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

42. Fight for Salvation

This is it ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for. I promised you guys the second part of the last chapter, I'm going to give it to you. Though this did took a little long what with the summer vacation and work, but it was all worth the wait. And now that my fall semester has started, it would take longer to update these stories. And be that I'm almost finished with this story; it's going to be completely awesome. Now for what happened on the last chapter. Well I got no reviews what so ever but the hit counter around the 30 mark. My guess is that people are waiting to see what is going to happen between the Titans and Betruger. Well wait no more cause here it is. On this chapter, the Titans and Alex will take on Dr. Betruger in a free for all battle. Who will succeed? Who will fail? Will the Titans be able to stop Betruger's plan? Will they destroy the teleporter and close off the gateway to Hell before the fleet comes to the rescue? Why am I even asking you these questions? You have to read to find out.

Chapter Notes

Just on a mental note, the fight scene in this chapter is going to be pretty similar to 'The Prophecy' and 'Birthmark'. Trust me, you see it when you read it.

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

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Chapter Forty-two: Fight for Salvation

Delta Labs Level 4, Teleporter 4 Main Chamber: November 16, 2145, 8:13 A.M.

Robin: "Teen Titans GO!"

Robin was the first to charge in and jumped up in the air to give the mad doctor a rocketing torpedo kick. Betruger jumped back and avoided to first attack as the Boy Wonder landed on the ground with a loud thud. He then rushed to the doctor and did a couple of punches and kicks to try to take him out. But Betruger was able to avoid them all by bending and turning without blocking any of it. But after one roundhouse kick, the doctor grabbed it and held on to it tightly. Robin was surprised by the way he moved while Betruger smirked devilishly at the boy's action.

Dr. Betruger: "How pathetic…"

He tighten his fist as fire came out of it and slammed it right into the Titan leader's sternum, causing him to grimace in pain. The sudden force of that punch caused the Boy Wonder to fly in the air and crashed right into the wall on the opposite end of the room. Everyone watched on as their leader flew right over their heads and right to the wall. Starfire saw that and got a whole lot angry after what happened to her friend. She immediately flew up into the air and threw a barrage of star bolts at the doctor. The strangest thing was that Betruger didn't do anything to avoid the green energy blasts. Instead, a fiery barrier appeared around him and deflected all of those projectiles. Seeing that, Raven found a way to get a hold of him. She too lifted up off the ground next to Star and had her hand glowing black. She then lifted her hand up and shut it real tight. At the same time, a black floor appeared below Betruger's feet and a dark talon appeared and got a hold of him. She tightened her glowing fist as the talon tightened, crushing the doctor deep inside. At first, they got him in their grasp, but suddenly an orange glow emanated within the talon. The team didn't know what was going on until the glow exploded, causing the talon to explode in black energy and send the girls flying back to the observation deck, smashing two see through windows along the way. As the explosion faded, Betruger was floating in the air, not impressed by this team's attack.

Dr. Betruger: "Interesting, you almost got me. I should really be more aware of my surroundings next time."

This time, Alex had enough of all of this as he took out a grenade and armed it, muttering something under his breath.

Alex: "Shut up and die…"

He threw the grenade at the doctor and exploded the moment it reached its target. Cyborg thought the same thing and opened his shoulders blades to launch his mini rockets at Betruger. All the rockets exploded once they connected to the mad doctor. But just they thought it was over, Betruger came down through the cloud of smoke and slammed his fist to the ground, creating a ring of fire around him and spread it through out the room. That ring of fire headed straight to the three Titans and the impact cause them to fly up into the air. Both Cy and Al landed on the ground with a loud thud, but Beast Boy turned into a hawk and flew straight towards the doctor. But just as he was reaching him Betruger slapped the changeling with a forcible backhand and caused him to fly away from him. So BB took it to the offensive. He landed to the ground and turned into a Triceratops, charging at the fiend. At first he was going to spear him and bolt him right to the wall. But the moment he got to him, Betruger incredibly grabbed him by the horns and held on to him tightly. Beast Boy was completely surprised by this but that took him off guard as the doctor lifted him up and tossed him to the maintenance area that was filled with connectors. He then looked at the down changeling and shook his head.

Dr. Betruger: "If all of you are the greatest teen heroes the world had to offer, then I will have no problem eliminating you out of the equation."

Suddenly, he heard a distant voice not far from him.

Robin: "We were just getting warmed up."

Betruger turned to the left and saw Robin heading towards him with his retractable Bo staff wrapped around his hands. He swung it down to the ground with a forcible impact. Betruger jumped back and avoided the attack but Robin kept on swinging his staff at him. He swung his staff high to perform a deadly strike but the doctor bended back to clear that shot. He swung his staff low to take out the legs but again the doctor jumped up to dodge that. So the Boy Wonder pulled his staff back, spinned it around and performed an axe like maneuver to hit the doctor in the head. But to his surprise, Betruger grabbed the staff and instantly snapped it like it was a little twig. Luckily for Robin, he spinned his broken staff to the other end and pushed a button on it, causing the other end to extend it back again. Betruger saw that and was a little impressed by the Titan leader's contingency plan.

Betruger: "I see you have a few tricks up your sleeve. Let me show you mine."

He lifted his arm up and opened his hand, making Robin wonder what he was doing. That's when he saw a line of fire coming out of mid air as the end reached his hand. But when Betruger grabbed, the fire evaporated and in its place was a black metal sword with the Scath emblem at the bottom handle. Robin's eyes when wide when he saw this go down and was shocked by this type of ability.

Robin: "Well, that's new…"

Once Betruger had his sword ready, he charge in and started his attack on the Titan leader. He started a couple of swing attempts to cut the leader up to pieces, but Robin was able to block each attack with his Bo staff. He was hoping to find an opening to so he could do a counter attack, but Betruger was so fast that it would be hard for him to find an opening. To make matters worse, every block he was deflecting, the staff started to crack of peel, almost going to split apart. Then after one deep swing up high, Robin blocked that and within seconds the staff broke apart as metal chunks flew around the place. Robin was more shocked then ever by all of this and was caught completely off guard when Betruger gave him a quick sucker punch to the chin. The leader flew a short distance and landed on the metal floor with a wide skid. The Boy Wonder slowly got up, about to take out his R-Sword to even the playing field. Unfortunately, Betruger came up to him and was about to pull a finishing blow. But before he could do that, more barrages of star bolts came down and rained upon him. Again, Betruger was covered in a transparent fire shield and looked up to see who's launching that barrage. To his surprise was Starfire who flew out of the broken window and she was throwing another batch at the insane doctor. Her eyes started to glow green and she had a very pissed off look on her face.

Starfire: "You shall not hurt Robin!"

She then fired her eye beams at him to make a direct hit. Betruger crossed his arms as the beams hit him and a barrier protected him from the impact. The blast slid him away from Robin and from the others. Once Betruger was away from the others, Raven came out of the observatory deck with three huge computer terminals all hovering in dark energy. She lifted her hands up in the air and pulled them down in an instant, letting the terminals fly to their target. They were going to hit the doctor but Betruger mysteriously teleported like the demons and the terminals missed him by a few inches. Both girls were surprised of his sudden disappearance and wondered where the insane doctor went. That was until Betruger teleported from behind them and remarked at their move.

Dr. Betruger: "Impressive… However it would've been more unique if you would've hit me."

Both Star and Rae turned around to see the doctor from behind, only to see him charging balls of flames at the two. Raven took it to the defensive and shields herself and her friend in a black bubble sphere while Betruger fired his flames at them. Though the sphere protected the two, the impact caused it to fly down towards the floor and gave it such an impact. Betruger slowly walked to the edge of the window and observed the damaged he caused and was pleased with it.

Dr. Betruger: "You know, at first this was going to be difficult to beat. But now that I see you as what you are, this would be a cake walk."

What he didn't know was that something was tossed right into the observation deck and skidded through the floor. Betruger turned around to see what it was and noticed a grenade resting at the remaining terminals completely armed. Betrugers eyes were wide with shock as he started to teleport seconds before the grenade exploded, destroying the observation deck and shattering the remaining windows. As the deck was on fire, Alex, who threw the grenade in the first place, watched the deck burned and smirked to himself.

Alex: "The funny thing about this Betruger, is to never judge a book by its cover. Because you never know what surprises you might find."

But just as he said that, Betruger materialized behind him and had a tone that was completely aggravated.

Dr. Betruger: "You know, you're the reason why they are still alive today. You would've left them behind and survive by yourself."

Alex quickly turned around and knew that Betruger would get out of the blast and smiled.

Alex: "Well that's pretty understandable. But if I did that, then the Titans would be dead as well. Like that wouldn't happen, be that they are the best team the world had ever seen."

Dr. Betruger: "Indeed… But none of that doesn't matter. You will soon fail and Trigon and his army will succeed and finish what they started."

The guardian then pointed his plasma rifle at the doctor and gotten a little cocky with his attitude.

Alex: "Don't get too comfortable about this Betruger. My dad, Swan, and Campbell are still here. And even if we fail, they will succeed."

That gave Betruger a slight smirk on his face and a little chuckle in his throat.

Dr. Betruger: "You my dear Alex are so gullible then ever."

This made Alex raised an eyebrow and was a little confused.

Alex: "What? What are you talking about?"

Alex: "Do you expect that your dad's going to save the day? If you only knew the truth, then you would've had second thoughts on him."

