Tales from Gotham

The Scheme

So after figuring out which bounty Jim was out to get Ed decided to set his little trap for Jim. First he killed the one he found out that Jim was currently chasing. Which was in a separate folder inside the folder Barbara left for him. It was a Rapist and murderer "Johnny Snow". Edward found out where he was going to be and showed up there before Jim could arrive. He pulled up in his car and waited for the man to arrive. The man walks to the building and as he was about to enter Ed drives up and gets out of his car. "Hello, Mister Snow was it"? Ed says with a smile holding the folder in his hand and shuts it as he tosses it on the hood of the car. "I read your file, you raped about 40 women, and killed about 10 men" he says. "Want to be number 11" the man threatens. 

The Man was short about penguins height, but very bulky looking. He looked to be Italian with short messy black hair, a cropped tank and black jeans. looked to be about 20. "Once was warm, but now am cold, natural cause, or inflicted harm, all will become me, what am I"? Eddy asks as he walks over to the man. "Are you asking me a riddle"? The man asks. "Of course I am" he says. "Do you give up"? he asks. "I dont know the awnser" the man says. "Its you" Ed says with a smile as pulls out a knive and stabs the man repeatedly in the chest and stomach till he falls to the floor. "The awnser was Corpse, in case you are wondering" Ed says as he opens the door to the building and drags the man inside, leaving a trail of blood. "Oh boy, what a mess to clean up" Ed says dragging the dead body into the place, and flipping the switch to turn the lights in the room on. 

"Well Mister snow for a renown murderer, you werent much of a fight were you? Maybe I just getting good at this" Ed says to himself as he drags the body. He looks around. "What can I do in here"? he says looking around. "Ah, a meat hook!" He says as he puts the man on it. "this is a meat factory, I wonder why he would come in here" Ed says. "Ill have to leave a clue for old Jimmy wont I" Ed says with a smile as he pulls out a pen from his coat pocket and a notebook from the other and starts writing on it. "With a badge, or on the street, a pig is a pig no matter where he runs" he write. He folds the note and shoves it in his mouth. When Jim finds the place, he sees the lights are on already. He also sees the door is unlocked. He comes in "GCPD FREEZE" he says as he comes in and looks around. He notices a trail of blood that leads to the area where the pigs are hanging. He clicks the button to move the pig chain belt foward and sees a dead body hanging. It was his bounty. "Oh no" he says. The man is clearly dead, and was stabbed several times. He is hanging by his shirt on the hook. He has a piece of paper in his mouth. Jim takes it out "With a badge, or on the street, a pig is a pig no matter where he runs" he reads it outloud to himself. Jim sighs and pulls out his cellphone and calls Harvey. Harvey answers "Talk to me partner" he says. "Someone killed one of my bountys and he left a note, you should come see this" he says. "Ill be there in a minute Jim, dont worry" Harvey says hanging up the phone and arrives 20 minutes later. He sees the blood and walks in. "What happened"? Harvey asks. "I dont know, I found the body like this" he says. He hands Harvey the note. Harvey reads this "does he mean Pig as in cops"? Harvey questions. "I think he does, and he knows im no longer a cop" Jim says. "You mean, you got a hit on you"? Harvey asks. "I guess so" he says. "Do you think its Nygma"? Harvey asks. "Nygma wouldn't be this stupid would he"? Jim asks. "Maybe, you did piss him off" Harvey says. "The Commissioner isnt going to let us investigate without a warrant though" Jim says. "We have no evidence its Nygma though" Jim says. "Well, maybe ill have to go down there and punch Nygma in the face, see if he gives me any awnsers" he says. "Maybe you should let me try" he says. "With Penguin and Victor over there, I sure hell try to kill you" Harvey says. "Thats true isnt it" Jim says. "people have tried before though" he says. 

20 minutes later:

The Police arrive and ask Jim questions. The Commissioner is there too. "Jim, is someone after you again"? he asks. "I think so" Jim says. "Any idea who"? He asks. "No clue" Jim says. "I taking you into the  protection program" he says to Jim. "But, Im a bounty hunter, I have cases to do" Jim says. "I doubt you are going to be able to get any of those cases done, if people are going to keep killing your bounty" he says. "Im fine, I dont need any assistance, if I die because of something like this so be it" Jim says. The Commissioner trys to argue his point to Jim. "Jim, they can kill you!" he says. "I don't care"! Jim says. "I doing this alone, no matter who is behind it" he says. After he finishes questions he leaves the scene and goes home. He figure he will get it the next time. 

