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Question: Are you sure, you said there was some big announcement you had to make.
Me: I did? You sure?
Question: Of course I am sure, like how I'm sure monopoly, barbies and Disney play a huge role in the pollution of the young easily corruptible minds of children.
Me: (sighs and face palms) FOR THE LAST TIME VIC, MONOPOLY, BARBIES, DISNEY AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU MAY THINK IS SINISTER IS NOT! CHILDREN'S TOYS WILL NOT TAKE OVER THE WORLD!
Question: (mumbles) not yet…
GA (In the background): don't forget about the aglets.
Me: Arrow!
Question: (starts incoherently ranting about aglets and how evil they are)
Me: (Ignores Q) Ooh I remember! I OWN NOTHING!
Question: Your statement is false, don't you own your clothes, your dog, your hockey gear and what about the computer you're typing on.
Me: Arrrghh! FINE! I DON'T OWN ANY FIGMENTS OF THE DC UNIVERSE (S)! HAPPY NOW?
Question: That was a satisfactory disclaimer, but you forgot to warn them of the sinister purpose of aglets.
Me: You're hopeless…Anyways I guess you guys want to read the story now….
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Spitting Image Chapter 13
After Abby escaped the crushing hug from her grandparents they was a small moment of awkward silence. Said moment of silence was interrupted by a small ding from the kitchen and Mary gasped as she remembered her brownies.
"Oh, I forgot I had brownies in the oven. Come with me dear and help me with them please." She said as she ushered her granddaughter into her kitchen.
Rudy West pulled his son aside and asked," Son are you really sure she's your daughter?" Just wanting to make sure that he was actually a grandpa.
Wally let out an exasperated sigh "Yes dad, I'm absolutely positive. How do you think we got here."?
His father nodded "So why are you finding out about this now? How old is um…Abby?"
"She turns 16 in October." Wally said slightly sad he missed so much of his daughter's life.
"So why are you finding out about this now?" Rudy asked knowing it was something bad from the look on his son's face. "Wally what happened?"
The speedster felt a small lump form in his throat when he told his father the whole story.
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Mary West smiled sweetly as she handed her granddaughter a plate with brownies.
"So tell me a little bit about yourself." She tried to start a conversation.
After taking a bite from the mouthwatering gooey chocolaty brownie Abby looked up at her grandma and answered shyly "I live in Gotham and I'm going to be a junior next year at South Gotham High…"
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While Mary and Abby got acquainted with each other in the other room Rudy was gaping in horror as Wally finished telling him what happened. He was first shocked to find out that Artemis's parents were either criminals or ex criminals, but what was even worse was how her daughter's own aunt and grandfather tried to kill her.
"Is her mother going to be ok?" Rudy asked in a hushed voice motioning to his granddaughter.
"We don't know. She's still in a coma. Artemis almost didn't make it out of surgery." He whispered and shuttered remembering all of her blood soaking his uniform.
"Don't worry son it's going to be ok." His father said patting him on the back.
"I hope so." Wally said his heart filled with guilt but he perked up and replaced his frown with a smile as he saw Abby and his mom come out of the kitchen with a huge plateful of brownies.
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Once Abby and Wally spent the rest of the afternoon chatting with Mary and Rudy who were overjoyed to finally spend some time with their granddaughter.
When it was time for them to go back to the cave Wally and Abby said goodbye to the Wests and made their way back to Mount Justice. On their way back they stopped by Wally's apartment in Central City so he could grab some clothes.
When they finally arrived they went to go check on the still comatose Artemis. The archer looked a little less pale then before but there was still no change.
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As the week progressed Wally spent all of his time bonding with his daughter, he was currently teaching her how to run on water. He was so proud when she asked him if he could show her how to do it. He and Nightwing also taught her the art of annoying GA, Barry and Batman. When the week was nearing to an end and Artemis's condition was still unchanged, Wally was still thinking about how he was going to tell Paula. The speedster finally tracked down Roy and was wondering if he had told Paula about his daughter. Before Wally took Abby to meet her biological cousin he had to sit her down and tell her about her mother's family. Seeing the pained expression on her face was on of the hardest things he had to face.
