Alyssa put away all the equipment, and dusting her gloves off she left the room. She snuck back down the hallways that she had memorized carefully.

She suddenly heard a yell down a different hallway, and she stayed in her position indecisively, looking between the way out and the hallway where the scream came from.

Alyssa sighed, and started sprinting in the general direction of the shout, the pads of her boots softening the sound of her footfalls. Her breath steamed out as it got progressively hotter and hotter, the light at the end of the hallway turning red as she got closer. The tiles turned to stainless steel and the walls of wood to metal.

Alyssa thought that maybe the hall would be endless, that she would just continue running forever until she dropped from exhaustion,

Thankfully, she soon could see the end, which looked like...

She skid to a halt quickly and hid around a corner, an armored guard passing by with a torch.

Alyssa sighed with relief and peeked around the corner to examine the room.

In the middle of the room was a huge melting pot, which bubbled and hissed angrly at the world as if all hate went in it.

A conveyer belt was tossing in random pots, pans, and anything else metal in carelessly, the objects hitting the lava with a wet plop and hiss as it was sucked under the surface.

There was metal and wood scaffolding surrounding the pot, hastily put together and looking as if they would break at any moment. More guards were taking their rounds on them, scrutinizing every last thing with beady eyes.

Alyssa gulped when she recognized a figure observing the burning.

Shen.

He was on a high platform almost over the pot itself, pacing and watching everything with keen eyes.

Alyssa rolled out from her hiding spot and sneaked quickly over to a wheelbarrow full of pans and pots. She glanced about, and hid again as a guard passed by.

Alyssa repeated the process, and glanced up at Shen.

He seemed distant and detached as he paced upon the scaffold, the metal on his talons clanking together.

Alyssa raised an eyebrow, before continuing forwards.

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Batman scanned the kicked down door with his scanner, bent over it carefully so he didn't contaminate the scene.

Cyborg and Beastboy had left to continue their own investigations in Gotham City.

Beast Boy scanned the streets below, the bright lights of traffic hurting his already sore eyes. He would rub them with his wing, but he knew that would send him falling to the ground below which would be bad.

So, he continued watching out for anything suspicious.

Cyborg knocked on the door to a house carefully, listening for any signs of life. There was some scuffling feet, and a middle-aged man opened the door.

"Look! We don't... want..." the man's voice died out as he looked up the large bulk of Cyborg. His eyes widened, and he screeched before slamming the door in Cyborg's face.

Cyborg rubbed his agitated nose before continuing on to the next house.

It looked average, maybe a bit too clean with its precisely cut lawn and happy-smiling gnomes. Cyborg noticed how everything seemed perfect.

He narrowed his eyes

Maybe a bit too perfect.

Shaking off his sense of unease, he continued up to the house, tromping up the steps and stepping before the door. He hesitated, before shaking his head and knocking on the pristine white door.

The door creaked open from the sudden small force.

Cyborg peeked in to see a very clean hallway, red carpets smooth and wallpaper without any tears. Cyborg stepped in,and the door closed behind him. He jumped slightly, before walking down the hallway. He studied the paintings on the walls, and the many trophies of heads.

On the wall was an old sign, its letters fashioned in swirls.

"Taxidermy." Cyborg read out, the only response a small creak of the floorboards.

Cyborg continued on until he encountered a door and a staircase. He opened the door to find the living room.

It had a prestine couch and chair faced towards a large TV, both had a fur hanging over them, Hanging from the ceiling were owls and birds in mid-flight, beady eyes boaring into Cyborg.

He shivered and backed out of the room, before going up the stairs.

This place is creepy. He thought. Whoever lives here seems to be obsessed in taxidermy and cleanliness. Those two don't seem to go together well.

He was at the top of the stairs, and he opened another door.

He jumped.

This sight was mcuh worse.

Strewn about the room were women.

Not alive.

Their eyes were glazed over as if they were the animals and they were posed in happy poses as if they were still alive.

Cyborg walked over to one sitting on a chair, sunlight streaming onto its black hair. He leaned down and poked it, to recoil in disgust.

They were plush.

Yet there skin was real.

This person...

Whoever it was...

Killed woman and stuffed them like animals.

Cyborg calmed himself down, then carefully used his camera to take pictures of the crime scene.

None of these woman were Alyssa, or Robin and Raven.

Suddenly, there was the sound of a car pulling into a pebbley driveway.

And the sound of a door being opened.

Cyborg was about to meet the man responsible for this.

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I like your smiley face! And I'll take that it's a positive thing so thanks!

minichurros123: me liky the costume!

Me too! Imagine this...

Joker was sifting through Alyssa's drawers, tossing the clothes behind him as he muttered inconherently to himself

"Where is it... Ha!" he pulled his treasure from the drawer, which was Black Wolf's shoulderpad.

Alyssa was nearby, hiding in her closet as she peeked through the cracks between the doors. She could barely hold back her snickers.

"So, how do we turn this on..." Joker examined it from all sides, before putting his finger in the mouth.

CRACK!

With a snap the wolf jaw closed.

Joker yelled and started dancing about, trying to pry off the bear-trap-like contraption off his finger, yelling curses at the wind.

Random hilarity.

Stargazer1364: Wait, the heck? What's wrong with Robin? Oh, by the way, Hi! I'm Stargazer1364! Pleasure to make your acquaintance, Skipper! _ Hey, do you mind if my cat reads as well? She's following the mouse on the screen, so hopefully she's reading. Anyways . . . Can't wait for more!

Robin was electrocuted and is in hurt, he's drifting between conciousness and unconciousness. HI! Nice to meet you too Star! And no, I don't mind if your cat reads, because reading enriches the cat brain. And thank you!

Well that's it for this chapter fellow sea-fairers! I'll see you guys again quite a bit sooner!

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