2 The Escape

(First-person point of view)

I attacked the first thing I saw which was a giant ugly G-gnome. Dodging the giant's attempt at hoping to kill me, I lock my eyes on the beast. Angry. Annoyed. I jump and punch its head so hard it gets knocked down while also thankfully taking out other G-gnomes in the process. "What the hell..." I say out loud, surprised at how strong I am now. Not long ago I was an average Human only dreaming of having this sort of power.

I take a look around and see the others handling the weaker ones with relative ease so, I decided to take care of the stronger ones. Turning around I spot another one of the giant G-gnomes. Running straight at him I punch his hand hard enough that it makes him fall and quickly start punching the thing managing to knock them out. Looking around I see that Desmond isn't in sight which means he's probably going to his lab to get project blockbuster. That's good I needed Desmond to run away so I can take the serum for myself. If I manage to get it I can hopefully find a way to gain a power-up without turning insane and looking like an abomination.

After dealing with the rest of the monsters I looked around seeing none of the G-gnomes are left standing. I turn around to look at Robin and shout. "Which way is the exit to this hellhole!!" Hoping we can finally leave this place. "This way." He tells me as we start following him to the way out, while also taking out any more G-gnomes we see in our way. Finally, we make it to the elevator, using my super strength I pry open the elevator doors. I see Kid Flash and Robin looking down at the twelve-story drop below them, and the never-ending darkness above them.

Kid Flash jumps to the side of the shaft, while Robin grapples up to get to a couple of floors above them. I grab a hold of Aqualad's waist and jump quickly holding on to the wall tightly, hoping to god I don't fall. After a few more jumps we hear the sound of whirring from above. "Guys this will have to be our stop." Robin says, annoyed at the situation.

Aqualad and I open the doors showing that we are on floor SL-15. We were able to make it out just before the elevator squished us to bits and pieces. I hear multiple footsteps coming our way. Most likely G-gnomes coming our way to try and stop us.

"Turn left brother." A voice says in my head. I remember this scene in the show. It's when Dubbilex helps us find a way out of here.

"Turn left!" I tell the others. I start running in the direction he's telling me. I just hope he's on our side.

"Turn right"

"Right" We make a turn, only it leads us to a supposed dead end. The air vent is our exit to this place.

"Great directions, Supey are you sure you're trying not to get us killed?" Kid Flash says sarcastically. "Actually this is perfect!" Robin says happily.

"We're going to use the vents." I tell Kid Flash, as he realizes our chance to escape. Aqualad uses his Water-Bearers to open the vent as we get inside. We start moving as Robin leads the way as he has a map of the vents. The worse thing about these vents is the small space and the dirtiness of them.

"At this rate, we'll never get out!" Kid Flash whines, and I have to agree with him at the pace we're going it will take a while until we see the light. Wait a minute. I'm hearing some noise behind us. "Wait." I tell them, I figure out that they got into the vents. "There inside the vents!" I say.

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Desmond, Dubbilex, and Guardian are seen running down a hallway. Desmond is seen with a tablet in his hands that's showing a ventilation system. "Someone, Robin, I'd wager, hacked our systems deactivating internal security cameras." His voice then turns smug. "But he forgot about the motion sensors." The tablet shows four dots in the vents following their path, and two groups of three dots converging on them. "The Genomorphs are closing in on them. They'll be coming right over here!" He opens the door to an empty bathroom. "We have them cornered." He says smugly, standing before the vents. Waiting.

As the vents open instead of the teen heroes, four G-gnomes come out. Falling onto Desmond and the people behind him. "He hacked the motion sensors damn it!" Desmond says angrily, his face red with anger.

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"I hacked the motion sensors." Robin says as I smirk remembering the scene on the show. It was pretty funny. We continue moving finally out of the vent.

"Sweet" Kid Flash says happily, able to now stretch his legs. Speedsters really can't stay still in one place for a while. "Still plenty of us and out." Robin says, irritated that we're still in the building.

