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Chapter 4: Angel in Hell City

(Thank you for reading this fanfic. Bear in mind, all this event happened after Edward stalked Mr. Joon who went to give his daughter money. The story line is not originally written by me. It’s the storyline of the Riddler 2022 comic. I just insert Y/N in the plot for the sake of the fanfic. TW: Bribery, Drugs, Stalking, Death)

“Wait!! Whatt!! You did whattt??” Y/N’s eyes widened in shock.

“Shh shh slow down the others might-“Edward whisper-shouted her in a nervous tone.

“And you’re telling me this now! In the staff room?” She whisper-shouts at him back.

“Look I know, I break the promise but look. I found something crucial. I found some lead I could grab on to. There’s more to this Y/N.”

“I know but this isn't child plays Edward. Seriously, something's off, something big. I don't want you to get tangled up in whatever mess might be lurking.” She said in a serious tone."Y/N I know but, if what I suspect is true, there's corruption and manipulation happening right under our noses. Someone needsto shine a lighton it.” “I getthat you wantto do theright thing but this. This could bedangerous, even life-threatening.” “But this isdifferent. I can't justturn a blindeye when I know I canfind every shady businessgoing on over here. I know I can.” “I'm not asking you to turn a blind eye. I just want you to consider the dangers involved.” Y/N try to reason with him but- “I have Y/N, but I can't sit back and watch, knowing that I have what it takes to bring it out. All my life I had sit back. Sit back and be a reject. Sit back and be passed over . Now I have something in my hand. Something concrete and I can’t let it go yet. I-I just need to know. The missing piece. Why wasn’t it me? I have nothing to look forward to than this. Nothing.”

His tone starts to get a bit emotional, his word fumble all over the place and she noticed that.

So did he.

The room turns silent like the wind after a storm.

He sighs with his head down, he turns to leave.

As his hand reached for the doorknob, he felt a pair of soft small hands, firmly holding his. He doesn’t need to turn around to know the owner of the hands. Just a slight touch of hers would be enough to stop him in his tracks. He turns slowly to face her worried eyes.

“I just don’t want you to go down the rabbit hole, ok? I…I don’t want you to be gone.” Y/N voice hitches a bit at her last word. Edward can feel the worry in her voice. All he wants to do right now is kiss the crown of her head, rub her soft hands in a reassuring way and tell her he won’t be gone. Not again.

“Don’t worry, I won’t go away.” His voice softens and squeezes her hands slightly in a reassuring way. Y/N eyes look up at him, she looks like she wants to tell him something but is unsure of it. She parts her lips to say something but-

“Hey Edward! MR. Stones want to see you.” Zach burst right in the staff room.

His eyes travel to Y/N’s hand which was holding Edwards. Her face reddens in embarrassment. Her hand jolted away from Edward’s hold and left the room in a hurry. Zach eyes follows her as she leaves before turning back to Edward who is left with a dumbfounded expression.

“Seriously? She's with you?”

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“Knock Knock.”

“Come in.” The gravel voice of Mr. Stone came out from the inside of the office.

Edward enters the room. The atmosphere shifts. Just as he closes the door behind him. He felt himself trapped, like prey caught in a trap. He felt his heart drop, but he remained calm. Just breathe.

“The files you brought to my attention the other day.” Mr. Stone said as Edward sat at the seat in front of his desk.

He knows. He definitely knows. Edward glanced at the empty paper shredder beside Mr. Stone’s desk.

Oh, he knows.

“You were right to flag it. I will talk to the owner myself and handle any further investigation. Consider it taken care of. Thank you, Edward.”

Lier

However, a sense of pride bubbled in him a bit at the thought of being thanked by Mr. Stone. He had never been noticed by a higher up like Mr. Stone in his life before.

“Your welcome sir.” He said as he unclenches his fist from the arm rest. Relaxing a bit. Just a bit.

“But that’s not why I called you here. Edward, do you have any relationship with Wayne Enterprises?”

Wayne? Of course, he had.

“No sir.”

“No conflicts of interest at all?”

You matter.

“None at all”

“Good, seems like everyone in this city does. They are being sued again. I’d like to bring you on to do a full-blown review on their accounts. Would you like that?”

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"The next station is Exl. City Park station. Doors closing.”

Edward looks out the train window out to the city. Is something good finally happening to me? Could his brain finally get put to use? Y/N’s words ring through his head as he walks out the station.

‘I don’t want you to be gone.’

Edward sighs. Could she really remember? No can’t be.

His mind battles with himself that night. Y/N is right. This is a dangerous deal he’s putting himself into. He knows better about this than anyone and yet. He needs to know. Why the pieces don't fit. It’s a riddle he couldn’t get his hand around. That's why he needs more pieces. Need more parts to see the complete picture.

