I'm terrible at updating. I know. I have no excuses except that I'm really really lazy. I'll try updating better from now.
Disclaimer: I don't own Arrow or any of its characters. I only own my OC-Alex.
2.
Alex
When Alex came to, her head was pounding so hard that it felt like a wrecking ball had been slammed into the side of her face. She'd never really been unconscious before. Back home, she'd always been a shy, careful girl. Possibly a coward. She never tried to do anything exciting. Not even climb a tree. And now she was stuck in what was possibly an alternate universe, kidnapped by a psychopath just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Not to mention she knew everything that was going to happen in the near future. She'd seen the season finale before being transported here. She knew everyone's fate here but hers. And it was terrifying. She knew Adrian Chase wasn't someone she could just throw small rocks and escape. She'd be dead before she even picked up a rock. She had to make a proper plan.
Next to her, Susan Williams was tied up. She still seemed to be unconscious, or she was pretending to be. Alex knew that in a few hours Oliver and his team would come to rescue Susan. Hopefully, she'd be rescued too. If she didn't die by then. She made a mental note not to piss Chase off. She didn't know why she was still alive. There was no reason for Adrian to keep her alive when he could have easily snapped her neck in the parking lot. So he must want something with her. The thought wasn't comforting in the least.
While Alex knew that Team Arrow would rescue Susan from this building, she didn't know if she'd still be here when they came. Adrian could just move her elsewhere. And no one would ever know. Unless Susan came to before he did so.
Startling her out of her thoughts, she heard a small moan from beside her. Looks like Susan was coming to. Alex had never been more relieved in her life. Susan's head rolled around a little before she let out a gasp of pain. Alex watched her look around frantically before her eyes settled on Alex's face.
"Who are you?" Susan asked. She sounded so terrified. Alex didn't blame her. She herself was scared out of her mind.
She swallowed a little before replying. "I'm Alex. I was in the parking lot when he took you. He spotted me before I could run. So he knocked me out and brought me here too."
"How long have you been up?"
"A couple minutes." Alex replied. She decided to play dumb. "You're Susan Williams, right? That reporter?"
Susan nodded, but immediately squeezed her eyes shut. The movement must've hurt after being knocked out.
"Why did whoever it was kidnap you? What does he want? W-why would he do this? I don't even know who he is. I'm just a teacher!" Alex exclaimed. She'd decided to play the oblivious victim (well she actually was the victim) who would stutter at every sentence and cry everytime she got scared. It wasn't all that hard to pretend, considering she did cry very easily.
"I'm sorry. He wanted me. You were there at the wrong time."
"What are we going to do? W-" Alex started, but she got cut off by the scraping of metal.
She whipped her head around, ignoring the throbbing. Adrian Chase himself had opened the door behind them. Her eyes went wide and her heart started beating wildly. Shit. Shit.
Beside her, Susan seemed to be in a better state. Slightly. She looked terrified but atleast she wasn't visibly shaking like Alex was. Adrian smiled. It was a horrible expression Alex never wanted to see again once all this was over. That smile alone would give her nightmares for days. But Alex decided she'd stop being a coward and face the situation. She was currently in a universe of superheroes and she'd be damned before she let them see her cowering because of a psycho.
"Well. Looks like you're both up." Adrian said. He walked over to Susan. "I'm sure you have many questions Susan, but I'm also sure you know the answer to the most important one."
"What do you want?" Susan met his eyes boldly.
"Oliver Queen. You know he's the Green Arrow. By now you must've come to the conclusion that I'm the Throwing Star killer."
"What you are is a madman who thinks he can get away with murdering innocent people. You'll never win." Susan spat. "And now it looks like you're kidnapping teenagers too." She looked at Alex.
Adrian followed her gaze to look at Alex as well. He smirked. "She's a witness. Can't have her go blabbing to the SCPD yet."
"Why didn't you just kill me then?" Alex asked him. Atleast her voice didn't quiver.
"Because I wanted to know who you were. No one was supposed to be there when I took Susan here. I'd scoured the entire lot. No one was supposed to be there. But there you were." Adrian said. He looked a bit uncomfortable at this. Of course he would be. This was a variable he hadn't accounted for.
"I'm sure you know who I am by now. So why am I still alive?" Alex asked. She didn't have a death wish, but Alex's curiosity had won. Plus, she'd just promised to herself not be a coward.
"I just mentioned that Oliver Queen is the Green Arrow. I also mentioned that I'm the Throwing Star killer. Personally I prefer Prometheus. But you didn't even flinch. Like you knew this already. How does a kindergarten teacher know so much? A kindergarten teacher who showed up out of the blue a couple weeks ago."
Crap. Alex didn't know what to say. How would she explain that she came from a universe where this whole thing was a TV show? He would never believe her. And even if he believed her, he would just torture her for information about the future. She was screwed.
Apparently she'd stayed quiet for too long. He was talking to Susan now. "-send a message to your boyfriend." He walked to the door and brought a camera and a tripod. This was going to be that message that Dinah and Curtis get from his house. The one in which he tortured Susan. Oh shit. Alex couldn't do anything to stop him. She was tied up pretty tightly. Adrian walked over to her, a cloth in his hand.
"Don't make a sound." He warned her, before tying the cloth around her mouth. It tasted so bad, Alex could've thrown up right there. The cloth was rough and was bound to leave a mark. Susan was shouting at him, asking him what he was trying to do.
He just walked over to the camera and started it. He pulled the hood of his Prometheus outfit over his head and walked behind Susan with a knife. Where'd he get the knife? It wasn't there before. Well. This was Prometheus. It must've been somewhere on his person.
Alex saw where this was going and she let out a muffled shout through the cloth. "Don't hurt her!"
Adrian stilled and slowly turned his head to face her. He walked to her and slid the sharp end of the knife on her forearm. A sharp, stinging pain began to flair on Alex's hand. Tears prickled the corners of her eyes and she screamed. Through the pain, she didn't hear Susan scream at him to stop.
"I told you. Not a sound. Next time you disobey, it'll be a lot worse." Alex was sobbing now. She tried to be quiet, but it wasn't working. Adrian glared at her again. She immediately quietened.
Satisfied, he went back to stand behind Susan. He dragged the knife across her forehead. Susan screamed. Alex shrunk on herself hearing it. It was horrible.
"Help!" Susan sobbed. "Unh!"
"Excellent." Adrian said with his voice modulator on. "Now give us another scream." He dragged the blade across her coller bone this time. Susan screamed again and started sobbing more.
Adrian turned off the camera. "That's it for now." He said and removed the gag on Alex's mouth. He was about to walk out that door when he turned back. "Next time I come in here, I hope for your sake, you have an answer ready for me." It was directed to Alex. She visibly swallowed, but kept herself from shaking. Not that she thought it did much to not make her look like a coward. Her face was covered in tear tracks and her eyes were red. Her hair was sticking out at all ends and the cut on her arm didn't help much.
Hopefully, there wouldn't be a next time. Oliver and co should arrive in few hours before Adrian had a chance to hurt her. When he left, she squeezed her eyes shut and let out a few silent tears.
And that's chapter 2! Review and let me know what you think or if there are any mistakes. Thanks for reading!