Hub City

Night

Dinah Drake was on a rooftop, moving towards the edge when a modulated voice called out.

"Dinah Drake."

She stiffened, having not heard that name in a very long time. She turned around to see a man in a black suit with a mask that reminded her of a paining she had once seen in a museum.

"Who the hell are you and how do you know that name?" Dinah demanded her entire body screaming hostility.

"You may call me Prometheus. I've been searching for you for a very long time. I know about you partner, Vincent Sobel," Prometheus said and Dinah glared at him. "Bu he was more than that, wasn't he? You loved him. You hate his killer, but you also hate yourself for being alive while he's dead."

"How do you know that?" Dinah asked, disturbed at how well he could read her.

"Because I felt the same way when my father was murdered. I hated his killer for that, so I began my own crusade of vengeance. But over time, it became something else, a journey of discovery you might say. In a way, I owe him for helping show me who I really am. And I want to help you do the same thing," Prometheus explained.

Dinah raised an eyebrow as Prometheus pulled back his hood and removed his mask, revealing his true face. He as a Caucasian man in his late twenties/early thirties with black hair and dark eyes.

"My name is Adrian Chase and I think we can help each other Dinah," Adrian told her.

Adrian held out his hand to Dinah. Dinah eyed him wearily for a moment before crossing her arms.

"I'll listen to what you have to say," Dinah said and Adrian lowered his hand to his side, internally smirking as he knew Dinah had given him an opening.

Dinah's apartment

Later

"So, you've been hunting this Sean Sonus for the past three years?" Adrian asked as he looked at Dinah's target board.

"Is that judgement I hear?" Dinah snarked.

"No, I'm impressed. I think we're a lot alike Dinah, both of us are after vengeance," Adrian said.

"The only thing I can't figure out is why Sonus came to Hub City," Dinah said in frustration.

"Tobias Church," Adrian said and she looked confused. "He was a crime lord; he united all the gangs in Hub City before coming to Star City. I killed him and that probably left a power vacuum here."

"So Sonus came here to pick up where Church left off," Dinah realized and Adrian nodded.

"If Church is connected to Sonus, you definitely need my help Dinah," Adrian picked up a piece of paper and handed it to Dinah after writing something down on it. "If you really want to take down Sonus, meet me at that address tomorrow morning."

Arrow lair, next day

Morning

"Did you sleep here?" Curtis asked as he walked into the lair to see Felicity at the table n her computer, an empty bag of Big Belly Burger near her.

"I didn't sleep," Felicity said not looking up form typing.

"I thought the NSA was a dead-end, the file was erased," Curtis said confused and she shot him a look. "But of course nothing is ever erased on the internet. Everything leaves behind a digital shadow."

"And I have been scouring the dark web trying to find it," Felicity said before a terminal message popped up on her screen.

"You chatting with someone?' Curtis asked.

"No," Felicity said taken back.

"Who are they and how did they get into your system?" Curtis inquired.

"I have absolutely no idea," Felicity said as they read the message.

'Are you Ghost Fox Goddess?' it read.

"Who's Ghost Fox Goddess?" Curtis asked.

"Me. It was my hacker handle in college. Long story," Felicity said as she typed in 'who's asking' and sent it.

'I can help you. Meet IRL?' came back.

"They wanna meet you," Curtis said and Felicity nodded absently.

Hub City

Same time

Dinah entered the warehouse cautiously, still not completely sure she trusted Adrian. As she walked around in the dark, about ready to bolt she heard the sound of footsteps clicking on the floor. She turned in the direction of the sound as Adrian stepped into view.

"I'm glad you came," Adrian told her smoothly.

"Did you think I wouldn't?" Dinah asked curiously.

"I had a feeling you would but there was always a chance you'd run. I'm glad my feeling was right. Come on, I want to show you something," Adrian said as he turned around, leading Dinah down a flight of stairs, to below.

Adrian led her into a dimly lit room with a table on it was a man who was tied there like an animal, all his limbs restrained to the corners of the table.

"What is this?" Dinah asked a little wearily.

"This is Jordan Smith. You two have quite the history," Adrian said to her confusion.

"I've never met him before in my life," Dinah insisted.

"You're right, you haven't. But Jordon here is one of Sonus' men. In fact, he's the guy who captured Vincent," Adrian mentioned and was pleased to see Dinah's eyes harden at his words. "In a way, he led Vincent to his death."

"You son of a bitch!" Dinah snarled, moving towards the man but Adrian stopped her.

"Not yet. You see, he has the information you want, he has the location of Sonus," Adrian said and Dinah's interest as definitely peaked. "Unfortunately, he's not really in a chatty mood."

"You two don't scare me half as much as Sonus does," Jordon spoke up.

"We should, you should be very afraid right now," Adrian as he walked over, picking up a knife.

"So what, you're gonna torture me?" Jordon asked mockingly and Adrian simply smirked.

"I'm not gonna torture you. She is," Adrian said, holding the knife out to the stunned Dinah.

"What?"

"This is your mission Dinah. I'm just here to help," Adrian said as she eyed the knife wearily.

"Why are you doing this?" Dinah asked.

"I told you Dinah, I'm here to help show you who you really are," Adrian told her simply.

Wearily, Dinah took the knife before walking over to the table. Adrian was pleased to see the hint of fear enter Jordon's eyes.

"A friend of mine showed me a skinning technique that hunters use. I think it's time we showed Jordon here," Adrian said and was pleased by the determined glint that entered Dinah's eyes.

If anyone would have entered the warehouse at that moment, they would have heard Jordon's scream of pain.

I know I promised that this chapter would be significantly longer, but this felt like a good stopping point. To make up for it, next chapter will be up very soon.