I was alone. It had been that way for a while. The island was called Lian Yu. It was also called Purgatory. I didn't know if I would ever make it home. That was when I noticed a ship was coming. I ran to the effigy that I set up if such a situation arrived. I fired my bow and hit it causing it to go ablaze. I waved my hands and the boat saw me. I hoped there weren't be any perverts on board.
Fortunately, there wasn't. I found myself in China and that was when the news broke. It was big news. I didn't know if it could be bigger news. The thought to be lost at sea white heiress that disappeared five years ago was found alive. I imagined all of the magazines would pay for my story, but I really wasn't interested in telling. They would just have to settle for the story that Faith Hudson was back. I was not the socialite that was shipwrecked. I was a woman and I was going to save my city.
Of course, I did have a level of guilt. I was the lone survivor of the shipwreck that killed my father, the crew and my girlfriend's sister. I had a feeling that people would be talking about that as well. I just wanted to go home at that moment.
Once I got home, the first thing that they did was take me to the hospital, even though I had already been checked out by the Chinese doctors. They probably didn't trust them.
It was there that my mom found me. The first thing that she did was hug me while she cried.
"I can't believe that you're home." She told me. "You must be tired of all of these doctors. Let's take you home so you can sleep in a real bed."
My home kind of looked like a castle. It was fitting considering that we were called Starling City royalty. The car parked and the butler went for my trunk in the trunk, but I stopped him.
"I can carry it." I told him.
"Your room is how it was. We never had the heart to change anything." Mom explained. So she had kept hope that I was alive or just couldn't move on.
"Faith." A voice interrupted. It was Will Schuester, one of my father's business partners. "It's a pleasure to see you."
"You remember Will, your father's friend from the company?" Mom asked. I didn't say anything and walked away. I then noticed another familiar face.
"It's good to see you, Raisa." I greeted the maid. She had been with us for practically my whole life.
"Welcome home, Miss Faith." She replied before hugging me. I had a feeling that I was going to get a lot of hugs. "Mr. Evans called. He wants to join you for dinner."
"That's wonderful." Mom declared. Sam Evans had been my best friend. We had grown up together. I then looked to the top of the stairs. "Faith, did you here that?"
I saw her there: my little sister Aria. She had grown since I had last seen her. She was almost as tall as me now.
"Hi, sis." I greeted her. She ran towards me. She looked like she was ready to tackle me.
"I knew it. I knew it. I knew it." She replied as she hugged me. "I missed you so much."
"You were with me the whole time." I told her.
I came out of the shower, my first in years, and looked around my room. The world had changed a lot in five years. I hadn't expected it to be the same as when I left. I wasn't even sure who I was anymore. I looked at my body and noticed all of the scars. It would cost a lot to cover them up if I planned on doing so, which I didn't. They were part of who I was now. They were a reminder of my past.
I remembered the night on the boat. I walked into the main part of the boat in my nightgown. I had left Kitty in my room.
"Are we in trouble, Daddy?" I asked.
"One of us is." He replied as I looked behind me and saw Kitty in her underwear.
"Faith, where's the bottle opener?' She questioned.
"I'll be right there." I remarked.
"You know when this gets out, things are going to get ugly." Dad stated.
Back in the present, the door opened behind me. I had changed into a black dress.
"What did I tell you? Boats are terrible." The voice declared. I looked and saw Sam.
"Sam Evans, I missed you, buddy." I told him as I gave him another hug. They were definitely still coming.
At dinner, I sat at the end of the table with Sam and Aria while my mom and Will sat on the other side.
"Let's see what did you miss?" Sam replied. "World Series winners: Red Sox, Phillies, Yankees, Giants, Cardinals. Five straight guys won American Idol and there's some new Pokémon games. Ninetales has Drought now."
"What was it like there?" Aria asked me.
"Cold and dark." I answered.
"Tomorrow, you and me are doing the city." Sam explained. "We have a lot to catch up on."
"That sounds like a good idea." Mom replied.
"I wanted to swing by the office." I responded.
"Well there's time for that. Hudson Global isn't going anywhere." Will stated. At that time, Raisa tripped, but I caught her before she spilled anything.
"I am so sorry, Miss Faith." She apologized.
"It's alright." I replied before I said something to her in Russian.
"You speak Russian?" Sam asked in surprise.
"I didn't realize you took Russian in college." Will stated.
