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

35. Rhino Squad

Time for another exciting new chapter from Doomed Titans

Whoa… Talk about a long chapter. Sorry if this update taken much longer then the last one. Being busy doing a lot of things takes a lot of time out of writing and I have to do the things I needed to do. But at least I'm glad that I'm finally finished with this chapter. And on the next chapter it will be a whole lot shorter then the others, so at least the updates would come out quicker. Let's hope I don't get distracted on anything else during that time. Let us start off with the news from the last chapter. As much as I could tell, I was able to get two reviews from both my last chapter and the 33rd chapter and the hit counter is now up to 52 hits. Not bad, not bad at all, but I would like to go on the ground rule of the two reviews. The first review from Rahkshi500 was some good props, but he said that the replies on the reviews I got were completely unnecessary and a bit rude. He also stated that I should respond in private messaging to ease up on the situation. Now Rahk, I know you are a big fan of my story for a long time, and I could understand that sometimes my response to the reviews I got could be a tab offensive in some cases. But I should let you know that I respond to my reviews in a way I could understand. So to you and everyone else that I responded after reading their reviews, I completely apologize for what I said or write. Now for my other review. Apparently, someone decided to give me a flame on my story and stated that I have bad spelling, horrible grammar, and from what I could understand, no creativity. In short, this reviewer stated that my story 'sucked'. Now I understand that someone didn't like the way I'm doing this story. But you can't just put a flame on my story so that way you can feel good about yourself. At every end of my chapters, I always state my viewers to review my stories. That means giving me props and telling me how good the story is. Now if someone says the chapter isn't as exciting as before, I try to make it better. But if someone tells me that the entire story is completely bad, that takes the cake. So to the viewer that gave me that flame, if you don't like my story, don't read it. Now that I got all that out of me, it's time for another exciting new chapter from Doomed Titans. The Titans made it to Cray's laboratory, but they're not out of the woods yet. They now have to defend the entrance against demonic hostiles. But this time they won't do it alone. This time, they have help.

Chapter Notes

On this chapter, I'm going to mix things up a bit. And to do that, I'm adding the characters from two of my favorite games, Area 51 and Quake 4. Now, I'm going to put the Rhino team from the Quake game, but just to livin' it up, I'm going to mix the characters and ranks from them. It goes as follows.

Scott Voss, Team Leader (Quake 4)
Anthony Ramirez, Leutenant and Second in Command (Area 51)
Johann Strauss, Private (Quake 4)
Mitch "CRISPY" Chrisman, Weapons Specialist (Area 51)
Jack McCan, Hacker Specialist (Area 51)
Nikolai "Sledge" Slidjonovitch, Lance Corporal (Quake 4)
Peter Chew, Medical and Technician Expert (Area 51)

Also, I'm going to add the Walker from Quake 4 into the chapter. Just to make things a little more interesting.

Disclaimer: You allready know that I don't own Doom 3 and Teen Titans. But you all need to know is that I don't own Quake 4 or Area 51. Cause if I did, I would've been ban from this website period. So let's get that out of the way and start this chapter.

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Chapter Thirty-five: Rhino Squad

Delta Labs, Cray's Laboratory: Novemer 16, 2145, 1:40 A.M. (a few minutes before)

Within the lab, Dr. Cray saw the battle of the Vagaries and the spider amry through the security monitor. But now he was typing the sequence to open the bay doors Alex and the Titans were trying to go in. When he entered the last code, the doors opened and gave them the way in. Soon after that, Cray contacted Alex through the comm. frequency through the ear piece 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."

When he shut off the comm. frequency, someone from behind him approached the consoles.

Dr. Cloud: "Well Cray, anything?"

The person appears to be around his fifties and had somewhat of a baldhead, was wearing a pair of glasses, and was wearing a standard UAC scientist uniform. There was no doubt about it that this person was none other then Dr. Cloud, head of the archeological research division. When he was next to Cray, the doctor moved his automatic wheelchair gave Cloud the answer.

Dr. Cray: "Ah Dr. Cloud, good you're here. And just in time too. The team is coming here with the Primitive."

Hearing that, Cloud took a deep breath and sighed.

Dr. Cloud: "Thank God. I thought for sure that the artifact was forgotten. I'm just glad someone was able to retrieve it before it was too late."

Dr. Cray: "So is everything ready for them?"

Dr. Cloud: "Just about, but I don't know if this is necessary to do this. I mean, we're working with all the equipment we need and all, but I don't think it's the best option. This team made it this far; farther then any squad unit and security group that was surviving this Hell. Do you really think we have to do this?"

There was a harsh silence within the room until Cray breaks it after giving this much thought.

Dr. Cray: "We have no choice Mr. Cloud. The entire UAC facility to on the verge of being destroyed from the inside out and soon, this demonic army will take over Earth. Being we have very few resources left to use, this team is our only hope to defend against them. We need them and their power to stop this hoard from ever reaching Earth, and destroy the main teleporter before the fleet gets here."

Dr. Cloud: "And what about this Alex Kelly, the sergeant's son. He's with this team and he's the guardian that takes care of them. What are you going to do with him?"

Again, another harsh silence from Cray as he was thinking about what to do with Alex. After giving this much thought, he came up with an answer.

Dr. Cray: "I guess we just have to wait and find out, now would we?"

The two just sit back and waited for the team to come. But before they could sit back and relax, there was a huge explosion that shook the entire area. The two were startled by it and didn't know what just happened.

Dr. Cloud: "What was that?"

Cray quickly turned back to the terminal and check the security cameras to see what was going on. That was when he spotted something he wished he wouldn't want to see. At the entrance to his lab, he saw a large group of security and commando zombies shooting their chain guns and machine guns at the steel vault while Imps and Revenants threw their fireballs and launched their mini rockets at it. Seeing all this go down, Cray's old eyes opened wide in fear.

Dr. Cray: "Oh my… The lab is under attack!"

Cloud quickly approached the console and saw what Cray was seeing, completely speechless at it all.

Dr. Cloud: "But that's impossible! How did they know we're here? Was it Betruger who send them?"

Dr. Cray: "I believe so. Probably it's because that the team has the Primitive with them, the doctor must be trying to destroy my lab so they won't know most of the civilizations secrets. But right now, we have to defend the entrance at all cost before it's too late. Tell Mr. Voss to get his squad ready for battle and activate the security torrents. We mustn't let them get in!"

Cloud nodded and ran to the group, to alert them the predicament. But he immediately stopped and turned around to look back at Cray, wondering what he's up to.

Dr. Cloud: "And what about you? What are you going to do?"

Dr. Cray: "Calling in back up. Now go!"

Cloud nodded and left the command center reaching to Voss to tell him the situation. As he left, Cray turned on the comm. frequency and tried to communicate with the Titan's guardian.

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

He waited for a response from Alex for a few seconds, until he heard his voice.

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

Hearing Alex's voice again, Cray went back to business and told the guardian the problem.

Dr. Cray: "The entrance to my lab is under attack!"

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Delta Labs Restricted Zone, Airlock Access: November 16, 2145, 1:45 A.M.

A few minutes later, Alex just told the Titans what happened. From that point on, the team was quite surprised at what he just said.

Robin: "What?"

Alex: "You heard me. Cray's lab is under attack!"

Cyborg: "How can that be? I thought Cray said his lab was impenetrable."

Raven: "Maybe it was impenetrable, until Betruger decided to send his hoard in there and make them blow it up."

Alex: "And I think I know why. When I got hold of the Primitive, Betruger worries that we might reach Cray's lab and he'll know everything. This might also be the reason why there were an army of spiders and three Vagaries back at the warehouse. It appears that Betruger must've sent them to distract us, so that way he could formulate a plan to destroy the lab."

Robin: "And apparently, Betruger's plan worked like a charm. We have to get to the entrance and defend it no matter what the cost."

That was when Beast Boy looked at Rob and immediately protested.

Beast Boy: "Whoa, whoa, whoa… Wait just a second. You mean to tell me that we have to protect Dr. Cray and his secret lab against a huge army of zombified demons?!"

Alex: "We have not much of a choice Beast Boy. We got to defend the entranceway to Cray's lab, by any means necessary. C'mon, armor up and let's go."

And to that end, they did. Robin checked his utility belt to see if he had plenty of birdarangs and disks. Starfire and Raven charged up their powers, being prepared for anything hostile. Cyborg discovered a pack of chain gun ammo around a pile of corpses and loaded it up in his weapon. Beast Boy checked his Grabber to see if there was any power left. And Alex gathered enough cells, clips, shells, and grenades to take on part of the army. With all of them ready for anything, they all approached the airlock doors and Al pressed the "Open Airlock Doors" icon. The gears within the door started turning and in seconds, the door slowly slid open, giving them the way in. They all walked into the airlock and once they were all in, Alex pressed the "Transfer" icon on the touch screen. Once the doors closed behind them, vapors spewed out and scanners moved up and down, just to detect if there were any signs of infection or contamination. While it was doing that, Alex turned back to look at the Titans and gave them the details.

Alex: "All right, pay attention guys, cause I'm only going to say this once. Cray's lab is being attacked by the demons Betruger's controlling. Now being that the condition Cray is in, his defenses won't stand a chance. But if we help Cray in protecting his entrance, then we would be able to give him the Primitive when all this is over. So here's the deal. We get to his lab, defend the entrance, and give Cray the Primitive. If we don't do that, then our chances of getting to Delta 4 from here will be extremely slim. Does anyone understand?"

Everyone nodded in unison, knowing that this is the only chance they have to get out of this mess. Once they did that, Alex turned around to see the airlock door in front of them that would take them Cray's lab. The gears started to turn and open slowly, but before they could get in, the door stopped part way and the lights immediately went out. Everyone got startled by the sudden shutdown as Alex lifted his head up and sighed very loudly.

Alex: "God damn it! Calm down people, it's just only a power outage. It will come back on in a few moments."

And indeed it does. But instead of its original light color, it was crimson red and the screen had the picture of the pentagram glowing very eerie. Then, a mysterious cackle rang through the airlock. No one wasn't sure what was going on, until they heard a very familiar voice.

Dr. Betruger: "Having a little trouble again, are we?"

Everyone looked around, trying to figure out where that voice is coming from as Beast Boy looked at Alex and told him the big issue.

Beast Boy: "Uh, Alex… Something tells me this isn't a power outage."

The guardian looked around to find the insane doctor, though he knows he's nowhere to be found. Just then, he started to yell out loud so Betruger could hear him.

Alex: "Betruger, I'm getting sick and tired of these hide and seek games! Why don't you come out right now and face me, so that way I could kill you point blank range!"

There was a harsh silence all across the airlock until Betruger decided to break it.

Dr. Betruger: "You're so impatient Alex. Didn't your father teach you anything about serene?"

Alex: "Oh I'll be patient enough, once I beat you up in person! And when we do this favor from Cray, we'll head to Delta 4 and shutdown the main portal, even if we have to tear it apart with our bare hands."

Dr. Betruger: "You think Dr. Cray's going to help you save this installation, along with the rest of the universe?"

Alex: "That's right."

Betruger chuckled a little more, totally aware that the guardian was completely clueless.

Dr. Betruger: "Oh Alex, if only you knew about the doctor's true intension."

Alex: "And what does that suppose to mean?"

Dr. Betruger: "You'll find out, sooner or later."

Betruger laughed one final time until his voice faded into non-existence. Then the lights went back on to its original state and the door finally opened. When all that was finished, Alex heard Cray through the earpiece.

Dr. Cray: "Mr. Kelly, do you read me?"

Alex wasn't sure what Betruger meant by Cray's true intention, but decided to leave that behind and went back to the task at hand.

Alex: "Yes Cray, I hear ya."

Dr. Cray: "Where are you?"

Alex: "We're in the airlock, about ready to head to the entrance."

Dr. Cray: "Hurry up! My defenses are already beginning to dwindle and I fear the demons might be able to break in. I've already got a squad trying to hold them back, but it will be a matter of time before they are defeated. Just follow the signs and be alert, time is at the accents."

Alex: "Okay, we're heading down there now. Just hold on for a few more minutes."

He turned his earpiece off and looked at the Titans to give them the quick order.

Alex: "Sounds like Cray's in serious trouble. We have to head for his lab entrance and defend it at all cost. Move!"

Everyone agreed under all of this and followed Alex who left the airlock and was running down the hallway. When they reached the end, they noticed a two-way digital sign above them and one of the signs said, "Dr. Cray's Laboratory" and a sign pointing to the left. Alex quickly turned to the left and headed to the door with the Titans behind him. When the door opened and they went through, they saw a large group of Z-Secs, commandos, and creatures heading to the very same direction of the lab. Knowing they might head there to trash it, everyone got their things ready as Robin gave out a battle cry.

Robin: "Attack!!"

Everyone who is everyone charged right in and started attacking any demon and zombie that was in their way. Alex was using his machine gun to take out a couple of Z-Secs and Imps while avoiding their gunfire and balls of flames. Robin threw a couple of exploding disks at a group of Vagaries then threw a few birdarangs at the zombie guards and took them out by the heads. Starfire was in the air and blasted random amounts of star bolts at the group while Raven was next to her, shielding both of them against the enemies firepower. Cyborg readied his chain gun and decimated half of the group. But then he saw a Pinky heading straight towards him. So he put away his weapon and armed himself with sonic cannons and shoulder mounted rocket launchers and used it all to take the demon bull out while killing a few others that got caught in the act. Beast Boy was in his T-Rex form and used his entire body to take out any opposing forces. He then spotted a couple of Imps that were charging fireballs and were about to throw them at him. The changeling went back to his human form and took one of the balls with his Grabber and fired it back at one of the creatures. But when he saw a couple of Vagaries heading towards him, he needs more then a fireball to stop them. So he looked around and found a flammable barrel that could be useful. So he pointed his weapon, hold on to the trigger, and lifted the barrel into the air. He looked back and saw the group charging more fireballs and were ready for a major onslaught. BB then positions the barrel and the group, and launched it back at the hoard, creating a huge explosion when it connected and killing them all in one blast. In a course of a minute, Alex and the Teen Titans were handling the situation well. Of course that was until the demons decided to fall back and do the job they must do. They all headed to the door that would take them to Cray as the Titans watched on to see them escape. That was when Alex decided to stop them now before they could leave.

Alex: "After them! Don't let them escape!"

Everyone ran after the hoard, stopping them from reaching Cray's Lab. But then, a group of Revenants huddled together and fired their mini rockets up to the ceiling. The rockets exploded and made part of the ceiling falls to the floor, raining debris and twisted metal all around. The team looked up and saw the large amount of debris heading down towards them and immediately backed up on Alex's call.

