Gritting his teeth reaching out just as he is about to touch his makeshift cast to only think better of it retracting his hand slowly with a noticeable look of pain across his face turning his attention back towards the device in front of him reaching out Curtis grabs a hold of a nearby screwdriver and starts to pick up where he had just left off unaware that Rene looks over in his direction with a curious look.
A look that has not left his face ever since returning to the lair. The same look that he had seen Dinah sporting before she had quickly left after deciding to gain some more information about a new development that had just taken place tonight regarding Prometheus.
The development of one Evelyn Sharp being found dead just out of the police station. A development that sent shock waves throughout the lair the moment it was discovered to be true.
A development that brought many new questions to the table. Questions of who had managed to kill Evelyn. Was it Prometheus? Did he kill her in an attempt to cut dead weight?
Or did Evelyn meet her demise at the hands of another. Another individual that was still hard for everyone to believe was truly alive.
The very same individual that shocked the remaining members of the team once they had found out who they would be going up against on this very given night.
An individual that they instantly knew once they had been given every single detail that was on file had to be considered extremely dangerous. Not just because she was a meta human with extraordinary abilities but also because of the face that she has.
The very same face that was influencing another into helping her get what she wanted. Intentions that were still very unknown to them at this very given moment. But what they did know was he would be by her side.
Their leader. Their mentor that had helped trained them to what they are today. A man that had single handedly taken down the whole entire team without breaking a sweat mere months ago. The very same man that could have ended each and every one of their lives on this night if he so choose.
But instead they would get to live to fight another day. Maybe it was because of how close they worked as a team with him for the past couple of months? Regardless as Rene looks down towards his bandaged hand to see his very own blood soaking through the thick bandages in his mind he knew they had gotten lucky on this night.
A night that was full of surprises. Surprises from being instructed by Felicity to not only capture the team's leader due to belief that he was under some kind of drug dosed state but also to watch out for a being that he had believed was long gone from this world.
And the night was just beginning.
Feeling a pair of eyes watching him without taking his eyes away from his bandages letting out a huff gently Rene starts to trace over his bandages with his finger.
" I'm fine Curtis."
" Are you?"
Snapping his head to look up towards Curtis as he sees him eyeballing him with curiosity slowly a small glare forms across Rene's face.
" And what about you Mr Terrific? Weren't you the one that just had his wrist broken? Yet you sit there like nothing is wrong when that is clearly not the case.
You saw it just like the rest of us. He was ready to kill each and every one of us. Why he didn't i still don't know but what i do know is he wasn't under some kind of drug. A drug doesn't give you the look he had in his eyes."
Letting out a sigh as he nods his head slowly Curtis takes his eyes away from Rene to look back down towards the device on the table in front of him.
" I know. I saw it too and you're right. He's not under some kind of drug. I know this because i've seen that look in his eyes before. I just didn't think that i would ever see that look again coming from him."
" What do you mean you've seen that look before? Ever since i've joined this team not once have i ever seen him with that look."
" That's because he's hidden it well. Maybe even too well. All i know is the last time that i saw him have that look in his eye was one the day of Laurel Lance's funeral.
He was just staring down at her coffin and he continued to stare down at her grave even after it was filled. I could feel something coming from him but i didn't know exactly what it was. I didn't understand what it was until i caught his eye on the night that he killed Damien Darhk.
It was this rage. This tremendous anger that was radiating from his eyes. This overwhelming urge for vengeance.
Even though we know some of the facts about what we had seen tonight there still is so much more to what we've been told. I have to believe that. Not just by my beliefs but also from what i've seen from Oliver.
He has never steered us wrong before and i have to believe that he isn't doing so now."
" Yeah well that's fine and dandy for you but in case you have noticed or have been paying attention we just got our asses kicked without learning anything other than the fact that he's in a whole different league than us.
How can you be so calm right now? Evelyn is now dead. Diggle is now in the hands of the feds. Oliver has apparently gone rogue after being reunited with his dead girlfriend and could have easily killed us if he wanted. Is there anything else that i'm missing?"
Letting out a sigh shaking his head without turning his attention away from the device in front of him slowly Curtis grabs a couple of nearby bolts and starts to apply them to the side as he hears Rene slowly making his way over.
" We're still alive aren't we? I'll take a broken wrist over an arrow through the chest any day."
Shaking his head as he comes to a stop at the side of the table to closely examine the device in front of Curtis with a slightly confused look Rene looks over towards him.
" What the hell is this thing you're working on anyways?"
