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

43. Father vs Son

Phew… This was pretty much a long update. Sorry about that folks. When you have a college semester in the fall, sometimes you barely have time to continue on with these stories. But my semester is almost over and I have two more chapters in the other two stories that I need to finish. So it could be possible that I would update my other stories around the same time. I don't know if that's possible, but we'll see in the near future. Moving on. The last chapter went pretty well. Got two reviews from one individual and 38 hits, so things are doing fine for me. The thing that got me a little off was the name of my reviewer, Death himself. shudder… Just the name of that gives me the creeps. Any who, the dude likes my story pretty much and I respect that. And to answer your question Death, yes the baby monsters are in the Doom 3 game as well. They are called Cherubs. Now here comes the next chapter of Doomed Titans. Now that the main teleporter has been taken care of, the Titans and Alex search for a monorail station to reach Gamma Labs. But just as they were heading there, Alex discovered a shocking truth that would change his life. Would he be able to confront it, or surrender to this sudden change of events? Read to find out.

Chapter Notes

I'm going to mix things up a bit once more and take part of the intro scene from the movie "Doom". You know, the one where the movie Sarge gets the message from his C.O. that the UAC is under attack. Now before you all get started asking me this question, allow me to answer it in a nice way. No, R.R.T.S. aren't going to be part of the rest of this story. Sure they would make a cameo close to the end of the story, but that's as far as I go. Maybe I might put them entirely in another story that I'm thinking of doing. It could be a crossover between the movie and the video game, "Dead Space." Just thinking about it is all, I just have to get the details in just right.

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

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Chapter Forty-Three: Father vs. Son

R.R.T.S. Headquarters, Brazil, South America: November 16, 2145, 8:56 A.M.

While things were going on in the UAC, In Brazil, South America on Earth, there was a military facility not far away from the city standing by for orders from their main offices. The facility is called the Radical Riot Tactical Squad (R.R.T.S.) Military Complex. In one of the barracks of the facility, someone was doing his morning weight lifting session. He was a middle age man in his mid forties with an strong physique and nearly dome head. There were tattoos on his arms and a letter tattoo on his back that says, "Semper VI". It was obvious that this is one of the squad leaders named Karl Urban. But to his soldiers, they call him by his codename, "Sarge". He continued to lift his weight, making his way up to 150, when all of a sudden a beeping noise came from his computer. He took a look at his computer terminal and sighed to himself, knowing that he had to cut his weight lifting short. He put his dumbbell size 200 back on the holder and got off the bench to approach the terminal. Wiping the sweat off his forehead with his hand towel, he sat on his desk chair and moved the mouse to the 'respond' icon on the screen. When he did that, the screen showed a comm. screen showing the general of the R.R.T.S. greeting one of his Sargeants.

R.R.T.S. General: "Good morning Sargeant Urban. I hope your having a relaxing morning."

Sarge: "Actually sir, I was having a relaxing morning until now."

R.R.T.S. General: "Good, cause I got a mission for you and your squad."

Sarge knew this break was a little too good to be true when he heard the word 'mission'. Ever since that terrorist attack in the rural area in Cairo Egypt last week, he and his team deserved to long rest. But unfortunately that's not going to happen. He took a deep breath and decided to follow what the general wanted him and his team to do.

Sarge: "All right, what's the situation?"

R.R.T.S. General: "Union Aerospace Corporation on Earth has picked up a distress signal from their Mars facility. From what we could understand, their entire research facility is under attack by a large number of hostiles."

Sarge: "How many personnel are in the facility?"

R.R.T.S. General: "Over 50,000 total. Most of them are scientists and military squadrons. The rest are maintenance crew and normal civilians."

Sarge: "And the hostiles?"

R.R.T.S. General: "Unknown. From what we know so far we have negative I.D. on the people responsible for the attack. According to the report they attacked without warning and disabled all communication to Earth. All flights from here to Mars are cancelled until further notice."

Sarge: "What are your orders sir?"

R.R.T.S. General: "Code Red: Excessive level of threat."

Sarge: "Excessive level of threat?"

R.R.T.S. General: "Dispose of all hostiles within the facility. Protect and escort any survivors to safety. And retrieve any research data in the U.A.C. Facility."

Sarge: "Shoot to kill?"

R.R.T.S. General: "If necessary, shoot to kill. I have already alerted other generals in the base the situation and all military personnel need to report to the briefing room immediately for further information. From there all squadrons will head off to the hanger for immediate take off in 0900 hours. Do I make myself clear Sargeant?"

Sarge thought this through and couldn't believe most of it. He knew the Union Aerospace Corporation on Mars is the biggest facility within the universe. But he didn't expect anyone to attack that place so sudden. Worse of all, there was no word on who the terrorists are and how they were able to infiltrate the facility. As all these thoughts kept swirling in his head, the general was still waiting for an answer.

R.R.T.S. General: "Sargeant Urban, I didn't get an answer. Do I make myself clear?"

Urban shook his head, shaking those thoughts out of it. Regaining his composure, he decided to answer the general's question.

Sarge: "Yes sir. Orders understood and will be carried out."

R.R.T.S. General: "Excellent. Head to your crew and tell them everything I said to you. Make sure your team gets to the briefing room on time. Signing out."

The comm. link went off as Sarge slanted backwards on his chair and rubbed the temples of his head.

Sarge: "Great… Now how am I going to explain my squad about this?"

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Delta Labs Military Complex, South Hall: November 16, 2145, 8:58 A.M.

Back on Mars, everything was too quiet in one of the halls of the Delta Military Complex. Few lights were flickering on and off as the stench of dead decay spread. Suddenly, a huge red cloud hovered over the floor and a struck of orange lightning followed. But what appeared weren't a bunch of monsters. Instead they were a bunch of people. Even better, there were heroes and a guardian, The Teen Titans and Alexander Kelly. They were able to get out of the teleporter chamber at Delta 4 by using the same teleportation technology downloaded in Alex's PDA. Though this first attempt was successful, there was one little flaw in the works. As they fully appeared from their spot, the group noticed something not completely right. For one, they were in mid air and not on the ground, and for two; the hallway looks completely upside down. They all looked up and realized they were looking at the floor. Before they could react, they all fell to the floor with a loud thud. Luckily, they were able to land on their backs, because if they landed on their heads then it would've been the end of them. As they got up with soar backs, Robin looked at Alex and wondered what caused that little incident.

Robin: "Alex, what just happened here?"

The guardian checked his PDA to see what went wrong, a little baffled by what transpired.

Alex: "I- I don't know. I thought I got this teleportation thing down pretty well I didn't know that this would happen."

He immediately checked the teleportation option to figure out what went wrong. When he did, he noticed something he didn't expect. Apparently the positioning of the exit was upside down instead of the usual position. He immediately slapped his forehead and his mouth was shaped like an O.

Alex: "Oh, that's right. It appears I need to reconfigure the teleportation system so that the transport from one area to another could be a safe one without any sudden miscalculation."

Raven: "Yeah… That was my first guess."

Starfire: "But at least we were able to get through with the teleportation in one piece."

Beast Boy rubbed his head, feeling the side effects of the transport and looking at the strange bloody red hole when they were going through it.

Beast Boy: "Speak for yourselves. I can't over the feeling of falling through a disgusting hole of blood and flesh. Creepy… Now I know why all those human test subjects get freaked out when they first enter the teleporters."

Alex looked at BB and rolled his eyes around from his reaction.

Alex: "Hey, look on the bright side. At least you won't go psychotic like the others. I think…"

Beast Boy: "Oh ha, ha… Very funny… So funny, I forgot to laugh…"

Robin decided to stop this conversation and wanted to get back to their task.

Robin: "All right, we're now out of Chamber 4. Now where are we?"

Alex went back to his PDA and look for the place they're in with the digital map.

Alex: "Well, after our little teleportation trip, my guess is that we're military complex in Delta Labs."

Cyborg: "Hold up. There's a military complex here in Delta?"

Alex turned to see Cy and answered his question.

Alex: "Well yes. Since Delta is the highest research facility in the UAC you think they would have beefed up security. This is the one of the many marines' bases that helps protect the facility, up to now. I'm pretty sure you were aware that you were in one of those facilities when this invasion started."

Robin: "So what are we doing here?"

The guardian searched through the map and found a place where they could get to Gamma.

Alex: "There is a monorail station not far from here. It might take us to Gamma Labs."

The Titan Leader cocked an eyebrow, not knowing what he means by the word…

Robin: "Might?"

Alex looked at Robin and told him the worse case scenario.

Alex: "Well there is a possible chance that there won't be a monorail in the station, meaning we have to walk. That and the fact that there are monsters between us and it."

Beast Boy heard that and gulped down another hard lump.

Beast Boy: "Why do I get the feeling that it's going to be a long day?"

The guardian put his PDA away and took his machine gun out, ready for a battle.

Alex: "Either way, I'm going to get you guys home no matter what. Now everyone stay close together, don't want to loose you guys when we come this far."

Everyone nodded as they followed Alex through the long hallway, keeping themselves on guard for monsters that might come through. What they didn't know was that something was bound to happen that would change one individuals life.

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Delta Labs Level 1, Delta Authority Lobby: November 16, 2145, 9:01 A.M.

