//------------------------------// // The Death Of Jerome // Story: Everything Is In A Smile // by DoctorPony //------------------------------// In Gotham a music festival is being held in the city, the band was playing, people were enjoying their time at the event, until Jerome and a few cult member dancers get on the stage. "Hey, what happened to my night, hey buddy beat it will yea, I'm trying to work here" the singer said. Jerome jumps and lands "Woah!" he said. The audience looks distressed, Jerome kicks the singer and beats the man using the micophone pole to death with the audience saying oh every time Jerome hit the singer as the cult members take control of the stage, the band members flee the scene "where's everybody going?" Jerome asked. Firefly comes out and shoots fire out into the crowd to making quiet, "ladies and gentlemen, we are the Arkham Asylum Lunatic, we came here to blow some minds wo, sorry to interrupt your little show but you are going to love this next one " he said. "Introducing babe Richard, Commissioner Reynolds, Ark Mission Mcgregor and this lady where she is, this is everybody say hi now as you can see we're still waiting for two guests of honour but in the meantime let's go over the rules of tonight's entertainment shall we, dynamite, trigger I don't get I want boom" Jerome continued showing the detonator to the explosives of the peoples necks. "Headless people and if any of you are thinking of going anywhere then you'll die too, now the one man who can get me what I want, come over here" Jeromes pulls the guy with the tv camera closer to him. "Darling Gordon, calling Captain James Gordon" Jerome starts laughing Into the mic then the screen turns black. Soon Jim arrives with a bunch of other cars following behind him, he gets out of the car and walks slowly toward Jerome, Jerome on the stage with music playing sees Jim and let's the band know it's time to stop playing music, " Ladies and Gentleman as I live and breathe James Gordon is in the house" Jerome said. Jim coming closer " I'm not talking to you until I could get up there and check on the well-being of your hostages" Jim said. "First of all Jim, your late, secondly I think I'm should be the one giving out demands, don't you" Jerome replied. "What's your doing is a act of terror Valeska, ask our mayor what this city's policy is on negotiating with terrorists! James said. "Terrorists frankly I'm offended no no no that's close enough Gord" Firefly shoots another blast of fire and the crowd screams, "and none of you go anywhere either" Jerome turns toward the drumist who does a drum roll, "deadmans trigger, this falls out of my hand for any reason and bang, I got two empty chairs here and you haven't even asked me who they're for yet" Jerome said. "Alright i'll bite who are they for?" Jim asked. "Come on Jim your a detective, do some detecting" He said. "Jeremiah your brother" Jim said. "Bingo,that's one" Jerome replied. "And the other" James said. "Well the only other Kerks and do-gooder who's spoiled my fun in this town" Jerome giving hints on who it might be, Jim doesn't seem to get it so Jerome just tells him "Bruce Wayne" he said. "No" Jim said. "No" Jerome said. "You can take me, I'll sit up there with one of those things around my neck but I won't let you have him" James said. "Well I don't want you Jim, I want my brother and I want Bruce, I want them now " Jerome replied. "Alright, let me get these people out of here and I'll come come they're" Jim said. "Your not listening to me and that is forcing my hand" Jerome said. "Jerome" James said. Jerome hits one of the buttons on the microphone pole and Commissioner Reynolds lost his head. "Bring me my brother, bring me Wayne, bring him now" Jerome demanded. Gordon brings Bruce and Jerome sings "wait wait it wait it wait it someone's going to die" Jerome notices Bruce and his brother Jeremiah. "Well look who decided to show up, we were starting to get nervous especially the mayor here, my guest of honour please take your seats on stage" Jerome said. Bruce starts walking toward the stage "come on don't be shy" Jerome said to his brother. "It's alright" Gordon said to Jeremiah, now Jeremiah starts walking toward the stage "we don't have all day" the madman said. Bruce is walking through the crowd while Lucius is talking to Gordon "it's activated, just let them get a little closer" Lucius said. James gets a walky out "On my command" and we see snipers aiming at Jerome " my men have all targets in view, standing by" the sniper said. Jeremiah is still walking through the crowd "my brother" Jerome said. Bruce and Jeremiah are almost finished there trip through the crowd "now" Lucius said " fire all targets fire" Gordon saids in the walky the sniper turns around to get shot by Jeromes cult " I had my guys taking the best vantage points last night, so they've been watching your little SWAT team all day, now Bruce, brother dear get up on stage it's time to get this party really started huh" Jerome said. "Terrible I'll admit but everybody's got their favourites right brother" Jerome sits next to Jeremiah "the one who cleans their room, does their homework, doesn't try to kill everybody, little mr perfect here yeah he was that guy, he got adopted by rich folks, went to the top school and the top college, meanwhile I got dragged through the circus by my depressed alcoholic mother, forced to clean up elephant dung everyday, do you know how big those things are folks, but I know something that mommy and daddy they never knew, your as crazy as I am" Jerome puts down the mic. Jerome stands up "it's in your DNA, see" Jerome gets his knife out " we got the same blood running through us, we are practically identical" he cuts Jeremiah's restrains "you are a killer, it's your nature, stop trying to fight him" Jerome gives Jeremiah his knife, "take your best shot" Jerome said. Jeremiah looks at the knife then looks at Jerome for a few seconds before lunging at him, Jerome punchs him to the ground starts laughing manically, bullock goes to Jim " hey what the hell happened?" He asked. "Snipers are dead, get up on the roof take as many as you can" Jim said. "Alright just know bunch of chemicals are heading this way, scarecrow had the Wayne chemist mix it up" Bullock said. "That's why he's been stalling, he wants a big crowd, he's gonna to release the laughing gas right here, we need to evacuate the area, get these people out of here,do what ever you have to get em out of here, it's time to kill this manic one and for all" James said putting his gun out and he runs toward the stage. Jerome kicks Jeremiah over and over again " that was so good, I love you" Jerome said while kicking Jeremiah. Jim walks through the crowd and Jerome is laughing at kicking his brother. On the rooftops Jerome's cult people are looking down at Jerome, they hear footstep coming from behind them and turn around to see bullock charging at them, he killed them with his pistol and the other police that came with him. Jerome looks up at the roof hearing the gunfire and Jim goes the enternce and Jerome sees him, Jim shoots him in the arm and he falls to the ground, firefly aims her flamethrower at Jim and Jim gets out of the way and she fires, Jerome crawls back, Bruce gets free of his restrains and fights firefly by grabbing her gun, Jerome looks at the mayor with the detonator he hits it to find it doesn't work, Bruce wins the fight against Firefly and James runs onto the stage and Jerome gets off the stage holding where the bullet hold is and giggles before starting to run. "Hey look up at the sky" someone in the crowd said. Everyone looks up at the sky to a bilmp flying in the air. People start screaming, Jerome runs into a alleyway "get into position" he said in the walky. Jim runs off the stage leaving Bruce on the stage while Police are evacuating the area. "Holy Molly" Bullock said, he looks up to see the blimp "oh willy, Jim are you seeing this" he said. "Yeah get everyone out of here, I'm going after Jerome" Jim said. "I can take it down with a shot" Bullock said holding a mounted sniper rife. "And risk spilling the chemicals" James said. "Oh yea right" bullock said. Jerome runs upstairs and ends up on a roof with Gordon following behind him, Jim pulls his gun out "hands up" Jim said. Jerome on the ledge turns around " beautiful isn't she" Jerome said. Jim turns to see the blimp coming closer by the second. "Just give me a second, we got to call the pilot tell me it's in position Jerome said. Jim shoots Jeromes hand and drops the walky. "Yes, Jerome, Jerome I'm in position " the pilot said. "Not cool" Jerome giggles "to late anyway, bombs away!" Jerome said. Jim shoots Jerome in the chest "funny" Jerome said before falling off the ledge. Jim runs and looks to see Jerome hanging onto a pipe "quite a dilemma Jim, you gonna let me fall and die,ah, are you gonna pull me up and arrest me" Jerome said coughing "What it gonna be, lawman just a murderer, you know Gordon always playing by the rules, that's why I'll outlive you, that's why I'm loved because I don't give a damn about the rules" he said. "It's a long way down, you sure you'll outlive me" Jim said. "Oh I'm sure cause I'm more than a man I'm a idea, a philosophy and I will live on in the shadows of Gotham's discontent" Valeska said. Jerome starts to lose his grip "you'll be seeing me soon" Jerome said before letting go the pipe and falling to death while doing his last laugh, he lands on a car killing him instantly what's left is a corpse with a ghostly smile paved on it what was one Jerome Valeska was now no more, but where did he go next hell or someplace else. Equestria Royal Castle Celestia are walking in the royal hall when Luna feels something dark arrive in Equestria which makes her touch her head " Luna was wrong" Celestia asked. "There's something dark just arrived in Equestria sister" Luna said. Then a few minutes later a purple mare in her castle finds the body of a creature she had never seen laying on the couch in the library, she sees the body has blood coming out of wounds, the pony calls the nurse and takes the creature to a bedroom and waits for it to wake up from its slumber. Next chapter : Reborn