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Chapter 1: Lian

Roy

I was working at Verdant a few weeks after it reopened. Thea and I were on good terms again and were getting ready to open in a few hours, when I got a call from Artemis.

Wait. Why was Artemis calling me on her cell as Artemis? Not as Felicity. It better be important.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Roy, I need help!" she sounded out of breath. There was a crash, and screaming.

"Artemis, what I going on. Where are you?" I asked.

"At the safe house in Starling," she said quickly, before she screeched. "HEY! PUT THAT DOWN AND STOP SHOOTING AT ME!"

"What did you get yourself into?"

"Lian is worse than Damian." The line disconnected. Damn it. Why couldn't it have been anything else but my niece?


I unlocked the door to Artemis's safe house, and was met with a kitchen knife almost slicing off my ear.

"Hi, Uncle Roy!" my seven year old niece smirked at me, before shooting an arrow and pining me to the door. "How've you been?" before she ran off somewhere else in the penthouse.

"Lian!" I screamed, yanking the arrow out of my sweatshirt, running after her. I grabbed her by the collar, and took the bow and quiver from her, looking her in the eyes. "Where is your Aunty Artemis?"

"You'll have to catch me before I'll tell you," she said sweetly.

"I've already accomplished that-UGH!" she kneed me in the gut and kicked me to the ground, taking her weapons with her, and my robotic arm.

"You'll have to try harder than that, Uncle Roy!" she stuck her tongue out at me. Red Arrow owes me big time.

"Artemis! Where are you!" I yelled. Struggling to get up. I was met with muffled screams. Oh God, what did she do to Artemis? I ran around the house and her limbs duct taped together and her mouth taped shut.

After taking the duct tape off her mouth, Artemis screamed. "Why did our siblings have to train that little demon to be trained by Roy II and Jade? Why did they have to train her at all? And get me out of this, ROY!"

Once she was freed, she calmed down a bit. "She took your arm again?"

"What do you think? I've been here what? Five minutes? And Lian has almost taken off my ear, pinned me to a door, beat me up and took my arm. How long is she going here?"

"Tonight to tomorrow morning. Roy's on a League mission, and Jade is working a job. One of the two will be here to pick her up by lunch," Artemis said. "But that could be as late as five. Knowing them, it might be later."

"Curse our family."

"What's your mom up to?"

"She's a college professor, teaching day and night classes. Most likely so she doesn't have to deal with Lian."

"Your mother is the only one that can actually control her! Other than your dad and her parents." I said. "What are we going to do?"

"I am going to go hunt her down. You are going to go make mac 'n cheese."

"Why?"

"She's seven. One thing I learned from babysitting kids when I was a teenager, is that they love macaroni and cheese." I headed in the kitchen. "Arty!"

"Yeah!"

"I need my arm!"

"Okay! OUCH! Don't hit me! Ouch! Lian!" I wasn't getting my arm back. I can manage without it. Hopefully. This is going to be a long night, and it wasn't even five yet.


"Lian! Dinner's ready!" I yelled. The little jet black haired girl ran into the kitchen, with a role of duct tape in her had again. She jumped up on a counter stool and I placed a place of macaroni in front of her with Cheetos and apples.

"Thank you, Uncle Roy!"

"You're welcome. Where is Artemis?" I asked nicely, snatching the duct tape away from her.

"In her lab."

"Is she tied up?"

"Maybe."

"Is she under the desk?"

"Maybe."

"Will you stay put and eat?"

"Yes."

"Good."

"Arty and I will be back in two minutes. If you are not right here, I will duct tape you to the couch, alright?"

"Yes."

"Where is my arm?"

"Duct taped to Aunty Arty." Oh boy.

You know the thing about Lian, is that she never listens to me. She was no longer in her chair after I had got back. The mac and cheese that was still on the stove when I left was all over the floor, along with the butter, and the duct tape.

"You left her by herself, didn't you?"

"Yep."

"And she took her duct tape with her, didn't she?"

"It seems like she did, Artemis."

"Where did Lian go?"

"Right here!" she jumped off the ceiling, and knocked both of us out.


We woke up, duct taped to the couch. Lian was watching a movie next to us, making arrows calmly.

"Should try and get out? Or should we let her be because she's calm?" Artemis asked.

"This is the point where, I honestly don't even want to get free because I'm scared of what she' done to the penthouse."

"I never called Dick to tell him I wasn't coming home at all tonight."

"When should I expect the bird to drop in?" I asked.

"Around three in the morning."

"Did you ever tell Oliver that you weren't going to be there for patrol tonight?"

"Nope. You?" she asked me.

"Nope. He'll drop in soon, won't he?"

"No doubt."

"Who's Oliver?" Lian asked, finally acknowledging that we were awake.

"Our partner and friend," Artemis said. "And if he does come, you call me Aunt Felicity, not Artemis, got it?"

"Yes Aunty Felicity Not Artemis."

"No, Aunty Felicity."

"No, Aunty Felicity."

"Aunty Felicity."

"Aunty Felicity."

"Thank you."

"Okay, Aunty Thank you."

"Lian!"

"I was just joking! Yeesh." There was a knock on the door.

"Felicity! You home?"

"Yeah, Oliver! Now isn't the best time! Can you come back later?" Lian started to get up and head towards the door.

"I was worried when you didn't answer my calls earlier."

"Sorry. I've been otherwise occupied," Artemis yelled.

"Lian!" Get back here!" I hissed.

"No!" and she opened the door. "Hi! You must be the Oliver that Aunty Felicity was just talking about. You are the one that mom can't stand?"

"What has Jade been telling her?" I asked. Arty gave me the "don't look at me" look.

"Felicity! Who is this?" Oliver asked, walking into the room, seeing Roy and I taped to a couch. "Roy, what are you doing here?"

"This is my niece Lian Nguyen. My sister's daughter."

"What is Roy doing here, and why are you taped to a couch?" Oliver asked.

"Oh. Lian's my goddaughter. Felicity called me around four begging for help. And we are duct taped to the couch because Lian thought it was funny to knock us out at tape us to the couch. While we were knocked out it seems that she completely destroyed the rest of the apartment."

"And I'm proud of it too!" she sat back down to finish her movie.

"I'm going to try and get you two out of there."

"NO!" we both screamed. "It's much better that we are here and she is calm." Felicity said.

"Okay. What exactly are you two trying to accomplish?"

"Babysitting."

"Oh. Well then. I'm just going to go now." And Oliver left.

"He seems nice. He was freaked out the entire time. Mommy will be happy."


"Mommy!" Lian screamed when Jade got there at ten AM the next morning. Jade was still in full Cheshire uniform.

"Hi, Lian. Did you have fun with Aunty Artemis and Uncle Roy?"

"Yes! When can I come again?" she asked. I paled.

"I don't know, sweetie. Maybe you can stay with Grandma next time." Jade turned to us. "Did she behave?"

"Take one look around, does it look like she behaved?" Artemis asked sarcastically?

"I'll try to leave her with mom next time, or I'll give you two a heads up."

"Thank you." And they left.

"I don't know about you, but I'm going to Bludhaven to beat up some criminals," Artemis said.

"I second that!"


And the first chapter is completed! I've had this idea floating in my head for weeks, and this seemed easier that the idea that I'd come up with originally. This is kinda what I think babysitting Cheshire's and Red Arrows Daughter. Oh, and her last name is Jade's last name to draw attention away from Roy. Prompts are accepted! Tell me what you think! –Delta