Ch. 2

-Delirious' POV-

My plan was working, break the Owl guy's walls, and get inside his head. I walked to my desk, and sat in the brown leather chair. "Now how to break the Owl's mind."

'Night Owl.' I hear a disgusted, but weak voice enters my mind. I smirked and pictured the fairy tall man chained deep down inside me.

"Who cares, I am in control of our body so I can do as I please." I told him as I looked down at our giant hands.

'I do. And I will find a way to get out. I don't care if you're some kind of split personality or not, I will defeat you.' I hear him say.

I laughed maniacally, "You defeat me!? Don't make me laugh, Johnathan. I am the side of you, that you are afraid to let out. And then one night, oops you let your guard down, and then the clown makes his grand entrance! Haha haha! You will only come out when I tell you too."

I shoved him further down, until I could no longer hear his cry for help. When I could hear clearly, I called one of the richest men in San Andreas. A young man, early twenties, was sitting at a desk. I leaned forward with a smirk behind my mask. "Hello Mr. Thompson, I have a proposition for you."

The young man glared me, "And why would I make a deal with a man, who blew up a building?"

"Because if you don't, I'll have my men go to this little place and light it up." I showed a picture of his parent's home.

He gasped in shock, when he got over the shock he looked at me with the familiar look of defeat. "What is it you want?"

"You're famous for the H1 serum. I want you to give me 20 vials of it before the end of the week. And if you're late, bye-bye mommy and daddy." I chuckled for a split second, and then returned to be serious. "Oh, and Craig be sure to call the League."

I shut the screen off, and saw that my 'right-hand' man and the other guy's best friend, walked over to me with the next location. "How much is in the vault?"

"The San Andreas bank, just got a delivery of ten million. Is this enough to cover a new location for the hideout?" He asked with a tilt of his head.

I looked at the man with an evil smirk. "It's the perfect amount. Good job, Luke."

He didn't like that I had control over his best friend, but he would do anything to keep Johnathan alive. Even if it means his own life, he'd do anything to keep us alive. "This isn't the Johnathan I know."

I grabbed him by the neck, and squeezed tightly. "I'm nothing like Johnathan. I'd get that through the thick skull of yours."

'No! Don't hurt him!' I hear Johnathan's voice break through the thick blanket of shadow. 'Please. He's the only family that I have.'

I released the man with a growl of disgust. "You're so weak, I can't wait to get rid of you permanently." I shoved a finger in Luke's chest with a scowl. "Get the rest ready, we leave in ten minutes."

"Okay." He walked over to a leather chair, and picked up a red suit jacket before leaving my tiny office.

'Why do you do this? If you're really a part of me, you should know that I am not crazy.' Johnathan appeared in a mirror. He was wearing a similar outfit like I was, except he didn't wear the coat. His arms were covered in tattoos, a couple ear piercings, and a small brown faux hawk.

"If you're not crazy, then why do you secretly enjoy the destructions you cause in the city? Or that you find yourself understanding the bad guy's point of view?" I removed the hockey mask and walked over to the standup mirror. "We may be different, but we are the same person. I'm the you that you're afraid to lose control, but inevitably lose control anyways. Or were you the one who finally got tired playing the good guy?"

He shook his head and slammed the glass. 'Let me out! I don't want to be stuck here anymore!"

I smiled and placed my right hand on the glass. "Not now, but I will let you out. Once you admit to yourself the truth."

With a quick turn of my heel, I replaced the mask. "This is only the beginning."

-Batcoon/Johnathon's POV-

I didn't like the sounds of what this Delirious guy had said. Only the beginning. Beginning to what? At this point it doesn't matter, he needs to be stopped. I could only leave our body, if there is a reflecting object in the room. There wasn't much that I could do from in here, other than communicate with Delirious and see what he's making us do. And the things he's done to my friends and family; it made me sick.

I don't remember much about that fateful night of when he broke free. All that I remember, was that I changed out of my Batcoon suit and was about to sleep, and then I woke up to seeing the outside world through my eyes except it was more like behind my eyes. He threatened Luke to work for him…erm…us. Usually, I have to practically beg myself to stop, whenever Luke steps out of line.

