Garrett groaned, he looked like he was in pure agony. His body was shaking uncontrollably, creating a soft tapping noise on the wooden floor. The looked of desperation for release shined in his dark, brown eyes.
"Gahk!" That was the sound Garrett made as he opened his mouth in a pitiful attempt to speak.
His breathing was strained, coming out in deep gasps. His left hand fell to the floor. Keevra saw that his palm was covered with his blood. Keevra turned to Batman. She felt herself beginning to panic as she realized the situation had gone completely out of control.
"What do I do?!" She yelled at the superhero, who was just standing there.
Batman pulled out a bandage from his utility belt and handed it to Keevra. Keevra snatched the bandage from Batman.
"Apply pressure on his wound," Batman instructed.
Keevra took Garrett's other hand off of his wound. He groaned more as she did so. She twitched inside.
"This is all your fault," said the voice. "You should have killed the Joker when you had the chance, imbecile."
Keevra pulled herself away from the voice so that she could focus on keeping Garrett conscious. She pulled up Garrett's shirt and pressed the bandage onto his wound.
"AHHH!" Garrett screamed in agony. "This frikin' hurts!"
Keevra tried to not move Garrett too much as she slowly wrapped the bandage around him.
"I'm sorry. . . It's okay. . . " Keevra tried not to lose more control as she saw that Garrett was starting to shake even more. Keevra turned to Batman, she noticed that Nightwing wasn't back yet. "We need to get Garrett to Gotham General."
Batman nodded in agreement. Keevra glanced back at Garrett and saw that he had closed his eyes. She checked his pulse and after a second, she sighed in relief. "He just passed out."
The door swung open again and Nightwing reappeared. His face was grim.
"The Joker got away," Nightwing announced.
"Dammit!" Keevra exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air in frustration. She wiped Garrett's blood off of her hands with her T-shirt. She stood up and said to Batman and Nightwing,
"I'm leaving. Take care of Garrett. If he doesn't make it. . . I'll come after you two too. I'll go after the Joker myself since no one in this damn city will."
"I can't let you do that Keevra," Batman said.
"Why not?" Keevra challenged Batman.
"Because you'll fall down with him if, when, you kill the Joker."
Keevra shook her head. "I've already fallen into a hole I can't climb out, Batman. Might as well take that psycho down with me."
With one last glance at her unconscious friend, Keevra Avryn walked out of the room.
Batman just stood there. He knew he couldn't stop her from leaving. She had already made her choice. Nobody would be able to reach Keevra Avryn. Not himself. Not Nightwing. Not even Garrett Soles. Batman had seen the life go out of her blue eyes. The light was replaced by a certain. . . darkness. The old Keevra Avryn had just died in front of him.
"We are justice," Batman yelled down the staircase, where Keevra was half down the steps.
"Justice never prevails," Keevra yelled back.
THREE DAYS LATER. . .
Garrett Soles clicked the buttons on his hospital room's TV remote. Absoulutely nothing was on that day. Or at least anything that would get his mind off of Keevra. He kept wondering if his friend was okay, where she was, and how she was doing. He had woken up alone at Gotham General three days ago. His memories of the days before was clouded together, one giant ass blur to him. Then, as he went through the news channel, something captured his attention. He quickly turned up the volume to hear,
"The Gotham City Police Department are puzzled over the death of the notorious gangster, Johnny Ilani. The police say they found Ilani's body in an abondoned alleyway near Wayne Tech, where a few days ago, a massacre led by the Joker killed eleven employees of Wayne Tech. Whether or not the Joker is responsible for Ilani's murder is unidentifiable at this time. Althought a joker card was pinned to the body. The cause of death was under mysterious circumstances. Another news bulletin is the disappearence of Wayne Tech employee Keevra Avryn. She was last seen at the scene of the Wayne Tech massacre that happened on October thirteenth. If you have any information of Avryn's whereabout please call-"
Garrett clicked off the T.V. He had a horrible sinking feeling in his gut. . . and it wasn't from his medicine.
Mysterious circumstances. . .
"Keevra," Garrett muttered.
GOTHAM CITY, OUTSIDE OF WAYNE TECH
THREE HOURS AGO. . .
"Keevra Avryn is no more," she told herself as she dug her three inch boot heel into the gangster's throat. The gangster groaned and begged for mercy. She wasn't to give one moment of mercy for this piece of filth called a human being.
"Now this is real justice," she thought as she cocked her replacement pistol. This gangster wasn't the Joker, but he would do. . . for now.
She fired the pistol and she saw the life go out of the gangster's eyes immediately.
"Bye- bye," she said to the corpse.
She took a joker card out of her jacket pocket and placed it on the gangster's body. One day, the Joker would die by her hand. One day, she will become strong enough to end Gotham's suffering. One day, she will avenge Charlotte Carlyle. She heard police sirens in the distance. Oh well. Maybe executing the gangster by Wayne Tech wasn't the brightest idea. But she wasn't afraid of being hauled away to jail, she knew she was doing good work.
For Charlotte. . .
She had felt empty and colder than death since Charlotte's death. But this kill, her third kill, made her feel slightly whole again. She breathed the cold, autumn air into her lungs, feeling the rush she had received from this kill. The kill fueled her unlike any energy drink she had consumed in her life.
She wore no mask. She wore no war paint. Nor any ridiculous costume. She wasn't afraid of her true identity showing.
Keevra Avryn was no more. . . Abyss had arrived to take her place.
THE END
Author's Note:
Hope you have enjoyed this fanfic :D
Special thanks to the readers AND the reviewers.
Believe or not, I got the idea to write this from a really, weird dream I had XD
- Norah Strike