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Chaos Sorcerer: Thank you very much for the review on this and "Vengeance from beyond." Glad you liked both. I will reply to your review on that in its next chapter. Yeah, Matt got the Mirakuru and its going into crazy shit territory. Glad you love it. Glad you liked Logan helping out and Robert's hallucination. The Crow is amazing and poignant so you should see it whenever you get the time. Yeah, they botched the final season totally. My response to the series finale was- "Man, this is so unsatisfying and stupid. Seriously? Bran of all- *Jon Snow pets Ghost* BEST SERIES FINALE EVER!" You get the point. I didn't like it much but at least Jon Snow petted Ghost and that made me happy. You will see on the Mirakuru and Logan. Glad you were cracked up. Yeah, I used your MK comparison. Glad it was awesome. Glad to hear it. Enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 10- Blast Radius

A man was driving through a sawmill, dodging around stacks of equipment and lumber, when suddenly he slammed to a stop. Ahead of him, just stepping off of his motorcycle, was The Arrow.

The man snarled and hit the gas, while at the same time pulling out his Desert Eagle and firing out of his window.

The shots all went wide, the massive .50 cal handgun impossible to control with one hand while driving. Oliver just stood there, unmoving, before finally drawing an explosive arrow and firing it into the car's engine.

The warhead exploded, sending a show of sparks up that blinded the driver, and the car swerved off to the left flipping over on some pipes before sliding on its roof into a stack of wood.

The Arrow approached the car cautiously, drawing another arrow. He peered into the car, only to find it empty. He looked up to see the man limping rapidly into the mill and followed.

He stayed on the catwalks, following cautiously behind the driver, ducking behind steel posts as the man turned and fired. He ran up a gantry to the top of a crane and watched as the man reloaded his gun.

Then, as soon as he looked up, Oliver fired a bolo arrow at the man's feet. The compressed high-tension wire wrapped itself around the man's ankles, and Oliver jumped off the platform, pulling the line taught as he dropped.

The man was lifted eight feet into the air by the time that Oliver landed softly on the ground, and he released some of the line to bring him down eye-to-eye. He grasped the man's hand and twisted, putting pressure on his wrist. The driver screamed in pain.

"The man in the skull mask, who is he?!" The Arrow demanded.

"I-I don't know!" The man protested.

"You're the biggest street dealer in Crescent Circle." The Arrow replied, "You know everything that goes on over there. Who is he?!"

"I ain't seen the guy before! A skull mask, are you freaking kidding me?! Come on, man, I'm still on parole!" He protested fearfully.

"Not anymore." The Arrow replied before knocking him out with a punch.

Later, Verdant

Diggle was watching the news at Felicity's desk when Oliver walked in. Matt was training- with Steve Rogers!

"That's it, Matt." Steve said as Matt punched his hand with the right amount of strength, "You're controlling your strength. Ease into it. Let it be a part of you."

"This seems to be going well." Oliver commented as Matt nodded, "I need to control this strength properly or I might harm someone. Plus, it is enhancing my already enhanced senses too."

"A spokesman for the Central City mayor's office confirmed the lack of any damage or radioactive fallout from the explosion that rocked S.T.A.R. Labs five weeks ago."

"Is Felicity not back yet?" Oliver asked the Diggle.

"She said she wanted to spend a few more days with Barry." He replied.

"Any improvement in his condition?"

"Still comatose." Diggle reported before asking, "How'd it go out there tonight?"

"Same as every other pointed conversation I have with these lowlifes in Crescent Circle." Oliver said in aggravation as he put up his bow, "Nobody has seen a man in a skull mask. But he's still out there."

"Oliver, for the past five weeks, you've pushed yourself pretty hard looking for this guy." Matt pointed out.

"And you have pushed yourself pretty hard trying to control your strength." Oliver pointed out before exclaiming , "He has the Mirakuru, Matt! I mean, you know what it took to kill one guy that had been injected. We practically had to drop a building on him. And you yourself said that your senses are being enhanced even more while your muscles are getting denser. So imagine ten or a hundred, imagine a thousand."

Steve was pretty unnerved on hearing that too, "An army of bullies with strength and abilities like me is a disaster for anyone."

