Raven walks in solitary confinement with soldiers escorting her but she signals them to stop following her as they nod. They wait near the door as Raven stops at Sun's cell. He's wearing a typical Belle Reve prisoner uniform which looks wet. In all honesty, he looks like a humanoid crocodile with blonde hair. Sun was transferred from Arkham to Belle Reve after he cried out that the warden known as Ranken was experimenting on him leading to a transfer. The experiments were too severe, it all involved his healing factor. Broke his skin, his limbs, teeth, pumped him with experimental drugs giving his tail. He's monster than man now. Now don't underestimate Sun, he may look like an idiot but he's one of the most highly intelligent criminals of Belle Reve. Agile and fast, Sun thinks first then attacks. Now he's here, in Belle Reve.
"How do you like your new home?" Raven asks while Sun looks up as he is sitting on his bed. He gets up with a sarcastic smile on his face and walks towards Raven. Though everyone finds Sun repulsive, Raven finds him adorable and sympathizes with him as he can still a see human underneath that mutation.
"Much better than Arkham! Food is good, service is good, guards are questionable but regardless, a massive improvement over the other!" Sun replied while ate a fish.
"Now Sun, I have a proposal for you." Raven stated. Sun chuckles.
"I have connections outside of my cell. The Suicide Squad isn't it?" Sun asks with a monster-like echo in his voice. Of all the things Ranken damaged was his throat and maybe some internal organs too. Also retina's giving him an ability to see heat signatures.
"Clever girl..." The woman growled.
"I'll join but I have one proposition."
Arkham Asylum.
Warden Ranken is testing out Sun and Waylon Jones's blood to see if he can balance them out and create a perfect serum for soldiers. Nothing has stopped his research and an insanity plea saved him from being put into death row. The location he's in is the Arkham Asylum research ward. In front of him is a dead prisoner he used Sun's blood on which proved to be toxic. Yatsuhashi, a local guard, has been giving him prisoners for the past few months and he's been using the samples of blood left by Sun. He bends down to cut the prisoner open...little does he know, behind him through the window is a stealth helicopter containing Sun and a couple of soldiers in it. Sun signals the soldier above the window to rappel down. They shoot the window thus surprising Ranken as he pulls out his pistol and fires back at them.
"Jesus!" Ranken cried. He hits a soldier in the shoulder and another in the arm causing him to drop his assault rifle. Sun jumps towards the window as Ranken tries to shoot him but his thick skin deflects the shots. Sun's sharp claws go through Ranken's stomach with Ranken couching out blood. He plunges his claws deeper until he reaches his spine.
"Remember what you said to me before? This will only tickle." Sun smiled.
"Wait, wait, what are you-" The soldier's look away as the sound of a mix between a squish and rip is heard.
Belle Reve.
Sun signs the paper confirming his membership to Task Force X with a pleasant smile on his face and blood splattered on it also. Raven has an unsurprised look as the guards escort Sun away. She checks off Sun from the roster and realizes she forgot an extra member. An Australian named Mercury Black, professional thief and marksman of some kind. Also a total bogan according to the guards.
"Hm...why not?" Raven asked herself as she looks at CCTV footage of Mercury in his cell and yelling at the door.
"Please just open the slide door!" Mercury begged. He's claustrophobic and his cell is enough for him to go mad. The female guard opens the slide to reveal his eyes. He sighs in relief.
"Look doll you gotta get me outta here, there's been a mistake-" She shuts the slide door closed much to Mercury's anger and frustration. A knock on the cell is heard as the door slides open and the bottom hatch opens to reveal a clipboard and the Task Force X recruitment sheet. Mercury picks it up. Outside is Raven leaning against a door next to the female guard. A knock behind the cell door is heard causing Raven to open it and the clipboard is sent flying outside with the sheet having a text reading fuck off on it. Raven always hated rude people, so, she'll hate them in return in act of depravity. She pulls out a key and unlocks the cell door and grabs the guard's shotgun. Mercury comes with an excited look on his face but Raven knocks him unconscious then drags him by his leg. She checks the list, next is Talon aka Penny Polendina.
Raven walks towards Penny's cell as a guard is struggling to open it much to her curiosity but two and two together then sighs. Talons tend to have no heart beat or pulse once they've been on the field for too long. The guard must've noticed that Penny is sleeping but her pulse reads nothing. She taps the guard on the shoulder.