Alex slowly lowered his weapon, getting interested in what the doctor was saying.

Alex: "What truth?"

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Delta Labs Level 1, Delta Authority Lobby: November 16, 2145, 8:25 A.M.

Back at Delta Authority, both Swan and Campbell where sitting around, thinking of a way to reach Delta 4 without being detected. As they were thinking of something they heard the sound of the doors unlocking on the left side as they got up and pointed their weapons at it incase it was a monster. But when the doors opened instead of a monster it was Sargeant Thomas Kelly. Both were complete surprised by this but sighed in relief knowing he's still alive. Swan lowered his weapon and was glad to see the Sarge in one piece.

Counselor Swan: "Sargeant Kelly? What are you doing here?"

Kelly looked at Swan and answered him.

Sargeant Kelly: "Surviving. I was trying to reach Delta 4 until I got backtracked by those damn creatures."

Counselor Swan: "You and us both Kelly. We were on our way to Delta 4 too, but this place is swarming with monsters. Probable guess, they won't let us get anywhere near the main teleporter."

Jack Campbell: "Indeed… It seems that these demons won't stop at nothing in making sure we reach our destination. That damn Betruger, he's got a lot to pay for when this is all over."

The Sargeant then tilted his head and chuckled a little.

Sargeant Kelly: "Betruger? No…"

Both Swan and Campbell looked at the Sarge quizzically and wondered what he meant by that.

Counselor Swan: "What?"

Kelly looked at them and told them the real truth.

Sargeant Kelly: "I think we're dealing with something more then that. Betruger might be the one pulling all the strings, but I don't think he's responsible sending those beasts to come after us. These surprise attacks and ambushes are orchestrated not intentional. It's almost like that they were waiting for us to come so that they could attack. It would appear that someone is telling these demons where to go and who to attack."

The Counselor rubbed his chin on all of this then came to a conclusion.

Counselor Swan: "So what you're trying to say is that we have a mole working for Betruger?"

Sargeant Kelly: "I'm afraid so. From what I could understand, this mole has access to all of the UAC facility and blueprints to all underground and maintenance passage. This could explain how the monsters and zombies were able to attack my men and the employers in this instillation."

Counselor Swan: "If what you say is true, then we have to find the culprit who's responsible for this and bring him to justice."

But just as he said that, Campbell turned to the counselor and told him the bad news.

Jack Campbell: "I hate to be the barer of bad news, but I think I find it highly impossible."

Swan then look at his guardian and wondered what he meant.

Counselor Swan: "What do you mean by that?"

Jack Campbell: "Well think about it like this. The demons attacked just about everyone in this base and all of them dead. Meaning that we don't have any suspects responsible in siding with Betruger in the first place. Not only that, we don't know if there are any survivors besides us."

While Jack was explaining things to his counselor, Kelly was slowly pulling out something from behind his back. They didn't even know that the sargeant was pulling something out as they kept on arguing about this situation.

Counselor Swan: "Even if what you say is accurate, the survivors could be the turncoats in this debacle. We should check the mainframe and see if there are any survivors around the UAC."

Sargeant Kelly: "That won't be necessary."

The two of them look back at Kelly and had that questionable look on their faces again.

Counselor Swan: "And why not?"

Sargeant Kelly: "Because I already know who's responsible for all of this."

Jack Campbell: "All right then, who?"

With that, Kelly smirked and took action.

Sargeant Kelly: "Isn't it obvious?"

He immediately took out his pistol and pointed it at the two and quickly pulled the trigger after giving them the answer.

Sargeant Kelly: "Me."

A shot just rang out through out the room as the bullet flew and hit Counselor Swan in the right shoulder. The counselor felt that and fell in incredible pain. Jack couldn't believe his eyes as he watched Swan fall to the ground. But that wasn't over yet. Kelly aimed his pistol at Campbell and opened fire one more. Quickly, Campbell turned positions so that the bullet would hit his armor and protect himself from immediate harm. He immediately pointed his BFG at the sargeant and was about to pull the trigger. But suddenly, Kelly rushed in and speared Campbell to the ground, causing the BFG to fly out of his hands. Once on the floor, the traitor started punching the bodyguard countless of times to leave a bloody mess. Luckily Campbell used his hands to block every known punch that would've been connected to his face. Looking for the right opening, Campbell pushed with all his might and rolled the sargeant over. Now it was Jacks turn to do some punching of his own to Thomas's face. But the Sarge too was able to cover himself up from the assault. Under quick intentions, Kelly lifted his boot up and hit the bodyguard in the gut, pushing him away from him. Campbell tumbled around but was able to roll and got up backwards to get ready for a fight. Kelly lifted his legs up and jumped up to his feet at the same time. Both people stared at each other for quite a while pacing back and forth, looking for an opening to take advantage of. Two soldiers starred at each other, waiting for one of them to make a mistake.

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Delta Labs Level 4, Teleporter 4 Main Chamber: November 16, 2145, 8:31 A.M.

Back at the main teleporter, Betruger told Alex the truth about his father, as his eyes were wide in complete and utter shock.

Alex: "No… There's no way… There's no way my dad would betray the UAC. No way!"

Betruger smirked widely and snickered to himself, continuing on with his story.

Dr. Betruger: "Oh yes it is Alex. You father was suspicious in my private work so he busted in and demanded why I've been using so much money and technology to create this portal. So I decided to show him what I've been working on and lured him into the portal. When he saw what was on the other side, he was completely surprised in what I've been working on. Of course he didn't like how I was going with the plan, so I had to do a little re-education for him."

Alex: "What do you mean by re-education?"

Dr. Betruger: "That is none of your concern. But what you will know is that your father accepted the truth and joined forces with me to bring the end of the universe."

The guardian slowly lowered his head and weapon down, darting his eyes away form the doctor and not wanting to hear another word from him.

Alex: "Bull shit…"

Dr. Betruger: "Is it? Tell me something Alex, how is it that no matter where you go, demons always appear around every corner? How is it that the monsters you've encountered have access to the entire facility, especially the maintenance area? How could it be that your father managed to escape the demons without a single scratch on him? All of this was completely evident. Yet no matter what, you still cling to the notion that you would find your father and will put an end to this. But this is the cold hard reality. Your father is working with us now."

Now Alex had enough. He lifted his head up and pointed his plasma rifle right at Betruger's face.

Alex: "Shut UP!!!"

He then pulled the trigger and fired a blast full of plasma at the doctor. Though his sudden outburst would let him forget that Betruger has his shield to protect him from any known projectiles. The insane doctor look down at Alex and humped under his own breath.

Dr. Betruger: "Worthless human…"

He tightened his fist and gave Alex and swift backhand to his chin, sending him flying to the air and was heading to the end of the room. He though the impact was going to kill him, but instead someone flew up from behind him and grabbed him in an instant. Alex looked behind him to see who caught him. To his relief, it was none other then Raven keeping a hold of him.

Raven: "I got you!"

Alex sighed in relief and was glad someone was there to save him.

Alex: "Thanks Rae, I owe you one."

The telepath gave off a little smile, glad that the guardian was still alive. Just as they were going to be out of the fire, it returned with a vengeance. Alex looked down as saw firry balls of flames heading straight towards the two.

Alex: "Look out!"

Raven look down and saw the balls of flames heading straight towards them. Quickly reacting to the fast projectiles, Raven swiftly swoops around avoiding the attack while still hanging onto Alex tightly. On the ground, Betruger continued to fire his fireballs at the two but the gothic teen avoided them so fast that it was hard for him to pinpoint the next area to target. But while he was trying to shoot down the Goth, he was easily distracted. As he was still taking out Raven, Robin saw the opening and took his R-Sword out to strike back. He then got up and charged at the doctor with fast approaching speed. Betruger didn't see it coming until he sensed something completely unbalanced all around him. He then looks straight ahead and saw Robin charging towards him with his sword ready to strike. Quickly, he stopped firing flames at the Titan holding the guardian and backed up, avoiding the first strike from Robin's sword. The Boy Wonder continued to swing and slice his sword in many directions to get a good clear cut while Betruger continued to avoid every attempted strike. As the fight was happening on the ground, Alex watched in the sky thinking that the Titan leader needs help. He looked up at Raven who was holding him the whole time and asked her to let him down.

Alex: "Rae, get me closer to Betruger! Once we get close, let me go! I'll do the rest!"

Raven heard what Al was talking about and nodded for approval. She then flew to the fight as Robin kept on giving the insane doctor everything he got. Betruger continued to duck and dodge every strike and slice the Boy Wonder could muster up with his sword. Loosing all known options, he lifted his sword up and gives the doctor the final blow. Betruger then took the opportunity to lift his hand up and grabbed the sword with a tight grip. Though he did got a hold of the sword, it did give him a small cut and blood was tickling down his hand. Betruger then tightened his grip on the sword and within moments, the sword was glowing incredibly red hot. Robin felt that and immediately let go of his sword, feeling the heated pain. The leader cringed from the sword's hot temperature and held on to each of his hands, as they were red in heat. He then looked up and saw Dr. Betruger looking at his hand and the cut that penetrated it.

Dr. Betruger: "Impressive… This is the first time in a long time I've seen my own blood. I'm quite impressed you were the first one to draw first blood."

Robin looked up at the doctor and had a sternful look on his face.

Robin: "Gee, I'm flattered."

