EPISODE 10: THE BLACK CANARY
Oliver opened the door to his hideout and the first thing he sees is Sin and Diggle training. Sin was in her workout gear along with Diggle who had punching mitts on his hands as Sin was striking them. Oliver observed the scene for a moment seeing how far Sin's training has come. Her punches were quick and she was keeping on her toes watching for Diggle who threw the occasional light jab at her to see if she would dodge it. Oliver closed the door getting Diggle and Sin's attention. They turned and saw him standing at the door carrying a bag.
"Finally back in town, what did you have to take care?" Sin asked.
"Just helping a friend with a problem. It's dealt with so we can get back to our own problems that probably didn't get better while I was away." he puts the bag on the table.
"Your right about that" Diggle starts. "The Russians have gained more footing in the City and it doesn't help there in bed with the Triad."
"We will deal with the Triad and Russians but we can't act without a plan. Anatoly is dangerous and he won't be easy to get rid of." Oliver tells them.
"I heard he kicked your ass." Sin bluntly throws it out there.
"He did get the better of me once, but I never lose twice." He replies ready to start his crusade again.
"What's in the bag?" Sin asked pointing to the bag Oliver brought in.
"Just more supplies." He tells her when in reality it is his League of Assassin Armor.
"Okay so what is the plan Oliver?" Diggle finally ask.
Oliver thinks for a second on the next course of action he was going to have to take. Anatoly would not go down easy. He was positive he could take China White but working with the Russians she and her gang would be more dangerous. He couldn't just go out and stop there operations every night now it is too big. He was going to have to come up with a plan and soon.
Anatoly and China were in a parking garage with some men waiting for their guest to arrive. Things have been going well for both parties for the past couple of days. With the Arrow out of the picture Anatoly was able to dig his claws deep into the city. There was the issue of a blonde woman beating his men on some nights but she left them alive unlike the archer. Back to the situation at the moment, Anatoly and China were meeting with someone who wanted their assistance.
"He's late" China points outs.
"Indeed he is" Anatoly responds. They wait for a little longer till Anatoly feels he's being watched. "It is about time you showed up."
Out of the shadows is a man wearing a metal mask that only showed his blue eyes. His hair was blonde and had a well-built body. Hid right arm was incased in a metal a lot like him mask. "Sorry I'm late. I ran into some traffic."
"Don't joke Sportsmaster, my time is too valuable to be waiting for you." China tells him.
"My apologies, now that I'm here let's get to business." Sportsmaster suggested.
"And what exactly is this business? You weren't very forthcoming with the details." Anatoly reminds him.
"Somethings just sound better in person…are you all familiar with a Simon Lacroix?"
"President of Stellmoor? What about him?" China ask.
"He as interesting piece of tech coming in soon and I would like it scooped up."
"I'm sure you are more than capable in stealing it yourself." China expresses.
"I do plan on stealing it myself, but I know this city has a vigilante problems. You have the archer and the blonde woman who just appeared." Sportsmaster explains.
"So what exactly do you want us to do?" Anatoly ask.
"I'm willing to pay a large amount for your people to distract these "heroes" while I do my thing." Sportsmaster finally finishes explaining the plan and waits for their answer.
"I'll lend my men to your task and I'll have the account in which you are to deposit the money sent to you." Anatoly finishes and turns to walk back to his car. China just gives Sportsmaster a skeptical and turns back to her vehicle.
Sportsmaster pulls out a phone "they are on board with the plan boss."
Dinah was waiting for he sister at the office where she worked. She was still in the city and to be honest this is the longest she has stayed in a long time. Now that Oliver was back in town from wherever he went the four including Tommy were getting together for lunch. Dinah's phone suddenly rang and she answered. "Hello?"
"Hey D its Helena."
"Hey Helena what's up?" Dinah greeted her friend.
"You still in Starling?" she ask.
"Yes and still have not run into your little archer buddy. Rumors said that he was beaten up pretty badly by the Russian."
"Don't worry he's not that easy to kill. He'll show up and just let him know what's up and he'll help you liked he help me a few months back." Helena assures her.
