A/N: Hey guys. New chapter! Thank Miyuki again for this one. Amazing new chapter of Respect has inspired me and couple that with the review I got then BAM new chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter 5: Finding Todd

Star City 1994

17 April 00:12

Roy lay awake as Ollie lay snoring in his bed. He couldn't believe he was the past. His Ollie needed him and he was stuck here! What if something happened to Ollie while he was gone? Roy would never forgive himself.

This sixteen year old was not his Ollie no matter how much he resembled him and Roy would not believe it. For the first time in years, Roy was scared. He hadn't been scared ever since his dad was killed in a forest fire. But Roy was absolutely petrified at the thought of being stuck in the past with no one he knew.

Past-Ollie had opened the window just before he fell asleep, but that annoyed Roy to no end because he could hear the sound of nature when all he wanted was to go to sleep. His Ollie would never have opened a window.

Roy could hear the sound of rushing water and pitter patter of rain against the ground. The rain must have overflowed a river or something. A high-pitched screaming cry came from outside which caused Roy and Ollie to both bolt up in surprise.

"What was that?" Ollie whispered so he didn't wake his parents.

"I don't know. Wanna go and find out? I mean it could be someone in trouble or an animal that got caught somewhere." Roy answered, equally as quiet.

"Yeah, let's go!" Ollie exclaimed excitedly.

Ollie went first landing in a crouch on the kitchen roof and then somersaulting off the roof onto the ground. Roy took a leap and rolled through the air and skidded off the kitchen roof to land in a crouch on the ground next to Ollie.

They both took off running towards the woods that ran through the estate. Roy was the first to reach the tree line.

"That's not fair, Roy! You covered more ground with that roll you did!" Ollie shouted in annoyance.

Roy laughed. "Come on, then if you think you can catch me!" He shouted back before taking off into the woods.

Ollie growled playfully and sped up catching Roy within minutes. Another cry came in the direction of the river. "Oh god! I kinda forgot what we were out here for!" Roy exclaimed in realization. "Come on."

They trekked along the river bank and came across a fallen log and saw that a young male fox cub was clinging to it for dear life as the rapid waters ravaged its body, trying to take the poor thing under.

"Oh my God! That poor thing! It's gonna drown!" Ollie shouted over the current, fearful for the cub's life. "Roy, tie something round my waist so that I can go and get it."

"We haven't got anything, Ollie!" Roy shouted over the river.

"Then I'll have to go and get him without anything, then won't I?" Ollie answered as he approached the log.

He gripped the wood beneath his fingers and shimmied onto the log. He then shuffled along the log slowly as to not cause the log to move. As he got to the middle of the log, a wave came over it and washed Ollie and the fox cub off the log and they ended up in the water being swept away by the tide.

"Ollie!" Roy shouted in a panic. He looked around for anything he could use to get Ollie and the young cub to safety. Something glinted in the moonlight and Roy walked closer to it and saw that it was a sheath of arrows. He picked them up and saw a bow and some rope as well. He picked that up and tied the rope around an arrow and notched it in the bow and ran in the direction of the current.

Roy could see that Ollie was trying to swim against the current to get to the fox. I just need a clear shot. Roy thought with a surprisingly clear mind. He saw that there were no trees by a bunch of stepping stones in the river. That's perfect, Roy thought shooting the arrow. It clunked into a tree across from the opening and Roy tied the rope around a thick tree trunk.

He tested the stability of the rope. It was taut and tight and wasn't going anywhere. Now I just need an acrobat's balance. Oh, I wish Robin was here. Roy thought as nerves took over. No, I can't be nervous. Roy thought, clearing his head of all nervous thoughts. He mounted the rope and steadily walked across the gap and when he got to the middle he glanced over at Ollie and saw that he had the cub in his arms and was tiring.

He suddenly flipped and clung to the rope with his knees, facing the current of the river. Oh god, if I lose my grip I'm going headfirst into those stones. Roy thought in sudden panic. He shook his head in frustration.

"Ollie, quick grab a hold of me!" Roy shouted as Ollie got closer. Ollie looked up and with one arm around the cub, reached for Roy's hand.

Roy yanked Ollie up as soon as he got a good grip and walked back over the rope with Ollie in his arms. Ollie was shivering and his teeth were chattering as he tried to keep the poor cub warm.

They got onto stable ground and Roy placed Ollie on the floor. He stood and the cub leapt from his arms and shook its coat of the excess water and then curled up on the floor to try and keep warm. Roy pulled his jacket off and wrapped it around the cub's shivering form and lifted it from the ground.

"Come on, let's go." Roy said into the silence.

"Can we name him?" Ollie asked between shuddering breaths and chattering teeth.

"If you want." Roy shrugged.

"I like the name Todd." Ollie said thoughtfully.

"Then that's what his name will be."

The moonlight was starting to become thicker and Roy looked forward and saw the backyard. He started running, shouting to Ollie, "Come on, we're nearly at yours!"

Ollie ran towards his house and then realized that there was no way that they were going to get back in through the window.

"We're gonna have to go in through the back door." Ollie whispered to Roy and then crouched to get the key from under the mat.

Ollie unlocked the door and it opened silently. Both he and Roy crept into the still and dark house.

"Hold onto me so that I can lead you, Roy." Ollie whispered so silently that Roy barely heard him. "OK," Roy whispered back, gripping the back of Ollie's wet top.

All that could be heard was the sound of nature that seemed to be never ending as Ollie reached the bottom of the stairs.

"The bottom step creaks so try and step over it." Ollie whispered.

They both stepped over the creaking step and then proceeded up the stairs. 'Todd' was looking around the house in interest wondering if was his new home. He yawned and settled back into Roy's jacket, which he thought was quite comfy.

The two boys had reached Ollie's room without incident so far. Ollie silently opened the door, gesturing for Roy to place Todd on the floor. Ollie shut the door and breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the door click into place.

"We did it." Ollie said while stripping from his wet clothes. "Night Roy."

"Night Ollie." Roy answered back. Oh god, I never realised how fit Ollie was. Roy thought as something stirred within him. He wanted this boy so badly! Oh no, this is gonna cause some problems.

A/N: There you go my lovely reviewers. That should do for today. And it's a longer chapter than normal. Please drop a review?

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