Chapter 53: Down In Mexico

Authors Note: TITANS GO! This is what's replacing Young Justice. We went from an awesome well written show to a crappy slap stick kids show. God I know I brag a lot but look at the commercial, I saw it this morning on a recorded episode and I already feel nauseous. But on to important matters.

If you noticed I put up a few character bios, more will be up soon. Also when I get more info on the game I will do a separate story for Injustice Gods among us. I am not just going to do if from a few words and a demo.

And also, we are coming close to an end here. I was going to do a separate story arc but now I want to do a duel. You'll see in a later chapter, but for now just read and enjoy. I am going to do a sequel that takes place five years later. And your homework assignment is to send me a PM separate from the ones you sent me before and tell me what you want me to write for your character. So Daniel Wilks Light seeker and so on does not send me messages on our previous boxes make a separate one. Thank you and enjoy.

Also, thank you for your kind words about my cat it really makes me happy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Batman.

The Shadow Warriors had packed up all of their weapons and any other useful equipment and made their way to Mexico. According to the flash drive Mystico's village was called 'Las Mazanas' just a simple little town built in the desert on Mexico.

They mostly make their living selling vegetables to the town and running deliveries in and out of town. They haven't been targeted by Javier or his drug peddlers until a few months back. That's when people started missing and homes started getting repossessed. Mystico's father led a small resistance against Javier, but his army was nothing but a handful of angry civilians going up against Slade's crew. They never stood a chance and Mystico's father was killed instantly.

So now she was holding their friend, who was now a fox, hostage and they were flying down to Mexico. Everyone is in the back of the Raven sleeping while Red is flying the jet and Shadow is riding co-pilot looking at his Ipad.

"So, what are the chances we'll find Slade there?" Red asked. Shadow looked over at Red then back at his Ipad.

"Pretty good, this photo was taken a few days ago." Shadow said. "I figure we find him, beat some answers out of him then you can off the fuck."

"Music to my ears."Marcas grinned, but then looked concerned. "But what about this Cyrus guy, what's his story?"

"I got a tad bit desperate and did a search from police records to the Justice Leagues profiles." Shadow said bitterly. "They said his name is Wrath, he was a former member of Ra's Al Ghul's league of assassins. He was actually considered to be Ra's most elite assassin, but there were…complications."

"He got too vicious." Red stated.

"Bingo, he started to view people as worthless maggots who deserved to be killed." Shadow said. "After murdering killers and corrupt associates he would burn down houses with families, rig vehicles to explode or crash and my personal favorite manipulating the military to massacre villages." Shadow's expression dropped as he threw his ipad in his back pack. "This guy is a fucking monster."

"The kind Slade attracts." Reaper said as he walked up behind them. "What about him having Adonis?"

"Remember our resurrected friend Seth Gallagher?" Shadow asked. "Well, I remembered Slade said that when he absorbed my power he absorbed a perfect sample of my blood. Then Slade stole a sample of Seth's blood and was able to manufacture a perfect sample off my Adonis power."

"And then he gave Cyrus your power as an icebreaker." Reaper said.

"Yup."

"By the way how does your power work exactly?" Red asked.

"I don't know, I acquired it after Jason died, that's around the time I became Shadow." He explained. "After that I created small samples, but never anything strong just a boost."

"Well, if Slade gives anyone else these samples we're screwed." Reaper said.

"Agreed, that's why we're ending this today." Shadow said with determination.

(!)

Shadow and his team landed a few miles outside of Las Manzanas. They hiked in the rest of the way and approached the village. It was a large enough settlement with shops and a few dozen houses. Everyone was either feeding chickens or tending their vegetables while the warriors moved in. They were all in their regular clothes walking down the street until they reached the main house of the village. Maria was supposed to greet them, but instead Flynn was jumped by a fox. The fox had him pinned on the ground and licked his face multiple times while the rest of the warriors laughed.

"Hey, looks like someone missed you." Blaze chuckled.

