Hey guys
So here's my new project that I've been working for awhile and is my version of redoing The Question aka Victor Sage with his world. It exists in it's own canon with not really being a part of anything else, with the various characters and such in this.
My cast for who I have thus far is
Tom Welling as Victor Sage
Peyton List as Helena Bertinelli (The Peyton who is on Gotham as Ivy/Lucy from Smallville, etc., given the confusion)
Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen
Don't own The Question or anything related to DC comics
Daylight has cleared over the horizon of Hope Springs, Oklahoma in late September 2017. A county made up of green grass fields, hills, woods with creeks or rivers and a lot of dirt or gravel roads. Various houses are spread over the area for either in communities or located alone.
The town's local economy mostly consists of various businesses from small stores to a restaurant, some are struggling to survive because of the strip malls in the cities is where business has moved over the decades. Now some of the old places of business are now closed down buildings left to rot.
Nevertheless, the ranches along with the farms in the Hope Springs area are still surviving and some even thriving.
The closest city is Hub City roughly an hour drive away and the school Bradley is the only one in Hope Springs consisting of Pre-K leading into 12th.
Our story begins with one of those high school students known as Victor Sage.
In a one-floor red brick house
With a low groan, Victor Sage flinches as the sunlight hits his eyes then after a few minutes slowly sits up on the bed.
Just under 6-foot-tall, he's in his late teens with an average muscular physique and a full head wavy black hair. Victor's wearing a pair of tan cargo pants with socks but is shirtless revealing unmarked skin.
"Hey, get up and get in here" Victor can hear his mother's voice yells.
Sighing Victor stands up with grabbing a black-colored T-shirt off his desk and puts it on before slipping on his work boots. He's already decided it's not going to be a good day.
the kitchen in the Sage house
Victor walks in to see near the counter is a brown-haired man with a thick beard dressed in casual clothes and a female in a similar attire.
Raising up a paper "Do you realize what this is? Your chemistry grade is a point below 95, good grief your worthless at times" Zack, his father says angrily.
"That is unacceptable, son and especially for a senior in high school. You're never going to become a doctor with that. So, when you come home tonight, not only are you're going to be doing the dishes, cooking but also, we will be taking away your computer" Cassy, his mother says.
Victor goes to speak in protest when Cassy slaps him in his face hard enough to draw blood from his mouth.
"You know better than to disagree with your mother," Zack says.
"Yes Sir," Victor says, so he doesn't get hit again but his voice is emotionless.
"Good, boy" Cassy replies rubbing his hair "Now get to school, you don't want to be late. We love you, son."
Victor wiping the blood off his mouth walks towards the door leading out to the porch before leaving to his truck.
Awhile later on the grassy grounds outside of the Bradley High School building.
Walking over to a small table Victor sits down on one of the benches. Adjusting the volume on his headphones while listening to "People loving people" by Garth Brooks,
Victor tries to not think about the usual events of this morning but fails. He hates having to be completely obedient to everything they say or want him to do. That's when they're even at home and not off working. Oliver Queen, his childhood best friend has offered to go to the police.
Although Victor knows it's not going to solve the problem because all the official system is going to move him to a different home, since he's not a legal adult yet. That's something he doesn't want because of too many possibilities to go wrong and plus it's his house they'd be removing him from.
Sometimes Victor thinks about all the other people who suffer at the hands of evil and it makes his blood boil. Only as of right now he's benched because his own life is too screwed up to be any help.
Which that's not even including the problems he deals with here. Like Jason Bleek or Brad Dagget, both key members of the sports team.
Now he knows not every person who plays sports is a jerk but there are those that are. Why they targeted him well Victor's not sure he'll ever know or care.
Feeling movement, Victor turns to see Rose Daggett, dressed in a white t-shirt and shorts with curly red hair. She's his girlfriend and a key player in the girls' sports teams.
"So, are you doing anything tonight? Actually, going to celebrate your 18th birthday?" Rose asks.
Removing his earphones "Yea work assuming I have a moment alone of where I'm not doing something for my parents" Victor replies.
Shaking her head "You're always doing something or working. Can't you ever show up for one of my games?" Rose says, annoyed.
"You don't have a softball game tonight," Victor says.
