Kapitel 8: 7 years later: A single impulse that transforms a life.. - Part5

- Right, let's sort this out. - Eduard arrived at the bar in less than a second and after hesitating a little he decided not to wear his uniform; walking in he saw a young woman who must have been around twenty who looked a lot like the actress from the series, Krysten Ritter, at the moment she was kissing a copy of David Tennant while ignoring the people in the bar assaulting each other. - His skin looks pretty normal, I guess if his story is based on anything it would be in the series... - After watching for a while he just walked over to the couple who were kissing and smelt a disgusting smell that was like a drug trying to influence him, of course it didn't have the slightest effect on him and probably no one with as much energy as him in their body, but still, for someone like him where all his senses were better than anyone else it was really a blow to smell that disgusting smell.

- Nice show you put on here... - Eduard looked around once more before turning his attention to Killgrave as he was known or Kevin, which should have been his name if he remembered correctly.

- ... - The man stopped kissing the girl, who didn't seem very happy with this action, probably too affected by these pheromones that just smelled like sewage to Eduard. Kevin watched Eduard with interest for a few moments as the man clearly knew that he was responsible for the mess in the bar, but that only lasted a few moments before he ordered him to join them and go back to kissing the girl he believes to be the heroine or just detective Jessica Jones.

'Is he as disgusting as in my memories?' Eduard ignored Killgrave's behavior and just asked Cortana mentally without bothering to move.

[A little worse.]

After receiving this message, he no longer bothered to think about whether he should try to trap him or something else, after all, even if he had protected those around him from mind reading or mind control with what little he knew, he still didn't see a problem with getting rid of potential problems like him, especially considering his disgusting tendencies.

- Pots! - After Eduard exclaimed the whole place went static, even Jessica's and Kevin's tongues remained still in the same position while ignoring everyone who could only move their eyes and watch him since he allowed it only to increase Killgrave's anxiety, yes, he was a bit of a sadist when dealing with people like him.

Separating Kevin from Jessica, Eduard looked him in the eyes, which began to glow red just to scare him, since he had no intention of using his heat vision, at least not in this place where there would be several witnesses. - You know Kevin, on the way here I've been thinking about what to do with you... I haven't decided yet, your crimes are many, and serious since they range from robbery and trespassing, something simple, to rape, murder, torture and other things that I really don't want to imagine as repugnant... So I really asked myself, should I just kill him? Torture him? Imprison you on the moon with just a little oxygen so that you die slowly in despair? And now that it's come to it, I really don't know which one to choose... - Eduard said in a slow, frightening tone, which thanks to him using his focus only on Kevin made him piss himself, which made Eduard's expression show pure disgust.

- I'm sure your victims are less pathetic than you, how can you piss yourself so easily? Aren't you supposed to be the great Killgrave or some shit?! - Eduard exclaimed with obvious frustration as he ignored Kevin's terrified look and just stared at his sneakers that were now treading in a pool of urine. - I'm going to have to throw them away now...

- Uh? - Eduard exclaimed in surprise as he looked over and realized that the girl seemed to have started to break free of Kevin's grip, most likely because the man was too terrified to do anything at the moment, he saw that even with a frozen expression in her eyes there was only anger as she looked at the man in her hands.

'She's angry now after just that, I can't imagine how she felt after eight months...' Well, it doesn't matter since I changed her life with it, right?' Eduard brushed this aside, accepting that he had just saved a life; what Eduard didn't know or just ignored was that without suffering Kevin's torture and brainwashing for almost a year her character and desire to be a hero hadn't disappeared, and over the next few days remembering him and watching the few appearances Eduard would make saving various people that desire would only grow stronger, not only changing her own life, but also the lives of dozens of families, and that would only be the prelude to what she would become until Fury while looking for Eduard found her and added her to his much-loved initiative. Of course, if Eduard had actually given it some thought given his current intelligence, he could have inferred a lot from this, but his personality was as Barbara always told him "Sloppy", so he didn't worry too much about it, and even in the future when he found out all he did was smile with genuine joy.

- Reirrab! - A barrier enveloped Kevin before Eduard simply floated across the roof at speeds sufficient not to be visible to people or cameras nearby.

- BOMM!!! - when he reached sufficient altitude he simply shot off into space; by leaving orbit he ensured that the barrier continued to supply oxygen to and protect him from the outside for at least a few more minutes. Eduard looked at Kevin and then accelerated towards the moon.

Eduard floated near the dark side of the moon for a few moments before undoing the spell that prevented Kevin from moving and throwing him.

- So, how does the "great" Killgrave expect to die? - Eduard said as he kept his eyes shining and forced the feeling of oppression and terror to increase with magic.

- ... - Against his expectations one of Marvel's iconic villains, someone known for countless deeds that would make countless prisoners shudder didn't shout at him, didn't try to argue, didn't even try to run or use his power, all he did was cry and fall to his knees while staring at him with a look that reflected pure hopelessness. The same man who controlled his parents when he could still be considered a child and terrorized them before killing them, the same man who raped dozens or hundreds of women, many of whom were married, engaged or worse, still just girls, the same man who killed hundreds of people just because he could looked at him as if he were asking for forgiveness and that angered Eduard deeply.