"Oh thank god mame! We have a code-"
"She's sleeping."
"Wait, what!?" Raven opens the hatch opening of Penny's cell to see her laying on the bed. Penny hears the hatch open causing her to get up. Her skin color is almost corpse-like and her movements seem to resemble like a bit of a bird.
"Who?" Penny called in a slightly pitched voice. Raven knows about Penny's affiliations, she belongs to the Court of Owls, an organization that has been controlling Gotham from the shadows and dispatches centuries old undead warriors on targets. Penny is no exception. After the Court fell, Raven found her lost wandering the streets of Gotham aimlessly and took her in. Belle Reve is pretty much her home.
"Now Penny, I need your help." Raven kindly said as she enters her cell with the guard pulling out his pistol but Raven signal's him to lower his pistol.
"There are bad people out there in another world and I need your help, put those skills to the test again." She spoke gently like a mother to a child.
"...And you want me to kill them?" Penny asks sweetly.
"Yes but you need to work with bad people and I know you're used to killing bad people. But these bad people can be your friends. What do you think?" Raven replied and gives Penny the clipboard. Penny takes it and is given a pen by Raven...and signs the sheet.
Raven arrives in another solitary confinement cell, this time with fire proof walls and guards armed with water hoses. Next on the squad list is Cinder Fall aka La Diabla, a Los Angeles gang member with pyrokinetic powers. The ability to shoot fire from her hands. She turned herself in after using her powers and accidentally killed her parents in the process. She opens the hatch that shows her looking at the mirror. Cinder is wearing a standard prisoner outfit and has bangs while having an undercut. On the left side of her face is a tattoo of dark claws reaching out for her eye.
"Fall." Raven called causing her to turn before she can activate her powers.
"Que es? (What is it?)" Cinder asks and walks towards the opening of the hatch.
"I have a proposition for you. A chance of getting yourself out and using your powers for good. You won't be fighting much but this team will need you in case things go bad. Can I trust you?" Cinder looks down in doubt then looks back up.
"...Yo les fallé en la vida, no voy a fallar en la muerte. Claro, voy a firmar. (I failed them in life, I won't fail them in death. Sure, I'll sign.)" Raven puts the clipboard in the pedestal then hands her a pen.
Coco Adel lifts some weights in the gym with her left arm since her right one is missing. The girl hails from Russia and is a former GRU agent with a long line of family from the KGB thus earning her the name KGBeast because of her heritage. She's done numerous assassination's and terrorist attacks, a girl of few words. These assassinations were all easily done by her arm cannon. Raven walks in while being escorted by guards and taps her on the shoulder causing the Russian to turn around. She hands her the sheet and clipboard. Coco looks at it.
"...Do I get money AND less prison time?" Coco asks. Raven sighs.
"Yes, you get paid."
Raven looks at the report, all members have been recruited. All except Slipknot who is currently under FBI custody. Slipknot aka Scarlet Davis. An assassin that specializes in ropes. No known records besides the fact he fought a flying flaming man and lived to tell the tail and got busted by Batwoman. She's waiting for her brother, captain Qrow Branwen. The door knocks.
"Come in." Raven said as the door opens to reveal Qrow himself wearing his standard army getup. Green shirt and cargo pants with pistol holsters.
"So you did it huh? Brought back Task Force X from the grave with a new generation of scumbags." Qrow sarcastically sighed while crossing his arms.
"It worked for Waller, so its going to work for me." Raven replied.
"That's funny cause you're not Waller, these scum will just be target practice...I need real soldiers god dammit." Qrow sighed.
"Well this mission isn't for soldiers then. They get caught in that world, we'll throw them under the bus." Raven countered.
"No offense sis, did you forget one of them has powers that control fire?" He said. Raven sucks her teeth.
"I am aware but...you're in charge of them. I swear anything they do against you, I'll kill them." Raven promised.
"And also they seem competent, Jaune and Pyrrha can be your eyes and ears for the squad. They'll get along with you." She added.
"...Fine." Qrow growled.
Belle Reve medical room.
Jaune is restrained against an electric chair that is being pushed. They arrive at a room to reveal a bunch of people in medical scrubs as they prepare a needle for him.
"Of all the things that can kill me, I'll just go out with a whimper then?" Jaune asks before he is sedated and injected. Inside the needle is a nano-bomb. Next in line is Pyrrha who saw what happened causing her to struggle from her seat in a mix of fear and rage.
