Remi emerges from the crowd of people wearing two black stripes under her eyes while she looks around Wellston for The Joker. She gets strange looks from her peers as her two strips of eye black stick out to the rest of the crowd. However her eyes don't leave the gaze of the roof where Blyke and Isen are camping.
Remi in her head: Alright then, if I just make myself look like I'm ready for a fight, then Joker should come out and.....
People start to get anxious all around her, some even run. Remi looks behind her to see the infamous man in the mask, his eyes glowing black as night with a white line around them. Remi powers up as she gets ready for the fight of her life.
Remi: Everyone get back, this is gonna get messy!
Remi's eyes glow amber as soon as she activates her ability. The Joker points his thumb down trying to intimidate her as he points to his home world under the ground.
Joker: I'm ready to send you to HELL!
Remi scoffs at Joker.
Remi: I'm ready to kill you if you're planning a fight to the death. For the safety of Wellston.
He charges with a Phase shift offense form. Almost managing to land a strike on Remi when she dodges and out maneuvers his punch. Joker changes into a defensive form to counter Remi's moves.
Remi in her head: Defensive form, wait a second?
Joker swipes landing a heavy punch, cracking the ground. Remi leaps out of the way avoiding John's heavy attack.
Remi in her head: Oh no, he must have beaten Zeke up badly.
Joker sends a giant lightning strike towards Remi. His lightning crackles a thick black color, black as a sharpie with gold around it. Remi shoots her lightning, which is a thick white with blue around it, but gets entangled by Joker's lightning. Remi notices Joker is starting to resemble John's black and gold colors, his eyes even turn gold despite the white pupils remaining in the center of his cornea.
Remi in her head: Any day now John, Isen, or Blyke, oh no!
A red hot laser comes flying towards The Joker.
Blyke: Did I hit him?
Isen: Hell yeah, load up another one!
Sheene: I'll start the mind manipulating, that should slow down some of his movements.
Isen: Sheene, let us know, if not we're just gonna fire away!
Sheene nods her head in agreement.
Remi strikes the wounded Joker with her lightning.
Remi in her head: Oh no, he can move in my lightning. His defense form is really strong.
Lightning strikes all around Joker as he charges up more of his own to counter Remi's. Blood drips from his shoulder, exactly where Blyke shot him.
Joker then strikes Remi with his stronger version of lightning.
Remi in her head: Nice try, but my lightning is way better.
Three more shots hit Joker. Subduing him. Remi jumps up to conjure a huge ball of lightning. Joker lays down as he watches the massive ball of energy grow by the second.
Remi in her head: Did I get him, he looks down?
Joker gets back up and grabs Remi's arm.
Remi in her head: HE TRICKED ME?!
Joker moves into his offensive form and sends Remi flying into a wall.
Joker: Who said your friends can tag alone?!
Sheene in Joker's head: I DID!
Suddenly Joker grabs his head as it splits open with pain.
No one loves you, you're nothing but a monster.
Joker starts to hear voices as the battle rages on. Voices from his past that still haunt him to this day.
No one loved you, Sera despised you.
Cripple.
You're a joke.
Just kill yourself already!
Sheene: He isn't very receptive, I'm sending him my worst.
Isen: Just keep going, Blyke, charge up another bad Larry!
Blyke looks down to see Remi struggling to fight off Joker.
Blyke: GET OFF HER YOU FREAK!
Blyke sends another laser to Joker. He misses and Joker spots them with that one fatal move.
Sheene: I think he's blocked out the voices! I can't get through!
Isen: Crap, he knows where we are!
Blyke: We should be safe up here!
Joker looks at them and in a violent second he charges straight at them.
Isen: FIR , FIRE, FIRE!
Sheene: AAAAGGGGHHH, NO, HE'S IN MY HEAD NOW!
Joker wall climbs up to the trio. As Sheene's head feels like it's about to split open Joker uses every muscle in his body effectively, parkouring like there's no tomorrow up the building as he dodges Blyke's ability.
Sheene collapses on the roof.
Isen: SHEEENE!
Blyke is firing rapid shots at this point while Joker is going towards him.
