PRISON BREAK

Kyle Apartment September 14th 2010, 11:53

I groaned as I opened the bag. Bruce had delivered the orange prison jumpsuit the night before, as today was the day I would be going into Belle Reave. I was going to change in the bathrooms in the team's hideout. When whoever it was caught the Terror Twins we would be making the switch and go on the prison truck. "Orange is so not my colour." I remarked, earning a snort from Selina who was sitting on the couch and stroking Isis. Man, that cat was getting old.

"It's not mine either. That's why I try to not make a habit of going to prison." She said, raising her eyebrow.

I rolled my eyes. "I will be fine Selina." Selina wasn't too happy with me agreeing to do this. Even after Bruce assured her that I would be safe, she still was still unsure.

"And how can you possibly know that? You are sixteen years old Nina, this is way too dangerous for someone so young." She replied, coming over to the table where I was standing, and stopped at the other side.

"Miss Martian and Superboy are going and they're younger than me." I said. I knew it was a dangerous mission to go on, but if I just kept my head down I would be fine.

"Yeah but they have superpowers." Selina said.

I raised my eyebrows and held up my finger. "Number one: we get collars as soon as we enter the prison and they turn their powers," I held up a second finger. "And Number two: Are you saying I can't take care of myself?"

"I didn't say that, don't you dare twist my words. I'm just about my sixteen year old daughter going into a prison with dangerous people." She said.

"Well I'm not actually your daughter." Great comeback Nina, that will really convince her to let you do this.

Selina rolled her eyes. "Don't pull that 'you're not my real mom' crap."

"I know, I know, it was a crap comeback. But I promise you Selina, I will be careful. First sign of trouble, I'll get out of there." I told her. She sighed.

"Fine, but if you do get hurt you know what I'm going to say." I nodded.

"I know, 'I told you so. But I will take care of myself." Her phone beeped and I read the message. "That's Bruce, they're outside." Selina pulled me into a hug.

"Just try to not make anyone angry. You can be a little bitchy sometimes." She said, releasing me from the hug. "

Hey, I learned from the best." I grinned. Her jaw dropped and swat at my arm. "I'm going, I'm going!"

"Be careful!" Selina called. I picked up the bag that held my uniform and waved, before walking out the door.

Mount Justice September 16th 2010, 16:05

"This past Fourth of July, four ice villains staged simultaneous attacks. Mister Freeze, Icicle Jr., Killer Frost and Captain Cold were easily apprehended. Perhaps too easily. Cold and Frost were immediately sent to Belle Reave Penitentiary, a federal prison designed to house super criminals. The seventeen year old Icicle Jr. was sent to a juvenile facility. Mister Freeze to his usual cell in Arkham Asylum but Freeze petitioned the courts to be declared legally sane and Jr. sued to be tried as an adult." Batman explained. "As a result, both await transport to Belle Reave, which seems to have been the goal all along. I'm sending the three of you in to find out why." He added.

"Who's the third person?" M'gann asked.

"Yeah, you still haven't told us yet." Connor agreed.

Batman gestured over to me, where I had been standing in the background. I waved. M'gann gave me a smile, while Connor and Kaldur, with a slight smile, gave a nod. "Catgirl has agreed to enter the prison with you as backup in case things go wrong."

"Who inside the prison will know their true identities?" Kal asked.

"No one." Batman replied. "We can't be certain the prison staff isn't compromised."

"Sounds promising." I muttered, smiling slightly when I heard a soft snort of laughter come from Connor.

"You will be flying to New Orleans and, when Martian Manhunter and Superman defeat the Terror Twins, that's where you still will step in." Batman said. "Report to the Bioship in one hour." He picked up a bag and handed it to me. "You'll need this."

I looked inside and raised my eyebrows. "Hair Dye?"

"The Terror Twins are blonde." He replied. "

Oh good God." I mumbled when I realised what I had to do. Uh uh Bruce, I do not sign up for dying the hair of grumpy Kryptonians, no matter who good looking they are.

"So, what made you decide to do this?" M'gann asked after Bats sent us away to get ready. We headed to the kitchen to dye Connor's hair.

"Bats asked. Besides, I have juvy time that I need to complete so two birds, one stone." I replied, shoving my hands into my pockets.

"You went to Juvy? She said.

