Part 9
Dinah ran her hand down Roy's pale cheek.. the nursing staff had taken the time to clean him up and shave the few weeks worth of growth that had given the young man a beard that gave Ollie a run for his money..and at least now he was slightly more recognisable as the young man she knew and loved, than the stranger he had seemed when she had rushed to meet Ollie here when they first brought him in.
"He still out to it?" Ollie asked as he entered the hospital room.
Dinah glanced up as the Archer came towards her. "Yeah..they're keeping him out to it a bit longer I believe." she replied softly, turning back to look at the sleeping red head."He seems to be breathing easier this morning though." she added.
"I just wish they'd stop sedating him and let him wake up properly, I wanna know what the hell happened." Ollie replied, sighing deeply and rubbing the back of his neck with one hand.
"No you don't..Ollie you don't wish that at all..you've got no idea what he's going to face when he wakes up, even with the treatment they've given him here to get that crap out of his system he's still going to have a lot to deal with..The longer he sleeps the better it will be." Dinah replied firmly.
"I just wish I could have had the chance to make those mongrels pay..now they're sitting in a nice warm jail cell and I can't touch them." Ollie replied. "Damn it I just wish I'da known sooner that he was missing, he'd already been gone a week by the time I even found out...hell I hadn't even spoken to him in almost a month before that."
"Maybe that's something the two of you need to work on Ollie..I know the problems you've faced in the past have made you grow apart..and I know that you've been working at changing that, but there's always room for improvement..make it a goal to call him more often, reach out a little more Ollie..even if it seems like he's not reaching back at first..just try..." Dinah's voice faded as Roy stirred, coughing, then mumbling to himself before reaching up to pull at the tubing that supplied oxygen to the cannula under his nose.. Dinah grabbed his hand. "No you don't..leave that alone Boyo...Welcome back to the land of the living red" she finished, smiling reassuringly as the young man opened his eye's to look at her.
Roy watched her for a moment, then moaned softly. "You call this living?" he whispered.
Ollie chuckled. "You must be getting better if you can crack jokes." he said, moving to stand on the other side of the bed, and placing his hand on Roy's arm.
"Wasn't joking." Roy mumbled, closing his eye's again.
Ollie stood quietly for a moment, watching as the younger man's breathing deepened and he fell back into sleep. "That's it?..That's all we get?..Sheesh kid, I thought you had more stamina than that!" he said, smiling and gently tussling the red heads hair affectionately.
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Austin Dixon collected his luggage and made his way across the busy airport terminal towards the exit..He hailed a cab and climbed inside, giving the driver the directions, before sitting back in the seat and relaxing, sighing contentedly and smiling to himself. He would succeed where David had failed, he should have taken care of things himself in the first place.
He'd had to use a false name to slip back into the country...but now he was here he would need to move fast to follow through on the plans he had formed..He'd arranged to meet the men he would need to assist him in the morning..He would discuss his plans with them, then execute those same plans tomorrow night, getting what he came for and slipping back out of the country by the next morning.
Dixon was still smiling as the cab pulled up in front of the motel he had prearranged, he paid the driver and carried his bag inside, obtaining the key to his room before taking the elevator upstairs to his floor. He had no doubt things would run smoothly this time, there was a power greater than all of humanity at work..he was gods chosen servant and he would not fail.
Dixon unlocked the door and stepped into the room..searching for the switch to turn on the light, before heading towards the bed and throwing his suitcase on it...Soon he would have the information he needed to do gods will and right the imbalance that was forming in the world..soon he would ensure the purity of the human race.
"Welcome back to America Dixon."
Dixon spun around to face the owner of the voice..A lean raven haired young man in a midnight blue and black costume leaned casually against the wall, his arms folded across his chest..his features disguised by the black eyemask he wore.
"Don't look so worried..There's been a nice warm padded cell arranged for you to stay in..and it won't cost anywhere near as much as this place does." the young man said with a confident smile.
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