Here it is, the two parter of the previous chapter. I know this was supposed to be a short chapter and all, but it took a little longer then usual. And be that I have college, spring break in Baltimore, and a lot of other things to do, sometimes it's not easy finishing chapter long or short. But no matter what, I will continued to update you on all the stories I'm doing and hopefully finish them as soon as possible. Back to the other details. From my last chapter, I didn't get any reviews what so ever but the hit counter is 30 hits. I guess the reason why is because you guys want to see the Teen Titans duking it out against the Hell Knight. Well ask and you shall receive. This is it. In order to gain access to Delta 4, the Teen Titans are going to have to take on the Hell Knight. Will they destroy it or will they be the next course in its main menu. We'll just going to have to read to find out.
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Chapter Forty: The Hell Knight
Alex: "ATTACK!!!"
Immediately, the team fired their weapons and powers at the Hell Knight, giving it everything they got. But still the demon hasn't gone down at the moment. This gave the beast a chance to charge up its green fireballs and threw them at the team. Robin saw the green flames heading towards them and alerted the others about it.
Robin: "Incoming!"
The group saw the balls of flame heading towards them and quickly jumped out of the way before they could hit them. Luckily, they were able to avoid the sudden attack, before they were burned to a crisp. But with them splitting up, this gave them some letherage to take down the huge monster. Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire threw exploding disks, fired star bolts, and launched a barray of bullets on the left while Alex, Raven, and Beast Boy fired plasma projectiles, aurora blasts, and levitated exploding barrels to blast them at it. Still, the Hell Knight wouldn't go down one bit. The demon was getting tired of this and decided to take to the offensive. So it tightened its muscle fist and slams it down to the ground. The hit cause a ripple on the ground, causing some of the floor tiles to fly everywhere and when it reached to Titans, they too flew up into the air and landed on the ground butt first. After feeling the after effects, Beast Boy rubbed his butt and could tell this is bad.
Beast Boy: "Ow… I don't think any of this is working guys."
Alex rubbed his head from the impact and told everyone to not give up.
Alex: "Still, we have to take this bastard out if we're going to enter Delta 4's teleporter. We have to kill it by any means necessary."
He didn't know that the Hell Knight was heading towards him as Cyborg pointed at it and yelled to him.
Cyborg: "Look out!"
Alex looked at where the hybrid was pointing at and saw the Hell Knight in front of him with its fist up in the air ready to crush him. Alex quickly stood up upside down and jumped away with his hands off the floor while the demon hit nothing but tiles. He somersaulted up in the air and landed on the floor just eight feet away from the creature feet first. While he did that, he took out his machine gun in one hand while holding on to the plasma rifle with the other. That's where he used them as dueling weapons and fired them at the Hell Knight, causing some damage on its arms, thighs, of torso. The demon backed away as it was being completely mauled by the guardian, but charged a green fireball and threw it at him in such distance. Alex saw that and immediately jumped away from the flame, unaware that there were exploding barrels not far behind him. The green fireballs hit the barrels as they all instantly exploded, causing Alex to fly from the blast and landed on his spine right after he flipped. Luckily, he survived the blast, but he was in so much pain to get up. The beast was about to head to him and finish the job. But before it could do that, a barrage of disks hit it from behind. It turned around to see what attacked it only to see Robin with three more exploding disks in his hand staring coldly at the thing.
Robin: "Don't even think about it."
He then threw the other three disks at the Hell Knight to perform the finishing blow. But when the disks hit it and they explode, they didn't finish the job at all. It only made the Hell Knight angrier then ever as it charged straight towards him with quick speed and starts the attack with a series of slashes. Robin quickly jumps and dodges every attempt the Hell Knight would perform. Getting tired of this, Robin took out from his utility belt two freeze disks and threw each of them of the demon's arms. When the disks hit the arms, they freeze them completely, turning the Hell Knight's powerful strength into two huge pillars of ice. The huge monster stopped what it was doing and looked at its now frozen arms as Robin landed on the ground and prepared another weapon in his arsenal. As he was doing that, the Hell Knight kept starring at the icy arms and was now more furious then ever. So it charged up its fireballs in order to melt the ice off of it, then smashing them on the floor, breaking them into thousands of pieces. It looked up to see the Boy Wonder, but what it saw was him jumping up towards it with his R-Sword ready to strike back. Robin swung his sword to the side where the beast's arm was and made a gash to its side. The Hell Knight backed away and was screaming in complete pain when it felt the attack. It was going to strike back, but Robin kept using his sword to slash the demon on the body. The Hell Knight tries to avoid them, but the slashes were too fast for it to dodge. Robin was also trying his best at killing the beast, but still it won't go down even after the multiple attacks. After the sudden attacks, the huge beast got an opening and swung its beefy arm at the Titan leader, sending him flying to the other end of the room. He hit the back of the metal wall so hard that he created a huge dent and got him temporarily unconscious. Everyone was shocked at what happened, even Starfire couldn't believe it.