"Yeah," I rubbed the back of my neck sheepishly. "Got caught in a heist about two years ago. Prison isn't fun. I was a scrawny fourteen year old and the place was filled with violent muscled older teenagers, it was terrifying."

"Real prison sounds like it should be fun." I snorted in agreement.

I turned to Connor and pulled out a chair, gesturing for him to sit down. "Is this going to be permanent?" He asked.

"Well for a while anyway." I replied, before ruffling his hair. "But don't worry, you can get black hair dye." He frowned at my hand and I pulled it away, masking a snort.

"I think you'll suit being blonde." M'gann said after a moment of silence.

"I'm pretty sure Kryptonians suit everything, the bastards." I added, before gesturing at Connor's face. "Look at this bone structure! Do you know how much I would kill for those cheekbones? Oh, and you might wanna change your shirt, this will bleach." I added, mixing the hair dye.

"Will it burn my skin?" He asked.

I blinked. "I'm pretty sure I saw you get blasted by Amazo several times and you didn't get a scratch. You can handle a little peroxide." He shrugged and pulled off his shirt. I had to turn away as M'gann's cheeks turned pink and a dreamy smile came across her lips. She got it baaaad.

"Be a dear and get me some towels, would you Meg?" I said. She nodded and left the room. "Adorable." I muttered.

"What's adorable?" Connor asked.

I smiled. "Oh nothing, nothing." M'gann soon came back and I finished dyeing Connor's hair, leaving it to dry. M'gann sat in a chair beside him, giving him encouraging words and trying to make him smile. I picked up the trash to go put in the garbage, just to have an excuse to leave those two alone. They were all kinds of adorable. My smile grew wider when I saw Kal standing at the doorway. We walked out of the room together, wanting to give those two some alone time. "So are those two a thing or what? 'Cause if they're not I may have to push them together more." I whispered to him.

He chuckled. "I think there is something there, though I am not sure if they are together." I sighed dreamily. "Ah, young love."

Kal smiled. "So what made you decide to join us?" He asked. "Is everyone so surprised that I'm helping? Maybe I'm going stright!" I replied.

"I thought you were not going to do that?" He said, raising his eyebrow.

I grinned. "You remembered my line!"

He nodded. "Of course."

"You know my offer still stands." I said after a moment of silence. "About coming to Gotham. Here's my number." I added, grabbing a pen and paper from the table beside us, before scrawling my number down and giving it to him.

"I may take you up on that." He replied. I grinned. He opened his mouth to reply but Bats spoke over the intercom, telling Aqualad to report to the mission room. Goddamn Bats. "I will speak to you later." He said. I nodded, giving him a two-fingered salute. I went back to the kitchen to talk to Connor and M'gann.

Later, we went to the Bioship, soon arriving in New Orleans. Superman and Martian Manhunter left to go defeat the Terror Twins, while M'gann, Conner, Kal, Red Tornado and I hid in the warehouse the Terror Twins were going to be thrown into. There was a few minutes of silence before a loud crash echoed through the warehouse.

Showtime.

The twins scrambled to their feet, about to run away, when Kal and RT came forward, wrapping the collars around their necks. "That don't feel right." Tommy grumbled. "My strength! But I just dun' gone toe to toe with Superman!"

"Congratulations." Conner said, M'gann and I standing on either side of him. "That's more quality time than he's ever given me."

Oh, I can smell the daddy issues.

M'gann stepped forwards to shapeshift into Tuppence. "Got your inspiration, sister Tuppence?" Conner said, his accent was actually really good.

"I believe I do, brother Tommy." She replied.

"Nice accents." I said.

"Somebody tell me what's goin' on!" Tommy exclaimed.

"It's simple," Bats said, "They're under arrest."

Belle Reave Parrish September 16th 2010.

We stepped onto the car, Mr Freeze and Icicle Jr. already inside. I took the seat closest to Freeze. "Kyle." He greeted.

"Fries." I replied.

"Your mother not with you?" He asked.

"Unfortunately not."

"Pity."

"Quiet you two!" The guard snapped at us. I rolled my eyes and leaned back in my chair, preparing myself for a long and boring drive. A while passed and I looked up to see Icicle Jr. blowing a kiss towards M'gann. She and I exchanged a look of annoyance. I looked back at him, rolling my eyes when I saw Icicle wink at me. Ew. He leaned forward towards Connor.