"You're being awfully quiet, what is on your mind?" I hear Delirious ask me.

'Thinking about the friends and family that you'll make us hurt, in order to get the power orbs.' I sneered and crossed my arms.

He laughed. He laughed at me! "I told you, I will not hurt your friends or family. And if you give me the location of your power orb, I will give you full control of our body."

I shook my head and crossed my arms. 'I'm not gonna tell you! And how do I know that you won't use the orb for chaotic purposes? Or have complete control of our body?'

"I didn't want to have to do this, but-" I watched him snap his fingers, and that caused Luke, who was watching the grunts crack open the safe. Delirious pulled out a gun and pointed it at Luke. "Tell me where it's at, or I'll shoot your friend."

'No! You wouldn't.' I heard the safety click, and I knew he would shoot.

"Johnathan, don't tell him a damn thing. I promised to keep you safe, even if it means I die." Luke shouted from behind a red devil mask.

I shook my head and clenched my jaws. Before I could reveal the location of my power orb, I heard the gun fire. I snapped my eyes open, and I watched Luke grab his stomach and collapse to the ground. 'No! Luke!'

"Aw, you made me shoot our friend. Shame the shot didn't kill him…yet." He kicked Luke in the face before walking over to a reflective pane of glass. "Now tell me, and I will have him sent to the nearest hospital."

'Fine. Fine! I hid the orb in the water tower, near the Coon cave.' I looked at myself in disgust.

He smiled and grabbed the cell phone out of the side pocket on his gray cargo pants. "Good. You two, send the man to the hospital."

I watched the two big grunts carry Luke out. Just as I was about thank him, I see Early Bird and Night Owl came crashing down from the ceiling. They attacked the clown henchmen, and I watched in surprise as Night Owl tried to get inside Delirious' mind. The clown chuckled and crossed his arms

"I told you, Owl, that you can't get inside this head." He mentally pushed back, and it sent Evan to the ground. "We got what we need. Come on boys, let's go."

He grabbed a money bag, and threw a few smoke bombs in my teammates' faces. They all ran off into a black van that had the clown's hockey mask spray painted on the sides. We disappeared off the grid, and went to my Coon Cave. It was hidden deep in the forest, located at the base of the mountain. We felt along the rocky wall, knowing that there was a false wall that would only open with voice recognition.

"Batcoon." He spoke my name into the screen, and it blinked green. I was grateful for the fact that he ordered his men to wait in the van. We walked over to a mirror, and I crossed my arms defensively. "You see, I'm going to let you have control of our body for a while. But I think I'll just have a back up plan, in case you try to tell anyone. Maybe have Brian stand guard in your friend's hospital room."

'I told you what you wanted. Why are you bringing Luke back into this!?' I slammed my fist against the glass.

"Because you told me our sweet sister was off limits. And since I'm such a nice guy, I let you have that much." He crossed his arms. "Johnathan, we're the same. Why can't you just accept it?"

I punched the glass again, "We're not the same! I don't kill people for pleasure."

He shrugged with indifference, and I felt myself gain control of my body. I looked down at my shaking hands. My nails were painted black, and my face was painted like a clown. In front of me, in the mirror, was Delirious grinning wildly. He crossed his arms with a triumphant stance. I yelled in anger before punching the mirror, and shattering it.

"Hey, Boss. You find anything?" A deep voice came in through the earpiece that was connected to the left side of the mask.

'Oh dear how's your acting skills?' He chuckled in my head.

"…Yeah, everything's fine. Head back to the hideout, and wait for my orders." I went over to another mirror, and wiped the damn makeup off and looked at myself in fear.

"Sir." It took me a bit to realize that it was Brian, or known to the rest of the Clown's crew as Terrorisor.

I looked at the mask in thought, there was no way that I can pretend to be some villain. My computer system soon went off, and I knew exactly what that meant. I cocked a grin and ran for my capsules. I removed my clothes and grabbed my black body suit, zipping it up to the top of my spine and then grabbed my shoulder pads. Once they were on, I put my boots on and strapped them on tightly. I went over to my mask and slipped it on with a nervous smile. There was a new addition that I made to my cape, I added a hood that was supposed to turn me invisible.