Betruger then lifted his hand to the Boy Wonder's face and a ball of flames emanated out of it.

Dr. Betruger: "Too bad it was your only chance to attack me."

Robin just kneeled where he was and knew that his time was coming. But before Betruger could finish the Titan leader off, he heard a voice from above.

Alex: "I don't think so!"

Betruger look up and saw Alex with Raven holding him in the air, heading towards the enemy. When they were close enough, Raven let go of the guardian and he gave a speeding rocket kick to his face. Amazingly enough, he was able to connect the kick to the doctors face as he was sent flying to end of the hall and his back hit the lock door that would get the team out of the room. Once he was out of the moment, Alex approached Robin and checked to see if he was okay.

Alex: "Hey Rob, your all right?"

Robin looked up at Alex and was glad that he was saved for the moment.

Robin: "Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little burned on the hands, but I think I'll make it."

Alex smiled for a moment, knowing that Rob's going to be safe. But then his look turned serious as he got up and looked at Betruger slowly getting up from the last impact. But doctor started to cough up blood as he lifted his head up and saw both the Titan leader and the guardian positioning themselves for battle.

Dr. Betruger: "This is the second time I got caught off guard. It would appear that I might have underestimated you Titans. Well, not anymore!"

He raised his arms to the sides and the flames spread throughout his hands. Immediately, he clapped his hands together and the fire sped right to them like and Archvile's, Both Robin and Alex jumped away in both directions to avoid that move and fought back. Robin took out a couple of birdarangs and threw them at the enemy while Alex took out his machine gun and fired a round of clips at him. Betruger then has his shield on and protected himself from the oncoming projectiles. As he was shielding himself, Alex took the opportunity and took a grenade out of this belt, armed it, and threw it right behind the mad doctor. It flew a landed right behind the shield, without the doctor noticing it. He dropped his shield and was going to attack again, but he then heard a high-pitched sound getting higher and higher by the second. He turned around and finally saw the grenade resting in back of him. Knowing what would happen, he immediately teleported out of harms way just seconds before the grenade exploded. Both Robin and Alex landed on the ground and witness the explosion that took place. Seeing the explosion, Alex didn't see Betruger's body anywhere in the blast.

Alex: "Did I get him?"

Just as soon as he asked that, lightning came down between them and Betruger appeared out of the blue.

Dr. Betruger: "Highly unlikely."

Both friends turned their heads to see the doctor between them. But before they could react, the crazy doctor raised both his hands at their faces and fired his flames at them. The blast of the flames caused them to fly on both ends of the room, Alex went down to the maintenance area on the back end and Robin skidding the metal floor at the entrance to the portal. Both Starfire and Raven saw that with their own eyes and decided to retaliate by coming together and firing their star bolts and aurora blasts, making them combine into one huge energy blast. Betruger look up at the two who launched the blast and formed another shield and protected himself from the huge assault. As he was protecting himself, Cyborg watched that and found a really good opening to attack. He look around to see what to use and saw a line of pipes that could be useful. He armed his cannon and used it to hit the pipes, causing them to brake apart and fall to the ground. Once they landed, he grabbed the biggest pipe he could get a hold of and waited for the moment to strike back. Soon enough, both Star and Rae stopped firing and Betruger removed his shield. Now Cy got the opening he needed as he charged in and headed straight to the doctor with the hugest pipe he has. Once he approached him, he lifted his pipe high up into the air and swung it upside his head without even noticing him. But Betrguer did sense it and his body started to glow intensely. When the hybrid hit the doctor, the metal around him melted and split the pipe in two. Cyborg looked at both Betruger and the broken pipe and was shocked then ever.

Cyborg: "Whoa…"

Betruger heard that and was a little ashamed at what he said.

Dr. Betruger: "Whoa? That's it? No classy comeback? No cheesy puns. I was expecting one of your favorite one-liners. Now what was it you always say? Ah yes…"

He then turned his head to see the Hybrid and said one of his famous lines he always says after every battle.

Dr. Betruger: "Booya?"

Now Cyborg had enough of this as he tighten his fist and gave the doctor a swift and strong punch to his sternum. But Betruger saw through that and side step with such high speeds that the hybrid hit nothing but air. Upon doing that, the doctor used his own swift punch that was covered in fire and hit Cy right in the back. That sends the hybrid flying to the back of the left maintenance area where Alex was taken. Soon after Betruger took care of the Titan, he too got blasted in the back. Only they were of green bolts of energy. The insane doctor looked up to see who threw them and saw Starfire with fists glowing green and Raven floating behind her. He lifted his hand up to them and was about to fire another fireball at them. But before he could do that, a metal plate burst open and many wires that were covered in black energy came out and wrapped around his arm. Betruger was caught off guard when that happened and struggled to break his arms free. Suddenly, more tiles blow up around him and more wires had risen up and covered Betruger's body. Soon enough, he was a mummy encased in wires. What really happened was that Raven with a tight fist covered in black magic and used the wires to hold him down. She was using all of her strength to keep the wires tight around the doctor's body. But as she was doing that, an orangey glow emanated out through the wires and glowed brighter. In mere seconds, the wires exploded and send the girls falling to different directions. Starfire fell to the right side of the maintenance area while Raven landed hard on the left control console of the main teleporter. Out of the huge blast Betruger was still in the middle completely unharmed and not damaged. Betruger thought he took care of all of them but he was wrong. From out of the blue, a green tiger showed up from behind and was about to pounce on his enemy. But Betruger always sense danger no matter where he is and turned around to give the tiger and slap of fire. The animal felt that and flew to the right control console of the teleporter. It landed on the ground right after it morphed back into its human form. It was without a doubt that this tiger was actually Beast Boy, shaking his head from the impact. He thought it would be best to wait for the right moment to pounce at the doctor while he was distracted. Unfortunately, that didn't work one bit. As he slowly got up, the changeling looked at the computer screen and noticed something that caught his attention. On the screen, there was a message that says, 'Teleporter Charging: Stand By' and a percentage number below it. The percentage number was 80% at the moment, but the moment he saw it, it suddenly went up to 81%. Seeing that happen, BB warned the team immediately.

Beast Boy: "Uh guys… I think we have a problem."

Robin, who was in the middle of the portal's entrance, heard the changeling's concern and could tell it wasn't good. Suddenly, he heard a loud hum from right behind him and turned around to see what is was. To his surprise, he saw the main teleporter humming back to life and the portal into Hell was slowly opening. His eyes were wide in fear, knowing what all of it meant.

Robin: "Oh no…"

The others were able to get up and they too were shocked and awe at the portal powering up.

Alex: "What the… What the Hell is happening here?!"

As if on cue, Betruger answered the guardian's question in a sinister voice.

Dr. Betruger: "Oh, I'll tell you what's happening. And indeed, Hell is what's happening!"

Everyone looked at the doctor and was a little confused at what he meant. Betruger decided to elaborate at what he said.

Dr. Betruger: "While all of you were busy trying to defeat me, the main teleporter was charging the hole time. Once the charge is complete the portal will open once more and Hell will be reopen."

Everyone gasped in complete horror, realizing that they were distracted the whole time when their main objective was right in front of them.

Alex: "You won't get away with this Betruger!"

Betruger looked at Alex and smiled very wickedly.

Dr. Betruger: "On the contrary deer Alex, I already have. Once the portal is open, you will all be sucked into it and will join with your fellow marine soon enough."

Upon hearing that, Robin took out another Bo Staff and spinned it around to take a battle pose.

Robin: "Then we have no other choice but to fight you till the very end."

Betruger peeked behind to see the Boy Wonder and chuckled under his breath.

Dr. Betruger: "You can try… But no matter how hard you fight, you will never win."

As soon as he said that, everyone got their weapons ready, charged their powers, and position themselves for battle.

Robin: "We'll see about that…"

Suddenly, everyone charged with what they had and attacked Betruger at the same time.

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Delta Labs Level 1, Delta Authority Lobby: November 16, 2145, 8:37 A.M.

Back at Delta Authority, Thomas Kelly and Jack Campbell were starring at each other, pacing back and forth still looking for an opening to strike. Swan was still down, with blood coming out of the bullet wound, unable to help at the condition he's in. Only thing he could do is sit back and watch the fight getting started. Both soldiers looked at each other and continued looking for an opening. Campbell was staring at the Sarge but his eyes were full of rage and confusion as he muttered something in his breath.

Jack Campbell: "I've seen my share of turncoats in my days, but I never expect a Sargeant like you to betray the UAC."

Sarge smiled at the fact and shook his head.

Sargeant Kelly: "Oh, I'm no turncoat Campbell, I'm just doing what I thought is right."

Jack Campbell: "Then why did you do this? Why turn your back to your soldiers just to work with the enemy?"

Kelly's face got serious when he heard that question and could easily explain his betrayal.

Sargeant Kelly: "A retire veteran, like you, don't know what its like to be stuck in this damn place for too long. Even though I was a master sargeant in this facility, I was still following orders from the army down on Earth. They don't care about their people, or the troops they trust. Only thing they care about is themselves. They let men march down to the Grim Reaper's house while they sit back and watch the show takes place. They would even send an eight-year-old kid with a pistol into the battlefield and won't lift a single finger to help them. I had it up to here with the whole thing and wanted to change all of that. Of course that was when Betruger came in. I've always been suspicious about what he was doing. And with the power outages, the paranoid test subjects, and the funds used for his classified research, I had no choice but to enter Delta 4 and find out what he was up to. I asked him about this project, what it does, why is that the UAC's in disarray because of it, you know standard procedure. He, like any other scientists showed me what he's researching and oddly enough took me into the portal to see what's on the other side. When we passed through it, I couldn't believe my eyes. For when I saw what Hell truly is, I decided to help Betruger in making his plan a reality."