"Dude, your sister is sweet!" M'gann and I rolled our eyes. "How about you put in a good word for me?" He suddenly gets cut off by the guard, who slams his gun into Icicle's side to make him sit back.

"Sit down! We're here." And the fun begins. "Welcome to Belle Reave." The guard said.

Just going to ignore that really ominous sentence.

The guards herd us out of the truck and make us stand in a line. "I am the law of last resort." A woman standing high above us said. "I am Amanda Waller. I am not your mother, your maiden aunt or your friend. I am your warden and you are my prisoners. The proprietary collars you wear are custom designed to inhibit your specific meta abilities. No strength, no ice." She explained. "In addition, your collars can, and will, be used to discipline inmates. A con who breaks the rules gets one warning." The electricity shoots through me, making me groan and cry out.

Waller continued her speech while I tried to get my eyes to stop watering in pain. "Belle Reave's walls are thick enough to hold Superman. We know, we checked."

How the hell did they test that?

"No one has ever escaped Belle Reave. No one ever will." Well that didn't sound terrifying at all. Waller stepped to the side to let a man step up beside her."Oh, this is Professor Hugo Strange. He is your maiden aunt."

What the actual fuck is a maiden aunt?

"Actually I'm the prison psychiatrist and I promise you a sincere attempt at rehabilitation." Good luck with that Strange.

"Because we know you types are all about sincerity." Waller added. Well I can see why they made Mrs step-one-toe-out-of-line-and-I-cut-it-off the warden. The prison guards split us up, M'gann and I going one way, the rest going the other way. M'gann walked in front of me, while my eyes darted to find possible escape routes.

"Connor, Nina, can you guys hear me?" The Martian's voice echoes through my head. My eyes dart to the blonde in front of me.

"Yeah, but I thought the collars-"

"Custom designed to inhibit Tuppence Terror's super strength, not my telepathy." She replied. I smirked.

"But your strength is-"

"Not at Superman's level, I get it." He snapped.

I blinked in surprise. "Wait what?"

"No! That's not what I-"

"Whatever." Connor replied. The prison guards pushed M'gann and I into the cell with a grunt. I rubbed my arm.

"God, your boyfriend is grumpy." I muttered. Her cheeks turned pink.

"What! He-he's not my boyfriend!" She replied. I nodded and smirked.

"Okay." M'gann got into the bottom bunk and I climbed up top.

Later on, the guards let us out to exercise. There was a glass wall separating us from the men and I could see Conner walking with Icicle Jr. Now, being the smart girl that I am, I wasn't looking where I was going. I managed to walk straight into one of the other inmates. "Shit, sorry." I said, stumbling back slightly.

The red head whipped around to face me. "Watch where you're going." She snarled. I stepped back as she narrowed her eyes at me. "Your momma ain't in here to protect you Kyle."

I raised my eyebrows and took a step closer. "Oh, I don't need her to protect me, trust me."

The other woman came closer, invading my personal space. "You sure about that?" We narrowed our eyes at each other.

If this girl wanted a fight then so be it. "Very sure." I replied.

"Shimmer!" Someone called. "Get your ass over here!"

The red haired girl took a step back and gave me a look that clearly said 'This is not over'.

I glared at her as she walked away, before turning when I felt M'gann's hand on my arm. She pulled me away towards the wall. "I really don't know when to shut up, do I ?" I asked. I smirked when I saw her hesitate. "You can say yes y'know."

"Well…..kinda." She replied, making me laugh. She smiled until something caught her eye in the mens wing. She elbowed me and pointed. Conner was getting beaten up by some of the other prisoners. Good to know that he's making friends. Brick had managed to pull Connor's arms behind him.

"Free shot Ojo." Ojo pulled his fist back.

"Wait, I know him!" Uh oh. I don't think that's meant to happen. I had to hand it to Connor for knowing when to get out of a tight spot. "He's-" Connor grabbed Brick's head and pulled him over his shoulder, sending Brick into Ojo.

"Not wise, not wise at all." Brick commented.

"Don't you understand, he's… he's Tommy Terror." Ojo said.

I raised my eyebrows. "He's roadkill!" I looked over at M'gann, suspecting she had something to do with Ojo's hesitation. She saw me looking and shrugged sheepishly. Knew it.

"Enough!" Some man called. "The kid's got guts, the kind of guts that a father wouldn't mind seeing in his own son." Icicle Jr. was shoved forward.

"Great to see you too dad."

