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THE SOFT SOUNDS OF SEINFELD PLAYED IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE LOFT THAT LOURDES SHARED WITH HER FRIEND YASMINE. The lights were dimmed and the only figure a person could make out was the one of the dark haired girl who laid on the couch with a book in hand.
It had been six years since the Task Force X project, and all Lourdes had asked for was three things in return for the suicide mission she was being sent on.
First being all the books in the world, from manuscripts to all the unpublished versions of the Harry Potter series. Second being the obvious, money. She didn't want to work for the rest of her life because being in a cell for almost two years made her realize she much rather travel the world and be on her own without the stress of income. And lastly, she wanted the street she lived on back in Paris to be named after her late boyfriend, Vincent.
And so here she was, on a Wednesday night humming as she read another one of her gifted books in her apartment in Gotham. Lourdes couldn't bring herself to leave the dark city, she left too much here for her to leave. Paris was also no longer an option for her, it was too close to her heart.
The sudden noise of footsteps was enough to make the humming noise from her mouth come to a halt as she shifted her eyes to the door. Yasmine was still at work until seven and Lourdes was very observant of her neighbors schedules to know that it wasn't any of them.
The girl slowly closed her book and pulled her eyebrows together in suspicion. Lourdes quietly stood up before grabbing the bat that was hiding under the couch. She paused to listen again, but there was no noise from behind the door anymore. Perhaps, it was some drunk person or two people were planning on having a romantic night that led to the walk of the shame the following day.
Right before Lourdes was about to put her bat down and go back to her book, a loud knocking triggered her fight or flight and she held the bat even tighter and up to her face.
"Keen! It's Amanda Waller. Can you open the door?" Oh fuck. Lourdes straightened her posture and stared at the door with anger. If the girl had laser vision it would have killed Waller in an instant, and she almost wishes she did. Lourdes made it clear to Amanda Waller that she never wanted to see her face again after Task Force X. So why was she at her door at this hour?
"Like fuck I am. You better get the hell away from my door or this time I won't hesitate to kill you." Lourdes yelled with her face directly in front of the door. The last time she saw Amanda Waller was several years ago after she time and time again showed her true colors to through the faith of her fellow teammates and other innocent people. Waller might think of herself as a hero, a person with a job, a women with orders. She was no hero, she was just as much a villain as everyone else on the team. Sure, she wasn't on a wanted poster but she was definitely on Lourdes' hatred list.
