Chapter 4

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As Lance went to shoot at Queen, he felt an impact on his side that had him going off his feet as his gun went off. He soon found himself on the ground hard and groaning from it. "What the Hell!?" Got out the man as he pushed off who or whatever had just knocked him to the ground.

"Apologies Detective, but Oliver is my friend and I could not allow you to kill him." Came the Japanese accented voice of Maseo Yamashiro.

"Are ya nuts? Ya coulda gotten yourself killed! 'Sides, I wasn't aimin' to kill him as it is!" Hell, he'd been mostly intending to shoot him in the shoulder so it'd make it hard for him to use that bow of his.

"Not to mention ya coulda got someone else killed with that arrow on the loose like it was!"

Maseo looked apologetic as he hadn't thought about that when he went to stop the man. "Again, my apologies Detective. I will go to see if any are hurt."

Rushing quickly over to the cars, he quickly assessed that no one was injured. "That arrow just flew right over our heads." Informed Thea, causing Maseo to breathe a sigh of relief.

"What about my son!?"

The man winced at Moira's voice due to the shrillness of it and knew she wasn't going to like the fact he didn't know as he hadn't thought to check after getting off of Detective Lance. "At this time Moira, I do not know as the primary concern was to see if all of you were okay." He had to wince again when she gave him a glare that could melt steel.

"Unacceptable Mr. Yamashiro! See to him at once!" Thea thought her mom was being a little out of line with the poor treatment of the man. Yeah, she was worried too but that didn't mean there was a need for rudeness!

Not saying another word, he got up, walked over to his vehicle and making Moira and Thea confused in the process, dipped inside for a moment and then brought out a gun of his own. Looking over at where the Detective was, he seemed to be staring down at Oliver and that worried him greatly. "Hey! Just what the heck are you doing with that thing!?"

Looking at the frightened face of Thea, he quickly informed her it was a tranquilizer gun he'd picked up recently in case it was ever needed. Which to him, this was certainly a time that it was likely needed! Thea wanted to question why the Hell the man would think he'd need something like that but figured it might be best to wait til another time. Walking past the cars and hidden civilians and police officers, he then picked up the pace a bit to get to Oliver's downed self. Quentin turned towards him as he did so. "Not to worry, I got him in the shoulder."

Most unfortunate for Oliver in such a case. But at least it is not life threatening.

Lance knew that Moira Queen was going to be pretty damned unhappy about her boy getting shot, but the man was obviously unstable for cryin' out loud! Especially if this whole 'Vitura' business was actually a legit thing. To his absolute surprise however, he soon found himself painfully on the ground once again as Maseo paused in his tracks as Oliver now clearly had the advantage over the Detective. "The Hell!?" Lance had been sure of the fact that the punk who got his baby girl killed on that damned boat had passed out from the pain of a bullet to the shoulder!

Hate to do it, but I gotta give him credit for pullin' a fast one on me. Groused the man in his head as the implications that came to him weren't that great if he was able to keep from passin' out after getting shot.

"Surprised Detective? You shouldn't be. Lian Yu taught me to Shengcun, to Survive. And I did from arrows and bullets to torture and got stronger from it all. Such will be your undoing this day and will please Her."

Torture? Arrows and bullets? The Hell was that Island!? Was it even an island!? Deserted islands shouldn't be a cause for all that damnit!

Quentin struggled to free himself but the punk had him surprisingly good and pinned to the ground while his shoulder bled a good deal. Something that should give him the advantage before long as even he can't do much else when it comes to feeling the effects of blood loss. "Again with this 'Her' business, you tryin' to get under her skirt or somethin' Queen? Is she really worth killin' your family over?"

"Her will is mine to obey as I have no desire to 'get under her skirt' as you put it."

A scoff was Quentin's response as he just didn't believe a damn word of that! "Always knew you were a piece of no good trash."

"Then you can take this knowledge with you to the Afterlife and She will reward me greatly."

Quentin was tired of this whole nonsense of some nameless woman, so he asked the loony toon just who in the Hell he'd been talking about and the answer surprised him greatly. What!? China White!? Christ on a stick, so maybe there is somethin' to what that fella was talkin' about with the Triads.

"Goodbye Detective Lance, I'm sure Laurel and the others will be joining you and Sara in Death very soon."

His cold harsh words was something the older man could hardly believe he was hearing from a playboy rich kid like Queen. And he swore if he lived passed all this, he'd see about looking into this whole Vitura business and seeing what could be done to lock it all up or be destroyed as that stuff was just too damned dangerous to leave out on the streets for anyone's plans. He watched as the punk pulled an arrow out from his quiver and aimed the arrowhead straight down and couldn't help but think of his three girls even if he and Dinah weren't much anymore in what he felt was his final moments. I guess this is it girls… I love you all.

However, to his complete surprise, Queen suddenly froze up and dropped the arrow that thankfully didn't hit anything vital on his face. Thankfully, Queen didn't fall on him as the Japanese fella came and pushed him off to the side and then offered him a hand. Taking it and getting helped up, he couldn't help but to ask what in the Hell had just happened. "Tranquilizer dart, I acquired the weapon some time ago as a just in case means."

