Chapter 2

In Came

Robert Queen

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It hadn't taken long for the siblings to find where the scream had come from. Though the sight of their long dead father Robert Queen standing in the front room with their mother on the floor having a horrified expression on her face wasn't something they were expecting however. "Daddy!?" Thea called out and rushed to him, narrowly avoiding Oliver's movement to grab her arm in order to stop her from going.

Robert closed his eyes as she came for him in a hug as he knew his little girl was going to be in for a horrible shock. Moira could do nothing but watch in horrified fascination as Thea went for a hug. And when Thea passed through him, she managed to stop herself from thankfully falling on to something and looked back at her father with tears in her eyes as she realized that he too was a ghost. Robert turned to her with a sad smile on his face. "I'm sorry sweety, I truly am."

Her father's words let loose the tears and she ran to her mother for support, support she thankfully got from the woman as she put her arms around her. Oliver came over and got to one knee and put a hand on her shoulder to offer her support and then looked up at his father. However, Oliver couldn't quite think of anything to say but thankfully Robert had other ideas in mind.

"Hello son, despite all that you went through, despite some of the things you've had to do, you have still made me proud." The pride in his voice was highly evident to him and the women despite the way they were feeling at the moment.

"T-thanks dad..." To know that his father was proud of him despite some of the horrible things he'd done in order to survive made a piece of the guilt burdened weight that held him down evaporate from him. Though he wondered if his father had a message for him like Shado and Yao Fei did.

Robert however somehow seemed to know what his son was thinking and told him that while he did have a message, it wouldn't be delivered just then. "M-message? What message?" Moira asked, having finally decided to speak up.

Her long passed husband smiled at her as the strong willed spirit that she had started to make itself known once more. "In due time Moira, in due time. If he wants however, it will be said where others can here."

Thea's snarkyness also decided to make itself known then too through her sniffles and tears. "Might as well be in front of us, I've already learned he's the Arrow for Christ's sake. What could be more shocking then that?"

"THEA!" Was Oliver's shocked reprimand, earning a deep laugh from their father.

Moira however, already knowing of her son's secret, decided to play up the shock of that revelation and made a loud gasp. Making to get up and having her daughter go with her as she did, she stared straight at her son who clearly had a deer in the headlights expression going on. "Mom, she's just joking! Seriously, just a joke." Hah! Her boy was going to have to do better than that to be convincing!

Despite the utter craziness of the situation the Queen Matriarch found herself in, she arched a brow at her son and also took note that her daughter was smirking at him for having gotten him outed and no way around it this time. Turning to Robert and deciding that she would mess with their son's head as she was fairly sure his being on the otherside pretty much clued him in to their son's activities.

"Well Robert, what do you suggest we do about this little activity of our son's?" She asked him dead seriously, hoping he would get what she was doing.

And thankfully he did, and he so wanted to break into a large smile as well! "Hmm... We could ground him, perhaps bar his windows so he can't get out of his room, take away access to his trust fund?" He chanced at a look at his son and saw that the boy's eyes had widened quite a bit and had to yet again fight off the smile that wanted to come out.

Thea however was immensely enjoying what was going on. Meet karma for Roy's knee Ollie!

Oh how Oliver wished he could easily pull off some of that 'Devil May Care Attitude' that he used to be able to do so easily. "Look... As weird as this is, you two can't possibly think Speedy's being serious right?" Yeah sure, he had to admit that his father likely would know since he wasn't really among the living anymore and who knows how the ways of the Afterlife worked. Even though a huge part of him wanted to deny this was going on and that it was possibly perhaps some bizarre side effect of Barry's way to save him and that it was somehow bleeding over.

The room was tensely silent as Oliver waited with baited breath to see what would happen next when their parents all of a sudden began to laugh. "What... What's so funny!?" Thea demanded to know, as this is supposed to be very serious business! The kind that could get her brother arrested for crying out loud! Heck she noticed that this whole thing apparently was a bit too much for Oliver as he'd pretty much been stunned into complete silence if the look of shock on his face is anything to go by.

"Well dears, I've actually known of Oliver's secret since last year after he confronted me over the Undertaking." Moira stated with humor still in her voice, much to Oliver's continued shock.

"And I'm in the afterlife, so its impossible to not know." Was Robert's input.

"Oh." Guess that means her brother's not in deep trouble and she really should have thought about that afterlife thing concerning her dad. Which means.. Oh Boy, he likely wasn't happy over some of her actions.

The look he gave her just then clearly showed just how right she was on that one. But then he turned back to look at her brother and got a serious look on his face as he decided to just say what needed to be said. "Son, the fact you've decided to continue on the path you're on with the hood and bow makes me proud of you. I know I've said that already, but it bears repeating. But you need to know that something is coming and you need to prepare yourself for it. Not only yourself, but your friends as well."

"What's coming!? You're the second person to say that! But she didn't even want him fighting!" Thea asked frantically, making Moira wonder who she was talking about.

Robert turned his attention to her with that serious look still on his face. "Shado only did so out of concern and love for your brother. She knows he is fully capable, but fear is a powerful thing at times."

"Now who is Shado!?" Moira asked, as she definitely wanted to know who this girl was who apparently cared so much for her son.

Oliver looked down and quite possibly lost himself for a bit in the memories he had of her. "Shado was someone I knew and loved on the island..." The sadness in his tone was evident and it made Moira and Thea's hearts break for his loss.

"Judging by what I saw in my room, she really was something to you Ollie." Thea said softly and gained a nod from her brother.

