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Arsenal New Beginnings Chapter 5: The Hard Choice.
Roy stood there and thought for a minute on what he should do. He couldn't leave Lian by herself. An idea came to him and he walked out of his room and went to knock on Laurel's apartment door. He knocked a few times and says "Laurel, it's Roy open up I need your help."
Laurel answered the door, she was in her pajamas. The consisted of a shirt and jogging shorts. Half asleep, she came to the door and opened her door and said, "Roy, you do realize it's 2am in the morning and everyone's asleep."
"Yea, I do. But I have a good reason why I'm here." Roy replied.
"What reason could you have at 2am?" Laurel asked.
He looked back at her and says "I need you to watch Lian for me while I go out for a while and stop a mistake."
Laurel with a surprised look on her face looked back at Roy and said, "Daughter. I didn't know you had a daughter and what mistake?"
"Sorry for not mentioning, I don't like talking about my past. I like keeping my business to myself. The mistake is that Lian's mother will kill Nightwing on Malcolm Merlyn's orders."
"I'm guessing she took this job to help support Lian since you hadn't been around. Laurel asked.
Roy nodded and says "This is my fault. If I hadn't told her I had to leave to protect them she wouldn't have taken the job to help support her and Lian."
"Roy this isn't your fault. You made your choice. A choice you'll live with. But I know you have a good heart and you only did what was best for them." Laurel replied.
Roy started to break down and cry in front of Laurel as tears flowed down his eye. He wiped the tears with right sleeve and says. "I'm going to make this right and prevent a murder. I'll go get Lian and bring her here."
Roy walked off and headed back into his apartment and slowly lifted Lian in his arms and carried her to Laurel's apartment. Once there he looked at Laurel and whispered "Where can i put her?"
Laurel walked towards her spare room, where she had a bed. Roy followed carrying Lian placing her on the bed. Laurel covered her with the blanket. Roy walked out of the room to think, he had a lot on his mind. Laurel had noticed him leave the room. She then closed the door behind her and grabbed Roy by the left arm and whispered "How will you find her?"
In the same tone of voice Roy says "The one place I would look is Malcolm Merlyn 's building." Roy replied.
"Why there?" Laurel asked.
"If I was Nightwing looking for the Joker I'd look there since they have a history together." Roy replied.
Roy turned and was heading for the front door and stopped to look back at Laurel and says "Thanks for watching Lian for me. I know I'll be careful. Trust me."
Roy walked out and closed the door behind him. He went back to his room and grabbed his mask to cover his eyes and his red coat with his hood. The only thing missing was his bow and arrows. He had lost them during the fight with Deathstroke. He made his way to a building across the street and noticed from the roof, a girl watching Malcolm Merlyn 's building. The woman wasn't Jade, it was someone he did recognize and decided he'd pay this person a visit.
He stood there and pulled out his small binoculars and pointed them at the woman. Roy needed a way to get there but how?
He then looked through the binoculars and didn't see her anymore then heard a female voice says "It's not nice to peep on someone. Who are you?"
Roy looked back at the beautiful standing in front of him and says "That's funny I was just going to ask you the same question?"
She grabbed him by the throat and hung him over the building and said, "It's not nice to be rude when lady asks you a question."
Nightwing appeared behind her and says "Kori can you put Roy down gently."
Kori pulled Roy in and dropped him down on the ground. Roy hit the floor and said, "The man said gently. Ouch."
Kori looked back down at Roy, giving him a smirk and says "Sorry about that. The name's Kori aka Starfire. But you can call me Kori."
Roy put his hand out to Kori and says "Nice to meet you. The name's Roy... Roy Harper."
They both shake hands and Kori gave Roy a smile and then let go of his hand. Nightwing stepped forward and looked at Roy and wondered why he was there and said, "Roy Harper what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to stop Jade from killing you." Roy replied getting himself off the ground and stood next to Nightwing.
"Did I hear correctly your here to stop Jade from killing me. Why would she want to kill me?" Nightwing asked.
"Malcolm Merlyn ordered her to eliminate you. Per the Joker's instructions I'm guessing." Roy replied.
Kori looked at Nightwing and says "You can't be seriously listening to him Nightwing."
"Kori it's alright I believe him." Nightwing replied.
"Why?" Kori asked.
Nightwing looked back at Kori and says "You're asking me why Kori. The reason why is cause Jade's already here."
They all turn around and see Jade standing there. She's pointing a gun at Nightwing. Roy stood in front of him and looked at Jade and put his hand out and says "I won't let you kill him."
Jade in a stern voice says "You and I both know I'm doing this for our daughter."
She pulled out a small knife from her right side and tosses it with her right hand towards Roy. It hits him in the right shoulder. Roy clutched his right shoulder with his left hand. He pulled out the knife then tossed it back at Jade. It lands at her feet, as she bent down and picks it up. She places it back where she grabbed it from. He put pressure on the wound. He looked back at Jade in pain and says "What was that for?"
