[26th February 2011]

[Mount Justice, Happy Harbour, Rhode Island, United States of America]

Richard 'Dick' Grayson was unhappy, Robin was supposed to be a hero, and heroes needed to be out saving people by beating up bad guys not talking into a communicator as others could do it. Still his fingers danced over the keyboards around him, updating the maps as his eyes kept track of the shifting battle outside the museum as it looked like all the bad guys decided it was time to bug out. Of course being bad guys that meant doing bad guy things like threatening hostages by setting off explosives in the museum and causing it to be both on fire, and with more ticking time-bombs.

'Ones I could defuse if I was there' he wanted to say but didn't as he directed Superboy away from the fight Blackbriar Thorn to instead stop pillars collapsing fully and bringing down a chunk of the museum. To his right he could hear John Fortune talking to Zatanna, something about using a spell to help hold up the damaged section, and then directing Troia in her pursuit of what Richard's own files recognised as the girl assassin called Ravager.

"Two more assassins down, I've got them tied up, but I can't see the leader anymore" Miss M announced as he tracked her icon to the trees and buildings on the left of the museum. Richard tapped the keys, informing local police whose armed response unit were just arriving...a bit late, like the Justice League were, but useful to secure them as he listened to Wonder Woman give her orders.

"Everyone..." he could hear the sounds of fighting, and another faint explosion even as his screen indicated another small explosion in the building "...focus on capturing Blackbriar and evacuating the hostages safely; Zatanna, Troia, Artemis, support myself and Aqualad, everyone else is on the hostages"

"Copy" he replied "...and Deathstroke and Ninja Team?"

"If we can, but we need get those people out, and Blackbriar is going to kill...unnnfff...he's the big danger, and he's nearly down"

"Okay Zee, focus on petrifaction and inhibiting his plant growth, Artemis explosive or fire arrows..."

He tuned out Fortune as he himself directed Troia to cut off the plant controlling villain from their path through the police lines ahead of him as Wonder Woman and Kaldur attacked him from the other side. Getting people out of the museum was harder, but he did get Miss M to plug a connection into the computer system of the buildings remotely...and with his usual brilliance managed to set off the fire suppression systems that the villains had disabled. Moments later he had control of the security cameras...

...and that made things sooo much easier as could direct everyone to where the trapped people were. Superboy punched a hole in the wall, Miss M using her telekinesis to create a ramp, and then people were rushing out of the breach as the fire started to die down in nearby sections. The artefacts were a concern as well apparently, but the people had priority and he focused on that over keeping a few old relics dry...that and trying to catch sight of the flying ninja's that the magic user had been fighting.

It was a strange sitting dance as his eyes and fingers moved like a hurricane as he spoke to the local police, incomprehensible accents aside, and managed to get ladders up to the side of the building and people coming down them even as the fight with Thorn waned as the bad guy tired under the attack of his teammates and Wonder Woman. It was awesome too to 'see' his Zatanna in action, even if he wasn't there, through Artemis dorky goggles that were as bad as KF's. It didn't really feel like a win right now with hostages being saved and Blackbriar Thorn going down since Deathstroke and some of his ninja's had escape, and Robin was stuck behind a desk unable to stop him...

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[26th February 2011]

[Beneath Gotham City, New Jersey, United States of America]

Tig Rafelson, VAMPIRE HUNTER!, was stunned as the vile monster told the truth about her temporary and strange vamp-hunting ally. Announced and was summarily executed in a delayed, and far too late, attempt to prevent him revealing the fact that Andrew Bennett...WAS A BLOODSUCKING VAMPIRE FIEND HIMSELF!

Sure he had claimed he was to her when first they'd met in a rather brilliant ploy to confuse her when had very clearly being giving all the classic signs that he was clearly a Werewolf. Sure monstrous manipulation, worthy of her monstrous foe and prey!

"Okay, Tig, that's another down. We need to get back to John and..."

