The unit exhaustion fans were cut off at midnight, but the air was still full with irritating fumes. Olivia stood at her door way fuming. This is Franks fault, if I had been here. She looked out the large window. It was still clouded but it wasn't raining.
It didn't matter much now; Kennedy and a handful of other fighters had be dragged out of the unit.
Olivia could see movement in Harley's cell she just couldn't see who it was. She couldn't just run and assault the woman and expect to make it out alive, with the woman's members present. Her eyes flared when she saw the target of her homicidal thoughts.
There weren't many people still awake. Frank and Edmond decided it was the best times to bring some of the woman back in, at least the one they couldn't prove did anything.
Kennedy was the third person brought back to the unit after being decontaminated. She had almost begged for the guards to take her to protective custody. Her pride wouldn't let her. She was still hoping she wouldn't be thrown out of the gang or worse, killed.
Kennedy paced the room like an armed guard. Inside she was crying like a child. The only family she had known was probably going to be the one to kill her. On the outside she stood straight up, her hands folded behind her back.
The young woman could feel three set of eyes on her. She confronted the one she knew wouldn't kill her. "What the fuck are you looking at?' Kennedy whipped the cover off of Doris.
"Hey!" Doris whispered angrily."Don't take your stupid actions out of me." She tugged on the sheet.
"Shut up." Kennedy let go of the cover. "You don't fucking know me. I'm the one…"
Doris sat up on the bunk pinned herself against the wall as a blur came in the room, bomb rushing her roommate.
Kennedy tried to scream for help but Olivia had her hand over her mouth.
Olivia pressed her forearm into the young girl chest making her whimper in pain. "You tell me right now why I shouldn't snap your neck right now." Olivia growled.
Doris jumped out of her bed. "Yea, tell us why?" Doris jumped at her roommate from behind Olivia.
The head of the Royal Family, had been watching the women file in one by one. She watched As Kennedy was led back to her room. The only major player that didn't return was Holmes, which was a relief.
Kennedy had done a nice job on the woman; she would have been more impressed if she had done it to Natalia.
Rachel woke up her second in command from the top bunk.
The woman was in her late 30s, with a shaved head to show off the crown she had tattooed on her head.
"What do you think we should do boss?" They both watch Kennedy pace the small cell.
Rachel shrugged her shoulders. "Well, she did disobey an order. But she took down an Angel." The leader was at a loss. She really did like Kennedy. The young woman had shown so much potential, she just wasn't a good foot soldier. She always asked questions, had to know why."I would hate to have to kill her but if I don't I run the risk of looking like I'm not in control."
"Don't worry boss, I'll do it." The woman was almost giddy about the proposition. I haven't killed anyone in almost 5 years.
"No. Let's see if she can float…whoa." Rachel stepped forward squinting to see the blur that ran across the unit into Kennedy's room. "Look out." Rachel quickly crept down the stairs making sure the guards weren't around.
A sliver of light hit Natalia's face rousing her from her dream. Natalia reached behind her for Olivia. "Livia, I'm cold." Natalia sat up when her hand hit the end of the bunk. "Olivia?" Natalia blinked trying to adjust to the darkness. She jumped out of bed and into her suit, whipping back the curtain. Natalia saw Rachel slide into the room, blocking her view of any other occupants.
"Go ahead, Spencer. I'm dead if you do it or not." Kennedy stopped struggling against the ever increasing pressure on her chest. "Go ahead."
"Holy…" Doris backed away from Olivia, tapping her shoulder."Olivia."
"What?" Olivia finally looked towards the door seeing Rachel stand there. She let go of Kennedy who steeped behind her.
Rachel almost laughed at the forwardness of the two residents of the room. Doris was using Kennedy as a shield who was using Olivia. "Please go ahead, I'm not even here." Rachel stepped further into the room as the three stepped back.
"Mom…"
Rachel held up her hand silencing Kennedy. The members only called her that when they were in trouble or she gave them permission. "Don't call me that. You lost the right…" Rachel took hold of the door frame to stop from falling on her face.
Natalia rushed through the door pushing Rachel out of her way. Leave them alone. Natalia backed up to where everyone else was piled. "Leave 'em alone."
"God what is it with you?" Rachel dusted her suit. "I just came to let Kennedy know where she stands." She looked over two shoulders at Kennedy. "You are being blacked out."
"No." Kennedy audibly gasped.
"Yes." Rachel smiled sinisterly at the young woman. "For…30 days. If you survive that long, I'll think about not having you killed."
"I'm sorry." Kennedy apologized, not missing the irony of apologizing for not killing someone who was kind of protecting her now.
It wasn't lost on Natalia either.
