A/N: So this is the second part to Salvage. I originally wasn't going to continue it but then I thought of great second part and I received a review saying I should continue it. But there's only so much I can write without the next episode. So this is the final part for his episode. But if I can, I'll write more episodes with Annabeth making an appearance in the future. So here you go! Hope you enjoy it, please review!


~Three Weeks Later~

Annabeth was leaning against the wall in Roy's apartment. It was mid-day and Annabeth had taken the day off from college, claiming to be sick. Lian was playing in a cleared out corner of the apartment with a stuffed animal Annabeth brought over from the mansion.

Roy was currently standing in the kitchen making a bottle for the baby; his appearance hadn't declined from the last visit three weeks ago. But his body still didn't look as well.

"It looks like you're getting better at the father role, Roy." Annabeth commented, fixing the fedora hat that rested on her head. Roy stepped out of the kitchen and shrugged, walking over to Lian; he gave her the bottle and smiled as she held onto his hand.

"Besides the rare waking up in the middle of the night for her change or a bottle, it's not really that hard. She's a good girl, already showing independence." Roy said, he kissed her forehead and went to the couch to sort out a few things Annabeth brought over.

"I just hope she doesn't take in your extremely high pride and her mother's violence. I think the two won't be a good pairing." Annabeth noted, she went over to Lian and began to pat her back softly. Seeing that the baby had fallen asleep, the brunet cleared the comforter and set Lian on her back. Annabeth turned back to Roy and retook her spot against the wall.

Now to the real reason she came. Roy scoffed softly and looked back to the grown hero.

"Says the one who has both,"

"In order to take care of someone else, you need to take care of yourself first." Annabeth said suddenly. Roy stopped fumbling with the box in his hands and looked up to Annabeth; her arms were folded tightly as one foot was propped up against the wall. Blue eyes were staring him down directly.

"That's what Bruce told me after he took in the second Robin. When we found out that Kaldur was working with Black Manta, I was a wreck. To think that one of my best friends, the one I fought beside, the one I trusted with my life had threatened to kill me. The same best friend who I told my story to. Who I didn't have to hide my identity from, I tried to help the second Robin with something personal, but then Bruce stopped me and said that to me." Annabeth told him.

"That caused me to think about you. How you betrayed us, betrayed me. I told you my story, my past; I showed my true identity to you. So when I found out that you were the mole, all I could think of was: What if he's given Savage my entire past? It was you who I looked up to Roy. You were the big brother out of the five of us. More importantly, you were my big brother. Oliver and Dinah watched over me while Bruce and Dick worked on the Dynamic Duo.

"You know what I always did while I was staying over? I watched you train; you worked so hard in order to impress Ollie and get him to take you as his partner. The way your concentration would never be broken so easily. I admired your stupidly high pride and confidence in yourself that made up for what I didn't have. Me being ten and just taken from juvie, what pride would I have? But then the roof top…" Annabeth trailed off after that, going back to three weeks ago. Annabeth desperately wanted to say all of this back then, but she couldn't because he needed a wakeup call like when he was getting over his drug addiction. And not to mention she had just taken in the fact that he was married to Cheshire, had a kid, and was going to be taking care of her.

"You're a fallen archer Roy." Annabeth said bluntly. Roy frowned, he stood and was about to snap back at the brunet, but Annabeth raised an eyebrow and continued.

"So in order to care for Li, then you need to clean up yourself because from here on out: I'm done. I've realized that I can't help you with everything like I said I would. Believe me when I say that I love you, you're still going to be my older brother. But you need to learn how to keep your head above water on your own and with the added weight of Lian. I had to learn that the hard way with Robin, I needed to keep my emotions in check for him because he needed me to be there for him and I did. I put everything that concerned me and my feelings down for him, so I could be there for him."

Roy felt his mind blank out. He hadn't been given one of Annabeth's speeches in a while. And her words tended to change people's minds about a lot of things, having seen a lot of things, gone through them and experienced them first hand.

"So this is me helping you. Figure out what you're going to do now and if you need help, call Oliver. Because at some point, I won't be able to help you and Ollie will be the next best thing."

"You sound like him now. So you're just going to turn your back on me? Just like all the rest did." Roy spat bitterly he stood and was about to step over to her. But Annabeth beat him to it. Grabbing him by his shirt collar, Annabeth pushed him up against the wall and wrapped her hand around his throat.

"You think I'm turning my back on you? Remember, you called me asking for my help. And no one turned their backs on you! You being too stupid and stubborn, you blocked out everyone who cares about you!" Annabeth poked his forehead hard to emphasize her point. "I told you that I wouldn't call Oliver and tell him about Lian, but now I'm really considering it since you have the balls to say that I'm turning my back on you." Annabeth hissed, pressing her fingers around his throat. Roy gasped and tried to pry her hand from his throat. Annabeth scoffed and pulled her hand back, stepping away from him as she watched him fall to the ground.

"This is really sad you know that? In the time it would've taken me to push you to the wall, you would've fought back and had me pinned instead. But now, you're so slow that even Lian could do some damage. To be honest, all I see here is loss muscle and a dull frame. I don't see that normal Roy Harper spark anymore. All I see is a stranger." Annabeth shook her head. She grabbed her bag and fallen fedora, walking over to the door she looked back to Roy.

"When was the last time you called for help? Five years ago in Taipei when you asked Kaldur for help." Roy's eyes widened at the words. Annabeth laughed dryly at his expression. Pointing a finger toward him, she spoke again. "You're right; I may be violent and have some high pride. But I'm not scared to admit that I need help. I'm not scared to call for it either. You are though. So get over yourself and call for someone else, because I'm done being your personal hero." And with that Annabeth left the apartment. Roy stayed there on the floor looking toward the door. He knew Annabeth wasn't turning her back on him. She was just trying to break down to his emotional barrier and get him to call the others. She knew that having only her to confide in wasn't healthy, and he needed to learn to let people in instead of pushing them out and locking his heart up with a pad lock.

Roy had so many people who care about him and want to help him, but he was too blind to see them. Too scared to take their hand in fear of being let down again. In that way, Annabeth was able to relate to him and get through all of his barriers, having seen him at his worst. But in the long run, being so proud and stubborn would get in the way. So it was a miracle that he let in Jade, but they were separated now so it didn't matter.

Annabeth walked from the building and to her car that was parked a block from his apartment. Unlocking her door and scaring off a few creepers in the process, she got into the car and sped off to catch her afternoon class. At a red light, Annabeth looked to her phone she discarded on the passenger seat. She knew that it would be lying to Roy when she said that she wouldn't tell anyone about Lian.

But in their current condition, Roy not working and Annabeth having quit as being Lian's care taker, it was no safe place for the baby. So Annabeth would be obliged to anyway as a hero. Eyeing the light, she grabbed her phone and dialed a quick number. Pressing the Bluetooth on in her car, she spoke up.

"Hey Ollie…"