The Freaks Of Gotham (Jeremiah Valeska x OC x Jerome Valeska) (Gotham Fanfic)

Chapter 11

It's been around a week now, I've been texting Jeremiah whenever I could. Today is apparently the day Gotham goes mad. Jerome has already got me sitting on a chair on a nearby building. Bellow me is a concert, which I'm guessing is what Jerome's going to use to distract everyone and gain their attention. Jerome appears on the stage and starts dancing around. I check around me to ensure no one was on the roof with me, then I pull out my phone to text Jeremiah.

"Jerome is currently taking over a concert in the middle of Gotham, this is where he's going to release the gas, you have to stop him, please" I put my phone back away and look around the city. I spot a police car headed towards Jerome. Gordon gets out of the car and walks over to the crowd. Jerome tells him that he's waiting for Bruce and Jeremiah, and that Gordon must bring them to him. A while later, Gordon returns with Jeremiah and Bruce. They both walk towards Jerome. He then says something about snipers, but I stopped paying attention to what Jerome was saying. I was to busy watching Jeremiah, even though he was quite far away, I could tell he looked tired. Did he not sleep while I was with Jerome? A while later, Gordon ends up shooting Jerome in the shoulder and he ran off the stage and into the building I was on top of.

No, I couldn't let him die again, I couldn't watch him die again... I have to save him this time.

He comes on to the roof and pulls out his phone to call the blimp that was now above Gotham. He's about to give the order when Gordon shoots him again, this time in the hand. Gordon shoots him again and he falls backwards. I look over the edge to find him dangling from a pole.

No, I can't let this happen, I can't... I had to use it, I had to, to save him.

I concentrate on Jerome and think about lifting him up. He slowly starts to move upwards, then he gently floats up and I land him softly on the roof. My whole body aches and I stumble, almost falling backwards off the roof, but Gordon catches me before I could. He quickly let's go of me and grabs Jerome, dragging him away from the building. I carefully move down the stairs, and half way down I find Jeremiah.

"Gordon told me what happened, we have to go, now!" He says, grabbing my wrist. "Everyone down there saw what just happened, it may even be on the news, we have to leave before they catch you, they'll treat you like they treated the rest of his creations... Like freaks." He quickly pulls me along to the car. My whole body still aches and my vision starts to blur. He gets in the car and looks over at me.

"Ash, are you ok? You look pale..." He asks, his eyes filled with worry.

"I'm fine, it's just from using my ability to lift Jerome, I'll be fine" I answer. He starts the car and drives me back to his house.

"Now, I have to go back to talk with Gordon, you stay here ok, you'll be safe here" He says, helping me out of the car and into the house. He leaves me in his office and then goes back to his car. I look around his office and notice a box on the desk. Curiosity gets the best of me so I walk over to it. It said it was from Wayne enterprises. I remember when I was taken to Hugo Strange, he said we were at Wayne enterprises... Whatever was going on there wasn't good.

I decide to open the box, hoping Jeremiah won't mind that I opened it for him. Inside the present is a stripped box with a latch on the front. I undo the latch and a clown face pops out. Purple fills my vision as it sprays a gas into my face. I start coughing madly and stumble throughout the room, knocking a few things over. My eyes burn and I can hear a voice, however I can't focus on it. Objects from around the room start flying around as my coughing gets worse. I can sense someone behind me and they wrap their arms around my waist. Their voice sounds soothing, but I'm still unable to focus on what they're saying. I escape from their grip, my head is spinning and my vision becomes distorted. I scream in agony, clutching my head, almost pulling my hair from my scalp. A clear voice catches my attention, a voice I can actually focus on. Jerome appears out of the shadows ahead of me, walking over to me, walking past his brother.

"Well, this was unexpected, if you could hear the message then you'd realise that this was meant for my brother, I guess this is what happens when you open something that isn't yours. Don't worry though, you'll be fine, all you have to do is give in, allow yourself to be free from the limits for sanity." He says.

"N-No, I-I won't, I-I can't, I-I won't turn into a m-monster like you!" I scream, grabbing a nearby book and throwing it at him. The book goes straight through him and he starts laughing.

Jeremiah's pov: (a few minutes earlier)

I walk back into my house after talking with Gordon. I head towards my office to check on Ash, but as I get closer, I can hear them coughing. I quickly run in to find them stumbling through the room, coughing madly. I wrap my arms around their waist and talk soothingly into their ear, however, they move out of my grip. Objects are floating around the room. They clutch their head within their hands and release a blood curdling scream. I look around the room, trying to figure out what could be causing them so much agony.

Was it from using their ability to lift Jerome?

My eyes land on a stripped box in the middle of a room, a clown head pokes out of it. I turn back to them when they scream something, then watch them grab a book and throw it at the air next to me. I try to talk to them but it seems like they can't hear me. I grab the box and run to the car, starting it and driving over to the GCPD, knowing Jerome hadn't been put in Arkham Asylum yet. I run in and run over to the holding cell.

"Jerome, what the hell is this?" I shake the box in front of him. "What does it do and what has it done?"

"Oh, so you found my little gift, strange, I expected the effect to be a bit more obvious than that... Did you breathe it all in?" He asks, chuckling to himself slightly.

"What do you mean Jerome, breathe all of what in? I just found the box on the floor in my office, you need to tell me what it is, now! Ash is in agony and if I don't know what it is then I can't help them."

"Oh, Ash opened it? I guess that's what they gets for opening something that wasn't meant for them, and don't worry about it brother, they'll only be in pain while they try to fight it, once they stop fighting it they'll be fine."

"Fight what Jerome? What did you do to them?"

"2 words, insanity gas" He says, laughing loudly. He walks over to the bars and looks into my eyes. "Soon they'll be as mad as me, they'll finally be able to accept that we were meant to be, they'll choose me over you, they'll..." I punch him in the face to stop him from talking, Gordon runs over to ask what I was doing. I toss the box into his hands and leave. I had to help Ash, I had to get there before they give in to the gas. I sped through the city, and made it to my house as fast as I could. I ran through the maze.