Blair's POV
I was sprinting across the rooftops in star city chasing that assassin. I don't really know how I got a sword, but I was sure as hell happy I had it.
I jumped on to the next roof, I messed up the landing a little but I was too angry at the assassin to notice. I slipped my com link into my ear it fits in the back of my CPFA, ready to take out at a moments notice.
"{Team do you copy?}"
"{Tate's on his way.}" Kate's response was blunt.
"You staying with Kent?"
"{Yeah, I don't think it's a good idea to let him go on this mission, he's a bit of a mess right now.}" She says in my ear as I keep running.
"{Finding out your ex-girlfriend, might not be as dead as we thought is a pretty good reason for going on a bender.}"I say keeping up my pace I was gaining on the man, he was slowing down.
"{B, do me a favour?}" She asks me.
"{Anything.}"
"{I know you're against killing, but if anyone deserves it it's this guy. Tate will be there soon.}"
"{Okay, I'll update you later, I'm about to get into a fight and even though I'm a woman, I'm doubt I'm going to be able to hold off a master assassin and keep up a sensible conversation.}"
"{Be safe, simba.}"
"Face me you coward!" I shout at him
He laughs, "As you wish kid." He says emphasising the last words
He pulls out a compact javelin and throws it at me. I dive out of the way and it misses me by a centimetre. I grit me teeth and launch myself forward towards him I land a punch on his jaw, he retaliates with an uppercut, which throws me backwards, I land with a roll and finish in a crouch. He's pretty strong for an old man. He charges towards me, I narrowly miss a punch launched at me, he throws his fist out again, I swerve but his fist catches me grazing my cheek, he has knuckle dusters on, I can tell because my face burns, these probably some kind of toxin on it, good job I'm largely immune to most poisons. I think as I roll my eyes at myself.
I block using my sword, and jab him quickly, I flip back, my best bet is to keep dodging, I haven't trained in weeks and I'm not in the best shape. I'd better not get into a full on Collison without back up, who knows what will happen.
I see a movement out of the corner of my eye, please let it be Tate.
It's not, it's Lian, and she's suited up and chased after me, she shoots an array of trick arrows at the man.
"Aw look to little girls, you really think that you can take me on your own?" he teases.
"Who said they were on their own." A new voice enters, its Tate flying in to save the day, he tackles him from behind knocking him down.
"Good timing." I tell him as he lands next to me.
"Hey red." he says avoiding eye contact.
"What happened?" I ask him, it's his tell, something is up.
'I'll tell you later' He thinks to me, I forgot the link was still up for some reason, we'd talked to the man hunter about it, he had no idea why it was back up.
'Fine.'
'You ready to kick some ass?' he asks me
'Always.'
'Manoeuvre 20'
I nod and run to him, he picks me up and throw me like a weigh nothing.
'Aim for the chink in his armour' he tells me before I reach him I'm going at speed there's no way he's going to block me. Stab my sword into his side, through the chink in his armour and use my legs to bounce and flip back off his ribs, I hear a few crack.
"It appears bloodshed is a family thing." He coughs and splutters, he won't die but he's losing blood.
I must've looked confused, because he explains, "What no one told you?" he sounds amused, he won't be so amused when I ram a sword down his throat. I glare at him, then I look to Lian giving her the chance to elaborate, she's biting her lip, she's nervous, why?
"No one told me what?" I ask him, he just smiles before losing consciousness.
"Blair, maybe we should go talk to your mom, I'll call the league to get an ambulance for him, even if he doesn't deserve it."
"Lian, I'm being extremely patient, for me anyway, but just tell me before I completely lose my shit."
"We really should talk to your mom."
"As far as I'm aware my mom doesn't dictate the words that come out of your mouth."
"Yeah, but it's not my secret to tell. Come on they'll still be in the apartment."
"Blair, breathe and follow your cousin." Tate tells me.
"You're coming too." I tell him.
He groans, "It's not my family that keep secrets from each other."
"No, you're family isn't a dysfunctional mess, because they've been together your whole life. I've only ever just met mine." I mutter pulling him back along to roof tops.
"how about I fly us, it'll be a lot quicker."
"Cool sounds fun." Lian says.
"Hop on, both of you." He says.
Artemis's POV
To say I freaked out when my daughter chased after my psychotic father across the roof tops of a city she'd never been to before was an understatement. I was exploding with anxiety, Lian followed her, Jade wouldn't let me follow her. Her words were' it'll just make it worse. you have to trust her.'
So now I'm just pacing around the small apartment waiting to find out if my dad has killed my daughter. I should be out there, I should be with her protecting her.
I see a flash of red out of the corner of my eye, it's either Blair of Lian, I whirl around quickly, the girls are climbing back through the window accompanied by Tate.
"Can I have some food?" he says.
Jade just points to the kitchen, she doesn't even know who he is, I doubt she really cares anyway, it's Roy who pays the food bill.
"Artemis," Lian says, "You need to tell her."
"Tell her what?" I say, I know what she's referring to.
"Just something sport master said, about bloodshed being a family thing. What does that mean?"
"Sportsmaster's your grandfather." I say quietly.
"My what?" she shouts.
"I'm sorry for not telling you. I was trying to protect you, keep you safe from him, he didn't know you existed until a few weeks ago."
"Yeah mom, a lot of people didn't know I existed a few weeks ago."
"I'm trying to keep you safe, he's dangerous."
"I know (he's dangerous), he killed one of (my best friends), mom, so yes I know he's dangerous. (But I've faced worse) and I know how to defend myself, (I'm not some kid)." She screams at me mixing French and English, it looks like she's vibrating she's shaking so much.
Tate walks back out from the kitchen eyes as wide as saucers, "{B, calm down.}"
"{Don't tell me to calm down, I just found out I'm related to the son of a bitch who killed one of my best friends}" she tells him.
"What? Is this true?" He asks me. I don't know what she just said but my guess is that she told him.
"Yes." I say looking at her, she's still shaking violently, so violently that her molecules start to vibrate, she falls through the floor boards. Oh shitballs, I guess her meta gene's been activated by the serum after all.
Sorry this is so late my idiot brother came home from uni and broke the frickin' wifi router (don't ask he's a special kind of stupid), and my parents haven't replaced it yet, so I'm currently sitting in a local coffee shop posting this. This is meant to be half term and a fun week. That doesn't happen without netflix. I don't Anything that you know from the Dc universe I own Blair and all Adornovicans and all residents.