Like My Brothers |Jerome/Jeremiah Valeska| (COMPLETED)

Chapter 5

"And that's why I left." I told Bruce. I grab a tissue and start wiping my tears. I try not to cry in front of people, but it's hard to have 2 brothers be insane. Especially when I'm the innocent one.

"Oh my gosh. I never thought he would become evil. Or at least this evil. I mean, he's already worse than Jerome." Bruce says.

"I know. I don't even know why I gave him another chance."

"Probably because you believed in him." Alfred says. He then brings Bruce and I tea.

"Yeah, I did. I just don't get why." I sigh.

"Well, I think it's because he's all you have left for family. Your closest family member died, so he was the only person you could look up to."

"I-I guess you're right." I sigh and start tearing up again. "If Jerome were here, everything would've been better. I wouldn't have to deal with a brother who kills people to prove he's the best."

"Even though Jerome was bad, he at least didn't start by killing over 100 people." Bruce says.

"Exactly. The worst thing I think Jerome did was try to kill you. I mean, at least Jeremiah didn't try that yet. For some reason, he treats you like you're friends."

"Umm, not exactly." Bruce looks down and Alfred walks away awkwardly.

"W-What do you mean?"

"Well, right before I picked you up, he set me in a trap. It felt like I was losing my mind." I freeze for a second, then look back at him.

"What was the trap?"

"It was Alfred. He was being tortured a-and all this bad stuff started to happen."

"He did that to you? I thought I was the only one."

"Only one?"

"Well, he didn't go that far on me. But he made it feel like our family was completely normal. I started to think I was losing my mind. And that's when I gave him another chance." I start crying and Bruce gives me a hug.

"Jersey, I'm so sorry."

"Don't be. I should be the one who's sorry. You did nothing wrong-"

"And neither did you."

"I know. But it's one thing to pick on your sibling. It's another to pick on someone not related to them." Alfred then walks in.

"Master Bruce, someone is here to see you." He says.

"Who?" Bruce asks. A girl around my age walks in.

"Hey Bruce." She says.

"Hey Selina. What brings you here?"

"Just thought I'd hang out with you, since I got nothing better to do." She stops and looks at me with a confused face."Who's she?"

"She's my girlfriend, Jersey."

"Valeska?" She says with her eyes wide.

"Yeah."

"Please tell me you're not insane."

"No, I promise." I tell her. She walks over to me and extends her arm.

"Selina Kyle. Nice to meet you." I shake her hand and introduce myself. "So, why is your brother trying to blow things up?"

"I honestly have no idea. I'm still trying to figure out where Jim is-"

"We interrupt this program..." We all look over at the t.v. and see a guy on a video.

"Is that..." Selina says.

"Jim?" We all say.

"This is a message to the followers of Jeremiah Valeska. Jeremiah claims to have killed me. Well, bad news, I'm alive. So, just know, you're worshiping a fraud. A pale imitation of Jerome. You did your worst, Jeremiah. And I'm still here." Jim says.

"Thank god he's alive, otherwise this city would've fallen apart." I say. The others nod their head in agreement. Alfred then walks into the living room.

"Will you both be joining us for dinner?" Alfred asks.

"Yes please."

"I've got no plans." Selina shrugs.

"Excellent." Alfred walks back to the kitchen.

"Why do you think he's so obsessed with you two?" Selina asks.

"Jeremiah said, "All it takes is one bad day to drive a person insane." I wonder if my parents dying made me a little insane? Maybe he sensed that. Maybe he wanted to bring it out." Bruce says.

"What about you Jersey?"

"Well, I have been close to Jerome. Now that he's gone, Jeremiah's doing whatever it takes to get close again." I say.

"Well, you proved him wrong. Both of you did." We both smile and give her a hug.

"So you don't want to be closer?" Jeremiah says then grabs me. "Well, I guess we're just going to have to fix that!" He grabs the gun and puts it to my head.

"Stop!" We both look over at Bruce, who is in tears. "Please, don't shoot her."

"Why not? It's not like she's completely innocent! She could've been insane this whole time!"

"But she chose not to be! And you should too! Please, don't kill her. If you do, you'll regret it. Just like you regret Jerome dying." Jeremiah and I then freeze. "We'll do whatever you want, just don't pull the trigger."

"Fine, I'll make you a deal." Jeremiah then turns me around so that I'm looking at him. "If we become close again, I won't consider killing you. And, I might even try to become sane again. But if you refuse, I'll obviously kill you. And I'll continue with my plan."

"Which is?" I ask.

"I haven't exactly figured it out yet. But once I do, I'll let you know. And hopefully that will make your decision final."

"Fine. I'll think about it" I say as I shake his hand. Jeremiah starts walking away then stops.

"Oh and Bruce?"

"Yes?" Bruce says.

"To be fair," Jeremiah walks over to Selina. "The day's not over yet." He starts to laugh and then shoots Selina in the abdomen. She gasps and falls over, and Bruce runs over to her. I get electrocuted again and fall to the ground. "Oh, and Jersey, I lied. I did have my plan made already. The reason I want everyone to evacuate is because I plan to blow the bridges up. So that no one can leave and I can destroy the rest of the city. Obviously, not everyone will make it out in time. But if you agree to being close again, then you saved a lot of citizens. If not, boom boom boom. Everyone dies. And you'll be at fault. You have 4 hours to decide. Better think wisely." He starts to laugh until Alfred tackles him to the ground. He starts to beat the shit out of him. I tried to stop him, but Bruce kept holding me back.

"Jersey, don't!" Bruce says.

"He's hurting my brother!" I shout.

"He'll be okay! He was trying to stop Jeremiah."

"I'm sorry Bruce." I sigh.

"It's okay. You were just trying to protect him. But Jersey, are you sure this is going to be safe?"

"I hope so. I'm going to have to say yes." I say. I know he wants me to be safe, but I have to protect this city.

"But what if he lies or tries to kill you?"

"As long as the citizens are safe, that's all I care about. Anyways, we need to take Selina to the hospital." We rush her to the car and take her to the hospital. I have a feeling I'm a bad person now. Because of me, Selina might not be able to walk ever again.

Hey everyone! I'd like to give credit to @Petrova_Mikaelson for giving me the idea of Jeremiah threatening to blow up the city. Thank you so much! You really helped me out! If anyone has a suggestion of what to write, let me know! Or if you have any questions! Have a great day!