"I'm bracing for the pain and I am letting go"
Lena
Waller stares at Lena intensely. "But you said them. Meaning Dr. Moone released 'supposedly' two entities."
"Right, the Enchantress and Morana." Lena explains to Waller, getting up from her seat and starts to pace back and forth. A habit she does when she is stress, anxious or both. "They are sisters. They used to be worshipped let Gods. But they were terrible…evil…and they got imprisoned…"
"What makes you think I would believe in this fairy tale?" Waller questions.
Lena blinks at her confused. Had this woman pretended to believe her?
"Ma'am I'm not lying."
"Just like you're not lying about knowing your boyfriend was a hitman." Waller said. "We can throw you in a cell right next to his for the murder of those officers."
"I didn't kill them!" She nearly shouts. Lena feels like her frustration was getting the best of her. She takes a breath. "I didn't know about Floyd's…" She thinks of a good word. "Secret life."
"Miss Roth," Waller addresses her. "Here's what I think. You and Dr. Moone simply killed your neighborhood because she was a bitch…then came up with this ludicrous possession defensive so you both can plead for insanity to avoid the death penalty."
Lena's vision gets blurry suddenly and she feels strangely feverish. Her brain felt like it was expanding and threaten to break free from her skull.
"I'm telling the truth." Lena grits.
"You're lying."
"I am not." There was a dark edge to her tone. She digs her fingertips into the edges of the steel table. Her anger and frustration seem to grow each by the second.
She could feel the dark presence coming from inside her. She's egging you on. Lena's eyes widen when she heard Morana's voice in the depths of her mind.
"I won't let you out…"
"Excuse me?"
Lena squeezes her eyes tight, her grip on the edge on the table became tighter. It starts to feel like cold putty in her hands.
Floyd's the one who lied to you. The voice grew louder. Floyd abandoned you. Just like everyone else who loved you…
"Shut up..."
She's going to cage you away.
Lena's eyes snap open, breathing hard. The name slips out of her mouth before she can even stop herself.
"Morana."
When Lena met Floyd Lawton, it was at a park in Gotham City last summer. She was taking pictures of the park for a magazine cover. June was on an archeological dig in South Africa for a couple of week.
It was hot and humid that day and Lena was in desperate need of water. She went over to an ice cream stand that sold water.
"You must be melting." A voice comment from behind her. She turns around to find an older yet attractive African American man standing behind her.
"Is that supposed to be a pick up line?"
"Um, no." The man answers. "You look like you are melting in the heat."
Lena bites on her lip to hold back a laugh. Of course she was sweating like a pig out in the heat.
"I got a smile. The name's Floyd."
"Lena."
"Lena. That's a beautiful name." Floyd compliments. "What does the name mean?"
Lena blushes, scratching the back of her head nervously. "Thanks. I think it means 'bright one.' My parents were big on the name meaning."
Floyd chuckles a bit. "Well I don't do the name meaning but I did name my daughter Zoe."
She looks at him a bit surprised. "You're married?"
Floyd shook his head. "Was. Was married. She's my ex-wife now."
"I'm sorry to hear."
"Not your fault. So things are just not meant to be, ya know?"
"Yeah…I know."
Amanda Waller
Amanda Waller wasn't the type to get scared or intimated easily. She didn't dare to show any signs of weakness towards anyone. She was expecting this girl to have telekinesis or enhanced strength or be like any meta-human she seen and encounter.
She was not expecting this.
"Morana."
When those words slip from her mouth, Lena Roth vanishes in a mist of black smoke in a heartbeat. In place of Lena was a whole new person.
Something ancient.
Morana.
The strange woman stares back at Amanda with glowing red eyes. Her body was wrap in dark gray silk robes that fitted a bit loose on her slim body. Her hair was cover like a hoodie but a few thick braid was showing. Her lips were black as the shadows. Amanda could see the witch was wearing some type of body amour under those robes.
The witch smiles at her.
"I knew you were lying." Her voice was dark and ancient. "Tell me…do I frighten you?"
Amanda was calm and collective, looking over the witch. "I don't get frighten. This is my job. Dealing with meta-humans like you."
Amanda looks over to the two guards who had their guns pointed at the witch. She laughs at the two men.
"Your machines can't protect you from my wrath." Morana says to them. With the flick of her wrist, the guns flew right out of their hands and onto the floor.
"Your sister is the Enchantress."
The witch looks at her amused. "Would you like to meet my sister? I'm sure she's…dying to meet you."
"Is that so?" Amanda says. "I don't take to kindly to threats."
Morana laughs. "Oh? What does a mere human have against my sister and I?"
"Your heart."
Her expression changes dramatically. Her eyes narrow at Waller. "You lie."
Amanda reaches down for her other suit case. With a quick swipe her thumbprint, the case opens. Inside was a mummified heart made from bear claws, grass and bits of gold. The heart emits a low green glow. On the right side of the case is a fail-safe bomb.
"We found that cave two weeks ago and found the heart you and your sister share." Waller informs her.
Morana gave an animalistic growl.
"Now I would like Ms. Roth back."
Morana wasn't paying attention. Her eyes were fixated on her heart. Waller grabs her ball-point pen and slowly sticks it in the heart.
Morana's skin starts to retract around her chest. She grasps her chest, trying to resist the pain but it was too much to bear.
"Morana." She whispers.
In an instant, Lena Roth returns, looking at Waller like she was afraid of her.
"Please…I can't do that again…please…get her out of me…" Lena pled.
"You don't need to worry." Amanda tells her. "I have the witches heart. As long as I have it, I can control them."