Hey, guys. I'm back with another chapter.

This will feature the events of episode 2. Also, the normal episode intro will be a thing in this story, but this chapter's intro will be from Ella, to give you a little of her backstory.

ClearWriter1987: Ella is not a Dark Jedi. She's more of a Gray Jedi. She still adheres to the light side. However, she was just a little girl when the Empire rose and she came to Lian Yu. After all she's been through, especially during those five years with Oliver, and being around him so much, I think she's gotten the same view of justice as Oliver. She still wants to protect the innocent and to do good, but she's a little less picky about how she goes about doing it. Also, she's a little more willing than normal Jedi to eliminate people she thinks are threats or are standing in the way of her objective. Just like Oliver.

Okay. Got nothing else to say. Let's get started. And yes, not the best chapter title.

Chapter 3- A New Target

My name is Ella Queen. When I was 7, in my early Jedi training, the Empire rose, and i was forced to retreat to my home world of Naboo. When the Empire found me a year later, I was evacuated to Terra, and crashed on the island of Lian Yu. It was there I met my new father, Oliver Queen. Now, we will fulfill his father's dying wish: to use the list of names he left behind and bring down those who are poisoning our city. And these men will know the power of the Jedi.

Ella spun through the air, using her lightsaber to cut down a man trying to kill her. Beside her, Oliver ducked under a flying fist and slammed his bow into the offender, knocking him out.

"What's going on here?" their target, Marcus Redman, asked, fear starting to creep into his voice.

Oliver shot an arrow at a man pulling out a gun. Meanwhile, another man tried to get up and rush them from behind. Ella leaped towards him, cut off his hands, then threw him down into the gravel on the top of the building, knocking him out.

Oliver took care of the last guy protecting Redman with an arrow. He and Ella then walked up to Redman. Redman pleaded with them, but Ella used the Force to throw him off the top of the roof and onto the top of a fan. Oliver leaped down beside him, smashed apart the cover, then grabbed Redman and held his head dangerously close to the spinning blades, Redman begging him to stop.

"Marcus Redman," Oliver began in his gruff voice. Ella leaped down beside him, her lightsaber glowing brightly, and finished, "You failed this city!"

Redman begged them not to hurt him. Oliver responded by saying, "Cell phone, inside pocket, call your partner. Tell him to give those pensioners back their money." "Do it now," Ella threatened.

"Okay," Redman gasped out. Oliver then let him go, and he and Ella hurried off into the night.

(The next morning)

Oliver walked into the living room of the family mansion. He was wearing his suit. Beside him, Ella was wearing a red dress that was one of the clothing items Thea had loaned her.

As they walked in, they could hear the news talking about their little excursion the night before.

"Mr. Redman has withdrawn more than 30 million dollars from the plant's account. Mr. Redman claims refunding the Halcyon pension plan has always been his intent. But sources say Redman was coerced by the vigilantes."

Oliver, now standing behind a chair, pointed to the TV and said, "These two get more air-time than the Kardashians, right?"

Thea looked at him and said, "Five years on an island and you still know who they are."

"I've been catching up," Oliver replied, "It's nice to see how much our culture has improved while I was away."

"No, the city used to be different," Moira said from her position in an armchair, "People used to feel safe."

"Oh, what's the matter, Mom? Afraid we're gonna be next?" Thea asked jokingly.

"Do you have any questions about today, Oliver?" Walter asked, "A simple proof-of-life declaration, and an explanation of your relationship to Ella. Just read out a brief, prepared statement to the judge, and present the adoption papers, and then your death-in-absentia judgment will be avoided, and your adoption of Ella can be legalized."

"It's fine, Walter," Oliver said, "I've been in a courtroom before."

"Four times by my estimate," came Tommy's voice as he entered the room, "You know, there was the DUI, the assault on that paparazzi douchebag, stealing that taxi, which was just awesome, by the way, and who could forget peeing on the cop?"

"I wish everyone would," Moira said as Walter helped her into her coat.

"I'd hang," Oliver told Tommy, "but we're headed to court."

"I know. That's why I'm here," Tommy said, "My best friend is getting legally resurrected, and his adoption of his daughter is getting legalized, I wouldn't miss this for the world."