Alex: "Take cover!!"

Everyone got out of the way in a matter of moments the debris hit the floor. With the smoke cleared and the chaos was over, the team stood up from the fall and stared at the destruction that blocked off the entryway and couldn't believe what happened. Robin took a closer look at the mess and was a little pissed off at that point.

Robin: "Great, so much for going after them. Not only they escaped, but they block out our only route to Cray's lab. Now what do we do?"

He looked at Alex and asked him something, hoping he knows of a shortcut.

Robin: "Alex, do you know any other way to reach Cray's lab in time?"

Alex just shook his head and told to truth.

Alex: "Sorry Robin, but to tell you the truth, I don't have a clue where we would go next. This place is completely unfamiliar with me and I don't think my PDA could pinpoint where we are. And unless Cray tells us if there was another way out of here, I think we're trapped until we could figure something out."

Starfire, who was still in the air, looked up at the destroyed ceiling and found something that could be useful. She intently pointed up and alerted her friends what she found.

Starfire: "Friends, why not we try up there?"

Everyone looked up at what Star was pointing up to and saw a completely opened shaft where the ceiling use to be. Upon looking at that, Alex raised an eyebrow and smirked a little.

Alex: "Yeah, that will work."

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Delta Labs, Dr. Cray's Laboratory, Entry Way: November 16, 2145, 1:53 A.M.

Minutes later, the entrance to Cray's lab are being heavily under attack by demons and zombies. The three security torrents were trying their best taking them out. But down on the ground was a Squad helping out as best as they could. That team goes by the name of Rhino Squad. This Squad consists of seven team members. There's Scott Voss, the team leader and a very determined soldier who gets the job done. Anthony Ramirez, a luetenent and second in command that likes to fight. Johann Strauss, a Private in the military and a no rest kind of guy. Mitch "CRISPY" Chrisman, Crispy for short, who is a special weaponist and has a bit of a short temper. Jack McCan, a professional hacker that can gain access to just about anything. Nikolai "Sledge" Slidjonovitch, a Lance Corporal with the will to survive. And Peter Chew, a medical and teachnician expert that takes care of the soldiers in either health and armor usage. Anyways, back to the battle. Rhino Squad was completely busy taking down the hoard that was coming to break through the safe and destroy the lab. They all have their machine guns, plasma rifles, and shotguns in their hands and threw a couple of grenades to give them some time. But the demons and zombies kept pushing forward and forward and were about to succeed. As they were all fighting, Crispy started to panic and knew what was coming.

Crispy: "Oh God Damn it! There's too many of them! We're not going to make it!"

Voss looked at the weapons specialist and tried to calm him down.

Scott Voss: "We're going to make it Crispy. Just hang on for a few minutes."

They all continued shooting at the demonic army, making sure they won't reach the entrance safe. As they were shooting them, Voss heard the communication from Dr. Cray.

Dr. Cray: "Mr. Voss, are you there? What is the situation?"

Voss communitcated back with the comm. in his helmet and told him the situation.

Scott Voss: "We got hostiles, multiple hostiles in every direction! We're trying are best to hold them off but we don't know how long we're going to last!"

Dr. Cray: "Just hang on for a little longer. I've already called for backup and they're on their way shortly."

Scott Voss: "I hope they get here soon. Cause I don't know how long we're going to last."

The team leader spotted an Imp heading towards him, throwing a fireball at his head. Voss immediately ducked from the incoming arsenal and pointed his shotgun at the creature. Once he opened fire and the demon was dead, the group continued their onslaught against the hoard. As both sides kept fighting, high above the ceiling, there was a sudden bang over the grate no one couldn't hear. Finally, the vent grate burst opened and someone jumped down it and landed on a wide pipe. But that someone wasn't a demon, it was in fact Alexander Kelly. Suddenly, coming down the open vent were the Teen Titans. Robin and Cyborg landed between their guardian on the pipe while the girls and BB in the form of an eagle flew out of there and floated above them. They all then looked down and saw a team defending what appeared to be a safe door. It was come to their attention that that's the door that leads to Cray's laboratory.

Alex: "Looks like we made it in time for the party."

Robin: "But it looks like the party's about to get crashed."

Alex: "Then it's high time we uncrash it!"

Alex took out two grenades and armed them for a bombardment the same time Robin took out his disks and thought the same thing. They quickly threw them to the ground where the hoard was and waited for the right moment to strike. Once the falling objects hit the ground, they all exploded, causing half the demons and zombies to fly all over the place. Rhino Squad had no idea what just happened when the explosion took place. That's when they saw bright green projectiles raining down on the reamaining hoard. Then dark blasts came down and finished the rest. Now all that's left are a few Mancubus's, looking up to see what attack their comrades. But when they did that, what came down on them was completely baffling. Heading straight towards them was a big green brontasauruase as it flaten the behemouths to the ground. With all the beasts and undead victims out of the picture, a group came down, face to face with the squad defending the entrance. The brontasauruase then chaged into it's human form and met up with the team. When Rhino Squad saw the group looking at them, they were surprised at the fact that this team is none other then the Teen Titans.

Scott Voss: "Holy shit… So the rumors were true. Hold your fire! HOLD YOUR FIRE!! They're one of ours!"

Everyone lowered their weapons, as the team went into the barracade like wall and met up with the squad. Once they were in, Ramirez looked at the team and was amazed at looking at the Titans themselves.

Ramirez: "Well, I got to admit, I'm glad we were finally able to have backup. Though I am quite shocked that this back up are the Titans themselves."

Ramirez then looked at the guardian, but wasn't sure that he was a Titan.

Anthony Ramirez: "Though, I don't think you're part of the team. Who are you?"

Alex looked at Ramirez and gave him the answer.

Alex: "The names Alexander Kelly, I'm the guardian for the Teen Titans and the son of master sargeant Thomas Kelly."

Soon enough, everyone paused when they heard that name and looked at Alex completely surprised.

McCan: "You mean the Sergeant Kelly? The very Sarge that's in charge of the entire UAC military?"

The guardian looked at McCan that asked that question and answered him.

Alex: "The very same."

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed that the sargents son was here.

Johann Strauss: "No way… The son of the sargeant is here?"

Peter Chew: "I can't believe it!"

Crispy: "Good to see both the Titans and the sergeant's son here to back us up."

Voss was quite pleased to have something like this happen to the squad. But they are still in danger so the team captain break up the meeting and went back to the task at hand.

Scott Voss: "That's enough of the meet and greet, we got work to do."

He then looked at both Alex and the Teen Titans and told them the situation.

Scott Voss: "Sorry if I had to cut this short, but we're in a bit of a situation right here."

Alex: "So we saw a few minutes ago. But don't worry, we took care of them."

Scott Voss: "That wasn't all of them. We've been getting swarm upon swarm of these creatures for a while and it's getting hard for my squad to hold them off."

Crispy turned his head to see his leader and pointed the obvious.

Crispy: "Creatures? Those weren't no creatures, they were god damn demons, just like Cray said they were."

Voss looked at his weapons specialist and calm them down.

Scott Voss: "Demon or not, we can't show any weakness against them. We have to hold them back and take them out until it's time we head back into the lab."

Just then, Cray contacted Voss through the communication helmet and told him more bad news.

Dr. Cray: "Mr. Voss, are the Titans with you?"

Voss turned his comm. on and responded back.

Scott Voss: "Yes Cray, I got the team with me and I'm sending them to you right now."

Dr. Cray: "Negative, I want them to stay with you. Security is detecting more demonic forces heading to your position. I seems Betruger wants to concentrate on this lab, now that the team has the Primitive in their posession. Defend the lab entrance by any means necessary. We don't want any of them through."

Hearing that, Voss sighed and knew this would happen.

Scott Voss: "And just in time too. All right people, we got more coming for dinner. Let's set the table."

Alex looked at the Titans and followed Voss's order.

Alex: "You heard him team. Defend this entrance!"

Quickly, everyone got to their positions and armed their weapons ready and charged up their superpowers. Everyone just stood and crouched there, waiting for the army to come. Just then, armed Z-Secs, Commando Zombies, and Imps rushed out of the blown out doorway and started their attack. That was when Voss screamed out loud the order.

Scott Voss: "There they are men! Take them all out!!"

And as if by order, everyone took on the beasts and undeads with all of their arsenal. Robin threw a couple of exploding disks at a Commando Zombie that was charging straight towards the group with its tenticle held up high for a strike. Captial Voss had his shotgun out and was using it to shoot at any hostiles at close range. He then took a grenade out, armed it, and threw it at the one group of zombies that was shooting his flank. Cyborg used his chain gun he held and began ripping some rounds at the number of Imps that were on his side and Crispy joined in with his machine gun and took out the rest of them. Suddenly, a Pinky burst out of the door and charged at the teams. Cy, upon seeing that, turned his cannon on and fired a blue streak of energy at the charging bull, killing it through the middle. McCan and Peter teamed up and used their plasma rifles to steam roll over a couple of zombies that were on their opposite side. Just then, an Imp saw the two and hurled a fireball at them for the kill. But suddenly, it got grabbed by thin green beam of light that was floating. The Imp looked at what got a hold of the flaming ball and saw Beast Boy holding his Grabber tight and the fireball even tighter. The Imp shreiked out loud and was going to charge another ball of flames. But Beast Boy pointed his Grabber at the demons and released the trigger to launched the fireball back at it and killed it after one shot. Sledge had his machine gun with him and started to rip through the few zombies that were closet to them. But as he was doing that, he didn't know that a Commando Zombie was hiding with its chain gun ready for the blow. When Sledge started to reload, the zombie came out of its hiding place to start firing. But it didn't know someone saw that coming and rushed towards Sledge before it was too late. That person is of course Alex.

Alex: "Look out!"

He then pushed Sledge out of the way seconds before the Commando Zombie blasted the soldier with armor piercing round. Luckily, them rounds didn't hit the soldier and only got the wall. When that was all over, Sledge looked at the guardian thanked him in a Russian voice.

Slegde: "Thank you good friend. You got a lot of heart."

Alex quickly got up and took a grenade out to arm it.

Alex: "No, it's not that. I'm just trying to survive that's all."

He quickly threw the armed grenade at the commando and it blew up to soften the undead creature up. Then he had his plasma rifle out and finished the commando up with a few blue projectiles at its sternum. Anthony and Johann were also tag teaming, trying to take down another group of Imps and zombies with their weapons. What they didn't know was that there were somethings sneaking around completely invisible and waiting to stirke. That was when orange lightning bolts appear and two Wraiths were behind the two. They scanpered close to them and raised their claw like arms to give out the blow. But before all of that just happened, Robin saw all go down and ran towards the two soldiers before it's too late. He took out two of his birdarangs to create his R-Sword the warn the two about the enevitable.

Robin: "Behind you!"

The two looked behind and saw the Wraiths ready to kill them. And worse part of it is that they didn't have time to point their weapons at the two demons. The Wraiths were seconds away of killing the two soldiers with their claws. But Robin jumped up high in the air and came down at the creatures with his two metal sole boots hitting their skulls. He jumped off them and positioned himself ready from a battle while the two Wraiths were feeling a little wobbly, but upset at what just transpired. They both shreiked at the three and were ready to take them on. The first Wraith raised it's claw arm up to start the first strike, but Robin blocked it off with his sword and held on as best as he could. With him taking care of that demon, the other was going to attack him with its claw and slice him from behind. But both Anthoney and Johann pointed their weapons at the demon out in the open and blared it with an ass load of bullets. Back to Robin, he was waiting for an opening of his own as the Wraith tried its best to pierce through the metallic sword of his. That's when he noticed its other claw at the ready, and it appears that it was positioned to cut his legs off. So when the Wraith did that, Rob started to jump up and over the creature in a somersault, just moments before it would get close to cutting his feet and legs. Once he landed behind the creature, the Boy Wonder turned real quick and used his sword like some kind of baseball bat to cut it through its waist and chest area, killing it in seconds. Meanwhile, the rest of the two teams were trying to stop the demonic army, but there were too many of them to be stopped. Luckily for them, both Starfire and Raven were in the air and was throwing star bolts and aurora blasts at the demons and zombies at every turn. At the same time, the torrent guns above them helped them out and clipped off the remaining hoards with ease. Everyone kept battling over and over until the last of the zombies were dead. When they battle was over, everyone sighed in relief and thought it was finished.

Crispy: "Good, it's finally over."

Voss communicated with Cray through the earpiece and told him that the situation is gone with.

Scott Voss: "Dr. Cray, the entrance is secure. We're going to bring the Titans into the lab right now."

Dr. Cray: "I'm sorry Mr. Voss, but they still need to stay with you. Security is still detecting more of them demons heading to your position. I suggest you, your squad, and the Titans stay there until I am certain it's all clear."

Voss was completely surprised at this and decided to argue about this choice.

Scott Voss: "But, are you sure this is a good idea. I mean we can stay here and hold the hoard at bay until it's over, but our chances are slim as of right now. We are low on ammo, are resources are thin, and our armor is getting pretty banged up. I don't know if we can last this much longer."

Dr. Cray: "Not to worry, I have come up with a way to solve this."

Scott Voss: "Okay, what is it."

Dr. Cray: "Do you see the cannon torrents around you?"

Voss look between him and saw the two torrents between the safe door entrance.

Scott Voss: "Yeah, I see them."

Dr. Cray: "Those two cannons are the most deadly mounted weapons in this facility. Once operated, they are useful to decimate an entire fleet. But the problem is that there are no rounds to make them operative."

Scott was a little confused at this and thought he was going to get ammo. So he asked him once again.

Scott Voss: "And what does that have to do with finding more ammunition?"

Dr. Cray: "I'm glad you ask. There is a storage room that has all the ammo you need, along with the missile rounds you would need for the cannon torrents. Once you retrieve that, you will have enough to killing every zombie and demon. Take the maintenance access to your left and keep going straight until you reach a metal door that will take you into the ammo room. Hurry, they're getting close to your position."

Scott Voss: "All right, I'll trust you on that."

He turned off his comm. as everyone approached the squad leader and wondered what type of conversation he had.

Cyborg: "I hope that's good news."

Scott Voss: "It kind of is. Cray thought of a way to end this mess."

Alex: "Well then what is it?"

Peter Chew: "Yeah tell us. We're dying to know. And I don't mean that in irrelevant terms."

Scott looked at his medical officer and smirked at his remarks, then went back to telling the team what's happening.

