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Just a heads up, some characters may be acting OOC.


Shayera Hol was having a bad day. Well, that was an understatement. She was having a bad year. When she left Wayne Manor, she flew for days. She was finally forced to land due to some…complications. She ended up in a remote part of the Grand Canyon, injured and alone. She was lucky to find a cave to live in. She hunted and collected things at the bottom of canyon. She actually had made the cave homier whittled by the fire at the mouth of her cave at night. It was primal and embarrassing but there were no people around to see - except the hawks. They had huge wingspans, nearly five feet with red-brown wings. Sometimes she would join them. That was the only time she felt alive. Otherwise, she felt empty inside.

So you can imagine how surprised she was while carving a hawk into a piece of wood she found by the river, working on the wing detail, that something flew into her cave. As she got up to see what it was, there was a blinding flash followed by a loud bang. She stumbled over, disoriented, blinded, and terrified. She thought she was being attacked again and she was alone and cornered.

Shayera felt her arms get cuffed behind her back along with her wings. She was forced onto her knees. When she regained her sight, she saw men dressed in black riot gear with guns drawn shouting at her. However, she couldn't hear anything from the flash grenade. "What?" She tried saying. "What? What do you want?" She screamed, frustrated. She knew the Thanagarian invasion caused a lot of damage to Earth and plenty of people wanted her dead.

She noticed A.R.G.U.S. sewn onto their shoulders. She had done a lot of… research on the government and she had never heard of it. Then she saw Amanda Waller walk towards her. "Hello Hawkgirl," she said. "I see you've found a fitting place to live." Shayera nearly growled at that insult.

Shayera knew all about Amanda Waller. It was part of her mission to find out about all high level government employees, and she knew that Amanda Waller was a stone cold bitch. She hated all superheroes and villains alike- and she would do anything for the "greater good". Although this was the first time meeting her, Shayera knew she hated Waller.

"I don't go by Hawkgirl anymore, Waller," said Shayera. "Let's cut the bullshit. If you were going to arrest me, you wouldn't come all the way down here. You would have hauled me to your A.R.G.U.S. headquarters and pressed charges there. And A.R.G.U.S. seems lame for the government. You usually try a lot harder. And since you attempted to scare me and aren't arresting me, you want something."

Waller smirked. "And I thought Flash was the funny one." She bent down the wooden hawk Shayera had dropped, examining it in her hand. "A.R.G.U.S. stands for Advanced Research Group Uniting Super-Humans." Waller sat on one of the large rocks Shayera dragged up to her home. "We want to offer a bargain."

"Do you really think all of this makes me want to make a deal?" Growled Shayera as she gestured towards her restraints. She was growing more and more pissed off. It had been awhile since she had any human interaction; this wasn't making her miss it.

Waller stared at her for a minute before stating, "Take off the shackles and leave us." Her eyes never left Shayera's.

"Are you sure, Ms. Waller?" Asked one of her men in an uneasy voice. He cleared his throat once Waller's head swiveled towards him. "I mean, She could be dangerous."

"Did. I. Stutter. Leave us, now. Ms. Hol understands that of she tries anything, she'll be killed immediately," spat Waller. The men unlocked her handcuffs and left them alone with the fire crackling next to them. Shayera thought the shadows made her eyes look soulless. She probably didn't even need the fire.

"Can we get this over with? I'd like to go back to my peace and quiet," she said, annoyed even getting involved with this situation. She just wanted to be left alone. She didn't need to get wrapped up in all of this again.

"You know I run several parts of the government. Some are supposed to be more… quiet than others. We need your help with one of the cases," said Waller. Amanda ran many government programs that no one else wanted to. She was probably the toughest person they had.

Shayera stared at her for a moment before asking, "Why would I ever help you?" She leaned back. She knew another fact about Waller; she despised the Justice League. She hated how they were viewed as gods. The people worshiped them. Waller hated how regular protectors were pushed aside for the costumed.

Waller smiled. "I thought you would say that. One of the departments A.R.G.U.S. runs is called Task Force X. They recently discovered that military groups have been purchasing new Thanagarian weaponry." Shayera's eyebrows furrowed; so that's what this was about. They thought she was either responsible or they needed her expertise.

