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

39. Sensory Chaos

Yep, another day, another long update. I'm getting a little tired over the fact that these updates are slow and they should at least be a little quicker. And with schoolwork, part time job, and stories I'm doing for a website's contest, things get a little complicated for me. At least I'm glad that I would do a couple of sentences for progress my stories further, but that isn't enough. I just hope that I can do more with out getting interrupted of something. Anyways, let's get to the story. Let's start with the reviews from the last chapter. Well at least I finally got a review from Rahkshi and my hit counter on the last chapter is on the 44 mark. At least I still have props after this long wait. Now Rahkshi noticed that I had a minor mis sentence in my last chapter. Thank you for noticing that man. Normally I proofread my chapters before I update them and I didn't notice that in the sentence. Guess I went a little ahead. Next time, I'll be more careful before I get to post these chapters up. Let's start with this next exciting chapter of Doomed Titans. Alex and his team headed straight to Delta 4 via shortcut using anything in their arsenal to reach it. But when they were reaching it, they encounter a familiar beast that raged all over Cray's lab. Would they be able to get to level 4 alive, or is it the end of the road for the Teen Titans?

Chapter Notes

In this chapter, it's going to be the one I did before. It's going to be a level from House of the Dead 3. Just going to add the demons and zombies in different parts and make it so action pack.

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

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Chapter Thirty-nine: Sensory Chaos

Delta Labs, Cray's Laboratory, Hallway 15: November 16, 2145, 6:18 A.M.

After healing up Beast Boy and getting back all of their weapons, Alex and the Titans were out of the secret surgery room and were walking down the hallway to find an exit. Alex had all of his weapons in his possession, Cyborg was able to get his chain gun, and Beast Boy had gotten his Grabber. Of course, the guardian was taking the lead, looking for the exit he needed to get out of this lab. But the team wasn't sure why he was heading through the hallway when they could take the way they came in. So Robin stepped forward and asked him the question.

Robin: "Hey Alex, why are we taking this path? Why don't we take the entrance we came in the first place?"

Without looking back, Alex answered the Titan leader.

Alex: "Because if we do, then we would've been more screwed."

He took his PDA out and with his touch pen, accessed the digital map to give them the details.

Alex: "Now, the safe entrance to the lab would be the safest way to leave and find another path to Level 4. But with the brute that attacked the lab and all security shut down, it might be swarming with demons and zombies by now. So we have to take another route before this entire place gets infested."

He clicked on his pen and found an alternative route to get to Delta 4.

Alex: "Now from what my PDA is saying, there appears to be a maintenance elevator somewhere in this hallway. From there, we head up to the upper floor maintenance passage. Believe it or not, Delta does have two maintenance floors, since it handles some serious research. All and all, I did check the map out and realize the maintenance area is the quickest way to reach Delta 4. Though we might get into some bumps along the way, it's the only shot we have to stop Betruger and destroy the main portal."

Robin: "And what about that huge thing that attacked the lab, killed off Rhino Squad, and took Cray with it? What was that thing?"

Alex: "Let me look into it."

With his pen in hand, he went back to the main menu and accessed the demon database. Once he searched through the list, he discovered one monster he hadn't look up yet. He clicked on the title, 'Hell Knight' and a window opened up showing the very same demon that attacked the lab. Looking at the beast, he smirked and couldn't believe what he was reading.

Alex: "Humph… Son of a bitch… According to the database, the creature that attacked us is called the Hell Knight."

Robin looked at Alex and was completely in awe of what he just said.

Robin: "Hell Knight?"

Alex: "Yeah… Think of it as an Imp on steroids. Hell Knights are super strong, super fit, super powerful, and the worse of all, they are almost impervious to any weapon."

That's when Starfire turned her head to see her guardian and cocked an eyebrow.

Starfire: "Almost?"

Alex: "Well, unless you keep shooting it a lot of times with bullets and what not. Other then that, it's close to impossible. Like the Imp and the Vulgar, Hell Knights have the ability to charge up fireballs and throw them to their targets. But unlike them, its fireballs are way too powerful. That could explain the vicious attack at the surgery room when it hit all of the propane tanks and caused them all to blow up."

Robin: "Well whatever the case, we have to be cautious. Betruger's coming up with more ways in eliminating us. We have to be ready no matter what."

The group continued to walk down the hallway, looking for this particular elevator. After a few minutes of walking and passing door after door, they all spotted the elevator at the end of the hallway. Alex saw it and rushed to the elevator.

Alex: "There it is! That's the elevator!"

As he approached the elevator, he looked down at the screen and notice that it is still online.

Alex: "Good, it's still operational. Guess the emergency power is still keeping this lift working."

He pressed the 'Call Lift' icon on the touch screen and the elevator doors opened up revealing the lift itself.

Alex: "Well wouldn't you know… Looks like this elevator was waiting for us."

The guardian turned around and looked at the Titans waiting to see what would happen next.

Alex: "Well, if you guys aren't doing anything special, we got a mission to do. Everyone in the lift now!"

Everyone nodded and proceeded into the elevator. Once the doors closed behind them, Alex approached the terminal and searched for the one that will lead them to the upper maintenance floor. Once he spotted the floor that said, 'Maintenance' he clicked on it and the lift moved upwards to their destination. Once it was ascending, Alex looked at the Titans and explained to them the situation.

Alex: "All right team, listen up. We're that much closer to Delta 4 and between us and the level are the hoards that are waiting for us. Remember what Cray said, the only way we can destroy the main teleporter is by shutting down the stabilizers. That will close off Hell's gateway and put an end to this nightmare before the Earth fleet arrives. This is our one and only opportunity in ending all of this for good. Once we're done with that, I'll take you to Gamma Labs and sent you back to the past. Remember, stay focus, get ready for anything that comes at you, and you all be back home before you know it. Does anyone understand?"

Everyone nodded for a yes and Alex was glad at their responses. But as he looked at their faces, one of them wasn't paying attention. That individual was none other then Beast Boy. He seems to be a little upset over something. So he approached him and wondered what the changeling is so sadden about.

Alex: "Hey Beast Boy, what's wrong? You look a little disappointed about something."

Beast Boy remained silent for a few seconds until he said something to the guardian.

Beast Boy: "Why didn't you tell us?"

Alex blinked a couple of times, not sure what he meant.

Alex: "Excuse me…"

Beast Boy: "Why did you tell us, tell me, about the truth? Robin told me everything about what happened while I was unconscious. He said that the UAC was going to use us as experimental testing subject, thinking our powers would be useful for weapon defense and Medicare purposes. Not only that, but they were going to kill us to find out about our abilities. To top it all off, I was the first victim in this whole mess! Why didn't you say any of this to us sooner?!"

Alex completely forgot that BB was asleep the whole time when the surgery took place and couldn't help but to feel ashamed at his state of mind. So he took a deep breath and explained everything to him.

Alex: "Honestly Beast Boy, I didn't want to talk to you about this. You see I knew about this right after you guys were awaken and was completely shocked. My dad kept this a secret along with Cray and the board members so that no one knows what they were doing. Now as a guardian, I was suppose to know about the people I'm protecting and making sure that everything is in the right order. But that information was kept from me at an undisclosed period of time, until dad told me. I didn't want you to get killed for science, nor I want you to be complete guinea pigs. That's why I decided to take you to the Ark in the first place. Not only to take you back to the past and finish what you started, but to save you guys from impending doom. Of course, this impending doom isn't what I expected; at least I'm trying to protect you no matter what. Right now, all you have to do is trust me.

Beast Boy listened in on all he said and felt sorry for what he said. But he was still ticked at the fact that his guardian didn't tell him anything from the start. Once the elevator made a complete stop and the doors opened, the changeling got up and was still a little bummed.

Beast Boy: "Still, you should've told us sooner then later. And as far as trust go, I don't know if I trust you just like I trusted Terra."

He started walking out of the elevator as Alex look back at him and was confused at BB's response. He looked at Cyborg and asked him a question.

Alex: "Is he still mad at me?"

Cy looked at Alex and nodded for a yes.

Cyborg: "Yep, looks like it."

He rolled his eyes around and sighed to himself.

Alex: "Great…"

He follows the changeling, hoping that he won't do something completely stupid.

Alex: "Listen Beast Boy, I…"

Before he could finish a sentence, he noticed something in front of Beast Boy. It almost look barely visible but from what he could understand, it almost look like laser trip wires that are blocking their exit. Looking at that, he realized what they were meant for. From what he learned, upper maintenance floors always have some kind of security system incase terrorist try to break in. Sometimes they always have trip wires to see who are the maintenance personnel and who are the intruders. And if Beast Boy gets too close to the lasers, they're in for some big trouble. With instinct, Alex ran to Beast Boy, shoving the other Titans in the way and trying to get his attention.

Alex: "Beast Boy, stop!"

But Beast Boy didn't listen; he was getting closer to the trip wires without even him noticing.

Alex: "Wait!"

Still he wouldn't listen. He was in mere inches of the lasers beams. Soon enough, the guardian started screaming out his name.