Scott Voss: "Well, as some of you know, our ammo capacity is pretty low, so we need to find more ammo fast before the worse keeps coming. So Cray came up with an assumption. There appears to be an ammo storage area within the maintenance passage on the left. If we can get there, we might have enough ammo to stop the freaks from breaking into the lab. He also said that there could be some rocket rounds we might need to install on those cannon torrents and really start to raise some hell. But the problem is that some of us need to stay and defend this entrance from any more creatures. So here's what we're going to do."

He looked at both Crispy and McCan and gave him the orders.

Scott Voss: "Crispy, you are the weapons specialist of the squad. And McCan, you are our hacking expert. I want you two to head to the ammo depot and get all the rounds you can carry. I also need you to carry all the rocket ammo for the torrents so we could really do some damage."

McCan: "Whatever you say sir. But I don't know if the two of us could go to the place by ourselves. After a fight like this, there's no telling if there's more of them down there."

Voss rubbed his chin a little and could tell that one of his men was telling the truth.

Scott Voss: "I see your point. Don't want you two to fend for yourselves. Better find someone else that would help you out."

He looked around to see who could help the two. At first, he thought it would be nice if one of the Titans could help them. But when he looked at Alex, he finally knew who to pick. So he pointed at the guardian and asked him if he's interested.

Scott Voss: "What about you Alex? Would you like to accompany these two and grab some gear?"

Alex was a little surprised at that offer, but didn't feel like it was a good idea. He tired to explain himself, just to get out of some hot water.

Alex: "Me?! Are you serious? I mean, I know I would like to help out, but I can't leave the Titans behind. I'm their asigned guardian and as a guardian, I have to keep watch on them and protect them, no matter what."

Scott Voss: "Yeah, yeah, I know. The whole rules of being a guardian thing. I've been in this mess before. But right now, it's all about protecting ourselves and surviving this threat. Go with Crispy and McCan and stay with them. Once you all get the stuff from the depot, head back here ASAP. Don't worry about your team, we'll take good care of them."

Raven slowly crossed his arms and rolled her eyes around.

Raven: "Great… Now I feel really comfortable."

Scott Voss: "But you better do it quick. More of them monsters are coming back, and this time they mean business."

Alex stared at the squad leader and he could tell that this was serious. He then asked him about the situation.

Alex: "How bad is it?"

Suddenly, they all heard major shrieking from the opened doorway. They all turned their heads to look at the open doorway and saw a group of Z-Secs and Commando zombies with chain guns and machine guns. But behind them all was an Archvile and two Mancubuses ready to kill them all in one blow. Beast Boy saw all them creatures around the entrance and knew how bad is it.

Beast Boy: "I'm going to have to go with very."

The Archvile started the attack by launching a huge line of flames straight to the group. Raven quickly turned on her shield the blocked off the attack before it could burn just about everyone it touches. Everyone quickly got ready for the next army that will attack as Voss looked at the three people he chose and told them to keep moving.

Scott Voss: "You have your orders! Now GO!!"

To that end, Raven took away her shield so that the three could leave while the others stayed behind. Both Crispy and McCan ran out of their blockade area and headed to the maintenance passage on the left. But Alex stayed and told the squad leader something that would give him a little motivation.

Alex: "If anything bad happens to the Titans, you are going to answer to me."

He then left the barricade and caught up with the two members of Rhino Squad to get this over with. A few Z-Secs saw the three leaving the fired their weapons at them so they won't get away. But the Z-Secs got blown up by a multiple blue laser blasts. They didn't realize that Cyborg saw them going to kill two of the soldiers and his guardian. After he killed those zombies, he smirked and started talking to the already dead bolts.

Cyborg: "Not a chance…"

The Archvile stopped using the flames and decided to try another approach. It raised its arms up in the air and screamed out to summon some help. And low and behold, it summoned a bunch of Imps, Revenants, and Vulgars. Seeing all that, both teams readied their weapons and powers as the two leaders gave them the call.

Robin: "Titans, GO!!"

Scott Voss: "Rhino Squad, give them Hell!!"

The two teams then started firing on the demons and zombies as the hoard retaliated back. Robin started tossing a few flash balls to blind a few of them. Giving Sledge and Peter time to point their weapons at them and kill them with their rounds. Beast Boy immediately grabbed a fireball with his automated weapon and pointed it down to the Archvile that had summoned the demons. He thought it would be a great plan to kill the humanoid first before he and the others can stop the rest of the army. So launched it out of his weapon and it flew straight towards the sommoner. And though he did hit the creature, it didn't go down yet. It looked at the changeling and was angry at the hit, so it put its hands together and fired another line of flames at him. BB quickly jumped out of the way as the flames passed him. When he landed at the feet of Ramirez, he looked up at the leutenant and he gave the green elf a little piece of advice.

Ramirez: "Word to the wise, never irritate an Archvile. I had my experiences with them before."

Beast Boy laughed a little and had a sweatdrop dripping down the side of his head.

Beast Boy: "Yeah, thanks for the advice."

The Archvile looked at the two and was about to fry them up. That was until a barrage of star bolts rain down on it and had a few attempted hits. It dodged the sudden attack and looked up to see what was firing it. That was when it saw Starfire and Raven in the air, ready to attack the humanoid. Star continued to throw her star bolts at the demon while Raven levitated a few flammable barrels from one part of the room and lifts them up in the air. The telepath flung her hands forward as the barrels flew straight to the Archvile. Even if they manage to get a couple of hits, they haven't taken it down just yet. The humanoid looked up at the two girls and knows how to dispose of them. It raised its hands in the air and summoned once more, only this time; a large swarm of Cacodemons and Lost Souls appeared all around them. The girls immediately panicked and flew separately away from the energy blasts the bodiless demons spat. The two then fired their star bolts and aurora blasts at the Lost Souls that were heading towards them in a blaze of light. Robin and Voss stopped fighting and looked up at the ceiling to see the girls fighting against the flying creatures, knowing this couldn't be a good sign.

Scott Voss: "Well, so much for our air support."

Robin: "Looks like our only hope is for Alex and your men to get all the ammo you all need."

Just then, they all heard Peter screamed out loud.

Peter Chew: "Take cover!!"

Both Robin and Voss looked at what's in front of them and saw multiple mini rockets hurling straight towards them. The two quickly ducked at the rockets went past them and hit the steel safe entrance. Luckily, the safe wasn't destroyed, but left with a couple of burn marks after the hit. They then looked up and saw a large group of Revenants the Archvile summoned and could tell that they're in big trouble.

Scott Voss: "Well, they better do it fast. Cause if they don't, we're never getting out of this alive."

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Delta Labs, Maintenance Passage 12: November 16, 2145, 1:57 A.M.

Down the maintenance passage, Crispy, McCan, and Alex ran down the small hall to reach the ammo depot. Though there were a few hostiles, the only threat were just zombies. So they were easy to pick them out. When they were done, they approached a steel door with a sign on it that says, "Ammo Depot." Seeing that, Crispy and glad to see this door.

Crispy: "Yes, we made it!"

They all approached the door and were about to enter, but they were there, the door won't open. Alex looked down at the screen and noticed that it was completely broken.

Alex: "Looks like we can't get in from here. Guess we have to find another way in."

Crispy: "Or we can take the next approach. McCan, open this door for us will ya?"

McCan approached the terminal and went right to work into getting in. He took out a mini handheld computer out of his pocket, pulled out a cord from the back end, and inserted the cord into the bottom of the monitor. He then opened the mini laptop and typed down some hacking codes to get access.

McCan: "On it. Just give me a few minutes to hack into it."

As he was typing down, Alex looked at Crispy and was a little worried about this.

Alex: "Are you certain this guy knows what he's doing?"

Crispy looked at Alex and told him everything will be all right.

Crispy: "Don't worry about it kid, McCan knows what he's doing. He's the best hacker Rhino Squad has to offer. Heck, a few years ago, he managed to gain access into Nexus 12, the main communication network for underground terrorists. Shut the whole thing with one key stroke."

Alex was completely surprised at the fact that a single person would shut down an entire network system. He heard about the Nexus 12 was the center of all terrorist communications and was mysteriously shut down. He didn't expect that a single person took it down and that he stand in front of the very person.

Alex: "Whoa, for real?"

Crispy: "Yep. Believe it or not, this guy single handedly shut down the entire network of terrorist organizations. So cracking a code to open a door would be a piece of cake."

Alex had a short laugh coming out of his mouth, thinking what he got himself into. Suddenly, he heard Cray's voice coming from his earpiece.

Dr. Cray: "Mr. Kelly, are you at the ammo depot?"

Alex got a little startled at his voice and completely forgot about the earpiece he still has on. So he communicated back at the piece and answered.

Alex: "Yes Cray, we're at the entrance to the depot. We're right now waiting for McCan to open the door for us."

Dr. Cray: "Good. Now listen to me carefully Mr. Kelly. The ammo depot is completely big and complicated, with three floors and many sections. It is one of the main hubs for military and security personnel and houses many weapons and gadgetry the UAC could store. What you're trying to look for are rocket rounds for the cannon torrents. You could find them on the third floor in the demolition section. But I should warn you, there's no telling what is within that room and you should keep your guard up as long as you can."

Alex: "Understood Cray, I'll get the ammo and come back with it, so that way we could end this fight."

Dr. Cray: "Excellent to hear. But I advice that you hurry. You're team and Rhino Squad are trying to fend the entrance against the hoard and it will be a matter of time before they get destroyed."

Alex: "Will do. Alex out."

The guardian shut off the earpiece while he and Crispy waited for McCan to open the door for them. They wait for seemed to be like an eternity. But when McCan punched in the last sequence with his mini laptop, there was a slight beep on the panel and the door suddenly opened up all the way.

McCan: "Yes, we're in!"

Crispy approached his comrade and gives him his congrads with a pat on the back.

Crispy: "Nice job McCan."

Alex then approached the two and decided to get to business.

Alex: "Let's not waist any time. I got word from Cray that our teams are having a hard time against the hoard of demons. He have to get all the gear to them now before they get destroyed."

Crispy looked at the guardian and understood the situation.

Crispy: "All right, let's get this over with."

Both Alex and Crispy were about to enter the depot, but McCan just stood there at the front door. Crispy turned his head to see his comrade and wondered what's he doing.

Crispy: "You coming McCan?"

McCan looked at Crispy and answered his question.

McCan: "You two go ahead. I'll stay here and hold the fort down when you get back."

Crispy understood that and left his partner behind.

Crispy: "Be careful…"

The two then left McCan behind as the hacker stood by and watched the entranceway. When Alex and Crispy was in the depot, they looked around and was amazed at what they just saw. The entire place has three floors, and each floor shows a different type of ammo and gadget ever used. The first floor showed armored vehicles of different kinds. There are hovercrafts with cannons and machine guns attached to the sides, tanks with highly powered proportion blasters that could take out anything, and cargo trucks that can hold passengers in and mounted machine gun torrents that rip through just about anything. Alex looked at all of this and was pretty amazed at what he saw.

Alex: "Oh man… Never seen anything like this before."

Crispy looked at the guardian and try to let him in on something.

Crispy: "Guess you haven't passed military school much huh? These vehicles you see here are standard military issue. Each complete with an electromagnetic shield, and high-density armor plating. They're real tough on the war path, and completely destructive."

Alex: "You act like you drive one of these things."

Crispy: "Actually, I do. I use to drive most of these bad boys myself. Doesn't matter if it's tanks, hovercrafts, drop ships, or ground transport, I get the job done. And trust me, I won't rest until any known hostile has been eliminated."

Alex was a bit amazed that this soldier drives these things, but was a little skeptic at his aggressive tone. He approached one of the military weapons and saw something he didn't expect. It looked like some kind off robot straight out of Star Wars Episode V; only it was more high tech and painted camouflage style so it could blend in with Mars's environment. Wondering what it was, he pointed at the vehicles and asked Crispy about it.

Alex: "Hey, what's that?"

Crispy approached the guardian and looked at the same robotic military vehicles he was looking at. Observing them, Crispy smirked a little and knew what they are.

Crispy: "Ah, so I see you haven't seen this babies in action yet. They are called the Walkers, the latest in Military arsenal. They sign these bad boys up months ago and the action they did in the testing field was overwhelming."

Alex: "So what do they do?"

Crispy: "Actually, I haven't tried one of these yet. But what I do know is that they pack a lot of firepower. Armor piercing rounds, heat seeking missiles, EMP shields, the Walkers are an unstoppable force to be reckon with. However these things are nothing but a bunch of prototypes and the real deals wouldn't arrive until the next few months, but they could still pack some punch."

Alex kept looking at each of these monstrosities while listening in on Crispy's little speech and was still in awe.

Alex: "Wow, never thought my dad has some taste in hardware like this. Too bad the military won't be able to get the real walkers, since this invasion started and all. Speaking of which…"

He turned his head to the other side of the weapons depot and saw the shipping lift waiting for them.

Alex: "We have to get the rocket rounds if both our teams are able to survive."

Crispy looked at the lift too and understood what he meant.

Crispy: "Right, don't want them to die when we get there. Let's roll."

The two quickly ran to the lift as fast as they could. But just as they were about to reach it, they heard a familiar cackle, Betruger's cackle. At the very same time, red clouds appeared above their heads and flashes of lightening came soon after. The two look up immediately to see what was that, when they saw a group of Cacodemons and Lost Souls hovering over them.

Crispy: "Ah crap, here comes the reinforcements."

The two pointed their weapons up in the air, just to make a clear shot. But at the angle they're in, they won't be able to take them out until they're in close range. Crispy immediately look back at one of the Walkers that was in park and came up with an idea. He then looked at Alex and gave the order.

Crispy: "Alex, go ahead and get the ammunition from the third floor! I'll try and hold them off for as long as I can."

Al looked back at Crispy and was surprised by his words.

Alex: "What? Are you serious? You can't take them out by yourself! You don't have any firepower what so ever."

Crispy: "Don't worry about me. Cause I got enough firepower to take on an entire army."

He pointed at one of the Walkers that were sitting in the docking area. Alex turned his head to see what he was pointing at and now knew why he wants to take the demons on all by himself.

Crispy: "Now go! That's an order!"

