Villains Don't Do Time! by Mia Archer

Author:Mia Archer [Archer, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lgbt, romance, Superheroes
Published: 2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

18

Inciting Incident

"Is that the pork? That was delicious!"

"Turkey today," the lunch lady said.

“Gotcha,” I said.

I couldn't help but think of her as the lunch lady. Even though that probably wasn't her job title. I'm sure there was something about culinary artistry or some bullshit like that since every job listing in the world these days seemed to put on airs to make boring old-fashioned jobs seem like something more than what they were.

She grinned. "I can understand the confusion. The stuff all looks the same. We get it from the same government supplier. Better if you don’t ask exactly what it is and just go with what’s on the tin.”

"Thanks," I said as she put some of the surprisingly good mystery meat on my plate.

I was used to the prison commissary at this point. It was a way too nice, but I wasn't going to knock it. Besides, there were more villains than heroes in the room today. That was usually a blessing, but it was the last thing I needed today.

There was always trouble when the heroes came in. The pricks were always trying to settle old grudges from the outside or acting like they were still saving the city from the forces of evil or some ridiculous notion like that by beating up villains who were already in prison where they, by definition, couldn’t threaten the outside world.

That rock guy had been right, though. We were all in this together now. Anyone who said otherwise was full of it. Though most of the heroes still didn’t seem to realize just how boned they were. It didn’t help that stupid Firebrand was still doing her best to rile up the heroes every chance she got.

I frowned as I looked around. Come to think of it, I hadn't been that big rock guy since he was carried off yesterday. Not in the commissary and not in the common room.

I'd have to look for him in his cell. When they’d dragged him off I was well aware that it might be for good, but it’d be good to have confirmation that getting dragged out of this place with aliens pointing their guns at your back meant you weren’t coming back.

I moved over to my traditional spot in the corner. Away from everyone else. Where I couldn't be the focus of any trouble and where it would be obvious that I wasn't trying to start any trouble.

I didn't want to give Sabine any excuse to try and extricate me from this place. Not before I was ready. Especially if leaving meant never coming back. I had a plan to get the hell out of here, and the last thing I needed was to start that plan from square one because they moved me to a new undisclosed location.

What I had here still wasn't great, but it was better than nothing.

Swirling colors from the other side of the room drew my attention. It was the special alert bulletin from the Starlight City News Network.

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