Warnings for the whole thing! - DO NOT READ if you can't handle the following - Rape(Not involving Slade), Violence, Mental anguish, Character Death, sadness of a high variety, Molestation, Illness, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Blood, More may be added later.

Disclaimer - Characters and world belong to DC Nation. I only own the story which came from my psychotic brain and will not be used for monetary gain. ;)

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"Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature." ― Max Brooks, World War Z

The coffee was fresh and tea hot as both Robin and Raven sat at the table, enjoying the odd quiet filling the tower. The other Titans were still asleep, it early, sun barely peeking over the horizon, Robin used to not sleeping, ad Raven not needing as much sleep due to being a half blood on her father's side.
While this was the usual morning routine between the pair, Robin was tense, Raven noticing but not caring to mention it, coming to the assumption the other had just had another bad nightmare, knowing he had them often, and every so often one would stick with him after he woke.
Beast Boy was the next Titan to walk from the hall, something that made the two already at the table exchange looks.
"What's with the stares, dudes?" Bea's ears leaned back.
"It's early." Robin responded simply.
"Woke up and couldn't get comfortable again."
"Okay." This was bad, the last time the changeling had woken earlier than noon without the alarm sounding, Starfire had woken up early to make them all breakfast, and set the kitchen on fire. Robin stared to the few black scorch marks that still painted a few of the cabinets. "Are you sure that's the only reason?" The leader began scanning the room in case anything seemed out of place.
"Dude, relax, Sta's still asleep." Bea assured with a short laugh, knowing what the other was thinking. "Oh, dude! My friend online sent me a news thing! Zombies!" Beast Boy remembered, pulling out his phone, before presenting it to his friends, which displayed a news line 'Zombie Attack in Metropolis'.
"Beast Boy, there's no such thing." Robin replied simply, appreciating the distraction.
"Dude! It's in the news!"
"No, it's on Buzzfeed."
"Buzzfeed is news!"
"Not a reliable source." The changeling huffed at this, going back to reading the article.
"Says someone ate someone's stomach opened!"
"Bath salts." Robin informed, sipping his coffee.
"'Not even Superman was able to help the individual, forced to keep them locked up until they relaxed.'" The youngest read on. "'They are still currently being coin...confined.'"
"Beast Boy, there's no such thing as a zombie, it's just a coincidence, probably another stronger drug."
"I'm telling you, dude, they exist." The youngest said, a smile spread from ear to ear.
"Just like dragons." Raven chimed in.
"Hey! I've seen a dragon!" Bea objected, crossing his arms over chest.
"Sure you have." she sipped her tea, not feeling the need to say anymore than that.

It wasn't a week later when the leader started to get emails from various news sites he subscribed to about a mysterious illness spreading across the country.
Beast Boy woke around eleven each day.
Robin unable to relax.
Another week, and the changeling woke at nine, bird more tense, on edge, the alarm ringing.

"Dude! Zombies!" Beast Boy cried displaying a look of horror.
"There's no such thing! Just keep them away from others!" Robin replied, a ting of annoyance hidden in the order.
The Titan's tried to round up the infected, illness making its host violent, irrational.

