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Roy Harper/Red Arrow ([info]i_can_hit_that) wrote in [info]dc_heroes,
@ 2011-04-07 18:07:00


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Entry tags:"welcome to khandaq", huntress, roy harper

Intervention! (Helena)
Helena was going to be cooking him dinner for a month after this.

He punched out the fourth Khandaqi guard he came across, dropping him in a single blow. Roy was being careful not to kill anyone, because that would start an international incident, and America could ill afford that. Of course, rescuing Helena from a psychotic dictator would achieve the same thing, but it was a matter of principle. He just hoped Adam hadn't decided to take any liberties with Helena during her incarceration.

He'd arrived three days ago in Qurac, and quietly set about procuring ground transportation (a camel) and provisions to make the trip across the desert. The advantages of living with a Native American medicine man paid dividends as Roy made his way across the terrain over the next couple of days, moving a bit slower than he wanted in order to avoid patrols. The last thing he needed was to be caught inside the Khandaq border; of course, that might also mean he got the cell next to Helena's.

But if he got locked up, there was no way to get them out.

Finally, inside the the palace, Roy kept to the shadows, sneaking room to room, hoping to find Helena's.

Unfortunately, he thought he heard someone coming around a corner and ducked into the first room with an unlocked door that he found.

Closing the door quietly, he noted that this room was warmer than most, but that wouldn't matter. He just hoped he hadn't walked into Black Adam's sauna.

He turned around.



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[info]crossbowvixen
2011-04-08 02:00 am UTC (link)
"Go home," she said in a loud whisper. "I will find a way to contact you if I need help."

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[info]i_can_hit_that
2011-04-09 12:58 am UTC (link)
Roy hated the idea of leaving Helena here, but if they didn't go now, they probably weren't leaving.

"Look, I'm going to check for guards. You need to be ready to go by the time I turn around." he says, heading to the door.

"Seriously, we can't afford to--GURK!"

Roy's words are cut off as a massive hand reaches through the door enclosing his throat.

Suddenly, Roy vanishes from sight as he's yanked backward into the hallway and thrown to the ground.

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[info]heroes_baddie
2011-04-09 12:59 am UTC (link)
Black Adam stands over Red Arrow's prone form as the other man tries to get to his feet.

"You were foolish to come here, and more so to attack my people.

Do you have any last words?" he asks.

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[info]crossbowvixen
2011-04-09 01:02 am UTC (link)
"Roy!" Helena yelled and ran after him. She skidded to a halt when she saw Adam holding him.

"NO! Adam! Please don't hurt him!"

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[info]i_can_hit_that
2011-04-09 01:24 am UTC (link)
Roy is barely conscious and does not, in fact, have any last words.

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[info]heroes_baddie
2011-04-09 01:25 am UTC (link)
"This man attacked you, Helena. I do not take kindly to men of ill deeds creeping about my palace and attacking my people.

Why would you stand for him?" Black Adam asks.

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[info]crossbowvixen
2011-04-09 01:30 am UTC (link)
"He didn't attack me," she explained. "He's here under some misguided sense that he needs to save me from you."

She sighed. "He's a friend of mine." Friend was probably the best way to put their relationship right now.

"He didn't hurt me or even touch me. Please Adam, don't hurt me. He was only trying to convince me to leave here."

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[info]heroes_baddie
2011-04-09 01:50 am UTC (link)
"This man is a friend of yours?" Adam asks, looking at Roy as though he's something he scraped off the bottom of his shoe.

"And were you planning to leave with him?" Adam asks simply.

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[info]crossbowvixen
2011-04-09 01:53 am UTC (link)
"Yes, he is a friend," Helena said. Oh Roy you idiot.

"No. I gave you my word that I would stay for a week and I will keep my word. I was trying to convince him to go home."

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[info]heroes_baddie
2011-04-09 02:16 am UTC (link)
Black Adam is silent for seven breaths as he processes Helena's words. She could have slipped away with this man and gotten a good head start upon him, yet she did not.

"I admire you for keeping your word, Helena. Most would not.

Therefore, I will allow your friend to leave with his health and limbs intact, as a token of my esteem for you.

However, if he tries this again, I will be less than kind." Adam tells her, dropping Roy to the floor. He motions for his guards to take Roy away.

"He'll be driven to the nearest outpost and put on a plane back to America, and he will arrive there in one piece, in case you wondered. I keep my word as well." Adam says, turning to walk away.

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[info]crossbowvixen
2011-04-09 02:18 am UTC (link)
"Thank you, Adam," she said. "I am in your debt."

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[info]heroes_baddie
2011-04-09 02:53 am UTC (link)
"Yes, you are, Helena. And I know what I want in return for your gratitude." Black Adam says.

"I have come to enjoy your presence and you are attractive. You are intelligent and beautiful, as well as witty. You do not fear me as others have and you speak plainly.

I have spared your friend's life, and I am owed.

You will marry me and stay in Khandaq permanently." Black Adam demands.

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[info]crossbowvixen
2011-04-09 02:56 am UTC (link)
"Say that again?" She couldn't have heard that right.

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[info]heroes_baddie
2011-04-09 03:01 am UTC (link)
"You heard me. You will marry me as soon as possible." Black Adam says.

"Because if you refuse...well, your friend /is/ a spy in my country. Khandaq does not take kindly to spies from the West and this would certainly tarnish America's reputation among the world powers.

I would be forced to make an example of him, on behalf of my people." he says.

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[info]crossbowvixen
2011-04-09 03:06 am UTC (link)
She was going to kill Roy herself for putting her in this position. She'd even carve his name in the arrow before she did it too.

Helena just stared at him for a long moment. Then she nodded. "I will marry you if it means Roy Harper gets to live."

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[info]heroes_baddie
2011-04-09 03:13 am UTC (link)
Adam smiles.

"You will not regret this, Helena Bertinelli. And your friend will live and be sent home without further incident." Black Adam says.

"Your bedroom door will be replaced, but for now, we will move you to a different room where I can more easily come to your aid if you are accosted again." Black Adam says.

"Your friend will be released in the morning, but you may talk to him while he remains in the dungeons."

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[info]crossbowvixen
2011-04-09 03:14 am UTC (link)
Helena nodded once. "Thank you."

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