Silent Shore
Author's Note: I can't believe this chapter was the original idea that came into my head while doing the dishes, the first chapter was just kind of a 'hey my head only gave me the last bit so how dose this start?' The second chapter was pure short filler lol sorry about how short it was guys. all three chapters together amount to 3,333 words not counting notes or who's pov it was lol Anywho, here's the last chapter. Enjoy!
Crane's POV
I smiled at Irina, but the Bat Man seemed pretty reluctant to leave us alone. "You know Arkham released him on a clear bill of health, and he really shouldn't have been, but you also know he won't do anything to hurt me. Not when I amuse him so much, and I am fascinated by his toxin, why kill someone who shares your interests?" Bat Man didn't seem at all reassured, and if I was him I wouldn't be too. "You don't know what their like, what he's like."
Irina frowned; "They have no chose but to be what they were? Is that what your saying?" She seemed truly offended that Bat Man would ever say that about people like me. "They put him in Arkham and released him-he's not your problem anymore, he's not a problem period!" That was nice, I knew Irina was a good person. That in the long run if I could get my act together she would be the best of friends to me, she wasn't like my old friends who couldn't help themselves let alone me.
"If he hurts you-" She had murder on her face; "Then I won't be coming to you telling you how wrong I was, I'm not. I won't ever be wrong about befriending Jonathan." I felt a chill run its course through my veins, what If I did hurt her? What if I became the monster again? "Crane?" Bat Man seemed a little wary of me, I didn't do anything yet, oh gods yet... "Whoa, hold the phone! Deep breaths Jonathan!" Irina coached me through a few breathing exercises before I managed to calm down.
"Jesus, you alright?" I nodded, I didn't want to hurt her but I had such capacity to do harm...My fear toxin alone could kill her. Hell that stuff could probably kill me in the long run, I hadn't ever really thought about it that way before. "He's right though Irina, this is a bad idea, What if I relapse? I could hurt you!" She waved that off. "Now, if you relapse I'll just slap some sense into you okay?"
I shook my head; "The fear toxin-" "Won't do a damn thing to me. I'm immune." What? Immune? How was that possible, everyone was effected by it...Ah, wait not everyone was affected by the same amount-it took a stronger formula to get the Joker... "How is that even possible?" Bat Man said, Irina chuckled. "I've always been pretty strong, toxins and poisons don't effect me the same way it dose other people."
We didn't believe her, how could she be? The only other person I knew who wasn't affected by my toxin was Poison Ivy and no toxin affected her, but that might have been because plants don't feel fear. "I doubt you'll survive his toxin." She chuckled. "You have the antidote on you right now?" He hesitated but nodded a moment later. "Then lets put it to the test hm?" I didn't like that idea at all! "No! What if your wrong? What if his antidote doesn't work?"
She shrugged; "I'm sure you could produce an antitoxin." Not under that kind of pressure! "You would really leave him alone?" Irina glared at Bat Man; "I won't be dying jackass. I'm immune, I know it for a fact. I've been exposed to fear toxin before." What? When had that happened? "You?" She nodded; "Yeah about a year ago. Everyone else freaked, at first I thought it was because they saw him, but later they said that everyone in that crowd had been sprayed by the toxin."
But, she didn't say she freaked out…maybe she was immune. Maybe something about her gave her immunity to it, wouldn't that be something? I might not have to be as afraid of hurting her as I previously thought. Did that mean that it didn't matter how many times I relapsed if she was the only person near me? And if she didn't get hurt by my toxin…did that mean I would eventually stop turning into…into the scarecrow?
"So you do know what your doing." Bat Man sounded impressed, Irina smirked at him, "I wouldn't have been frightened of him either way, but it was nice to know that the only way he could hurt me was physically." That and I had a bullet lodged in my side, she'd helped me even though I could have killed her one way or another. Irina continued to surprise me then, that wouldn't be a bad life now would it?
A friend who knows I'm better, who no matter what would stick by my side… That was far better than my friendship with Eddie at least. He had his own set of problems to deal with, which made both of us getting better impossible, but Irina didn't have problems to burden me with and since her day job was to write, we could spend quite a bit of time together. "Now, would you kindly not threaten Jonathan?"
I could have swore that Bat Man rolled his eyes at Irina, but that couldn't be right-why would The Bat Man do something so childish? "Sure, just make sure he doesn't get out of your sight anytime soon." She nodded and smiled at me; "Ready for a couple nights of pizza and bad late night television?" I chuckled, "I can't think of anything better to do." We both looked to the Bat, but he was gone.
"Come on, I'll order-could you get the soda?" I smiled and headed to the kitchen, the start of my new life. Hopefully this would be one of many nights we spent together and I would never have to see bars again. I opened the fridge and just about laughed my ass off, Irina had stocked the fridge with at least four different cases of soda, she definitely planned on us doing this for a long time to come. I grabbed a grape soda and a cola and headed back into the living room and bad TV night.
Play List:
Hallowed be thy name by Cradle of Filth
Imperium by Machine Head
Sentinel by Midnight Conspiracy & Cenob1te
All I Have Are Video Games Deadmau5 Versus Lana Del Ray
The Lost Children album by Disturbed