sonic_arrow:

He'd been pretty good about cleaning up after himself.  Didn't want to leave a trail, you know?  That was the best way to keep himself from being tracked down by his friends or his family.  He thought he'd had a few close calls in the past few day, though.  The shadows were following him all the time, and people always stared (even though his face was always covered).  It's like everybody knew who he was the minute he walked by, and that was unacceptable.  Keith Queen was dead, and that's the way he liked it.  He'd even started to shut Marissa out; hadn't called her or tried to talk to her.  There was no way of knowing who was going to turn on him.

Keith turned the corner into an alleyway.  Once he hit the shadows, he pulled off his hood and half-mask to breathe better.  He'd been having trouble breathing for awhile now, especially behind all that fabric.  There was no real explanation for it.  He hadn't breathed in any of the smoke from when he blew up his house, and he'd always been physically fit.  This whole ordeal should have been a breeze.  But it wasn't.  He put his hand to his forehead and pressed his fingers hard against it, trying to force a thought into his head.  Or, not really into his head.  Maybe he was trying to push a thought out of his head.  There were some things he didn't like to think about; things he liked to avoid as much as possible.

But apparently, you couldn't avoid some things forever.

sonic_arrow:

Keith was always thinking of Marissa, and what he put on her.  He knew she was dealing with a lot, and now with her birthday here, he wanted to do something special for her.  He could take a break from hiding out and make on special appearance for his lovely lady.  The process to do so was simple.  He called her on a pre-paid cellphone.

sonic_arrow:

It was nighttime in Gotham City.  Keith had managed to obscure himself well enough.  He wore a lot of things over his face to keep anybody from knowing who he was.  Didn't keep a cellphone on him, to make sure nobody could track him.  And everything he needed was tucked away in a duffle bag that he always had nearby.  He got to a payphone and thought about who to call.  He knew he needed to tell Marissa what had happened.  She'd be shocked to know he was still alive, to say the least, but she had to know he was still alive.

He put the money in the phone and dialed her cellphone number.

dareyoutorun:

Jai sat at home, in his room, and looked down at the letters before him with a mixture of excitement and dread. Several of the schools he'd requested information from had written back, asking him to come and view their campuses this summer. Coast City University. Gotham University. Florida State and Loyola. University of Connecticut , Star City University and Butler. All of them wanted to meet him.

Then, he looks over the at the first line of the letter that came for him this morning.

...You have been selected to attend the Ellison Student Journalism Youth Forum in London, England from July 11th-July 15th, with Keynote Speaker, Lois Lane....

Jai was excited to go, if for no other reason than wanting to get away from everything around him for awhile. He wasn't Kid Flash anymore, and he wasn't a member of the Justice League. Both of those were his choice, but neither of them made him feel better. And worse, he still thought about Traya all the time.

"Yeah, I really need to get away." he says, to no one in particular, rising from his bed and changing clothes. He tells his mother he'll be back and later and he's gone before she responds.

Three minutes later, he's in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, skipping rocks in the water along the beach. It's soothing enough that he might get a few minutes of peace.

batdaughter:

She had texted him literally every single day.

I love u.  Plz call.

Every day her phone remained silent, but she still tried.

Whatever it is, you can talk to me.

I'm here.

Plz Keith.  I love u.

There may have even been a few drunken texts or texts that just seemed weird (vodka + auto correct = very bizarre texts). But she kept sending them. 

redarrowmia:

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.
( A few days later )

sonic_arrow:

Green Arrow stalked the streets of Star City with his brother, Merlyn.  Wasn't that some kind of twist in the storyline?  The two roles were so opposite of each other, and yet they were paired off in a mission together.

