I woke up, it could have been minutes later, or it could have been days later for all I knew. Everything was really blurry, and I was sore, I was strapped to this board thing.
I started looking around the room, Krista's here too, along with Sionis and a couple of other guys and Barbra. Confused, we all were wondering where we were and why we're here.
"What the hell is this place?" I heard Greenwood ask.
"Ain't Arkham, anyhow. Things are looking up" I said looking on the bright side, smiling.
"Welcome everyone" I heard a mans voice, I've never heard before. He walked towards us, he was wearing a suit, black hair, and everything about him looked expensive, almost as expensive as the place we were in."My name is Theo Galavan."
Behind him was a woman, black long hair, pulled back in a ponytail, a tight leather outfit with a matching whip.
"This is my sister, Tabitha" Theo said. Sionis, and Greenwood, called out to her, saying a bunch of shit they thought would get her attention. Theo raised his hand to silence the men.
He started to walk down the line of us, looking us each in the eye," I understand your feeling confused, scared, a little groggy, but please relax. Today is the first day of a wonderful future for all of you. If you want it."
"Who are you?" Barbra asked. Theo stopped in front of me, but had his eyes on Barbra.
"Well now the question is who are you? The world sees criminal lunatics. I see brilliance"Theo looked at me. "I see carisma" He said eyeing Krista. He now made his way to Barbra.
"And power. I see power."
"Yes" I said" Exactly, my man. Oh that is so spooky. That is me to a 'T'. These other bozos, oh, I don't know. But... your singing my song" I said smirking.
"Quiet, Jerome" Sionis said, and glared at me, I rolled my eyes,"Keep talking" he looked back at Theo.
"Imagine a group of brilliant outlaws, like yourselves, each selected for their unique ability, all working together as a team. Imagine the synergy. Gotham would tremble before you." Theo said. I'm pretty sure that last sentence got everybody interested.
"Well that sounds fabulous" Barbra said " But i'm not a brilliant outlaw, I just have... issues"
"You have ferocity and beauty and desire and that's enough. Come with me Barbra" Theo raised her chin with his finger "Whatever you want in this world, it's yours"
"Theo" Sionis cut in, sounding jealous," That is your name right? Theo? Yeah. You're getting way ahead of yourself here. First of all keep your hands off her." Theo slowly lowered his hand."Second, this whole 'Magic Team'? I gotta pass. I don't take orders. Good luck on everything though. It's an intriguing concept"
"God your such an asshole" Krista said
"This is very disappointing" Theo turned to Sionis
"Fair play. You want a reward for busting us out of Arkham. Truly I am grateful. Hows a million bucks sound? I can get it for you today, as soon as I hit the street" Sionis said. Yeah like Theo isn't rich enough. Dumbass.
"Moneys not the concern. I had such high hopes for you. I didn't anticipate sexual jealousy. That always poisons the well. You have to go, Tabitha will see you out." Theo said.
The straps released Sionis, and he started walking towards Barbra."Miss Kean is coming with me" He said
"Oh she doesn't want to go where your going." Tabitha's leather whip, suddenly, was tightly around Sionis neck, she pulled the whip back, and down went Sionis. Tabitha pulled out a knife, and got ontop of him, stabbing him repeatedly, blood splattered everywhere.
I couldn't help but laugh the whole time, Krista joined too and you know what they- I say, right? Laughter Is Contagious. That's what the bastard gets. Theo raised his voice slightly," Anyone else want to leave?"
Krista stopped laughing, It took me a minute to calm down and stop laughing, after i did the room was silent," Excellent".
The straps released on all of our things, letting us go.
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Theo let us roam around the penthouse, and do whatever we wanted to. We had our own rooms, well me and Krista were sharing.
I went to go check out the room, it was so nice, there was a king sized bed, with fluffy pillows, and actual blankets, and everything. There was even a bathroom, there was a balcony too, I went out there, and Krista was already there.
"This is great" She said leaning into me, looking out to Gotham.
I wrapped my arm around her, looking at the city with her," Yeah, do you think we can trust this Theo guy?" I asked
She turned around, "I dunno, but I guess we'll have to for now" She put her arms around my neck, while I put my hands on her hips.
"Yeah" I said, and leaned down and kissed her, as the last little bit of sunlight shined down on her. She pulled back and ran to the bathroom.
Confused, I followed her, but she locked the door.I heard her crying and throwing up a little." Are you okay babe?"
" I'm fine. Leave me alone" She said sounding sad at first then mad. It was weird, like she flipped a switch one minute she was happy, the next she wasn't.
"Did I do something wrong? What did I do?" I asked, confused still.
"Go away" she said clearly annoyed and irritated that I cared, I guess. What did I do?
I went to sit on the bed, I waited for her to come out, and tell me what happened and stuff. Like 20 minutes later she came out, her eyes were all red and puffy, from crying I assume, Her makeup was smudged, her hair was a mess. But she still looked like the most beautiful thing i've ever seen.
"Are you okay, what happened?" I asked. She sat on the opposite side of the bed,"Nothing, I don't feel well, I guess." She said, and sniffled.
I scooched close to her and held her hand in mine, I looked down at her she was looking at the ground.
" Krista," I said she looked up at me,"I know something's wrong." There was something in her eyes, it looked kinda like sadness, sympathy, confusion, and a little bit of joy all mixed up into one expression. I was so confused.
"Yeah"She smiled weakly, and sighed," There is something wrong, but I don't know how to explain it." She leaned her head on my shoulder.
I put my arm around her, and tried to be comforting," Do you feel sick? Do we have to get you to a hospital?" I asked, reaching for the phone on the nightstand next to the bed.
"No no" She said quickly, putting her hand on my arm," Its not like that. Lets just forget about what just happened. Please?" She added
"I'll forget what happened if you tell me what even happened." I stood up,"Deal?" I said and held out my hand. She got up, looked up at me with these sad eyes and tried to get past me, somehow I knew she was going to do that, so I grabbed her, picked her up and held her over my shoulder.
I know that usually gets her to talk and it lightens the mood, but not this time,"Jerome Stop" She said seriously.
I put her down and looked at her confused and clearly disappointed,"sorry I thought that it would help, I guess"
She immediately snapped back"I don't need your help. There's nothing wrong. Leave. Me. Alone. Jerome."She walked towards the door.
"What did I do?" I managed to say, hurt and really confused. I know she heard me, but she kept walking and slammed the door behind her.