"NO MORE LIES! DIE MONSTER!" she roared blade gliding towards the back of his neck as she jumped up in the air, the gleaming blade of Tig Rafelson, VAMPIRE HUNTER!, shining in the darkness before he was even aware of her awareness that his cunning vampire plan to keep her unaware of his monstrous nature had totally failed before her wiles. He had only just begun to startle and turn his head at unnatural speed when the blessed blade landed, slashing through undead flesh and moments later sending his head spinning through the air to land nearby.

'Stake to Heart Tig!!" she reminded herself immediately grabbing one of Andrews own wood stakes and, after planning her blade in the dirt a moment, use both hands to jam it into his heart. Huffing with effort she stood back up, gazing down at the bloody form and feeling...a bit strange. Like this wasn't a win, or another awesome vampire slaying by Tig Rafelson, VAMPIRE SLAYER, that she almost felt...bad...after doing this without really thinking it through...

'Nah, need think straight Tig, get back and rest, don't feel down. Two Vamps down, loads more to go!' she reminded herself as she found herself staring at the body of her all...enemy, her emotions being strange as she rubbed at her obviously tired and itchy eyes. Weird. Giving her head a good shake to clear it, she turned around after recovering her blade...which she'd dented by ramming into the dirt, oops...which would need fixing or replacing later looked like, and began to stroll back up the dark tunnel towards the light.

[Cain. Lives. Again!]

...she nearly jumped out of her skin as the whisper from nowhere touched her mind; but immediately went into a guard stance with her blade at the ready and wrist crossbow loaded. For a moment nothing happened...then another...and another, till she decided it must have been her imagination. But just to be on the safe side she stealthy moved her way back up the only subway tunnel, constantly turning, checking, and backtracking till she was confident that no one was following her or that no more vampires had survived wiping out this nest. Had to be extra careful too since the US Army were all over the place, even if they were being superlazy and cowardly about going after the head vampire in this city.

'After all he wears all black and dresses in a cape, and calls himself Batman for God's sake! You think somebody would have put two and two together! Like, Duh, he's obviously a vampire people!' she complained silently as she stalked through the darkness '...but never fear Gotham! For I, Tig Rafelson, VAMPIRE HUNTER!, will save you from his bloodsucking clutches!'

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[26th February 2011]

[LexCorps Headquarters, Metroplis, Delaware, United States of America]

[Collection Made: Package On Route] appeared on the brief email from the minor delivery firm for personal goods for one his employee's retirement parties in Europe. At least officially anyway as Lex Luthor drummed his fingers of his desk as he mused on the subject.

Only the package from Santa Prisca remained, the one in Siberia being retrieved without opposition and it seemed his mercenaries had managed to both protect the artefacts found at Olympia, AND successfully acquire the ones stored in the Athens museum.

'Thankfully I own the goods in that warehouse in Santa Prisca, ah it is Tropico now is it not?' he thought sending a short message of his own to ensure safe transport of the final package once it left that particular island and its new ruler(s).

The site there would be loss, but a profitable one financially at least despite the research loss, and it would impossible to maintain secret from the island's new owners and their mystical inclinations, and from the Caveman and his allies. Now he had the fragment it was simply a better option to sell the facility to the islanders and their hidden masters and begin his preparations for gaining control of the creature Taimat.

After all it had challenged the Caveman when he had divine allies of sorts in the past according to the late and unlamented Klarion the Witch-Boy. It would be incredibly difficult to gain access to the Temple of Marduk in Biayla, something of an arcane nature had happened in that collapsed former nation that had put the UN-forces there on high alert irritatingly.

What exactly, beyond it had been of a serious nature, hushed up, and had been related to SHIELD, were still hidden from him. In time he would find out, but for now it would impede his ability to raise up an effective weapon against Savage's magical allies and his band of abominations and dregs of human history...

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Notes:

- Yes Tig is canon DC [I, Vampire] and yes, she is like that. Andrew Bennett is [was] basically the 'good' vampire holding back the full powers of the vampires due to a curse. Canon Tig also kills him after believing he was a werewolf and then being shocked when the guy who'd been telling her he was a vampire, huntiing other vampires, was IN FACT a Vampire.

- Also, fixed that weirdness with text being struck through.