"Yes, so special indeed that I put a bullet in her head."

"Quite ironic sir considering I put one in her father's head."

Those two voices caused Oliver to pale and he slowly turned to look in the direction of the voices, hoping they hadn't found some way to pay a visit either. The others aside from Robert were instantly curious over the new comers. Especially the reaction Oliver had over them.

The sight of Edward Fyers and Anthony Ivo was something Oliver had NEVER wanted to see again except reluctantly in his nightmares and the like. The fact Wintergreen wasn't with them made him feel slightly better however. "What the hell? Do you two maniacs have a message for me too?" He growled out, definitely wishing they hadn't ever shown up.

Fyers spoke up first. "Oh no Mr. Queen, we just wanted to come for the Hell of it and talk of old times. Looking about this place, I wish I had taken you up on your offer of money for your safe return." Lord knows he could have received quite a bit for that action!

"But if you had done that, I never would have gotten the pleasure of meeting him." Ivo remarked in feigned sadness.

"Hmm... A fairly good point my good man, a fairly good point."

Oliver seriously wished he could just kill these two again so that he'd be left alone. Things were already tense enough as it is and he definitely DIDN'T need them around to add to it. Unknown to those in the room however, Sin had helped Roy down the stairs to see what was going on and so far had remained quiet so as not to interrupt things. But damn were they curious over what was going on. Roy was kinda nervous though as he wasn't quite sure what he'd do if Thea's long dead father wanted to talk with him about intentions and the like.

But before anymore could be said, Laurel Lance rushed into the room, narrowly avoiding crashing into the two teenagers as she made her way into the living room with a frantic look on her face. The sight of Robert Queen made her pale as she realized that apparently she wasn't the only one getting visits from ghosts. Moira quickly noticed the girl however and how she was looking. And it made her wonder if she'd had her own encounter recently. "Laurel! Dear whatever is the matter!?"

By now the others had noticed how she was looking and Fyers pretty much had a predatory grin on his face as he figured the girl must have been visited as well. Ivo wanted to have a little fun as he knew full well just who she was related too. "Well, well, well. If it isn't the older sister to Sara's younger sisterly self." Ivo stated with a smirk on his face. Causing Oliver to grimace cause he knew what would likely happen if certain facts got uncovered.

Laurel turned to the man in shock, wondering how the Hell he could have possibly known her sister and ignoring the other man's muttered words about how this will be fun. Oliver was seriously wanting to throttle Barry for somehow causing this. That and beat the crap out of both of the men who were in his home un-invited. Ivo took a look at Oliver and noticed how the man was reacting to what was going on and his smirk seemed to start giving off an unpleasant vibe. "Well Ms. Lance, your sister was a fantastic assistant of mine once upon a time." Oh how he was loving the chance to screw with Oliver Queen's head. Not to mention the head of Sara's older sister.

Oliver cleared his throat to get everyone's attention. "Fyers, why don't you take your new friend here and go harass someone else?" Though he was directing that towards Fyers, his line of sight had never left Ivo.

"But whom could we possibly go and harrass? I suppose we could go bother Shado's sister, or perhaps Ms. Lance's parents. But that seems terribly droll." Sure they could always harass Wilson's family and the man himself. And maybe drive the man's hatred for Oliver even further, something to perhaps consider doing later if they had a chance to do so.

Laurel bristled at that remark, and the mention of Shado's sister made Oliver start to clench his hands as rage grew in him that he tried to control.

"Well... You could always go bother Amanda Waller. She is ultimately the reason you're dead after all." The archer grounded out while reasonably stating his argument.

Fyers could be seen nodding to that as it honestly hadn't occurred to him to do so. But the more he thought of it, the more he liked the idea. As the boy was right, ultimately it was her fault he's now dead! "For once Mr. Queen, you have the right idea of things. Come Anthony! I'm sure you'll enjoy our next visit! And perhaps we can bother Ms. Lance here again if there's time for it."

"Well darn it all, and I was so looking forward to sharing all I knew about Sara." He mocked grumbled but soon he and Fyers left to go bother the absolute Hell out of Amanda Waller. Despite the fact Ivo didn't even know her. But hey, not like she could kill them for it! Plus he figured he could always mention that Oliver gave them the idea. Would certainly serve him right!

Laurel looked on at the scene in shock. "Did you... Did you seriously just have them go and bother some poor woman!?" She asked her ex incredulously, which earned her a snort from the man.

"If you knew Waller, you'd know she's anything but a 'poor woman'." And that was the damned truth!

Robert frowned distastefully at the mention of that woman as himself would love to have a private meeting with her that just wouldn't be pleasant at all after what she'd forced his son into doing. Heaving out a sigh despite the fact he didn't exactly have too, he informed everyone that he would be sticking around longer until this mess got resolved. But did mention that Oliver should go visit Barry. Something the archer agreed whole heartedly with. And stomped off, forgetting to ask Laurel who she'd been visited by.

Thea however didn't even forget about it though. "Laurel?"

"Yeah?" The girl in questioned asked back as she turned towards Thea.

"Who'd you see?"

And there was the kicker for Laurel as his death was still pretty hard for her. "Tommy... I saw Tommy." She replied softly.

The room went really quiet after that as no one really knew what to say aside from Robert. But Roy was thinking of something smart aleck he could say to break the tension.


Author's Notes: Here we are good buddies! Up next, Oliver confronts Barry down in the lair over the ghost issue. R and R!