"I've just never seen you spooked like this before." Dig said.

"That should tell you something." Oliver said pointedly, before grabbing his jacket and walking off.

Later

Oliver was giving a toast to Blood.

"He's the man we need to see in the mayor's office." Oliver was said, "So, please, join me in our efforts to send Starling's favorite son there. To Sebastian Blood."

Oliver raised his glass, "Sebastian for Starling."

Blood walked onto the stage and shook Oliver's hand.

"Thank you, Oliver." He told the other man as Oliver made his way off the stage, "And not just for your support, but also for your friendship. And thank all of you for coming. You know, when Oliver calls me a son of Starling City, it feels like the literal truth. I was a street orphan, and this city raised me as one of its own. I am the man that I am today because of my Starling City family. So it's time that I start to give back. So thank you all for your support."

He raised his glass as the crowd started to applaud, then made his way off the stage to glad-hand with the crowd.

Oliver watched with Tommy and Matt next to him as he first made his way to Laurel, kissing her lightly.

"Nice speech, Ollie." Thea said, coming to her brother, "Who knew you cared so much about politics?"

"Well, I care about the city, and Sebastian has become something of a friend." Oliver admitted.

"A better friend than me?" Tommy asked jokingly.

"No." Oliver chuckled, "You and Matt are still the best friends anyone could ask for."

"He's got a way of doing that, apparently." Thea said, looking as Blood put an arm around Laurel's waist. Her double meaning was clear.

"That's very cute." Oliver told her, looking at her with a wry grin., "Speaking of which, how's Roy?"

"Handsome, brooding, usual." Thea said, "Why is my boyfriend such a topic of interest?"

"Well, Thea, I was just asking." Oliver said, remembering Roy's first training session in an abandoned warehouse. He had started off decently well and could use a bow.

"Oh, my God. Now that I think about it, you know, he did something completely out of character this morning." Thea said suddenly.

"What?" Oliver asked, worried.

"He showed up for work on time." Thea said sarcastically.

Oliver, Matt and Tommy all chuckled in reply.

"Thea!" Moira walked up to her daughter, all smiling.

"Oh, it's- it's just wonderful." She told her, hugging her.

"Proud to do my civic duty." Thea said modestly.

"No, I'm the one who's proud." Moira said, "You've taken Oliver's…hobby, and turned it into a successful business."

"Hobby?" Oliver said, slightly insulted.

Moira kissed him on the cheek.

"Oh, sweetheart." She said with a chuckle. She and Thea moved off into the crowd while Matt and Tommy went to get drinks, leaving Oliver standing there with an incredulous smile on his face.

"Oliver."

He turned around to see Blood and Laurel walk up. The two shook hands.

"Thank you so much for your kind words." Blood said.

"I'm just speaking the truth." Oliver replied.

Blood smiled, but then someone caught his eye.

"Oh, forgive me, a friend just walked in." He said. He took his leave of Laurel, leaving her with Oliver as he went back to the crowd.

"Hi." Laurel said.

"Hi." Oliver replied. The two hugged, "Glad you could come."

"Sebastian invited me." Laurel said.

"Yes, I hear the two of you have been spending a lot of time together." Oliver noted.

"We're just friends." Laurel stated firmly.

"Does he know that?" Oliver noted the look on her face, "Uh-oh. What's holding you back?"

Laurel looked over at the bar as Blood talked to some of the donors.

"Sometimes I feel like I don't know the real Sebastian." She admitted, "He reminds me a little of you that way."

Oliver forced a smile as he sipped his champagne before walking off as Matt returned.

"Hi." Matt said with a smile and the two hugged tightly.

"I didn't get the chance to say this before", Laurel started with emotion in her voice, "But thank you so much for saving my dad, Hilton and the other cops. You have no idea how much that means to me!"

"Happy to help." Matt smiled.

"Dad said they had taken you. Are you all right?" Laurel asked with concern.

"Yeah. Nothing too bad happened." Matt said with a forced smile before sipping his drink.

Later, Unknown location

A man sat in his car, staring up at a building.