" This thing if you want to refer to it as is the thing that might just save your life. It's a small dampening device that hopefully will be able to block Laurel or Black Siren from being able to use her canary cry enabling us a small chance to capture her.
But in reality i'm hoping to use this as a way to help slow her down just long enough to try and see if we can reason with her."
" And how exactly do you plan to get close enough to her to be able to test out your little toy? It's not like she's just gonna allow us to test thing out on her.
Furthermore we don't know where she exactly is…."
" Not yet but we will be soon."
Without giving him a chance to react getting up from his seat as he slowly makes his way around the table and slowly makes his way up the steps into the command center not catching the confused look across Rene's face without breaking his stride Curtis makes his way over towards the main computer as he hears Rene following after him.
As he sees Curtis coming to a stop next to the main computer's keyboard to only watch as he types in a series of codes into the computer causing a program to instantly start running Rene's confusion only deepens.
" This is how we will be able to find her. When metas started to appear in the city with the help of Barry Allen along with his team this program was created. There is sonic amplifier here inside of the base that sends out sonic waves throughout the city…."
" Okay can you just get to the point?"
" The point is whenever someone with metahuman abilities enters into the city then we'll know about it. It's how we're going to track Black Siren's whereabouts…."
Suddenly as he hears silent footsteps echoing throughout the lair from just behind him looking over his shoulder as he sees Felicity making her way through the lair with an unreadable expression across her face a concerned look forms across Curtis's face.
" How is he?"
Without so much as glancing up as she lets out a sigh making her way up the steps of the command center just as she nears the main computer to look up towards the computer's screen to see the metahuman program being activated slowly Felicity shakes her head.
" It's up to us now. Where's Dinah?"
" She went out looking to see if she could find Lance before he found out the news for himself. She thought that if there was even the slightest chance that there was a small piece of Laurel Lance inside of Black Siren that she would try to contact him.
I still don't like this. Especially if Prometheus is still out there just waiting for us. What are you not telling us?"
Snapping her head to look over towards Curtis with a small glare across her face as she sees Curtis staring at her with a blank look across his face as he doesn't waiver underneath her gaze slowly Felicity breaks off eyecontact to look back up towards the screen to see a portion of the city checked showing no signs of Black Siren anywhere.
" I thought we were suppose to be a team. You know work as a unit instead of keeping secrets from each other to help better the group.
We all know that Oliver has his own secrets that he keeps locked away. Some in which i don't even want to know about but you?
For someone that always keeps saying that we need to function as a unit you have a lot of secrets of your own and i want to know right now.
I know damn well that you lied to me earlier. You knew that Black Siren was still being held prisoner inside of Stars Labs.
I would suggest coming clean right now otherwise when she comes here and believe me when i tell you this she will then it will be extracted out of you from her."
Glancing away from the computer monitor as she sees Curtis staring at her with a cold glare to only turn her attention over towards Rene to see a matching look across his own face letting out a sigh Felicity turns her attention back towards the computer monitor to see another portion of the city cleared.
" You're right. I did know that she was being held prisoner inside of Star Labs. I'll admit that. And the reason for that was because i couldn't send her back…."
" Couldn't or wouldn't? Even for me that's cold boss."
" It's not that simple Rene. It wasn't because i didn't want to send her back. It was because there was nothing to send her back too. Barry and the rest of his team were going to send her back when Cisco had some sort of vision.
He said that he saw her world being destroyed as though it was being ripped apart all at once. We just couldn't send her back after that. So we decided that for the time being we would keep her contained until the time was right when we would tell Oliver about it in hopes that maybe just maybe she could be rehabilitated somehow.
I just didn't see this coming. We thought that she would be contained for the outside world. Even from Prometheus but i guess we were wrong."
" So let me get this straight? Since her world as you put it is or is about to be destroyed you decided to keep her contained like a prisoner of war? Furthermore didn't have the stones to tell the one person in this world that could have made a difference in helping her adapt and make her feel safe?"
" I didn't know okay? None of us did. How could we? I never would have guessed that Prometheus would have found out and try to use her as a pawn in his game.
If i did then yes i would have told Oliver sooner about this instead of him finding out this way. But i can't change that and now we have to play with the cards we have been dealt.
Once we have her contained then we can try and reason with her about what is truly going on but we have to find her first because you were right. It's only a matter of time before she finds out that we have Oliver and when she does she'll come for him if there truly is a piece of Laurel Lance still inside of her."
