The guards dragged the small woman down the hallways before shoving her into the med room. Something had changed, Maia wasn't sure what, but something had. Roughly the guards strapped her down onto the examination chair. Her forehead, wrists, chest, hips, thighs and calves were tightly strapped down. Bruises blossomed where they cut into her skin.
The doctors loomed over her, wiping disinfectant on her lower stomach. The six needles were in a flower shape. The doctor who held them was a female, a beta. Her black curls were pulled back into a tight bun, that didn't want to hold them. The other doctor- also female, but an alpha- nodded to her. She injected the flower of needles and it hurt. It was like liquid fire spreading put through her veins, arteries and capillaries, infecting her tissues, glands and organs. The lava spread until it hit her heart and her brain simultaneously. With that, she passed out into the abyss of unconscious.
Maia woke up in her dank cell, she immediately sensed the difference, and, oh god, did it hurt. For the first time a sob left her lips. She pulled at the collar around her neck, wishing for a moment that she had her powers. She wondered if they all felt it too.
So she sobbed and she sobbed until her throat was raw and she had no more tears. She needed them. If this was to happen then she needed them. Even with all the suppressants they'd pumped her with, her hormones were going haywire. She needed them.
It wasn't until several weeks later, Harley was sipping coffee when the Joker blasted in.
Joker wanted to leave but neither of them could bring themselves to. It was like something was keeping them there, "What is this, Puddin'?" Harley whined, she didn't understand.
Joker growled, "A bond." Harley's face snapped up to his. They looked at each other for a minute, before Harley began to smile.
"Guess, we'd best be lookin', then." She sang. Joker nodded, with that the two began to roam.
They found Digger first. He was loud and obnoxious, but the alpha oddly smelt like pack, so Joker kept him within his eye sight. This was not the time nor the place for his hormones to take over.
Next it was Floyd. He, at least, had a brain cell (or that was Joker's opinion). He understood that a pack bond had somehow formed, but he didn't understand how- not without an omega. Joker kept an eye on him too.
Next was Croc. Harley had to sweet talk him out, but eventually he came. He just grunted and followed their slowly growing pack.
The next person was an unexpected find. It was witchy- well not so witchy anymore. Either way it was Flagg's beta.
"June?" Floyd asked, "What you doing locked up here?" June flinched at the noise, which sent a protective instinct through the rest of the pack.
"They- they blamed me for her. Arrested me. I- I- I think Rick's in a cell down the hall somewhere." She murmured quietly, studying her knew pack through the corners of her eyes.
"Flagg's locked up?" Harley demanded incredulously.
"When- when they arrested me, he tried to fight them." The woman chewed at her lip. Harley dragged the woman to her side, an arm around her shoulders. They'd decided that (at least for now) June was the most vulnerable member of their pack. She needed protecting.
As June said, Rick was just down the hall. The minute he was let out of his cage he had June in his arms. Joker at least appreciated the man's reaction to his mate (therefore J thought he might have a brain cell).
Next was Chato. They unplugged the tank, letting the human torch be free. His eyes scanned the group. His mind had come to a conclusion- there was only one of them missing.
Her cell was on the far side of the prison compound. They smelt her highly dulled sent before they could even see her. If she weren't pack, she'd simply smell like a beta. Next they heard her screams. As one the pack was sprinting to her cell. Croc literally ripped the door off. Her screams cut off as she looked up. In tears that hadn't stopped for weeks, she rose, only to immediately collapse into Digger's arms. The pack crowded her, letting her rest and gain the stability she needed.
Finally she was composed (although it didn't last long). Maia was furious. She was so angry she was literally shaking. Chato (the only one who had an omega before) was the only one smart enough to step back and let the chica do as she pleased.
Maia looked up at Croc and pulled at her collar, "Get this off of me." He quickly complied, and finally, finally, she was free.
"You're an Omega?" Digger questioned dumbly.
Maia glared at her pack as they blocked the way, "Move." She growled, her eyes flashing. Chato was the only one to do as she said. Maia was fuming, she had people to destroy and her imbeciles were in the way. She ignored their protests. Maia flicked her wrist, and everyone (apart from Chato) flow into the walls, far out of her way. With that she stalked out.
Chato glanced around the group, "You locos ain't had an omega before, so here's a tip. If she gets like that, you do whatever to please her, not the other way 'round. You get me?" The group groaned as they pulled themselves up. Hobbling along, they followed after their enraged mate.
Maia stalked down the passageways that she knew off by heart. She knew her pack was confused (and probably worried) but she was busy. She needed to know what they did.
A guard turned down the hallway. Maia raised her hand to suffocate him, but Joker had put a bullet in his head already. That reminded Maia, she needed to get her shit once she was done with the 'doctors'.
Maia flew hurricane level winds at the heavy metal door, making it fly open. Bother the doctors were their. The alpha reached for a gun, but Maia threw them both heavily into the opposite wall, she kept them there. Her pack entered the room behind her, eyes flicking between Maia and the pinned doctors.
"What did you do to me?" Maia growled furiously. Neither doctor spoke.
