Second Thoughts

100-word BtVS / DC crossover Drabble. No spoilers. Characters are the property of their respective creators and are used without any intention of infringing copyright. This story may not be distributed on a profit-making basis.


Second Thoughts


By Marcus L. Rowland


"At first I thought they were looking for metahumans," says Batman


"But now you don't?" asks Robin.


"I was out barely twenty minutes, still don't know how they got me. A meta-gene test takes three hours."


"That's odd... any fingerprints?"


"Nothing on the stretcher or straps."


"What about you?"


"Me?"


"Your suit. They must have touched it."


"Worth trying."


They find seven partials. Five match no records, the others...


"Faith, no other name. Murderer, escaped con."


"Says she died in the Sunnydale disaster."


"Easily faked. Check associates."


"Only one current address, a private eye named Angel."


"I'll start with him..."