Author's Note and Disclaimer:
An idea I got when reading Scarlet Spider comic books from Marvel and re-reading Sara's aberration from Stand with Ward and Queen.
The main character here will be Black Siren and this will be sometimes post Arrow 5x23 and just to make some things clear:
Earth-1 Laurel is not dead and no one had died by Damien Darhk in S4, she was one of the people Prometheus had kidnapped and took on Lian Yu, Chase did not kill himself, so no explosion on Lian Yu and he's rotting in black site SuperMax of A.R.G.U.S. from which he will not get out. Black Siren was let go with a new lease on life BUT not a normal one as you will find out.
And one more thing, when there are Earth-1 Laurel and Earth-2 Laurel in the same place and in the chapter, "Laurel" refers to Earth-1 Laurel and "Black Siren" refers to Earth-2 Laurel, otherwise "Laurel" refers to Earth-2 Laurel if the original is not in the same spot as Black Siren.
I do not own DC Comics or the CW TV shows Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow or any other characters or elements pertaining to the mentioned franchises.
As she was driving down the road, she looked at herself in the rearview mirror and for the first time in… eternity it seemed, she wasn't looking at a monster or a murderer. It has been a long time but she felt… normal. Unsure of her direction. Free from her burden.
Few weeks ago, A.R.G.U.S. Detention Black Site
"You're letting me go?" Black Siren asked, confused. "You're not afraid I'll come back taking your life again?"
"You're not evil, I know that deep down you're a good person." Laurel pleaded as she let her out of her cell.
"I'm not what you believe I am." Black Siren said sadly.
"If that were true, either you would have killed us the moment I let you go, or Ollie would have put you down, when he could." Laurel pointed out as Black Siren looked at her in consideration.
"It's just… how can you forgive me if I'm not sure I can't forgive myself?" Black Siren asked.
"Because I believe in you. I know there's light in you. Even if you don't believe it." Laurel said, smiling.
"I'm not even sure what should I do." Black Siren said honestly. "Zoom and Chase are gone…"
"Maybe it just means there's nothing holding you back." Laurel said as Black Siren stared, considering… "Just remember that there's no psychopath having a hold on you anymore."
Black Siren considered. "You may have a point there."
Present
As she was making a stop to fill the car with gasoline, Laurel noticed in a mirror that there were three men, truck drivers, eying her shamelessly. She had met these types before on Earth-2. Lustful men, willing to have fun with a woman, not letting anything hold them back… if they had any idea, who she was… but no, it wasn't worth getting herself into trouble and revealing herself.
Laurel just quickly handed the vendor the money for the gas and went outside as the three men followed her and she rolled her eyes upon noticing them in the reflection of the truck window as she whirled on them, sneering. "If I were you, I'd back the hell off right now. I'm not a girl you wanna mess with, jerks."
"Oh, blunt and fiery. I like her." One of the men said.
Laurel glared and slugged the man as he fell down. Another one smirked. "Well, not very clever, blondie." He pulled out a knife and tried to stab Laurel but she dodged and broke his wrist before slamming his head to the hood of her car and the third one tried to lunge at her but she dodged and grabbed him by his throat about to unleash her Siren Cry on him before she saw her reflection in the mirror and remembered what her doppelganger had told her as she took a breath. No. Not worth it. Not like this…
Laurel growled and threw the man on the ground hard instead. "If either one of you jerks gets in my way again, I won't be so merciful next time. Get the hell out before I crush every bone in your body!"
They all nodded fearfully and ran away, not wanting to mess with her any longer.
Laurel kept on driving down the road before she noticed her truck was getting slower, despite her filling it with gasoline. She scowled as she went to check the trunk and she noticed that something was under the sheet as she gently poked it and it was moving and Laurel had to roll her eyes. "OK, get out, now. I'm not taking any hitchhikers."
As the body did not move, Laurel pulled the sheet to reveal a young half-naked girl, bruised and dirtied, skinny, clearly being underfed as she tensed. She had seen people this mistreated on Earth-2, when criminals were torturing people for fun but… that girl couldn't have been more than eighteen years old… still a kid…
Laurel drove to a nearby hospital in Houston, letting the girl on the bench and quickly screaming "Help! Help!"
As soon as she saw someone nearing her, she went to her truck and left the girl there, hoping they would take care of her. Laurel left to figure herself out and start a new life but a teenage hitchhiker wasn't a friend she would have preferred…
Laurel then drove down to a nearby bar as the bartender, a red-haired girl, filled her a shot of whiskey. "We don't usually serve customers this late. We have coffee if you like."
"No, thank you." Laurel said.
"Where you from?" The bartender asked.
"I grew up in Star City. I wanted to… start over somewhere else." Laurel admitted.
"I've heard that place was going to crap in the past few years, first the earthquake, then those super-soldier creeps…." Bartender nodded.
"No kidding." Laurel shrugged before noticing a news report on TV behind the bartender as she realized it was the gas station where she had just been.
"…burned the bodies, from what we could see and tell. Multiple policemen and civilians on the scene are either dead or injured…"
Laurel scowled. She didn't do the mess this time, so, who did?
"…there may be a teenage girl involved, according to the witnesses…"
Laurel's blood ran cold. That girl that was sleeping on the trunk of her truck…
In the hospital in Houston, the girl slowly woke up as she looked around, confused, as she was on the gurney with a gown.
"Where… where am I?" She asked in Spanish.
"Don't worry, everything is going to be alright." One of the policemen said in Spanish as a doctor came to her.
"We have some questions for you, if you could please answer them." He said as the policeman translated in Spanish. "Do you speak English?" The girl shook her head. "Do you remember what happened?"
"I…" Before the girl could say anything, the window across the corridor exploded.
From the rubble showed up a muscular man, in his hands fireballs as he smirked, with some kind of tattoo of Aztec origin on his chest. "Hello, little one. Either join us or burn. No one can save you this time."
The girl jumped out from the gurney, panicking as she ran through the corridor. "Help! Help!" She screamed. The man cornered her as she curled to a ball. "What do you want from me? Who are you?!"
"You don't remember?" The man laughed. "How amusing! You will die, not knowing…"
Suddenly, he was knocked down on the ground with a sonic wave as a high-pitch sound went off. From the shadows showed up a woman with dark blonde hair and black leather suit with long sleeves with coattails down to her knees. "This is what I get for picking hitchhikers on the way." Black Siren sneered.
Author's Note:
So, what do you guys think? Is it good? Is it bad? Should I continue?
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With regards
Bl4ckHunter
