"Dad! I'm home!" I called as I walked through the front door. "Mom will be home in an hour or so!"
"Great." I heard him sigh as he walked in to see me relatively fine, but a few new bruises very visible. "How did it go?"
"Fine." I shrugged. I winced as I accidentally brushed my knee against the coffee table. "Any thing interesting happen here?"
"Not really." My dad shrugged as he sat down beside me. "A few robberies an a mugging, nothing special."
"Well that took less time than I thought." My mom said as she came through the door. "Hey honey." She kissed my dad and I rolled my eyes.
"Hey Jade, I was just asking Lian about the mission."
"Just some drug dealers that needed a good talking too." She shrugged as she plopped down on the other side of him. "Your little Arowette is still fighting for good."
"Mom." I groaned. "Not in civvies."
"We're both still dressed." She smirked and I glared. "Tigress."
"Mom!" I groaned. "I know what your doing, and I still have a week until I turn 13, so leave me alone!" I stomped off and slammed my door shut. We were having a nice time until just now.
I have a weird family. I know every one thinks it, but I really did. By day my parents were Jade and Roy Harper; by night my mother was the League of Shadow's assassin and my father was the super hero Red Arrow. To make things worse my dad was actually the clone of another hero, my Uncle Roy. Yeah, weird.
Both my parents have been training me and they decided to let me choose my own course. I could stay a civilian, join the Shadows, or be a sidekick.
Civilian was not an option for me. I was too active for that. But I honestly couldn't decide on the other two. I went in my Aunt's old outfit, Tigress, with my mom on missions and I had a costume of my own as Arrowette when I was out with my dad.
I turned 13 in a week and that's when I needed to decide. Boy this was hard.
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"Are you sure?" My dad asked in shock. I nodded and my mother smiled.
"See, I told you she would choose to be a hero." She hugged me tightly.
"Mom!" I giggled. "You'd think you would want me to join the shadows."
"I wouldn't mind it." She said as she released me. "But you have a good heart."
"Thanks." I smiled back.
"Well, this is going to be fun." My dad finally smirked. "Well, good timing because Batman needs us to help him out in Gotham."
"Awesome." I smiled.
Later that night we got to the meeting site and saw Batman and Robin coming up to us.
"Hey Arrowette." Batman grinned knowingly. "Hey Bats!" I smiled. Yeah, I was on friendly terms with Batman, be jealous. He was the first Robin and now he was Batman? I could almost see me now as Red Arrow, along the line of course.
"Who are you?" The bratty kid next to him asked.
"I'm Red Arrow's sidekick." I stated. This was my first time meeting Robin and I wasn't impressed. All I knew about him was that he was the son of the old Batman, who's actually not that old, but he's retired to do more behind the scenes work.
"Arrowette?" He scoffed. "We don't need their help."
"Robin." Batman sighed. "Chill little man. Red here has a lot of experience with Cadmus and Arsenal is off with Jason doing who knows what. We could use the help."
"Fine." He snarled.
Five years later:
I slipped along roof tops of Gotham as silent as I could as I reached a vantage spot to watch the Gotham Museum of History. They were unloading a new exhibit with priceless artifacts, and I knew the villain I'd been tracking would be here.
I saw the purple light I had gotten to know and slipped through security to follow him.
I saw the blue boy reach for a golden rod and I took the chance to shoot an arrow that knocked it out of it's reach. The alarm immediately went off and he turned to face me.
"You!" He snarled.
"Me." I smirked as I rushed him. He sent magical blasts at me as I dodged them with perfection and grace.
"Hold still!" He growled at me and I let out a hardy laugh.
"Come and make me." I taunted.
Suddenly I heard a thump as another person entered the scene. I saw a tall man in grey and blue and groaned.
"Nightwing, nice to see you." I said dryly as we both dodged the magical attacks.
"Red Arrow." He growled. "What the hell are you doing in Gotham fighting Klarion of all people?"
"Katnis over there has been following me all over." Klarion yelled back as he dodged the pellets thrown by Nightwing.
Nightwing and I made eye contact and nodded, not having to speak a word. I immediately jumped up and let out three arrows that exploded around Klarion as Nightwing immediately went for Kiko, his cat.
"This isn't over!" Klarion said as he vanished quickly.
Nightwing went to disable the alarm and I saw the police had arrived and were watching us.
"He didn't get anything." I told them as they put their guns away. Nightwing nodded at me and we quickly left. Three roof tops over, however, he rounded on me.
"What was that Lian?" He yelled.
"That was me trying to stop Klarion!" I hollered back.
"From what?" He sighed, knowing he would never win an argument against me. We had worked together before, never of our own free will, and I was actually more stubborn than him.
"I don't know." I admitted. Damian was an ass, but a smart one. "But there is a pattern of things he is stealing."
"What is it that's here?" He asked.
"A golden rod from England, king author days and such." I told him quickly.
"What else has he been stealing?"
"He's stolen a ceramic Greek rod from a museum in Star City, an ancient Celtic spear from San Diego, and he barely got away with an antique French sword in Metropolis." I told him quickly.
"So he'll try to get this again?" He asked.
"Undoubtedly." I nodded.
"Great." He sighed.
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"Not you brats again!" Klarion screamed at us the next night. "Fine, I'm not even going to play this time! I'll just go get something else!"
"Well that was anticlimactic." I drawled as Damian sent a glare at me.
"What does that mean?" He asked. "How did you figure out this location? I could use that to find where he will be going next."
"You?" I asked incredulously. "This is my case."
"Yeah, but me being here kept him from actually getting anything." He glared back.
"Fine." I said in defeat. "You can tag along." Took my holographic wrist computer and pulled up a map with blinking red dots. "I put a trace on him, but it only works when he's in our world. The dots are where he pops up and he always shows up in a place a day before making a move to locate whatever it is' exact location."
"So we watch." He said. "You can stay at the manor again tonight."
"Thanks." I said as we headed back.
"Hey Lian." Dick smiled as I walked down from the guest room to get breakfast.
"Hello." I said with a yawn.
"Heard you and D were working together." He smirked.
"Well, he's involved now so yeah." I shrugged.
"Well you two always worked so well together when your father and I helped each other out" he continued when his wife slapped him. "Babs!"
"I know what you're doing." She hissed. "Stop."
"I'm not doing anything." He protested with a wink and I shuddered. I've never been the center of a Dick Grayson plan, but I've seen plenty to know I was in trouble.
Suddenly Damian walked in and saw me. "A new dot just appeared." He said. "And it's in Central City."
"That means we have to talk to… Crap." I said as I stood up with another yawn. "I'll get my gear."
"Are you two leaving already?" Dick asked. "So eager to get on with your mission?"
"Of course." Damian said slowly, knowing when his troll of an older brother was up to something.
"Well go on then." He shooed them out. I faintly heard something about my Uncle Wally and Aunt Artemis and Barbra laughing but I decided to ignore it. There was trouble I had to prepare for.