Jump City - Down Town - 11 PM
The JCPD was holding back the horde of civilians and reporters on the streets, all the while the Titans examined the crime scene. Robin looked at the corpse of the woman and sighed, placing a sheet over her respectfully.
Cyborg was scanning the area for signs of a struggle, and found more than enough evidence to deduce that she was attacked, she defended herself, and that the killer ran into the alleys. Cyborg looked at the trail and informed the others "Got a trail guys, we following it or not?"
"Follow it dude." Said Beast Boy as he turned into a bloodhound and followed the scent of blood down the alleys with Cyborg and Robin. They walk was short as they eventually came to the bloody alley with jibs all over the place, making Beast Boy stick his head in a garbage can and puke. Robin sighed then asked Cyborg "Got anything?"
Cyborg looked around and shook his head, stating "Too many prints and too much genetic waste... Damn it!" He punched the wall and asked "Two years, Robin! Why can't we catch this guy!?"
Robin however simply stared at the bloody and asked "Got anything, Starfire, Raven?" Starfire flew over the block and informed "I got nothing, Robin"
Raven came out of the shadows and floated towards the blood, then looked around, and followed a small trail of dark energy up to the fire escape. Robin and Beast Boy followed her up the fire escape and found a trail, just a small trail, of skid markings and blood leading towards an empty building.
"Our suspect had a busy night..." Raven muttered as she floated in trough a window while Robin followed and Beast Boy sneaking in as a small mouse, finding the place trashed, broken glass and furniture all over the place along with some blood, scratches and bullet holes.
Raven felt the bullet holes and told Robin "Same as the others, burned straight trough..." Beast Boy sniffed the place and asked with a lack of confidence "I know this place is creepy.. But no need to sweat guys.."
Robin and Raven looked at him them informed him simultaneously "We aren't sweating Beast Boy.." Beast Boy looked around then changed back to a dog, and followed the scent of sweat down to the lobby.
Robin looked around and ordered the others "He must be somewhere around here... Search this floor.."
Robin watched as Beast Boy headed down the hall to their left and Raven headed to the right, leaving him alone. Robin waited then demanded "Come out, i know you are there..." Robin watched as a pair of turquoise eyes opened in the shadows and pulled out his staff.
Luke came out of the shadows holding his gun out and aiming at Robin, making boy wonder go wide eyed. However Luke put the gun on the counter, picked up an old broom, tore the brush off and nodded at Robin. Robin blinked then smirked, assuming his combat stance along with Luke.
However their fight was delayed by the simple fact that neither of them wanted to do a first strike, leading to a awkward silence.
Robin cleared his throat and asked "Uhhh shouldn't you strike first?" Luke shrugged his shoulders and replied in a distorted and deep voice "I was expecting you to attack first, but if you insist..."
Luke lunged at Robin, vertically dropping his improvised staff onto Robin's as he blocked, and causing boy wonder to flinch a bit at the sheer force of the attack. Luke backed off when he saw Robin try to low kick him and quickly took a defensive stance, his staff slowly going from a wooden brown texture to a white bone like texture with turquoise cracks in it.
Now came Robin's turn to attack, he spun his staff as he charged then swung it at full speed straight into Luke's face, causing Luke to spin into a wall and spit blood.
Robin saw the amount of blood he spat and thought to himself "What?! I didn't hit him that hard-" But was interrupted by Luke returning the favor by swinging his staff straight into Robin's face, and sending him flying into a wall. Luke growled and rubbed his jaw before relocating it with a loud "Crack"
Both glared at each other, and put their weapons against a wall, with Luke popping his neck again and sighing and Robin taking his cape off. Both stood in front of each other, as Robin asked "Why did you butcher those people?"
Luke let out an exaggerated sigh and replied "How about this, nail on hit on me, and I'll tell you." Robin growled, assumed his stance and watched as Luke simply stood in place, waiting.
Robin threw a quick jab at Luke and missed, Luke having side-stepped out of the way. Robin threw a fast one-two combo and missed, Luke smiled.
Robin screamed in frustration and threw a reverse roundhouse kick at Luke, just to see him lean back to the point his body was doing a near perfect 90° angle. Robin went wide eyed as Luke stood up straight and informed Robin in a cynical tone "My turn."
Robin quickly blocked a right hook from Luke, but got Spartan kicked into a small coffee table. Luke growled and walked up to Robin, but was stopped by green tentacles coiling around his arms and legs. Raven flew straight at Luke and punched his face, causing Luke and Beast Boy to go flying back and land flat on the counter.
Beast Boy did all he could to hold Luke in place, but found him struggling with unreasonable strength. Robin quickly got up and informed the other's via communicator "Guys, we got the culprit, hurry to my loca-"
He was cut off when Luke screamed, he forced his arm back enough to grab BB to the point it was dislocated. He gripped BB's body and started sinking his fingers into the squishy octopus flesh, making BB let go and scream as he returned to his normal self.
