Arsenal: A new beginning.
Roy was in his apartment having a bad night. He was tossing in his sleep. He decided to get some fresh air and got on his bike and took a drive. He had driven almost all night, the sun was finally coming up and it was another day and Roy needed to find a place to have breakfast. Roy found a place and parked his bike in the empty spot and headed inside.
Once inside Roy looked around for an empty seat and saw that there was one and walked up to it. Roy went to seat in a booth that had been free. As a waitress came by and looked at him and gave him a smile and was holding a pad and pencil. She was ready to take his order and said, "Hi I'm Josie your waitress for this morning, and what can I get you?"
Roy looked down at the menu and made his choice then turned his head to look back at the waitress and said, "I'll have an egg and bacon and some coffee please."
The waitress pulled out her pad and wrote what he wanted to eat. She then turned in the direction of the kitchen. Once in the kitchen she gave the chef his order then walked back to the front and saw Oliver and John Diggle walked into place. Oliver Queen and John Diggle walked into the place and the waitress smiled at John and gave him a hug and said, "The usual table and usual food."
They both sat at their usual table which was behind where Roy had been seating and began talking about the list and other things. Roy who's was sitting behind John listened to what they were saying without making it obvious. Roy couldn't believe what he was hearing, as the waitress brought him his order. He began eating the food. Oliver was looking down at his book with the names and they both decided who on the list they should go after.
Roy heard who they planned on getting and took his time to finish eating his food. Half house later he got up from his booth and left money to cover his bill. He then got up and headed to the door. The waitress came and picked up her money and cleaned the table for the next customer. Roy got on his bike and placed his helmet on his head and sun glasses and drove off. Night fell and Roy noticed that there was a weird truck hanging around a bank.
Roy got off his bike to check it out. He noticed that two men are unloading equipment and carried a radio. He decided he would investigate, and went to grab his red hooded jacket and his bow and arrow's that were hidden in compartment in his bike. One of the men was on the radio and said, "Boss you sure we need all this equipment."
The unknown voice sounded female grabbed her radio that was attached to her belt and spoke into it and said, "Yes we need the equipment. How else will we open the vault?"
Roy stood quietly on the side of the truck and waited for them to get inside. Roy leaned over to see if they had gone inside. What could they be looking for? Who is behind this criminal activity and why?
He followed them inside slowly then opened an air duck and went inside.
Jim thought he heard something and turned to Frank and said, "Did you hear that?"
Frank who was on the opposite side of the equipment they had been carrying said, "What noise? It's your imagination getting the best of you.
The female person who was waiting outside the fault looked at her men coming towards her and said, "What kept you morons?"
Frank placed the equipment down and turned to look at his boss and said, "Breath-taker, we aren't your little morons. You work for our boss. Remember that."
Frank pulled his weapon out and pointed his .38 at Breath-taker, who stood there and laughed.
Meanwhile in the air duck Roy had finally caught up and stood right under the bad guys. He could see them talking and slowly opened the grate. Breath-taker opened her mouth and began sucking the life out of Frank who began gasping for air. He suddenly dropped to the ground Jim ran over to check for a pulse. There wasn't any, Frank was now dead.
Roy couldn't believe what he just witnessed. He then decided he would jump down and confront them. He landed on the ground and pointed his bow with an arrow attached. Jim and Breath-taker looked directly at him and breath-taker would be the first to speak and said, "A guy in a red hood. It seems this city is growing with guys in hoods."
Roy looked at them pointing his bow and arrow still and said, "Call me Arsenal. Leave now or die?"
"Arsenal, what makes you think I want to leave?" Breath-taker replied.
Jim was about to fire when Roy spotted him getting ready to fire and released his bow to fire the arrow it missed hitting the wall. Roy went to hide behind a box ad Jim walked around firing his .38 and said, "Come out, come out. I don't bite."
Breath-taker decided to cut her losses and headed out the back way. Jim noticed that she left him in the bank alone and said, "That bitch, she left without me."
Roy moved from the box and managed to back it behind him and fired another arrow towards Jim. It hits Jim in the chest, killing him instantly. Roy heard police sirens and makes the way out and makes it to his bike. He stood in front of his bike and opened the secret compartment and placed his red hood and his bow and arrow, back inside the compartment.