Star hauled the rotting forms over a locked fence, dropping them to the opposite side, so they wouldn't be able to attack the healthy. Beast Boy, in the form of a rhino, herded his section into a nearby corner. Cyborg simply pushed the group into the same corner, while Raven caught five to ten in her magic, lifting them above the fence, lowering them along with Starfire's. Robin forced them to the side with his staff, able to do little without hurting the ill minded individuals.
"Robin! There are more comin'!" Cyborg cried over the commotion.
"Keep rounding them up!" The leader replied simply, looking around to see the dozens of people flooding towards the commotion in the middle of the street. Robin was holding back his panic, able to hear the distant screams, knowing the infected were violent. "Don't let them infect you! We don't know anything about this virus yet!" As he spoke these words, a scream rippled through the air, a moment when all the Titans froze, the surroundings going silent for a brief moment, team turning, seeing Starfire holding her wrist.
"That bad man bite me!" The girl cried, shaking lightly, red spiraling down her arm, dripping off her elbow.
"Starfi-ahh!" Robin screamed next, wrestled to the ground by a large form, boy fighting with the creature snapping down on him, snarling his teeth down at the boy, hearing his team scream for them both, obviously trying to reach them. "Don't- Don't worry about me… Save Star!" Robin cried as Cyborg ran his way, half robotic man nodding, turning to the Tamaranian just as gravity took effect.
"Starfire! Get away from her!" Raven tried to lift the girl from the surrounding predators, not being fast enough as three of the creatures caught her feet, pulling her back to the ground, starting a tug-o-war. Raven gritted her teeth, attention glued to the beasts, trying to shake them off, though neglecting the ones below herself.
"Raven! Watch out!" Beast Boy screamed, panicked as his friend was plucked from the sky, breaking concentration. "No!" The changeling yelled as the girl was pulled, magic shot as Starfire was dropped, changeling near hyperventilation as he watched the animals tear through both the girls, mind screaming for him to run. Bea whipped his head around, spotting Cyborg, though seeing he was already being consumed, screaming, attempting to throw the attackers off his person, though he soon collapsed.
Robin saw the teeth snapping towards him, an arm weighing on his throat, gasping as the mound of dead weight lie over his struggling form. He tried to roll the beast off him, unable, forcing his boots under the man's stomach, finding he was more capable of doing that, using all his strength to force the thing off him, rolling backwards to his feet.
"Robin! Robin! We- we- Star- I-" Bast Boy was frozen, stuttering on his words as he stared at where Cyborg had been, hearing Robin to his side a moment later.
"Beast Boy! Snap out of it! Run!" The leader cried, grabbing the boy's arm, trying to wake him up.
The youngest didn't snap from his daze, but he still ran, body taking over as the bird dragged him from the fight, hearing a loud bang as the fence holding the infected fell against the struggling weight. The noise only made the pair flee faster, Beast Boy nearly tripping, though Robin kept him on his feet, refusing to lose him in the chaos.

"Wh- what are we gonna d-do?" Beast Boy panted as the other stopped running.
"We need to get back to the tower." Robin said, trying to stay strong, when in reality he was on the brink of panic himself, running a hand through his hair. "Can you walk?"
"I can- I can fly us to the tower…" The changeling said, Robin surprised he was feeling okay to shape shift.
"We should get to the roof, that way those people… things can't reach us." Robin's face hardened. Bea nodded, turning into a smaller bird, following Robin as he swung, scaling the side of the building.
Beast Boy turned into a pterodactyl, Robin holding his claws as he flew towards the toward, above the carnage, leader staring towards the ground as the monsters attacked citizens, who attempted to flee, healthy seeming to already be outnumbered by the ill, not standing a chance against the advancing enemies.

Walking from the elevators, the pair entered the living quarters, Robin immediately feeling a gun to his head, Bea freezing with a gulp.
"Slade." Robin seethed as the man nodded his way, lowering the gun. "What do you want?" Robin asked, seemingly unaffected by the greeting.
"Avoiding the infected. This is the most secure building in the city." The man replied.
"Didn't stop you."
"I have hacked in the past, boy." The man slid his gun back in holster, before turning to the changeling. "Where are the rest?" Neither spoke, Beast Boy choking at the mention, even Robin sucking in a sharp breath. Slade hummed, crossing his arms over his chest.
"We don't have time for this." Robin said, walking stage left, flipping off the lights.
"What are you doin', Rob?"
"I'm not willing to guess these things won't notice we're here."
"Zombies can't see." The younger teen said.
"I never said these were zombies."
"These are zombies." Slade said, whether it be to state information, or irritate the bird, they'd never know.
"That's ridiculous."
"Dead rising to consume the living, spreading the disease by biting people. Yes, ridiculous to call them zombies." Slade said simply.
"Can we sit on the couch or are you going to aim a gun at my head for that too?" Robin ignored the man's mocking tone.
"Not unless you turn." Slade assured,
"Sit down, Bea. Play a video game or something." Robin couldn't think of any other way to calm the boy's nerves from the prior experience.
"Okay…" Bea said, sinking to the couch, picking up the remote, Robin brewing coffee in the kitchen.
"So how long do you plan on being here?" Robin asked, not turning to face the man as he spoke, watching as the pot filled with coffee.
"Until it's safe out there, or no longer safe here." Slade replied, looking out the window. "Speaking of which."
"What?" Robin turned, attention fully on the other as he put down the pot, walking to his side to look out the window as well. "Beast Boy, we'll have to go soon." He turned, leaving his cup on the table. "Grab what you'll need." The older Titan ran to his room, starting to pack what he'd need for the future, knowing they couldn't possibly stay there forever.
"Rob?! Where are you going?! Dude!" Beast Boy cried as Robin left, throwing the controller to the side, and watching Robin vanish behind the metal doors.
After packing his belt with anything he'd need, he returned seeing Bea staring at him in confusion.
"Not yet, just have what you'll need ready, should also pack some food in case they get through." Robin suggested, already going to the closet, grabbing a few bags to pack for if, or when, they had to leave.

