Disclaimer: I do not own Arrow or anything else you may recognize.
I know, I know, another story is the last thing I should be working on but I couldn't help myself. This story is inspired by the Marvel comic Old Man Logan. Which, if you didn't know, fun fact, is the inspiration for the new X-Men movie Logan.
New Nanda Parbat, once Star City, twenty five years in the future
Afternoon
Oliver Queen wiped the sweat of his brow as the sun bore down on him through the window. It was lunch hour in his bar and things were winding down, to his relief. At fifty six, he was getting too old for this.
"Long time Green Arrow. Oh, I'm sorry, I meant Oliver." A mocking voice piped and Oliver sighed as he turned to the next patron.
"What can I help you with Wayne?" Oliver asked tiredly.
"Now, is that anyway to talk to your land lord?" Damien Wayne smirked.
"What do you want?" Oliver repeated impatiently.
"I'm here for rent." Damien said and Oliver stared at him incredulously.
"We paid you rent two weeks ago." Oliver protested and Damien's smirk widened.
"And now it's time to pay again." Damien said slowly, as though Oliver was mentally impaired.
"You can't do that!" Oliver protested.
"I'm the land lord and my parents rule this town, this country. I can do whatever the hell I want." Damien said mockingly.
"Dad?"
Oliver tensed at the sound of his son's voice, especially as Damien's smirk grows even wider.
"Johnny, go help your mother in the kitchen." Oliver ordered firmly.
"But dad!" Johnny protested, looking back and forth between his father and Damien worriedly.
"I said go help your mother." Oliver said in a sharper voice.
"Run along kid." Damien said viciously.
With a little weariness, Johnny did as Oliver said and walked back into the kitchen. Once Johnny was gone, Oliver spoke up again.
"Look, I can get it to you by next week but I need time." Oliver begged.
"Really? Well, that's a shame. I'll give you the week, but each day I'm not paid, the price gets higher." Damien said as he turned to walk away.
"You can't do that!" Oliver protested.
Snarling, Damien turned and slugged Oliver, sending him stumbling back into his liquor wall.
"You don't run things here anymore. This isn't Star City anymore, it's New Nanda Parbat! The Waynes run this town now, don't forget that." Damien sneered before storming out.
Queen residence
Night
"Daddy?" Oliver's daughter, an eleven year old girl named called his attention at dinner that night.
"Yeah sweetie?" Oliver was broken out of his thoughts by his daughter calling his name.
"A friend of mine told me something funny. She said you used to be a superhero. The Green Arrow?" Jade said curiously and all conversation stopped.
Johnny and Oliver's wife, Susan, exchanged worried glances as Oliver remain silent. It was a known fact that Oliver did not like to talk about his life prior to the fall. However, Jade was so young that she didn't know, as Oliver and Susan hadn't sat down to talk with her yet.
"There's no such thing as superheroes baby girl. Now eat your dinner." Oliver told her after a moment.
Later that night, after putting the kids to bed, Susan walked into the living room to see Oliver staring into space on the couch. She walked over and sat down next to him, puting her hand on his face and forcing him to look over at her.
"Thinking about what Damien said earlier?" She asked knowingly and he sighed.
"I just don't know how we're gonna make it." Oliver admitted.
"You'll figure something out, you always do." Susan said soothingly and Oliver sighed.
"I hope so," Oliver said as he stood up, "I'll be out on the porch."
Oliver walked out the front door, closing it softly so as not to wake the kids. He leaned over the side of the porch and sighed. Hearings someone's footsteps, Oliver tensed, straightening up. Seeing someone walking towards the house, he narrowed his eyes.
"Who are you?" Oliver demanded.
"Easy Green Bean, I just wanna talk."
"…You." Oliver said surprised.
"Yeah, me," Mick Rory said as he walked into a view, "long time Green Bean. We need to talk; I have a proposition for you."
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