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A/N: So, here's the chapter everyone's been waiting for! When Estelle meets Harley. Hope you guys enjoy! Also sorry for any grammar errors. I just wanted to upload this chapter, ASAP. I'll try to fix them later!
"From which stars have we fallen to meet each other here?" ― Friedrich Nietzsche
Chapter 6: Wanna be best friends?
When they finally arrived at the place Lilly was at, Estelle felt an amount of apprehension leave her. Even if she still hadn't seen her sister face to face yet, Estelle had a gut feeling she really was here. But the question that really bugged her was where exactly was here?
Well, one thing was for sure. They were in downtown Gotham. Not necessarily in the bad part but it was several minutes away from the bad part. Estelle never really liked going anywhere near that side of town. She would always warn Lilly to never ever go there either. She wanted her sister safe, so this was probably the closest Lilly's been to that part of town.
Now another thing she right away knew was that they were in front of a business building. It almost reminded her of the Wayne Enterprises building. Except she knew it wasn't that one, on the account that they had passed it on their way here.
Passing the Wayne Enterprise building, along with viewing this other tall building she was currently at right now, left her thinking about a dire time. It wasn't that long ago when she remembered the battle that took place in Metropolis. The very same battle that was caused by Superman. She had mixed feelings about that day. Maybe it was because of her high admirable feelings for Superman...but even she had to admit that battle caused a lot of destruction in the city. Not to mention lives were lost that day too.
Now that might have not been Superman's intention but it still happened. Luckily for Estelle, she was still in college when all that took place, and her parents and Lilly still lived in Star City. So they were in no danger...but a lot of people were. Again, she had no ill thoughts about Superman, but the battle that took place that day really left an impact on how destructive metahumans can be.
Now that she was one, she could do damage as well. But the last thing Estelle wanted was to hurt innocent lives. Her thoughts about how destructive she was now came to a stop once she entered the building's entrance.
She was still with Rick, who was leading her. There was still no sign of Waller, but the car she took was parked out in front. So unfortunately that meant she was here as well. Where exactly was unknown to Estelle. She hoped she wasn't with Lilly.
Her walking came to a stop when Rick faltered in his steps. Estelle saw that they were now standing in front of a door. She must have been too into her thoughts because she hadn't noticed this. Rick reached for the door knob and then opened the door.
The moment the door was opened a wave of relief went through Estelle. There in the room sitting in a chair was her little sister Lilly. The room looked like it was a waiting room of some sorts. There were couches, a table and a few chairs around it. She had no idea why Lilly was sitting on the chairs instead of the couch, but she didn't really dwell on that silly thought. All that she cared about was knowing that she was fine. Her little sister held the same relieved filled expression that she had, as soon as she saw her face. Estelle wanted to run in there and bring her little sister into a hug, but she remained where she was at. She looked at Rick and practically gave him a pleading expression.
The Colonel knew the young adult wanted to talk to her sister alone. He right away nodded his head. "I'll let you two have a moment." He told her, right before he exited the room and closed the door behind him.
Without even waiting another second, Estelle quickly then ran over to Lilly, who was now out of the chair she had been sitting on. The twenty-one year old brought her into her arms, and gave her a heartfelt hug.
Estelle let out several huffs and closed her eyes. Having her sister in her arms almost seemed surreal, but she had to keep telling herself that she was here.
Lilly's safe. She's here...she's fine.
Lilly, who was hugging her, spoke up. Her voice was low but clear. "You promised we were going to get ice cream. If you didn't want to go, you could have just told me." Estelle could hear the slight humor in the sentence. Right away she knew her little sister was just kidding around with her. And she was rather glad for it, because it was Lilly's way of trying to remain calm. She was so mature for her age, that Estelle sometimes would forget that she was just twelve years old. Any other kid her age would have probably been freaking out right now, but not Lilly. Although, no doubt she was probably unnerved to the bone. Except she did a good job at keeping her cool and not going into panic mode.
After another several seconds of them hugging, Estelle finally pulled back and looked at her sister. There was a moment of silence, before Lilly spoke up.
"Are you okay?" She asked, her eyes full with concern.
Estelle couldn't help but let out a small laugh at the reversal of things. "I think I should be the one asking you that question." She said, her voice wavering a bit this time. All the emotion she held down was now coming to the surface. Once again, she had to keep telling herself that Lilly was fine...she wasn't hurt. She was here with her...for now that is. Estelle started to feel distress, knowing she had to explain to Lilly about what was going to occur. She opened her mouth ready to start talking.
