About three weeks had gone by since the lockdown. I asked the guard why we were in lockdown for so long and he said someone was caught trying to hack into the system. I had sighed sadly, wishing that person had succeeded.
Although, since the lockdown, Chato and I have gotten much closer. We sit together every chance we get. Dead and KC noticed, as they keep leaving early to go back to their cells. I don't mind, and Chato stopped giving them dirty looks.
I thought back to that night at Harley Hall, the social area we inmates go to for lunch.
A knock came to the door, snapping me from my thoughts.
"Inmate, you have a visitor. I'm coming in to put on the cuffs."
As I stood, I heard a female voice speak to the guard. I couldn't understand what she said, but the guard wasn't happy.
"What? But she could kill you!"
The door opened and I could see a black woman tell my guard she can handle me. She turned to me, and I knew she was right. She had the look of someone who couldn't give a fuck about anyone as long as she came out on top. I wasn't like her in that sense. At least I cared about someone.
"Miss Gonzales, I believe we can benefit off of one another."
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"You want me to what?" I was staring at her in confusion.
"By joining Team Force X you can reduce your sentence while doing this country a lot of good." The woman had told me she was named Amanda Waller, and I knew she wouldn't take no for an answer.
"How about this, I join your little cheer squad, get a reduced sentence, and I can stay in Harley Hall."
"Is that a yes?"
"Am I allowed to say no?"
"Welcome to the team."
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"Ok, so she's part of the team. What now? You already had Diablo knock her up!" Flagg pointed at the screen where the new couple were having lunch.
Waller looked at the screen.
"What are you planning for them, Waller? What will you do to them?"
"Are you forming sympathy for them, Flagg? I thought you had hated them." She turned to the soldier, his face contorted in poorly hid rage.
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I stretched out on the couch, my new bed. A new blanket was brought in, along with a pillow.
The door opened, Dead and KC stepping in. They nodded at me, grabbing a seat.
"So how's your daughter?" I looked at Deadshot and he smiled, thinking about her.
"She's doing great! She got an A on her math test yesterday, and she's going to try to get into the school play!"
KC nodded in approval, sitting in a new recliner they had to get due to my addition to Belle Reve.
"Oh so Waller came to my cell this morning..."
Both Deadshot and KC stiffened at her name. They looked at me uneasily with a hint of worry in their eyes.
"She added me to the team. Plus, Harley Hall is my new cell."
The two men looked surprised at this news, Deadshot being the first to break into a smile.
"Welcome to the squad!"
I was about to thank him when the door opened again, this time Boomerang was shoved in. He spat at the door and turned to face us. "The fuck is this?"
"Nice to meet you too, I'm Aquarius."
He turned to Deadshot, a smirk on his face.
"She for real?"
"Sure am."
He chuckled, obviously thinking I was going to be a pushover he could mess with.
I ignored him as he waved me off. He took the farthest seat, pulling out a stuffed pink unicorn and began to pet it.
The door opened again and I sat up, Diablo walking in. He gave me a small smile, walking down the steps and joining me.
Soon enough it was time to eat and we began to chow down. As we ate, I scooted closer to Chato until we were practically touching. He looked at me and blushed, smiling. When we were all done, Dead coughed, and I assumed he was going to leave as usual. Instead he turned to me.
"Uh, Aquarius, you're a girl..."
KC snorted in laughter, and Chato tried to hold back a smile.
"Gee, what gave that away?"
"Well, you see, Zoe has been talking about this guy in her school right? She said he asked her to the school dance, and well..."
"If you killed him don't tell me. I don't wanna know."
"No, it's not like that, I was wondering if you could help her get a dress and do her hair, her mom hasn't been..."
He looked embarrassed.
I nodded. "I gotcha. She's what, thirteen? Fourteen? You think they'll let me video call her?"
Dead put his hand at the back of his neck. "I already asked. They said you can be there in person as long as you have a power collar and three guards accompany you."
I looked at him in disbelief. As did everyone else. Boomerang took it a step further and jumped from his seat, yelling about how this was unfair. He kept yelling, but no one could understand him through his thick Australian accent, he only stopped when KC got up and punched him in the face, rendering him unconscious.
"He pisses me off" Croc shrugged and sat back down.
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"I'm going with her?!"
Waller ignored Flagg's look of exasperation.
"You're the only one who I trust to handle her."
Flagg threw his arms up in disbelief, walking away.
"I swear, you're going to be the death of me!"
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"So this collar makes me unable to use my powers?"
I adjusted the uncomfortable metal.
"Stop messing with it. Do you want to get electrocuted? Just stop."
I grumbled at the soldier, his name tag saying he was some guy named Flagg. I rolled my eyes. How patriotic.
"Trust me, you don't want to get electrocuted." He turned away, and I could barely hear him continue. "You won't be the only one affected by it..."
Before I could ask what he meant by that, Zoe came walking in.
"Hey you must be the famous Zoe! Your dad talks about you all the time!"
"He does?" She looked up at me happily, and it broke my heart. She loved her dad so much but she couldn't see him as often as either of them wanted. "You're Aquarius, right? Diablo's girlfriend?"
I blushed deep red, taking note that I'm going to have to punch Deadshot when I get back.
I noticed from the corner of my eye that Flagg snapped his head to Zoe, sadness and surprise on his face.
"Uuuuum, sure? I guess you could say that. Come on, let's go get you a dress."
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As we shopped, I noticed Flagg looking at me as if he felt sorry for me. Finally, I couldn't take it. Zoe was in the changing room trying out a few dresses.
"What's your problem?"
Flagg looked at me. "My problem? I have to babysit an inmate and an inmates daughter. That's my problem."