Rubbing her hand on his chest "Maybe we could play a different kind of game, at my house. It will be quiet of no one home" Rose says, getting a seductive grin.
Gently removing her arm "How many times do I have to tell you? The answer is still and always will be no" Victor replies, calmly.
"You know what? I'm done with you, all you do is work or makeup excuses. Never anything I want to do, never just being a normal guy" Rose says angrily, getting to her feet.
Shaking his head "You mean the type of guy who just has sex with you cause you look pretty? I'm not that kind of guy. I told you when we began dating that I could not be a normal type of guy. My work and the tight leash my parents keep me on prevents that" Victor replies.
Two males who clearly workout in the gym and are wearing dark red lettermen jackets walk up to them. Feeling another presence Victor goes to move but it's too late as they grab the back of Victor's shirt pulling him off the bench and throwing Victor to the ground.
Getting to his feet with a wince of pain Victor sees Brad standing there along with Jason.
"Are you causing my sister problems?" Brad asks, grinning.
Victor keeps quiet, but his eyes widen in surprise as Rose moves over kissing Jason on his lips.
Breaking apart "You see this is what you're missing. She has a fine mouth and oh we've been doing it since last month" Jason says.
Victor's eyes have a flash of anger because last month is when they started dating. So, he's been cheated on and used this entire time all because Rose's an immature girl who won't grow up.
Victor doesn't even make a move when Brad walks up and hits him directly in the stomach knocking the air out of his lungs. Falling to the ground both Brad and Jason begin kicking him in his upper body, almost breaking a couple of ribs.
Curling his hands into fists almost to the point of his fingernails draw blood as they cut skin, Victor hopes it ends soon. After what feels like hours but probably only a few minutes they stop when...
"Get the hell off him, now" a male voice yells.
Opening his eyes Victor sees Oliver approaching, who's about his height but is far more muscular with short cut blonde hair and a light beard of the same color. He's wearing a green T-shirt and blue jeans with brown boots.
Jason and Brad walk off, but Rose leans down whispering "I'll always be around for you, honey" before kissing him then leaves.
Oliver extends his hand helping Victor up off the ground with steadying him as he regains his balance.
"When are you going to actually fight back against them Vic?" Oliver asks.
"You know I can't" Victor replies, spitting out the remaining traces of Rose's saliva.
"That's garbage and you know it, man. Richard Dragon didn't teach us how to fight, just so you could get your ass kicked" Oliver replies, in a concern but firm voice.
"When are you going to stop beating a dead horse?" Victor wonders.
"When you fight back," Oliver says.
"I appreciate the thought" Victor replies a tiny grin.
Going to move Victor stumbles forward barely bracing himself against the table in enough time. Oliver goes to help only for Victor to wave him off, then after a moment regains his footing with letting go of the table.
"Come on we'll skip for today. Let's head back to your house to get a break from all this and besides it is your birthday" Oliver says.
"Alright lead the way. So, are your parents still giving you a hard time about what college your planning to go to?" Victor asks.
"Nearly every day it seems like, for years now. They got my whole life planned out for me and I hate that" Oliver says.
"If they knew about the fortune Richard left you from a couple of investments Richard made into rising tech companies when they first started that are now global giants worth billions individually," Victor says trailing off.
"They would leave me alone in peace? No, they would still insist on me going to college. As I've says before there's a reason my father never got his company started back in the early 80's when living in Seattle, he's not the best with money" Oliver says.
"I bet Robert and Moira would be downright shocked to near heart attacks that you have barely even touched any of the fortune for your personal use" Victor says.
"Probably. The only way I know it won't get wasted away is if I'm the only one who controls it. Although Richard did leave us both the fortune and you're the only other person I trust with access to all of it" Oliver says.
"Like I've says the first time I don't want it and if I ever need the money I'll let you know" Victor says.
"Fair enough" Oliver says.
Both Victor and Oliver start to walk towards the parking lot in comfortable silence.
Later in Victor's bedroom
Entering Victor heads for his wooden computer desk and sits down at it with opening his laptop. Thankfully his parents have already left for work by this point Victor notes.
