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==Child Services Building
"Ok kid, tell us, have you seen your mom do any kind of suspicious things lately?" The second officer, called Ralph, asked.
"No." Artemis replied, not bothering to give more information. As far as they were concerned, she really hadn't seen anything suspicious as of late. Her mom did these kinds of things for years now.
"Come on kid! Look, your mom has a history with us, and she's going to be detained! If you can give us any info-" Ralph started pleading, but was interrupted by a pissed off Artemis, who stood up, her eyes fiery.
"Listen to me, cop, I have a name. It's Artemis, not kid. Plus, I'm telling you, I know she was at home the whole time. Also, why are you convinced that she's the one! People change, so why can't you leave us well alone!" Artemis raged.
Ralph sighed, seeing he was getting nowhere, and confessed. "Alright, Artemis, let me be straight with you, since you so desperately want that. Your mom confessed to doing it, so you can stop lying now. So now, we just have the task of placing you in a home. We're trying to see if there's any other family for you to go and live with."
Artemis scoffed, not betraying her shock one tiny bit. "Psh, that's going to be a pointless search. I have no other family."
Suddenly, a man rushed in, holding a folder. "Found her file! There's someone listed as an Emergency contact, an Oliver Queen."
"Great! Come on kid-Artemis, and let's go visit your new family." Ralph coerced, wondering what a tycoon had in common with this chick.
But Artemis wasn't listening. She was shocked. The man that she had been ordered to kill an emergency contact? What were the chances? Something was wrong with this picture, and Artemis was going to find out what it was.
==Ollie's home
Ollie was pacing up and down the room, having just got off the phone with a police officer named Ralph, who said that he wanted to talk with him about something. When Ollie tried to press the cop on the subject, Ralph hung up. This led Ollie into a frenzy, trying to figure out what happened.
"Relax Ollie! I'm quite sure that it's nothing bad! They probably want to make sure you're alright after last night's fiasco!" Dinah assured Ollie, trying to calm the man down.
"Dinah, they don't need to personally visit me to make sure I'm alright. Argh, I wish I had seen who the perp was!" Ollie complained.
"A teenage girl, blond hair, can't be older than 14 or 15 at most." A voice spoke from the doorway.
"Roy! You saw her?" Ollie asked, shocked.
"Yeah, I did. I couldn't sleep, so I went down to the lobby and caught your almost-executioner do away with a guard, and the elevator doors. She was experienced, I'll give her that." Roy scoffed, coming into the room. At seventeen, Roy had grown into quite the young man, and as his protégé, he was even better. The red haired teen loved showing his superiority, just to prove to Ollie that he was his own person.
"Huh. I'll have to check out the tapes and see if anything comes up on her." Ollie shrugged.
The doorbell rang, reminding everyone of the current situation. Ollie sighed as he made his way to the front door. He opened the door and saw a man, who he assumed was Ralph, and a young teen girl with blond hair and a scowl on her face that could rival Batman's.
"Hello, may I help you?" Ollie asked, out of politeness.
"Yes Mr. Queen. We talked on the phone earlier. I'm Officer Ralph, and this here's Artemis. Would you mind if we come in? This isn't something to be taken lightly." Ralph spoke up.
"Sure, come on in!" Ollie agreed, standing aside to let the two in. The girl went in reluctantly, and it was clear to Ollie that she didn't want to be here. Ollie wondered why exactly the girl was there. Was it take-your-kid-to-work day stuff?
The man and the teen were taken in to the living room, where Dinah and Roy were sitting. They all made themselves comfortable, except for the teen girl, who had a permanent scowl on her face.
The office got right down to business. "Alright Mr. Queen. Do you know who this girl is?" Ralph asked, pointing to Artemis.
Ollie sensed something familiar in the girl, though he couldn't place it on what it was. In reality, both Dinah and Roy were having the same feeling of familiarity that Ollie was having.
"I don't want to seem rude, but no, I have no clue who this girl is." Ollie shook his head dejectedly.
"This girl has it listed in her file that if anything should happen to her mother, she should be taken to you, Mr. Queen. Are you in any way familiar with anyone in the Nguyen family?" Ralph explained, wondering what kind of sick joke this was, that the woman last night was trying to kill the same man who would now be the guardian for her own child. Not to mention the fact that Mr. Queen had no idea about anything.
Ollie was smart enough to not let his mouth drop in incredulity. "I'm truly sorry Ralph, but I have never met with anyone in the Nguyen family. However, I am willing to take the girl in for a while, until we can get this matter cleared out. Is her mother-?" Ollie didn't want to assume, so he trailed off.
"She's under arrest. Ironically enough, she's the one who was trying to murder you last night." Ralph chuckled.
"Alright, well, Roy, you help Artemis settle in the guest bedroom. Meanwhile, Dinah and I will go down to the station and talk with this woman, see if we can't figure something out." Ollie commanded, getting ready to leave.
"Can I help you carry your bag?" Roy grumbled, not wanting to take the role of the helper.
"I'm good. Don't need help from you Jeeves." Artemis sneered.
"I'm trying to be courteous!" Roy roared.
"And I'm sure you're trying very hard Jeeves. One day, you'll be able to pass for a gentleman, but for now, keep working at it." Artemis snickered. She was enjoying this too much, but after the tenseness of yesterday, she needed this.
"Argh! You're hopeless, you know that right?" Roy scoffed. "But fine! Deal with this yourself! See how well you do!" Roy stormed off, not wanting to play baby-sitter to this hard-headed chick anymore.
Ohh, Roy and Artemis clashing :P This won't turn into a Roy and Artemis ship, but maybe with Wally...we'll see :)
Anywho, next chapter, Ollie and Dinah meet Jade, and Artemis starts rethinking her initial purpose!
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