Turnip pulled the quilt off of his head. He didn't have time to look around before Ollie took his arm and pulled him toward the medical bay.
Turnip yelped and pulled away from Ollie, falling on the ground when a dark figure clad in black appeared in front of them. Ollie seemed unfazed.
"What is that?" Batman asked in a low voice.
"This is Turnip." Ollie said.
"What is he doing here?" Batman asked.
"I brought him here so Bar- So Flash can do tests on him." Ollie said, quickly correcting himself. Turnip already knew his ID, he didn't need to know everyone else's.
Turnip stood up and hid behind Ollie.
"He figured out who I am on his own." Ollie added.
"What about the kids?" Batman asked coldly.
"He doesn't have to meet them." Ollie said.
Turnip closed his eyes and covered his ears. He didn't want to hear Ollie get yelled at because of him.
"Take him to the medical bay. I'll contact Flash." Batman said. "And we're not done talking about this." He added before turning around and walking away, his cape swishing around gracefully behind him.
Turnip felt tears prick at his eyes as he followed Ollie towards the medical bay. Ollie had gotten in trouble because of him.
When they were in the medical bay, Ollie lifted him up and set him down on one of the medical beds.
"I'm sorry, Ollie..." He murmured, looking down. He wasn't crying but tears were still falling gently off his cheeks.
"For what?" Ollie asked. He had made the kid leave his home and had dragged him here, why was he the one apologising?
"You got in trouble because of me..." Turnip said.
"Turnip," He said, holding the bridge of his nose. "I'm a grown man, I'll be fine." He looked at Turnip and grinned. "It's not like they can put me in time out in the corner."
"Green Arrow, you are in time out!" Wonder Woman nearly shouted as she entered the medical bay.
Turnip gave Ollie a look that said 'Seriously, dude?'.
Ollie gave him a sheepish smile.
Hawkwoman stormed in, looking just about as mad as Wonder Woman. "What were you thinking?" She hissed.
"Stop."
Every one looked at Turnip.
"He didn't do anything wrong." Turnip said, trying to make his voice sound stronger than it really was. "I was the one who figured out who he is, it's not like he told me willingly."
"Turnip-" Ollie started but was cut off.
"And he made sure that I didn't know were we are specificly, why are you mad at him?" Turnip asked.
"It's not just you, Turnip-" Wonder Woman started but was interupted.
"Bull shit!"
Ollie face palmed.
"Oh, dear." Hawkwoman mumbled.
"Turnip," Ollie said, drawing the boy's attention. "I'm the adult, I'll talk to them."
Turnip nodded, looking down. He was breathing heavily, clearly upset about the girls bashing Ollie.
"Wassup, peeps?" Flash said, appearing in the room. The door was just barely shutting as Flash started to go through the the cabinets.
"The kid's got a mouth on him." Wonder Woman said monotoniously.
Flash ignored her comment. "Pickin' up strays again, huh, Ollie?" Flash asked as he zoomed over to Ollie and Turnip.
"Flash." Ollie said warningly.
"What?" Flash asked.
Ollie rolled his eyes and looked at Turnip. "I'll be right back, okay?"
Turnip nodded, watching as Ollie walked out of the medical after handing Flash the samples and handing Turnip his back pack and bow. He assumed Ollie didn't yet trust him with his quiver of arrows.
"I need to get some things together," Flash said. "Wait here a second, okay, kiddo?"
Turnip nodded. He looked over to Wonder Woman, who was ignoring him. He slid off the medical bed and walked over to her. "Excuse me..." He asked shyly.
She turned her head to look at him, her lips pursed.
"I..." Turnip looked away from her. "I wanted to apologize..."
"For what?" Wonder Woman said expectantly.
"For being rude..." Turnip said quietly. "It's wrong to defy women..." He looked at her, his eyes solemn. "I'm sorry."
Wonder Woman sighed. Nobody could stay mad after looking at those eyes. "Apology excepted."
