#across him KILLING people so it's kind of a different story ofc 🫠

[mad-hunts]

🔪 @clawsextended selina sure does have bad luck but god knows she gets in enough shit herself.

whenever it came down to it, barton was willing to do a lot of things to get out of being imprisoned, especially in a place like arkham. and the dead body that he was now standing over was more than adequate evidence of that. but to explain how he got into a situation where he had to disguise himself as a postman to kill the owner of a bakery, we'll have to rewind to about two weeks earlier. spectacularly enough... or perhaps not, considering barton was quite good at escaping the police, he had been able to get him and his family out of their usual home before they had opted to bust into the place. and he learned that the reason the GCPD did that was because someone had seen him committing a murder through sheer chance.

which, of course, they wanted to report to the pigs — and because barton had connections within the police department... he heard about this rather quickly. much to his surprise, it was the neighbor right across the street from the woman he'd killed (who was named odessa), whom was actually hiding out in her apartment while he did so in a wardrobe. and this person happened to be another woman named leona cruz; whom was over when he'd killed odessa. leona was a bakery owner, barton learned, and lived on the second floor of it... which was actually far more useful information to him than it might seem at first glance. because now barton could formulate a plan to get rid of her that wouldn't attract suspicion before she was able to testify against him.

and now... with that plan finished and us in the future, what better way was there to do that than to pretend he was delivering goods to leona's bakery? all it took was barton incapacitating the original driver and him putting on a disguise to enter her bakery without forcing himself in. then, when leona's back was turned after she climbed high up on a ladder in order to move some things to put her new package up on the shelf, barton pushed her to the ground head-first. which was a good way of doing it because it absolutely could look like it was an accident with some little adjustments. a small, but equally as sadistic smile spread across his lips as he mussed up his hair to remove some of the spray coloring on it. he crouched down to leona's body to move it afterwards before he heard the sound of the bell on the door chiming.

though this was a late night delivery, so who on earth could that be? it couldn't possibly be a customer. barton stood up quickly and looked at the person in question, finding that they strangely looked a little familiar. he just couldn't think of selina's name as his eyes flitted from leona, to the other, and barton simply whipped out the gun he was carrying against his back. pointing the muzzle at her heart was easy as his free hand rose up to his mouth while he feigned a facial expression that said 'yikes.' ❝ ahh, it seems i can't ever get a moment alone whenever i kill someone. oh well — i bet you're regretting coming in here right about now, aren't you? especially since it's after hours and no one else is round. ❞

barton stretched out his free hand to the side to emphasize his point before saying this with an condescending laugh, ❝ don't worry, i'll make it quick. but of course... i won't be able to leave your body here with your friends. i'm sure you understand, right? it is supposed to look like an accident. ❞