The five teenagers ran through the halls of Cadmus.
"We're still 42 levels below ground." Aqualad said. "But if we can make the elevator-"
He was cut off as huge Genomorphs blocked their path. They looked back the way they had come to find Genomorphs blocking that way, too. With more on their way.
Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, and Dark Angel ran under the feet of the big ones as Superman started fighting them. The walls shaked as each one was slammed into the walls.
"Superboy!" Aqualad yelled back at him. "Our goal is to escape, not to bury ourselves here."
"You wanna escape?" Superboy screamed back. He grabbed the leg of one of the fallen Genomorphs and through it into two others, creating a pathway.
Aqualad pushed the doors to the elevator shaft open. Kid Flash and Robin quickly jumped into the shaft. The Genomorphs raced down the hallway towards them. Superboy grabbed Aqualad and reached out his hand toward Dark Angel. She immediately caught on.
"Oh no...I don't do flying at all. I-" She was cut off as Superboy grabbed her arm and pulled her into the shaft.
They went up about five feet before Superboy lost his momentum.
"I'm...falling." He said, surprised, as the three of them started falling down the shaft.
Dark Angel's scream caught in her throat as Aqualad grabbed ahold of one of the side railings. He was holding onto Superboy who was holding Dark Angel by one arm.
Superboy looked down. "Superman can fly. Why can't I fly?"
"Don't know." Kid Flash said. "But it looks like you can leap tall buildings in a single bound. Still cool."
Kid Flash and Robin helped the three of them stand on the railing.
"Thank you." Superboy told them softly.
The sound of an elevator coming down the shaft broke them all out of their silence.
"This will have to be our stop." Robin said.
Aqualad threw open the doors and the five of them made it out just as the elevator whizzed past them. Genomorphs started to come down the hallway in front of them and they all turned and dashed down the hallway to their left, Superboy and Kid Flash in the front.
Go left, brother. A voice whispered in Superboy's head.
"Go left!" Superboy shouted as the hallway drew close. "Left!" They all followed his directions.
Turn right. The voice whispered again.
"Right!" Superboy shouted. They all turned right to find a dead end.
"Oh great directions, Supey." Kid Flash groaned. "Are you trying to get us re-podded?"
Superboy looked down, ashamed. "No I-I don't understand."
"Hey cut him some slack." Dark Angel butted in. "If it wasn't for him we would still be in those pods."
"And besides," Robin said as he came up to them. "This is perfect."
The five teens were climbing through the air ducts.
"At this rate we'll never get out!" Kid Flash complained.
"Ugh," Dark Angel groaned. "Complain, complain, complain. Is your power super speed or super annoyance?"
Robin laughed. "She's gotcha there."
"Shhh." Superboy hissed. "Listen."
Not far behind them they could hear the sounds of Genomorphs scurrying after them.
The head scientist, Guardian, and XX ran down the hall. The head scientist was looking at a small computer screen in front of him.
"Someone, Robin I wager, hacked our systems deactivating our internal security cameras. But he neglected the motion sensors. The Genomorphs are closing in!" The head scientist said.
The three stepped into a nearby bathroom.
"They're coming out in here." The head scientist continued. "We have them cornered!"
He looked up expectantly at the air vent above them. Genomorphs fell out.
"He hacked the motion sensors!"
Robin looked up from his holographic computer. "I hacked the motion sensors."
"Sweet." Kid Flash said.
"Still, plenty of room between us and out." Robin said.
"And I finally got room to move!" Kid Flash put on his goggles and raced up the stairs. He got up three flights of stairs before Genomorphs crowded his path. He just leaned forward and stormed into them, knocking them all out of his way. Aqualad, Robin, Dark Angel, and Superboy ran behind him, trying to keep up.
"More behind us!" Robin shouted.
Superboy turned behind them. Just as the Genomorphs started up the stairs Superboy slammed his foot down and the stairs collapsed, taking the Genomorphs with them.
Kid Flash was the first out. As he came out of the stairway the alarms sounded and a metal door slid shut in front of him.
"Oh crap..." He ran head first into it.
The other four decided to take this time to run out of the stairway.
Dark Angel snorted. "Nice driving."
"They cut us off." Aqualad said.
"Thanks," Kid Flash said with heavy sarcasm. "My head hadn't noticed."
Superboy and Aqualad tried to pry open the door, but it wouldn't budge. Robin worked on his computer.
"I can't hack it fast enough." He said.
Dark Angel looked behind them and saw Genomorphs approaching. "Uh...guys? We got company."
Robin quickly kicked in a door. "This way." He said as they all followed him. They exited into another hallway where they were surrounded by Genomorphs with Guardian in the front.
Aqualad pulled out his water-bearers and the water formed into two swords. Dark Angel's eyes turned black and the nearby shadows started to twitch. They all prepared for a battle.
The Genomorphs horns all glowed red and the five heroes fell down unconscious.
XX walked forward.
Perhaps for the sake of all Genomorphs, our brother, Superboy, should make up his own mind. XX said telepathically.
Superboy woke up and looked at XX. It was you. He thought.
Yes. XX replied. It was I who started the fire and led your new friends down to Cadmus. Woke them when they were in danger...
And guided me. Superboy finished. Why?
Because you are our hope. XX said simply. The Genomorph hero. You will blaze a trail for all our brothers, showing us the way to freedom.
The G-gnome on Guardian's shoulder jumped off and Guardian shook his head. "What's going on?" He asked, dazed.
Aqualad awoke and watched as Superboy stood up.
What is your choice, brother? XX asked him.
"I...choose...freedom." Superboy said.
"...feels like fog...lifting." Guardian continued.
Robin, Kid Flash, and Dark Angel all stood up. Aqualad turned to Guardian.
"Guardian?" He asked.
Guardian looked at them fiercely. "Go. I'll deal with Desmond."
"I think not."
The Genomorph crowd parted to reveal the head scientist. He held up a vial containing a light blue liquid.
"Project Blockbuster will give me the power to restore order to Cadmus." He threw back his head and downed the liquid in one gulp.
A/N: One more chapter and I will be done with this episode! Finally! Oh...by the way...I'm alive! Heh...heh...yeah. Really sorry. Busy year. I hate school. But then again, who does? So...review?