Alex: "BEAST BOY!!!"

But it was too late. As soon as Beast Boy stopped and turned around to see Alex, he passed through the trip lasers. Alex made a complete stop, realizing it was too late now as the changeling glared at him, getting tired of his previous actions.

Beast Boy: "Yeah… What do you want this time?"

Immediately after he said that, red lights keep on fading in and out and sounds of alarms were blaring. Everyone immediately got out of the elevator and wondered what the hell is going on. That's when they all heard the announcement.

"Attention: Unauthorized personnel detected. Security system activated."

Raven: "That doesn't sound good."

"Higher priority areas of the level are under stage 1 lockdown. All security personnel report to their designated stations and await immediate orders."

Alex looked around and noticed both the left and right hallways are closed by blast proof doors one after another. Knowing they would be locked out, he turned his head to the straight hallway and gave the team the command.

Alex: "Let's go!"

They all immediately ran and fly down the hallway, hoping they won't get locked in. Soon as they entered the hallway, the blast doors came down behind them and closed instantly. They continued running and flying as one blast door closed behind them one after another. As they were running straight, the notice a right turn that would take them to another room. But coming down the way were a batch of zombies heading towards the group. Alex quickly took his machine gun out and pointed it at them while running.

Alex: "Just as if things couldn't get any worse… Take them down guys! Don't let them block out path!"

Alex pulled the trigger and killed the group at the front while running at the same time. Robin took out some exploding disks and threw them at the zombies on his left side. Starfire then threw some star bolts at another group on the right. When all of the zombies were clipped, a Commando Zombie rushed in through the entryway to the right and charged to them. Cyborg pointed his chain gun at the Commando and pulled the trigger, making the drum spin incredibly fast and launched an array of armor piercing bullets. The round punctured the undead soldier through the sternum and killed it in a matter of seconds. When all of them were dead, Alex looks back and notices the blast doors closing behind them, getting closer.

Alex: "Let's move it people! I don't want to be the one locked up forever!"

The Titans followed that order and ran straight to the corner. They turned left and entered a big room. But before they entered, two fat zombies block their path. The Titan's Guardian took out his double barrel shotgun off of his back and began to shoot a huge load at the first undead in the head. Robin then took his R-Sword out and sliced the second one diagonally from hip to shoulder. Once the two were dead, the team made it through the room seconds before the last blast door came down and closed behind them. Once they were in the clearing, they all looked around to see where they are. From what they could tell, they were in a huge room with rows of tanks on one end and small rooms on the other. Beast Boy looked at one of the tanks and noticed that there was a label on it reading, 'nitro glycerin'.

Beast Boy: "Nitro glycerin? Isn't that stuff a little dangerous?"

Alex: "Not unless you want to open them up with a gun. These coolant tanks are meant to keep all the systems in the area as cold as possible so that they won't heat up. One shot from any weapon, and you'd be a permanent ice sculpture."

Alex took his PDA out and check to see where they would go next. After clicking his screen with the touch pen, he knew where to go next and nodded. Looking up at the Titans he explained the to them where to go.

Alex: "All right guys, good news. There's an airlock on the other side of this floor that leads straight to Delta. What we need to do is follow the map on my PDA and will be okay. Let's just hope that any demons won't get in the way. Let's hurry if we are able to put an end to all of this."

The team proceeded on heading to the elevator as they left the now closed blast door. As they walked, Alex gave them the first step.

Alex: "Now, there's a door on the other side of the room. That's our only path to the exit. Best take the hallway between the huge canisters and the rooms to make a clear get away. Better safe then sorry as the old saying goes."

They were about to turn the corner to get through the hallway. But then, red clouds appeared at the big area of the cooling room. That's when lightning bolts came down and a group of Imps appeared in front of them and started throwing fireballs at the team. Raven created a black wall to deflect the balls of flames as the others get ready to attack. What they didn't know was that something was sneaking through the cooling tanks and was behind the team for a big ambush. Starfire heard some strange hissing sound coming from behind and turned around to see what it was. What she saw were a three Vulgars charging up their green fireballs at them. She immediately shrieked and alerted the others at what's going to happen.

Starfire: "Friends, look behind us!"

The Titans heard Star's cry and turned around to see what she saw, except Raven for she was busy protecting her friends. When they notice the Vulgars ready for a surprise attack, Alex cussed and pointed his machine gun at them.

Alex: "God damn it! They're trying to flank us! Shoot them down now!"

He open fire on the first one as the amount of bullets penetrated its skull and killed one of the Vulgars in point blank range. Starfire, who was the first to notice them in the first place flew up to the air and threw her star bolts at the second bug creature. However, the last Vulgar threw its own fireball at the group and thought it would hit them. But Beast Boy activated his Grabber and caught the fireball in mid air. Then he targeted it to the last demon and fired it back at it, killing the bug creature in one single shot. Once the threat from behind was avoided, Alex took a grenade out and looked at Raven to give the command.

Alex: "Raven, lowered that shield now!"

Rae nodded and waved her hands to make her shield disappear the same time Al armed his grenade. Once the shield is down, the guardian threw the grenade at the group of Imps that that was going to launch another barrage of fireballs. But as the grenade hit them, it exploded causing all the creatures to fly around the entire place with different body parts detached to them. As they all disintegrated into falling ash, everyone started to run through the open hallway and headed straight. As they pass the first door, three commando zombies came down with their tentacles latched on above the vents. Once they block the path, Alex took his plasma rifle out and started loading projectiles at the commando in the middle. Cyborg followed his movements as he activated his sonic cannon and blasted the one of the right. The last commando zombie extended its tentacle at the group while the hybrid and the guardian were busy. Beast Boy notices that and took action by turning into a tiger and bites the tentacle off the brute before it could attack. Robin then took out a freeze disk and threw it at the undead soldier. Once the disk hit it, the zombie froze completely from its stance. This gave Alex the opportunity and take out the shotgun and open fire, breaking the frozen zombie into a thousand pieces. Once the commandos were out of the way, Alex reloaded his shotgun and alerted the team.

Alex: "Not bad gang, but we're not out of the woods yet. Let's hurry if we're going to reach Level 4 in time."

Soon after he was done reloading, he the others ran to the end of the room. Just then, they heard strange baby sounds coming from the left. Robin turned his head and saw a bunch of cherubs flying towards them.

Robin: "Cherubs!!!"

The others looked at what Robin was seeing and had everything in their disposal ready.

Alex: "Pick them off!"

Alex had his machine gun out and started to take out a couple of the baby bugs. Cy then took out his chain gun and mowed down the rest. Soon after they are all dead, the group continued walking straight. As they approached the second doorway to the left, it exploded open and flew past them.

Alex: "Look out!"

As the door hit the tanks that thankfully didn't explode, two fat zombies came out and lumbered straight to the group. Alex took out Matilda again and pointed at the fat zombie that was heading towards him. He pulled the trigger and blew the zombie's torso from the inside out. He quickly reloaded the pointed the shotgun at the other zombie, only this time, the pellets penetrated the head. As brain and skull fragments flew in the air, the Titan's guardian gave a sigh of relief and shook his head.

Alex: "Whew… That was too close to call."

Alex looked at the Titans and gave them a bit of a warning.

Alex: "Stay alert! No telling what might pop out."

The group kept on getting closer and closer to the end of the room. But when they enter the small open area, they then heard grunting followed by the sound of a chainsaw. They all look to their left again and saw another zombie holding a chainsaw running towards the team, hoping to cut them up. Robin quickly took his Bo staff out as the zombie headed to him first. He lifted his staff up over his head the same time the zombie swung its chainsaw at the Boy Wonder's face. As the two connected, sparks begin to fly as the chainsaw tried to cut through Robin's staff. Lucky for the Titan leader, his staff was hard enough to hold the chainsaw at bay. That gives Alex the time to take his shotgun out again and took careful aim at the undead's head. He then pulled the trigger as the pellets came out of the gun and blasted its head up leaving blood and fragments splattering around the area. Once that mess was out of the way, Robin cleaned his staff up with his cape and put it away.

Robin: "That was a little too close to call."

Alex looked at Robin and told him something while at the same time he reloaded his shotgun.

Alex: "Just remember to keep your guard up Rob. Can't protect you all the time."

They were almost at the end of the room and were about to make a right turn to a doorway. Suddenly, without warning, they heard the crash coming from the other side of the door in front of them. That's when dents were being created from the other side and looked like something was trying to breakthrough it. To that end, Alex took his Plasma Rifle out and pointed it at the door as the others did the same and pointed whatever weapon and powers they have in their pocession.

Alex: "I got a bad feeling about this…"

Whatever's coming out of the door kept on banging and banging harder to make an opening. After almost a minute of waiting, the door burst open and out came a Pinky charging at the group and roaring out incredibly loud.

Alex: "Incoming Pinky!!!"

