A/N: Apologies in advanced if I go beyond the Arrow storyline, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the DC comic books that Arrow is based off of so I'm going my own way here. I may change some stuff as the rest of the season plays out.

Oliver was again in the throughs of his latest nightmare early the next morning when he woke with a start. That familiar feeling of nausea creeping right up to bite him again along with a headache; no doubt from the many drinks he consumed with Sara upstairs the night before. Sara could mix a mean drink. She had managed to get his mind off of everything for a little while by plying him with drinks, good music and what food he could manage; but it didn't keep the nightmares completely away.

This time Slade had managed to capture Felicity and was torturing her right in front of him except they were back on the island and Oliver was paralyzed and unable to do anything but scream out in terror as Slade killed her then effectively stuck in Arrow through her right eye for good measure.

"You did this to me Oliver now I will do what I have must to get my revenge. "

Now fully awake Slade's words still rang loud and clear in Oliver's head. "Five years ago I made you a promise…Well I'm here to fulfill it." Shaking the memory off the best he could Oliver shrugged on a sweatshirt, dry swallowed some aspirin and sat down at Felicity's computer trying to figure out what to do next. Felicity had given him a way to track Slade by his bank account, but even Oliver knew that it wasn't the best plan of attack. He had told her that he needed to face his ally alone, but when he reached the address associated with the account all he had found was his former contact dead in a chair with an Arrow through his eye much the same as the nightmare he had awoken from a few minutes ago. Sara wasn't there so he assumed she decided to give him some space and was probably out shopping with Laurel.

Deciding there was nothing on Felicity's computer that would help him track down Slade any faster he decided to pay a visit to Amanda. As he donned his hood he couldn't help but think transforming himself into the Arrow used to make him feel good, he knew he was doing the city some good. Right now he felt that donning the hood put him and the people around him in more danger. He pushed that out of his mind and headed for ARGUS.

Amanda had been alerted to a break in and arrived to find the security detail passed out on the floor, she recognized the hooded figure right away. "Hello Oliver." Oliver pulled off the hood "Hello Amanda." She meets his eyes, "Are you still mad at me?"

"Luckily you've been moved down the list." Oliver quipped. "Then what are you doing here?"

"Slade Wilson is alive and he's looking to hurt me and everyone I care about, and I need your help to find him." Amanda looked shocked "And what do you intend for me to tell you?"

"Do you have any information on any new players in town, anyone who seems to have found their way to Starling City?"

Amanda looked at him for only a second, "There is one; he's left a trail of bodies all over the world and the trail has led here."

"Does this new player have a name?" Oliver asked.

"They are calling him Deathstroke; he's a real killer Oliver and no one can find him or stop him so far."

Oliver didn't need to look at the photo she brought up for long, he knew right away who was behind that mask. That familiar fear he'd been able to push down thus far since he awoke a few hours ago returned full force. Slade Wilson was truly back but not just as the soldier he met on that island six years ago. But a deadly killer with a secret running through his veins; the Miracuru had made Slade an unstoppable killing machine. Oliver only hoped that Roy wouldn't meet the same fate that Slade Wilson now had coming to him…

Ok so that's it for now: I was going to write an independent story but it's kind of following the story lines of the show right now. So I think I'll add more as each episode airs.

Please R/R, I welcome constructive comments and ways to help format my story better. Thank you so far to mjf2468 for the review and to my two follows as well.