Arrow One-Shots
A series of one-shots, with at least one from each episode of Arrow, each one changing an event and changing the outcome of the series. First Arrow fic but if you like it, check Supergirl and Supergirl x Flash for some of my other works in the Arrowverse.
Firstly, a silly one. What if Oliver wasn't rescued by the fishermen?
Oliver Queen walked through the thick undergrowth of the island of Lian Yu, since he had come back from Russia, he had spent another decade upon the island. In that time, he'd seen some activity of people coming and going to the island, but as long as they did not bother him, he did not bother them. He wondered if the people who were coming could help him get off of the island, but he did not know them, and his experience with others in Purgatory had not been pleasant, so he watched, and waited and hid.
As the months went by, he eventually decided to chance it. If they were ARGUS, they would probably know he was here and waited for him to approach, and if they weren't, he'd find out their intentions and if needed, stop them.
As Oliver sneaked ever closer to the ever moving supply of troops, helicopters and floodlights, he saw something that made his heart stop. A blur of orange light whizzed all around him and before he could even blink, a man appeared before him.
"Hi, who are you and what are you doing here?" The man asked, eying Oliver suspiciously. Oliver noticed the man was decked almost entirely in red, save for a white symbol on his chest with a lightning bolt upon it.
"I'm Oliver Queen, I was shipwrecked here years ago." Oliver croaked. It had been so long since he'd used his voice.
"Queen? You mean like Moira Queen?" The man asked him, eyes wide.
Oliver nodded. "She's my mother, how do you know her?"
"I'm sorry, she died ten years ago, there was an attack on Starling City, a man named Slade Wilson killed her." The man said lamely as Oliver fell to his knees in shock. His mother was dead, Slade has survived and he'd made good on his promise, going after Oliver's loved ones to make him pay for Shado's death.
"Why are you here?" Oliver asked at last as he noticed the man was still there, watching him awkwardly.
"Erm, it's a long and classified story, suffice to say, this island is being turned into the new Headquarters for my organisation." The man stated.
"Can you get me off the island?" Oliver asked. He needed to get home, to fulfil his father's dying wish. He needed to find out if Thea was alright and he needed to hunt down Slade Wilson and stop him once and for all.
"Yeah, one of my friends can get you back to the US pretty fast, if you want?" the man asked.
Oliver nodded and wearily raised a hand to his face. It was a lot to take in, and he needed time to process it all.
"Who are you?" He asked the man at last, as the man continued to awkwardly hop from foot to foot. He wanted to know how the man appeared out of nowhere and what that orange electricity was all around him.
"Oh, sorry. My name's Barry Allen, otherwise known as the Flash, fastest man alive, and we're the Justice League."