Chapter 16

Chapter 16: First night

The next day, the moment Jonas arrived at his seat in their classroom, he instantly slumped and groaned with his face kissing the table.

" Are you alright? "

Jonas turned his head a little and peered at Luke who frowning at him.

" No. "

Jonas replied. At his answer, a genuine expression of concern was on Luke's face which Jonas find a little surprising.

" Are you sick? Do you want me to escort you to the clinic? "

The other lackeys are now also starting at Jonas along with his other curious classmates. Luke then brought his hand to Jonas's forehead and frowned when Jonas's wasn't burning up. His temperature is a little cold which startled him a little. Another strange to note in his mind since Jonas's kidnapping.

" You don't have a fever... But your body is a little cold. Do you want to have a cup of warm chocolate to warm your body a little bit? "

Jonas stopped leaning on the table and straighten his posture from his seat.

" I'm fine. I don't need a warm cup of chocolate. "

He answered while feeling his body temperature and frowned. Luke was right that his body was indeed cold.

[ The body temperature is 35.9°c (96.62 F). A normal human body temperature range between 36.1°c (97 F) to 37.2°c (99 F). ]

Maybe, he should start wearing gloves to avoid inconvenience.

" I was just a little bit tired since I haven't slept early. "

Jonas told Luke as he fixed his scarf carefully.

" I see. "

Eventually, the history teacher arrived and their classes started. Today, they have a test and Jonas didn't review anything.

Despite the level of education that Jonas has in his past life, it wouldn't help him pass the test. But thankfully his skill archive which was blessed to him by his Eye Fear God can. Every time that Jonas goes to the library, use the computer or the teachers started teaching lessons that Jonas deemed as useful, he would use his skill Archive to store the information or knowledge permanently in his mind.

Later, he, Damian, and their classmate Bethany were called by their History Subject Teacher. They were then congratulated for having perfect scores on the exam. Bethany was one of Rosalie's friends and the last group member of their group in the Science Subject project.

The girl appeared happy and embarrassed when their History Teacher complimented her and along with her friends.

When recess break came, Jonas choose to head toward the library and opted to not eat. It wasn't like he still need human food anyway. He then took a seat in a secluded part of the library then spent his time alone and away from Luke and the others.

He then started writing on his notes and thinking of what happened in the Iceberg Lounge the previous night. No super interesting thing happened in the Iceberg Lounge like a vigilante coming into the establishment and attacking Penguin or the other Gotham villains that were there. Nonetheless, it was still an eventful and interesting evening.

Jonas was glad that he was assigned as a waiter in the Iceberg Lounge's restaurant and not in its Nightclub or Casino.

There was a ruckus that happened at the Casino Yesterday. The Gotham Rogue Egghead had won a bet against the Penguin the owner of the Ice Lounge and the other Gotham Rogues, Ventriloquist and Scarface, Nocturna, and White Rabbit.

Egghead then demanded that he would be paid 10,000 penguin eggs by Penguin. 10,000 Platypus eggs from Ventriloquist and Scarface, 20,000 swan eggs from Nocturna, and 15,000 easter bunny eggs from White Rabbit.

The request was very ridiculous and very inconvenient. But it was also thought of as insulting by the Gotham Villain Rogue Penguin and White Rabbit. Also, the former wouldn't comply with Egghead's request. It was known after all in the Iceberg Lounge that penguin was fond of birds and he even keep Penguins in his Iceberg Lounge. The thought of giving those amount of penguin eggs was something that he wasn't even willing to do.

All of the Gotham villains who lose to Egghead refuse to abide and it resulted in a brawl and chaos in the Iceberg Casino.

Even though he was at the Restaurant part of the Iceberg and already choosing his potential main characters which fit the bill on his character description, the fear emanating from the Casino eventually drifted off to Jonas allowing him to collect those fears and eat them.

It was a little distracting when Jonas was attending to the customers. Also, there are quite some rude customers and snobbish rich men who decided to play around. There was even one guy who pointed a gun at him because he was the girl who came with him to find Jonas a little strange and it displeased her.

Thankfully, it was stopped. Ms. Lark was also one of Penguin's henchwomen like Ms. Raven arrived before that one irritating customer could shoot Jonas in the head. She stopped the customer from shooting Jonas and he was thankful for her.

Who knows what would with Jonas by being not shot in the head other than collapsing from the ground bleeding but not dead? A few minutes and he would rise again and he would face the terrified and shocked faces of Iceberg Lounge customers and employees alike. Such a scenario is one that Jonas wanted to avoid.

He was applying as an employee of the Iceberg Lounge as a waiter. Jonas didn't come to the Iceberg Lounge to end up as a meta henchman for Penguin.

After that, he decided to choose the woman and the man as his main characters. Other than some occasional insults and rudeness, everything was smooth sailing for Jonas.

Ms. Jay then arrived and then they talk about his work schedule. From Monday to Friday, Jonas would work at the Iceberg Lounge specifically in the restaurant as a waiter from 6:00 pm to 2:00 am.

Jonas may not have been tired physically but after his first night as a waiter at Iceberg Lounge, he was mentally tired and frustrated.

Writing in his notebook the name, and drawing a sketch of his chosen main characters - so far, Jonas has managed to fill 3 out of 8 characters that he has.

Eventually, the next subject would start and Jonas headed to their classroom but not before he happened to pass by some group of grade 6 students from another class talking about Damian Wayne being cool and handsome and befitting being the Prince of Gotham Elementary.

Jonas has a strange expression after hearing the giggling conversation between those little girls. He doesn't know whether he should laugh or be worried for the little girls.

At the end of the class, he and his detention buddies Luke and Damian were once again ordered by the Principal as a part of their ongoing detention punishment. This time, they would take care of the room of the Newspaper club.

Before Luke could help him, Jonas ordered him to sit much to the former's surprise. At first, Luke was reluctant but Jonas managed to convince him that Luke would only intervene and assist him if he saw any trace of exhaustion from Jonas.

Jonas cleaned the newspaper club alone while Luke was concerned and Damian remain an apathetic bystander.

Later, Jonas sighed when everything was clean and the Principal deemed that they are free to leave.

When Jonas arrives at the front of the Gotham Elementary Gates and looks around, he frowned when he notices that Gregory and James aren't there waiting for him and there is no presence of one of the Cane family's cars.

" Jonas? "

Luke approached him and found that there is no car from Avery Family or someone also waiting for Luke.

" It seems that your family's car is also late like mine. "

Jonas thought in amusement. He then heard Damian scoffing a little away from them. Unlike them, there was a car for Damian and the Wayne Family's servant who was an old man.

" No. Jonas. My family's car wouldn't arrive here. "

Luke then replied to him and Jonas frowned. Damian then approached them looking irritated which was quite a surprise for Jonas.

" You are an incompetent buffoon Cane. Did your mind have the capacity of an old man's memory or you are not being attentive when we conferred about our Science Project? "

" Oh.. "

He has forgotten about their Science Project. He should have used the archive at that time.

Damian then entered the Wayne Family's Car.

" Why are you just standing there ludicrously with Avery, get in the Car. "

Jonas then fumbled as he got inside the car feeling genuinely embarrassed and ashamed of himself. This a very rare expression from him since he was usually creepily smiling these past few days.

A smirk briefly appeared on Damian's face before it return to calm as the car then drove towards the Wayne Family Manor. Since his kidnapping Cane's mannerisms and behavior have changed. For the past few days that Damian has observed Jonas, he discovered some peculiar things.

With Luke and Jonas spending their time at Wayne Manor, Damian could use the opportunity to verify his suspicions about Jonas.

Jonas Cane became a meta-human.

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