Blyke: WHAT THE HELL?! HE SCALED THE WALL?!
Isen charges at Joker with wreckless intent.
Isen: OPEN FIRE!
Blyke: ISEN NO!
Blyke gets jumped from behind and kicked in the back of the head. Isen changes direction to charge at Joker.
Isen: HEY, THOSE WERE MY FRIENDS YOU-
Joker grabs Isen's arm and shoots a laser right through it.
Isen: AHHHHHGH!
Joker: Should have stayed in your lane.
Joker shocks Isen with his highest voltage, almost enough to kill a person.
Blyke: NO, STOP!
Joker stops and drops an unconscious Isen.
Blyke: You've beaten us alright!
No
I call the shots
Joker shoots a laser at Blyke's heart.
Blyke in his head: This man is insane.
Blyke dodges the laser only for it to curve.
Blyke: Oh crap!
Spurt!
Meanwhile Arlo and Holden are walking in the halls. A kid bumps into Holden as he rushes for a front row seat to the brawl.
Holden: Hey kid, what the heck?
DUDE, GET TO THE EAST COURTYARD, PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING JOKER!
Arlo gets a heart attack.
Arlo: HOLDEN WE GOTTA GO!
Arlo, Holden, and the weird kid keep running towards the courtyard. Arlo looks up to see his friend Blyke, beaten to a pulp on the roof.
Arlo: NOOO, REMI, BLYKE, ISEN!
Arlo looks back at Holden as his eyes glow blue.
Arlo: Holden, I'll make sure Joker doesn't come here, make sure no one goes to fight him! Don't follow me.
Arlo jumps from the third floor with his ability active.
Remi: STOP, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH?
Joker: I'm going to destroy everything, and make my own universe, one that apreciates me, starting with John's stupid friend!
Remi feels her heart lunge with rage as she looks up at Joker, who stood above the courtyard like an angry king.
Remi: YOU HAVEN'T SOLVED ANYTHING!!!!
Joker: NOT AS LONG AS YOU'RE BREATHING!
Isen gets back up and shoves Joker off the roof, Joker pulls him down as he falls and slams him on the ground. Isen gets right back up and throws a punch at him, but Joker blocks Isen's punch by grabbing his fist. He then follows the parry by breaking Isen's wrist by squeezing hard, then his arm and slams him on the ground.
Joker: You're a dead rat.
Joker then turns over and looks at Remi. He jumps up high and uses lasers to maneuver himself towards her, sending six lightning lasers at Remi. Suddenly a yellow barrier forms over her as Joker sends a punch that cracks the barrier instead of Remi's face.
Remi: Arlo?
Remi asked as she looked back to see Arlo pointing his arm at her.
Arlo: Where's John?
Arlo asked with fear in his voice.
Remi: I don't know, he'll come, trust me!
Meanwhile Jake, Evie, and Sera are walking when they find students running to the east courtyard. They find Joker fighting Remi and Arlo.
Joker: ARLO, THE MAN WHO STARTED IT ALL!
Arlo looks at Joker.
Arlo: You coward, if this is just between you and me, then keep it like-
Joker charges at Arlo and beats him to the ground.
Joker: AHAHAHA, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THIS!
Remi shocks Joker as his back is turned to her.
Remi: He has Zeke's, Blyke's, Isen's, Sheene's, and our abilities.
Arlo: Dammit!
Joker charges a giant laser beam at Arlo, Arlo pulls a barrier to stop it. The laser beam starts to crack through.
Remi runs up to Joker and connects her hand to his clothing, shocking him. Joker pulls a barrier and breaks Remi's arm. Joker then shoots a laser at Remi, Arlo protects her with a barrier. Taking another blow for the queen of Wellston.
Jake, Evie, and Sera all watch in horror. Evie looks at Jake seeing if he'll jump in. Only to find him stressed at what he's witnessing.
Jake: DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT, IT'S JUST LIKE BACK THEN!
Jake flashes back to last year at his "old school."
Jake: Hey, what's your name? I'm Jake.
Noelleia: Noelleia.
