Author's Note: This is Oliver narrating to himself

This is word emphasis

Chapter 3

I had just gotten back from going to confront James Holder, whom was taken out by a sniper when I feel lightheaded, and realize to my own horror that the bullet that grazed me was laced with poison. What the poison was I didn't know, but I had very little time to act. I just managed to chew some of the herbs I brought home from Lian Yu, and drink some water before sending Haruka an S.O.S text. I had to get home somehow. I couldn't afford to not get home, or all the hard work I had done to separate Oliver Queen from whom everyone was calling The Hood would be for naught.

Oliver would never know how he managed to get himself home that night, but he did somehow. Once curled up in his own bed his body shuts down. He knew damned well he wouldn't dream that night. It was Raisa that woke him up, and he gets ready for the day immediately. The less time Selena spent around his mother the better. Selena balked at every instance her grandmother tried to turn her into a debutante. Oliver winces when he gets downstairs. Selena was sitting rigidly at the dining table her unseeing eyes showed banked fury. Thea was sitting as far away from their mother as she could, and Walter had even put some space between him and his wife as well. Selena's strawberry blonde hair was in twin tails, and she had one a cutesy pink dress.

" Thea, could you take Selena up to change. I need to have words with our mother. "

Thea does so in a heartbeat, and Puk follows his young mistress along with Haruka. Diggle was in the entrance way. The household staff was as far away as they could get without getting fired, " Mom, quit trying to turn Selena into a dress up doll. She is my daughter. "

" She needs to dress befitting her position in society. " Moira says primly, and Oliver's blue eyes flash in warning.

" Mom, she does not want to lord herself over everyone else, we all bleed the same damned color of blood, red. No one is above anyone else, something you apparently don't understand! I will raise my daughter now, you did so when I couldn't, and I will always be grateful for that, but I'm here now, I have full custody, which means I make the final decisions regarding my daughter. If you don't like that I will find us an apartment while the old Steel Factory is retrofitted to be our home! " Oliver says firmly, he already had that underway, and thanks to the lair being in a pocket dimension no one would ever be the wiser.

Moira freezes, Oliver had never stood up to her like this before, then again he had never been a parent before either, " Dear, Selena has made it abundantly clear that she loathes pink, cutesy, and girly. How she always knows she's wearing pink even I don't know. However, Oliver has a point, he is her father, you are her grandmother. He makes the final calls in all things regarding her until she's old enough to do so herself. " Walter states.

Moira winces, " You need to stop overstepping your bound, Mom. I am responsible enough to raise my daughter properly, and she doesn't give a damn about the wealth. She cares about quality, not quantity. Mom, she understands that we could lose all of our wealth that you seem to be taking for granted. "

" Very nicely put, Oliver. Do you have any suggestions for Queen Consolidated? I know you don't want to run the company, and you don't have the educational qualifications yet. "

" Voice command video games, Selena should be able to enjoy video games as much as anyone with sight. There could be other applications in tech like that too. " Oliver says immediately.

Walter gets a considering look on his face, " You raise a good point, and Selena could beta test along with other blind children, or even blind adults. We never really think about what it's like for someone that is missing one sense. "

" You could even look into sound dampening tech for the really loud sounds for the blind as well since their hearing would be really sensitive to compensate for the loss of sight, or never having it to begin with. " Oliver says.

" You raise a good point, people with sensitive hearing would like something that could actually filter out the louder sounds, and still allow them to hear. I'll get IT working on it. " Walter says.