"I'd think you'd eat better, Robin." Slade said, pulling out several bags of chips, a jar of pickles, three Twinkies, and half a jar of peanut butter.
"We're the 'Teen' Titans." Robin reminded, hearing an amused exhale, shoving a third of a bag of bread, three and a half bags of coffee beans, and a quarter bag of goldfish in the bag. Bea quickly shoved a box of pop tarts, and a bag of gummy worms into the duffel, finishing up quickly to get back to his game, Robin pouring his coffee, settling to Beast Boy's side, watching him play a racing game.
It wasn't two days before the things somehow got through their defenses, through the elevator doors, which opened
To reveal six to ten of the rotting corpses, who piled out of the confines of the space. The alarm hadn't blared, electricity having gone out the day prior. They had back up generators, they were mostly connected to the med bay in case of emergencies. Beast Boy and Robin played board games and cards, Slade mainly cleaning his weapons, and keeping them ready if an attack occurred, as it now did, him, with his sensitive ears, being the first to hear the elevators, which should have been dead due to the power, open, and the thuds, and moans that followed, though Robin and Bea seemed to hear a moment later.
"Get up. Aim for the head." Slade ordered, handing, or more like shoving a gun into the closest teen's hold, Beast Boy in this case, making the youngest startle, paling.
"Dude!"
"The only way to kill them is to destroy the brain."
"We can't kill them, Slade, they're just sick." Robin jumped in, voice firm, Bea dropping the gun, making Robin flinch, not sure if the safety was on, and half expecting a misfire..
"Suit yourself." The man picked up his gun, holding it himself. "Just don't expect me to follow the same rules." A click sounded as the mercenary cocked his gun.
"I would never expect that of you." The bird shot back.
"We'll have to take the stairs." Robin said as the first creature sluggishly limped past the door frame, Robin kicking it against the wall, gaining a look from Slade. "Didn't kill him." He said, watching the 'man' start to stand again, though Slade shot him in the head. Robin shot him a dangerous glare, while Beast Boy swallowed, before vomiting to the side.
"Secret passage." Robin said, attempting to distract the fact, tugging Bea's arm towards the stair case, Slade following after, shots fired whenever one of the zombies got a bit too close for comfort.
Slade slung the duffel bag over his shoulder, seeming he'd be the one carrying it, taking note as Robin grabbed a briefcase as they passed a closet near the stairs.

"So… like is, Slade… coming with us, dude?" Bea asked Robin as they climbed down the stairs, glancing back at Slade.
"Ask him." Beast Boy wouldn't ask him, terrified of the man in all honesty.

They made it to the underground tunnel, air dense, group silent as they walked, Robin and Beast Boy thinking about the corpse in the hall, and their fallen teammates, both remembering each detail of their individual encounters.
A hand on the leaders shoulder made him stop walking, Beast Boy freezing as well, having heard, ears pulled back, both Titans turning to see Slade place a finger over his lips.
A growl sounded, or more like a high squeal, Robin taking stance, pulling out his staff to defend if needed, younger boy going on the defensive as well. The trio stood in silence, listening for the sound, tension high as they stood, all standing firm.
Robin lashed out as a small creature jumped his way, striking the ball of fur.
"Robin! It's just a mouse, dude…" Beast Boy frowned leaning down over the animal. "I think you killed it…" The changeling sighed, frowning as he looked to the bloodied mound, Robin weary.
"Bea, I'd be careful-"
"Ahh!" The creature pounced, pushed away by a panicked hand as it attacked the green boy, Slade pushing him aside as his foot slammed onto the vicious thing with a sickening crack.
"Let's go." Slade said, seemingly unaffected by the event, walking by the pair, who followed, Robin pulling Beast Boy along by the arm, him in a state of shock, seemingly near tears. "It wasn't alive to begin with." Slade said, blatant in the fact the youngest Titan was being unreasonable, the Titan who now felt a single tear travel the length of his face, the sound of the creature being crushed against the track playing on a loop in his mind.

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