"Ugh," Beast Boy groaned as he was sent back to the Doom Patrol by a laser blast. There was now a black singe on the chest of his uniform. "Oh man! I just got this uniform washed last week," he complained he was trying to lighten the situation even though they were surrounded by killer robots.
"This is no time for jokes Beast Boy," Robot Man exclaimed. The journey to the base was relatively easy. No robots or traps were around the entire time. However when they got to their stronghold an endless barrage of killer robots set to destroy appeared in front of them. They had been trying to fight them off for a while now that is until the robots encircled them and they were surrounded. "So what now Mento?" he asked ready to fight everything in front of him.
"Ordinarily I'd say we should take them down, but Beast Boy why don't you lead on," Mento stated to the green boy next to him.
"MENTO ARE YOU NUTS!!" Beast boy yelled at his former leader.
"No Beast Boy, you once told me that we have to work smarter not harder, and I think now is a perfect time to prove it once again. So you have anything in mind," Mento exclaimed.
Thinking for a moment he did have a few ideas on what to do but he also knew how Mento would react to them. "Alright I do have an idea of how to get in there but you're really not gonna like it," Beast Boy said.
"If you'll think it'll work, lead on," Mento replied wondering what Beast Boy's plan was.
Stepping in front of the Doom Patrol, Beast Boy dropped his guard, put his hands in the air, and exclaimed, "We give up!" They all stared wide eyed at him and wondered what he was doing.
"Beast Boy what are you doing?" Elasta Girl asked shocked at what he was doing.
Still keeping his arms raised in the air, he turned his head to look at the four shocked Doom Patrol members. He knew this is how they were going to react. "Guys, you're going to have to trust me on this. This is the best way to get inside," Beast Boy whispered. The Doom Patrol looked around and saw that the robots were still ready to destroy them within a second. They didn't want to believe it but he was right so in defeat they raised their arms as well to show they surrendered.
The robots took their surrender as genuine and grabbed their hands and began to lead the inside. They were all brought in one group so they were able to whisper amongst themselves without anyone noticing. "- so when I give the signal, everyone make a break for it," Beast Boy said telling the Doom Patrol his plan. They all gave a light nod to the plan Beast Boy had just explained. They were soon brought to two large metal doors with the Brain's insignia, and then the doors were pushed open revealing a rather large room. Within the room there was a large tower that exited out of through the roof, a television that displayed a world map, and standing on a platform in front of it was the Brotherhood of Evil.
"Welcome Mento to your destruction," the Brain said to his greatest advisory.
"You've said that before and yet I'm still here," Mento stated in a mock tone.
"You forget Mento, it is I who has you captive," the Brain said trying to deter the hero.
"For the time being," Mento replied.
"It mater's not Mento, for soon you along with the rest of the Doom Patrol shall be gone," the Brain said in an evil tone.
"Yes, and then soon the world shall be ours for the taking," Madame Rouge added in her Russian accent.
The Brain directed his attention away from his old adversary and towards the green changeling beside him. "I see you brought the little green one with you. That's good now all of you can be destroyed together," he said with a malicious tone.
"Yeah right Brain like that's going to happen. You know you always make a mistake when it comes to capturing me," Beast Boy said with confidence in his voice.
"Oh, what is that Beast Boy," the Brain asked amused with what he was implying.
"You really underestimate me. Guys now!" Beast Boy yelled to his teammates. And with that the Doom Patrol easily broke free of the robots grip and destroyed them. They huddled back together in a battle formation ready to take on their greatest adversaries.
"Nice plan green bean," Robot Man complimented.
"Yeah, I can't believe it actually worked," Negative said in a surprised monotone voice.
"Good job Beast Boy, now let's finish this," Mento exclaimed. Beast Boy nodded in appreciation and agreement and got ready to face the toughest opponents he would ever have to fight. They then stared down there opponents and then jumped into action.