Jack Campbell: "So you decided to sell your soul to Betruger and sacrificed all of your men to his ruling."

Sargeant Kelly: "Hmph… Sometimes you have to make a few sacrifices in order to gain control over a universe at war."

Jack Campbell: "And the distress signal you gave to Earth's fleet? Was that all part of Betruger's plan?"

Sargeant Kelly: "Indeed it was. You see, even though the plan to open the portal to Hell and freeing the demons worked perfectly, that was only phase one of the plan. Phase two is to send the demons to Earth and finish what they started. The problem is that they don't have wings to fly there and even if they do fly, it will take them a long time to reach Earth. So we had to take a latter approach. The ships the UAC Earth fleets have are huge to carry every demon within and its flight speed reached the planet an hour or two. They are perfect in sending the beasts in and surprise Earth when they're completely unguarded. Only problem is that I need to find a way to bring the ships to Mars to continue this invasion."

Campbell listened in and put two and two together, realizing what happened a while back.

Jack Campbell: "So in order for you to have ships here, you've get up the distress signal to alert the fleet that Mars is under attack."

Kelly smirked at the bodyguard, realizing Campbell figured all that out.

Sargeant Kelly: "Indeed… But the thing is that I need to transfer the signal through a data disk and it needs to be taken to a communication facility for short wave access. But of course I do need a few humans to help bring the card to the Comm. Facility. At first, I thought that Bravo Team would take that card to the facility so I did ordered my monsters to spare them until they deliver the message. Of course the Wraiths were a little too over their heads that they killed them before they could reach Communications, but I was lucky that one Marine was able to retrieve it before Swan got his hands on it. And it would've run smoothly if you hadn't blasted the Comm. terminal to bits. Though set backs aside, the plan went well then I anticipated."

Jack Campbell: "And you doomed us all from that moment on."

To that end, Kelly chuckled a little under his breath.

Sargeant Kelly: "There's and old saying a long time back. When you're a small fish in a big sea filled with sharks, you have two options. You have to either swim with them or get eaten by them. And I don't want to pick the second option."

Jack Campbell: "What about your men? The people you've sent to the slaughter. Do you care about them?"

Sergeant Kelly: "I do care about my men. But if I'm ever going to live, I would let them sacrifice their lives to save mine."

Jack Campbell: "And what about your son, Alex? What about him? Don't you care about him?"

Kelly's eyes blinked, knowing that his son is still alive in this facility. Alex had been surviving through out the place ever since the start of this attack, but he never thought of what would happen if he gets killed. He turned his head away and thought of the consequences of what would happen if his son died. He then look back at Campbell and told him his feelings.

Sargeant Kelly: "I love my son. Ever since his mother died, I did everything that I can to keep him happy. I took him to this place, gave him a home, even made him a guardian to help protect the Teen Titans. I gave him everything he would need to help being a soldier, a friend, and as a son. I would give up anything to protect him."

Jack Campbell: "Even if it means selling your soul?!"

Sargeant Kelly: "Yes, even if it means selling my soul."

The bodyguard squinted his eyebrows and now had it with this bullshit.

Jack Campbell: "You're not getting away with this Sarge!"

Sargeant Kelly: "And who's going to stop me? You?"

Campbell quickly looked at the BFG that was lying there, waiting to be picked up and the looked back at the traitor with a cocky grin on his face.

Jack Campbell: "Oh, you better believe it."

Sarge peeked to see the very weapon Campbell was looking at and his smirk got even wider.

Sargeant Kelly: "Well what are you waiting for? Come and get me!"

Campbell tightens his fist and get ready for the fight.

Jack Campbell: "Gladly…"

Sarge did the exact same thing and tightened his fist ready for the battle. Immediately the two charged in and began to fight each other for either honor or vengeance. Campbell gave the traitor a swift uppercut to the chin while Sarge gave the bodyguard a straight punch to his left cheek. Both felt that punch and stumbled back for a few seconds from the impact. But the two got back to fighting, hoping one will go down before the other. Campbell gave out a couple of quick punches in random locations to Sarge's body, but Kelly was able to block them all and found the perfect opening to strike back. The side was the most vulnerable part so he gave the bodyguard a strike kick there. Once Campbell doubled over from that strike, the traitor grabbed his head with both of his hands and lifted his knee up to give him a knee strike. That last attack caused Jack to fly a few feet and landed on the metal floor back first, cringing in pain. Kelly then approached Campbell and was about to give him the finishing blow. But luckily enough, Campbell was still conscious after the last attack and lifted his legs up and used both of his feet to hit him in the sternum. But that wasn't enough. He lifted his legs up and used his strength to lift Kelly by the feet and threw him to the other side of the room. In fact, he flew through the door that automatically opened the moment he got close to it and hit the wall that had the UAC logo painted on it. Quickly, Campbell got up in a fast pace and turned around to see the downed traitor. He immediately rushed over to him and attacked before he could recover from the last move. He started to kick him constantly to knock him unconscious and out of his misery. After a couple of kicks, Kelly had the instinct to grabbed the foot he was stomping and used his strength to take him down with one swift move. That made the bodyguard fall to the ground once more with a loud thud. He immediately moved on top of him and gave him a couple of punches to the side of his face a couple of times. Campbell was defenseless for the moment as he kept on getting punch constantly, but luckily there was one opening that everyone would fail to notice. So he lifted his knee up with such incredible force and hit him right between his legs. The sargeant felt that and even though he had a cup on, it felt incredibly painful. He got off of Jack to recover from that one while Campbell used his same leg and kicked the Sarge right in the face. Kelly backed away from that attack while Campbell jumped up, getting ready to strike back. Unfortunately, the traitor found another opening and speared him out of nowhere, causing the two to enter the back to the administration office. The two immediately rolled around for a couple of seconds until they stopped completely and let go of each other. They then went back to starring at each other, not letting their eyes go away. From this fight, it's going to be a long one.

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Delta Labs Level 4, Teleporter 4 Main Chamber: November 16, 2145, 8:43 A.M.

Back to the main teleporter, the Titans were still fighting Betruger, hoping that the main portal would charge up completely and take them straight to Hell. Robin threw a couple of birdarangs right at the doctor while Starfire threw more star bolts as the same enemy. Betruger formed a fiery shield around him and protected himself from those incoming object. But once he let his shield down, Cyborg charged right at him with his fist tighten to punch him completely. Betruger turned around to see the Hybrid the same time Cy was about to punch him. But without warning, the insane doctor lifted his hand up and grabbed that punch in an instant. Cy's eyes were completely shocked when the enemy did that and didn't know what to do next. As for Betruger, he charged his free hand up and was about to return a flaming punch. But then, Cyborg's expression went from shocked to a sly grin. The doctor didn't know why he was doing that until he saw someone coming up from behind the hybrid. When this person jumped over him, he saw Alex in plain view with his feet ready to kick. And that kick is of course a tornado kick to the head. Betrguer felt that and flew to the back end of the safety rails behind him. Alex landed on his feet and took out his plasma rifle, aiming it at the traitorous doctor. Just as the doctor got up from the pain, the guardian pulled the trigger and fired plasma projectiles at him. Betruger, on instinct, lifted his hand up and formed a firewall to block off the incoming flying objects. Once the projectiles are gone, he waved his fist to the sideways direction and threw a huge fireball at the two teenagers. Both Alex and Cyborg saw that fireball and the two immediately jumped up and away from the incoming ball of flames. Thankfully, they weren't hurt or worse from that impact, but Betruger was going to fire another round at them. But then he heard a loud roar coming from above him. He looked up to see what it was and saw a huge green gorilla coming down to him with its fist up in the air for a huge pound. It was obvious that this gorilla was Beast Boy himself. He was about to flatten Betruger like a pancake until the doctor teleported himself out of danger. Seconds later, BB landed on the ground with a huge thud and slammed his fists at the floor where Betruger was. The moment he landed on the floor, the doctor appeared behind him and was about to attack back by punching him from behind. Beast Boy felt the slight wind on his backend of the head and sidestepped out of the way to avoid sudden danger. The changeling then lifted his arm up and swung it to knock Betruger off of his feet. However, Betruger bended back and simply avoided that swing a few inches from his body. Once he got back up to the right position, he and Beast Boy went back to the fighting. The two went at it with fists a flying and blocks a blocking. But after BB could finish him off by throwing a powerful thrust punch, Betruger sidestepped his way out of the punch and gave a flaming uppercut to the changeling's chin. The sudden punch from that uppercut caused Beast Boy to fly up in the air and landed on the ground with a huge fwomp. The doctor approached the edge of the safety rails and saw the changeling out cold in his human mode. He then lifted his hand up and was about to finish him up.

Dr. Betruger: "You will die first my little green friend."

But before he could end him, his entire body was covered in a black aurora. He looked down at his body and wondered where all that black magic came from. That's when he heard a dark feminine voice from around him.

Raven: "You leave him alone! Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!!!"