Quickly, everyone fired at the charging beast with everything they got. That was until Beast Boy spotted a flammable barrel in the left hallway and pointed his grabber at it to lift it up in the air. Once he got a hold of it, he pointed it to the Pinky the launched the barrel straight towards it. Alex saw the barrel at high speeds and feared the worse. So he looked at everyone and shouted out…

Alex: "Everyone get down!"

Immediately, everyone get down to the floor the same time Raven covered everyone with a small bubble shield. In seconds, the barrel hit the Pinky and exploded, causing a big explosion and killing the bull demon in the process. But the explosion engulfed that area and almost got close to the propane tanks filled with nitro glycerin. Thankfully, the explosion stopped and the smoke faded before it got a chance freezing everything up. As soon as everything was cleared up, Raven turned her black bubble shield off as the group got back up. Observing the burnt wreckage, Alex shook his head and sighed to himself.

Alex: "Now that was too close to call."

Beast Boy looked at what he did too and realized his mistake as he place his hand behind his head and rubbed it a little bit with a sweat drop running down the side.

Beast Boy: "heh, heh… Ops, my bad…"

Alex looked at Beast Boy with an angry look and was going blame him for what happened. But before he was able to do that, everyone felt a few shakes followed by them listening to large stomps not far from them.

Cyborg: "Whoa! What was that?"

That was when they heard a loud roar coming from the left side of the hallway. Alex turned his head to see a left passage that leads to another area in the room. That's when he saw what appeared to be a huge shadow heading towards them. It then stopped and roared even louder, sounding like it picked up a human scent. After looking at this creature, Alex now realized what it was and had his eyes wide in fear.

Alex: "Ah shit… It's a Hell Knight! Everyone fall back to the route!"

Quickly, everyone ran the opposite direction and head to the doorway that would take them to the exit. Once the doors were opened and the group went through, Alex pointed his machine gun at the panel next to the door and shot it down. Sparks begin to fly once the monitor got destroyed and caused the doors to automatically close tight. Everyone remained quiet when the footsteps kept getting louder and louder. They then stopped in a second, but the Titans heard the low growls of the enormous beast as it was scanning the area. After a few minutes, they heard and felt the stomping again, only this time it was getting softer and softer then before. Soon enough there was no sounds of stomping in the other side of the doors. Alex sighed in complete relief when he heard the Hell Knight disappearing.

Alex: "Whew… Thank god it's gone."

He looks around the area and noticed that they were in a small storage room that has shelves filled with items and another door on their left side. He looked at the shelves that were in front of them and saw the ammo he needs for most of his weapons. He approached the shelves and took some shells, clips, cartridges, and a case of grenades. As he was scavenging what he needs for survival, Robin looked at the guardian and was confused at what just happened.

Robin: "Alex, you mind telling us what happened back there? Was that a Hell Knight?"

Alex: "Most likely yes."

Robin: "The same Hell Knight we saw before?"

Alex: "I don't know. It's hard to tell if this one is the same one we've seen back at Cray's lab. Heck, it could be another one of those things, like the one we saw when we were heading to the Communication Center."

Robin: "Then shouldn't we attack it back there? If that Hell Knight was the one that took Cray and he's still alive, then maybe we could rescue him."

Immediately Alex turned to see the leader and had an angry expression on him.

Alex: "And what would be the point? Huh? You saw what that thing did to Rhino Squad. It's too dangerous even for us. Our best option is to flee from these Hell Knights until we're fully prepared to take them on. Not only that, but we still have a mission to complete. If we are ever going to stop this invasion we have to head to the main teleporter and shut it down ASAP. You got me?"

The Titans listened on what Alex was saying and could agree with him in any ways. Those Hell Knights are too dangerous for them and after what happened to Rhino Squad, they fear that they would be the next threat on their radars. So to play it safe, they decided to follow their guardian's advice and get away from those beasts until they are completely ready. They then nodded to him, understanding what they were up against as Alex smiled a little bit.

Alex: "Good. Now let's go. The digital map on my PDA says that we have to take the next door to reach the exit."

He pointed to the door to where they would go next as the team looked to where he was pointing to. Once Alex was finished with ammo collecting, he and the team headed straight to that door. As the doors opened, the crew entered another huge room but it was much different. In the middle of the room were huge metallic pillars that had huge rods within them. The Titans watched in awe as sparks came out of the pillars and danced on the ground.

Cyborg: "Whoa… This place is completely new. What is this place?"

Alex: "Preferably, you didn't know anything about this. These are the storing units for the energy rods. These rods are meant to power the facility incase there's either a temporary shutdown or a power outage. And the best part of it is that these rods can last a hundred years throughout their lifespan. How's that for a backup plan?"

Alex took his PDA out again and checked to where they would go next. After scanning the room they were suppose to go, he found the place where they need to be and looked at the Teen Titans for the details.

Alex: "Well it looks like the only way out is the lift on the other side at the far end of the corner. Let's head down there before we get overrun."

The team started to run diagonally through the pillars to reach the elevator. But just as they entered, they all heard low grunting and the feeling of stomps around them. They all stopped and looked around the area to see where the sounds were coming from.

Starfire: "What's that?"

Alex: "I don't know Star, but it sounds like it's coming around us. Keep watch everyone! Who knows what's in this area."

So the group looked around to see if there were any threats heading straight towards them. That's when Beast Boy spotted something wide coming out of one of the columns and pointed at it.

Beast Boy: "There it is!"

Alex turned his head to where the changeling was pointing to and saw a Mancubus lumbering towards the group. Smiling at this, he took his plasma rifle out and prepared for a short fight.

Alex: "Well now, this is going to be easy."

Just then, Starfire pointed at something too.

Starfire: "Over there!"

Alex then look to the right to where Starfire was pointing at too and saw another Mancubus heading towards them.

Cyborg: "No, there!"

Again, the guardian looked to see what Cyborg saw and again, another Mancubus came down.

Raven: "There!"

Al looked to his left and saw another Mancubus.

Robin: "No, in front of us!"

Alex then look in front of them and saw yet another Mancubus. Looking at all of the huge creatures, Alex and the others realized that they were completely surrounded. He used both his machine gun and plasma rifle as dueling weapons and got ready for a big fight.

Alex: "Great… This day keeps getting better and better."

Once the large group surrounded the Titans, they aimed their cannons attached to their arms at them and open fire, sending large blasts of red plasma at them. Raven quickly created another bubble shield only this time it was bigger and stronger then the others. While the shield deflected all of the blasts, Alex checked his ammo and was ready to battle.

Alex: "Looks like we got our work cut out for us gang. Make a clear path through this group so we can make our escape. Don't stop until we reach the lift!"

When the Mancubuses stopped firing, Raven let her shield down as the team turned to the direction of where the lift was. But with two of the huge monsters in the way, it might get a little complicated. So looking at the two, the guardian pointed his weapons at them and screamed out loud…

Alex: "Attack!"

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Delta Labs Level 3, Teleport Station 3: November 16, 2145, 6:29 A.M.

Meanwhile, Betruger was watching the battles through the monitors in the control center. On one monitor he saw Alex and the Titans heading towards the lift, killing two Mancubuses that were blocking it. On another monitor he saw both Swan and Campbell entering the main lobby in Delta 1 but were immediately attacked by Pinky's and Imps. And on the last monitor, he saw a marine about to enter chamber 3. Looking through each of the monitors, the doctor was completely impressed by what he was observing.

Dr. Betruger: "Interesting… These people were able to make it this far. Much farther then all the others. But it would only be a matter of time before they succumb to the end of their pathetic miserable lives."

He looks at the last monitor and noticed that the marine was entering the decontamination chamber for this room.

Dr. Betruger: "Looks like I should prepare for his arrival, if he gets there."

He approached a terminal that operates the teleport destination. He clicked on the "Pad 1: Delta 4" option activated one of the experimental teleporters.

"Pad 1 selected."

The teleporter started to lower its disks to position and the energy between them started. Once it was ready, Betruger headed to the teleporter. Guarding the teleporter where two Commando Zombies holding chain guns and two Revenants. Before entering the teleporter, Betruger looked at the group and gave them the orders.

Dr. Betruger: "Make sure that Marine doesn't reach this teleporter. I can't have him ruin my plans."

The group grunted and moaned, understanding what Betruger said. Suddenly, the decontamination door opened up and the Marine walked in with a plasma rifle in his hands.

Main Marine: "Party's over boys!"

Betruger saw the Marine and pointed him to his minions.

Dr. Betruger: "Stop him!"

He then turned around and approaches the teleporter. When he stepped on the pad, he clicked on the screen and within seconds, he disappeared in thin air. At the same time, the group pointed their weapons at the Marine and fired a variety of bullets and rockets at him. Luckily, the glass that's between them were bullet proof, but not for long. When the rockets destroyed the windows, the marine pointed the plasma rifle at them and made his move.

Main Marine: "My turn!"

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Delta Labs Higher Maintenance Level, Energy Rod Storage: November 16, 2145, 6:33 A.M.