The police close off the scene and begin the investigation. Reporters are at the scene, trying to get the story. Each news station was there and they began asking questions to the lead officer. Which happened to be Detective Quentin Lance?
It was early the morning and Oliver had gotten up and was still in his pajamas and left his room and headed downstairs. He realized that the television had been turned on and was on the news.
Thea Queen was eating cereal when she heard the sounds of someone heading down the stairs. She looked up to where Oliver was standing and said, "Morning Ollie. Have you seen the news?"
Ollie grabbed the remote and pressed the button to higher the voice and listened to what the reporter had been saying.
The reporter said, "Last night, another vigilante has appeared in the city. He had stopped the criminals who were robbing the bank. According to police the arrows used in stopping the crooks were different that of the green vigilante and that he wore a red hood. So his face couldn't be seen on camera"
Oliver walked off after hearing the news report and headed to his room. Once inside his room he picked up his cell phone and dialed Dinah's father.
In a distorted voice said, "I need your help?"
"You need my help? What would the Green vigilante need with me?" Detective Quentin Lance replied.
Oliver moved his cell from one side of his face to the other and said, "I need one of the arrows recovered."
"What do you need those for?" Detective Quentin Lance asked.
"I'd like to look at them and see if I can figure out who this guy is." Oliver replied in his distorted voice.
Detective Quentin Lance hesitated to say yes but knew that the Green Arrow guy had better luck finding him. I'll leave the arrow in a bag and left on top of my car."
Oliver said, "I'll pick it up tonight. Better not see any cops"
"Alright do you need a copy of the police report too?" Detective Quentin Lance asked.
"Yes that would help. Thank you." Oliver replied then closed his line of his phone.
There was a knock at Oliver's door, he turned and walked towards the door. He pulled the door opened and John Diggle was standing outside his door. He invited John into his bed room, closing the door behind him so that they could talk privately.
John Diggle looked at Oliver and said, "I'm guessing you saw the news."
"Uh-huh." Oliver replied grabbing his keys to his car and tossing them to John Diggle.
"Where are we off too?" John Diggle asked.
Oliver put his coat on then looked back at John Diggle and said, "To find answers to who this red hood vigilante is before he hurts someone."
"What will you do once you find him?" John Diggle asked.
"For one thing, this Red hooded guy is in need of training and focus." Oliver replied opening the door to his room as they both walk out.
He headed to the driveway, where his car was park. Diggle got into the driver's side and Oliver got into the passenger side. Diggle wondered where they were heading and looked at Oliver and said, "So where too?"
"Thought I'd visit the Russians and see if they have heard about this Red Hood." Oliver replied.
Diggle signed and started the car with reluctance he mumbled under his breath. He started the car and drove off in the direction of the garage where the Russians were.
Once there he walked into the garage and one of the Russians spotted him and with a Russian accent said, "Oliver so nice to see you. What can we do for you?"
Oliver looked at the guy who stood in front of him who was chubby in size and said, "I need some information."
"What kind of information?" the chubby Russian asked.
"I need to know if you've heard anything on this Red Hood guy." Oliver asked.
The guy looked at Oliver and with disappointment in his voice said, "We know nothing on this Red Hood, but we can find out for you."
Oliver nodded and walked out of the garage. Diggle followed Oliver to his car and said, " Now what?"
"I get the arrows from the Detective Lance and try analyzing the arrow. Am supposed to meet him tonight and get the arrow?" Oliver replied.
"Oliver you sure it's a good idea to meet him alone?" Diggle asked.
Oliver opened his passenger side door and said, "No but we don't have a choice."
"Right..." Diggle replied as he got into the driver's side and started the engine and drove off.
Night fell and Oliver was dressed like the Green vigilante and headed to detective lance's car and saw the bag with the arrow and the file was underneath. A familiar voice was heard behind him and the Green vigilante turned to face the voice it was Detective Quentin Lance. He looked at him and a distorted voice said, "What are you doing here? I said no cops that meant even you."