Suddenly and without warning, Betruger was lifted up off the ground and was flying violently all over the room. He got crashed from wall to ceiling, getting bruised up and damaged along the way. After that short trip, Raven flew her hands down and sent the insane doctor soaring down to the ground. Once he landed on the ground he created a deep impact and smoke suddenly came out of the crash. The entire team got back and took cover from the sudden crash, except for Beast Boy, who was beginning to stir. Once the smoke was cleared, everyone got out of their hiding places and approached the hole through the metal floor where Betruger fell in. Beast Boy, who was now in conscious, got closer to the crater and wondered if its over.

Beast Boy: "So… Did we just win?"

Just as he said that, something exploded right in the middle to the maintenance area of the chamber. Everyone turned around to the direction of the blast to see what just happened. That's when they all saw Betruger who looked completely damaged and bloodied on his face with an extremely pissed look on his face.

Dr. Betruger: "THAT'S IT!!! I HAD HAVE IT WITH ALL OF YOU FOR THE LAST TIME!! IT'S TIME FOR ALL OF YOU TO DIE!!!"

The moment he said that, an announcement had been made.

"Attention: Teleporter charging at 95% and climbing. Estimated time to completion, ten minutes."

Robin looked back at the main teleporter and saw it charging brighter. He then looked back to Betruger and alerted his team the situation they're in right now.

Robin: "We're running out of time Titans. We have to put a stop to this and defeat Betruger once and for all!"

Alex: "I could highly agree with you Rob."

Everyone got their positions ready for the main battle while Betruger charged some fireballs in both hands. He immediately threw them at the group as the Titans jumped up and away from them. The Boy Wonder took his freezing disk and threw it at the floor below the doctor. As the disk hit the floor, the turned into an ice pillar and rose up to the doctor, incasing him completely. Rob landed on the ground and thought that would take care of him. But then the icy prison started to crack up and in mere moments it exploded in bits and pieces. And from out of that explosion came Betruger, still angry then ever. He pointed his fist at Robin and fired a line of flames at him. The Titan leader quickly jumped up and somersaulted backwards to avoid that hazard attack. But even if he got out of that, the flames continued to follow him as he cart wheeled, flip, and turned every way possible. Starfire flew up high in the air and noticed Robin in trouble. So she looked up at the threat and fired her eye beams at him. Betruger didn't see that coming as he got hit with the attack and fell to the floor. Once he landed, Cyborg got the opening and jumped up high into the air, coming down with his feet ready to stomp. The doctor could tell that it was coming and needed to get out now before he gets squished again. So he rolled out of the way just seconds before Cyborg landed with an impactful sound. Soon after that, Betruger used his left to sweep the hybrid off of his feet. Cy felt that sweep and caused his body to fall to the floor too. Quickly Betruger got up and raised his fist at the Hybrid, hoping to get rid of him before he gets up. But just as he blast his fiery blast at him, a black dome covered Cy up and protected him from the assault. Betruger knew that it was Raven who saved Cyborg and was going to hurt her too. Unfortunately that didn't happen as he was blasted by the hybrid's sonic cannon just seconds after the dome disappeared. Betruger flew in midair and hit his back at one of the huge electrical plugs that help give power to the teleporter. As he was slowly getting up, Beast Boy took the chance and turned into a hawk to fly up high in the air. Once he reached high enough, he turned into an elephant and plummeted downwards straight to the insane doctor. Betruger barely had time to avoid it as the green elephant fell on top of him and completely squished him. Everyone watched on as they saw their enemy flatten and thought it was all over. But a few seconds later, Beast Boy felt something was lifting him up off the ground. To everyone's surprise, it was Dr. Betruger lifting the green elephant up with incredible strength. Once he got the animal over his head, he threw it straight at the team to flatten them as well. Everyone quickly got out of the elephant's way as BB changed to his human form and landed on the floor, rolling along. Alex took a couple of grenades out of his belt and armed them all for an explosive finish. He tossed them at the doctor in hopes of watching him blow up in front of his face. Once it reached the doctor, he lifted his glowing hand up and stopped the grenades in mid air as they were covered in flames. Then in a matter of moments, the grenades exploded right in front of him, creating a huge enough blast. Alex watched on, thinking that this crazy doctor was long gone and sighed to himself. But just as he was going to enjoy his moment, something came out of the flames at rocket speed and headed straight to the guardian. Alex didn't had any time to react to this as the unknown figure hit him intentionally and sent him flying to the middle of the room. The guardian felt completely dazed and confused at what just happened, but just as he was about to get up, that speeding blur appeared in front of him and towers over him. That's when he heard that very familiar voice.

Dr. Betruger: "You're too weak…"

Alex slowly looked up and knew who this person was.

Alex: "Betrguer…"

Betruger smirked devilishly and shook his head.

Dr. Betruger: "Honestly Alex, do you really think those little grenades of yours could stop me? I have unlimitless power within even the tiniest of pinkies and you wouldn't stand a chance with me. I am stronger then you and your pathetic Titans."

Alex got up on one knee and retorted something back to Betruger.

Alex: "And because of that, you betrayed the UAC and sworn allegiance to Hell's emperor. But I know the reality of it is. You see the reason why you joined Hell in the first place is that you are weak."

Betruger raised an eyebrow and had a completely sour look on his face.

Dr. Betruger: "What did you say?"

Now Alex was fully up and stared at the doctor with a confidant look on his face.

Alex: "I said, the reason why sold your soul to Trigon is because you're weak. Face the facts Betruger, you were a grand scientist in the corporation, but you're always beneath the superiors. You wanted to face them by yourself but you couldn't. No matter how hard you try, no matter how many accomplishments to pulled, you're going to be nothing more then a mere coward."

That was when without warning; Betruger grabbed the guardian by the throat and tightened it, lifting him off the floor. Alex felt the tightened grip as he was cut off from the air he needs to breath to survive. He tried his best to pull off from the enemies grip but every attempt was no use at all. Betruger kept on squeezing Alex's neck while giving him some final advice.

Dr. Betruger: "Listen well kid, you have nothing against me and my legion. It's you and your team that got on my nerves since the start of this invasion. If you haven't been assigned as a guardian for these misfits, you or they would've been dead by now."

The guardian slowly opened his eyes to see Betruger and had a disgusted look on his face.

Alex: "I will never abandon the Titans. I will protect them no matter what. Even if it means breathing my last breath."

Betruger heard that last sentence and smiled even more wickedly.

Dr. Betruger: "Is that so? Well then, consider this your last breath."

The doctor squeezed the guardian's neck tighter and was going to end his life. But just before he could collapse the air passage, a birdarang came out of nowhere and stabbed the doctor on the arm without even him noticing it. Betruger screamed in pain and let go of the guardian's neck while Alex landed on the ground and took a deep breath, trying to get the air in his system. The doctor backed up, removing the birdarang out and rubbing the cut in his arm when he heard the Titan leader's cry.

Robin: "Don't go anywhere near our friend Betruger!"

Betruger turned his head to see who threw that object and saw the Teen Titans, who recovered from the attacks and were ready to kick some ass. Betruger watched them and deeply sighed to himself.

Dr. Betruger: "So the Titans would protect their guardian as the guardian protects the Titans. How quaint…"

Robin's eyes squinted in anger as he took his R-Sword out and position it ready to fight.

Robin: "We had it with this invasion. This ends now…"

Betruger charged his fireballs and was ready to fight back.

Dr. Betruger: "So it will end. But for you, not me."

He was going to fire at the team until he forgot about the guardian he choked earlier. Alex slowly got up and had it with Betruger. He ran up to him and jumped on top of him, using his arms to get a hold of him. Betruger didn't expect that coming as he was thrashing about, trying to let the guardian off of him.

Dr. Betruger: "Get off of me this instant boy! Don't make me burn you alive!"

While he was holding on, Alex ordered the team to take him down.

Alex: "Now, while he's distracted! Trap him!!"

Robin nodded as he took out another freezing disk out of his utility belt while the others were getting themselves ready. At the same time, Betruger continued to shake Alex off of him, but it was to no avail. Finally, after a few attempts, he used his arms to get a hold of the guardian's neck and used all of his strength throw him over his head and rolled on the floor to the team. This gave the Titans the chance to finish this as the leader gave the command.

Robin: "NOW! ATTACK!!"

The Boy Wonder threw the freeze disk it hit the ground in front of the doctor. Within moments, ice froze around him and to his feet, stopping him in his track. He look down at his frozen feet and back up to the team with his eyes a blazing as he was charging his fireballs in his fists. Starfire noticed that and she needs to eliminate that part of the power to stop Betrguer. She quickly grabbed two floor platings on the ground and flew straight to the insane doctor with her hands glowing completely green with energy. As her hands were glowing, the metal started to melt in mere seconds. She flew in super fast speeds before Betruger could fire flames at them. But before he could do that, Starfire was able to reach him and used the melted steel to form closures around his hands. She quickly flew up and away from the doctor just as Betruger noticed his hands completely sealed tight. He looked up and was going to teleport to get out of this mess. But suddenly, a black ring appeared and wrapped up the doctors body, making it impossible to leave. Betruger tried to struggle from this but it was to no avail. He looked at the group and saw Raven with her hands glowing black at him, trying to keep the ring together. Now he is completely and utterly trapped. Quickly, Cyborg and Beast Boy separated and got ready for the final blow. Cy armed both his cannons and opened his shoulder blades to reveal his mini rockets while BB turned into a Tyrannosaurs Rex and roared at the enemy. Alex quickly got up and took out his double barrel shotgun and aimed it at Betruger right behind him. Just as he cocked it ready to fire, he told Betruger that this was the end.

