Twisted •Jerome Valeska

•Chapter 34•

"Where is Jerome?"

The man spaces out for a minute before snapping back in and grinning  widely, a cheap Jerome grin.

"I'm not going to repeat myself!" I pull him closer.

"Yes yes of course! Follow me I can take you to Jerome" he says excitedly. My eyes widened. "Wait he's here?"

The man nods and walks over to a spiral staircase behind us leaving the crowd, who was watching in awe.

We reach the top and I'm greeted by a
Load of machines. he walks in and I follow.

"We are so close, I don't know why it took you so long to come back, we though we failed this is.I have no doubts this time it will work flawlessly" he jumps up and down and laughs.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, when we brought you back to life, which was the night you died, you never woke up and I was positive I failed and now I can clearly see it works and now after some minor adjustment it won't take as long for him to be reborn!" He laughs.

"Who? Where's Jerome" I say getting worried.

Don't trust him

"Shut up" I mumble. "Huh?" The man says. "No not you, them" I say pointing to my head. "They never shut up." He gives me a weird look before continuing.

We go another set of stairs before finally reaching the room. The door led to a warehouse with more machines and wires scattered. He lead me over to a metal table with a body on it. As we got closer I recognised who it was.

Jerome.

I ran over to the table. "Jerome?!" I shook him.

"He's dead" The man said "but we are going to change that, soon he will be Reborn!" He laughed again.

I punched him in the face. "Stop laughing like that!" I finally snapped. "How" I growl. "it was a few days after your death, I don't know much details but he was working for penguin and while on a job got stabbed in the neck" he frowns.

I knew exactly who did this.

I look at Jerome, now noticing the small but deep wound on this neck almost identical to mine. "How are you going to bring him back!" I tear falls from my eye. "Katie there's not need for crying, don't doubt me I will bring him back" he says.

I nod and step back from the table, taking in a few death breaths. What is happening? How come Harley didn't tell me Jerome was dead? Does she not know? Of course she would know.

I stand back up straight. "When?" I ask. "Right now!" He turns on the machine, sending a powerful shock to Jerome's body.

Nothing.

He flips the switch off and I wait a few seconds before laughing. "Of course!". He looks at me confused. "Your just playing some sick twisted joke!" I pull the knife out of my pocket and pole it up to his throat. He panics, "no no no you've got it all wrong- I mean I brought you back to life d-didn't I?" He puts his hands up.

I think for a minute before stepping away.

"Why isn't he awake?" I put my fingers to my head and massage my temple.

"I don't know it should of worked. Maybe if I try it again" he suggested and turns the switch on again.

Nothing.

"You have ten seconds to explain why he's no awake" I growl, gripping onto the knife.

Kill him

"Shut up!" I snap.

"I uh didn't say anything" he stares at me with wide eyes.

"Not you!" I smack myself on the head.

"Dwight!" A man comes rushing in. "The GCPD are on their way we gotta go!" He panics. I look at Dwight. "Your not going anywhere until he's alive!" I grab him by the collar and drag him over to the table.

"I-I've done e-everything I can!" He panics. I take my knife out of my pocket again and hold it up to his throaty once again this time digging it deep leaving a little cut.

"Time is ticking, Dwight'y" I dig it in deeper. "Okay wait there is a possible solution" he moves out of my grip and goes over to the machine once again.

"We just need to-" "GCPD!" Jim Gordon's voices booms.

I look over at Dwight, he's getting some stuff. I walk over and knock him out. I take one last look at Jerome before sprinting out of the building unseen.