"Get over here!" Icicle Sr. commanded. I looked to the right , seeing Killer Frost standing beside the window. There were two other inmates surrounding her. I elbowed M'gann to move up closer so we could hear something. We managed to get quite close, and I strained to hear "To bust every single con outta Belle Reave." We could have heard more information but we were interrupted by a woman who I am pretty sure was 98% muscle.

"Back off you two, before I make you back off." She growled. I grabbed M'gann's arm and pulled her away.

"Right fine, we're going." I muttered. "I don't think they like me."

"Me neither." M'gann replied.

Later, we were put back in our rooms. Someone delivered new uniforms to our room. M'gann and I pulled them on.

"The break is coming, sooner than later." Connor warned us.

"Updating Aqualad now." M'gann replied.

"Time to pull you out." Aqualad said. "Time to call in the League."

"But if we call in the League now Icicle will just put off the break." I told them.

"Exactly, we need to learn how they're busting out or they'll just try again." M'gann said.

Aqualad sighed. "Agreed. We remain on alert."

Someone sounds cheery.

"I heard that." Aqualad's voice echoed in my mind, making me blush in surprise. I didn't realise he could hear everything.

I was curled up on the top bunk, trying to make my way through Of Mice and Men, while M'gann and Connor, or should I say Tuppence and Tommy, went to their session with Strange. M'gann and I had been trying to hear more about the break while still keeping to ourselves. It was clear that the other inmates, at least Frost's crowd, didn't like us. I looked up as the cell door opened and the guards threw an upset M'gann. I raised my eyebrows, mouthing are you okay? at her. She shook her head. I assumed she would tell me after my session.

I hopped off the bed and the guards herded me out of the room. We started the walk to Strange's office. They pushed me in as Strange looked up from his desk. "Please take a seat Nina." Strange said, giving me a smile.

"Shouldn't I be lying down on like a brown couch or something?" I said, sitting down and slouching in my chair.

He smiled. "That's rather Freudian, don't you think? Now, please sit up."

I sat up straighter in my chair. "So what's first Doc? Electroshock? Lobotomy?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.

"I see we have a joker." He replied. "I think we should stick to talking, don't you Nina?" I shrugged as he pulled out a file. "Let's talk about your extracurricular activities, shall we? Let's talk about Catgirl. What made you take up this identity?"

"It was either that or tennis and I don't have great hand eye coordination." I grinned. "Come on Doc, you gotta admit that was funny."

He gave me an insincere smile, humouring me. "So it wasn't to feel some sort of power?" He asked.

My grin dropped. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well this isn't your first time in therapy, is it Nina?" He said. I stiffened.

I don't want to talk about that.

"In fact, I would like to talk about your birth parents, Andrea and Paul. I also want to talk about your life before being adopted, particularly those years after your mother passed away." He added, flicking through my file. My fists clenched at my sides. I bit the inside of my cheek.

I don't want to talk about that.

"It must have been a traumatic time." He said.

I don't want to talk about that.

"Well, my brother did kill my dad and threw me out on the streets, so yeah that was a tincy wincy bit traumatic." I snapped.

"But even before that. You were diagnosed with extreme claustrophobia and general anxiety disorder-"

"I don't want to talk about that." I cut him off.

"Pardon?" He replied.

"I said I don't want to talk about that." I repeated.

"Bottling things up isn't healthy Nina-"

"What part of I don't want to talk about it don't you understand!" I shouted, getting out of my chair. I didn't have to listen to this shrink pry into parts of my life that I try to block out.

"Please sit down Nina, we should talk!" I ignored him and strode towards the door.

Guards strode into the room and grabbed at my arms. "Let go of me!" I shouted, trying to squirm out of their grip. "Get off! Get off!" In my struggle, I managed to hit a guard's face and that earned a painful electric shock, turning my world black. I woke up in my bed, with M'gann giving me a concerned look from where she stood. I rolled over, not wanting to face her. I just wanted to block it out.

Block the world out.

I had been doing that a lot in recent years.

Connor had already alerted us to the break being moved, so it was no surprise when the doors slid open. M'gann pulled our collars off and we ran out of the room to join the others.

"Do we stall them?" I asked.

"How do we do that? We can't create a diversion, that will blow our cover." She replied.

"Then what do you suggest we do?" She froze for a moment, looking at one of the other inmates. "M'gann?"