"Lilly―"
"I know." Was Lilly's quick response.
At her older sister frowning, Lilly decided to elaborate. "I mean, I know about Waller." She told her. "She was the one who pulled me out of school and brought me here. She explained a few things to me...about how you're needed for something. She didn't tell me what exactly. All she said was that it's really important, and that you have to go." Her voice was well balanced, but inside Lilly was rather on edge. What Waller had told her about Estelle needing to leave and such, made her feel frightened for some reason. It also didn't help that she found Waller completely alarming to be around. It was like the woman was a school principal...only much worse.
Estelle clenched her jaw at the thought that Waller had been the one to bring Lilly here. The very thought of that woman talking to Lilly, made her want to blast something with her powers right now. But she had to stay calm and not add more to a stressful situation. She took a deep breath, relaxing herself. She then steadied her gaze on Lilly, and a solemn expression appeared on her face.
"Yes, I have to uh, go do something." Estelle lamely replied. She sighed and then ran a hand through her hair that was let down. Taking a few seconds to collect herself, she adjusted her response better. "I have to help someone out. I'm their backup...because of my abilities. I need to make sure nothing happens to him, since he's going to be around some...dangerous people." Estelle reluctantly ended up admitting the last part to her. She didn't want her sister worrying even more, but she knew she had to be honest with her.
"Are these people like you and Barry?" Lilly asked her. The young adult quickly understood what her sister was asking her. She wanted to know if they had abilities too.
Estelle pressed her lips together in thought. She sighed, her expression faltering. "I think so...maybe a few. I'm not entirely sure, Lilly." She honestly admitted to her. Which reminded her, she really needed Rick to give her information with the people they were going to be working with.
Her response, just as she expected, didn't sit well with Lilly. She frowned in unease. "Wait, you don't know? And yet you're still going? Stella..."
"Lilly, I have to do this." Estelle told her adamantly.
Her little sister's face became desolate. "But, why?" She asked her sadly.
Estelle's voice broke a bit. "Because then you'll get that heart surgery you need. And Lilly, you need it."
Lilly stuttered. "But, you said the doctor―"
"Forget what I said about the doctor." Estelle ardently interrupted her. Her eyes softened upon looking at the doleful expression Lilly had on. "This is the fastest way for you to get better, you have to understand."
Lilly held back a sob. "I don't want you to go...you could...get hurt...you could―" She couldn't even finish the sentence, it hurt for her to do so.
Estelle tried giving her a reassuring expression. "Lilly bug." She said using her nickname, catching her attention. "I can handle myself, okay?"
"Then promise you won't go away like mom and dad...promise me...please." Lilly begged, her eyes tearing up.
Estelle let out an aghast sigh. "Lilly."
Lilly didn't give her a chance to reply back, because she suddenly reached behind her neck. She took off the necklace she was wearing and handed it to her. "Here." She said, trying to make her take it.
Estelle's blue eyes widened a bit at this action. "Lilly, I can't take this." She gently protested. "This is the necklace that mom and dad gave to you."
"I know, which means you'll just have to give it to me...when you come back." Lilly said, trying to remain composed, but Estelle knew how meaningful she was being with her words. The young adult knew how much her little sister loved that golden butterfly necklace. It was probably the most expensive thing their mom and dad had given to Lilly. But the price held no importance to Lilly or Estelle. All they cared about was that it was a gift from their parents. Lilly especially. They had given Lilly that necklace when she turned seven, and since then she'd been practically inseparable from it. The love for the necklace only increased more when their parents passed away. So to have Lilly give her the necklace as another way of saying she'll come back, was stirring ardent emotions within Estelle.
The twenty-one year old slowly reached for the necklace and finally held it in her hand. Silently giving her sister the promise that she would come back. She then without another word put on the necklace, adjusting it so that it would fit her. Once clipped and around her neck, Estelle tucked it underneath her t-shirt. She gazed back at her sister, and was about to tell her another heartfelt thing, when the door to the room suddenly opened. In came Rick Flag. Estelle knew right away what that meant, but it made her feel slightly better that Rick looked reluctant to do so.
