Falling for a Maniac- Jerome Valeska Fanfiction

A Year Too Long

Scarlett's POV
It's been a year since the bridge blew and I left Jeremiah. Since No Man's Land was created. I've been in hiding. My hair is long and bright red. I have green eye contacts in and I almost always wear black and leather. It's a statement piece.

Scratch that... I ALWAYS wear black and leather.

A lot has happened.. ALOT. But I'll explain that later. For right now lets catch up.

Everyone thinks I'm dead. Well, everyone except Barbara and Bruce. I go by Minx now. I stay to the shadows and it breaks my heart knowing Gordon thinks I'm dead.

But he has to. Everyone has to.

Otherwise he wouldn't be safe.
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Butch died. Tabitha died. Both by the hand of penguin. Now I'm living with a psychopath but also my best friend Barbara. She won't rest till he's dead.

I was taking another shot of vodka when I felt someone behind me. I gripped my knife and lunged at them. It wasn't until the person was against the wall that i realized who it was.

Bruce.

"I thought I told you to only seek me out when there's an emergency," I muttered angrily, but nonetheless glad to see him. He's grown. I put my knife away and stepped back from him.

"It is. Selina, she-"

My eyes went wide. "What happened? Is she okay?!"

"Yes I'm fine mother," I turned my head to see Selina walking perfectly fine like she wasn't paralyzed just yesterday.

"Wha- how?"

"Ivy," she shrugged and I nodded. Of course. I should have guessed.

"How'd you know I was alive? You don't seem shocked"

"Really, Scarlett? I know you. You may be able to fool Jeremiah but not me"

"Speaking of Jeremiah-," Bruce started and even though I didn't show it, I was afraid.

"We need your help," Selina finishes for him. I backed away from them a little bit.

"What do you mean? I can't do anything. He thinks I'm dead"

"I'm going to kill him," Selina stated. I have to admit my heart sank a bit at her words but I hid it. He caused too much pain. Too much chaos. It has to happen.

It has to.

'Yeah, keep telling yourself that,' my conscience muttered.

"I'm in," I said before turning around. "Just... give me a minute"

I walked into the basement and unlocked the room behind the bookcase.

"Barbara... I need you to babysit. I won't be long," I said. She was too mesmerized by the creature that she just smiled and nodded. Not even looking up at me. "Keep him safe"
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"So... This is the dark zone? They should call it the dull zone," Selina joked as we walked through the empty and deserted block. I scoffed.

"Alright love birds slow down. Look up ahead"

There we saw a group of lunatics over-killing this guy they just blew up, and before I knew it we were surrounded. Must be part of Jeremiah's faction.

"Selina, you know the drill," I muttered before we attacked the big guy and left Bruce to the others.

Selina straddled him and I just stood by and watched her cut up his face even after he gave the location. Which of course made me scoff when he admitted it.

He's at a hotel. Of course. Typical Jeremiah.

Look out puddin, here I come.
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Word count— 533