"Well then sorry to disappoint you, my opinion of you is low, but I know you'll find out what's going on here and figure out who this other hooded guy is. I'll give you 24 hours to stop the Red Hood, if you not able to stop him. I'll have no choice but to find him and arrest him." Detective Quentin Lance replied.
In his distorted voice the Green Hood looked at Dinah's father and said, "Thank you for this. Will be in touch and by the way I didn't appreciate you placing a tracker in my phone that your daughter had. I suggest you tell her the truth or I will."
Detective Quentin Lance placed his head down and knew what he had done was wrong and needed to tell Dinah. As he looked back up, he noticed that the Green Arrow was no longer there. He looked around but couldn't see him. Green Arrow disappeared as he came. He headed back to his hideout to analyze the arrow that was given to him by Detective Quentin Lance.
It's early morning in the city of Starling, people are going about their normal routine. Not knowing what is in store for the citizens of Starling. Not far from Queen Industries in a building owned by Malcolm Merlyn. A meeting had been going on between Malcolm and Deathstroke. They heard a knock at the door and stop talking. Malcolm Merlyn looked up and turned his attention to the door and said, "Yes. Please come in."
Breath-taker walked into his office and he looked at her and said, "Hi boss. Have some news about tonight's job.
"Please sit. What kind of news do you have?" Malcolm Merlyn asked.
Deathstroke had been standing against the wall watching everything that had been going on. He didn't say anything as Breath-taker had walked in.
Malcolm Merlyn stood at his desk looking at Breath-taker who had walked in and went to sit in the chair across from him.
Breath-taker looked at Malcolm Merlyn and said, "Boss the job was a failure."
"What do you mean it was a failure? All I ask you to do was rob a bank and you couldn't do it." Malcolm Merlyn asked looking at breath-taker with an angry look on his face.
"Some guy in a Red Hood appeared and complicated the bank job." Breath-taker replied.
Malcolm Merlyn slammed his hands on the desk and got up from his chair and turned to face Breath-taker and looked in the direction of Deathstroke and said, "Deathstroke I'd like you to company Breath-taker and complete her tasks and if she fells kill her."
"Boss I promise I won't fail you." Breath-taker replied as she got up and headed out the door.
"For your sake you better not." Malcolm replied.
Malcolm grabbed Deathstroke by the arms as he was walking to the door and then released it and said, "When you eliminate her. Send a message to Green arrow. I'm sure he'll show up and try to stop you."
"What message should I send?" Deathstroke asked.
"The message is that you are alive and well." Malcolm replied as Deathstroke left his office.
Suddenly the phone rings, he turned to go answer it. He picked up the receiver and said, "Hello."
On the other end, there was a person he thought he would never hear from. There was a chuckle in his voice as he spoke. The voice was that of the Joker, who was standing in a phone booth somewhere in starling city.
The Joker in his chucking self said, "Guess who this is? Come on you know who this is."
Malcolm heard the laugh and knew exactly who it was. He said, "Joker, thought you were dead."
Joker stood there and watched as people went by him and said, "You thought wrong. I'm back and I need your help."
"And if I refuse." Malcolm asked.
"Then things have their way of blowing up." Joker replied.
Malcolm couldn't believe what he was hearing and said, "You wouldn't."
"Try me. You know as well as I do. What I'm capable of doing. See the where i was the Batman thinks I'm dead so I'll let him think that." Joker replied.
Malcolm mumble under his breath and knew he didn't have a choice and said, "Alright I'll help but then we are done."
"See glad we can get to an agreement. I'll see you soon." Joker replied then the line went dead.
Malcolm hung up his phone and went to pour himself a stiff drink then went to sit at his desk.
There was a knock at the door, Malcolm looked up and wondered who it was. He went to answer the door Moira was standing there and he invited her to come in. He looked at her and said, "What brings you to see me at this hour Moira?"
Moira noticed that he had a drink on his desk and said, "I see you're drinking. What's going on Malcolm? You don't normally start drinking until its night time."
"It's nothing to concern you with Moira. As long as people are looking into your dead husband past I'll have no choice. I've noticed your sons been investigating his death."
