"I can't believe this. I fucking can't believe this." I muttered angrily as I stomped through the house, boiling with rage after coming across my latest discovery.
I was ready to report it back to J, only to find his and Harl's bedroom empty and deciding to search for him in his office.
It had been nearly three months since Harls had been taken away, and Frost and I had been on the search for her ever since. J wasn't much help, since he was kind of a wreck which made him even more chaotic than usual.
We found out where she might be, well Frost did but I don't think he deserves all the credit because he sucks anyway.
But I was the one who found out which guard at the location was in charge of watching my sister.
I found him through a video that I found on a website, that was commented on another video, linked from a blog, shared on a MySpace post.
Yeah, who uses MySpace anymore, right? So you can imagine that it took me quite some time to find it.
But man, that guy, Griggs, is never gonna know what hit him when I get my hands on him. He posted some video of him with my sister doped up on God-knows-what, while he laughed and mockingly implied that it was some sort of "Spring Break" party.
Finally making it to his office, I stopped from pushing open the door when I heard a conversation inside.
"It's complex, because it's not just her." Frost's voice came out muffled, blocked by the wooden door. I crossed my arms and huffed, annoyed that Frost had made it to him before I could.
"Everyone's disappearing-" He was cut off when I decided to make my entrance, stopping in my tracks when J pointed his gun at me.
He had been crying, which was shocking but I didn't want to point it out.
I began to feel agitated that he was sitting here sulking while we had to do all the dirty work. Frost and I, along with countless henchmen, had worked our asses off for months only to get screamed at and shot, if you were a henchmen, because we were only finding small, insignificant clues that led us nowhere.
The office was a wreck, but confusingly all the damage was laid out in an orderly fashion. Knives in a circle, pieces of a smashed piano arranged in the same way, and some baby clothes lying around the edge. The walls were graffitied in HA HA's, but I wasn't shocked by its appearance since it has been on this steady decline since she went missing.
"Aww, are you crying?" I said teasingly before I could stop myself. I crouched down next to Frost and mocked pouted to get under his skin.
Frost placed his palm on my chest, looking at me in warning to stop. "Lay off, Alisha, he's having a rough time." He muttered to me.
"Who gives a shit?" I retorted, then turning towards Joker accusingly, "You're like a girl! Crying here in your office instead of actually doing something about what's bothering you."
J growled, cocking his gun and getting ready to shoot when Frost yelled at him to stop. He didn't and shot the wall behind me, only missing because I ducked behind Frost and used his as a shield.
"You done now?" Johnny snapped, turning around and looking at me pointedly, to which I just rolled my eyes and sat up.
J and I interacted like this often, me teasing him only to end up backhanded or shot at. I never knew why I would do it, but then again I've never been good at holding my tongue even in life-threatening situations.
He never killed me though because I knew that I was one of his most useful workers. Of course, I would always claim that he didn't because he liked me, which he would always deny.
"You wouldn't kill me," I would chuckle out after every threat of him doing so, "I'm your best friend!"
"You're my best weapon."
"Same thing."
"But like I was saying," Frost said, bring us back to the subject, "You've heard of the new law, well I found out that they'll ship you off to this swamp in Louisiana. Black site; that's where she is."
"Did you tell him about the guard yet?" I cut in, hoping he didn't because that was my information that I had found, and he had no right to share it as though he found it.
"No." He puffed out, waving at me to explain.
J looked at me intently, impatiently waiting for me to tell him about this guard. I pulled out my phone from my pocket, getting the video ready but then having second thoughts. He was already unstable, and seeing this guy mistreat my sister might be the last thing he should do.
"Uh, he's Harl's guard at this place." I stuttered, looking at my phone in debate. I twirled it in my fingers and breathed out. "I know where we can find him, though." That took an even longer time to find.
"How do you know?" J drawled out, rolling his eyes back and swaying slightly. "How does Electrisha know this man's my Harley girl's guard?"
