Well guys, this is where it starts. Unfortunately for me, I need to go to college this summer and I have no idea when I'll update next. Wish me luck. Just so you know guys, while Bella is an Evolved, she's still young and is not unstoppable. Oh, and Diablo is a little younger in this and his story before Belle Reav is a little different in this story.

I do not own any of these franchises.

Whispers in the Black Ch.5

Bella's POV:

Bella felt the cold floor against her face as she tried to remain conscious. Joker had assigned Bane as her warden. She had been hanging on a hook for nearly four hours, trying to endure Bane making slop of her insides. The worst part is that every time she healed, Bane elevated to a new form of punishment. Her vision was getting blurry and turning to white, red, and black. Right now, he was unwrapping chains from his fists when Bella taunted "You know, this is kind of pathetic."

Bane looked over to her and asked "What do you mean?"

Bella replied "You're supposed to be this muscle-bound beast who takes orders from no one, yet you follow the Joker's lead like a lap dog."

Bane said "The Joker has paid me enough. All I have to do is make sure the little bitch, you, doesn't escape and cause problems."

Bella smiled and said "Oh, now I get it. You're on janitorial duty."

Bane slapped her and said "I'll be right back. We're going to have fun with cleavers soon."

As soon as he walked out, Bella morphed her arm into Claws and broke the chains holding her up. She groaned and rubbed out the ache in her shoulder. Walking over to the door, Bella looked out and morphed into the man she had Consumed earlier. She felt something between her legs, groaned, and said "This is not going to be easy to get used to. How do guys walk with this thing?"

Walking out awkwardly, Bella looked into the cells, trying to find the others. A few cells down, she found Boomerang. Rolling her eyes, she said "Just my luck. The useless one."

Opening the door, she ran in and broke the chains. When he didn't stir, she backhanded him and he tackled her to the ground. The Australian was about to punch her when she morphed back. Eyes going wide, Boomerang got off of her and asked "Where are the others?"

They decided to split up and they started wandering the corridors of Arkham Asylum. After the hundredth door, yes she counted, Bella was about to give up... when she heard someone say "That asshole in D block nearly burned me. I hope J will put that asshole out."

Nearly blurring through the hallways, Bella found D block and started looking through the cells, almost ripping them off the hinges. When she opened cell 638, she found Diablo in a chair, slumped and bloody. Reaching out, she shook his shoulder only to be met with a hand around her throat and glowing, ember like eyes staring at her. She tried to get him to stop, but after several attempts, her vision was going dark. Thinking of only one thing, she thought "Oh screw this",pushed forward, and enveloped his lips with hers.

The whispers cheered "Yes! Finally!"

Closing her eyes, she let herself take in everything that was happening. He was warm, firm and demanding, but he also held a certain gentleness. Feeling the grip on her throat ease, she pulled away and saw Diablo's eyes had turned back to their normal shade with shock in them. Standing up, Bella cleared her throat and said "Now that that's out of the way, come on. We've got to find the others."

Diablo nodded, shook himself out of the trance, and climbed out of the chair when Bella cut the chains. They found Boomerang with Croc, Flag, and Deadshot near the security station. Boomerang smiled and said "3 to 1. I win."

Bella replied heatedly "If it wasn't for me, you'd still be chained up like a damsel in distress. So, if anything, it's 3 to 3 since I got Diablo, took Bane's beating, and I've been doing most of the work since we arrived in Gotham. Who got Croc out of the phone lines? I did. Who got us out of Cobblepot's firing squad alive? I did. Who kicked 3 villains asses? I did. Who escaped and enabled you to get others to do the same? I did. Stack all that up, I should at least get 7, but I'm in a sporting mood today and I'll let whoever saves Harley or kicks the Joker's ass get the final point. Kay Aussie Fries?"

Boomerang shut up and Croc snickered at the silent thief. Flag hacked into the cameras and found that Harley and the Joker were in the cafeteria. Deadshot told them "While they were dragging us to our cells, I saw where they put our gear. It's in the guard's armory."

