A/N: Hey guys! Just been on holiday for the Jubilee and used yesterday to catch on things I'd missed ie Bloodlines, new chapters for stories I have on story alert. It was a lovely surprise for me to find 25 emails in my inbox for new chapters of stories I love. Oh my Gosh, I loved Bloodlines! Bart! Yay! He's stuck in the past which means more Bart! Anyway, new chapter:
Hal, Roy, Ollie and Cora: MyLittleAngelxxx does not own any DC characters or Young Justice they belong to the rightful owners.
Chapter 11: Hal to the Rescue
Star City Downtown
18 April, 7:00 PDT
Ollie dejectedly strolled down the sidewalk, unable to shake the memories from his head. His mother was missing. She had been for years now. When he ran away, she had gone missing, right? Or had something else happened? Why can't I remember? Ollie thought frustrated. He was needed in work, so he sighed and went to work.
Star City Downtown 1994
17 April, 18:00 PDT
Ollie sighed and plodded through downtown. He was depressed, he had been for a while. It was Collin's fault. It always was. He wasn't looking where he was going and slammed into someone and landed on the sidewalk with a thud! He got up and rubbed his back and his ass and winced when pain flared through his body.
"Watch where you're going, kid." A aristocratic, clipped voice snapped. Ollie looked up and saw a male older teen that was glaring down his nose at him. He had blonde-white hair slicked back. He was wearing a brown waist coat underneath a lime green blazer with a green cravat and a golden brooch. Ollie squinted through the rain and saw that the brooch was actually his family's crest. He was wearing green pants and gloves. This teen seemed to be arrogant as well given that he was wearing a smug expression and the forest green cape trailing behind him wasn't helping him. Ollie also noted that he had spoken in a thick eastern European accent, so he wasn't from around here.
"Who are you?" Ollie intoned politely, as his mother had taught him. Even if Ollie's opinion of this person was low, he was obviously of high class, so he deserved a little bit of respect.
"The name is Count Werner Vertigo, child. And you are?" The stranger intoned just as politely.
"Oliver Queen, only heir to the Queen fortune and name. It's nice to meet you Count Vertigo." Ollie said with fake enthusiasm and stuck his hand out for this Count Vertigo to shake. How could he be a Count? He looked about nineteen. It wasn't possible, was it?
"You have disgraced my name with your sarcasm, young one, and you will pay." Vertigo thundered. Uh oh, he picked up on that? Ollie thought panicking when Vertigo pulled a dagger from the folds of his cape. He was in trouble.
Vertigo swiped the air and Ollie just managed to back-flip out of the way. Hang on, a cape is heavy and rain will only make it heavier, whereas I'm wearing light clothes and they will get heavier with rain but not as heavy as a cape. Ollie thought as inspiration hit him. He ducked the next hit and charged at Vertigo. He managed to slip under his arm and pulled on the cape and down Vertigo went.
Ollie panted from the exertion. He was tired and he needed to rest. Vertigo was getting back up and Ollie didn't have the energy or strength to take him down a second time. He flinched as Vertigo raised his dagger and kept his eyes shut, thinking this was it. He was gonna die.
Suddenly there was a cry and a thud and Ollie opened his eyes. What he saw was Vertigo on the floor pinned by his own dagger and Hal Jordan stood in front of him. Ollie was sure he was gaping but he couldn't believe it. He had thought he was going to die and Jordan steps in and saves him. It didn't make sense, he barely knew Jordan.
"Come on, pal, let's get you to shelter. My house is closest." Hal said cheerily, as though the Queen heir hadn't been seconds from death. Ollie managed to shut his mouth and just followed Hal blindly.
Star City Queen House 1994
17 April, 18:00 PDT
"Todd?" Roy called, expecting the cub to come barreling towards him, but he didn't. Roy had just entered the living room and saw that it was a mess. His mind whirred with possibilities as he saw blood on the wall. Who's was it? Was it Ollie's or someone else's? There a note on the coffee table. Roy approached it cautiously, every thought of finding Todd thrown from his mind. In neat scrawl there was a message. It read:
Dear whoever finds this,
I have kidnapped one Cora Queen and I demand that her son Oliver Queen be brought to Star City Square within the hour 18:00 otherwise his mother will be mine forever to do as I please with her. You will never see her again.
Yours Sincerely,
Roy William Harper Sr.
Roy inhaled in shock. His dad had done this? He'd kidnapped Cora? Wonderful Cora who'd been nothing but gracious to Roy? How could she deserve that? He needed to do something!
Roy! Cora's voice sounded in his head. Find Ollie! And find Todd. Forget about me, I'll be fine. But Ollie needs you. He needs to believe in heroes again, I know he does and so do you. I don't care how you do it, just make him believe again.
And then Cora's voice was gone. Roy knew what he had to do. It hurt him to leave her but he had to find Ollie and Todd.
A/N: How was that? Please drop a review?
~Angel