"Well, he did always attract a foxy lady." Jason said.

"Guys c'mon she's slobbering all over me!" Flynn shouted while fox Hilary ran her tongue all over his face.

"That's never been a problem before." Sarah giggled.

"I hate you all!" Flynn shouted.

Everyone's laughing slowly died down as Maria walked onto the porch. She wore a simple black hoodie over a blue tank top and tan khakis with a pair of white shoes.

"She's been a hassle. Of course what do you expect from a person who's been turned into a fox?" Maria chuckled. "I'm glad you came."

"Yeah well…we just so happen to be looking for a man who might be supplying your man Diego." Jayden said. "Plus my girlfriend nagged me to help you so I really couldn't say no."

That earned him a swat upside the head from Ally, who walked up the porch and into the house. Everyone else followed chuckling at their leader's misfortune. Jayden let out a low grumble and was about to go in when he felt something rubbing up against his leg. He looked down to see Hilary in her fox form.

"Hey, I kept my end now you keep yours." Jayden said.

"Fair enough." Maria said.

She walked down to the small fox and placed her hands on her back and head. She glowed orange for a minute before turning back into her human form. Hilary quickly got up from the ground and stretched her limbs out examining to make sure she was all there.

"Hey your back." Flynn said wrapping an arm around her.

"Yup, and I'm all fired up." Hilary grinned. "But first things first."

Everyone was downstairs examining the display models of the village and what looked like a factory in the center of the basement. There was also a display bored with building blueprints and pictures of Diego, Slade and a few others on it.

Everyone heard footsteps coming down the stairs and saw Jayden and Flynn walked down first. They were then followed by Hilary who had her arm wrapped around Maria's shoulder, who now had a swollen lip.

"Hey girl, you okay?" Ally asked.

"Yup, now we're all even." Hilary said nudging Maria playfully. "No hard feelings."

"Okay, can we get started now please?" Mark asked. "What is our mission?"

"Right Maria, tell us what you know so far." Jayden asked. Maria circled around until she stood before the warriors at the end of the display.

"Okay, until a few months ago Javier Diego has been using this abandoned factory to cook his product." She explained. "It used to be just him before these men," She pointed at a picture of Slade behind her. "Came into town with their men and cargo, after a few months they had the entire factory up and running again. What they are making we don't know."

"Wait, what is this building behind the main factory?" Max asked.

"Both of these factories are for mining." She explained. "This factory is a majority of the mining and this factory in front of it melts it down and distributes it. That's mostly where my people are."

"What about this building, the one you decorated in tin foil." Jason asked pointing at the small block covered in foil.

"That we do not know, they built that when they first got there, but with all the cargo coming in and out there's no way that small building could hold all that." Maria stated. Everyone started looking at one another as if knowing what they were thinking.

"An underground lab." Blaze chuckled. "Sick bastards are probably making all their toys and goodies down there."

"You think they are making more Meta Humans like Damian Cole or Col. Johnson?" Flynn asked.

"Possibly, Slade has been doing this since the day we all joined forces." Max explained.

"I say we just nuke this fucking place and take out Slade his little bitch and Diego." Hilary grunted.

"We can't, Slade isn't dumb he know super heroes Justice League or not, can't get involved with human affairs unless absolutely necessary." Red said.

"He's right." Mark chipped in. "As far as anyone knows this is just an untouchable drug lord. If we go in and just start blowing up Mexico the Mexican Government will think we are invading and trying to take over. It would give everyone an excuse to gun after the Justice League."

"And us." Sarah said.

"And we don't need the military or the League crashing down on us." Jason chuckled.

"So we need to show them proof that crimes against humanity are happening." Ally said.

"And we need to be quick and quiet." Zack chipped in.

"Without hurting the civilians." Kris said.

"So what's the plan?" Sam asked.

"Okay," Jayden said while taking a head count. "Okay seventeen of us and half of us are stealth while the rest is either demolition or muscles."