"Are you going to do something to him like you did with Walter?" Moira Queen asked.
"You either talk to your son about stopping his investigation or else." Malcolm replied.
Moira's facial expression changed and pleated with Malcolm not to do anything. She looked at him and said, "Please don't. I'll take care of it."
She walked off and headed back to her house. She walked into the house and headed into the living room Oliver and Thea were sitting on the couch watching TV. Thea would be the first to notice there mother standing there and said, "Hi mom, your home early?"
Oliver turned his head and lowers the television and said, "Hi mom is everything ok?"
Moira came into the living room and looked at both of them and in a stern voice said, "Thea, can you excuse us. I'd like to talk to Oliver alone."
"Sure." Thea looked confused and understood and walked off to her bedroom.
Oliver wondered what his mom wanted to talk about and said, "What did you want to talk to me about?"
"I want to know why you're investigating Malcolm Merlyn." Moira replied giving Oliver an angry look.
"Because I know now that the boat accident that cost the lives of laurel's sister and my dad's death wasn't an accident and that it was sabotaged." Oliver replied frustrated by her responses.
He then pulled out the book and placed it on the table and said, "When were you going to tell me about this?"
Moira looked at Oliver and was surprised to see the book and said, "Where did you get that?"
"Walter had been investigating it and I think that's why he's missing. I want to know why you couldn't tell me about this." Oliver asked.
Moira turned and looked away as Oliver asked then turned to look back at Oliver and said, "It's complicated."
"Complicated how? Oliver asked.
She turned to look at Oliver and said, "I can't."
"Why?" Oliver asked.
"All this will cause is to place our family at risk." Moira replied.
"What do you mean put the family at risk? What does Malcolm have on you?" Oliver asked.
Moira walked back to the doorway then turned to look back at Oliver and said, "Oliver please let this go."
Moira leaves the room and headed upstairs to her bed room. Once in her bedroom she closes the door. Oliver stood up and said, "You know I can't do that."
Oliver walked off and grabbed his coat and headed out. He headed to where his car had been parked and drove off. He went to his hide out and walked in through the secret entrance and Diggle was by a computer.
Diggle saw Oliver and could tell something was on his mind as he walked in and said, "Did something happen?"
Oliver turned and leaned against the desk and said, "You could say that. I found out that Malcolm Merlyn is involved in what happened to me and my father and having me on that island for 5 years.
"How do you know?" Diggle asked.
"In not so many words my mother hinted. She tried to get me to back down, but I won't now that I have learned somewhat of a truth from her. I asked about the book Walter found and disappear for."
"What did she say when you asked her about it?" Diggle asked.
"She said it was complicated." Oliver replied.
"So what will you do now?" Diggle asked.
"Now my focus is on finding out who this Red Hooded guy is. Any answers to the arrow?" Oliver replied walking to the computer.
Diggle stood next to Oliver who was sitting at the computer and couldn't believe what he was reading. "Hmm this interesting?"
"What interesting?" Diggle asked.
"According to the test you ran for me. The materials used were cheap but similar to my arrows." Oliver replied.
"What's your next move?" Diggle asked.
"The plan is I find this red hooded guy and get him the training he needs." Oliver replied.
"What if he chooses another path?" Diggle asked.
"Then so be it. But tonight we find him and stop whoever is trying to get into the bank. We need to find out what's at this bank?" Oliver replied.
Diggle walked towards his coat and put it back on and said, "I'll ask my contact at the FBi."
Diggle walked out of the hideout, Oliver stayed and began training for tonights search for the Red Hood.
Back at Roy's apartment, Roy entered through his window. Once in his room Roy threw his shirt on the ground and made it too his bed and went to sleep. Hours had gone by and it was time for Roy to get up and eat breakfast. He poured himself some frosted flakes and milk. It was now mid-afternoon and Roy left his apartment and headed towards the elevator. The door of the elevator opened and Laurel lance walked past Roy.
Roy watched as she walked past him. She stopped and looked at Roy and put her arm out and said, "I'm sorry don't think we've met I'm Laurel lance and you are?"
"Name's Roy.. Roy Harper. It's nice to finally meet you Laurel. We've been neighbors for a while now and we haven't said much." Roy replied as he shook her hand.
