Chapter 2: Sandra

Special thanks to my older brother for helping me edit this. Sorry for the long wait!

Batman was in the middle of a fight with some drug dealers when he heard a beeping in his ear.

"Batman where are you?" Superman asked.

"I'm busy," Batman responded. He quickly dodged a large piece of wood that one of them was using as a weapon.

"Want some help?" Superman questioned.

"No," Batman responded. He dodged a man armed with an empty wine bottle. He grabbed his arm and kneed him in the gut. "I can handle this. What do you want?"

"We're just wondering where you were," Superman said. "We're starting to patrol and we figured that you should know. And also wondering if you knew any particular spots David Cain would most likely attack."

"The Narrows is an extreme possibility," Batman told him. "And so is Crime Alley."

"Okay, thanks," Superman said. "Superman out." Batman then finished off the crooks and tied them up in a rope. The cops then walked over to him and saw the men. Batman handed one of them a folder. "Here's the evidence." Batman then grappled up the rooftops. He started heading for Crime Alley. He was almost there when he heard a loud feminine scream. He jerked to a halt and ran into the direction of the voice. He then found the source of it. He saw a pale young woman being held back by a man and there was a group of men around them.

"Hey! Let me go! Let me go!" a woman exclaimed from down below while thrashing about trying to get free. He was about to jump off to help her when she head-butted him, stomped on his foot, and elbowed him the stomach. He let her go and she started to run when she ran into some of the other men. She punched one of the men so hard that blood dripped down his face. The other men started to charge her and she started fighting them. She was doing remarkably well holding her own. Then Robert Hood then walked up and saw what was accruing. Wonder Woman and Stargirl were with him and he felt his heart race in horror.

"Oh no," he muttered.

"Hey! What's going on here?" Robert Hood asked. Silence and stillness fell over them. The woman was terrified and shaking while the men were in a panic.

"She's a vampire!" the man exclaimed fearfully. "And she was trying to feed off me."

"No! You were trying to assault me!" the woman exclaimed bitterly. "Sir please."

"Madam do you expect me to believe YOU a vampire?" Robert Hood said doubtfully. He was right in front of her. "Madam you are under arrest for assault." She started crying and got on her knees in front of him. Batman was horrified and angered.

"Sir please! I didn't do it on my life! Please!" the woman pleaded with floods of tears. "I have a child! She'll die if I go to jail! Please! Mercy!" Wonder Woman and Stargirl felt their hearts break for her. Wonder Woman started walking towards her when Robert Hood stopped her.

"Do not approach," Robert ordered her. "Vampires are heartless, master manipulators." Batman gritted his teeth. The man had the nerve to...

"Sir this woman is crying," Wonder Woman responded. "She needs help."

"Yeah," Stargirl added.

"Ladies, vampires are powerful in hypnosis and that's what she's using right now," Robert informed them. He turned back to her. "Unless there is someone to speak for you..." Batman jumped off the roof and landed nearby them in the shadows.

"I can," Batman said. He walked out into the open. The others were somewhat surprised at seeing him. "I saw the whole thing. They were detaining her not the other way around." He turned to the men. "How do you know she's a vampire?"

"She's got fangs and claws!" one of them said. "Clear indications."

"Batman...," Robert Hood started.

"Tell me something Mr. Hood," Batman said in an angered tone. He was now face to face with him. "If she was TRUELY guilty, do you think she'd be begging for mercy instead of fleeing? She needs a hospital not a prison." Batman turned to the woman and knelt down to her. She turned to look at him and he saw her tear stained face. He put his hands on her shoulders. A tear fell down her face and he wiped it off. He smiled weakly. He pulled her up and reached up his hand to his ear.

"Jonn', teleportation for two and prepare the medical bay for a blood transfer," Batman told Jonn' over the comm. They were instantly teleported away. Wonder Woman and Stargirl were surprised at what they had just seen. Batman, THE Batman, had shown kindness? That was a rare sight and a peculiar one. Robert Hood was surprised and angered. What made HIM think that she was innocence? In fact, what made him think that some vampires kept to themselves earlier at the meeting. A buzzing in Wonder Woman and Stargirl's ear interrupted their thoughts. Robert though still pondered what Batman had said to him both earlier and recently.

"Yes?" Wonder Woman asked.

"We've got another victim," Superman told them. "Who is seriously injured but still alive."

"Did you see David Cain?" Wonder Woman asked.

"Yes, but he got away," Firestorm said. "I was trying to save the lady cause she was still alive when we got there and Superman went after the vampire."

"Yes but his claws are magical so he was able to do some damage on me," Superman informed him.

"You alright?" Wonder Woman asked.

"Yes but still a little shaken up," Superman responded. "Where are you?"

"We're near Crime Alley," Stargirl said.

"I don't understand," the woman said. She was on a hospital bed in the Watchtower. Batman was setting up the equipment for a blood transfer. "Why are you helping me?"

"You needed help," Batman told her. "And I couldn't let you die."

"But...why?" she asked. "I'm a vampire and you're human. They hate my kind." He walked towards her and sat on her bed.

"What's your name?" Batman asked.

"It's Sandra," she said. "Sandra Cain."