Arriving at Gotham Cemetery, Poppy slowly stopped the car and parked it in front of the entrance. Looking towards her right of the inside of the cemetery, the 18 year old criminal hasn't been at the cemetery in a long time since her mother, Carrie was buried here. Besides the one time that she faked Jerome's funeral a few weeks ago.
But now, she has to walk through it to find Jeremiah before the cult members find and kill the other Valaska twin.
Climbing out the car, Poppy locked the door with the key and unlocked the trunk to pull out another pistol from the hidden hubcap compartment to add to her holster before closing the trunk. Walking slowly into the cemetery, Poppy looked around as the mist was slowly covering the cemetery, leaving an ominous feel in the air.
Pulling out one of her pistols, Poppy took a deep breath as she held the gun with her right hand before taking out her flip phone to call Jeremiah's number.
Hearing a few dialing rings while keeping an eye out for anyone, Poppy can hear Jeremiah's phone ringing in a distance which causes her brown eyes to widen to turn to where the ringing was coming from.
"Miah?" Poppy called out his name once before seeing the other Valaska twin slowly revealing himself from behind a tombstone.
Ending the call as she relieved, Poppy ended up running towards Jeremiah and hugged him as a smile curled up on her face.
"Poppy… is it really you?" Jeremiah asked as Poppy can tell that he was still scared, knowing that Jerome's cult could come out and ambused them at any given moment.
"Yes. It is me, Miah. Your Poppy." Poppy responded before looking up at him, as the other Valaska twin looked down at her young and youthful face. "Where's your assistant? Ecco? Where did she go? Did she escape?" She asked, as she remembered the blonde haired woman from the labyrinth home.
"I don't know where she went. But I'm hoping they didn't get to her." Jeremiah responded as Poppy was looking around for any suspicious.
"Here. Do you know how to shoot?" Poppy asked, after pulling out the other pistol to give to Jeremiah.
The Valaska twin was staring down at the gun that was in Poppy's left hand.
"Where did you get that?" Jeremiah asked, as he noticed that the gun looked familiar to him.
"It doesn't matter. Can you shoot?" Poppy asked once more, knowing that they have to hurry.
"I don't know. I-I never fired a real gun before." Jeremiah answered, before Poppy placed it in his right hand as she rested her other hand underneath the twin's right hand.
"Listen. Don't hesitate. Just aim and shoot." Poppy responded as she gave him quick instructions, before she watched Jeremiah putting it away in the inside of his suit jacket. "Come on. Let's go." She stated, before taking Jeremiah's hand as she started walking ahead.
"Wait. If we go back the same way, they could be at the entrance waiting on us." Jeremiah explained, as Poppy looked back at the other Valaska twin.
Poppy thought about it at first, but it never crossed her mind. Jeremiah could be right. The cult members could be waiting on them and killing them both, when they get the chance to ambush them by surprise. Thinking of another way, Poppy remembers another entrance and exit out of the cemetery.
"You're right." Poppy responded, before walking back towards Jeremiah. "There's another entrance that we can walk out of. When we leave, I'm… dropping you off at GCPD." She stated, after she rethought of the idea of dropping Jeremiah off at the Gotham City Police Station, instead of her new penthouse home in the city where Jerome is hidden.
Back at the abandoned capitol building, Liv was left in charge as the Riotters were emptying everything out of the building of the hidden hangout and into the stolen cars and moving trucks.
As Liv made it to the parking garage, a black van pulled up as a few Riotters came out dressed in suits and ties.
"Whoa, whoa, hey! That was quick." Liv stated after walking towards them.
"Liv, you gotta see this!" Niko responded to the second woman in charge.
"We managed to steal two of them!" Another Riotter member named Ellie responded as she followed Niko towards the back of the van.
Liv followed them as she walked to the back of the van to see two glowing generators that the crew stolen from Wayne Enterprise.
"What is it? Some kind of giant fly killer light?" Liv asked, as she was unaware of what she was looking at.
"This is the future. These are generators that we've read about. Some smart kid who decided to be all buddy buddy with Bruce Wayne had this idea to help Gotham be a better and safe place." Niko explained. "If we put one of these on the black market, we could have lots of money to buy things. Like a hot tub. Cool furniture…"
"Stripper poles!" Ellie exclaimed.
