Disclaimer: I do not own Arrow, the universe of Arrow, Walter Steele or Queen Consolidated.

Rated T for infrequent bad language

This is my first Fan-fic so I hope you like it!

Set in the same universe as Arrow this is set in the 5 years Oliver was away it might continue after that.

Hidden Heroines

Chapter 1: Is there more to life than this?

Set in the same universe as Arrow this is set in the 5 years Oliver was away it might continue after that.

Scarlett, Emelia, Dione and Caitlin are 4 Bad-ass women with one secret.

These four are citizens by day and heroines by night. (In the order shown above) they are named Mystery, Black Widow, Firefly and Dark Angel, their mission is to take those who have evaded punishment and bring them to justice.

3 years previously

It was her last year at school and honestly, the end couldn't come quick enough.

Caitlin was fed up of studying all of her complex subjects of which she already knew everything about. I mean, really. The only reason she was there is because she needed the qualifications for her resumé. Caitlin was especially bright for her age, she should have been moved up years before but never had. This was thanks to useless teachers who never saw a centimeter past their noses, unless they wanted to, which they rarely did. Surprisingly she already had a rather prestigious job considering her age. A man named Walter Steele had met her during a talk about business at her school a year ago. Funnily enough, he noticed she was clever. Well, not really funny as it never took anyone long to notice, especially her classmates.

Since she could remember, Caitlin had been bullied not physically or cyber but verbally which made every day hard to deal with, not that her parents would notice, they were always too busy with work. As bullying had become a regular part of her schedule throughout the day she wasn't suprised at the whispers that began to spin a tornado of emotions inside her as she entered class. All the voices and meanings behind the stares started echoing inside her head the same sayings she'd always known And to contradict most opinions just because you hear it often doesn't make it any less painful to hear. "Bitch!" "No one will ever love that, thing!" "I would kill myself if I had a face like that." "What a geek, no wonder she has no friends!" She made her way over to the corner on a bench separate from everyone and opposite to her friend, Grace But that wasn't what they were, not really Grace was the two-faced person who sat with the others and pretended to care about her when it suited. Caitlin could see it in her eyes now, secretly that girl was silently agreeing and laughing with everything in her because, hey, at least it wasn't her. Throughout class she took notes scribbling furiously as stationary was lobbed at her from every angle. It was funny how being 18 did nothing to effect peoples maturity and it never would.

Present day

By now Caitlin is 21 and standing in a meeting, next to British business man Walter Steele at Queen Consolidated, as his personal assistant it is her job to take notes and manage his chaotic timetable. After what seemed like an eternity, she was returning to her office with the notes of everything that had been said ready to copy them up. The meeting had run late so by now it was 11:00pm and her deadline was exactly 1 hour away to the minute. As she sat down in her worn leather chair at her desk and began logging in to her computer she found her eyes wandering to the window. Her office was halfway up this enormous skyscraper and had a beautiful view. Well she guessed it had once because right now all she could see was repairs being made to repair all the damage from a recent bombing attack. As she gazed at the workers below she began thinking "Is there something I can do?" As soon as this thought crossed her mind, her heart began longing for something else. Something more. For the first time, she asked aloud a question that had circled her mind these past few months as she watched her city suffer.

"Is there more to life than this?"

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