Starfire: "Robin!"
The Hell Knight headed to the down leader and was about to finish the job. But before it could accomplish that, the barrage of star bolts hit the creature in the back. It turned around to see who attacked it and saw Starfire up in the air with her hands glowing green and was a little pissed off.
Starfire: "Stay away from him you recious beast!"
She continued to throw more star bolts at the demon as it used its arms to block them from its body. Thinking this as a threat, the Hell Knight headed towards the Tamaranean in an attempt to kill her. As it walked away from the Boy Wonder, Raven approached him and healed him as much as she could.
Raven: "You're going to be all right Robin. Just hold on."
Star continued to throw as many star bolts as she could but none could slow the beast down one bit. So she took it to the offensive as her eyes glowed bright green and she shoot out her beams at the Hell Knight. The demon felt that hit was it went down on one knee, not fully prepared for that assault. The Tamaranean stopped firing and flew close to it to see if the beast was down for the count. But the truth is that the demon was only faking it, as she got a little closer to it. The Hell Knight then lifted its head up and immediately hit her with the back of its fist, Causing her to fly up into the air. Luckily, Star was still aware so she made a complete stop and floated before she could hit the ceiling. She looked down at the monster and noticed that it was ready to fire its own barrage of fireballs. But before it could do that, more bullets started to hit it on the left side. It turned to the left to see who attacked it this time only to see Cyborg with his chain gun mounted and loaded.
Cyborg: "Not a chance…"
He pulled the trigger again and continued his onslaught. The armor piercing bullets continued to puncture the monster's skin as it starts to back up from the surprise attack. Star looked down at the hybrid and was pleased to be saved by one of her friends.
Starfire: "Thanks Cybrog."
Cy continued to fire at the Hell Knight, but still talked to Star after the rescue.
Cyborg: "Just don't let you're guard down Star. Don't want you to get hurt too."
He continued to attack the demon with his own firepower, hoping that it will be killed in a matter of seconds. Starfire then joined him and threw more of her bolts of green energy at the being. The beast was completely unprepared for the sudden attacks, but it came up with a way to stop them. It notices a cart of exploding barrels close to it and turned around to pick up the cart while its back was adsorbing most of the damage. It lifts the cart up high in the air and turned back around to see the two and roared louder then before. The two stopped firing as they saw the exploding barrels over the Hell Knight's head. That's when the demon threw the barrels at the two Titans. Starfire and Cyborg had little time to avoid the flying projectiles as they were heading close to them. But before they could hit them, the barrels stopped instantly as they were completely covered with a strange black energy. The two wondered what happened until they notice what the black energy is. That's when they saw Raven who healed up Robin and had her hands waved with black energy on them. The demon looked back at Raven and could tell she means business.
Raven: "My turn… Azarath Metrion Zinthos!!!
