A/N: Managed to think of a new way for Poppy to be in this chapter and how Jeremiah should be. Sorry, if you were expecting Bruce to be in here. Hey, I like Bruce too, but the villains are awesome no matter what. So, I hope you all enjoy it!
Looking at the back of a chocolate cake mix box, Jerome was trying to read the instructions as he already turned the oven on.
"Alright… eggs, milk… and a mixing bowl." Jerome responded to himself, before hearing a slightly humming noise.
Placing the box down, Jerome raised an eyebrow as he thought that Poppy was already home and was turning on the music player for her to dance around in the living room or to relax.
"Baby doll? Is that you?" Jerome asked, after leaving out of the kitchen and headed towards the living room until the white screen for the TV slowly rolled down.
Looking confused after seeing no signs of Poppy, he was about to grab the remote to turn it off until the murdering psychopath saw a familiar face on the screen.
"Jerome…"
Poppy was up on the screen as it showed her locked up somewhere.
"Poppy?" Jerome asked as his green eyes widened.
"Baby… I don't know how to say this. But ever since you've died, I've been…. seeing someone behind your back. I can tell you this… his kisses were so much better than kissing a pair of flappy stretch out lips, feels like I'm kissing a pair of pancake lips." Poppy explained before she started laughing hysterically, until a gun was pointing to the side of her head causing her brown eyes to widen in shock. "Oops! Uh… maybe I should show you what is happening now. I think I said too much." She stated, before the recording was cut off.
At Jeremiah's labyrinth home, another screen was shown as Jim looked at it to see Poppy who was holding a gun while showing tears.
"Poppy!" Jim responded, knowing he hasn't seen her in a long time ever since she was sent to the hospital for a few gunshot wounds.
"Uncle… I'm ready to die… Just kill me." Poppy cried, before aiming the pistol underneath her chin.
"Poppy no-" Jim tried to yell out, but… a loud bang was heard and on the screen, the 18 year old criminal's head exploded when she pulled the trigger.
"Wow. Totally didn't see that coming." Jerome responded casually, before laughing hysterical like a true maniac.
"You sick son of-" Jim tried to cuss, before the barrel of the gun was pressed against the side of his head to make him hush… until a pair of hands were wrapped around Jerome's neck.
The unknown pair of hands started choking Jerome as his green eyes widened in shock, but with no sense of fighting back but only slapping the attacker's hands. When the person in the jester suit turned away from Jim, that was when the detective made his move by trying to pull the gun away from her.
Back at the cemetery, Poppy was walking ahead as she had her hands up in the air while Jeremiah was behind her, still aiming the pistol at the back of her head.
"Miah, you don't have to do this. If you kill me, what's there to prove? You've off someone you love-" Poppy started to speak as she was leading the way back to Jerome's grave.
"Only Poppy calls me that!" Jeremiah retorted loudly, as he pushed Poppy down onto the ground before she slowly got up. "I don't care, Jerome. Once you're back in your grave, I'm going to go save Poppy from your sick and twisted fantasy life you've put her through!" He explained, as Poppy was looking at him, before she turned around once more and started walking.
Once the two made it back to Jerome's grave, there was a body laying next to the tombstone.
And to Poppy's and Jeremiah's discovery, it wasn't Jerome.
It was Poppy's best friend, Ruby.
Poppy's brown eyes widened in shock before she fell onto the ground and started crying out to see that one of her friends was murdered in the hands of Jerome's cult members.
"Ruby? Rubes… Ruby, no!" Poppy cried as she called out to her, thinking it was only a sick joke.
But it was real to her once she saw the slash marks all around her body and even blood was still spilling out from her neck.
When Poppy tried to reach out to her, Jeremiah pointed his pistol at the 18 year old criminal before she slowly backed away.
"Jeremiah, we have to get outta here. The cult members are just messing with our heads. That's not me, that's my best friend, Ruby!" Poppy explained as she stood back up with her hands up in the air, while Jeremiah was examining Ruby's dead body and still aimed his pistol at the 18 year old criminal.
"Yes… Yes, I can see quite clearly now. I can see why you would take our flower's innocent body and create her into your own image. Poppy never looked like this. She always wears those cute frilly dresses. Her hair color was blonde. And… you've turned her into some punk trash." Jeremiah explained, before he saw a razer blade sticking out between Ruby's red bra and he pulled it out. "Since you've loved to play doctor with her… let's have a little fun, shall we?" He responded before an evil smirk appeared after he pulled out the blade.
"Miah, no!" Poppy yelled.
Back at the penthouse, Jerome watched the screen doing a static connection before seeing Jeremiah appear on the screen.
