Disclaimer: I don't own YJ, I only own my feelings over last episode and the idea behind this little drabble.
Run. Hide. Anything. Those were the three words pounding through Arsenal's head. He was the only one who got away from Blue Beetle after the bug flipped his shit. Whether Blue noticed he was gone was another thing. When Arsenal was running off Superboy jumped in the way of the staple gun from hell that surely would've stopped the ginger in his tracks. As he ran he calmed down a little, freaking out gets no one nowhere.
While running Roy amused himself with a thought, is it just me, or when the hero finally gets a kiss everything just goes to hell? It made sense, look at all the spy movies ever made. In retrospect, he shouldn't have asked for a kiss.
Getting back on track, Roy mentally cursed himself out, just gotta find a hiding place on this giant hunk of metal that has no escape. Yup, that's perfectly possible.
A familiar voice that now sent a chill down Arsenal's spine rang out through the endless hallway, "Come on out, meat, no use in running."
Simply because he was a smartass by birth, Arsenal called back, "Really? 'Cause you haven't caught me yet."
"Yet being the operative word," Jaime (No! That's not Jaime anymore, Arsenal had to convince himself) flew into view.
"Thank you for so kindly informing me, now excuse me but you have an appointment for an ass kicking right about now," Arsenal readied his arm with the closest thing to Atlantian magic he had.
Blue Beetle readied his plasma cannon, "You are excused."
They both fired at the same time, making them fly down opposite ends of the hallway. Both of them skidded across the floor, for the one not encased in armor, rather painfully.
By the time Arsenal was on all fours, recovering from the blast, Blue Beetle was standing above him. "You smell like fear," The Reach operative sneered.
"Just answer one question first," Arsenal kept his head down, eyes on his mechanical arm.
"Fine," The harshness in his former-friend's voice grated on the ginger's ears.
Arsenal looked up with a smirk, "Does the fear overpower my body spray? Chicks dig the body spray."
While Blue Beetle was confused Arsenal hit him with a ray of improvisational-magic. It worked well enough because Blue's armor receded enough for Arsenal to jab him with a dart full of knockout serum. As Blue fell Arsenal let out a breath of relief.
Roy dragged Blue through the halls until he got back to where his friends were recovering from the blows they received not to long before. Once he was in the room he made sure to drop Blue against the floor, hard, before going over to Robin's utility belt and grabbing some rope. Advantage of being teammates with a Bat, they have portable hardware stores hanging from their waists.
He tied up Blue against one of the many inner support beams and slumped down on a beam across from him.
Superboy and Impulse, having recovered, quickly ran up. "What happened?" The clone demanded.
Arsenal shushed the senior member, "I just want to sit down for a little bit and reflect on my life in general, kinda flashed before my eyes not two minutes ago when I was looking down the barrel of a plasma cannon." Arsenal put his head in his hands and added an afterthought, "You're welcome by the way."
A/N: I can't be the only one that noticed Arsenal get away. Well, this is my theory on what's going to happen next episode. Have a nice day.
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