"You moved here almost three weeks ago correct." Laurel asked.
"Yes that correct. I finally decided to settle down after losing my family at age 14." Roy replied.
"I'm sorry to hear that. You must have been devastated?" Laurel Lance asked.
"I was but got through it. I was placed in foster care. Got adopted at 16 and then went I turned 18 I left and went to look for a job and saved money." Roy replied as he pushed the down button.
The doors open and he tried to look at Laurel and said, "I'm sorry to cut this short. Have some things i need to do. I'll talk to you later."
"Sure we can talk later Roy. Again, it was nice to meet you Roy." Laurel gave Roy a smile and left and walked towards her apartment as Roy entered the elevator.
She took out her key and opened the door to her room. Tommy Merlyn was sitting on the couch as saw Laurel walked in. He got up off the couch and went to kiss her on the lips. The kiss lasted more than 5 seconds then said, "You're home early tonight."
"Yea I wasn't feeling so well thought I'd come home early and rest. Thea has things covered at the office." Laurel replied heading into the kitchen and pouring herself a cup of coffee.
She then turned to come and sit on the couch and grabbed the remote and turned the channel. She put the news on and it started talking about what had happened last night and about the Red Hood. Tommy came to sit next to Laurel as they both watched the news.
An hour had gone by and Roy was on his bike doing some thinking. He knew that he would go out on patrol tonight and see if the lady with the breath would return. Roy knew that the criminal would show herself and try again for the bank. He wondered what was so important at this bank. He needed the answers to the questions plaguing his mind.
Who could help him?
Roy couldn't go to the police to find the answers. He stood there on his bike and the answer came to him. He sat there and said, "The Green vigilante maybe he can help. I'm sure he'd want to know what I know."
Roy thought as he started the engine of his bike and drove off. He headed in the direction of the queens home. He arrived and stood there for a minute then decided to go ring there door bell. Once at the door, he pressed the bell and waited for someone to answer. The door opened and Diggle stood there looking at Roy and said, "Yes may I help you?"
Roy looked at Diggle and said, "I'm looking for Oliver Queen."
"He's not here at the moment. May I take a message?" Diggle asked looking at Roy.
Roy thought for a minute and looked back at Diggle and said, "No message. I'll come back later."
Roy walked off and headed back to his bike. He re-put his helmet back on and then drove off. He left the property and headed back into the city. Night would be upon in a few hours. He wanted to get some rest. He headed back to his apartment and went to take a nap. As soon as his head hit the pillow he was out.
Roy woke up and looked at his clock. It read 9:45pm, time to start patrol and catch breath-taker. Meanwhile back at Laurel's apartment, there was a knock at the door. Laurel went to the door thinking it was Tommy. She opened the door and Deathstroke stood there. He walked in and some men followed and tried grabbing her. She struggle and fought them. She grabbed things that were in her apartment and smashed things on their heads.
Death stroke looked on and couldn't believe his men had this much trouble trying to capture one girl. He decided he would get involve and pulled his sword out killing the men for their failures. Laurel watched and tried getting away. Deathstroke grabbed her and hit her with the back of his sword. She passed out and landed on the ground. He bent down and carried her off to some location.
Deathstroke left on her bookcase a tape with his voice on it for the Green Vigilante. Something about him bothered him. He recognizes his style and needed answers. He went down the stairwell, so that he wouldn't be seen. He made it to his truck and placed laurel inside. The driver had been waiting for him to arrive. The doors were close then he got into the passenger side and drove off to the location of his choice.
To be continued…. Tune in and find out...
What will happen to Laurel?
What does Deathstroke have in store for her and Green Arrow?
What will Oliver do when he finds out the Red Hood is Roy Harper? Will he turn him in?
What involvement will the Joker have on starling city?
Please leave your comments, reviews and suggestion on what you think of the first of many episodes of Arsenal.
Also Should I tell the origin of how Laurel becomes Black Canary in the next episode called Deathstroke's gambit. Should I also bring in the Young Justice team or the Teen Titans? Or bring in later the Red Hood and Star Fire.