Arrow: The Roy Harper Story
Chapter 2: a new friend and an old enemy
it was a beautiful Wednesday afternoon I was just finished cleaning the shop and punching out when I see pop and the girl from yesterday Megan talking in the store so I threw
"hey Alex all done today" pop turned to me and asked
"yes sir finished the last of them and cleaned up the shop"
'good" he said then turn to the girl
"I didn't get a chance to introduce you yesterday this is my niece Megan" pop told me and I held out my hand witch she shook as I said "Alex Night"
"nice to meet you Mr Night" she said with smile she then turned back to her uncle
" mom wants me to stop by the superstore before I go home uncle Pop I must get going"
Pop looked at her and took a deep breath before he spoke
"the superstore is on the bad side of town though Megan you shouldn't be going there by yourself with all the drug dealers around"
"o uncle you worry to much I'll be fine " she said trying to calm the older man down
I took and look to pop and knew he wouldn't let that slide and he was stared at her with a worried look
"if im not intruding pop" I said as i looked at them both
"I was going to shopping there after work if it make you feel better pop and if she don't mind I can go with her sir" I told them
Pop looked at me then at his niece and shook his head
"I think that would be great if you don't mind Alex it would help my old mind not to worry so much about her" he said
"it's no problem from my end i don't wanna intrude on your personal space either Megan" i said knowing she wouldn't be thrilled with just meeting me but she shook her head
"no Alex it is fine thank you I know my uncle worries about me so if it will calm his mind then im more then welcoming to the company" she said with a smile
so with that we were on our way driving in her truck not saying a lot but watching the city remembering a time when I would have been on guard to anyone but this girl has seem to got me to lower my guard so easily
"it was vary nice of you to offer to come Alex" she said to me
"it was not a problem as I said I was going shopping after work and it if helps pop then it no problem" I said
she looked at me briefly then turned back to the road
"anyone tell you that you look like that green guy from starling city what was his name Roy Harper I seen him on the TV" she said and I laughed
"a few times" I told her in response
"the city could use someone like that right now drugs are running wild the dealer rule the under ground people are scared to come out of there homes" she said turning into the superstore parking a lot and we both got out and walked into the store with out another word but her words shook me to my core
"the city could use someone like that"
I kept repeating those words to myself over and over in my head as I went around the shop
as I walked I seen Megan getting ready to leave and she smiled at me as she put her begs into the truck then we both heard aloud bang coming from around the corner and we both dropped our bags and headed to the back side of the building
there we would a younger boy only about 15 laying in a pool of his own blood he had been shot and over him stood three men all hold hand gun smiling at there handy work
Megan screamed loudly when she seen the scene the 3 men opened fire on us I was able to grab her and pull her out of the fire range as the 3 man took running I ran to the boy and looked at the gun shot tabbing back into my life as Roy Harper I took off my sweater and pressed it onto the wound
"call 911" I screamed to Megan and she quickly pulled out her phone and did so
5 min later they had the boy into an Ambulance as they got ready to leave the cop who had came as well to take our statements spoke up
" young man that is the bravest thing I have heard someone in this city doing in a long time your a hero" he told me
"I only did what anyone would do" I said knowing I lying
they cop finished talk and left me and Megan there when a car drove up it was Pop and his Sister Mary
they got out and Mary ran up and hugged onto Megan asking if she was ok witch Megan told her she was fine
Pop turned to me
"you saved my niece Alex how can I ever thank you" he told me
"I just pulled her out of the way" I told him
"not like I chased down the shooters"I said clear annoyed that I hadn't went after the shooters
" you saved two life's today son your a hero don't forget that' pop said hugging me tight
Pop gave me a ride home in the truck as I got out he asked if I was ok and simply smiles and said yes look back at the farm house I lived at
I walked into the house and walked into the basement
in the pitch dark room I dropped to my knees and screamed louder then I had in a long time.