Moira blinks, " I'm not meant to run the company, Mom, but I can give suggestions, and buy up shares to keep the company in our control. " Oliver states, " I'm not the same person whom left on the Queen's Gambit, quit trying to make me be someone I'm not, and stop trying to turn Selena into something she doesn't want to be. I love you, and Selena loves you, but you're pushing her too hard, and me too hard as well. "

Moira winces at this, " I suppose I have been unreasonable lately. "

That was when Thea return with Selena whom was in a pair of dark green jeans, a sapphire blue shirt, black tennis shoes, and Thea had whipped her hair into a French braid once more while weaving amethyst purple ribbons in as well. Selena had her messenger bag with her laptop, wireless mouse, e-reader, and cell phone. Puk would be dropped off for his next service dog class with a trainer that could use Russian commands. Said trainer could also teach him to be a guard dog as well. Selena was too young to sit through those classes, and they were handling his obedience and housebreaking themselves though Queen Manor would never be home.

It couldn't be, not anymore. Oliver finishes his breakfast, says goodbye to Raisa, kisses his little sister on her cheek, " Thanks for getting her out of there for me, Speedy. "

Thea gives him a deadpanned look, " Ollie, your temper is fearsome, you think I want to be around for you verbally ripping our mother a new one? " Thea asks, " Hey, Walter, can you give me a ride to school today? "

" It would be my honor, Thea. " Walter says.

Haruka and Dig follow their principals to another ghost car, not that Diggle knows that yet. Oliver was currently looking through old Queen Consolidated properties in the Glades to turn into a nightclub. He needed a money making venture that would explain him being out at night, even if he would do his damnedest to make it home to Selena every night, though once their future home was done, and he planned to add a few tunnels to the base and the nightclub, there wouldn't be as much of a problem. Once he was no longer living in the manor he would no longer need to account for his whereabouts though having alibis would be helpful. That was where Haruka masquerading as him would come in handy.

With Haruka distracting Dig Oliver was able to sneak out and find the missing bullet. Of course he then had to use his position as a Bratva Captain to find out whom he was dealing with, and what his port of call was in Starling City. He ended up having to take out another scum of the earth member. Anatoly knew he'd been forced into service thanks to that bitch Amanda Waller, and so he ensured Oliver was a cleaner for the Bratva. He dealt with those that were no longer useful, but he refused to kill innocents. Anatoly could understand that.

After tucking my daughter into bed I slipped out to deal with Floyd Lawton, a.k.a Deadshot, wanted by Interpol and several other agencies, and he used curare laced bullets. Sadly he got away, I did get his laptop, but it ended up riddled with bullet holes. I knew retrieving the data was beyond my capabilities, but how could I get the info as Oliver Queen?

It had been Haruka to give him the story he used for Felicity to get the info off of the laptop, that he found it in the foundry abandoned, and he wanted to know who it belonged, if the person was a criminal then they would call the cops, and hand the laptop over. Prime Oliver Queen would be banging his head on the nearest hard object for not thinking of a story like that while Teams Arrow and Flash would be laughing their asses off at him, as they had heard all of his lame stories he'd used over the years, from Felicity telling them to all of them. Cisco really laughed his ass off at spilling a latte on his laptop and the coffee shop being in a bad neighborhood line for the bullet ridden laptop. Hell, Sara had laughed her ass off too, and Barry had given him a disbelieving look, and had then asked him how the hell he had not been busted as Green Arrow, or the Hood back then.

Should this Oliver ever meet the Prime Oliver, well...Prime Oliver would deck him for having better stories, and being better at separating both lives. Then he'd be jealous that this Oliver had gotten to know William much earlier than he had because Moira had been given a much needed wake up call in the form of her orphaned granddaughter, well thought to be orphaned granddaughter, and the only connection she had left to Oliver. Still, once they discovered what was on the laptop Oliver sighs wearily, " I have to deal with Detective Lance, again. Sure, he's still pulling his verbal punches for a little while thanks to my adorably intelligent and precocious daughter, but…"

" Well, you weren't the greatest role model prior to getting stranded on an island in the South China Sea. " Felicity says, " Now, how do we explain this laptop of dubious origins to the father of the two girls whom you fucked around with both literally and metaphorically. Not that I'm judging or anything because that would be morally wrong... "

Oliver blinks, " Felicity, it's alright. " He did find that babble endearing though.

