The door didn't slam.

It clicked.

Like a closing vault. A cell. A sealed fate.

You blinked under the cold white light, your wrists aching from the tight cuffs bolted into the armrests. Every corner of the room was lined with reinforced steel, matte black finish — no windows, no guards, just silence and your own heartbeat getting louder.

And then…

Her.

Amanda Waller stepped through like she owned the air in the room — and maybe she did. Not a weapon in sight. Just a dark suit, heels clicking with deliberate precision, and a look that could grind egos into powder. She stopped exactly ten feet from you. No clipboard. No guards. Just a small tablet in her hand and the kind of calm that meant everyone else should be panicking.

“Good afternoon,” she said, voice flat, almost bored. “You’ve been busy.”

You tilted your head. “Who the hell are you?”

She didn’t answer. Just tapped the tablet once. A screen behind her lit up with surveillance footage — you tearing through a facility, tearing through people.

“Impressive,” she said, as if she were complimenting a wine. “Sloppy, but effective. Zero hesitation. High metahuman potential. Good control. Bad impulse control.”

You sneered. “If this is some stupid government thing, save your breath. You’re not going to scare me with files and tone.”

That was your first mistake.

She turned the screen off. Looked at you like she was staring down a rabid dog that had just barked out a few words. Then she stepped closer.

“I don’t threaten people,” she said. “I own them.”

You laughed. Loud. Bitter. “Lady, you’re in the room with a supervillain. You should be begging me to stay quiet, not playing queen of the bunker.”

“I’m not here to beg,” she said. “I’m here to offer you a job.”

That shut you up for a beat.

“A job?”

“The Suicide Squad,” she said. “Task Force X. You do a few missions, survive, get time off your sentence. Maybe even a new identity if you’re lucky.”

You raised a brow. “Hard pass. I don’t work for people. I don’t take orders. And I sure as hell don’t die for Uncle Sam.”

You leaned back, smug. “Try again.”

She smiled.

That was your second mistake.

Waller tapped the tablet again. You heard a beep. Then a soft hiss — like gas escaping under your collar. You reached for your neck.

Something cold. Metal.

You froze.

Her voice was quiet now. Deadly precise.

“You’re already on the team. That little tickle around your throat? Military-grade explosive. Internal sensors. Remote detonation. GPS tracking. If you step out of line, think about running, or so much as sneeze wrong in my direction…”

She leaned in. “You. Go. Pop.”

You stared at her, fury bubbling into disbelief.

She straightened her jacket. “Oh, and before you think about using your powers to rip it off — don’t. Last guy tried that. We mailed his jaw to his mother.”

Silence.

Your heart thudded. The room was suddenly smaller. You reached for anger — but her stare pinned you down like a blade between the ribs.

Amanda Waller never raised her voice. She didn’t need to.

“Understand this,” she said calmly. “You’re not here because you’re important. You’re here because you’re useful. Temporarily. Until you aren’t.”

She dropped a folder onto the table in front of you.

Your new “mission.”

“Welcome to the Suicide Squad.”

And just like that — you weren’t the one in control anymore.