"Well I won't be able to wait much longer. Sportsmaster is making a move soon and I can't wait for your possibly dead boyfriend."
"He's not my boyfriend…yet." Helena giggles.
"What's with you and the brooding types?"
"I'm not sure…anyway tell him I said hi!" Helena hangs up the phone. Dinah just shakes her head at her friend. Sara walks out the elevator and sees Dinah standing at the front.
"Hey Sara ready to go." She greeted he sister.
"Yea, Oliver and Tommy are already waiting for us let's get going."
"I'm telling you we weren't that bad back in the day." Tommy tells Oliver.
"Tommy we bought our way into nightclubs when were 16." Oliver replies.
The two were sitting in a booth waiting for Sara and Dinah to show up.
"We bought are way in but we never did anything bad."
"We were arrested-."
"That was not our fault. Those guy were jerks." Tommy defended.
"We were hitting on their girlfriends" Oliver reminded.
"What are you two talking about?" Sara asked as she approached the table with Dinah behind her. They sat down across from the two boys.
"We were just reminiscing about the good old days." Tommy expresses.
"Well you'll have many more good days to come when you and Sara are married." Dinah said.
"Yep, and I can't wait for it." Sara said with a smile.
"What about you Dinah any man in your life?" Tommy suddenly asked.
"Um…No too busy to find anybody right now." Dinah answered.
"Then you're in same boat as Oliver here. To "busy" to find somebody." Tommy said pointing to Oliver.
"Well some of us don't get lucky like you Tommy." Oliver responded to his comment. Oliver's phone rings and he realizes it's the Arrow's phone. "I have to take this." He stands up and walks outside. "Hello?"
"Hey Oliver what going on?" Helena answered.
"Helena, what do you need?"
"I have a friend in Starling that's in the same line of "work" and she could use your help with something."
"This friend you didn't tell her…"
"Of course I didn't tell who you were. Don't worry she can trusted." Helena assured him.
"I will be back in the field tonight I'll keep a look out for her." Oliver said.
"Alright, So I'll talk to you later?"
"Good Bye Helena." Oliver hangs up the phone. He does owe Helena for saving Sin that day when he was fighting Brickwell. He guesses that he can spend a night helping who ever this friend of hers is.
"I bet you she was talking about the blonde woman that I told you about." Sin said as she was hitting a punching bag.
"Probably but we need to make sure not to many people keep finding out about us." Oliver said looking through his arrows. "Even if they do what we do, too many people finding out can be dangerous."
"I think your being overly paranoid." Sin tells him as she does a spinning kick on the bag missing and falling on the ground.
"You weren't balanced." Oliver said.
"I know." Sin jumped up off the ground. "Whoever this woman is Helena trust her. Don't you think you should give her the benefit of the doubt?"
"I'll work with this woman but that doesn't mean I'm going to tell every masked vigilante that comes into the city my secret identity."
"You're the boss. Anyway I'm going to go meet Diggle at the firing range." Sin began packing her things.
"He's having you learning how to shoot a gun?" Oliver questioned.
"Figured it couldn't hurt incase my new badass skills aren't enough."
"What badass skills?" Oliver asked pretending confusion.
"Shut up." Sin said narrowing her eyes walking out the room.
Dinah was running across the rooftops of Starling. She got a call from Helena saying the Arrow would be out tonight. She was wearing her leather jacket and pants with her black mask over her eyes and her blonde wig. She knew only a little about the archer besides what Helena told her. He did have a tendency to kill criminals which Dinah never did. Helena went overboard sometimes but she tried to show restraint. From what Dinah could tell this guy put down people without a second thought. Working with him may be difficult.
She stopped on a roof when she heard gunshots coming from the distance. She rushed to the ledge of the building and saw the green hooded man fighting a group of Triads. He fired an arrow at an approaching man and turned hitting another with his bow. One man was able to throw a couple punches which he easily deflected then shoved an arrow in his chest. Dinah looked to the street and saw a car pull up with more members coming.
Dinah saw them surrounding him and he had his arrow ready. She decided waiting time was over. She jumped down next to the arrow and took her stance.