"I didn't realize you wanted to sleep with my mother." I retorted. I probably could have found a better way to say that. It sounded pretty bitchy when I said it.
"I didn't say anything." Aria replied.
"She didn't have to." I explained.
"Faith, Will and I are married." Mom explained. "And I don't want you to think that either of us did anything to disrespect your father."
"We both knew Christopher was gone." Will added.
"It's fine." I declared. "May I be excused?"
"Don't forget about tomorrow." Sam told me. I was pretty sure that he wouldn't let me.
That night, I was sleeping on the floor. It was raining and I was dreaming about the boat. It was right before the crash and I was with Kitty. I couldn't get to her and I was taken to a raft by my dad and the first mate.
I then felt someone touch me and instinct took over.
"Faith!" Will replied. I realized that I had inadvertently attacked my mother.
"I'm sorry." I apologized.
"No, it's okay." She responded through her coughing. She probably understood the instinct and probably also considered the post-traumatic stress disorder. "It's okay. You're home now."
The next day, I went under my bed and opened up the trunk. Inside was my book and a few other things. I decided to get dressed and put it away. I then went to check on Aria. She was dressed for school and had a friend with her.
"Hey, Speedy." I greeted her.
"God, I hate that nickname." She stated.
"I think it fits pretty well considering how much I had to chase you as a kid." I quipped.
"See you in school, Speedy." Her friend replied before leaving.
"I have something for you." I declared as I presented her with an arrowhead.
"They have souvenirs stands on deserted islands now?" She asked.
"It's a hosen and in Buddhism it symbolizes reconnecting. I kept because I figured one day it would reconnect me to you." I explained.
"Do you have anything for me?" Sam interrupted.
"Don't let him get you into trouble." Aria stated before we hugged. "You just got back."
We then left the room.
"Have you noticed how hot your sister has gotten?" Sam asked. I glared at him. "Because I have not."
We then headed out into the city.
"Your funeral sucked." He replied.
"Did you have sex at my funeral?" I questioned.
"Maybe." He admitted. "I couldn't help it. They were so sad. Speaking of which, I'm hoping for lots of sexy girls for your welcome home party."
"Wait, what?" I asked.
"You came back from the dead and that calls for a celebration. Tell me where and when I will take care of it." He explained.
We then pulled into the poor part of town: The Glades.
"This city is a hellhole." Sam commented. "Your dad sold his factory just in time. Why did you want to drive through here anyway?"
"No reason." I answered. "I had a plan."
"So what did you miss most: steaks, drinks, sex?"
"Quinn." I answered.
"Everyone in the city is happy you're alive and you want to see the one person who isn't?" He retorted. That wasn't true. Her father probably wasn't happy either.
Quinn was a lawyer now. I went to her office and managed to see that she was suing Dustin Goolsby.
"Hello Quinn." I greeted her. She looked shocked. We decided to go outside. "So I see you followed through and went to law school."
"Yup, everyone's proud." She told me.
"You sure you want to deal with Dustin Goolsby?" I asked.
"It's been five years and you want to talk about my case?" She replied. She definitely had some disdain for me and it was easy to see why since I had led her sister to her death.
"No." I admitted.
"Why are you here, Faith?" She inquired.
"I wanted to apologize. What happened to Kitty was my fault." I responded. "I don't want you to blame her for it."
"I don't blame her for doing the same things that I did." Quinn remarked. I tried to talk but she interrupted me. "How could you do that to me- with my sister? I couldn't be angry or grieve. We buried an empty coffin. Her body was at the bottom of the ocean where you left her. You should be dead instead."
"I know it's too late, but I'm sorry." I declared.
"Yeah, I'm sorry too." She replied. "You deserved a lot longer than five years."
"Okay, so that went well." Sam told me a few minutes later. We headed to the ally where we parked the car.
Suddenly, this group of men in masks appeared and tranquilized us. I only thought about the raft and my father as I faded into unconsciousness. He told me about how he failed the city.
"Miss Hudson?" One of them asked when I came to. He had a Taser. Thankfully, all of my clothes were on and Sam was unconscious. "Did your father survive the accident?"
I noticed that my hands were tied with cables. They weren't particularly strong. I remained silent, even after being tased a few times.
"Yes." I finally told them.
"What did he tell you, Miss Hudson?" The man asked.
"He told me to kill you." I answered. The three of them laughed as I showed my freed hands. It was time to get to work.