"It's time to go." He told her and soon as he said this, he saw how Lilly reached for Estelle's hand. It hurt to watch this, but Rick needed to remain on task. He decided the best way to do this was to offer some sort of comfort. "She'll be safe. They'll be people watching over her. She won't be harmed." He said to Estelle. Almost immediately, he saw her release a sigh. She then slowly let go of her sister's hand, before pulling her into another hug.
"I'll see you soon, okay?" She whispered into her ear. And she felt Lilly release a small cry.
"I love you, Stella." Lilly said as tears ran down her cheeks. She hiccuped.
"I love you too, Lilly bug."Estelle replied back. She too was beginning to cry now. She composed herself and slowly pulled away from the hug. She then wiped the tears she had going down her cheeks. She gave her little sister a kiss on the forehead, before she walked towards the door where Rick was at. She could tell he was being respectful and was looking elsewhere, while they said their goodbyes.
Right before finally leaving the room, Estelle gave her sister one last glance. Lilly raised her hand, and gave her a goodbye wave. Estelle, with a sad smile, did the same thing. She then walked out, with Rick right behind her.
The walk back to the car was silent. It wasn't until they were driving again, that Rick spoke up.
"Your sister will be fine." He said again, trying to lessen her pain.
Estelle didn't say anything to him. All she did was nod her head, before numbly looking out the car window, silently watching the buildings they passed by.
Estelle had managed to take full control of her emotions. Although much to her misfortune, she and Rick ended up seeing Waller again. But she wasn't the only person Estelle ended up seeing. Once meeting with Waller, there was another woman with her.
A young woman. She looked like she was in her mid-twenties. A few years older than Estelle, that was for sure. She had a small timid image going on for her. She kind of reminded Estelle of a librarian because of her glasses. Although due to her outer appearance, she looked extremely tired.
Estelle learned that the tired woman's name was June Moone. She introduced herself to her once she saw her with Rick. Which was another thing Estelle noticed. The looks that Rick and June gave each other. If they weren't together, they sure needed to be.
Anyways, June was as nice as she looked. She was also shy and modest. Except other than introducing herself, she didn't really say much to her. The most Estelle got out of her was that she was an archaeologist. Which really fascinated Estelle. But as soon as June had told her this, Waller ordered the studious girl and Rick to go head into the plane they were about to board. Because apparently, where they needed to go wasn't anywhere near close to them.
As it turned out they needed to head to Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Their destination was a prison called Belle Reve. The thought of going to a prison gave Estelle wishy washy feelings. Although, inwardly interested, the reason why they were going ruined whatever curiosity she had.
She also didn't like the fact that she was going to be further away from Lilly. As if being separated from her wasn't enough. Now she was going to be hundreds of miles away from her? That was too much. But at the sudden reluctance that she showed, Waller came barreling down on her. Saying that if she didn't obey that Lilly would not end up getting her surgery.
So with a glare at the older woman, Estelle followed orders and got onto the U.S. Air Force plane they were going to take flight in. She really had no say anyways, Lilly was now under her care. Which meant if she disobeyed Waller could order people to do something to Lilly. And even if Rick said Lilly was in no harm, Estelle knew not to risk it. She knew Waller was unpredictable.
Thankfully she didn't have to sit next to Waller on the plane. The older woman ended up sitting towards the front. While Rick, June, and her sat towards the middle. Waller was apparently focused with whatever folders she was reading. That took much of her time during the ride, and sleep did the rest.
The same went for June, who instantly knocked out as soon as the plane took off. Meaning Estelle hardly got to talk to her. Not that she blamed her though, the young woman looked worn out. She wondered why though? She also wondered why she was here with them. Was she a special analyst of some sort, sent from her department to help them out? Or was Waller manipulating her as well. She had wanted to ask Rick about this, but something was telling her not to ask. That it wasn't her business to pry. Besides, she had a feeling Rick wouldn't take well with her asking for information about June. It was obvious he cared for her. So instead Estelle asked him what she needed to know about.
The criminals they were going to be working with.
And much to her delight, he ended up telling her who exactly they were going to be around with.
For starters, she wasn't the only backup. As it turned out there was another backup as well, and that her name was Tatsu Yamashiro. Except Rick informed her that she liked to be addressed as Katana instead. Estelle liked that name.
Katana was going to meet up with them later, though. Which was rather anticipated Estelle, since she wanted to meet her already. Next Rick told her what she had been wanting to hear about the most. The criminals.