Meanwhile, back in Delta Authority, Swan was still resting on the side of the reception desk as blood was slowly spilling out of his wound. He still held on to his machine gun as he waited for any monster to come in and finish the job. Suddenly, he heard faint footsteps and close by and was appear to be getting louder. He slowly pointed his gun to the door where he thinks a creature might come out of and waited for it. When the doors opened up, it wasn't a monster that came in, but instead, was the marine that was able to get out of Hell and retrieve the Soulcube. Once Swan saw him, he lowered his weapon and sighed in relief. The marine then looks down and notice that it was Swan seriously injured.

Main Marine: "Counselor Swan?"

The Counselor coughed up some blood and was glad that there wasn't a monster yet.

Counselor: "Still alive I see…" cough, cough, cough… "Looks like you're on your own now."

The marine approached the downed counselor and checked to see if he's all right. He then look up to Swan and wondered what transpired here.

Main Marine: "What happened? Were you under attack?"

Swan coughed a little more and answered the marine's question.

Counselor Swan: "Sort of, but not by the monsters. It was one of our own."

The marine blinked a couple of times, confused at the counselor's answer.

Main Marine: "What? Who?"

Counselor Swan: "It was Sargeant Kelly."

This time, the marine's eyes were wide in total shock and disbelief.

Main Marine: "What?! What do you mean by that?"

Swan coughed again and explained to the Marine in a more informal tone.

Counselor Swan: "Campbell and I were camping here, trying to figure out a way to reaching Delta 4 and shut down the portal. That's when Kelly came in and joined us. At first, we thought he was going to help us, but when he soon revealed himself that he was the turncoat in all of this we were quite shocked." cough, cough… "Damn bastard shot me first, thinking that I'm the most vulnerable in the group. Went after Campbell next but the two put up quite a fight. If it wasn't for me saving Campbell, he would've been a dead man by now." cough… "I should've known that Kelly was involved in this somehow. This could explain why the demons had access throughout the entire facility. Not only that, but he wanted the distress signal be sent so that the demons will kill the reinforcements and get a hold of the ships. Kelly got away though, but Campbell's going after him. He's got to be stopped!"

The counselor continued to cough up blood, as he knew that he was going to die soon. At the same time, the marine started to gather all of his thoughts and couldn't believe what he just heard. Sargeant Kelly, working with Betruger? It's hardly impossible to believe in such things. But from what Swan said it has to be true. Kelly appeared to be the only one in the base that didn't look like he was injured. Not to mention that whenever he said that he was stationed in one area he wasn't there when the marine gets there. He even find it suspicious that Kelly wanted him to send that transmission so badly. Thinking all of this through, he lifted his head up and cocked his shotgun ready for battle.

Main Marine: "I'll help him…"

He walked past the counselor and was about to leave the room. But before he could leave, Swan stopped him in an instant.

Counselor Swan: "Wait!"

He turned to get his attention, only to feel the shard pain on his wound and sat back again, cringing and coughing from the pain. The marine turned his head to see the wounded counselor and approached him to see his condition. And to his concern, Swan's condition has worsened.

Main Marine: "Don't move, you're going to make the wound worsen. Now what is it you want to talk about?"

Swan placed his hand over the wound and looked up at him and gives him an answer.

Counselor Swan: "Before we were attacked, I made a startling discovery in the database that there was a strange energy signature coming from deep within the caverns. It matches the same signature as the one in Delta 4, only much stronger then ever." cough, cough… After looking through that, I fear that the Delta 4 Teleporter is the lease of our problems. Turns out there is another portal in the main excavation site that is sending more demons then the last. This Hellhole, seems to have been the main objective while we were all racing to Delta 4." cough, cough, cough… "I'm afraid you're the only hope in saving this universe. If those ships reach this facility before the gate is closed, Earth will be destroyed."

He lowered his head when he realized that this was all part of Betruger's plan.

Counselor Swan: "Earth…" cough… "That's what they were after all along. They were suppose to be there long ago until this chosen one arrived and sent them all to Hell. Now they are so close… I can almost taste it."

Swan looked down to see his blood soaked hand and examined it closer, realizing he's not going to make it. He then look back and the marine and told him something very important.

Counselor Swan: "Listen to me marine. There's someone who knows more about the caverns then I do. His name is Pierce Rodgers." cough, cough… "He's an expert on the archeological civilization and a professional in the field of linguistics. He will know how to stop this invasion. He's in Site 3, the entrance to the caverns. Take my PDA, it has all the unlimited access you need to get to Site 3."

He put his hand into his coat pocket and took out his own PDA that has all the security access he needs. The marine took his PDA out and started to scan Swan's, getting the access for the entire facility. Once he finished scanning, the marine was a little worried about the counselor's health. So he decided to take some immediate action.

Main Marine: "But what about you? You're not going to make it out of here with the condition you're in. You're coming with me."

But Swan protested and wanted to stay here.

Counselor Swan: "No! I'm too weak to stand or fight. I might slow you down in the process." cough, cough, cough… "I'll try to make it out on my own. It's up to you now to stop this madness. Good luck."

The marine sighed about this for a bit and decided to go out on his own. He was about to leave once more but before he could do that Swan said one more thing.

Counselor Swan: "One more thing before you go. If you find Kelly, make him pay for what he did."

The marine looks back at Swan and nodded for his approval.

Main Marine: "Rest assured Swan, he will pay for everything he has ever done."

He then walked away from the wounded counselor and left the administration office, leaving Swan all alone once again, clinging to his machine gun.

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Delta Labs Military Complex, Comm. Access: November 16, 2145, 9:01 A.M.

Back in Delta's military complex, the Titans continued their journey through the halls, getting closer to the monorail. So far, they were getting a little breeze through out the place, with the exception of some Imps and Cherubs. As for the others, there were no sign of them, but that doesn't mean they could let their guard down yet. They slowly walk down the hallway that lead to the Comm. center of the military complex with one door leading to the Communication Station on the left and a lift straight ahead that would take them down to the main lobby of the military complex. Alex scanned the hall and was glad that there were no demons present at this time. So he lowered his weapon and was and breathed in relief that no contact hasn't showed up yet.

Alex: "Area secure. Let's move it!"

The group headed straight to the hall as Robin wonders where he's taking them.

Robin: "Alex, are you sure you know where you're going?"

Alex: "Positive Rob. The elevator in front of us will take us down to the main lobby of the military complex. Once there, we will follow the signs that would take us to the monorail station."

Raven: "And if they're a lot of monsters surrounding that place, what should we do?"

Alex: "Pretty simple… We fight them all!"

Just as they were walking, Starfire then remembered something just recently.

Starfire: "Speaking of monsters, I did not see much of them as of yet."

Cyborg: "Yeah, Star's right. We only saw our share of zombies, Imps, and Cherubs around here, but nothing else. What happened to all of them?"

Beast Boy: "Maybe it's because we destroyed one of their portals. Best guest is that they're trying to hide from us."

Alex: "Or maybe the big scary ones are waiting for us at the monorail."

BB's eyes were terrified, as he didn't expect him saying something like that.

Beast Boy: "Er… Yeah… That too."

Alex: "Still, we better be on alert. With the Delta 4 portal destroyed, the demons would come to us and tear us to bits before we could reach Gamma Labs. We need to be on our toes, no matter what."

They continued to walk until they reach the double doors that would lead them to the Military Communication Center. That was when they heard some strange mumbling coming from the other side. The group then stopped turned to the left to see the doors and were surprised they were hearing something.

Beast Boy: "Hey, what was that?"

Robin: "Don't know, but it sounds like something is coming through those doors. In fact, it almost sounds like that of a human. Could it be a survivor?"

Alex rubbed his chin for a little bit and thought the mumbling sounded strangely familiar.

Alex: "I don't know, but the sound of it is very recognizable. Let me check it out."

He approached the doors, which was locked thank goodness, and placed his ear to the metal surface. Robin decided to follow him and see who was on the other side as well. Once their ears were on the cold hard surface of the door, the two can hear something from the other side.

Sergeant Kelly: "What do you mean Dr. Betruger failed to stop the Titans! How did that suppose to happen?"

"Betruger was a little over confident that he would defeat the Titans. However he underestimated them and they not only defeated him, but also destroyed our prototype portal. But it doesn't matter, now that the Hellgate is fully open and sending my army to your world."

Alex and Robin listened in and were confused at what they heard. Robin then looked at the guardian and asked him something that he already found out.

Robin: "Alex, is that…"

Alex nodded when he heard that voice.

Alex: "Yeah… That sounded like my dad. But who is he talking to?"

He continued to listen on, wondering who the other voice is.

Sergeant Kelly: "Still you or Betruger would've just killed that marine when you have the chance. Now he escaped Hell and has the Soulcube in his possession. Not only that, but he might be on his way to the caverns to close that portal as well. This wasn't part of the plan Trigon!"

Suddenly, Alex's eyes were wide in shock and disbelief when he heard that name.

Alex: "Trigon? No way… It can't be…"

He pressed his ears tighter to the door, wanting to listen in more on this strange conversation.

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In the command center, Kelly was talking to what appeared to be a pair of four red eyes on the dark red screen. Two Commando Zombies were stationed at the two terminals keeping the system online while two Z-Secs with machine guns guarded the only door to the hallway. Trigon quickly eased the sergeants concern and reminded him of what he was going to do.