Back in the higher maintenance floor, the Teen Titans were trying to reach the lift on the other corner of the storage room but were having difficulty getting there. The reason why is that the Mancubuses are trying to kill them. Alex, Robin, and Cyborg were trying to kill the two behemoths that were blocking the lift while Starfire and Raven were protecting them from behind with shields and star bolts against the demons huge balls of flames. Unfortunately, Beast Boy was between the two groups and stood by until it was the right time to attack. Alex used both his plasma rifle and machine gun to pick apart the first Mancubus the same time Cyborg used his chain gun to mow down the other with Robin throwing disks at it to help the hybrid out. But so far, they haven't gone down as of yet.

Alex: "Keep it up boys! We have to break through if we are able to reach the lift!"

Robin: "I hope your right Alex. Cause it looks like they're not giving up without a fight!"

They continued to fire on the two demons hoping they would die soon. Cyborg continued his onslaught on the beasts pounding more rounds into them. Suddenly, his chain gun stopped firing as it was running out of ammo. Looking down at his weapon, he was a bit shocked that he's out of rounds all to soon.

Cyborg: "Ah man… You got to be kidding me!"

He looked up at the Mancubuses and decided to take an alternative offensive.

Cyborg: "All right, you ask for it!"

He immediately armed both his sonic cannons and shoulder rocket launchers and blasted a barray of rockets and energy blasts at the two. Soon enough, the two Mancubuses got heavily mauled the dissolved in a big way. Both Alex and Robin watched it all go down and were surprised at the huge move Cyborg did and were speechless at the moment.

Alex: "Well, that's one way getting through. All right people we got an exit! Everyone to the lift NOW!!!"

Quickly, everyone ran to the lift with Beast Boy right behind them. As he was running, the changeling noticed a propane tank close to the lift. Knowing what happened with the barrels, he came up with a plan to hold them back. And with being that the others were far away, they would be safe for what he's about to do. He turned into a T-Rex and used his tail as a baseball bat to knock the tank off its foundation and sailed straight to the group. As it hit one of them, it exploded on impact flew straight to the others. Like a bowling ball hitting the pins, the Mancubuses collided and they hit parts of the energy rods. As they were hitting them, electrical bolts came out of the column and electrocuted most of the demons, killing them instantly. The group watched what happened as Beast Boy returned to his original form and joined them. Alex was impressed by this move and looked over at the green elf to congratulate him.

Alex: "Nice work Beast Boy. I guess I would take back what you did back at the other room."

BB rubbed the back of his head and smiled a little at Alex's new reaction.

Beast Boy: "Well, I was just trying to do what I think is right."

As Beast Boy was getting relieved by this, Raven looked out of the lift and noticed something that she and others would think were dead.

Raven: "Uh guys… I think you might want to look at this."

Everyone turned to see what Raven was watching and saw a few Mancubuses that survived the blast and were heading towards them with their cannons ready to fire. Immediately, Alex rushed over to the panel and clicked on the icon to descend the lift. Soon enough, the lift started to go down the same time the sumo freaks began to blast them with their highly heated fireballs. Raven quickly shielded the group just in time as the flames were bounced back. Once the monsters are out of view, Alex sighed to himself and was glad that that problem is over.

Alex: "All right, we're officially not going back up there."

Robin: "I agree under that occasion."

Cyborg: "So, where do we go next?"

Alex looks back at his PDA and found the path they would be taking.

Alex: "Hmm… That's strange… Says here we have to go to another tanking room."

Raven rolled her eyes around and knew what he meant.

Raven: "Let me guess, a room that contains more nitro glycerin tanks."

He looked up at Raven and nodded to her comments.

Alex: "Afraid so. There's another entryway on the other end of that room. What we have to do is to make left and head straight to the end. The entryway would be to the right when we get there."

The lift continued to move downward to the nitro glycerin room as the group waited for it to stop. But just as they were waiting, they heard a familiar roar not far from them.

Alex: "Did you guys hear that?"

Just then, another roar, only much louder and closer then the last.

Robin: "Yeah, heard it all right. And it sounds like it's not far from here."

The group listened as the sound gets much closer by the second. Starfire then looked to where Alex is and noticed some movement behind a fence like wall. When she saw what it is, she immediately alerted the guardian at once.

Starfire: "Alex, look out!"

Alex quickly turned around and noticed the same Hell Knight that attacked Cray's lab. It roared right in front of him and slammed its big fist at the fence wall. The guardian completely fell backwards when he felt the wind of the impact and landed on the cold metal floor hard. Luckily for the Titans, the lift was lowering deeper to their destination, getting them away from the huge Imp-like beast. Quickly both Cyborg and Beast Boy pick Alex up off the floor and kept him upright. Looking up at the demon he saw, he could tell what this Hell Knight was.

Beast Boy: "Whoa! What the heck was that? Another Hell Knight?"

Alex kept starring at what he saw up there and answered the changeling's question.

Alex: "That looks like the Hell Knight, but it isn't a different one."

Beast Boy looks back at Alex and was a little confused at what he just said.

Beast Boy: "Huh?"

He then looked at Beast Boy and explained.

Alex: "That Hell Knight had severe battle wounds all over its chest. It's obvious that that's the same demon the killed Rhino Squad and took Dr. Cray in the process."

Cyborg: "So what you're saying is that this creep is following us?"

Robin approached the three and agreed with the hybrid.

Robin: "Looks that way Cy. This Hell Knight started attacking us back at the secret lab, it's possible that it's trying to finish our job."

Alex: "Either the case, this thing won't rest until it finds us and kills us. We have to avoid it as much as possible before it catches up to us."

Finally, the lift made it to the lower room and came to a complete stop. When they did that, three more lightning bolts appeared in front of them and three Imps appeared before them. The three demons then charge their fireballs and threw them at the Titans. Luckily, the crew ducked down and avoided the flying projectiles. Once that's out of the way, the team got up and began the attack. Alex quickly took his machine gun out and fired at the one in the middle. Cyborg armed his sonic cannon and blasted the other Imp to the left. Starfire then used her star bolts to fire a barray at the last Imp. Once the path is clear, Robin took a deep sigh at what transpired just now.

Robin: "Let's just hope these beasts won't get in the way."

Alex: "Humph… Heard that. Area clear! Let's move out!"

The team got off the lift and made a quick left to a long hallway that's identical to the other room they've been moments ago. As they were beginning to straight to the end, they all heard a noise from behind. They turned around and noticed a Commando zombie opening a garage door as two more zombies were between it and was heading to the group. The Commando zombie then closed the garage door and ran to them with its tentacle arm ready to strike. Alex took his shotgun out and fired a load at the Commando's head, killing it in one shot. Robin then got his R-sword at the ready and started slicing one zombie in a couple of pieces. Lastly, Starfire's eyes started to glow green as she used her eye beams to pierce a hole through the last undead's body. When the three were dead, everyone then heard more noises coming from above. Looking up, they noticed the vents were loosing their support and started to slant downwards. That's when a bunch of Lost Souls came out and surround the Titans. The guardian then took out his plasma rifle and begins picking them off one at a time. Star and Rae flew up in the air and fired their bolts and blasts at the others. Just as they were finishing them off, more Lost Souls came out of the open vents and joined the others in the attack. Though Alex, Starfire, and Raven can take them on, they were outnumbered and need more help. As if on cue, Beast Boy joined in and used his Grabber to grab them and burst them out one flaming skull after another. For about two minutes, all four of them were taking care of the Lost Souls. Soon enough, all of them were dead as Alex lowered his weapon and shook his head.

Alex: "Damn it, this is taking too long. We need to get to our exit now if we are able to stop Betruger in time. Hurry!"

The group then ran to the hallway, hoping no more monsters would appear. But then, a couple of Maggots came through the glycerin tanks and scurried towards them in a fast pace.

Cyborg: "We got Maggots coming out of the wood works!"

Alex: "Blast them!"

With a machine gun in hand, Alex begins to take out a few Maggots. Robin took out a few birdarangs and threw them at the others. As soon as all of them were dead, the team proceeded to the end of the hallway. Suddenly, a Revenant appeared out of nowhere and blocked their path. It fired its mini rockets at them, hoping to kill them off. That's when Raven came in and used her powers to stop the rockets at a moments notice. The rockets were incased in black energy as they pointed up to the ceiling above the skeleton soldier. Then with the wave of her hands, the rockets flew up and hit the ceiling, exploding on contact and causing debris to fall. The Revenant didn't have any time to avoid it as slabs of rock and twisted metal toppled down on it and flatten it to nothing. After the smoke cleared, the team ran past the debris and were almost to the end. They immediately turned right and saw the open doorway waiting for them. They were going to head to it until they heard some unknown language coming from behind their backs. They turned around as saw a large group of Z-Sec zombies holding machine guns and shotguns with a Commando Zombie leading them with a chain gun in its hands. They all immediately fire at them as bullets come flying towards them. Raven quickly shielded the others and herself from the projectiles by surrounding them in another black bubble shield. All the bullets deflect the shield and dissolved on impact like raindrops landing on the puddle. But it will only be a matter of time before the bullets break through and the shield will burst open. So the group started to put together a plan.