First up was Floyd Lawton, who went by Deadshot. A trained assassin. Next was Geogre "Digger" Harkness, who liked to be called Captain Boomerang. Now for some reason, his name seemed awfully familiar to her, but she couldn't quite tell from where. She knows she heard it before though.
After him was El Diablo. Whose real name was Chato Santana. When Rick told her about him, she was severely taken aback. Turns out Chato Santana was also a metahuman like her. Except he had the ability to create fire. This made her feel nervous because him being locked up meant he must have done something bad.
Moving on, Rick then told her about Waylon Jones. Aka Killer Croc. Another metahuman, of some sorts. Now when the colonel told her about how this inmate had a rare genetic condition that gave him a crocodilian appearance, it was almost hard to believe, but Rick assured her it was the truth. Hence the name Killer Croc. Except, she'd have to see him in person in order to believe that.
But it was the last inmate that he told her about, that caused the most reaction out of her. Because locked up in Belle Reve, was the one and only Harley Quinn.
That made Estelle's eyes go wide.
She would be a fool to not know who Harley Quinn was. It was like if someone said they didn't know who Batman was. Anyone living in Gotham City automatically knew who Batman was! Just like they would know who Harley Quinn was. For crying out loud, she was the Joker's girlfriend. His partner in crime.
Estelle didn't personally know the Joker or Harley Quinn. She only heard about them on the news, and that was because of the extra precaution she took to prevent her from ever crossing paths with them. One of those precautions was staying far away from the Narrows or anywhere near that club the Joker owned.
What was it called? The Bare and Grin? Who knows.
The point was she'd never even caught sight of Harley or the Joker before. And she wanted to stay that way. But that was long gone now. Because now here she was, on her way to not only meet Harley Quinn, but the other criminals as well. Which was just great.
She inwardly half joked that at least the Joker wasn't there. But that didn't really make her feel any better.
When they arrived at Belle Reve Prison, it was certainly not what she was expecting it to be. But then again, she really didn't know what to expect.
Estelle had never been to or even visited a prison before in her life. She had no need to. Not even in her younger years, when her dad was still shaping his act together. (Thank God for that.) But she had seen enough movies and seen TV shows to know about prison.
Of course that didn't even compare to the real thing. Besides, this wasn't just any ordinary prison. Belle Reve Prison was home for the most dangerous, out of controlled inmates. Some of which were even metahumans. Like her. Except based on their actions and decisions in life, they were deemed a danger to society. So they were locked up in here...where they wouldn't be able to cause any harm to others. Only now a very select few of those inmates were about to be let loose for this Task Force X idea that Waller had been planning. And as Rick had told her before, they were here at Belle Reve Prison to evaluate the inmates in person, to see if they fit well enough for this dream team.
Now this was something Estelle was not really looking forward to doing. Ever learning about the inmates, it just made her feel a sense of anguish and nervousness. For many reasons.
The main reason was because they were criminals. Dangerous criminals. Her father taught her well enough from a young age, to never approach those kinds of people. He also taught her how to take care of herself, in case she ever had the misfortune of running into one of them. So at least that made her feel some relief. Still she'd much rather not be near them, but she had to. This was for Lilly after all.
Making her way out of the plane, Estelle came to stand next to Rick. It was raining hard, so she had an umbrella given to her by him to help keep her dry. June was standing next to him on the other side with an umbrella also in hand, while Waller was a little more ahead of them. When they finally caught up to her, Estelle saw a male guard leaning against a vehicle. He had a big smile but Estelle saw passed it.
"Welcome to Belle Reve's special security barracks!" A male guard announced, in a rather chipper tone. Once spotting him, Estelle right away got bad vibes from him. "How you doing?" He asked them with a plastered smile on his face.
"Why don't you kiss her ass. She's in charge." Rick said quickly dismissing his welcome. Estelle could already tell the Colonel wasn't buying this guy's easy going act either. The guard was just too zealous. She'd never liked those types of people. The ones who would fake kindness. The ones who were actually jerks. She liked to call them scumbags. And she's met a lot of people in her life that were like that. So, it was easy for her to spot them out. And this man was one of them.
The guard held his tight smile as he turned to look at Waller. "Welcome, Mam' how are you?" He asked, continuing his fake welcome. "I'm here to assist you in any way."
