The woman was trapped. Trapped in the alley that she had been chased into.
"What do you want?" She cried. "I'll give you anything, just let me go!" Something in the shadows shifted, and two red eyes glinted.
"What I want from you is something that you will not walk away from." A voice hissed.
"Are you...Are you going to kill me?" Silence. "I don't want to die! Please!" The woman was hysterical.
"Yes."
A scream rang out.
"What is so important that it could not wait for the morning?" Kaldur asked. His eyes where tired, but not irritated.
"This was Batman's idea, not mine. Here's a copy of the file for each of you." Robin passed out manilla folders with the case details inside. They began flipping through them, and M'gann was the first to speak up.
"These are awful! Who could do such a thing?"
"Or what. It looks like we have a vampire loose." Wally said.
"Right. Vampires. The walking dead are committing murders. I don't think so." Artemis said. "But it is a good way to spread fear."
Just then, Batman came in on the large screen in the main room.
"Team, someone called the police about a scream. It is within the radius of the last victims. Go there and determine if it is the same person, and if you find anything contact the League." He gave them the address and the screen went black.
"To the dark alleys of Gotham we go." Wally said.
When Aqualad and the rest of the team arrived at the crime scene, police and C.S.I.s were everywhere. The team stayed at a distance, observing.
"What a mess." Artemis said.
"Whoever is doing this really knows how to make an entrance." Robin answered. They were speaking through Miss Martian's telepathic link.
"We should go in for a closer look." Aqualad said. "Batman wants a report." He led the way to the officer in charge. It happened to be Commisioner Gordan.
"Robin. What are you doing here?"
"We're here to help solve the murders." Robin answered.
"We need all the help we can get, but I was hoping Batman would be here." Gordan rubbed the back of his neck. "This city is going crazy."
"In your opinion, do you believe this victim is connected to the others?" Aqualad asked.
"Yes. The punctures, the lack of blood at the scene. But this body is still warm. We just missed whoever killed her."
"Mind if we take a look around?" Robin asked. But he was already sure Gordan would say yes.
"If you think it would help, go ahead. But be careful."
She answered her phone.
"Did you find my leftovers?" The voice on the other end laughed.
"You need to stop this."
"Or what? You will? The Justice League will?" The voice laughed. "No one can stop me."
"I can."
"But you won't. You can't even catch me." The voice paused. "You know, some interesting teenagers seem to be looking for me. I wonder what they taste like."
"You're sick."
"You're weak. I think I may have found a new prospect." She froze. "Hello? Are you there?"
"Leave her alone. She doesn't belong to you."
"She soon will, though." *click*
This was a dangerous game of cat and mouse she was playing. But with each victim, she got closer. Closer to finding the killer that had haunted her for years. She observed the group of teenagers speaking to Gordan from her place on the building above them. They certainly were different.
"Guys, this might be nothing...But I'm sensing some kind of sorcery." Zatanna said. "It's faint, and really strange, but it's there."
"So whomever committed this crime uses magic?" Aqualad asked.
"Maybe...maybe not. The traces are so small...I don't know. But this is no ordinary psycho." Zatanna dropped her hands from her temples. "Something supernatural is going on here."
"Whatever, or whomever it is, has a scientific explanation behind it. There has to be." Kid Flash said.
"It does not matter. We must report back to Batman." Aqualad said. The team left, unaware that they were being followed.
She watched them enter the mountain. It was good hiding place, one that was for the most part impenetrable. But she knew that no one in there was safe from him. Especially the unlucky girl he had chosen to pursue.
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