire at the second statue. Alex punched the third base with his prosthetic arm and it cracked all around. And Beast Boy turned into a Triceratops and used his ramming speed and horns to hit the last statue in the back. When they all hit the bases, the statues all tilted and falls down straight to the Mancubus's. It was then that BB turned back to his human form and screamed out loud.

Beast Boy: "TIMBEEEEEEEEERRRRRR!!"

The Mancubuses looked up and immediately fired on the statues, hoping that they would avoid a heavy hit. But no matter what they try, it makes it worse. As they kept shooting, the statue heads and body broke into huge boulders, heading down to their target. Within moments, the huge creatures were flatten by the boulders and were killed on impact. When that happened, the girls were able to finish off what was left of the Cacodemons by using their star bolts and aurora blasts. With the demons out of the way, the group rejoined in the entrance to the West Wing.

Robin: "Nice work team."

Beast Boy: "Man, never thought that it would be that easy."

Alex: "Well, let's not wait around until Betruger decides to bring up something tougher. Let's hurry!"

Immediately, the team entered the West Wing and ran down the hallway. If they have time looking around, they would've seen the huge stone tablets discussing the history of the civilization in an odd language. They would've also seen the clothes the civilization wore and the tools and crafts they've done too. But they didn't have time to see all that. They have to reach the sacred bath exhibit in order to take the shortcut through the emergency access way. Alex looked up at the sign and noticed that they were getting close when he read it saying, "Sacred Bath" with an arrow going straight.

Alex: "We're almost there. Keep moving!"

They were just about to reach it when suddenly, two Commando Zombies came out of the baths entrance the Titans would come in to. Only this time, the zombies didn't have tentacles attached to their arms. Instead, they were carrying chain guns with their normal hands. The team saw that and immediately reacted.

Alex: "TAKE COVER!!"

Everyone quickly hid behind what appeared to be some kind of barricade of metal crates and chairs. Possibly set up from an previous attack. As they all hid, the Commando Zombies pulled the trigger and started firing. The bullets began to fly as they hit the barricade with huge force. While they kept shooting, the Titans tried to put together another plan.

Beast Boy: "Great… It's bad enough zombies carrying pistols, shotguns, and machine guns. Now they carry chain guns as well. Oh man… We're dead, we're so dead!"

Robin: "Don't think about it Beast Boy. We have to figure out a way to get rid of them then reach to baths in time."

Alex: "Well, the chain gun is the same as every weapon. They just need to reload. So once they start reloading the weapons, we'll come out and hit them with anything he got."

Alex took a quick peek to see if the Commandos are about done with their chain guns. Once he saw that, he looked back at the team and gave them the order.

Alex: "All right. On my mark, we charge in and raise some Hell of our own. Ready?"

They all nodded and waited for the right moment to strike. They were waiting for what appeared to be over half a minute while the zombies kept on shooting. When the undead soldiers finally took their empty belt out to insert a new one, Alex gave the group the call.

Alex: "Mark!"

Quickly, the team jumped up and hit the commandos with barrages of star bolts, exploding disks, mini rockets, aurora blasts, and plasma projectiles. The zombies didn't have time to fire back or dodge as the random objects hit them in every place until they fell down dead. As it was all said and down, Cyborg approached one of the dissolving corpses and picked up a full ammo packet it was about to attach.

Cyborg: "I'll take that, thank you."

Robin: "C'mon, we have to get to the Primitive before it's too late."

The team left the hallway and entered the sacred baths the Mars Civilization use to use. They looked around again and were once again astounded by the looks of it. It was a huge room with white marble walls and floor. There are tilted windows on the ceiling showing the Mars sky and the ceiling illuminating more lights, even though few of the lights were flashing. In this exhibit, there were medium sized temples that go into the sacred baths with ponds of water it and a bridge that goes to the entrance. Two of the temples were meant regular people, like one for men and the other for women. The temple in the middle was meant for ambassadors, rulers, and emperors of Mars. And around the room, were plants and small statues all arranged to make it look like something the gods would seem jealous of. It all looked so beautiful, if you can mind the blood, corpses, and what appeared to be the weirdest growth with fire like torches growing in the ponds between the entranceways. Not to mention some of the corpses were swimming in the pounds with the water all bloody red. The Titans looked all over the place and couldn't believe all this was for real.

Starfire: "Wow… This is truly marvelous! More glorious then the baths of Tamaran even."

Beast Boy: "Totally! Who would've thought the people of Mars have expensive taste?"

Alex: "Hey, we're not here to be all eye struck people. We're here to get the Primitive not to be a bunch of tourists."

The guardian took his PDA out and checked where the entrance to the emergency passage is.

Alex: "Now let's see… Where's our way in?"

Clicking his pen a few times on the digital map, he found their point of entry.

Alex: "Got it. Says here the passage is at the end of the bath houses."

Robin: "Then let's go before more of those pests show up."

When they were done checking the place out, they went into the exhibit. But before they were able to reach their destination, they all heard Betruger's laughter far and wide. Suddenly, the museum's foundation started to shake, causing the windows on the ceiling to crack and the lights to spark off. The window sealers appeared and shut the windows up a second before they started to shatter in a million pieces. The place was completely dark for what appeared like an eternity. But then, candle's magically appeared and lit up, making the place a little less dark. Then the torch like growth lit up some more and burst into flames. And on cue, more red clouds appeared and out of the lightning came a group of Imps, Cacodemons, and Lost Souls. The Titans watched it all went down and was both scared and surprised.

Beast Boy: "Too late!"

Alex: "Everyone take them down!"

They all attacked the invading hoard with their own arsenal. Starfire and Raven flew back up and opened fire at the flying demons with their bolts and blasts. The boys remained on the ground and take on the ground hoard with their own weapons. Alex was using both his machine gun and plasma rifle again to do twice the damage. Robin took his R-Sword out and cut up Imps that were getting close to them while dodging the slashes and fireballs. Beast Boy used his Grabber to get a hold of some of the fireballs and launching them back at the Imps. And Cyborg uses his chain gun that has a fresh pack of rounds to tears one group after another. They all seem to be doing fine until more hoards appeared and started attacking.

Alex: "Damn it, there's no end to this. We need to find some cover and fast."

Robin: "And where are we going to find one?"

Alex looked around to find some kind of hiding place and spotted the bathhouse in the middle of the exhibit.

Alex: "We'll head to the bathhouse and hold them off from there. Come on!"

The four ran straight to the bathhouse to get some cover. But before Robin could enter with the others, he stopped, stabbed an Imp from his right side, and looked up at the two Titan girls still fighting off the hoard in the air.

Robin: "Starfire, Raven, take out the ground troop while you're at it!"

He ran into the bathhouse as the girls listened in on their leader's yell and had small smirks on their faces.

Raven: "With pleasure…"

Star flew down at the remaining Imps and used her eye beams to create a huge explosion to kill the group while Raven remained in the air and shielded herself and her friend from the energy blasts from the Cacodemons and charges from the Lost Souls. Meanwhile, the Titan boys remain in the bathhouse for hiding and cover fire. Now the bathhouse is pretty big to fit thirty to forty people tops and has a huge circular pool in the middle of the room and a big open hole on the ceiling that should've have some light peaking out. But of course, there were a few dead bodies floating in the pool with bloody red waters all around them. But the place was so dark that no one won't be able to see in the house. Lucky for them that Cyborg activated his shoulder flashlight so they could see where they would be going. As they were hiding, Beast Boy paced back and forth and was freaking out.

Beast Boy: "Oh man, this cannot be good. We're heavily surrounded and trapped in here. We're screwed, we're screwed man!"

Alex was reloading his weapons when he heard BB loosing his mind. So he tried to calm him down.

Alex: "Would you mind stowing the bellyaching Beast Boy? You're a Titan not a wobble neck."

Robin: "Well Beast Boy does have a point. Hiding in this bath house would be a little bit of a risk."

The guardian then looked at Robin and gave him a little more to think about.

Alex: "Oh, so you consider staying out there being surrounded by man eating Imps? I don't think so. Besides, this is the only safe place I could think of. The room's pretty big and the only entrances could either be the front door or the sky roof. There's no way anyone would get in without a fight."

Just then, the boys heard the quick patter of little feet going around. The team stopped whatever their doing and looked around to see where the sound came from.

Beast Boy: "Uh… What was that?"

Cyborg: "Don't know, but it doesn't sound too good."

Everyone looked around to find that sound, thinking it could be another monster. They then heard more scampering from left and right. From what they could understand, there could be more then one demon. Alex slowly took out his double-barrel shotgun and looked left and right to find the sound.

Alex: "Where are you?"

He peered his eyes around to see if he could find the demons. What he didn't know was that something was behind him with glowing yellow eyes. It started raising its claw like arms and was about to kill him. But suddenly…

Cyborg: "Alex, behind you!"

Cy quickly turned on his cannon when he saw the creature and opened fire. Alex immediately ducked down just in time before the demon had the chance to strike and the blue laser hit it really hard that it died on the impact and disintegrated away. When the smoke cleared, Alex got up, dusted himself up, and looked at Cy.

Alex: "Thanks."

Cyborg: "All I could do for a bud."

Beast Boy then approached the ash that was what's left of the creature and scratched his head a little.

Beast Boy: "Okay. Don't think I'm out of the loop but, does anyone know what attacked us?"

Robin: "Don't know. But I got the feeling that's not all of them."

BB quickly looked at Robin and swallowed a really big lump from his throat, knowing he didn't like the sound of it.

Beast Boy: "All?"

Suddenly, they all heard the screams of demonic yells. Before they could find out what was that, they saw red flashes appearing everywhere. In a matter of seconds, a huge group of Wraiths were all over the inside of the bathhouse with the team and made another shriek. Alex realized this is a really serious problem and readied his shotgun for a gruesome battle.

Alex: "Great, just what we needed. Wraiths in a closed room. Give them Hell boys!!"

The guardian pointed the shotgun at the Wraith that's closet to him and fired before it could attack. But soon after that, orange lightning appeared and the Wraiths were gone before anyone could react.

Beast Boy: "What the… Where did they go?"

Robin: "Everyone remain where you are! Those things hid themselves from us. That means that they're still in here. Just stay in place. We don't want to run around so that the Wraiths won't get an advantage against us. If they appear, blast them."

Robin, quickly position his sword up and waited patiently for the things to come out of their camouflage. Cyborg, hearing Rob's orders, turned on his sonic cannon and scanned it left and right.

Cyborg: "Now you're talking."

Beast Boy, knowing what he must do, turned into a tiger and waited for the demons to come out. And Alex, he reloaded his shotgun with two fresh shells and pumped it ready for the attack.

Alex: "You and me both Cy."