- At least be a man and own up to your crimes! - Eduard exclaimed telepathically as he remembered that even if there was oxygen in the barrier, the voice wouldn't reach him and vice versa. - I'll give you one chance, and one chance only... Tell me what penalty would be appropriate for your crimes, if I agree you won't have to suffer here. - Eduard said before taking out a small sheet of paper and turning a rock into a pencil. - Write down your sentence, no explanations or requests, I just want you to tell me what to do with you... I almost forgot to mention, you should have another minute before the barrier disappears and you die an agonizing death. - Eduard said with a frightening smile as he watched the former crime king candidate begin to tremble while staring at the sheet in horror.

Eduard watched the seconds tick by while the waste in front of him just trembled as he stared at the sheet; Eduard knew that people like him, who always had situations under control tended to break down when they lost the initiative, but he hadn't expected this man to be so pathetic, not considering how little he remembered, he didn't believe that a man who could torture his own family would cry at his own death, he didn't know if that was his original personality or if it was due to this being an original world derived from fragments, but he didn't really care, the important thing was that the man, no, the monster in front of him was now crying like a baby to his disgust and that for some reason irritated him more than if he threatened him or resisted in any way.

'Pathetic' This was the only thought that came to Eduard's mind and it kept repeating itself until time passed and without the man even having the courage to write something the barrier disappeared; and with that without Eduard even having to move his punishment was meted out, the moment the barrier disappeared he began to suffer from asphyxiation and his blood began to boil at the same time as his bodily fluids, such as saliva and tears, would begin to boil. After a few seconds, the body Eduard was watching stopped struggling and expanded, leaving a definitely disgusting image.

- It's over... - After observing that the man was definitely dead, Eduard simply incinerated his remains until there was nothing left with his heat vision and returned to the ground while contemplating.

Eduard POV:

'I was a bit reckless, wasn't I?'

[You should have changed your clothes before going into space and flying at that speed]

Cortana's voice sounded in my mind with a provocative tone that managed to distance me from the strange sensation of my first death, truth be told, I didn't really feel anything at the time and when I came back I was more worried about being naked and just made my clone go back to the gym without exercising, and i just put on the clothes I got from Kara; the problem arose after I calmed down and decided to sit on a building and observe the city, as my anger passed a strange feeling took over me, a kind of anxiety that bothers me constantly, I know it's not my fault and I'm sure I won't have nightmares, but it's still annoying to feel that way about garbage like that.

- Sigh... I guess I can only hope to forget this feeling with time... Maybe I should see Kara? - Eduard muttered to himself with amusement before ignoring the idea, given Kara's current situation all he could do was watch her playing with glasses and that certainly wasn't what he needed right now, at least he didn't think so.

[Just ask her or her sister for a hug. (^_^) V]

A smile adorned Eduard's lips as just this simple interaction improved his condition slightly. - I think you're right... As always! - Exclaimed the boy with a dazzling smile.

[(^0^) /]

- Pfft! Ahaha... - Eduard smiled for a few moments before returning his gaze to the city as he slowly let the feeling that was bothering him subside.

Without realizing how much time had passed, I spent more than an hour in silence just watching children running around in the park, men and women walking with the typical hurried pace characteristic of the big city, I also observed both silly and more serious discussions that were deciding the fate of several people's careers, I even overheard a few robberies that I solved which strangely made me feel good, especially once a girl who looked my age was about to be abused, after saving her and listening to her thanking me before I go away, I felt any guilt or whatever it was that bothered me after getting rid of Kevin disappear.

Eduard continued his strangely therapeutic activity without even thinking about how busy social networks were thanks to him just wanting to relax; ignoring the fact that night was approaching or that his clone should have disappeared by now, he just kept wandering around all day, not only in New York, he wandered around a few nearby cities and even went to a few other countries before coming back as the sun was setting in New York, and just as he was about to go back home, the incident that would definitely put him in the news happened, the incident that would cause the hunt for him to increase dramatically, one of the many incidents that would cause the fragmented world based on two separate multiverses to start its own.

- Cabrum! Baroom! - As I was about to head home, I heard a huge explosion far from New York; after concentrating on the explosion, I heard several cries for help and desperate people while someone was laughing wildly, I also heard the voices of some panicked policemen and then I heard my father's voice. At that moment I stopped in mid-air, in the middle of New York City and turned towards Gotham, a city that I had abandoned, and a city that neither my sister nor I had set foot in for the last 7 years, and even though I followed the news from time to time or talked to my father constantly I usually didn't like to think about the place, it was simply suffocating and even if I didn't want to take it over it was the place I had to escape when I was young, and maybe because of that even now after helping several cities I simply haven't been to Gotham once.

- Look! The young man from the newspaper! - I heard a man's voice talking below and realized that he was recording me while I debated whether to go to Gotham; looking around I saw some people crowding around and looking at me, and in the middle of these people I saw a young woman with blonde hair who must have been about my age with a live report on what was happening in Gotham.