"You fuckers! Whatever you did to him, I'm going to kill you all! You hear me!?" Pyrrha yelled before they prep a syringe causing her eyes to widen.
"You know I was kidding right? Seriously, I won't tell what happened, I'm scared of needles-" She is sedated and injected with the nano-bomb next. They wheel her off as Sun is next. Sun has a mouth restraint and strapped against a cargo holder though he seems to be more peaceful than the the last two. All because he got to kill warden Ranken.
"Whatever happens. I have no regrets." Sun smiled before they injected him causing him to give a crocodile-like roar and falls asleep then injected. Up next is Mercury who is still unconscious and wheeled via cart, he is injected with the nano-bomb immediately. Finally, Penny who doesn't seem to be surprised this would happen to her. Her lips curve into a creepy taunting smile.
"Death is nothing but a wound to my kind." Penny taunted. The doctors are about to sedate her but one of them stop the other.
"She's clear, she'll be watching the squad." The doctor informed before they nod and release her from her restraints. Next is Coco who is cursing in Russian but they silence her immediately.
Jaune's eyes begin to slowly open as he could see Pyrrha being wheeled next to Sun. They are being escorted by soldiers causing him to raise his eyebrow. A soldier turns to him causing him to close his eyes again. He could hear helicopters, troops running, possibly five of them, radio chatter, and the sounds of clacking. The chair stops as it appears they've arrived at there destination. The restraints are taken off of him causing him to open his eyes and quickly gets up and punches a soldier in the face knocking him on the ground. Soon rifles are aimed at Jaune revealing he's in a military base. Coco arrives last as she is handcuffed since she woke up early and tried to escape.
Pyrrha is splashed with water on her face causing her to panic and is subdued immediately by the soldiers in the area. In front of them is a machine that is shaped like a circle. Sun shakes his head and almost trips a soldier but controls it to stop. He smirks at his surroundings.
"Sun? Jeez dude, what happened to you?" Pyrrha asks since she hasn't seen Sun since Gotham.
"Ranken happened, that's what. Kept cutting me and I began to turn more beast than man. He won't be hurting anybody anymore though. Heh, heh..." Sun chuckled and smiled as his sharp teeth shine. A soldier with a body bag arrives and opens it to reveal Mercury who wakes up then gets up and punches a soldier in the face but someone shoots a beanbag round at his crotch making him fall over and groan in pain.
"Right in the goolies!" Mercury screamed. Jaune makes a brief laugh alongside Pyrrha as Mercury flips the two off.
"Alright, everyone quiet!" A voice yelled via megaphone. Landing towards them is Qrow in his standard army gear and inside an AH6 little bird helicopter. He gets out and takes off his shades.
"The name's captain Qrow Branwen, I'm Raven's brother." He informed.
"What was that injection?" Jaune asks.
"The injection you got was a nanite explosive the size of of a rice cream but its powerful as a hand grenade." Qrow walks left and right while observing the squad.
"You disobey me, you die. Try to escape...you die. You otherwise irritate or vex me, and guess what? You die..." Pyrrha raises her hand.
"I'm known to be quite vexing, just forewarning you."
"You died-I mean, die in particular! So lady SHUT UP!" Qrow yelled at Pyrrha as she shakes her head and rolls her eyes.
"This is the deal: You're going somewhere very bad, to do something that'll get you killed. But until that happens..." He spreads his arms out.
"You're my problem now." Qrow ended. Pyrrha smirks.
"So is that like uh...pep talk?" The redhead asks.
"Yeah, pep talk."
"Grab what you need for a fight, we're wheels up in ten." Qrow turns to leave but Pyrrha stops him.
"You might wanna work on your team motivation thing. You're the Phil Jackson?" Pyrrha asks.
"He's like the gold standard-" She aims her hands towards Qrow and forms a triangle.
"-Triangle bitch! Study." Jaune grabs Pyrrha by the shoulder causing her to turn.
"He's not worth it at all..." Pyrrha shrugs Jaune off of him while he walks off to get his equipment. A duffel bag is given to him as he opens it to reveal his gear, armored suit with black undersuit, ballistic mask with one eye hole and orange and black, staff, grenade bandoleer, staff, knife, and sword. Mercury is given a duffel bag which he grabs from the person who gave it to him and heads off to change somewhere else. Sun opens his to reveal his leather jacket and shirt also pants. Cinder arrives and looks around...and spots Pyrrha changing where everyone is looking at her. She stops and turns to Jaune.
