By the time the three Titans arrived on the scene in the T-Car, the police had practically taken over the entire city block. Robin opened the side door and walked right over to the commissioner without waiting or even glancing back at Cyborg and Starfire, both of whom were still getting out of the car.
Cyborg let out an annoyed grunt while Starfire couldn't hide the hurt look on her face. "Why does he have to act this way? He is still our friend, yes?" She asked Cyborg.
"To be honest Star, I don't think friendship is even on his mind right now." Cyborg reluctantly said. They both then began to walk toward Robin and the commissioner.
Robin turned to see them but focused on Cyborg.Damn, why did he have to come along? I can't deal with him contradicting everything I say right now, Robin said to himself for the upteenth time since cyborg had joined him in the car. "Cyborg, why don't you scan the surrounding area for evidence?" Robin ordered him.
"Alright, boss." Cyborg said begrudgingly and walked off. Starfire stood quietly beside Robin, looking at him worriedly.
Robin looked at the bodies that seemed to be in the shape of an adult male and a child hidden under white sheets. "Can we see the bodies?" Robin said to the commissioner. Once he saw under the sheets, he knew that the "Heart Eater" had claimed two more victims.
"Fuck, I wish Beast boy was here. He would at least make this shit job somewhat entertaining." Cyborg said to himself. He hadn't hung out with him in what felt like forever, seeing as he was always in his room alone, or occasionally with Raven.
He had asked Raven what was wrong with Beast Boy once but she had just said "He needs some time to himself right now." In her monotone voice. Come to think of it, that was the only time I've spoken to Raven in a long time as well, He said to himself.
Raven spent all of her time in her room now, refusing, much like Beast Boy, to go on missions. Cyborg remembered Robin had tried to get her to use her magic to help him find the Heart Eater a week ago. All she said was "I have far more important things to do right now" and walked away.
Cyborg stopped walking and sighed; all of the happy memories he had with the team flashed through his eyes. "Why do things have to change?" he said to himself. He stared at the ground when his electronic eye picked something up on the ground.
It was a very small trace of blood, so small that normal police devices wouldn't even have picked it up. He followed it with his eye and saw a trail of blood heading down the alleyway. "What do we have here?" He said to himself as he began to follow it.
The mysterious girl sat in an alleyway waiting very… impatiently. "Fuck, he just had to have a knife, didn't he?" she said to herself, in a sarcastic voice, as she thought back to her victim's father who had stabbed her. She lifted up the bottom of her hoodie to take another look at the incredibly painful hole in her gut.
"Who's idea was it to make me immortal without indestructible skin?" she said to herself. She then looked at the ground next to her, only to see a discarded McDonald's bag with what sounded like a rat inside. "There has to be a nicer place to rest." She said as she tried to stand up. She had overestimated her own strength, however, and started to fall on her face, only to be caught by what looked like a half- man, half-robot.
Robin sat at his desk back at Titans' Tower, looking at all of the crime scene photos the police had given him. They showed a father and son with both their necks snapped by strength alone. Twisted, thought Robin, whoever this is, they are definitely a Joker-level psychopath.
He looked at the victims' chests again to see the Heart Eater's signature "Black Mark." Robin didn't know how the killer did it but every one of his victims' chests had turned completely black, and not only th…
Robin's train of thought was cut off by an email from the coroner's office. He opened it to see the Heart Eater's other signature. The Coroner had cut open the victims' chests to find out that their hearts had disappeared.
"It's confirmed then, two more victims." He added their names to the list of lives the Heart Eater had taken. "In 35 weeks, 39 victims. Whoever he is, he needs to be stopped."
"Are you okay, miss?" Cyborg asked, after he helped the girl to her feet.
"Yes I'm fine." She said in an unconvincing tone.
Cyborg looked at her. The girl was blonde, and wearing a ratty hoodie and ripped jeans. Probably a runaway, Cyborg thought. He then noticed what looked to be a large blood stain on the right side of her hoodie.
"Miss, you don't have to be afraid. My name is Cyborg. I'm one of the Teen Titans. I can help you." The girl looked unconvinced. "Could you at least tell me your name?" Cyborg asked.
"Alice."