He ran through local IP. Scanners. Easily hacking into different CCTV cameras around the area. Not only that, he even learnt to write his own codes, gradually being able to get all the parts he needs. Now he just needs to wait. He starts to dive deeper into the case. Drifting apart from his reality. Absorbing himself in very little free time, he has to dedicate his life into the art. No one could have thought a common accountant would be digging Renewal shady background, would they? After all he’s just a nobody. Invisible but that’s his advantage. Because he’s invisible, nobody suspected a thing when he pulled out his phone to check all the CCTV cameras he hacked. Except one person of course.

He can’t ignore it. No matter how hard he tries he can’t. He’s not even sure getting her attention is a blessing out a curse at this point. Those wide doe eyes were just too much for him to bare. He gulps and drops his head down to his work; he bites the inside of his cheek in frustration knowing how her lips would fall a bit in a sadden expression. Y/N would then leave, going back into Mr. Zach office. He knows she’s trying her best to give him space, maybe she thinks Edward had gotten mad at her after what happened between them but no. She has to understand, he is dying to reciprocate her attention. He misses how she would come to ask for coffee, or how she pats his shoulder, praising him for his brains. God, he loathes it. He feels like he is trying to pull both ropes up a cliff. If he let go of one, he’ll lose everything he worked up for, he will lose himself but if he let go of the other, he would lose you. The distance between you both will increase. He will become someone you used to know again. And he can’t let that happen.

June 5th Edward's plan comes into motion. He climbs up to the roof of a building across from Mr. Joon’s apartment. A building that gives him a clear view of the room. He set out his meticulous plan to go as perfectly as possible. To be frank, he doesn’t know what he will be seeing tonight, nor if his plan will be perfect enough to go as it planned. He could only hope. He adjusts his binoculars; his eyes focus on Mr. Joon. He seems to be packing his luggage in the dark room until.

“Flick”

The lights turned on. There sits Mr. Stone in a chair behind him.

“Going somewhere? Mr. Joon?”

Edward adjusts his air pod to listen clearly from the other pair of air pod that he put in Mr. Joon’s pocket, earlier that day to listen in on their conversation.

“Uh No, sir. Not going anywhere.” Mr. Joon lied miserably.

“Do you know why I’m here, Mr. Joon?” Mr. Stone said eerily.

“Uh, No sir. No one told me you were coming.”

“There was an employee at my company who brought to my attention of your work in the books. We weren’t expecting that. Thankfully, that’s been taken care of, and I’m keeping my eye on him, just in case.”

“I change the numbers every week, sit. Just like you show me.”

“Maybe so but it’s a good thing my employee caught it. Because do you know what I saw when I looked beyond the official books? When I looked at our product and cash flow. I saw that someone was skimming a little money off the top.”

“Not me sir! I manage the store, sir. Just like you show me. I do good job, sir.”

“This is your daughter, is it not?” Mr. Stone said as he shows Mr. Joon a photo of Mr. Joon and him in front of her apartment. Mr. Joon seems to be holding an envelope in that photo which causes Edward to raise a brow in curiosity.

“Yes…I..”

“And What’s in the envelope?”

“I give her money I earn. So she can leave Gotham someday, sir.”

“And you were planning to go with her?”

“No. I mean, yes. I…I take her there then I come back.”

“Mr. Joon, someone taking money from our store means someone taking money from me. And someone taking money from me means someone taking money from Mr. Falcone. Are you aware of what happens to people who take money from Mr. Falcone?”

“No, sir, it was not me. I swear sir. That is my money. I work hard for that money. I earn that money I give her!”

“I’m disappointed, Mr. Joon. Goodbye.” With that Mr. Stone stood up and left leading to the two-man Mr. Stone came in with to drag Mr. Joon out of the room with,

“You’re coming with us to the back of the store, pal.”

Mr. Joon cried and screamed as he was dragged away. With that, Edward jumped from his place down the emergency ladder. He ran down the emergency stairs back to a safe place where he could view the cctv camera in the back of the store. Edward’s heat races as he pulls out his laptop on to the counter of a public bathroom. Hoping he got to view it in time.

As he opened the cam, he was there in time. Seeing Mr. Joon tied up in chains by the two men. He turns up the volume a bit which he will later regret doing so.

“---Mistake! Please! I brought my daughter here so she could have a better life. But life is worse here in Gotham. I am trying to get my family out. Out of this city of hell. But that is my money I earn!”

The voice of another man emerges after Mr. Joon screams for justice.

“I had to make bail, so I took a little cash off the top. I’ll make sure your daughter is taken care of. Ya know how Mr. Falcone gets rid of his bodies don’t you?”

This leads to Mr. Joon’s cries for no and then.

Crack

Crunch

This follows with Mr. Joon’s agonizing scream only to cut off with a final-

Crack Crunk.

The image on the laptop screen shows Mr. Joon’s body twitches and seize only to stop. Then the next thing you know, Mr. Joon’s headless body dangled upside down in the room. Edward gasps and backs away from the laptop screen at the sight of it all. Blood pours down from Mr. Joon’s decapitated head. Edward can’t take it anymore. He takes off his air pod and holds his head in his hand. His eyes wide from what he just saw. His body is trembling slightly, and his fingertips numb. He takes a deep breath and exhales shakingly to ground himself. Just breathe Edward. Just breathe. His trembling finger moved the mouse to click the recording button to stop recording. He has proof which comes with a great sacrifice. He phones the screen light up with a notification. His dilated green eye shifts from the tile counter to the phone screen.

