Arsenal – Debutant nightmare.
Arsenal stared slack jawed at her father for a full minute before grabbing his hand and pulling it towards her. "Are you on one Dad?" she asked, inspecting his lone flesh arm for signs of injection sites.
It was Roy Harper's turn to gape at his daughter as she looked for signs of heroin use. "Excuse me?" he stammered.
"Are you on one?" Lian asked again, staring at a small red spot near the crook of his elbow before deciding that it was an insect bite. "Addiction's a lifelong struggle, we've gone over this numerous times," she added, continuing to look for any hint of drug abuse. Roy yanked his hand back from his daughter and scowled at her.
"I am not 'on one'," he growled. "I've been clean for over a decade," he added as Lian continued to study his arm. Roy reached for her chin with his bionic hand and brought it up so that she was looking him in the eye. "Just because I suggest that you would be perfect for an undercover mission, does not mean I've been shooting up!"
"A debutant ball though?" Lian asked, raising a suspicious eyebrow. "I mean seriously? Me as a debutant?" Roy's head fell back and he groaned. "Where the hell would I even be able to stash any weapons?" Lian asked. "Have you seen those nightmares, they call dresses, that those chicks wear to those things?"
"Lian!" Roy exclaimed. "Ollie suspects that the organiser of the local debutant society has gang ties. He wants an insider at their upcoming spring event. And you're perfect for the job."
"Do you even know me at all?" she asked, shaking her head in disappointment.
"Baby girl," he sighed. "I do know you. I know you have bigger balls than most of the men on this whole planet…but we need an insider and face it, you are perfect for this job." Lian scrutinised his eyes as he spoke and he got angry. "Would you stop that already? I'm not fucking high!"
"What is going on in here?" Dinah asked as she raced into the front room. She'd heard the yelling and came running, thinking that father and daughter were having another one of their fights.
Roy explained that he'd informed Lian of the debutant mission and Lian's reaction. "She responds by looking at my arm for track marks!" Dinah bit her lip for three point seven seconds before bursting into laughter. Roy let loose with a litany of curses as Lian folded her arms across her chest.
"Aunt Dinah, seriously…if you were in my place and heard that, from him, you'd think he was high right?" she asked.
Dinah snorted and laughed for a moment longer before answering the question. "Actually Honey, the first thing I'd think is 'how can I make their lives miserable?' The debutants lives I mean." Lian tilted her head to the side and reached up to fiddle with one of her earrings.
"You have a point there," she commented. "I hadn't thought about that…yeah, show them what they really are and check out Grandpa Ollie's lead at the same time," she murmured as she pondered how she would go about it. Roy looked at Dinah completely stunned as she folded her arms across her chest and smirked in victory. "Does this mission include a trip to the dentist to get the cyanide tooth implanted in case of emergencies?" Lian suddenly piped up.
"Forget it!" Roy yelled, throwing his hands up in defeat. "Forget I even asked you to do this," he hollered. "You're right…what the hell was I thinking?" Roy continued to yell as he stalked out of the room. Lian smirked in triumph as Dinah burst out into laughter again.