Unexpected Allies

Chapter 9: Fun... or Not

Manette's POV

I wasn't getting very far by trying to break through the nearly impenetrable wall that between me and the tower's controls.

You'd think whoever did this would leave a nice hole in the wall, but nope. Almost as if the wall healed itself behind them... or rather, they never had to hack into it in the first place.

So I changed tactics.

Instead of trying to regain control of the tower, I could hack into small parts of the tower, like the doors and lights.

Then when the intruder tries to use them, I can jump onto the signal and hack into their tech. That way I can disable the virus remotely and find out where or who they are.

And it's working. I'm trying to be discreet and unless they're using a camera in here to monitor my progress, they probably have no idea.

Currently, I was still trying to find a- Got it. Now I was in their mainframe and looking for the virus. There it is. Come here you ugly little heifer.

Suddenly the door slammed shut and I flinched.

"Raven." Dick said.

"On it."

She wrenched open the door and looked outside just in time for one of those training programs to punch her.

She flew back and crashed into the main computer, right between Damian and Dick.

"Raven!" Damian exclaimed as Dick ran forward to attack it and the others that were flooding through the door.

I turned back to my computer and hurried to shut them down. I got to the virus and started to rip it apart, ignoring the fighting behind me. I would just have to trust that they had my back.

"Manette! Go to Raven!" Damian told me, running over with his sword drawn.

I nodded and sprinted over, jumping into a protective purple shield as Damian covered us.

"You okay Raven?" I asked as Dick joined us.

She nodded weakly and struggled to keep the shield up as the monsters beat down on it furiously.

I went back to my screen and bit down, tearing apart the virus as best I could. Without Dick and Damian working to distract the intruder, he's probably noticed what I'm doing. Which is also probably why we have such a big issue right now.

The shield flickered and Dick cursed, readying himself. Damian right beside him.

Then I shut it down.

The shield collasped just as the beasts disappeared in a static buzz and the alarms turned off.

I grinned.

"You did it." Robin huffed, breathing out a sigh of relief.

"Now lets see who our culprit is." I told him.

I used my grip on their mainframe to fight through the intruder's weak attempts to stop me. I got into their surveillance system and saw two folders with different sets of cameras.

One was labeled MAIN ROOM and the other was labeled TITANS.

The rest of the team ran in and I paused, turning around to look at them.

They were all okay.

"What happened here?" Cori asked.

"The simulation. Luckily, Manette stopped them. She's hacking into our enemy's cameras now." Dick said.

"Is Raven okay?" Jaime asked.

"She'll be fine." Damian told him.

I nodded and turned back around, clicking on TITANS.