"Don't worry I'm pretty sure we're almost there" I tell him, getting a nod from him. I know there's an exit because I remember the scene from the show, plus the stairs are right next to us.

Kid Flash brings his goggles down over his eyes. "But I've finally got room to move." then opens the door and starts running up levels at super-speeds. I see him taking out them all out and clearing the way for Aqualad, Robin- who is still hacking- and me.

"More behind us." Robin tells me. As I slam my foot on the connecting stair. Knocking the whole staircase down and all the G-elves on it. Good riddance.

Kid Flash continues up the staircase at super speed, making out the door that indicates that he is at Sub-Level 1. As he does an alarm begins to blare, and massive doors in front of him close. His eyes widen as he realizes he won't be able to stop in time. "Oh, crud." Hitting the doors hard, his head hitting first, then falling back to the ground a few feet away from the barrier then tumbling over twice before coming to a stop on his butt.

"We are cut off from the street." Aqualad grumbles annoyed as we Finally caught up to Kid Flash. While the G-gnomes may be weak they're annoying in numbers. Kid Flash rubs the back of his head with a grimace. "Thanks. My head hadn't noticed."

I walk past the fallen speedster, punching the door, but not even getting a dent in it. "How strong is this thing?" I thought mad that it was not opening. Even when Aqualad takes one side of the door, we still can't open the damn thing.

"Can you try hacking it?" Aqualad says to Robin. "I can, but by the time I get it open they probably would have caught us." He says frustrated about our predicament. We hear some G-trolls growl and two of them come from around the corner. I see Robin kick a door that was to our right. "This way!!" He yells at us Huh how didn't I see that before?

The G-trolls fortunately can't make it through the door, but in the adjoining hallway is a bunch of G-elves, another pair of G-trolls, and Guardian waiting for them. Not to mention a G-gnome on every creature's shoulder. Behind us, a third G-troll and a half dozen G-elves cut them off. Shit.

One of the G-gnome's horns begins to glow, setting off a chain reaction as all the other G-gnomes do the same. Linking everyone against the heroes telepathically. I see the others straighten out of their dropped stances before falling to the ground. I fall to my knee's as I hear someone talk to me. Dubbilex.

"Perhaps for the sake of all Genomorphs, our brother should make up his own mind." Dubbilex says to all the Genomorphs telepathically.

"It's you! You were the voice in my head helping me!" I say already knowing it was him, but I can't just tell him that it would be weird and suspicious.

"Yes, brother. I set the fire and lured your new friends into Cadmus, woke them when they were in danger-" Dubbilex lists.

"And helped us." I finish what he was going to say. "Why did you?"

"Because you are our hope, the Genomorph hero. You will blaze a trail for all our brothers, showing us the way to freedom." Dubbilex tells me.

Guardian groans and grips his head, then the G-gnome jumps from his shoulder. "What's going on?" he questions, stirring Aqualad back into consciousness.

"What is your choice, brother?" Dubbilex asks me as he stands tall. "...Freedom," I tell him with conviction. "I want to be free from this place."

"Feels... like fog... lifting." Guardian manages as the other three teen boys get back to their own two feet as well. "Guardian?" Aqualad asks since right now his head is clearer than Robin and Kid Flash's. "Go ill deal with the bastard Desmond." He tells us.

"I think not!!" Says Desmond as he appears looking disheveled, tired, and crazy. " YOU FOUR RUNIED EVERYTHING IF YOU HA-" I knocked out the crazy scientist before he could finish whatever he was going to say, while also managing to take the serum from his hand before anybody can see it. Keeping it in my pocket.

"So is it finally over?" Kid Flash says nervously as he's surrounded by so many Genomorphs. Aqualad sighs. Tired from everything that's happened so far. "Now we can call the league." He says as he presses the symbol on his belt. It starts to light up and blink signaling that it's contacting someone, probably Aquaman.