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Thirteen
It was just after midnight when Oliver Queen stepped out of the zeta tube and into the Justice League space station Watchtower. Walking the familiar pathway to the medical bay he came across his eldest, Robert and girlfriend Sara sitting out the front of the medical bay playing cards.
"Dad!" Robert exclaimed, seeing his father for the first time in months. "What are you doing here?"
"Someone please explain to me what happened?" Oliver frowned. "I've got a hysterical teenager in my house and frankly I am not used to it. Scarlet's under the impression that she killed Starla."
"She almost did," Connor replied from the doorway.
Sara sighed. "Barry will be happy to know Scarlet's at your place, Uncle Ollie,"
"So what are you two doing here?" Oliver questioned.
"We were in the training rooms when we heard the fuss," Robert shrugged. "Starla's never been injured on a mission before that requires blood so the doc's cross matching blood as we speak. We thought we'd see if we were a match."
"Tell me what happened," Oliver responded again.
Connor told him about the meta-human kid who had used his empathic gift on Scarlet who in turned used it on both himself and Starla. "Basically she's got broken ribs, bleeding into her lungs and the doc's checking to make sure she didn't loose the baby. Your wife is inside trying to find a match."
Oliver let himself into the medical bay where Barry sat beside Starla's bed talking in soft tones to her. "Never a dull moment," he frowned. "In case you're wondering, Scarlet is at my place. Suki gave her something and she's sleeping."
Starla winced but breathed a sigh of relief. "I should have listened," she frowned, "I was stupidly determined to fix her. And she could have killed us both. Some people can't be fixed." She lay back on the bed, pale and hooked up to a few machines.
"Congratulations on the baby by the way," Oliver nodded. He turned his head when he heard his wife groan in frustration. "Babe?" he called.
"Starla is AB-," Felicity answered, "I'm searching the records for members with AB- blood to borrow some and I keep getting blocked! As if I don't have clearance! I helped make you and you shall listen to your queen!"
"She's been doing this for like ten minutes," Barry sighed. "Is Scarlet okay?"
Oliver shrugged. "In Suki's terms she's totally freaking out but I told her she could stay for a few days whilst I tried to sort things out."
"OLIVER!" Felicity yelled from across the room. She came running over with her tablet in her hands, "I found a match." She handed the tablet to Oliver with her eyes wide in shock. "And why it was being blocked."
Oliver took the tablet from his wife and froze. "This is a DNA match."
"A what?" Starla asked. "Why would the system have a DNA match for me? Who is it to?" Oliver handed her the table and she found herself staring at a picture of Scarlet with DNA MATCH written across the bottom. "This isn't funny!" she snapped.
Felicity held her hands up. "I didn't do anything, I swear. It was blocked and I hack it, that's what came up. She's a DNA match and a blood type match to you."
"My sister?" Starla frowned. She looked at the screen and flicked it across to read the second page. "Oh my god!" she gasped.
Barry looked over her shoulder. "Alien DNA?"
Oliver cleared his throat and shifted. "That I already knew about. Both River and I knew that Scarlet had alien DNA."
Starla glared at Oliver. "If I didn't ache all over I'd kick your ass, Queen."
Felicity snorted but didn't say anything. She took her tablet off Starla. "Someone has to tell Scarlet."
"Why?" Barry asked.
Felicity raised an eyebrow. "Because. Obi-Won should have told Luke he was Vader's son. Scarlet deserves to know. You two should stay out of it for a while. I'll get Barry to collect Scarlet's clothes and she can stay with us for a while. We'll sort schools out as well."
"Shouldn't you really be asking about the alien DNA?" Sara spoke from the door. "We've run into a few alien species in the years. So who's your daddy?"
"We'll have to sort that out on another date," Oliver frowned, seeing Starla's face drop. "Right now the doc has got to focus on other things."
Felicity tucked the tablet under her arm, "okay…here's the plan. I will speak with Scarlet in the morning when she wakes up. Oliver, you and River tag-team Bruce and find out why he blocked me. Barry, you go back home and get Scarlet's clothes, bring them back and we'll settle Scarlet in at Queen Manor for the next few months. Either that or she can live in Mount Justice with Megan and Connor."
Everyone nodded.
"All right, you have your assignments…off you pop," Felicity ordered.
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The following morning Felicity found Suki and Scarlet in the kitchen making breakfast with Moira and Shado. The twins were trying their hardest to make Scarlet smile ending up with Moira on the floor with literal egg on her head.
"Good morning girls," she smiled. "Can you give me the room? I need to talk to Scarlet."
Scarlet frowned as the three girls headed out of the kitchen. She grabbed Suki's arm before she walked out. "Please stay."
Suki looked at her aunt and she nodded. "Okay."
Felicity handed Scarlet the tablet. "Okay, so first things first, Starla is alive. She's hurt but she's alive." She watched Scarlet breath a sigh of relief and continued, "second thing is that why we were looking for a blood type for Starla since hers is AB-, we found a familial match with you."
Suki gasped. "Oh my god…Sara said that Starla's baby sister was kidnapped when she was a child…Scarlet?" she whispered, turning to look at the girl.
Scarlet was incredibly silent.
Felicity nodded. "Yes, correct. You're Starla's sister, you both have the same parents…then this is where it get's super complicated…you both have alien DNA."
"What?" Scarlet frowned. "We both have alien DNA?"
"All that and this is your takeaway?" Suki asked her.
Felicity smiled. "Well, this brings us to our next bit of news, Oliver and I have agreed that you can stay here with us for as long as you like. We'll enroll you at Saint Jude's Academy with Suki and the twins. Given what happened-"
"Yes!" Scarlet cut in. "I would prefer to stay here with you…Jessie…I can't separate her from Bart…"
Felicity nodded. "Good. If this is the case then, Oliver will bring back your clothes and school stuff. I'll make an appointment with the headmistress for tomorrow and we can start transferring you over. In a few days we can maybe look at getting together and you two can sort this out. I never thought I'd say this but Starla is your sister. Would you like to see her?"
"No," Scarlet answered coldly. "That woman…she is not my sister...anymore than the alien who donated his DNA is my father. Thank you for all your help, Mrs Queen. I'm going to lay back down." She stood up and left Suki and Felicity standing in the kitchen with matching confused looks on their faces.
