Each new piece of this is just awesome. I was leery of starting to read this series since I don't like darkfic that much, but I'm glad I did.

I liked Slade's commitment to his family, making sure his daughter is raised right, considering how each death would effect the villian community at large, and his family in particular.

minor quibbleOracle... hm. If I take her from beneath her very nose... it will throw even she off her stride
Oughtn't it be: "even her off her stride?"

Excellently done, and I'm anxious for the next addition.