Suddenly as she hears the sound of the alarm going off from the main computer snapping her head to look back towards the monitor as she sees the message of a trace of a meta human's presence across the screen reaching out without taking her eyes away from the monitor typing in a series of codes across her keyboard Felicity watches the message disappear as a more accurate location starts to be displayed across the screen.
" Where is she?"
Typing in another series of codes suddenly as she recognizes the location across the screen where the meta human's presence is being displayed Felicity's eyes go as wide as saucers.
" Here."
Suddenly without having anytime to react as the lair is engulfed into total darkness causing her to jump up in surprise snapping her head away from the shut down computer monitor reaching back Felicity grabs a hold of her cellphone from her pocket to only flip it open engulfing a small portion in front of her with the light across the cellphone's screen.
" What the hell is going on?"
Using her cellphone as a light as she glances around to see Curtis and Rene looking around through the darkness in total confusion before she has a chance to respond suddenly Felicity jumps up in surprise when a loud thud echoes through the darkness at the far end of the room.
Reaching back as he unclips a handgun from his belt to only gently reach out to take Felicity's cellphone into his free hand without lowering down his aim slowly Rene makes his way forward through the darkness making sure to use the cellphone's screen as a light.
Quietly making his way down the command center's steps glancing over his shoulder as he sees Curtis standing a couple of feet behind him at the top step while Felicity is seen a few feet standing behind him just as he turns his head back forward suddenly the sound of a loud thud coming from the closed elevator doors causes him to come to a drastic halt.
Keeping his eyes focused on the elevator's doors slowly moving through the darkness just as he gets close enough to the doors a confused look forms across Rene's face when he sees through the darkness the elevator's doors starting to bend as a low pitched scream could be heard echoing from inside.
Suddenly without having anytime to react as he hears the sound of metal being bent outward causing the scream to only get louder by the second dropping the devices in his hands to the ground just as he kneels down and covers his ears hoping to block out the noise Rene is sent off of his feet a couple of feet back when the elevator doors bend open causing large amount of sparks to come spreading out all over the place.
Shaking off the cobwebs slowly rising up to his feet as he sees sparks continue to be spread around through the darkness engulfing everything they touch in light for a brief moment just as he glances around towards their surroundings suddenly Rene's eyes go as wide as saucers when he sees Black Siren being revealed in the darkness with a cold glare across her face.
Without having any chance to react as he hears a high pitched scream echoing throughout the lair being directed in his direction feeling himself leaving his feet within moments as he is engulfed into darkness Rene grits his teeth when he feels his back smashing against the top of a nearby table with a tremendous thud.
Snapping her head back towards the command center as she hears nothing but scrambling feet echoing from above making sure to be as quiet as possible with the loud of her heels clanging against the cold ground slowly Siren makes her way forward.
Scrambling through the darkness as she feels nothing but the cold steel of the railing in her hand quietly moving down the steps as she hears nothing but the sound of Siren's footsteps echoing throughout the walls of the lair with her eyes only widening just as she feels her feet hitting the ground suddenly the sound of Siren's footsteps ceasing causes her eyes to go as wide as saucers.
Glancing around her surroundings as Felicity sees nothing but pure darkness reaching back just as she feels a chest jumping up in surprise breathing a sigh in relief just as she is about to respond suddenly the sound of a clang from a couple of feet away causes her to snap her head back forward with eyes as wide as saucers.
With her glare only intensifying just as she is about to reach out the sound of a click coming from nearby instantly causes Siren to leap to the side before mere moments later as she hears gunfire echoing throughout the lair followed by a thud seconds later keeping kneeled down in the safety of the shadows Siren listens in closely as a pair of feet slowly make their way through the darkness.
" Is it over? Did i get her?"
Feeling her heart rate picking up as she takes a few deep breathes in an attempt to calm herself down just as she is about to respond a confused look forms across Felicity's face when she feels something dripping down her shirt.
Reaching down as she feels something sticky on her fingertips suddenly as she reaches back to feel nothing but air Felicity's eyes go as wide as saucers before in a sudden move dropping down to her knees as she reaches out to feel something laying down at her knees that is still warm feeling her eyes stinging slowly Felicity roams her hand up to feel soft skin.
Suddenly as a bright flash engulfs the area causing her to shield her eyes with her hands mere seconds later as she hears the sound of every single piece of electrical equipment jump starting back on retracting her hands just as she looks down to see Curtis's lifeless body staring up at her as a large puddle of blood is forming underneath his body the sound gun shot being sent off causes her to snap her head to the sound.