Suddenly, the flammable barrels that were suppose to hit the Star and Cy, flew back to the Hell Knight and hit it, exploding on impact. But that didn't stop there. She waved her hands around and multiple objects that were either loose or on the ground were covered in dark energy and flew straight to the demonic entity. Two vending machines hit the beast of the left side, then two arcade games hit it on the right. Suddenly, a fire extinguisher floated up and flew straight to the demon's head. It too exploded when it hit it and caused flames to spread around its face. For the finishing blow, the telepath levitated more flammable barrels around the room and tossed them to the enemy, causing explosions and fires on the very same spot. Soon enough, the place the Hell Knight is was engulfed in flames. Raven just shut down her powers and watched if the creature was dead yet. To her surprise, the Hell Knight got out of the flames and was completely burned from head to toes. It charged to the half demon and was about to ram her in mere seconds. Raven shielded herself and waited for the worse to happen. But suddenly, something grabbed the monster and pushed it away from the telepath. Raven blinked a couple of times wondering what had happened. She turned to the right to see what saved her and to her surprise was Beast Boy in his gorilla form holding the creature at bay. He was using all of his strength to keep it down but the Hell Knight was twice as strong as him. So the changeling turned into a Sasquatch to double his strength against it. So far it was a minor tug of war to see who is the strongest. That's when the Hell Knight head butted him and slammed him to the ground. It was then going to use both its fist to flatten him like a pancake. But Beast Boy quickly changed into a snake and slithered out of the way fast before it could do that. He slithered past its legs and went behind the demon, the same time the Hell Knight slammed its fists to the floor and got nothing but tiles. The demon didn't know what happened or where the green freak went. What it didn't know was that the changeling was behind the monster, turning into another animal. That's when it felt a kick on its butt and caused it to fall to the floor. The demon didn't know what happened there until it turned its head to see who it was. That's when it saw Beast Boy in the form of a goat with his hind legs that were ready to buck. Quickly, he turned into a triceratops and headed towards it with incredible speed and rammed it up its butt. That sudden hit sent the Hell Knight flying to the other end and implanted its head to the metal wall. Beast Boy returned to his human form and checked to see if the demon was finally dead. To his and anyone's surprise, the monster was still alive, just got its head stuck into the wall. It slowly got up and tried desperately to get out of the wall. BB slumped forward and couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Beast Boy: "You got to be serious…"
The Hell Knight continued to pull and pull some more to get out. After a couple of attempts it managed to break free from the wall and shook the cobwebs out of its head. Once getting back to its senses, the demonic beast turned to the changeling and was more upset at what happened. It started to charge to him but before it could attack, more bullets hit it. It turned to the direction of the incoming fire and saw Cyborg firing his chain gun again at the brute.
Cyborg: "Get away from BB!"
He pulled the trigger again and more bullets continue to attack the demon. Unfortunately, the chain gun ran out of ammo too fast, he didn't notice it till now. Looking at the ammo gauge, he realized he's in real big trouble.
Cyborg: "Oh shit!!!"
The Hell Knight noticed that Cy was out and roared at it while charging a green fireball in its hand. It then threw it at the hybrid to get rid of him while Cyborg don't know what to do next. Suddenly, Robin and Alex came out of nowhere and shoved him, but that gave the fireball more targets to hit. Luckily, the three of them were able to dodge the attack before the ball of green flames could hit anyone. And though they avoided danger, the threat wasn't over yet. The demon this time charged two more fireballs and was ready to launch them at its targets. Immediately, the three got up while Robin got an idea.
Robin: "Alex give the Hell Knight a bit of a distraction. Cyborg, arm your shoulder cannon and target the ceiling above it."
Cy looked down at the Titan leader and wasn't sure what he was up to.
Cyborg: "And exactly what would that accomplish?!"
Robin: "It will work. Just trust me."
The Hell Knight started to throw both of its fireballs and begin the kill the moment Robin gave out the orders.
Robin: "Now! Split up!"
Both Robin and Alex made a split left and right while Cyborg ducked down to avoid the fireballs. This is where they begin their counter attack. Robin begins by throw a bunch of little balls to the creature. As the balls hit the creature, they exploded in flashes of light, causing to Hell Knight to go blind for a moment. This gave Alex the opportunity to strike back before it could make another attack again. He took his plasma rifle out and fired more projectiles then he could carry. That caught the demon off guard as it was trying to protect itself while still being temporarily blind. With it being too busy with the guardian, Cy looked up at the ceiling above the brute and prepared for the final blow. He opened up his shoulder blades and fired a huge barrage of rockets up to the ceiling. The rockets then exploded, causing ceiling tiles and debris to fall on top of the huge monster, burring it completely. As the dust settles, everyone grouped together and starred at the pile of crushed rocks and twisted metal to see if the thing was dead. Unfortunately, something was moving inside as the pile of rocks and cable were starting to fall off it. Seeing that, Beast Boy was more surprised that it survived the attack and looked at Robin completely angry.
