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Posted by Batgirl
on 8/21/2008, 12:04 am
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Once upon a time, there was a girl... born to be something unlike the world has ever seen... a dancing hunter. But she didn’t want that and so she ran away. Hungry and desperate, she found salvation in the dark flap of wings… in the realm of the bat. She is Cassandra Cain and this is her story.
Batgirl #7 – Gotham Requiem Part 1 (Character Switch Tie-In Issue)
Gotham City Cemetery, the final resting place for many who have given up their lives, fighting to preserve law and order, fighting to maintain peace and harmony in a once thriving metropolitan hub. The silent and peaceful ambience at the cemetery is suddenly interrupted by a group of unidentified grave robbers. They are not interested in those who died trying to protect Gotham City. They don’t even give a damn what they did, when they passed on or what their names were. They are only interested in what lies within one specific mausoleum located at the far end of the graveyard. There are 8 of them, all dressed in deep red robes that resembles a long forgotten society from medieval times.
“It won’t budge. I think it’s stuck!” said one of them.
Another replied, “You better find a way to force that door open. Lord Verran will be here any minute. If you value your lives, you better open that mausoleum door before he arrives!”
“That won’t be necessary! Step aside, all of you!” a deep vengeful voice responds. They all turn and there he is, dressed in high quality leather and finely crafted silk attire of a nobleman, Lord Verran – the last vampire lord.
“He will come to me when I call out to him.” Lord Verran continues. He begins to recite a strange and haunting mantra. “Bradal Rum Kalavar Kush Tika Mellar Kush Tika Mellar Tinalar Farrum Bidal Merra Kalum! “Awaken now! Awaken for Lord Verran!”
There was dead silence for a few seconds and then there was a huge thump within the mausoleum. The mausoleum door begins to crack open.
“Yes! Come to me!” Lord Verran calls out to whatever is in the tomb, smiling with anticipation.
One final thump and the mausoleum door bursts open, concrete pieces flying in all directions.
Who summoned me?! Who has awakened me?! A brooding maniacal voice calls out from the mausoleum.
Elsewhere in the base of operations for one of the world’s greatest hacker and information broker, Oracle receives an unusual signal on her computer, which originates from Gotham City Cemetery. She does an immediate scan on the area but do not pick up any life-signs and yet there seemed to be paranormal activity within the graveyard. Oracle contacts Batgirl. “Cassandra! There’s something going on in the cemetery. I’m receiving strange signals from my computer…”
Before Oracle can finish, Batgirl replies, “The Batcave computer picked that up too. I’m on my way there right now. I should be there in a few minutes.”
Meanwhile back at the cemetery, a bulging and hideous figure steps out from the mausoleum. “Who summoned me?!”
“It is I, Lord Verran, the last of the vampire lords. I seek a certain service that only you can provide. Grant me that service and I shall let you continue your slumber.” Lord Verran replies.
“Ha! Ha! Ha! Why should I grant you anything? Why should I help you?” the animated corpse snaps back.
“I seek to rule over Gotham City and to do that I require you to open a time portal and allow us to travel back in time. Shall we say…50 years? I seem to recall that Gotham has been rather unkind to you. Why would you protect a city that does not remember you any longer?” Lord Verran negotiates.
“Ha! Ha! Very well then!” the animated corpse replies. Suddenly, a dark glow begins to envelope the entire mausoleum. “Step into my tomb and you will arrive at your intended destination.”
At that exact moment, Batgirl arrives at the scene and springs into action. “Stop! All of you!”
Lord Verran and the others turn around. “Ah! An unexpected send-off party! Wonderful! Can one of you gentlemen please greet that young lady over there, while we leave?”
One of the grave robbers carrying an iron rod step out from the group and walks towards Batgirl, fangs protruding from his mouth, ready to fight for his master. “Prepare to die girl!”
To be continued…
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