They took out their guns and I began to fight. I used one guy's body to block me from gunfire and began to the last one. Had I known I was going to do it, I wouldn't have worn heels. I avoided all of the shots before I finally caught him.
"You killed that restaurant owner." I stated.
"You don't have to do this." He declared.
"Yes I do." I answered. "No one can know my secret."
I then snapped the guy's neck and headed back to Sam. From there, we had the cops take us back to my house.
"So that's your story?" Detective Fabray asked. "A girl in a green hood appeared and took out three armed kidnappers? Who was she? Why would she do this?"
"Maybe she was just doing a good deed?" I replied.
"What about you?" He asked Sam. "Did you see Hood Girl?"
"I only saw movement." Sam answered. "I was still out of it."
"It's ironic. You're back for one day and someone wants to kill you." The detective replied. I could see that the animosity for me was definitely there.
"Were you able to identify the men?" Mom asked.
"No." His partner stated. "They were pros."
"They probably figured that between you and Malcolm Evans that they hit the jackpot." Detective Fabray replied. "After all, a parent would do anything to keep their child safe."
"I don't feel like your tone is appropriate, Detective." Mom told him.
"If Faith can think of anything us, we'll contact you." Will declared as he stood up. "It was nice seeing you, Gentlemen."
"You were just born lucky, weren't you?" Russel quipped.
I then went to my room and noticed Adam Hunt on the list of the names. He was a crook.
"You are different." Raisa declared. She had a tray of food in hand. "The Faith that I knew didn't read books."
"I missed you Raisa." I told her as I leaned back in my seat.
"No kitchen on the island." She remarked.
"No, and no friends either." I added before I took the tray and put it down on the table. "Do I really seem different?"
"No you are still good girl." She answered.
"We both know that's not true." I stated.
"But you had a good heart." She said as she stroked my shoulder.
"Well I want to be the person you always told me I could be." I stated before I went downstairs and my mother and Will with an Asian man.
"Faith, this is Mike Chang. He will be accompanying you from now on." She replied.
"I don't need a babysitter." I responded. It would be harder to do what I was planning with a bodyguard.
"Darling, Faith is a grown woman. Let her make her own decisions." Will suggested/
"I insist." Mom replied. It meant I would have to take a ride with him.
"So what do you want me to call you?" I questioned.
"Call me Mike or Chang if you want, but nothing else." He explained. I could tell something about him from his demeanor.
"So I take it you were in the military." I replied.
"Yes." He confirmed before he explained his credentials. "I don't want there to be any confusion, Miss Hudson…"
At that point, I jumped out of the car. I headed to my dad's old factory. It was a mess, but that was what happened with abandoned warehouses. Getting kidnapped was not part of the plan. It forced me to move up my plans, but I wasn't lying to the police. The girl in the green hood was there, just without the hood. She was just beginning. I was going to use the location as my lair. I set up some computers and a salmon ladder to train on and began to sharpen my arrows before I took out my bow. I ruined a lot of good tennis balls. I had my sights set on Adam Hunt. I would make him pay. I took out one more thing in my trunk: a green hood. I was going to use it to save my city. I changed into my costume: a green leather hooded jacket with a green skirt, black leather leggings, black gloves and green boots without heels.
I went out to find him. I fired my first arrow, hitting one of his henchman with it. I then dodged some bullets and took out the second one before I set my sights on Goolsby. I grabbed him out of his car and threw him to the ground before pointing an arrow at him.
"Just tell me what you want." He remarked as he held his hands up.
"You're going to transfer forty million into this account by 10:00 pm tomorrow." I explained.
"Or what?" He challenged.
"Or I'm going to take it and you won't like how I do it." I explained.
"If I see you again, I'll kill you." He threatened. I just responded by shooting an arrow through his windshield.
The following night, I prepared for my party. I had a simple little black dress on. It was how I dressed before the accident and I wanted people to think I was still the same. I opened the door to find Mike in the backseat. Apparently, he had learned from earlier.
"Put on your seatbelt, Miss Hudson." He instructed. "I wouldn't want you to miss your party."
When we got to the club, some kind of music that I had never heard before. As I prepared to make my entrance, I checked the time. Goolsby had less than an hour and it looked I would have to do it the hard way. I walked down the escalator and Sam noticed me. He told the DJ to stop the music and walked over.
"Here's the woman of the hour!" He exclaimed. "Ladies, please give this girl a proper homecoming. I could use some sex at the moment, but I didn't want to be distracted from the mission.