Beast Boy: "Ah c'mon Robin, that didn't kill it at all!"
The Titan leader looked at the changeling and told him what he was really doing.
Robin: "I wasn't going to kill the Hell Knight, I was trying to keep is down. Just enough so we could come up with a way in killing this beast."
Alex: "Well we have to come up with a plan fast. Cause it looks like the Hell Knight is about to break free."
Indeed, the demon underneath the pile is starting to move around more and more as more debris kept falling down.
Starfire: "But everything we use against it prove to be of little effect."
Cyborg: "Impossible! There's got to be a way in ending this."
Everyone thought about this before the Hell Knight could break free. That's when Alex came up with an idea and looked at the boy wonder and the hybrid.
Alex: "I got it. Robin, think you and Cyborg could do another sonic boom to finish this?"
Robin turned his head to see his guardian and didn't know how to answer it. He then look down and took out one of his exploding disks from his utility belt to inspect it. After this observation, he looked up to Al and decided to answer anyways.
Robin: "It might be possible… But we're going to need a bigger blast if we can kill this beast."
Alex looked around to see what they could use for a bigger blast. He then looked into the kitchen lounge and discovered a couple of small propane tanks close to a stove, looking like they were being installed. This of course gave Alex a plan to kill the Hell Knight as he slowly smirked.
Alex: "Hmm… That can be arranged."
Without warning, the pile of debris exploded, sending shrapnel and twisted metal everywhere. Raven quickly got in front of the group and made a barrier to protect them from the incoming objects. As the blast was done, Rae removed the barrier as the Titans watched to see what happened. What they witness was that the Hell Knight was free from the rubble and was more pissed then ever. Beast Boy could tell by the loud and ever aggravated roar of the creature.
Beast Boy: "Um… I think we made it angry."
Alex: "No shit. We have no choice but to finish this demon now! Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven, distract the damn thing! Robin and Cyborg, you're with me! I think I have a way in killing this damn bastard."
Everyone looked at Alex and wasn't sure what he was up to. But since they don't have any other options, they decided to follow their guardian's word. Robin turned to see his team and gave them Alex's order.
Robin: "You heard him gang, we got to end this if we're to reach the main portal. Star, Rae, BB, keep attacking the Beast while Cyborg and I follow Alex. Time is at the essence! Move out!"
Immediately, the team split up into two pairs. Robin, Cyborg, and Alex headed to the kitchen to get what Al saw while Starfire, Beast Boy, and Raven stayed behind to fight the Hell Knight. Starfire started to attack by flying to the right and launched another round of star bolts at the demon. Raven then flew to the left and fired some aurora blasts at its other side. This leaves Beast Boy to take care of the monster in the front. He looked around to see what he could use for his Grabber. Upon looking, he spotted a few loose benches and a couple of exploding barrels Raven hadn't levitated earlier. He pointed the Grabber at the loose bench and fired at it as the thin strip of green light grabbed it and levitated in the air. Once he lifted it up, he positioned it to his target and let go of the trigger, launching the bench at the demon. The bench hit the Hell Knight by the chin and caused it to fall to the ground with a loud thud. Soon enough, Rae and Star got together and fired a huge beam of green and black energy, combining the two and made a huge beam to penetrate the beast. But oddly enough, it still wouldn't go down without a fight. Meanwhile in the kitchen area, Rob, Cy, and Alex were at the stove where the propane tanks were. Robin and Alex started planted exploding disks and grenades into the cart while the hybrid did a quick diagnostic on the tanks. While they were doing that, Robin wondered what all this had to do with the battle.
Robin: "So, you mind telling me what we're doing?"
Alex: "You said that you want something with more explosive power? Well you got it right here. These propane tanks were suppose to be put into this stove for scientists to cook up some food. By the way it looks, it appears that maintenance was going to replace the old ones with the new ones when the attack started. As the old saying goes, their lost is our gain."
Robin: "Then how does this solve a little dilemma out there?"
