Lian Harper/Jade Arrow (rightontarget) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-11-22 02:27:00

Entry tags:

inactive - calypso, inactive - j'anna j'onnz, inactive - lian harper, inactive - max szasz, joey mason, npc - tim drake, team - outsiders

After all is said and done....(open to Outsiders)
Takes place before Calypso leaves.

Lian surveyed the damage done to the Outsiders' base. While the place wasn't exactly in ruins, it didn't look like her apartment after she'd torn it apart looking for something she'd misplaced, either. Shards of broken glass here, a burnt table there.

She sighed. It was all replaceable. She could make a couple of calls and get everything fixed.

But she couldn't stay. She'd made a huge mistake, in going off undercover in the League on her own, without telling anyone. Yes, the team knew that she had been undercover, her and Tim made pretty damn sure to fill them in on that little detail when they briefed them on the League, but they didn't know the whole story. About her and Damien.

It was her fault that this had happened. Her fault that the League attacked.

Her fault that her best friend was dead.

She couldn't allow herself to put her teammates at risk like that again. She'd gather her things, make sure that arrangements for repairs were made, and then she'd leave, and they'd never have to see her again.

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	bloodred_robin 2010-11-22 07:16 am UTC (link)
	"I don't agree with a lot that Calypso says or does, Lian, but she's right about leaving. It won't change what's already happened. We've got to figure out the next move from this point." Tim says. He doesn't address the rest of what Calypso has said, because he's not certain he keep himself in check if he does. "We've got to keep fighting." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2010-11-22 07:20 am UTC (link)
	The slap stung, and Lian just stood there, a little dumbfounded. "I'm sorry," she said. "My mother has always been something that sets me...on edge. I don't know what to do, Tim. I feel like a part of me has been swallowed by something." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	terra_mater 2010-11-22 07:22 am UTC (link)
	"I can't forgive you, Lian. Not yet. I can't forgive you until I know you're going to stay." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2010-11-22 07:29 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know if everyone else wants me to stay," she said. "I honestly wouldn't blame them if they didn't." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

bloodred_robin
2010-11-22 07:35 am UTC (link)

"I don't think they blame you, Lian." Tim says. "They blame the people who did this. Damien Wilson and his little band of psychopaths.

We've got some repairs to do, but I'm already looking into our next run-in with the League. They're not going to get away with this, Lian. I also warned Dick to get in touch with Wally to make sure Iris and Jai are safe." Tim says.

"I need to touch base with them, but we can shut down the second part of Damien's plan by making sure he can't get either of the West Twins." Tim tells her.

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	terra_mater 2010-11-22 07:39 am UTC (link)
	"If they didn't want you to stay, then they wouldn't have fought the League of Assassins." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2010-11-22 07:40 am UTC (link)
	Lian nodded wordlessly. She didn't think she could face Damien again, not without completely shutting down. She hadn't even had to fight him when he showed up at the safehouse, and she felt as if she could barely hold her bow. "I have to tell you something," she said to Calypso. "No, I have to tell the whole team something." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2010-11-22 07:43 am UTC (link)
	"Lian..." Tim says gently, "you don't have to do this right now. There will be time for this, but you don't need to rush it." He's pretty sure he knows what she's going to say, but he doesn't want her to overdo it right now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	terra_mater 2010-11-22 07:45 am UTC (link)
	Calypso eyed Tim. She knew that he knew something the rest of the team didn't know, even before this short exchange of words. Then she turned her gaze to Lian again. "Then let's find the rest of the team." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2010-11-22 07:46 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know when else I'm supposed to tell them, Tim." She was sick of keeping it bottled up inside her. The only people that knew were Tim and Cerdian...and Cerdian was dead. She had no idea how in the hell Damien found out, but he did somehow. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

bloodred_robin
2010-11-22 07:49 am UTC (link)

Tim remained silent at that. There really wouldn't be a better time than now and there was still a lot left to do.

He was glad that Marissa wasn't here to see this, or Bruce for that matter. The Old Man would never let him hear the end of it, not that he deserved to, but still.

He hoped his contact got the information needed on the League so he could decide what to do next.

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	burningmartian 2010-11-23 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	J'anna was there, but she was silent. She just stood there not saying a single word. She was, however, visible. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2010-11-23 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm going to find Joey and Max. I'll meet you guys in the lounge, when I do." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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