Keith Queen (sonic_arrow) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-23 12:54:00

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inactive - damien wilson, inactive - keith queen, inactive - morgaine king, inactive - robert queen, plot - "brothers in arms"

Break Out
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.

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	Re: The Escape hunters_moon 2011-02-03 05:12 am UTC (link)
	Robert provides Keith with directions to a small flat in a run-down part of London. "Help me out of the car and we can get some food and rest for a few." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Escape sonic_arrow 2011-02-03 05:39 am UTC (link)
	Keith follows the directions to the flat. He parks the car in a hidden driveway by the flat and helps his brother out. "That psycho really did a number on you, Robert..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: The Escape

hunters_moon
2011-02-03 05:51 am UTC (link)

Robert chuckles. "What are you talkin' about man? I totally had her right where I wanted her. She was about to tell me her name.

Word of advice, Keith. When a woman is willing to chase you half way around the world to kill you, it means only one thing: she wants to sleep with you first." Robert jokes, trying to keep Keith from worrying.

They get up the stairs to the flat and to the door. Robert knocks and an Asian woman answers the door.

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	Re: The Escape sonic_arrow 2011-02-03 05:55 am UTC (link)
	"Heh. I guess she likes it rough, right?" He smiles, but he's still worried. There's not much that can get him off that. When the Asian woman answers the door, Keith isn't exactly privy on how to respond to her. "Uh....hi." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Escape dc_parent 2011-02-03 05:57 am UTC (link)
	Shado narrows her eyes at Keith; damn, he looks for all the world like his father. Just like Robert. "Bring him inside, lie him on the couch. What happened to him?" she asks quickly, going to the kitchen. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Escape hunters_moon 2011-02-03 05:58 am UTC (link)
	"It's rude to badger guests, Mother." Robert groans, nearly collapsing when they get inside. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Escape sonic_arrow 2011-02-03 06:05 am UTC (link)
	Keith gets him inside, but almost falls over when he hears the word "mother". "Your Robert's mom?!" He forgot what she asked him in the midst of this revelation. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Escape dc_parent 2011-02-03 06:08 am UTC (link)
	"You were expecting Martha Stewart, perhaps?" Shado asks, raising an eyebrow at the young man. "Yes, I am Robert's mother, Keith. Yes, I know who you are. I've known of you since you were born. Your father so loves to indulge his 'Pretty Bird', even when it emasculates him." Shado says. "What happened to my son?" she asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Escape hunters_moon 2011-02-03 06:08 am UTC (link)
	Robert manages to stumble his way to the nearest couch, where he face-plants and passes out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Escape sonic_arrow 2011-02-03 06:12 am UTC (link)
	Keith isn't sure he likes her tone, but she's Robert's mom. She wants to know what happened to her son, and Keith was going to tell her. "He was tricked by the League of Assassins. The leader's psycho bitch sister did this to him." He paused. "He's going to be alright, right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: The Escape

dc_parent
2011-02-03 06:17 am UTC (link)

Morgaine. That little trollop was a rabid dog in the form of a female.

"The only reason that Slade's bastard and his rabid sister lives is because I haven't decided to address the issue. Perhaps I'll get around to it now." Shado says, boiling water and bringing towels.

She comes into the living room, brandishing a knife and slashes her way through his tunic. When she sees the stab wound, she takes two fingers and drives them into the deep wound.

Robert screams as he wakes up.

"Stop crying. This is no worse than the present I gave your for your twelfth birthday. You're getting soft." she says, wiping her hands.

"He will live, Keith. I'm going to treat his wound and let him sleep, and then you will ask me whatever questions you wish to ask.

I will decide whether or not to answer them." she says simply.

