Fan Fiction ❯ Covenant ❯ Vampire ( Chapter 2 )

*Warning: I do not own the Teen Titans. Erica, Taint and Magda are my creations.

Hi everyone. Sorry I took so long to update but my professors *grumble, grumble* keep assigning me obscene amounts of work. But fear not for I have completed my assigned tasks for now. Now without further adieu onward to chapter two.

*Stuff I forgot to mention in the first chapter:

Also there is no trigon here. I don’t like him so in this tale, he’s dead and Raven is free from his influence.

I will refer to Beast Boy as Changeling and Robin as Nightwing.

Cyborg is 21, Robin, Starfire, and Jinx are 20, and Changeling and Raven are 19.

I have no knowledge of Jinx’s background, but in this story she’s a half demon like Raven.

I have no knowledge of vampire lore so I’m making up a whole bunch of stuff.

Covenant:

Ch. 2: Vampire

Jump City was in the grip of a serial killer by the name of Taint. The city itself was not new to crime. It was home to some of the most dangerous villains in the country, but this was different. Bank robberies, jewel heists, and the occasional super villain rampage were the norm, not huge chains of senseless murders with no rhyme or reason.

The police were baffled by these crimes. Apart from the fact that the victims were drained of their blood and had bite marks on their left wrist, there was nothing else. There were no fibers, no DNA left by the perpetrator, no other marks on the body and, with the exception of the last victim, no witnesses. Had it not been for the fact that the killer occasionally left letters for the police, they police wouldn’t even have a name.

Normally crimes such as this were left to the discretion of the police department, but this time the aid of the Titans was sought.

The witness to the last murder, a young police officer, had described the alleged perpetrator as not human. This was attributed to the fact that the officer was flung through the window of his patrol car with very little effort and also to what the criminal in question was doing to a still unidentified young woman.

According to the witness, the man who killed his partner possessed superhuman strength and appearance. Most likely, he was a metahuman. His most noticeable physical characteristics were his eyes, which glowed pale gray, his ebony colored hair, and that he appeared to be unnaturally pale. This information was not released to the press because anti-metahuman sentiment was the highest that it had ever been. Even the Titans were catching a lot of hell from some of the general public for not being “human,” or in Nightwing’s case working with “freaks.”

If the press got a hold for this information, then the city would likely erupt in riots.

Titan Tower 11:09 a.m.

At Titan tower, the five core members of the Titans, sat through a grisly slide show of Taint’s handiwork.

Starfire left the room sobbing at the sight of the first victim, who happened to be a 15 year old girl. Cyborg had to leave the room midway through the slides because he had got physically sick at the site of the bodies. Changeling hid his face behind part of Raven’s cloak and was grateful that for once she didn’t swat him away. Nightwing sat through the entire thing, grinding his teeth in rage and clenching and unclenching his fists. Raven appeared for the most part impassive, but Changeling noticed that her eyes showed shock and sorrow.

After the slides finished and Starfire and Cyborg returned, Nightwing got up walked to the projector and began the briefing.

“Titans,” he began, “first and foremost the police suspect that this is the work of a meta-human, who goes by the name of Taint.”

“Shit..,” Changeling quickly exclaimed, “you’ve got to be kidding. I haven’t heard any of this on the news.”

Raven snatched her cape away from Changeling’s hands in annoyance and said, “That’s because it would cause riots if it was out in the media. Let’s face it,” she said, her voice showing bitterness, shocking everyone who was accustomed to her monotonous tone, “the public is going through some sort of meta-human hate spree right now and things are tense enough as it is. I know that every one here has faced some of this at least, even Nightwing.”

Her voice than expressed sorrow, “Can you imagine what would happen to us and other meta-humans if that got out? Many people think that people like us are responsible for a lot of the problems in the world today. If this got out then it would turn into a modern day witch hunt and there is no telling how many innocents would be hurt because of it.”

“Rae…,” Changeling called softly, “calm down.”

“What, wh--,” Changeling motioned to her surroundings and it was then that Raven noticed that a lot of things in the room were floating around, “Oh…thanks.” With that she took a deep breath to calm down and made everything return to it rightful place.

“Raven’s right,” Cyborg spoke up, “People would go nuts if they found that out. That’s probably why the police asked us to deal with this case in particular. They also probably figured that if this guy is as dangerous as they think he is, then it’s better if we deal with him. Can you imagine what would happen if some poor cop got in this guy’s way?”

“That’s exactly what happened,” Nightwing said.

He then turned to the projector and showed the last two slides.