Mento first fired a psychic wave the brotherhood causing an explosion. They were all separated away from each other and the Doom Patrol members went off to fight one. Elasta Girl and Negative Man battled against General Immortus and his massive robot army. Robot Man faced off against Mallah and Mento was up against Madame Rouge. That left Beast Boy alone to try and stop the Brain's plan. He reached the ledge they once stood and discovered a control panel. He pressed a few buttons then the whole ground began to shake. He looked behind him and saw the tower was lowering. It wasn't a tower at all but a cover for their new device. When it finally seceded back into the ground it revealed a giant black sphere with a countdown monitor in the middle of it. "What is that?" Beast Boy asked to no one in general. "Ah," he yelled as a blaster behind him fired and he fell down from the ledge. Rita saw this and managed to catch him before he fell to the ground.
"It is called the Neutron bomb. It is able to split every atom and molecule down to its base level and disintegrate them into oblivion," the Brain answered as the other Brotherhood members surrounded him.
"We were hoping to test it out in the field by destroying a city. But now I see it would be better to use it here, wouldn't you say leader?" Rouge asked to the Brain.
"An excellent idea Madame Rouge," the Brain agreed. "Capture them," he ordered to his robot legions.
"Everyone fallback," Mento yelled to his teammates. They all turned around only to be stopped by more robots. "Guess we have no choice but to fight," he exclaimed.
"But Mento there are too many even for us to fight," Beast Boy tried to tell him.
"Kids' got a point. What are we going to do," Cliff asked Mento
Mento thought hard about the situation they were in. If they tried to fight their way through then they would be captured. If they gave up then they would be captured, and if they ran away, the Brotherhood would test their bomb on a defenseless city.
He made a decision and he knew all along that it would probably come to this and this is where his team oath would come in. "Everyone we have to make sure that the Brotherhood of Evil does not use that bomb. No matter what it takes we have to destroy it," Mento said with his leader tone.
"But Mento if we destroy it then-" was all Rita got out.
"I know. But if we don't then the world will be at his mercy," Mento stated. "It has been an honor fighting alongside all of you," he said with sadness in his voice and yet there was also a hint of happiness too. They all smiled and nodded and turned to face their enemies. "Now let's finish this," he exclaimed ready for what may be his final fight.
In Beast Boy's mind something else was going on. He remembered the events from this morning as well as his promise. 'Sorry Raven looks like I'll have to break my promise to you,' he thought as he readied himself for the fight of his life to protect the one he cared about most.
The Brotherhood of Evil smirked at what their choice was. The Brain then lit up the jar that protected his brain and gave a remote command to his robot army to destroy them. When Mento saw them move he gave out his order, "Doom Patrol attack," he exclaimed to his teammates. Robot Man tackled and fought all of the robots that got in his way hand to hand. He punched all of them in the face as so they would not get back up. Rita increased her size to the size of a skyscraper so she was able to step and swat at the robots as though they were common bugs. But when the robots fired lasers at her she reverted back to her normal form to dodge the attack. Negative man shot out his shadow form to attack the robots in his way. Like Robot Man he also fought hand to hand but he could only do it in this form. But he could only do this for a few seconds before having to return to his body. Mento used his mental powers to levitate and crush the robots he fought. As robots fired at him he used his powers to pick up metal plates to protect himself. Beast Boy transformed into a Tyrannosaurs Rex and attacked his enemies. Using his monstrous jaw, he crushed the robots and the ones that got away he swatted away with his gigantic tail. However they could not keep this up for long, for the more they destroyed the more the Brotherhood would send out.
"Great the more we destroy, the more they send out," Negative Man said in his deadpan voice.
"Doesn't matter, If we don't get to that bomb then the world will be at the Brotherhood of Evil's mercy," Mento shouted to his teammates.
"Ahh," Beast Boy yelled as he was knocked into a wall. He struggled to get back to his feet but he was hit pretty hard. "Mento, we can't keep this up for long," Rita said to him as she watched Beast Boy struggle.
After she said this a blast exploded behind them causing a hole in the wall. "You don't have to," a voice said responding to Rita. As the smoke cleared it revealed five people, it was the Titans finally caught up to others.
"So is this a private party or can anyone attend," Cyborg said as he punched his right fist into his left hand.