"Finally get to test this baby out." I smiled at my reflection for a split second before running at a full sprint to my Coon-Cycle.

'It took you twenty minutes to get the damn thing on! Where it takes me three minutes to get dressed.' The fucker in my head complained.

"You know what, you can shut the fuck up and let me do my thing. Computer coordinates to crime." I tapped on the mini-computer that was sitting between the handle bars.

I made my way to a break-in at the jewelry store that was five miles from the bank, that I… no he robbed. I looked up at the sky, and saw the black owl head, yellow beak, and monkey head light up the sky. Quickly I pulled into an alley, and climbed up the building's rooftop. I peered through the skylight, and saw Night Owl sneak up behind the masked man with a shotgun, and knocked him out. Early Bird elbowed two guys in the throats. Mighty Monkey jumped on top of a brute's shoulders, and flipped him onto his back.

I took a deep breath, and placed my black hood over my mask's ears. I started getting excited when I watched my reflection disappear on the glass, but I could still myself. With a heavy breath, I carefully lifted the small door of the skylight, and scurried across the darkness. My gloved hand went into my left pocket, and pulled out a silver ring that had a blue stone sitting on it. I placed it on my right middle finger, and I willed myself to split into two. My clone and I nodded at each other before jumping at the lights, and knocking the bulbs out.

"What? Who cut the power?" Thief number one asked nervously as he tried to avoid Night Owl's punches.

"Who cares, focus on the freaks in masks." Thief two said as he tried to fight off Early Bird with a pipe.

I willed myself to clone again, this was a dangerous move as it drains me faster. My clones and I were free to fight in the shadows, and we quickly took down the bad guys except for the leader. When I pushed him into another room, I pulled my mask back, and glared at him with a sneer.

"Iceberg. What are you doing out of prison?" I pushed him up against the wall.

"Good behavior. It's not what you think." He sounded scared.

I pushed my arm against his neck and shook him violently. "I see that whole 'I promise to turn my life around' was just bull shit. What are you doing robbing jewelry stores? You used to be just the crazy animal activist."

"To be real Batcoon, it's my daughter, Alicia. She's sick, and I told myself just this one time or until I could pay for her treatments." I knew he spoke the truth, his ex-wife and mother of his child told me about how their five-year-old daughter had been diagnosed with a rare and new cancer, that no one knows how to cure.

'You understand his reason behind his crimes, and yet you want to send this man to prison and possibly aid in his daughter's death. Tsk, what to do.' Delirious whispered in the back of my mind.

Fuck, he was right and wrong at the same time. "Back door. I will give you the chance to give up this life and be the father your daughter needs. I know someone who is willing to help with donations to cover Alicia's treatments for a year, but I want you to have a steady job in six months." I sat him down, and looked down at him with a frown. "And if I find out that you so much as stole a dollar from someone, I will not hesitate and send your ass back to prison."

Iceberg nodded with a grateful smile. "Oh thank you, I promise to turn my life around. Alicia is my world." He quickly ran out of the room.

I put my hood on, and followed him for a bit to see what he would do. We made it outside, when Night Owl tackled the defenseless man to the ground. I forgot that the others didn't know I was back. "Shit." I whispered to myself before running to my friend, and punching him on the side of his face.

"The fuck!?" The confused group of men asked before Iceberg was lifted off the ground. "Is this some kind of sick joke, Iceberg?"

I removed my hood, but just enough to where I appeared in front of everyone. I put a hand on the ex-villain's shoulder and activated my voice modular. "Go."

"Thank you." He smiled and took off running.

"Hey dickhead, do you know who that was!? That was a villain, who just robbed a store!" Mighty Monkey squealed angrily.

I looked over my shoulder before answer. "Of course I know who that was. I also know that Iceberg did it for his daughter, who has a treatable but incurable cancer."

"Wait… how do you know that? The only one who knows that is-" Night Owl stopped when I faced them, and removed my hood completely. "Batcoon!?"

"Could you say that any louder? I don't think Foxxy heard you." I joked nervously.

