Chapter 22

-Third POV-

It has been a week since I beat up Batman and he left Gotham for somewhere with Nightwing, probably to heal, and things in Gotham have become something more dangerous.

With the absence of Batman, the crime rate increased by a whole 71%, according to Felicia's calculation. This made Rick admire Batman, seeing as a human with no power can put so much fear into the mind of ordinary and metahumans criminals alike.

Joker bombed 1 hospital and 2 schools within that period, many banks were robbed, death by murder increased, and raping also increased, even more than stealing and killing.

I kept living in the abandoned apartment, not using the money I told Felicia to transfer into my bank to buy a new house. I also caused the outbreak of three prisons, Arkham Asylum, and destroyed 21 families.

I think I am becoming crazy. Before, I could reach my climax after killing an entire family but now or any random on the street, but now, I have to break someone mentally or physically, before I reach my climax. Make them watch as their entire family is murdered then eaten, right in front of them, or make the father watch as their wives and daughter is raped by me, then killed and eaten. It gave me the ultimate pleasure. Of course, I still kill. The idea of being able to take away the life of others like it is nothing gave me pleasure, but not as much as breaking someone.

I became the most feared person in Gotham, even more than Joker. No one could sleep comfortably without knowing when I will come into your house and kill you. It was nerve-wracking.

Now, after eating a lot of humans, I no longer gets stronger by eating them. Well, that was going to come one day so I don't care. At least I still have my speed and using the watch, my max is Mach 3.5.

"So, this is my suit? It is inside this box?" I asked Mister freeze, looking at the black box he was handing me.

"Yes. It has all the functions you wanted." Mister freeze said, nodding.

As I was about to take the box, I heard someone say, "Thank you for bringing us to this Carnage location. We will take care of the rest."

I looked behind Mister freeze, and a man with a skull mask with five people walking beside him, each with a different mask. Mister freeze looked at me before running away with the box which held my suit. I could give chase and kill him, but I wanted to know what this man and his group can do to me so I let him escape.

"Who are you?" I asked, looking at the one with the skull mask, who seemed to be the leader.

"I am Black Mask, the Kingpin of Gotham, here to teach you a lesson. You have two options, Carnage. One, join me and become part of my  False Face Society, or refused and get killed by me." Black Mask said, cracking his knuckles.

"What could you possibly do to me?" I asked, shrugging.

"You pick option two I see. Stone mask, fuck him up but don't kill him." Black mask said, as an extremely muscular and towering man, more than 8ft tall, with no shirt and wearing a stone mask, walked forward.

His skin suddenly turned to stone as he walked toward me.

-Third POV-

Purple lightning appeared around Carnage's body before he zoomed and appeared in front of the stone mask. He then punched at his, using his right hand, chest as hard as he could, wanting to end this fight quickly.

When his punch hit, Stones mask showed no reaction but the person who felt pain was Carnage. All his fingers broke from the punch and he. staggered back in pain, holding his right hand.

"You are faster and stronger than I expected, but I am more durable and stronger." Stone mask said, reaching toward Carnage's face.

Carnage easily dodged the slow hand and appeared behind Stone's mask before kicking the back of his left knee, making him lose balance wich he tried to regain by stepping forward with his right leg.

Seeing this, Carnage quickly kicked Stone's mask right foot off the ground, sending him falling forward to the ground. Carnage appeared next to Stone's mask with a purple blur and stomped down at his head, but that was the wrongs move.

Stone mask grabbed Carnage's calf and squeezed it. A low crack was heard as Carnage winced as he tried to pull his leg back but to no avail.

"Your legs are your main weakness. Once it is gone, you won't be able to use that speed of yours." Stone mask said, looking up from the floor.

Knowing what is about to happen, Carnage tried more to pull his leg out of his grip, but Stone mask squeezed harder before a loud crack can be heard.

Carnage screamed in pain as he fell on the floor, holding his legs. It was painful, more painful than what he has felt in his entire life. Stone mask stood up and looked back at Black mask who was spinning a pistol.

"Make him suffer." Black said, looking down at the screaming Carnage. "Make him unable to walk again."