The night was a usual one. The moon was a faint crescent on the dark sky that was brightened by the restless activity of the city above. The stars were hard to make out due to that.
All the better for the criminal that was currently fleeing throught the twisted alleys of Jump City. He had broken into a Jewelry and stolen a couple of necklaces. He was dressed like your ordinary bankrobber. Dressed in black with a black balaclava over his face, leaving nothing but the eyes to be seen.
The Titans had split up. Raven and Starfire were searching the sky. Beastboy followed a scent, that he believed to be the robber's. Cyborg scanned the area with his sensors and Robin had immediately chased the robber down the alleys, losing the others before they even knew he was gone.
He wasn't far behind the culprit. Only about ten metres. Then the robber rounded another corner, but when Robin did the same he was nowhere to be seen.
Had he ducked behind one of the trashcans?
He didn't have much time to think about it, when someone landed on his shoulders. The weight forced him down to his knees, the person jumped off him. When he looked up his vision was strangely clouded. His head was dizzy and he blinked to see clear again. The person that stood in front of him knelt down before him and leaned towards his ear. He couldn't make out any details.
„On the verge of death you must drink the blood of a vampire to become one. I shall bring you there", the person whispered.
The next thing he felt was a sharp pain in the region of his aorta.
After that his memory went hazy.
The only clear thing a distant laughter in the dark.