"The collars." She said."The guards office has the control to the collars, at least in the women's wing!"

"Yes! Oh my god okay, keep an eye on the others and I'll find a way in." I replied.

"Can you do that?" M'gann asked.

"I'm Catgirl for fucks sake. Of course I can get in." I gave her a smirk before turning and going towards the guards office.

I kept quiet, trying to get past the other inmates without alerting them to my presence. It would have been a lot easier with my suit but hey, you adapt. I managed to get to the guards office unharmed and unnoticed, before scrambling on my hands and knees to find something to pick the lock. I didn't have hair pins or my lock-picking kit. Crap, crap, crap.

Then I noticed the unconscious guard and her hairstyle.

Please have pins, please have pins! I froze as I knelt beside her. Oh God, I had to dig through this woman's hair. I breathed in before moving her hair, trying to find a pin. My fingers felt the pin. Thank fuck. I went back to the door, starting the practice that I could do blindfolded. Then I heard something that made my heart sink.

"Superboy, I think my covers-" She was cut off by a gasp.

Then nothing.

"M'gann! M'GANN!" I shouted, trying to get a response. Shit, shit, shit, what happened? I opened the door of the guards, determined to get this done quickly and get back to the other girl. Something had gone wrong, really wrong. The room was empty, thankfully. I got to the control switch, flicking it forward. As faint cries of pain greeted my ears, I knew I had done my job. Now to get back to M'gann.

"Well girls, looks like we've found another rat." I stiffened.

This is the last time I do Bruce any favours, I swear to God.

I turned, giving the rather terrifying women a sheepish smile. "Uh, ladies. How y'all doing?"

"You little bitch." I frowned when I heard the voice. Shimmer stepped up. "I told you we weren't done." "Well, shit." I muttered. Of course the girl I nearly get in a fight with it here. Great. "Take her to Frost." Shimmer smirked. "She can join her friend." My eyes widened. Did Frost freeze her? Fuckfuckfuckfuck.

The other two grab at my arms, trying to pull me out. I tried to fight them off, clearly losing judging by their sheer size. I get pulled into the other room to see Frost standing there with a scowl on her face. "You've been a very bad kitty, little girl. And you know what we do to bad animals? We put them down." I managed to pull out of their grip as Frost shoots ice at me. Eternally thanking Selina for teaching me how to do this, I dodge the ice Frost shoots at me by jumping and cartwheeling out of the way. Like the lock picking, it would be easier with my catsuit but adapt and survive. I

I can do this.

No I can't!

I let out a shriek as ice encases my ankle, glueing me to the ground. I could feel my ankle numbing already. "Time to get this over with." Frost said, creating a mace and raising it above her head. I am so haunting Bruce's ass in the afterlife. A loud crash makes Frost and I snap our heads up. I let out a loud sigh of relief. An angel in the form of Connor had arrived. Remind me to hug that boy when I get out of here.

"Well, well, well, it's the brother. Care to share Tuppey's fate?" And at that moment I saw M'gann. My relief faded. She had been completely encased in ice. This didn't look good. Nononono. Connor's gasp echoed through the room. The look in his eyes and the sound of his furious roar pretty much confirmed my thoughts on his feeling for M'gann. As he began to fight one of the inmates, I struggled to pull my leg out of the ice. He managed to knock Frost out as Icicle Jr. came in. He came over to me and punched the ice, breaking my foot free. I struggled to my feet. "I'm so so sorry, I just- I wasn't with her, I didn't think this-"

"Just stop talking." He cut me off, sounding heartbroken. "Just stop talking."

He tried to punch the ice, but Icicle warned him not too. We stared at the girl in the ice. The something unexpected happened. The ice started to shatter by itself. Wait what? M'gann fell on her knees in front of him. "It's pretty cold where I come from." She explained. Connor cut her off with a kiss. I snorted. Now wasn't the best time but hey, young love.

"Dude! That's your sister!" Icicle exclaimed, which made me roar with laughter. Seriously, the tears were running down my cheeks.

M'Gann shifted back into her normal from. "Our cover was fucked anyway, so do what you want!" I said. "Oh man, dad is going to kill me." Icicle grumbled. I snorted. Too bad.

Later on, while, we were climbing aboard the Bioship, Batman was there. I was the last to board and he said quietly to me "Good work."

"Remind me to never do you any favours ever again." I said

There was a slight hint of a smirk on his face. "Noted."

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