Chapter 4

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"In breaking news this afternoon, stunning evidence in the form of pre-recorded surveillance images from 2015 reveals that the previously incarcerated Oliver Queen, formerly this city's mayor and the vigilante known as the Green Arrow, was wrongfully accused of a killing spree that also took the life of then Mayor Castle", news anchor Jessica Storm reported on the news broadcast Mia, William, and Conner were currently watching.

"Additional evidence in the form of more pre-recorded surveillance, and also recorded messages between notorious crime boss Ricardo Diaz and his associates on his payroll, also shows that his trial last year was rigged and that it involved corruption and manipulation at some of the highest levels of our institution. It also reveals pressuring and threats towards former vigilantes Roy Harper, Rene Ramirez and the now DA Laurel Lance in order to force them to testify for the prosecution."

"In light of all that's been revealed, along with the evidence against Oliver that, while factual, was tainted due to how it was obtained and also info pointing out that the F.B.I. actually doesn't have the authority to investigate vigilantism since it's not in its jurisdiction, Mr. Queen's conviction has been overturned and he's been allowed to return home to his family in exchange for helping the appropriate authorities locate and apprehend Diaz. He's also been cleared of the crimes he was accused of back in 2015."

"We can only wonder as to how this entire situation and the severe errors and miscarriages of justice surrounding it could've come about."

"Oh sure, we can only wonder as to this entire mess and what was done to dad came about. What a huge mystery we must unwrap", Mia said sarcastically and with her arms folded while listening to the broadcast. William and Conner on their parts could only shake their heads with a smile, silently agreeing with her. Of course, all 3 of them knew as to how this could've happened and it boiled down to 3 simple things. Corruption over the years, the lack of thoroughness in investigations, and the institution being filled with morons who clearly didn't know their left hand from their right hand.

Frankly, the fact that they were even elected into office was the true mystery here.

"We've also received a recording of a phone call between Diaz and the late cyberterrorist Cayden James, the notorious hacker who stripped our city of its functions last year and made it ripe for Diaz's takeover. The conversation within that phone call reveals that the attack upon the stadium and the accompanying bomb threat was a false flag operation designed to manipulate the city into voting for the Anti Vigilante Bill."

"Furthermore, the conversation also reveals that the cops the vigilantes are shown forcibly subduing were actually Cayden's people disguised as real cops in order to discredit said vigilantes. This has led to numerous crowds gathering and marching in protest, demanding that the mayor and city council repeal the Anti Vigilante Law since their vote was based upon lies and manipulation."

"As of now, Mayor Pollard has refused to do so but is facing increasing pressure from her constituents who've threatened to vote her and the city council out of office in the next general elections if they refuse to do so. Only time will tell if she bows down to the pressure."

"I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say that I hope she bows to the pressure. I never liked her back when I was a boy and from what I remember of her, she was a real peace of work", William said to his sister and friend while they snorted and hummed in agreement with him. Mia then turned off the TV while Conner went out and purchased lunch from Big Belly Burger. He returned shortly afterwards and the 3 of them sat down to eat while discussing what they were going to do next.

"So what do we know of the Ninth Circle and Eden Corps in terms of locations and placements", Mia asked while chewing her delicious burger.

"Based upon the intel I've gathered as we prepared for our whole mission, both terrorist organizations are divided into 6 branches, one branch located in one continent each except for Antarctica obviously. The Ninth Circle's top branch is located in Europe, which makes sense since it was founded in Italy centuries ago, while Eden Corps top branch is located here in the United States", William answered his sister while taking a bite of his fry, and then continued.

"The overall leader of the Ninth Circle is Emiko Adachi, my crazy aunt, though she answers to their council while Dante, their former leader before her, is the head of both the European and American branches and the most senior member of their council while sharing almost equal power with Emiko. As for Eden Corps, their top leader is named Veronica Dale, mother of future leader Kevin Dale, the leader from our time. Veronica was apprehended by Team Flash following an attack against their city in 2017 but broke out of prison and resumed control."

"As for the branches of the two organizations, each one is divided into sub headquarters, or bases."

Mia and Conner nodded at the info William finished sharing with them and continued to eat. Following a sip of her strawberry shake, Mia brought up something that had been on her mind sometime after their arrival to the past.

"I've been thinking", she began. "And while our original plan was to go around the world and destroy all of the enemy bases one by one, doing so would probably burn us out and drive us to the point of exhaustion. Instead, what if we were to infiltrate only the second top bases of each organization, and in each continent, find and download the intel containing everyone on their respective payrolls, destroy said bases, and then hand over the info and the location of all of the remaining worldwide bases to the appropriate authorities so that they can move against and destroy them, wiping out both terrorist groups in one fell swoop ?"

William and Conner listened intently to her suggestion, thought it over, and then responded with wide smiles on their faces.

"That's an excellent idea Mia, and that would certainly make things easier for us", Conner answered with approval.

"I agree with the both of you. And now let's go and destroy those villains and save our families before they destroy them and all of our futures", William added with excitement and confidence. The 3 close friends then finished eating and then began planning and preparing for the mission to move against the Ninth Circle and Eden Corps while doing the necessary research and equipping themselves for the journey worldwide.

To Be Continued

A/N And that's a wrap for chapter 4. In regards to the Eden Corps leadership, I looked up some info about them on Wikia and found out that the woman Barry stopped was actually their leader. In addition, and to my surprise, she also shares the surname of the 2040 leader of their organization. That has to mean they're related and so I made her his mother.

As for Emiko and Dante's positions, it made no sense to me in canon that Dante could give Emiko orders and beat her up sometimes if she's the head leader, and suddenly she's doing the same to him while he submits. It's one of a few issues I have in regards to Emiko's storyline. Therefore I wrote what I believe to be the most likely idea in that while Emiko's the top leader, she answers to the council as revealed in the Season 7 finale while Dante is their most senior member here.

Because of that, and the fact that he's her predecessor but still alive, that gives him some authority over her and she sometimes has to do what he wants. However, since Emiko is head leader, Dante has to ultimately answer to her and obey her. Therefore, they basically have power over each other.

Plus with Dante also leading the American branch, that means Emiko, while the supreme leader but under the council's authority, has to defer to him since she's operating on his territory, just like Vader and Governor Tarkin. Vader was the secondary supreme leader of the empire and therefore over Tarkin, but when he was on the Death Star, which was Tarkin's jurisdiction, he had to defer to and obey him.

Nevertheless Emiko and Vader are at the top and can therefore overrule Dante and Tarkin when they want to.

As for the Ninth Circle being founded in Italy, that's canon as revealed in Wiki.

And the Star City leaders being a bunch of morons is pretty much confirmed in canon based upon their actions while I personally feel that Pollard was a peace of work.

And now chapter 5.