The Beast Within

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Trapped

Jerome slammed his fist down on his desk and groaned "how is it this hard to find a fucking 4 year old!?" "maybe you could use some help" he looked up and cocked his head to the side "Barbara and Lucky, now you two sure are a sight" he said watching them as they stepped into his office "we heard through the grape-vine that you might need some reinforcements" Barbara said sitting on the corner of his desk and he raised an eyebrow "and you two wanna help me?" "trust me, we're not doing this for you.. but Nyssa is family and when she needs a favor, we'll help anyway we can" Lucky said with her arms crossed "Nyss called you?" "for some reason she loves your dumb ass" Bab's said "frankly I would've dumped you off the Gotham harbor with bricks strapped to your ankles if I was her though" Lucky said sternly and he nodded "I know I've been shitty-" "you've been more than that, you attacked her while she's pregnant.. but this isn't our business or our fight, we're just here to help anyway we can" Bab's finished "I have a few locations that need sussing out, can you two handle it?" "just a recon mission? please.. we could do that with our eyes closed, what are the locations?" Lucky said and started loading her gun, Jerome wrote down the addresses and handed them to Barbara who gladly took the paper and smirked "let's go find Jerome's missing love-child, shall we?" Jerome rolled his eyes and both girls giggled as they left the room.

Nyssa nervously rubbed her palms together and knocked on the familiar oak door and sighed, the door flung open "can I help you, darling?" "thank you Jeremiah, for getting T and Bab's to call me" "they deserved to know what's going on, you've been shutting everyone out" she stepped inside and he shut the door "I'm okay Miah, I promise.. but thank you for having them help Jerome" "to be honest darling, I called them in hopes that they'd be able to somehow talk you into leaving him" "I know you did, they told me.. he's my husband Miah, I love him" "I love you as well" "I know, it's wrong but I love you too, but when it comes down to it.. I love him more" "I'd never hurt you like he has and does" "I knew who he was when I first met him, I knew the risks, but I don't see some crazy guy, I see the man I love and the man that loves his children, the man who is breaking his back day and night to find his missing son that might not even be alive anymore" "you don't hurt the people you love" "we've both hurt each other Miah, I've hurt him more times than I can count" "Nyssa, he has shot you, threatened to shoot you, hit you countless times, thrown you into walls and left bruises the size of his hands on your body.. he's a monster!" "I've slept with you heaps of times, hit him many times, shot him, choked him, and almost killed him more times than I'd like to admit.. and let's not forget that I'm pregnant with your babies while being married to him, he may be a monster, but I'm honestly no better.. we're just as messed up as each other".

"I can show you what it feels like to not be afraid of your partner" "I'm not scared of him Miah, if I felt like I was in real danger, I can stop him and I will without hesitation if I felt like any of my children were in danger" "he's going to hurt or even kill you someday.. he can't control himself, he killed our own mother like it was nothing!" "she was abusive towards him his entire life and you ran away like a coward to let him suffer!" suddenly before she could register what had happened she was falling face first and Jeremiah was standing over her with is hand still raised and a shocked expression on his face, she hit the coffee table and finally hit the floor, she sat up and felt her forehead and saw blood on her fingers "Nyssa-" she stood up and glared at him "you'd never hurt me, huh?" "I- I don't know what came over me, I'm so sorry" "save it, I have a husband to go home to" "Nyssa no!" he grabbed her arm tightly enough to bruise "Jeremiah, let me go now!" "I can't let you go back to him, he's dangerous!" "you're hurting me!" "I'm doing this for your own protection!" he threw her over his shoulder carefully and carried her into the basement, she kicked and screamed but he didn't release her.

He came to a jail cell looking room "Jeremiah, please!" he put her in the cell and quickly shut it locking her in "Jeremiah" "I can't have my children's lives at risk because you refuse to see what he truly is" "psychotic, like you" she spat "I'm doing this for your protection" "Jeremiah, I won't tell Jerome what you did, I promise just let me go" "I- I can't do that" "Miah, please.. I have my kids I need to get from daycare" "I'll have your meals brought to you" he started walking away and she felt panic rise "Jeremiah no! JEREMIAH NO, PLEASE!" he was gone and she continued to bang on the bars and scream.