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I woke up panting, feeling small and useless. It was another nightmare. I thought by now those would go away but it seems they never will. I will always remember, it would haunt me for life. After getting up, I realized I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep for a while, so I got dressed and left my apartment to take a walk. Eventually I found myself at a park and sat down on a bench and stared at the midnight sky, just thinking. I was trying to clear my mind when I heard someone behind me.
"Hey," I heard a voice say, and I turned around. I found my two close friends Richard and Roy.
"Oh hey," I replied, then turned back to stare at the moon. It was the kind of night that you could easily see the stars, no clouds or fog anywhere.
"You don't look so good," Roy joked.
"Well I don't feel the best either," I told him still staring at the sky when suddenly there was a body blocking my view.
"What do you mean?" Roy asked now standing in front of me, while Richard was off to the side probably thinking.
"Well……. I….. it's nothing, not important." I answered.
"Seems important, you seem upset. You don't get upset almost ever." Roy frowned.
"It's nothing, just a stupid nightmare." I admitted. "Anyway, why are you up so late?"
"We.. eh just got back from….. a bar," Richard told me and immediately I knew it was a lie, but I really didn't want to have to deal with calling it out right now.
"Well you guys should be going to sleep, I'll be at my apartment." I waved and got up and after I was a few feet away from them, I turned back around. "Next time come up with a more believable excuse, if you went to a bar I would definitely be smelling alcohol on Roy's breath." And with that I started walking toward my apartment, but I wasn't tired, so I took a different turn a few blocks away from my apartment and made my way toward downtown. I just wanted to clear my head and a walk was a great way to do so. When I was walking near a movie theater I felt like I was being watched. Quickly, I started walking back toward the college, but I didn't make it very far before I felt someone's hand over my mouth as I was pulled into the darkness of an alley. I tried to fight back, but their physical strength was much more than mine.
"What's a pretty thing like you doing out here all alone?" he snickered into my ear. Two hands then started removing my belt and I realized I had more than one attacker. Quickly I kicked at him or them, anything I could hit really. My vision was still being blocked but I think I hit someone's nose and maybe even broke it, I hoped as much. But quickly I was pinned to a wall by one of the guys.
"Ughh, bitch needs to be taught a lesson." One of the men snarled in my ear, and the captors whose hand was on my mouth, loosened.
"Get off!" I yelled, now pissed off. I was somehow able to push him off me and then I ran. I ran as fast as I could, but I heard them following me. The end of the alley was within my grasp, but I was pulled back to a wall again and one of them ripped off my shirt, leaving me in only a bra, a short skirt, and my black combat boots. Now in the light I saw there were two men were both wearing black ski masks, black jeans, and black tee shirts.
"Little bitch," One remarked, he had a bit of red showing through his mask under his nose. He held a knife up to my throat and I sucked in my breath. An arrow suddenly hit the man who was holding me up against the wall. It knocked the knife out of his hand before another arrow hit him and seemed to taser him. The man fell down, knocked out, letting me pick up my ripped shirt and hold it up to my chest as the second man starts to run. Before he could get very far, he was hit with a taser arrow thing as well and he fell, seemingly knocked out. I quickly looked around for my savior but then sensed something behind me, turning around, I found…. Red arrow?
"Red arrow?" I questioned, "Aren't you supposed to be in Star City?"
"Huh, so you follow up on me," he smirked. "Obviously not much though, I've been here for about a year. But don't worry a few other heroes are coming to help clean up this here city and sometime after, I'll return to Star."
"Like who?" I wondered while thinking about this. It could be a problem, more heroes that is. If I lose control of my powers some hero is ought to see me.
"It's yet to be announced." He told me, and I noticed his gaze going a little south and tried to cover up even more than before without being very successful.
"Eyes up here pretty boy," I muttered, pointing to my eyes.
"Here there's a shop right over there, let me get you a jacket." He said with worry and quickly runs over to a 24-hour store right next door. I waited in the alley hoping no one would notice me but then quickly I felt another presence behind me and turned around, fast, punching whoever it was. It was Nightwing, and I just punched him in the stomach.
"Oh my god, sorry." I apologized.
"Red Arrow told me there was some trash here that needed collecting," he explained, holding his stomach a little bit.
"Oh yeah, there are two guys right over ther…" I trailed off, seeing no one was there.
'Those pathetic people you call heroes can't protect you forever. Watch your back.
-Scorpions'
"Here," I picked it up and gave it to him, not looking bothered at all.
"This is a threat," he told me.
"Yeah, I know." I replied. "So?"
"So, I'm going to need you to stay with a friend or family member until we catch this guy so your safe." He told me.
"Families dead and I don't have any friends who I could or want to stay with. And there's the fact that, oh, I'm fine." I scoffed.
"We'll see," he muttered and then looked up, "Oh hey Red, glad you could finally get back here. This poor girl is probably freezing."
"Yeah, here." Red Arrow replied and then hands me the jacket which I quickly put on. Then a red light flashed on their belts.
"Trouble." Nightwing muttered and then looked at me, "I'll call KF to come get her and escort her home."
"Okay, I'll meet you there." Red Arrow saluted and then ran off as Nightwing pulled out a communicator.
"Hey KF, I need a favor." Nightwing explained. "There's a girl here who has been threaten by a local gang. I have somewhere I need to be, but I need to make sure she gets home alright." He told KF and then suddenly in the blink of an eye, Kid Flash was right in front of us.
"Hey!" he happily smiled, "I got this, you go and save some people."
"Okay, I'll check up on you later." Nightwing told me and then ran off.
"Hi, I'm Kid Flash and who would you be?" Kid Flash asked me.
"Rachel, Rachel Roth." I told him.
"Here, I'll run you home." He offered me holding out his arms for me.
"No, I'd much rather walk." I told him and started to go back to my apartment.
"Okay then, I guess I'll escort you home then." He replied and caught up to me within seconds, then choosing to walk alongside me.
"Whatever," I muttered, and we walked back to my house in silence. After getting home, Kid Flash zoomed off and I locked my doors. I walked over to my couch and flopped down already super tired, quickly falling asleep.