"Patience Kelly, you don't have to feel worried about this. Even though the Marine has the Soulcube, he won't be able to reach the Main Excavation in time."

Sergeant Kelly: "Yeah? Well you better make sure that he doesn't reach the caverns. We are so close in our plans, we can't let him ruin it."

"And what about your son and the Titans. They have become a real nuisance as of late. Especially the fact the they have destroyed the prototype portal in Delta 4 recently."

Sergeant Kelly: "Let me handle them. Since Betruger failed to put a stop to them, only I with as much experience can handle a bunch of kids with powers."

"And what of your son? What are you going to do with him?"

Kelly thought about that for a moment and wondered what he would do. Surely Alex is his son and he is the only family he has in his life. But Alex has seen too much and he didn't want to disappoint his master. So he looked right up to the screen and answered him thouroly.

Sergeant Kelly: "I will save him for last."

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Outside the Comm. Center, Alex couldn't believe what he just heard. His father was going to kill the Titans, as well and him too. Robin heard that too and was completely disgusted by this. They both walked away from the door and turned to look at the team with questionable expressions on their faces.

Starfire: "What is it? What happened?"

The guardian remained completely silent from what he just heard moments ago, even Robin didn't want to talk about it. Alex then shook that sudden incident and decided to leave right now.

Alex: "We have to get out of here. We need to leave right now!"

Upon hearing that, Beast Boy stomped his foot and was completely irate about that.

Beast Boy: "What? That's it?! I thought you were going to tell us what's going on right now."

Alex: "There isn't the time or the place to talk about it. Right now, we have to get out of this place before it's too-"

Suddenly, the elevator doors on one end and the metal doors on the other opened up revealing four Z-Secs holding machine guns, two in the elevator shaft and two through the doors. The Titans looked right to left to see the zombies and thought it would be easy. But suddenly, an alcove in the wall on the left side opened up to reveal a Commando Zombie with a chain gun in his hands. Looking at all possible routes blocked and completely outgunned, Alex slowly raised his hands up for surrender.

Alex: "So much for a grand escape."

The Titans looked at the enemies too and decided to surrender as well, be that there was no other way out of this. Back in the command center, Kelly finished talking to Trigon on the screen as it went static and returned to its stand by position. At the same time, the doors behind him opened up and the zombies came down with their prisoners. The Sarge turned around to see who it was and was shocked at the fact that the Titans were the prisoners along with their guardian and his son. One of the Z-Sec guards approached Kelly and told him what they caught in this bizarre language. Though the Titans didn't understand any of it, Kelly could hear it clearly well as he nodded for approval. After listening to what the security zombie said, he turned to the captured group and wondered if they heard too much.

Sergeant Kelly: "How long have you stayed out there for?"

Robin stared at the traitor and had a cold glare behind his eye mask.

Robin: "Long enough…"

Kelly decided to intervene to wonder why his father would turn on him like this.

Alex: "Dad… I- I don't get it. You, working with Trigon?"

His father could tell that Alex was both confused and angry as of what happened just now. So he decided that his son would need an explanation.

Sergeant Kelly: "Son, I could tell you're upset. But please, let me explain. I was suspicious about Betruger's work and wanted to know what he was up to. So I headed to Delta 4 and confronted the doctor, explaining what he was trying to do. Of course, he expected this order and he showed me the portal, taking me into it. At first I thought he was taking me to another dimension he was talking about. But when I realized it was really Hell, I was too shocked for words. At first, I was going to stop him from bringing Hell to Mars. But before I could do that, Betruger gave me an offer I could not refuse. You see, all he needs is an insider to give Hell's army full access throughout the facility and needed a way to reach Earth. In return, his master would spare my life and serve allegiance with Trigon. It was a harsh decision of course. Die with my men or live to serve Trigon? It was a difficult choice I had to make."

Just as Alex listened in on the whole story and realized what his father just did.

Alex: "So you made the deal with the devil, literally."

Kelly shook his head since Alex now knew the truth.

Sergeant Kelly: "I had no other choice. If I said no, then I would've been killed the moment the demons would make their move. And besides, being a servant of Trigon isn't that bad of a deal. Think about it. I spent all my years keeping the Corporation in tiptop shape and did the board care about me the marines in this facility? No! All they would care about is their investments, keeping the money on the table as long as they could. Meanwhile, my men and I were sent down to every war getting killed by the minute. That's pretty much a life story of a lone marine. I am not ready to die for my country when my suits on Earth keep bringing in the green for themselves."

Alex: "Still, you betrayed the UAC and your men. You left them to die from all of those damned beasts while you sit comfortably in your own world. Not only that, you were working with Betruger and Trigon?! The two people responsible for all of this mess!? I can't believe you! Hell, I bet this transmission to the Earth fleet was all part of your plan right?"

Kelly's eyes were in total shock as he heard that coming out of Alex's mouth. He never thought that Alex would come up with something like that in that short to time, let alone coming up with that assumption in his mind. Shaking that thought, he decided to tell his son that.

Sergeant Kelly: "Indeed, I have. Normally, the demons have to head to Earth to continue what they have started. But the problem was is that heading to Earth through Mars would take some time. So I came to an ultimatum. If the demons can't get there by themselves, I'll let the fleet get them there."

Alex: "And the only way you can do that is to send a distress signal to the fleet that this base is heavily under attack."

Sergeant Kelly: "That's correct. Though there were a few setbacks during that time, but one of my bravest of marines was able to send in an encrypted code. It did took some time for the encrypted to be translated, but it's worth the wait. Now the Earth fleet got the message and it will be a matter of time before they get here and be overrun."

Now Alex had had it with all of this. He quickly took his double shotgun out and aimed it at his father, forcing him to stop all of this. The two undead security officers saw this and aim their machine guns at him.

Alex: "Not if I can help it… Stop this nonsense at once dad, or else I would."

Alex's dad walked closer to him and was a bit perplexed by this. He then looked at the shotgun he was holding and discovered it was his prize-hunting shotgun. He looks back at his son and had a sly smile on his face.

Sergeant Kelly: "I see you had Matilda with you all this time. I could tell it went into action for quite some time and must've killed many demons. But you think you got the guts to shoot me with that weapon?"

Alex's response was to cock the weapon, making it prime and ready for fire.

Alex: "You bet your ass I do."

He held on to it steadily, making sure he doesn't loose his focus on his traitorous father. But Kelly could tell that his son was brave to take on anyone that gets in the way, even his own flesh and blood. Nodding in approval, Kelly decided to make it interesting.

Sergeant Kelly: "I see you've been trained well Alex. I guess all of those years in military drills and hand to hand combat really paid off. But I don't think shooting me will solve all of this. But if you want me so bad, why not put up a challenge."

Alex lowered his shotgun and wondered what his father had up his sleeve.

Alex: "What are you saying?"

Kelly started walking back and forth giving his son what he wants.

Sergeant Kelly: "Here's what I'm thinking. We will fight in a hand-to-hand battle. No weapons… We will fight until one of us is standing. Now, here's the deal. If you win, you and your friends will have clear access throughout this facility and you will get out of here without a single scratch. But if I win, then all of you will die right here in this living Hellhole. So, what do you say? Do we have a deal?"

Alex started to think this one through. It does sound like a sweet deal. He wins; his friends will get out of here and head to Gamma easily. But if he loose, it's a whole different story. As he was thinking about it, the Titans were a little worried. They were completely shocked when they found out that Alex's father was working for the demons to begin with. But now they are in a betting situation where the father and son have to fight each other to the death. Robin started to intervene before Alex would come up with a decision.

Robin: "Alex, listen to me. You don't really have to do this. We can still get out of here if we beat all of these zombies."

Soon enough, the rest of the team joined in with their leader and tried to stop their guardian from agreeing to this.

Starfire: "Robin is right friend Alex. You won't stand a chance against your own blood relatives."

Cyborg: "Yeah, not to mention that your father made a deal with Trigon himself. There's no telling if he has the same powers as Betruger."

Beast Boy: "Yeah dude, we don't have a clue what type of tricks he got under his sleeve."

Raven: "Please Alex, you can't do this."

Alex did listen but he can't throw away an opportunity like this. He turned to his friends and responded to their pleas.

Alex: "Look guys, I understand your concern for all of this. But I have no other choice. This is the only opportunity in getting you guys home. Hell, if things go wrong, we can stick to the original plan. Shooting up baddies until they fall. Trust me."

He turned to look at his father and came to a decision.

Alex: "I accept your challenge, father."

Kelly heard that response and had a sly smile on his face.

Sergeant Kelly: "Very good Alex. I knew you have the guts to take on your only family member. Now lets see if you can back it up."

Alex: "Oh I will back it up. Semper 5? Faithful to the core?"

