Belle Reve Correctional Center
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Belle Reve Correctional Center is a prison located in Louisiana. In the 2010s, G.I. Robot was taken to the Non-Human Internment Division after he was found guilty of second degree murder. Amanda Waller uses it as the base of operations for her black ops programs such as Task Force X until it was shut down by Congress after the operation was outed by Waller's daughter Leota Adebayo. In 2022, from her office, Waller and Rick Flag Sr. watched a live GBS News report about the Sons of Themyscira violently crossing the border into Pokolistan. To protect US interests in Pokolistan's oil, Waller assigned Flag to lead a new team composed of prisoners from the top secret Non-Human Internment Division and protect Princess Ilana Rostovic, the heir apparent to Pokolistan they were already in negotiations with for the oil. She took him down several levels to the Non-Human Internment Division.
Flag thought Task Force X was done for. Waller pointed out that technically, Congress said A.R.G.U.S. can't use incarcerated human beings as mission operatives any longer. She entered a password, used a key, and passed a retinal scan. She asked Flag what if the operatives were not human. Flag was stunned. Waller explained for over 50 years, only those at the uppermost levels of security clearance were aware of the division's existence. She believed using these prisoners, they could arguably circumvent their new restrictions. Flag pointed to a woman and asked if she was human. Waller countered if a corpse could be considered a human. She admitted they didn't know who she was and they called her "The Bride." The Bride flipped them off. She summarized Dr. Phosphorus as a sociopath with irradiated skin he can use to burn through people and objects. Flag asked how the radiation affected the people around him. Waller estimated the effects should be minimal as long as you don't sleep in the same room as him. Flag keyed in on "minimal." Waller mused it could be called a free vasectomy.
Flag looked at Weasel and wondered what it was. Waller explained it was one of the few soldiers still alive from Project Starfish in Corto Maltese and felt it knew how to survive. She quickly apologized and told him she didn't mean to intimate anything about his late son. She reiterated he died a hero. Flag asked about the discontinued dishwasher. Waller pointed out it killed over 300 Nazis in World War II and thought it might come into use again someday, G.I. Robot. Flag was not so sure about the last prisoner, Nina Mazursky. Waller boasted in water, it was a different story and added she was the smartest and most reasonable of the bunch who would help keep the rest in line. They entered the common area. Phosphorus, Bride, and Weasel charged at them. Flag drew his gun. Waller, unworried, held out her Nanite Detonation Control and applied a crippling electrocution to all five prisoners. She told Flag they were his new task force, Task Force M. M for Monsters. She also gave them the nickname Creature Commandos and tossed him the controller.
John Ecomonos went to fill a cup of coffee and was approached by Weasel's lawyer Elizabeth Bates. She demanded to know where Weasel was and implied Waller had enough problems after being caught using human beings as cannon fodder that she didn't really need her to rain hell down upon Belle Reve for being refused. She wasn't buying the lie about Weasel being sick. Economos claimed it was a stomach thing and he was coughing up hair balls. She called him a terrible liar. He claimed he was not lying. She asked what happened to his leg. He told her he was fighting off an alien invasion. She gave up and saw Weasel exiting an Osprey. Flag admitted to Bride he hoped she would be part of this group if the need ever came again. She quipped she didn't realize she had a choice then noticed an Army grunt was spying on them from the fence. Eric Frankenstein paid off a lieutenant and pilot to help him spy on the Bride from a helicopter. He believed she was looking at Flag lovingly and asked who he was. The lieutenant recalled they fought together in Jarhanpur many moons ago and called in "General Boy Scout."
Frankenstein fixated on the way she "looked" at Flag and believed it had to do with the beard. The lieutenant was eager to leave before they were spotted but Frankenstein thought he was judging him for not being able to grow facial hair and that in turn made him some sort of a baby-man. The lieutenant had no idea what he was talking about. He grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off the floor. The pilot objected but Frankenstein told him to mind his own business. Bates went on outside and Weasel was happy to see her. The guards pinned him to the ground but Bates demanded they let him go then tossed him a dog treat. She asked Flag where he took Weasel, referring to him as a man. Flag noticed and asked who she was. Bates introduced herself as an attorney with the Freedom Project representing John Doe. Flag tossed her business card and pointed out they didn't know Weasel's real name because he couldn't speak. She admitted as much. He stated where they went was classified. Bates stated Weasel was innocent. Flag recalled he killed 27 children. Weasel remembered the night the children died and being shot at by two police officers.
Bates tossed him another treat and clarified he was accused. Flag countered he was convicted. She added "unfairly." Weasel sniffed her purse. Bates stated he was unfairly accused of killing eight children. Flag remarked that made him a saint. She pointed out there was no real evidence to prove it and revealed she was waiting three days to see him. Flag relented and walked away. Frankenstein snapped the pilot's neck with his thumb after they crashed, took his pen, and wrote "Rick Flag" on his left palm. Flag and Economos entered a monitor room where Waller was waiting for them. Circe was escorted into the adjoining room vowing to make them feel pain they never knew existed. The two guards forced her to sit. Circe promised to kill their whole family. Waller told them to leave her be. Circe spat at them. Waller introduced herself. Circe stated she had no right to keep her imprisoned and asked what the charges were. Waller replied they were first degree witchie-poo and Maleficent in the second degree. Economos added Bette Midler in that one movie in the third degree. Waller told him that was an actress, not a character's name.