"I'm not letting you get in my way Roy. You know what I'm capable of doing." Jade replied in a stern voice.
Suddenly there were sounds of clapping coming behind them. Roy and the other turned to where the clapping was being made. They see the Joker standing there. The Joker stopped clapping and said, "I must say Nightwing, you really know how to throw a party. I never dreamed that my plan to kill you would bring me this much joy at watching all of you die."
"The only one dying tonight, Joker will be you." Nightwing replied looking directly at the Joker.
"Um no, you have that wrong. I won't be the one dying, see the fun has just only began. Wait until you see what i have in store for you all. I finally get the last laugh. The only thing missing here is Batman, to watch you all die." The Joker replied and laughs at them.
"What kind of mind games are you playing? I'm taking you back to Gotham." Nightwing replied.
Joker lifted his arm up, showing everyone his index finger and moved it side to side and says "I don't think so Nightwing. See I've rigged this building, 2 floors below us with enough explosives to take those floors out. In my hand I hold the trigger."
"You wouldn't dare do that with you here." Roy replied looking at the Joker.
Joker walked up to Jade and with the back of his left hand smacks her in the face. Jade face turned to the right as she grabbed the side of her face that had been slapped. Roy saw the smack and was getting ready to rush him.
Joker turned and smiled and chuckled and said, "uhuh, I don't think so, remember boom. And besides I decide when it's time to go boom, not you."
Roy stopped and looked at Jade and shouted "Are you ok Jade?"
Jade looked back and says "Yea I'm fine don't worry."
"Now this will be my finest hour. See I'll be long gone shortly and you all won't." Joker replied, hearing a helicopter heading there way.
The helicopter hovered over them and someone threw a ladder down and Joker rushed to it and climbed up. Not before looking back at Nightwing and says. "You have to love Harley's timing."
From inside the helicopter the speaker of the mic on the helicopter was turned on and a female voice could be heard. The female speaking was Harley Quinn the Joker's partner. She was looking down from the helicopter and says "Now Mr. J."
"Yes now Harley." Joker shouted and looked up then looked back at Nightwing and the others.
The door behind them flung open and 10 men come rushing out. They surrounded Roy and the others.
Nightwing pulled out his Eskrima Sticks and got ready to fight. Roy and the others got ready to fight as well. Kori looked at Nightwing and says "I swear every time we travel together we get into these situations."
"The last time wasn't my fault." Nightwing replied as he hit a man with his Eskrima Sticks.
Kori kicks a guy in the face and grabbed another guy and looked back at Nightwing and in a sarcastic voice "Right... Robin activated the trap, but you dragged me down the hole and I landed on both of you knuckleheads."
She tosses the guy into other bad guy. Nightwing has his back against Roy's and said, "I don't think now's the best time to have this argument Kori."
Roy dodges a hard left punch from a guy and punches the guy who had thrown the punch. The guy had decided he would charge Roy, hoping he'd make a mistake.
As he made the punch he turned to look at Nightwing and Kori and says "Do you both always act like this?"
"There never like this usually there more intense. The reason is because I'm kicking butt." Nightwing replied striking a bad guy with his Eskrima Sticks.
"You wish. Keep Dreaming that. I'm so going to win the bet." Kori replied in an enthusiastic tone and grabbing a knocked bad guy from his feet and tossing him towards the remaining bad guys standing. The all get hit by the guy, she tossed knocking them out.
Roy scratched his head confused and said, "Where was I when this bet was made?"
"It's a routine we do ever since I led the Titans." Nightwing replied looking in the direction of Roy.
From the helicopter the Joker looked on and watched. He looked at Harley and says "See I knew I shouldn't have sent those men to do a man's job."
"So what's the plan Mr. J.?" Harley asked while driving the helicopter.
"Now we watch as the place goes boom." Joker replied as he presses the trigger.
Once the trigger was pushed, the explosions started going off. The only problem was the explosives were going off in the wrong placed and there was more than one explosion. The Joker with a confused look on his face turned to look at Harley and says "Harley dear, did you place the explosives on the right floors like I asked?"
She looked at the Joker, thinking for a minute then said, "Um, was that on the first floor and the weak points of the building.
"No! But I like what you did my dear." The Joker was at first shocked at Harley's response, but loved what damaged she had done.
The building began to fall forward towards the building next door. The floors blow them start exploding. Roy looked back at Jade and noticed she was near the edge and runs towards her. Jade looked back at the others and starts losing her balance, due to the explosions. Just as she goes overboard, she says "Help me."
Roy ran towards Jade and made it to her in time as the building began to fall. Roy looked down and in a panic tone in his voice and worry grabbed her hands and says "Hang on Jade. Just hang on."
Jade looked back at Roy and says sarcastically "Where I'm I going? I'll just be hanging here."
Nightwing and Kori go forward and he manages to grab the edge of the building as Kori comes towards him. Sliding down the building and coming in fast.
To be continued...
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