And so they all waited, hoping the Wraiths come out of hiding and attack them with extreme prejudice. That's was when the first few reveal themselves and headed towards Robin. The Titan leader gets ready for a battle as the first one tried to cut him from the side. Rob successfully blocked it with his sword and tried to hold on as much as he could. That was when the second Wraith showed up and was about to end his life while the other was distracting him. Fortunately, Robin saw that in the corner of his eyes and did a straight side kick to its head, sending it away from him. That gave Alex the chance to shoot it down before it could attack again. So he pointed the shotgun at the creature the moment it got up and fired a shot at it. With one of the demons dead, he was going to reload another round. But another Wraith materialized from its hiding place and went on the assault. Alex looked over yonder where the creature is and reacted fast by blocking his empty shotgun at the thing's clawed arm, which of course was going to cut him up by the waist. He was holding it as best as he could, but another Wraith appeared behind the guardian and was going to surprise him from its position. Suddenly, a blue laser came out of nowhere and struck the creature with such force that it died on contact. Immediately Alex kicked the Wraith he was battling and tossed it straight into the pool. He then looked to see who saved him and saw Cyborg with his sonic cannon in hand. So he gave the hybrid a bit of a thank you salute and quickly gets the shells ready before another Wraith would appear. That was when two more of them appeared and charged straight toward Alex. Alex pointed his weapon at the two and hoped that he could kill them both at the same time. But before he could think this through, a green tiger came out from the blue and pounced on the two demons, ripping them to pieces. Alex knew that the green tiger was none other then Beast Boy himself and appreciated the help. He then spotted another Wraith coming down toward Beast Boy and quickly attacked it before it could attack the green tiger. After firing another round at the creature, he reloaded again and waited for the next opponent to come get him. Back to Robin he was still blocking the first Wraith with his sword while quickly looking back and forth to see if there were any more coming straight towards him. Thinking this was the right moment; he gave the Wraith a head butt at its head, keeping it off its balance. He then used his sword to cut the demon diagonally and it split in half, dissolving to its death. Just when she was finished with the creature, the next one appeared and jumped from its position, ready for the kill. The Boy Wonder looked up and saw it coming to he lifted his R-Sword up and waited for the demon to come down. Immediately, he swung the sword in the proper angle and cut the Wraith right down the middle, directly down to the lower region. As soon as it was dead, he looked at the others still fighting and realized this wasn't getting anywhere.

Robin: "Damn it! There's too many of them! We can't stop them in this place."

Indeed, things are getting to hectic for the team to bear. Beast Boy was still in tiger mode, trying to kill as many demons as he can. However, more of them appeared and surrounded the changeling. So he then turned into a gorilla and started pounding them all with his big fists. Alex, on the other hand, couldn't take them on with his shotgun cause it would waste some time reloading. So he uses his machine gun to take them out. Cyborg, realizing that the sonic cannon is completely useless, uses his chain gun and tear through the demons like they were nothing. But more keep on appearing and he couldn't hold them back for much longer.

Cyborg: "You're telling me."

Alex: "Well we got to get out of here soon. But the last thing we want is to head back out there with those Imps waiting for us. There's got to be a way out of this place."

As if that answers his response, random debris came raining down through the ceiling hole and were all covered in dark energy. It all hit the Wraiths as the sharper ones penetrated their skin and killed them immediately. The team was confused at what happened when a black disk came hovering down and landed on top of the pool. Then a figure came down and looked at the team. Judging by her appearance, the boys know that this person levitating was indeed their teammate, Raven.

Raven: "Anyone need a lift?"

They all stared at Raven for a couple of seconds, then looked back at the remaining Wraiths, still stirring after a surprise attack. Knowing this can't be good; Robin looked at the others and immediately gave them the order.

Robin: "Raven has given us a way out. Let's get out of here before they begin to make another attack."

The team ran up to the black disk Rae created, including Beast Boy who turned back into his human form and ran to the disk. With everyone on the disk, the telepath levitated herself and the boys up to the open hole on the ceiling. At the same time, the Wraiths awoke from the sudden attack and looked up at the black disk coming up to the ceiling. So they all shriek and positioned themselves to jump up and headed to the disk. Cy, Rob, and Al saw all that and split up to take them all out of quick way. Cyborg fired his shoulder mounted rockets at the first group on the north right side, Robin threw exploding disks at the hoard on the north left, and Alex threw two grenades down the south corridor to take care of the rest. Once everything exploded, all the Wraiths were killed and when the group got out of the bathhouse, a huge explosion popped out of the ceiling. When all that happened, everyone made out of the bathhouse alive and was in the air above Raven. While they were up, Starfire was in the air the whole time, trying to get rid of the Cacodemons, Lost Souls, and Imps that were attacking her with everything they got. But it was getting rough on the outside as well on the inside of the bathhouse. Alex looked at the Tamaranean and could see what the situation was.

Alex: "I take it you guys were having the same problem as we did."

Star, without looking at the guardian, told him the situation while throwing star bolts at the Imps that appeared.

Starfire: "Indeed. At first Raven and I were doing our best holding the hoard back at bay. But they keep on spawning every time we take down the first batch. So it would only be a matter of time before we're overrun."

Raven: "In other words, we're totally screwed."

Quickly, Raven used her powers to create a shield to protect the others from the energy blasts and fire balls. Then the boys got ready to fight and fired their weapons and the demons, especially Beast Boy who was grabbing flames and blasts with his Grabber and tossing them back at the hoard. He also grabs the Lost Souls that were charging towards them and killed them after releasing the trigger. While they were fending the demons off, Alex knows they have to find the passage door fast before they become dead meat. He looked back and saw the door at the right end of the back wall. Knowing that they're close, Alex decided he and the team would leave now while they have the chance.

Alex: "Forget about the hoard, it's time to go!"

He then pointed at the door down below while the others looked at him and turned their heads to see the door he was pointing at. When they know they must leave immediately, Robin looked at Rae and told to power down.

Robin: "Raven, get us down from here!"

The telepath nodded as both she and Starfire flew down to the entrance to the passage with the rest of the team coming with the help of Rae's magic. When they reached the ground, the boys got off the disk and onto the floor, then headed to the automatic open door along with the girls. Right behind them, the huge hoard of demons were following them, hoping to get into the doorway. When Cyborg and Robin saw that, they decided to give them a sonic boom to keep them away. So when the boy wonder took an exploding disk out and the hybrid armed his cannon, they both fired their weapons and once they're together, create a huge explosion that cleared out the entire room. When that's done, the two went inside the passage while Cy banged on the panel next to the door, completely shattering it and making the door automatically lock itself once it closes. Finally, the team managed to take a breather after that horrendous battle as they were in the passage hallway, all gathered to find out what to do next.

Cyborg: "Oh man… That was way too close for comfort."

Robin: "Indeed. Judging by what just happened at the sacred baths, it appears we're getting close to the Primitive. And Betruger seems to be pulling all the stops to keep us away from our goal. We have to reach the main chamber fast before he decides to bring the entire Calvary."

Alex: "Then let's move before that happens. But first, we have to find out where we're going."

To that end, Alex turned his earpiece back on and hopes he gets into contact with Dr. Cray. But when he got contact, he heard Cray talking to someone.

Dr. Cray: "I understand your concern Carmack, but we need everything ready for the team when they get to the lab. Make sure everything is ready for them when they get here. I'll make sure they come to the lab in one piece."

Alex wasn't sure what was going on, so he decided to talk to him to see what was happening.

Alex: "Dr. Cray?"

There were a few moments of silence until Cray talked back.

Dr. Cray: "Ah, Mr. Kelly. Didn't know you were listening."

Alex: "Yeah, well I didn't expect you talking to someone right now. What were you talking about anyways?"

Dr. Cray: "Oh, it's nothing really. Just getting prepared when you and the Teen Titans get to the lab. That's all."

After hearing that, Alex thought it was just nothing and nodded his head.

Alex: "I see… Well, if I'm not interrupting anything, I just want you to know that we're in the emergency corridor and are ready to move."

Dr. Cray: "Good. Now here's what I want you to do. From what I could tell, the passages have signs on the ceiling, just so employees and maintenance knows where they're going. So, I want you to follow one of the signs of the passage. Tell me, is there a sign that says North Wing?"

Alex looked up at the ceiling to find a sign. When he found a sign, there were a few names with arrows pointed to different directions. That's when he saw the sign that says "North Wing" with an arrow pointing straight up, or north on some terms. When he saw that, he smiled and answered Cray through the earpiece.

Alex: "Yeah, I see it."

Dr. Cray: "Then you follow the signs that will lead you to the north wing. Once you reach it, head immediately to the main chamber and retrieve the Primitive. But please be cautious, Betruger might know what your up to and he will stop at nothing in blocking your path."

Alex: "Don't worry; we'll be prepared when Betruger decides to crash the party. Thanks for the advice Cray. I'll call you when we get there. If something happen, I'll let you know."

He shut his con piece and looked at the team for the next course of action.

Robin: "Well, what he said?"

Alex: "It looks like we have to follow the signs. Remember, everyone stay close and keep alert. Don't want to get into much trouble as we're in now."

When everyone heard that, they all ran through the hallway and follow the signs that said North Wing. While they ran they spotted a couple of Z-Secs heading towards them with machine guns in their hands. Cyborg ran ahead and used his chain gun to rip them to pieces. Once killed, Alex picked up a bunch of clips from the corpses for his ammo and proceeded down the hall. That's when an Imp materialized in front of them and was throwing a fireball at them. Beast Boy took his Graber out and took the fireball at mid air, then launched it back at the demon. With the demon taken out in one blow, they went on with their quest to reach the Primitive. They turned the left corner via the signs they follow and were about to reach the right turn when they saw a Commando Zombie that came out of the alcove that was burst open some time ago. It ran straight to the group but they came prepared for it. Both Alex and Cy took their weapons out and bust some rounds at the undead creep. Now that it's dead, the Titans turned to the right and ran down the next hallway. Once they turned, a sudden flash of lightning appeared and a Pinky appeared after it. It immediately charged straight at them, ready to eat them all up. But Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire threw disks, bolts and mini rockets at the demonic bull, blowing it up and killing it in seconds. With their path cleared, they kept on moving, inching closer and closer to their goal. They turned another right corner and spotted a large group of zombies lumbering around doing nothing. But with them blocking the way, the team needs to make a path through this hoard. So Robin stepped in and took his R-Sword out to make a clearing. He ran into them and started slicing off heads, limbs, and other necessities. It was like chopping through a jungle forest, except with blood everywhere and the smell of decaying carcasses around the area. As the boy wonder kept on cutting, some of the zombies saw that and approached him, ready to munch him up. Alex, upon seeing that happening, took his shotgun out and opened fire on the first batch. The power of the double barrel was so strong that it took out four of the undead beings. But there were still others that were limping towards the leader. So he reloaded two more shots, cocked it, and opened fire at the next group. Now with all of them dead, the Titan's path was cleared and they continued what they've started. As they've run and turned to the left corner, they've spotted something that was completely odd. It looked like one of the security zombies and arming some kind of device on the wall. When it was finished, the Z-Sec started to run away in the opposite direction where the Titans were behind him. When Alex saw that, he alerted the team about the situation.

