A/N: 19 reviews from an anonymous person… either I have 19 fans that are excited or just one who's REALLY excited… either way it made me happy

My finger hovered over the button of the telephone. Should I really call him? Would he even be able to help me? Was it really a good idea to talk to him about vampires considering his recent encounter with Dracula and all? I honestly didn't know.

Circumstances made the decision for me because in that very moment the alarm started to ring again. I glanced outside, not a single ray of sunshine left, perfect.

I couldn't keep the smirk off my face when I mounted my motorcycle.

It was almost as if I could feel the night outside these walls, hear it calling to me.

On the streets I was going faster than I ever had, but still felt like I was in control. Maybe being a vampire wasn't so bad after all.

"Looks like Dr. Light is at it again", Raven commented, when she saw the culprit arise from the dust cloud in his trademark suit.

"Gee, can't that guy give us a break?", Cyborg sighed.

"Time to test out my new abilities", I took off my helmet and breathed in the night air. Starfire threw me a concerned glance.

Raven wrapped herself in shadows and went to keep him from fleeing, along with Beastboy who had turned into a hawk. The rest of us followed.

The villain fired a heavy salvo of light blasts, obviously not having gotten over his fear he attacked Raven first. She couldn't react fast enough and was hit in the chest, falling a few metres.

Beastboy meanwhile transformed into a pterodactyl and rammed him from behind. This seemed to trigger an automatic mechanism in his suit because it released an intense light wave. I was momentarily blinded by it.

"Ha, you couldn't catch me then, what makes you think you can catch me now?", he sneered from atop the building.

"I do!", Starfire shouted and attacked him with some blasts of her own. Some of them he dodged, some of then he countered with his own, in the end he triggered another light wave.

But this time I was prepared. Even with closed eyes it was easy to make out his steps. I took out my bo staff and tried kicking his legs out from under him but he was too fast, so I hit him in the side with my staff. He stumbled a few steps and I opened my eyes again. I saw Cyborg and Raven prepare a joined strike when Dr. Light spotted them as well. He fired off another salvo and in something that I couldn't quite explain I jumped in the way of the bolts, shielding Raven.

I had been hit by his bolts before but never had it been this painful. It felt like they were burning through my flesh, searing, hot, charring.

Before I knew it I was on all fours, panting. This was not normal, not normal indeed.

Why had I jumped so foolishly to protect Raven, who probably could have protected herself?

Why were these blasts suddenly that much worse?

Why was my mind slowly slipping away?

Everything around me suddenly seemed coated in… glass. Every edge, every speck of dust, everything was strangely sharp all of a sudden. Everything was so clear, yet I couldn't act according to it.

My control over my limbs was slowly slipping away, I couldn't move an inch. My body didn't seem to be bothered by that, though. It happily stood up again, growled a bit at our enemy and went into a strange crouching fighting stance.

Then there was the rage, infernal, primal rage. He had tried to weaken me, he had tried to destroy me, he had tried to kill me.

And I was hungry.

I bared my fangs.

"Beastboy, don't go near him!", I heard Raven shout but I didn't really care why she was saying that.

I only wanted Dr. Light and nothing else.

To the left, to the right, that man didn't know where to look, I was too fast for his eyes.

Too fast for him to blast me.

Before he knew it I had knocked him to the ground, hovering over him with a triumphant grin.

Oh yes, I was hungry.

I could hear his fast-beating heart, smell his delicious scent, feel the material of his suit tearing as I ripped it open and finally taste his blood as I sank my teeth into his neck.

Oh, delicious, warm, sweet blood.

So much, so tasty, no restrictions.

With every mouthful I felt the power inside me grow. I wanted more, more of it, more than he could ever give me-

"That's enough, Robin!"

A hand pulled me away from my victim.

It was Raven, invoking that strange feeling of subservience in me again.

Then I saw them.

The shocked faces of my friends.

Cyborg, staring at me with disbelief, Beastboy, eyes locked on the floor, Raven, hiding her emotions and finally Starfire, wide-eyed and her hands clasped over her mouth.

What had I done?