Soon as he asked that, the guardian slowly stripped himself of his own weapons. Kelly looked at that a realized he really was going to fight. So he slowly removed his pistol strap and responded back…

Sergeant Kelly: "Semper 5. Faithful to the core…"

Once they removed their weaponry from themselves, they both stared at each other in cold blank eyes. They stared into each other for a few good seconds while at the same time, tightening their fists for the fight. Finally, after the much of a long wait, Alex charged to his father and jumped up to give him a flying heel kick. Kelly expected that to happen and occasionally sidestep out of the way to avoid the first attack. Alex then landed on the ground the moment he missed it and turned around to give his father a wide number of punches. Kelly started to block every known attempt the guardian was trying to connect. Alex now had it as he skidded back a bit and gave him a spinning high roundhouse kick. The traitor immediately grabbed the kick and held on tight to it. That's when he lifted his son off the ground, spinned him around three times, and threw him to one of the huge computer monitors on the main terminal. The guardian felt that huge impact as the screen started to crash and shattered into bits. Once he lay on the terminal, Kelly ran to him and tightens his fist, wanting to give the huge blow. Luckily, Alex was still conscious and quickly rolled away from the incoming punch. The punched, however, penetrated through the terminal and was stuck there in the process, causing Kelly to desperately pull his hand out of the sparking machine. The moment Alex got up, this was his chance to put up a few punches into the works. He approached his father and continued his assault with more variety of punches. Kelly used his free arm to block whatever his son was throwing at him. But after all the types of punches he could put together, Alex took it to the limit and finished his dad off by doing a forceful side kick to his sternum. This attack caused Sargeant Kelly to fly off the ground while the fist that was stuck in the terminal was loose so sudden. He flew to the left end of the room and got slammed onto the two huge computer modems that connect to a few computer stations, getting detached and sparked on impact. Kelly slumped onto the ground and shook his head from the sudden impact, looking at Alex with a confident look on his face.

Sergeant Kelly: "Very impressive son. You seem to have shed first blood on me, your only family member. But unfortunately for you, I was just getting warmed up."

Kelly then got up and started to stretch for a little bit while Alex got into a stance ready for another round. But the Sarge chuckled silently, knowing what he was going to do next. He looked at his son and his smile got wickedly evil.

Sergeant Kelly: "My turn…"

Suddenly, Kelly vanished like a quick blur and appeared on the other end of the room. Alex was completely surprised by this and wasn't prepared for something like that. He quickly moved fast in many directions, trying to confuse the guardian. Alex was beginning to get delusional and had no idea where his father was from the start. But in a matter of seconds, Kelly appeared in front of his son with a wicked look on his face. Alex was completely startled by this and was off his guard. This gave Kelly the opportunity to punch his son right into the face, sending him flying to the right end of the room and smashed through the see-through window that shows the marine base lobby. He fell to the ground back first and laid there out cold, leaving a deep impact after the fall. The Titans were shocked by this and wanted to help their guardian and friend.

Teen Titans: "Alex!"

But before they could aid him, a group of Z-Secs surrounds them with machine guns and shotguns at the ready. Kelly looked at the group and shook his head.

Sergeant Kelly: "Sorry Titans, but I can't let you interfere with the fight. I'll have security watch over you until the fight is over. Who knows, maybe my son will win this fight. But I would find that highly unlikely."

He looked back at the smashed window and approached the edge of it to see the end result. To his surprise, Alex was still alive as he was trying to get up from the last attack. Kelly smirked and was impressed by this sudden endeavor.

Sergeant Kelly: "Interesting… You seem to be still breathing for the moment. I thought the fall would've ended your life but I guess I was wrong. Looks like I have to finish the job."

He jumped out of the open window and plummeted down to the ground. This gave Alex the moment to open his eyes and saw his father heading straight to him with fast speed. On immediate instinct, he lifted himself off the ground with a double handstand and jumped off with his hands at the same time Kelly landed on the very spot his son was in with a deeper impact. The impact itself caused the metal floor tiles around it to scatter about the main lobby. Alex landed back on his feet and was completely and utterly shocked at what he experienced right now. Cyborg was right on one thing; Kelly must've got some powers just like Betruger. He didn't expect the fast speed ability let alone a strong stomp. But that doesn't mean he has to be off his guard for the next moment, so he went back to his stance and waited for the next assault. Kelly got up and looked at Alex, thinking that he needs a little more explanation.

Sergeant Kelly: "Guess I need to explain what just happen now huh? Well like Betruger, the moment I made that deal, Trigon gave me powers to help defend myself. But unlike Betruger, my powers a little more different and more powerful. So to make things short, you won't stand a chance against me."

Alex just stood in his stance, not budging a single muscle when he listened to his father. But be that as it may, he didn't want to back down from a fight like this.

Alex: "We'll see about that."

He tightened his fist and was fully prepared for the next round of the fight. Kelly saw his son's determination in his eyes and he went to his own stance with his own tightened fists. The two stood there, not keeping their eyes off of each other and waited for one of them to make a little mistake. Finally, after about a minute into waiting, the two then charged in and started to fight each other. Kelly did a front kick then a spinning back kick, but Alex blocked the first kick and avoided the second. Doing so, he quickly grabbed his father's kick and gave him a taste of his own medicine. He spinned him around and tossed him to the left side of the main lobby. Kelly fell to the ground and crashed into a few metal chairs for lounging. Alex was pleased at what he did and slowly approached him banging his fist for pure delight. Kelly shook his head to rejog his memory and lifted his head up to see his son ready to beat him up. He had to think fast if he ever wants to get out of this predicament. The Sarge looked to the damaged chairs and came up with a quick idea. He picked up a detached piece of the chair and threw it at the guardian. Alex saw this happening and used his left metallic prosthetic hand to knock the metal seat out like is was a baseball. But by doing that, got him distracted from his main objective. When he got the seat out of the way, Alex looked back to the end of the wall and notice that his father wasn't in the spot he was lying in. He wondered what happened to him until he felt a sudden wind gust rushing past him. He slowly peeked his head to the side to see what went past him, only to see his father right behind him, positioning for a strike. With no way avoiding this, Kelly hit his son in the back with a sudden elbow jab, sending Alex flying to the same spot his father was. Quickly, the guardian positioned himself by twisted around to place his feet on the metal wall. Once he done that, he bended them quick and launched himself towards the traitor. Kelly didn't know about it until he turned around and saw his son heading towards him like a guided missile. In a matter of seconds, Alex speared Kelly with incredible force and the two rolled to the ground. Once the two stopped, Alex was on top of his father and had the good advantage. He tightened his metallic hand and was going to give a blow out punch. But just as he was sending the fist to the sergeant's head, Sarge tilted his head to the side and avoided the hit in a few inches. Then he grabbed his son's arm and tightened it to make it immobile. Alex felt that pain and screamed from the sudden move. While he was feeling the pain, Kelly placed his feet on Alex's stomach and lifted him off his body, sending him flying to the air and behind the Sarge. Alex repositioned himself again and landed on the floor feet first, trying to get some movement in his metallic arm. As he was doing that, Kelly lifted himself off the floor and standing with his hands and jumping back up to his feet. He then turned to his son and was a little disappointed on the performance.

Sergeant Kelly: "You're getting a little rusty son. I thought that after all this time in battling zombies and demons that you would be able to fight your own dad. Frankly, I'm quite ashamed of you."

Alex was finally able to get some movement on his prosthetic limb and turned his head to his father, completely disgusted at what he heard.

Alex: "Shut up!"

He quickly rushed towards his dad with his hand extremely tight and was going to hit him right in the face. But just as he was about to reach him, Kelly suddenly disappeared out of thin air. Alex turned around to see if he was behind him again like last time, but to his surprise he wasn't there. In fact, he wasn't anywhere around the lobby at all, just himself and the cool wind from the vents. He slowly started to look around the place, not keeping his guard down from the target he's pursuing.

Alex: "You call me rusty, what about you? Running away from a fight that just got started coward?!"

There was a low chuckle emanating throughout the room when Alex knew it was the same chuckle his father always do.

Sergeant Kelly: "Running away? Oh you got it all wrong son. What I'm really doing is in fact, observing…"

Alex cocked an eyebrow as he was still searching for Kelly.

Alex: "Observing? What do you mean by that?"

Sargeant Kelly: "It's pretty obvious Alex. In the military field, one must not count on strategy and defense to help achieve victory. No, the only way to win a war is by observing the enemy. To do that, you have to watch any of their moves, find their weaknesses, and strike at the right time. The funny thing about this is…"

Just then a crash was heard from the distance as Alex turned his head to the direction of the sound. At the same time, Kelly finished his sentence.

Sergeant Kelly: "You may never know, when the enemies attack is going to take place!"

Suddenly, without warning, Kelly appeared behind his son again and gave him a swift kick to the back. Alex fell to the floor, but did a roll over to get back up and turned around to fight back. But once again, the sergeant was nowhere to be found. Still a little frazzled by the kick, Alex continued to look around until he heard his dad's voice again.

Sergeant Kelly: "You should've stop the deal when you had the chance Alex. But it's not too late to reconsider. Stop this fight right now, and I promise you I might spare you and stop all of this fighting."

Alex continued to look around, trying to find where his father's voice was coming from. He listened in on his other offer and hardly believes in what he was saying.

Alex: "What about my friends? What's going to happen to them?"

There was a low chuckle being heard as the Sarge gave his son the most shocking answer.

Sergeant Kelly: "Oh they will be consequences, deep consequences…"

That's when the guardian realized that the Titans would die after he would make this agreement. So he looked up at the ceiling and answered his father in a demanding voice.