Maia took the air from their lungs. They slowly suffocated eyes bulging, turning an angry red, in contrast with their paling faces. As their eyes clouded over, reaching breaking point, Maia allowed them to breathe again.
"What did you do to me?" She demanded. Her eyes were hooded as she glared up at them.
The alpha scowled. She growled at Maia, "Fuck you."
Maia titled her head. She gave the alpha a demented smile. June buried her head in Flagg's chest- she was pretty sure she wouldn't want to see this.
"You know what?" Maia purred at the alpha, "I don't need both of you." Maia began to push air into the alphas lungs. The woman opened her mouth as if to scream, but Maia let no air out. The alphas lungs burned painfully and her head felt like it was about to explode. Tears streamed down her face. Slowly she turned red, then purple, her lips began to paint blue. Her eyes clouded over as the life began to drain out of them. Maia smirked. She dropped the alphas body into a heap on the floor.
The beta stared on, paralysed with fear.
"Now," Maia stalked towards the beta- predator stalking prey. "What did you do to me?" Maia purred. The beta whimpered and flinched as Maia ran a finger down her cheek. Maia smiled coldly at her.
"They- Th- They-" Maia rolled her eyes and harshly gripped the betas chin.
"Stop stuttering." She commanded coldly. Her eyes flashed with unadultered loathing.
The beta swallowed heavily. "They, Waller, she wanted to see want would happen if you were injected with your packs pheromones without being able to see them. She theorised that it might break the bond." Growls filled the tense atmosphere of the room. Joker's hand twitched on his gun. Chato's clenched fist was ablaze. The beta doctor's eyes were flickering around the tense and fuming forms of the imprisoned criminals.
Maia smiled sweetly at the beta. Her eyes were freezing cold with no sympathy, and blazing hot with bubbling over fury.
Maia stroked the beta's cheek up and down gently, "You want to know what it did? 'Cause clearly it ain't broke the bond." The beta whimpered and cringed as Maia sweetly spoke to her. "Well," Maia purred, "It put me in a constant state heat. With nothing from anyone in my pack, with no knowledge of their whereabouts or well being." The pack grew more and more angry as their omega spoke. For people murderously inclined anger tended not to be safe for the person it was aimed at.
Maia continued to smile sweetly at the whimpering doctor. In a purring voice she continued hauntingly, "It started as an ache in my chest." Maia trailed her finger just bellow the beta's neck. "Then it turned into a slow burning heat in my heart." Maia jabbed her finger harshly above the beta's heart. Through this she kept secret her voice light and pleasant, "Then a ringing started in my head." She flicked the doctor's forehead. "And it continued until into a sharp pain, until I though I was going insane. Well, more insane." Maia grinned wickedly at the doctor, "The slow burning grew and spread- maybe you heard the screams? No?" Maia cooked her head to the side. "Well it spread to my lungs. A burning anguish of suffocation." Maia looked the beta in the eye. Fear faced malice, and Maia had no sympathy whatsoever. "Want to try it?" Maia said in a sing-song voice.
The doctor shook her head frantically, terror shining in her dulled eyes. Maia hummed, slowly clenching her fist. The air slowly drew out of the doctors lungs, not allowing her to breathe back in. The doctors chest began to burn, her lungs becoming liquid fire. Lack of oxygen drew a dull ringing in her ears.
"You feel that?" Maia cooed. "This is mild compared to what I felt." Maia waited for the telltale blissful look, indicating the doctor only had minutes left to live. There. Maia moved to gently kiss the doctors cheek. It created a new sense of terror for the doctor, during moments that should have been bliss. Maia stares blank faced as the body fell. "And I didn't even have the luxury of death." She tutted at the body clicking her tongue.
Turning away from the two bodies, Maia finally faced her pack. "Well," She beamed at them, "That was fun." Harley, for all her anger, immediately started laughing.
Suddenly- as if a switch had been flicked- she faced Maia seriously, "You're on suppressants."
Maia wrinkle her nose in abhorrent disgust, "Not by my choice." She shrugged, "Makes my head all scewy." Harley accepted this, grin painted on her face as she pulled Maia into hug.
Once she deemed it enough, Harley stepped back and pulled Maia to face the Joker. The two murderers studied each other.
"Maia," Harley said in a chirpy manner, "This is Puddin'." She gestured. "Mistah J, this is Bumblebee." Maia snorted and rolled her eyes at the nickname.
"Nice ta, ah, meet ya, doll." Joker smirked at the omega.
She simply winked at him, "You too, hun."
Maia grew serious as she eyed her pack. Then one by one she began checking them for harm. She tutted at what she saw. Chato was again the only one who didn't sputter or protest.
Once she'd deemed them well enough to survive bursting out of the prison, she stepped back.
Chato joined her side. He took her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze, "You can bundle us up when we're out, loca." He whispered in her ear. She nodded, reassured. She released his hand after giving it a gentle squeeze. She stalked out the hall.
"Where are we goin' now?" Digger's loud Australian drawl complained.
Maia didn't look back or halt her walking as she called, "To get our shit." The pack followed.