Councilman Vontrell Griffin II was in his home in Soulk Village.  The lights were still on in the living room, which Keith recognized.  He'd met the councilman before, with his father.  He had a family; a wife and children.  The thought of killing him sickened Keith to the core, but what could he do?  Damien was pulling the strings.  At least Robert was there, though.  He was the only one Keith felt he could rely on in this situation.

sonic_arrow:

Keith sat in his cell with restraints and a device on his neck that prevented him from using his sonic scream.  They took all of his equipment and locked it away in a safe.  His dad was on his way to visit him, which wasn't something Keith looked forward to.  Killing the Artist quickly became Keith's biggest regret.  He had screwed over not only himself, but his entire family.  How was he supposed to make this up to them?  He didn't know, and he was just about ready to give up on everything.

sonic_arrow:

It didn't take Keith long to make calls for a flight out of the country.  It was a private jet that his father owned.  His bags were on already, and Keith was just about to board.  But then, a hand gripped his shoulder.

"Keith Queen, you're under arrest for the murder of Robert Franklin Wells."

The rest of what was said to him fell on deaf ears.  He was in total shock.  How did they figure out it was him?  His identity was secret to the public, and he was positive nobody who knew he was Green Arrow would turn him in.  Would they?  There was the slightest nudge at the possibility that Robert had called it in, but Keith didn't stay on that for more than a second.  He couldn't believe Robert would get him arrested and unveil his secret identity to the public.

But man, that night turned to shit.

The next morning, Keith's face was on every news channel.  He was publicly revealed to be the Green Arrow, the man that murdered the Artist.

sonic_arrow:

The Green Arrow tread lightly in Gotham the night after news of the murder of the Artist hit the streets.  He was a wanted criminal, but he couldn't let that top him from doing patrols around Gotham.  He just had to be more sneaky about it.  Keith was extremely sneaky in making his way to the meeting place with Robert.  He was finally going to get to talk about things with a brother he never knew he had.  Things with the Artist didn't seem so important anymore, now that he had a distraction keeping him going.

hunters_moon:

Merlyn watches through his mini-binoculars as the last member of the GCPD falls unconscious in the bullpen of the police station. It had occurred to him, in the days that it took him to come up with this plan, that he could be caught, killed or incarcerated right alongside the man he'd come here to kill tonight. He'd let that thought turn over in his mind several times before he decided that he could live with that.

( Read more... )

sonic_arrow:

There was no way that Keith was going to miss his chance to give Marissa her first Christmas present from him in person.  That was the reason he had gone to Gotham City in the first place.  So, after texting Marissa to find out what Christmas party she was expected to attend, Keith dressed up for the occasion and grabbed her necklace, which he put in a Christmas jewelry box.  He arrived at the party in a fancy Gotham hotel and waded through the press and the guests to find his one and only Marissa Wayne.

partdemon:

Mike had talked to Sindella about what the girls had been up to so secretly and may have used telepathy to read her surface thoughts and found out about Rate the Hunk. Sindella had not been very happy about that and made him swear not to ask anything more about that and that he was going to have to do something big to make it up to her.

But he had been given the idea to host a rate the babe event for the guys because that sounded like a ton of fun to him. Since he was done with classes for the semester he drove to metropolis to set things up for the party at his dad’s penthouse there.

He sent out invites to all the teams he knew about that they could come and also made a special note to the teleports to not try directly teleporting inside with the wards his dad had set up

.He then set up the projector for the photos and got enough food and drinks to feed everyone one then some.

sonic_arrow:

It had been awhile since Keith had been to Gotham.  In fact, it had been far too long.  He'd only been able to talk to Marissa over the phone or the computer.  So, after doing some arranging with his parents, Keith got the go-ahead to fly over to Gotham for awhile.  Once he arrived, he had eyes on him at all times, whether it was the paparazzi or friends of the family.  He didn't like it, but he learned to deal with it.  How did he deal with it?  He gave the media one boring day to watch.  All he did was walk around the city.  He texted Marissa to let her know he was in Gotham, but he was going to spare her the paparazzi adventure unless she decided to come out to cause a bit of trouble.  Sure, causing trouble was the exact opposite of the boring day he was giving his camera-draped audience, but he was willing to have at it with Marissa.