Making their way to the armory, they heard the Joker say on the speakers "Hello inmates and psychopaths, including me. We are having a special event in the food room and you're all invited! Oh, and this just came across my desk, our prisoners have escaped. So if you assholes see Stan Smith, Mr. Never-Miss, Snake- Eyes, the Peanut Gallery, The Human Flamethrower, and a hot American cheerleader who may be Wolverines cousin, please report them to me and try to KILL THEM AND NOT STAND THERE WITH YOUR DICKS IN YOUR HANDS! On that note, have a very nice day!"

Bella said "I think they noticed we're gone guys."

A few minutes later, they were strapping on their gear. Diablo asked "What's the plan? Joker won't take chances, he'll use Harley as a hostage if he has to. Not to mention the hundreds of nutjobs between them and us."

Flag replied "We're going to need a distraction. Right now, Bella is our best bet. Diablo and Deadshot will draw them to different spots, while me, Croc, and Boomerang will set up charges at different spots. Diablo, start some fires. Deadshot, don't miss. Bella, it'll be up to you to take Joker out."

Bella nodded and watched as the group sprinted away in different directions. Minutes later, she heard Boomerang yelling "That completely backfired!"

Bella turned the corner to find Joker reclining on his throne with no sign of Harley. As she marched angrily to the sadistic clown, she asked angrily "Where's Harley?!"

Smiling his trademark maniacal grin, the Joker asked "What do you care? She's not your friend. She's my Queen and I decide when and where she goes."

Eyes flashing red for a split second, Bella said "You know, you remind me of an egotistical and narcissistic asshole I used to know and just for that, I've decided to beat you into submission."

Laughing, the Joker admitted "Tempting, but you see, my dance card is full. So I'll leave you in the capable hands of my friend. You see, he was a former member of a "secret" organization before he was placed in this funhouse for too "extreme" methods. He's been waiting for a chance to take you on and your date starts now. Have fun, kiddos! I have a city to destroy and a Queen to punish!"

As he clumsily sprinted off, falling one or two times, Bella watched as a door opened at the far side of the room. What came out shocked and disgusted her to her very core. It looked like a human, but it was almost impossible to tell because his face was so jumbled up and lacerated, it only left the face of a monster. As he walked over to her, his face shifted into a somewhat human face. He grinned at her stunned expression and said "It's been a while since I've taken on an Evolved. Soon, you'll be dead with the name Nemesis carved into your chest."

The room was silent as Nemesis closed his eyes and bathed in her awe... at least he thought he was until he heard her giggling. Opening his eyes in confusion, Nemesis saw Bella struggling not to burst out laughing. He asked "Why are you laughing?"

Bella replied "Could you pick a cheesier villain name?! "Lo and behold, I am the big bad copywriter with no imagination, Nemesis!"

Enraged, Nemesis shifted into his Wraith form ( basically a xenomorph who looks like it was an Infected) and charged her.

Bella wrapped her arms around him and shifted her arms into Hammerfists and tried to bash the creatures head in! Suddenly, a tail wrapped around her midsection and threw her off. She hit the ground and watched as he flew towards her and sent the deadly blade sailing towards her! Eyes going wide, she moved her head sharply and felt the impact as the tail dug into the floor!

Bella grabbed Nemesis' head and started slamming it into the tile beneath them. The tail somehow got unlodged from the floor and flew towards Bella... only to be sliced clean off when Bella met the blow with her bigger Blade! The creature roared in pain and anger before throwing Bella's weakened grip off of him and shifted his form.

As Bella got to her feet, she saw what looked like an Infected Cyclops! Nemesis sent a wall-demolishing fist her way which she blocked, but it sent her flying anyway! She felt a giant hand grip her leg and soon she was used like a rag doll and he slammed her into two walls before throwing her into the kitchen. Struggling to stay awake, Bella heard the giant say "Now you'll fall like the rest."

Groaning, Bella suddenly got an idea as she said "You talk too much." She sent her Whipfist at the creature and felt it imbed into Nemesis' shoulder. She pulled herself to him and gripped his head. Shifting her hand into a Claw, Bella pulled her hand back, opened it wide, and shoved the bladed hand right into its' eye! Nemesis roared in pain as she pulled with all of her strength and pulled out the bloody orb from Nemesis' socket!

