Doppelgänger's Story

Ghost and Hans had been secretly taking down notes the entire time they were talking. It seemed like they were shuffling around folders, but they'd disguised it quite nicely. They figured if it were obvious it would hinder the interactions between patients. They noted Alexei's aggression which was not as much when Hans evaluated him in their first session. John Black seemed to have the most social skills out of all of them. Depravity kept to himself and also kept quiet,no sign of Brandon after two days. The Cannibal was also silent, besides a simple nod to Alexei and Black who were the only ones in the room at the time. Shadow was her usual self. It was obvious to Hans that she was scheming and he underlined it in her profile for Ghost to see.

"I was considering John Black for release from the asylum. He has no violent tendencies, his social skills are more than adequate, besides having a previous addiction to venom he's much more saner than everyone here. The only reason I think he's here is because the last warden granted no releases." Hans wrote down and passed to Ghost. "Yes I can see that now. It seems like the appropriate thing to do, but who's to say he won't get back on venom as soon as we release him. I think we're going to have to test how strong his resiliency is before I grant his release." Ghost wrote back to Hans. Hans gave Ghost a nod.

Ghost: When asked his name, Ghost paused for a moment and looked The Cannibal. "I tell you what. The day you're released from this asylum is the day I'll tell you my name." Ghost said to The Cannibal.

"Good morning Shadow" Ghost said without turning around to her, in reply to her greeting.

"The food on the table over there is for you guys, I know you haven't eaten breakfast yet. Leonard I ordered in something called "blood sausage" for you, tell me what you think of it?" Ghost said as he pointed over to the tray of it. Blood sausage was meat that had been soaked in blood and when cooked it evaporates out of the meat, giving it a distinct taste. Ghost was hoping this would ween Leonard off of his cravings if he enjoyed it. The table was set up kind of like a buffet and was exceptionally better compared to the cafeteria since they limited serving size.

"When everyone has finished eating we'll start. It seems the other patients have decided not to join us here." Ghost said. He wondered where Doppleganger and Juggernaut were.

Hans: Hans picked up a phone and dialed a number. It rang a couple times before going to an answering machine. "Good morning Dr. Calhoun. There's a group psychiatric evaluation going on at the asylum. I know you might be shaken up from your last time here, but it would be nice if you dropped by. You're a fine doctor and we could use an extra hand." Hans said as he left a message. Hans had not seen Milo since he left after being placed in a cell with Juggernaut overnight by Warden Ghost. This was the only decision Hans secretly disagreed with since Ghost's term as warden

The Cannibal
As he bit of the last finger and striped it of it’s delicious soft meat a old acquittance appeared, Dopplegängers advice seemed reasonable but he had more experience on cannibalism “The fingers have that distinct taste and the softness of the flesh is delicious. It’s good to see you and not some fool that would be scared you're one of the few able to suppress and destroy the weakness called fear.” Cannibal began feast on the upper arm blood, covered his face but his expression showed nothing but pure and sick ecstasy. “Don’t you love the feeling you get when you finally get something you really wanted, everybody has a wish be it freedom, peace, money or just laughter all of us have a goal a drive because without it we would just be the mindless drones that occupy the world and call it theirs. Excuse me I’m in a good mood and I tend to be philosophical when I have my feast is there anything you desire from me Dopplegänger?” Cannibal looked towards his visitor his eye’s has the distinct spark of a sick but happy mind.

Doppelganger walked forwards, and crouched next to Cannibal.

"Philosophical is good. Makes you seem more mystic. Anyway, Leo. I didn't bust out just to come chat. I have... A peace offering, if you will."

She stood up, and ran back to her cell, lifted two of the guards and ran back. "There's two more, if you're still hungry. These ones are alive, too. That is, if you want them."