"Hello Poppy."
"Brother." Jerome responded as he narrowed his eyes at him, before pulling out his revolver from his red pajamas pants.
"It's so nice to hear from you again. But I should tell you something. That music box you've given me. It was such a wonderful gift. It reminds me so much of our childhood. I remember how your mother played sweet music to us and told us one day that one of us would be the one to marry you. Too bad for Jerome since he's committed suicide. And now we will be together again soon." Jeremiah explained calmly, before Jerome yelled out in anger as he shot Jeremiah's face with his revolver.
"One more thing… if you didn't believe me and came to rescue me, I have two surprises for you, little flower." Jeremiah responded before the screen went into static, before revealing his pale face. "Jerome taught you well. But he's dead. Long live me as your king, my queen." He responded before Jerome saw a glowing blue generator that was next to the TV, giving out a louder humming noise before it turned red.
Poppy was hiding up in a tree as she was watching Jeremiah from down below who was looking for her.
"Come out, brother. Just let me peel off that grotesque facade." Jeremiah called out as he was quietly walking around as Poppy kept her eyes at him.
"Fuck you, sicko!" Poppy whispered quietly.
"You know, Jerome. You've caught me by surprise. Taking over Poppy's body and making an appearance as you. Was kissing me all part of your plan?" Jeremiah asked.
"I don't know who's dumb. You or my uncle?" Poppy whispered to herself.
"If you come on out, maybe I can put Poppy out of her pain and misery by killing you. I'm no longer weak and scared of you." Jeremiah explained, before he stopped walking when he was getting close to the tree that Poppy was hiding in. "Quick question, brother. Was Poppy Gordon… really the infamous Poppy Riott?" He asked, until Poppy jumped out of the tree and ambused him from above.
As the two were rolling around in the grass while they were fighting off each other, Poppy managed to take the razor out of his hand and break it off.
"You damn right I am!" Poppy retorted as she managed to pin Jeremiah's hands down while resting herself on his waist.
Jeremiah yelled out, before he overpowered her as the two started fighting over the pistol while they were rolling around the dirt without a care, until the other Valaska twin managed to put her in the choke hold. With his left arm rested underneath her chin, Poppy was trying to pull him off as she can feel his breath near her left ear, before she decided to bite his forehead mercilessly.
Jeremiah screamed out loud in pain, before Poppy managed to elbow him in the stomach and reel his arm backwards, ending up in him shooting the pistol in the air.
As Jim fought back against the jester suit woman, he managed to knock her out as she landed on the floor. Reaching down, he removed the white mask to reveal her face.
"Ecco." Jim responded after seeing the unconscious assistant.
Looking back at the screen at an unknown person who was still choking Jerome, the screen was cut off as it revealed Jerome on the second screen to the right.
But how was Jerome choking himself.
"Sorry. I had to kill him off. Since sweet little Poppy killed herself." Jerome responded before pulling out a handkerchief to wipe his face. "And besides, she was in pain because she's nothing without me. Hey… what is this?" He asked after moving closer to the camera, before he started peeling off a part of his face in front of Jim.
Poppy was blindly firing the pistol until it was out of bullets, as Jeremiah was running after her before she made it back to Jerome's grave. Looking back at Ruby's dead body, she noticed something that was resting on top of her leg.
It was her katana sword better known as the Poisonous Flower where one cut will make the enemy weak with a deadly poison seeping into a cut wound made by the katana.
Without thinking, Poppy acted quickly as she aimed her katana at Jeremiah which caused him stop in front of her.
"Miah, stop now!" Poppy retorted in anger, before she heard yells and cheers until the cult members of Jerome showed up.
"Long live Jerome!"
"Poppy Riott is our Queen!"
"Jerome! Poppy!
As every cult member was cheering for Jerome and Poppy, Jeremiah had a cold stare on his face, before secretly pulled out a gun from his suit sleeve and shot a cult member's head clean off as blood splatter on his face.
Everyone remained silent as Poppy was in shock while aiming her katana sword at Jeremiah's face.
"I wish you would put that down, little flower. So I can explain. You might as well listen. Even everyone here. But not her… she was rather a noisy little one when I killed her." Jeremiah responded, before kicking Ruby's body into Jerome's grave.
With the sharp tip of her katana blade aiming at Jeremiah, the other Valaska twin pulled out a handkerchief and started wiping his face off after removing his glasses.
With one wipe down of his face, Poppy's eyes stared at Jeremiah as he revealed that he was wearing makeup to cover up his pale face, strange green eyes and ruby red lips.
And right there, Poppy was standing in front of a new Jeremiah since the old him disappeared.