"Freedom. Liberty. Justice. Long have the people of this city suffered under the shackles of a corrupt government. Slaves to self-interested politicians and their lobbyist puppeteers." He rambled to himself, "I declare war on them all."

He held up his phone and pressed a button, and suddenly the building exploded as the man watched on with a smile.

Verdant

Oliver, Matt and Diggle slipped away from the party and headed down to the Lair, where Steve was waiting.

"Anyone in the building?" Oliver asked.

"Cleaning crew and a group of bankers working out a late night deal." Diggle replied.

"Well, I need to patch myself into police and fire." Oliver said as he took a seat at Felicity's computer and after a few seconds, the speakers flared to life.

"It's too hot. We're falling back."

"You've still got people on the 5th floor!"

"It's too hot! We're pulling back!"

"Sounds really bad." Steve said as he turned to his shield.

Oliver scowled, then turned and grabbed his bow as Matt grabbed his club.

Later

The firefighters fought back the flames as The Arrow, Daredevil and Captain America rushed into the building, making their way up to the fifth floor.

"Help!" A woman screamed. She rounded the corner, coming up short when she ran into the three heroes, "Captain! Please, help us!"

"Gary's still back there." She pleaded, coughing.

"Get to safety." Daredevil ordered her.

The woman ran for the fire stairs as Matt, Oliver and Steve ran deeper into the office. They spotted Gary and moved over to him.

Steve looked at Matt and nodded. Matt then grabbed the debris that pinned the man and with a roar, lifted it off the man.

"Give me your hand." Oliver ordered. Gary reached out and The Arrow grabbed his hand, and then pulled him free. The Arrow looked up as the ceiling came down but Steve raised his shield while the others took cover behind him. The shield protected them all from the brunt of the damage. Oliver then hauled Gary to his feet and moved him to the exit.

"Thank you." Gary said to the three. The Arrow, Daredevil and Captain America nodded and moved back into the shadows as the firemen finally made their way into the room. They climbed out the window and Arrow shot a line to the opposite building, then stood watching as the firefighters got the fire under control.

Next morning

Oliver and Matt walked into Queen Consolidated the next morning.

"You two okay?" Diggle asked in greeting, "Long night?"

"Yeah." Oliver replied heading into his office, "News report said the bomber didn't steal any money."

"I think this guy just wants to make a statement." Dig said, handing a tablet to Oliver, "That went online an hour ago. His manifesto. 300 pages of anti-government hate."

Oliver glanced at the vitriol.

"You think this psycho's any way connected to our psycho in the skull mask?" Dig asked.

"This guy has a completely separate agenda." Matt stated matter of fact. "He's a lone wolf, but we need to find him before he finds his next target. Last night we got lucky because of Cap."

"I'd start with the bomb." Dig suggested, "Everyone's unique. Maybe we can get some kind of signature on the guy. But the bomb residue is with the SCPD."

"Fortunately we have an in with one of the officers at the department." The three men turned as Felicity walked into the office.

"I thought you were staying in Central City for a few more days." Oliver said in surprise.

"I got a news alert about the bombing." Felicity explained, "Caught the first train out this morning."

"Good. We need you here." Oliver told her before asking, "How's Barry?"

"Ah, he's still sleeping." She said, "I prefer sleeping to coma, 'cause coma sounds, you know, not fun."

She took a breath, "I'll reach out to detective Lance."

She then headed back to her desk.

Night, SCPD Building

Lance climbed the stairs and looked around the empty roof, then turned to look out over the city. He paused for a moment, sensing someone else on the roof, and a moment later the tell-tale sound of the voice changer turning on told him who it was.

"You know, most cops, they meet their informants in the backseat of a cruiser or maybe a coffee shop or something, but-" Lance was saying as he walked towards Arrow and Daredevil. For the first time, though, the Arrow didn't turn his face away. Suddenly Lance saw why, "What's with the mask?"

"Gift from a friend." The Arrow replied.

"You got friends?"

"You have no idea." Daredevil said.

"You." Lance said as he turned to him gratefully, "You saved me and my men, my partner. I don't want to imagine how bad it'd have been without you. Thank you. I owe you."

Daredevil simply nodded.