I was taken by surprise when Early Bird punched me in the face. He took a satisfied breath after rolling his shoulders. "That's for getting kidnapped."

I lifted my mask only showing my bottom half of my face, and wiped away the blood. When I looked at it, something pounded in my chest and I licked the blood away. "Uh… yeah kidnapped. Sorry."

I turned and started walking off, but then I couldn't move. Fucking Evan and his powers. "Night Owl, let me go."

"Answer me this. Why can't I see into your mind? You're right in front of me, and I can't see your thoughts." He was confused and a little scared. Why did I find a tiny bit of pleasure, knowing that he was scared?

'Because you aren't entirely a hero.' Delirious told me with a psychotic laugh.

"Evan, I'm not saying it again. Let. Me. Go." I felt him lose concentration, and I quickly put my hood on.

"Shit, where did he go?" Brock looked at the others in surprise.

"I can barely smell him." Lui looked at Evan.

I took a couple quiet steps toward the him, and ran to my cycle. I activated the camouflage systems, and took off down the road. They knew where I was going, but they soon lost me in the busy streets. I felt bad, but I couldn't let them know what was happening to me. My heart raced as I continued to increase my speed, losing all reality until I felt myself being pulled away from control.

'What? What happened!?' I grew angry and slammed my fists against the darkness that surrounded me.

"I'm not going to risk you killing us both! Unless you are going to create a way for us to be our own beings, we are stuck together." He slowed the cycle down and climbed off it with a bit of anger.

'Sorry, I was just thinking. Can I have control again?' I asked him softly.

"Whatever." He said before letting me gain control. 'Don't make me regret it.'

Before I could make with a smart remark, the hockey mask started blinking. Cautiously I walked over and picked it up. I could hear a voice coming from the communicator. "Yes?"

"Hey Boss, the boys are getting restless." It was Brian again.

I didn't know what to do, and Delirious wasn't giving me any advice either. So I was on my own. "I'm not done yet here, so I want you and the guys to… the downtown area, and distract the League."

"Sure thing, Boss." He terminated the call.

'Interesting. Why do you want to distract your friends?' He finally spoke.

I sighed as I took my gear off, and changed into a plain blue shirt with black jeans. Once I was changed, I went over to a circular white stand. "Because I need to get some stuff from the lab in the Station. Computer send me to the lab."

I was quickly teleported to the station that was located on the moon. We had some government officials work there, but for the most part it was just me and the guys. They didn't pay any attention to me, which was nice because I didn't want to talk to anyone.

"Okay, okay where is it?" I locked the door, and searched the drawers. I pushed stacks of paper out of the way with an excited smile when I found the roll of duct tape. Quickly I taped up the camera lens. "If I'm stuck with you, I want to know what your plans are."

'I want the same thing you want.' Delirious said from the glass window that looked out into space. 'Acceptance. You haven't felt very whole for a long time, feeling like you've been missing something, like you expect others to give you the answer.'

I glared at him, "I don't know what you're talking about."

'Oh you don't, do you? If that were the case, then why haven't you told your friends about me? Or why did you send our men to… distract your friends?' He smirked and pressed a hand against the glass. 'I'm not going away until you've accepted me into your life. Johnathan.'

"I'm not a villain! I save people's lives, not destroy them." I clenched my fists.

'You really don't remember, do you?' He looked at me in surprise. 'Three years ago, Christmas eve.'

"What are you talking about?" I looked at the man in confusion and anger.

He shook his head and disappeared. I felt all sorts of emotions at that moment, what the hell was he talking about? When I thought about the date, and tried to remember what could've happened, all I could come up with was absolutely nothing. With a need to find answers, I went to my computer, and searched for anything that happened that day. And what I found, my heart dropped.

'December 24, 2019 7pm. Girlfriend of Wildcat, aka Tyler, Kelly Ross was assassinated in her own home with a strange symbol engraved on her right shoulder.' I continued reading the article, remembering that night fairly well, I was with Tyler that night when it happened. When I got down to the picture of the engraved marking, I felt sick to my stomach. It was an oval shape then three triangles engraved inside the oval. It looked like a mask, and I knew that mask from somewhere.

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