Title: Barden State Penitentiary

Author: Jamiexh

Rating: R

Summary: New inmate, Chloe, joins a prison gang, the Bellas, for protection while serving her sentence. After befriending the most feared inmate, Beca, Chloe's life begins to change.

Chapter 12

…

"Hey," Chloe said when Beca returned to her cell. "You were gone a long time. Everything okay?"

"Yeah," Beca answered. "Just had a visit with Dad and Uncle John. Aubrey and I took a DNA test and she's pleading out so she won't get death."

"That's great," Stacie smiled.

"Any movement by the Society while I was gone," the short brunette asked. The Bellas feared that retaliation from the Society was imminent. They were all sticking together in case they attack.

"No. Barb and Alice are still in the middle of a power struggle. Both want to be the leader. In the meantime, we still need to figure out how to get them to not be a threat anymore so we can get Aubrey back here," Stacie pouted.

"Got a plan," Beca questioned.

"No," Chloe stated. "And Beca, even if we did, you and I cannot partake in it. I want to get paroled and you want to get pardoned."

"But, Chloe," the short girl started.

"No buts," the redhead scolded. "Aubrey sacrificed herself for you. Don't blow it. She wants you out and she wants you happy."

"Fine," Beca agreed. Stacie just sighed; feeling like it was going to be a long time before she saw her girlfriend again.

Meanwhile, even though the short brunette agreed to stay away from the Society mentally she couldn't. That entire day and night she thought about Aubrey and she tried to come up with a plan to get rid of the Society so she could get the blonde back in her cell.

…

The next day at lunch, Beca had kitchen duty with Fat Amy, Barb and another Society member.

"You bitch," Barb spat at Beca.

The short girl turned and faced the potential Society leader. "What's your problem?"

"You know what my problem is? Aubrey killed my leader. That was your fight. You really have gotten soft, Mitchell."

"I can show you soft." Just as Beca got ready to attack, Fat Amy grabbed her.

"Amy," Beca scolded.

"Chloe made me promise not to let you do anything stupid," the blonde Bella explained.

"So, it's that redheaded bitch that calling the shots now," Barb laughed. "Someone is whipped."

"I'd rather be whipped by Chloe, than be whipped day in and day out by strange men at the brothel," Beca taunted. "Stacie told me how much you loved it when they made you all submissive. That's why you'll never be the leader of the Society. You're just too weak."

"Fuck you," Barb growled as she charged towards Beca only to be stopped by one of the guards.

"That's it," the guard yelled. "You two," he pointed to the Society members, "work on the chili. And you two," he pointed to Fat Amy and Beca, "sandwich duty."

The four girls huffed, but got to work. As Beca and Amy gathered ingredients for the sandwiches, an idea popped into her head. One that she was sure would weaken the Society enough that Aubrey would be safe to return.

…

As part of kitchen duty, Fat Amy and Beca had to hand out the sandwiches they made and Barb and the other Society member had to scoop out the chili.

"Turkey," Alice spat at Beca when she got her sandwich. The short girl just shrugged.

"Here Alice," Barb said sweetly as she scooped out some chili. "I know that it's your favorite so I gave you a little more than everyone else."

The Society member rolled her eyes as she took the chili and headed to a table.

A few minutes later, the Bellas came by to collect their food.

"Hey babe," Beca smiled as Chloe came by.

"Hey," the redhead smiled back. "Got any PB and J?"

"I got ya, ginger," Fat Amy laughed as she handed over the sandwich.

"Move it along," Barb yelled at Chloe.

"I'll save you a seat," Chloe winked.

"You better," Beca said. However, Chloe didn't hear her as a commotion broke out at the Society's table.

"Guards," one of the inmates yelled. Alice was on the floor, her face turning blue.

They quickly rushed to the fallen Society member, but they were too late.

"She's dead," one of the guards said. But still, he picked up the body and headed towards the morgue. The other guards rushed the cafeteria before a scene broke out.

"Lockdown," the guards ordered. They rushed everyone except Fat Amy, Beca, Barb, and the other Society member to their cells.

One of the guards pulled the inmate that shouted for help aside and spoke to her, before she was sent to her cell. Immediately after, he headed over to the four inmates on kitchen duty. "Apparently, Braxton got sick after her first spoonful of chili. What did you put in it?"

"We followed the recipe," Barb argued, looking towards the two Bellas.

"Hey," Beca defended, "we had nothing to do with the chili. Ask Officer Michaels. He separated us earlier."

"Like, I said, we followed the recipe," Barb stated again.

"Well, all she ate was the soup according to the Myers over there. So, we'll see what happens after the autopsy."

…

They were all on lockdown until the autopsy was finished the next day. Alice died from anaphylaxis shock. She was severely allergic to peanuts and they found evidence of them in the chili. Barb and the other Society member were arrested for Alice's murder.

"I know that Barb and Alice were at odds with each other competing to be the leader, but killing her was extreme," Chloe said. "Though, if you cooked the chili, it would have been an ingenious plan. She could have blamed it on you."

"Barb isn't smart enough to pull something like that off," Stacie replied. "And she probably didn't even know that Alice was allergic to peanuts. She doesn't pay any attention anything that didn't involve her. She never did."

"Still, was clever though," Beca smirked. "Using peanut butter as a thickening agent in the chili. Especially knowing full well that Alice loved chili."

"Wait," Chloe asked, "how did you know what was in the chili?"

Beca just shrugged. Stacie broke out into a huge grin, while Chloe just looked disappointed.

"That's genius," the taller brunette whispered. "Barb and Alice are out of the way and the Society has no clear leader. Aubrey is safe to come back."

"What if you were caught," Chloe asked quietly.

Beca gently pressed her lips to the redhead's. "Then I would have accepted the consequences. I love you, but I love Aubrey too. I had to get her back. It was worth the risk and I could have downplayed this one. She's family, Chloe."

"I know."

"I love you," Beca promised.

"I know. And I love you, too," Chloe said as she pulled Beca into her arms.

Beca and Stacie smiled and continued talking about when Aubrey would return, but all the meanwhile Chloe couldn't shake the feeling that she had in her gut. The feeling that the woman she loved was really a cold-blooded killer.