" I really wish my brain to mouth filter worked better than that. " Felicity bemoans, " I never mean to babble, and usually horrible, unintentional innuendos end up tumbling out of my mouth. "

" It can't be that bad. " Oliver says.

Felicity gives him a deadpanned look, " I once told your father I would love to do maintenance on his system. "

Oliver's eyes widen at this, " Damn, that is bad. How did you not get fired for sexual harassment? "

" My interview with him was much worse, and I am always mortified as soon as my brain realizes what my mouth has said. " Felicity admits.

Oliver sighs in mental exhaustion after dealing with Quentin Lance again, and sits back in the chair that he was in, " Can I just say that...wow...no wonder you didn't want to deal with him. Even pulling his verbal punches...that was just brutal, like taking a punch from the Hulk brutal. "

" I actually understand that reference. Thea's doing her best to catch me up on pop culture, and I'm getting quite the education in manga thanks to my daughter. I got a tutorial on how to use my new phone from the peasant and her majesty. "

Felicity blinks, " Peasant and majesty? "

" Yeah, Tommy called Selena her majesty, and she told she accepted his supplication, and called him an unworthy peasant. Then he asked why he was a peasant and Selena promptly told him that everyone knew Merlin was King Arthur's advisor ergo he was a peasant. " Oliver says, laughing under his breath. Tommy was never living that down if he had anything to say about it.

Felicity can't help her laughter at this, " I bet the look on his face was priceless. "

" It was, Thea took pictures, and apparently my daughter turned him into a smurf as well all through the use of herbs. "

Felicity outright laughs at this, " That was her that did that? I think that even got three million follows on twitter, and at least five million retweets. "

Oliver smirks, " Can you get me a copy of that picture? I do not intend to let Tommy live down the fact that my kindergarten aged daughter pranked him so thoroughly. He's also not living down the peasant thing either, but well...I have five years worth of razzing to make up for. "

Elsewhere Tommy shudders, and he's with his father at the time. Malcolm does not expect Tommy to start swearing under his breath, " Dammit, Ollie, what the hell do you have planned this time? " Malcolm understands then, Tommy had developed a Queen related Chaos sense, though he hadn't quite refined it for the youngest Queen yet. Oliver on the other hand, Tommy always knew when Oliver was planning to make his life hell. Malcolm was very reluctant to anger the youngest Queen, the girl was a prodigy child, and her vocabulary...well...the mere fact she could send socialites running with a polite but barbed tongue...Malcolm was not going to piss her off. Was it odd to be scared of a five year old...yes...but his honed senses from training under Ra's Al Ghul told him that Olivia Selena Queen was dangerous. How she was dangerous he had yet to discern.

John Diggle observes his principal as he picks him up from Queen Consolidated, he had no problems with Oliver heading off alone. He'd sparred with Oliver, and the man kicked his ass. He knew his principal could handle himself, and really Oliver had taken over his paycheck, if only so Diggle didn't report to his mother. He also knew damned well he would need to find some way of getting out of working at Queen Consolidated just yet. He was working on a business degree, and had added one in linguistics as well. Attending online allowed him to work at his own pace he was working on getting the necessary educational qualifications, but his mother seemed to think that all you needed was the Queen name.

Oliver spins on his heel when he sees his mother, he was not up to dealing with her today, at all. Diggle follows him without question, he knew after this mornings blow up that Oliver did not want to deal with his mother. " So where's her majesty? " Oliver asks.

Diggle grins, " Pestering her Uncle Tommy like the lowly peasant he is. According to Haruka they just got to the restaurant that the Merlyn men are eating at, and Selena is being her hellion self for her good uncle Tommy. "

" Tell me Haruka is taping that. " Oliver asks as he looks at the smurf Tommy on his phone.

" She is, and not even being discreet about it. Apparently Malcolm finds it amusing that Selena views Tommy as a peasant. " Diggle adds.