Alex: "After it!"

The team then ran after the zombie and was about to get it. But before they were about to reach the undead, the detonator exploded and created a cave in through the hallway. That explosion caused the Titans to fly back away from the blast and hit the back wall hard. Of course, they all survived the blast, but they were left with cuts and scratches from the impact. After they shook off the effects, Alex looked up at the mess of debris blocking the hallway. He walked up to the debris and examined the damage. He then looked up at the sign that was damaged from the explosion but saw it saying that the North Wing was straight ahead. Looking at that, Alex bowed his head and sighed miserably.

Alex: "You got to be kidding me."

He then turned on his Comm. piece to get contact with Cray while the others joined him and observed the wreck themselves.

Alex: "Dr. Cray, do you read me?"

After a few seconds to get a response, Cray answered him through the earpiece.

Dr. Cray: "Yes Mr. Kelly, I read you loud and clear. What is it?"

Alex: "Well, we seem to have a problem. A security zombie blew up a hallway and debris is blocking our way through."

There was a harsh silence until Cray spoke up.

Dr. Cray: "I was afraid of that. It appears that Betruger is preventing you from reaching the Primitive in time."

Alex: "Yeah, and it looks like he's showing it pretty well. Is there any other way to reach the North Wing?"

Dr. Cray: "Don't know. If that hallway hasn't been blown up, that would've been your only route through there. But there could be some routes that have been created. Give me a moment." … "Ah, here we go. Retrace back to the hallway in the corner you turn and enter a room on the left side. There's a lounge inside the room and something else as well."

Alex: "All right, we're heading down there now. Stand by for further information."

The guardian turned around and told the team what to do next.

Beast Boy: "I hope what you two were talking about is good news."

Alex: "It is. But it looks like we have to take an alternative route, whatever it is. Let's head back and see what Cray want us to do. Come on."

The team began to move as they retrace their steps to head to the lounge. They turned left and the lounge was not far away from them. Block a blockade suddenly appeared where there was none where they passed. And behind the barricade was a group of Z-Secs and Commando Zombies with machine guns and chain guns in their possession. They all immediately open fire when they saw the group turning the corner. Raven quickly shielded the team as a black wall showed up and deflected all the bullet shots. With nothing to hide, the Titans were nowhere to be safe, and it will be a matter of time before Raven's magic wears out. So on quick and natural instinct, Alex gave a decisive order.

Alex: "Everyone fallback!!"

They all then ran back to the corner and hide immediately as Raven ran back and discharge her shield. They all hid behind the wall at the corner while bullets continued to fly close to them. Just when the zombies continued to fire, they all stopped and reloaded their now empty weapons. That gave Alex a chance of a lifetime. He took out a grenade, armed it, and threw it out in the opening, straight to the barricade. Once the grenade hit the random objects that form a wall, it exploded, sending a few security zombies flying off their boots, and leaving the rest of them alive. But not for long. When the blast was heard, the team jumped out of their hiding place and blast the rest of them with bullets and star bolts. With the rest killed, the Titans and Alex proceeded to head to the entrance of the lounge. But Cyborg stopped in his tracks and took an ammo belt pack from one of the dead Commando Zombies that used it, since his chain gun ammo is ranning low. After he got what he needed, the hybrid joins the others as they head right into the lounge. Alex first entered the place and looked around with his machine gun. Fortunately, nothing was in their but a few corpses decorated around the room. So he lowered his weapon and looked around the room. Apparently, the place looked normal then usual, except for a few turned over chairs and tables, a destroyed vending machine that had fallen on the floor, and dead bodies laid to waste. But what got everyone's attention, was the strange growth that was growing on the wall in front of them and it almost look like some kind of cave. Looking at this hole, the team realized that something wasn't right.

Raven: "Um… I don't know if this help but I don't think this is a shortcut."

Alex: "Yeah, something isn't right about this."

The guardian turned on his earpiece and tried to get to the bottom of this.

Alex: "Dr. Cray, what's the deal? I thought you said that there's another way to the North Wing. There's nothing here but a dead end."

Dr. Cray: "Not likely. You see that growth on the wall?"

Al looked back at the growth and nodded.

Alex: "Yeah, I see it."

Dr. Cray: "Good. Now from what I could understand, not only this growth affects parts of the installation, but also creates new passages in case other are impassable. If you take this demonic growth tunnel, it might take you to the North Wing."

The guardian did a major double take; now knowing Cray had lost his fragile mind.

Alex: "Are you serious!? This tunnel 'might' take us to the North Wing?"

Dr. Cray: "I'm sorry Mr. Kelly, but that's the only thing I could think up on. But this is a good chance of you getting there. If I'm right, then that tunnel will bring you closer to the Primitive. If I'm wrong, then you and your friends would be fresh meat."

Alex: "Gee… Thank you for sentimental advice Cray. I feel real better."

He turned off his earpiece and sighed very deeply. The team that was behind him looked at him and could tell none of that is good.

Cyborg: "Something tells us that that wasn't a good conversation."

He turned himself around and looks at the Titans to give them the worse case scenario.

Alex: "No it wasn't. Cray thinks that through his growth tunnel would be our passage into the North Wing."

Beast Boy: "Please don't tell me we're going into the damn hole."

Al looked at Beast Boy and makes it sound so cheesy.

Alex: "All right, I won't tell ya. Now let's get a move on, I want to grab this Primitive and get to the main teleporter chamber in time."

To that end, he and the Titans walked down to the growth and went into it. But Beast Boy stayed behind and rolled his eyes around, sighing to himself.

Beast Boy: "Why does this always happen to us?"

The changeling then followed the rest of his friends and entered the growth tunnel as well.

Delta Labs Level 1: Delta System Control, November 16, 2145, 1:20 A.M.

Meanwhile, in Delta 1, Counselor Swan and Jack Campbell were at the system control station, trying to figure out how to get to Delta 4 the quickest. They manage to survive through that level when they got off the sky tram and were kicking ass and taking names through the corridors and labs. Now they are at the control center looking for a way to reach Level 4 as soon as they could. Swan was at the control room looking through the digital map, hoping to find the quickest route up to Delta 4 while Campbell was at the entrance to the control corridor holding the BFG, hoping no other demon would enter.

Jack Campbell: "Well, anything counselor."

Swan kept checking through the 3D map to see if there was a way. After looking through his options, he lowered his head and sighed deeply.

Counselor Swan: "No, nothing… I'm trying to see if there are some quicker ways to reach Delta 4 but no luck. Finding our route is very difficult to determine and who knows if some of the access ways would be blocked. So our only option would be taking the elevators up to Level 4."

Jack looked back at Swan and was a little unsure about this idea.

Jack Campbell: "Sounds a little too risky. You want to take the elevators up to Level 4?"

Counselor Swan: "We don't have much of a choice in the matter. If we're ever going to reach the main teleporter and stop it, we have to take the elevator access way and go from there."

Jack Campbell: "So you're sure there's no other way."

Counselor Swan: "Sorry Campbell, but we have no other choice. There's an elevator access way in the main lobby. We should head down there now while we still have a chance."

Jack Campbell: "All right then, let's go."

Swan picked up his machine gun and left the control room to meet up with Campbell. Once the two meet, they both left the place and ran down the hallway to reach the door leading to the main lobby. As soon as they approached the door, it automatically opened and the two entered the lobby. They ran down the lobby until they reach the two elevators in front of them. When they approached the lifts, Campbell pushes the 'Call Lift' icon to get an elevator down to them. But just as he pressed it, the screen went completely static and was showing off a lot of red.

Jack Campbell: "Something's wrong. The panel is not responding."

Counselor Swan: "Let me see…"

Swan took a closer look at the panel and could tell something wasn't right, while he was starring at the screen; he noticed that there's a pentagram slowly appearing on the screen and was glowing brightly. Looking at that, he could tell something isn't right.

Counselor Swan: "Campbell, I think we walked right into a trap."

Just then, without warning, three red clouds appear behind them and flashes of lightning zapped the floors. When the two turned around, they were shocked when they saw three Mancubuses roaring at them, ready to fire. So to that end, Campbell positioned his BFG and charged it.

Jack Campbell: "You know what? I guess you're right counselor."

He then let go of the trigger and fired a huge green ball of energy at the three demonic behemoths.

Delta Museum, Unknown Location: November 16, 2145, 1:23 A.M.

Back to the team in the museum, they were traveling through the growth tunnel that was created by the demons. They were a bit unsure that it will take them to the North Wing, but if Cray said it was a good chance, they will take it no matter what. Though, they were a little creeped out walking down a moving tunnel, Beast Boy was at the worse of wares. He was quivering a little while walking down the strange place while murmuring to himself that this was completely freaky.

Beast Boy: "Gross, gross, gross, gross…"

He then unexpectedly placed his hand on the growths wall and was completely startled at what he just done. So the changeling got his hand off the wall, look at the blood soaking his hand and shake it off out of it, feeling more disgusted then ever.

Beast Boy: "Man, what have you got us into this time Alex? It's one thing trying to reach this Primitive Cray wants, it's another thing taking this creepy tunnel to it. If I had it my way, I would've turned into a big animal and destroyed that debris that was blocking our path."

When he heard that, Alex looked back at BB and told what would happen.

Alex: "Yeah, and if that was suppose to happen, the rest of the hallway will cave in and we'll be buried alive. Don't feel so worked up about this. It's the only way we could reach the Primitive and hopefully get to Delta 4. Sides, we've been in this type of tunnel before."

Beast Boy: "Yeah, but we were in a jeep for crying out loud. Now we're walking down this tunnel, on foot! There's no telling if this tunnel is really a living being. Who knows if whatever this is would eat us alive. I don't want to die in here. No way!"

Raven: "Boy, who would've thought Beast Boy is completely paranoid?"

The team laughed a little, enjoying the green elf's crazy behavior, but knowing that his statements might be true. The changeling was getting more annoyed then normal so he got to their attention as loud as he could.

Beast Boy: "Knock it out, I'm serious about this. What if this tunnel was alive and would eat us up? We would be goners!"

Alex: "If this growth tunnel was alive it would've eaten us when we entered it in the first place. Don't feel so freaking worried about it. Once we get out of this tunnel, we will head to the main chamber and grab the Primitive. No problem."

The team kept on walking for minutes without knowing if this tunnel is going to end. That was until they spotted something they would be quite relieved. At the end of the tunnel, there was a hole. But this hole wasn't on the wall, it was on the floor. Seeing something like that, the team decided to run to the exit, so they won't have to stay that long in the tunnel.

