The Crazies (Jerome Valeska)

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"Breakout time." I said with a smile. I grabbed the biggest gun I could and rested it on my hip.

"Slow down there." My older sister, Tabitha, said. "You aren't helping us. You need to go to school." I rolled my eyes and put up my black mask.

"I'm going." I said. "I already called in sick." I smiled triumphantly though she couldn't see. She rolled her eyes and grabbed some guns.

"Stay behind me, got it?" She said, I shrugged. We'll see.

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I got a certain rush when I walked into the Asylum and shooting up the place. My sister threw a bomb at a door and slowly followed. I ran ahead of her to see why she was slowly walking. All the inmates were there.

Sort of creepy. They all were drugged asleep.

"Sam, wait." Tabitha said, I heard it a bit too late. I got a whiff of that blue smoke and stumbled, falling over someone's feet. He groaned and moved slightly as I got up.

"Shh, crazy boy. Go to sleep." I whispered, causing Tabitha to chuckle a bit. I'm the only one that can make her smile. Besides when she kills someone of course. "Kinda cute, isn't he?" I asked, lifting his head by his extremely red hair, she rolled her eyes as the brought the wheely things in.

"Sure, baby sis. You can lift him." She said, handing me the bindings.

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Back at our house, the inmates were locked up before us. They were all confused, but that's to be expected.

"What the hell is this place?" The furry haired creep asked.

"It's better than Arkham." Another said. I walked behind Tabitha and Theo with a smile. It was funny seeing them all strapped in.

"Things are looking up." A redhead whispered, giving me a scary smile.

At the sight of us, they all started talking. I didn't bother trying to listen. Tabitha showed no interest in these people, but I thought they were pretty interesting.

"My name is Theo Galavan. These are my sisters, Tabitha and Samantha." He said gesturing to us. I gave a smirk and waved to the redhead. His head tilted with a smile at me. He really does look insane. "I know you're all confused, scared, a little groggy, but please relax. Today is the start of a wonderful future for all of you." He started walking down the  line of criminals and I followed. "If you want."

"Who are you?" The only girl asked, Theo walked to her with a smile and I kind of just stood there, trying to figure out what the redhead could be doing here? I mean, he's gorgeous. But is he really insane?

"Well now the question is who are you?" Theo said, I rolled my eyes. "The world sees criminal lunatics. I see brilliance. I see charisma. And power.... I see power." I was too focused on this redhead to think about why Theo repeated himself. He was obviously older than me. He was obviously cute. What the hell.

He jumped and I jumped backwards. He started laughing.

"Not so tough are you." He winked, then turned to my brother. "Yesss! Exactly, my man. That's so spooky. That's me to a tee." He did seem a bit crazy I guess. "These other boys... Uh I don't know... But you're singing my song." He said with a dark smile.

"Quiet Jerome." Some creepy guy said. "Keep talking." I saw how tense I was and relaxed myself and fixed my brown ponytail.

"Imagine. A group of brilliant outlaws, such as yourselves. Each selected for their unique ability to work together as a team. Imagine the impact. Gotham will tremble before thee." I crossed my arms and looked at Jerome. He rolled his eyes and batted them, trying to mock me.

Don't. Sam. Don't smile at him.

Too late.

I laughed but quickly stopped myself by covering my mouth with my hand.  Theo rolled his eyes out me.

"Sam." He warned. I just looked away from his hard gaze.

"Well that sound fabulous. But I'm not a brilliant outlaw. I just have... Issues." The girl said.

"You have ferocity. And beauty. And desire and that's enough." Theo paused. "Come with me Barbra." He put his finger under her chin, "Whatever you want in the world... It's yours." He whispered, causing me to roll my eyes.

"Theo. Thats your name right? Theo? You're getting way ahead of yourself here." I glared at him. No one disrespects my brother besides me. "First of all, keep your hands off her. Second of all, this whole 'magic team'... I gotta pass." I cocked my head and put a hand on my hunting knife and the other hand on my whip. "I don't take orders. Good luck on everything though. It's an intriguing concept." This bitch.

"This is very disappointing." Theo said.

"Oh. FairPlay. You want us to reward you for breaking us out of Arkham." He said, "I'm grateful. How does a million bucks sound? Sounds pretty good. And I could get it for you today. As soon as I hit the street."

"Money is not the concern. I had such high hopes for you. I didn't anticipate jealousy. That always poisons the well." Theo said, I smirked. "You have to go. Tabitha will see you out!"

"No!" I blurted, smiling. "I will." Tabitha glared, but I only smiled.

"Fine. Sam will. I don't care." Theo said. I blew a kiss to Tabitha who only rolled her eyes. They released the guy and he walked past me to Barbra. I broke out my whip without him seeing.

"I will be taking Barbra with me." He said, I smiled.

"Oh she won't wanna go where you're going." I said. I whipped the leather around his throat and pulled him to the ground with both hands. I fell back on my ass and got up with a groan. He was heavy. I jumped on him and started stabbing him.

Blood was everywhere. On the inmates and on me. Tabitha smiled at me.

"Maybe next time use one hand, weakling." Tabitha teased.

"I'm not much of a whip type of person." I shrugged.

"I will keep that in mind." Jerome mumbled. My eyes widened to the size of my head and I stepped away from the crazies.

"Anyone else want to leave?" Theo asked.

Silence.

"Good. Unbind them." Theo said, making my head shoot in his direction.

"What??" I asked, Theo smiled.

"We have to trust them!" He said. I pointed to the bushy hair guy.

"He ate a bunch of girls." I stated. Theo rolled his eyes.

"You're like a five year old." He walked out. Leaving me with 5 criminally insane people.

"Untie me." Barbra said. I cracked my whip and glared at her.

"Try anything and I'll show you the same." I said. I purposely went farthest from her. I untied the cannibal first then the giant guy. Then the schizophrenic. I skipped over Jerome to untie the girl.

"Hey!" Jerome snapped, making me jump. He laughed loudly. "Do I scare you?" He taunted. I clenched my jaw and swallowed.

"No." I said. I slowly walked up to him and untied the straps.

"You are scared. I can smell it on you." He turned to me with a swing. "Admit it." He growled.

"I... Am not scared Jerome." I said as strong as I could. I brushed past him and stood by the doorway. "Dinner anyone?" I smiled and started walking.