As soon as Abby and Lian met they hit it off, while Wally and Roy discussed what to tell Paula the girls chatted excitedly. Within the hour both girls were as thick as thieves, inseperatable best friends like Wally, Roy and Dick once were. The older speedster and archer decided that it would be best to tell Paula about Artemis before she found out about her granddaughters. After hearing what Cheshire did to his niece Roy set out in hot pursuit of the assassin leaving his daughter in the care of Wally.
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When the day of reckoning came Abby and Lian hung out in the cave while Grandpa Ollie (As they both called him much to his dismay) and Wally set out to Paula's apartment. Roy was still searching the country for his ex wife.
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Paula Crock was glad to hear her ex husband finally got arrested, but it was still bittersweet. She lost both of her daughters; sure she got a card from Artemis for her birthday, Christmas and Mother's day. That was the only way she knew her youngest daughter was still alive. She still remembers the day the archer left like it was yesterday. She thought nothing of it at first as the young blonde left one day with a small bag only to find she would never come home. A few days later after Artemis was gone and both GA and Batman sadly confirmed it even though they were still tirelessly searching for her, the ex con knew her daughter was not coming back when she found Artemis's uniform hanging up in her closet with a small note. She remembered she cried for a whole straight month after her youngest daughter left.
The Vietnamese woman knew something was really wrong when she found Oliver and Artemis's ex boyfriend at the door dressed in civvies. Both heroes wore solemn expressions as they confronted the woman.
"Ms. Crock you need to come with us." Ollie said softly.
Paula's heart jumped to her throat as the words hit her ears she knew something bad had happened probably to one of her daughters; Artemis she guessed because Wally was there.
The woman soon found herself being wheeled down the halls of Mount Justice to Med bay. She gasped with horror as she saw her youngest daughter pale as ash hooked up to machines.
"Oh My God! What happened?" she demanded in tears.
"She was shot." Oliver said quietly.
"By who?" she asked even though she probably already knew the answer to that question.
"Sportsmaster." Wally growled never taking his eyes off the fallen archer.
Paula grasped Artemis's limp hand with both of her hands and murmured things in Vietnamese to her, praying that she would live.
"Ms. Crock?" Wally interrupted softly.
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't fast enough to save her." He said as his guilt felt like the weight of the world was on his shoulders.
"It wasn't your fault Wally, It was his." She comforted.
"There's someone I'd like you to meet." He added kind of nervously.
"Who?" she asked wondering who this person could possibly be.
"Hold on I'll be right back." He said leaving the room in a flash. (No pun intended)
Paula waited patiently as she looked at her youngest. Artemis looked definitely older and more grown up but besides that nothing else had changed.
She was shocked to see Wally returned with a teenage girl that looked like a red haired, freckle covered, green eyed version of Artemis.
"Ms. Crock, this is Abby. Artemis's daughter." He said slowly as he introduced his daughter to her other grandmother. Within seconds of breaking to news to Paula the woman had wrapped her arms around her granddaughter and started crying again but this time the tears were tears of joy.
"There's one more person I want you to meet too." Wally said giving the woman a small smile.
Paula wondered who else it could be, probably not another grandchild. She still was hugging Abby.
"Lian, c'mere." Wally shouted down the hall. Thirty seconds later another teenage girl that looked almost like a clone of Cheshire pranced through the door.
"What is it Uncle Wally?" she asked curious about the woman in the wheelchair that looked so much like her mother.
"Lian I would like you to meet your grandmother." He introduced the young archer to the woman in the wheelchair who almost had a heart attack as she saw the girl.
As Paula hugged both of her granddaughters she smiled for the first time in 16 years. At first glance she knew Abby was Wally's daughter, but she was still having trouble figuring out who exactly was Lian's father. Maybe it was that archer that Jade always went after, the girl did have his eyes.
Tears were still flowing out of her eyes as she let them go. For her life was still bittersweet, but seeing the two girls in front of her and her daughter again gave her a feeling of joy. The only thing that made her heart fill with pain was seeing Artemis lying on the hospital bed.
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She watched the two girls play videogames together while sipping tea with Oliver and Wally was consuming a sandwich.
"So have you heard anything about Jade?" she asked somehow knowing that her eldest daughter had something to do with the whole situation.
Wally heard her ask the question he almost choked.
Guilt flooded him again as he sighed, well she was going to hear the story sooner or later. He thought that it was best to tell the woman sooner rather than later.
"About that…" he started softly and began the horrific story.
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