“This slide shows Taint’s latest known victim, Sgt. Gale Allelyne,” the pictures showed a youngish police officer whose neck was obviously broken, “According to his partner, Jake Michaels, they were patrol when they saw a man holding a woman against a wall. When they pulled their flashlights on him, he turned around they saw that he had bitten the woman in the neck. He put her down and that’s when they pulled their guns on him. Taint attacked them and Sgt. Allelyne shot him a few times in the torso but according to Michaels it didn’t even phase the guy. Taint shoved Michaels through the windshield of their patrol car and knocked him out for a few minutes. When he came to he said that he heard a crack and when he went to look he saw Taint holding Allelyne up and then drank from his wrist.”

“Which wrist?,” Raven asked. This scared the crap out of the other titans who were entranced/horrified by Nightwing’s recitation of the last known victim’s final moments.

“The left wrist, why?”

“We’re not dealing with a meta-human.”

“What?,” this time Cyborg spoke, “how do you know that?”

“We’re dealing with….”

“What?,” Nightwing asked.

“Just one thing. I need all of you to really keep open minds and don’t ask any stupid questions, alright?”

“Done.”

“We’re dealing with a vampire.”

*Silence*

The other Titans, with the exception of Changeling, looked at Raven as though she were insane.

After a few more minutes of silence Starfire asked, “Forgive me friend Raven I do not mean to be rude, but what is a ..vampire?”

Nightwing answered that for her, “They’re monsters that feed on the blood of humans, Starfire.”

“What foul beasts these vampires are friend Nightwing.”

“Don’t worry Star, they are only make believe.”

“That is where you are wrong Nightwing and I can prove it.”

“Fine, prove it then.”

“Number one: all of the victims were probably killed in late evening/early morning hours, Number two: they were all drained of their blood, shortly before or after they died, Number three: there were probably puncture wounds on the left wrist of all of the victims and Number four: I bet that Officer Michaels mentioned that ‘Taint’s’ eyes glowed.”

Changeling, Cyborg and Starfire looked to Nightwing for confirmation and saw that he was thunderstruck.

He finally snapped out of it and asked, “How do you know that Raven? The police only just pieced together all of that!”

“I know it because it’s a vampire.” When she saw that everyone in the room was still confused, she sighed and asked, “You all know that I am a half-demon, right?”

*Everyone nodded silently*

“As a half-demon, I inherently know of other…entities that are not human. Call it supernatural instinct, if you will. That also means that if I see their handiwork, I can tell if a supernatural entity did it or not.”

“So…,” Changeling asked, “If you can tell if he is a vampire, then does that mean that you can track him too?”

“……..No,” Raven answered and with that said she then fell deep in thought.

“How do we find this guy then?,” Changeling asked.

Nightwing sighed and said, “That’s the hard part. There is no pattern. All of his victims are all over the place. He doesn’t tend to stay in any one place and there is no telling when he is going to strike. One day he may not kill anyone and the next day he kills at least five people. Raven, can you think of any reason for this?”

“I would say maybe because he’s hungry, but that argument doesn’t hold much water.”

“Why,” Changeling asked.

“Contrary to popular belief, vampires don’t need to feed every single night. They feed about once every three or four months. They can consume human food as well and it satisfies the vast majority, so that they don’t even follow that schedule for feeding. But, even if this guy just wants to feed on humans exclusively, it doesn’t add up. I happen to know a few vampires, and they have never killed anyone….ever. If they want blood badly enough then they will just go to a blood bank and steal a pint or two and that takes care of it for a few months.”

“What if there is no blood bank but only humans around,” Cyborg asked, shocked that his dark friend knew so much.

“If they do decide to feed on humans, they take no more than half a pint of blood and move on to another human. It’s not harmful to the person that they feed on. In fact they take less than what a person would give when they donate blood,” Raven then added, “Think about it. Vampires have existed for thousands of years, alongside humans with no incident. Do you really think that after thousands of years of existing, they would be stupid enough to start killing a ton of humans and therefore through themselves into the limelight. If that happens then they’ll be hunted into extinction. In vampire society there are very strict guidelines on human relations. The vampires need humans in order to survive and humans need vampires to survive.”

“Wait a second, if they feed on humans, then how is it that we need them to survive?” Nightwing asked.

“Who do you think has protected humankind from all of the other supernatural entities that need to kill humans to feed on their organs and souls?”

*Silence*

“How do we capture him, Raven?” Changeling asked, “Or….kill him if it comes to that?”

Raven gave a sad smile, “That I don’t know. Nobody outside vampire society is permitted to know that unless under very special circumstances. But I think I know some people who can help us.”

“Really? That’s the best news that we’ve had all day, who?” Changeling asked.

“First things first, we need to get into contact with Jinx.”

“Jinx?” Cyborg asked, “why?”

“We’ll need her help for this one.”

“Alright then. Titans,” Nightwing ordered, “we’ll resume the briefing when Jinx gets here.”