"You must be the Huntress's friend." Oliver stated still keeping an eye on the group of men surrounding them.
"You're obviously the Arrow." She responded.
"You got a nickname to?"
"Let's focus on these guys first then we can talk."
"Agreed."
Oliver fired his arrow hitting man and the chaos began. Two guys ran up to Dinah and she kicked one in the chest while dodging a punch from the other one and elbowing him in the face. She grabs him and flips him onto his back. Oliver was going back and forth dealing with multiple guys at once. He punched a guy in the face, then kicked another after dodging his attack. Dinah was blocking and dodging three guys at once trying to keep on her toes. She ducked a kick by one of the attackers and did a roundhouse kick knocking out two guys at one. She went up to the third and delivered a fury of punches knocking him out. Oliver fired two arrows at a pair of approaching thugs then threw another from his wrist hitting another. Dinah finished the last one with a heel kick crashing his head into the ground.
"You're good." Oliver faces the blonde woman.
"I had a good teacher. You're not so bad yourself." Dinah makes her way over to the hooded man. "I'll be straight up with you I need help with something and you have had your ear to the ground here for a while I thought you would be the person to talk to."
"What do you need help with?" he asked.
"There's a man in Starling that I've been tracking. His name is Lawrence Crock he goes by Sportsmaster."
"And what does he want in Starling?"
"It's not what's in Starling, it's what's coming. He's been traveling the country collecting some high tech stuff" she begins to explain.
"For what purpose?" he ask.
"That I don't know but if he's building something with these specs then it can't be good. He's also known for being a mercenary, smuggler, and sometimes taking up assassinations. So he needs to be stopped." She finally finished explaining letting the Arrow soak it all in.
"You need me to see if I can find out where this shipment is coming from."
"Yes. It's supposed to be coming tomorrow night I just don't know where."
"Alright I'll look into it and get back to you." Oliver turned.
"One more thing!" Dinah called. Oliver turned and looked at her. "I would really appreciate it if you didn't kill. You are supposed to be better than they are."
"I am better than them. I kill for the right reasons" he fired a zip line arrow to a building and went up out of sight.
Thea was in her office early in the morning going through some paper work. Most people in their twenties would probably be going out all night and sleeping in but not Thea Queen. She had to run an international company that involved paperwork, meetings, paperwork, traveling, paperwork, and last but not least…paperwork. She dropped her pen and checked her watch. She had a meeting coming up with Lacroix who should be walking in right about…
The door opened and Felicity came in "Mr. Lacroix is here for the meeting."
"Send him in." Thea said with a wave.
Lacroix walked into the office in his sharp business suit. "Thea it's good to see you again. I have a lot to talk to you about."
"I was surprised when you called yesterday. You never usually do last minute meetings." Thea said.
"I know sorry about that but I had something I wanted to discuss with you." Lacroix said to her sitting down. "I have a shipment coming in soon that I think you will find very interesting."
"What is it?"
"It's a device that I think I can use for an alternative source of clean energy." Lacroix begins to explain. "With us going into business together soon I wanted to know your opinion on it."
"It sounds like a great idea but we both know something involving clean energy is never cheap." Thea expresses her concern.
"I know but if this goes as planned then it will be a onetime thing. Because I think this can be a source of not only clean energy but unlimited."
"That sounds very promising but I will need to see this before I commit to anything."
"I know I just wanted to give you a heads up." Lacroix stands up. "I'll be in touch." He walks out the office and as he opens the door Oliver is there. "Oliver how good to see you again."
"You as well Mr. Lacroix." Oliver greeted with a handshake.
"I thought I told you to call me Simon." He aid pointing at him.
"Sorry in such a business like setting I tend to forget."
"No worries you take care." He patted Oliver on the shoulder and walked out.
Oliver made his way into Thea's office. "What was that about?" Oliver asked his little sister.
"Simon was talking to me about some tech he has coming in tonight. Suppose to be a piece of tech that will help with an unlimited clean source of energy." Thea explained to him.