Regarding his fake manners, Waller gave him a blase look. Her voice took a more serious tone, as she asked the one thing that mattered to her at the moment. "Where are they?"
The guard that she had automatically disliked introduced himself as Griggs. And just as she suspected, Griggs ended up being a scumbag. A grade A jerk, sexist, chauvinistic pig. He didn't even have to directly talk to her, in order for her to know this. His sleazy smile and the way he looked at her was enough proof. She encountered males like him before in the past.
Every time they tried something on her, she showed them who's boss. Unfortunately, she couldn't retaliate because Griggs hadn't physically done anything to her. Other than stare at her suggestively. As much as she wanted to kick him where it would hurt him the most, she had to keep telling herself not to act out. But as they kept walking further into Belle Reve his staring and shady smiles were annoying the hell out of her.
Luckily for her, Rick noticed the way Griggs was looking at her, and the colonel immediately gave him a glare. The glare was a silent 'back off'. It worked because Griggs immediately looked away from her. The twenty-one year old made sure to give Rick a thank you smile as they continued walking. She really did appreciate that.
Several minutes passed when Waller told Griggs they needed a moment to stop. The older woman then turned to look at her companions. June was standing on Rick's right side, while Estelle was on his left side. Waller's mind processed what she wanted to do, right before she gave out an order. She then looked at Rick Flag before finally speaking.
"Flag, escort Miss Moone inside. After that go evaluate Killer Croc." Waller told the colonel in a firm voice. "Meanwhile, Estelle will come with me to evaluate Harley Quinn." She announced placing an order. This of course made Estelle feel annoyed and a bit skittish. Annoyance because Waller was ordering her around like nothing, and she felt skittish because she was about to meet the Queen of Gotham herself.
Rick Flag knew that they were there to evaluate the inmates. Hell, it was the sole reason why they came, but he still didn't feel comfortable enough to leave Estelle with Waller. Especially since she was soon going to be in the same room as Harley Quinn. Yes, the unhinged blonde was heavily guarded, but that didn't lessen his distress for Estelle. He immediately went to protest against this. "I don't think―"
"I didn't ask for your opinion, Flag." Waller interrupted him in a curt tone. Letting him know,she wasn't playing around. She stared at him hard. "Now go escort Miss Moone inside, and then proceed with your order."
Rick had to hold his tongue, knowing that if he furthered into this, it'll just come back to bite him. He had to think about June's safety. He looked back at the woman he loved, and then sighed. He turned back to gaze at Waller and simply gave her a nod. Right before leaving though, he looked at Estelle. The young adult didn't look mad, but instead she looked rather surprised. After staring at him for a few seconds, she gave him, what he must have guessed, was a reassuring smile. Seeing her smile was something he needed to get used to. Sure, she had smiled at him when he had scared Griggs off, but he still needed to warm up to the idea that she was now on good terms with him.
Somehow this reassured closed mouth smile of hers made him feel a bit better with leaving her alone. So with that, he slowly walked off, escorting June somewhere safer inside.
Right after they left, Waller turned back to look at Griggs, and with a stony-faced expression asked him to lead them to where Harley Quinn was being contained. Estelle felt her heartbeat escalate, as soon as she remembered that she was soon going to be in the same room as Harley Quinn. It was so troubling that it distracted her annoyance, from the fact that she was with Waller and Griggs now.
The sound of Griggs voice soon drew her out of her thoughts.
"Right this way." Griggs said, and as much as she didn't want to, Estelle followed right behind them.
They were soon going through a dark dimmed hallway. It was quite spooky, if Estelle was being honest. They came to a stop once they came face to face with a solid metal door. She heard Griggs yell out, "Door!" and then heard a loud buzzing sound.
The door then opened, allowing them to enter. Waller walked in first with a determined saunter, while Estelle was more reluctant to enter. Griggs giving her an improper smile made her walk inside, wanting to be away from him as far as possible. To her luck, he stayed near the entrance, while she slowly walked further inside. Right away she noticed that the room they entered held a cell right in the middle. They were high up, in a railing, but she could tell that the cell looked more like a cage. Her blue eyes caught the figure of someone. They had been sitting on the floor, but as soon as they were closer the said figure stood up and turned around to see them.