Alex: "Yes! We found our exit! Let's go before something bad happens."

They all headed down to the floor's hole, hoping to get out of this gooey tunnel. But then, there was an immediate shake and Betruger's voice echoing around the place.

Dr. Betruger: "It appears that you are determined reaching the Primitive. How interesting… Let's see how well you fare against my children this time."

Just then, and couple of Maggots crawled out of the hole and scampered to the group. The Alex saw that and quickly fired his machine gun at the charging group. Though he took out a few, the rest went away from the bullets and headed to the team. Cyborg then positioned his chain gun and blared some shots at the demons before they had a chance reaching their target. With the creatures all gone, the Titans approached the hole and Alex gave them the call.

Alex: "All right, everyone jump down to the hole. Let's get out of this creepy place."

Immediately, they all jumped down the hole one at a time and landed in what appeared to be another hallway. It was there they spotted three Imps waiting for them and started to fire balls of flames. Raven created another bubble shield when that happened and deflected the flames projectory. After the telepath lowered the shield, Cyborg fired back with his chaingun in the ready. After all three of the demons were dead, the Titans looked around to see where they are now. When they looked up at the sign above them, they saw one of the names that said, "Main Chamber", and had an arrow pointing up, or north for those who understand mapping. Looking at that, the Guardian turned the earpiece on and talked to Cray.

Alex: "Dr. Cray, you're option was correct. That growth tunnel took us to the North Wing."

Dr. Cray: "That's good to hear. Just follow the signs to the main chamber, there you will retrieve the Primitive and take it to my lab. Be cautious… Now that you're closer to the artifact, Betruger will do anything in his hands to stop you."

Alex: "Don't worry doctor; rest assure that we'll get the Primitive to you as soon as possible."

He turned off his comm. and looked at the team to see if they're listening. Unfortunately, they were looking around the hallway to see the statues around them. But not only the statues, but also the armor Mars warriors wear and weapons attached to the walls.

Cyborg: "Man, I don't know what I would be impressed by? The civilization's architect or the warriors they use to have?"

Starfire: "I agree with you Cyborg. From what I could tell, these warriors might have been the greatest of Mars. I wonder if they would've been stronger then my race?"

Alex: "Hey, that's enough sightseeing for one day. We got a job to do."

Robin looked at his guardian, nodded, and looked back at the team to give them the details.

Robin: "Alex is right. We getting closer to the main chamber as it is and we can't stop right now. We have to make it there and grab the Primitive if we're able to reach Delta 4 in time. Let's hurry before Betruger decides to do something more drastic then before."

So the Titans started running towards through the hallway, inching closer to the chamber. A few feet later, a vent on the ceiling opened up and out came a Vulgar coming out of it and crawling on the ceiling. When it saw the team, it shrieked and detached itself off the ceiling, landing on the floor in seconds. It then threw a green fireball at the team, but they all ducked as soon as the creature threw it. Then Alex got up and took the Vulgar out with his machine gun. But when he killed it, two clouds appeared behind the dissolving monster and in flashes of lightning, two Revenants appeared and fired pairs of rockets. Raven used her powers to cover all the mini missiles with black energy and fired them back at the skeleton demons. With their path all opened, they left off where they started, running towards the chamber. They reached a junction that goes to four different directions, but they know they have to go north to head to the Primitive. But suddenly, two doors between them opened up and two Commando Zombies came out of them and charged straight to the group with such speed. Beast Boy saw that coming and turned into a Rhino and out strengthens them by spearing them through and sent them flying away from the team. That gave Cyborg the opening he needed, as he turned both his sonic cannons on and shot them down in one blast. Alex and the Titans then continued their way through after destroying the zombies and were getting closer to the chamber. They stopped when they reach a T-Junction in the end of the hallway with two more halls leading to different areas of the museum. That was when they spotted the doors leading into the chamber. These doors weren't any type of doors they went through before; they were ancient doors that the old civilization used for temples and such. They were about to enter it and get closer to their main goal, when without warning, a flash of lightning appeared and an Archvile came out of it and shrieked out loud. It then started to launch a line of flames at them, as Rae brought forth a black wall-like shield and protected her friends. That bought them some time to think of a way to stop this humanoid. But that wouldn't last that long. For when the demon failed to do that approach, it raised its fiery hands up and summoned large groups of Imps, surrounding the gang. Alex witnessed it all and could tell this have gotten worse then ever.

Alex: "Great, just when we have enough in our hands. We got a lot of company everyone; let's clear the table immediately! Engage on the enemy forces! We got to kill them and the Archvile if we're ever going to get into the chamber!"

Everyone nodded and started attacking the hoard of Imps. Robin started it by taking his R-Sword out and charged at the first Imp he saw. He then swung his sword at its chest, but it backed off and used its claws to mangle his face. Robin quickly ducked and dodged the slashed and after the last attempted cut, he jumped up and did a high rise kick at its chin, sending it flying up to the ceiling and hit its head hard. That was when the Boy Wonder used his sword to cut and slice up the demon, with blood gushing everywhere and body parts falling. Starfire was flying around the low halls hitting the Imps with her star bolts in every direction. She then looked at the Archvile that was still summoning more Imps on its command. So she used her eyebeams to create a direct shot at the humanoid. Though she was able to hit it, the creature hadn't gone down yet. It looked up at the Tamaranean, shrieked, and blaster her with a line of flames. Star immediately ducked and flew away from the blast. The Archvile kept firing the alien with its flames until it was hit by a blue energy blast. It looked at who blasted it and saw Cyborg with a sonic cannon aiming at the demon.

Cyborg: "Don't even do it…"

The Archvile screamed out loud and launched its flame attack at the hybrid. Cy quickly rolled out of the way and avoided the flames before it touched his metallic parts. He was able to dodge that bullet, but now he was facing two Imps looking at him and shrieking in unison. So he armed his chain gun and started blasting the two in a barrage of gunfire. Meanwhile, Raven was causing trouble of her own, using her aurora blasts and knock down the hoard and shielding herself from the many fireballs heading towards her. While she was protecting her very life with a black bubble, some of the fireballs hit the shield, but wasn't absorbed to it. Instead, it bounced off the shield and landed on the floor with a short burst. Looking at what just happened, Rae had an idea. She turned off her shield and waited for the right moment for the fireballs to come. When they did, the telepath formed a wall shield to stop them. But that shield was bended diagonally and the balls of flames hit it, turned, and headed to their target, the Archvile. The humanoid demon was firing a line of flames at Beast Boy as he was turning into a turtle to duck low. It didn't know that a large amount of fireballs were heading straight towards it until they rain down on the creature. The Archvile looked to its left and was the Goth using her magic to give it a taste of its own medicine. The humanoid immediately fire more flames, bigger then it could ever imagine to block up the entire west hallway. Raven, however transformed into a black energoneon bird and flew down to the floor, melting through it and letting the Imps die on their comrades wrath. Beast Boy, looking at this, gives himself the opportunity he needs. He changed back to his human form and pointed the Grabber at the barrels that was close to him. Once he took one, he launched it back at the creature and the barrel exploded and sent the Archvile back to the entrance door. The humanoid shook off from the impact and looked at the changeling, screaming its lungs out. It then put its hands together and formed another line of flames straight at BB. Beast Boy thought it was all going to be over, when suddenly, a black bird came out of the floor in front of him and turned back into Raven. She then brought up a black shield and protected her and the changeling from the scorching hot heat. The demon thought it was going to pierce through the shielding when all of a sudden; it was hit in the side by a bunch of blue plasma projectiles. The Archvile looked to its right and saw Alex holding a plasma gun with one hand and a double-barrel shotgun with the other. He didn't know that there were two Imps right behind him until he could feel their breaths. He quickly turned around and used his shotgun to shoot the first Imp. Then he ducked low to avoid the slash from the second Imp and grabbed its free arm to do a shoulder toss over him. He immediately backed up in order to avoid the flames coming out of the Archvile's hands. He was lucky to avoid the demons wrath, but the Imp that he tossed in the middle of the hallway got burned to a crisp. Once he ducked out of the way, he stumbled right into a broom closet as the door opened up for him and he falls to the floor. Once he shook off the sudden fall, he got up and looked at the open doorway, seeing the flames burning through the doorway.

Alex: "Ah man, this is impossible. There's no way we're going to beat this freak and reach the Primitive in time."

He reloaded a plasma cartridge and two shells into his weapons and was about to head back out to battle. But before he could reach the doorway, he spotted something on the wall that was inside a glass box. On the glass casing, there was a message that says, "In case of emergencies, break glass." Staring at the glass, the guardian raised an eyebrow a little and smirked devilishly.

Alex: "On second thought…"

Intemently, he put his weapons away and break the glass with his prosthetic hand. He then took the item out of the case and held it gently in his hands.

Alex: "Good thing this an emergency. Cause if it wasn't, we would've been in trouble."

Back at the hallways, the Titans were trying their best killing the Archvile at all costs. But no matter what they do, they are either trying to get killed by the demons flames or being surrounded by the Imps the humanoid summons. Both Robin and Cyborg were throwing disks and sonic blasts at the demon, but they were no good. The creature fired another blast of flames and it headed quick to the two teammates. Being that there was no place to cover, they thought they were goners. But Raven came out of nowhere, covered the two up with her cape, and vanished through the floor, seconds before the two became BBQ humans. Starfire and Beast Boy started what their friends did, shooting it until it dies. Star shot her bolts of green energy at it, while Beast Boy had a fireball from the Imp that threw it and threw it back at the monster. Still, they have no effect on the Archvile. The demon then fired at the two with its hands together and flames burning. Luckily, Raven was able to get out of the floor along with the two Titans and made a dome to protect them against all the fires. As she was trying her best slowing the demon down, the rest of the team try to put together a plan.

Beast Boy: "Jesus Christ, there's no stopping this thing. We hit it with everything we got."

Robin: "Not everything Beast Boy. There's one thing that might stop it. The Sonic Boom."

Everyone remain completely quiet when their leader said what he said. Cyborg decided to break the silent and turned his arm into a sonic cannon again, looking at it.

Cyborg: "Oh yeah, now we're talking."

Starfire: "Robin, are you sure this is a good idea? With a small hallway and this Archvile trying to burn us alive, it won't be easy."

Robin: "We have no choice. We're this close to reaching the main chamber and this demon is the last obstacle that's in our way. We have to defeat it no matter what."

Beast Boy: "Hello!? I don't think you heard Starfire but, THAT THING IS TRYING TO KILL US!!"

Cy looked at Robin and could agree with the other two.

Cyborg: "Although I like the idea of giving this creep the Sonic Boom, but Star and BB are right. With the Archvile's flames and the hallways around us, we're completely cornered."