Alex: "It's simple really… Right now, we're putting the grenades and disks around the tanks. This will make an explosion big enough to paralyze the Hell Knight. When it's all ready, we'll use Raven's magic to lift the cart up and throw it at the demon. Once she throws it, Cyborg will then fire his sonic cannon and not only will the blast the tanks, but it will also kill the beast with a heavy one two punch. This is by far the best plan ever."
Robin: "Still, there could be some draw backs on this plan of yours."
The guardian stopped what he was doing and looked at the leader a little puzzled.
Alex: "Oh really? And what's that?"
Robin turned his head to see Alex and explained to him the situation.
Robin: "Well to be honest, I believe it has something to do with the size of the blast. Now, your idea about loading enough grenades and disks could make a huge enough blast, but this is too many to count. And think about the end result to this little experiment of yours. If Cyborg uses his sonic cannon to blast the tanks along with all the stuff we but around it, it might not only kill the Hell Knight but will also destroy the room and kill us as well."
Alex thought this over and could agree under some points. But as always, he comes up with a back up plan.
Alex: "Even if that's going to happen, I'll have Raven protect us with one of her domes. Simple as that."
He look back to see Cyborg who was still looking through the diagnostics.
Alex: "Well Cy, what do you think. Can we pull this off?"
Cy continued checking and came up with a decision.
Cyborg: "It's a possibility. But it depends on how we're going to position it. From what I can get together, what we need is a way in angling the sonic boom. When Robin and I use the original sonic boom, the disk needs to be half a foot to make the blast work. With a scale this big, we need more then half a foot to rip it apart."
Alex: "Like how much?"
Cyborg: "Well by the way it looks… I'm thinking about four to five feet in length."
Alex lowered his head and cussed himself from the situation now.
Alex: "Damn it! That means it would be too late for Raven to put up the shield. What to do now."
Before Alex could think about it, there was a crash through the counter wall and someone skidded next to the three. The group looked at who it was and saw Beast Boy a little dazed from a certain attack. The guardian approached the down changeling to see if he was alive. Thankfully, BB slowly got up and shook his head from the effects. Sighing in relief, Alex placed his hand on the changeling shoulder and shook it just to get his attention.
Alex: "Beast Boy, are you all right? What happened?"
Beast Boy lifted his head up to see his guardian and slowly explained what occurred.
Beast Boy: "Yes well… I think we got the Hell Knight a little more upset."
Alex: "Really? How upset is it?"
That's when they heard a loud roar coming from the lounge area. Alex looked up and saw the Hell Knight itself attacking the Titan girls, only this time it was much violent then ever. Its body was scrapped and cut while eighty percent of it was burned up. Starfire was in the air blasting it with more star bolts while Raven levitated a couple of more objects at it. Though the attacks work, the beast was still standing from the brutal assault. After a couple of more hits, the Hell Knight just about had it as it stretched its arm out and swung it like a bat, hitting Star in mid air and sending her falling next to Raven with a loud thud. Raven turned her head and saw her friend out like a light, not realizing that the monster has heading towards them. She then look back and noticed the Hell Knight approaching the two with two fists up high to give out the final blow. Under survival instincts, the telepath formed a black dome around herself and the Tamaranean the same time the demon slammed its fists on it. So far, Raven's shield was able to protect the two girls from the monster's smashes, but it would only be a matter of time before the dome breaks apart. Looking at this, Alex could tell that now was the time to finish this up and turned toward Robin and Cyborg to give them orders.
Alex: "Looks like we're going to have to pull this off guys. We don't have any other options left in this game."
The two stood up and was shocked at what their guardian said.
Cyborg: "Are you kidding me? We don't know how are we going to get out of the blast!"
Alex turned back around and noticed that Raven's black dome was getting cracked from the Hell Knight's frontal attack. He quickly took one last grenade out of his belt, one that he was about to put in the propane canisters in the first place, and placed his hand on top of the turner to arm it.
Alex: "So I'll improvise! Just get the cart in place and I'll handle the rest! Go!"