Logging into on his Facebook account he scrolls through a few messages of happy birthday then begins reading newer posts. Victor looks on in shock as he reads the messages posted by Rose, Brad, Jason. Saying things like he gave a disease to Rose after having slept with her then cheated on Rose with a few other girls.
Other ones that Jason and Brad are posting of breaking into the school, destroying property etc.
Victor's dread further grows when a few of his friends begin joining with them then reads one that apparently "he" posted of agreeing to all of it and even including things like doing drugs before Victor quits reading. Someone hacked his account.
Bursting with anger Victor throws his laptop across the room where it hits a wall smashing into pieces then lowers his head in disgrace. His entire reputation of being a respectable and well-liked person at the school is gone in less than an hour.
Glancing over to see a knife laying on the desk Victor picks it up while looking at it for a moment.
All his life he's kept going because he thought that maybe one day it would get better. Now Victor doesn't have the strength anymore to keep going. Plus, it's not like anyone will miss him.
"What do you think you're doing? You idiot" Oliver says, shocked entering the room.
"Sure, go ahead call me an idiot. It's all I've ever been to anyone… a failure" Victor says, a despair in his voice while getting to his feet.
"No, you're not a failure" Oliver replies, getting control of his emotions.
"It's better for everyone if I just leave and go to a better place. Although the actual people who care about me is an extremely short list. I don't want to keep doing this anymore" Victor says wrecked.
"Screw the ones who are just fake friends. What about Helena and me? If you really think you doing this is going to make our lives better, your wrong" Oliver says.
"You really mean that?" Victor asks since the possibility of betrayal has always been in the back of his mind.
"I really do. I'm not your parents Vic, or my half-brother. You've got a lot left to live for, you can survive this" Oliver says trying to reason with him, and ready to take Victor down if need be.
"What have I got left to live for? I'm so sick and tired of being abused, I just want to be my own damn person. I want to fight back" Victor yells out broken and angrily.
"Finally, you admit it. Now, do you've have something to live for?" Oliver asks, knowing he had to force that out.
"Yea… yea, Oliver I think I do" Victor replies calming down and setting the knife on the desk.
"Good" Oliver replies.
After a moment "Oh my, what the hell did I just do" Victor says, in shock collapsing to the ground.
Oliver rushes over sitting down next to Victor, placing a reassuring hand on Victor's right shoulder as the emotional impact of trying to kill himself fully hits. Victor breaks down in tears over what he almost did and how much his life has led him to that point.
Four hours later at a closed down building
Entering a room Victor flips a light switch on a nearby wall that surprisingly does nothing, but there is still some light that enters through the now broken windows. After taking a short nap, he decided to come to Richard's old dojo that was left to rot following his death.
Victor glances around to see different racks that used to have various practice weapons only now stolen, training mats on the floor and a punching bag hanging from the ceiling.
Moving over to the punching bag, Victor discards his shirt with placing the earbuds in then turns on "Stand Our Ground" by Mike Lester playlist from his cellphone. Grabbing a nearby roll of tape from the top of the bag, he wraps his hands in it before throwing the tape roll onto a table.
Victor begins to hit the punching bag with varying speeds while listening to his music and letting his thoughts take over. Unlike earlier, there's a sense of hope to them like you woke up from a bad dream.
Striking the bag Victor begins to remember all the lessons Richard Dragon taught Oliver and him starting back in 2014, in their mid-teens.
Though them learning combat training like special forces operatives was extremely unique and something they both asks Richard to teach. Skills that Richard acquired from having been in the final years of the Vietnam War, then the FBI and eventually CIA black ops, although the last one is closely held secret.
Oliver and him ended up meeting Richard Dragon after he stepped in to save their lives when they tried to stop a mugging.
Still, Victor knows spending 18 years being abused mentally and physically by his parents he was unable to truly break free entirely until today. Moving his thoughts to the issue of possibly losing his reputation at Bradley he can't even bring himself to care.
After all, Victor wonders how much people actually like him or just view him as some outcast given he's not all that sociable. So, Victor has the feeling it's always been the latter of people tolerate him more than any liking towards him.
But that is more than fine with him since he's perfectly happy with who he is and can walk alone in life if needed.
Victor continues to hit the bag, working through his various thoughts.
Hope you all enjoyed this. Let me know what you think in a review and they are always appreciated