"Well, there's this video…" I paused, and he thrusted his hand out for my phone. "But I don't know if you should see it, J."
"Give me the damn phone." He growled out, getting ready to get up and pry it from my hands. I fearfully tossed it to him, deciding it best to keep my distance.
He watched the video closely, eye's getting darker and growls growing louder as the video continued to play.
Before it was over, he threw my phone against the wall, making the screen shatter undoubtedly killing it completely.
I looked over at it gloomily, upset but not surprised that he reacted that way.
It was a nice phone.
"So what are we doing?" Frost asked, looking at J and not at my phone as I still was, memories of games played and youtube videos watched fluttering through my mind.
"Bring the car around," J said gruffly, voice hoarse as he closed his eyes, "We're going for a drive."
He laid back, eyes still closed.
And then, he laughed.
Pushing through crowds of people at the Gotham Casino was the last way I wanted to spend my night.
Following a man who worked here, I kept my eyes peeled for the infamous, and soon to be a dead infamous, Griggs.
The employee stopped, pointing out a man seated at a table playing poker.
"Him?" I asked, pointing to the same guy. The employee nodded in confirmation, instructing me to bring him to the back room when I was done with him.
I walked over, grabbing the guy's shoulders and leaning down to whisper in his ear, "Want to come to the back with me?" I giggled, growing nauseous as I fake flirted with him.
He looked back at me, raising an eyebrow a looking me over. Dressed in the same dress I always wore when going to a club with J and HQ, I felt more than uneasy as his eyes dragged down my body.
"Not really, hotness." He chuckled, bringing his attention back to his game, "Jailbait ain't really my type."
"Oh yeah?" I asked rhetorically, bringing two fingers to his neck and tazing him, making him fall out of his seat.
When I finally got to the back room, two men grabbed him from me and thrusted him down into a chair. I stood in the corner, crossing my arms over my chest and eying him down.
He turned back to a man butchering meat, doing so in a way that even gave me the creeps. "Good job, man. He's killing it." Griggs said sarcastically, facing back towards where I and the owner of the casino were standing. "C'mon man, why am I here?" He pleaded, not seeming as worried as he probably felt.
"Look, I get it. I've had a few bad decks…" He continued to plead with the owner, while the owner stated that Griggs was lucky because other people in the casino wanted to kill him.
I spaced out for a bit, bored while waiting for Frost and J to come in. I only tuned back in when I was mentioned.
"And what's up with the kid?" Griggs said, gesturing over towards me. "You got pretty minors working for you now?"
As if on cue, Frost walked through the door carrying the briefcase that held the money we promised to the owners for letting us talk to this guy. He pulled it out and handed it to the guy, Slick, giving over a substantial amount of money.
"You might want to keep that mouth shut." Frost warned Griggs, knowing that I was the type to lose my anger easily.
"Electrisha," Frost called me over, and I was about to push myself off the wall when Griggs' next statement stopped me.
"Electrisha?" He turned over to me. "I've heard that before...yeah, Alisha Quinzel! Crazy's little sister. Man you look like her, too." He waved a finger at me, and my eyes widened at him, breathing heavy as I grew more infuriated. "She didn't talk about you much, though. Not at all actually."
I growled out, ready to stomp over to this guy and bolt him half to death when the door opened and J strutted in. He went up behind him, rubbing down his shoulders and spurring out a line of "Blah blah blah…"s.
"All that chit chat's gonna getcha hurt."
I huffed out, falling slightly back against the wall and watched the familiar scene unfold. I had seen J did this countless times to various customers; the intimidating stare, the kissing of the ring, and famous one-liners.
It was all very flamboyant, and these were the times where I questioned his sexuality.
Silently, of course.
I tuned most of it out until I heard J state "I can't wait to show you my toys." He slapped Grigg's face, making him scrunch it up in discomfort.
"In fact," J smiled, turning around towards me, "I have my favorite one with me now." He waved me over, and turned back towards Griggs.