Estelle had to mentally keep telling herself that this was no dream. That the figure she was staring at was Harley Quinn. Even from where she was standing she could tell this was really her. Her platinum blonde hair was clear evidence for this. She quickly took another intake of her cell and noticed she had no bed. Estelle furrowed her eyebrows. She found this rather odd...where did the blonde sleep? On the floor? The thought of that bothered Estelle...while thinking this she saw how Harley came closer towards them, until she had to stop on account of her cage being in the way. She gripped the bars, and slowly looked towards Waller.
Harley tilted her head as she looked at the older woman. "Are you the devil?" She asked in a voice that held complete curiosity.
Waller just held her guard and looked down at her. "Maybe." Was her stern response to the Queen of Gotham. Estelle nearly wanted to scoff at her response, because of how well it went with her. But she managed to remain quiet.
Suddenly, Harley's attention soon swiveled towards her. The young adult kept her exterior composure calm, as she noticed how she was being heavily scrutinized by the Queen of Gotham herself.
Harley took her time taking in her form. Just like the older woman, she had no idea who this girl was. She was really pretty, and she liked pretty things. Having her standing next to the mean looking lady really made the girl seem more appealing.
Harley tilted her head before an impish smile finally appeared on her face. "Oh, does that mean you're an angel?" She decided to ask, her clear blue eyes practically twinkling with interest. "Cause you sure do look like one." She stated to her, almost as if she were describing a dream of some sorts. This time her facial expression was one that could be described as jocular as she stared exuberantly at the dark haired girl.
Whatever composure Estelle had faltered a bit when she heard that. She furrowed her eyebrows and her expression held bemusement. That seemed to appease Harley because the blonde let out a childish giggle. "Well, aren't you a cutie patootie when you're all flustered and confused."
Flustered?
Estelle was mildly offended by her comment. But still...she wasn't flustered. Confused, yes, but flustered? Psh...she hardly got flustered. The one way she exhibited enkindle behavior was when she was around someone she had strong feelings for or found attractive. Even more if said person she liked said something alluring to her. Sadly that was something that hardly happened to her nowadays.
Sure she still found people attractive. Both male and female. Except there wasn't enough attraction at the moment to cause a heavy reaction out of her. To her, gender was irrelevant. Race as well. It was the person they were inside that mattered. So finding someone that she was able to grow close to and connect with was rather hard. Especially now that she was raising Lilly and had metahuman abilities.
Although if Estelle were being honest with herself, even back when she was "normal" there was only one person Estelle had gotten incredibly close to...emotionally and physically...and that was with her ex-girlfriend/roommate back from college...Jasmine. God, did she miss her. Estelle inwardly shook away those old memories of her and Jasmine. This was not the time and place to take a trip back to her dating days. She needed to stay focused. She let out a huff and narrowed her eyes at the caged blonde.
Meanwhile Harley, who had been keeping an eye on the dark haired beauty, let out a waggish laugh. "Don't like me calling you cutie patootie?" She gave her fake pout. "Okay, well then how about Boo? Buttercup? Muffin?" A look of delight showed through her face once she said that last one. "Muffin."She repeated with a smile. "I rather like that one!" She exclaimed happily more to herself than to her.
When Harley finally noticed the perplexed expression the dark haired girl had on, and all she did was keep her smile. Seemingly enjoying her reaction. When she remained the same, Harley decided to continue her puerile like behavior. "Or you can just tell me your name..." She drawled with fake resolve.
Estelle knew she was just riling her up but figured telling her real name wouldn't necessarily cause her more annoyance. She looked at Waller who had been eerily standing to the side. The older woman had been watching the interaction between her and Harley with narrowed eyes and dour interest. That made Estelle wonder what was going through the woman's head. Clearly she found whatever was happening between her and Harley to be heedful. Which only worried and distressed Estelle even more because with Waller one never knew what she would be able to do once she had an idea in her head.
After not getting any kind of signal from Waller from stopping her to reveal her name, Estelle looked back towards Harley. She noticed how the blonde was gripping the bars from the cage, and she was shifting her feet in what she guessed was excitement. Her clear blue eyes were wide in awe and a smile stayed plastered on her face, as she waited for her to finally talk and say her name.
Estelle pursed her lips, before finding her voice.
"Estelle...my name's Estelle."
As soon as she said this, the young adult saw how Harley's face brightened up with even more elation. As if that was possible, but it did...and strangely that didn't really annoy her.
