Chapter 15: Would You Rather?

I opened my eyes slowly, letting my vision clear as I noticed the bright lights down below. The sky was pitch black, which wasn't that surprising since we were going East and that the plane was late getting to the airport earlier. I laid my head back and felt a weight on my shoulder. I looked over to see Roy leaning against me and I rolled my eyes.

The plane soon landed and we all got back together and headed for the car rental area which was on the opposite side of the airport. The pain was shooting through my back as I walked to the car rentals, but I ignored it as much as I could, seeing that I didn't want anyone to know about it.

"Name?" The person at the counter asked Roy and I once we got there. The team stood at the back of the room and I could feel all of their eyes on me. I was slightly worried that Conner would be able to detect my injury, but his supervision wasn't used to see underneath clothes as it was underneath the skin and behind walls.

"Roy Harper and Sarah.."

"Lawson. Sarah Lawson." I said. The man nodded and typed in the names, quickly handing Roy a set of keys and then smiling as he held out another pair of keys for me. I raised my brow as we walked away and Roy laughed.

"Are you really that naive?" He asked as we walked outside, the team following us.

"What do you mean?" I asked. Roy laughed again.

"That guy at the counter...the way he looked at you..." Roy hinted I rolled my eyes.

"I don't think that I'm the one who's really naive." I said. I could see Roy raise his brow from the corner of my eye. "You men think that every time someone looks at a girl like that it's like the automatically like you, but the reality is one of two things." I stopped at the edge of the parking lot and looking at Roy. "Money or sex."

"Wow, pissed off are we." I swallowed.

"You don't know the half of it." I said. Yes, I was pissed off to say the least, but I was also scared and in pain. And that combination wasn't the best. We walked to the end of the parking lot, finding our cars and I was glad that I got a normal car this time. All the girls got in the car and I quickly searched through my bags, trying to find something to kill the pain. I sighed, finding nothing and walked over to Roy who was putting the suitcases in the truck of the red four door mustang.

"Hey, do you possibly have any pain pills or something like that." Roy raised his brow.

"Why?" I glared at him. Of course he was going to be curious.

"Back pain." I said. Roy raised his brow again, pulling out a pill bottle and tossing it to me. I caught it and quickly popped a pill into my mouth, swallowing it without a drink.

"Without a drink? Impressive." He said getting into the drivers seat of the car. I leaned into the window again and handed the bottle to him. I smiled.

"Well, unlike most of you, I'm not a wimp." Roy laughed.

"So you think I'm a wimp?" He asked. I smiled and turned my head to the side.

"Well that was definitely one thing that came to my mind when I met you."

"And the others were?"

"That we would hate each other even forever, even after death." Roy nodded.

"Surprisingly that also came to my mind." I laughed.

"Have the map?" I asked. Roy held it up.

"Playing follow the leader again?" I glared at him.

"If that means that the mountain doesn't collapse on me, then yeah. Let's play." I walked over to my rental car and got in, starting the engine.

"Okay, question." Artemis said, leaning in between Raquel and I. "How long is it going to take to get there?"

"If I knew, I'd tell you, but I haven't been in the US for years and I barely remembered what the Appalachian Mountains were." Nobody said a word and the ride was pretty quiet seeing that I was the only one who actually remained awake the whole entire time. We stopped at a campsite and quickly parked. I got out of the car and sighed.

"God, I haven't been camping since.."

"Since, when?"

"Since I was eight." I said honestly. Roy didn't say anything and the two of us quickly set up the four tents.

"Okay, who sleeps where?" Roy asked. I laughed.

"Well, there's no way in hell that we mix up genders so I'd say Wally and Robin in one, you and Kaldur in another..."

"Why is that exactly?"

"Because he's smart enough not to piss you off, and you...well, you're just a jackass. Plus if Kaldur can deal with your ass, then I doubt he'll end up killing you, which wouldn't be good."

"Oh, so you now care about me?"

"No, I just don't want Dinah to kill me. Or Aquaman. Or Oliver. Or Batman. Or- you want me to keep going?"

"I think I'm good." He said. "So, do we leave them in the car or what?"

"Hell, no. The last thing I want to happen is to wake up with no cars and being stuck with you."

"I agree. That would probably end with Hell freezing over." I nodded and I quickly woke the teens up. They all got up surprisingly, and we decided to sit around a fire. Artemis sat next to me.

"So, what game should we play?" Artemis asked. M'gann squealed.

"How about Would You Rather?" M'gann said.

"Or Truth or Dare." Raquel suggested.

"How about both?" Zatanna asked. I rolled my eyes.

"Good Idea!" Robin spoke up.

"I vote Would You Rather first." Wally said. I sighed.

"Would You Rather it is!" M'gann said.

"Me first!" Wally said. "M'gann, would you rather go out with me or Conner?"

"Um...I think I'll pass."

"You can't pass!" Wally said.

"I thought you could." Zatanna spoke up.

"Why don't we just say that we get one pass?" Robin said. Everyone agreed.

"Okay, my turn right?" M'gann asked. Everyone nodded. "Um...Robin, would you rather go on a date with Zatanna, or be arrested by the police?" Robin cackled.

"Go on a date with Zatanna by far." Everyone laughed and I could see Robin looking at me.

"Sarah." I closed my eyes and looked up to see everyone's eyes on me. I raised my brow at Robin. "Would you rather marry Roy or be chased down by the Russian government?" I froze. Chased down by the Russian government. Honestly, I was shocked at Robin's statement seeing that two years earlier I had been chased down by the Russian government, which ended up badly for the government and good for me. I swallowed.

"You can pass, you know." Roy said. It was weird that Roy said that instead of anyone else.

"No, I'll answer." I said. Roy gave me a suspicious look. "I'd rather be chased down by the Russian government." I said.

"Why?" M'gann asked. I sighed.

"Because the Russian government is weak. Too weak." Everyone was silent.

"So you'll answer M'gann's question, but not mine?" Roy asked. Everyone stared at the two of us.

"I have no clue what you're talking about." I lied.

"Are you really going to use that line on me? What actually happened, Sarah?" Roy asked.

"It's none of your damn business."

"I think it is if you're part of this team." I laughed.

"But I'm not part of the team. I'm your trainer."

"That still gives me the right to know what you're planning on doing to this team."

"What I'm planning on doing to this team? Wow, harsh. I think that you're misinterpreting the whole thing. I'm your trainer, and you're my trainee. Do you not understand what I'm doing?"

"You may be training me, or at least trying, but you're hiding something." I glared at him.

"And what would that be, exactly?"

"I don't know, but I'm going to find out." I laughed as Roy walked away.

"And I thought I was the one with the trust issues." Roy stopped and turned around, walking back.

"Excuse me?" He said.

"What?"

"What did you just say?"

"Oh my God, do you get all offended when I say what's on my mind. Oh, wait, you're always looking for a way to seem offended."

"What the hell is your problem?"

"My problem? My problem is nothing that can be fixed nor nothing that you need to know about." I stood up.

"Being sexist?"

"Excuse me?"

"Is your problem being sexist?"

"No. It's not. And my problem's obviously something that none of you would understand. So I suggest to stop digging into other people's lives and think about your own for once. Maybe you'll find that knot in your heart that makes you pissed off at everyone." I said, walking away towards the tents. I sighed as I got in to my sleeping bag. It had been one hell of a day for sure, but I was not nearly as prepared for the following one.