He might be inclined to stir up some trouble with any new friends, too.

dc_holiday:

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." JFK

In America today is a day for being thankful for the things in people's lives. Today was a day to celebrate family, friends, prosperity and health with food, family and friends. It is a time to reflect on what is important us and to recognize the gratitude we hold for having those things in our lives.

dc_titansofmyth:

Helios stood outside the LexOil oil refinery. Fire with the heat of the sun came to his hands and he threw it at the oil refinery. Fire and thick dark smoke filled the air along with the sounds of explosions.

young_swimmer:

Cait had called Jon and a meeting had been set once all the avatars had been located. It seemed like every god and goddess had chosen an avatar to act in their stead during this crisis. They would all be needed along with the rest of the teams. Their opponents weren't just supervillains, but were gods.

Cait along with Ty, Ruth and Dinah headed for the JLA headquarters. Dinah was Hephaestus' avatar, Cait was Poseidon's, Ruth was Hera's and Ty was excellent at coordinating and knowing things. They would be the representatives for the Teen Titans.

They arrived and took seats at the table.

dc_gods:

Apollo, the god of the sun and music, appeared on the rooftops of Star City along with his twin sister, Artemis, in front of Keith Queen and Mia Dearden.

"Keith Queen," his musical voice said, "I'm the God Apollo. You have been selected by to become my Avatar in this time of of troubles."

He waited for his sister to say her piece before continuing.

sonic_arrow:

Green Arrow was out on patrol, fully stocked with a mixture of trick arrows and regular arrows as always.  He'd been getting a lot better since the extra training started kicking in.  But the night was quiet, and it didn't seem like there was going to be much action.  He stopped in an alleyway and peered out of the corner, hoping to spot something.

catchmeifyoucan:

Since the calendar had turned to the month of September, Iris had been counting down the days until their birthday. She'd been planning the party since back in June. Jai normally had no problem letting her handle the party planning itself.

She had invited all of the Titans, including Pipi and Mitzi, of course. And Jon, Corinna, Traya, Cindy, Jerry, Keith, Cerdian, and Wendi, too. And Riley, because if she didn't invite him, he'd probably tag along with Dinah anyway. She also told Cait that she could bring her mom along, if she wanted to get out of the Tower, and that her parents probably wouldn't mind the company at all. Jai probably invited some people too, though the guest list was pretty much the same between the two of them.

Everything was all set up, and Iris placed the wrapped package that had Jai's gift on the table where the other gifts would go. Grinning from ear to ear, she waited for everyone to arrive.

dc_misc:

There was a low rumbling deep within the Earth near Taenarum, Greece. The rumbling grew louder and louder until it seemed like there was an earthquake. Local residents ran for doorframes. The Earth erupted and dirt, rocks and plants were sprayed into the air. A gaping maw formed in the Earth and the pit seemed bottomless.

The pit was not empty.

Beings and creatures that had not seen the light of day in over two thousands years climbed from the pit and stepped out onto the Earth.

in_a_snap:

(Timebendyed so anyone can be involved)

Jerry had heard that there was suppose to be an amazing meteor shower tonight and the best place to see it was in the Arches National Park in Utah. He had let dad knew he was going to spend the night there which his dad was totally fine with.

After teleporting in with some basic supplies he started looking for a good place to watch it from. Teleporting around the park he saw a mesa that looked like he could get a great view from. He snapped his fingers and appeared in a flash of green at the top of the mesa.

What he saw up there was something that he Jerry Carr had trouble believing. There was a organic looking machine with little robotic drones eating the rocks. And one charged right at him.

Quickly snapping both hands he teleported away and teleported a boulder right on top of the drone crushing it. Jerry let out a sigh of relief until he noticed that the drones were now eating the boulder and forming even more drones.

This was bad and Jerry knew he could not handle this by himself and felt that it would be smart to call in as much help as he could.

Teleporting back to his stuff away from the mesa he grabbed his cell phone and started calling all of the people he knew who were superheroes to get as much help as he could.

sonic_arrow:

"So dad.  You heard the news?"