Nemesis shook her off weakly as more and more of his strength faded. He shifted again and it looked like the offspring of a giant and a dragon! Bella watched as the it leapt towards her and smacked her down to the floor. Groaning, she sat up only to be picked up and thrown into the wall! Vision blurring, she looked up to see Nemesis blow a hole in the roof, grip her tightly, and together, they blurred into the sky. Bella heard him say "I have to admit, you put up a nice fight. Then again, most of your kind do, so let's skip to the next part."

He stopped flying all together, held her towards the ground, and let gravity take them. Bella saw the ground rushing towards them and tried to wrestle out of his hands. Turning her towards him, red and black wires spread from him and slowly started to rip into her! Screaming in pain, she unsheathed her claws and severed his arm just before they hit the ground at the same time.

Bella blinked through the pain with the voices roaring "Get up! Get up, you weakling! You will not fall to that madman's attack dog!"

Bella groaned as she felt her muscles ache from all of the pain before looking over to see Nemesis putting his arm back together. Bella immediately climbed to her feet and sprinted towards him! Nemesis looked up just as she tackled him into the wall behind him. Grabbing his neck, she morphed her hand into her Claw and sent a devastating punch, dislocating his jaw! Morphing it into her Hammerfist, she sent it flying into his gut, hearing the pleasing sound of bones breaking. She then morphed her arm into her Whipfist, wrapped the whip around Nemesis' neck and sent him flying into the opposite wall! With great anger, she immediately pulled him straight to her with her Blade ready.

Swinging her Blade, it met and sliced through Nemesis' body, soon black and red wires started ripping into the remains of his body. Bella welcomed the relief from the pain before she felt something. Unable to control herself, she morphed herself into the Nemesis' Wraith form and felt her strength increase as her muscle density grew.

Just then, the group came sprinting from around the corner towards Bella. She somehow got herself to shift back and jog over to them. Flag asked "Where's Harley and Joker?"

Bella replied "No idea. Joker set some kind of Evolved or Infected bounty hunter on me."

Deadshot interrupted "Well, right now, you got the Great Hall Of Famous Bad-Guys Of Gotham coming down on us. So you better go and get Joker so we can all leave."

Bella asked "What about you guys? Waller said we couldn't kill any of the major convicts."

Boomerang replied "Don't worry about us! Just go get Harley!"

Croc chimed in "Yeah, go get 'em, Hells Bells!"

Bella froze. That was one of Emmetts nicknames for her once. Hearing it now, she found it suited her more than it ever did.

Looking back to the group, she promised "I'll be back as soon as I can."

Then she took off into the direction she last saw Joker. Bella found herself in an arena-like area a few minutes later. Looking up, she found him. He was grinning ear to ear as he said "You know, that was fun. Watching you take that beast apart, piece by itty bitty piece. Now, I suppose it's my turn."

Bella replied "The only reason you're not looking like uncooked stuffing for a burrito is because I promised Harley I wouldn't kill you. Though, I can't promise I won't break a few pieces."

Laughing, the Joker descended by a hook and said "Oh, I like you already. Not like Bats, all he does is break some fingers or legs and put a stupid sunburn on you. Not you, you'll actually do your very worst. So come on baby. Beat me till there's nothing left, then do it some more!"

Bella stopped walking and asked "Why?"

Jokers' grin faltered and he said unhappily "I was hoping you'd just do it. Actually walk the walk of your kind, but nooo. Just like him, you have to ask questions."

He pressed a button and a black curtain fell to reveal... a bomb. On it was a countdown clock which was counting down from 2 minutes and Harley was strapped into a chair right beside it, gagged. Joker explained "You see, you turned my Harley against me. So I've decided to do some spring cleaning. Once that timer reaches zero, it's going to give Gotham a very early and very cataclysmic Fourth of July and while we've been talking about this, the timer has lost 30 seconds for you to disarm. So, you can choose! Either kill me and countless lives may be spared. Or let me go, try to disarm the bomb, and save the lives of this city. Your call."

Bella looked at him with an arched eyebrow and then shot out her Whipfist, slashing all of the controls and disarming the trigger of the bomb. Joker cringed as he said "Should've seen that coming."

Bella took a hold of his shirt collar and before she did anything, Bella looked to Harley. Receiving a nod from the gagged Queen, Bella broke so many bones that he would be in a body cast for a year. After she untied Harley, Bella sprinted to the "Polylepticon" as Harley called it to help them fight back the inmates.

