Sworn Enemies (Arkham Edition AU)

Chapter Two: Disruption of Desire

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There were many things that Moonlight could do in the new era. Stalking somebody wasn't one of them. Ever since the night Steven showed up, she could not stop thinking about him.

It makes her sick that she misses him. Like she needed him to give her life meaning. What was wrong with her?

As of currently, she resides in the Diamond District on the rooftop of a building near the park. She knew he would be here, because she caught a glimpse of criminal gems fleeing from him, and the one he seemed to be after the most ran all the way here to hide. Even Moonlight knew that Steven would catch this gem, and she wants him dead.

Could you imagine her surprise when she turned around and saw him standing behind her with a scowl on his face? Moonlight couldn't imagine what she did, as that part was as clear as mud. A very significant detail she notices about this gem is that her gem is located on the right side of her face, a very clear vulnerable spot.

And Steven takes advantage of her unfortunate weakness by shoving her down to the ground and practically stomping his foot on her gem.

"Wh-What do you think you're doing?! D-Do you know who I am?!" The coward cries questioningly.

"I know exactly what you are..." Steven leans down, applying severe amounts of pressure toward her gem. "You didn't do it for money, you didn't even do it for fame..."

The vandal cries once more. "Y-You're hurting my... g-gem... I-- It's cr-cracking...!"

Steven bares his teeth at her. "Not out of jealousy. Not out of anger. You did it because you're a small, selfish, malicious scumbag that doesn't deserve the privilege of walking."

His foot comes down much harder than earlier, creating an audible cracking sound. Even Moonlight heard the cringey, unsatisfying sounds of her crack spreading.

"OH STARS, GET OFF! GET OFF!!! IT HURTS SO BADLY!" She screams bloody murder.

"Too bad." Steven replies casually, as if it meant nothing to him that he was dangerously close to ending her life.

To put it another way of how brutal her agony is, in Earth terms, imagine two hundred pounds - more or less - of pressure being applied to your heart and making sure you're still alive to experience the 'unpleasant' feeling.

"I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!!!" She shrieks once again. "PLEASE, GET OFF OF ME!"

Steven doesn't reply to this. She began to bawl under his shoe, and Steven grew tired of hearing it. So, he silenced her by decapitating her head with his shin after lifting his foot off her face.

Her form explodes, turning into a huge plume of clouds. Steven doesn't bother to heal the cracks in her gem, Moonlight knows that all it takes is a wad of spit.

This gem struck a nerve, what did she do? Moonlight would interrogate her if Steven hadn't bubbled her gem and sent it away. Now, Steven leaves and he is off into the horizon.

Moonlight could follow him home and stalk him from there, but he would find her and put an end to her spying with the aid of one of his most overlooked toys: Detective Mode.