"Okay, listen. We don't have time to put this to good use. Poppy has called an evacuation on this place. We have to go to the freighter at the Yellen Shipyard which Ruby is waiting on all of us now." Liv explained before they nodded.
"I'll take one of them to Ruby. What's weird about these two generators is that they give out a weird humming noise while the van is getting heated up inside." Niko explained, after climbing back into the driver's seat of the van before the other three managed to pull out one of the generators from the back of it.
Back at the cemetery, Poppy and Jeremiah were taking a long walk through the cemetery as the 18 year old criminal had her gun out before pulling out her phone to call one of her friends.
"No signal… Let me try and send a quick message." Poppy stated after the call ended with no service, before she quickly typed up the message. Closing her phone and putting it away in her leather jacket, she turned to Jeremiah. "We're halfway there, Miah. I'm not scared." She responded after turning around to face him.
"No. It's not that." Jeremiah responded as he stopped moving.
"Why?" Poppy asked.
"Did you hear that?" Jeremiah asked once more, thinking it sounded like it was nearby.
Jeremiah remained quiet before Poppy realized it as her brown eyes widened until she stood in front of the other Valaska twin.
"Miah… He's dead. Don't expect that. He's six feet under. How are those lunatics going to revive him? Give him a new body? I mean, Uncle Jim shot him twice and let him fall down to his death." Poppy lied as she showed confidence to him. "It's now or never. You have to face your fears." She stated, before walking ahead.
Jeremiah watched as Poppy walked ahead of him, before the 18 year old criminal turned around and faced him once more.
"I don't know if I can do this." Jeremiah confessed.
"Here… take my hand." Poppy suggested, as she had her hand out for him.
Jeremiah was looking down at her small and petite hand, before he walked slowly toward her.
"Just like when we were kids at the circus. Remember? You always held my hand and told me that you'd always look after me before you left." Poppy explained, remembering that part from what a young Jeremiah told her back when she was just only 3 years old.
"I never thought you would remember that." Jeremiah responded, as he stood in front of Poppy. "You were scared of clowns and the animals back then. Even when Jerome scared you sometimes." He explained as Poppy smiled.
"Yes. And you always make sure that no one should never come out and get me. Because monsters do not exist. Not even your brother anymore. He's dead, Miah." Poppy explained through her lie, as she was persuading Jeremiah to trust her. "But I'm here for you… Always and forever." She stated.
Jeremiah gently smiled at the young woman in front of him before he took her hand into his own before the two walked hand in hand through the cemetery, braving their fears together.
But… it all came into a halting stop when they saw something that terrified Jeremiah.
As they saw Jerome's grave, there was a pile of dirt next to an empty plot until Poppy ran over towards it and saw that the casket was wide open. The heavy bag of sand was missing from the casket, as Poppy was now in shock that someone from the cult knew that Jerome's body was definitely not inside.
"No… His followers. They must have dug him out." Poppy responded as she remained in shock, unaware that Jeremiah was slowly backing away.
"I knew it." Jeremiah responded quietly. "HE'S ALIVE!" He yelled in shock before Poppy turned around to see him, running away.
"Jeremiah!" Poppy called out his full first name.
Knowing the cemetery was not safe for Jeremiah to be alone, Poppy ran after him.
"Jeremiah? Poppy?"
Jim Gordon arrived into Jeremiah's labyrinth home as he walked into his office, not seeing either one of the two until one of the security camera screens turned on.
A sinister laugh was heard as Jim saw Jerome who was close up to the screen.
"Hiya, Jimbo!" Jerome greeted.
"Jerome." Jim responded as he watched the screen.
"Oh, don't worry, Jimmy boy, I'm still dead. And this is a recording." Jerome responded before ending it off with his dark chuckle. "And you must be wondering about your niece. Don't worry, she's safe with me. I've been taking very good care of her. We looked after each other since you've thrown her away into the looney bin, where an old creep examines her innocent body to make her into something more than human. Luckily for you… she doesn't need your protection anymore since you've turned your back on her. Oh!" He explained before his eyes turned towards his right, until Jim felt the barrel of a pistol touching the side of his temple.
He managed to see someone wearing a jester suit while a white mask was covering her face.
"Ah, I wouldn't worry about her. She's just there to make sure that you don't say anything during this, because this is important." Jerome explained.
"Jeremiah!"