When she got there, Bella and Harley found themselves surrounded by SWAT, FBI, and Marines. The soldiers raised their guns once they saw the two women, but Flag quickly came through the crowd and ordered "Stand down! These two are with me."

The Marines quickly lowered their weapons and Flag led them through the lines of injured and cuffed convicts to the others. Diablo saw them first and rushed over to Bella. She asked "Are you okay?"

Diablo replied "I thought I was going to be asking you that."

Flag interrupted by saying "Behold the voice of Fate" and holding a screen up towards them.

The screen flickered on to reveal Amanda Waller.

Bella admitted "I'm a little underwhelmed."

Ignoring the comment, Waller said "Good job, Task Force X, especially you, Ms. Swan."

Bella replied "I only did it so you'd let me get payback. I had no choice."

Waller said "Regardless, you did good. Let it never be said that I'm not a woman of my word. I will work on getting clearance for you. You'll be able to follow your leads within the next 72 hours."

With that, the Suicide Squad returned to Belle Reav.

Time Skip:

Bella rapidly hit the controller in her hands as she watched her character take on an army of deadly aliens. Leah had sent it to her as a way to pass the time. Leah had also told that Jacob was making a full recovery. Bella had told Leah that they would meet up later on. Since she didn't need sleep except for every once in a while, she's been playing non-stop. She'd mainly been playing the Mass Effect series. She'd completed the first 3 and was now working on Andromeda. Needless to say, she was completely in love with it and she couldn't believe how many people were hating it. She also occasionally played Titanfall 2, Mortal Kombat X, and recently the Walking Dead.

Suddenly, Bella heard a knock on her door. Pausing the game, she leaped over the to the door, opened the hatch, and found Diablo.

Opening the door, she asked "What's up?"

He walked in and said "I just wanted to ask you some questions."

Bella asked "This isn't about that kiss back in Arkham, is it?"

Diablo sighed before asking "Why exactly did you do that? I mean, I get that I was choking you, but you could done a number of things to stop me. Could've stabbed, slapped, even punched me. Instead, you kissed me."

Bella took a deep breath before saying "Honestly, I don't know. Instincts I guess. Look, I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable-"

Diablo interrupted "No, I didn't mind. It, honestly, was nice. Part of me actually feels bad for admitting that."

Bella asked "Why?"

Diablo replied "A couple years back, I had a wife and two kids. I was also the leader of a gang. The money I got helped me support them and I almost had enough that I'd be able to leave that business behind and disappear, but Grace had been suspicious for some time and she made it clear that she didn't want any of that in her life. One night, after dinner and the kids were in bed, she confronted me with the money I had stored away. She- she said that she would take the kids to her mother's and once I heard that, I just lost control. My rage killed her and my children that night. My little girl. My little boy. My wife. All gone, because of me. After that, I surrendered to the police and made a vow to never allow anyone to get close to me again."

Bella got up and embraced Diablo. She pulled away a few seconds later and said "I can't imagine what that must have been like for you."

Diablo took a deep breath to pull himself together before asking "If you don't mind me asking, why are you after Edward Cullen? I heard the story from Leah, but I would like to hear it from you."

Bella breathed in and out before saying "Okay. I'll tell you, but I don't want a pity party at the end of it, okay?"

At Diablo's nod, she began "When I was 17, not that age matters to me anymore, I went to live with my father, Charlie, after my mother Renee wanted to travel with her husband. Almost immediately after I arrived, I met the Cullens. Like a moth to a flame, I was drawn to them... and Edward. I started to notice things about them. Now, this will sound crazy- never mind. All of this is crazy. Their skin was ice cold, Edward had somehow managed to stop a van from careening into me after he had been at the other end of the parking lot a second before, and I never saw them in broad daylight."

Diablo said "I know this sounds corny and somewhat obvious, but it sounds like they were vampires."