She dropped them near Leonard and sat down. "I got what I wanted a long time ago. I killed Amanda Scott. The way her crimson blood poured out of her chest, gushing out like a red waterfall..." She smiled slightly, "I'll give you all the guards you want so long as you help me dispose of them. The guards are Ghost's weak point. But he isn't normal. He has powers. So if we piss him off, he'll kill us." She muttered, dipping her fingers into some blood and drawing spirals on the floor.

She took a small bit of meat from the male Cannibal was eating, and chewed on it. Food, at long last. I- Hey, now I know why cannibal likes cannibalism.. It's.. kinda nice.

She shook her head and stood up. "So?"

The Cannibal
Leonard smiled at Dopplegänger “There’s no reason why I would refuse your proposal so I will happily accept it. I do doubt Ghost would murder us he doesn’t seem to have a hunters mind but it’s not important what I think of him.” Cannibal placed a perfectly clean bone to his side, Cannibal sank his teeth in the neck pulling of a piece of meat from the corpse that just stared to the sky with empty eyes. “Ghost can make things go trough him I saw it and he seems to be able to do it just as fast as he can react. The more you know about your enemy the stronger you stand. Also if you’re interested that Barbarian is busy dueling maybe you want to observe just to examine his worth?”

The warden could hear shouting from outside his window. He walked away from the doctors to see that Black and another prisoner were fighting. Hans walked over when he curiously observed the warden who was watching. "Perhaps you should intervene mister warden" Hans suggested while slyly implying that Ghost should do his duties. "I want to see if Black is able to walk away from this fight on his own will" Ghost said as he continued to watch with his arms behind his back. Ghost nor Hans who were distracted by the fight, had not seen Cannibal and Doppleganger who were having their "meal".

Sid Li who was completely shocked by Deadknight killing the two guards had been lurking in the massive crowd that had gathered around Black and Deadknight. As he remained crouched he began to slowly ease his way towards the center. There was a hideous smile coming from his face as he approached from behind Deadknight. Sid leaped on top of an inmate and jumped towards Deadknight's leg. If he landed, he would wrap himself around like a child and bite the man in his leg.

Milo noticed the Warden and Hans move towards the window that over looks the yard, curious Milo walks over.

"Hm?" "What's going on?" Milo casually asked as he looked through the window.

From what he could see that a huge crowd of inmates are apparently watching a fight. At first it seemed to be between Black and an unknown man. He too is an impressive physical specimen like Black and appeared to be just as deadly. At the moment the fight seemed to have been delayed. Black is looking towards the opposite direction of the other fighter, staring down what appeared to be...Leonard? He could barely make out the Cannibal but there he was doing what his namesake suggests. The very sight began to sicken Milo, never had he seen a man eat another man. Sure he has heard of and participated in the treatment of others with such a fetish but never had he seen someone being eaten. Leonard seriously needs medical help cementing even further why Milo is to work with him. At the moment this is over Milo will have an appointment scheduled immediately and it will be at the most earliest, possible time. He looked around to see the one woman Shadow, and another woman he had not seen. The other woman seemed to be yelling a Black, apparently his actions have not been favorable with the women of the asylum. Looking back at Black he could also see the other man struggling with someone.

"Is that?" Upon further inspection he could see, "Sid Li!?"

The oriental man was latched upon the man's leg biting and gnawing at it. He is going to get himself killed if he doesn't move!

"Sir, I agree this is starting to get out of hand!" "I can see a couple of bloody bodies and I fear that more are on the way!" "More specifically Sid's if we don't act quickly!" Milo spoke with anxiety.

He was tempted to call it off himself but he did hear what the Warden said. He wished to see if Black would turn away but he shouldn't risk other patient's well-being! Milo may have trouble understanding what Ghost tries to accomplish with his unorthodox methods but sometimes it just seems to violate some of the established rules. While Milo finds himself agreeing more with this enigma of a man he does understand some things take precedence, and human life should be one of them. He hoped the Warden would see that this "exercise" or "test" must not be condoned.

