The man in the doll mask swung his Swiss knife, manically aiming for Bruce's face and throat, but Bruce evaded and parried every attempt with a mixture of wrist locking, palm strikes, and forearm blocking.

"Have you done this before Mr. Wayne?" The man in the doll mask said sounding impressed, Bruce not falling for his small talk.

The man in the doll mask then lunges at Bruce in which Bruce ducks under and sends a hard elbow to the man in the doll mask's knee, making him shout in pain and fall to the floor as his knee was now bent inward. Bruce goes to examine the psycho, but was caught off guard as the man in the doll mask acrobatically kicks Bruce to a nearby wall.

"Just kidding." The man in the doll mask said before lunging at Bruce again, Bruce now in an open-handed stance ready for him.

The two were interrupted as an arrow shot the Swiss knife out of the psycho's hand. Both looked over to see The Arrow standing tall.

"Run!" The Arrow yelled to Bruce.

Bruce wanted to get answers out of him, but did what The Arrow told him as he made his way the emergency stairs, the man in the doll mask watching him. The psycho then adverts his attention to The Arrow.

"You know, I really liked that knife...that's ok, I always carry a spare." The psycho said, snapping out another Swiss knife.

"Who are you?" The Arrow demanded.

"Oh! Of course! Silly me. You may call me...Ragdoll." The man in the doll mask now calling himself Ragdoll said, taking another bow.

"Why are you in Starling City..." The Arrow asked.

"Business of course!" Ragdoll said before a timer started going off. "Awww...welp, looks like my time here is done."

Ragdoll rushes at The Arrow with great speed, The Arrow draws his bow and fires the arrow. Ragdoll slides on his knees under the arrow and past the vigilante, The Arrow draws his bow again but Ragdoll was already around the corner. The Arrow runs after Ragdoll around the corner and draws his bow, but the psycho was gone.


Moments Later...

Oliver had ran outside of the building, cops were all over the place. He finally found Diggle, Felicity, Ray, and Bruce being questioned by the police. Oliver quickly walked up to Felicity.

"Is everyone ok?" Oliver asked the group.

"Are you ok?" Oliver asked Felicity specifically.

"Yea, thanks to Bruce." Felicity said looking at Bruce.

"Turns out Mr. Wayne held off the assailant while Ray got Felicity to safety." Diggle filled in.

Oliver observed Bruce, there were scratches on him. Any normal man would have been killed just as Ronald was tonight, but Oliver didn't think that was important right now.

"Thank you." Oliver said to Bruce sincerely.

"What can I say, I'm a sucker for a beautiful damsel." Bruce said, Ray and Oliver giving him a small glare.


Later That Night...

Captain Lance met with The Arrow privately on the S.C.P.D. Police Station to discuss tonight's situation.

"God, I haven't seen this many arrests since the Allen fiasco in '09." Lance joked.

"One got away." The Arrow said, right to the point.

"You catch a dozen criminals and you're worried about 1 that got away?" Lance asked.

"The man that got away is the one that's been murdering innocent people around the city." The Arrow answered.

"We have an A.P.B on a man in black leather, red hair, with a doll mask. We'll catch'em." Lance reassured.

"I plan on it." The Arrow said before walking away.


Bruce had just arrived at his hotel, it was almost midnight. He started unbuttoning his shirt and took it off, revealing many scars from knives and gunshots, most of them on his back. He sat down on the bed and made a phone call.

"Alfred." Bruce said as he untied his shoes.

"Master Bruce! Are you ok sir? I saw what happened on the news." Alfred asked warily.

"I'm fine Alfred."

"Did you find the culprits?"

"Yes, I didn't get any answers but I did plant a tracker. It disappeared near the Glades. That's where I start my search. The deal isn't going down until another couple of days, that gives me time to get more information."

"Very well sir."

"Oliver saved me tonight Alfred, he's good. His marksmanship with a bow is superb, I suspect that his hand-to-hand capabilities are also up to par. Though, his gear is more primitive than mine, the only exceptions are the trick arrows. He also uses a voice modulator to disguise his voice."

"Probably better than that awful voice you use Master Bruce."

Bruce cracked a smile, "I see a lot of Gotham in Starling. It's dark...grimy. Even the psychos are almost the same."

"Does Starling have killer clowns too sir?" Alfred joked.

"No, but I am going to need the suit tonight. Tomorrow, I'm going to work."

"It will arrive shortly."