Two chapters almost two days in a row? Awesome! I would love to give an explaination as to how this was possible, but... Sadly I do not have one.

I was, however, freaked out/excited when I saw that this chapter had exactly 1,500 words (5 happens to be my favorite times table and number (Well it had 1,500 when I added it. I've added more words since then.)

Anyway, this has more action than the last chapter (The last chapter had none so, it's not hard to have more action) But I still hope you enjoy :)

Disclaimer: I own nothing except Gabrielle, Natalia, and Black Rose (Still wish I owned Chick-Fil-A)

Chapter Six: Family Secrets

Star City

September 28, 23:00 PDT (September 28, 11:00PM PDT)

Gabrielle's cell phone started quietly playing its ringtone while vibrating, causing Gabrielle to moan and roll over onto her left side, until it stopped.

It started vibrating and ringing again a minute later. This time Gabrielle rolled over to the right, to the point she fell off of the couch.

She moaned as she got on her knees and rubbed her face, still half asleep. Her cell phone started ringing again, so she crawled a few inches to get right next to the table that was next to the couch, before groggily patting the table, attempting to find her phone.

After it started ringing and vibrating for the fourth time, she finally found it.

She laid down on the floor as she flipped it open and put it to her ear. "Hello?" She moaned.

"Gabrielle?" A familiar voice asked.

"Yeah, who's this?" Gabrielle asked, ready to go back to sleep.

"It's Clark, Clark Kent?" Clark asked.

"Uh… Clark… Where do I know that name from?" Gabrielle said thinking out loud.

Clark sighed and whispered into the phone. "Gabrielle, its Superman." He said.

Gabrielle sat up and somehow smacked her head on the table. "Ow…" She muttered.

Clark chuckled. "Sorry did I wake you?" He asked.

"Maybe, just a little bit." Gabrielle said rubbing her now throbbing head.

"Sorry, but you told me you're in StarCity right?"

"Yeah, why? Honestly Clark this better be good, what time is it anyway?"

"Your time, it should be around eleven."

Gabrielle moaned, getting up and quietly checking to make sure Natalia was still asleep. "This had better be life or death."

"Batman contacted me, said there's something going on in StarCity. He was going to send the team, but I convinced him to let you do it." Clark said. "Did you bring your…"

"Costume? You mean my black tee shirt and jeans right?" Gabrielle asked, heading for Roy's room to make sure he was still asleep.

"Yes, those, do you have them?" Clark asked.

"Yeah, I brought them. Have any specific area's you need me to check out?" Gabrielle asked.

"Call me when your ready and I'll have the specifics from Batman." Clark said.

"Alright, I'll be ready in a little bit." Gabrielle said whispering, as she found Roy laying in bed with his back to her.

She quietly shut his door, before flipping her phone shut, and grabbing her duffle bag, and pulling her 'costume' out of it.

Star City

September 29 01:53 PDT

Gabrielle looked over the edge of the building she was on to find a small group of villains in ski masks loading boxes and crates into a truck in the back alley.

Gabrielle moaned, and made sure her ninja mask was on tight enough and covered the lower half of her face. "Why did it have to be these guys?" She asked herself in a whisper.

Gabrielle then made sure that her pony tail was tightened, and fluffed out her hair when she was satisfied with how tight it was.

"You know them?" A male voice asked behind her, whispering himself.

Gabrielle turned; her knife drawn and ready to stab the person behind her.

She froze when she saw Red Arrow staring at her; she spun the knife by its handle and put it back in the holder on her thigh. "What are you doing here?" She asked in a whisper.

"This is my town." Red Arrow replied. "You're Gabrielle right?"

Gabrielle glared at him. "Good guess." She said. "Outfit give it away?"

"Maybe a little." Red Arrow said. "So what's your hero name?"

"Black Rose, why do you care?" 'Black Rose' asked.

"Kind of cheesy don't you think?" Arrow asked.

"I'm not the one who came up with the name." Black Rose said.