"Thank you everyone." I declared as I went up on the stage. It was one of the best ways to see me since there were a lot of tall people at the party. Sam then gave me a shot. "I missed tequila!"
I then was alone with Sam.
"So by my rough estimate, you have not had sex in a very long time." He declared. "As your wingman, I highly recommend Carmen."
"Which one is she?" I asked.
"The one who looks like the chick from Twilight." He answered.
"They made a movie of Twilight?" I replied.
"Yes and don't ever see it." He told me before I noticed someone who shouldn't be there. I walked over to my sister.
"Faith, this party is sick." She told me.
"You need to leave it." I declared. "Who let you in?"
"I believe it was someone who said 'Right this way, Miss Hudson.'" She replied.
"You shouldn't be here." I told her.
"I'm not 12 anymore." She pointed out.
"But you're 17." I countered.
"Faith, I love you, but you can't come back here and judge me for doing exactly what you did." Aria stated. I didn't want her to make the same mistakes that I did growing up. I was in rehab by the time I was 21. I didn't learn anything there, but I was there nonetheless.
"I know things couldn't have been easy for you when I was gone…" I started.
"Gone?" She interrupted. "You were dead. My sister and my father died. I went to your funeral."
"I know." I stated.
"No, you don't." She argued. "Mom had Will and I had no one. Everyone else wants to forget about the last five years, but I can't. They happened. I'm sorry if I'm some kind of disappointment, but this is the best that I can do with what I had to work with."
She hadn't noticed that I had picked her pocket of the drugs before she left. I threw the packet in the trash. I then ran into someone and noticed that it was Quinn of all people.
"You're here." I remarked in surprise.
"Sam invited me." She stated. "He didn't like how things went down. Can we talk someplace quieter?"
"Of course." I declared.
We then walked out into the hallway. The music could only barely be heard from there.
"I'm sorry for saying that you should have died." She declared. "There was very wrong of me to say."
"I wish that I could trade places with her." I explained.
"I have something that I need to ask about Kitty." She told me. "Did she suffer?"
Well considering that she most likely drowned, I would say that she suffered a lot.
"No." I lied.
"I think about her every day." She remarked.
"So do I." I declared.
"Looks like we still have one thing in common then." She joked. "You know if you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here."
At that time, the alarm went off and I realized that Goolsby hadn't delivered. I needed to go.
"Something wrong?" She asked.
"I asked somebody to do something and they didn't do it." I explained. "I need to go."
I made my way to the exit. I needed to get changed. Unfortunately, before I could there, I found Mike. Having a bodyguard was really inconvenient.
"Going somewhere, Miss Hudson?" He asked.
"I just wanted some air." I declared.
"I would believe you if you weren't such an escape artist." He stated. "The party's this way."
I decided at that point that I would just run for it. I quickly realized that needed to get my boots on fast. I made my way to the roof and fired an arrow to shut down the power at Goolsby's office. I then made my way in and got to work. He had a lot of security like I anticipated. I took them out and fired my shot. He thought I missed, but I wasn't aiming for him. I then got into a fight with his security guard before the cops showed up. I made my escape out the window down the zipline that I set up.
I then made my way back to the party. It was not easy changing on the fly. I found that the cops had shown up there as well. Good thing I could get changed quickly.
"Detective, this is a private party." I told Russel.
"Well there was an incident at Dustin Goolsby's office across the street. Do you know anything about that?" He explained.
"Who's Dustin Goolsby?" I questioned.
"He's a millionaire and I'm surprised that you two don't know each other." He declared.
"I don't really go for guys." I answered.
"Well he got attacked by your hood girl." He said. "Sounds like the same girl that saved you the other day. I find that quite coincidental."
"I'll offer a reward." I stated. "Hey everybody! Two million to anyone who can find a crazy chick in a green hood!"
"Did you even try to save her?" He asked. His partner intervened. "Did you even try to save my daughter?"
The following day, I used my hacking arrow to transfer all of the money that I had gotten into his victims' accounts and crossed Goolsby off of the list. I thought back to when we reached the island. Dad knew that there was no possible way for all of us to survive, so he shot the first mate and then himself. I buried him as soon as I got there.
So this took a long time to write. I had to wait to renew my Netflix subscription which meant not being to write on my days off. I originally had Puck as Faith's best friend, but I was too sickened by Mark Salling to do it. Aria is played by Danielle Campbell. How will Faith's life as a vigilante go and will she save the city? Please don't forget to review.