Alex nodded and ran straight to the shipping lift. While he was doing that, the Cacodemons saw the two and spat out energy blasts at them. Alex immediately rolled out of the way to avoid the blasts, the same time that Crispy jumped back from one that was going to hit him on the very spot. He then bolted straight to the Walker as the bodiless demons continued their assault against the two. The Lost Souls then started to swoop down and were heading to the two individuals. Crispy continued to run straight for the Walker as the flaming skulls followed him with their razor sharp teeth ready eat him alive. Crispy turned around and had his machine gun at the ready to pull the trigger. When he did that, bullets hit the skulls and kill them. But more Lost Souls kept on coming, as they were concentrating on the Rhino Squad soldier. He was able to approach the Walker, but stopped and turns to take out the other skulls. He was able to kill off few of them, as others scattered around to avoid gunfire. With them out of the way for the moment, he stepped on the make shift ladder to reach the cockpit and pushed on the panel that's labeled, 'Open'. He waited for the compartment to open, but as he was waiting for his chance to get in, he heard more shrieks from behind. He turned his head and saw a small group of Last Souls heading towards him in blinding speed. He got his machine gun ready and fired on the group. After they all died, Crispy got into the cockpit and started the Walker by clinking on the "Start Ignition" option on the screen. Soon enough, the gears started to move and the Walker got up and brought to life. With all the targeting systems online and weapons armed and ready, Crispy smirked and prepared what he does best, raise complete hell!

Crispy: "All right, let's see what this baby can do."

He started switching the weaponry to the machine guns and pulled the trigger. Within moments, heavy rounds came out of the two guns attached on top and started killing off the remaining flaming skulls. With all of them out of the way, he started to maneuver the Walker as it took big steps out of the docking area. Just above, the Cacodemons were doing a number on Alex, trying to hit him with their blasts. But that was when they heard a loud booming voice.

Crispy: "Hey, you bodiless freaks!!"

All the demons stopped firing at the Guardian and turned around to see who was calling for them. When they look down, they saw Crispy in the cockpit of the Walker, getting ready for the fight of his life.

Crispy: "Why skip to the desert when you can have the main course!"

The floating heads look back at Alex that was running to the shipping lift, then turned back to the Walker. After giving this much debate, they made the decision and flew down to the Walker and was going to attack it. Crispy saw this coming and switched the weapons to missiles, ready to pull the trigger.

Crispy: "All right boys, COME AND GET IT!!"

Once he pulled the trigger, all the missiles fired out of the two packs attached on top and soared straight towards the Cacodemons. They all hit the demons and they died soon after the impact. But once they were dead, more clouds appeared and a swarm of Cacodemons and Lost Souls came out of the blue and headed down to Crispy. The Rhino Squad member saw that coming and continued his on slaught.

Crispy: "Don't crowd. There's plenty to go around!"

He switched back and forth on his machine guns and missiles and kept on shooting and avoiding the attacks. Some of the blasts were able to connect the walker as well as of attacks by the Lost Souls. But unfortunate for them, instead of hitting the armor plating, they hit the shield and were deflected by it. Crispy smirked when he saw them attempting to break through.

Crispy: "Tough luck punks. But there's no way you're going to penetrate through the shield."

He kept on firing on the beasts, clearing the entire room. While Crispy was taking care of his business, Alex made it to the lift and clicked the icon to take him up to the third floor. Before the lift leaves the first level, he then turned back to see Crispy having fun in his Walker. As it disappears in his view, Alex saluted and said to the Rhino Squad soldier in a silent voice.

Alex: "God speed Crispy…"

He waited for the lift to reach the third level, though a little slow; it's enough to get to where he's going. Suddenly, he heard some hissing noises coming from all around him. He turned around and saw that Imps appeared from above and surrounded him in every direction, screaming at him and beginning to charge their fireballs. Alex slowly took out his double-barrel shotgun and cocked it ready for the battle to commence.

Alex: "Bring it!"

The Imps started to throw fireballs the same time Alex pointed his shotgun at one of them and opened fire.

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Delta Labs, Dr. Cray's Laboratory, Entry Way: November 16, 2145, 2:03 A.M.

Back at Cray's lab entrance, both teams continued to do their best against Hell's army. Robin threw more disks at a number of Imps that were closest to them and killed them off after one boom. Scott and Ramirez teamed up and took out three Revenants that were firing mini rockets at them. Cyborg uses both his shoulder mounted rockets and sonic cannons to open fire one of the Mancubus's that was attacking everyone. With the combine ammo, they all made a huge blast, sending the behemouth to the end of the wall and disintigrating to death. When the hybrid saw all that go down, the got excited and did his favorite victory phrase.

Cyborg: "Booya!!"

He was giving off a premature dance at his accomplishment, but he was not out of the woods yet. Unaware of the others around him, an Imp saw him off guard and threw a fireball straight at him. Sledge saw this happening and rushed to save Cy. When he got there, he jumped up and pushed the hybrid down in the ground just seconds before the ball of flames was about to hit him. Sledge then got up and blasted the Imp with his plasma rifle. Once it was dead, he looked at Cyborg and gave him some of his advice.

Sledge: "A little mental note my friend, never celebrate your victory prematurely. You don't want to get caught in the crossfire."

Cy just chuckled embarrassly, almost getting himself killed from a victory dance.

Cyborg: "Uh… Yeah… I'll be aware of that."

Up in the air, Starfire and Raven were trying their best taking care of the air forces from above. They've been shooting star bolts and aurora blasts at the Cacodemons and Lost Souls, but the more they kill, the more they've been kept summoning from Hell itself, The floating heads blasts energy spit form their mouths and they all headed to the girls. Raven initially turned on her black bubble shield and deflected every single attack. When she put her shield down, Starfire's hands glowed green as she put them together, concentrated hard, and blew the star bolt up big enough to engulf the ceiling and killed the entire hoard in one shot. They were all dead when the light faded, but when that was all over, more flying hoards appeared all around them. The girls looked around at the evil hoards and knew this isn't as good as it is.

Starfire: "Raven?"

Raven: "Yeah?"

Starfire: "I think we are, in earthly terms, big trouble. Correct?"

Raven: "Yes Starfire, that's correct."

The Lost Souls started to charge towards the two girls as Star and Rae charged up once again and started their assault. Heading back to the ground, Beast Boy was taking hold of some fireballs and launching them back at the hostiles. But even though he killed a couple, the Archvile that was leading the pack kept summoning more reinforcements. The changeling tried to figure out what to do against a large group of demons. He then saw a pack of barrels next to him and came up with a really good idea. He turned into a gorilla, picked up one of the barrels, and threw them at the group of Z-Secs that were firing their weapons at two of the Rhino Squad members. The barrel hit the group and destroyed them in one explosion. After that success, he lifted another barrel up and threw it at a group of Revenants that has been summoned and killed them in one blast. He picked up the third barrel, and threw it a large group of Imps that were going to throw a barrage of fireballs. And once again, they were killed by the barrel's blast. Knowing what Beast Boy's doing is right; he decided to change his target to the main source, the humanoid that's summoning demons in the first place. He started picking up two barrels with both hands then threw them at the Archvile. The humanoid was a little busy with summoning more Imps, Vulgars, and Revenants to help take down the survivors. It didn't know that a two flammable barrels were hurling straight to it. But when it summoned more Revenants in hopes of evening up the position, the skeleton soldiers looked up and saw the barrels heading straight towards them. The two then shoot their mini rockets straight at the barrels and once they have connected, they exploded in mid air. The Archvile looked up at the flames from above and looked down to see who threw them. That's when it saw Beast Boy again, only this time in gorilla form. It shrieked real loudly as the changeling turned back to his original form and was completely scared out of his wits.

Beast Boy: "Oh man…"

The Archvile put its hands together and shot out a line of fire straight at the green elf. BB reacted fast and jumped away from the flames seconds before it touched him. He thought he was out of any danger, but when he looked behind him, he saw that the flames touched what's left of the barrels he was throwing and burst into flames. The changeling watched it all go down as he realized he would be in another crossfire.

Beast Boy: "Oh crap!"

He quickly turned himself into an armadillo and rolled himself up so that the armored shell would protect him from the explosion. Soon after he did that, the barrels exploded in one huge blow, knocking everything around it down and forcing the green armadillo to fly away from the blast and headed straight to a barricade wall. He hit the wall completely hard and fell to the floor in his human form and completely unconscious. Cyborg heard the blast and look back to see his green friend down and out like a light.

Cyborg: "BEAST BOY!!"

Both Robin and Scott looked back and were shocked to see BB laying on the ground and not moving.

Robin: "No!"

Scott, knowing that the Titan could be hurt, turned his head to see his medic and tech supporter.

Scott Voss: "Peter, medical assistance now!"

Peter looked back and saw the unconscious Titan on the ground. So he put his weapon away and hurried to Beast Boy to see the problem. After observing him, he came to the conclusion.

Peter Chew: "He's all right. He just has a bit of a concussion after the blast. He'll make it."

Scott Voss: "Take him to medical bay in Cray's lab! We can't let him die in a middle of a battle!"

Voss turned on his earpiece and demanded Cray to open the entrance.

Scott Voss: "Cray, open the safe door at once! We got one wounded and in need of some medical attention."

Dr. Cray: "Understood. Opening the door now."

Within moments, the safe door's gears started to turn and the door itself opened up to let someone in. When it was fully opened, Cray responded back in Scott's earpiece.

Dr. Cray: "The entrance is now opened. Hurry before the demons come in."

Voss turned back at Peter and told him to move.

Scott Voss: "You heard him Peter, get in quick!"

Peter, who already had the changeling wrapped around his shoulders look back at his squad leader and nodded.

Peter Chew: "You got it."

He quickly ran straight to the doors so he could take Beast Boy someplace safe where he could be treated from his injury. Up in the air, a group of Lost Souls were busy avoiding the aerial assaults from the Titan girls when they saw the medic carrying a defenseless Titan into the safe house. Being this is the ultimate opportunity they have, they flew down and were going to head on after the two. Unfortunately for them, the torrent guns detected them heading to the entrance, aimed at them, and open fire, making the drums spin fast and the bullets soaring. Some of the bullets managed to kill off a few flaming skulls, but the rest of the group flew away, not wanting to get killed by the assault. When Beast Boy and Peter made it into the entrance, the safe like door closed itself up and locked once more so no monster would ever get in. As the door closed, everyone was still battling the hoards of demons leaded by an Archvile. Ramirez was using his machine gun to get rid of all the Imps and Z-secs in his side. But as soon as he was done, more Imps and Vagaries were teleported thanks to the humanoid's summoning. They all threw their fireballs at the lieutenant and he ducked down as soon as he saw all of them heading his way. After ducking, he couldn't believe all of this was happening so fast.

Ramirez: "Oh man, this is crazy! We are completely surrounded! We're screwed with a capital F."

Voss, who was with Robin on disposing some Revenants turned his head to see his second in command and calmed him down.

Scott Voss: "Shut it Ramirez! We have to keep our ground until the others come back with the equipment we need to take them all out."

Robin threw two exploding disks at the flammable barrel that was behind two of the skeleton soldiers. The two disks hit the barrel, causing an explosion that sent the Revenants flying from the impact and were killed in the blast. A couple of more demonic skeletons appeared before the blasted ones and fired their mini rockets at the two individuals. Both Robin and Scott got down low in hopes of avoiding the missiles as the Boy Wonder asked him something quick.

Robin: "Are you sure your men and Alex can get back with the rocket rounds in time? Cause by the way this looks, we've already run out of time."

Voss looked at the Titan leader and told him everything will be all right.

Scott Voss: "Don't think that way Robin, everything will be under control as soon as the others get back. Besides, Alex is being taken care of anyways. Both Crispy and McCan are the best in my squad. He's in good hands.

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Delta Labs Weapons Depot, First Floor: November 16, 2145, 2:07 A.M.

Back at the Weapons Depot, Voss was half right on his POV. On the ground floor, Crispy was mopping up the aerial demons with the Walker he's piloting in by blasting them with machine gun torrents and multiple missiles. He used his torrents to mow down the Lost Souls that were charging right at him. Then he switched his options to rockets and began blasting the Cacodemons that were attacking him as well. Some of the creatures did attack him with charges and blasts, but the shield that was protecting the Walker deflected all of the attack. In a matter of seconds, all the flying demons were all dead and Crispy was a little proud of his work.

Crispy: "Ha! Is all this the best you got? C'mon Betruger, you can do better then that. Do your worse!!"

The entire place was silent until Betruger's voice boomed out through the depot.

Dr. Betruger: "My worse huh? We'll see about that."

Suddenly, more clouds appeared, but it wasn't in the sky, it was on the ground. Lightning bolts struck down on the floor and within moments, a bunch of Mancubus's appeared and roared at the Walker. Crispy, who was piloting the Walker, had his jaw dropped down and was in shock.

Crispy: "Holy fucking shit…"

He quickly went to the offensive and start blasting them with rounds and rockets. He was able to take down one of them, but there were more right in front of him. They all blasted they're mounted cannons at the Walker and had a couple of good hits. Luckily, the shielding around his vehicle protected him, but it would only be a matter of time before the shield would be gone. So to that end, he positioned his Walker to run straight for cover while the behemoths kept on firing. He managed to hide behind the steel pillar and waited for his shield to charge up. As he was waiting, Crispy tries to figure out a way to stop these beasts. At the same time, he looked up and hoped that the Titan's guardian is about to reach the rounds.

Crispy: "Alex, if you're up there yet, you better get the rocket rounds and fast. I don't know how long I could keep up like this."

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Delta Labs Weapons Depot, Third Floor: November 16, 2145, 2:08 A.M.

At the third floor of the Weapons Depot, the transfer lift moved up to that floor. Once it made a complete stop, an Imp flew out of the lift and was dissolving away into nothingness. Once it was dead, Alex walked off the lift while reloading Matilda with extra ammo he needed. He then look back and saw the mess he made with blood everywhere and smirked to himself.

Alex: "Well, that was easy."

The guardian placed his shotgun back into his holster from behind and started searching for the packs of rocket rounds for the cannon torrents. When he looked around, he was amazed at all he was seeing. The third floor contained racks of various weapons for military use only. Most of the weapons he either has on his body, but the rest was nothing he ever seen before. Stuff like pulse guns, lightning zappers, nail guns, and automated grenade launchers were some of the type of weapons he didn't expect to see personally. He continued walking down the walkway to find what he's looking for. That was when he spotted something not far from him. There were two big carryon boxes next to a set of missiles waiting for someone to pick them up. Alex approached the two boxes and opened them all up to see what's inside. When he opens one of the boxes, he saw a long belt that has small rockets attached to them. Looking at all the rockets, the guardian knew that they are the ammo needed for the cannon torrents.