Beast Boy: "Great, as if things couldn't get worse. Now what are we going to do?"

Alex: "Well we have to do this quick before Raven looses her focus literally."

Starfire: "But there are too many of these Z-Secs and with the Commando Zombie leading them its going to get complicated."

Cyborg: "Not only that, but if we let Raven lower her shield and we fire, we're going to eat a bullet sandwich."

Alex rubbed his chin a little bit and thinks up a strategy to put them out.

Alex: "There's got to be some way putting them out of their misery."

As the three were talking, Robin looked at the army of armed zombie soldiers and noticed they were awfully close of the nitro glycerin tanks. Observing this, he looked at Alex and asked him a question.

Robin: "Alex, you said that those nitro glycerin tanks are dangerous. What happens if they explode again?"

Alex looked at Rob and had an awkward look on his face.

Alex: "Now why are you asking me that question?"

Robin: "Just tell me. What would happen if they blow up?"

Alex: "Well like I said before. If the tanks blow up, the liquid would hit anyone that comes in contact and freeze instantly. That includes us."

Robin: "And how much firepower will you need to blow up some of the tanks?"

Alex lowered his head and thought about this for a moment.

Alex: "Hmm… Not much. A well place grenade or some other type of explosive perhaps. But why-"

He looked up to see the Titan leader, only to notice that Robin already took out an explosive disk right out of his utility belt and showed it to him. Looking at the disk, Alex was surprised by what the leader was going to do.

Alex: "No way…"

Robin: "It's a bit risky, but it would get the job down a lot quicker."

Alex: "Even if what you said is true, what are the risks? If those tanks explode, we're going to be frozen as well."

Robin: "Not unless we have a way in protecting ourselves. Raven's shield can help protect us from the liquid nitrogen. All she has to do is to lower the shield once the Z-Secs and Commando reloads so I could throw the disk at the tanks. Once I throw the disk, Raven will shield us up again and it would protect us from being frozen to death. I know it's a bit risky, but we have only one shot to get out of this."

Alex thinks this through and could tell it was a good plan, just needs to be accurate. He looked at Raven and asked her for a favor.

Alex: "You hear that Rae? Think you can do that for us?"

Raven, still concentrating on her shield, answered the guardian's question without looking at him.

Raven: "I think so. But you have to do this fast, I don't know how long I can hold it."

Alex nodded and look back at Robin for the go ahead.

Alex: "All right Robin, you got the O.K. on this. All you have to do is wait for the zombies to reload. Once they do that, Raven will lower her bubble shield and you will throw the disk at the tanks that's closest to the group. Rae will raise the shield up before the tanks explode, giving us protection in becoming human icicles. You ready?"

Robin's response was to hold the disk up and spin balance it with his finger.

Robin: "Oh yeah…"

Alex: "Good. Now when I say mark, you throw the disk. Stand by…"

He looked at the direction to where the zombie soldiers are and waited for them to finish firing. As he was watching, the Z-Secs zombies and the Commando zombie continued their onslaught of bullets and rounds. But no matter how many shots they put, they wouldn't penetrate the shield Raven created. But then, all of their weapons ran out of ammo to quickly as their clips went completely empty. Once they immediately reloaded their weapons, Alex noticed that and gave out the battle cry.

Alex: "Mark!"

Raven quickly disarms her shield when she heard Alex's order the same time Robin threw the exploding disk straight to the tanks. Soon after he threw his weapon Raven raised her shield again before the big boom would take place. In a few short seconds, the disk hit the tanks that were closest to the hoard and the tanks filled with nitro glycerin exploded. Extremely cold water hit all of the zombies and the freezing steam covered the area, making the view impossible to see. The team just stood back and watched to see what had happened to the zombies that were trying to attack them. Finally, when the steam cleared they saw what the end result was. What they saw was all the Z-Secs and the leading Commando zombie all completely frozen in an icicle like shape, unable to move. Looking at the frozen undead, Raven let her shield down as Alex approached them and tapped the nose of the Commando zombie, smirking and said a nice simple remark.

Alex: "Chill out…"

He looked down at the Commando's hand and saw the chain gun that was still held on by the hands. With his robotic prosthetic arm, he banged on the chain gun a couple of times and the weapon along with the hands got detached off the body and fell to the floor. The impact was so hard that that the now severed hands broke apart and shattered into a thousand pieces. The guardian then picked up the weapon, removed the ammo belt the Commando was carry, and threw it towards Cyborg.

Alex: "Here, you might be needing this."

Cyborg caught the belt and smiled to Alex.

Cyborg: "Thanks man, appreciate it."

He reloaded the new ammo belt into his chain gun and set it all up for the next battle. Alex then looked at his team and reminds them what to do.

Alex: "This is wasting all of our time. We need to reach Delta 4 now if we could end it all in an instant. Move out!"

Quickly, the group ran straight to the open pathway that leads straight to a maintenance hallway. When they entered through it, they heard scurrying coming from behind followed by hissing and grunting. Turning around, they noticed a bunch of Trites coming out of the slanted opened garage door that's inoperable and heading to them. Alex quickly took his machine gun out and picks them off with his bullets. But as he was going that, the Titans heard some grunting on the other side. Looking behind them, they saw a Commando zombie with a tentacle arm running on the catwalk and spotted the group. It jumped off the catwalk and landed on the ground with its tentacle arm wrapped around the guardrail for support. Seeing the undead soldier, Cyborg pointed his chain gun at the zombie and loaded a large amount of bullets on it before it could charge. Alex heard the sound of the chain gun behind him and turned around to see what the noise is all about. When he saw the Commando zombie dying in ash, he looked up to Cyborg and smiled at him.

Alex: "Nice save."

Cy looked at the guardian and nodded back.

Cyborg: "Just doing my job Alex."

With the area cleared, the team proceeded to their next destination. That's where Alex pointed up to where they should go next.

Alex: "Take the catwalk upstairs, that's where the exit is!"

The Titans looked up at the catwalk and understood where to go. But they also know that the stairs that would take them up there is on the other side of the catwalk. So they went under the catwalk to reach the set of stairs. But just was they were under the catwalk, three Imps came down in front of them and started firing fireballs at the group. When the Titans quickly ducked down to avoid the projectiles, Beast Boy was in the front and took the opportunity to take them out before the second attack. He in turn morphed into a triceratops and charged at the three demons with an impactible blow, killing them off in seconds. But as soon as he did that, the wall to his left exploded and sent him flying to the other end. The team saw this and was completely shocked at what happened.

Teen Titans: "Beast Boy!"

As the smoke cleared, they saw a Pinky roaring in triumph and turned to see the rest of the team. It then charged at them with its jaws wide open to eat them alive. Alex put his plasma rifle up to the beast and pulled the trigger.

Alex: "Big mistake freak!!"

Blue plasma blasts came out of the nozzle and the bull beast got hit multiple times until it laid there dead and dissolving away. Once it was taken care of, everyone approached Beast Boy who was now in his human form and was lying on the floor, slowly getting up.

Starfire: "Friend Beast Boy, are you unharmed? It's us, your friends. Can you hear us?"

The changeling got up and shook his head, then he looked at Star and smiled.

Beast Boy: "I'm fine Star, just a bit surprised at what happened."

That's when Robin wanted to know if he needs any help, be that he was attacked.

Robin: "Do you need any medical help?"

BB looked over to Robin and answered in a reasonable response.

Beast Boy: "Naw, I think I can take care of myself. Besides, I don't want to get turned into some science experiment again."

The team laughed a bit at the changeling's remarks and was glad that he was still alive for the moment. But just as things were about to get touchy, they all hear the same loud and ferocious roar as before. After hearing where the roars were, they all realized who it was. They all looked around and find out where the sound came from. Suddenly, they all heard a loud band coming from their left, they all turned their heads and saw on of the garage doors hitting hard and dents were forming after every smash. Alex rolled his eyes around and gave a loud groan.

Alex: "That damn Hell Knight. It won't give up."

Robin's reaction to all of this was to get up and armed his R-Sword ready for the kill. But Alex stopped him before he could do something completely stupid.

Alex: "No, not now. Beast Boy's still injured and we have to get to Delta 4 post haste."

Robin looked back at the door that's about to get smashed through and realized now was not the time to fight. He then put his sword away and turns his head to the team for the orders.

Robin: "You heard him gang. Get Beast Boy up and let's head upstairs fast!"

Cyborg and Starfire picked up Beast Boy and carried him while everyone else ran upstairs to reach higher ground. When they did that, Alex turned his head to the right and saw a Commando zombie charging right at them. Quickly, he took out his plasma gun and began firing it at the undead soldier. Once the zombie was dead, he turned around to see if the Hell Knight had broken through. To his surprise, the Hell Knight burst a hole through the now damaged garage and looked at the team, roaring out loudly in frustration. Looking at the beast, Alex knew that now was the time to leave before it finally breaks through.

Alex: "Now would be a very good time to leave!"

