Dear Readers! I appologise that it's been so long since I last posted a chapter! Life has been very busy for me. But here is the next chapter, hopefully a few more will follow this one in the next couple of days! Please enjoy!

September 3, 2012, Somewhere in California.

It's been about two weeks since our visit to Keystone City. I can't believe we have made it this close to Jump City. I fear that when we get there that it'll be just as empty and dead as all the others. No! I can't think like that. The kids we picked up in Keystone are a godsend for Melvin, she's been having less nightmares and enjoys hanging out and talking with someone her own age. She and Tiger are almost inseparable now. I'm impressed at how long Tiger has kept her family alive. She's really determined that they'll survive this; it makes me wonder what happened to them before. Though her brother Jack is about on my last nerve. He argues with everyone! Mikey says that's just what Jack likes to do, it keeps him entertained so I guess there are worse things the kid could be doing. Anny is pretty quiet though she is very girly. We stop almost daily now so that she can clean up.

"LOOK! THERE IT IS!" Mikey yelled drawing their attention to the T shape in the distance.

"I see people!" Anny called as the two excitedly pushed their faces against the windows. Raven smiled to herself as she put the book down.

"They've set up a barrier" Toni spoke as she slowed down the car to a crawl as they approached. The gates were rolled open slowly and they entered the area of beach before the ocean.

"I was wonderin' when a Titan would show! And look we got two, oh goody!" The man sneered as they exited the car.

"What are you doing here Billy Numerous" Kori sneered as she started to hover

"Down Princess, we're all surviving here, I'm on border patrol and gate keep today, gotta make sure no walkers followed ya in" He said shrugging as he checked the car over. "You're good, YO MAS, Escort em over"

"Si!" The twins spoke together as they appeared, everyone piled in the car and Raven surrounded it in her powers, following the twins across the ocean. Everyone was set up in small huts or tents around the island which had gotten bigger somehow, though it looked as if no one was in the tower.

"You'll need to speak to the Boss" Mas or maybe Menos spoke in heavily accented English as everyone grabbed their things and followed the twins towards the largest tent.

"Well, well, well I was wondering when the original five were going to finally pour themselves in" The cold voice sent chills down their spine

"Slade" Raven spat glaring at him

"No grudge here little bird. I don't have time for that I have people to keep alive, sadly our feud is over until we get this sorted out" He said waving his hand nonchalantly in the air as he turned towards her.

"Where's Cyborg?" Kori asked glaring at him

"I don't know," Slade said simply

"None of us can get in the tower. It's been locked from the inside for some reason. He's probably in there but he's not come out and we can't get in" The female voice made them turn; the woman that entered was pretty, with short brunette hair and kind green eyes.

"Lois?" Toni asked looking at her

"Yeah, Superman is here as well but he doesn't want to be disturbed right now. Maybe you can get in the tower Raven, Starfire." Lois said looking at the two of them.

"I know the override codes, but we go alone" Raven said looking at them

"Alright, I'll get your friends settled in an area." Lois said leading the four kids away.

"Well let's go see what's in the tower" Toni said as they left Slade in the tent and headed for the Tower door. Raven quickly punched in the access code to override the system. Everyone around them whispered and stared as the door slid open with a quiet hiss. The hall was dark as they stepped inside weapons at the ready.

"Melvin, take the main floor, it's open so there isn't a lot of room to hide, Toni help me with the bedrooms and the training area, Kori can you handle the training rooms and the med bay?" Raven asked as they reached the stairs. Everyone nodded as they began their accent. Melvin broke off at the first level to the common room and kitchen area. Toni and Raven stopped at the next level walking back to back to keep a better eye out since this floor was filled with many rooms and places to hide. Kori continued alone up to the last floor of the tower.

"How do you think they are doing?" Lois asked as she and Slade stood outside the tent. She didn't like the man beside her but so far he was the only one who had stepped up to lead the confused people who'd found their way to the island.

"It is hard to tell, though succeed or fail we'll finally know what they hide in that tower" Slade sneered Lois glared as a shrill scream erupted from the tower.

"KORI!" The three friends spoke in unison as they flew to the med bay.

BANG

Toni pulled Kori from the man's grasp, the red head was desperately sobbing as the man fell dead, a bullet hole in his forehead. Melvin stood wide eyed staring not at the thing she'd shot but at the smoking barrel of her gun. She dropped the gun and quickly backed away.

"It's ok Mel"

"I shot someone" She muttered as Raven's arms circled around her gently rocking her

"It was a walker Mel, you saved Kori" Raven soothed looking over at Toni who stared at the walker wide eyed, Kori still clinging to her tightly.

"That's not just a walker Raven, that's Cyborg" She whispered as to not upset the crying girl any longer.

"Kori, stay with Melvin" Raven said as she passed the shocked teen to the red head. Toni joined Raven in removing Cyborg from the room and checking the rest of the floor. They found another walker strapped to the med bay bed. She was officially dead but it looked like she was close to being cured of this disease.

"Toni, this is Karen" Raven whispered recognizing the woman

"As in Bumblebee?" Toni asked moving closer

"Yeah, Cy must have been working on a cure or a vaccine, I wonder how close he was" Raven said noticing several vials, chemicals and notes.

"I'm not sure, I'm no scientist. Maybe there are a few in the crowd downstairs?" Toni asked pointing out the window.

"Maybe, for now let's reseal the tower, I don't trust Slade and I don't want him to get his hands on this material" Raven said a determined look passing across her face "In the meantime, I need to see Superman about what's been really happening here"

"I agree, let's get them out of here, I think Mel has had her fill of shock for the day" Toni sighed as the two returned to their heart broken friends and left the cold tower.

"Well?" Slade asked as they exited, the tower resealing itself.

"Cyborg is dead and the tower holds contamination. Until it has properly cleansed itself no one should enter it again. Only Robin has the codes for the tower to reset and decontaminate." Raven lied as they exited

"And you are safe to be among the people?"

"There is a decontamination chamber by the exit. It had one use left and we used it. We are fine" Toni answered "Can we get somewhere to sleep?"

"Follow me, I'll get you settled" Lois said leading them off. Slade glaring at them as they left.

"GAR! Gar wake up" Ron shook the green skinned man as he tossed and thrashed around. There were walkers close by and the last thing they needed was to be discovered because Gar was having a nightmare.

"NOOOO" Gar sat up struggling to breathe normally. Ron looked at him confused.

"What was that about?" Ron asked trying to make sense of everything.

"I don't know exactly, everything is fuzzy but I feel like I just lost my best friend" Gar whispered trying to keep it together

"Oh, how close are we now?" Ron whispered looking around Titan was on alert as well but he seemed to be relaxed as well

"Um...A few days to a few weeks, I'm not entirely sure where we are so it's hard to tell" Gar sighed "My instincts are telling me we'll be there soon though and that's enough for me."

"Alright, there are walkers near by, do you think its safe to stick around?"

"Yeah, we're hid pretty well" Gar sighed as he settled back down "So Ron, why are you heading towards the tower?"

"No place else to go. I figure it's better than sticking around and waiting for death to come. Maybe I'll get lucky and there will be people there like the rumors say. Maybe we can have a normal life on the little island where walkers can't get to us and things seem normal"

"That sounds like paradise right now" Gar whispered scratching behind Titan's ears.

"Yeah, maybe its too good to be true, but in my dreams there's even a cure waiting, a magical vaccine that will put this curse to rest and we can be happy again"

"That might be, but hey it's some hope right, maybe Cyborg will have that magic cure waiting" Gar said as they both drifted off to sleep again.

Alright everyone! I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! The next one will hopefully be soon!

~Redshadow17