"Did you bring me what I asked for?" Arrow then asked tiredly.

After a moment, Lance handed over a small evidence bag, "That's a sample of everything the CSU collected from the blast. There's melted glass, multiple explosive fragments, and trace residue, and it looks like nitroglycerine. Which means that we're dealing with more than just a basement nutjob."

"Someone with training." Daredevil realized, "Thank you, Detective."

The two turned and walked off with Arrow ready to shoot a line to the next building, when Lance's voice stopped them.

"I need a favor, too." The two turned back around. "The son of a bitch who almost killed my men, my partner, took you…"

"He's dead." Oliver told him.

"And whoever tipped him off, told him we were coming, he's doing just fine." Lance replied.

"What do you need?" Matt asked

"Cell phone records for every cop in my precinct."

"You think there's a leak in the department?" Oliver asked, surprised.

"I think those phone records are the only way to know for sure, and your blonde friend, she's pretty good with computers." Lance stated.

Oliver considered for a moment. Finally, he nodded.

"I'll ask her—" He was cut off as a massive explosion rocked the top floors of a building downtown. The three men turned to it in horror as the flames rose high into the night's sky.

Lance yanked his radio off his belt.

"DC-52 to Central, 10-80, downtown!" He called out as he headed back down the stairs.

Oliver was moving as well, hitting his com link. "He's hit again."

"Starling City Municipal Building." Diggle said after a moment.

"Give me a location." Oliver demanded.

"I'll give you one better- I'm checking the surrounding cell towers." Felicity said, "There was a GSM spike of 3,800 megahertz two seconds before the blast. That frequency's way outside the approved frequency for U.S. carriers."

She typed rapidly into her computer, and soon she had a lock on the signal's source, "Signal's moving. I think he's mobile."

"Give me an intersection!" Oliver commanded, taking off at a dead run for his bike as Matt leapt behind him on buildings.

Several minutes later, The Arrow was blasting down the road on his Ducati as Felicity directed him.

"Right in front of you, 400 meters." She told him over the com line. Oliver looked and saw a white panel van sitting at a stoplight.

"I see him." He said.

In the van, the bomber saw the bike approaching. Panicking, he hit the gas and sped through the red light, narrowly avoiding getting hit and sending cars skidding out of control. The Arrow was right behind him, deftly avoiding the obstacles. He started to gain, but then the van made a hard left onto a side street.

"Turn left on 67th." Felicity said.

The two sped down the streets, bobbing and weaving in and out of traffic. The bomber looked in his side mirror to see the Arrow gaining, and reached into a bag on the passenger seat. Withdrawing a grenade, he pulled the pin and waited a few seconds before throwing it out the window.

On his bike, Oliver saw it coming and hopped off the seat and hung over the side, using the bike to shield him from the explosion as he let it carry him past while his boots started to smoke from the asphalt.

He hopped back on the seat and gunned the engine, racing to catch up again. In the van, the man grabbed a smoke grenade and tossed it out. Oliver raced forward, blowing through the smoke cloud- but the van was gone.

"Felicity, I've lost him."

Suddenly, a familiar voice spoke in his ear, "On your left."

Oliver turned to his left to see Steve and Matt running past him. Matt used his sense to locate the van, "He is turned to the left direction."

The two ran further as Oliver drove his bike alongside them. They turned and there was the van, running off. As they chased it, the bomber looked into his rear view mirror to see them coming after him.

He was about to take out another grenade when he saw another bike coming up to his car. And on the bike was the clawed man. He leaned down towards his left from the bike, claws out, and hit the tires, puncturing them and flipping the car over.

It fell down and Matt rushed towards it. He ripped the door out and grabbing the bomber, lifted him up by the throat.

As he started choking, Steve yelled, "Daredevil! Let him go!"

Oliver put a hand on his shoulder. Matt seemed to regain his senses and dropped the bomber to the ground. Steve then turned towards the clawed man and his eyes widened in recognition.

The man turned to him too and his eyes widened.

"James?"

The clawed seemed very uncomfortable and turning his bike around, sped away. Steve tried to run after him but Matt stopped, "Let him go, Cap. Let him be."

"You know him?" Oliver asked.