"Oh look now the minor announces have shown up. Now we may destroy everyone in our way in one move," the Brain stated, "General Immortus, if you please."
"With pleasure, battalions' fire," General Immortus commanded as he pointed his sword at the Titans.
"Titan's move," Robin yelled to the others so they could avoid his oncoming attack. They all responded and got out of the way. They each went in different directions to help out the Doom Patrol. Robin went to help Mento and Starfire went to Negative Man, while Cyborg went to help Elasta Girl. As for Raven she went to the struggling Beast Boy as he was still hurt and was now being bombarded with blasts. Raven got in front of Beast Boy and put a shield up to protect them both.
"You okay?" Raven asked as she saw Beast Boy stand up.
"Yeah I'll be fine. Just a little winded is all," he answered, "How did you guy's find us? I didn't have my communicator with me,"
"We just followed the coordinates that Mento told us about last night," Raven told him matter-of-factly.
"Oh," was all he could say.
"We can talk about this later. Right now we need to stop the Brotherhood of Evil." Raven stated to her green teammate. He nodded and got back to his fighting position ready to help her. Raven dropped her shield and they jumped at the robots in front of them. They both nimbly dodged laser fire and destroyed robots left and right, once they got near the bomb Madame Rouge jumped down in front of them.
"Children, when will you learn?" Rouge asked rhetorically as she outstretched her arms in their direction. They both got out of the way in time and began to attack Rouge. Beast boy transformed into a gorilla and tried to smash her, but Rouge used her rubber powers to dodge the attack. She was by far the worst opponent for someone like Beast Boy. Raven then used her dark powers to capture Rouge, and it worked for a moment until she thinned herself in order to escape the dark girl's powers.
After a while Beast Boy realized that they were getting nowhere and they needed a new tactic. An idea crept into his head and he knew he would need Raven's help to pull it off. "Raven, I've got an idea but I need you to hold off Madame Rouge for a minute. Can you handle it," Beast Boy yelled to her. She nodded in reply and captured her in a ball of dark energy. Seeing his opportunity he transformed into a sparrow and traveled to the control board of the bomb. He typed in a few buttons and the bomb went into a countdown sequence. It was set to explode in five minutes.
"Beast Boy you activated the bomb," Robin yelled to him.
"Well yeah. And unless you want to be nothing I suggest we get out of here," he retorted to Robin. They all nodded and made their way towards the exit. All the robots were destroyed so the exit was an easy reach. Beast Boy made sure everyone else got out before he did. He was just about to leave when he felt a hand on his shoulder and then pull him back in.
Everyone got out of the building in time and managed to make it a safe distance away before the bomb exploded. As the bomb went off a huge explosion went dust and deprive went in every direction outward but was then all sucked back into another explosion shooting upward and raining down on the area of detonation.
"Well looks like we managed to stop the Brotherhood of Evil once again. But knowing them they probably escaped," Mento stated.
"But at least were all alive and we have Garfield to thank for that. Most of this was his plan," Rita said happy with him.
"I believe congratulations are in order to the little grass stain," Cyborg said jokingly and sincerely. They all went to face Beast Boy but noticed that he was nowhere to be found.
"Beast Boy? Beast Boy, where are you?" Robin shouted trying to find his friend.
"Where could our friend be?" Starfire asked with concern in her voice, as Beast Boy was nowhere in sight.
Robin thought about this for a minute he remembered that Beast Boy was right behind him, but when he exited the building he saw no one behind him and assumed that Beast Boy merely transformed into a bird and got ahead of him. After seeing that this was not the case he soon realized a dreaded thought. "Oh no," he spoke in a small whisper. The others looked at him at the pure expression of shock and sadness on his face.
"Robin, what's up man?" Cyborg asked to his leader scared of what his answer might be.
"Beast Boy, he didn't make it he didn't make out," Robin spoke not believing his own words. Everyone else gasped at Robin's statement and told themselves that he merely ran off somewhere but knew that this was not the case and slowly began to accept the enviable: Beast Boy was dead.