The two nodded as they started the operation by trying to move the cart full of canisters, grenades, and disks. Beast Boy decided to help them as he turned into a gorilla again and lifted the cart up over his head. As they were leaving the kitchen area, Alex armed his grenade and threw it at the Hell Knight. At the same time, the demon was about to fully break the shield and crush the girls. But before it could do that, the grenade hit the beast and blew up on contact. Fortunately, the dome was still stable enough to withhold a blast. The blast caused the creature to fall back and landed on the floor with a much louder thud. Raven removed her shield and she and Starfire, who was awake the moment the Hell Knight kept bashing its shield, flew away. As they got out of the picture, the monster slowly got up, trying to get ready to strike back. But that didn't happen as Alex used his plasma rifle to fire a load of projectiles at it. He then ran and jumped over the counter while firing at the same time, just to get closer to the thing. While he was firing, the demon finally got up even after all those blasts and threw a green fireball at the guardian. Alex immediately rolled out of the way from the green projectiles and retaliated at the Hell Knight by blasting more plasma. The beast then threw another green fireball as he rolled in another direction to avoid the incoming object. He continued his onslaught, hoping to give the Titans enough time to get everything ready with the plan. Meanwhile, the Hell Knight couldn't take the kid anymore, as it this time charged up two fireballs in each hand, thinking that if one shot would miss him, the other won't. It was about to throw them at Al until a huge beam of green energy came out of nowhere and zapped it on the bicep. Alex looked to his right where the blast came from and saw the Titans with the cart of tanks, disks, and grenades right behind them. Robin quickly motions the guardian to their direction and yelled out loud.
Robin: "Alex, get over here now!"
Al nodded as he ran to the group while Star continued to attack it. When he was out of the way, Raven decided to take the drastic approach and used her powers to levitate the demon. The Hell Knight was too busy trying to protect itself from the energy blast without knowing that a black aurora was surrounding its body. Once it completely covered the monster, the telepath looked at her friend and told her to stop.
Raven: "All right Starfire, that's it. I'll take care of this."
Star nodded as she shut off her beams and let Rae handle the rest. The Hell Knight was relieved that the onslaught was over and was about to strike back. But for some strange reason, it wasn't moving at all, even when its body commands it. When it looks down, the demon realized it was covered in a strange black energy field, engulfing it without any reason. When it looks up, it saw Raven with eyes glowing white and hands glowing black. The telepath smirked as she was about to pulled something off very devious.
Raven: "Going somewhere?"
To that end, Raven waved her hands around and the beast suddenly got pushed back with such incredible force that she sent it straight into a wall right next to the elevator. That got the killer unconscious for the moment as the team tried to strategize in how to finish it. Alex looked over to Raven and was impressed by the trick she just did.
Alex: "Nice move…"
He then looked at the others to see what's the situation. That's when Robin came in and explained what's been going on.
Robin: "While you were distracting the Hell Knight Alex, I talked to the others about your plan."
Alex: "And what do they say?"
Robin: "They said you've officially lost your mind."
The guardian rolled his eyes around and sighed to himself.
Alex: "I knew they were going to say that."
Raven came in after she finished her job and talked to Alex about this plan of his.
Raven: "Listen Alex, I know you want to get rid of that demon and get to level four. But this idea of yours is beyond dangerous, not to mention suicidal. None of us won't be able to survive the blast itself."
Alex turned to Raven and asked her about her powers.
Alex: "What about your shield Raven? Can your shield's help us protect us from a blast this big."
Raven: "Probably… But after all of those other attacks, I don't know if the shields this time would hold for such a big explosion. Not to mention how quick I'm suppose to arm it when the canisters you got are a few feet between us and the monster."
Alex pondered this and guesses it wasn't close to good. They need to destroy the Hell Knight now if they would get close to the main portal and destroy it. But now they are in a major predicament. Of course his plan might work, but with a room his small, not only would the biggest sonic boom would kill the demon, but it would kill them too in the process. And even with Raven's shield, it still wouldn't be enough to help protect them from this plan. He looked around the room to see what could be useful. That's when noticed the doors that the team came through in order to get to elevator access in the first place. That's when he came up with an idea.
Alex: "How about we leave the room?"
Everyone looked at Alex with curious expressions on their faces.
Robin: "You're kidding right? We're falling back now when we are this close to reach Delta 4? Okay, now you've officially lost it!"
The guardian looked at Robin and reason with him.