"I do." Steve said, still trying to process the info, "He fought with me. In World War II!"

"What?" Oliver asked in shock, "But then how is he still alive?"

"I don't know." Steve sighed, "But its him. His name is James Howlett."

That moment, a gunshot was fired and the bomber fell down, dead, a bullet scorched in his forehead. The others turned their heads up as Frank Castle walked away from a rooftop, having ended the threat once and for all.

Later

Roy entered the warehouse to see Daredevil and Arrow there.

"So, kid." Oliver said, "You ready for your second training session?"

"Never been more ready than this." Roy said confidently as Matt gestured to the escrima sticks lying below.

He picked them up and Matt said, "Well, let's see what else you're made of."

Later, St. Walker's Hospital

A doctor was escorting Laurel down a long hallway to visit Maya Resik while telling her the rules. Daredevil had asked Roy to stay out of the Mirakuru case but he and Thea had still asked Laurel to look into it.

"You can ask all the questions you want, but I wouldn't count on getting anything back." She advised the lawyer, "She probably won't even know you're there."

She unlocked the door and let Laurel in.

"I'll be down the hall if you need anything." She told Laurel before closing the door.

Maya sat in the corner, singing to herself softly in Spanish. Laurel approached slowly, as not to startle the woman.

"Maya? I'm here to talk about your nephew." She started. The woman gave no reply, merely continued singing softly.

"Maya, my name's Laurel Lance. Maya?" She knelt down in front of the woman.

"I'm here to talk about your nephew. Maya?" She listened to the song, and tried a different approach, "Maya, que Chico? Que Chico? Sebastian?"

Maya finally looked up.

"Sebastian." She said.

Laurel smiled in relief. "Yes, yes. Sebastian Blood."

Maya was suddenly nervous.

"Maya, can you talk to me about Sebastian?" Laurel asked, even as Maya pressed herself deeper into the corner, "It's ok. You can trust me. Okay? Sebastian is my friend."

Suddenly Maya reached out and grabbed onto Laurels hands tightly.

"Sebastian is the devil." She said hotly, "He is the one who put me here. He made everybody think I'm insane."

"But why would he do that?" Laurel asked.

"He killed his father." Maya said, "And I was there. I saw it."

"Oh, my God." Laurel said, realization crashing down on her, "Sebastian isn't your nephew, he's your son."

"Don't trust a word he says." Maya begged her, "You can't trust Sebastian Blood."

Unknown location

Natasha was doing push-ups in her secret safe house where she had been hiding out for some time.

Army base

"All right, everybody." Talbot told everyone as they sat in front of the computers, tracking the safe house, "Heads up. This is it."

Clint and Fury were there too, watching the scene from a corner.

"Alpha team prep." A female operative there said, "Standing by. Execute. Langley brimstone, go."

Central City

"I say again." The head of the soldiers said as they walked into the safe house, "We are a go."

Inside, Natasha had started doing pull-ups by now.

The soldiers moved further in, standing right in front of the door inside which they would find her. After a few seconds, one of them broke the door.

Hub City

Natasha jumped down and looked at the monitor. She had installed a camera in the decoy safe house to see if she had managed to lead Talbot there or not. Her actual safe house was here in Hub City. She smiled, knowing her deception had worked.

Central City

"Langley, there's nobody here." The head said before spotting the camera which was shut off at that moment.

Army base

"Langley brimstone." Clint said as he spotted something, "Face the north wall."

Central City

The soldiers turned towards the wall and saw pictures hanging on it. Al of them were people who had gone missing from the Zandia Orphanage.

Hub City

Natasha looked at the picture of Blood she had got. She was closer to unraveling this conspiracy than anybody knew. The only problem was that the file she had stolen from the gala with Matt a month ago had still not been opened by her.

And that ends the chapter. Captain America is here in Starling City, helping Matt control his strength. And now he can give some info on Logan aka James Howlett aka Wolverine as well.

And Natasha is still on the run while getting closer to unraveling the conspiracy.

I killed Shrapnel because he wasn't that important. He was going to die in the Suicide Squad episode anyway without doing anything at all.

Hope you enjoyed.