18. Purple coat

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When we got out of the subway we immediately left the station aswell.
We were done with the disgusting people that were cussing us out.
"I wanted to show you a lovely place, but I guess that won't happen today.", Arthur sighed.
I looked at him and grabbed his hand.
"It's ok.. It's a good thing we left the subway, since things could've escalated real quick.", I told him.
He didn't have to worry so much. I was happy that I could spend some time with him.
I walked with him through the streets of Gotham, and the area didn't really feel safe. It felt like something bad could happen any second, and that wasn't a good thing.
"Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out here?", I asked Arthur.
He looked at me and became quiet for a few seconds.
"Well.. I think it is. People are slowly losing their minds. They don't have respect for each other anymore.", he told me.
I bit on my lip while I thought about how horrible the world was. We couldn't be ourselves, we couldn't have a personal opinion and we couldn't live in peace. There were always a bunch of people that wanted to ruin everything.
It slowly became dark and the street lights slowly turned on.
I held on to his arm tightly while we walked further.
"I want to see the world with you.", Arthur murmured.
I smiled and looked up at him. "That's so sweet.. I'd love to make that happen..", I whispered.
Suddenly I heard some footsteps behind us. I waited a few seconds before I turned my head to see who it was. It felt like someone followed us.
"Baby.. there's someone behind us..", I whispered carefully to Arthur.
Arthur turned around and dragged me with him.
We both saw a man standing there, with a purple suit on and a painted face. I could see the scars next to his lips in the dark, which made me uncomfortable. When I took a closer look I saw there was another man behind him with a clowns mask on.  The two men looked very angry and aggressive, as if they were killers.

I tried to take a few steps back but Arthur stopped me

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I tried to take a few steps back but Arthur stopped me. "Stand still.", he hissed.
"Well, well, well.. look what we have here..", the man said. He had this kind of voice that I've never heard before.
"You are the punk I heard about, and now you created another imposter..", the man said while pointing at Arthur.
My grip around Arthur's arm became even tighter because I was terrified.
The man started to come closer and grabbed a knife from out of his purple coat.

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