"Right. Okay. What about you?" Oliver asked Thea.

"Oh, I think the first four times of you in court was enough for me," Thea said as she walked past him and Ella and out of the room. Just after she did, Diggle entered the room.

"Mrs. Queen? Car's ready," he said. Everyone followed him out and got into the car.

When the car pulled up to the courthouse, there was the expected mob of reporters. For the most part, they were shouting questions about what happened on the island. But, a few shouted questions demanding to know who Ella was, who was clinging tightly to her father's arm. She had never had to deal with things like paparazzi on Coruscant or Naboo, and found it overwhelming.

Finally they got into the courthouse and hurried to the courtroom. Once there, Oliver began, Ella sitting at the bench with the lawyer presiding over their case. Once the judge gave him the go-ahead, Oliver began his piece.

"There was a storm. The boat went down. I was the only survivor. My father didn't make it. I almost died, I...I thought that I had, because I spent so many days on that life raft before I saw the island. When I reached it, I knew, I knew that I was gonna have to live for both of us.

"Then I met Ella," he said, turning to smile at her before turning back to the judge, "She was only a little girl at the time, only 9 years old. She was orphaned, had already been stranded on the island for a year, and was near death. I saved her, protected her, took her under my wing. I did my best to raise her as my own.

"During those 5 years, it was that thought of living for me and my father, and Ella, that kept me going, in the hopes I might one day make it back, and have a normal life with my daughter."

After he finished, the lawyer stood up, as did Ella, who moved to stand by Oliver's side.

"Your Honor," the lawyer said, "We move to vitiate the death-in-absentia filed after Oliver's disappearance at sea aboard the Queen's Gambit 5 years ago, and legalize his adoption of Ella Satele Queen. Unfortunately, we will not be requesting that the declaration of death filed for the petitioner's father, Robert Queen, be rescinded. The Queen family is only entitled to one miracle, I'm afraid."

The judge asked to see the adoption papers, and, after looking them over, approved the motions. With that, Oliver and Ella exited the courtroom with Walter, Moira, and Tommy.

As they descended a staircase, Moira said, "Now, onto the offices. Everyone is waiting to meet you there. And Ella, I think it's time we introduce you to Queen Consolidated."

"Uh, Mom, that was, uh…" Oliver said as he stopped her, "a little bit heavier than I was expecting it to be. Can we do that tomorrow,? Please?" Ella nodded her agreement.

After exchanging a look with Walter, Moira looked back at him and said, "Of course."

"Thank you," Oliver said. Walter and Moira then continued on. Oliver and Ella stood there for a few moments before they continued descending the staircase.

"Last week, you couldn't wait to get to the company," Tommy said. "Tommy, I'd just spent five years away from civilization. I wasn't exactly thinking straight."

Right as he finished, they reached the bottom, turned a corner, and ran right into Laurel.

"Hi," Oliver and Tommy greeted awkwardly. Even though it was an awkward situation, Ella still gave Laurel a brilliant smile. Laurel returned it with just a slight grin, then looked emotionless at Oliver and Tommy.

"What are you doing here?" Laurel asked Oliver.

"Oh, they were bringing me back from the dead. Legally speaking. And formalizing Ella's adoption," he responded. After an awkward moment of silence, he asked, "What are you doing here?"

"My job," Laurel said. "Right," Oliver responded. "More like the D.A.'s," Laurel's friend, Joanna, said.

Noticing they had someone else with him, Oliver stretched out his hand and introduced himself. "Hi, Oliver Queen." "Emily Nocenti," she said, taking his hand.

As he pulled his hand back, Oliver pulled Ella forward. "This is my daughter, Ella Queen." Ella extended her hand, smiling brightly at Emily, who found herself unable to stop the ends of her mouth from twitching up. She took Ella's hand politely, and, looking to Oliver, said, "I didn't know that Oliver Queen had a daughter."

"I adopted her," Oliver said.

"Yeah, he found her on the uncharted island he's been on for the past five years. Before that, he was cheating on me with my sister," Laurel said, bitterness evident in her voice, "He was with her when she died. And last week, he told me to stay away from him. It was really good advice. Excuse me," directing the last two sentences to Oliver. She then pushed past them.

