Chapter 1: Vampires are Real?
"Order! Order! Order in the court!" Queen Hippolyta yelled. The crowd grew silent. "Bring forth the accused." A man dressed in a ranger's outfit from Lord of the Rings, chocolate brown hair, dirty brown eyes that were filled with a burning hatred, and tan skin came forward pulling another man covering in black armor by his chains. He then threw him in front of the Hippolyta's station. "Sir, you have been charged with escaped time from prison for thievery, what do you have to say to this charge?"
"Nothing that you would believe," the man said.
"Well," Hippolyta started. "Tell us anyways Batman."
Few Months Prior
"You're right Wonder Woman ," Batman said once he finished examining the body. "It's just like the one's in Central and Coast and the other cities."
"Making it the sixth in the last two weeks," Wonder Woman added. "Great."
"Ugggg!" Stargirl exclaimed once she saw the body. "How do you two stand looking at that?"
"You get use to it after looking at enough of them," Batman responded. The body of a young woman about twenty who had died from loss of blood. She had series of claw slashes on her shirt as if she had been mauled and there were two circle punker marks on her neck.
"Woah!" Firestorm exclaimed. "What happened to her? It looked like something in between a vampire and a werewolf attacked her."
"That because it WAS something in between a werewolf and a vampire." They turned to see a man in a black tux, he had chocolate brown hair, dark brown eyes, and tan skin.
"Sir this is a crime scene," Wonder Woman said. "You need to get behind the yellow tape." The man pulled out his wallet and showed them his ID.
"My name is Robert Hood," he told them. "I'm the head of the United States department of discovering and fighting the supernatural."
"Since when is that a thing?" Firestorm questioned.
"It's actually been around 'a thing' since before the founding this country," Robert told him. He walked over the body and examined the marks. "Yes this is the work of a lycanthrope desmodontinae."
"A what?" Stargirl asked.
"A half-werewolf half-vampire creature," Robert informed her. "Most likely the work of David Cain."
"David...Mr. Hood if you know something about these murders would you please care to inform us fully," Batman demanded. "We're trying to solve this case."
"Of course I'd be more than willing to," Robert responded. "If this is who I think it is I'm going to need the League's help. But I'd prefer if I was involved in this case to the end. I'm not Commissioner Gordon, Batman. I want to work side by side with the League on this." Batman then felt a ringing in his ear.
"Go ahead," Batman said into his comm.
"Batman another body was found and it looks like the wounds on the other six," Superman informed him.
"What is it?" Wonder Woman asked Batman.
"Another body was found in Metropolis with the same markings," Batman informed her. He activated his comm. "Superman, Blue Beetle, Cyborg, Jonn', and Flash meeting in the main room now." He took his hand off his comm and turned to Robert. "You can explain the whole thing then."
"So why are we having this meeting?" Flash asked.
"And who's the civilian?" Cyborg asked. "I thought we weren't allowed to have civilians up here after the Booster Gold incident."
"My name is Robert Hood," he told them. "I'm the head of the United States department for discovering and fighting the supernatural. And I know who killed those seven people."
"Who?" Blue Beetle questioned. Robert pulled out a thumb drive and plugged it into the computer. He then pulled up a file and showed it on the screen. It showed a picture of a furry, huge, buff man with long claws, fangs, and blood red eyes.
"His name is David Cain," Robert Hood told them. "He's a crossbred between a vampire and a werewolf. He has the powers of both. Meaning on a full moon he'll have the looks of, hunting skills, sense of smell and hearing, and claws of a werewolf. But when it's not a full moon, he has the powers of a regular vampire but not all of them. Meaning he has hypnosis, super strength, but not the ability to turn into a bat. David Cain is most wanted for the murder of over fifty humans and has never been caught."
"How has he never been caught?" Firestorm asked.
"He's extremely powerful and resourceful," Robert answered. "We've been trying for years to capture him but he has managed to escape us every time."
"Where will you send him once you capture him?" Superman asked. "I don't think we have a prison to contain a vampire."
"There's a special prison we've created for that," Robert responded.
"The Monster Prison Camp," Wonder Woman said. "I've heard about it before. My mother use to tell me stories about it. From what she said no one has every escaped from it. Is it true?"
"Unfortunately no," Robert told her. "One has." He pulled up another file. This vampire looked more human and had blonde hair and blue eyes. If you hadn't seen his fangs or his extremely pale skin you wouldn't have known he was a vampire. "His name is John Valjean. He's a half-human half-vampire and he was arrested for stealing a blood bag from a donation bank."
"That's low even for them," Wonder Woman responded.
"Agreed," Robert said.
"So what other types of vampires are there?" Batman asked.
"Well there are half-vampire half-werewolves, which are quite common," Robert started. "Their weaknesses are silver, wooden steaks, and sunlight. But none of them are fatal to them since they have the other side to balance out that other weakness. Then there are pure vampires, which are the type you all are most familiar with. They have super strength, hypnosis, turning into a bat, and they are vulnerable to sunlight, wooden steaks, and garlic. Then there are half-vampires which are half-human. They don't have all of the powers of a pure vampire or weaknesses which is why most of them are not vulnerable to sunlight. And the last breed we know about is half-magician and half-vampire. But they're so rare we don't know a lot about them."
"Or they just keep to themselves and don't cause trouble," Batman said.
"Unlikely," Robert responded. "Now what we do know about them is that they don't have all the powers and weaknesses of a vampire for instance some don't have the power of hypnosis. And the magician part allows for them to tap into their animal spirit, which is always a bat. It gives them a second skin for protection, wings, claws, and some times they can unleash a sonic screech. But all their powers are unknown since they're rare."
"So do you know where David Cain is going to strike next?" Superman asked.
"Well from it looks like, he's attacking at each one of your Leaguers' cities that you each protect on your own," Robert noticed. "He's probably trying to get you guys attention. The only one he hasn't attacked yet is Gotham." He turned to Batman. "Your city. That's probably where he'll go next."
"Which means we're all going with you on patrol tonight, Batman," Superman said.
"Fine," Batman growled. "Just don't get in my way when it's a regular criminal. It's still my city."