"You know Electrisha, don't you?" He slid off his lap, grabbing my wrist and guiding me to take his place on Griggs' thighs.
"Show him what you got, baby." He drawled out, voice deep and raspy. He stepped back slightly but still remaining close enough to watch out interactions closely.
I smiled mockingly, leaning in close so I could whisper in his ear, "You messed with the wrong sister."
And with that, I grabbed his throat and let out as much charge as I could.
We finally got a location out of him, not that it took long at all, and we were able to find this "black spot in Louisiana" effortlessly.
It took us only three days to make a plan, get everything together, and head over to Louisiana.
So here I sat, in the back of some van we stole, across from Joker and wedged between two henchmen while I rubbed my hands together and chewed aggressively on my gum.
My costume was on, beanie pulled down to cover the top part of my face except the eyes where the holes were cut. I bounced slightly to the song I was currently listening to on my new phone, getting in the zone for a fight.
J sat completely still, thinking about whatever while sneering. I ignored him though, figuring it wasn't worth bringing anything up.
We made it through the highly secured facility in record time, giving an explosive gift basket to an unsuspecting guard.
Once we hopped out, we got inside the building behind henchmen dressed in various garbs shooting up the place.
I walked behind J and Frost, stretching my legs in long strides in order to keep up with them.
We stopped by a glass protected area, and Frost took out his gun and began shooting towards the man inside, only to make indents in the glass.
I placed my hands on the metal parts, letting out charge to blow out its power and have the door open, but it was to no avail.
J pushed me back with a growl, and slammed his iPad up against the transparent enclosure. Before the guy could even watch what was on the screen, Frost pulled me back and pointed towards a few workers of the facility trying to escape. He nudged me toward them, wordlessly telling me to prevent them from leaving. I shot him a dirty look, but did so without argument.
Soon enough I got sucked in, bolting and shooting people with the gun J gave me for situations like these where I wouldn't have enough time to shock everyone. It got to the point where I was so sucked in I didn't even see J, Frost, and some henchmen leave with their kidnapped victim in tow.
It wasn't until I heard a car getting started outside. My eyes widened, and I immediately let go of the man I was currently dealing with to look out the nearest window.
To my dismay, I saw Joker loading the guy in the van, quickly jumping inside himself, closing the doors and then taking off.
"Oh, you gotta be fucking kidding me." I muttered in disbelief. I looked around, searching for the nearest exit. I saw a sign for one directing to the floor below, and I took off for it without a second thought.
"Of course he would leave without me, the selfish prick." I mumbled as I ran, "He only cares about himself and his stupid money and his stupid girlfriend. Well, she's not that stupid but I'll be damned if someone helps me out for once."
As I continued my rant, I didn't even notice that because of how worked up I was getting, I was becoming that much more charged and bolts of electricity danced around the walls beside me.
It wasn't until I ran face to face with a group of guards, giving me a shocked look because I must have been quite the show. With lightening practically surrounding me, my hair frizzed up and eyes darting back and forth, I gave them an equally shocked stare.
It was also unannounced to me at the time that people were on the hunt for me everywhere, since I was to be a part of Task Force X, but of course this wasn't brought to my attention until later.
I immediately took off, blowing out the lights behind me as I ran. However, these fuckers came well prepared because as soon as I ran out, flashlights turned on and I was quickly tackled by one of the guards.
I released as much voltage as I could, only to receive no reactions because the suits these guys were wearing, made of I don't even know, wouldn't allow my currents through.
I felt a pinch in my neck from where the guy stuck me with a needle, and soon enough I went so limp that even my mind went blank.
Well this is it guys! I'm going tomorrow and I really don't want to :( Thankfully classes don't start until Thursday, so I'm willing to bet that I'll be able to write at least one chapter before then. (and thankfully the next chapter will for sure include the squad!)
I hope now I will be able to write at least one chapter for you guys a week, but I'll only know for sure once I see my workload after starting all my classes.
I love you guys! See you soon :)
-Rosie