Alex: "I'm not falling back Rob. What I'm doing is saving us. The entrance to the elevator access would give us enough protection from the blast. The walls around us are heat resistant and the hallway won't get affected, so the sudden blast won't spread beyond the room. It's the only way we could get out of this alive."
Everyone looked at the very door they came in and thought it would work. Robin, being cautious as he is, rubbed his chin a little and thought all of this through.
Robin: "Hmm… Might be a bit risky, but I don't see any other way around it."
As they were thinking this out, Beast Boy turned back around and notices something that's completely bad.
Beast Boy: "Uh, guys? We got a problem."
Everyone turned around to see what BB was looking at. To their surprise, the Hell Knight was beginning to stir and gaining consciousness. Alex sighed to himself and knew now is the time to end all of this.
Alex: "Looks like we have run out of options. Everyone fall back to the entranceway! Take the cart with us! We need it to pull this off! Go, go, go!!!"
Everyone quickly ran back to the door they came in the first place as Cyborg used his strength and carried the cart over his head. As they were retreating, the demon slowly got up and shook the cobwebs out of its head. It then look up and noticed the team leaving. The Hell Knight didn't want them to get away so it roared loud and stomped to them in a pursuit. As everyone got out of the access room with the door opened behind them, Alex looked at the team and gave them the last minute orders.
Alex: "All right, it's now or never. Raven, I'm going to need your help lifting the cart for letherage. Cyborg, you get your sonic cannons ready for the finisher upper. The rest of you get back; don't want you guys to get in the way of the blast. When I say now, we proceed with the plan. Now, everyone ready?"
Everyone nodded in unison.
Alex: "Okay… Everyone get ready and wait for my say so."
Quickly, everyone got into their positions. Raven stood behind the cart loaded with explosives and canisters and surrounded them with her dark magic. Cyborg this time armed two of his sonic cannons to amplify the blast. The others, on the other hand, stood behind the group, hoping that the plan would work. But Alex, he stood in the doorway, making sure it kept open so that the cart could pass through it. At the same time, he was looking at the Hell Knight, who was approaching the group with deadly fury in its expression. But as soon as it approached them, it immediately stopped in the middle of the room. Looking at the group standing there, it got an idea coming out of its head. It growled low as its hands started to glow green, meaning fireballs are starting to form. Alex noticed that and could tell that it was going to perform a last ditched effort to get rid of them for good. The team saw that too and waited for their guardian to give them the word.
Raven: "Now?"
But Alex kept his cool and remained where he was.
Alex: "Wait for it…"
The Hell Knight had already charged its fireballs for the attack, but that wasn't enough. So it clasped its hands together and combined the two flames to make a huge green fireball. Now the Titans were getting scared now.
Cyborg: "Now?!"
Still, Alex was calm by all of this.
Alex: "Wait for it…"
The monster now had a huge enough fireball to kill them all in one blow. Robin did not like this one bit when Al was taking his time on his plan. So he shouted to him to see if he was listening.
Robin: "Alex!!!"
Finally, after all the waiting, Alex smirked and said the order.
Alex: "Now!!!"
Raven lifted the cart right into the air and immediately threw it to the opened doors. Alex immediately ducked down and rolled backwards to avoid the flying tanks over his head. Then Cyborg immediately aimed his cannons at the tanks and fired both streams of blue energy beams at them seconds before the doors could close. The Hell Knight just stared at all of this and wondered what they were doing. But when the beams hit the cart filled with explosives and propane canisters, everything blew up creating a bright white light that engulfed the entire room. The demon didn't had time to react as the bright light hit it and instantly dissolved it away like it was just nothing. Back in the hallway, the team watched as the bright light seeped through the door, but didn't do any damage out there. As the light faded and the crisis was over, Robin approached the Guardian and rolled his eyes around behind his mask.
Robin: "Cutting it close did ya?"
Alex looked at the Titan leader and smiled to himself.
Alex: "Couldn't help it. Just like to wait for the right moment you know."
After a bit of silence, Raven approached the two wondering about something.
Raven: "So is all of this finally over?"
Alex cleared his throat and look back at the door completely serious.
Alex: "Only one way to find out."