Poppy called out once more as she managed to catch up to a cowardly Jeremiah inside of a mausoleum. After closing the door behind, Poppy slowly walked inside as she had her pistol out before putting it away.
"Jeremiah?" Poppy called out as she walked inside.
Take a few steps ahead, Poppy heard Jeremiah calling her name back, but it was quiet and filled with fear.
"He's back, isn't he?"
She turned towards it as Poppy can see his fiery red hair sticking out on the other side of the mausoleum.
"Tell me the truth. Is he back?" He asked once more.
"Miah, he's not. He was buried a few weeks ago. But now his cult is out for revenge. They're just messing with us." Poppy explained.
"Poppy… you were always so kind and sweet. Even when it was just innocent kids growing up in the circus. But how can I tell if you're not lying to me?" Jeremiah asked, before Poppy started walking towards him.
"Because you're my friend, Miah. Friends stick together. Just like glue. Peanut butter and jelly. Marshmallows and chocolate to make s'mores." Poppy explained as she stood underneath the light. "No… what we have, Miah. Is something more." She stated.
"Something more?" Jeremiah asked.
"Yeah. I never got to say thank you for sending me the flowers. I was happy to see you after so many years while Jerome was locked up in Arkham the first time. And, thank you for saving me from getting hit by a car." Poppy explained before Jeremiah started to reveal himself.
"You really mean that, Poppy?" Jeremiah asked.
"Yes. Yes, Miah. I really do. It came from right here." Poppy answered, before pointing towards her heart with her right pointer finger.
"From the heart?" Jeremiah asked as he walked towards her slowly. "Just like the music box you've given me?" He asked once more, before he stood in front of Poppy in the light.
"Yes… even the music-" Poppy started to say before she was cut off by Jeremiah cupping her soft, youthful face and started kissing the 18 year old woman.
Poppy's brown eyes widened in shock, before she slowly closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Jeremiah's neck without thinking.
She softly moaned into the kiss, before feeling Jeremiah's lips leaving her soft pink ones, resting his forehead against her with her small hands resting on the side of his face with their eyes closed.
"I love you two boys so much…" Poppy whispered softly as a tear ran down her face, knowing that she felt horrible accepting Jeremiah's kiss.
Deep in her heart, she loves both Jerome and Jeremiah, but her heart is tied to Jerome and forever stays tied to the murdering psychopath than the genius twin who just kissed her.
"Two boys…" Jeremiah responded in confusion, until Poppy's brown eyes widened in shock as she noticed him pulling out the pistol from his suit. Pushing herself away from Jeremiah, he blindly fired the gun at the stone floor Poppy backed away in shock. "There's two of us now. Poppy, I thought I was the only person left. Unless… you've made the switch. Maybe it's you hiding behind that beautiful face of yours. You made me kiss you, brother!" He retorted at the end, as Poppy thinks that Jeremiah was confused.
As Poppy slowly stood up, she raised her hands up while keeping an eye on Jeremiah.
"Jeremiah, listen… I would never betray you. I still love you-" Poppy managed to say before tears ran down her face.
"Did you really think I wouldn't notice the moment you've arrived here to try and come save me? Or was it to kill me?!" Jeremiah asked.
"No, Miah, listen. I would never kill you-" Poppy tried to explain through her tears.
"Enough! I'm tired of being confused… First, you've made fun of me and even tried to kill me. Then you came and found me after many years. And now, you've disguised yourself as our little flower to get back at me?!" Jeremiah retorted as he aimed the pistol at Poppy's chest.
"Miah-" Poppy called his name once more through her tears as she decided to let her makeup run down her face.
"Poppy only calls me that, Jerome! And now… It's time for you to go back." Jeremiah retorted after pulling the trigger blindly, causing Poppy to cover her head while he started aiming the pistol with his right hand.
"Go back to where?" Poppy managed to ask.
"Back to your grave." Jeremiah answered, before nudging the gun towards his left as Poppy slowly turned around with her hands in the air.
She can hear Jeremiah walking up behind her before seeing that his left hand was searching her body until he pulled out Poppy's other pistol from the holster.
"I'll take this." Jeremiah responded, before pushing the barrel of the gun to the back of her hair. "Move." He stated before Poppy nodded until she started walking forward.
"Miah… what's going on here?" Poppy thought to herself.