Mia Dearden/Red Arrow (redarrowmia) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-03-25 17:13:00

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inactive - jane doe-smith, inactive - keith queen, inactive - lian harper, npc - mia dearden, npc - roy harper, npc - sin queen, npc - tim drake, zachary zatara

Medical miracles.
After much making out in the middle of the battlefield, followed by a night of intense passion back at their apartment (God, she'd missed being alive, not to mention Zach), Mia woke up early the following moment after her return from the grave and made her way to Star City General Hospital. Alive again or not, she was probably still HIV positive and would need to get back on her strict regimen of medication.

There was a lot of explaining to the doctors why someone who had been legally dead for the past few months was suddenly alive and kicking like nothing had happened. Mia filed out some forms for insurance, and then went through a series of various tests to see if everything was in order.

A couple of hours after her tests, the doctor came back into the room, a truly astounded look on his face as he stared at Mia's charts.

"Ms. Dearden, there were some...unusual results in your tests. We'd like to keep you under observation for a few days."

Mia nodded, wondering what could have possibly happened. Had something happened when she came back to trigger her HIV into full-blown AIDS? She didn't want to think about it.

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They were calling it a medical miracle. They had run test after test, Mia's arm was sore from having needles poked into it to draw her blood, and she was pretty sure that if they ran another test on her, she'd lose her mind.

The doctors couldn't come up with any other explanation, other than it was a miracle and that she should be very lucky, because "Someone out there was looking out for her".

Mia Dearden was one hundred percent HIV free. She was clean. After all those years, she was free of the virus that she had always known would one day claim her life.

She truly was getting a second chance at life. Not just another ten years, but as many as she could hope for.

Mia left Star City General, a smile on her face. She called Zach and left a message on his voicemail, saying that she was going to take them out for dinner at the best place in town.

She certainly had a lot of reasons to celebrate.

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Outside the Apartment

dc_parent
2011-03-26 07:51 pm UTC (link)

Roy escorts Jane out on the balcony to speak, because he doesn't want anyone, especially Ollie, hearing what he's about to ask Jane.

"Jane, you're Mia's friend, and she cares a lot about you. I care about Mia's happiness, and when her friends and family are happy, she's happy.

So, by looking out for you, I'm looking out for her." Roy says, steeling himself for what comes next.

"You've had contact with a very dangerous man, recently, Jane. I've got reason to believe he's working with the League of Assassins, and I need to find him. He recently murdered a Star City Councilman, and he's killed hundreds of others. He may even come after my family." Roy says.

"Will you help me?" he asks, looking her in the eye.

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Re: Outside the Apartment

jdoesmith
2011-03-26 08:03 pm UTC (link)

"Robert." She can't help it. Since Mia died and the cluster fuck that happened after that things had gotten complicated.

"Yeah. I know that he had something to do with..." She glances inside. "He wanted to help Keith. I think he did at least. He asked me to help get him out of the country without saying who he was helping out. I did it because he asked. I'm very good at what I do."

She doesn't know if it was the right thing anymore. "I can get you started."

At this point she needs to know what happened. "Hell. I'll help you even more than just that."

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Re: Outside the Apartment

dc_parent
2011-03-26 08:21 pm UTC (link)

Roy can't hide the look of shock on his face as Jane mentions that Robert was trying to help Keith somehow.

This was already worse than he thought.

"Yeah, he impersonated a federal agent and got Keith released from jail for something Keith didn't do. I wouldn't be surprised if he's the one that outed Keith to the media in the first place." Roy says, his annoyance growing. This guy was just one problem after another for this family.

"I need everything you've got, Jane. If you know where he is, just tell me and I'll handle it from there." Roy says. He's glad that Jane isn't freaking out on him about this. Maybe she understands that this guy is an animal and needs to be locked up.

And if he can do it without involving Ollie or the rest of the family, so much the better.

"Thank you." Roy says.

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Re: Outside the Apartment

jdoesmith
2011-03-26 08:31 pm UTC (link)

"No. That's not like him," Jane said shaking her head. "He was trying to change. Be a better person. I can't believe he would have intentionally done anything to hurt anyone."

But impersonating a federal agent? That sounded like something he would do. Especially if he had been trying to help Keith.

