Chapter 2: Riddles

Arriving at Blackbird's home, the two heroes head into Blackbird's secret lair, The Birdcage. Blackbird, just to gain access to the lair, has to enter a fingerprint and retinal scan. He uses these security measures because he knows that no one will ever be able to break into the lair since they don't have his fingerprints and retinal layout. Blackbird has also enabled the scans to detect and allow access to his wife and fellow superhero Cammy, aka Jolt. That way, in case she needs something from the lair, she doesn't need Blackbird present in order to get in.

Inside the lair, Blackbird and Pyra head over to a table and place the body upon it. Blackbird brings down a light and positions it over the body, so that there is ample light upon the lower part of the abdomen, where the dark spot was found. Blackbird grabs a magnifying glass to get a closer look at the spot. After looking at the body with the magnifying glass, he switches and grabs a blacklight that he scans the body with, looking for any hidden areas that isn’t visible to the naked eye.

"I don't see anything unusual about the spot," he says, turning to Pyra. "Although, there is this." 

Blackbird points to an area that appears to be getting lighter in color. Inside the black of the spot that he was focusing on is an area that is slowing turning into a yellow color. A couple seconds later, it turns green, then to a brown, before finally dissipating and the spot becomes all black once again.

"What was that?" Pyra asks, referring to the changes in color of the spot.

"Not sure," Blackbird replies. "Though, what just happened gives me an idea of what happened. This murder was completed by someone who is able to utilize magic. I think I know who did it."

"Who?"

"Remember about that magician that I ended up battling that one time? Went by the name of 'Snuff'?"

"Vaguely," Pyra responded, a look of confusion on her face. "What does he have to do with this?"

"You just saw that spot change colors and then went black again. All of it happening in a matter of seconds. That is the kind of work that Snuff would do when is unable to bend people to his will. He kills them and then places some kind of weird spell on them, making their body do weird things."

"Any idea where he may be?" Pyra asks.

"No clue."

As soon as they finish their conversation, Cammy arrives in the lair carrying a package.

"Honey, this just came for you," she says, handing the package to Blackbird.

"Who's it from?" he asks, looking at the package.

"No clue," she says. "Open it, I'm sure we'll find out."

Blackbird opens the package and inside is a piece of paper. On it is written a riddle.

'Look into the sky and you will find an area where the sun meets the moon. In between Cassiopeia and Polaris is where you will find us, many miles away.'

"Great," Blackbird mutters. "Not only do I have to deal with Snuff, but Madness as well. This isn't going to be pretty."

"Let me see that," Cammy says, reaching for the paper. She quickly skims over the note, trying to figure out its meaning. "Something tells me that they are somewhere here in Gotham," Cammy says.

"Then why was there a random body in Keystone?" Blackbird says.

"Not sure, but that's beside the point. I'm guessing that Snuff planned on you finding the body and wants you to track him down. Madness probably joined him in the fun because he saw a profitable opportunity."

"So, based off the riddle, we have to look for them at night," Pyra says. "We need to look at star position and where it relates to the moon. I'm guessing that an area between the two will point to where we need to go."

"I agree," Blackbird says. "We should take a look later tonight to see if we can track their location."