"It was mice to meet you," Emily said to Oliver, before turning and smiling a little at Ella. "You too," she said to Ella, who smiled back.

"Let's go," Joanna said, who herded Emily after Laurel.

Oliver, Ella, and Tommy stood there for a few moments before Tommy grasped Oliver by the shoulder and said, "Come on, buddy, shake it off. Let's go."

As they exited the courthouse, they heard paparazzi, but they weren't focused on the trio just exiting the building. They were clustered around Martin Somers, who was there for the trial to begin the case against him.

"I don't know what I did to engender this witch-hunt from Miss Lance and her bosses at the CNRI. But I can tell you this, I am an honest businessman, and I will fight this slander to my last dime and breath. That's all I have to say, thank you."

The reporters began shouting questions to him, but he walked away from them, heading towards the entrance to the courthouse. Unfortunately, as he did, some of the reporters saw Oliver, and started heading towards him. He and Ella started making a beeline for the car.

The reporters surrounded them, asking questions. Some asked, "Is it true that this girl is your daughter? Can you comment on that?"

Diggle caught up to them and started escorting them to the car, trying to fend off some of the reporters.

He finally managed to get the two of them in the car. Turning around, he shouted, "All right. Everybody step back." He then grabbed one photographer trying to lean in to photograph Oliver and Ella in the car, saying in an irritated voice, "Hey, man, I'll make you swallow that Nikon! Back!"

Suddenly, there was the sound of squealing tires, and the car drove off, Oliver at the wheel, Ella beside him, and Tommy and Diggle standing on the sidewalk, watching them drive away. Tommy turned to Diggle and said, "This happens to you a lot, doesn't it?"

It didn't take long for them to reach the old factory. The two hurried down into their base, and began strength training. Oliver climbed hand over hand up a long rope stretching from the ceiling, while Ella began using the salmon ladder.

Oliver voice-over: Martin Somers. Laurel's targeted the worst of Starling City, so it's no surprise his name is on my father's list.

Once they were done with the rope and the salmon ladder, they began sparring with metal rods. Not fiercely enough to hurt each other, but enough to make a difference in their fighting.

Ella voice-over: The city's police and DA can't stop him, or won't. Oliver voice-over: Laurel thinks she's the only one willing to bring him to justice. She's wrong.

(That night, the port)

Somers approached one of his men, very irritated.

"You, listen up. The longer this goes on, the more likely the media is gonna crucify me. You shut this trial down, do you understand me?"

Suddenly, there was a whish, and the lights went out. They flickered a few times, as several more whishes and the sound of blows hit their ears. They was also a strange noise, and beam of purple light suddenly appeared from around the corner. The next second, something hit Somers, and he lost conciousness.

When he regained conciousness, he had the feeling of the world being upside down. Then, he realized he was upside down, hanging off the ground, with the vigilantes standing in front of her, the woman holding her glowing purple laser sword in her hand.

"Martin Somers…" the woman said. "Who the h*** are you?" Somers demanded.

"You have failed this city," the man said angrily. He drew an arrow and shot it at Somers, purposefully missing, meaning it as a warning. The woman then plunged her laser sword into the ground, cut out a circle of cement, pulled it up with her power, then cut through the piece of cement like it was wet butter.

"You're gonna testify in that trial," the woman said angrily. "You're gonna confess to having Victor Nocenti killed. There won't be a second warning," the man said furiously before shooting another arrow that sliced open Somers' cheek, who howled in pain.

Somers clutched at the spot. He turned away for a second, then turned back. The vigilantes had vanished like ghosts.

And that is the end to that chapter. I will finish up this episode in the next chapter.

For those of you who are wondering, I got Ella's middle name from the name of a Jedi from the Star Wars: The Old Republic games. I haven't played those games, but I've watched trailers for them, and one of the Jedi featured in them had an almost identical name. I thought it would be an interesting choice.

Other than that, I don't think there's much else to say, except to ask you all to review, and watch for the next chapter.

Raptor2216 out.