Karone for the Treat trick or treat Ranger writing? So I'm not alone in putting out new Karone stuff? *eyes fic I haven't updated in weeks that I will DEFINITELY get to, once I've actually stopped and discussed some things with my therapist*
Look I got a little carried away but this also isn’t proof read and was also written while I was watched Scooby-Doo with my roommates so it might be a bit weird at certain parts
“Yes, well everyone can dress up but just kids go trick or treating which is the candy collecting part. And it’s not really extortion; most families do something to make it clear whether or not they want kids to come and knock on their door, and kids for the most part respect it” Cassie explained.
“And those who don’t tend to throw eggs at the houses that don’t give candy,” Ashley said.
Karone cocked an eyebrow not quite sure how collecting candy under threat of vandalism was much better.
“So we can’t get candy?” Zhane pouted.
“Well we can probably get some at the party since most people have bowls just out during most of the Halloween parties I’ve been to if no one’s planning to be trick or treating,” Ashley said.
“Sweet,” Zhane joked.
Karone put on the jacket looking at the odd outfit Cassie had assembled for her. “And what monster exactly am I supposed to be?”
“Oh you’re not a monster, you, me, TJ, and Justin technically have matching costumes we’re superheroes from that show Justin likes we’re going to take some pictures with Justin and then you and me are going to the party and TJ is taking Justin trick or treating, until 10 and then drop him off at home and meet up with us for the after party”
“This outfit doesn’t seem practical for fighting crime,” Karone said, eyeing her heels and fishnets.
“Trust me, there’s a lot worse outfits and Black canary’s a pretty cool hero,” Ashley said, adjusting her petticoat before letting the rest of the layers for her bell dress fall into place.
“And why aren’t you in this outfit instead? You’re the one who actually was on a team with Justin?” Karone asked checking herself out in the outfit.
“I’m not blonde and black canary’s blonde,” Ashley explained.
“Zhane’s blonde,” Karone pointed out.
“Yeah but we’re matching as Bell and Adam from the beauty and the beast,” Ashley said, sticking another patch of fake fur to Zhane’s face. Ashley hesitated for a moment, “Besides we’re trying to get him to warm up to you since he didn’t see you a lot outside of the whole Princess Astronema thing,” not mentioning the moment Justin found out he called Tommy and Kat about 20 times each as the best judges he could come up with for actually being reformed and evil doer faking it.
“I scare him don’t I?” Karone asked.
“No…” Cassie said, looking at Ashley for backup.
“It does make him kind of nervous to have a former enemy living under the same roof as us. But he was a ranger. He's as brave as any of us, probably braver considering how young he was at the time.” Ashley continued.
“It’s a show of good faith, you’re willing to look a bit silly and have some pictures taken with him dressed as a member of the Arrow Fam without overstepping anything like having you go with him trick or treating,” Cassie said.
“Does he know I’m only going to be taking pictures or does he think I’m coming with him and TJ?” Karone asked.
“I think so, why?” Ashley asked.
“He seemed oddly excited this morning just to be taking some pictures together,”
“Well Halloween only comes once a year,” Cassie says.
“Hm…” Karone hummed.
Cassie pulled on her mask to see her Thea Queen costume had come together quite well. “Come on the sooner we take the pictures the sooner we can head out,”
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A green blur slammed into Cassie, Karone was prepared to draw a weapon before she realized it was Justin who was hugging Cassie.
“Hey Justin, long time no see,” Cassie said, hugging him back. She noted he was dressed head to toe in green with a fake bow on his back.
“Yeah! Are you and karone excited to come to Trick or treating me and TJ? We’re going to visit every single house in town!” Justin was practically shaking from excitement.
Cassie hesitated looking uncomfortably at Karone, not sure how to break the news “oh Justin…”
“I would be honored to help you in your goal, but I think Cassie had other plans after we took the photos,” karone said.
“Oh, alright,” Justin said, trying to hide his disappointment. “I thought that, never mind…”
TJ cut in “if you want to go with Cassie—“
“I’m going to stay with Justin, if you want to go with Justin I don’t mind,” Karone told TJ firmly.
“I did say I was going to take him,” everyone could hear the hesitation in his voice.
“TJ, if you don’t want to take me, it’s fine.” Justin said now looking at his feet. “All of you can go now if you want, I’m fine really, I’m old enough to trick or treat by myself,”
“Justin…” TJ started not sure how to defuse the situation. If he was totally honest he would have preferred to go to the party.
“You can go TJ!” Justin said, walking away from the table in the juice bar. He walked out the door and sat on a bench outside.
Justin felt a hand on his shoulder. “TJ of you don’t want to take me—“
“I’m not TJ,” Karone cut him off.
“Oh, sorry about that, you didn’t agree to come yourself Cassie just said she was bringing you with her and I thought that she was coming with me,” Justin half heartedly explained.
“No, but I do want to come, if you’ll have me,” she hesitates before sitting down next to him trying not to do anything that could be taken as a threat.
“I’m not scared of you by the way,” Justin says.
“Yeah seeing you in person I can see that,” Karone said, trying to hide her own relief at this.
“I heard you didn’t get to be a kid much while you were busy being evil or whatever they did to you while you were working for the dark specter, I thought you might like, this, Halloween, hanging out, dressing up kinda silly like comic book characters,” the boy shrugged.
Karone had a lot of practice not crying while in pain but almost none at holding in tears in the face of whatever emotion she couldn’t name bubbling up inside right now. She quickly blinked her eyes, doing her best to prevent any moisture in her eyes from making itself known. “That’s very sweet Justin. But what about yourself?”
“What about me?”
“What did you want?” Karone asked.
“I guess I just wanted to be with my teammates again, I don’t really fit in with kids my age or kids in general. They all seem so happy and carefree and then after everything I saw as a ranger, I guess, I’m just not…,”
“Not what?”
“I don’t really feel like I’m a kid anymore, I know physically I still am but it doesn’t feel like it,”
“I know that feeling,” Karone said, nodding. “I know what it feels like when one moment you were a kid and the next you’re not a kid anymore but you’re not really an adult or anything else anymore either,”
“I wanted you and me to have a happy Halloween Karone,” Justin said. “I’m really sorry for bringing the mood down like this,”
Karone wrapped an arm around him and pulled him into a side hug. “I don’t mind, besides I thought you wanted to see every house in town?”
“You don’t have to come come if you don’t want to,”
“Justin, you don’t deserve your teammates and other fellow rangers leaving you behind like this,”
“I know, but it’s happening anyway. You didn’t deserve the stuff they did to make you evil either,”
“I know but it happened anyway, so let’s go trick or treating, and take some pictures in our costumes, eat some candy, and have a happy Halloween?”
Justin returns her side hug. “Yeah let’s have a happy Halloween,”
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