"Whop."The high pitcher signal bounced off the wall effectively cutting the tense.
It had came too late, Frank was already standing at the door way. "What's this?"
"We were having a…sleep meeting. It's a good thing you came I heard they could be just as dangerous as sleep driving." Doris slipped into her bed pulling the covers over her head.
"We were just leaving." Natalia said pulling Olivia out of the room.
Rachel was the only one left out of pace. She stood defiant of the guard. "What you lost or something?" Frank pointed to her room. "Go."
Rachel laughed at his bravado. "Whatever." She pushed pass Frank.
"Olivia I thought I told you to leave it alone." Natalia threw off her suit, fuming.
"I just wanted to talk to her. See why she would hurt you?" Olivia watch Frank walk back to the front of the unit.
"And?"
"We didn't get that far." Olivia leaned against the wall, still not ready for bed.
"Please can you not confront anyone? Maybe it was just that woman wanted payback. Maybe Kennedy came in to actually help me, she did stop her."
"Or someone set them up to it."
Natalia quelled her anger reaching for Olivia. "That is a good possibility. Right now I want to sleep and we can become detectives in the morning."
"Fine." Olivia took one more peek out of the curtain catching Harley staring down at her smiling. Yep has bitch has to go.
The next morning Natalia sat on the grass thankful they hadn't punished the whole unit for the almost riot. She was just glad she was alive to see the next day.
"I don't get how you can be so calm." Megan played with the blades of grass tossing them in the wind. "I mean, I wouldn't come out of my room if someone had tried to kill me yesterday."
"Because Megan I believe in something more powerful than this place and people locked in here." Natalia took a deep breath taking in the salty smell in the air.
"You think God saved you?"
"Yea right." Kennedy huffed over the two women. "I saved you."
"You're right." Natalia pulled Kennedy down on the grass beside her. She held the woman's hand between her own. "I think God talked to you, somehow got to your heart for you to help me. You're angel for it."
Kennedy pulled her hand away."No I'm a Queen, except I'm not even that anymore. I'm dead."
"That's not true you still have me. Even though you tried to kill me, I like you because deep down you remind me of my son. You just made some mistakes and there is still time to correct them." Natalia smiled at her former roommate. You're not as hard as you pretend to be.
"Yea, well I just wanted to apologize for that whole thing. You don't deserve to be killed, at least not that way." Kennedy mumbled not used to showing her softer side.
"I think you already corrected that mistake." Natalia patted Kennedy's knee. "So what is a blackout anyway?"
"Kind of open season on me. They won't help if I'm attack. It's more like an invitation to kill me." Kennedy laid back on the ground. She had cried herself to sleep this morning and only slept for an hour or so. It was times like these she wished she had blood family to call and say goodbye. At less than someone would miss her, instead of being another fallen soldier.
"Don't worry me and Olivia won't let anything happen to you."
"Somehow I don't think you talk for her." Kennedy signed. She could shake the feeling of death hunting her.
Olivia sat at the picnic table searching the crowd for anyone who even looked like they were talking about the events of yesterday. She knew Harley and Rachel were behind the attempt, she just didn't know why Rachel would work with Harley.
She watched Natalia talk to Meagan and Kennedy. Olivia had been keeping a watchful eye on her new love. If anyone even came close enough to touch Natalia, she was ready to pounce. The only reason Kennedy wasn't dead was Natalia. And Natalia's words were only going to have so much sway, until Olivia burst.
"Spencer."
Olivia turned to see Josh standing behind her. He sat down at the table leaning close to her.
"Where have you been, things have been going to hell." Olivia reprimanded the officer.
"I have some bad news." Josh looked around to make sure they were clear. "Cooper has turned. That's what the meeting was about."
"What?" Olivia said a little too loud in disbelief.
"He's slipped, working against us now. I know it's the reason we haven't been finding anything. We can't trust him or let him know we know." Josh covered his mouth with his hand. "But the offer still stands on Rivera. She tell you anything?"
Olivia shook her head. "No." What doesn't he understand about no? If he thinks I'm going to rat out Natalia he's crazy.
"Okay, keep pressing her see what you can get. You know there is a lot in this for us."
"Yea?" Olivia questioned.
"Yea, you get out and I have a chance to get promoted and get out of this mess." Josh patted her shoulder getting up from the bench. "When it's all said and done…" He walked away leaving the ending of the sentence hanging in space.
Shit I should have know. Cooper and Winslow put them up to it. Olivia clenched her fist until her fingers hurt. He was always jealous of us, even of Josh. It's just like him to sabotage an investigation because he's not lead. Olivia sat fuming and getting madder by the minute.