As chaos and carnage is unleashed on the school court yard, Jake remembers the face of a girl he befriended several lifetimes ago. She had a very light shade of purple for her hair color and eyes, an almost mix of grey with purple. She wore somewhat suggestive clothing, considered modest for royalty of her type, and gold color around her neck. The sides of her hair were pony tails.
These are my friends and comrades.
Charm: Ability, clouds 5.4
Lucky: Storm cloud electricity. 5.6 and ice armor 2.3
Finnessa: Ability, potions master, 3.4. Wires, 4.3.
Gray: Shape shift: 2.3
Harry: Aura disabler 9.8 (disables people's ability within a radius like Keene's unnatural).
Magma: Fire 5.4
Finny: Portals, 3.3
Gauch: 6.4 Direct mirror. Sends ranged ability back, not like John's mirror.
Jake: Nice to meet you all.
Jake couldn't help but focus on what his own experience as his scenario unfolded for those around him. History repeated itself, but switched up many of the variables.
Jake: Noo, Noelleia, don't do it!
Noelle: It'll be okay Jake.
Noelleia water, 7.3, unnatural, knight suit, +4.3.
Jake: Noelleie, NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Noelleia is seen attacking a demon as he is slowly drifting into hell to fight.
Jake: Nooooo, please, WHY?!
Jake present day.
Jake: I, I can't do anything.
Evie: Jake, please don't stress it.
Sera in her head: John, where are you?
Who is this man?
Meanwhile back in the dorms John wakes up in his bed.
John: What the, where am I?
John then remembers what he needs to do, why he was fixing his old universe. Though John would never in all of eternity understand exactly what he was doing, he knew that it would affect the outcome of what was to come. John slams the door, putting his uniform on as he is in the halls, not even bothering with the vest or jacket. He goes on the roof and puts on a bag over his head as he scouts out the campus to where the sounds of battle are coming from.
John in his head: Joker was born the minute he attacked innocent blood, but those two.
John in his stubbornness remembers what he did to Juni and Zeke only to regret nothing.
They were beaten by a hero.
And his name was Tuesday.
John scowls as he looks at the trash bag that was left from Zeke's lunch. Wishing he instead could use his persona's, The Golden God's.
Joker meanwhile is charging up another laser to Arlo and Remi
Joker in his head: THAT'S IT!
Arlo and Remi retreat back before making their next move. Remi instructs Arlo to relax with his barrier as it fails to protect them effectively and only puts him in harms way. Joker scowels as his eyes glow a sinister gold. He fully powers up as his gaping shoulder wound exposes the muscle tissue in his body. The blood starts to dry up as Joker charges up another laser attack. He looks at Remi holding her broken arm as she stands next to Arlo.
Joker: I'm gonna rip you two to shreds!
Joker charges a laser to blow Arlo's barrier.
Remi: ARLO, TAKE IT DOWN, EVEN WITH OUR BEST EFFORTS HE'S STILL CHARGING UP A BARRIER!
Arlo in his head: We don't have enough power to break through his defenses, yet he can still damage our barrier, and this is his weakest form.
We've been outclassed.
Joker: I'LL MAKE EVERYONE HERE PAY, JOHN DOE IS NO MORE!
Joker pledges this as he lets his entire existence flash before his eyes, having deep regret that he lived his life the way he did.
HEY!
Joker, Remi, and Arlo look up to see a man with a bag over his head jumping off the roof.
I'M RIGHT HERE!
Joker looks up with his dark black mask in rage. His eyes glow gold like the opponent's who's staring right back at him. He charges several laser balls, floating in mid air as he stands on his two feet. Surrounded by a dark barrier he looks up to see John jumping from the roof, creating a claw of darkness with one hand that shields his body while the other clenches a fist and winds back. The entire school freezes, realizing that two major powerhouses are about to clash. They can feel John's rage now more than Joker's wrath as John lands a devastating punch on the barrier. However they don't know that John Doe, the kid they would ostracize, would be their hero. Was always their hero.
Remi: JOHN!
Arlo: HELL YEAH!
Sera: Oh my.....