Alex: "No! There's no way I'm going to have my friends get killed for me to be alive. You can just forget it!"

There was a short silence in the room until Kelly said one more thing.

Sergeant Kelly: "Then you left me with no other choice."

All of a sudden, Kelly appeared right in front of his son and punched him right in the face. Alex was caught off guard from that and turned around from the impact. Immediately, the traitor disappeared and reappeared on the other side of the guardian, giving him another punch. This time, it was one on the chin. Alex flew up in the air from that hit and landed on the ground. Luckily, he was able to quickly somersaulted and landed on his feet before he could touch the floor. But just as he was going to regain his ground, his father appeared in front of him again. That's when he did a forceful sidekick at the guardian's gut, this time sending him soaring towards the end of the wall. But his back hit the Robo Cola vending machine attached to the wall as the fiberglass design was broken through from the impact and soda cans scattered about. Alex shook his head from the attack and was too pissed off about this. He wanted to fight back against his father, but with this new ability Kelly has it was impossible for him to fight back. He has to think of a way to get one good shot and fast before he becomes a human punching bag. He looked down at all of the degraded cans and came up with a really good solution. He quickly turned to the exposed vending machine and tried to take out one of the cans. He successfully removed the can out of the slots the same time Kelly appeared behind him. He was going to pull the final blow, but just as he did that, Alex turned around and opens the top of the can. This caused the brown fluid to spitz out at the Sarge's face, temporarily blinding him of a moment. Kelly backed up a couple of feet, trying to get the soda out of his eyes. This gives Alex the chance to fight back. He rushed towards his father, tightening his fist for his turn to strike. Kelly was able to get his eyes cleared, but just as he was getting back on track, he looked up and saw a fist heading to his face. That fist was Alex getting the chance to fight back. After the punch in the face, the guardian punched his father on the abs twice and did a series of kicks to stun the traitor. Kelly did his best to cover himself up, but the rest of his exposed skin got the blunt of the kicks. After a couple of good kicks, Alex finished it up by doing a swift uppercut with his metal arm to Sarge's chin, sending him flying high in the air and right through a metal railing catwalk on the second floor. Alex looked up at the catwalk and came up with a really good plan. He ran up to the catwalk, jumped onto the wall with his feet and jumped off of it to reach the second floor catwalk. Meanwhile, Sergeant Kelly slowly got up and was frazzled by the uppercut his son pulled. He was going to come back down and this time punish Alex for his action, but that was until he heard clanks of steps landing on the metal floor. He turned to his left and saw his son with his arms completely folded, waiting for something to happen.

Alex: "Give up yet pops?"

Kelly's only response was a straight punch right to his son's face. Alex saw this one coming and sidesteps away from the punch itself, grabbing his father's arm in the process. He then used his elbow to strike under his father's arm, making the Sarge's arm temporarily immobile for the moment. Alex placed his in front of his father's arm, wrapped his arm over Kelly's head, and took him down forcefully to the edge of the catwalk between the broken metal rails. Upon doing that, the guardian grabbed one of the rails and started to bend it with his prosthetic metal arm. He quickly used it to wrap it around Kelly's left arm extremely tight. Kelly could feel that tightness and screamed out in total pain and agony. Alex approached the other side and was going to get his father's other arm to keep him trapped within the rails. But as he got the enemy's arm, it turns out to be quite a chore as Kelly was using all of his strength to keep his right arm from getting tied up. Soon enough, it was a completely competition who gets out of the man made restraints and who's locking it up. Both Kelly and Alex continued on with this tug of war as both were trying to gain some kind of victory. This only lasted for around half a minute until the Sarge builds up some kind of inhuman strength that was impossible to build. Within a matter of seconds, Kelly broke free from the guardian's grip and sent his son flying into the air, hitting his back on the ceiling this time. Alex felt that type of crash and fell to the ground floor, past the second floor catwalk. His body then hit the floor chest first as Alex was groaning in agony. He slowly got up from the pain and was completely soar all over his body. But when he slowly turned around, he saw something he found quite impossible to say. He saw his father slowly approaching the edge of the second floor catwalk and was free from one of the restraints. To make matters worse, one restraint he tied his father up in the first place was still attached to his arm with the broken end. Kelly looked at the broken rail that's around his arm and came up with a wicked idea. He used his other hand to bend the broken rail with incredible strength and twisted it around like a pretzel. Within moments, he turned the rail into a dangerous weapon, as his left hand was now a full on metal cast. Alex looked at that metal cast and was in awe and surprised by this endeavor.

Alex: "No fucking way…"

Just as he said that, Kelly jumped off the catwalk and headed towards his son right in the air. He landed on the floor and gave Alex an uppercut of his own with the metal cast, sending the guardian flying off the ground to the other end of the room. He too landed on the floor, but this time on his back and was sliding away from his father, heading straight to the broken vending machine he smashed into before. Alex could feel his jaw a little dislocated so he started to reposition itself to its proper place. After he got his jaw back together, he went back to the action. But as he was just about to get up, he saw his father running towards him with a metal hand cast ready for pummeling. The guardian quickly rolled to the side to get out of the way of the Sarge's path seconds before Kelly could reach him. But Kelly wasn't going for his son, oh no. He just used his metal cast to pierce right through the soda machine. Alex jumped up to stand to see what Kelly was doing. To his surprise, his father just punched the vending machine and not him. Alex wondered why the traitor could do something like that when he had him where he wanted him. But that's when he saw something he didn't expect. Kelly lifted the soda machine with incredible strength and forced it off of its foundation, lifting it right over his head. Alex was once again in awe at this, not yet realizing he's in trouble again. Kelly turned around to his son and immediately tossed it over to him. Al quickly snapped back to reality and jumped out of the way a couple of nanoseconds before the vending machine crashed to that very spot. The machine instantly crashed and twisted metal and soda cans scattered about. Alex landed back down to the floor, shocked that his father could do something like that. Kelly just looked at the guardian and had a comforting smile on his face.

Sergeant Kelly: "What's wrong son? Aren't you going to play catch with me?"

But Alex can't be fooled by this innocent look. He knew his father would throw that vending machine at him just so he could kill him. Not letting his guard down anymore, he tightens his metal fist and charge at the traitor. Kelly tightens his fist that was wrapped around twisted metal weapon and charged at his son. The two approached each other and thought of the same thing, using their fists to hit the other. They both collided and both this fist bang so hard the metal on them clanged incredibly loud. Both father and son turned their backs against each other and screamed in pain, realizing that they just damaged their hands temporarily. They then looked at each other again and resume their fight. Alex did a left and right hook while Kelly dodged them both. The Sargeant then did a back kick to return the attack. Alex side stepped that attacked and grabbed the Sarge's leg, then used his strength once more to lift him off the ground and spinned him around again. He threw the traitorous Kelly and he slammed to the ground. Alex headed towards his father and lifted his foot high up in the air and delivers a devastating blow. Kelly sensed that coming and rolled backwards to avoid the attack and stood up in the process. Alex then rushed him to continue the fight, but his father used the metal cast to finish it quick. The guardian could tell he was going to pull something like that and came up with a defensive strategy. He bended his body back and avoided the metal swing as much as he could. Upon doing that, he repositioned his feet to do a counter turn and grabbed the arm in the process. That's when he uses all of his strength to do an arm drag and send father soaring to the other end of the lobby. As he landed on the floor, this gives Alex the opportunity to finish his dad off for good. He ran to him to give off the big finisher, but before he could do that, Kelly immediately got up and did something really unexpected. He tightened his fist that was covered in the metal broken rails and hit it on the ground causing a huge ripple effect with a circle of metal tiles flying around. Alex was completely off guard from this and had to brace for a deep impact. He crossed his arms to protect himself from flying debris and felt a strong gust of wind blowing in front of his body. The cause of that has sent the guardian flying away from his father and crashed his back right into the wall. He slinked down after the impact and was completely sore all over. He didn't have time to get up cause when he lifted his head up, he saw his father heading towards him with the metal fisted cast ready to flatten the guardian's head. Alex went back to the defensive and slouched much lower right to the floor to avoid the contact. At the same time, the Sarge winded up and used the metal cast to crush Alex's face, but missed and this the wall instead. That punch also caused a deep impact into the steel wall, causing the sargeant's metal casted arm to go deep into a perfectly fit crater. Alex put both his hands on the wall and pushed himself away from Kelly to get himself some open space. Once he was clear, he jumped back up, turned around, and gave his dad a quick sidekick to the spine. This of course caused Kelly to get pushed to the wall itself and has his headed slammed against the wall. Kelly got a little banged up in the face as he spat out blood from his mouth. But that doesn't mean that Alex was finished with him yet. He continued his assault of the traitor with and assortment of kicks and punches. Kelly felt every single blow and needed to think fast before his body couldn't take it anymore. He had to get his metal cast out of the hole in the wall fast before things could get worse. He placed his other arm on the wall and used all of his strength to pry his metal cast out. Alex kept on pummeling his father with more attacks, not aware that he was trying to break free from the wall. After a couple of attempts, Kelly finally freed his weapon out of the wall and uses it to hit the guardian right in the face. Alex got knocked in a loop and was blacked out for a couple of moment on the floor. Kelly seizes the opportunity by grabbing his son's leg with his metal free hand and tossed him to the right. Alex started to roll and tumble around, slowly regaining consciousness. His father slowly approached him and was going to finish him up by tightening his fist within the metal cast and puncture a hole through his heart. Just as he was going to do that, Alex got up on one knee and grabbed the cast with both of his hands. The two then had a bit of the wrestling bit as Kelly tried to use all of his strength to push the metal weapon forward and Alex trying to prevent it. The guardian now stood up with both his feet on the ground and still hanging on to the cast for dear life. The father and son starred at each other with angry eyes, one for serving, and the other for pure hatred. After a long struggle, Alex let go of the metal wrapped fist causing Kelly to win the fight and used his metal cast to strike. But Alex let go of the cast on purpose just to get a hold of the cast in a different way. The moment the traitorous Sarge was going to hit him, Alex did a quick sidestep to the right and avoided the hit, then wrapped his arms around his father's arm to get a hold of him. Upon grabbing him, Alex used his remaining strength to spin his father to the opposite direction and pushed him to the exact wall where the impact was made. Soon as he did that, he used his prosthetic arm to get the twisted metal around the arm off of him. So far, he was able to lift one end of the broken rail and around the fist area and turned it upright, making it pointed straight up, but it was getting harder getting the rest of it off because his father was trying to regain control. Suddenly, Kelly got the upper hand as he head butt Alex with the side of his head, breaking free from the grip. The guardian stumbled back and regained his footing before things could get any worse. Turning around, he see his father looking at the unbended broken rail and noticed it turned into a mush devastated weapon, a metal cast with a spear on the end. He looked back at his son and had a smirk that matches a grinning hyena.