"Really that sounds very…" Oliver paused and thought about the blonde woman. "I have to go I just remembered something I need to take care of." He walked out and pulled out his phone and dialed. "Sin don't worry about getting Intel I know where to look."
"Does that mean I have to come into work?" she whined over the phone.
"Good bye Sin." He hangs up the phone and heads to the hideout.
Oliver hooded up that night and was in route to Lacroix's shipment coming in from the harbor. He already told Helena to inform the blonde on the location. Right now Oliver was in the back of a van being driven by Diggle.
"So what is Lawrence Crock planning to do?" Diggle asked while keeping his eyes on the road.
"No idea but from what the blonde woman told me it can't be good."
Diggle stopped the car in front of the shipping yard and looked out the window. "Looks pretty dead."
"Good. I'm heading in." Oliver opened the back to the van and began infiltrating the shipping yard. He checked every corner he turned and kept his eyes open for anybody. He heard foot-steps coming from behind and he quickly drew hid bow to come face to face with the blonde woman.
"You're going to hurt somebody with that thing." She tells him.
"That's what it's for." He puts it down and they began searching. "That's the ship it should be coming in." Oliver points to a ship with the Stellmoore name which is the name of the company Lacroix owns. They were about to board till a swift object shoots past them and hits the ground. It looked like a metal spear. They both look up and see Sportsmaster standing on top of a crane.
"I had a feeling you heroes would beat me here." He said looking down at them. He looks directly at Dinah. "Black Canary? You have a habit of showing up where ever I go."
"This is going to be the last time. I'm taking you down right here." Dinah said with resolve.
"Good luck with that." Sportsmaster shoots a grappling hook and zips his way onto the ship.
"Let's go get him." Dinah gets ready to run towards the direction.
"We have another problem." Oliver tells her as several Russian and Triad thugs began to immerge.
"Crap." Dinah faced the guys surrounding them.
"You go ahead. I'll hold them here."
"I'm not leaving you here alone."
"Yes you are. I'll be fine…GO!" Oliver yells. He draws an arrow and hits a thug in the chest.
Dinah rushes off for Sportsmaster ready to finally put an end to this game of theirs.
Olive was staying on the move dodging bullets coming from multiple directions. He dove out of the way of another storm of gun fire and rose punching a guy straight in the jaw. He then grabbed him and kicked him to another group knocking them over. He drew an arrow firing at a guy then drew another firing at a shipping container suspended in the air by a crane bringing it crashing down on a large group of men.
Dinah was able to catch up with Sportsmaster on the ship. She grabbed a nearby pipe and tossed it sending into the wall he was passing by. He stopped and looked at the female hero.
"That would've killed me." He calmly state looking back at her.
"It could've killed you." She runs at him and starts a combination of kicks and punches that Sportsmaster was blocking effectively. Until she went low and tripped him. He sprang up off the ground and drew a combat knife. He was aggressive in his assault with each strike attended to kill Dinah. She was able to dodge most of his strikes except one that cut her shoulder. She backed away recomposing herself.
"What's wrong little canary doesn't want to sing" Sportsmaster taunts.
Dinah went on the offensive once more this time more determined to end this. She was kicked the knife out of his hand then followed with a kick to his chest. Sportsmaster stumbled back and was caught off guard by the knee to the face the probably would have hurt a lot more if not for his mask. He retaliated with a barrage of punches the she ducked and maneuvered out of the way to hit him back with a spinning elbow to the head. He fell to his knees and locked eyes with Black Canary. He put his hand to his ear as if he was listening to someone.
"Well looks like we're done here. I got what I wanted." He quickly jumps off the ship leaving a smoke bomb which detonates right in Dinah's face when she tried to pursue. By the time the smoke cleared he was long gone.
"Damn it!" Dinah curses to herself. She rushes to the holding area of the ship and sure enough the container was gone. "He had help…ARROW!" She remembers the person who's helping right now and facing off against who knows how many guys.
Oliver was out of arrows and he was getting tired from dodging hell-storm after hell-storm of bullets. He was able to use the shadows to his advantage for a while but soon there were too many to even do that. He landed behind a crate and the thugs from the two gangs began to surround him. He was about to make a move till suddenly Black Canary landed on top of the container and faced the men. She looked down at Oliver.