Alex: "This must be it. Now all I have to do is carry them and take them back to the entrance in time. There's only one problem. How am I going to carry all of this?"

He looked around the place and searches for a way to keep the gear in tact. That's when he spotted a duffle back big enough to fit anything. Looking back at the two steel boxes of rocket rounds, he sighed and made his decision.

Alex: "Looks like I don't have much of a choice."

He took the duffle bag that was resting on top of a tool dware and started putting the two ammo boxes into it, since it was opened in the first place. Once he zipped it tight, he picked it up and wrapped it around his shoulder. At first he thought the bag would be heavy, but when he had it around his body, it was a little lighter then normal. He probably guesses that the rocket packs aren't as heavy as he thought they were. Now that he has the rockets, he must head back to Crispy and McCan and return to Cray's entrance before it's too late. He was about to leave when he looked to his right to see all the clips, shells, grenades, and plasma cells he could use for his weapons. He also remembered about grabbing more gear for Rhino Squad and one of his Titan comrades. Thinking he and the teams are a little low, he decided to gather some on the way back down.

Alex: "Why not…"

He started off by grabbing another duffle bag and was next to a worktable and began gathering whatever ammo he could carry. As he was finish packing, he didn't know was that he was being watched down by something not human. As he was collecting some shells, he heard some strange hissing not too far from him. Alex stopped what he was doing and turned his head left where the sounds were coming from. He slowly took out his plasma rifle and slowly walked towards the strange sounds. By the next few feet, he saw a Vagary climbing down an open vent shaft followed by two Maggots at its rear. Seeing the three, Alex pointed his rifle at them and smiled.

Alex: "C'mon guys, you think that's enough to take me down?"

He pulled the trigger and fired plasma projectiles at the three before they had a chance in attacking. Soon as they died, two lightning flashes appeared behind the dead, decaying bodies and a pair of Wraiths appeared to start their attack. They quickly vanished as soon as they were summoned. Since Alex knew what they were doing, he took his shotgun out with his other hand and waited for them to appear. When the first one appears in front of him, the Guardian used his shotgun to shoot it down. But as soon as he killed it, the other Wraith appeared behind him and was going to cut him in the back. But Alex felt that coming and rolled sideways out of the way of the claw arm and pointed his plasma rifle at the creature to kill it. With the two dead, Alex hurried to the shipping lift in hopes of getting back in time. Suddenly, a couple of more of lightning bolts came down and a bunch of Revenants arrived, grunting at the Titan's guardian. Alex immediately stopped and now realized he's in some serious trouble.

Alex: "Oh shit!"

He quickly ran the opposite direction, afraid that they might fire their mini missiles at him. But as soon as he ran to the other side, more lightning bolts came down, followed by more Revenants. He stopped so sudden and looked at both the groups and was now more screwed then ever.

Alex: "Oh fuck me…"

The two groups used their rockets to fire, but instead of their target, they hit the ceiling above him. Alex ducked down so he won't get caught on fire, but when he looked up, he could tell that they are around to bury him alive. The first piece of debris fell right in front of him, making the guardian to jump back in alertness. Once the debris hit the ground, the steel floor started to break apart, causing the part of the floor and bend downward to make an acceptable route to the second floor. He looked down at the gap and knew what to do right now. But before long, another piece of debris broke apart and was about to flatten Alex before he has a chance in escaping. The guardian immediately jumped down into the gap seconds before the piece of slab was about to crush him to nothingness. He roll down the ramp like floor and hit his back on the debris that first fell. Lying on the ground, he looked up and saw the rest of the debris coming down on him. Quickly, he lifted himself up by his hands and jumped away from the disaster area. In a matter of seconds, the entire sector of the ceiling had collapsed and destroyed the part of the third floor and caved in the second. Fortunately, Alex managed to get out of there in one piece and got up to dust himself up. When he looked at the huge pile of debris, he sighed in relief and couldn't believe he got out of that mess alive.

Alex: "Well that's one way in getting down."

He turned his head back and saw the touch-screen monitor not far from him.

Alex: "Better get out of here fast before I become dead meat for those bastards."

He ran straight to the lift area and headed to the monitor to call the lift. As he was running, he didn't notice a box marked 'Beavertooth Chainsaws' with an empty compartment. When he made it to the lift, he was about to push the 'Call Lift' icon. But that's when he heard a strange buzzing sound coming from behind him. When he turned around, he saw a zombie charging towards him with a chainsaw in its hands. Seeing that, Alex immediately side stepped out of the way and avoided the chainsaw wielding dead beat. Though it missed him, the zombie destroyed the monitor, causing sparks to fly and shrapnel soaring every which way. Alex quickly backed up from the threat as the zombie tried valiantly to get the chainsaw out of the busted console. The guardian then took his shotgun out and shot the zombie in the head before it had the chance of striking back. With the zombie dead, Alex looked at the touch screen monitor that had the chainsaw wedged in and noticed that it was completely useless right now.

Alex: "Great… Now how am I suppose to get down?"

He started to ponder a way to get down to the first floor. But that was soon cut short as he heard more buzzing sounds from around him. He looked around to see where all of it was coming from. That's when he saw a large group of chainsaw zombies coming out of their hiding place, ready to take care of some serious meat with their chainsaws in toe. So Alex reloaded his shotgun and pumped it up for some extra power.

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

One of the chainsaw zombies charged and wanted to cut him up Leatherface style. So Alex took to the defenses, pointed the gun to the undead at close range, and pulled the trigger, creating a huge boom.

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Delta Labs, Maintenance Passage 12: November 16, 2145, 2:11 A.M.

Back in the maintenance passage, McCan was waiting for the two at the entrance to the Weapons Depot. He started to look back and forth, just to see if there were any monsters around the area. He then looks back at the entrance to see if they come back yet, but still no luck.

McCan: "C'mon, c'mon… Hurry up all ready. What are you two doing anyways? Jacking off?"

The Rhino Squad member continued to wait until the others come back with the gear. What he didn't know was that deep within the dark shadows, something was watching him, waiting for the right moment to take him down. Back to McCan, he was still waiting for both Alex and Crispy to come back, hoping they haven't gotten killed yet. Suddenly, he heard a loud roar echoing through the hall. McCan was alerted by that and lifted his machine gun up scan the area. So far he didn't see anything just yet, so he lowered his weapon and pondered what just happened.

McCan: "What the hell was that?"

Just then, he heard some kind of big stomp that shook the foundation, almost knocking the marine off his feet. He regained his composure and looked around once more to see where that was coming from. Suddenly, another stomp was felt, and then another, and another, and another. From what he could understand, the sounds of the stomps seem to be getting closer to his position. Then another roar, only this time much louder then before. McCan wasn't sure if he's ready to take on something so big, so monstrous. But he has no choice since he's the only one in the hall and others haven't come back yet. Just as he was getting ready for a major battle, he heard some break to his right. He freaked out and turned to the right, thinking that it was a demon. When he turned around, the only thing he saw was a broken light dangling on the ceiling. He lowered his weapon and sighed, knowing it was just nothing. But what he didn't know was that within the dark shadows of the hall behind him, a huge dark shadow slowly approaches McCan and was ready for the kill. The Rhino Squad member didn't even know that a huge demon was right behind him. That is of course he feels the hot heavy breaths tickling above him. Slowly, he lifted his head up from behind just to see who's breathing behind him. When he looked up, he was completely horrified at what he was seeing.

McCan: "Oh my god…"

Before the marine had time to react, the huge creature raised its big hand and clobbered him with it.

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Delta Labs Weapons Depot, First Floor: November 16, 2145, 2:13 A.M.

Back to Crispy, he has his hands full completely. Maneuvering his Walker, he kept on shooting the Mancubus's with rockets and torrents. So far, he was able to take down a couple, but there were more of them left, and a whole lot more were appearing through the summoning lightning bolts. The army of behemoths continued to shoot at the Walker, but the shield keeps protecting Crispy from being burnt, or worse. And though they would protect Crispy from death, the shield would only loose its energy after every hit until it's depleted. When he noticed his shield was down once more, he quickly moved to his left and hid behind another steel pillar until his shield is back up. As he was waiting, the squad member cussed to himself and couldn't take this pressure.

Crispy: "Shit, this is too much! I can't beat them all with this machine. There's got to be someway killing them all. Maybe Alex could help me out of this."

He turned on the Comm. on his helmet and contacted Alex to see if he's finished with gathering ammo.

Crispy: "Alex, do you read me?"

He waited for a response and after a couple of seconds in waiting…

Alex: "I read you loud and clear."

Crispy: "Good. Do you have the additional ammo and rocket rounds for the torrents?"

Alex: "Yes I have. I've got both of them and trying to making my decent to the main floor."

Crispy: "Well don't go down here yet. The ground floor is heavily infested. I'm trying my best to get it all clear for you."

Alex: "Yeah, I already notice it."

Soon after the Rhino Squad member heard that, he then heard a loud buzzing noise of a chainsaw, followed by a blast of a powerful shotgun. Wondering what those were about, Crispy asked him something else.

Crispy: "Where are you anyways?"

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Up on the second floor, Alex was pretty busy taking out all of the chainsaw zombies that were trying to kill him. He avoided some of the chainsaw swings while reloading his shotgun as fast as he could to take them all out. As he was doing that, he had his earpiece on and was answering the marine's question.

Alex: "Who me? I'm in the second floor getting my ass beat by a bunch of chainsaw wielding FREAKS!!"

Once he yelled that last word, the guardian pointed his shotgun at the zombie closest to him and pulled the trigger, making a successful shot and splattering the zombie's brains out in the process. But that wouldn't do as much at what's in front of him. For what he saw were about thirteen zombies holding chainsaws, ready to cut and slice him up. He thought he would be a goner by now, but then he heard a familiar grunting coming from above and behind him. He took a quick peek from behind and saw the Revenants he encountered on the third floor and prepared to fire their rockets at the guardian. Looking back at the Chainsaw Zombies, Alex knew this situation has gotten worse then he expected. But if he would choose between a rock and a hard place, it would have to be the hard place. So when he heard the rockets firing, and told the zombies something they would've listen to.

Alex: "Hope you deadbeats are smart enough to avoid rockets."

Two of the zombies started to charge in and used both their chainsaws and dice his neck and waist. Thankfully, the guardian jumps in between the two chainsaws and avoided from getting cut up. As he landed on the ground, he rolled away from the others, got up, and ran for his life. The zombies were about to go after him and heard some swooshing noises from behind. They all turned around and saw the rockets heading straight towards them. Having little time to react, the mini missiles hit them and they were all blown off their feet. Alex was lucky that he was able to avoid that, but more rockets kept on coming. He slid, ducked, and jump out of the way of the rockets so that he won't get blown up. Though he was able to avoid the rockets, some of them had heat-seeking tech and followed the guardian in every direction. He continued to run and saw a couple of boxes next to a pillar. Thinking that it's the perfect hiding place to protect himself, he ran towards them and did a side step quick turn around to hide behind the boxes, so that the rockets would only hit the crates and not himself. The mini missiles did that as they hit the boxes and protected Alex from the high heated explosion. Even if he's safe, the skeleton soldiers are still on his ass, as they kept on firing their rockets at his hiding spot, hoping to blow it up and kill him. He went back to his earpiece and told Crispy his new situation.

Alex: "On second thought, scratch the last thing I just said. I now got Revenants trying to blow me to kingdom kong!"

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Back with Crispy piloting the Walker…

Alex: "Do you see them?"

Crispy looked up through the glass cockpit and saw a barrage of rockets heading straight down to the second floor, probably where the guardian is.

Crispy: "Oh yeah, I see them."

Alex: "There's a large group, numerous beyond my reason. Think you can take them out for me?"

Crispy kept a good eye on the hostiles on the third floor and judging by the height of the floor and the velocity of the rockets, he has a real good shot on that floor.

Crispy: "Yeah I do."

He turned the Walker to the position he needed and pointed the rockets up high enough to reach the third floor. Once he targeted the group of Revenants, the pushed the button and the rockets blasted out of the shafts, soaring towards the skeleton soldiers. The Revenants were too busy trying to take out the guardian; they didn't see the mini rockets coming towards them. When the missiles approached the third floor, they all hit the skeletons, blowing them off their foundation. Few of the rockets connected with the flammable barrels that were behind the group and caused more of an explosion, rocking the third floor. The explosion also caused the right part of the floor to crumble and the rip from the foundation. The crumbled floor fell through the second floor and destroyed it in the process. Then the two floors begin to tumble down like a falling tree and crashed to the ground, blocking the Mancubuses line of fire. When Crispy watched it all go down, he grinned and muttered something in his voice.

Crispy: "Now that's what I call a big mess."

That was when he heard Alex on the comm. channel in his helmet.

Alex: "Thanks man, I really needed that. Now tell me, is the coast is clear?"

The Rhino Squad member took a peak at the where the Mancubus's are and saw the debris that blocks their path. He also heard some really low moaning behind the debris as the behemoths use their large size and head butts to break through it.

Crispy: "Yeah, it's clear for now. But it would be for a matter of time before the demons break through. So if I were you, I would hurry up and get out here."

Alex: "Way ahead of you. Just hang on for a second."

So Crispy waited for the guardian to come down to the ground floor. That was when Alex jumped over the guardrail on the second floor and landed on the first floor with both feet touching the ground first. He turned around to see the Walker Crispy was piloting. That was when he smirked and congratulated Crispy on a job well done.

Alex: "Fancy job you did down here. Saw you blew up all those Revenants up on the third level and destroyed two floors in the process. Guess now I know why you are called Crispy."

The cockpit doors to the Walker slowly opened up and Crispy jumped out of the vehicle in landed on the ground. He then looked at Alex and gave off a smirk of his own.

Crispy: "Thanks but as much as I like to be mentioned in something like this, I'm just known to be the guy that use anything in his arsenal to get the job done. So, do you have the stuff we need?"

That's when Alex showed the marine those duffle bags that were loaded with additional ammo and two boxes of rocket rounds for the torrents.

Alex: "Yep… Got em' all right here."

Crispy: "Good…"

Suddenly, they heard a loud thud coming from the debris. So they turned their heads to see the mess and saw the debris falling piece by piece, followed by and loud growl. Knowing what could that mean, Crispy made a quick, yet rational decision.

Crispy: "Now let's get out of here and rendezvous with our groups. I don't want to wait around until the sumo rejects decide to break out of there and get real angry."

To that end, the two ran straight to the exit and were about to approach the doorway back to the maintenance area. Upon reaching their destination, Crispy begins his communication with McCan through his helmet.