Evie: YEAH, KICK HIS BUTT!
The crowd cheers for lunch bag man. John however was in no cheering mood as he weeps tears. Joker sees them and knows exactly why John is crying. What took place last time they fought in the courtyard.
John: I'LL KILL YOU!
Joker: AHAHAHAHA, WE'LL SEE BOY!
John and Joker clash, they both punch each other, inflicting the worst of the worst on each other, breaking limbs and snapping bones. The two launch each other in the air blasting off a limb each.
Joker: Haha, you know what's funny? The fact that you couldn't protect Sera from those people! That I manipulated the situation for.
John: Of course you'd be behind something like that, I'll beat you up! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE!
John swings a punch at Joker, breaking his jaw.
John: THIS IS FOR MY FRIENDS YOU SHOWED NO MERCY TO! AND THIS! AND THIS IS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE YOU HURT! WHO COULDN'T FIGHT BACK! THE VERY THING I WENT THROUGH BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW MERCY FOR THE WEAK! THE WEAK LIKE ME! I WAS ONCE WEAK! YET YOUR KIND SHOWED NO MERCY! NOW I'M STRONG! I AM VENGEANCE!
John starts to shake violently, his bag over his head starts to soak from all his sweat and tears that he let loose. Each punch hurt Joker worse than the last. He knew no mercy. John embodied wrath, a just wrath. Joker was no human, he was an angel who fell from grace.
But what scares me the most...
John pauses as he then gives Joker another good smack.
Is a world without Seraphina.
John remembered exactly how he held Sera's corpse as she used his own body to end her suffering. He felt soaking wet from the rain. After pumbling Joker into the ruble the dark clouds that casted over the school started to rain. Corpses of his friends laid all around him. He was the last survivor of Joker's massacre at Wellston high. He stood over Joker as the world he was now in was sunny and bright. The corpses were now alive on the sidelines injured at their worst state, watching John break Joker into peices. Joker looked up at John as his face swelled up. He lets tears out from his eyes as he starts to cry, remembering Seraphina's last words to him.
You aren't a monster.
Yet despite hearing those words he couldn't forgive himself. Because unlike John who took those words to heart he instead let his wrath boil into a pathetic origin story.
AND YOU ALMOST MADE THAT A REALITY! WHAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST TIME WAS ALMOST REAL!
John slams his foot on Joker's chest.
AND I HATE YOU FOR THAT, I HATE YOU SO MUCH IT MAKES WANNA PUKE!
John kicks Joker across the court, as Joker gets back up he launches himself to Joker, kneeing him right in the head. Joker fades away, disintegrating into dust. At this point faculty are evacuating students to get the injured to a hospital. Sera and Holden are running to the scene.
Evie: Aren't you going to go with them?
Jake: And leave you?
Evie: Well, you are a high tier.
Jake: No one should know, I'll be alright.
Evie: Great, we should just wait by the dorms.
Sera: John!
The boy in a paper bag turns, Sera pulls him aside so the official royals can be taken to the hospital and treated by the staff. John watched as Sera was close to using her ability to dash towards John. His heart races as he picks her up and twirls her around.
John: WE WON!
John yelled as Sera smiles while her hands mess up his hair. John lets her down and embraces her tightly while Sera pulls the paper bag off of John and gives him a little smooch ¬‿¬.
John: Woah, I didn't expect that.
Sera hugs John tightly.
Sera: Let's just stay like this for the rest of the day.
John looks at the pile of dust blowing in the wind. He sheds a tear remembering what he has in life. His chance of redemption. He then realizes that like the world Sera died in, Joker may not even be real. Though he doesn't know how this is possible, he only knows that Joker would have been him if he didn't change his ways. Yet instead he took the path of redemption, and with humility he now has blessings that many don't. He would be forever grateful.
John: Hey, let's just head to our dorms, there's something I don't know how to tell you about.
Sera: Alright. Let's just stay like this for a little bit longer.
John blushes as he feels Sera's body heat on him.
John: Yeah, I'd like that.
He then snuggles his nose in Sera's neck.
I'd love that.
The End