Rorschach's Journal #11
The cell door is open. The prison is burning by the will of its occupants. People shouting and screaming. Blood on their hands. Something to prove. Something to show the world that has long since been hidden. Will only last the night. Flame burns brightest before being snuffed out.
That's all prisoners want. To burn out. Not fade away.
The Big Figure takes a step back. Fear in his eyes. His goons are dead, resting in lumps of flesh at my feet. Look the man in the eye. Two-nothing. Your move. Begins running away through the chaos.
Nowhere to go. Walls still locked up tight. Will find him later. Need face back. Move quietly around the bodies and scuffles. Death cries all around me. It is the sound of a dying animal. Soon, will be nothing but cold silence.
Find office. Belongs to Doctor Malcolm Long. Smart man. Not so much before. Now, holds my curse in his eyes. We are nothing. He sees what I see.
Find him hiding under desk. Heard he retired. Boxes of effects litter the room. Must not have made it out in time. Get close enough so that he sees I'm serious. Where's my face! He points to a group of boxes. Rip one open. The man had many questions for me. Wanted to know who I was. Doesn't understand. Who I was irrelevant. Walter Kovacs long dead.
Your turn, doctor. Pull face over head. Tell me what you see!
"Great Scott!" he screams. Terrifying, isn't it! "No," he says. "You have a Back to the Future shirt on your head. Was just reading it." Pull fabric off head. Doctor told truth. Great Scott. One point Twenty-one Gigawatts. DeLorean and all.
Dammit.
Open a few boxes. Finally find face. Don't even bother. Pull on rest of suit. Try to avoid eye contact. Tell him this place isn't safe anymore. Better to take chances out there. Beat it, Doc. Make like a tree and get out of here.
Make my way through the prison. The Big Figure hasn't gotten far. Dinky legs and all. Runs into restroom. About to follow after him. See Dan in Nite Owl uniform. Silk Spectre at his side. Greet them both…
Something happened between them. Not positive it was sex. Maybe she just touched his arm. Easily excitable. Either way, Dan had smile that swallowed up his ears.
They beckon me to follow them. Have Archie hovering on the roof. Going to help me escape. Thank them. Cuss at them for not coming sooner. Then move into bathroom. Do something terrible to the Big Figure. Can't say what. Rest assured, very gruesome. Somewhat epic. Made short work of him…Done with puns for now.
Fight a path to the roof. Board Archie. Disappear into the night sky. Flawless escape…
Realize I forgot hat. Make a fuss. Yell at Dan to turn around. Doesn't want to. I start pushing random buttons until he complies. Archie begins drifting towards the orange blazes on the darkened horizon. Wait until we land to tell him found hat in coat pocket...