Chpt.13

"Stupid Max." Jacob grumbled. "Thinks he's all that with his good looks." Livy looked up at the teen.

Livy thought about Max with a small smile. Most of the gang treated her like dirt, but Max always smiled giving her a "hello" and would often pat her on the head, giving her some form of praise.

Livy knew that he had a thing for women, but she knew that he wouldn't do anything to her. Max was someone who like women in their teens, not little girls.

"I dunno. Max always seemed nice to me." Livy informed, but was silenced with a quick kick to the stomach.

"I didn't ask what you thought of him. He's a dick and he needs to get out of the gang. He's screwing everything up." Jacob stated.

Maxwell was too likeable, and if he played his cards right, he would replace Jacob as leader. That was something Jacob couldn't allow.

Maxwell was kicked out of the gang before he had a chance to take it over.

"You know him?" Damian questioned, but Livy shook her head.

"I knew him. It was back when I was with Jacob. He was a member of the gang, but Jacob kicked him out." She explained.

"Do you think he knows that you are Little Red and that is why he is trying to get to you?"

"No." Livy stated firmly.

"Hmmm, hey Livy, which one do you think is prettier?" Livy walked over to where Max was sitting and looked at the pictures of two women.

They both were blondes wearing hardly any clothes. Both also had blue eyes and were very thin.

"I dunno. They both are really pretty." Livy informed, and Max hummed as he stared at the two pictures.

"See, the one on the left has really nice tits. But the one on the right gives really good…" Max trailed off as Livy stared at him, waiting for him to finish his sentence. "Gives really good back massages." He said with a small smile.

"A back massage sounds a lot better than boobs." Livy shrugged. Max smiled, patting Livy on the head.

"I suppose that's true." He let out a loud laugh. "Thanks Livy."

Before Livy could say anything, Jacob's voice boomed from the other room.

"Livy get your ass over here, I got a job for you!"

Livy gave a quick wave to Max, and ran over to Jacob.

"He always had a thing for women. I guess you could say he was a bit obsessed with women. I guess I figured he was like most horny teenaged boys, just maybe a step up. I never would have guessed he would kidnapped women just to get to me." Livy sighed.

"I'm going to meet a girl tonight. God I hope she's a blonde. And I bet her tits are huge!" Max laughed while talking to the other boys, who laughed along with him.

"Knowing him he's probably fantasized me being this sexy big boobed woman." She ran her fingers through her hair. "Not to mention he had a thing for blondes."

"Tt. If he is expecting big breasts he is going to be very disappointed." Damian snarked as he continued to plug away at the computer, searching for Maxwell's whereabouts.

"Boobs would slow me down, anyway." Livy grumbled as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Tell that to Catwoman."

"Have you gotten anything on his whereabouts yet?" Livy snapped, but Damian shook his head.

"No."

"Well, at least I know what Max looks like. I'm going to go ask around and make a call to my girls to stay away from Maxwell Boyer." Livy stated.

"What is the point in asking around? The prostitutes won't know where the man lives." Damian stated.

"But concerned mothers are going to notice when a man in the area is walking around eyeing their daughters." Livy informed as she made her way out of the Cave with Damian following behind.

~*~*~*~*~Later~*~*~*~*~

"This is ridiculous." Damian grumbled as he watched Livy from the rooftops. The girl was fully dressed in her costume and was going door to door in some neighborhoods where they thought Maxwell might be.

She received no leads and some strange looks.

However, most people seemed pleased that there was a vigilante who was asking and warning about a dangerous man who was targeting women. It made most mothers and women feel safe that someone was looking out for them.

Damian could see Livy's charm as she talked to the people who opened the door, men and women alike.

Damian often tended to see the bad in people, but he was shocked to see how kindly people reacted to Livy when she knocked. She would smile at them, apologizing for waking them up at the late hour and tell them who she was. She would then go to explain how she was looking for a man who was targeting women. If the person at the door said they didn't see anything, she would apologize once again for the intrusion and then warn them about the man.

People seemed to respond kindly to her instead of annoyed. Damian would guarantee that if he and Batman used the same tactic, they would be met with not the same manner.

What makes her different in the public eye compared to Father and I? he wondered, as he continued to watch Livy from the rooftops.

For the first two hours, they got nothing. However, they soon entered a neighborhood where several people talked about seeing a blonde man with several women.

"Do you think he's doing something wrong with these women?" Livy inquired to the fifth person who attested to their being a blonde man with women.

"I dunno." The woman frowned. "I see him out late and I know that they're most likely prostitutes but it's a different girl every night. Something about him just doesn't feel right. I told my daughter to be weary of him." she informed, and Livy nodded.

"Thank you so much for your time. I'm sorry for waking you up so late."

With that, Livy left and rendezvoused with Damian on a rooftop.

"He's in this area." Livy stated.

"So out of the buildings that he could be possibly staying in would only be one, which is an old apartment building." Damian informed.

"Abandoned?" Livy inquired, but Damian shook his head.

"No. The building was recently purchased." Damian informed, and Livy sighed.

"What the hell is he planning to do? Make all the girls his sex slaves or something? I feel like kidnapping them all would be too much of a hassle. What does he want with all of them?" Livy grumbled as she headed toward the building.

"Maybe he is looking to make a living on these women." Damian suggested, and Livy cocked her eyebrow up.

"What do you mean?"

"Maybe he seeks to create some sort of "Whore House" only the women are not their by choice." Damian stated, and Livy thought that over.

"… that's a possibility." Livy sighed, but she didn't like the idea of the women being forced to have sex with men while in captivated.

Unfortunately, she knew how Gotham city worked. If there were such a building like the one Damian explained, there would be a lot of customers.