"Seriously dude? I thought you had me covered." Pyrrha grimaced at Jaune. After putting on there equipment, they go for there weapons at the requisitions depot. Jaune is first as a man hands him his assault rifle and pistol. The assault rifle is an M4 with an nine-inch barrel and handrail also red dot sight. Pyrrha comes in second as she is handed her custom AR-15 with handrail, ACOG scope, and grip and also her extra rifle which is an M14 rifle also wrist mounted guns and SGP226 pistol. Sun gets his knives back as he twirls them and holsters the two. Cinder silently joins in and gets her handgun back. Mercury puts on his blue jacket and pants also beanie hat as he he gets on line and comes up to get his boomerangs back.
Jaune holsters his grenade bandoleer over his armored suit and holsters his gun, sheaths his katana, loads his assault rifle, holsters his staff then puts on his mask. Pyrrha puts on her red long sleeve shirt and cargo pants then puts on her light armor and straps her guns on her wrists right before loading her gun, she puts on her targeting HUD as it activates to show the amount of ammo Pyrrha has in her rifles which is 322 causing her smile and in her wrist guns its unlimited. Cinder grabs five clips of pistol ammo and puts on her Jersey and jeans. Coco grabs her arm cannon and places it on her missing arm then puts on her mask which has a night vision goggle on it. An FBI car arrives in the scene and stops causing all of the squad to turn to it. Getting out of the car is a redhead man with grappling gear, Scarlet Davis. The FBI agent pushes him but he punches her in the face causing the woman to fall on the ground as soldiers tackle Scarlet with Mercury cackling at the sight. He twirls his boomerangs and regroups with the squad in the helipad.
Qrow has an ipad on his hand after a soldier hands it to him. He turns to the team and aims it at them.
"Behold the voice." Qrow introduced. The screen comes on to reveal Raven.
"For those who don't know me officially: My name is Raven Branwen. That machine over there was built from a mother box thus creating a boom tube. There's been an event in another world and a certain someone might find us. I want you to enter that world and take HVT-6 and get out without yourselves noticing you." Raven informed. Pyrrha raises her hand.
"For those who don't speak good guy: Who's HVT-6? And what do you mean by our selves?" Pyrrha asks.
"The only thing that deserves a bullet to its head. And for your second question, this machine was not only made from a mother box but a jury rigged one from Brainiac when he pulled different together." Raven explained.
"Woah, woah, so we'll be seeing another version of ourselves? I bet I look good looking." Mercury smirked.
"Hence why I don't want them seeing you. Teaming up with them is possible but as long as they don't know your objective, I can't see them agreeing anyway. Now, complete the mission, you get time off your prison sentence. Fail the mission, you die. Anything happens to captain Branwen, I'll kill every single one of you. Remember I'm watching. I see everything. I am your consequence." The ipad shuts off.
"There's your pep talk." Qrow concluded.
"So, we'll be entering another reality beyond ours...what a twist!" Jaune said as Scarlet shook his head.
"This is complete BS!" Scarlet yelled.
"Well you have to deal with the BS, the sea knight is waiting for you." Qrow replied before they follow him into the helicopter. Joining in last is Penny in her talon uniform as the squad sits on there seats.
"You're late." Qrow said.
"I was busy." Penny replied. Mercury jumps at the sight of Penny as Pyrrha and Jaune's eyes widen.
"Wait...that's a bloody talon! I thought those freaks have been destroyed!" Mercury panics.
"Good eye, this is Penny aka Talon. She's an undead assassin made from the Court of Owls before they fell, she can kill all of you and withstand most of your attacks. I would advise not getting killed by her." Qrow informed.
"Don't do talons expire after a minute or two?" Jaune asks.
"She's a special made one. Perfect match for you Deathstroke." Qrow replied. Pyrrha reaches her hand out towards Penny.
"Pyrrha Nikos, nice to meet you. I like your perfume, what's that? The smell of decay?" Pyrrha mocked before Penny turns to Qrow.
"Can I kill them?"
"Settle down, this ain't the kind of mission. Plus it would've been a long fight especially with Jaune on there side." Qrow answered. They seat on a the sits of the helicopter as the hatch closes.