Luke was sinking his fingers into Beast Boy's ribs and, in one swing, relocated his arm and slammed BB into the floor. Raven glared at Luke and threw a blast of her magic straight into Luke's chest, sending him through the wall.
Robin quickly picked Beast Boy up and could hear a gun coking, and saw Luke charging a his gun. Raven growled as her eyes glowed and chanted "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Luke met the beam of dark magic with his blast of spiritual energy.
The blast coming out of Luke's gun was massive, had the shape of a deformed skull, and when it collided with Raven's dark magic caused a massive dark blue explosion that sent everyone flying back and leveled the building.
Cyborg and Starfire saw the explosion as they approached the building and watched the whole building collapse. Thankfully Robin and Beast Boy were outside when the explosion went off, and Raven had a barrier of magic around herself.
They all regrouped and stared at the rubble for a moment, with Cyborg stating "No signs of life-" But was instantly corrected by Alan crawling out of the debris and running towards the nearest subway station.
They all chased him into the station where he tried to get out the other end, but found the gates closed. Luke turned and found all five Titans staring at him, then heard the subway coming.
Robin approached Luke and asked between pants "Again... why did you kill all of them..?" Luke listened to the subway and stated in a cracking tone "You are in over your head...I regret nothing." then jumped onto the tracks of the Subway and let it run him over, leaving a bloody mess on the tracks as his body boiled to the point it was evaporating.
The titans were wide eyed, Beast Boy having his head in another garbage can and puking the last of his dinner out. Raven however didn't seem surprised, abit shocked? Yes. But she saw it in his eyes, this was his plan, that's why he came down to the station.
Cyborg silently looked at Robin and asked "Did that guy... Really... Just do that?" Robin didn't reply, he simply stared at the tracks, knowing something was really wrong with this situation, and stated "Tell the police he escaped..."
Deadside - Marrow Gates - Mid-Night
The sound of screeching and howling filled the wasteland, Deadsiders wailed in pain as their eternal torment awaited them. Luke came out of a large pond of blood and gore as he panted and hurried to the shore, still feeling the pain of the hit he took.
Luke looked around, the floor and walls looked like bone with cracks in it that revealed a fleshy interior. The deadsiders were all naked as they covered their faces and sobbed into dark, secluded corners.
Luke sighed and walked down the narrow paths, eventually reaching a gate made out of a rib cage with torches lighting the way.
Standing by the first set of torches was a long snake with a human skull for a head wearing a top hat, it simply watched as Luke walked up to him and spoke in a amused tone "Well well well, look what we bloody have Salazar."
Luke groaned and replied in a frustrated tone "Not now Jaunty, just got hit by a subway... And please refer to me as Shadow Man, Luke has no business here in Deadside." Jaunty chuckled a bit and simply replied with "Sure, whatever floats yer boat, Luke."
Luke groaned and sat by the fire, popping his body in various places and ways that should not be humanly possible, all the while Jaunty coiled around him then tightened to the point his back was straight again with a loud "Crack" running up Luke's back.
"Thanks... Damn that hurt.." Luke said between groans as he flexed his fingers. Jaunty slithered away from Luke and reminded him "Ye need yourself a Witch, one that can preferably mend ye wounds quicker than this bloody place.."
Luke sighed and asked sarcastically "And where do i find a witch? Go deep into the woods and search for huts?"
Jaunty quickly appeared in front of him and informed him in a pleased tone "Actually, there seems to be one in yer city as a matter of fact. Seek her out, and as much as i like the company, quit committing suicide ye bloody knucklehead!"
Luke sighed and asked in a defeated tone "And where would she be? Can't really waste days and nights searching the whole city." Jaunty grinned and stated amusingly "Try searching the few magic and witch cult shops in town, that's the only bloody hint ye is getting from me arse, now get! And keep this bloody teddy bear."
Luke sighed and got up, then took the teddy bear Jaunty held out, using it as an anchor to lifeside. Jaunty watched as a circle formed around Luke's feet and watched him exhale them vanish into thin air, leaving Jaunty to sigh and mutter to himself "Now... Back to work... Hey! Attila! Wanna go hunting some bloody wailers!?"
Salazar Residence - Luke's Room - 1 AM
Luke appeared in his room, landing on his bed and sighing in relief, his bed never having felt so comforting in his life. He set the teddy bear on his nightstand then took a deep breath. He slowly felt his body shift and morph back to his normal "living" self. He looked at himself and could clearly see his bruises, both from earlier in the day and his fight with the Titans.
He sighed and buried his face into his pillow, only muttering to himself "This... is gonna be a problem.." Luke pulled his phone out and quickly searched for stores with anything related to magic or witchery, and quickly copied down their addresses down, then lazily set his phone down on his nightstand and instantly fell asleep.
A/N: And chapter 2 is done, haven't heard anything from you guys, not sure if it's good or bad, but i will keep writing for now, see how that goes. Along with that i would like to ask you guys: Who would you like to see in the fic? (So long as it's within DC Universe)
As always i hope you enjoyed, and hope to get some feedback from you guys.