The Archer | T.D. ✔

Chapter Fifty-Three

"So explain to me again, what exactly was in the vial?" Rory asked, wincing as she sat up straighter in her chair. Tim let out a sigh as he helped her out, trying to make sure she was in the least amount of pain possible. 

Barbara wheeled around to look at them as she held up the empty vial. Rory was correct in assuming that there were leftover traces of something in it, but she was unsure of what it could be. That was why she had brought it back in the first place.

"Again, that's not entirely clear yet. The only thing I have found is traces of your DNA, Ivy must have gotten a hold of a strand of hair or something to use in this. What she used it for, I don't want to know. Her powers are constantly evolving and she is nothing short of a genius either, the real question is why did she have it in the first place?" Babs said.

"I heard Croc say something about you being the bat brat she adores so much, I may be a little behind on my homework but why does she have this apparent thing for little miss sunshine again?" Kon crossed his arms and put his feet up on the table in front of him. 

Rory shot him a frown and kicked his feet off with her own, "That's a need to know basis." she snapped.

Jason let out a laugh. "That, or she's embarrassed about what happened." he teased.

Grabbing the closest thing to her, which just so happened to be her cup from earlier that morning. "Fuck you Princess!" she threw it at his head and watched it bounce off the same spot on his forehead and shatter on the floor.

"What the hell! Why do you always throw shit at my head!" he yelled, grabbing the pear next to him and throwing it at her head in retaliation. Rory caught it before it even got close to her face with an unamused expression as she took a bite of it. 

"I told you, your head is so big it's great for target practice," she answered, her mouth full. 

"Hold on, why would she be embarrassed from it?" Kon asked, looking between the two. 

"She kissed Ivy to protect me," Tim said quickly, Rory turning to look at him with a shocked expression. 

"I should have thrown it at you Timothy!" she cried, shoving him off the chair and watching as he fell onto the floor with a soft thud. "Why the hell did you tell him!?"

"I could keep going on about what happened after that as well?" Tim threatened with a grin.

Rory frowned. "You so much as breathe what happened, I will make sure you regret it." she threatened.

Kon watched the two of them with an amused expression, Tim talked about Rory all the time. Every time they talked, he had a new thing to tell him about her, and Kon thought it was sweet seeing how much he adored Rory. They really were made for each other, maybe at first glance, it wasn't seeable because she was so rough and abrasive, and Tim almost the exact opposite; but seeing them interact like this he could see that they complimented each other in a way that no one else could. 

Tim laughed at her comment and got back up on the chair, kissing her cheek. "You still love me though." he grinned.

"Somehow, I still do." she smiled and took his hand. "But back to the vial. The incident with ivy could be influencing her obsession with me. But nothing like that has happened since, so why would she?"

"Are you really trying to understand how these villains think? Most of them are criminally insane, if not worse." Stephanie spoke up. 

"Brown has a point, every time we try to understand them we get set back," Damian said. "So why don't we giver her what she wants?"

"What, you mean world domination? Yeah, I'm sure that would go over well." Jason muttered.

"He means me, if Ivy really has taken a liking to me then maybe I can get some information," Rory said, looking around.