Y/N <3 : Hey I know it’s been a while but how are you doing?

Edward let out a shaky exhale. Y/N. She knows too much. The weight of the situation starts to weigh him down. He doesn’t care if he died doing this. Hell, he cares less for being killed for outing these rats but Y/N. He cares about her. The thought of her being in Mr. Joon’s place for being in the wrong place at the wrong time raised a bile up his throat. He can’t, no he won’t let it happen.

You: Can we meet up? Right now?

(Well, that was a lot. Phew, ok. Um yea I hope you all like it. I know that was a lot but yeah. I’m sorry if the description is a bit confusing in the setting. If you read the comic, you will understand. 80% of the time I don’t know where the hell they are but I’m trying my best. Thank you for the support. Oh also there is a point where the dialogs are all jumple up and it's on purpose to show the stress he and reader are feeling, how words don't make sense anymore but can still get the point of it. By the end of the dialog, most words separate showing the clarity of how Edward feels and the distance it cause between reader and him. Thank you for reading and hope you enjoy, there will be more chapter to this series so please follow to keep up to date with the post.~”

Chapter 5: Apologies unheard

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gayspock · 2 years ago

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okdok (how my mam spells okie dokie; need to give her credit) some more bsg thoughts

okie btw i never properly said. i DO rlly love the themes of religion in the show. i have seen glimpses (i go through threads, bc im nosy, despite trying not 2 spoil myself) of ppl rlly rejecting it but sorryyyyy its just... yknow like- i loathe how patronising scifi can be of it sometimes, AND how bad fanbases can get. coming off of trek, well, youknow....

also completely . disavowing it .. is always soo silly 2 me bc... like im not religious myself, even, but i always find it one of the most interesting things to explore within fiction ^_^ esp esp with more scifi stuff, like... thats one of the best places to challenge and to play with it. smile. both with its relationdship between science but also how with its relationship between Humanity and how that might differ for different cultues.... and again its so disappointing the way its hanled so much of the time in many works, and by many Scifi enthusiasts. -_- bc its sooo reductive.

anyways i still sometimes feel like theres something missing from the show and i think thats just me im not sure why. like in terms of like... a certain incompleteness thats not JUST them pacing it out, or leaving things up for interpretation... but i cant uqite put my finger on it. its like i feel like maybe its just bc s1 was SO short for what it was and s2 has been very plot heavy. i think the show would have benefitted a bit more from some more establishing "filler" eps in terms of, like, worldbuilding, yknow? again- i really want to see more of the civillian side of things. i hope we get more of that ^_^ its deffo not like THE WORSTTT problem the show oculd have

BC LIKE OTHERWISE im rllyyyy loving the direction they took EVERYTHING in in season 2. omg. they set it all up so well and OUGHGHGHGG. i love how its testing everything theyve built from s1, wrt the command. absolutely crazy moves...

i was absolutely ITCHING for a presence like admiral cain and she delivered. part of me wishes it went a bit longer? just a bit. i dont think it was like... RUSHED... partially bc i do agree her takeover would have just been immediate, like it was, and i dont know what her role really could have been after they called off the assassinations. but idk- i wish we got to see a bit more of her, i guess! maybe even just an ep or so.

nonetheless she was still a really good contrast. her and the pegasus and how its run, versus galactica. and i do think.... i think i tlked before abt how sometimes i was unsatisfied with how, like, bsg kind of handled its own politics sometimes? like- specifically the roslin and zarek. i think thats moreso an issue with the latter, and again how... kind of lacking i find him, for what could be a really good and interesting opportunity to challenge roslin, who does have issues, unchecked, rather than just be kind of a minor antagonist ... & THATS EVEN MOREE the case with his presence back on kobol. like he was literally there just to cause conflict and idk like its FUNCTIONAL but its also like comeee on you can be more interesting with him! come on!

BUT here i do think with both cain and tigh's brief stint in command they did well to rlly explore it a bit more so im forgiving it. its not like that fixes that mess but this stuff was good enough for me to be like 👍uh huh, yaknow? b c it was soo good and argh im- SPEAKING OF, i am glad they did "remember" incidents like the gideon massacre, even after adama came back. again i do wanna see MORE of the civillians- but i think we're going to getthat soon, i hope? i feel it more in the air, with the introduction of that new number 6 and the cylon apologists which im rlly excited for... both bc theyre things i rlly wanted to see more from the show ^_^

anyway i feel like noneof this is that mad i just wanted to ramble in bc i haventttt properly eek and squeak i feel like i acc dont have much to say ^_6 despite rlly enjoying myself and the show LOL

sharon is still my favourite btw teehee smile

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