"They were probably left over from the invasion. Why does this concern me?" She asked innocently. Shayera knew that Thanagarians never left any weaponry behind.

"They weren't left over from the invasion. You know that already," Waller said with an attitude. "We have noticed small meteors crash landing in remote locations. However, when we reached them, they were all caved in. The last one was more intact than the others. We found these symbols on it," said Waller as she pulled out pictures from her coat pocket. She thrust them at Shayera.

She grabbed them before they landed in the fire nearly burning her hand in the process. Shayera studied them. They said the date sent and the location. They were from the capital of Thanagar and the date… six months after the invasion. "These were sent six months after the invasion. The fleet would have made contact with Thanagar by then." She flipped to the other pictures of the actual weapons. "These are not military regulation. They were banned a couple of years ago, actually. The Thanagarian government is not involved with this."

"I need you to join the Task Force. I want them to take these militants and they need an expert on Thanagar. Who better than a Lieutenant in their army," finished Waller. Just as Shayera suspected.

"I am not a Lieutenant anymore. I was stripped of my rank. Shouldn't the League handle this?" She asked. She didn't want to get involved with any of this. She gave it up. Besides, the League could handle anything now.

"We don't want the League involved. Although they have expanded to new members, they still do not finish the job," said Waller. That was one of the things that bothered Shayera at first. Most heroes on Earth avoided killing at any costs; even if that villain came back again and again. Superman had Luthor and Batman had about fifty enemies that were trying to kill him every five minutes. At first, Shayera nearly killed a few villains herself but was stopped by other horrified Leaguers. At the time, it angered her. She was a warrior and mercy was for the weak. But she grew to respect their tactics, even refusing to kill them herself.

"You mean kill?" asked Shayera. She guessed that Waller wanted these Thanagarians/Earthlings dead. Shayera might agree to help, but she would never agree to kill.

"Exactly. I need this problem ended. I can't have any chance a prison escape. And people are starting to think that the League is better than the government. If word gets out that we could not handle a second invasion, they may want the League to replace the government. I can't let that happen," said Waller. She noticed that Waller had to force out the part about the League being better. This was really eating away at her.

"Look, I understand that you want help with this but, I really don't want to get involved. You should trust the League. They're good people," said Shayera. Shayera trussed them to make the right decision and handle this problem themselves.

"I thought you might say that." Waller stood up, dusting off her suit jacker. She strolled over to the side of the cave, her back turned to Shayera. She was examine the patterns Shayera had carved into the wall. She suddenly turned towards her. "If you do not help, you will be arrested. The people of Earth already hate you. Many government officials have already blamed you for this. You betrayed us once, why not again? You'll stand trial and you will be found guilty and you'll spend the rest of your days rotting in prison."

Shayera stood up, outraged. "Are you- why would I betray Earth twice? You've been watching me so you know theres no way I can be doing this. Are you seriously blackmailing me?" She asked incredulously. She couldn't believe the audacity of Waller, to barge into her home and threaten her like this.

"Yes." said Waller bluntly. "I know you aren't doing this, but they don't. Join the team, and this all will go away." She said it like it was so simple. Shayera wanted time to think this through, but she knew she would get none.

Shayera studied her options. She knew Waller was not bluffing and she wouldn't have a problem throwing her in prison. After a few minutes, she said, "I'll join- but I want this done my way. No one undermining me. And this is the only mission I'll do. And I want a full pardon from the president. It doesn't have to be public, but I want assurance I won't be charged." This way, she would be assured that they would never bother her again.

Waller smiled evilly. "Deal. And I'm not sure you'll want it from the president. After all, he is an old enemy of yours," said Waller as she moved to the corner of the cave.

"Who?" Asked Shayera. "What criminal would be voted-" Her eyes narrowed with realization. Perhaps the Justice Lord's reality was just delayed.

"Luthor," they said at the same time.

Waller smiled. "I see spending your time like a bird hasn't effected your sharpness." She picked up Shayera's mace that she kept hidden in the corner. "I think you'll be needing this. They don't call themselves Task Force X."

Shayera raised an eyebrow. Most groups stuck with their team names. They were proud of them; if you weren't, your team didn't last long. "What do they call themselves?"

Waller smiled. "The Suicide Squad."


Let me know what you think! This is my first Justice League fanfic. Any and all feedback is appreciate.