++++++ I'm going to give you guys some advanced noticed here, my grandmother is dying and may have been given a few weeks left to live. They're doing more tests but the outcome is not good. So if you suddenly see me just vanish for a while-this will be the reason why.
I'll be putting these notes on all my fics as I update.
Thank you in advanced.
And if you notice that some of my words are missing A's-the A on my keyboard is sticking and I am trying to fix them as I come across them.
In the meantime if you wanna pop on over and see my new fic Altered Perception you're welcome to. It's a DC-verse fic.
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Nine
"The cops are dead," came the voice of Black Wolf not ten minutes later. "Shot execution style in the dead."
I sighed and looked to Lance who was in a bit of an argument with the Huntress. "Captain…I bare bad news."
Lance shook his head and sighed. "I knew it. Son of a bitch."
"So I was totally bored up there," Tessa frowned, walking straight past the police barricade like it wasn't even there. "Paging Shade, party of one, bored out of her mind."
Lance narrowed his eyes on her. "I know you! You and your friend threatened to put a brick through city hall."
Tessa grinned. "That was me. How's it hanging officer?"
"Captain," Cypher and I corrected her.
"You're not wearing a mask," Lance frowned at Tessa.
Tessa chuckled. "It's mighty perplexing isn't it? I could totally give you my finger prints but alas-I have no identity because I possess the knowhow to make sure I have none. Just smile and nod if you understand."
Black Wolf suddenly landed on the ground beside us as Lance tried to question Tessa. "He's definitely there."
"Let's go we're wasting time," Huntress snapped. She turned and walked off.
"Watch her," I ordered Cypher.
Lance was ordering his men around, I grabbed Tessa's arm. "You couldn't wait?"
"What's the point?" Tessa snapped. "Laurel kicked me out. My wife, the woman I love, kicked me out like garbage because I refused to break the rules of heaven. I went against every instinct in my body and I fell in love. Well it ripped my heart out. I'm angry and I want to hurt something. Just piss off and leave me be." She pushed passed me to go join Cypher and Huntress.
I sighed. "Wolf you're with me," I told her. "The captain has agreed to let you and me go in with SWAT."
Her green eyes sparkled wide with glee. "You won't regret it. I promise."
I smiled as we followed SWAT. "I know I won't."
One thing I've learnt from the last few years on the street, once the first set of boots hits the ground, things happen really fast. The enemy fires first and they you fire second, sort of like an unspoken code.
Wolf and I were the first one on the ground. That's when the gunfire started.
"I fucking the drug dealers," Wolf frowned, firing arrows.
It was a mixture of SWAT and vigilantes raided the warehouse
We found Frank Bertinelli holding up in the back room with a couple of guards which Black Wolf took out with two well placed arrows.
I ziplocked his hand in front of him, stolen from the SWAT truck and escorted him outside where the Huntress was waiting.
"Finally, after all this time," the Huntress sneered, "you'll pay for what you did to Michael." She fired a bolt at her father but it hit an invisible wall. Tessa flung her hand out and Helena flew through the air. The Huntress stood up and loaded her crossbow again. "Move!"
"You can't kill him," I told her, standing in front of Frank Bertinelli. "Go on…shoot me-see what happens when you do."
The Huntress had her crossbow raised and aimed at me. I didn't flinch when she fired the crossbow, the bolt buried itself in my shoulder.
The Black Wolf fired an arrow, hitting the Huntress in her thigh.
She took off running-well limping.
"Huntress, wait!" I shouted, chasing after her.
Huntress turned to face me. "You'll regret this, River. You'll all regret this. Crossing me will be the last thing that you ever do."
I ripped the bolt out and kept it-DNA at a crime scene? Talk about stupid.
"Oliver is gonna kick our collective asses," Black Wolf groaned.
"What's this we business?" Tessa asked lighting a cigarette. "Oliver Quinn does not scare Tessa Morgan."
"YOU FOUR DID WHAT?" Oliver yelled.
Suki, Felicity, Tessa and myself were sitting in the lair like school children who had been caught doing something naughty.
"Oh they just helped a psychopath wander around Starling City with free reign," Diggle answered with a grin.
"Yes thank you Diggle!" River smirked.
"THIS IS NOT FUNNY, RIVER!" Oliver yelled. "Do you even know what kind of trouble Helena can bring down on us? She knows who we are."
"Blonde is just my hair colour," Felicity argued back. "We knew what we were doing. You're not the only capable one of organising a mission Ollie."
"So what the rest of you have to say?" Oliver growled, staring at Suki and Tessa.
"Yeah don't pick on Suki," Tessa muttered, picking her nails with her silver knife. "Now if this completely pointless and boring conversation is over, I need to go find the nearest bar and drink myself into a coma." She slipped off the bench and walked out, muttering under her breath.
"This whole Helena situation aside," I spoke up, "aren't you worried about that?" I frowned, pointing at the door. "A drunk whatever she is, isn't good."
"Nice try," Oliver snapped.
"She has a point," Suki and Felicity backed me up.
"She revealed herself to Lance," I told him. "Just waltzed right up to him and offered finger prints."
Oliver sighed. "It's late but I'll go talk with Laurel. Don't think we're done talking about this-all of you. Diggle take Felicity home."
"Excuse you!" Felicity snapped. She got up and stormed after Oliver-the two arguing the whole way.
"I'll be at the hotel," Suki sighed.
I stood up and stretched, happy to go home and see my husband and my daughter after a long day.
My first stop on arrival home was Sara's nursery. She was sound asleep clutching a dummy in either hand, a thin layer of white drool hanging out of her mouth. Gosh she was a gorgeous baby. I kissed her head and headed into the bedroom where Roy was out cold and Midnight was fast asleep.
I'd showered before coming home so it was easy to sneak around in stealth mode in my house. Getting into bed, I shoved the pillows around a bit to try and get them nice and lumpy enough to be comfortable a hand snaked around my waist, yanking me closer.
"God I miss you," Roy whispered in my ear. "Every time you're gone."
I rolled over, "you'll never guess what happened tonight. Scolded like a teenager-all four of us. Oliver is incredibly amusing."
"Enough about Oliver," Roy muttered, consuming my mouth with his own. To be perfectly honest, ever since having Sara, the sex had kinda died down a little. Right now though…I reached underneath the sheets…yeah I think tonight was gonna rekindle the whole sex life.
I threw the sheets away and mounted his waste.
Reaching down, I kissed him, my hands were busy in freeing my husband from his boxers and praying that Sara would sleep for just five minutes so we could have parent sex.
Sliding down, I winced a little.
"Fuck," Roy hissed. "Damn you're tight River."
"Childbirth," I whispered, "childbirth and stitches."
Roy propped himself up on his elbows and pulled his hoodie off that I was wearing.
Arching my back I thrust forward. It wasn't like being a virgin again but it was just as toe curling.
"Fuck me," I whispered as he took a nipple in his mouth.
We rolled and soon Roy had the top, he grabbed my legs and pushed them tightly up against my body so we were barely moving but I could feel him all the way inside. Being as strong as I was, with Roy not so strong anymore, being careful was difficult. His touch was wild and primal, like a man hungry for something not food.
Roy slammed home and bit down on my nipple, sending shivers every which way through my body. He was still for a while and fell back on the bed gasping for breath.
I turned my head to see the monitor light up.
"I'll get her," Roy smiled, kissing me. "I've had a few hours already, you get some sleep."
"You're too good to me," I muttered, falling asleep naked in bed.
