Title: Barden State Penitentiary

Author: Jamiexh

Rating: R

Summary: New inmate, Chloe, joins a prison gang, the Bellas, for protection while serving her sentence. After befriending the most feared inmate, Beca, Chloe's life begins to change.

Author's Note: I'll admit right now that I am not an expert on all things criminal justice/ law enforcement/ prison related, so I apologize now for any inaccuracies. Also, trigger warning this chapter for attempted rape.

Chapter 1

"Fuck you," Beca yelled as the guards pulled her away from another inmate. The other inmate had the misfortune of looking the brunette with a scowl on her face, and when Beca saw this, she attacked.

The guards wrestled with the short brunette as they struggled to pull her away from the bloodied blonde inmate.

"Let me go," Beca yelled. "She started it."

"Knock it off, Mitchell," one of the guards yelled as he grabbed the flailing brunette. "It's to the hole with you."

Beca continued to flail as the guards dragged her to solitary confinement. She screamed rounds of "Fuck you," and "This isn't fair," all while trying to free herself from their grips. Roughly, they forced into the cell and slammed the door shut. The brunette waited a few seconds for the footsteps to stop before finally relaxing her guard. She looked at the door and broke down crying silently.

…

Chloe Beale sighed as she was led into the new inmate reception area of Barden State Penitentiary. She just followed along the group as they took away some of her possession and her clothing and issued her a prison uniform. The redhead was admittedly nervous. She was a medical student and had her whole life ahead of her until she made one mistake that cost her dearly.

Once Chloe was dressed, she was issued her prison identification number and cell assignment. Once everything at reception was taken care of, the guards led her to her cell.

When she got into cell block "E" (or echo as they call it) she saw many inmates walking around the common areas. When she got to her cell, there was no one there. The guards left and Chloe began to put her stuff on one of the bunks.

"That's Beca's bed," a voice rung out from behind her.

Chloe immediately spun around and was met with a tall thin brunette.

"I'm sorry," the redhead stammered. "I… I didn't know. I'll just…"

"Relax, Red," the brunette said. "I'm Stacie. I sleep in that bunk over there." The brunette pointed to the bottom bed on the bunk beds on the other side of the cell.

"And I have the top," a blonde replied stepping into the cell. "I'm Aubrey."

"Chloe," the redhead introduced herself.

"So Chloe," Aubrey started. "What are you in for?"

"It's a long story," the redhead explained.

"We got time," Stacie laughed.

"How much," Chloe asked nervously.

"Enough," Aubrey answered. "I'm here for life and Stacie's got at least another four years."

"I don't quite have that much time," Chloe replied.

"So what did you do," Aubrey asked again.

"Come on," Stacie pushed. "We'll tell you ours. I'm in for multiple counts of tax evasion, fraud, and prostitution. And Aubrey's in for murder."

"Don't scare the girl," the blonde scolded. "We all have our stories, so we understand. And I won't hurt you unless I have to. So, come on, spill."

"I stole drugs and sold them," the redhead answered with a sigh.

"That's not so bad," Stacie answered. "How long you have?"

"Two years. Up for parole in one," Chloe replied.

"So, do you want to join the Bellas," Aubrey asked. "It's our prison family."

"Prison family," Chloe questioned. "As in gang?"

"Well, technically yes," Stacie explained. "But we're different than the other gang here, which is why we refer to ourselves as a family. We don't go after people like the Society does. They are the other gang in cellblock echo. They go after people. They don't mess with us as much since Beca joined, or so I'm told. But any one not with us is fair game."

"Look," Chloe answered gently, "I'd rather not join a gang if I can avoid it. I don't really want to get into any trouble. I just want to do my time and leave."

"That's fair," Aubrey replied. "But, the offer is on the table if you want it. We can offer you protection. We're not out to get you, Chloe. Good luck out there. Come on, Stacie. Let's let her finish setting up her bed." With that the two girls turned and left the cell. Chloe sighed, but continued to make up her bed.

A few feet away Stacie turned back to Aubrey. "She's going to be a target," the brunette informed her leader. "Shelia, Barb, and Alice already scouted her out."

"I know," the blonde sighed. "We'll just have to be there to intercept. After that she'll join us. You'll see."

…

The rest of the day went pretty well for Chloe. She got her bearings around the prison common areas and even worked out a little. Everything was going fine right until Chloe headed into the shower area.

"Well, look who it is," a voice rang out from behind her, "the new girl."

Chloe quickly turned around and saw three women standing behind her. "Who are you," the redhead asked.

"We're the Society," one of the girls replied.

"Enough, Barb," the leader answered. "I'm Shelia. I run the Society. And this is Barb and Alice. We see that you are the new cellmates of three of the Bellas. That is actually why we're here. We came to offer you membership in the Society. You living with the Bellas would make you the perfect mole for us. So, what do you say?"

"Look," Chloe answered nervously. "Like I told Aubrey, I'm not really interested in joining a gang."

The three girls crept up on the redhead and pushed her against the wall. "You see," Shelia explained, "we don't take no for an answer. But now you're free game. Time to teach you a lesson. Welcome to prison, sweetheart." Shelia quickly pulled up Chloe's shirt and stripped it off her. She smirked as she gazed at Chloe's bra-clad breasts. Barb and Alice made quick work of the rest of Chloe's clothes until the redhead stood there naked. Alice shoved the redhead down to her knees, while Shelia lowered her pants and underwear to grant the redhead access to her crotch. "Get working, sweetheart," Shelia said with a smirk. Chloe began to cry silently and was about to start going down on the Society leader when another voice stopped her.

"Hands off our sister, Shelia," Aubrey called out.

"She said that she didn't belong to you," Alice spat.

"Well, she does," Stacie added.

"If you want her so bad," Shelia smirked, "Then come and take her from us."

"Don't think we won't," a girl with an Australian accent said.

"Please," Barb sneered. "Like you guys stand a chance without Beca. Too bad she's in the hole."

"Problem is," another voice rung out, "you mess with one Bella, you mess with us all." Chloe peered out from behind Shelia to see that it belonged to an African American girl. "And Beca won't be in the hole forever." More footsteps followed as more of the Bellas stood behind their leader.

"Is there a problem here," another voice rang out with authority. Two guards entered the shower room and took in the scene.

"No, no problem," Shelia answered. "We," she gestured to the other two Society members and herself, "were just leaving."

As the Society members fled, so did the guards and most of the Bellas. The only ones who remained in the shower room were Chloe, Aubrey and Stacie.

"Are you okay," Aubrey asked, helping Chloe up.

"I'm okay," the redhead answered. "I'm naked though."

Stacie laughed. "It's okay. It's nothing we haven't seen before."

"Thank you," Chloe replied. "You didn't have to do that."

"Do what," the blonde asked. "Save you?"

The redhead nodded.

Stacie just shook her head. "We hate Shelia. But, even if we didn't, you still deserved a chance."

"Thank you," Chloe said again.

Both of the Bellas nodded before walking away.

"Hey," Chloe called out to them. Both girls stopped and turned back to the redhead. "Is that offer still on the table? To become a Bella?"

Aubrey smiled at her. "Welcome to the family. We'll see you back in the cell."