Turnip smiled. "Thank you." He said sweetly before turning around and walking back, jumping back onto the medical bed.
"Okay." Flash said, standing in front of Turnip. "I need your help filling out some of these papers, just in case there's something important I need to know and also just to verify that you are Turnip Betson."
Turnip nodded.
"Okee dokee," Flash said, vibrating a pen vigorously to get the ink to flow. He finally got it to work. "Full name."
"Turnip Kaylor Betson."
"Any story behind that name?" Flash asked.
Turnip's cheeks turned pink. "U-Um...dad...dad said that I came out looking like a beet..." He said, feeling his chest constrict at the mention of his father.
Flash laughed lightly. "Ah. Birth date?"
"January 1st, 1999." He looked at Flash. "And I'm not short." He said, even though he was rather small for his age. He was about the size of Robin.
"Sure," Flash teased. "If you say so. Height?"
"Dunno."
"Weight?"
Turnip shrugged.
"Any illnesses? Thats includeds skin problems, diseases, cancer..."
Turnip shook his head.
"Any handicaps?"
Turnip shook his head, watching as Ollie walked in in his Green Arrow uniform, followed by Black Canary.
"Mental illnesses, handicaps, etcetra?"
Turnip thought for a moment as Ollie-Green Arrow- walked back over to him. "I know there's something..." He said in a small voice, causing the adult's eyesbrows to furrow. "I just never really cared enough to ask mom what it was..."
"Were you taking any medications? Maybe some that you should be continuing?"
Turnip nodded. "I remember them because I thought they had cool names. There was Zyprexa, Depakote, Lamictal..." He thought for a few moments. "There was one more...Trileptal!"
"Okay..." Flash said, writing the down on his pad of paper. He was the only one who really knew what those medicines were. "Could you take your shirt off so I can check your heart beat and breathing?" He asked, then turned around. "Ladies, privacy, please."
Wonder Woman and Hawkwoman simply left while Black Canary turned around.
Turnip took his jacket off.
Flash inhaled sharply when he saw Turnip's body. He was clearly emaciated, his stomach was sunken in and skin was pulled taut over his ribs.
A small, silver locket was hanging by a small chain on Turnip's neck.
Turnip ignored the worried glances that Green Arrow and Flash exchanged as Flash put on the stethoscope.
"How can you get that on with those lightning bolts on your head?" Turnip asked quietly.
Black Canary smiled at the wall at Turnip's question and Green Arrow laughed.
"I don't know..." Flash said as he put the stethoscope against Turnip's chest. He put it against Turnip's back after a minute. "Can you take a deep breath...and out...good job." Flash put the stethoscope down.
Flash zoomed back to the cabinets and grabbed a few more things.
Turnip put his jacket back on and gently took off the delicate chain and held the locket in his hand.
Black Canary turned around when he had his jacket on. "Hello," She smiled.
Turnip smiled back at her.
"I'm Black Canary, I need to ask you a few things after this, okay?" She asked, putting her hand on Turnip's knee.
The smile fell from Turnip's face, but he nodded.
Green Arrow put his hand on Turnip's back. "We just need to know what happened, Turnip." He said. "And you need to talk about it."
Turnip nodded.
"What's this?" Black Canary asked, taking Turnip's hands in her own and looking at the locket.
"It-It was my grandmother's locket..." He said quielty. "She gave it to my mom, an' she gave it to my little sister. Carrot gave it to me, b-before she died..." Turnip said, his voice trailing off.
"I'm sorry, sweet heart." Black Canary said.
Turnip smiled sadly. He opened the locket, the locket making a small click. He handed it to Black Canary. "Those were my parents." He said softly.
Black Canary looked at the small picture in the locket. It was of a man and a woman, both with their arms around eachother. She smiled and handed Turnip the locket back.
"I'm back!" Flash said, now standing next to them.
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Got sick of typing this document, thought it was long enough. I'll post this and start on the next chap.