"Huh, yeah, we'll uhh… We'll discuss you havin' that later." Maseo only nodded at the man and then watched as the Detective cuffed Oliver.

Something that the sight of made Moira, Thea, and Raisa none too happy about! Especially considering the fact he was bleeding still! Thankfully however he was patched up after getting put in the car so that he wouldn't be in danger of potentially dying from blood loss.

Six Hours Later…

Oliver awoke with a groan thanks to the fact his head was pounding and that another part of him was hurting like Hell. "Where… Where am I?" Asked the man groggily as he tried to shake off the cobwebs in his head.

"At the Glades Precinct kid."

"Slade!?" Oh Hell, how could he possibly be alive!?

"Uhh no, Detective Lance actually." Came the sarcastic voice of the man that had Oliver breathing a sigh of relief as his head got clearer.

He noticed however that one of his arms wasn't exactly moving about as freely as he would have liked and when he saw the reason for why, he couldn't help but groan again. "Yeah, I don't know if you remember but I shot ya at your place." The drug test in the kid's system had determined that Maseo Yamashiro had been right in his thinking that the drug known as Vitura had been used on him.

Which annoyed Quentin somewhat as this meant that the punk could get off scot free since he wasn't in control of himself at all thanks to that damned drug. BOLOs had been put out for China White's arrest but so far nothing had happened regarding her and it made quite a few think that perhaps she'd already skipped town as a just in case kind of thing. Or that perhaps she was just damn good at hiding thanks to the life she has. "You happen to remember anything Queen?"

The look of pure sadness and horror on the younger man's face told Quentin that yes, yes he did remember despite the fact that Vitura effectively blocked all memories of one's actions while under its influence. Guilt was practically radiating off of Oliver as well. "Yeah… That Bitch did something so that I'd be able to remember what happened later. Oh God… I killed Ted!" There was no way he could forgive himself for that and never expected forgiveness from anyone.

"Mr. Grant you mean? Cause last I saw, he was walkin' around just fine if a little banged up lookin'."

The shocked look on Oliver's face caught Quentin off guard, as if he could hardly believe what he'd just been told. That stuff did a real number on his head if he really thinks he actually killed Mr. Grant.

Oliver then broke down into tears and Quentin was thankful Queen's family wasn't there to see it happen as no doubt it would be Hell on them to witness. After getting released from the jail cell, Oliver had been immediately taken to court and Lance was honestly surprised by the results of it as he had expected the punk to get off. But Queen had taken what the judge had said and ran with it by willingly going into the Ward he'd been in previously for a year's time. Much to the outright displeasure of Moira and Thea Queen as both felt it wasn't right despite his saying he needed it. While the archer stayed at the Ward and getting the time he needed to deal with what had happened while undergoing another surgery for his shoulder, the Yamashiros and Ted Grant would watch over the city in his place.

He would also be briefly let out of the Ward in order to attend Andy Diggle's funeral with Veller and Anna a short distance away watching over him in case anything were to happen. A talk would also happen between Ted and Oliver at one point as well that would see the archer breaking down again into tears after being told there was nothing to forgive as he hadn't been in control of himself when it happened. The fact Ted couldn't actually die permanently unless someone went to extremes to do it was something of a relief for the younger man. His stay in the Ward proved beneficial in the long run as it helped to him deal with all his issues and come out a far better and healthier man both mentally and physically. His sister thankfully didn't fall back into bad habits during his time in the Ward either as she knew it would have been an insult to Andy's memory and to him as well.

Thankfully he'd also gain forgiveness from John as well, which helped factor into his healing during his recovery. The arrival of an alive Sara Lance helped to further ease the guilt Oliver had in himself and allowed for healing and forgiveness between him and the Lances, though it would take time due to how standoffish and cold she was for a time. On his last day in the Ward, he finally got himself a hair cut and shaped up his facial hair to resemble that of a Van Dyke look. Something his sister thought was weird as Hell and often teased him about. But he'd only say that he felt that it fit him after all he'd been through. Meeting Nyssa would prove to be interesting as well when she handed him his ass thanks to a mis-understanding involving Sara and he'd be the butt of jokes for a good long while too afterwards.

And if anyone later found China White filled with arrows and bullets? Nobody would make too much of a fuss about it even though Quentin would have his suspicions of who did it considering he knew that Queen could use a bow. But he'd never ask the man about it, even when he learned the kid practically danced over the news!

Author's Notes: I hope you all were satisfied with the final chapter for this story and enjoyed it a great deal. I figured a stay in the Ward, especially a much longer time period would make the most sense after something like that happening to him. And I get that some of you might feel cheated about Ted still being alive, but remember he can be killed a total of 9 times and then have the cycle be restarted. He also got that ability back in the main story as well as you may remember when he got his memories and the like back. R and R!