Robin: "Not if we try to distract it or use it's ability against it. We just need to find way to do something like that. Alex, what do you think?"

The leader looked around the place to see Alex. Unfortunately, he wasn't anywhere in the group.

Robin: "Uh… Has anyone seen Alex?"

Starfire: "I thought he was with you."

Robin: "No, he wasn't with me since this attack started. Maybe he's taking cover or hiding out or something."

Beast Boy: "Or maybe he ran away, knowing that it's impossible to stop this thing. Oh we're so screwed."

Everyone, except Raven, gave the changeling a vicious glare as he looked at each Titan and was pouring sweat drops.

Cyborg: "As much as I would believe you BB, I don't think Alex would run away this fast.

Beast Boy: "Well it's a possibility."

That was when Raven decided to break up the group meeting.

Raven: "Guys… Hate to interrupt this… But I don't think I could keep the shield up much longer…"

Everyone looked at Rae and could tell she couldn't hold it. The Archvile was continuing to shoot lines of fire at the shield. The shield was starting to crack and peeled, on the verge of falling apart. Raven was trying her best to hold the shield up a little longer, but she was sweating and loosing her focus as each minute passes. Seeing all of that, Robin knows that it's now or never.

Robin: "All right team, this is it. This is our only opportunity. If we don't do this, then we'll be burned alive."

The humanoid continued to pump the flames harder as Raven was on the verge of loosing her concentration. Robin and the others got up and prepared for the inevitable.

Robin: "Here it comes. Everyone get ready!"

They were just about to be prepared for battle, as the Archvile was about to break through the shield. But suddenly, it was being engulfed by a strange white foaming substance. The team saw that and was confused at what just happened. That's when they saw a person holding a fire extinguisher behind the demon. By the looks of this person, they know it's no other then…

The Teen Titans: "Alex?"

Al smiled and did a bit of a salute sign.

Alex: "Hey guys. What did I miss?"

The Archvile turned around to see the person that sprayed it with the foam. Just when it was about to shriek, the guardian sprayed it with a lot more foam.

Alex: "Hey buddy, I suggest you chill the hell out."

The humanoid demon was now extremely pissed and was about to spray him back with a large amount of flames. But it couldn't for some strange reason. It pointed his hands at Alex a couple of times but it couldn't project flames out of its body. Alex saw it going down and gave a wicked smirk.

Alex: "Don't even think about squirting flames at my face. This fire extinguisher I got in my hands can put away flames incase it starts engulfing a room or a hallway. But it could also take out flames of every other nature, like that fire that was burning on your hands. So consider yourself screwed over."

The creature looked at its hands and noticed that there were no flames on them, only white form. It looked back at the guardian screamed even louder. So it took the optional approach. It raised its hands and started to summon more Imps, as the creatures appeared around the humanoid. Alex looked at them all, and was a little impressed at its next strategy. But he has something else up his sleeve.

Alex: "Oh, I forgot to mention."

He tossed the fire extinguisher straight to the group and took his shotgun out, pointing at the object.

Alex: "If the extinguisher gets shot, it will automatically blow up!"

He pulled the trigger and the shell pellets came out of the two holes and headed straight to the group and the extinguisher. Few of the pellets hit the Imps, but the rest hit straight at the object. When they both connected, they made a combined explosion, killing all the Imps along with it. The only thing that was left was the Archvile, completely scorched and damaged beyond recognition, but still alive without a doubt. It started to scream at its victim, wanting to kill him so bad. The guardian just shook his head and could tell that the demon was completely clueless right about now.

Alex: "You know, I wouldn't turn my back if I were you."

The Archvile wasn't sure what he mean until it heard someone from behind.

Robin: "Now Cyborg!"

The demon turned around and saw both Robin and Cyborg running up the wall and jumping off it. The Boy Wonder then threw an exploding disk at the creature the same time Cyborg fired his sonic cannon. Both arsenals connected and then created a huge sonic blast that engulfed the entire hallway. The Archvile didn't have time to avoid it as it was hit by the blast and died on the impact. Alex, knowing that the blast could kill him, ran to the right hallway that's next to the entrance to the main chamber. He quickly jumped into the hallway seconds before the blast could hit him and hide there until the blast past and disappeared. Once it was all gone, he came out of the hallway and waited for the team to join with him. He saw the Titans heading to him with Star and BB holding Raven over their shoulders. When they all meet, Alex dusted himself and looked at Rob and Cy about what transpired seconds ago.

Alex: "Next time, try giving me a little more warning."

Robin: "Sorry about that Al, but we need to make sure that that thing was dead."

Alex looked behind the team and saw the pile of ash that was use to be the Archvile.

Alex: "Yeah, and it looks like you took care of it pretty good. Just warn me when you are about to do that okay?"

Robin nodded, knowing that he doesn't want to hurt the guardian incase they pull off another Sonic Boom. Alex then looked at the other Titans and saw Raven being stood by Starfire and Beast Boy by the shoulders. Seeing something like that, he approached the three and checked up on the telepath.

Alex: "Raven! What happened? Are you all right?"

Rae started to stir and looked at Alex, who has a worried look on her face.

Raven: "Yeah, I'm fine… I just feel a little lightheaded that's all."

Alex nodded as he looked at the other Titans to know the situation.

Alex: "What happened to her?"

Beast Boy decided to answer the guardian's question.

Beast Boy: "Well, Raven was trying to protect us all from the flames and used all her power to stop it. But she was having a hard time concentrating and was loosing her focus."

Starfire: "Indeed, friend Raven used too much of her energy to save us from sheer death. If you haven't come and saved us, we would've been goners from the start."

He looked back at Raven and wondered if she would be okay.

Alex: "Are you going to be all right Rae?"

Raven looked at her guardian and smirked a little.

Raven: "I'll manage…"

Alex smiled a little, knowing that the telepath would be fine. When that was all over with, there was some kind of strange light coming from the entrance of the door. They all looked at it and saw that the door's symbols were glowing an obsidian orange color. Everyone saw that and was completely stupefied at what they witnessed.

Beast Boy: "Well that was plain freaky… What is that suppose to mean?"

Cyborg: "Must be some kind of invite."

Robin: "That, or it could be a trap."

Alex: "Either way, that's our way in the chamber. We better get in there and grab the Primitive so we can get out of here."

So the Titan approached the doors as they slowly opened with an eerie sound. Once they entered, everyone couldn't believe that this was really a main chamber at the end of the North Wing. And when they look around, they could tell that this chamber was enormous. There were two huge statues at both ends of the walls of warriors raising their swords high up in the air and more tablets explaining Mars's history from beginning to end. But at the end of the chamber is a flight of steps heading up to a podium, and on that podium was a small tablet showing some more ancient writings. Surrounding the podium are four bigger tablets telling a story of Hell on Mars and the epic battle, straight down to the end. There was also growth that was spreading through out the end of the chamber and was oozing all over the place. The others looked at the small object at the end and could tell that that tablet was none other then the Primitive.

Raven: "So that's it? That's the Primitive?"

Alex: "Looks that way."

Beast Boy: "Boy, I never thought it would be that small."

The guardian looked at the changeling and smirked, getting ready for a good comment.

Alex: "Well look on the bright side BB, at least it's not so big that we have to carry it all the way to Cray's lab."

Beast Boy thought about it and envisioned seeing himself and the rest of the guys holding a huge piece of slab over their heads, and in the process being surrounded by groups of demons and was completely unguarded. Seeing that vision in his head, he closed his eyes, rubbed the back of his head, and gave off an embarrassing chuckle.

Beast Boy: "Heh… Guess you have a point."

Alex then turned his earpiece on and contacted Cray.

Alex: "Yo Cray, we're at the Main Chamber."

Dr. Cray: "Is the Primitive still intact?"

Alex: "Yes it is."

Dr. Cray: "Good, now I want you to take it too my lab at once. I've already taken the liberty of disabling the security field around the Primitive. We don't want the demons to find out where you are. Now can we?"

Alex: "No we can't. I'm going to get the Primitive right now then me and the team will meet you at your lab. See ya soon."

The guardian turned his earpiece off again and looked up at the Primitive standing in front of him. After starring at it for a few good seconds, he knows that this is the opportunity he needs to grab it and get to Cray's lab so he would take the team to Delta and destroy the main teleporter. So he slowly walked up the steps and approached the podium where the Primitive is. As soon as he was up the steps, the Titans watched on, hoping nothing bad would happen.

Robin: "Careful Alex…"

Alex finally made it to the top of the steps and was in front of the Primitive itself. He was a little hesitant at first, since it could be some kind of trap. But if he doesn't retrieve the Primitive it would be impossible to reach Delta 4 and stop Betruger from taking over the world. So in an instant, he grabbed the artifact and took it off the podium. When he took a closer look at it, he put it in his pocket and looked at the others.

Alex: "The Primitive is secured. Let's head to Cray's lab."

He went down the steps and met up with the Titans, then they all headed back to the way they came.

Alex: "Man, after all this, you think there would be something tougher defending the Primitive. This was too easy."

Suddenly, there was a major shake throughout the room that made everyone a little startled. In a matter of seconds, part of the stone ceiling above them began to collapse and fall straight into the floor, blocking their exit. The team saw that and was really shocked at this unnatural event. Robin then looked at the guardian and pointed out the obvious.

Robin: "You were saying?"

Alex stared at the ruble and cussed at himself.

Alex: "Shit… So much for our way out. We better find another way to leave."

He looked around the area to see if there was another way out. That's when he saw a door at the left side of the chamber with a sign above it that says, "Storage Area: Lover Level." Seeing that, Al smirked and found their exit.

Alex: "Bingo…"

He headed to the door as the team saw him do that and followed. But just when they were about to enter the doors, Betruger's voice echoed once again.

Dr. Betruger: "Congratulations in taking the Primitive Alex. But no matter what, you will never escape my wrath."

Once again, the crazed doctor made a bone-chilling laugh as it echoes all across the chamber. That was when they heard some strange whisperings from behind and turned around to see what it was. That's when they saw a huge red cloud underneath the rubble and a couple of flashes of lightning rocketing down to the floor. That was when they saw three Mancubus's looking at the team, roaring at them hard, and fired huge fireballs out of their mounted cannons. Raven was able to turn on her shield to protect her friends, but after all the power she was concentrating on against the Archvile, the huge blasts were beginning to crack the shield up. The telepath cringed as she looked at her friends and told her to keep moving.

Raven: "Go! Get out of here! I'll hold them off!"

The team didn't want to leave their teammate behind, but they have no choice but to move ahead and hope she will join them soon. So they ran straight to the door that would take them to the storage area. As they were heading into the room, Raven concentrated with all her might to hold the shield up as long as she can. With the team gone, Rae uses all her power and chanted her magic words.