The team quickly ran for their lives as they headed to the left side of the hallway to reach their goal in hand. As they were heading to a corner, a cloud appeared and struck down an orange lightning. That's when another Commando zombie showed up and rushed to the group. Robin immediately took out a couple of exploding disks and threw them at the running being. The disks hit the Commando and exploded, killing it with one blow. As their path was clear, they ran and turned left to enter another hallway with lights flashing over their heads. When they were in the middle of the hall, they heard loud thuds from behind them and turned around to see what it was. At first they thought it was the Hell Knight finally breaking through the door. But what they were looking at was the wall bursting open and a Mancubus stomping towards them with its cannons ready to fire.

Alex: "Oh c'mon! As if things were bad enough."

The huge beast then fired huge energy blasts at the team, killing them in a narrow hall. Raven instinctively formed a black wall in front of her friends so that the blasts won't penetrate. This gives Alex and the Titans a chance to retreat.

Alex: "Fallback! Fallback!"

The group quickly ran away as Raven floated backwards with the black wall she created following her. As they reached the end, they turned right and saw another doorway that would get them out of there.

Alex: "There is our way out! Hurry up, before we get completely blasted!"

Robin: "But what about the Mancubus behind us? We can't let it follow us."

Starfire heard this and thought of a way to solve this problem. She looked up and saw one of the blast doors that tried to close on them before. But this blast door is busted as it moves up and down and little bit and sparks were coming down. Starring at the broken blast door, she came up with a plan.

Starfire: "I have an idea."

Upon saying that, her eyes glowed brightly green and waited for everyone to pass the broken door. When everyone passed the door, including Star, she used her eyebeams and hit the part of the ceiling around the blast door. At the same time, the Mancubus turned the corner and was about to fire another load of energy blasts. But before it could attack them, the ceiling around the door crumbled and the door fell to a complete thud, instantly closing the blast door and blocking the demon's path. The Mancubus was completely pissed off as it tried to fire its mounted cannons at the door. But no matter how much it does, its blast can't take out the metal steel door. On the other side of the blast doors, Alex and the others saw this and were relieved at the fact that the huge monster won't follow them anymore. Alex looked at the Tamaranean and smiled a pleasant smile.

Alex: "Nice move Star. Never expect a blast door above our heads."

Starfire looked at Alex and smiled back.

Starfire: "I was just observing my environment to see what could be useful in a situation like this."

Alex was a little questionable at what she said but let it slide anyways.

Alex: "Well, at least your observant ways saved us our lives. I hope you could do that when we get to level 4."

The team then headed to the door and entered a sky bridge connecting one part of the building to another. Looking at the skyway, Alex saw the sign above them and noticed that it says "Delta Labs Level 4 Access". Smiling at that, he pointed up to the sign and showed it to the Titans.

Alex: "There it is. We're almost there. Once we get through this skyway, we get closer to our goal. Move it!"

Everyone ran down the skyway, getting closer to the door on the other side. Just as they were heading to the middle of the area, they once again heard Betruger's laughter echoing around them. That's when four Imps materialized at the four corners of the skyway, surrounding them in a circle. The Titans got together in a circle as the Imps started throwing fireballs at them. Raven got into the middle of the group and formed yet another black bubble shield to stop the fireballs from hitting them. Once Raven turned it off, the group attacked. Alex used his machine gun to take down the first Imp. Robin threw a bunch of birdarangs at the second demon. Starfire threw a couple of star bolts at the third. And Cyborg used his chain gun to mow the last Imp to mulch. They thought that was all over, they were wrong. Two more portal clouds appeared at the two doors between them. With a flash of lightning, two Revenants appeared between the team and readied their shoulder-mounted rockets at them. Both Raven and Beast Boy, who could now stand after recuperating from the surprise attack, looked around the room to see what they could use. That's when they found some exploding barrels around the crates and found a way to protect their friends. So Raven waved her hands to cover the flammable barrel in black magic and levitated in the middle of the room in front of the first Revenant while Beast Boy used his Grabber to take another barrel to face it at the other skeleton monster. Suddenly, the demons fired their rockets at the group the same time the two Titans launched their barrels at the rockets. When the two connected, they exploded in fire and smoke. Fortunately, both the team and the skeleton soldiers weren't harmed from the blast, but the smoke was blocking their vision, so it was difficult to see what they would be firing at. The Revenants too had difficulty seeing through the smoke and whether the Titans were alive or dead. As to answer their question, two beams of blue lasers hurtling straight towards them. The lasers hit the Revenants in point blank range and turned them into dust. As the smoke cleared, Cyborg was the one in the middle with two sonic cannons pointed in both directions. When he saw that he killed the skeletal demons, he smirked and said his favorite catch phrase.

Cyborg: "Boyaa…"

Alex examined the area and noticed that the sky way is rid of all the monsters.

Alex: "Area's secure. Move out!"

They all ran to the other door that would take them to the Delta 4. They were about to reach it, the door already automatically opened. Coming out of the door was a zombie holding a chainsaw as it charged straight to them. Alex points his plasma rifle at the undead killer and opened fired at it. After a couple of projectiles, the zombie got killed before it could cut anyone up. Once it died, the group entered through the door and straight through a dimly lit hallway. As they reached the corners a couple of Cherubs came and fluttered to them with claws ready to attack. Alex then got his machine gun out and clipped them all off before they too would rip them to shreds. The Titans turned to the right and headed to an opening to another area of the wing. But then, they heard something opening from behind. Cyborg turned around and saw a garage door opened by force and three Commando zombies coming out with one of them holding the door up. Cyborg got his chain gun ready as he pulled the trigger and the drum started to spin. Once the bullets began to fly, it killed two of the undead soldiers. But when he was about to killed the last zombie that was closing the door behind it, he realized that he ran out of ammo once more.

Cyborg: "Damn it! Not again! Not now!"

The Commando Zombie charged right in with its tentacle arm ready to attack. Cyborg tried to switch to his sonic cannon for a good advantage, but the undead being got closer and closer to him. Just as the hybrid thought it was over for him, Beast Boy came to his aid and transformed into a Sasquach hitting the zombie with his back fist and send it hurtling back to the door. The impact caused the door behind it to impact with a dent that has the same body shape as it. With the Commando zombie unconscious, Cy took that opportunity and turned on his cannon to conduct the finishing blow. Aiming at the undead soldier, he fired a stream of blue energy and hit it right in the sternum, causing the door to blow off its hinges and sending the thing far through the hallway, killing it in a short period of time. Once it was dead, he looked to his changeling friend and smiled at him.

Cyborg: "Thanks BB, you were a big help. And I do mean big help."

The changeling morphed back to his human form and looked at his friend with a smile on his face too.

Beast Boy: "Don't mention it Cy. Just trying to help is all."

They congratulated themselves on a job well done. But Alex busted in and told them they're not out of the woods yet.

Alex: "This isn't over yet guys. We still need to reach Delta and put an end to this mess."

Both Cy and BB looked at their guardian and nodded in agreement. Once the team was ready, they headed to the other door that they were going to go through. Once the door opened, an Imp was blocking their path. It was about to use a fireball to kill them all, but Alex used his quick thinking to take his shotgun out and shot the monster down in one shot. With it dead, the group passed through the door and entered a narrow hallway leads straight. Alex looked up to the sign over them and saw the sign that points to Delta 4 to the left.

Alex: "We're getting close. C'mon!"

The group turned to the left and was about to head down the hall. But then they heard crawling on the right so they turned their heads to that direction and saw a few zombies trying to crawl out of the busted door underneath them. Raven came up with a plan to put them down before they could litterly come out and raised her hands up to the busted door. Once the door was covered with black energy, she flew her hands down and the door moved downward and crushed the undead's spines. Once they are dead, the team moved straight to their exit. Suddenly, they heard two doors opened between the front of them. That's where two Maggots appeared and scurried to the group to kill them. Alex had him machine gun out and took care of them in a matter of seconds. With the path cleared, they continued to inch closer to their point of entry. Suddenly, a steel grating of the vent got knocked down on the ceiling and another Imp came down the ceiling and begins its attack on the guardian by a series of slashes. Alex blocked them off with his weapon, but it wouldn't last long against the razor sharp claws. Immediately, the Imp slapped him on the chin, causing him to fall to the ground, giving the demon the opportunity to finish the human off. That's where Robin came in and helps his friend by taking his R-Sword out and charged right in. With one swift of the sword, the Titan leader cut the creature up before it could turned Alex into pieces of meat. When he was done, he put the sword away and offered the guardian a hand to lift up. Alex looked at Rob and smiled at him.

Alex: "Thanks for the save."

Robin: "Don't mention it. Can't let you die when we're so close."

Alex grabbed Robin's hand and the leader lifted himself up. As soon as Alex dusted himself off, he and the others went back to the task at hand. They got closer to the exit that was right in front of them. Then they heard two loud shrieks coming from both in front and behind them. That's when and orange lightning bolt appeared in front of them and a Wrath appeared heading to the group. They looked behind and saw another Wraith appearing doing the same thing. Starfire saw both of them and realize it was her turn to take them down. So she lifted herself up in the air with hands and eyes glowing green and fired an energy beam on each of her fingertips. Both demons got hit before they could do their job and dissolved away into a pile of hot ash. After she landed gently on the ground, the Titans kept moving to their exit. After a long run down the hall, they saw an airlock right in front of them with a sign above that says, 'Delta 4'. That was their ticket out of there. Seeing the airlock door, Alex pointed to it and screamed to the others.

