Chapter 13

-Third POV-

A purple blur was moving through the city of Gotham at incredible speed, moving faster by the second. This was Rick.

He was running as fast as he could through the city while urging himself to move faster. He noticed that after eating the woman, his speed increased so he wanted to see the limit. He was already moving more than 2 times his former speed before eating the woman but something within him, within his cell, within his spirit, was telling him to move faster.

Rick grinned and listen to this urge telling him to move faster and started moving his leg and arm faster. His speed suddenly increased drastically and his clothes were engulfed in flames due to the speed he was moving at.

Sensing he was getting closer to his breakthrough, he stopped making turns and kept running straight, his speed increasing more by the seconds, and suddenly, everything around him slowed to an almost stop and he felt like a weight was lifted from his body.

With a loud sonic boom, a wave of sound blasted out from him as the equator and all the glass within a 1-mile radius shattered.

Rick grinned at his newfound speed. He was now moving at a speed he never imagined he would be able to and he was getting even faster. Even when he bends, his speed won't reduce and will either stay constant or increase.

Rick kept moving through the city as a purple blur, the glass of cars breaking seconds after he passes by. 'Let's keep running till I feel my stamina running out.' Rick thought as he zoomed past Nightwing and Robin who were moving from one skyscraper to another, going toward the where a sound explosion took off 1 second ago which shattered all the glass around the area.

"Wha-What was that," Robin said, looking at the purple blur that moved past the building they were squatting on and disappeared, as a wave of wind followed seconds after the blur passed and all the car glass shattered.

"The new meta-human that escaped from the asylum this afternoon. He is faster than I imagined." Nightwing said, looking at the purple blur. "Let's hurry and go rescue people that got injured from that explosion."

-Rick POV-

After running around the city for some hours without slowing down, I decided it was time to stop and do other things. I first ran around the city and took some cleaning material before going back to my abandoned building and cleaning it out. Then, I ran to the biggest clothes shop in the city and made three trips from the shop to my abandoned building, stealing all the clothes that fit me. I had to move slower to not burn the clothes.

After that, I stole a computer, a phone, a tablet, and took them to my new home in the abandoned building. I then stole a couch and a bed and also took them to the house before stopping in the living room and looking around.

"This is good. A clean house, comfortable couch to rest on and a bed to sleep on, a tablet, phone, and computer for entertainment, clothes to wear." I said before feeling a sting on my body. Looking down, I saw my body was filled with burn marks, expectantly my chest, arm, and legs. 'It seems too much speed will burn my body, maybe even disintegrate it. That is bad.'

After changing into a robe, making it sting more, I sat down on the living room couch then went on to research about this Gotham city and the world I am in and what I found was interesting.

The sun never rises in Gotham City and it was always dark, chaotic, bleak. Gotham is one of the most dangerous cities. It's full of crime, evil villains, and hopelessness. The leading crime boss of Gotham city is a guy called Joker and he is the main enemy of the city's iconic protector Batman. I also found a lot of news about me like this one with the title of, 'Will this be a new Crime boss' and some other news I didn't care to read.

I researched some more and concluded, this world is more dangerous than I imagined. Some meta-humans are people with supernatural power like my speed for example and some other mutated beings magic, and Gods. I thought I was close to the strongest person in this world after breaking the sound speed but after my research I knew, I had to go faster.

But for now, let's sleep. I am tired.