Sergeant Kelly: "Thanks for the help son. I've always wanted something that could pierce that broken heart of yours."

Alex just starred at the spear like weapon and now realizes that he made a big mistake. At that moment, Kelly charged in and started to give this new weapon a test drive. Alex saw this and had to react fast before his father could connect. He stepped back a couple of times to avoid the incoming slashes Sarge performed then used his prosthetic arm to block the last one. That strike gave the guardian a small gash diagonally, revealing the metal and circuits underneath. Fortunately, it didn't cut deep enough so it didn't cause a malfunction in the arm. However, he did feel the pain and screamed in total agony.

Alex: "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"

At the same time at the Military Command Station, the Titans heard the scream of their fellow friend and were completely concerned.

Robin: "That sounded like Alex."

Starfire: "We must assist him!"

They were going to rush in to aid him, but they were completely surrounded by Z-Secs and Commando Zombies, all of them pointing their weapons at them. Robin looked at each of them and knew this would be hard to stop them.

Robin: "Cyborg, how many of these zombies are we up against?"

Cyborg: "By the looks of it, I say ten to twelve and the bigger ones have much more firepower then the smaller ones. What, you are thinking of taking them all down?"

Robin: "Yes I am. If we wait for one of them to let their guard down, we might have a chance to take them out and save Alex."

Beast Boy: "Um, Robin… I don't think that would be a good idea. These guards don't look like they would let their guard down one bit."

Starfire: "But we have to rescue friend Alex before his father would destroy him."

Raven: "And what can we do? These zombies mean serious business."

Robin: "Don't know, but we have to think of something fast before Alex gets himself killed."

Back at the lobby, Alex was still in pain, holding on to his robotic arm that had the gash in the first place. Kelly just stood there, just enjoying this moment of victory.

Sergeant Kelly: "Do you feel it son? The taste of Hell entering your body? Get use to it, cause that's where you and your friends are going if you loose. If you would've disagreed on this offer in the first place, you and the Titans would've gone to Hell easily. But instead, you decided to take up on this offer so you can take your friends out of this place without getting harmed. Why did you do that?"

Alex slowly looked up at his father and answered his question very seriously.

Alex: "Because you choose me to protect them."

Sergeant Kelly: "Is that true?"

Alex: "Yeah. Ever since Tim died, I was so alone with no one to talk to or hang out with. I was depressed, anguished, and desperate in making friends yet I never got around to it. Then seven years ago, you came to me and assign me to the Teen Titans. That of course ultimately changed my life. At first, being a guardian means I had to protect and watch over them until they adjust to the UAC. But the moment the invasion started, throughout the whole attack, we gotten close to each other and watched each other's back since. Just like that, we became close friends. Now I made a promise to my friends and I intend to keep it. I will do anything to get them to where they want. Even if it means fighting you until I win."

Kelly just listened to the answer and was impressed by this sudden story. That's where he started clapping, even if he has only a metal casted arm with a sharp point at the front end.

Sergeant Kelly: "Amazing… I am impressed of your determination son. But whatever this promise you doing for your friends, you won't be able to make it. I'm going to kill you quickly and painlessly. After that, I'm going to turn your friends into mince meat for the demons."

Alex eyes were stern and angered as he stanced himself, not caring about the gash in his prosthetic arm.

Alex: "That's not going to happen…"

Kelly could tell that his son isn't going down without a fight. So he raised his metal pointed cast up and prepared for battle himself.

Sergeant Kelly: "So be it…"

The father charged right in and continued on with the slashing and slicing while Alex continued to duck and avoid them with precise accuracy. He knows he doesn't want to block the pointed end of the cast again. Cause if he does that, he would get another gash and it won't be on the metal arm he has. He had to wait for an opening and use it to his advantage. Kelly continued to attempted attacks with his pointed spear like weapon, hoping to cut his son up. That's when he started to move the weapon down the slice Alex in the middle. The guardian quickly jumps back to avoid that move and found the opening he needed. Without any hesitation, Alex jumped onto the cast and gave his father a forceful kick to the chin. Alex somersaulted after the kick and landed back on the floor the same time his father did that same thing and flew backwards in the process, landing on the floor back first. Kelly quickly break dance back up and was so peed by that move. Alex's only response was a small smirk and a confident look on his face. The two once again charge at each other and were ready for another fight. Kelly started it by swinging his weapon at his son's side, but Alex blocked that off and did an elbow jab beneath the Sarge's arm. Kelly then swing his other arm for a knockout maneuver while Alex ducked low to avoid it. He was able to retaliate by a couple of punches to his dad's sternum, but Kelly didn't let him go off easy. He uses his metal cast with the pointy spear to swing at his son's legs, either tripping him or cutting off his feet. The guardian quickly jumped up and out of that mess and was going to go back on the attack. But Kelly, after missing a move like that took the alternative and did a spinning back kick to his son's face, knocking him on the floor. Gaining the momentum, he approached the guardian and wanted to use his weapon to pierce a hole through Alex's head. The moment he did that, Alex rolled to the left and avoided the impalement by a few meters. But he didn't have enough time to get up as Kelly continued to try and pierce his son's head. Alex kept on rolling back and forth just to avoid the attacks and looking for another opening. After a couple of failed attempts, Kelly finally lost it and did one more forceful attack to kill his son. The moment Alex rolled to the right, the pointed spear attached to the metal cast pierced only the metallic floor and was stuck for the moment. Kelly tired to pull it out but the spear was too deep to wedge out of. Alex saw this and found a real good opening to fight back. He stretched his leg out and used it to trip Kelly's feet. He was able to succeed, letting his father to fall back on the floor. Alex then got back up and wanted to give his dad a taste of his own medicne. But suddenly and without warning, Kelly took that advantage and launched his cast to impale his son's head once again, this time not going to miss it. The guardian saw this coming and placed both of his hands on the pointy spear with quick reflexes and sudden instinct. The tip of the spear was just a few inches to his forehead as he was using all of his strength to keep the weapon away from him. Kelly tried to get his strength back and was trying to push the spear closer to Alex's face. Now they were back to the whole wrestling bit, trying to prove who lives or who dies. Kelly was getting the upper hand by pushing his spear further, but Alex stopped it just before it could reach him. Now the pointy edge was just an inch between his eyes. The two kept on using their strengths against each other, hoping one would give up. While they were battling for survival, Alex noticed something strange about his father. He can't quite put his finger on it, but Kelly's eyes were different then he remembered. Sure his eyes were green with a lightish tint, but somehow they are changing. The iris was slowly shifting, making them almost look like a slit and there was red spreading over the green color. He could also see that as his father was cringing, he notice his teeth was getting a little sharper then normal. Upon looking at all of this, Alex knew that his father was no longer there anymore, only a demon took his place. Noticing that, Alex's eyebrows got narrowed and knew who he was seeing.

Alex: "You're not my father… My father died a long time ago."

Kelly gave Alex a creepy smirk and knew it was time to finish the fight. With Alex using both of his hands to keep the pointed spear at bay, he was completely defenseless. So to that end, he lifted his leg up and gave his son a knee jab to the gut. The guardian crouched low and hugged his gut, causing him to let go of the sharp metal spear in the process. Kelly was going to do what he should've done a few minutes ago, but thought of something else to finish with. So he positions his weapon steadily and swung it diagonally, cutting Alex's right cheek. Instantly, Alex fell to the floor and was screaming in pain, slowly crawling to safety. But to Kelly, it was a chance to end all of this once and for all. He looked up at the command center where they got out of and whistled to one of the zombies.

Sergeant Kelly: "Soldier, Matilda."

One of the Z-Secs approached the edge of the observation window and tossed the double barrel shotgun, which he was holding the whole time, to the Sarge. Kelly grabbed it and took a good look at the shotgun.

