Soo, yeah, my brain flatlined while I was writing Fallen From Mighty, so here's some randomness…

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Roy glared across the counter at…well, at nothing. He has a tendency to glare at nothing. He glares at nothing when he's angry, when he's sad…

…And, well, basically when he's angry.

And is he ever angry right now!

He had just dropped Dick and Wally at Mount Justice, but he was mad because the week had gone by all too fast; like when Wally breaks the sound barrier, but much worse. Now his apartment was empty, a little messy, and, by far, way too lonely. He sighed, dumping his coffee mug in the sink on his way to clean up the living room.

Ok, maybe he's a little bit sad; just a little bit! But sad nonetheless.

Before the two had left, Dick had tried to convince the hyper speedster to help him clean the living room: you know, fold blankets, put away the fold-out bed, pick up the garbage. But whatever Dick would do, the mischievous speedster would UNdo! This angered the hacker. Now, you have to know Dick; he has three levels of anger…

First level is his silent level: hoping the source of irritation will leave, ignoring said source, removing himself from the center, so forth. Anything to avoid conflict.

Now, if the source continues to annoy the acrobat{1}, he will launch full force into level two: in said level, Richard will start yelling and viciously verbally attacking you. Name calling, yelling right in your face, and similar circumstances to vent his pent up anger.

If the source of irritation persists even after this outburst, we get into level three: the most dangerous level anyone could be at. This level includes all lessons Richard has learned from Batman, plus some of his own taste added to it. This includes, karate, jujitsu, athletic flips and tricks, and the occasional flying object will attack the source of his conflict, along with a continuing barrage of verbal attacks…

Unfortunately for Wally, Dick had went in full attack mode, going so far as to even throw a bar stool at the speedster. Roy had eventually gotten Dick to calm down and sit quietly sipping on a soda while he had Wally pick up the mess; which didn't go as planned. The living room looked worse than before. The blankets were askew and the futon was pushed back in a heap; apparently cleaning a house in superspeed is very bad.

Now Roy sits in the darkness of his kitchen, staring past the counter at where his brothers would have been, laughing and poking fun at the TV. Now, there was just an empty silence. He wondered what mission they would go on next, and even if they would survive it.

He cringed. Survival. Seemed that was all life offered them as superheroes. Roy had caught a glimpse of the more childlike, civilian side of them for that one week he had just spent with them. He had mixed feelings about the idea of kids being superheroes:

On the one hand, it was rather exciting to be a superhero, and you were doing a good deed what with saving people and the Earth from villains. True it could be dangerous, but that's what makes it exciting!

And on the other hand, that's also what gets heroes killed. Danger is one ingredient the cake of Justice is never short of. It's like the ocean being heroes and water being danger: water is the ocean, danger is being a hero.

And now, with his apartment empty and lonely, Roy, Speedy, Red Arrow thought back on his decisions in the past that led to where he stood today:

Becoming Green Arrow's…sidekick. (ugh, he hated that word…)

Delving deeper into the worry and danger of superheroes.

Getting to know Robin and Kid Flash – now there was no remorse in that decision.

Leaving said brothers and the League behind him, to strike it out on his own…

And yet, even though there was quite a bit of remorse for the previous action he wouldn't be giving his full potential if he hadn't left the cap behind…

But if he had stayed…

Oh, all the scenarios each choice brought gave Roy a headache…

And this is how Red Arrow found himself standing in his apartment; alone…

Again.

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{1} Anyone else notice how there's the word 'bat' in 'acrobat'? Ya know, 'BAT'man, and then there Robin who's an acro'BAT'? Te-he-he...

Didn't quite pan out the way I had hoped, but anywho… By the way, I'll take requests if you guys have any! No YAOI/SLASH! Capeesh?

Roy: You make me sound depressed…

Icey: Well, it must be lonely all by yourself in Star City; don't you even miss Green Arrow…?

Roy: …N-no…

Icey: …Ok…