"So who do we send?" Maria asked.

"Ronin, Hitgirl, Whisper, Breeze, Surge, Red, Mystico, Artemis and I will infiltrate the factory." Jayden said. "Reaper, Gauntlet, Phoenix, Apollo, Star and Dusk will guard the town in case Slade tries something. Thanatos and Theodosia will be our back up. If anything goes wrong you guys bail us out."

"Got it." Theodosia and Thanatos said.

"Wait a minute, why is she going but I'm not?" Sam asked pointing at Kris.

"She's good with a bow stealthy and quiet." Jayden stated casually. "And before you ask it's because I don't want to cause too much mayhem with our super powered teammates."

"What about Surge and Mystico, hell she isn't even part of the team." Blaze snapped.

"I need you guys here, we don't need an army for this mission we need a recon team to free the slaves and get evidence." Jayden snapped. He pulled out a small metal case and opened it to show it was filled with eight pairs of sunglasses. "I want everyone on my team to wear these. They are the same glasses as mine. I programed them to send the data to Thanatos and then he'll email them to the right people and we take wrap everything up our way."

"I'll be fine Sam trust me." Kris reassured as Sam smiled at her and nodded.

"Alright, I'm ready when you are." Maria said.

"Okay, we all have our job people let's get to it." Jayden said.

(!)

After the meeting Mystico hooked the warriors up with some stolen uniforms and a cargo truck. Red and Shadow rode in the front while everyone else rode in the back. They were slowly approaching the factory and Shadow radioed his crew.

"Okay guys, get ready." Shadow said. "Mystico you, Breeze and Ronin will free the civilians in the mine. The rest of us will move into the main facility and go from there. Stay in radio contact."

"Got it we won't let you down." Breeze said.

Shadow clicked off and Red looked over at Shadow with anxiety in his eyes.

"What's our goal?" Red asked.

"We're going after Slade." Shadow said. "Who is the other guy the one dressed in red high tech ninja armor and the sunglasses?"

"His name is Red Saber, I saw a few pictures of him in the Justice League's file." Red said. "He works for someone else though who I don't know."

"Well, let's go ask him."

(!)

They made it through the check point with little trouble and proceeded through the shipping area. Their mercenary uniforms were grey t-shirts and black cargo pants and boots with beige tactical vests. Their guns were glocks and APC sub machine guns the rest of their equipment they left at Las Mazanas, besides their common handguns and Artemis's bow she was able to smuggle in, the team had to make this fast and safe.

"Okay, just through this building and across the bridge and we'll be in the mines." Shadow said.

"I will evacuate the people I will need to trust you on this Ronin and Breeze." Maria said.

"I know loss, you will have my word you're people will be safe." Ronin promised.

"Me too, I saved my sister from monsters like Diego." Breeze said.

"Thank you." Mystico said gratefully.

They made it outside and eventually started to split up. Artemis took cover on top of the buildings with her bow while Ronin snuck into the prison cells and Breeze and Mystico went into the tunnels.

While they made off to the tunnels Shadow and the team made it into the main building. They didn't need clearance since they told the guards Deathstroke needed them urgently and they let them in immediately. Once inside they saw how plain the main lobby was. It was just a white wall to wall room with a black floor and a lone elevator that required a keycard.

"Well, we're not going this way." Hitgirl grunted. Shadow shrugged it off as he connected his master card to his wrist mounted computer.

"Oh ye of little faith." He chuckled as he swiped his card. It took a couple of seconds until the light on the lock blinked green and the doors opened. Shadow chuckled as he pocketed the card. "Thank you Thanatos."

"You're welcome." He responded on the headset.

"Coming?"

Hilary rolled her eyes and stepped in with the rest of her team and rode the elevator down. After a minute they arrived at the underground testing facility. There were multiple scientist running around while luring test subjects into chambers and hauling crates of unknown products away.

"Jesus, how do villains do this?" Higirl said observing the underground lab.