Sergeant Kelly: "I've got to say son, you held on to Matilda pretty well. How many demons did you kill with this gun? Five hundred? A thousand? Guess this gun worked pretty damn good for you in sticky situations. Now I think its time for this shotgun to make another use for me."

He looked up at the security zombie still at the see-through window and gave out his orders.

Sergeant Kelly: "When I pull the trigger, finish off the Titans."

The Z-Sec nodded and turned to the others surrounding the team, saying something in a bizarre language. Instantly, all the guards and commandos pointed their weapons at the Titans. Beast Boy got instantly panicked and realized that something happened between Alex and Kelly.

Beast Boy: "Um… I thin Alex lost the battle."

Raven: "You think?"

All the soldiers held their fingers on their triggers, making sure any one member of the Titans would get away easy.

Cyborg: "Got any plans Robin?"

Robin: "I'm working on it."

The moment he said that, the doors leaving the command center opened up and someone else was coming in. But it wasn't a monster, rather a human as he said something in a normal human voice.

Jack Campbell: "Oh I got one…"

Everyone, both Titans and zombies looked to see who came in and saw Jack Campbell with his BFG 9000 pointing at everyone. Robin's eyes were wide in total shock seeing him here of all places.

Robin: "Campbell?!"

Immediately, all the zombies drive their weapons away from the Titans and pointed them to Campbell. Smirking to himself, Jack pulled the trigger and charged the BFG to reach full charge.

Jack Campbell: "Robin, I suggest that you and your team get out of the way, like right now."

Back down in the lobby, Kelly slowly approached his son while Alex was still in pain still crawling to safety. Once he reached the guardian, the sergeant kicked him to the side and made him roll on his back. Alex just stared at his father cold-heartedly; covering the wound with his hand while blood was oozing out through his fingers. Kelly then pointed the double-barrel shotgun at Alex's face and had a devious expression on his face.

Sergeant Kelly: "I gotta say son, you've made it so far then any of the marines and pencil pushers throughout this facility. You truly are a hero in the making. Too bad, this all had to end so suddenly. And to think, you would've followed in my footsteps."

Alex cringed at the thought of being by his father's side, just watching as Earth goes straight to Hell. Kelly slowly pulled the trigger, ready to kill. But before he could do that, he wanted his son to know something else before he kills him.

Sergeant Kelly: "I have a new name by the way son. Trigon gave it to me the moment I joined his allegiance. You should know it the moment your soul goes down to the darkest pit of Hell. I am Sabaoth…"

Alex's eyes were wide in fear as the now Sabaoth slowly pulled the trigger of his shotgun.

Sabaoth: "Goodbye son…"

Just as he was going to kill him from that very spot, he heard a huge explosion coming from the Command Station. The Sarge looks up and saw nothing but a fading green light and a whole lot of smoke.

Sabaoth: "What in the world? I thought I told them not to kill the Titans until he shoot."

Alex looked up and he too saw the smoke coming out of the see-through window. He doesn't know if the Titans got killed because there was too much smoke to begin with. But when he looks back at his father still wondering what went on in the command center, he discovered that he was completely opened. This gave Alex a chance to fight back before Sabaoth could finish him up. He started to stretch his leg out for enough litharge and used it to sweep the Sarge's feet. Saboath got caught completely off balanced as he stumbled and fell to the floor, landing right on his back again. The guardian quickly got back on his feet and rushed to get the shotgun out of his dad's hand. But just as he was going to reach it, Sabaoth lifted his legs up and doubled kicked his son's face while on the floor. Alex did fell, but did a quick roll at that moment and got back up quickly. At the same time, Sabaoth jumped up quick and both turned around to look at each other. But this time, the sergeant still has the shotgun as he pointed it at his son once more. Alex saw this and hesitantly stood still, hoping to look for an opening, but unfortunately, there was none. Sabaoth kept his weapon pointed at the guardian and was laughing devilishly about it.

Sabaoth: "You were trying to get me while I was off guard? Are you really that serious to die? Though I digress, you have a lot of potential. Ashame I have to stop it once and for all. Say hello to the other marines when you reach Hell son."

He was going to pull the trigger to open fire, but before he could do that, someone jumped out of the window of the command center behind the Sarge and landed right behind him. That's when he heard a voice that was very familiar.

Jack Campbell: "You first Kelly."

Sabaoth turned around to see who that voice came from. But what he got was a straight punch to the face, knocking him down in an instant forcing him to drop the shotgun from his possession. Alex was surprised that someone came to help him. But what surprised him the most was that the person that saved his life was none other then…

Alex: "Campbell?!"

The former bodyguard looked at the guardian and nodded.

Jack Campbell: "Hey Alex, it's been a while."

Alex quickly shook his head from what happened and got back to the game, telling Campbell what happened.

Alex: "Campbell, listen to me. It's my dad. He's…"

Jack Campbell: "I know… Kelly got to Swan and I before he got to you. Caught us off guard before we knew it."

Alex looked around and realized that Swan isn't around and looked at Jack for a question.

Alex: "What happened to Swan?"

Jack thought about this and decided to lie about it.

Jack Campbell: "He got shot first, but he's going to be all right."

The two then turned around to see Sabaoth crawling away and slowly standing up from the punch. They then looked at each other and knew what to do now.

Alex: "So, wanna tag team?"

Campbell just circled his arm around and answered him in a confident matter.

Jack Campbell: "I've been inching for round two against this traitor."

Alex smiled at the thought and could tell this was going to be a good fight. The two looked back at the Sarge that fully got up and realized he was completely outnumbered. Both Jack and Alex tightened their fists and were ready for another go at the traitor. Instantly, the two charged in and started their attack, but Sabaoth still had his metal cast with the metal tip spear at the end. Since he has the upper hand against the two, he immediately swung his cast at the two with ease, making the attempt to connect the spear tip on the two individuals. Both the guardian and the bodyguard stop in their tracks and back up, slowly avoiding the incoming swings from Sabaoth.

Sabaoth: "I knew I should've finish you off before I had the chance Campbell. But at least I can now kill two birds with one stone."

He continued his swinging attempts with his weapon wrapped around his arm, wanting to slit the two opponent's throats so badly. Jack and Alex continued to back up away from the slashes and were looking for a good opening to strike back. But with Kelly's fast movements and precisions, it was impossible finding an opening to begin with. As they were slowly stepping back, Alex accidentally hit his heel on a loose metal plating on the floor after one of Sarge's many attacks. He then stumbled around and fell backwards on his butt. Sabaoth saw this and decided to kill his son first before he could get Campbell. First he side kicked Campbell in the gut so that he won't cause any trouble for the moment, sending him flying to the end of the wall. Once that was out of the way, he looked down at his son and was waiting for this moment for too long. Alex was about to get back on his feet, but when he looked up, he saw the sharp end of the broken rail pointing at him. He peered his eyes upwards and saw his father looking down at him with a sinister smile on his face.

Sabaoth: "Now where was I? Ah yes… Goodbye son."

He raised his weapon up in the air and was about to slice the guardian down the middle. But just before he could do that, a ball of green energy came down from the sky and hit metal cast. Sabaoth could feel the metal around his arm slowly melting on his skin and screamed out in the agony. He then looked up to see who hit him with that blast. What he saw was the Teen Titans, all standing at the edge of the broken see through mirror, watching the battle.

Robin: "Don't think about it."

Alex was pleased that the Titans saved him again, but he has to think of something fast before his father gets back to killing him. He looks around and discovered that the double barrel shotgun was close to him. Quickly, he reaches the shotgun and got a hold of it before the sergeant got back into the game. He then quickly pointed it at his father's melting cast and fired a full load of lead to it. That knocked Sabaoth off his stance but immediately regained his composure to look at his son with his shotgun pointed at him.

Sabaoth: "You are so dead!"

He was going to beat his son up, but he failed to notice Campbell charging towards them and speared him to the ground. Once again, the bodyguard went back to punching him in the face constantly. Sabaoth instantly grabbed Jack's legs and used his upper body strength to lift him up over him and let go, sending him flying to the other end of the lobby. He quickly got up in the process and wanted to fight back himself. But once again, the two opponents didn't want to keep the traitor up his feet. It was now Alex's turn to rush and this time use his shotgun as a bat, swinging it up to his chin. The sergeant was immediately dazed from the hit and was stumbling back to an electric box. This gives both Alex and Campbell a chance to finish the fight once and for all. The two got together and charged at the Sarge with both their fists tightened for the final blow. Once Sabaoth got his bearings, he saw both opponents right in front of him and the two punched him right in the face. That sent the traitor flying back and hit his back to the power box. The compartment of the box opened up and wires instantly fall loose out of it, some of them sparking. One of the loose wires wrapped around the Sarge's metal cast and sparked to life. Within seconds, Sabaoth's body was electrocuted from the inside out and he was screaming in total agony. At the same time, the lights all over the lobby started to flicker like crazy. After what was like a full-blown minute, the electrocution stopped and the sergeant fell limp on the floor, not moving at all. Both the guardian and the bodyguard looked at the immobile body and sighed in total relief that this fight was finally over. They both looked at each other as Alex was glad he had help after what he'd been through.