Crispy: "McCan, this is Crispy. We've got the stuff and are heading back to your position."

He waited for a response from his comrade, but he didn't hear any response what so ever. So he contacted him again.

Crispy: "McCan are you there? Come in McCan. Do you read me?"

He continued to wait for a certain response. That was when he got one, but not the one he expected.

McCan: "AHHH!! AAAAAHHHHHH!! SOMEONE HELP!! I GOT CONTACT!! REALLY BIG CONTACT!! I CAN'T HOLD IT OUT FOR MUCH-"

Within seconds the communication was halted by a lot of static. Crispy stopped dead in his tracks and feared the worse Alex stopped a few feet away from the Rhino Squad soldier and look back at him, feeling a little confused.

Alex: "What happened?"

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Crispy looked at the guardian and told him something he wished he hadn't.

Crispy: "Something happened to McCan, something really bad. We gotta get back now!"

Alex, knowing what that truly meant, nodded in response and the two ran quickly to the entrance back to the maintenance passage. Once they made it, they looked around to find their comrade. But so far, they haven't seen him yet, just a whole lot of debris everywhere with flickered lights and broken pieces of slabs.

Alex: "Looks like we missed the party."

Crispy: "Yeah, looks that way. But where's McCan?"

Suddenly, the two heard a really loud scream coming from their left that was very familiar.

McCan: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

They turned their heads to the left and there they saw a bruised up and damaged McCan being dragged by a huge creature. His armor was completely scratched, he had cuts on his arms and legs, and his helmet was removed, revealing his dirty face and glasses over his eyes. He was using his machine gun to get the creature off of him, but instead was shooting blindly at it. Not only that, but he was screaming like crazy, trying to get someone's attention. Thankfully, that scream got Alex's and Crispy's attention as they rush to his aid as fast as they could.

Crispy: "McCan!!"

McCan: "Help me! Help me!! Something's got a hold of me! Get it off of me!?"

Both Crispy and Alex immediately ran to McCan and tried to save him from the huge creature. But before they could do anything about it, the demon threw a green fireball with its free hand and hit the ceiling, causing debris and twisted metal to fall behind it and McCan. Both Crispy and Alex stopped and was completely shocked at what just happened.

Crispy: "Damn it!"

The Rhino Squad member then turned on the Comm. in his helmet and wanted to know what happened.

Crispy: "Come in McCan. Are you there? What's going on down there?"

He waited for some kind of response from his comrade until he got one, one that would be McCan's last words.

McCan: "Oh my god!! Somebody, anybody, please help me!! This thing got a hold of me! I can't hold on for much longer! Please, if anybody's listening… Oh God no! Please don't! No! NO!! NOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

That was when the entire comm. went to complete static. When Crispy heard that, he was really speechless, but he tried to communicate back to McCan.

Crispy: "McCan, are you there? Do you read me? Please respond. McCan? McCAN!!"

Again, more silence was added, followed by the slight sound of static. After waiting for his comrade's response for a long time, Crispy feared the worse. He then collapsed to his knees and started a mental breakdown on himself. He placed his hands to his eyes to cover up, shook his head, and began crying to himself.

Crispy: "McCan… It can't be… You're not suppose to die… You can't be dead… After all the hard work we've been through together, it has come to this… Why didn't you come with us when you knew it was too dangerous on your own? Why?"

He continued to somber over his now dead friend as Alex lowered his head and shook it left and right, feeling depressed himself. That was when he spotted a mini computer laying on the floor in front of him. He picked it up to inspect what type of computer is it, only to realize that this computer was none other then McCan's. Suddenly, he heard a voice coming out of his earpiece, Cray's voice.

Dr. Cray: "Mr. Kelly, are you there? Please answer me."

Hearing Cray through the comm. channel, Alex put away the mini computer into one of his pockets and responded back to him.

Alex: "Yeah Cray, what is it?"

Dr. Cray: "Finally a response. Where are you? What's taking so long?"

Alex: "We left the weapons depot and are back at the maintenance passage. We've already obtained the rocket rounds for the torrents and the ammo for the teams, but we lost McCan in the search."

There was a long harsh silence throughout the hall, that was of course until Cray started talking once more.

Dr. Cray: "Such a shame… But his death will not be in vain. Hurry back to my lab entrance at once! Both Rhino Squad and the Teen Titans are barely holding their own."

Alex: "Got it! Just tell the teams to hang on. We'll be down there in just a sec."

He turned off the comm. and approached Crispy, who is still sobbing over his dead comrade behind the rubble. He places his hand on the soldier's shoulder and tries to get him back in the game.

Alex: "C'mon Crispy, let's go."

Crispy looked back at Alex and was horrified at what he just said.

Crispy: "Are you serious? We have to leave so soon? What about McCan? Do we have to leave him behind?"

Alex: "We have no choice. We got to head back to the rendezvous place the pack these rounds into the torrents so we can keep the hoard away from the entrance. Besides, McCan is already dead, and if we don't act now, we will lose both your team and mine."

Crispy: "What, so that's it? We have to forget about McCan?"

Alex turned his head away and sighed. He knew that that it would be hard to loose someone who is a friend, since he had this type of experience with the loss of his own friend. But he managed to live with this depression and learn to fight it. So if he was able to do it, why not Crispy? He looked back at Crispy and started explaining.

Alex: "Look I know it must be hard on you. But he's gone to a better place, and he wants you to survive as much as possible. So if we are able to get out of this alive, we have to move forward and not go back. Now let's go."

Crispy listened in on Alex and agreed with him to not waist any time moaning McCan's death. They still have a job to do and they have to do it now while there's still time. So he got up and stared at the guardian, ready to finish this.

Crispy: "All right, let's get this over with."

Alex nodded and the two ran down the hallway to reach the exit, hoping there comrades are alive.

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Delta Labs, Dr. Cray's Laboratory, Entry Way: November 16, 2145, 2:12 A.M.

Luckily for them, the both teams are still alive and trying to hold off the demons and zombies that are bound to enter into the laboratory. Unfortunately, they are struggling desperately in getting them out of the entrance. Every time they try to kill off some of the hoards, the Archvile that was leading the pack kept on summoning more groups to take care of the jobs. A large group of Imps started throwing a barrage of fireballs at the teams. Raven, who was still in the air, quickly protected everyone with a folded wall shield to deflect all the projectiles from any demons that threw or spat at. As Raven shielded everyone, Starfire was throwing star bolts and blasting eyebeams to take out the Cacodemons and Lost Souls that were high up in the air. While they were holding the monsters off, both the Titans and Rhino Squad tried to piece a plan together.

Ramirez: "Well so much for the offensive approach. Any other bright ideas?"

Strauss: "As far as I know, surrendering might be our only option, being all the odds we're against."

Robin: "No! We are not going to give up. We have to stay here and protect Cray's lab from these brutes. If we don't, then we will be all dead."

Cyborg: "And how are we going to keep them away? Beast Boy's out and under medical attention, some of us is low on ammo, and the others haven't come back with the rocket rounds yet. I don't think we could hold out for much longer."

The Boy Wonder looked at his teammate and told him to get his head in the game.

Robin: "We have to. We got to work together and hold them back as long as we can until Alex and the others come back with all the tools we need."

While they were discussing on the plan, Squad leader Voss got a call from Cray on the comm. channel in his helmet.

Dr. Cray: "Mr. Voss, are you there?"

Voss responded back, wondering if what Cray's going to say could be the news he was looking for.

Scott Voss: "Yes Cray, what is it?"

Dr. Cray: "I got some great news to give you. Mr. Kelly has retrieved the ammo and rocket rounds for the torrents and are heading back to your position."

Sighing in relief, Voss continued on with the conversation.

Scott Voss: "That's good to hear. Tell Peter to come back here when he's finished patching Beast Boy up. We might need his help on assembling the torrents up."

Dr. Cray: "I'm already on it. I've tooken the liberty of sending one of my assistance to remind one of your men about the predicament you're in. He'll be there shortly. Meantime, I suggest you remain where you are and hold the hoard at bay until Mr. Kelly and Mr. Chew return."

Scott Voss: "Understood… Over and out…"

He turned his comm. off and looked at both teams to give them the details.

Scott Voss: "Well, it looks like we don't have to wait any longer. I got word from Cray that Alex and the others are coming back with the rocket rounds."

Everyone looked at the Rhino Squad leader and was glad about this.

Sledge: "That's good to hear. When are they coming back?"

Scott Voss: "The doctor said that they would be here shortly."

Suddenly, as soon as he said that, they heard random explosions coming from nowhere and the shield shattering up. That was when Raven flew down and crashed right into the ceiling after the huge impact on her black wall. Everyone looked at the crater Rae made and immediately rushed to her aid. When they all approached her, they noticed that the telepath was unscratched and undamaged. What they didn't know was that Raven created a pill like dome around her, knowing that she couldn't hold the huge black wall from the enemy's firepower. When she landed on the ground in a huge thud, the pill dome absorbed the blast, preventing any injury from the Goth, or probably worse, death. Even though she was able to survive the impact, she still felt a little sore on the aftershock and rubbed her head from all the concentration she had to muster up. Knowing that she's fine, everyone look back and saw the demonic army ready for another attack, with the Archville screeching out loud for the battle cry. They all immediately got there weapons ready while Starfire came down above them with her starbolts ready and eyes glowing green and Raven floating upward with her eyes glowing bright white.

Robin: "Good, and just in time too. We are going to need all the firepower we could get."

Soon as the shriek was made, groups of Imps, Maggots, Wraiths, and Vagaries approached the team at incredible speed for the major blow. The team got ready and was about to attack the hoard, making it their last stand. But before anyone could do something about it, an armed grenade came out of nowhere and flew straight at the invading hoard. It then exploded, sending all the demons to many directions and dissolving them to death. The two teams wondered what just happened until they turned their heads to the direction the grenade was thrown. That was when they saw Both Alex and Crispy out of the passage, alive and unscratched.

Alex: "Hey guys! Did we miss anything?"

Both teams were glad about the major save and were proud to see their comrades still alive.

Robin: "And not a moment too soon."

Both Crispy and Alex approached the their teammates and were reunited.

Scott Voss: "About time you guys showed up. What took you so long?"

Crispy: "We were a bit backtracked sir. A couple of encounters you know."

Voss looked around and notices that something was missing, or someone. So he looked at Crispy again and wanted to know one thing.

Scott Voss: "Where's McCan? He was supposed to be with you, is he not?"

Crispy lowered his head and was a little depressed about it when he heard that question. After giving some thought on it, he decided to let it out and tell the sad news to his commander.

Crispy: "He was sir… But he got killed in battle…"

Everyone was completely shocked when they heard that and were sadden by what just happened. But just as they would feel sorry about one of the Rhino Squad members, they heard another loud shriek. They all looked straight and saw the Archvile, summoning even more demons to destroy the two teams. Immediately, they all took action as Voss gives the orders to both Alex and Crispy.

Scott Voss: "You can fill me in on what happened to McCan later. Right now, I want you two to get those rounds into the torrents. Move!"

Immediately, the two give off a military salute and agreed with the Rhino Squad leader.

Alex and Crispy: "Yes sir!"

Alex dropped the ammo pack for the team to grab after battle as the two quickly approached the first torrent on the right while Voss contacted their technician.

Scott Voss: "Peter, where the hell are you?!"

Peter Chew: "I'm already at the safe door and going to head out."

Scott Voss: "Well hurry up! Alex and Crispy are already waiting for you to set up the torrents."

Peter Chew: "Roger that, on the way."

Just then, the safe's gears started to kink and turn and the door slowly opened up, revealing Peter coming out of it. Just as he got out, the safe closed up again, making sure nothing gets through. Peter then approached the two people that were ready for him with the duffle bag on the ground and opened up, revealing the two rocket rounds. Looking at the rounds, Peter lifted his head up to see the two and see if there's anything else.

Peter Chew: "So, is everything ready?"

Alex: "All the stuff your looking for is in that bag."

Peter Chew: "All right now, let me get started putting this together. I'm going to need you guys to back me up incase those bastards try to destroy them and kill me."

That's when the two raised both their weapons up and smirked at him.

Crispy: "We got your back Chew. Just make sure those torrents are up and running."

Peter nodded and got started on the first torrent. Ask for Alex and Crispy, the two had their weapons up, waiting for whatever's coming at them. To their luck, a small group of Wraiths and Maggots approached the three.

Alex: "Here they come, ya ready Crispy?"

Crispy: "Oh yeah, I'm always ready."

The two started to fire on the demonic group, letting bullets and projectiles to soar straight to them for the final blow. Meanwhile, everyone was trying to hold off the rest of the army. Robin threw a birdarang straight at a flammable barrel that was next to a few Imps. Once it connected, an explosion was created, killing the group off in one blow. Cyborg teamed up with Ramirez, using their chain gun and plasma rifle at two Revenants that were shooting mini rockets at them. With both their heavy weapons in their disposal, they managed to take out the skeleton soldiers. But soon after they did that, huge fiery blasts went past them. So they immediately ducked, forgetting about the last Mancubus that was protecting the Archvile. They didn't know what to do, until Raven came down and shielded both of them from the enemy's fire. The telepath then start to think of a way to take this brute down. That was when she looked up and saw some twisted metal pillar above them. Seeing that, she came up with a way in killing the behemoth as her eyes glow white and the pillar was engulfed by black magic. The pillar was removed from it's support structure and flew straight down to the Mancubus, still firing its mounted cannons, hoping to break through the shield and unaware that the pillar was coming down at it. That was when the pillar pierced through its skin and it fell to its eternal death. The Archvile looked at the last behemoth that died and turned its head back at the group, screaming out loud and raising its hands up in the air. Suddenly, four more Mancubuses were summoned around the humanoid and growled out incredibly loud. They immediately fired their cannons at the group, forcing Raven to power her shield up a little more. Cyborg and Ramirez, who was behind her got up and wondered if she could make it.

Cyborg: "Uh… Raven? Exactly how long can you hold that shield up for?"

Raven cringed a little, as she was trying her best holding her shield up while answering the hybrids question.

Raven: "Not long enough… The Mancubus's firepower is too much for my shields to take… It will only be a matter of time before the shield starts breaking down…"

Ramirez, upon hearing that, lifted his head up, rolled his eyes around, and gave a deep groan.

Ramirez: "Well that's just perfect…"

He turned his head to see Peter finishing up on the first torrent while Alex and Crispy was protecting him against the Wraiths and Maggots that were around them.

Ramirez: "Yo Chew! Are you done yet?"

