Who is the Vigilante?
Arrow/ Veronica Mars
Arrow: During season 1, an anonymous blogger writes an article about the Vigilante.
No Felicity (even though I am a fan of Olicity).
Veronica Mars: After season 3, before the movie. Veronica moved to Starling City where she's a private investigator who writes in a blog called "the Healer" and exposes the rich and famous when they do wrong things. Nobody knows who she is.
In this version, Veronica is as good as Mac with a computer (but Mac exists and they're friends).
Veronica helped Thea out of trouble once before Oliver came back and when Season 1 starts, Thea doesn't do drugs anymore and considers Veronica like a big sister. They're very close.
"Hey Oliver, have you see it?" Thea asked her brother when he came down for breakfast, already thinking about the day he had planned with Diggle.
"Good morning to you too Thea. Yes, I slept well, how about you?" Oliver joked.
"Ha ha, very funny. So, have you seen it?" Thea replied, concentrated on whatever she wanted to tell him.
"Seen what?" Oliver replied with a smile.
"The latest article in the Healer." Thea replied.
"I still don't get that name by the way." Oliver chuckled, in a good mood because he had gotten his guy the previous night.
Well, that, and he had witnessed from afar Veronica tasering a low life that was attacking a teenage girl trying to go home.
"It's because exposing these crimes helps heal the city." Thea told her brother.
"I thought Veronica was spending the night, Thea, where is she?" Their mother asked, trying to change the subject to something she approved more than that blog.
She loved having Veronica around, the young woman, who had saved her relationship with her daughter, was always welcome in their house. When Veronica's apartment suffered water damages from a neighbor's broken pipes, the Queen family welcomed her in their house until she could go back to her own place.
"She had a case she needed to work on at the last minute. A big shot client, cheating wife. Lots of easy money." Thea told her mother.
"Oh, that's too bad, I like it when she comes over." Moira replied.
"You do realize that she's my age and not Thea's right?" Oliver asked his mother, surprised but not jealous of the young PI's relationship with his sister.
"It doesn't matter, she's good for our family." Moira smiled.
"Why bother pointing out our age difference, Oliver? Are you jealous? Wishing she was having sleep overs with you maybe?" Thea teased her big brother while her mother rolled her eyes, amused.
"So, what were you talking about Thea?" Oliver asked his sister, changing the subject because though he was able to hide from them that he was the vigilante, he wasn't sure he'd be able to hide for long his attraction for the blond PI.
He liked Veronica. He was grateful for what she had done for his sister and he had to admit that it was hard not to be intrigued by her. He knew a bit about her, most of it by doing research or speaking with his sister. She was a fighter in life and he had to admit that she was attractive. It was easy to forget about his old feelings for Laurel when Veronica was around. She was funny, smart and kind. The perfect combination. She also got along well with his sister and had helped him a couple of time in his nightly activities.
He had come to her a few times for help locating a person or for other things and she had always helped. When she couldn't help on her own, she had directed him to the people she usually went to when she needed something similar. He had tried finding believable excuses each times and he loved the way she looked at him each time. It was a look that said "I know you're lying but I'll pretend I believe you anyway."
Thea was convinced that Oliver and Veronica would make a good couple and she was very insistent about it. He had to admit that he was starting to want it as well. A few times, when he didn't have any urgent vigilante work to do, he'd follow her in her stake outs and make sure she was safe, admiring her way of proceeding. Her PI office was a small one in the glades, in the middle of a run down building that seemed to be hours away from crumbling down. It was all she could afford really but he had often dreamed of combining his headquarters with her office. He felt like they'd be even better together but he didn't want to rush things. He wanted to make sure she'd be ready for this kind of work and that she'd accept his way of doing it.
"The Healer. There's a new article on it. It's about the Vigilante." Thea replied excitedly.
The Healer was a blog that was growing very popular in town, especially in the glades.
"What about him?" Oliver asked after exchanging a look with his bodyguard and helping hand on his nights out.
He had often found out that the Healer revealed things about people he was looking to take down, a couple of times it had even helped him get some of the people on his dad's list. He was already intrigued by the person who held this blog but had figured that they were on the same side so he had never tried to find out who wrote it.
"Just go and read it. It's called 'Who is the Vigilante?'. Very interesting, it's going to open lots of eyes." Thea told her brother before she kissed him and her mother goodbye and left for school.
Had he been wrong not to try and find out who that person was? Was he about to be outed by this unknown person he thought was on his side? If that article really told everyone who he was, surely Thea would have said something more. Although the cops would be there already, ready to cuff him once more.