Alex: "Thanks for the help Campbell. I thought I was pretty much a goner."

Jack Campbell: "Don't mention it. I was looking for a little payback myself."

Suddenly, both of them heard the Titan's approach them, hearing their scared yet proud voices.

Teen Titans: "Alex!"

Alex turned around and saw the team jumping down and out of the broken see-through window and heading straight to their guardian. Alex was startled and asked the Titans to stop now.

Alex: "Whoa! Guys, slow down! I'm a little sore! I'm a little sore!"

The Titans quickly stopped, realizing that their friend had a brutal fight a while ago. But they did approach him to see if he was okay.

Robin: "You're all right?"

Alex cracked his neck a little and stretched for a little bit for a response.

Alex: "I'm fine… A little banged up, but fine anyways."

Raven: "And what about that cut you got in your cheek?"

Alex remembered the cut his father gave him and touched his right cheek, feeling the cut and blood slowly coming out of the wound.

Alex: "Oh that. That's just a small flesh wound. Nothing serious."

Rae approached the guardian and used her healing abilities to close up the wound. Once it sealed, the telepath smiled in approval.

Raven: "I'm able heal the wound, but you'll be stuck with the scar for the rest of your life."

Alex touched his cheek again and felt the small bump on his cheek where the wound use to be. Smiling at the thought, he looked at Rae and nodded.

Alex: "Well, at least I had scars worse then this one."

Robin then looked at Campbell and wondered something about him.

Robin: "Thanks for the help Campbell. But what I want to know is why? Last time, you tried to kill us, and now you just saved all of our lives. Why you did that?"

The bodyguard knew Robin was going to talk to him about that, so he took and courage in explaining it to the Boy Wonder.

Jack Campbell: "I could understand you're confused, but please try to understand Robin. What happened back at the communications facility wasn't personal, it was just business. Swan and I were trying to make sure that the Earth fleet doesn't reach Mars. But now that the distress signal made it to Earth, I'm afraid we all have to work together to stop this madness at once."

While Campbell was explaining things to the Titans, what they didn't know was Sabaoth wasn't dead, not yet at least. He was slowly starting to stir and opened his eyes to see the group right in front of him. And the best part of it is that they aren't aware that he was alive. This gives him a chance to get one final ditched effort to get rid of them all. He turned his head and saw more waiting chairs right next to him, a perfect equalizer. While he was getting up slowly to get the row of chairs without the team knowing it, the group went on with their conversation.

Robin: "Well either way, we were glad that you saved us. Thanks."

Jack Campbell: "No need to thank me Robin. I'm just doing my job is all."

While both Robin and Campbell went to talking, Beast Boy approached Alex and gave him all his weapons he dropped when the fight began.

Beast Boy: "Here your weapons back Alex. I think you might be needing them."

Alex look down at all of his weapons and picked up his machine gun to examine it.

Alex: "Thanks BB, I might need them when we get to our destination."

Alex kept on checking his machine gun just to see if it was damaged in anyways since the BFG blast. So far, it hasn't been damaged severely, but as he looked at it, he noticed something very off. Not at the gun itself, but something at the reflection of the gun. From what he could tell, he saw his traitorous father getting up after the shocking attack. What he also saw was that Sabaoth was lifting up the row of connected chairs in the air, ready to throw it at the group. Seeing that unfold on the weapon's reflection, he immediately looks at the team and Campbell and screamed out loud in a scared voice.

Alex: "Everybody get down!!!"

Everyone looked at Alex as he ducked his head down, wondering what he meant by that. The moment they turned their heads to see what Alex was trying to warn them about, they saw the Sarge throwing the row of metal chairs at the group.

Robin: "Look out!"

Raven saw the chairs heading straight towards them and took action immediately. She raised her hand in front of her and black wall appeared to protect everyone. Once the chairs reached their target, the shield bounced back and landed on the floor, leaving a few cracks on the black wall. Once that was over, Rae disengaged her shield and sighed in relief. Alex then looked up at his friend and he too sighed knowing that that was over with.

Alex: "Nice save Rae…"

The telepath looked back at the guardian and nodded back for a response. Just as things were going to get calm, Sabaoth gave the team a dark and dangerous warning.

Sabaoth: "You think you are going to be victorious. Well you're wrong. Soon Earth's fleet will arrive and they will be overwhelmed by Trigon's army. With their ships, we will finish what we started and destroy the universe to recreate it in Trigon's image. And there's nothing you will do to stop it! Nothing!!"

He looked up at the team and gave them a good look at his face, which was now chard and deformed, almost not human. Alex quickly pointed his machine gun at his dad and pulled the trigger, causing bullets to come out of the gun and straight to the traitor. Sabaoth quickly made a mad dash with his super speed and avoided every bullet. The guardian quickly tried to follow the Sarge with his machine gun, but he was too fast for it. That's when the sergeant gave them the slip and went through one of the doors with a digital sign that reads, 'CPU Complex'. Alex then lowered his weapon and cussed out loud.

Alex: "Shit, he got away!"

Jack Campbell: "Then we have to hurry before he does something too drastic. Come on!"

Campbell was already moving ahead of the others without even knowing it. That's when he stopped and looked back at the Titans not moving.

Jack Campbell: "What are you waiting for? An invite? There's a psychotic traitor and an insane doctor on the loose and we have to stop them."

Alex thought this of a moment and then came to a drastic decision.

Alex: "Sorry Campbell, but we can't come with you. But there's something we need to do first that is very important."

Jack looked at Alex and realized he was serious about what he was going to do. But he wonders what he was up to.

Jack Campbell: "And exactly what are you trying to do that is more important then this?"

Alex wondered about that and had to figure out what to say to the bodyguard. There's no way he would believe that he was going to take the Titans to Gamma and used the Ark to get them back home. So he had to come up with something smart enough for Campbell to believe in. That's where he came up with the perfect excuse.

Alex: "We are going to the main excavation to shut down Hell's other portal."

Immediately, the Titans looked at Alex and were a little confused. They thought they were going to Gamma Labs and head back to the past. Even Beast Boy was perplexed and started to say it out loud next to him.

Beast Boy: "We are?"

Alex knew that the changeling was going to slip off so he did what he thought was right and stomped BB on his foot. Beast Boy felt that and cringed in pain, but didn't scream because he didn't want to ruin whatever Alex is doing. Jack cocked an eyebrow and wasn't so sure about what he was doing. But he was confident that Alex was going to end this invasion. So he approached him and told him everything he needs to know.

Jack Campbell: "I don't know if that's a good idea. But if a divide and conquer strategy is the only way in doing it, then I won't stop you."

Campbell then pointed to the right side of the room the shows a door with a sign above that says 'Monorail'.

Jack Campbell: "Head to the monorail over there. It will take you to Site 3."

Alex looked at the entrance to the monorail and found their way to Gamma Labs. He then looked back at Campbell and smiled to himself.

Alex: "Thanks."

Jack was going to leave to catch up with Sabaoth, but then thought of something that might work.

Jack Campbell: "There is one more thing I want you to do. But I want to talk about it in private. Come here."

Alex was skeptic of this will favor Campbell wants him to do but followed farther away from the team and the two began talking. But that talking went quiet as Campbell said something in Alex's ear. The Titans just watched on, not knowing what the two were saying. Campbell continued on whispering in Alex's ear about the details until he finishes his last sentence. That's when Alex's eyes were completely wide and surprise as he was trying to get words out of his mouth.

Alex: "I… I can't…"

Jack Campbell: "You must."

Alex: "But what about the UAC? Will they find out what's going to happen if-"

Jack Campbell: "We have no choice. This facility is already gone and the reinforcements on Earth won't last a second. We can't let the demons take over Earth next. It must come to this. I don't know if I could pull this off if something bad happens to me. You need to pull this off once you get to the Hellhole."

Campbell then took something out of his pocket and put it into the guardian's hand.

Jack Campbell: "Good luck."

And that was the last time Alex saw Jack Campbell as he took out his BFG 9000 and ran straight to the CPU Complex. Alex then looked down at what the bodyguard gave him and opened his fist to see what it is. While he was staring at it, Robin approached the guardian and wondered what was going on.

Robin: "Alex, is something wrong? What did Jack talk to you about?"

Alex then tightened his fist and knew what must be done. But first, he has a mission to finish. He put whatever Campbell gave him in his pocket and turned to look at his team.

Alex: "Nothing… It's nothing really. But right now, we got to head to Gamma at once."

Cyborg then stepped forward and was more confused as the others.

Cyborg: "Wait, Gamma? I thought you told Campbell we were going to-"

Alex turned his head to see the hybrid and told them what he said.

Alex: "I was lying to him Cy. Do you really think that I want him to know where we're going? I sure as Hell don't. Now come on, we got a one way ticket to Gamma Labs and I cannot keep the Ark waiting."

The team nodded in unison as they all left the main lobby and headed to the Monorail Station, getting closer to Gamma and to the Titans past.

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Done and done. Damn this story takes too long to write. But at least I'm almost finished with it. Let's just hope that the others chapters won't take longer. Speaking of which, on the next chapter they get into the monorail getting closer to their goal. But what they don't know is that they are going to get an unexpected hitchhiker on the way. You know it when you see it. Please review and Happy Thanksgiving!