Bella confirmed "They were and I , the stupid girl that I was, didn't care. They weren't even classic. They didn't have any of the cheesy stuff like burn in sunlight or fangs. They could pass for ordinary people. There were seven. Traditionally, vampires, as you know, drink human blood. The Cullen's, however, decided to seek an alternative lifestyle and started drinking animal blood. Edward, who I don't want to talk about. There was Carlisle, the father figure. He was the leader, but he let Edward dictate him. Then Esme, the mother figure and Carlisle's mate. She pretty much replaced Renee as my maternal parent. Then there's Alice. She was a shopaholic and a pretty good friend, though not my best. I think Leah always was in that spot. Then her mate, Jasper. From what I heard, he was turned in the Civil War. He was the latest addition to the group and had thirst trouble around humans. Then there's Emmett. He was like the big brother I never had. Used to call me all kinds of nicknames. Then, finally, there's Rosalie, Emmett's mate. Can't say I liked her, can't say I hated her. Can't say the same for her about hating me. One day, we were playing baseball and a group of nomads showed up. Two of them, Victoria and James, decided to hunt me. James tricked me into thinking that he had my mom. The Cullen's were able kill him, but they couldn't find Victoria. So life went on."

Diablo asked "What happened then?"

Bella continued "Things were normal until my birthday. The Cullens decided to throw a party for me. Me; being the clutz I was, managed to cut myself on the wrapping paper of a present. Jasper, being an empath, felt all of his family's bloodlust at one time with his own and lost control. Edward pushed me away, which made the situation worse because he pushed me into glass and caused a small cut to become a large one. After that, all of the Cullens but Edward disappeared. Then he told me he was leaving and he left some pretty deep emotional wounds. Then a year later, a vampire killed both of my parents and that led me here. They left me a letter on my father's body. To me, they're known only as R. "

Diablo put his hand on her shoulder and said "I'm sorry, Bella."

Bella took his hand and said "That's why I want to find him. I want to make Edward suffer after what he put me through."

Diablo replied "Well, I got your back. After what I just heard, I'm having trouble not breaking out right now and tracking that asshole down myself."

Suddenly, another knock on the door announced Flag's arrival. Bella looked over as he said "Come on guys. Bella, you just got approved. A plane is waiting for you when you're ready."

Bella asked "Is the rest of the team coming?"

Flag replied "If they want to and if you want them too."

Bella nodded before saying "You guys can go on without me. I need to do something. It'll only last a few minutes."

After they left, Bella shifted her arm into a thinner and shorter version of her Blade. She looked up into her mirror, gripped her long hair, and started cutting into it. (Just imagine it however you like)

30 minutes later, the team was sitting in a plane, hearing what Bella told Diablo earlier. Bella said "Now, I have a few leads and one of those leads is in Denali, Alaska."

K.C. argued "No cold! I hate cold!"

Boomerang replied "Deal with it you big baby. I want to help Cheerleader. That asshole ain't a man and he needs something whipped into him."

Deadshot chimed in "Got that right."

Bella continued "Remember, while these people will be faster than normal targets, they can still die. Just let me do the talking and keep your guard up."

Flag informed them "We got a match from the information you gave us, Bella. Vehicles are on the ground waiting for us. We'll take them to get to the house, if that wasn't obvious."

7 hours later, they were in the jeeps, navigating through the white of Denali. Harley asked "Don't ya think that these people are kind of narcissistic that they live in a town that's named after themselves?"

Bella snickered as they rounded the last turn to the house. As they finished the turn, Bella spotted 6 figures standing together in front of the house. Pulling to a stop, the Jeeps parked alongside each other a mere 5 feet away from the Denali's.

Bella climbed out and said happily "Hello, hello, hello!"

The black haired male stepped forward and said "Good morning. May I ask why you all are here?"

Bella replied "That's an excellent question. Now, I won't take that much of your time, but then again, as vampires, you have all of the time in the world."

Six pairs of eyes widened and the strawberry blonde asked "Who are you?"

Bella stepped closer "You may have heard of me from your cousins, the Cullens. They hurt me and I want to hurt them back. Oh right, I forgot to introduce me and my group. Soldier Boy is Colonel Rick Flag, Man with Too Many Guns is Floyd Lawton or Deadshot, Australian Homeless Guy is Captain Boomerang, Lizard Boy is Killer Croc or K.C. for friends or teammates, Doll Face is Harley Quinn, Tattooed Badass is El Diablo, and I am Bella Swan."

Okay, that was the first of Bella/Diablo moments. If you thought something was wrong, plz tell me. Until next time, this is Hacker-Attacker61119963 signing off. Reviews and feedback are appreciated. Goodbye!