This was originally based off the AU tumblr prompt: "Rival superheros trying to save the same small city" but it kinda evolved beyond that.

This chapter takes place during episode 1 of season 1 for those that enjoy knowing exactly where something takes place.


Oliver Queen had been through many things, both on and off the island, in the past five years and he promised himself that if he ever got back to his home, his city, he would do whatever it took to right the wrongs his father and others had caused.

He had had enough time to figure out exactly how he would go about doing this, going so far as to plan out where he would have his, for a lack of a better term, secret lair and what he would need there.

He even had an idea about how to conceal this lair and to give "Oliver Queen" an excuse to be gone late at night.

What he didn't plan for, however, was that someone would already be doing his job for him.


"-more members of a local Glades street gang were found tied up in the alley of the police station last night after witness reports say that our local vigilante intervened when the gang members cornered a young woman walking home."

Oliver walked into the living room intending to just greet his mother before Tommy arrived and they spent the day together, but the tv caught his attention.

"What was that about?" he asked and Moira just shook her head at him.

"I don't know why I even bother watching the news anymore, all they want to talk about is this vigilante."

"Starling city has vigilantes now?" This was definitely going to put a damper on his plans.

"That one showed up a few years ago, you'd think Detective Lance would have caught that psycho by now but he is getting on in his years, I suppose."

"Are you implying that there is more than one?"

"Oh," Moira said, it was hard for her to remember just how much Oliver had missed in his time away, "yes. Well, I suppose you would call the other one more of a sidekick of sorts. Now, enough about that. You have a full day planned with Tommy, I know, so off with you. I've got things to do too. Would you mind making sure Thea is on her way to school before you leave though? She has developed a horrible habit of being late."

"Of course, Mother," he replied, already leaving the living room and heading upstairs to Thea's room, mind whirling about this new development.

Later, as Tommy was driving him around the city, Oliver decided it was time to get some more information.

"So, I heard something weird on the news this morning."

Tommy just gave him a look, "Weird as in something that happened while you were gone that you don't understand or weird as in your mother is watching that weird news channel again?"

"Both? I heard some vigilante rounded up a couple of gang members last night."

"Oh, that. Yeah, yeah, I know. You can say it. Our city has turned into one of those comic books we used to sneak when we were kids."

Tommy was content to let it drop and talk about other things but Oliver really wanted to know more about this possible threat to his plans so he tried to steer Tommy back on track.

"Why do you care so much about this wacko? Oooh, wait, tell me you don't want to bang this chick? You've had some interesting taste in women over the years but man, she would take you down in a heart beat. And not in a good way."

"It's either this or I have to learn about "Catching Up with the Kardashians". Wait, the vigilante is a woman?"

Tommy just laughed at him, "That's not what it's called but you get points for being close. In the three years we think she has been around no one has gotten a good look at her but there was one guy a while back that claims to have seen her up close and he said that no man could have an ass that fine. Plus, the media has been calling her Robin after people figured out she was behind the "Robin Hood" virus."

"Robin Hood virus?" Oliver had been decent with computers before the island but it hadn't escaped his notice that computers and technology in general were a lot more advanced than five years ago. If this "Robin" had enough of a handle on computers to create a virus, then she could pose a pretty big problem.

"Oh come on, man. I promise to link you to one of the many fan sites later so can we focus on something else for a while? Like maybe why you wanted to see the Glades of all things? Or what you missed most while you were gone?"


"So that's your story? A guy in a green hood flew in and single handedly took out three armed kidnappers? I mean, who is he, why would he do that?" Detective Lance questioned the two of them later that day after they had been rescued from their kidnapping, but Tommy didn't know anything, and Oliver wasn't going to tell.

"Funny isn't it? One day back and already someone is gunning for you? Aren't you popular."

Some mild bickering from Detective Lance and Moira later, Lance was on his way out the door but not before Oliver heard him muttering to himself, "Like I need another one of these hooded bastards to deal with."

In the grand scheme of things, it didn't matter if there was another vigilante or not. Oliver had a whole book full of names that he needed to cross off, one way or another, and he knew just how to go about crossing off Adam Hunt.

If this other vigilante became a problem, then he would just deal with her then.


Oliver gave him a chance to transfer the money without force but in the end, Adam Hunt didn't take the chance so Oliver had to resort to plan B which was thankfully already in place. As soon as the clock hit ten pm, Oliver headed to where he had hidden his suit and after taking care of his new nosey bodyguard he was suited up and ready to go.

The security was a little stronger than he expected but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle and after using one of Hunts men as a decoy and human shield , he was in the room with Hunt himself. Oliver shot off an arrow that went past Hunt's head and stuck in the wall behind him.

"You missed." Hunt smirked and then suddenly another guy tackled Oliver and he lost sight of Hunt. This new guy was good and after a few minutes of fighting Oliver was still trying to gain the upperhand but they both stopped cold when a distorted but definitely female voice rang out.

"Do you even care?" The woman asked, standing next to the body of the man Oliver had used as a decoy earlier in a leather suit complete with a hood and mask. Hunt's body guard used the distraction to back up and grab the gun he dropped earlier, shooting at Oliver who dived over the table and threw one of his smaller arrows at the man. Luckily for the man, the female managed to shoot the arrow and knock it off course before it hit him.

Unluckily for Oliver, the man's gun managed to hit him and the combination of the bullet and hitting the ground so hard knocked him out.. Even though the masked woman had saved him, the bodyguard immediately turned to her with his gun raised but before he could pull the trigger she threw a small pellet at his face that immediately burst into a cloud of smoke, causing him to drop to the floor unconscious. She knew the police had to be getting close but she still took the time to restrain the bodyguard and to use a red pen and notepad she found on the floor to leave a note for the new vigilante before disappearing.

The sound of many foot steps rushing up the stairs woke Oliver up and he immediately tried to get up while fixing his hood back in place but only ended up falling back to the ground due to the fact that his pant leg was pinned to the ground with one of his own arrows.

He knew the police were getting very, very close by this point but his escape plan was already set up and the fact that there was a piece of paper attached to the arrow caught his attention.

"I promise you, Mr. Green Hood, you will not be killing anyone else in my city."