Alex: "There's the exit! Just a bit further."

They all ran faster until they were at the front of the door. But just as they were about to enter, an orange lightning bolt came down in front of them and an Archvile appeared shrieking at the group. Upon doing that, it lift its hands up and summoned a demon to block their flank. They all turn around and saw a Mancubus blocking their way back. Looking at the two, the Titans know that they are in big trouble, but for Alex, this was their final chance.

Alex: "Well, looks like we got one final obstacle to push. Give them all you got boys!"

Immediately, the Archville blasted a line of flames in front of them while the Mancubus fired high heated plasma blasts in the back. Under quick protection, Raven shielded herself and her teammates as the projectiles hit the shield, engulfing the entire thing in flames.

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Delta Labs, Weapons Depot: November 16, 2145, 6:50 A.M.

Heading back to the Weapons Depot where Alex and Crispy were at, everything was completely quiet. Only thing that was left were the damage scars where they were fighting the demons. Suddenly, there was an explosion that burst a wall and shook the foundation. Coming out of the broken hole was one of the failed experiments Cray and the military performed in making super soldiers called The Emprise. After awakening from its cryogenically sleep at the Freak Show, it slowly look around the rooms to find the one weapon it needs to get through. So it smashed through wall after wall and going through room after room to find what it needs. After searching through the place, the Empress discovered the very weapon it needs. On the ground with a lot of debris lying around it, was a metal container shaped in a cube with a label on it that says, 'Highly Dangerous, Do Not Touch'. The box looked all battered and bruised with a busted opening at the side. It grabbed the opened dent and used its strength rip it wide open. When the Empress successfully opened it, it looked into the steel box and saw what the creature needed. Upon looking, the Empress reached into the crate and grabbed the very weapon.

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Delta Labs, Cray's Laboratory, Operating Lab: November 16, 2145 6:52 A.M.

Back at Cray's operating section of the lab, the place was still a total wreck after a sudden attack from the Hell Knight. Now the place was completely quiet without a single sound. That was until there was another huge explosion coming from the blocked storage door filled with debris. When the smoke was cleared, someone came out of the room and coughed up smog. That person is of course Scott Voss, the sole surviving member of Rhino Squad. After getting the smoke out of his lungs, he took a deep breath and finally breath fresh air.

Scott Voss: "Finally, freedom… Thank goodness there were some detonators in the storage room, or I would be stuck in that place forever."

He then took a quick look around at the place and realized what just happened. Everywhere he looked, there was nothing but wreak debris and fire in every part of the room. But what he also saw was that he saw bodies either ripped apart or burnt. The former Rhino Squad leader could tell that most of the dead bodies were once his team. After looking at the corpses, he lowered his head and shook his head. And though he has a helmet on his head, tears were streaming down his cheeks.

Scott Voss: "Peter, Crispy, Strauss, Ramirez, Sledge… How could all this happen? How?"

As he was moaning, Voss heard a strange noise coming from outside the operating area. He lifted his head up and wondered what was that noise. From what he could understand that it sounds like some kind rattling noise from a chainsaw. Knowing it might be a zombie or something, he decided to take action before it could attack. Quickly, Voss lifted his machine gun and headed out of operating room and Pinky's office. When he left the office, he entered the hallway and scanned the area to see where the sound was coming from. Looking back and forth, he was wiating for something to happen fast. That's when he heard the same rattling sound coming from the end of the T-Juncion. Now knowing where it was, Voss slowly walked to the end with his rifle up in targeting view. As he approached the end, he wondered which side was the sound was coming from, cause all he heared was the sound echoing around the area. So thinking this through, Scott listened very carefully and pinpointed the hallway where the noise was taking place. That's when he found it and popped out, turning to the right with his gun ready to fire. But when he did that, the Rhino Squad leader noticed it was an empty hallway. Lowering his machine gun, Voss scratched his helmet and wondered what happened.

Scott Voss: "That's strange… I thought I heard something coming from here. Maybe I must be hearing things."

While he was thinking about this, he didn't know that someone was behind him, or something. A shadow a looming over the lone soldier and was getting closer to him followed by the same rattling noise from behind. Voss wasn't aware of its presence until he saw a shadow getting darker and darker behind him. Quickly he turned around and sees who it was. That's when he saw the Empress standing before him, holding what appeared to be a double dual wielding chain saw in the air. The Rhino Squad leader had little time to react as the freak raised its chain saw in the air and slam it too him, cutting him down the middle and letting blood and guts splattered throughout the entire hall. Besides skin ripping and chain saw rattling, Scott Voss's blood curdling scream could be heard all over the area.

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Delta Labs, Higher Maintenance Level, Airlock Entry: November 16, 2145, 6:55 A.M.

Back to the maintenance level, the Titans had a hard time taking out the last obstacle in their path, the Archvile in front of them and a Mancubus from behind. But after much planning and strategizing, they came up with a way to take care of them. Robin and Cyborg performed their finishing maneuver throwing an exploding disk and firing a blue laser at the same time, creating a sonic boom and destroying the beast that was in the path. Now all that's left is to finish off the Archvile. The demon quickly fired its fire lines at the group one more time in an attempt for drastic measures. Raven put up a black wall and protected the others from the incoming flames. Once the flames were gone Rae let down the shield, giving the team the chance to perform the final blow. Alex quickly took out his plasma rifle and fired his projectiles at the humanoid. Starfire then flew over the guardian and finish it off with both her eyebeams and star bolts. With the combine forces, the Archvile got completely destroyed and was now nothing but burnt ash. As the battle was over, Alex put away his rifle and sighed in total relief.

Alex: "Well, that was fun…"

He looked right at the airlock door and smiled at the accomplishment he and the others did.

Alex: "At least we got a clear path. Everyone inside, we're one step closer to our objective."

Soon enough, He and the others headed to the airlock door as the Guardian pushed on the icon to open it. Once it was open, the team got in and Alex approached another terminal in the middle and of the rood and clicked on the 'transfer' icon to begin the process. The door closed behind them as the decontamination smoke filled the area and clears their bodies off of any anomalies. As it was in mid process, the entire area was lit in a brightish red color and they heard a vicious cackle. The Titans looked around to see where the cackle was coming from, realizing it was none other then Betruger himself.

Dr. Betruger: "For every step you take, you're soul bring you closer to me."

After he said that, his laughter got a little louder as the red scenery vanished and was back to a plain view. That's where Raven was getting tired of his voice taunting them.

Raven: "You know? I'm really getting tired of him bragging on us."

Alex: "Don't worry about it Rae. When we see him, I'll make sure you punch him in the face. But first things first, we have to head on over to Delta 4 and stop this disaster from spreading across the galaxy."

The gears started to turn and the door opens when the decontamination cycle was finished. Alex looked at the opening to pointed them to their destination.

Alex: "Time to go."

The Titans walked out of the airlock and entered the access hall. The place had two benches on each side, a soda machine on the right corner, and an information terminal on the left corner. What they also noticed was that there were many dead bodies scattered around the place, along with weapons and ammo along with a man made barricade that would've protect them from whatever they were attacking. After observing this mess, Alex looked at the hallway and cocked an eyebrow.

Alex: "It appears we're close."

Alex decided to stock up on ammo after wasting most of it on the zombies and demons on the Maintenance floor. Cyborg also noticed an ammo belt around the dead soldier with a decapitated arm so he picked it up and reloaded his chain gun with it. Once all of the ammo's been gathered, the gang got over the shitty barricade and walked down the long hall on approach to Delta 4. While they were walking, they saw more corpses with blood on the walls and floor. This gave the team the right assumption that they are near their destination. After a couple of quick turns, they made it to the automatic doors, which would lead them into the elevator access. So far, there were no monsters anywhere in the hallway, which gave them a sigh in relief. But there was a warning on the door written in blood that says 'Evacuate the place immediately.' Looking at the sign, Alex smiled and knew where they were going.

Alex: "Yep, we're close all right."

The Titans then approached the door as it open in both ways to lead them in. As they entered, they were starring right in front of the elevator that would take them down to level 4. Of course, the place they were in was a lounge area with seating, vending machines, and arcade games to play in. However, the place was a complete mess with bodies mangled everywhere, blood in any place you can find it, one of the vending machines was toppled over, and the arcade machines that were unrepairable. But the one thing they notice the most was the demonic growth that's seeping through the ceiling tiles and vents on the walls. And to top it off, they notice the words 'Hell' written on the elevator in the same blood like the door they saw before. As they were walking through, the TV's above them were showing an introductory video with the announcer discussing about Level 4.

