Fan Fiction ❯ Covenant ❯ Welcome to Jump City ( Chapter 1 )

*Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. Although I revel at the thought of them being my little willing little puppets. I do on the other hand own Taint and Magda and whoever else I may come up with.

Greetings to my many fans…..okay, okay…the two or three people who read my work. My muse has come back from vacation and my creative juices are flowing so I am working on about three different fanfics. Yeah!!

Pairings: BBRae, RobStar, CyJinx

<> = Thoughts

^^^^^ = flashbacks

Covenant:

Ch.1: Welcome to Jump City

Taint had only been in Jump City for a total of two weeks when he earned the title as one of the most prolific serial killers in the country.

In the span of two weeks he had killed 62 people. The victims varied in age, gender, race, and economic standing. There were very few commonalities. Every once in a while the police would find a letter from “Taint” but those letters were few and far between. In fact, the only things that the all of the victims had in common was the fact that all of their blood had been drained and that they had two small puncture wounds could be found on their left wrist.

Taint was good at what he did. Until victim 62, no one had known what he looked like. He had been too hungry to be careful that time. <Damnable bitch. I should have broken her neck before I fed…but then again> *chuckle* <I wouldn‘t have such a delightful little pet if I killed her.> He became momentarily lost in thought of his new servant. She said her name was Magda. <Ah..my sweet, sweet Magda.>

12 hours ago^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Saucy Wench was one of the oldest bars in Jump. It was in the less desirable part of town were not too many respectable people hung out.

Outside it looked like shit. The walls looked ratty and worn. There was garbage strewn on the surrounding sidewalks. The patrons who managed to stumble outside were nothing more than poor misbegotten winos lying on the ground working their way to monstrous hangovers. Inside it wasn’t much better. The walls looked as though they had been painted a rich burgundy once. Now they looked like faded ketchup stain. It was surprisingly large inside. The customers were nothing more than decomposing wastes who were too poisoned by their own addiction to be worthy of the honor of quenching his thirst and the bartender was…well too ugly. <What garbage.. None of this filth is worthy of being mine..>

Just when Taint thought he’d have to go to another place for his meal he saw her. <Now what do we have here.> The servant wench. She was different from all of the others here. She was fresh, virginal, untainted by any other. A radiant Madonna in this festering cesspool of misery. She was unmarred by the abject misery that had withered the spirits of the others. She would be the one of the chosen. One of his.

Taint flashed her a dazzling grin and that did it. She caught sight of his smile. She gave a faint blush as she walked to him. <Even in a shit hole like this she is humble…>

“Hi there, can I get you anything?”

“Whatever is on tap.”

“Okay. I’ll be back in a minute.”

As she walked to the bar, he proceeded to examine her further. She had lovely auburn hair which cascaded down onto her back. Her hair was accented by warm honey/amber eyes. She also had a lovely figure. As she came back with his beer she noticed him gazing at her and blushed again. He decided to use a small amount of his powers to charm her, to make sure she would cooperate with him. He didn’t want to chance loosing his prey.

She set his glass down at his table and asked, “Is there anything else you want?”

“Well I could always use the company of a pretty lady.”

“Well…,” she looked at the clock on the wall blushing, it was then that he noticed how perfect her neck looked. <So smooth, so delicate. Oh my…> His thoughts trailed off as he saw one of the arteries in her neck pulsing. It was then that he realized how truly hungry he was. Enough games he thought hungrily, <Obey me NOW!!> He projected that demand into her mind and waited for the desired results. As he watched for a reaction he noticed that her face went blank and with that he repeated his demand. Taint was glad that when she snapped out of it she looked entranced with him. That was a good sign.

Sometimes it took a while to overpower a human like that. There were quite a few of them that had impressive mental resistance, whether they knew about it or not. If she hadn’t thrown off his mental advances by now that meant that she was ripe for the taking and that she would not resist.

“My shift will be over in 10 minutes. Why don’t you wait for me and then maybe we can catch a movie?”

<Perfect. I’m starving.>

“But of course my dear. If you do not mind, may I enquire as to what your name is love?”

“I didn’t tell you yet? *blush* I’m sorry, I can be kinda air headed sometimes. My name is Magda.”

“Magda.. What a beautiful name. It fits you perfectly my love.”

“You…really think so?,” she asked softly.

“Absolutely and if I may be so bold, if you hadn’t just asked me out I would have spent the night pinning away for you,” he said pretending to look bashful.

“Well.. *blush* see you in 10 minutes.”

<Too easy.>

“I’ll be waiting here, my lovely Magda.”

With one more smile and blush she turned around to finish serving some of the other patrons.

*****10 minutes later*****

They were on their way out of the bar and walked down the streets he had his arm around her waist possessively and concentrated hard on keeping her under his spell. As he looked at her, he became entranced again by the delicate curve of her neck. Upon further examination he noticed the arteries and other veins in her neck pulsating. The urge to just bite into the girl was becoming unbearable. He was thankful that in a little while he would be in the privacy of his own apartment where he cold feed without being spotted. As his list of victims grew so did the effort of the police. There were police everywhere. Also the citizens of the city were becoming paranoid. People were much more cautious. They traveled in groups and were suspicious of anyone new. It was starting to get harder to take people without anyone noticing. Mentally overpowering two or three people was one thing, facing off a potential mob if people figured out who and what he was, was a different matter entirely.