The Cannibal
He wasn’t insulted or enraged by Dopplegänger pulling him away from Black as if he was a bully instead he was grateful for her after all she was taking the risk he should have. After he had obtained the change Cannibal began to eat again just as the words reached his ears “A riot control?” He looked to his dinner that had been reduced to bits and pieces and some bones but they seemed so incredibly important even while his stomach protested he began to devour the leftover with a blinding speed almost chocking as he became sick from over feeding himself. A normal person would never be able to eat so much in such a short time but Cannibal had some experience and the willpower to beat the odds and leave nothing but some bones that Cannibal quickly tried to break to devour but he stopped himself as he knew that he had eaten to his limits. Cannibal felt his stomach as a blazing ball of pain but he was in heaven. He turned to look at Black, Leonard knew he was unable to fight without loosing his beautiful gift so he was planning to run if necessary.

"If you think you're hard enough, Barbarian."

Black grinned savagely and strode forward as the riot erupted on all sides, the intercom blared, calling for security and Dreadknight and Li were hidden from view by the rioting gang of inmates.

One patient came hurtling out of the scrum of bodies and sprinted straight for Black, who responded by simply driving his fist straight into the man's nose with a sickening crunch of shattering cartilage!
Crimson sprayed as Black back handed the man from his path, sending the stricken inmate flying into another group of brawling patients, all of who went down in a confused tangle of limbs.

Turning again, The Barbarian forged towards Cannibal once more and the tiny woman that stood in his was, trying vainly to match him at his own game with a pitifl display of strength.

Grabbing another passing inmate by the collar, Black heaved the struggling man up over his head and proceeded to throw the man straight at Doopleganger, aiming to catch her square in the chest with the improvised missile, no doubt knocking her from her feet in the process..!

Putting one foot forwards and twisting his entire body for momentum and torque, John Black drove his fist straight into the oncoming lump of concrete, shattering it to a thousand viscous shards that flew in all directions, peppering nearby combatants and sending many running for cover.

Striding forward through the carnage like some avenging Titan emerging from the ocean depths, The Barbarian kept his burning scarlet eyes still locked on Doppelganger and Cannibal as he continued to advanced....

Milo watched the Warden enter the fray without a scratch, thanks to his ability to phase through anything solid. Milo saw the yard erupt into utter chaos as the guards performed standard riot protocol including riot gear, and non-lethal weaponry. Of course Milo wouldn't be surprised if some of the guards break protocol and draw actual firearms. Milo heard Hans mutter something to himself next to him, something about figuring out how to hurt Ghost. Milo didn't think Ghost was in any relative harm, unless his ability has a duration in which case the longer he's out there, the more danger he could cause to himself. Still Milo figured the situation would be under control before that could happen, at least he hopes so. Milo really wishes that another break out wouldn't happen so soon from the last one. This riot could easily lead to a jailbreak if not managed in time. The guards are still not fully recovered from the last one and have since been uneasy and less disciplined. Even with that apparent weakness Ghost's time as Warden has really turned the facility into a different direction. The cells are more sanitary, the levity of restrictions on all inmates has improved some morale, and the cafeteria has even seen improvements in sanitation and food preparation. All of these changes has decreased aggression here at Arkham, as mentioned by the Warden.

Now all of those amendments have exploded into this street brawl! Milo looked over to Hans as he continued to watch the ensuing chaos. Dr. Klarheit is another individual like Ghost, who is also hard to read. Hans seems like one of those cold and calculating types who plan everything three steps in advance. Most likely it's because of Hans' background that Ghost shed some light upon. He never knew Hans worked for the Nazis during the war. Milo was born long after that conflict was over and only heard about the Nazis in history books. Milo couldn't imagine growing up in a totalitarian state such as Nazi Germany. The whole country was treated like a prison if you didn't side with Hitler, not to mention the actual Concentration Camps that were prisons. It makes sense why Ghost said Hans was born with it, Milo was sure he didn't side with the Nazis so willingly. Now here he is many years older and back inside another prison, but this time he is here to help people out of it. Milo turned his attention back down at the fight as he saw Black charge at the woman and Cannibal. Then in a blink someone dashed away from the fight but Milo's eyes couldn't keep up with whoever that was. Milo turned towards Hans.