Alex: "It's over Dr. Betruger. You've lost."

Betruger looked around and realizes that he was surrounded. At first he was going to be defeated by this surprising upset. But then, he curved a smile on his face and began laughing about it. The team was a little confused at this sudden change as the guardian lifted an eyebrow up and wondered what was so funny.

Alex: "Hey! What are you laughing at?"

Betruger took a peak at Alex and answered in a sinister grin.

Dr. Betruger: "It's never over Alex. For you see, I have one more trick up my sleeve."

Alex didn't know what the doctor meant by that. That was when he saw Betruger's body was outline in a yellowy red energy and was glowing brighter by the second. Starring at that for a few mere seconds, the guardian now knows what Betruger is doing. He quickly looks back at the team and warned them what's going to happen shortly.

Alex: "Everyone get out of the way! He's going to blow!!"

The team noticed that and was about to flee the scene immediately. But sadly, it was too late. Betruger was completely enwrapped around the glow and was burning hot. The moment Alex alerted the others, Betruger's entire body explodes, sending a dome of flames spreading throughout the room. Everyone felt and blast and were flying to different directions, hitting something along the way and went into complete unconsciousness. Ask for Raven, she was able to form a black dome and protected herself from the sudden blast. Once that huge explosion was completely over, Raven let down her shield and looked at the damaged. But when she did that, she couldn't believe what she saw. In a different place in the teleportation chamber, each Titan was on the ground, completely knocked out and not moving. Raven didn't know what to do, as she pondered how is she going to help them. But then, she heard the voice that sent chills right down her spine.

Dr. Betruger: "Rest assure my dear girl, they're not dead. Not yet at least…"

The telepath turned her head to that voice and saw Betruger slowly walking towards her with a mischievous grin on his face.

Dr. Betruger: "They are a bit unconscious for the moment. They won't be getting up anytime soon. But the moment they wake up, they will be in for quite a surprise of their lives when they realize their greatest fears would soon come true. And since they'll be out for quite a while, I believe you and I need to talk about something."

Now Betruger was face to face with Raven as the two stared at each other, beginning Betruger's little talk.

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Delta Labs Level 1, Delta Authority Lobby: November 16, 2145, 8:50 A.M.

Back at Delta 1, another fight is taking place. Both Campbell and Kelly duke it out in hopes of ending each other's misery. The two kept on using kicks, punches, and blocks and waited for an opening they could use to take the other out. Campbell was able to do a quick high block with both armed when Kelly used a high kick to use the heel to knock the bodyguard cold. Jack then lifted his foot up and used it to push him away, before he could get that opening. Upon doing that, he ran to him and gave the traitor and spinning roundhouse kick to finish the job. But as it reach Kelly's head, he was able to grab and held on to it for a quick second before tightening it. Campbell could feel the pain and was going to retaliate as fast as he could. But Kelly had other plans in mind, as he kept a tight grip on the leg and lifted Campbell off the ground, spinning him around a couple of times before letting go of him and sent him flying over the reception desk and smack straight into a wall. As the bodyguard tried to get up, the Sergeant jumped up and did a handstand over the desk and landed right behind his opponent. He then grabbed Campbell by the head and forcibly pushed him right into the computer screen, completely disabling it and shattering it. During the crash, the bodyguard started to bleed, letting hid blood drip down his face and oozing down the screen. He was trying to recover from that attack until the traitor grabbed by the throat with his arms and squeezed him tightly, completely sucking the air right out of his lungs. As he did that, he whispered something into Jack's ear before he could die.

Sergeant Kelly: "Do you feel that Campbell? This is true pain. Get use to it because where you're going is going to be ten times worse."

Kelly was going to finish him off until Campbell got a shot and used the back of his head as a hammer to hit the Sarge right in the face. Once he was free from that struggle, he lifted his arm up and gave Campbell an arm jab to the gut. Kelly got back and completely winced in pain. The bodyguard turned around and responded back to that threat in a pissed off expression.

Jack Campbell: "You first…"

He constantly punched Kelly in the face constantly and backed him up on the wall. He continued to punch over and over again, and thought he was going to win this one. But what he didn't know was that Kelly was waiting for Jack to get a little overconfident, and that plan sort of worked. When the bodyguard got the last punch ready, Kelly ducked down and avoided contact while Campbell hit the wall and gave it a complete indent. He removed his hand off the wall and held on to it, gripping in complete pain. This is a chance to Kelly to finish him off. So he got up and gave Jack and striking uppercut to his chin with such strength, sending flying over the desk and landed back in the middle of the room. Kelly jumped up and was on top of the desk, looking at the downed Marine and smiled very wickedly.

Sergeant Kelly: "Oh how the brave die so young. Must be hard to have that type of burden in their hearts. Fortunately, I don't have that type of a burden since I sold my soul to my master. I know it was hard to sacrifice all the lives of every man, woman, and child to bring this invasion to this place. But it's all necessary to get whatever Trigon wants. Don't worry, you'll be seeing everyone sooner then you think."

Campbell slowly slouched up and looked at the traitorous Sarge with an angry look in his eyes. That's when Kelly jumped up and was going to use his boots to piece through the bodyguard's waist area. Instinctively, Campbell rolled out of the way seconds before the traitor could finish the blow. He quickly got up and started to kick Kelly in the face once more. The traitor stumbled back and was completely out of the open from the hit. Campbell saw that and knew what to do next. He ran up to him and used a plain roundhouse kick to knock the Sarge out cold. The moment he did that, Kelly ducked backwards and avoided that kick by a few centimeters. He then jumped back in a handstand and thrusted himself forward to get back on his feet. After Campbell did that kick, he was completely off balance and turned around to gain it back. But what he really did was turn his back and Kelly, giving the traitor the chance to take him down. He grabbed the bodyguard from behind with a tightening bear hug and used his strength to lift him off the ground and gave him a powerful suplex, letting him go midway. That move sends Campbell to the right end of the room and landed hard on the ground. Kelly got back up quick and headed to get something Campbell dropped not so long ago. The bodyguard meanwhile was slowly recovering from the sudden impact and was trying to get up from it. As he was one knee up, he heard quite a familiar click on a very specific weapon. He looked up and saw that Kelly was now holding the BFG in his arsenal. The Sarge smiled at this and said to the bodyguard one more thing before he starts to pull the trigger.

Sergeant Kelly: "My, do things go around in circles all of sudden. Though I might say I was impressed by this fight that you got in you. Still, you were no match for a Master Sergeant like me. And now that I have your weapon in my procession, I think it's time to end you life at once. Now then, any last words before your demise?"

He then pulled the trigger within the gun and it was charging up for a blast. Before he could let go of the trigger, Campbell said his 'last words'.

Jack Campbell: "I just got one thing to say. Once you attack the first person, make sure he's dead before you move on to the next one."

Kelly lifted an eyebrow and was a little confused at what he meant by that. But just as he was going to let go of the trigger, he heard some gunfire from behind him and felt the sudden pain in his left elbow where he was holding the BFG 9000. He let go of the weapon and held on to his injured elbow, turning around to see who shot him. To his surprise, it was in fact Counselor Swan completely wounded but was holding his machine gun with one hand while covering his wound with the other. Kelly was surprised, as the fact that Swan was alive, but was quickly distracted at the fact Campbell was able to get up. Kelly took his pistol out and was going to kill the counselor this time. But before he could do that, he felt a tap on his shoulder. But as he turned around, he was introduced by a straight and physical punch right to the traitor's face. The sergeant stumbled backwards and hit his back on the reception desk, staggering a bit. Campbell quickly grabbed his weapon and pointed it at the Sarge, who was still recovering from the attack. He was able to get up and saw the bodyguard holding the BFG, ready for retaliation. Kelly, be that he is completely outgunned, decided that discretion is the better valor.

Sergeant Kelly: "Another time perhaps…"

He quickly ran away from the fight and exit through another door that would take him to the Delta's main lobby. The moment he got away, Jack looked at an injured Swan and approached him to see if he was all right.

Jack Campbell: "Thanks for the save. Are you okay?"

Swan looked at the bodyguard and coughed a little bit.

Counselor Swan: "I had better."

He continued to cough up blood as more was oozing out of the wound. Looking at that, Campbell knew that the counselor is going to loose his life and knows that he has to save him.

Jack Campbell: "Come on, I'll take you to the Med Bay to help patch you up."

He about to pick Swan up to take to the nearest med bay, but Swan stopped him there.

Counselor Swan: "No, don't pick me up. I would slow you down. Just go a head and hunt down the traitor Kelly. I'll stay here."

Campbell looked at Swan and was surprised by his decision in staying.

Jack Campbell: "But sir, you're seriously wounded. If you don't get any medical treatment soon you're going to-"

Counselor Swan: "I know! But it doesn't mean that you have to drag me around the whole time." cough, cough… "Right now, you have to stop Kelly from killing the remaining survivors here, if they are some. I'll stay here and hope someone would come for help. I got my machine gun with me, so incase anything evil comes through here, I'll hold them off as long as I can." cough, cough, cough… "Go, stop Kelly… I'll survive on my own."

Campbell listened on and didn't know what to do. He wanted to help save the counselor's life, but Kelly is getting away and he didn't want him to cause more chaos throughout the facility. So without any second thought, he got up and said his goodbye to the Swan.

