Fall 2007

Oliver Queen cocks his head to the side and stares at the two identical kids in front of him. "...What?"

Wallace frowns, "Listen, I know that you were relieved when you found Roy after he'd been kidnapped, but you didn't actually find him. Roy," Wallace wraps an arm around his newest son, "was planted as your partner. When he came home, I contacted Velocity who grabbed up Cheshire and Wonder Girl and they went hunting. They brought Roy back home and now they are twins."

"...What?"

The Roy who has what's left of his right arm bandaged just above the elbow frowns and tucks himself closer to Wallace, who wraps his other arm around him, "I was cloned. But that doesn't make Roy not a person. We decided that we're twins."

Wallace nods seriously, "So, while Roy will work with you and get his own experiences, Roy is coming back home with me until his arm heals."

"...I'm still confused." Oliver shakes his head, "There... was one Roy and now there are... two?"

Roy steps away from Wallace, towards Oliver, "Yeah. So when Roy heals up and gets his new arm, he'll join us on patrol. I mean, you signed that contract with Dad about taking 'Roy Harper-West' as your partner. There isn't anything that would stop you from training both of us."

"New arm?" A look of suspicion clouds Oliver's face and he continues, "What do you mean, a new arm?"

With a soft laugh while keeping a comforting hold on Roy, Wallace expands for Oliver's sake, "Velocity and Cheshire have some contacts that they've gotten hold of that are willing to build a mechanical arm for Roy. It should only take a two or three months before he's ready to go back out with you and Roy."

Oliver's frown doesn't lessen, though it does change as he whines out, "So now I have to deal with identical twins with the same name? What about your hero name?" Oliver asks the Roy standing closest to him, "Are you going to change it to something else? Since Speedy is out of commission for a while?"

"No." Roy snorts, "Just imagine the fun confusion of our enemies when they have to deal with an archer that seems like he can replicate, or teleport himself. Two Roy's, two Speedy's, no waiting."