Raven: "Azarath, Metion, ZINTHOS!!"

Suddenly, the black shield exploded as pieces of it flew straight to the huge demons. The pieces hit the creatures and killed them in a blink of an eye. Once they're all dead, she flew back to the door and joins the team. When she was through the open the, she joined the team, where they at a huge lift as Alex clicked on the panel that would take them down. As they went down, the team approached the telepath and see if she's all right.

Robin: "Raven, are you feeling okay?"

Rae looked at the Titan leader and had a little smirk on her face.

Raven: "I'm fine, just a little shaken up. Nothing like some herbal tea and a little meditation to make me feel better.

Everyone felt relieved that their friend is going to make it, but Alex believes this isn't over yet.

Alex: "We're not out of the woods yet."

He reestablishes connection with Cray and gives him the predicament.

Alex: "Dr. Cray, we have a problem…"

Dr. Cray: "So I've seen through the security cameras. A pity, tracking your way back through the museum would've taken you back at sent you straight to my lab. But no need to worry, you're only way to my lab now is by through the storage facility underneath the museum. I've already sent a sentry bot to help you guide through the warehouse. Stay close to it and whatever you do, don't let it get destroyed. If it goes offline, then you won't be able to reach my lab in time. Hurry Mr. Kelly, I fear that Betruger might know you're already below the museum."

Alex: "Got it…"

He turns his earpiece off and discusses to the team what they must do next.

Alex: "Guys, we seem to have the good news. If we can go through the storage facility, we might be able to reach Cray and give him the Primitive. There is of course one catch."

Cyborg: "And what's the catch?"

That was when they heard some serious shrieks from the bottom, followed by heavy gunfire. Everyone got ready when the lift reached then bottom access to the warehouse. But what they saw was a lone sentry bot trying to take out the Imps surrounding it. It was trying its best taking out the creatures, but its firepower wasn't enough to hold them back. So the Titans jumped in and helped them out with a series of disks, bolts, blasts, and projectiles at the creatures. With all of them dead, the team approached the bot and looked down at it while the bot looked at each of them. When they were around it, Alex continued on.

Alex: "That's the catch. This sentry bot will be our guide through the facility and it will take us to the lab. The problem is that we have to protect it then follow it. If we don't, we won't reach Cray and get lost in the process. So we have to be very careful if we're going to make it."

Raven: "Then it looks like we're going to play follow the leader."

Robin: "And protect it, whatever it takes."

When they were talking, the sentry scattered away from the group and went down the hallway. The team watched it move away from them and could tell they need to go after it.

Alex: "Looks like we better follow it quick before we seriously loose it. C'mon guys."

The Titans and Alex followed the sentry and headed through the door it went through. That's when they entered the first storage room, which was a long hallway that was filled with boxes, crates, and statues that haven't been added to the museum. As they were following the sentry, an Imp appeared from the red cloud and was about to attack. But the bot fired its mounted torrent at the creature and killed it. Then two more appeared on top of the boxes and attacked the team. Alex quickly fired his plasma rifle at the first one while the other threw the fireball at the team. Beast Boy took the flaming ball in mid air with his Grabber and fired it back at the creature. With the creatures all dead, the team continued to follow the sentry as they approached another door straight ahead. That's when they saw a Commando Zombie that was summoned and ran directly to the group. Robin then threw a disk at the zombie and in one directly hit, froze it in a glacier of ice. Alex then took his shotgun out and with one pull of the trigger, shot the iced commando and broke it apart in a thousand pieces. Now with that out of the way, they all approached the door as it automatically opened and they entered a hallway with a corner that goes to the left. They were about to make a turn when a wall burst open and a Revenant appeared starring its glowing green eyes at the group. It shrieked out loud and was going to attack. But Cyborg was able to get his sonic cannon ready and blast it with a load of blue energy. Within moments, the skeleton soldier was completely dead. So the team hurried up and turned the corner to reach their next destination. They were then walking down a long hallway that leads to another door. They were about to head to the door when suddenly, a flash of lightning appeared at the end of the hall and a Pinky arrived and roared at the group. It then made a direct charge at the group and was about to kill them all. The hybrid, however, jumped in again and used his chain gun to rip the demonic bull apart. Soon after it died, the team ran down the hallway and went through the door that opened automatically. They were now in another storage room, but this time, it's bigger and longer. There were two floors in this warehouse, one they're on, and another above them and both floors were filled with boxes and crates of artifacts. They all looked around and could tell that this won't be as easy as it looks.

Beast Boy: "Whoa… This is a pretty big place, exactly how many warehouses are that in this floor?"

Alex: "Probably dozens. Since the museum is so big they have a big enough warehouse to fit all the relics from the old civilization. Some of the new ones that just got digged up and examined are placed in one of the wings, while the old ones that proved their usefulness get all packed up and wait until they could be used again. And whenever there could be an auction, UAC brings their most prize artifacts and sells them to the highest bidder. For donation proposes of course. The company isn't greedy or anything."

Robin: "That makes sense. Being this installation has to make money for the good of kind."

Raven: "So, where are we going to go now?"

The sentry bot beeped a couple of times and started scattering down to where they would go. Everyone looked at it running away as Alex knew where it was going.

Alex: "At least we know where it's going. Follow it!"

The Titans followed the sentry to the end of the warehouse between the rows of crates, where they saw a lift that could take them up. The Sentry was in the lift and was waiting for the team to come in. Everyone knows that there way to Cray's lab is by heading up to the second floor. They were going to head to the lift when they heard whispers above them. They all looked up and saw flashes of lightning from above. When the lightning cleared, they saw a group of Cacodemons floating around, ready to make their move. Alex quickly looked at both Starfire and Raven and ordered them to stop the hoard.

Alex: "Starfire, Raven, hold those things off while we make our escape. Think you can handle it?"

Raven: "After what happened after the last two battles, I can handle this."

Starfire: "Agreed… This will be a piece of the cake."

Immediately, they flew up in the air and do battle with the Cacodemons. While they were in the air, the guardian looked the boy Titans and gave them the next move.

Alex: "Guys, let's head up and protect the drone while the girls take care of the Cacodemons. Move!"

The boys headed into the lift where the sentry drone was waiting as Alex clicked on the panel to raise the lift. As the lift headed up, the girls were handling their business with the Cacodemons attack. The group spat out energy blasts at them, but Star and Rae avoided them with incredible flight agility. Starfire positioned herself in the air and fired random amounts of star bolts at the first barrage, but the second one was behind her back and fired their blasts at her. A black shield then appeared behind Star and the shield deflected the blasts. The floating demons turned around to see what just happened and saw Raven with eyes glowing white. They fired their blasts at her but turned on another shield to protect herself. She quickly looked around to see what she could use to kill the hoard. She then spotted a stack of flammable barrels on the second floor next to a huge metal crate. Knowing this could be the only option she has, she used her powers to levitate the barrels and threw them at the hoard. The barrels connect with the Cacodemons and were all killed after the big explosion. As the battle was going on in the air, the boys made it to the second floor with the sentry bot with them. The drone started scampering away from the lift once they reached the floor as the rest of the team followed it, hoping not to loose it. As they walked down the catwalk, they spotted a Maggot popping out of the path between the two rows of boxes and disappeared the moment it appears. They then heard a lot of scattering sounds around the floor.

Beast Boy: "Does anyone else hear that besides me?"

Hearing all that, Alex took his plasma rifle and get ready for a fight.

Alex: "Yeah, and I don't like it."

They then walked slowly to trace any known hostiles, but fast enough to not stay far behind the sentry. That was when a streak of orange lightning appeared, followed by a Wraith that magically showed up after the lightning. It roared and charged straight at the bot, getting a couple of slashes. But the drone didn't shut down and it fired the demon with a barrage of bullets. When it was killed, two Maggots climbed up the boxes and leapt straight towards the team. Robin quickly threw two exploding disks at the two and they both connected, sending the two-headed demons away from them and disintegrating in the process. Suddenly, two more Wraiths appeared through the lightning summons and decided to attack the group. Upon seeing that, Alex aimed his weapon at the first creature and killed it with his projectiles, then Cyborg came in and blasted the other one with his sonic cannon. The two were dead now before they were able to reach their goal and the group kept on following the sentry. When they passed a row of boxes, a few ceiling tiles fall in front of them and a group of Vulgars came down and landed on the floor. They all threw green fires balls at the sentry drone and was about to destroy it. But suddenly, a black wall appeared and protected the bot from total destruction. The team looked behind and saw both Starfire and Raven, floating behind them and had their powers ready to attack. When the demons saw that, they decided to use their fireballs at them and threw them. But the telepath created another shield to protect her friends from the elements. Once the shield is brought down, the team went back on the attack. Alex held on to his plasma rifle and attacked the first one in the middle. Starfire threw a barrage of star bolts at the second Vulgar, paralyzing it for the moment, while Cyborg had his chain gun and started ripping that creature apart. The next one threw another fireball quick before Rae could reactivate her shield. But Beast Boy was able to use his Grabber to get a hold of the green ball of flames and threw it back at it, killing it with one hit. Robin threw a few exploding disks and hit the rest of the Vulgars with them. After they all died, the team continued to follow the sentry bot and approached another door that would take them into another hallway.

Alex: "Let's get out of here before more of them come and take out the drone."

They went through the automatic door and ran down the hallway, keeping track with the sentry. Just then, a wall burst opened and a Pinky came out of it roaring its head off. It quickly charged in and was going to kill all of them in one swift attack. The Sentry was doing its best to take it down, but it needed help. So Alex and Cyborg pointed their weapons at the bull like beast and joined in on the fight. With the help of the three, they killed the Pinky and it dissolved to nothingness. They went back to the task at hand and went after the drone. They approached a T-Junction that splits in two directions where the Pinky once popped out of. At first, they thought they wouldn't know where to go. But the drone knew where it was going as it turned to the right and kept scampering away from the team. The Titans then hurried up and catch up with it before something else would catch it. As they were walking down the hallway, something caught their attention. On the ceiling, there were a few spider webs and on the ground are corpses wrapped in cocoons. When they saw that, they could tell there's more trouble up ahead.

Beast Boy: "You know, I got a bad feeling about this."

Cy looked down at his buddy and thought he was joking, so he joked back.

Cyborg: "BB, you always have a bad feeling about something."

The changeling glared at the hybrid with a cartoonish rainstorm hovering over him.

Alex: "Actually, Beast Boy is right."

The two looked at their guardian and were perplexed at what he just said.

Alex: "If getting our hands on the Primitive was tough, you can imagine how tough it will be reaching Cray's lab. We have to be cautious about this or else."

Just then, he just heard a beeping coming from his earpiece. When he turned it back on, he listened in, knowing that Cray was talking to him.

Alex: "Yes Cray, go on. I'm listening."