The guardian slowly approached the door, hoping that the beast is now dead. After a couple of steps, the doors sensed his presence and opened up automatically. What he saw was truly surprising. The room looked completely siege with nearly melted metal walls, burned up ceiling tiles, shared floor tiles, and equipment beyond repair. He could also tell that the dead bodies that were all over the lounge and access room have now been completely charbroiled skeletons. But what got his attention the most was the huge pile of ash that was in the middle of the room. He approached the pile as the Titans entered the now destroyed room. Once he got to it, he bent down on one knee and examined the ash in front of him by picking it up with his fingers and moving it around. Upon observation, he had and widest of smiles and got a little too over excited as he jumped up in the air and celebrated.
Alex: "YEAH!! WOOOO!!! I DID IT! I knew that plan of mine would work without a hitch. I knew it! Ha ha!! I DID IT! I DID IT!!!"
He turned around and continued celebrating the death of the Hell Knight. But when he did that, he noticed the team starring at him with pissed off looks on their faces. That is because that they did most of the work themselves as the guardian was planning the whole thing. Realizing what he just said, Alex calmed down and cleared his throat.
Alex: "Alright, alright… We did it. WE did it. Sheesh… Don't get so dramatic on me."
Robin sighed to himself and told the guardian something about their task.
Robin: "Well, now that its out of the way, we can finally get back to the real business."
Alex nodded his head and could understand what Robin meant.
Alex: "Of course. Now that the Hell Knight's gone, we can now focus on Delta 4. We must reach the main teleporter and shut it down right now before the fleet from Earth arrives to the UAC. It's now or never."
Beast Boy: "You think we can get access to four? I mean that place is completely restricted."
Al took his PDA out and showed it to his team.
Alex: "As long as I have McCormick's security clearance through that level we're all good. Now remember, we're entering Delta 4. Be that the place is the source of Hell; we don't know what we're up against. We have to be ready for just about anything that comes to us. This is our once in a lifetime opportunity we have to end all of this. Once we're done with the portal, he reach to Gamma Labs and I will send you all back home. Any questions?"
There was a harsh silence through out the room as the Titans remained quiet through out the speech, not even asking a question. Alex could tell by the looks of their faces that this is their chance to save the universe from an ever-lasting Hell. Looking at each team member, the guardian smiled and was impressed by this group.
Alex: "All right then, let's begin."
The group then walked down to the elevator that would take them to Delta 4. Thankfully, the blast that killed the Hell Knight didn't destroy the elevator, as the screen was online and running. As they were at the entrance, Alex clicked on the 'Call' icon and the doors opened. But when they opened, the elevator lift started to fall in a fast paste and went down past the floor they were in. Alex was quite surprised by this as the lift went down to the bottom floor and crashed instantly. Alex look down at the drop and whistled to himself.
Alex: "Long way down… Didn't expect the elevator to be destroyed."
Robin went next to the guardian and looked down at the empty shaft himself. By judging the sudden drop, he knows what just happened.
Robin: "It's got to be Betruger. He must've known we're getting closer to Delta 4. This could explain why the elevator is gone."
Al rubbed his chin a little and could understand what he meant by that.
Alex: "Hmm… I guess you have a point there Robin. Betruger's been watching us the whole time and by the way this looks, he's making sure we're not going anywhere near the main portal."
Starfire: "Then how are we going to get to level four? Is there another path?"
Alex thought this through for a minute or two to see if there was another way. Unfortunately, there was no other way in reaching Delta 4 from here. But when he turned around, he noticed Raven waiting for the answer along with the others. Smiling at this, he came up with a short conclusion.
Alex: "Well, I don't know of another way to four Star. But I know how we can get down."
He cocked an eyebrow at the person that could help. Confused at what he meant, they all turned their heads to see what he was looking at. When Raven looked at her teammates starring at her, she looked straight at Alex and wondered why he was looking at her.
Raven: "What?"
That took care of the fight between the Titans and the Hell Knight. Sorry if this fight was short lived. It's just that being that I have to do it because the last chapter was long and I need to cut this part for the next chapter. This will happen on the next chapter. The Titans finally entered Delta 4 and are inching closer to the main teleporter to destroy it. But before they could do that, they come face to face with Dr. Betruger himself. What would become of them now? We'll see… Please Review and have a Happy Easter.