Grabbing a hold of his hand rearing back as she sends a well placed knee to the back of Rene's knee causing her to feel his grip around his handgun loosening without any hesitation rearing back Siren sends a well placed knee to Rene's chest followed by a right hook sending the handgun flying through the air into the command center while his body falls to the ground face first with a tremendous thud.
Just as she sees Rene scrambling to get to his feet rearing back as she sends a well placed kick that connects across Rene's jaw causing him to snap his head up to look at her reaching down Siren grabs a hold of his vest before in a sudden move as she flips him up to smash him back first on top of a table rearing back Siren smashes her forearm down hard across his outstretched neck causing his body to crumble to the ground with a sickening thud.
Ignoring the sound of a tremendous thud echoing throughout the lair quietly crawling through the command center just as she comes within arm's length of the discarded handgun without any hesitation reaching out Felicity snatches the handgun off from the ground and snaps her body around towards the commotion to hear nothing but dead silence.
With her hands shaking slowly rising up to her feet as she glances around her surroundings to see nobody in sight quietly taking a couple of steps forward just as she peaks her head over the railing to see Rene's body crumbled up on the ground with his head facing away from her feeling her eyes only stinging with unshed tears blinking away the tears the are threatening to fall suddenly as she feels a pair of eyes watching her from behind Felicity's eyes go as wide as saucers.
Just as she sees Felicity slowly turning without giving her a chance to react rearing back as she unleashes an canary cry in her direction causing the tech specialize to be sent flying off her feet and in the direction of the display cases where mere seconds later she witnesses her body smash straight through the display case causing glass to instantly cover her body with a smirk coming across her face without taking her eyes away from the scene before her slowly Siren makes her way down the command center's steps.
Feeling intense pain all across her body as she reaches out to only retract her hand slightly when she feels her hands meeting broken glass on the ground just as she starts to rise up to her knees the sound of broken glass being crunched from nearby causes Felicity to come to a drastic halt with wide eyes.
Snapping her head to the side as she sees Siren looking down towards her with a smirk across her face despite the intense anger she can feel radiating from her eyes from a couple of feet away scrambling back across the broken glass as she glances around to see the handgun a couple of feet away in a sudden move as she leaps out and grabs a hold of the handgun suddenly Felicity lets out a small scream when she feels a heel smashing down on her hand hard with tremendous force.
Twisting her heel down hard onto the tech specialist hand as she retracts her foot to watch Felicity instantly clutch her injured hand to her chest kneeling down in a sudden move Siren snatches the handgun off from the ground causing her to see a horrified look come across Felicity's face from the corner of her eye.
Glancing down towards Felicity just as she sees the tech specialize shaking her head with a press of her thumb as she releases the handgun's clip to only have it land straight into her free hand without any hesitation rearing back Siren unleashes the clip from her hand across the lair before in a sudden move reaching up Siren cocks back on the barrell unleashing the remaining bullet from the barrell to only watch it land carelessly on Felicity's chest causing her to jump up a bit.
Keeping her eyes focused on Felicity as she watches the tech specialize slowly start to back peddle with a flick of her wrist as she sends the handgun flying off to her side to only hear it land down on the cold ground with a loud clang just as she sees Felicity turn and start to crawl away reaching out Siren grabs a firm hold of the back of her hair causing the tech specialize to let out a scream.
Kneeling down next to the tech specialize as she watches a look of horror come across Felicity's face with a sinister smile forming across her own Siren's grip tightens.
" Where is he?"
Staring down into the woman's terrified eyes as she listens to hearing nothing but dead silence for the next few seconds with her smile only widening just as she shakes her head rearing back with all of her might Siren sends Felicity's head crashing down into some broken glass on the ground causing her to listen to Felicity letting out a scream.
" I just want you to remember that you're the one that caused all of this. All you had to do was simply stand down and let us take care of everything. You could consider it like old times but instead you caused this.
I would have allowed you to live. I truly would have but not you are forcing my hand."
Without giving her a chance to react rearing back as she lifts up Felicity's face to see gashs starting to open up across her face to only hear her letting out a scream with tremendous force Siren sends Felicity's head back down into the broken glass causing her to hear the tech specialize letting out a scream.
" I won't ask again. Where is he?"
Lifting Felicity's head back up as she sees the tech specialize looking at her with an look of absolute terror across her face without her face wavering Siren stares deep into Felicity's eyes before in a split second as she sees Felicity's eyes leaving her own to look over her shoulder with her grip not wavering Siren glances over her shoulder.
