"What are you in here for anyways Carl?" Danielle ask sitting with her back to the wall, she imagine him doing the same.
"Meh, I robbed someone and the prison was full" He scoff.
"That sucks"
"Yeah, you?"
"I killed my mom's boyfriend and his friend" She shrug like it was no big deal.
"He an asshole?"
"Yeah, big one" Danielle reply rolling her eyes.
"Well, now he's dead so he can't bother you no more" Carl speak up after a moment of silence.
"Cheers" She exclaim laughing.
A door slams and hurried footsteps can be heard shuffling along the floor. Danielle walk over to the bars curious about who was coming to visit. A short, skinny middle-aged man stopped in front of her cell. She could see tiny droplets of sweat making their way down his forehead and the man shuffle a hand through his hair before meeting her eyes.
"Hello, ms Edkvist. My name is-is Bob and I am going to be your psychiatrist during your stay here" He was clearly very nervous as his voice came out shaky.
"Hello Bob" Danielle reply curtly. She didn't want anyone going through her head.
"We will have sessions once a week on Thursdays." Bob tell the girl, the small amount of courage he had disappeared and he ran out of the ward.
"Goodbye Bob" She mutter watching his retreating back. "Hey guardie?" She call out to one of the guards.
"Yeah" The brown haired man reply.
"What's your name"
"John Kerem" John tell the strange girl.
"That's such a boring name" Danielle tell him amused.
"I'm sorry to hear that, miss" John answer.
"What about Johnny Frost? Yeah that'll be a good name for you" She declare looking at the man.
"That's a good name, miss" Frost answer.
"I like you Frost" Danielle declare. "I'll bring you with me when I leave this place" Frost doesn't answer but she can see a slight smile on his face.
"Alright, nighty boys" Danielle yawn out to the other patients and Frost before going to her bed.
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"Can you even see what you're fighting for?" Danielle sing out while looking at her nails. She needed to fix them soon.
"Blood lust and a holy war" This ward was so quiet, guess they threw her in one with the "sane" patients.
"Listen up, hear the patriot shout: times are changin" Another voice joins her.
"In the end the choice was clear" Carl joins in.
"Take a shot in the face of fear" Danielle sing smiling.
"Fist up in the firing line" The other guy sing and she can hear the other patients stomping their feet to the beat.
" Times are changing" Carl sing in a really high voice.
"Making love with the devil hurts" The other man sing and all the noise tone down and the ward goes quiet again.
"We should start a choir" Danielle laugh. "That sounded great, right Frostie"
"Sure did, miss" Frost reply immediately.
"isn't it time to go to the yard soon?" She impatiently ask, she hated being bored.
"Yes, now actually" Frost tell her walking towards her cell. He nods at the other guard who nods and leave the room.
Frostie unlock her cell and wave a pair of handcuffs and she obediently stick her hands out. The man cuff her before leading her out of the cell and out the door.
The yard that was available was a big enclosure with cemented floors and high fence surrounding it. There were some trees scattered around the enclosure, there was a gym part where all the buff men and some women hung around and around half of the enclosure was for sports such as soccer and basketball. Danielle didn't want to do any of those things so she settled for sitting down and watching the other patients play some sport.
"Hi" A male voice greet her and she turn around to greet the person.
"Hi, Carl?" She ask, she hadn't seen what Carl looked like yet but she knew the voice.
"Yes, we have been sent good weather" Someone's been watching The handmaid's tale.
"So it would seem"
"Can you do me a favor?" Carl suddenly ask turning his whole body to her.
"Sure, what's up?" She didn't trust this man all that much.
"I need you to deliver something a certain inmate, can you do that?" He ask and she could see him shaking. Whoever it was had scared him considerably.
"Mhm, who is it?"
"They call him Mister J" Weird name but okay.
"Okay, what's the something?" She ask, she could do him this favour and then he'd owe her.
"Here" Carl push a small package towards her, eyes looking around for guards.
Danielle take the package, gave him a nod and then she stuck the small package in her bra. The guards would never find it. She didn't know who this Mr J was but with some asking around she'd find him. Danielle decided to start with the muscle people on the gym part.
She walked up to one of them and tapped him on the shoulder. "Excuse me, do you know where I can find a Mr J"
" Mhm, sure do cutie" The man reply looking her up and down.
"Where is he?" To say she was uncomfortable would be a huge understatement.
"Over there, you'll know him when you see him" The muscle man pointed her towards a group of tables in a corner of the yard.
"Thank you" She threw a small thank you smile over her shoulder as she walked over to the tables. The closer she got the more nervous she got. The tables were all occupied by big guys and she could feel their eyes on her as she walked closer. Whoever Mr J was, he had to be someone important to have so many men surrounding him in an asylum.
"Excuse me" She tell one of the men as he blocked her way. She try to sidestep him but he follows her. "I have a package for a Mr J"
"A package? For little ol' me?" An eerie voice ask her. "let her pass" It growl out and like a loyal dog the man stepped aside. Behind him a tall figure sat at one of the tables. He had chalky white skin with several tattoos. He wasn't wearing a shirt so his well sculpted muscular chest was on display. Reluctantly dragging her eyes from his chest her eyes find his. She wouldn't know how to describe them even if someone threw a dictionary at her, they were a chilling blue colour with more than a glint of madness in them. His hair was a toxic green colour and the smile he had on his painted lips showed off the metal that covered some of his teeth.
"Are you Mr J?" Danielle ask the man in front of her.
"Are you Mr J?" He mocked her. "Of course I am, don't you recognise me?"
"Nope, never seen you before" Danielle shrug.
"Ohh, so brave" Mr J purr at her standing up. " I don't like liars. You know exactly who I am"
"Joker" Danielle declare with her chin held high.
"Now hand over the package to Daddy" He gesture with his hands towards her and stretch out one of his hands to her waiting for a package.
Smiling sarcastically at the man she stick one of her hands inside her bra and take out the small package and drop it in his hands. "There you go, Daddy" She mock him.
He looked at her amused, this little girl was something else. Danielle bow low before leaving the clown prince of crime.
"I want her"