The minute Connor let it be known that he was no longer the Green Arrow, Keith was on the job.  He had wanted to have that title since he started being a hero, but he never got the chance.  Even if Connor and Ollie were both Green Arrow at the same time, Keith wasn't willing to share the spotlight.

sonic_arrow:

Archer called in the YJLA for something rather important.  He had been thinking about dropping out of the group for awhile, but never really had the motivation until recently.  He waited in the meeting room, fully diguised in his get-up as Archer.  There were only three people in the YJLA that knew he was Keith Queen, and he wanted to keep it that way.

sonic_arrow:

Keith had heard that marissa was in town, and he was glad to hear that.  He hadn't seen her in awhile, although they did keep up with each other with texts and phone calls.  Speaking of, Keith dialed her number and waited for her to pick up the phone.  He wanted to see her later.

in_a_snap:

The day after Keith and Henry Jerry had teleported to Keith house outside the front door. Jerry had the essentials for him at least for the trip, his passport, about 50 Euros, and his cellphone with a GPS app to make visualizing his teleports easier. Jerry was of course late to pick Keith up well after the 9 that he had said he would do. While it was a after 9 in the morning here in Star City it was already past 6 pm in Germany which was where he was taking Keith as a way of saying sorry for pantsing and royally embarrassing Keith in front of the paparazzi.

Jerry rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer it.

sonic_arrow:

Yeah, Keith was unhappy about the situation with Jerry Carr.  Not only did the papparazzi have photos of the young Queen chasing some dude in his underwear, but they also got the snapshots of him slipping on the banana.  They didn't say anything about green flashes and teleporting.  Instead, the headlines were all about Keith being an idiot.  And on top of that, he'd just gotten back from being kidnapped by Henry's villains.

He picked up his phone and dialed Henry's number.  Jerry was at Henry's party that time.  He should know about Jerry.

in_a_snap:

Jerry didn’t have school today due to flooding around his state while it wasn’t too bad in Happy Harbor one major road was closed and subsequently school was canceled too. This was the perfect time to go out and have some fun exploring with his power.

This seemed like as good a time as any to go exploring Gotham especially if since it was still light outside. He wasn’t sure what he was going to do there yet but have the fun of going on these types of trips was not knowing and just letting things happen.

After getting himself ready to go with money and a green lantern t-shirt he closed his eyes and snapped his fingers.

lantern_rogues:

Torgar is annoyed.

"We don't have the entire League yet. We'll need to collect the Green Lantern," he tells the others.

sonic_arrow:


Takes place before Keith gets kidnapped.

Star City was boring.  Keith was rich, and he had a private jet.  It may have taken him quite a few weeks to plan it, he finally decided to take visit Gotham City.  Ollie and Dinah had connections in that neck of the woods, so he wasn't without supervision.  In fact, even the papparazzi had an eye on the young Queen.

The jet landed and Keith somehow managed to go incognito in Gotham City.  He stopped into a closeby Starbucks for some coffee.  He also knew that the particular neighborhood he was in had some interesting sights to see.

sonic_arrow:


He stood down the street with a trick arrow nocked on his longbow.  Keith had a pickpocket in his sights.  Ready.  Aim.  Fire!  The arrow whizzed through the arrow and the tip opened up into a boxer's glove. 

"Ugh!"

The pickpocket was nailed in the back of the head.  Another trick arrow nailed him in the back of the knee, and he buckled to the ground.  "Hahaha!" Archer, as Keith aptly named himself, started down the street to recover the stolen goods.

lantern_kid:

Henry grins as he makes certain the bowls of chips are filled. Sodas are available. He's got a hidden stash of beers in his room, but... it's an underage superhero party. They're not visible to most. Those who want one will know to ask him.

People will be arriving soon. He's got tunes, he's got snacks and drinks, he's got games set up to go, and he's got superhero kids coming from all over. While the primary purpose was to make certain the YJLA got a chance to meet Avalon and Josh, the Titans and others have all been invited, too.

This party will rock.