Peter, upon hearing that, was just about to put the finishing touches on the torrent.

Peter Chew: "Almost there. Just give me a few seconds and…"

He put on the final screw that would connect the rounds into the torrents. When he heard the click, he knew that he was completely finished with his work.

Peter Chew: "That's it. The first torrent is ready."

In another part of the room, Voss was picking off Imps and Vagaries with his machine gun while ducking under red and green fireballs. When he heard the news, he sighed in complete relief and gave out the orders.

Scott Voss: "About damn time. Crispy, get on that torrent and start blasting away! Alex, escort Peter to the next torrent so he could get started on the next installation."

Alex and Chew nodded as they ran to the next torrent to install the second pack of rocket rounds. While they were doing that, Crispy went into the torrent and activate it. When that happened, the torrent rose up and the targeting sensor was online. Crispy then went to the controls and started his attack.

Crispy: "All right. Let's see what this bad boy could do."

He moved the stick to target the first Mancubus. Once he has his target, he pushed on the red button on top of the stick and started firing. That's when two blasts came out of the cannons and completely hit the huge brute. After another two blasts, one of the Mancubuses was dead in a few seconds. Seeing that type of destruction, Crispy smiled and was completely delighted with this weapon.

Crispy: "Oh Hell yeah! Now that kicked ass!"

He then pointed at a group of Z-Secs that were trying to shoot down his leader and the Titan's leader. He then opened fire and destroyed the group in one blast. While Crispy was doing work, both Alex and Peter headed to the torrent, ready to load up the next round of rockets. While they were running a Wraith and a Maggot spotted the two and headed to them for some tasty flesh. Alex saw this and fired his machine gun at the two while running at the same time. Within seconds, the two got killed and disintegrate to nothing before they had the chance of killing the two individual. Both the soldier and the guardian made it to second torrent as Chew went to work putting the rounds into the cannon. As he was doing that, Alex looked around the area, seeing if there's any hostiles heading towards the two. That's when he saw a couple of Vagaries heading towards their position.

Alex: "We got hostiles heading towards us!"

Peter Chew: "I'm going to need some time installing these rounds. Cover me!"

Alex: "Got it!"

He quickly put away his weapon and took out his plasma rifle, where he targeted the group and shooting them with blue projectiles. In the air Starfire was flying around, shooting down Cacodemons and Lost Souls with her star bolts. She was too busy trying to kill them all, not knowing that three floating demon heads were behind her, ready to blast her with energy spits. But before they could do that, the gun torrents that were protecting the safe entrance detected the three demons and started firing away. The three felt the shots and flew away from the gunfire. Two managed to get out of the way, but the last one didn't make it as it died instantly from the firepower. The two Cacodemons then started firing at the torrents with their energy blasts, to see if they can bring them offline. After a few shots, they were able to destroy one of the torrents and were going to take out the next one. Starfire looked back after disposing the flying hoards and saw the two demonic heads trying to destroy the machine gun torrents. So she flew up to them and used her eyebeams to take out one of them. Though she managed to kill it off, the last Cacodemon looked turned around to look at her and was really pissed off. It then spat out another blasts at the Tamaranean, hoping to kill her in one shot. But she zipped really fast and avoided the blast in precise accuracy. The floating head was now getting more angry and continued shooting out energy blasts and her while Starfire flew all over the entire place avoided the projectiles. She went up, down, left, right, and side-to-side, just to get away from the high heated blasts. But while she was doing that, she waited for an opening so that she could strike back without getting hurt. Once she was in the opening, she used both her glowing hands and eyes to create a huge blast straight at the demon. The Cacodemon didn't have enough time to avoid it as the huge blast got it and dissolve it into complete nothing. Back on the ground, Sledge and Strauss teamed together to kill two groups of Z-Secs and Imps with their weaponry. They managed to get rid of them and thought were in the clear. That was until the Archvile summoned more reinforcements and a large group of Revenants came down and started firing their rockets at the two Rhino Squad members. The two immediately ducked down in order to avoid that kind of firepower and tired to figure out a way to get pass this.

Sledge: "Well, I don't know how to say this comrade, but we're in deep shit."

Strauss: "No kidding… Let's hope Peter get the last torrent up and running. Cause if he isn't, we're sitting ducks."

Back to Alex and Peter, the marine was just about finished with the torrents installation. At the same time, Alex was shooting his plasma rifle at the Vagaries that were attacking them. So far, he managed to deflect the green fireballs with his projectiles and killing a few demons in the process. But his ammo capacity was running low and it will only be a matter of time before it's completely empty. So he look back at Chew and needed to know if he's finished.

Alex: "Hey Chewy, is that rocket torrent ready yet or what? I'm just about empty at the moment."

Peter Chew: "Just about there. Hang on for a few seconds."

Chew then set up the final tweaks on the rounds and after on big turn of the screw, he heard the click and was ready.

Peter Chew: "Done! Get on this beaut and show these demons what happens when they mess with us!"

Alex looks back at Chew and was completely shocked at what he heard. He told the guardian to get on the torrent and start blasting, but he had no experience on these types of weapons except in the practice simulators he always go to when he trains. He wanted to protest this idea and see if Peter wants to use that machine. But thinking there was no other option and very little ammo, Alex rushed to the torrent and got on it. Once he turned it on, Peter took his machine gun out and joins in on all the fun, standing clear of the cannon's start up system. As the lift like mechanism raised the torrent up, Alex looked at all of the controls and sighed to himself.

Alex: "All right Alex, you could do this. It's just like what you did in simulation practice, except your life and the lives of two teams are on the line."

He looks down and saw both Sledge and Strauss being outnumbered and outgunned by a bunch of skeleton soldiers with shoulder mounted rocket launchers. Noticing that they were in danger, he looked up at the controls and took a very deep breath.

Alex: "Well, here goes nothing…"

He got a hold of the joystick and moves the torrent down to the direction of the Revenants attacking the two Rhino Squad members. Once the targeting sensors got a lock on them, he pushed the red button top of the joystick with his thumb and started blasting away. The blasts killed the group in a couple of shots and they were all gone in an instant. Alex was completely surprised at this sudden turn of events as the two marines got up and looked up at the torrent the guardian was operating on, giving their thanks.

Sledge: "Well done boy. Your father might be proud of you."

Alex looked at the two soldiers and smiled a little, still shaken up from the torrent's firepower.

Alex: "Don't get all sentimental on me. Tell you the truth, this is my first time on this thing."

Suddenly, he heard the voice coming from Crispy.

Crispy: "Well whoopdy freakin' do. Glad someone with no experience made a successful first attempt. Now do you mind backing me up for once! I can't take care of all of those bastards on my own!!"

The Guardian turned his head to Crispy in the other torrent, trying his best to get rid of the hoards that were attacking their teammates. Knowing the rest needed help, he moved the joystick to the center where all the demonic summonings were coming from and rested his thumb on the button.

Alex: "On it!"

He pushed the button and the two cannons started firing on the large groups of Mancubus's that were protecting the Archvile. As he started to fire, Crispy continued his attacks on the smaller groups that were attacking the two teams on the ground, just to give them a little back up. Down on the ground, both the Titans and Rhino Squad used whatever they have to sweep up the rest of the remaining groups while in the air, Starfire and Raven were just about finished mopping up the floating demons and flaming skulls. In the coarse of a few minutes, they killed off Imps, Z-Secs, Commando Zombies, Maggots, Vagaries, Wraiths, Revenants, Cacodemons, Lost Souls, and Mancubuses. Soon enough, all that's left was the Archvile that was about to summon more demons. But that was when Crispy and Alex used their rocket torrents to combine their firepower at the demonic humanoid. After a couple of shots, the Archvile was dead and what's left of the army was disposed of. Now all that's left was complete quietness and litters of debris scattered around the huge room. General Voss lowered his weapon and gave off a real deep sigh in relief.

Scott Voss: "Finally, it's over…"

Cyborg: "Man, that was pretty brutal…"

Robin: "Either way you put, we survive this mess. Let's get into the lab quick before-"

But just as Robin was about to finish this sentence, they all heard and felt a rumble below their feet. Just as it stopped, the team looked around as Lieutenant started to panic.

Ramirez: "What the fuck was that?"

Scott Voss: "I don't know… But I don't like it."

He then contacted Cray to tell him what they just felt.

Scott Voss: "Dr. Cray, we've managed to destroy the demonic army, but we felt some kind of earthquake just below our feet. Can you tell us what's going on down there?"

Dr. Cray: "Let me check…"

Voss waited for Cray to see what happened for a couple of good seconds. After all that waiting, Cray got back on the Comm. and has some terrible news to tell them.

Dr. Cray: "Mr. Voss, I'm picking up some kind of life sign just below you. I don't know what it is, but it's certainly not human. I advice you, your team, and the Teen Titans to remain where you are and take out whatever's down there before I open the safe door. From what I could understand is that even though this creature is somewhere down there, it would be a matter of time until it finds its way up and into the surface."

Scott Voss: "All right, we're take care of it. Make sure you open the gate as soon as we kill it."

Dr. Cray: "Understood."

He turned off his comm. set in his helmet and looked at both teams to give them the next objective.

Scott Voss: "Bad news guys. It appears we have one more threat right below us."

Everyone was shocked when they heard that as Strauss kicked the ground and cussed at himself.

Strauss: "Mother fucker…"

Cyborg: "Are you serious?"

Scott Voss: "I'm afraid so… Cray believes that there could be a hostile digging underneath, but he couldn't identify what it is. All he knows is that it's not human."

There was a harsh silence through out the place until Chew broke it up.

Peter Chew: "So let me get this straight. You're saying that we got an enemy underground and we don't know what it is. Meanwhile we have to fight this thing with no idea what we're up against."

Scott Voss: "Be that as it may, we don't have much of a choice in the matter."

Alex, who was still in the cannon torrents, looked down at the groups and agreed with the Rhino Squad leader.

Alex: "Well, either way you put it, we'll still be ready for whatever's coming out. With these torrents in out disposal and the ammo I got you, we're unstoppable."

As he look down, at the group, something was missing. Or to be more precise, someone.

Alex: "Hey, has any of you seen Beast Boy? I haven't seen him anywhere in the area. Where is he?"

The two teams turned their heads away from Alex and sighed, knowing that he won't like the news very much. That's when Voss looked back at the guardian and told him personally.

Scott Voss: "Alex, Beast Boy suffered a concussion during the battle. But don't worry; he's not dead, just out like a light. Peter took the liberty in taking the changeling into the med bay in Cray's Lab. He's in good hands."

Alex was completely shocked at what happened to that green elf, but was glad that he was still alive. Still, he was upset that he got attacked and Rhino Squad didn't say anything to him when he came back to the entrance. So he put all of his frustration on the squad leader.

Alex: "Why didn't you tell me sooner? I'm the guardian of the Titans, I should know."

Scott Voss: "Let's just say that it wasn't easy for us to tell you. After all, we were in the middle of something here and we wouldn't have any time telling you anyways."

Alex: "Still, I told you to make sure that my team isn't hurt. And yet you didn't tell me about this until just now. What were you thinking?"

Voss was about to give him a bit more explanation on why he didn't told him sooner. But before he was about to, everyone felt more shaking coming from underneath their feet, only this time it was much stronger then before. They know that it was coming from the strange entity from underneath their feet, but they have no idea where it was coming out of. Of course, that's when they heard a loud crash from in front of them and turned their heads to see what it was. What they saw is a crater starting to burst open any second now. Both Rhino Squad and the Teen Titans prepared themselves for another battle while Crispy and Alex aim the cannon torrents at the soon to be crater, waiting for something to come out of it. With Rhino Squad now having their newly loaded weapons ready, everyone pointed their guns and powers at the very same crater. After much waiting and anticipation, the floor exploded and the crater was formed at the very spot where the Archvile once stood. Quickly, everyone readied their weapons and powers when the creature comes up. So far, nothing came out of the hole yet. But in the next few seconds, a couple of pairs of spider legs crawled out of the opening. When the creature came out, the Titans realized that it was none other then the last Vagary they've encountered back at the warehouse floor underneath the museum. But the Rhino Squad was completely shocked, since they've never encounter a humanoid female spider before. One of the squad members freaked out and pointed at the creature.

Peter Chew: "What the hell is that thing!?"

Robin then answered Chew, hoping to give the entire squad an explanation.

Robin: "That's a Vagary! A humanoid spider that's in charge of all the Ticks and Trites all across the facility. We've encountered entities like this before and believe me, it wasn't pretty."

That's when Ramirez jumped in and was a little skeptic about this strange being.

Ramirez: "You mean this enemy we're facing now is just a mutated spider? How tough could it be?"

Looking at the two groups, the Vagary raised its hands up and lifted a piece of broken metal column up in the air. Ramirez was struck in awe at this sudden technique. But before he could do something about that, the humanoid spider threw her hands to the groups and the metal pillar flew straight at the team. Everyone was shocked and was about to duck down to avoid the projectile. But Raven managed to lift her glowing dark hand at the girder and stopped inches from the teams.

Raven: "Does that answer your question?"

Ramirez, who was at a loss for words after this surprise attack nodded for a yes. The spider demon started to get upset at its first attempt to kill them. So it took a second option in killing the two groups. So it shrieked out loud and in moments a large number of Ticks and Trites came up out of the hole and scampered towards the teams. Now everyone knew they were in big trouble as they pointed their weapons at them all.

Cyborg: "Ah crap! Looks like this freak brought in reinforcements!"

Scott Voss: "Looks like we got ourselves an infestation people. Time to bring out some pesticides. Engage on the forces!"

The mutant spiders make a B line to the two groups as the teams got ready to fight back once more. But before they could do something to stop them, multiple rockets rain down on them and killed them all one blast after another. That's when the two teams look up and saw both Crispy and Alex shooting them down with their cannon torrents.

Crispy: "Did someone call for an exterminator?"

Alex: "Or two?"

The two kept firing away, making sure that all of the spider freaks were dead while the Titans and Rhino Squad watched them and were pleased with their work.

Robin: "Nice going you two. Keep up the good work while we handle this Vagary."

Everyone then pointed their weapons and powers at the humanoid spider and started blasting away. The Vagary got caught off guard for the moment as it was being pummeled by loads of bullets, disks, and projectiles. But it managed to get out of that mess by jumping up and away from the bombardment with a couple of scrapes and cuts along the way. It clutches on the wall as both groups continued their onslaught against the insect demon. Though it was hit a couple of times, it manages to escape their wrath and continued to jump from one place to another. Voss looked at the odd creature and wondered why would it be avoiding their fire. That's when he looked up and noticed the torrent Alex and Crispy were operating. He then realizes what the Vagary is up to and called out the two to warn them.