"Look. Everything I have is in my Gotham office. If it wasn't compromised. When I... When I was a Black Lantern I went after him with Ra's al Ghul and the original Merlyn. He was convinced Ra's had hurt me." Jane finds her face coloring darkly.

"There's a bunch of other stuff I'm not sure I feel comfortable talking about since.... You're not exactly my friend. You're Mia's family and you might not get where I'm coming from. I just know we don't have the full picture and Robert is going to be hiding after that attack."

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Re: Outside the Apartment

dc_parent
2011-03-26 09:10 pm UTC (link)

Roy understands where Jane is right now, in more ways than one. She's just come back from being turned into a weapon against her family against her will and, moreover, she has feelings for an unrepentant killer who can't really return her feelings.

The information about Ra's al Ghul is another shock, but Roy doesn't press her on that. He's certain that she doesn't want to think about it.

"I know we're not close, Jane, but you're a good person and I don't want to see you get hurt. That's why I need to find Robert and stop him before he can hurt or get hurt by someone else.

The politician he killed, Vontrell Griffin II...Jane, the man left behind three kids. One teenager and two small kids. That family is in shambles right now and they deserve justice.

Get me everything you have as soon as possible. In fact, I'm going to hire you at double your normal fee, starting now." Roy says.

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Re: Outside the Apartment

jdoesmith
2011-03-26 09:18 pm UTC (link)

At least everyone seems to think he isn't capable of it. She knows Robert feels something for her. She covers her face with her hands breathing in deeply.

"Damn it. He--" She can't stay her hand. As much as she wants to give Robbert a chance she knows she can't.

"He really did it, didn't he?" She feels like something is seriously breaking in her. She thought Robert was changing. She trusted he would change. They might not know everything but this is very damning.

"I don't understand why he'd do this. I thought he was giving this up." She pulls her hands away from her face and sighs. She needed a drink and hated that was the first thing she thought of after feeling so pushed.

"I'll give you everything I have. Maybe you'll figure this out. I feel like we only have a quarter of the picture. Has Keith said anything? Any clue as to what was going on?"

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Re: Outside the Apartment

dc_parent
2011-03-26 09:35 pm UTC (link)

"The sooner I get your information, the sooner I can find him. I'm not discussing this with Keith or Oliver and...I need to make sure that you don't, either. Please don't mention it to Mia, either.

I'm trying to do this without bringing the rest of the family into it. If Oliver knows about Robert...it would hurt him a lot." Roy tells her.

"Whatever happened, I'm sure that Keith was a victim of Robert's manipulation, just like you were. We don't have the full picture, you're right about that. But...I know people who have been tracking Merlyn since he took up the name, and this is his M.O.

The information I have so far is that some of Griffin II's policies didn't sit well with some people. Anyone could have hired Robert for his services.

I also just learned that he was here in Star City a few months ago, helping to break Slade out of Super-Max right after Slade tried to kill me. I'm not completely sure who was behind it yet. I thought it was the League, but they ended up hitting Super-Max again a few weeks later.

It didn't make sense for them to hit the prison twice in such a short time...but there are some other people who showed up on the footage, too. I'm still working on this.

Did he ever mention working for or with anyone to you?" Roy asks.

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Re: Outside the Apartment

jdoesmith
2011-03-26 09:45 pm UTC (link)

That had her think back.

"He went out of town for a few days around that time. I'm in Gotham mostly these days. He had just... Fuck."

She gets it now. There have been too many lies. And while she wants to trust Robert she just can't. Not anymore.

"He didn't give me details. I didn't ask because I thought I should trust him. All signs pointed to him trying to be honest with me at the time." She looks fusterated now but just nods.

"All right. I won't tell anyone anything."

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	Re: Outside the Apartment dc_parent 2011-03-26 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Look, I'm sorry to drop all of this on you, Jane. Why don't you go inside and have something to eat? Sit down and relax. I'll have some people contact you about your information." he says, opening the door to allow her back inside. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Outside the Apartment jdoesmith 2011-03-27 01:46 am UTC (link)
	She gives a dim nod. She was going to have to be careful to not let herself fall into drinking again tonight. Not the best idea when she's in a mood like this. "All right." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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