"Okay," said Abu slowing his horse to a stop. "This is where we split up. Dahi, you lead Group Alpha around to the southeast side of the fortress. Wait for my signal. I'll be taking Group Beta to the southwest side. Nuri," he said turning towards me. "You know what to do." Abu paused for a second, giving me a knowing glance. If I messed up, the entire mission failed. "Maintain radio silence except for emergencies. Good luck." He gave me one last look then motioned for Group Beta to follow him. Dahi did the same with Group Alpha. I hesitated, suddenly getting a bad feeling about what I was about to do, but I ignored it and nudged my horse onward.

After a few short minutes of riding I reached the hidden tunnel which was my entrance into the fortress. Apparently the tunnel was used as an emergency exit to get prisoners out if the fortress was ever attacked. This of course meant I would have to get out a different way.

I waited near the entrance of the tunnel for about five minutes before hearing small explosions. Group Alpha had set explosive devices on the upper levels of the fortress with the goal to cause enough of a diversion for me to complete my task. I started my crawl through the tunnel and was soon inside the giant fortress.

Once inside I found a single man guarding the tunnel. He must not have heard the explosions because he looked very surprised to see me crawl through the tunnel. I managed to take him out with one of my throwing knives before he had time to react.

I continued on my way towards the dungeons without encountering any other people. Unfortunately once I reached the dungeons there were several people waiting near one of the cells. I pulled out the two identical curved swords I had strapped to my back and attacked.

It didn't take me long to dispose of the three men and two women who had been waiting near the cell. I grabbed the keys from one man's belt and unlocked the door.

"Kamaria?" I called into the cell, looking for my friend.

"Nuri?" a quiet voice asked from the corner of the cell. I ran towards the voice. "Oh my god, Nuri," she cried as I embraced her in a hug. "I thought I would never see you again."

"Shhhhh baby, I know," I said as I stroked her shoulder length, strawberry blonde hair. After a few minutes of us sitting like this, I realized that we had to get moving. "We have to go. Can you walk."

"Yeah," she said carefully standing up. "But there's a girl, two cells down. Her name's Rifna. We have to help her!" I nodded and went to go find the girl.

"Rifna," I called quietly as I unlocked her cell. I saw a little girl who couldn't have been older than ten, curled up into a ball in a corner of cell.

"Please don't hurt me," she whispered so quietly I could barely hear her.

"Don't worry," I said gently. "I'm a friend of Kamaria. My name's Nuri, I'm here to help." The girl nodded but didn't make any motion to get up. I looked over the girl and figured she wouldn't be able to walk, so I carefully picked her up and carried her back to where Kamaria was standing.

Now that I could actually see Kamaria, my heart broke for her. She was covered in dried blood and bruises, her clothes were in tatters, and she looked exhausted.

"Let me carry her," she said reaching her arms out. "You'll need both hands free to fight." I wanted to argue but she had a point. If we were going to get out of here alive I would need both my hands.

I embraced her in what could be our last hug. "I love you," I said as I gave her a quick but passionate kiss.

"I love you too," she said welcoming my kiss. This time it was her turn to play with my long, thick, jet-black hair.

The kiss ended too soon for my liking but I knew we had to get moving. I gently handed Rifna over to Kamaria and gave her a small dagger.

"Just in case," I said and we slowly made our way through the fortress.

We encountered lots of people on our way out but luckily there was never more than two or three at a time. Before long we were nearing the exit.

"We're almost there," I told Kamaria who was looking a bit pale. Soon we were out of the fortress and making our way across the moonlit grounds.

"Now what do we have here?" A voice asked from behind us. Shit, I though as I turned to face Ra's al Ghul. At his side was his daughter Nyssa and two other league members who I didn't recognize. I protectively stepped on front of Kamaria and Rifna.

"Run when I say go," I whispered as quietly as I could to Kamaria. "The others are just beyond the first ridge. Tell Abu to detonate at precisely 12:37."

"Nuri," she whispered in disbelief.

"Please," I begged. "Just do it."

I could tell she wasn't happy, but she also wasn't going to argue "I love you," she said as she adjusted her hold on Rifna.

"I love you too," I responded right before I charged. It was obvious that none of the league members were expecting such a straightforward attack.

"Go!" I yelled as I tried to distract all four league members enough for Kamaria to slip away. Luckily my plan worked and my lover managed to slip away without any pursuit. I glanced at my watch and saw that it was currently 12:30. That meant I had to distract four highly trained league member for seven minutes.

The first six minutes went fairly well. I glanced down at my watch for a brief second but that's when things went wrong. One of the league members I didn't recognize managed to hit my hand with her bow staff, causing me to drop one of my swords. Then Ra's landed a blow on my torso with his own sword. The blow wasn't that hard but it distracted me just enough for Nyssa and the other league member I didn't know to disarm me and knock me on the ground. I glanced at my watch; thirty seconds.

"I have to admit that you put up a good fight," said Ra's stepping forward. "You and your Dragon Warrior friends." Twenty seconds. "Not that it mattered, because I still have you," he said pushing his sword against my neck. Ten seconds. "And I feel that you'll be very helpful."

I counted down in my head and at the last possible moment I ducked away and curled into a ball. Milliseconds later I heard the sound of explosions ripping through the fortress. Even though I was near the edge of the blast zone, the force of explosion threw me forward several feet.

I tried to get up but the world was spinning and my ears were ringing. I fell down, fighting to stay conscious. All I felt was pain, spread all over my body. And that was my last thought before falling into blackness.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Arrow Universe (however much I want to) and am merely borrowing characters for my own amusement.

Hey people! I'm really exciting to be writing this new (multi-chapter) fic! It is set in the Arrow universe and will start in the middle of the first season, but will include characters from later seasons (as you've probably already noticed). I've written it so that it's a bit confusing but everything will start to make sense in later chapters. I'll try to update as often as I can but...we'll just have to see XD. Also please review and tell me what you think, it really means a lot and you help inspire me to continue writing. One last thing, in this chapter I gave all of my OCs Arabic name because they're in the Middle East so here's the meanings and pronunciations for the names.

Abu = father (ah-BOO)

Kamaria = moon (kah-mah-REE-yah)

Nuri = fire (NUH-R-iy)

Rifna = princess/angel (r-ee-f-n-aa)

Dahi = intelligent/swift (Duh-hee)

Thanks for suffering through this crazy long author's note, please review!