Crimes of Passion
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana and Lance/Diablos.
Chapter 25: Revelations and Plots
"Roy was a mole?"
Green Arrow was stunned at what he was hearing. So was the rest of the League.
Persiana groaned in her hands,
"I can't believe it. Why couldn't I have seen this? It's happening all over again."
She looked at Tigra, to which the were-tigress drooped her ears and looked away.
Superman looked around,
"You said Diablos was with you. Where is he?"
Farrah shook her head,
"I don't know. He said he was going to talk to Speedy about something. That's the last I heard from him."
Wonder Girl burst in the room,
"Is it true? Is Roy a traitor?"
Diana came to her sister,
"Donna, please-."
The younger Amazon princess shouted,
"NO! I need to know. Has Roy betrayed us?"
Ollie shook his head,
"We don't know."
Farrah clenched her fists down. She was angry. Angry that this was happening; angry that it brought back so many painful memories. Granted, Roy was not as close to the lioness as Tigra was, but it did not mean it was any less painful. She stormed out of the room, slashing a significant piece of the wall as she did.
Flash commented,
"She's taking it well."
Tigra nodded,
"You're right. She could hunt Roy down and kill him."
Meanwhile…
Diablos managed to get a few blocks before catching up with the limo. It stopped, and Waller and Roy stepped out. The red-headed archer shook his head,
"Don't bother trying to talk me out of this, Lance. I've made my decision."
The red-eyed hero shook his head,
"What do I tell Donna when I see her again?"
The heavy woman looked at Roy,
"You can tell him."
Diablos could have easily read the mind of the archer, but respected his privacy. Roy approached and the two went to a bench not too far away.
Eve, from the limo, watched all of this unfold, and smiled evilly in delight. This was going to be better than she had hoped for.
Roy looked at Lance,
"You don't understand. There wasn't a choice."
Lance retorted,
"Tell that to your Amazon ex-girlfriend and her sister, because I think they're going to try and kill you when they find you again. What the hell is this about, Roy?"
Speedy looked away, shaking his head,
"There are things I did. Horrible things that got me into this mess. Things that I have to clean up."
He swallowed nervously before continuing,
"I was a drug addict."
Lance blinked at that for a moment before asking,
"What were you addicted to?"
"Heroin."
"Does Ollie know?"
"No, no one does, except maybe Amanda. She took me into Checkmate, got me clean, and I trained to be one of their agents. You see, Lance. I owe them. I owe them my life."
Lance raised his arms in frustration,
"You could have told someone! You could have told Ollie!! He would have helped!"
Roy sarcastically remarked,
"And be one of Ollie's miracle charity cases? Sorry, this was MY mess; I have to clean it up!"
He shook his head, adding,
"But that's not all."
Lance rubbed the bridge of his nose,
"There's more?"
Roy nodded,
"When I was training, I met this woman. She called herself…Cheshire and-."
The red-eyed hero groaned,
"Roy, she is bad news. How could you ever get involved with her, of all women?"
Roy wiped a tear away, replying angrily,
"I wanted someone that actually gave a damn about me. I didn't want to be treated like a government stooge! She made me feel that way for the first time in a long time!"
He then added,
"At least, until she got pregnant."
Lance could not believe what he was hearing,
"You have child with her?"
"A daughter. She's two now."
He looked up,
"You're right, I should have told someone. But, I didn't, and, now, I have to clean this mess up myself."
Lance shook his head,
"You know, you're lucky I found you before my girlfriend, Donna, or Diana did. If they found you first, you'd be a smear on the road."
He teleported away, not wanting to have to deal with this right now.
As Roy was making his way back to the limo, Eve smirked,
"Roy lives around here, right?"
Waller narrowed her eyes,
"Let me make myself clear, Doctor. You are considered to be an important asset to the United States government for your knowledge of Hydra. Why you're even planning to betray them is beyond me."
Eve smirked,
"What makes you think I was ever going to betray them?"
Quickly, she grabbed Amanada's gun and knocked her unconscious. Roy tried to get a shot off with the bow, but the gun fired and hit him in the shoulder. He fell back and tried to reach for the bow when Eve's foot pressed down on the wound. Roy looked up and was looking at the barrel of a gun. The genetic researcher said,
"Now, tell me. What apartment is your daughter in?"
Next Chapter:
Things can only go from bad to worse for Roy, and for the Justice League. Find out next time!