Harley beamed up when she finally heard her speak. The girl's voice, or should she say Estelle's voice, wasn't at all what she was expecting it to be. From first looking at her, the blonde would have expected a soft, sweet-sounding voice to come out of her mouth. Estelle did have such a pure image going on for her. With her dark brown hair and young face. So one would think she would sound as sweet as she appeared to be.
But no, what came out was entirely different. Different in a good way though, because Harley liked the way her voice sounded. For a chick, Estelle had a deep voice. Not mannish, but it took more of a smooth husky tone to it. Enough that her voice had a sort of unique enticement to it.
Harley immediately found the quirk to be thrilling. The one thing that really did it for the Queen of Gotham was the color of Estelle's eyes. Even from how high she was, Harley could still see how they were a pure blue color. Dare she say that they were almost the exact shade of her Puddin's eyes.
Harley let out a low sigh and lowered her gaze a bit, at the thought of her precious Puddin'. Oh, how she missed him...it had been a long time since she laid eyes on him. She'd been locked up here in Belle Reve Prison way too long for her liking now. She hated it. She'd been separated from her Puddin' and to top it all off, she'd been bored out of her mind with no one to play with.
Well, there were those five guards she attacked, but that barely passed anytime. Not to mention they were boring as hell. Plus, because they couldn't handle her horse play, they took away her bed.
She wasn't going to let them get the better of her. So she'd just ruffle them up even more with another one of her smiles. Hahaha. She'd always get the last laugh. Although, now that she was on this topic, what she really needed was something to keep her entertained...or better yet, someone. Thinking this made a light bulb go off in her head. A mischievous smile worked its way onto her face and she looked back up at Estelle.
Why not her? She was definitely pretty enough. Not to mention she was a new face around here. Although, so was the other lady, but she seemed more of a stick in the mud. Plus she didn't capture her absolute attention like Estelle did. Except Harley wanted to call her by a different name. Estelle seemed so formal. She needed a nickname.
Harley bit her bottom lip in concentration. "Hmm, Estelle...that's too serious. How about Elle? Tess? No, wait I got it, Stella!" She announced happily and jumped in place. "I like that one, almost as Muffin. It's pretty."
Hearing Harley call her Stella almost made Estelle vehemently protest against it. Like she had told Rick earlier, the only people allowed to call her Stella were the people she cared for or was close to.
Harley Quinn was neither of those two things.
However, Estelle knew that as much as she wanted to angrily protest, she couldn't. Not at the moment anyways. Not in front of Waller. She needed to remain calm, and show that she wasn't easily annoyed. No matter how much she wanted to lash out at the blonde for calling her that name.
As if sensing her irritation, Harley giggled. "So what do you say, Stella? Wanna be best friends?" She asked, antagonizing her with a wink.
No matter how much Estelle was galled by being called Stella, the question Harley had asked caught her attention more. She was completely flummoxed by this. Was she for real? Did she really just ask her to be friends? And not just friends, but best friends?
The hell?
Harley saw how Estelle was taking everything in. As if trying to determine if this was actually happening. This of course only made the blonde laugh merrily.
"Come on! We'll be Gal Pals!" Harley offered like an excited child ready to open presents. Estelle could see how she was tightening her grip on the bars. She wondered if this was from excitement or impatience...probably both.
Just as Estelle was about to respond back to that ridiculous question of hers, Waller finally spoke up. "That's enough." She said, her tone of voice was more tepid than angry. Which again just made Estelle wonder, what was going through the woman's head? She still didn't appear to be livid with how Harley was talking to her. Instead it seemed as if there was a hint of gusto in her dark eyes. As soon as Estelle began to ponder why that was, Waller threw Griggs a glance.
"Escort Estelle to where Rick Flag is at. I'll take it from here."
Waller then without even looking at Estelle, turned towards Harley again. As soon as she ordered this, Estelle heard Harley let out a whine.
"Aw, that's not fair! I don't want her to leave."
Estelle didn't get a chance to gaze at Harley or even respond, because she was soon being guided towards the solid metal door by Griggs. Of course, she kept her distance from him and when he tried coming closer to her, she just glared at him. Before finally exiting, she heard Harley yell out, "Hands off my bestie, Griggs!," and then the doors closed behind them.
Once in the dark dimmed hallway again, she stepped further away from Griggs. As they walked towards where Rick was, Estelle replayed everything that just happened. She touched the butterfly necklace that was around her neck right before a dire question popped up.
What the hell had she gotten herself into?