"Did you see that?" Referring to the person who dashed away. Milo hoped Hans also caught a glimpse of that as well. "This growing out of control." Milo commented quietly.

Hans looked around the yard as Milo pointed out a speedy figure. "No, I didn't see anything" Hans squinted as he strained his old eyes for a glimpse of what Milo might have been talking about. "Perhaps now would be a good time to barricade the door and broken window" Hans said as he turned to the door.

If any patient held the two doctors hostage it would make the situation worse than what it already is. The riot alone could be subdued, but a hostage situation took more precision than asylum guards would have. They'd might have to call in outside help if it got to that point.

The window of the door was still broken from when Li crashed through so they'd also have to barricade that up as well. As far as Hans knew, no patient had entered the asylum, so there was still plenty of time left for him to secure the both of them. He moved over to Ghost's large desk. "A hand if you will" Hans said as he looked over to Milo.


Ghost who was walking towards Li was soon distracted by the ruckus caused by John Black. Li seemed out of the way for the moment as he was barely moving, so Ghost walked through the crowd towards Black. He was on a path headed straight for Doppleganger and Cannibal. Ghost stepped in the way and stared down Black. "Do you understand what you're doing right now" Ghost asked Black in a calm tone. His voice would have been unheard if it weren't for his ability to also manipulate the sound wave of his voice, which he could use to make himself sound closer than he was.

John Black watched as the Warden faded away into the earth, just like his namesake.
Turning, The Barbarian surveyed the carnage of the riot unfolding before him, the guards had arrived, batons, shields and riot gear at the ready and appeared to be trying to restore order to the seething mass of brawling inmates.

The Barbarian frowned, Ghost had apparently made the choice to protect his staff from the danger of Cannibal running loose in the Asylum now the guards were absent, the brawl had become a distraction and if it were not quickly bought under control, more of the more dangerous and cunning inmates may decide to use it as cover for escape or mayhem... A rare opportunity.

Throwing out one large arm, Black halted a trio of guards as they made to charge past him.

"Wardens orders."
Black grunted by way of explanation, quickly tugging loose the three belts of tear gas cannisters worn about the guards waists, the men, having just seen the Barbarian talking with their Boss, did not immediately object.

Hoisting the three belts, each containing about half a dozen cannisters, in one large fist, Black proceeded to tug the pins out in quick succession and whirl the belts around his head before releasing and sending them sail over the heads of the brawling inmates and into the centre of the melee!

The Guards held back as the cannisters detonated, the gas spreading quickly to overcome those closest to the source, all around inmates were dropping to their knees, eyes streaming as the Asylum Security Force began to follow Black's example, tugging cannisters from their own belts, priming said crowd control weapons and tossing them into the crowd!

More inmates came staggering from the billowing cloud of gas, many holding their faces, some screaming, others dropping into unconsciousness as the Guards stood be, waiting for the smoke to clear before moving in to round up the stragglers.

John Black shook his head as he looked down at the two dismembered corpses of the men Dreadknight had murdered and Cannibal had fed upon... These 'Patients' were without honour, twisted little men who thought depraved acts made them relevant, powerful... interesting.

Black shook his head and cursed as he watched the cloud billow higher, with any fortune both Dreadknight and Doopleganger would be caught up in that somewhere, eyes and faces burning with an agony they both richly deserved.

Turning, The Barbarian looked towards the main Asylum building and frowned.

"Right! You lads hold things down here best ye can, I'm going to back up The Warden!"
Unwittingly, The Barbarian had slipped back into his 'Officer' voice from both his Military and Mercenary days and so the Asylum guards found themselves nodding almost on instinct before pausing to wonder what had just occurred.

By that time, John Black was already striding towards the open doors of Arkham Asylum...