Mar 03, 2008 21:24
Mass Breakout: Many Still Missing
Gotham City
Despite the best efforts from law enforcements, many patients from Arkham Asylum are still on the loose after the mass breakout just a few days ago. Warnings have been issued for the near-by cities, and everyone is on the look-out so that order can finally be restored in Gotham once more.
It is advised that, if you come across any one of these Arkham patients (pictured below), you must alert the authorities immediately.
(Continued on B5 - ARKHAM)
Instead of turning the page, Jonathan Crane had to fight the urge to smirk and instead tossed the newspaper he had barely purchased a block away in one of the trashcans that he passed by.
Had he really looked as horrible as that picture in the newspaper made him look? Heh, he most definitely hoped not. The press had not chosen one of the best pictures they could have gotten of him.
But it didn't matter. For now, Jonathan Crane no longer existed.
That was the benefit of planning ahead. Ever since he had started his experiments, after having to silence some of those who opposed his research at first, he had concluded that having a back-up plan wouldn't be a bad idea. Identifications with different names had been acquired. Contact lenses of different colors had been purchased, along with clothes that wouldn't let him resemble the pictures the press would use whenever he was mentioned.
And, sure enough, as he walked along the cities of New York City he looked nothing like the picture the newspaper had used. Brown eyes were hidden behind casual sunglasses, his hair was let loose rather than perfectly combed how he had usually kept it, and instead of his usual appearance he easily blended in with the people he walked next to. He was just a face in the crowd. One of the masses. One that didn't particularly matter more than the next person, and that was fine with him. He just soaked in the experience. He took in the people around him; studied them without them even being aware of it.
Now there was a whole new city to explore...
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