Outside Titan Tower 12:30 p.m.

Jinx had no idea why she was called to the tower. She had quit the hive when she was 17 with Raven’s help and had been a model citizen all the while. It had been hard to make that transition but she found a great friend and advisor in Raven, which surprised her greatly. When she was younger, she had assumed that Raven was a stuck up, uptight bitch, but as they interacted more she realized that they had more in common then she could have possibly imagined. Both of their fathers were demon bastards that raped their mothers, but as Jinx later learned, she was much better off than Raven had been. Jinx’s father was a low-level demon who didn’t have any power over her, Raven’s father, Trigon was one of Lucifer’s favorite sons and had battled her for control over her mind, body and soul until recently. Jinx was beyond happy when Trigon was killed and had his soul destroyed. That meant that her dark friend was free. Her power’s still were an issue but she had near complete control and as Jinx reminded her a while back, “It’s way better with that asshole off your back.“

As she walked to the entrance of the tower, she saw that Raven was waiting for her there with a her a frown that looked as though it had been carved into her face.

“Hi Raven, what up?”

“We have a huge problem.”

Jinx was a little surprised by Raven saying that and wondered what it could be because when Raven said something was wrong, it meant that something horrible had happened.

“Do you know all of the murders that have been going on lately?”

“Yeah, how could I not? It’s the only thing that anyone is talking about? Why?”

“We just got all of those cases assigned to us and we need your help.”

“Me? How can I help?”

“The killer is a vampire.”

*Silence*

Jinx didn’t believe it. //No fucking way that could be true.//

“You’re shitting me Raven, now tell me what’s the real reason that you need my help?”

Raven looked at her with sad eyes and that told Jinx that it was no joke.

“Holy shit. Do the other’s know what the guy is?”

“Yes.”

“How are you guys going to ice him? The vampire clans are the only ones who know that.”

“I told them that. But I’ve got a contact in one of the clans who’ll help me, if I ask her.”

“Then what do you need me for?,” Jinx asked getting confused as to why she had been summoned to the Tower.

“I have a contact in one of the clans but it’s dangerous to go alone and the others don’t know anything about vampire society so it’s too dangerous to take them with me.”

“I see….Who’s your contact?”

“My contact is Erica.”

“Erica?! Of the Luna Clan? Holy fucking shit!!! That means that you have to go to La--”

“Exactly,” Raven interrupted, “Now come on, we have a briefing that we need to get to.”

Inside Titan Tower 1:12 p.m.

“So let me get this straight,” Nightwing said as he questioned Jinx and Raven who were sitting on the couch, “The two of you have to go to some underworld bar and since the rest of us don’t know anything about vampires or any of the other things out there, we can’t go?”

“Exactly” “Yup”

“Why?”

“Cause it’s too dangerous for you,” Jinx said, when she saw Nightwing glare at her, she decided to elaborate some more, “Vampires are not the only creatures that go to those bars, you know. Since we’re both part demon, that means that we are one of ‘them‘ and that we are trustworthy.”

“Why would they not trust us?,” Starfire asked.

“Because,” Raven answered, “You aren’t part of their world. It has nothing to do with you being a good or bad person. If you aren’t like them in some respect then they are going to attack you on sight.”

“Are you sure that there is nobody here who can go with you two?,” asked Nightwing, “because I really don’t like the idea of sending just the two of you, there’s no telling how dangerous it could be.”

“I don’t know,” Raven said.

“Changeling can come with us,” Jinx said surprising everyone, most especially Changeling.

“How?,” Raven, “They’ll know he’s human just by smelling him.”

“We can just say that he’s an animal shaman that hangs with us. If they want any proof of him being a shaman, he can just morph into anything and that’ll satisfy their curiosity.”

“That is true, I can‘t believe that slipped my mind…… What do you say Gar? Are you up to it?”

Changeling looked at Raven in shock because: one, she was inviting him to work with her on a dangerous mission and two, she called him by his real name. His heart fluttered a little at the attention that Raven was paying him and after a few seconds he said, “Of course. When do we leave?”

“In half an hour,” Jinx said.

“What?,” Nightwing and Cyborg asked in unison.

“There are a lot of things that Gar needs to know before he comes with us. How to dress, how to act, how to address other entities and so on. Jinx and I are going to have to give him a crash course in inter-demonic relations,” Raven said

“Because if there are any slip ups we all die,” Jinx added.

“How am I going to learn all of that in half an hour??!! There’s no way that it can be done!!!,” Changeling squeaked out.

“Calm down Gar. You’ll learn all that you need to know and do fine,” Raven assured.

“How?!?”

“Like this,” Raven said as she waved her hand. A dark aura of energy surrounded Changeling and before he knew it he blacked out.