Scarlett POV
"What do you mean you used me to draw them out?" I ask, inside the sergeants office, as soon as I came in I was told to go to the sergeants office where I have just been told why I didn't find anyone outside the bar, because they had used me as a lure to get Diablo out so they could get into the bar and arrest the others inside right after I left. And to top it off they tell me that they knew all along that Diablo was going to be there the whole time.
"There is no way he would have left if one of us came into the bar, if anything that would have tipped them off more, so we had to send you in, plus we had files ready in case any incident happened with him" he says, relaxed in his chair as if he has done nothing wrong, like putting me to risk of death is nothing,
"But why didn't you tell me this before I went in there?" I ask, feeling like crap and like a used wrapper at the moment, as well as thoroughly….PISSED OFF!
"You wouldn't have been able to pull it off if we had told you, you would have blown the whole thing, you haven't been in the field so you wouldn't have known what to do?" he says, I freeze at this,
"The only reason why I haven't had enough experience is because you have denied every request I have ever made to go on the field" I say, he scoffs at this standing up now,
"You want to know why we never accepted your requests, because you don't belong on the field, you belong behind the desk with your computer and your toys, not on the field. And you would do well to forget ever applying for the field again, its not where you belong, now get tat sweet ass back in that chair before I ban you from ever handling a firearms" he says, stood in front of me, I swear if I had a gun there would be one less bullet right now. I walk out of the room, not wanting to see him or else I WILL punch him and get fired.
I walk to my desk and sit down, taking deep breaths in hopes to calm down, I can't believe they used me like this, that they think so little of me. All the work I have done, all the extra time I have put in, covering for practically every member of this office.
I look up at the screen, thinking about the people they arrested, I feel terrible about this, but how will they be? I log onto the security cameras in the cells downstairs and see…all of them, oh my god they got all of them. I look at the others and suddenly my eyes catch onto one individual, Johnny.
Shit he must feel like crap right now, I feel entirely terrible about this, I did this to them all, Diablo could have protected them from this.
I remember Johnny telling me about his wife and I manage to find her in the hospital, it takes me a little time but I manage to not only find her information as well as her doctors notes but even her diagnosis and medication, it even tells me how much the medication she takes costs, and I don't think I have ever seen so many zeros. How the hell can they possibly think that people can afford that kind of money, not even my pay-check could possibly afford that, least of all annually. Wait when was her payment last made?
Quickly I look into the payments lists and I cant help but gasp, she's only got enough for the rest of the month. I look at Johnny's account and see that he did have enough to pay for the next two months, but it was taken out by the sergeant's orders, crap no – no – no! This can't happen!
I spot the officers laughing at crossing the faces off from the wall of villains. I feel sick, I seriously feel like I am going to vomit, how could I have done this?
I look around to make sure no-one is looking, and start to search for where the money from Johnny's account went, and thankfully find it as well as all the other men and women's money.
Ok that's it, no more miss nice girl.
It takes me roughly twenty minutes to make a new bank account and it takes me an hour and a half to secretly transfer all the money from where the police transferred these guys money into it, I've done it in a way where the police wont even notice that the money is gone until they try to take it out which never actually happens as usually it transfers straight into the cities maintenance, so they'll just assume its gone there.
I also transfer the right amount from Johnny's pay into the hospital account, carefully calling them up to make sure its gone in so I'm not overheard.
I look around before logging off my computer, and taking my tablet with me I make my way towards the cell security,
"Rick I need to speak to one of the prisoners, a Johnny Max. Can you take him to room B, its to clear up some records" I say, he nods at this and I make my way to the interrogation room, no-one will see Johnny coming through besides Rick himself, and I know Rick wont say anything as he has a lot of hate for the officers, like me they always stick him on guard duty in the cells, there have been many a lunch breaks where we have talked about how much it grinds out gears of how mis-understood we are, I mean Rick is a big guy and not someone you would want to cross, so why they don't have him out there is a mystery to me.
It only takes five minutes before Johnny is brought into the room, I'm stood in the corner, checking to make sure my plan with the security cameras is working.
"Before anything else is said I need you to know that I am really sorry" I say, looking at him after I hear the chair scrape to signal he's sat down, I see him look up at me and looks at me with surprise,
"Wait, Scarlett? W-seriously you're a cop? Are you the one who got us arrested?" he asks, looking at me accusingly, I look down and and sit in the chair opposite him,
"Ok look, last night was the first time I have ever been on the field, and they got me to walk in there on my own without me knowing that the only reason they brought me is because they wanted me to lure Diablo out, I didn't know any of this, I was sent in to tranquilise him. For the first time I thought that I was actually being of some use to them, but all I was, was a means to an end. And all I know is that I want them to pay for that" I say, looking at him, he frowns at me for this,
"How do I know this isn't some trick, there's cameras in here they'll be seeing you talking to me and telling you what to do" he says, I show him my tablet of a screen of this room with two less people in it,
"I hacked into the system, as far as they know, well they don't know, they don't even know your out of your cell, heck the guy who is looking at the security camera of the cells doesn't even know that you've left" I say, he looks at me surprised when I say this, but I can understand him still being suspicious,
"Look when I was hanging out with you, that wasn't me pretending to be anything but what I was, a girl out of her depth and to be honest I was scared shitless, but when you helped me not get incinerated by Diablo and you introduced me to some of the others, I felt more comfortable with you guys more than I have ever felt in the seven years I have been here. I want to help you get out, all of you, and then I am leaving this place for good" I say, looking at him seriously,
"How do I know that this isn't some kind of a trick, that you just want us out to get to Diablo" he says, I look down to my tablet and clock a few times and then show him two screens, one of a street camera with Diablo walking down the road casually, and on the other his bank account,
"Wait, where the hell is my money," he says, looking at me more alarmed, but I raise my hand,
"Safe, I saw that the force had stripped you all of your money, but with a bit of digging and some more hacking, I've transferred it all into a safe account that they will never find. And I've sent the money needed over to the hospital for your wife's medication. She's safe by the way, I talked to the hospital" I say, he sighs with relief at this, I'm not surprise, I bet that's one of the things he's been thinking about all this time while being in here.
"As for Diablo, I could find him in a heartbeat, but I'm not turning him over to these guys, no way" I say, he nods at this, then leans back looking at me, and then a smile that makes me relax appears,
"So you want to turn over to the dark side?" he says, I smirk at this, nodding in agreement,
"Alright, I'll tell the boys, we need our weapons, we'll need the cameras down and we'll need transport to get us all out without drawing attention outside. And my boys will want their money back too. And we need your trust" he says, I nod at this,
"You've got it, and I can get the rest by the evening" I say, he nods at this,
"This was not what I was expecting, but it looks like an angel has come to save us" he says smiling, I blush slightly,
"I'm no angel, trust me. Now I'll get Rick to take you back, try not to catch too much attention to yourselves when you tell the others or else the cops will know something is up, I wont be able to keep that safe feed up forever unfortunately" I say, he nods at this, I go and knock on the door, allowing Rick to come and collect Johnny,
"I want in"
I look behind me to see Rick looking at me, I look at him surprised at this, as well as Johnny,
"Listen Butterfly, you know I hate those cops as much as you do, and I want to make sure you stay safe" he says, I smile and nod at this, then all of us go our separate ways.
Now I just need to book the transport and get into the weapons vault.