Scott Voss: "Crispy! Alex! The Vagary is heading to the both of you. Destroy it quick before it could attack your torrents!"

The two looked at the spider monster and now knew that the thing was going to attack them, since they were killing its young. So on protection instinct, they pointed their weapons at the Vagary at started firing away. And since they cleared out the spider infestation, the team will be able to finish up the rest. They started to fire the rockets at the mother spider, but the creature jumped away from the soaring projectiles and avoided the rocket blasts. The two continued to fire away as Crispy starts talking some smack.

Crispy: "Come on she-bitch! You want a piece of me? Come and get me!"

The female mutant spider looked at the weapons specialist and shrieked loudly at him. It then crawled onto the wall and headed straight to the torrent that Crispy was operating. Crispy continued on firing at the beast, but it swiftly avoided the incoming attacks and after the last one, jumped up and flew directly at the cannon torrent. It then got a hold of the torrent and crawled up to the cockpit area where Crispy is in. Once it made it up, the humanoid spider looked down at the marine, snarled, and was getting ready for the kill. Quickly, Crispy took his pistol out and fired it upon the demonic creature in the eyes, hoping to blind her at the moment. Alex noticed that brutal attack taking place and turned his torrent at the Vagary, targeting it on sight. He was about to push the red button to fire it, but realized that it was on the very cannon torrent Crispy was on. If he was to blow the spider up, the rockets would also destroy the cannon and kill the Rhino Squad soldier in the process. What is he going to do? That's when the two remaining gun torrents that were protecting the safe door detected the spider demon and opened fired on it. It got caught off guard when the torrents started to fire and in no preparation to stop that. Raven, who was in the air was watching all of this and gotten a real good opening. So she waved her hands around with her eyes glowing white and in an instant, the spider creature was engulfed in a big ball of negative energy. She then threw the creature down to the floor and off the cannon torrent, saving Crispy's life. The Vagary rocketed down to the floor and crashed into a loud impacted sound. The telepath looked at the big crater where the Vagary crashed through and wondered if it was dead. But unfortunately, it didn't. It slowly crawled out of the hole and survived the crash, with only a few cuts and bruises on its body. It looked at Rae and realized she attacked it. So it shrieked out incredibly loud and lifted its hands up in the air, lifting many barrels, crates, and twisted debris up in the air. The humanoid spider then tossed the objects at the telepath, trying to kill her and perhaps and rest of the two teams. Raven reacted by creating a black wall to cover the entire room and managed to stop all the objects before they hit anyone. When she lowered the shield after the objects hit it, Starfire flew up and attacked the demonic spider with her star bolts and eye beams. The Vagary jumped up and out of the crater seconds before the projectiles could hit it. That was when Cyborg came in and activated both of his cannons and the shoulder mounted rockets to fire at the creature while it was in the air. It managed to avoid the rockets, but it didn't fair well with the blue lasers as they hit it and sent it flying to the opposite end of the wall. It skidded down to the ground and was a little shaken up from the last attack. But it got the chance to shake the cobwebs out of its head, so to speak and decided that it was time to finish this fight. So it shrieked even louder and within seconds, another army of Ticks and Trites came out of the hole it came in scampered to the team. Only this time, they were much bigger then before. Both teams looked at the army heading towards them as Chew lowered his weapon and gave a really deep sigh.

Peter Chew: "Great… We're officially fucked…"

Scott Voss: "Don't give up yet Chew. There's got to be a way to stop this thing fast."

Robin: "Yeah? Well it looks like that the only way to stop them is to kill them all at the same time. Question is, how?"

Alex thought about that too. This Vagary is too aggressive then the ones he and the Titans encountered. And with the spider army commanded by this beast, it would be a matter of time before they could devour them. So he pondered what to before it's too late. That's when he looked up at the ceiling above the Vagary and then came up with an idea. He looked down at the two teams and told them something that might work.

Alex: "You guys try to hold them down as much as you could."

The two teams looked up at Alex operating the torrent and was a bit confused at what he said.

Everyone: "What?!"

Alex: "Just trust me on this."

Both teams fell a little silent as the Rhino Squad leader looked back and saw the spider armies heading closer to their destination. Knowing they have very little choice in the matter, he pointed his machine gun at the approaching hoard and gave them the order.

Scott Voss: "You heard the kid! Let's hit them with everything we got!"

Both the Titans and Rhino Squad looked at Voss and nodded, knowing that they have no other options left. So they aimed their weapons at the multiple hoards and both leaders gave the call.

Scott Voss: "Rhino Squad, charge!"

Robin: "Teen Titans, Go!"

Immediately, they fired whatever they have against the hoards of demon spiders. They've been firing things like bullets, levitated objects, and balls of bright green energy at the hoards, thinking they could clear the place up. But the Vagary had other intentions in mind, so it screamed again and more spiders came out of the hole and began their attack. As the battle rages on, Alex just watched the whole thing take place, then looked at the Vagary standing there letting its spiders do all the dirty work for it. See all of it go down he smirked and laughed silently.

Alex: "This is so perfect…"

Crispy in the other torrent looked at the Titan's guardian and wondering what he was up to.

Crispy: "Shouldn't we help them stop this thing? They are out numbered of course."

The guardian looked at the Rhino Squad member and was a little aggravated at him.

Alex: "What does it look like I'm doing?"

Crispy: "Um… Watching the show."

Alex: "Not likely. You see, I have a plan to stop the Vagary and kill the Ticks and Trites at the same time."

Crispy: "Oh really? And how's that?"

Alex: "I'm glad you ask. See how the Vagary stands still while the spiders attack?"

Crispy looked up in front and saw the Vagary standing there while the spiders were on the attack.

Crispy: "Yeah I see it. Why do you ask?"

Alex: "Take a look at how it acts. From what I could understand, this Vagary is not only the mother of these abominations but a leader to them as well. So if the creature is injured, its young would rise up to its aid and attack anyone who hurts their creator. Something like a defense mechanism if it's the case."

Crispy: "Well that's nice to hear. Just how is that suppose to do with stopping it from killing our comrades?"

Alex: "Well since the ask nicely… Take a look at the way the Vagary stands. Apparently, it goes behind the spider army while it has time to recover. So to that end, it's left defenseless for the time being."

Crispy took a closer look at the creature and now realize what Alex was trying to say. With the demonic spider defenseless, it will give him and Alex the opportunity of killing it before it fully recovers."

Crispy: "I see… So what you're trying to say is that while it's recuperating, we can strike it down with our rockets while we still have a chance. Right?"

Alex thought about that, but had another plan in mind.

Alex: "Though I like that kind of a plan, it won't work. If we do something like that, the Vagary would see us and jump to avoid the rockets. Not only that, but it would head towards us and kill us on the spot. And you don't want to have a repeat performance now would you?"

The Rhino squad member looked at Alex and wondered how to stop the demon.

Crispy: "And how are we going to stop it?"

That was when Alex looked at Crispy and pointed up to the ceiling.

Alex: "We take the direct approach."

Crispy looked up at the ceiling and wanted to know what Alex meant by the direct approach. That's when his eyes grew wide and understood that the ceiling was the direct approach.

Crispy: "Oh no…"

Alex: "Oh yeah… Tell me Crispy, how many rockets do you have left in the torrent?"

Crispy looked at the ammo gauge on the targeting monitor and saw the number left on it.

Crispy: "Says here I got five rounds left. You?"

The guardian looked at the ammo gauge too and noticed how much he had left.

Alex: "About six. You think that it would be enough to destroy the ceiling?"

The soldier looked at the guardian and smirked.

Crispy: "I do believe so."

Alex then looked back at the Vagary, still preoccupied with the two groups down below. Smirking as well, he moved the joystick control down, making the torrent to move up.

Alex: "Then let's finish this."

Soon enough, both Crispy and Alex moved their torrents up, positioning the front end of the guns up to the ceiling. Down on the ground, both the Titans and Rhino Squad were holding the spiders off with everything they have. With machine gun blaring, plasma projectiles blasting, star bolts raining, and levitated objects tossing, the groups were able to get the spiders that were closest to them. But soon after they kill the charging mutant spiders, the Vagary shrieked once more and another army came out and headed for the attack. The group fired away again, but realized that they were running low on ammo. That's when Ramirez started to freak out.

Ramirez: "God damn it! How many of these things can this spider queen summon? I don't think we have enough ammo to hold them back."

Voss: "We got to hold them back as much as we could! If we don't do that, then Cray and the rest of the science team would be goners as well!"

Cyborg: "Speaking of holding them back, what's taking both Alex and Crispy so long? They should be killing all of the spiders with their cannons already."

Robin: "Don't know, but I got a funny feeling our guardian has something up his sleeve."

While they were busy with the spiders, the Vagary was almost healed and was going to attack them once more. But it looked to its left and saw a flammable tank next to it. That was when it came up with a really wicked idea. It raised one of its hands up and within seconds, the tank lifted up in the air and levitated. The humanoid spider looked at the group and had a mischievous grin on its face. The team saw what was happening in front of them and knew what the demon was doing. That's when Starfire pointed up to the creature and alerted the two groups.

Starfire: "It's going to blow us up!!"

Raven floated behind the teams and made a black dome to protect them.

Raven: "I can hold the shield as long as I could, but I don't know if I have enough power to protect us all."

The Titan leader looked at the telepath and gave her some encouragement.

Robin: "You can do it Raven! Just concentrate as hard as you can!"

And Raven just did that. She concentrated hard enough to make the shield stronger. But she wasn't sure that it would be enough to block up the explosion that would happen. The Vagary lifted the tank of propane gas over its head with its one levitation hand and smiled wickedly to its victory. But it wasn't aware of what was going to happen next. In the two cannon torrents, both Crispy and Alex waited for the right moment to fire. When the two saw the Vagary with the tank floating above it, Alex shook his head and gave off a mischievous grin.

Alex: "Oh no you don't. All right Crispy, open fire!"

Crispy: "Way ahead of you Alex!"

The two immediately pushed the red buttons on their joysticks and simultaneously fired the remaining rockets to the ceiling. The Vagary heard the blasts and looked up to see what was happening. That's when it saw the ceiling crumbling above it soon after the rockets exploded. It immediately shrieked and levitated most of the smaller rocks and metal that was raining down on it. Unfortunately it didn't have the power to stop everything so the rest came soaring down to the demonic spider. The Vagary gave off one final shriek of defeat as a huge slab of rock and twisted metal smashed on the huge tank it was carrying and flatten the creature like a complete bug. As soon as the propane tank and trashed, sparks came out from under the ruble, thus causing an explosion that destroyed half of the place and killed all the Ticks and Trites that were going to attack the two teams protecting Cray's lab. Luckily for both the Titans and Rhino Squad that Raven's shield was strong enough to hold something as powerful as a high-density explosion. When the blast was gone and the smoke cleared, the room was completely destroyed with debris and damaged items and the stink of burnt blood was everywhere. And to top it all off, the doorway that would lead more demons into the entry point was blocked off by huge slabs of concrete. Luckily, Raven's shield saved the two teams from becoming barbequed and both Alex and Crispy, who were still on the cannon torrents were away from the huge blast. When the battle was finally over, Raven removed her shield and felt completely exhausted. At the same time, both cannon torrents lowered to the ground where the team is and both Alex and Crispy got off, looking at their teams with smiles on their faces.

Alex: "Oh yeah! That's what I'm talking about! Woooooooooo!!"

Robin, who didn't like what just happened, approached Alex and was a little fumed over.

Robin: "Have you lost your mind?! Did you not see the propane tank that spider beast was carrying? You almost got us killed!"

The guardian looked at the Boy Wonder, then lifted his eyes up and sighed, expecting some kind of thank you for the save he did.

Alex: "Gee, you're welcome…"

Robin: "Hey don't give me that look Alex. You were the one that told us to attack the spider army in the first place, yet you didn't say you were going to destroy the ceiling. You should have told us you were going to do that before you blew everything up."

Alex: "Yeah? Well even if I was going to tell you, the Vagary would've heard us and would destroy the torrents in the first place. It's something called the element of surprise. Something you should know about."

Robin: "The element of surprise? The crazy stunt you pulled almost cost us our lives! Do you even think about protecting us first instead of blowing us up?"

Alex: "Then what do you think I was doing? Huh? Was I destroying the entire place while forgetting that innocent people were below me?"

Robin: "Well it looks that way."

The two continued to argue about what transpired, acting like this wouldn't get anywhere. That's when Sledge came in and started breaking it all up.

Sledge: "Easy comrades, easy. Let us not blow each other's heads off like a bunch of chickens. No one was hurt and all the monsters are dead. We can't point at each other and say that it was his or her fault. We all won anyways."

Scott Voss: "Sledge is right. Raven saved us from the explosion and the Vagary is dead thanks to Alex. If it happened the opposite way, then we would be the ones that would be dead. So let's cool our heads off the talk to Cray."

The two decided to stop arguing and get this over with while Voss contacted Cray.

Scott Voss: "Dr. Cray, we took care of the last threat and by the way it looks, nothing else would get through."

After telling the doctor that, Cray responded in the lightest of tone.

Dr. Cray: "Excellent. Please enter my laboratory. Dr. Cloud is ready to analyze the Primitive."

Scott Voss: "Understood."

He turned off the comm. and looked at both team and finally told them the good news.

Scott Voss: "Good news everyone, looks like we could finally get in the lab. Let's get in before more of those freak have a chance in getting here."

Everyone nodded as Robin could agree with Voss for once. He had enough fight for one day; he doesn't want to get too exhausted.

Robin: "You have a real good point there. Let's move."

Both teams headed to the safe, with both Cyborg and Chew carrying a weak Raven by the shoulders when she concentrated all her power on the shield. As they approached the safe door, the gears started to move around and the door opened itself up. Both the Titans and Rhino Squad entered the airlock safe and the safe door closed itself, thinking they would be finally safe. But that would all change soon enough.

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Finally! FINALLY!! Finished this chapter up. I don't know what is tough, my final exam on the spring semester, the things I've been doing, or this long ass chapter. Well, the next chapter will be a whole lot shorter. And on that chapter, Cray explains to the Titans the situation they're in and when the Primitive given all the details they need to stop Betruger from sending more demons. But there are some secrets that he's keeping. What are they? Please Review, and whatever you do, don't give me any flames. Thank you.