Jack Campbell: "Good luck Swan."

He then left Swan and went after Kelly with his BFG in his hands. Once he left the administration area, Swan sat there on the floor, holding his machine gun tightly in his hands and had a bunch of clips by his side, making this his last resort.

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Delta Labs Level 4, Teleporter 4 Main Chamber: November 16, 2145, 8:52 A.M.

"Attention: Teleporter charging at 99% and climbing. Estimated time to completion, one minute."

The announcement boomed throughout the room and the main teleporter was nearing its completion. Meanwhile, the Titans were still out like a light and weren't going to stop the teleporter in time. But the only person that was still up and about was Raven. But that's the good news. The bad news is that Betruger was face to face with the dark telepath and had a mischievous look on his face.

Dr. Betruger: "My, my… Aren't you a pretty young lady? I could understand why my master needs you the most since I know what you truly are. But I don't like the way you're using your special powers to help these mortals."

Raven kept her firm and retorted back to the doctor with determination in her eyes.

Raven: "They are my friends, and I would never leave them to die."

Betruger raised an eyebrow and was a little skeptic by what she said.

Dr. Betruger: "Friends? How quaint… However, if there is one thing I learned from all of this is that sometimes you can't keep secrets from your friends."

Raven: "What do you mean by that?"

The insane doctor has a sly grin on his face and decided to tell the girl the truth.

Dr. Betruger: "Tell me something Raven, do your friends know about who you really are? What your true heritage is? What you are destined to do? Oh yes, I know the truth about you Raven. What will you be and what will become of the universe. You of all people must of this the moment you were born into this world. Yet despite all of that, you decided to forget about the prophecy and pretend to be the hero."

In reaction to that, Raven lifted her hand up and a black glow emanated out of it.

Raven: "Don't come any closer…"

Dr. Betruger: "Or you what, destroy me? Oh my dear Raven, you have no idea who you're messing with."

Betruger tightened his fist and they too burst into flames, getting hotter by the second.

Dr. Betruger: "But honestly Raven, you really think saving all those innocent people will make you forget your destiny? No matter what you do, there's nothing that can stop Trigon from being freed from his eternal prison."

Raven: "Then what are you going to do to me? Are you going to destroy me? Or did your master want you to not harm because without me, he would be stuck forever."

As the talking continued, someone was slowly beginning to stir and return to consciousness. That person is not the Titans themselves, but was their guardian, Alex. He slowly got up, trying to recover from the doctor's ultimate attack. As he did that, he looked up and saw both Betruger and Raven standing face to face with each other. They weren't even attacking, sides the aurora energy and the fire balls, but were just looking into each others eyes completely cold and dead. He then heard Raven said something that was completely confusing to him.

Raven: "Did he tell you to keep me safe?"

Alex was a little confused by what she was talking about. But when he looked at the two and then saw the portal almost at full power, he knew he have to do something quick before he and his team get sucked into real Hell. All he had to do is to destroy the stabilizers and the teleporter would be none workable. But the main question is how? As he was fully getting up, his foot hit something hard and made of metal. He looked down at what he hit and saw what appears to be a BFG 9000, the very weapon the marine used before he got sucked into the portal. Alex knew that this was the same weapon Campbell used back at the Communication Facility and knew what its capable off. Looking at this weapon the guardian knew what to do. While he was getting the BFG, both Betruger and Raven continued their ever lasting stare and didn't jitter or move an inch since then. They didn't even notice that Alex was up and was getting the weapon on the floor. Betruger thought of what the telepath said and came up with an answer.

Dr. Betruger: "Indeed, my master ordered me not to harm you. But that doesn't mean the I could beat some sense into you."

He lifted his hand up and then slapped her intentionally in the face. Raven did used one of her hands to block it but it was too strong for her to protect herself. The hit caused her to fly away from the enemy and landed on the ground with a sudden thud, leaving her semi conscious. She slowly tried to get up as Betruger slowly approached her with the Scath mark glowing on his forehead.

Dr. Betruger: "I don't truly understand why Trigon wants you and you refused to take part of this history making experience. Perhaps the human side of you is forcing your demonic side. Well that will change soon enough…"

As soon as he said that, another announcement blasted through the room.

"Attention: Teleporter 100% charged. Destination marked."

After that, the teleporter charged up and a portal opened in the entryway, leading to Hell. Betruger look behind to see the portal then looked back at the dark telepath and smiled to himself.

Dr. Betruger: "Well now, it would appear that my teleporter is ready. Oh don't worry; you won't get sucked in since I'm sparing your life. But your friends on the other hand we'll get the chance seeing what true evil is really like."

Raven slowly got up to see Betruger and had a complete distasteful look on her face.

Raven: "Leave them alone Betruger! They don't have anything to do with this."

But even after that plea, Betruger simply laughed about it and looked down at her with a sinister expression.

Dr. Betruger: "Oh on the contrary, they have everything to do with this. These friends of yours have been such a pain as of late and I thought that maybe a short one-way trip to the darkest parts of Hell would teach them a lesson they will never forget. It's too bad that they are unconscious right now. I would've been interested in what their last words would be."

Suddenly, Betruger heard a very familiar voice he didn't like.

Alex: "Oh, I got my last words for you Betruger."

The doctor heard that and quickly turned to his right to see the Titans guardian holding what appeared to be the BFG 9000, the same weapon the marine was going to use.

Alex: "Consider this project of yours permanently shut down!"

He then pointed the BFG at the stabilizers above them and pulled the trigger to charge. Betruger knew what the guardian was going to do as he raised his fist at him and was going to burn him to ash. Unfortunately, he forgot about Raven her eyes glowed white and her hands were black. She closed her hand into a fist and in an instant Betruger was completely covered in dark magic. The doctor tried desperately to move but this power was now much stronger then his. Quickly the telepath lifted her arm up and sent the enemy flying up to the ceiling. The doctor hit the ceiling and a loud crash and was flying back down to the ground without the magic, impacting the floor along the way. Once Betruger was down and out, Raven looked at Alex who was almost charging his weapon and nodded her head.

Raven: "Do it…"

Alex nodded back and let go of the trigger, sending a green energy blast straight to a set of stabilizers. Within the matter of seconds the stabilizers exploded upon impact the moment the portal was going to suck the Teen Titans in. Small explosions emanated throughout the room and scrap metal rained down just about everywhere. At the same time, the entire team was able to get out of their out cold state and were surprised at the fact the entire teleporter chamber was falling apart before their eyes. They also know that they are all in the middle of absolute danger as heavy debris rain down all over them. One huge piece of slab detached from the ceiling and was falling straight to Robin. In a quick second, Robin took his grappling hook out and fired it at the nearest pipe. Once he latched on to the pipe and pushed the button to retract it and flew up in the air seconds before the huge slab could crush him. Starfire got up and tried to get her marbles going until she looked up and saw another slab coming down on her and she wouldn't have the time to fly out of it. So with no other option left, she lifted her hands up and with her Tamaranean strength to catch the slab on top of her and lifted it over her head. Cyborg, who was fully up and about looked around and saw Robin flying in the air with his grappling hook and noticed sharp metal girders falling towards his path. With no time to react, he immediately turned both his sonic cannons on and used them to fire on all the slabs that were raining down around the Titan leader. What he didn't know was that a few large pipes detached from the ceiling and was falling towards his position. At first, Cy was going to get completely crushed by the huge pipes. But just as his life was going to be over, something huge appeared behind his and immediately hit each of the pipes with some massive punches. Cyborg quickly looked up when he was finished and saw Beast Boy in his Sasquatch mode destroying the pipes in mid air. Cy was glad that his best friend saved his life and continued on shooting all the slabs and debris around their teammates. Raven and Alex looked around and noticed the team woke up and tried to get out of the mess alive. Raven then looked at the guardian and saw one of the stabilizers sparking and falling apart. It was up until the point that the stabilizer went loose and was falling the Alex's spot. Shocked in fear, Rae melted into the floor and sped straight to Alex. Once she was around him in a big black circle, she appeared behind him and used her cape to swallow him up. He was so surprised by this; his reaction caused him to drop the BFG and landed on the floor away from the cape. As Raven disappeared into the circle, the stabilizer fell and damaged the floor, completely destroying the BFG in the process. Once all of that happened the portal itself closed up and the teleporter was shut down forever. Once the explosions finished and the smoke cleared, the entire chamber was in complete disarray. One of the huge power plugs got dislodge from the socket, wires were dangling with sparks falling everywhere, and the monitors were nothing but static and malfunctioning. Along with all of that, an announcement was roared through the room.

"Warnnning: Stabilizers offli- offline. Teeeeeliporter 4 in- in- inoperable. Maintenance persooooonel report to cham- chamber 4 immmmmediately."

When the whole fiasco was over, everyone groups together and glad that everyone was alive. Raven fazed out of the floor and opened her cape, letting Alex to tumble out of it with a startling look. He looked up and Raven and was a little off the loop after what happened just now.

Alex: "Again, a little warning before you do something like that. Oh and by the way, now we're even."

Rae nodded as Robin approached the guardian and offers him a hand. Alex grabbed the hand so that the Boy Wonder would lift him up to stand. Once he was up, Alex surveyed the damage and whistled to himself.

Alex: "Man… Never thought that BFG could pack a punch. Look at this place. It looks all tore up!"

