PROLOGUE: WELCOME TO ARGUS
"Captain Richard Rogers Flag. You have an impressive record and you come highly recommended." Amanda Waller sat down at a table. Across from her sat a man in his late twenties wearing a suit. He was well poised and looked ready for action at any moment.
"I prefer Rick," he said.
"Alright then Rick I'll cut to the chase," Amanda stands up. "You have been handpicked for a special assignment that only a select few in are line of work know about."
"What is it?" Rick asked curious as to how serious what he is being offered is.
"There are certain missions that need to be carried out and the U.S government can't be involved. Which is why we have a group that we can use to do the work we don't want people knowing we were involved in. It's called Task Force X and the idea is to use convicted criminals to carry out missions and in return they earn time off there prison sentence."
"So let me get this straight," Rick started. "You want me to lead a group of convicted criminals into the field on top priority missions."
"Yes. We use to call the shots from base and let the criminals take control of the field alone but it's become clear we need one of our own in the field keeping them in check," Amanda explained.
"And who are these convicts you want me leading?" he asked.
Amanda smiled and handed Rick a folder. He opened it and the first picture he saw was a man with an eyepatch.
"His name is Floyd Lawton he goes by Deadshot. Use to be an assassin for hire until we got a hold of him. His marksmanship is unmatched in terms of skill and he used to be in the army."
Rick turns to the next page and sees another man.
"Digger Harkness also known as Captain Boomerang," Amanda begins to explain.
"Captain Boomerang?" Rick with a confused look on his face.
"Long stupid story, all you need to know is he used to be part of ASIS and is really good with-."
"Boomerangs," Rick finished for her.
"Yea."
Rick turns to the next page and sees a guy with multiple burns across his face.
"Two-Face?" Rick asked.
"No. This is Garfield Lynn, he used to be a firefighter but his obsession with fire caused him to turn to arson and robbery. He is are most recent member that was brought in."
"How is he going to contribute to any mission?" Rick questioned.
"We have plans for him," and Amanda left it at that.
The next page Rick sees an older man with glasses.
"William Tockman also known as Clock King. He was a bank robber who was always ahead of anybody going after him. He has superior hacking skills and computer knowledge.
"Could be useful," Rick flatly said.
The last page Rick sees the first woman of the group and recognizes instantly who it is.
"No way," Rick protest.
"She has her uses Captain Flag. Harleen Quinzel also known as Harley Quinn."
"I know about Harley Quinn, Waller. She will compromise any mission I take her on." Rick continued.
"Trust me she has her moments," Amanda assured him.
Rick closes the file and takes a moment to ponder the whole idea of using criminals to carry out high risk missions. "Alright Waller I'll lead your little team but I'm going to want one on one time with all of them."
"Fine, who do you want to talk to first."
Rick was sitting across from Digger Harkness and was just looking him over. Harkness prompt his feet on the table and wasn't looking cooperative.
"My name is Rick Flag," Rick started. "I assume you know why you are here so I'll cut to the chase. Can I expect your cooperation in the field?"
"As long as I get my sentence reduced we'll stay on good terms," Harkness stated.
"Good because I want to make sure you all get out of here in one piece," Rick said. Harkness suddenly busted out laughing causing rick to have a confused look. "What?"
"You don't know about are nickname do you?" he asked the still confused soldier.
"What nickname?" Rick questioned.
"Don't worry about it I look forward to working with you," Harkness said getting up from the table.
Rick was now sitting in front of Floyd Lawton who had the most uncaring look he has ever seen. He could tell the guy had army experience and he must have been good at his other job to be called Deadshot.
"So tell me about yourself," Rick started.
"Why?" Floyd asked.
"So I know if I can count on you," Rick responded.
"I'm an assassin for hire. Do you think you can count on me?" Floyd asked kneeling in closer.
"That depends on if you really want to get out of here," Rick countered.
"You must be really green to this place if you think any of us are getting out of here."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Floyd just smirked, "Look I'll help on your missions as long as I can get updates on my daughter."
"I'll see to it that," Rick promised.
Next was Garfield Lynn and he looked insane and because of the burns on his skin but because he just came of that way.
"Will I get to set things on fire?" Lynn asked.
"If the mission calls for it," Rick answered.
"Then I want to only go on those missions end of discussion."
William Tockman now sat in front of Rick and looked the most composed of the group so far.
"I have talked to Waller about this already so to save us both time and boredom I'll be at each mission providing my technical expertise from a surveillance van you will provide with equipment of my choosing."
Rick just nodded slowly, "Glad we got to know each other."
Last but not least was Harley Quinn who came prancing into the room then sat on the table and crisscrossed her legs. Rick knew about Harley from all of her crimes in Gotham and knew she was not the most stable individual. What Waller saw in her he will never know.
"My name is Rick Flag," he started.
"Judging by your look you already know who I am Ricky," she said.
"I do and I need to know of you will be able to cooperate on missions."
"Give me something fun to do and I'll be A-OKAY!" she shouted. "This isn't my first rodeo with this little group. Actually I have more experience with this then all of them out there. I first joined about three plus years ago. I was with pirate guy, serious Japanese guy, and arrow man. I miss arrow man sometimes he was a good kisser."
"What happened to them?" Rick asked.
"Well that's a fun story you see arrow man got this idea too-."
"That's enough Harley," Amanda said over the room's speaker.
"Oh come on this is like the best story I got at this dump," Harley whined.
Some guards came in a showed her out the room and Amanda walked in with Lyla behind her.
"I hope you got well acquainted with everyone," Amanda said.
"Hey Rick," Lyla greeted.
"Lyla," Rick greeted back to his old friend.
"Well I'll like to get started as soon as possible," Amanda said.
"One thing before we do," Rick said. "What's this nickname they mentioned?"
"It's something an old prisoner came up with and it just kind of stayed with the staff," Lyla said.
"Which is?"
"The Suicide Squad."
EPISODE 1: FIRST MISSION