"Cover your ears." She warns him. Oliver listened not sure what she was planning. She took a deep breath and a window shatter scream came from her that instantly made the thugs fall to their knees in pain. The scream only grew in power as some guys began to fly back by the sheer force of power. The ground began to crack underneath them and when she finally stopped they were all passed out on the ground.
"Black Canary huh?" Oliver looks at the damaged she just caused.
"Yea…"she stumbles a little and Oliver catches her.
"You alright?"
"Just a little light headed. Let's get out of here."
Lawrence Crock opened the door to his safe house removing his mask. "JADE!" he yells.
"I'm right here." A woman in her early twenties comes out of the shadows in a white and red lined cat mask. "We got what we came for so are we ready to leave this city now."
"Yes we are get you sister and get to the plane." He demands her.
"How much longer are we going to be doing work for that man? Last time we were in this city he had you kill that Moira woman."
"Until I say so now go get you sister."
"Fine. ARTEMIS! It's time to go." Jade calls.
"A meta-human? I thought she was badass now she's…I need a new word. She was able to make all those guys go deaf." Sin was still excited after hearing about the night Oliver had running around with the Black Canary.
"Yes she is really good at what she does." Oliver calmly says while filling out papers at his desk in Queen Consolidated.
"When are you going to see her again?" she asked.
"No idea. She had to leave town to continue hunting Sportsmaster. Who knows when we will see her again?"
"I hope it's soon. It'll be nice to have another chick to talk to about this stuff." Sin grabs the paper off his desk.
"I could always call Helena if you need to have some girl talk." Oliver offers.
"No thanks. I tried talking to her about this stuff but it always ends up about my social life and fashion choices." Sin said in almost disgust.
"How is your social life?" Oliver ask in very obvious sarcasm.
"You're an ass" Sin leaves the office chuckling.
Dinah left the next morning to Sara's disappointment but she had to get on Sportsmaster's trail before it went completely cold. She was walking down the street with a bag containing her Black Canary gear. A black cars pulls up next to her rolling down the windows.
"Need a ride."
She looks in the car to see Ted Grant her teacher and partner in her crusade. She gets in the car drooping her things in the back. "You know where he's going?" she ask.
"Central City." Ted informs her.
"Guess I'll give Barry a call then. Let's get out of here." They drove off in there car continuing there hunt.
2 YEARS AGO
Laurel was in Central City in a car with her friend Drake who was driving. They had just finished a conference and were now heading back to Starling.
"That ran on to long." Drake said as he was struggling to keep his eyes open.
"I told you we should have spent the night. It's already late." Laurel said while trying to stay awake too.
They were almost out of Central when a loud booming noise could be heard. Laurel turns her head and sees a bright light coming from a point in the city. What caught her eye next was a wave of energy that was coming towards them at an incredible speed.
"Drake speed up!" Laurel tells him.
"I'm going!" he yells back. But it wasn't fast enough as the wave hits the car sending them swerving the road hitting another car and flipping over.
Laurel opens her eyes not knowing how much time has passed. She was upside down in the car and in pain. She looks over to where Drake is and sees his dead eyes looking back at her. She unbuckles her seat belt and crawls out of the car. She is unable to stand not having any feeling in her right leg. She looks up and sees a paramedic walking in the distance.
"help…" Laurel calls but it was too weak. "Help…" she tries to get a little louder. "HELP!" she calls. Nobody was hearing her but she had to get someone or she might not make it. She pushes herself up and takes a deep breath. "HHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPP." Laurel's scream for help turned to a scream of terror as all the car windows in the area broke and everyone in her range went deaf that day.
NEXT. EPISODE 11: BLIND DATE
A/N: JUST WANTED TO GIVE ALL OF YOU FOLLOWERS, FAVORS, AND REVIEWERS ANOTHER BIG THANK YOU. I'M HAVING SO MUCH FUN WRITING THIS SERIES AND TALKING WITH YOU GUYS.