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	Re: The Escape sonic_arrow 2011-02-03 06:22 am UTC (link)
	Keith winces as Robert screams. The act itself, and the realization that that is what Robert had to deal with growing up did not make Keith feel very good about Robert's upbringing. But... at least Robert was still a good person. He was somebody Keith could trust, that much was for sure. "It sounds like you already know what I want to ask." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Escape dc_parent 2011-02-03 06:26 am UTC (link)
	"Perhaps I do, but then again, perhaps you will surprise me." she says. "How are your parents?" she asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Escape sonic_arrow 2011-02-03 06:30 am UTC (link)
	"They're fine," Keith lied. They were a mess, what with all that had been going on. Keith could just imagine the state they were in right now. Mia died, and Keith became a criminal on the run. Besides, Keith wanted to get straight to his questions. "Why did you lie to Robert about my dad? He would never abandon any of his kids." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Escape dc_parent 2011-02-03 06:33 am UTC (link)
	"You sound certain that I'm lying, Keith. Your father is not known for his dedication to duty and responsibility." Shado says. "Oliver /did/ abandon Robert, when I refused his strong-arm tactics to take my son. He turned and did not look back." Shado says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Escape sonic_arrow 2011-02-03 06:38 am UTC (link)
	"So you admit he wanted Robert!" Keith exclaimed, having heard 'to take my son' above all else. It upset him that she was trying to make his dad out to be some sort of horrible person. "Dad would never just abandon his son. He didn't abandon Connor, so why would Robert be any different?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: The Escape

dc_parent
2011-02-04 12:29 am UTC (link)

"No. He wanted to /possess/ Robert. He wanted yet another chance to mold himself a spoiled little American prince that he could indoctrinate with his ideals." Shado says.

"Your father doesn't get along very well with people who don't espouse his code. I wanted Robert to think for himself and make his own decisions." Shado says.

"Answer me something, Keith. Robert is twenty-three years old. Your father is one of the richest men in the world, possessed of contacts all over the globe. We know he's hunted down men who commit crimes the world over.

Why, in two decades, could he not find his son? I allow that I didn't make it easy, but even after Robert left my care, Oliver still knew of him.

How did you come to meet Robert, Keith? Did Oliver tell you to seek him out?" Shado asks.

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Re: The Escape

sonic_arrow
2011-02-10 02:45 am UTC (link)

"Connor doesn't think like Dad," Keith retorted. "Neither did Mia."

"Maybe he didn't look for him because you did something to make it so he couldn't. It could be the fact that you let Deathstroke The Terminator be a father figure to your son, and then let him join the League of Assassins."

He was clearly not happy with Shado. And her last question... sort of threw him. It made his tone take a step back.

"We, uh... ran into each other the other day..." When Keith killed the Artist.

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Re: The Escape

dc_parent
2011-02-10 03:17 am UTC (link)

"Yet they both follow his code and his ideals, as does Roy Harper. As do you, Keith. And I knew that Robert would be forced down that path if Oliver had his way, because Oliver Queen only believes in The World According to Oliver Queen." Shado says.

"Robert did not join the League. That was one of my few conditions in allow Slade to teach him. I did not want Robert molded down that path any more than I wanted him to follow his father's. Robert's path is different from that of other men, Keith.

Just as yours is." she says, watching him closely.

When Keith's answer comes out haltingly, Shado smiles somewhat.

"Interesting. You ran into him the other day and now the two of you are running from the League of Assassins. How did you anger them?" she asks.

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	Re: The Escape sonic_arrow 2011-02-10 03:38 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, okay, whatever," Keith replied, pretty much dismissing everything Shado said to him. "I didn't do anything wrong. They just up and attacked Robert. He just got me there for help and then we left when that crazy psycho bitch got hostile." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: The Escape

dc_parent
2011-02-11 02:07 am UTC (link)

"He was obviously desperate to help you if he would turn to the League of Assassins. Damien Wilson does nothing without asking for something in return, Keith.

What kind of trouble would you be in to warrant Robert beseeching the League? I wonder." Shado says, looking the young man over cautiously.

"I know my son well, Keith. He would not seek aid from others for something he felt he was capable of doing himself.

Does Oliver know where you are?" she asks.

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	Re: The Escape sonic_arrow 2011-02-14 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	"It's none of your business," Keith replied. It pretty clearly outlined that Ollie didn't know where Keith was, and the kid didn't trust or like Shado enough to talk about it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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