The next night-The brownstone

Roy Harper had came over. "Ollie, why are you letting Deathstroke get away?"

"He's going after Drakon, Roy."

"So what? It's still not an excuse for him to murder."

"Roy, I have to admit, the man does have some morals. I don't like it that Connor's friend is involved with Deathstroke, but he does have morals. Constantine Drakon did things to that that were wrong."

"I know that Constantine Drakon is a sicko, but it's still no reason to let Deathstroke get away."

"I don't like the man either, but I'm not going to try to stop him or that s mother from killing him."

"Ollie, I don't get this."

"After I left the hospital, I did some research. That was kidnapped at the age of three and almost died, because of Constantine Drakon. How will that affect Connor if he comes after her again, but this time kills her?"

"Ollie, what happened to her in the past isn't your business."

"It is when it involves my son! I know that she has no criminal record, but that doesn't mean that she never will."

"Ollie, Connor met her because of me. She is a good person. She's just had a lot of bad things happen to her."

"Things that Drakon did to her."

"Ollie, either turn them in or stay the hell out of it."

"Roy, you were my ward. Because of me you ended up on drugs. And then, I was never there for Connor. I'm trying to protect him. So, I need to know everything there is to know about that ."

"I'm not going to help you, Ollie. She's a good and she's my friend."

"Connor won't let me meet her!"

"Good, I don't think you deserve to meet Dorae. She really is very sweet. She's very , Ollie. How do you think it is that she's Connor's friend?"

"How many people knew about this before me!"

"It doesn't matter, Ollie. What does matter is that you need to stay the hell out of her life. She's had enough pain to deal with. She was just shot through the shoulder. She doesn't need you to stress her out. Don't go and try to visit her. You'll literally scare her. She doesn't like strangers that well. Her warming up to Connor not long after she met him is…a miracle…Just stay out of this. Stay out of Connor's business."

"You're telling me what to do?"

"In this case, yes. Don't help Kimiko and Deathstroke. If Connor finds out, he'll tell Dorae, and that will hurt her. The last thing Kimiko wants is for her children to be hurt anymore. That's why she took that contract. She took the contract to eliminate any chance Drakon has of trying to kill her children again."

"Get out Roy. Get out."

The hospital

Connor was sitting in Dorae's room.

Dorae woke up from her slumber and looked at him. "You're still here…?"

"I don't want to go home yet. My dad is as of right now letting Deathstroke get away with shooting you."

"Uncle Slade didn't mean it…"

"I don't want to get into an argument about this. I don't want to be involved in what your mother does for a living."

"You think I do? She kills people. Maybe some of them deserve it, and maybe some of them don't."

"Are you in any pain?" Connor asked as a way to change the subject.

"No, I'm not in any pain. I can't feel anything."

"The doctor said that the medicine they gave you wasn't as strong as what they normally would have given to you. Because of your condition."

"They wouldn't give anything stronger than that to me."

"I can get you some water or…"

"I'm not an invalid, Connor."

"You can't get anything by yourself for a while."

"I'm pregnant, not dying of crippled or something like that."

"You didn't even know about it until you came out of the anesthesia. And when I told you the doctor said you were pregnant, you didn't even understand me. "

"They had me doped up."

"I had to sign papers saying that they could operate on you."

"I decided not to have my mother as next of kin anymore. You did agree to me listing you as my next of kin last week."

"I know I did, and I didn't say that I didn't want to be your next of kin anymore."

"Good, because I'm not going to let my mom being my next of kin again."

"You know, if you don't want my dad to know about this baby, we'd have to move and have no involvement with him. If you don't want him to know, and I stay here, I'll end up telling him or he'd find out."

"I haven't decided when I want anyone to know about the baby. I just know that I don't want my mom to know. Or Uncle Slade."

"Ok, I'll try not to let anyone find out."