I jumped through the glass doors. Thea was nowhere to be seen, which was probably a good thing.
"Killer Prime." A Mirakuru soldier bowed as I walked by. I cut off his head before he realized what was happening. I walked down the tracks and looked around for her.
"Thea?" There was silence.
"Mari, surprise seeing you here." I rolled my eyes and turned to face who was speaking to me.
"What do you want?"
"I wanted my daughter Thea. But I guess I get both of my daughters instead."
"I'm not your daughter anymore. You disowned me. Or did you forget that?"
"I remember it clearly." I heard the sound of Thea's heels on the tile flooring. I rounded the corner and she pepper sprayed my mask.
"See, this is why I wear a mask like this." I took it off and she looked shocked when she saw me.
"You are crazy."
"Oh hell yeah. 100 percent insane. But also the only one that can protect you. From the soldiers and our father."
Malcolm took a step forward and I pulled my handgun from its holster and shot him before he could blink. "How can you do that?" Thea put a hand up as if she was trying to defend herself from me.
"Mirakuru. Let's get going. I need to get you out of here."
"Wait." Malcolm stood back up and I groaned. "I learned how to deal with you a long time ago so don't seem so shocked." He pulled his shirt up to expose the armor underneath. "I want you two to come with me."
"That will never happen Merlyn!" Thea shouted at Malcolm. I stood back in between the two so Thea and Malcolm could argue.
"You need me to protect you. The city is no longer safe. I just want my daughter safe." Thea looked exasperated and angry. She pulled the gun from my hand but I didn't stop her. Two shots rang out and I put my arms out to the side.
"You just saw me shoot him and it didn't kill him. And I'm a trained assassin. What made you think you could kill him?"
She was shaking slightly and I ripped the gun away from her. Malcolm kept up his game. "Thea, please."
Her phone rang and she slowly picked it up. The conversation was short and I laughed when I realized it could only be one person. "Hey Roy!"
Thea hung up and Malcolm stood next to her. "You can't trust Roy. Don't go to him."
Thea glared at him. "I don't need either of you to protect me." She walked away.
"I'll be there when you need me." Her shape disappeared. Then he turned to me. "Mari."
"What's with the interest in me all the sudden?"
"I need to take you both back to the League. Don't you want to help your sister become like us?"
"Not really. Even though she tried to pepper spray me." I held up my mask and frowned. "Plus, I have other priorities and obligations. I don't have time to waste on you, you worthless piece of crap."
"Worthless?"
"Uh, yeah. You left my mom to deal with me alone. And look how I turned out. All this is really your fault."
"I think you are amazing. I'm proud of you."
"Take that pride and shove it."
Months later, Thea was off with Malcolm, God knows where, probably a tropical island, while I stuck locked up with Oliver's friends.
"Mari, I have an idea." Felicity was looking at me as I sat in the tiny cell. "I'm developing these cuffs that have a strong magnetic field I can turn on and off. In short, you could help us and if any of us feel you are a threat, we turn the cuffs on. They trap your hands together then to any metal surface nearby."
"As long as I don't sit here and rot, great."
"Give me two days." Laurel approached the cage and she looked at me uncertainly.
"Felicity, should we really let her out?" I raised an eyebrow. Luckily Diggle and Felicity knew what I was really like.
"She lived with us for a year without any complications. Just because she proudly wears the title assassin doesn't mean we can keep her like this. Plus, she's a better fighter than Oliver. And that's something we need right now." I smiled at Laurel but she frowned.
When Felicity finally developed the cuffs, they took me by surprise. They looked like very thin bands but when I took one step out of the cage with them, Diggle hit the button. My hands were trapped together and they pulled me toward a metal desk. I stuck to it and tried pulling with all my might. It wouldn't even budge. Roy and Diggle nodded, impressed at Felicity's work.
"Wow, these are really well made, Blondie." She gave me an uncertain look at my nickname for her.
"Ray helped me make them. And he didn't even bother asking why I needed them." She spoke with a hint of a smile but then she glanced at the green arrows sitting on the table I was stuck on. She turned around and started typing at her computer. "Roy, Dig, Brick's men are going to get all the evidence against them from the police. You two should head in there. Take Mari with you."
"Roy, get suited up." Diggle started walking away as I pulled once again, just to get him to notice that I still stuck.
"Uh, hello! You can't just leave stuck to stuff all the time!" He shook his head and unlocked my cuffs before throwing a bag at me.
We were creeping around the building, waiting for any movement. There was one of Brick's men guarding the outside. I snuck up behind him and pulled his neck up, snapping it in my hands. Once I eased him to the ground, my cuffs were activated and I was dragged over to a dumpster. "Why did you do that?" Roy whispered loudly at me.
"Sorry, but I don't play by your rules. You know this, Harper." He shook his head and they walked past me to the warehouse. I stood waiting in the cool night. "Hey Blondie, they ditched me."
"Did you kill someone?" Felicity asked, sounding shocked.
"Okay, my name seriously Killer Prime. Why does this surprise anyone anymore?" There was radio silence. Then I heard gun fire and Diggle's panicked voice.
"Mari, get inside!"
"I'm trapped!"
"But I hit the remote!" I stood there, pulling as hard as I could. But then I realized who was doing this.
"Felicity! Release me!"
"No, I can't send you in there. You'll kill everybody."
"Then Roy and Dig will die!"
"I'm not letting you go." I glanced at my hands and sighed.
"Well. Damn." I pulled my hand down and felt the bones cracking as they were crushed so my hands could fit through the cuffs. As soon as they were free they healed but it still hurt like a bitch. I ran and jumped through the window, rolling off a crate inside and sliding right in between Roy and Dig and Brick's gang. I pulled my machine gun off my leg and fired at them. I felt a few bullets pierce my skin but it didn't bother me.
A few of Brick's men fell but the rest escaped in the truck with the evidence. We were all trying to slow our breathing as the cops broke in. I saw Captain Lance point his weapon at me immediately but I ignored him. Dig and Roy started running but before I followed, I turned to the Captain and shook my head at him.
We made it back to the hideout and the first thing I did was flip a table over and slam a fist into a column, dust flying into my still masked face. Roy put a new set of cuffs on me but I wasn't restrained. "Felicity-" Diggle started but I interrupted.
"What the Hell was that?! You almost killed Dig and Roy! I know you are depressed about Ollie or whatever but you were about to kill two of your friends."
"You wouldn't understand Mari. You only understand violence, anger, and hatred."
"But I can make logical decisions. We are going to make some changes around here. Starting with leadership."