Dr. Cray: "Your almost there Mr. Kelly. Once you enter through one more warehouse you will approach the bay door. And not far from you would be an airlock that will take you to my laboratory. I'll urge you to be careful though. Now that Betruger knows where you going, he stop you at any cost."

Alex: "Don't you worry about that. We'll be able to get to your lab in time."

Dr. Cray: "You better hurry. If Betruger knows you're going to my lab, he might send his accomplices to come here and destroy everything. Get here as soon as you can."

Alex: "Got it."

They continued to run down the hall when they approached the corner and there was a sign that said, "Warehouse 05". That was the warehouse they need to take. They all turned left and approached the door. As the door opened up and the team entered it, they couldn't believe that the warehouse was bigger then the last two. It was really huge, with three floors loaded with boxed crates, freight cars and other artifacts. At then end of the wide room is the bay doors that would take them to Cray. Bt all over the place, it was crawling with spider webs and cocoons. Looking around at the place, they could see how dangerous it's going to be. But looking back at the bay doors, they know they were getting close to their goal.

Alex: "This must be it. C'mon gang, let's go."

The sentry bot was heading towards the bay door as the others ran after it. What they didn't know was that something was watching the team from afar, eager to get it's hands on them. When they approached the door, they realized that it was locked up. When they see that, Alex used his earpiece to talk to Cray and explain to him the situation.

Alex: "Cray, the door is locked."

Dr. Cray: "Yes, I knew this would happened. One of my employees must've locked that door to keep all the demons out."

Alex: "Can you unlock the door?"

Dr. Cray: "I can try, but it would take a while to gain access. Give me a moment while I get the code together."

Alex: "Hurry up!"

He turned off his earpiece and waited for Cray to open the door. Just when he and the team were waiting for him to open it, they all heard a loud shriek that rocked the place. They turned back to see where it was all coming from. They kept looking, but there was no sign of anything out of the ordinary. They then heard another scream, only this time it's louder. Everyone slowly took their weapons out and charged their powers up, getting ready for what seem to be like the biggest fight they would have.

Alex: "I don't like the sound of that."

Robin: "You and me both Al."

They all waited to see what's going to happen next. That's when they saw a few huge crates being toppled down. And then they saw a Vagary coming out of its hiding spot and started shrieking out loud. The Titans saw all that go down and were shocked at what they've just seen.

Beast Boy: "Another Vagary?! What is it with spider freaks living in warehouses?"

Alex: "Don't know Beast Boy. Guess it has something to do with the environment their in. Besides, we can take this one down. No prob."

Soon after he said that, he heard more crates being fallen from the left. They all turned to the left and saw another Vagary coming down the floor, with all eyes starring at its prey.

Cyborg: "We took out one, but not two."

Then more boxes fell off from the right and they all turned to see another one starring down at them.

Raven: "Or three…"

The three humanoid spiders jumped off their proper positions and shrieked out loud to something. That was when an army of Trites and Ticks came down and surround their so-called mothers. Looking at all of this, both Alex and the Teen Titans realize that they're in big trouble now. The guardian immediately contacted Cray, knowing he could need some help.

Alex: "Dr. Cray, we got a situation."

Dr. Cray: "Yes, I see that. With all those spiders around you and the three Vagaries, your firepower wouldn't stand a chance."

Alex: "Quick, is there a way to even the odds?"

Dr. Cray: "I believe so. Take a look above you. Are there a couple of gun torrents above you?"

Alex looked up to see two torrents hanging above the bay doors.

Alex: "Yeah, I see them."

Dr. Cray: "There's got to be a security station on the third floor of the warehouse somewhere. Find that station and activate the terminal that operates the torrents. Hurry, there's not much time."

Alex turned his earpiece off and looked at Raven, who was getting ready for a fight.

Alex: "Raven, I want you to take me up to the third floor so I could reach the security station and get those torrents online. Think you can handle it?"

Rae looked up at the third floor and understood at what happened to her back at the museum, she doesn't want to risk herself again. She looked at her guardian and started to answer him.

Raven: "You got it."

Alex then turned his head to see the others and gave them their orders.

Alex: "Robin, you and the rest of the gang hold them all off until I could get the torrents back on."

Robin knew what he was about to do and nodded his guardian's approval.

Robin: "Go! We'll hold them off as long as we can."

Al nodded as Raven brought forth a black disk for him to take up. The guardian quickly ran up to the disk and jumped on it. So when Raven flew up with Alex on the disk right behind her, the Vagaries all screamed at the team and the mutated spiders were crawling down to the rest of the Titans. Everyone got ready for the invasion as Robin gave out the battle cry.

Robin: "Titans Go!"

They quickly open fire on the charging hoard with everything in their arsenal. Starfire floated in the air and threw a large amount of star bolts at them. Cyborg took his chain gun out and turned another group of spiders into mulch. Beast Boy turned into a velociraptor and uses his body to knock half of them out and use his claws to shred the rest. And Robin had his R-Sword out and cut many more spiders that were closest to the group. Even the sentry bot joined in and started to mow down what was remaining. But with all that they have, it will be a matter of time before they get tired and become the main course.

As they were busy, Raven was taking Alex up on her magical disk, sending him to the third floor of this warehouse. When they reach up there, Alex jumped off the disk and searched the place to find a security station. That was when he spotted a huge office on the catwalk like floor in the middle of the warehouse.

Alex: "This must be it!"

He ran straight to the station with Raven following him. Just then, three Trites came down from the ceiling and blocked their entrance. Al took his machine gun out and fired it at the small group. With them out of the way, the two made it into the security station as Alex looks for the terminal that operates the gun torrents. When he found the monitor that said, "Operate Gun Torrents", he approached it and clicked on the icon. But soon as he did that, a warning message appeared that said, "PDA Security Clearance Required. Access Denied." Seeing that blinking on the screen, Alex softly banged his head on the monitor and cursed yet again.

Alex: "Shit!"

He quickly turned his head to see Raven, who was guarding the door incase more of those spiders show up and asked her a favor.

Alex: "Raven, find me a PDA so that way I could reactivate the torrents. It's gotta be somewhere around this place."

Raven looked at Alex and could tell that he's really desperate getting out of here. So she nodded and accepted his favor.

Raven: "I'm on it."

The telepath quickly left her post and started looking for a PDA. As soon as she left, the guardian heard a few hisses from above. Knowing that they could be mutated spiders crawling around the roof; he readied the machine gun and waited for them to come out.

Alex: "While I deal with a little pest problem."

That was when a few Ticks came in the door where Raven was guarding and headed to his position. He quickly pulled the trigger and opened fire on the group.

Back down on the main floor, the rest of the Titans were squaring off against the huge hoard of spiders where three Vagaries were at the helm, commanding more of them. The team kept on using what they always used for a long time, but there's no telling how long they're going to last. Suddenly, one of the spider humanoids lifted its hand up and levitated a loose girder off the ceiling and threw it at the group. Beast Boy changed back to his human self and used his Grabber to catch the girder. When he had it in tact, Cy took it and used it as a bat to knock out a large section of spiders. Then the sentry drone shot some of them down while they were in the air. Starfire, still in the air used her eye beams to fire at the spider woman that threw that girder the same time Robin threw a disk at the same creature. Both things collided with each other and exploded, killing the Vagary. But with one out of the way, they have to deal with two more. But in front of them were a bunch of Ticks and Trites trying to eat their prey up. So the team went back to taking out the army of spiders so that way they could take down the last of the humanoid demons. But they won't have to feel worry about it. As they were fighting, the two Vagary's watched on, waiting for the right moment to strike. Just then, one of the Vagaries looked up and saw something flying above them wearing a blue cape. Seeing that, it realized that they had something up their sleeves.

Around the warehouse, Raven was flying around from both the third and second floors to find the PDA that had security clearance to bring the torrents online. She searched around crates, looked behind barrels, and checked a few workstations to find that PDA, but she had no luck.

Raven: "This place is too big. How hard is it to find one simple handheld object?"

She continued searching for the PDA until she noticed something down on the corner of the second floor. As she flew closer to the corner, she spotted a lot of spider webs and a couple of poor victims in web like cocoons. That was when she spotted a PDA lying next to one of the cocoons.

Raven: "There's one."

She approached the corpses and picked the PDA up. Upon examining it, she's sure that this is the PDA Alex needs. What she didn't know was that a shadowy creature was watching her, waiting for the right moment to attack without warning. The telepath then placed the PDA into her golden belt with red jewels around it and was about to head back to the security station. But before she would leave, the creature took this opening and pounced on its victim. Unfortunate for it, Rae sensed that coming at her and covered herself with her own magic to phase through the floor. The creature landed on the spot she was on and was surprised at the sudden action. But with the light shown on it, it comes to attention that that creature was indeed the Vagary that saw Raven in the first place. Just when it was going to figure out what happened, it heard a low but feminine voice.

Raven: "You know, next time you want to sneak up behind someone like me, make sure the someone doesn't sense your presence."

The Vagary turned its head to see Raven standing on a freight crate. Her eyes were glowing white and her hands were glowing black, ready for a battle. The spider humanoid the shrieked and began its attack against the telepath.

Meanwhile, Alex was still in the station, holding of the spiders as hard as he could. Though his machine gun was the best weapon he could use, he also knows that it won't last. He kept firing and reloading his gun constantly and fears that his ammo capacity will be low before he knows it. He hopes that Raven brings a PDA back soon, for if she doesn't, he and the rest of the team won't last. He looked around to see if there's any ammo. Luckily, he saw an ammo cabinet filled with clips and shells. He had a chance reaching the area, but with the spiders around, it won't be easy. So he took the alternate option and took out an armed grenade then threw it at them. It exploded killing them all, giving Alex the chance he needs to reach the ammo he needs. He used his machine gun as a battering ram to smash through the glass. When he was able to get through it, he gathered all the clips and shells that he need. Just then, his comm. earpiece started blinking, as Cray was trying to communicate with the guardian. He quickly got his earpiece on and started taking to him.

Alex: "Yeah Cray. What do you want?"

Dr. Cray: "Good news, I have managed to hack into the security grid. I might be able open the bay doors for you. Just give me five minutes and I'll let you through."

Alex: "Thanks doc, but you have to make it less then five minutes. Cause we have a bit of a problem here."

Dr. Cray: "What is your current situation Mr. Kelly?"

Suddenly, Alex heard more hisses coming from around. He turned to the doorway and saw more Trites coming in. Seeing that, he pointed his machine gun at the hoard and answered Cray through the earpiece.

