Hi readers, this is a re-write of chapter 4 of "Stay Alive". I didn't like where the story was going so I made major changes. I hope you re-read and you enjoy!
Laurel pulled the arrows from the crow's neck back at the fire and began to de-feather them for cooking."Hey, Laurel. I'm sorry" Felicity whimpered. "I brought you a peace offering".
"Oh my god!" Laurel whispered. "Who's body is that?"
"Evelyn Sharp. Briefly a member of team arrow, but she went rogue. She began to work for our enemy. She impersonated you, too. After you left the city" Felicity explained in a quiet voice. "I thought we could use her body for something... it's decaying, but maybe it will be good fire fuel".
Laurel nodded. "Yes, Felicity. I'll be great. It's early in the morning and we haven't slept... why don't you get some sleep and I'll cook, put out the fire, and then I will get some sleep too".
Felicity agreed and headed to crawl underneath her skin blanket.
Laurel's eyes grew heavy but the birds were not fully cooked and Felicity nor herself had eaten since they became stranded... Laurel was not keeping track... but she thought that it could have been … 5 days.
"Laurel" Felicity gasped. Laurel looked Felicity's way and saw Black Siren holding a knife to Felicity's neck. Felicity began to whimper and beg. Laurel could tell that Black Siren was not at the top of her game so she decided to try to reason with her.
"Why are you here?" she demanded.
"I am here to help you and get rid of this bitch-mouth. We are the same person. We want the same thing" Black Siren replied.
"No, no. We don't want the same thing. I love Felicity Smoak, I do. Even if she has the man that I feel is my soulmate wrapped around her finger, Felicity is a good person and she is a close friend. Let her go, please don't hurt her" Laurel begged.
Black Siren seemed to stare further off into the darkness. Then she sighed. "I won't hurt her for us. I am taking orders" she growled and she forcefully dragged Felicity away from the campsite. Laurel picked up her bow and arrow and tried to shoot Black Siren, but the Siren sharply turned and screamed. The scream knocked Laurel back into her campfire, painfully. Luckily the blow from the scream put the fire out before Laurel could be burned badly.
Laurel quickly ate and drank for energy and then strategically devised a plan for help. She really, really, actually wished Felicity was still with her so she knew which way to go. She lifted a stick and lit it in the fire so she would have a functional torch to light her path. She couldn't believe her luck when she found a radio transmitter in midst of some wreckage. "Ollie," she thought.
With her fingers shaking, Laurel turned the dial with care.
In Star City
Oliver sat down by himself in the arrowcave on what would have been he and Felicity's wedding night. He could be in Aruba on his honeymoon. And Laurel, she could be back in Gotham City- helping people, saving people with her friends. It was pain-staking for Oliver to tell the remaining "Birds Of Prey" of Laurel's fate. All his fault. Laurel was a hero... he always doubted her and what she could be... he never encouraged her and he felt so guilty for being such a toxic person in Laurel's life. He felt responsible for her demise.
The radio transmitter that Oliver had in the Arrowcave made three clear popping noises and then he heard Laurel's voice. "Ollie? Ollie, tell me you're there, please? Felicity has been taken. I need you".
"L-laurel?" Oliver questioned. "How? You and Felicity are dead".
"I'm alive!" Laurel protested. "I hope Felicity still is too. Come help us! Please!"
Oliver didn't have to be asked twice.
Laurel heard Oliver end the connection and could only hope he was coming to help her.
"What the fuck do you want with me?" Felicity cried loudly to Cayden James, Black Siren, and Ricardo Diaz.
"We want to get you out of the way..." growled Black Siren.
"Not exactly yet" Cayden James clarified. "We'll be doing you a favor when we finally do.
"What do you mean?" Felicity pressed for answers.
"Oliver Queen doesn't love you" Ricardo Diaz answered.
"You're all batshit crazy" Felicity complained. "Laurel is coming for me".
"We're counting on it" Diaz countered.
Laurel walked on crunchy rubble and was already growing debilitatingly tired. She felt lost, she could not find a trace until sunrise. Then she found Felicity' glasses. She must be close. Then it hit Laurel, she knew how she could draw Black Siren out. She screamed with all power within her, causing large rocks to fall. "Then she shouted, "Hey Siren, think you can do any better?"
After a few minutes, Black Siren came charging towards Laurel, screaming as loud as her abilities would let her. "You are such a biiiiiiitttttttccccchhhhh!"
"It takes one to know one, sweetheart" Laurel replied.
Black Siren pinned Laurel to the ground. "Okay, here's how this works, we fight, one of us dies. If I kill you that is the end of it. But if somehow you manage to kill me, my last words will be Felicity's location" Black Siren hissed.
"Fine" Laurel agreed. Laurel didn't kill, and she wasn't planning to. But she also wasn't planning on dying. She had a different strategy in mind.
Laurel began the fight by smacking Black Siren's face with her bow. Black Siren grabbed Laurel's arm and she flipped Laurel over, banging her up and bruising her. Laurel kicked the back of Black Siren's ankle, causing her to fall on top of Laurel. Laurel wrapped her arms around The Black Siren's neck and pressed an arrow against her throat. Black Siren laughed. She reached up and pushed the arrow away. She rolled over and pinned Laurel back to the ground. She used her own forehead to bludgeon Laurel's face multiple times. Laurel tried to push Black Siren's head away, but Black Siren bit her hand. Laurel curled her hand into a fist and punched Black Siren in the face. She used her other hand, which was still tightly gripping an arrow, and stabbed Black Siren's back. "Ow," Black Siren shouted. She climbed off of Laurel and pulled the arrow from her back. She was bleeding from the wound. Laurel stood up and kicked Black Siren in the back, below the wound, multiple times. Black Siren turned around only for Laurel to punch her face with a right hook and high-kick her jaw. Black Siren fell on her back. Laurel took the opportunity to step on Black Siren's chest. She nocked an arrow in her bow and pulled back the string, aiming at Black Siren's eye.
"Listen, I don't kill" Laurel yelled. "But you cannot win, you're gonna surrender and then you will lead me to Felicity".
Black Siren threw her hands up. "Lower your weapon and get off of me" Black Siren hissed.
Laurel walked behind Black Siren, holding back her bowstring and making sure that Black Siren could feel the point of the arrow on her back. It was mid-day and hottest Laurel had felt on the island. By the time they reached Felicity and The Black Siren's associates, Laurel was hot, tired, hungry, injured (from the fight), and not near the top of her game. This made it easy for The Black Siren to quickly whirl around, steal the arrow from Laurel's bow, and stab it deeply into Laurel's chest.