After a few blocks he realized that he couldn’t wait to get into his apartment to feed on her. The need for her blood, her essence was overbearing. There was no was that he could wait any longer. He roughly threw her against a wall, which resulted in a rather loud “umph!!” on Magda’s part. He instinctually went for the graceful curve of her neck, pierced the ivory skin easily and began to feed. <So delicious…so heavenly.>

Taint had to fight back the urge to go into a frenzy and drain her immediately. He wanted to make this last as long as possible and he slowed down. He bit down hard for a second time so that the blood flowed freely. He took his time in lapping it up, totally oblivious to everything around him. The world just seemed to melt away, to cease to exist. He didn’t notice that Magda was whimpering loudly and he didn’t notice the police car pull up behind him until he noticed that a pair of flashlights were on him.

“Put her down and step away from her immediately!!!,” screamed the first officer.

Both officers had their guns drawn and pointed at Taint.

Taint turned around with Magda in his arms. Both officers gave an audible gasp and took a few steps backwards. There was Magda whimpering mindlessly in Taints’ arms. She had a massive bite wound on her neck which was bleeding profusely. Taint’s eyes were glowing a pale grayish hue and his fangs were dripping blood and his interest shifted from Magda to the two police officers. <I may as well have a few appetizers before moving onto the main course.>

With that thought, he gently lay Magda down on the floor and lunged at the two officers. A slight push sent the first officer through the windshield of the patrol car. The second officer managed to squeeze of two rounds from his revolver into Taint’s torso but it didn’t effect Taint. Barely 10 seconds passed before Taint yanked him up from the ground and snapped his neck with a sickening crack. After he was sure that the man was dead he bit into him draining him in a matter of minutes, alternating between the officer’s neck and his left wrist. In keeping with his habits he bit down on his own tongue hard enough to make it bleed and lapped at the officer’s neck. This healed the puncture wounds on the man’s neck. After this was done he picked up Magda, repeated what he did to the policeman and quickly headed to his apartment.

*****15 minutes later*****

Taint arrived home with no problem. He set her down on the couch and then proceeded to think about what to do with Magda. <Although she is delicious it seems a waste to just kill her and that cop did sate my hunger…> This came as a huge shock to Taint. It had been hundreds of years since he spared anyone. He normally left no survivors. It had been so long since anyone or thing had really caught his eye that he really was nonplussed as to what to do with the woman. After thinking on the matter for a quite a while he came up with an answer.

He would make her a ghoul. Eternally bound to him by blood but nothing more than a puppet. With that thought he commanded <Awaken.> Magda’s eyes snapped open and she glanced at him blankly.

“My sweet Magda, stay still for I am giving you a once in a lifetime opportunity. Do you want to resume your drab existence as a servant wench, as a poor nobody or do you want to leave it all behind and be immortal with me? It is up to you my dear and I assure you this is no hoax.”

When she looked at him, he saw doubt in her warm eyes and he decided to give her proof.

With that he slit his wrist with a dagger, much to Magda’s horror, and forced her head down onto the wound. She tried to resist but when she tasted his blood that was it. She became intoxicated by its taste, by the immortality and strength that it promised. When Taint pulled his wrist away, she gave a disappointed whimper.

“So my dear. Now that you know the glory of the blood, will you join me in eternity? Be my humble little helper and partner in sin?”

Magda looked him dead in the eye and answered, “Yes,” without hesitation.

Back to Present Time^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Taint couldn’t help but give a toothy grin at the thought of toying with Magda after he was done feeding for the night. After a few minutes he thought <I’d better get back to the task at hand.> It was on that thought that he focused on his query for the night.

He had his eye on a young woman as tonight’s main course and had followed her around the city for the past two hours ensuring that he hadn’t been seen. She had garnered his attention for two reasons. One being that he was quite hungry and hadn’t fed for the past few hour and Two being the peculiar aura he sensed from her.

She was an odd looking girl, of that there was no doubt. For one thing her skin was ash colored, something that he had never seen in humans beforehand. Such a physical characteristic was common amongst his kind and from what he had heard, demons as well, but not in humans. Her hair and eyes were lavender colored and she wore a navy cloak. Her appearance had more than peaked his curiosity. Taint wondered if she tasted as exotic as she looked.

Taint had tried a few mental summons but to no avail. This human was powerful in the mental arts, very powerful. As she walked under a streetlight he saw a red chakra on her forehead. <Ah.. The third eye…Perhaps this young one is a witch. Thought would explain her strength in the mental arts.> If he was right and she was a witch then it would be useless to try and manipulate her. If she was a witch then that meant that she may have other abilities as well. As Taint pondered about his now potentially dangerous target, he gave a crooked smile. The danger aspect just made her all the more desirable.

After a few more blocks he saw her slip into a dark alley and decided that now was the time to grab her. As he rushed to the alley he noticed that the girl was waiting for him.

In a monotone voice she asked, “Are you Taint?”

He flashed her a toothy grin, “Why yes I am love.”

“Well then,” an unfamiliar voice spoke from above him, “on behalf of the Teen Titans, Welcome to Jump City.”

Taint looked up in time to see a steel toed boot connect with his face.