Robin: "Well it doesn't matter, the teleporter is destroyed and the gateway to Hell is closed. It's finally over."

He started to look around the place and realized they're forgetting something.

Robin: "Um… Anyone knows where Betruger is?"

Alex looked at the Boy Wonder and snickered to himself.

Alex: "Relax Rob, Raven was able to knock him out before he could stop me from shutting down the portal. He's not going any-"

He looked to his left to see what should be a down and out. But when he turned his head, all he saw was an impacted crater, but no Betruger in sight.

Alex: "Where? What the- Where did he go? He was just there a moment ago!"

The team gathered around the crater and was baffled by this sudden disappearance when Cy stepped in and explained.

Cyborg: "Hmm… Looks like me must've teleporter away from here when the portal got destroyed. Guess all that chaos around gave him a chance to escape while he had the chance."

Alex lifted his head up, rolled his eyes around, and groaned to himself.

Alex: "Oh great… Just great. We had Betruger in our grasp and he vamooses the moment the place got trashed. After all of that searching and surviving, we got completely jipped."

Beast Boy then came in and eased the guardian's anger.

Beast Boy: "Chillax Al. So Betruger got away, big deal. The portal to Hell is destroyed and we save the universe. We can finally relax!"

Just as the changeling said it…

Dr. Betruger: "Oh I wouldn't think so…"

Immediately, the Titans took out their weapons and charged up their powers when they heard Betruger's voice echoing through the room. BB gulped realizing he spoke too soon as Raven looked at him quick and gave him a little hint of advice.

Raven: "Beast Boy, in the future don't open your mouth when you think its over."

Alex pointed his machine gun around and area and had with the more hide and seek.

Alex: "Betruger, you coward, how dare you give us the slip when we were close to defeating you. Come out right now so we can finish the job!"

There was a bit of a harsh silence in the chamber as the team waited for a response. Finally, Betruger started to talk.

Dr. Betruger: "Sorry, but I'm afraid I don't have time playing with all of you. Though I got to say, I was impressed by your actions. You and your precious Titans have proven to be tough to take one anyone and anything, including me. However, the only thing you did was caught me off guard. Well I will fix that soon enough."

Robin too had it with the doctor's treats so he walked away from the group a little bit and gave him some tough advice.

Robin: "Save it doctor, you're done. You're main teleporter is destroyed and the portal to Hell is closed forever. You're finished."

Again, more silence. But just as Robin finished his threat, there was a low sinister laughter throughout the room. Low at first, but louder every second. Soon as the laughter started, it stopped.

Dr. Betruger: "That's what you think boy! You have reason to believe that my experimental portal is the only pathway to Hell? You're dead wrong!"

Robin's and Alex's eyes started to blink, completely surprised at what the doctor said.

Robin: "Wh- What?"

Alex: "What are you talking about?"

Dr. Betruger: "While you and the other survivors were trying to find this portal and destroy it, another was forming. I call that portal the Hellgate. Located deep within the caverns in the Excavation site, this portal sends millions of minions to your world and will never stop. And through all of this you only destroy just a mere prototype compared to what the Hellgate is capable of."

Alex: "You mean to tell me that you created another portal to Hell."

Dr. Betruger: "Indeed I have. Though you didn't know it, I was busy creating the next portal with the help of my children. Even all of you with all the power in the world won't stop my Hellgate. And it would be a matter of time before the Earth fleet finishes with the decoding of the transmission. And once their ships arrive we will bring this Hell to Earth. You might have won the battle Titans, but you have lost the war!"

Suddenly, his laugh was much louder then ever as the entire place started to shake. But that laugher soon stopped and the entire place is completely silent, meaning the Betruger was gone for the moment. The team on the other hand was completely shocked by this sudden turn of events as Beast Boy blinked a few times.

Beast Boy: "Okay… Why do I get the feeling that the Hellgate isn't anything good?"

Alex still just couldn't believe what he just heard. After all this time getting far, he realized that Betruger simply distracted them from something way bigger. Not only that they were wasting time destroying the teleporter, but also that there was another portal in the caverns and they didn't know about it. To his reaction, he just put his machine gun away, picked up a portable console and tossed it to the other side of the room. The Titans were completely startled by this sudden reaction as the guardian continued to take a few deep breathes. Finally, Robin decided to jump in and asked him the next part of the plan.

Robin: "So, now what do we do?"

Alex was silent for the moment just to think of a plan. After contemplating what just happened, he came up with a solution.

Alex: "We stick with the original plan, heading to Gamma and getting you guys back home."

Robin: "But what about this Hellgate Betruger talked about. He have to head down there and shut that down too."

Alex turned to look at the Titan leader was a little peed off.

Alex: "Maybe you didn't hear the doctor, but that Hellgate is completely impossible to shut down. And even if we do try to get there, the demons would be more aggressive and our chances reaching there are slim. So our only option is to get to Gamma Labs and head for the Ark to get you guys to the past. We've done our part here. Now we have to finish what he started."

Everyone just looked at each other and was shocked at what their guardian just said. That's when Robin jumped in and decided to give the guardian some sense.

Robin: "Are you serious? After all the trouble we've been through, we were able to destroy this teleporter and closed off Hell. And now that we know there's another portal in the caverns, you're idea is to get to Gamma Labs? Think about what would happen to this future if we don't put an end to this wants and for all. I have to-"

Before the Boy Wonder could finish what he was saying, Alex stomped his foot in frustration, giving his own explanation.

Alex: "I know what would happen to this future! But this is my future I should be worried about, not yours. You should be concerned about your past and changing it quickly before your army and the League get there and turn it into a war. Now I know we were able to shut down that portal, but the Hellgate is the lease of my worries. For what I'm worried about is your complete safety. Just think about it like this. What would happen if we head to this Hellgate and one or all of you die? If something like that happens, then you won't be able to get back home and change everything. My mission is to protect you to the very end. And I won't let anything like that happen to all of you. Now with that said, I'm going to give you a choice. Either you A. go straight to Gamma and back to the past or B. head to the Hellgate and get killed on the way there? The choice is yours."

The team blinked a few times, realizing what Alex was saying is true. They then grouped together and thought of what their guardian said to them. Sure they want to head to the Hellgate and destroy it, somehow, but what would the risk be when they get there? And besides, this is Alex's future and not theirs. What they need to be concerned about it to head back to their own past and stop Slade and Terra before things the army comes and bring forth a massacre. So with no other option left, they all nodded their heads in agreement and Robin looked at Alex and gave him the answer.

Robin: "Okay, we'll go back to the past."

Alex just smiled about that and cracked his knuckles a little bit.

Alex: "All right then, let's head to Gamma."

Cyborg then joined in and asked him one little situation they're in now.

Cyborg: "There's just one problem. How are we going to get out of this chamber? That blast nearly short circuited everything and the doors are locked."

Alex looked around the place and noticed that some of the control consoles were still online for the moment. So he rubbed his chin and came up with an idea.

Alex: "I think I got something."

He approached the console and took his PDA out. Once he inserted it into slot, and typed down a few key sequences, letting the system download the appropriate data into the PDA. When the download was finished, he removed his portable device and headed back to the Titans.

Robin: "What are you doing exactly?"

Al looked at Robin and answered his question.

Alex: "Getting a way out of here. I've managed to upgrade my PDA so that it could teleport us to any place within the facility. You know how Betruger did that with his powers right? Well with the added teleportation tech in my device, we could use it to get out of this chamber and into someplace safe. Of course being that my PDA is small, its distance is limited. Plus there could be some discomfort mid way through."

Beast Boy had an anime sweat drop coming down his head, as he got a little worried at what he meant by that.

Beast Boy: "heh, heh… Something tells me we're not going to like that."

Alex: "But I think I could manage to teleport someplace that have a Monorail station nearby so that we could take one of the trains to Gamma Labs. Needless to say, I think we should only do this once.

Everyone looked at each other and were a little nervous at what he said, but decided to do it anyways so that they could get it over with. So Robin looked at his guardian and had a confident expression on his face.

Robin: "Do it…"

Alex smirked and started to tap on the screen to get access into the teleportation grid.

Alex: "Everyone huddle together, this is going to be a quick trip."

As the Titans groups around the guardian, he picked the perfect destination near a monorail system and began clicking on the transfer icon.

Alex: "All right, everyone stand by. Teleporting in three, two, one!"

Just in mere moments, a red cloud was hovered over the team as lightning struck and hit them. Then suddenly the Titans and Alex vanished without a trace with no evidence of them being around. Soon enough the place was completely quiet, not even a sound except for flames a sparks. But the moment the team vanished, the main portal hummed to life again and the gateway opened. Out of that gateway, something came out of it. But it wasn't any monster, instead it was the very marine that got into Hell in the first place. He managed to survive Hell itself and what he got in his hands was the very artifact that started this whole invasion in the first place, the Soulcube. As he got out of the portal, he looked around the area and realized that the entire place was a complete mess.

Main Marine: "Whoa… Looks like a nuclear bomb blew up. What happened in here?"

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There, that was the fight of Dr. Betruger. I gotta admit, that chapter was pretty exciting to read. I even have to do Kelly's betrayal just to show how Swan got hurt in the game. Speaking of, on the next chapter, the Titans must hurry to the monorail if they are able to reach their chance home in time. But someone was waiting for them. And to Alex's surprise, it's someone very close to him. Please Review.