Chapter 3: Watch Your Back

"Sandra Cain?" Batman repeated. "Do you have any relationship to David Cain?"

"Yes, he is-was my husband," she told him sadly. "And he is the father of my child. But you never answered my question. Why are you doing this?"

"You needed help," Batman responded. "I couldn't just let you be taken off to jail. You didn't do anything wrong. You didn't deserve to go there."

"Thank you sir for your kindness," Sandra said softly. "I just couldn't bare the thought of what would happen to my little girl if I..."

"And you won't ever have to," Batman replied tenderly and quickly. "You can stay here until you can get back up on your feet. And if you want me to, I could bring your daughter to you." Sandra smiled.

"I would like that very much," Sandra said softly and quietly before yawning.

"You should get some sleep," Batman responded. "It's late."

"Thank you again, kind sir," Sandra yawned. "Goodnight." She then sank down into her bed and fell asleep under the covers. Batman smiled before pulling the blankets over her.

"Don't worry," Batman said quietly. "I won't let you be sent to that horrible place. I promise."

"Is she alright?" Robert asked as he walked up to Superman. They were in Gotham General and standing outside of the woman's room and it was only them.

"The doctor says she will recover fully within a month," Superman informed him. "She was severely injured and if Firestorm hadn't interfered she..she .wouldn't have made it at all."

"Any markings?" Robert questioned.

"Well...she...she, no, except for some human teeth marks," Superman answered hesitantly. "On her breasts. It looked like he was..."

"Trying to assault her," Robert finished. "Typical. He does that to all of his female victims. Assaults, rapes, feeds on their blood, and then they die."

"That's...awful," Superman responded. A doctor walked out of the woman's room. The doctor turned to face them. "Anything new?" The doctor shook her head.

"No," she told them. "Like I've said, she'll be fully recovered in a month time. Now there's nothing more to see. So if you please..."

"Yes of course," Superman said. They both left the hospital. Superman tapped his comm link. "Jonn', teleportation for two to the Watchtower please."

"Of course," Jonn' responded. They both were teleported up and the three teen heroes ran up to meet them.

"How was she?" Stargirl asked.

"Is she gonna be okay?" Firestorm asked.

"The doctor said she'll recover within a month," Superman answered.

"Is there anything we can do?" Blue Beetle asked.

"Yes," Robert said. "We can find David Cain."

"He was...terrifying," Firestorm responded. "He looked unhuman and beastly."

"Which is exactly why we need to capture him," Robert told him.

"But how?" Superman asked. "You've said that you and your organization have not had any luck capturing him."

"I know," Robert responded. "I know." He walked over to the computer and pulled a map and on it were red dots. "But there has to be a pattern. He always attacks in a specific pattern. But what's in common with all of these cities?" They walked over towards him.

"That's odd," Firestorm muttered.

"What's odd?" Robert asked.

"The fact that all the cities that this guy has attacked are a Leaguers' city," Firestorm said. "Like how Metropolis is Superman's, Gotham is Batman's, Flash's is Central, Green Lantern's is Coast, and so on."

"He's right," Superman responded. "Each one of the cities where an attack has happened is a Leaguers' home city."

"But why would he do that?" Stargirl asked.

"He's trying to get your attention," Robert responded. "He's done that with my men several times."

"Oh! That would explain why there was a note there," Firestorm said. They turned to looked at him.

"What note?" Robert asked. Firestorm pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to him.

"I found it next the woman while I was trying heal her," Firestorm explained. "Didn't know what it was about though." Robert unfolded it and read,

"Watch your back."

A Week Later

Cyborg was currently doing some work on the computer on the observation desk.

"Find anything?" Robert asked as he walked in. Cyborg jumped briefly before calming down when he saw that it was Robert Hood. Cyborg sighed and shook his head.

"Not really," Cyborg informed him. "There's not much residue on the note that he left behind that we can trace. The only thing found on it is cave mush but we can't search every cave near each of those cities without alarming him. Also we don't know where all of the caves are. I've been trying to narrow it down every since we've gotten the note but I haven't had much luck." Batman walked in. "Especially since we've been so busy trying to stop him from killing any more people. This is the first time in the last three days I've been able to sit down and work on it."

"Pull up a topographical map of the United States," Batman said. Cyborg jumped up a bit before doing it.

"Could you please not do that?" Cyborg said. Batman walked next to the two of them. "Here it is. Why did you want to see it?" Batman ignored the questioned and after a minute pointed to a wasteland area several miles west of Gotham.

"That's where he is," Batman informed him.

"How do you know?" Robert asked.

"He may be a vampire but he has limits," Batman started. "He has to be some place where he can reach each city within one night's flight and still make it back before dawn. This is the only spot where he could do that and not get caught." Cyborg zoomed in and saw that there was a cave there.

"And there's a cave in that area," Cyborg added. "Perfect!" Robert looked at him with the corner of his eye. How did he know that there was a cave in that area? "I'll get the rest of the League and we can head there now."

Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, and Robert Hood walked into the cave while Cyborg and Firestorm watched the cave entrance, and the other two teen heroes were on standby. Robert pulled out a flashlight and turned it on the dimmest setting as they continued on inside. They saw several bats flying above their heads and heard several screeches.

"Huhh! I'm bored!" Firestorm exclaimed.

"Dude, we're only been out here for five minutes," Cyborg told him.

"I know but all we're doing is watching a cave," Firestorm said to the air. Cyborg raised an eyebrow. "I know it's important but..."

"Um...who are you talking to?" Cyborg asked. Firestorm turned to face him.

"Um...well," Firestorm started. "You see when I "power-up" I combine bodies with an old professor. So when I'm in this form I have him in my brain and I only I can hear him."

"Huh?" Cyborg responded.

The trinity and Robert Hood continued deeper into the cave when all of a sudden they heard a loud low growl. They looked around frantically trying to find the source when they heard a loud screech. Then Robert shown his flashlight on a large beast. He had long fangs, claws, dark brown almost black fur, and blood red eyes. Robert's surprise turned into a scowl.

"David Cain," Robert said . "Finally."

Note: This is not the end.