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Deadshot

Beginnings: Part 2

"Mr. (Your Last Name), with the jury's guilty verdict on counts of theft and assault on a police officer, i herby sentence you to ten years imprisonment, and due to your volatile nature, you will be transferred to Belle Reve penitentiary in Louisiana."

The judge's words rang through your head on the prison bus.

Belle Reve? Belle Effin' Reve!? How the judge and corrections system thought you should be locked up in Belle Reve was beyond you.

The trip to Louisiana sucked to say the least, you were flown into Louisiana from Gotham by plane, then transferred onto a prison bus that would go through the thick swamp that hid the supermax prison.

Looking at the forbidding scenery of the swamp, you shuddered to think of what Belle Reve was like.

You heard rumors, under frightened whispers, Belle Reve was seen as the fifth circle of Hell by the criminal underworld.

It was a place of absolute terror.

When the bus had finally left the swamp, the legendary prison was in full view.

The prison was large, with a tall wall, and what seemed like a hundred guards patrolling it.

The bus went through the front gate, a massive steel door, and stopped at the prisoner drop off zone.

Not only were you met with heavily armed guards, but automated turrets were locked on you from the moment you stepped off the bus.

The guards obviously had no sympathy for criminals, and harshly pushed you inside.

After you were processed, you were thrown into your cell, a room with a very narrow window and bed.

The infamous Belle Reve, you were there at last, at least you had a bed.

The next few days were set in a routine, you woke up, went to the courtyard for the little amount of time outdoors you were given, ate lunch, and went back to your cell, where you were served dinner.

The food was disgusting, if it could be called food.

You received regular letters from Rox, she made it out with the money, and Selina took her share.

Rox was still worried about you.

Most inmates kept to themselves, the ones who made a scene were shot down by guards.

The smart inmates had a secretive system to get things smuggled inside Belle Reve, as a quarter of the guards were corrupt.

You managed to win the trust of a few inmates, and they in turn smuggled things in for you.

You preferred to read, so you had books smuggled in.

You liked classic works, Jules Verne was your favorite.

As you went on with your prison life, you were not aware you were being watched.

You went to the cafeteria on your regular routine, same as any other day.

As you are the "food" you were served, a fellow prisoner approached you.

Prisoner: Mind if I sit here?

X: Go ahead.

The prisoner sat down opposite of you.