Without any hesitation as she smashes Felicity's head back down into the ground hard with a thud releasing her grip around the tech specialist's head rising up to her feet without any delay turning on her heels slowly Siren makes her way down a dark hallway that seems to be getting lighter with every step she takes.
Just as she turns the corner to see a room completely engulfed into a bright light suddenly as she sees Oliver sitting inside of a large cell at the other end of the room looking over in her direction with a smile coming across his face returning the smile slowly Siren makes her way over towards the cell.
" And what do we have here? A damsel in distress that needs saving perhaps?"
Letting out a chuckle as he sees Siren coming to a stop at the other end of the cell's door getting up from the cell's bed slowly Oliver makes his way over towards the door.
" Well you know me. I always like to change things up now and then."
Letting out a giggle as she shakes her head slowly Siren glances around the outside of the cell not catching the curious look across Oliver's face.
" Well? Aren't you going to let me out?"
" Hmm? And why would i want to do that? Granted that this cell really doesn't suit you why should i just set you free without getting something in return? Hmm?"
" Well i can think of a good reason why."
" Really? Do tell."
Looking back ahead as she sees Oliver smiling through the door returning the smile slowly Laurel leans forward towards the glass.
" Because you've been a very bad girl that needs to be punished. Breaking into a secure base. Destroying thousands of dollars in equipment. Tisk,tisk,tisk. And you need to be punished."
Feeling a shiver running down her spine as she watches Oliver lean closer into the glass Siren's smile widens.
" Now we're talking."
Keeping her eyes focused on Oliver slowly Siren takes a couple of steps back before she nods her head at him.
" You might want to take a couple of steps back."
Waiting a couple of seconds as she watches Oliver get a safe distance away from the door in an instant rearing back as Siren sends an canary cry at the cell's door to see the door not waiving an inch coming to a stop as she lets out a huff slowly Siren shakes her head.
" I should have known. I'll be right back."
Without having a chance to react as he watches Siren exit out of the room and around the corner a curious look forms across Oliver's face before a few moments later as he hears a familiar scream echoing through the hallway snapping his head towards the dark hallway in an instant Oliver's eyes widen slightly when he sees Siren dragging a bloodied Felicity through the hallway in his direction by her hair.
A scene that he never expected to ever see. But a situation that he knew was a possibility after everything that has gone in the past twenty four hours. A roller coaster of a ride that still wasn't over.
Depositing Felicity down in front of the door as she looks up to see Oliver eyeballing her with curiosity with a sheepish smile forming across her face slowly Siren shrugs her shoulders.
" What can i say? She refused to cooperate. You can just mark this as another thing that i need to be punished for."
Suddenly as she hears Oliver letting out a chuckle from the other side of the glass snapping her head up as she sees Oliver glancing down towards her with a smile across his face unable to hold back the tears that are threatening to fall just as she opens her mouth feeling her hair being roughly grabbed Felicity lets out a small scream before she feels herself being thrown forward into the door with tremendous force.
" Open the door."
Opening her eyes as she sees herself staring down at a keyboard just outside of the cell just as she shakes her head suddenly Felicity let's out a scream when she feels her right leg being kicked out from underneath her with tremendous force causing a sickening snap to echo through the room before just as she clutches her knee feeling her hair being roughly grabbed once again Felicity feels herself being held up against the keyboard.
" Open the door now."
Taking a couple of deep breathes as she nods her head reaching out Felicity types in the password before mere seconds later as she hears the sound of a click coming from the cell's door echoing through the room without having a chance to react Felicity feels her head being repeatedly smashed against the glass before her world goes black.
Dropping Felicity's unconscious body to the ground as she looks up to see Oliver looking at her with raised eyebrows slowly a grin forms across Siren's face.
" Butter fingers."
Author's Notes: Okay i know what you are thinking. Wow that was dark. How could you kill Rene and Curtis,etc. Well i'll tell you. In this story even though they are the main characters Oliver and Laurel could be considered the anti heroes while Felicity and Team Arrow are the heroes followed by Prometheus as the villain.
I wanted it to be darker. I wanted to write something knew as every other Siren/Arrow story isn't ever really dark. They are more light hearted while this one is to show their darker sides. If this story is well received then another Siren/Arrow story might be coming out as it is similar idea but just takes place sooner then in this.
I am also using this as a test run as in the sequel to Arrow Darkness Within has sort of a similar idea with The Black Canary & Green Arrow being declared the anti heroes in the story in the way that they treat everyone as their enemies. Cops,thugs,loved ones that betrayed them,etc.
