Gotham Gazette // J.V

Chapter 4

Back to Katerina's POV (Just to be clear)

Two weeks later and I have come to terms with the events that had occurred that day... Although that didn't stop the nightmares. Over and over the image of that innocent man plummeting to his death replayed in my mind. Night after night I would be haunted by that same, psychotic face laughing maniacally down at me like I was some comedian.

The sound of his voice as he taunted me and warned me about what was coming. The way he threatened for me to be the next one dead if I didn't move and his laugh. That laugh sends chills down my spine every time I think about it, it was high pitched and pierced the air as if it were a knife and captivated everyone that was listening. 

He, himself is captivating. Leaving an image, a negative one for that matter, in the minds of whoever he crosses. Why had he let me live? Why had he not just let me die of the impact of his innocent victim or even when my dad and I were running from him I knew he had a gun, I saw it in his pocket so why didn't he shoot us? The questions were constantly running through my mind and I couldn't make it stop. 

I had decided that today would be the day I would put that behind me and actually start going out into the world again. I had been conversing with Edward over the riddle website and I had spoken to my dad when I wasn't boxed in my room but other than that I hadn't talked to anyone since it happened. 

Today was the day of the cheerleading tournament, now I wasn't a cheerleader by any means but I had decided to tag along for the  school paper, hoping to follow in my dad's footsteps and one day inheriting Gotham Gazette. I had gotten myself ready in my plain black T-shirt and black leggings with red designs printed onto them along with my usual doc Martins. 

I styled my hair as per usual and left my face natural as per usual and before I knew it I was ready. I grabbed my red back pack and stuffed my red beats headphones along with my phone, purse, camera and laptop so that I could properly document the competition and drown out the annoying cheerleaders effectively. 

I exited my room to see my dad, very surprised that I had left my room today as I hadn't for weeks but he didn't question it, knowing it would surely set me off. He simply gave me a warm smile and pulled me into a hug before saying goodbye. 

"Love you Katerina have a good day and do me proud ok?" 

"Always do. Love you too, bye dad!" I closed the door as I exited onto the street and hurried to catch the bus that I was almost going to be late for but to my luck I was able to make it to the bus stop with less than a minute to spare. 

The bus driver scanned the bus pass I had retrieved from my wallet and told me I was good to go. Our school had notified us that the bus would take the same route as the school one and then take us to the competition so we didn't have to go to school first.

I quickly found my way to the back of the bus, greeting a couple of people as I went and unpacked my phone and headphones. The head phones were noise cancelling and just what I needed to drown out the annoying chants that the cheerleaders would constantly sing on the way there. 

I plugged in the headphones and slipped them on before playing Melanie Martinez's album so loud I got dirty looks from the people sitting in front of me. I shrugged them off and turned my body so my legs rested on the empty seat beside me and I used the window as a backrest. I leaned my head back as I became fully immersed in the song and began closing my eyes, slowly drifting into a nap.

Jerome's POV: Sorry for the switch but it is necessary here.

The boys were back at it again (A/N Don't you dare guys) and this time we got to choose who we killed! How nice is Theo to give us the choice? He's a real nice guy that one, always thinking of others, don't know what Gotham would do without him.