But he never felt pain; he felt the smell of burnt flesh and heard a loud thump. He opened his eyes to see Bad Horse lying on the floor at his feet. Then he looked, just like everyone else, to the murderer.

"You have to kill to get into the League. Or at least so they say. I think this will do."

The figure came in to look at the corpse. Doctor Horrible heard the dry sound of the high heels, she was wearing a leather baggy jacket but the rest was some kind of electronic fabric coloured in red, matching the hair. She had a mask on her face, also leather and red, with red glass over the eyes. It covered most of her face except for part of the cheeks and mouth. She then looked around the table and pointed lightly quiet voice "Dead Bowie, remove his head and send it to the Heroic League of Heroes. It will make a lovely gift. Don't you think so?"

The man couldn't move, he was quivering badly, but he raised a little his voice. "And who are you to give me any order?" The figure threw him a glare that could have killed a horse, hmm… a whale. "Me? I am just a passerby, a freelance if you know what I mean, and from now on I'm the new self-proclaimed ruler of the League." She stopped for a second watching at the people sitting around the table and kept talking in a very steady but soft voice "And as a matter of fact, I am the freaking person who just killed your boss."

The situation sent shivers across his spine. Dead Bowie stood up and walked slowly to the corpse but even before he had made a step towards it there was a new order. "You know what? I think I can do it myself, sit back. But as the new leader of the Evil League of Evil I'll give you an order really important. I order you all to be dead." Everybody moved uncomfortable in their seats. "No, no, don't leave. Please, be my guests… And you" the voice said as if first noticing Horrible in the room but she didn't looked at him "I suppose you are not part of the league so my command doesn't apply to you thus you'll better leave" Doctor Horrible protested "but…" and then the cannon of the sonic gun was aiming at the level of his eyes, still not looking at him "don't even think of touching your timey-stop device". Doctor Horrible stepped back heading for the door but when the fireworks started he couldn't move at all, couldn't leave. He couldn't tear his eyes from the woman, he was shocked.

When she shoot the first ray, everyone stood up and rushed to the door, they didn't expected Doctor Horrible to have locked it from the inside. Truth to be told doctor Horrible hadn't expected it either. It only lasted a couple of seconds, he heard the heat, he felt the cries, but he still didn't feel a thing. Then everything stopped.

There was a sickening smell of death and blood, It was so strong that he was about to weep. He opened the doors to breath and while he was coughing the woman left the room "I thought I had told you to leave" She said gritting her teeth and moving carelessly one of her weapons. Then she definitely left.

After a minute he left too before the press came. He didn't want the credit of a crime he hadn't committed… again