"Secret lairs are always being built so the evil can spread." Surge said.

"We need to find Slade now." Red said.

"What we need to do is save the hostages." Whisper snapped. Meanwhile Shadow was talking on his head set.

"Okay, I got it thanks." Shadow then turned off his headset and turned towards his crew. "Okay, there's a freight elevator that leads to a landing pad on the south side of the building. That's where we'll extract the civilians from down here."

"What about topside?" Hitgirl asked.

"Breeze already found a mine shaft that leads to the topside, when I give the word that we're all clear they'll tell the workers to rebel against the mercs. Thanatos will back them up and get them to the Raven then swing around and pick us up. Right now you guys will free the remaining hostages in the holding cells Red and I will go to the main lab and get the evidence we need to justify our actions."

"Hey, we might even get some recognition from people they might see us as heroes." Surge said.

"We're not doing this for love we're doing this for peace." Whisper grunted causing Surge to glare at her.

"There's nothing wrong with a little positive feedback Whisper." Surge gloated. "Don't forget if we have supporters people might not hate us as much as they do now."

"We all have our jobs people now let's get to it." Shadow said

"Oy listen up Mi Amigos."

Everyone looked up at the balcony overlooking the lobby of the labs to see a tanned Mexican with messy black hair. His eyes looked wide and manic as he frantically licked the corner of his lips. He wore a red silk shirt under a black business suit jacket and a pair of jeans and white sneaks.

"Javier Diego." Surge sneered.

And standing next to him were the men Red were looking for. Slade and Red Saber.

"Listen up pendejos." He shouted. "I just got word from my two associates that there is a group of renegades in the town of Las Mazanas who plan on stopping me." He then slammed his hands on the rail and everyone jumped except the warriors. "Me, they plan on killing me in my village that's a part of my fucking kingdom. They have no idea who they are fucking with here."

He then took a deep breath and swiped his hair back giving him a neater look. He then looked back down at his men and smiled sadistically.

"Now, the little bitch who hired them is the daughter of that puta Sanchez I wasted way back then." He explained. "I am going to go down to that shit hole village and I am going to burn it to the ground and stick her head and the heads of all those fucking punks The Shadow Warriors heads on fucking pikes. Afterwards we need to abandon this base so you." He said pointing down at the warriors. "I want you guys to help the scientist pack up all our shit in the labs and put them on the jet. I'm not talking just crates I'm talking files, recite even the shit I just took and pack it all up. The rest of you gear up. We're going to war!"

He then let out a loud shout and left laughing manically. Red watched as Slade followed him out of the main wing. He came back to reality when he felt Jayden shake him from his daze.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Red said.

"Geez, that guy has seen too much death and has consumed too much drugs." Hitgirl chuckled.

"Power and greed does that to a man, no matter how strong they think they are." Whisper deadpanned. Just then Shadow got a call from Breeze.

"Shadow we just got word from Diego's men that they're clearing out and heading for Las Mazanas." Breeze said. "What do we do?"

"Stick to the plan, Diego said told a lot of his men to gear up so we'll have less security to deal with." Shadow said.

"My thoughts exactly." Ronin commented in the back.

"We're almost done on our end so sit tight." Shadow said. He then turned to his men. "Okay, here's the plan. Mark, you Hitgirl and Whisper will clean out the lab and Red and I will…where's Red?"

To everyone's surprise Red was gone and no one had seen where he had gone. Shadow stomped his foot on the ground and looked up at the balcony. At this Surge let out a sigh.

"That stupid son of a bitch is going to get himself killed." Surge grunted.

"Dammit, okay, Surge you go save the civilians and Whisper and Hitgirl will evacuate the hostages. I will go get Red." Shadow grunted.

"Let's not get ourselves killed huh?" Hitgirl muttered.

"Yeah."

Shadow then made it to the second floor and went after Red.

He knew situations like this were only going to go from bad to worse.