"I don't know why she insists on reading this blog, there's no way of knowing if whatever this person writes is true or not. They just attack rich people and blame the wold's problem on them. Anyway, I have to get going or I'm going to be late, have a nice day Oliver." Moira said before she left the house too.
As soon as she was gone, Oliver and Diggle took their phones out and nervously looked for the newest article, hoping that Oliver wasn't about to get arrested again.
"Who is the Vigilante?
You call him the Vigilante, the Hood, the Green Hood or even the Hood Guy (Really, nobody can think of anything better than that?) but nobody knows what his actual name is.
I do and once more I'm going to share with you what I know.
The Vigilante's your friend, your neighbor, your brother, your uncle, that guy you cross everyday but never speak to, your crush, or even the man who always helps that old lady crossing the street. He's a firefighter, an accountant, a family guy, a single man. He's you, he's me. He's anyone and everyone, because we all have it in us to stand up and fight for our city, the same way he does or in our own way.
He's getting the job done, he's cleaning up our streets, helping Starling city become a better place to live. A better place for your children to grow up in. A better place for your little sister, your little brother, your niece or your nephew to grow up in.
Maybe his methods aren't the best ones but who's going to cry over a dead scumbag who was poisoning our city and making it unsafe? Apparently he's also the only one who has the balls to go after the rich and powerful when they do something wrong. He brings them the justice that their money is buying away.
The cops call him a criminal but I decide to call him a Hero, even if I don't always agree with his ways. Maybe the cops of our city should concentrate on catching the actual criminals, then the Hood wouldn't be needed anymore and he'd be able to go back to his life.
"What do you say Detective Lance?
Are you and your men planning on doing some actual police work anytime soon or you'd rather run around chasing the guy who does your job for you?"
I know that he's one of us, he actually cares about this city enough to sacrifice his time to help us have a better life. I know that every night, he's out there, protecting us, keeping us safe and putting himself in danger for us. He doesn't ask for a reward or to be thanked, he just does it.
Of course he's just starting, there's still plenty of bad guys to catch but Rome wasn't built in one day, was it? Give him some time and soon, Starling city will be a changed town you'll be proud to call home. Instead of a trip in jail, I think that he deserves a medal, or at least to have a drink or a burger named after him somewhere.
I know that reading this, you were expecting me to reveal his name, maybe even put a picture of him in there.
Sorry, that's not going to happen. I expose bad guys who deserve to be in the spotlight and stopped. I refuse to expose a hero who's sacrificing so much for us all.
Maybe I actually do know who he is, maybe I see him regularly.
I'll never reveal his name here unless he asks me to. If he crosses me with the cops on his tail, I'll direct them in the other direction or lie to them because I believe in him and in what he does.
Now this message is for you, Green Hood:
First of all, you need to pick one name and stick to it because, really, this is getting ridiculous. How many pseudonyms does one Hero need? Pick one name and stick to it. My personal favorite is Arrow but hey, that's your decision.
Also, why don't you try and figure out who I am? I might have some information that you'd like to have. I know how to get them to you but where would be the fun in that? I think I know you enough to know that by now you're intrigued and curious.
Don't worry, your secret is safe with me.
Like I said, I'm on your side and, really, when you look at it, we do pretty much the same thing, except I do it mostly from the safety of my computer and you do it by shooting arrows into bad guys. We both scare them in our own way.
That's it for now people, sorry for those of you who expected me to reveal the name of the Vigilante. He's a friend, mine and yours, and you don't rat out friends. That's the number one rule in my life.
The Healer."
With the article was a drawing in green, black and white that represented the Vigilante's shape standing over a building, looking out the city.
"Well, that's something." John Diggle said once he was done reading.
"Singling out Lance is a bold move, he's not going to like it." Oliver smiled.
"What has you smiling so brightly? Is it just because your name isn't anywhere in this article?" John asked him.
"No, it's because I think I know who the Healer is and she's on our side." Oliver replied with a smile.
"Really? What clue in this article brought you to think that?"
"The number one rule. I remember Veronica telling Thea this a few weeks ago when she was telling her one of her high school stories. I knew there was something familiar about the tone of these articles, now I know why. It's Veronica all the way." Oliver replied.
"And now you know not only that you can trust The Healer but also that you can try and bring Veronica into your crusade because she basically just dared you to." Diggle nodded.
"Yep. Come on John, I want to surprise her later." Oliver said before they made their way out of the house and toward Verdant.
At first, this was just supposed to be a one shot, just what you have here but I got inspired and have enough for a couple more chapter at least.
I hope you'll like it.
Review please? It'll help me know if you liked it or not.
Lorelei Candice Black
