Chapter 59 - [AT] Is That You Doctor Doom?

[After Transition]

"No, I'm fine, thanks though" I say to her wanting to stop all interaction as soon as possible as I want to sort out my head and my new memories even if that does mean stopping talking to this gorgeous redhead who I just want to force onto the floor and ravish no matter her pleas and then leave her there... Where the f.u.c.k did that come from, I'm not that kind of person what the f.u.c.k. "Are you sure Nick because you're not looking too well, I can get some help if you want?" She ask in concern but all I want to do right now is rip of her top and piss on her t.i.t.s, what the f.u.c.k is wrong with me who the hell wants to piss on someone, what the f.u.c.k. Something is definitely wrong with me and I need to sort it out as soon as possible, before I end up doing something I regret to the friendly Barbara Gordon who just wants to help.

"Nick, I think you really need help. Just wait here and let me call someone who can do that." She says as she pulls out her phone and begins to type in a number and I quickly stand up an slap the phone out of her hand before she can finish typing it in while shouting, "NO!", I don't know who she was going to call but all I know is that I can't let her do that as she's the police commissioners daughter as well as Batgirl. Oh shit, what if she found out about my crimes using the Bat-Computer or something and she is gonna try to arrest me, I can't go to prison, I'll have to find some way to silence her maybe I can capture her and hold her prisoner till I can find a way to erase memories and if that doesn't work I can always silence her indefinitely.

"Nick?" I hear her question me and I look up into her eyes and all I can see is concern and kindness in them, she doesn't know anything about my crimes and just wants to help me while all I could think about was kidnapping her, killing her and maybe even defiling her.. What the hell is wrong with me? I didn't use to be like this, what the hell is happening to me and how can I make it stop. "Are you okay?" I hear Barbara ask kindly while reaching her arm out to gently touch my shoulder, acting like she is about to scold me with her digits I back off before reaching under the computer desk and grabbing my bag before running past her and out of the library while leaving her with a stuttered, "S-Sorry.." as I run past her. Getting out of the library I don't realise that I've left a certain special memory stick inside the library because of my panic, all I can think about is getting as far away from the library as possible because of the fear that I will act upon the horrific intentions in my head.

Without thinking I just continue to run and run, making my way through the deserted Gotham streets and back alleys with a familiarity that I shouldn't have but I don't question it and just continue to run without knowing where I'm going, trying to outrun the thoughts in my head but I can still feel them and they are now a part of me, a dark part of me that I can never escape. Eventually my feet stop and I look up to take in my surroundings and see just where my legs have taken me, looking around I just see another generic run down Gotham street though it's not as bad as some of the other parts of Gotham but i can feel some familiarity with the street like I've been here before multiple times and in multiple situations. Looking at the building directly in front of me I realise exactly why that is, this is the building upon which I first found myself in this new reality on the roof and where I first encountered Catwoman but it also brings up some different memories for me.

Memories such as my finding this building and talking to the owner to procure an apartment inside it, to spending days and days sitting inside and filing evidence on human meat traffickers and to heading up to the roof to look out at the city while enjoying a quiet smoke. I have separate memories about this building and I know that both sets don't coincide except for one memory on the roof which is kind of fuzzy but I remember a blue-green portal appearing out of nowhere, heading inside the building I go up the stairs and continue to go up and up without knowing which floor I'm heading to but knowing that I'll stop at the right one. While heading up one particular flight of stairs I bump into an old foreign woman who doesn't look particularly happy but she has one of those faces that just look like they are incapable of doing anything else but frowning, I don't understand much of what she says but from what I can manage to understand she wants me to pay my rent tomorrow but she doesn't seem that urgent about it as she trust me to pay on time.

I guess being a criminal means you want the least amount of attention as possible and should pay your bills on time to not get any trouble which is why this old lady doesn't seem to hate me as much as the other residents in the building, I ignore her after she continues walking down the stairs and I continue my journey up the stairs till I stop on a particular floor and my eyes zero on to a particular door which I know belongs to me but I quickly realise that I don't have a key to enter. Walking to the door I see a flirtatious woman walking down the hall and without thinking I bump into her and slyly take a hairpins from her hair without her notice, she just gives me a flirty look and offers me a good time to which I refuse, she must have been a p.r.o.s.t.i.t.u.t.e. Walking to my door I quickly take out the hairpin and reshape it with my hands into a particular shape before jamming it into the door and proceeding to unlock the door with skill I didn't know I even had.

I mean sure I trained on lock picking doors during my training with Earl but that was with actual lock picking tools and not with hairpins, I didn't have much experience with unlocking doors so I can conclude that this particular skill has come from my less ethical counterpart in this universe. After unlocking the door quite smoothly without trouble I quickly enter the room and shut the door behind me and promptly look around the room which feels fairly familiar to me, the room itself is pretty plain with hardly any furniture in it except for a bed, a desk and chair and any other daily necessities though I notice a particular folder on top of the desk along with a wallet as well as a particular ratty bag in the corner.

I ignore all that and flop down onto the bed to try and get some semblance of what had happened to me today but suddenly out of nowhere a being that looks to be made out of metal with a green cloak, not dissimilar to Doctor Doom, appears above me and looks down at me with cosmic powers practically leaking from its eyes...

"MORTAL.."

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