The crazed look in his eyes was enough for me to move further away from him, afraid that like a rabid dog he would attack me. His smile seemed to drop slightly the further I moved from him and he tilted his head slightly as if threatening me to move further.
I froze completely and gulped, as soon as he had called me a souvenir we hadn't spoken, our eyes stayed locked with one another and the air seemed to thicken with every second. I could cut the tension with a knife. Before I could register he had jumped onto the bed I was sitting on thew an arm over my shoulder, much like he had on the bus.
The sun was setting and I wondered how long I had been here, I was knocked out but for how long? I didn't have time to think about it because I was too busy trying to wriggle out of his hold. He knocked the both of us back to where we were laying beside each other on the bed. He rested an arm over my stomach, a warning gesture to make sure I wouldn't jump up.
"See why would you wanna go home?" He asked, he was on his side now as he stared at me.
"I miss my dad..." I stated quietly, fearing my voice would crack because of how tight my throat felt.
"Parents are over rated anyway. I killed my mum, god was she awful. She deserved it and dad's next on the list." He replied and I fidgeted at the thought of murdering the person who raised you. "No, no don't move away from me, she was a whore, banging clowns in the same caravan her son was trying to eat in! Like if you're gonna be a drunk whore do it somewhere else ya know?" His voice was rising and I felt the fear build inside me. "My dad isn't much better though, he let the whole thing happen, didn't even know he was my dad til a couple weeks ago. Can you imagine that? Thinking your dad's dead only to find out he ran a booth a couple meters away."
"I-I'm sorry." I didn't know what else to say, what do you say to that?
"Why? She's dead, and my daddy's heading down the same path." He chuckled darkly and I gulped, staying silent. "But you, I think I'll keep you around for a bit, you're kinda cute." He gave me a grin and wink.
"I um I'm glad?" I stated as more of a question. The bed moved slightly as he laughed at me.
"Look you're funny too! Now if you could only get over the whole 'I miss my life' thing we'd be the perfect couple!" I turned so I was on my side and stared at him.
"That isn't going to happen, sorry." He slid closer to me to the point where our bodies were touching, my breath caught in my throat but he held an arm behind me stopped me from moving away from him.
"I know it will eventually." He whispered and I shivered as his hot breath fanned my face. "Especially after you react like that." He looked me in the eyes. Being this close I could see that his emerald green eyes were much more than simply emerald. The clear green reminded me of a stained glass window that had been at the church we'd held my mother's funeral in. The yellow flecks resembled specs of sunlight seeping through small holes in the ceiling.
His eyes were so detailed that the longer I looked at them the clearer they became. Every gold fleck coming together with the pine green to create two masterpieces. I felt as if it would take an artist years to capture every detail and it still wouldn't even compare to the real thing.
Behind the beauty lay evil. Behind these beautiful eyes were cruel intentions, horrible deeds and insanity and it was disappointing that such an injustice had happened to Jerome to create the monster he had become.
I don't know how long I had been staring into his eyes before he finally broke contact, his arm sliding from my back and sitting up. He glanced out of the window taking a glance at the dark sky, the only light being from the headlights of the cars below us.
"Look, I have some stuff to do but you get this lovely room to yourself for a while! I'll be sure to lock the door, don't want anymore hero Kat now do we?"
"No." I muttered softly.
"Good, now stay here and I wouldn't scream cause I'm the only one who wants you to continue breathing." He threatened and I nodded. "Ok bye gorgeous." Before I could even reply he had left the room, the sound of the lock clicking echoing through the room.
Just to be completely sure I walked over to the door but it was indeed locked, god damnit. I let out an exasperated sigh and slammed my hand on the door before sliding down it and crying. What did I think was going to happen? Jerome wasn't going to let me go, that was for sure and he wasn't stupid enough to just leave the door open again.
Was anyone even looking for me? I thought people cared about me but based on what happened on the bus I wasn't too sure now. I mean they were going to let him kill me so why would they come looking for me? My dad was surely trying to find me, Edward maybe? Jim must be on the case I mean he saw me get taken.
Although I don't even know how long I've been here, they could think I'm dead! Oh my god what if they all think I died? I could be stuck here forever while they think i'm 6 feet under. The thought made me sob even harder, I may never see any of my friends and more importantly my father ever again. He was all I had left after my mother's accident.
I shook my head, if I thought like that I would do something stupid and that's the last thing I needed right now. I couldn't think worst case scenario because I know that isn't going to help me. I slowly stood from the carpet and slowly made my way back to the bed, the TV remote was laying on the bedside table so I picked it up and turned it to the news, hoping to get some insight on what has been going on.
"And tonight we will be seeing rain in Gotham again, surprise, surprise. Anyway back to you Mark." The TV flipped from the weather girl onto who she called 'Mark'.
"Thanks Jen... BREAKING NEWS: YESTERDAY THE INFAMOUS GROUP OF ESCAPED ARKHAM INMATES, WHOM GO BY 'THE MANIAX' ATTACKED A BUS FULL OF GOTHAM HIGH CHEERLEADERS! THANKFULLY THE BUS AVOIDED BEING BLOWN UP AND THEY WERE SAVED BY DETECTIVE JAMES GORDON ALTHOUGH A STUDENT BY THE NAME OF KATERINA FERDINE WAS TAKEN BY MURDERER JEROME VALESKA! THE GCPD HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT FINDING KATERINA IS A TOP PRIORITY AND THEY ARE DOING ANYTHING THEY CAN."
They were coming for me... Maybe I wouldn't be here forever.
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Gotham Gazette // J.V
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