- Excuse me, could I borrow you for a moment? - I approached the girl who stared at me in disbelief for a few moments, forcing me to ask her a few more times before she finally nodded and I could look at the news while ignoring the people around me, I even managed to ignore some children who were playing with the cover while I listened to the journalist.

[We are broadcasting directly from the Gotham Financial Center where a criminal known as "Joker" who recently escaped from Arkham claims to have bombs in several different buildings and to prove it he has already blown up one of them; The criminal in question made a demand that the vigilante calling himself "Batman" show up and that every hour he was late he would blow up one of the buildings he took hostage...]

As I listened to the report my eyes narrowed as I remembered the various actions of the Joker that I could recall, and regardless of which version of this madman I was facing I preferred to get rid of him now rather than wait for him to drive some hero crazy in the future or become something like the Joker emperor; handing the cell phone back to the girl with a smile I decided to thank her. - Thank you very much...

- Gwen! - The girl exclaimed and immediately turned red at her reaction.

- Thank you very much, Gwen. - Even though I found the reaction of a potential fan like my sister funny, I just smiled and returned her cell phone before walking a few steps until I was forced to stop by a small shout behind me and when I turned around, I saw a little boy who was holding my cape now on the ground with a slightly scraped forehead.

- Laeh. - Ignoring the photos and recordings, he smiled at the little boy who had stopped crying and warned him. - Don't hold the clothes of people you don't know, okay?

- ... - The still stunned little boy just nodded at me as I simply floated away and flew to Gotham.

3rd person POV:

Alfred Pennyworth was looking at the news sadly as he looked at the man who usually stopped lunatics like this, Bruce Wayne, also known to the criminals and police of Gotham as Batman was in a coma at the moment; a few days ago something happened that should never have happened before that the fragments of two different worlds merged into one, if it wasn't for the merging of worlds Bruce Wayne would never have found himself in the middle of a mutant fight, especially he should never have found himself with someone like Magneto who brought him to this state during their encounter where Bruce only survived for by always carrying some weapons that don't use any metal since he found information about Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, thanks to this even though he was taken by surprise he still managed to injure the known mutant magneto enough to escape, the only problem is that being hit by iron's that exceeded the weight of tons a few times was too much for Bruce even with his costume, thanks to this he lost consciousness as soon as he got home and didn't wake up even after three days had passed.

- Master Bruce... - Alfred muttered, looking at Bruce before glancing at the Batman costume in the Batcave where he left Bruce to recover as it was better equipped than the mansion's bedroom and safer.

Alfred just looked at Bruce who showed no signs of waking up and sighed, he honestly didn't want the man he had watched grow up from a child until now to continue with his activities, not when they were so dangerous, but he also knew that without this Bruce Wayne would lose an important part of himself so over the years he had given up on making him abandon his activities as a vigilante or hero of Gotham; it was precisely because he had accepted this part of his life that he was worried about his reaction to waking up.

While Alfred was lost in thought he heard the presenter's voice sound in an exclamation of surprise before turning his gaze to the screen; where he could see the young man Bruce was desperately looking for information hovering near the camera with his eyes closed, and even from a distance it was possible to see in his expression how concentrated the young man was, the scene of him standing there with his eyes closed only lasted ten seconds before he disappeared, but even that measly period of appearance seemed to shake the whole of Gotham.

- I found you! - Eduard exclaimed softly before opening his eyes and disappearing with a bang that echoed throughout Gotham's Financial Center.

[Are you going to kill him?]

'Not yet... I don't think killing all the threats is the answer..., But I'll definitely tell the police to fuck off and lock him up in space, seriously, how come the man is always put in Arkham even though he escapes from that hole every time?'

[There are several factors, from simple ones like corruption to -]

- I know Cortana, you don't have to explain something so simple to me... - Eduard smiled a little before his expression turned neutral as he arrived above an abandoned shed where dozens of armed men stood. - It's precisely because I understand that we're going to build some special prisons on earth and in space, in fact if I'm not mistaken, we already have something like this ready to be used?

[We have containment booths made for Kryptonian people or beings of similar strength reinforced with some runes you've invented].

- Prepare one of them, no, prepare two of them, let's lock up the girlfriend with Stockholm Syndrome too and try to help her.

[Cabins prepared, where do you want to send them?]

- Ask Kara to leave them in the fortress, and if possible try to convince her to wait for me away from that place, I don't want her to end up killing Joker by accident...

[All right, I'll talk to her, Ed.]

- Thank you... - After muttering Eduard looked at some cameras and decided to scare all the bad guys in the world. - Cortana, Joker seemed to want to do a broadcast here,

so, let's take advantage of that and start it, but broadcast everything even if you have to relocate local cameras and broadcast it to the whole country and not just to some local Gotham station as he must be ready to do. Also, don't forget to stop all the bombs from detonating and alert the bomb squad.

[Ready in 30 seconds!]

- Perfect. - Eduard nodded and prepared for his entrance while watching Cortana work through a hologram.

In my other story I had a problem with the final paragraphs so as a precaution I will post this at the end of all the chapters.