Flag pointed out he was talking about "Hocus Pocus" and Waller repeated he didn't say her character's name. Circe vowed to kill her. Waller noted she can't cast spells as long as her hands are restrained so she was just another redheaded waif in an inappropriately revealing outfit. Circe told her to go to hell. Waller wondered why all the supervillains need to be sexed up all the time. She asked Economos if he liked that. He admitted he sort of did but thought it was a little thirsty. Waller told Circe she was in the middle of an international incident and asked her what she was doing in Pokolistan. Circe replied she was trying to save their worthless lives. Flag was skeptical on account she tried to kill the Commandos. Waller pressed on. Circe explained she was trying to kill Princess Ilana Rostovic to save the world. Flag didn't believe her. Waller pointed out her "resume" didn't back up the Glinda the Good Witch routine, namely the murder and assault charges. Circe contended even the devil doesn't want to see the world dying.
Waller asked why they should believe her. Circe revealed she could show her the future then asked if she wanted to see it or stay a pig in the slop of her own ignorance. Waller asked how. Circe told her if she wanted to see it, to join her. Flag thought she was full of it. Economos checked her file and noted she was possibly clairvoyant. Waller asked which one that was again and thought it was mind reading. Economos replied it was seeing the future. Economos believed she might be able to get into her head even with her hands restrained. Flag advised Waller not to do it. Elsewhere, Bates took out photographs of the children killed at Sunnyhill School in hopes of provoking some type of reaction. Weasel licked his crotch. She snapped her fingers then asked him if any of the photographs meant anything to him. He looked at them and started to remember. He seemed sad one second then chomped on the photograph of a blonde girl and coughed it up. The guards entered the room stating her time was up. Bates told Weasel she was going to figure it out.
Waller went into the same room as Circe. Waller saw an apocalyptic vision of Princess Ilana, with scars on her face, clad in armor addressing her Amethyst Knights while having an armored gorilla at her side. Metropolis was bombed, civilians were massacred, and various heroes and vigilantes were impaled on stakes. Waller fell to her knees and panted in shock. Tears flowed down Circe's face. Waller returned to the monitor room and didn't know what to think. Flag thought it was a Jedi mind trick. She thought it seemed legitimate to Flag and Economos's dismay. Waller got out her phone and summoned Dr. Aisla MacPherson to consult. MacPherson believed her research pointed to Circe being legitimately clairvoyant and on Themyscira, it was taken as fact. Flag sarcastically noted they were taking Themsycira as fact. Economos chimed in they knew it was real place. Flag was still skeptical.
MacPherson shared the fact that Circe warned her fellow Amazons 10 years ago of a tsunami that was going to kill thousands but not all the islanders took refuge inland. A major tsunami hit Themsycira within an hour of what Circe predicted and those who took refuge survived. She admitted since that event, Circe's talents had fallen more often on the less altruistic side. Waller asked her why she thought showing the vision was altruistic of her. MacPherson pointed out she didn't have the power to imagine futures so whatever she shared had to be genuine. Flag wasn't buying it. Waller ordered Flag to gather the Commandos and head back to Pokolistan to kill Princess Ilana. Flag was irate. Waller explained MacPherson was a tenured professor at Terrebone University and the world's leading scholar on Themyscira. Flag added it was a place where no outsider ever set foot on because anyone who tried was killed. Waller asked him why he was wasting time.
Flag asked if Circe was clairvoyant, how she didn't see Weasel would beat the crud out of her or Phosphorus burning her face off. MacPherson revealed clairvoyants didn't control what bits of the future they saw. Flag found that convenient. Waller told Economos to contact the Pokolistan Embassy and tell them they had information of another credible threat against the Princess. Flag tried to get her to stop. Waller believed the Commandos could easily neutralize the threat now that they had her trust. Flag objected to the notion of the United States being in the business of executing people for crimes they haven't committed yet. Waller stated they were in the business of saving the world by any means necessary. Flag pleaded with her and tried to convince her Ilana was innocent. Waller retorted bumping uglies with someone doesn't mean he's infallibly able to know a person's character. Flag tried to deny it but Waller warned him. Flag refused to take part in it and left. Economos asked what next. Waller wanted to find a leader who was less whiny, little bitch, and more bitch.
In the Non-Human Internment Division, inmates received their daily meal. Dr. Phosphorus was being sarcastic about being back home to the sweet smell of hyena vomit. Bride was annoyed he was acting like they were buddies all of a sudden. They saw Congorilla take all of Mazursky's food, claiming since he was bigger he should have more food. Bride told Congorilla to giver her food back. Congorilla growled and walked away. She knocked him into a wall then broke his jaw by repeatedly bashing her food tray into it, possibly killing him. Phosphorus took Nosferata's tray and swapped it with Mazursky's empty tray, noting now everyone was happy except her because she had no food and was ugly and him because he no longer had a jaw and was likely dead. Economos told Bride she was leading the team back to Pokolistan with Mazursky, Phosphorus, and Weasel. Guards dragged Congorilla's body away.
On the elevator down to the Non-Human Internment Division, Economos joked all it took was some hottie princess to turn Flag into a complete moron. Bride wasn't so chummy. Economos assured her Waller knew how to express her gratitude when it was deserved. He revealed they converted an abandoned wing for her and her team. She keyed on the latter. She saw Phosphorus playing table tennis against Nosferata, Khalis knitting, Weasel licking his crotch, a newly rebuilt and improved G.I. Robot, and King Shark. King Shark laughed at her and called her haircut dumb. Economos asked her if she was in. Bride smiled and asked what else she was going to do.