Hello all! Here's another wonderful chapter! I hope you do enjoy!
"I feel like we are never going to make it!" Kole sighed frustrated "We've been traveling for months and we haven't even made it past the Mississippi River yet!"
"We're almost in Metropolis, maybe we'll find a faster way to travel then" Ryuko soothed as they drove
"Metropolis, that's where Superman is right" Griffin asked looking at Richard
"It's where he was, don't know if he'll still be there, or if he even survived the outbreak" He answered her honestly, "None of the Justice League have tried contacting Bruce, I took his communicator with me when we left."
"But he's the man of steel! The only weakness he's supposed to have is kryptonite!" Kole butted in looked distraught
"He might have just left Earth Kole, I wouldn't blame the guy, there isn't much he can do against a disease" Richard sighed as they drove in thoughtful silence for a while before reaching the city limits of Metropolis.
"Do you think we could steal a helicopter?" Ryuko asked spotting the Daily News helicopter not far from the building. "It'd be faster than driving"
"Yeah, I don't see why not, let's stock up on fuel and get a good night's rest, traveling by air might be faster" Richard replied as they pulled over next to the news station. They loaded their things into the back, checking it for walkers. Ryuko and Richard looked over the mechanics while Kole and Griffin looked around.
"So why weren't you with your family?" Kole asked looking at her companion
"When my powers surfaced it wasn't long before the Brotherhood came sniffing around. They managed to kill dad and I thought it would be safest if I wasn't around anymore. Cyborg found me outside of Star City. I was just wondering around trying to stay alive. After the whole brotherhood thing, my mom was scared, of me and what I can do, she didn't want me around My brother, I wasn't good enough" Griffin said darkly before shaking her head of the thoughts "I've kept in contact with Him, we are close despite my mother. When the outbreak started I was helping a neighboring town. My mother decided to move her and my brother, leaving me behind. I know that she is dead, I found her about a month ago dead. But not my brother, I know he's smart enough to get out alive and get to the tower, it's where I told him would always be safe"
"I'm sure he'll get there, he sounds like a smart kid, how old is he?"
"He'd be 13 now" Griffin said returning Kole's smile.
"I sent out a coded message to the justice league. Wonder Woman replied" Richard said as he joined them "Said that she had left with the other Amazons, that the last she had heard from Superman was that some part of this out break contained Kryptonite and he had to retreat somewhere else. She doesn't know where he went through; the rest of the Justice League returned to their home planets or succumbed to the virus"
"Well at least we know he's not here, we should sleep and head out tomorrow" Griffin said climbing into the back of the helicopter, the others following her lead and settling down for the night.
"Terra, Where are we now?" Grace asked looking over at the blonde.
"We are just outside Phoenix, Arizona" She replied, "We'll stop here for the night and find a small house to stay in."
"So I'll get to shower?" Grace asked looking at Terra who nodded. Despite Grace's naivety the girl was growing on Terra. "Finally!"
"But no rushing in and no screaming!" Terra said quickly curbing the girl's excitement as they wondered into the city.
"Who the hell are you?" A voice from nowhere called, it echoed in the empty city. Terra was suddenly on alert.
"Show yourself!" She called holding her machete, ready for action. Grace was clutching the small pistol like it was her life line.
"Not until you tell me who you are and why walkers are following you!" The voice called again.
"I'm Terra, this is Grace, the walkers are mine and harmless" Terra replied, slowly a panel in a nearby wall opened and a young teen exited. He was holding a baseball bat and looking at them wearily. He was short, with short gold colored hair and oddly enough orange eyes.
"Who are you kid" Terra asked sheathing her machete as Grace put away her pistol.
"You can call me Phoenix, why are you here?" He asked
"We are heading towards the ocean" Grace answered, "Are you out here by yourself?"
"Yeah, I'm making my way towards Titan's Tower, I'm looking for someone" He answered
"I think we all are kid," Terra shook her head as she continued walking
"I wouldn't, there is a large number of walkers down that way I've been trying for weeks to get around them" He called out before motioning for them to slip into the panel on the wall. Once inside Terra tied up her walkers and followed him further into the building where the boy had made a simple home for the time being. "There's a bathroom through that door, the shower works"
"I call first dibs!" Grace called running towards the door.
"She's excited" He muttered
"She's been nagging me for weeks" Terra rolled her eyes leaning her head back against the wall. "Wanna tell me about these walkers blocking our way?"
"There are about 100 of them, just gathered in the middle of the road, no way around them. If we had a car we could possibly drive through them but I'm not sure where one big enough is" Phoenix answered with a shrug
"That might work" Terra muttered to herself "I'm going to go look around, keep her in here. Not that I think she's coming out anytime soon"
"Got it" He said watching her leave again.
"Where'd Terra go?" Grace asked coming out of the bathroom almost an hour later looking much cleaner and more relaxed than before.
"To scout out the area I guess, she said for you to stay here"
"Ok, got any food?" Grace asked digging through her bag
"Yeah, here" He said throwing a few granola bars at her. She smiled and began eating "So who are you looking for?"
"It's none of your business"
"Well I hope you find them" Grace said shrugging off his rude tone, Terra talked like that all the time.
"You should pack up, I'm going to clean up then we are leaving" Terra said as she returned. The two younger teens looked at each other, shrugged and began doing as she said. Terra came out ten minutes later and lead them to the large armored truck
"Where'd you find this?" Phoenix asked surprised
"There's a bank two streets over, there's no money but it'll at least get us past the walkers" Terra said shoving her walkers into the back and closing the doors. "Grace you drive"
"Me? Why?" She asked surprised
"In case I have to use my powers, can't do both" Grace nodded and hopped into the driver's seat. Phoenix slid into the middle and Terra climbed into the passenger's seat and they took off. Sure enough in the center of the city stood an entire mass of walkers, it looked like they had just massacred an entire village with all the carnage.
"Are they turning on each other?" Grace asked a look of disgust crossing her face
"It would seem so, I guess after all the living flesh is gone you turn to what's left" Terra said coldly as Grace sped through, drawing attention to the car, the walkers turned and began clawing at the sides of the car. Some even began running into it. Terra flung rocks at them to get them away from the car as Grace sped up.
"We're out, once we cross the state line stop and I'll take it from there" Terra ordered throwing a few more boulders to keep the walkers from following. Once they were officially in California they stopped and the two women switched places.
Another character added! Just a note encase you guys are wondering where in the US our wonderful Titans are!
Raven, Toni, Melvin, Kori and Crew in the last chapter were in Keystone City, Kansas, I'm saying that by now they've reached Colorado so they will reach Titan's Tower in approximately 14 Hours.
Richard, Kole, Griffin and Ryuko are in Metropolis, Illinois and have acquired a Helicopter! This means they will now reach Titan's Tower in about 16 hours.
Terra, Grace and Phoenix are just within California's city limits with a car, they are about 5 hours from Titans tower!
Beast Boy and Ron are some where in Nevada. I'm not entirely sure how close they are right now to the tower.
Now, also please not that the events in my stories aren't all happening at the same time. Sometimes Raven's story will happen days before we get to Robin's story and so on.
Thanks for reading
~Redshadow17