"Welcome to Delta 4, the most secure and highly restricted area through out the Delta Complex. This facility is the center point of all the UAC most important research to date, teleportation. Since the beginning of time we need transportation to help us get around within our lives. From the time we walk to traveling by shuttle, we were able to move from one destination to another. However, mankind has always wondering the same question. Can man surpass the days to travel and beyond? The answer is a astonishing yes. Under the direction of Dr. Malcolm Betruger, head of Delta Complex, the Union Aerospace Corporation have the next phase of travel. This is the Delta 4 Main Teleporter, the latest and greatest achievement in UAC history. Unlike its sister teleporters in both Delta 2 and 3, the Main Teleporter can send one individual or a group of people to their destination without the help of another teleporter. This teleporter was inspired by the glyphs from ancient tablets where the ancient civilization learn how to teleport. With the help of those glyphs, the destinations can be from any place in the universe, from Mars to Earth, to planets beyond our solar system. However, all known research and destination points are restricted and only Betruger and a few key scientists have access to them. But with continued research and development, we will unlock the true meaning of teleportation and bring forth a new future for the UAC and the entire universe."

The introductory video ended as Alex watched the video and shook his head about it, knowing that it was completely false.

Alex: "Yeah, some future that turned out to be."

While Alex was watching the video, the others search the place in case there would be an ambush or something. When Beast Boy was checking out the kitchen area, he notices someone resting on the corner with blood splattered on him. As he walked closer to the nearly conscious body and observed it, he was shocked to see who it was. He then looked at the others and yelled out loud who he found.

Beast Boy: "Guys! I think you might want to see this."

The team looked over at Beast Boy and approached him to see what he wants. When they were around him, the changeling pointed at the body and told him what he saw.

Beast Boy: "Look who I found."

The Titans get a good look and who BB found. When they saw this person, they were completely surprised as the changeling.

Cyborg: "No way…"

Robin: "It couldn't be."

Alex took a closer look at what he was looking at and kneeled down to get a better view. After a quick observation, he came to a conclusion as to who he was looking at.

Alex: "Dr. Winston Cray…"

Indeed it was Dr. Cray, but not in the way they saw him. He was scratched up with the uniform having deep gashes, his right leg was decapitated, and his forehead and cut badly, bleeding profusely. Though badly injured, he was still breathing, barely. He slowly opened his fatigue eyes with blood tears coming down his cheek and looked at the Titans he tried to operate on.

Dr. Cray: "Mr. Kelly, so nice to meet again. Though not in the way I expect it to be."

He coughed a few times, knowing that he was going to die sooner then later. But Alex wasn't pleased to see him and stood up and turned his head away from the doctor.

Alex: "After what you were going to do to my friends, I think you deserve this punishment."

Cray looked up at the guardian and shook his head.

Dr. Cray: "I suppose you're right in this matter. I've lived a long life and done so many terrible things in my career. I do believe that this is a suitable death for me." cough… cough… "However, I detest the fact that I would die this soon. I never got a chance seeing the end of Betruger's diabolical plan to begin with."

Just then, Cray puts his hand on his chest and felt that his heart is beating slower then normal. He knew he was going to die and he must alert the Titans about the horrific truth he knows about. So he looked at them and told them what they need to hear.

Dr. Cray: "Mr. Kelly, there's something you should need to know about Dr. Betruger, something only I knew about from the start of the invasion."

Alex turned his head back to Cray and was confused about what the doctor said.

Alex: "What are you talking about?"

Dr. Cray: "I know the truth about Betruger Mr. Kelly…" cough… cough… cough… "The truth I only knew before anyone else did. It is only important I tell you of this before my time is up."

Alex thought about this for a moment and wasn't sure how he's going to piece this together. Sure he knows that Betruger started this invasion from the very start, but maybe there was something else about him and Cray kept for so long. So he decided to listen to him first to get a true understanding on Betruger.

Alex: "All right, we're listening…"

The Titans looked at Alex and was completely surprised at what he just said. But be that as it may, they decided to let it slide and listened to Cray about the real truth about Dr. Betruger.

Dr. Cray: "A day before the attack took place, I got a call from Dr. Ishii, one of my assistants, and told me what happened. He said that he saw Betruger talking to something on the computer, something not of this world." cough… cough… "From what I could understand is that Betruger was planning all of this from the start, back to when he started construction of the teleporters. I sent Ishii to the Old Comm. Facility underneath Mars City to deliver a message to Delta 4, but it would appear he was too late." cough… cough… cough… "But from what I could understand, someone else is pulling all of the strings and not Betruger. But who I can't tell."

After hearing that, Raven knew who he's talking and said the name.

Raven: "Trigon."

Everyone turned to see Raven and wondering why he said that name.

Robin: "What Raven?"

Raven: "It's Trigon, he's the one that was in charge of this invasion from the very beginning. I know it sounds crazy but listen to me. This warrior that saved Mars from total extinction and Trigon and his minions of Hell wanted to get back out of that damnation and finish what they've started. But first they need a way to leave, a portal to let his demons out and reek havoc through out the complex until he is free."

Alex thought this out and realized what Raven was talking about.

Alex: "This explains a lot about Betruger. Like the way he forced everyone in creating the teleporters through out Delta."

Robin caught up with Alex's words and joined in too.

Robin: "That's right. This could also explain why he wanted to continue his project after the UAC was experiencing some problems in the past."

Alex placed his finger on his chin and rubbed it a little.

Alex: "Indeed… So it would appear that Betruger was working for Trigon the whole time. That means Betruger is some kind of lieutenant for Trigon."

Dr. Cray: "There's more to this then you think."

Cray coughed a few more times, wanting to finish this quick before his demise. The team looked back at Cray and wondered what else he wanted to say.

Dr. Cray: "You see, I know Betruger before he was head of Delta Labs, nice, confident, always put work ahead of anything else. But then something has changed about him, something different. I don't know what it was, but from what I could understand was that he wasn't himself anymore." cough… cough… "It was almost like he was a different person. I don't know why, but he never acted like that until…"

That's when Alex interrupted Cray and knew what he was going to say.

Alex: "The accident that happened at Analysis Control down in Delta 2. I was there when that happened ten years ago and nearly cost my life. Not only that, but a friend of mine died in that explosion and changed my life ever since. But what surprised me was that Betruger was able to survive the blast with only a bad eye. I've always wondered how he survived that fetal explosion that killed my friend."

Cray looked down on the ground and thought that too. That explosion would've killed anyone that came around it. But for some strange reason, Betruger was able to get out of that outcome. That didn't make any sense unless…

Dr. Cray: "Unless this Trigon had something to do with it." cough… "I don't know why, but maybe he gave him a second chance and in return, help him create the portal from Hell."

Alex: "So you think Trigon turned Betruger into some kind of puppet?"

The doctor looked up to the guardian with tireding eyes and answered him in a weak and raspier voice.

Dr. Cray: "Again, I don't know. But I think you have to find the answer for yourself." cough… cough… cough… cough… "Listen, I don't have time left anymore. You and the Titans must get to Delta 4 and destroy the main teleporter. It will only be a matter of time before the distress signal gets fully encrypted and Earth sends their fleets to Mars. I know what I was going to do to you was wrong, but you're the only hope left in saving the universe. Do you understand?"

Alex listened in and slowly nodded for approval.

Alex: "Don't worry Cray. I promise you, we will shut down the portal and save the universe."

Cray smiled on that occasion as he was slowly slumped on the wall, feeling his soul leaving his body.

Dr. Cray: "Good, I knew I can count of you." cough… cough… cough… "Stop Betruger, destroy his invention, save the universe…"

He coughed a couple of times as his heart slowly came to a stop. Within seconds, he gave out one final breath and in moments, Dr. Winston Cray died on the floor with a pool of blood around him. Watching him die in front of him, Alex lowered his head and shook it as a tear came down his cheek. The Titans themselves turned their heads away and was also sadden by the death of the good doctor. The room was completely quiet when the doctors' death happened. But all that soon changed. The team wasn't aware that red light illuminated behind them in one of the walls and quickly disappeared. Suddenly, the wall bursted open and a demon slowly came out of it. The team heard the sounds from behind and turned around to see what's happening. That's when they saw the Hell Knight, the very same Hell Knight that attacked Cray's lab, coming out of the wall and roared at the team. Alex got up and pushed through the group to see the creature and couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Alex: "Damn, it found us! So much for getting away from it."

Beast Boy: "Great… Now what are we going to do now?"

In response to BB's question, Alex took out his plasma rifle and armed it.

Alex: "We fight…"

The Titans looked at the guardian and was surprised that he was going to do this. Be that there is no other way; the team armed themselves for battle. Once they were ready, the Hell Knight roared and started to charged its fire balls ready to throw. Once the two apposing forces were ready, Alex gave out a loud cry.

Alex: "ATTACK!!!"

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And just before you know it, I ended the chapter. Sorry about the sudden stop and give you guys a cliffhanger, but if I continued writing this further it would take much longer. So hang in there and I'll give you the Titans fighting the Hell Knight. In the meantime, please review.