"Alright then… So what are you doing here?" Arrow asked.

"I was in the neighborhood and figured I could check out the local baddies." Rose replied. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm doing pretty much the same thing." Arrow said. "Shouldn't you be in HappyHarbor?"

"I requested vacation time." Rose said. "Anymore questions?"

"How do you know these guys?" Arrow asked.

"My eldest brother used to work with these guys. They're bad news for sure." Rose said.

"Your brother was mixed up with villains?" Arrow asked.

"It runs in the family I guess." Rose said.

"What do you mean?" Arrow asked.

"I'm done talking." Rose said. "If you want to help, fine with me. Just stay out of my way."

She stood and jumped off the roof, sliding down the side of the building, until she was closer to the ground, before flipping off the building and landing on her feet not far from the group.

All the guys stared at Rose as she crossed her arms. "So what are idiots like you doing in these parts?"

All of them stared at each other, before one of them stepped forward. "We could ask you the same." He said. "You're quite a long way from home aren't you?"

He knows me, which means I should recognize his voice.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Rose said, stomping on an end of a broken pipe.

The pipe spun into the air and Rose caught it as it was coming down, before twirling it in her hand. "But you never answered my question."

The group stared at each other, before the guy who stepped forward, pulled his mask off. "Don't worry; we're not going to answer. You'd have better luck beating the answer out of us."

Once the guys' mask was fully off, Rose finally recognized him, so she twirled the pipe in her hand again. "Alright then, I hope you don't mind getting your butts kicked by a girl."

Star City

September 29 02:27 PDT

Rose spun and smacked one of the guys in the jaw with her make-do pipe weapon.

Ten minutes into the fight Arrow had joined in, to help Rose fight the group, he emptied his quiver of arrows five minutes ago.

Arrow swung his bow at one of the guys as he went to attack Rose from behind. The bow made contact with the male's head, making him dizzy and causing him to fall.

"This is a sad sight." A female's voice said from above the fight.

Rose knocked the guy she had been fighting onto his butt, before staring at the truck, where Cheshire stood on roof, watching the fight.

Arrow looked, and glared at her. "What are you doing here Cheshire?"

"I was here to help these fine young men with gathering these items for my master." Cheshire said. "But here I find the newbie and the ex-sidekick. Already cheating on me, are you?"

Red Arrow reached for an arrow, only to remember that his quiver had been emptied several minutes ago.

"Well if you two don't mind, I think I'll take these young men and the items and be going." Cheshire said.

Cheshire grabbed a smoke bomb, and was ready to drop it, when Black Rose quickly pulled out her knife and threw it at one of the tires on the truck, causing the tire to flatten.

Cheshire still slammed the smoke bomb into the ground, causing the alley to fill with smoke. By the time it cleared Cheshire and the group were long gone.

Rose pulled her mask off, and walked over to the truck before pulling her knife out of the tire. She then climbed into the truck before opening the boxes and crates.

"What are you doing?" Red Arrow asked.

"These guys steal weapons; sell them to the highest bidder." Gabrielle said. "They'll work for anyone, except for the good guys."

"How do you know this? How do you know them?" Arrow asked.

"I told you, my brother used to work with them." Gabrielle said.

"You also said it ran in your family, working with villains. What did you mean?" Arrow asked.

Gabrielle stopped and faced Arrow. "My brother used to be friends with the guy who was bold enough to take his mask off. That guy convinced my brother into working with him and his friends." She said. "At the same time my Father was working for the League of Shadows, and he had been, long before he met my Mother."

"So you're working with the league of shadows?!" Arrow asked, wide eyed.

"No." Gabrielle said, rolling her eyes. "During one of the deals between the group and the League, my Dad and brother saw each other while they were unpacking the items. Both were shocked, and both made a decision to quit for their own good, and for the rest of the family."

Arrow just stared at her, as she went back to opening the boxes and crates. She stared at Arrow and smiled. "Are you going to help or not? Someone's going to have to put all of this back."