Next Bounty: 

There was a domestic violence case. There was a guy who regularly beats his wife and cops are always called. Jim was sent in to bring in this guy, he was told to not hurt the wife or any other people in the premises. However when he gets there its all quiet. Its dead quiet. Not even a dog barking. He shouts at the door "GCPD OPEN UP"! After 20 minutes of no awnsering he kicks the door in. He holds his gun up and he searches the house. It looks like there was a struggle, as there is broken furniture on the floor and sheets look like they were tore off the couches and bed and things scattered and thrown everywhere. He here moaning coming from a closet and decides to open it and sees a girl tied up, gagged and blindfolded. He pulls the rag out of her mouth and drops it and pulls off the rag over her eyes and tosses it. "What happened"? Are you okay"? She is a Mexican female with a spanish accent. "Edwardo! He killed Edwardo! He hit me on the head from behind, then bound me and blind folded me. I heard him yelling with Edwardo, and there sounded like there was a fight, but then it went quiet and I was left stuck in the closet"! she says. Jim unties her. "Oh! Thank you"! she says as she hugs Jim. Jim looks around the house and then finds in the garage a gruesome site. He sees the man stabbed several times, with his organs hanging out, hanging by a nuise from a beam in the garage." There is a note shoved in his mouth. Jim pulls it out. "What hides in plain site, and can put on many coats" it reads. He sighs and takes out his cellphone to call Harvey. "it happened again" Jim says. "Whats the note say"? Jim asks on the other end of the phone. "What hides in plain site, and can put on many coats" he says. "Sounds like Chamaflauge," Harvey says. "Oh no, the other guy I was suppose to find today has lizards" he says. "What"? Harvey says. "get the GCPD down here Harvey! I got to go"! he says and hangs up. 

Next Bounty:

This was a who committed a lot of tax fraud and wouldn't pay any of his bills. He owed thousands. He was also a local con artist stealing credit cards, identity, you name it. He was there, and he was behind it. When Jim arrives at the house, he yells "GCPD" and kicks the door down. "Anyone in here"! he says as he flips the switch to see a bunch of lizards crawling all over the place. There is a man knocked over on the floor sitting there with his heart cut out of his chest and stabs against the wall, with a letter attached to it with a nail. "Cross my heart, and hope to die, bet you still cant figure why, Why I torment you with these clues, with these bodies, all alone you do remain, not a pig, but bacon you'll be" it reads.  

Next Bounty:

Its a women and died from an overdose of drugs. She is attached to a bed and there is a note in her mouth. "up above, and then you drop, much like will be a dead cop, when the clock stops at 10 0 clock" it reads. He calls Harvey "Overdose death" Jim says. "Left me another note, I think hes going to meet somewhere high next" he says. Jim thinks for a minute. "Whats at 10 o clock? Up above at 10 o clock"? he says thinking. "Its happy hour at 10 o clock and if you look directly from there is the tower Jerome tosssed a bunch of people off" Jim says as he gets in his car and drive to the location. He sees Jerome tossing off the other bounty Jim had for today off the roof. There was 7 left. Jerome tosses the last one as Jim gets there. "Oh, Hey Jim, I didnt expect you to find the place so quickly but they are all gone anywas" He says. "Why? are you behind this"? Jim asks. "No, some guy with glasses just paid me to do this". He left you a message see" he says. Jim looks down to see the numbers "3458980". Jim writes it down and on a piece of paper and runs back down. "What could this mean" he think. He calls up Harvey and tells him about the 7 dead bountys and that he needs his help. Harvey meets him at a coffee shop. He gives Harvey the number. "What could these mean"? He asks. Harvey says "Maybe they are locker number" he says. 

Jim comes into the GCPD and shows the Commissioner. He looks at Jim. 'Where did you get these"? Commissioner asks. "It was a note left at one of the scenes" he says. "This is Kristen Kringles locker combination, and no one has been assigned it since she went missing" he says. "Can I see it"? Jim asks. "Sure" he says as he gives Jim the key. In there is a note with a key hanging on the hook. It had a tag that says "For Jim". There is another note on the hook and it says "three little piggies and one might live, two little piggies and both will die, one little piggie and you will have to outsmart the pig bad wolf" it reads. "What does this mean"? Commissioner says. "I have to do this alone" jim says. "Are you crazy"? Harvey says. "I cant let you guys come, hes planning something!" he tells them. "It means he has a trap set up for three people, and I dont know what hes planning" he says. "If there is just me, maybe ill have a shot" he says. Commisioner insists "Let me send back up" He says. "No! Im not a cop anymore, Let me do this"! He says as he takes the key and scurries out the building. "Im coming Nygma, I going to beat your stupid game!" He says.