Alex: "Extreme…"

Down on the first floor, the others were trying their best at holding off the spiders that had one Vagary leading them. And though they had a few successes, they're starting to get a little tired. Robin kept on swinging his R-Sword around and took out a couple of spiders, but others were avoiding those swings, hoping not to get hurt. Starfire threw more star bolts everywhere the blasted her enemies with her eyebeams to get an even battle, but more continued to show up by the second. Beast Boy turned into a Sasquatch and literally stomped out more and more spiders then before. Cyborg put away the big girder and went back to blasting more mutated spiders with his chain gun. But when he started with it, the weapon clanked some more, making it completely empty. So he used his sonic cannon to blast them all. Lastly, the sentry bot was doing the rest of the work with its mounted machine gun tearing through spider skin. Roughly, they're on the verge on loosing this battle. And unless the torrents are back on, they're in for some major trouble.

Ask for Raven, she was flying around the area, getting away from the Vagary that saw her. She levitated high, low, left, right, up, and down to avoid half the humanoid's attempted strikes while the other half she used to bubble shield to deflect them. That was when the Vagary came up with a suggestion. It used its levitation powers to push the shield back and send it and the telepath flying straight to the wall, causing it to crash through it in the impact. The humanoid spider thought it was all over with. But coming out of the smoke was Raven; still in one piece thanks to the bubble shield she put up and was glaring at the demon.

Raven: "You call that levitation? I'll show you levitation."

She slowly closed her eyes and reopens them, only this time, they were glowing completely white.

Raven: "Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!!"

Suddenly, every crate, every barrels, every known object were all covered in obsidian energy and were floating in mid air. The Vagary wasn't sure what she was up to until it saw all the things charging straight towards it. It quickly jumps and dodged through many attacks as the metal crates and freight boxes kept soaring all over the place. It then got a hold of one of the freight crates and threw it back at the telepath. But Rae formed a huge portal behind her and went through it, bringing the big crate into it as well. As the portal disappeared, the Vagary had no idea what she was up to. What it didn't know was that another portal appeared behind it and something was coming out. The humanoid then heard something and turned around to see what it is. But that was when it saw the very same freight crate heading towards it. It didn't had time to avoid it as the huge object smacked it hard and they both rockets through the huge stack of boxes and statues. Soon after that happened, Raven came out of the portal and landed on the ground. She looked at the huge mess that the Vagary was in and wondered if it was dead. To her answer, the crates started to move and the broken statues fell off the pile. That's when she saw the head of the Vagary with the top of its head beginning to bleed. It was trying to budge its way out of the mess, but all the heavy boxes made it stuck with no luck. Raven just smirked at the humanoid spider's predicament and placed her hand on her hip.

Raven: "Sometimes freaks like you don't know when to give up."

She looked around to find something that could finish it off. That's when she spotted a huge stack of barrels next to her. The telepath then lifted her head up to see the ceiling above the crash site. It had come to her attention to finish this quick and give the PDA to Alex before the Vagary could escape. Rae lifted her hand up and the entire stack started to glow black. They all then flew off their foundation by the telepaths movements and headed straight to the ceiling above the creature. They all hit the ceiling creating a huge explosion and in seconds, the ceiling started to collapse with falling debris and metal. Raven quickly backed away from the cave in, but for the Vagary, it was too late. All the pieces of the ceiling covered it up and flatten it in one sudden splat. The smoke cleared and the area in the second floor was nothing but a huge junk pile. Raven looked at the mess and was pleased with her work. But she didn't have time for sight seeing; she got a job to do. So she flew away from the wreck and headed to the security station, hoping that her guardian isn't dead yet.

Lucky for her Alex isn't dead, at least for the moment. He was still busy getting all the spiders out of the security station with his machine gun. Both Ticks and Trites were coming in through the doorway by swarms, grouping all together to attack one boy. And since Alex had enough ammo now since he gathered more clips from the ammo cabinet, he would keep on doing this all night. But again, he will ran low on ammo soon, and he'll be turned into spider chow. He hopes that Raven gets back with the PDA cause if she doesn't, they won't make it out of there alive. The mutated spiders kept on entering, trying to get their teeth at the guardian. Al continued his onslaught on them and kept screaming his lungs out.

Alex: "C'mon you freaks of nature! You want a piece of me? Come and get me!!"

He kept on firing, ready to take on any comers. But just before he could go berserk on every spider, some black aurora surrounded the group and lifted them up in the air. It then turned into a sphere and started to grow smaller and smaller until all the spiders were killed and turned into nothing but blood soaked crap. When it completely disappeared, Alex wasn't sure what just happened. But that was until he saw Raven walking up to the doorway and cracked her knuckles a little. See her in front of him, made Al lower his weapon and sighed in relief. But he looked at her in a serious look and wanted to know the long haul.

Alex: "It's about time you showed up. What took you so long?"

Raven: "Let's just say I have a little bit of a pest problem. But I did manage to retrieve a PDA for you, just in time."

She placed her hand through her gold ruby belt and took out the PDA Alex needed. Alex smiled as Raven approached him and handed him the device. He quickly headed to the terminal that operates the torrents and inserted the PDA into the slot.

Alex: "Thanks, but let's hope that this PDA works."

He moved the cursor on to the "Operate Gun Torrents" icon and clicked it, hoping that it would work. When he did that, the screen went from red to green and another message showed up that said, "Gun Torrents Active." Looking at the screen, Alex smiled more and was excited at the fact that it was finally working.

Alex: "Yes!! We're in!"

And just in time too. Down at the bay doors, the Teen Titans were completely surrounded by Ticks and Trites, with the last Vagary leading them all. They have all used all the options they had, but none of them were no match with the army of spiders. Robin still had the R-Sword in his hand while the others and the sentry bot were behind him with their abilities at the ready. Though they were still tired and worn out, they still pick up a good fight. But looking at the mutated spiders, they know they won't put up a good fight any longer.

Starfire: "They are too numerous! We can't hold out for much longer."

Robin: "We have to. We need some time hold them off until Alex could get the torrent working or Cray opens the bay doors."

Beast Boy: "Uh, Robin? I think we already ran out of time."

The Vagary shrieked once more, giving the spider army the order to attack the team. The Titans were about to get ready for one final battle. But before anyone was ready to do anything, they all heard an announcement throughout the warehouse.

"Attention: sentry torrent guns online. Security systems active."

That was when the two torrents started to lift up and were turned on. When they scanned and targeted the spiders and the Vagary, their drums started to roll around and blasted heavy-duty ammo at the huge hoard. All the spiders didn't had time to get away as the guns tore them through like they're nothing. Ask for the Vagary, it jumped up and tired to get away from the torrents own fire. But when the torrents finished off what's left of the Ticks and Trites, they tilted higher to take the Vagary down. It jumped on freight crates, then the second floor, then the wall, then the third floor to make its escape while the torrents kept blasting it with their barrages of bullets. It was hit a couple of times, but it didn't go down yet. When the humanoid spider was on the third floor, it approached a demonic growth hole that it and the others went through and was about to make an escape. But before it did that, it looked at the group and shrieked out loud, saying it would come back and finish the job. Soon enough, the torrents went back to killing the Vagary, but it quickly went into the hole and disappeared into the darkness. After all that was finished, the team looked up at the torrents and were relieved that they were activated on time. Cy then smirked and guessed what caused the torrents to go back on.

Cyborg: "Looks like Alex and Raven got the guns up just in time."

Alex: "You got that right."

Everyone turned around and looked up to see Raven coming down with Alex on the disk she created. Once they reached the ground, Alex jumped off the disk and landed on the floor, looking at the team with success in his eyes.

Alex: "Yep, took a while to get it working, but we managed to get through without any problems. Looks like everything's been taken care of."

Robin: "Actually, not everything."

Starfire: "Indeed, the Vagary got away before the torrents were able to shoot it down."

Alex turned around and looked up at the third floor where the Vagary disappeared through the growth hole. Starring at it, he told them it was okay.

Alex: "I don't think we have to worry about it. That thing might have learned its lesson by now. But if the last Vagary ever shows its face around us again, it will be sorry. But right now, we got other things to worry about."

The guardian contacted Cray through the earpiece, to see if there's any progress.

Alex: "Yo Cray, the ghost is clear. Have you got this door open yet?"

Dr. Cray: "Almost there… Just have to put in one final code and…"

They all waited for Cray to enter the code. After a few good seconds, they all heard a beep and the doors slowly opened apart up and down, giving them an opening. When it fully opened, Cray communicated to Al and told them it's safe.

Dr. Cray: "Got it! Now proceed to the airlock, you're one step closer to my lab."

Alex: "All right, see you soon."

He turned off his earpiece and headed into the bay doors, with the sentry bot in front of him and the rest of the team in the back. They all walked down the long hallway and by the looks of the dead zombie corpses, they were getting close to the laboratory. That's when they spotted a split in the path, one path goes to another warehouse, in which some burning debris blocked off the path, the other path goes to the restricted area. Seeing the trail of bodies that goes down the restricted path, they know they were going to the right direction. They headed down that path and walked down the hall until they reach the door entry that was ripped to shred. They passed that door and noticed they were in some kind of airlock access way. In front of them was the airlock that would take them to Cray's lab and there was another gun torrent that was armed incase more enemies were at the helm. There were also a bunch more dead bodies around the room thanks to the torrent. But lucky for them that they weren't hostiles cause if they were, they would've been killed on entry. The sentry bot approached to its charging station and shut down while the team walked closer to their exit. When they were about to reach the airlock, there was a large rumble all over the place. The Titans stopped and had no idea what made that shake.

Beast Boy: "Whoa! What was that?"

Alex: "Don't know, but I don't like it one bit."

Suddenly, he heard the loud distress of Dr. Cray coming from his comm. piece.

Dr. Cray: "Mr. Kelly! Mr. Kelly do you hear me?"

Alex responded back, trying to figure out what's going on.

Alex: "I'm here Cray. What's happening?"

Dr. Cray: "The entrance to my lab is under attack! I got a hunch that Betruger might be involved. I got all the defenses protecting my lab, but they won't hold for much longer. Hurry to the entrance and protect it, by any means necessary."

Alex: "Understood, hang on."

He turned off the earpiece and checked his weapons incase he has some ammo. The rest of the team was a little unsure what's going on until Robin jumped in and asked the guardian.

Robin: "Hey Alex, was that Dr. Cray? What did he say?"

Unfortunate for him, he didn't get an answer. So he asked again."

Robin: "Well? What seemed to be the trouble? What's happening?"

After asking those, Alex turned around and gave them the real situation.

Alex: "Cray's lab is under attack."

FINALLY!! I can now finish this over worked chapter. I tell you, almost fifty pages and over two months, it can take a lot out of you. I just hope that the next chapter won't be this long. Now on the next chapter, the Titans must hurry and protect Cray's laboratory from a demonic invasion. But they won't do it alone. This time, they have help. Let's see if you could take a guess at who's helping, and no it's not the main marine in Doom 3. You must wait to find out. Please Review.