Oliver smirks, " Thea took a picture of the look on Tommy's face when Selena called him an unworthy peasant and explained why he as a peasant as well. She snapped one of us as well, and sadly that's the first picture of me with my daughter. I missed so much of her life. "

Digg blinks at this, those five years away had matured Oliver Queen, and no man should miss his child's firsts, first word, first time walking, first birthday...damn...no wonder Oliver had ditched him for a while. The man did need to bond with his daughter, and make up for lost time. Digg looks over his shoulder, " Your mother is inside Queen Consolidated now. "

Oliver sighs in relief and they head for the car, " Ask Haruka where they're heading next, though I should probably get some more ebooks for Selena. I think she's almost through all of the ones she has. "

Diggle blinks, " Just how smart is that five year old? "

" Without her sight hampering her ability to learn? Very. I would explain that comment, but Lena has to decide when to let you in on that, and Digg, you'll need an open mind for that. I suppose I could get her some Mandarin language courses, and I did add Italian to her list of languages she's learning because she did catch me by surprise, much to Haruka's consternation. Apparently a departed friend of hers would curse in Italian when pissed, and ream people out in the same language as well. "

Selena practically tackles him when he reveals the basic chemistry ebooks, Mandarin language courses, and a few new books in braille as well on codes and code breaking. Sure, she couldn't see the codes, but he could describe them to her, and she could help break them. Selena was making it possible for him to lead his double life far more effectively, he knew the tricks to living a double life now, and more importantly Selena gave him a reason to live, to come home each night, though there was no way in hell he was going to live in the Manor forever, not with his mother trying to be a domineering control freak over everyone and everything.

Oliver would get himself and his daughter out of there, and maybe he could entice Raisa away as well. Quite frankly she deserves better than serving his mother all the damned time whom takes her for granted. His mom, and Thea, they take the wealth for granted, and he never can again after Lian Yu, and the shit Waller forced him to do. Selena was, in a very real way, saving his soul. Though once she found out about his connection to Amanda Waller, well, Olivia Selena Queen would make it her mission to destroy Waller since the bitch just couldn't leave well enough alone, and seemed to have a god complex. That's for a little later though.

The evening of the auction arrives and Oliver has already called in Yoru Kurayami to act as his body double for the evening. Selena handed her the Disguise Pen with implicit instructions to give it back, and Haruka would be staying in the Manor with Selena while he and Digg went to the auction. Oliver knew he would need to get his mother and sister out somehow, but how that would happen he had no idea, yet. Yoru loved being paid to be the Vigilante for a night, and she was also an archer so she could make the shots he could. Haruka was putting out feelers with the code words Selena had given him for Sailor Nemesis, and Oliver was still working on being able to fight blind. If his daughter was as damned accurate as she was without sight when it came to archery...well, it meant it was possible.

The Hood was attributed with the take down of Floyd Lawton, but Diggle got shot getting Thea out of the way. Oliver was just grateful he had brought along a bunch of Island Herbs with him, and he has Diggle chew them before drinking some water. He'd leave small hints to Digg about what he did at night, but he also knew damned well he could not allow Detective Quentin Lance any rope to snare him with. He had Selena to think about, his daughter, and already someone he loved truly, and deeply. He would do anything to protect her from true threats, but he would not protect her from herself, for the most part. His parents had given him a firm example of what not to do as a parent.

Deadshot was stopped, my secret was still safe, and now I have to work out a way to bring Dig into my secret life. I started by letting him know that where I had been was kill or be killed, as a soldier he would understand that, understand that my instincts hadn't reset yet. My paternal instincts overrode my survival instincts, yes, but with how my mother was constantly pushing me to take a position at Queen Consolidated...well, I would not be above moving out before my new home was ready, and up to code, including fire proofing, and extra durability for earthquakes. It would only be later that I would learn how valuable the earthquake proofing would be.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Arrow.