The next after noon I found myself at the hospital the boy was recovering at I found out his name and walked down the hall to his room and found a Dr walking out
"hello sir is he ok" I asked
"yes he will make a fun recovery you must be the young man who saved his life I heard about you but there is one strange thing he was holding onto this little baggy for dear life it looks like drugs to me but his blood came back clean" he said
showing it to me
" can I see it" I asked he simply handed it to me
" no harm I'd guess" I looked at the small baggy of white powder it was unlike any normal drug I had seen in my life but at the same time I had a feeling I knew what it was and it scared me
the Dr got called on his pager and had to leave asked me to get rid of the bag for him and I simply slipped it away so I could test my theory later
I stood there watching the boy rest for some time a women walk in with a nurse who looked to be his mother she didn't see me at 1st then when she did she asked the nurse who I was
the Nurse told her who I was and the Lady quickly walked over to me and threw her arms around me hugging me
"thank you for saving my baby boy" she cried as she thanked me
"I only did what any person would do" I told her shortly after I left and head out
I looked at the powder once more scared that it could be what I feared I slipped it back into my pocket as I walked not sure where I was going
I found myself walking in the worse part of town where the boy had been shot last night it kept running though my head I knew deep down that I could of done more I could of run down those gun men and made them face justice
"Alex" I heard someone calling my new name I turned around to see Megan with a couple of her friends I figured
"Megan?" I asked shocked she was out and about already after yesterday then I seen she was shaking
" how hard you doing" I asked
"I watch a kid almost die yesterday Alex I cant close my eyes because I see his face but what hurt more is the fact I froze I couldn't move but you could, you knew what to do I could never be so brave though something like that" she said
I didn't know what to tell her what was going to say that I'm used to people dying?, that I have killed before that I fought off a drugged up superhuman army before I was 18. no I couldn't tell her any of that so I just simply smiled at her and said
"we all handle stuff like that differently I was lucky my mother was a nurse and taught me what to do when someone else was in danger" was what I told her
she reached up and kissed my cheek
" well your my hero Alex you did something I could never do" she told me then turned to her two friends
"this is Mariah and Beth" she told me
"guys this is Alex" she said to them
one of the girls were about to say something when we heard gun shots coming from close to us, unlike yesterday it wasn't just one it was a full out gun fight and I knew it had to be two gang having a turf war I quickly moved the girls behind a Car and told them to stay down as I peeked over the car and seen one of the gun men a big guy clearly on some type of drugs
he didn't see me and he quickly left no body would be alive in that ally way I knew that for a fact
the girls all looked scared and Megan looked up at me for a look of it being safe I looked back down my look telling her it was safe for now
I didn't go down the ally but cop came quickly and flooded the ally way and I knew it was best if i stayed away from there with the three girls so I offered to walk them home to keep them safe
after we dropped off both her friends it was just me and Megan walking the streets together we slowly started to talk about the shootings
" the tower is getting worse two shootings so close together" she said
" there not random" I said quietly she turned to look at me
"what do you mean by that Alex that these are planned shootings that some one is planing all this for something" she asked me
"I'm not sure yet but it look to be bigger then one or two shootings" pulled out the bag from earlier and looked at it Megan almost looked at me in shock
"drugs you where last person I expected to be into drugs with what my uncle told me about your parents" she said
I looked at her " its not mine the Dr told me the kid had them in his hand when he was shot" i told her
" so what you gonna do with them" she asked me
I made up some story about having a friend in the police force in coast city and that I was gonna ask him to look at it for me personally, of course I had a cop friend but he wouldn't be getting these I was gonna look into these myself
I dropped her off and headed home and went right into the basement turning the dial on the wall and the lights went on the couch and TV flipped into the ground and reviled a make shift arrow cave
I quickly went to work on testing the drug matching it to what I had on file and what I found scared me to no end this boy was hold a package of the drug that turned me into a monster
"Mirakuru" was all I could say in shock and in fear
End of Chapter
so moving along a bit quicker on this chapter hoping you liked it so far not much action yet but soon we will see it