Months later, a boy named 'Heath' was born - Named after the British sociologist, Anthony Heath.
He was the child of Jack's "old fling", Alicia Hunt.
Heath's childhood was nothing but misery as his father was always in a predictable mood; stressed man desperate for any way of release. This usually ended where he would throw things at the wall to watch them shatter.
When Alicia would put her foot down, Jack would throw her across the room to see what would happen, laughing psychotically when she would yelp out. He was especially fascinated when she would break a bone, he loved hearing the actual crack upon impact.
When Heath was ten years old, he tried to get his father to stop hurting his mother.
Jack responded by creepily turning around to face him, grinning widely while laughing after shoving her through the sliding glass door.
He was a madman, cackling as he grabs his son, taking a knife from his pocket.
Only one question was asked to his son: "Why so serious?!"
After this, he took the knife and slit the sides of Heath's mouth, laughing hard as he screams with blood running down his chin.
The police surrounded the entire house, closing in and rescuing the boy from his insane father.
Heath was adopted into a nice little family called the Machins and his name was changed to 'Lonnie'.
Seven years later, Lonnie was now seventeen years old, his hatred for his biological father consuming him.
Being raised by a gangster whose wife was constantly living in fear, he devoutly believed that nothing he did would matter at all.
His father would always get away with crimes only being temporarily arrested when Batman eventually caught him.
It was a cycle of nonsense to him, so he neither trusted the super-villains on the television, nor did he care for authorities who were next to worthless when 'catching' The Joker anyway.
Both good and evil were two sides of the same coin to him and he'd start reading up on Anarchism; something that from what he understood was the 'alternate party'.
Something that meant he didn't have to say he was a traditional Democrat or Republican.
He didn't understand the difference between everyday life and political beliefs and neither did he care; he wanted to make something of himself. It didn't help that his adoptive family would always argue over the subject matter. It was nowhere near as bad as his previous home, but it still annoyed him.
Lonnie made himself a costume: A hood around his head (he wore a red sweater in his jacket) and wore a white mask on his face.
He wore a scarf around his neck, and a red jacket with an Anarchy symbol and three buttons (with a smile, an Anarchy symbol and a red button) on one of his collars of his jacket.
He also wore black gloves and carried a backpack on his back to carry necessary supplies for what he was about to do.
Lastly, he wore a black and yellow belt with pockets around the belt, and red pants with knee caps with a hand print on his right knee cap and boots with yellow lining.
And with that, he created a new identity: Anarky.
Lonnie figured the spelling made him sound 'creative', so he didn't question it.
As Anarky, he went to a rally at his high school that was protesting against a dress-code, easily convincing them to join him on his quest to 'stop oppression' from major corporations and elitists.
This would go on for about three weeks with even Commissioner Gordon questioning if he was to be a greater villain than the likes of Penguin, Mister Freeze, or even Joker for that matter with Anarky leading the charge of violent protests with tons of property damage. Whenever he had a speech, it fueled his "army's" rage as they progressively became worse with painting the town red (figuratively AND literally)...
It wasn't until he tried to take over Gotham completely as "the voice of the people" was Batman called to put a stop to his insanity.
Anarky had made a pact with Black Mask who would provide him money, power and bombs in return, he wanted the cowl of Batman.
He hated the idea of needing someone else for funds, but he took the chance so his voice could be heard.
Lonnie had three bombs placed, each in a location that would kill 'oppressors' upon detonation.
Batman thought quick and disarmed all three, interrogating Anarky for his crimes afterwards.
The Bat was in shock to find a seventeen year old was behind all this.
Lonnie didn't say how he did it all, Batman just alerted the authorities, leaving Anarky and his army tied up.
He was put into Arkham Asylum where Dr. Hugo Strange was waiting for him.
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Seven years of therapy and... Questionable methods of cures made Lonnie even darker on the inside.
He would be forced to take experimental drugs, go through shock therapy and even be physically beaten by the other inmates until he was officially trained to do much better than he previously did in combat.
Little did Lonnie know, his very own biological uncle, Mark was also sentenced to therapy with a new doctor named Harleen Frances Quinzel.
Strange kept him from knowing this, though. Can't have him "distracted" from his indoctrination.
What Strange wanted was for the man to go further into insanity, but make sure he was in control and that Anarky's actions were all in his favor.
Lonnie promised he would end Batman for everything so Strange wouldn't have to worry, which is why he was sent out from his sentence earlier than before.
Little did Strange know, Lonnie wasn't under his control, he only lied so he would be released earlier. Which Machin's surprise; it actually worked.