Mark made his way into the de-briefing room and noticed that Ben and Bette had returned from wherever they had gone off too.
"According to Kraven, Fryers went to an island called Lian Yu" he said as he walked over to where they stood.
He watched as Lyla typed something in on the computer, which brought up a picture of an island. Mark remembered reading about Lian Yu during his time with The League. He heard Turner ask what it stood for.
"Its Mandarin for Purgatory" Mark answered. Waller looked at him surprised so he said,
"When you're a part of the League of Assassins you must know everything" he turned to face Waller before saying, "Which is why I'm calling in for my part of our deal" she nodded her head. He turned and started walking out of the room. He heard the footsteps coming towards him so he slowed down his pace allowing the person to catch up to him, it was no surprise to him that it was Lyla.
"What is your deal with Waller?" she asked him.
" I don't trust her for anything," he paused then continued. "I told Waller that I would do one mission for her and this was is it. In return she would drop me off someplace…. And Lian Yu just happens to be the place I asked to be brought to so this way everyone wins"
Mark stopped just before entering the equipment room. He turned his head back to look at Lyla.
"I need to ask a favor of you," he said seriously. The seriousness in his voice catches her off guard. He walked over and as he does he pulls out a flash drive from his pocket and placed it in her hand.
"I need you to deliver the drive to my son who is living in Starling City…. not right away. I'm trusting you to bring it to him when he's ready to know the truth about his past and what kind of man his father is, or was." Mark said looking into her eyes. [1]
Lyla stared at Mark. Then looked down at the flash drive. She was about to say something, but thought better of it, so instead she said,
"You can count on me" and nodded her head looking at Mark intently so he knew that she took his request seriously.
Mark put his hand on her shoulder and nodded his thanks then turned and stepped into the equipment room. He started pulling his crimson attire one when someone cleared his or her throat behind him causing him to turn and see Amanda Waller standing there.
"Something I can help you with Miss Waller?" he asked as he turned back to his equipment and continued to packing.
She walked over and stood next to him and waited until he looked at her then said,
"Your not going alone, someone is going with you and you may not like who it is…" she trailed off as someone else entered the room.
Mark turned and when he saw who it was the anger flared up at the sight of Kraven. Before anyone knew what was happening Mark was across the room and slammed Kraven against the wall hard.
"Mister Langston, I advise you release him this instant, as much as you might not like it, Mister Wilson is now apart of A.R.G.U.S. and his first mission is to accompany the rescue of Miss Yamashiro then he will accompany her back to the extraction point where they will be picked up and brought back here" she said.
Mark released his hold on Kraven allowing the man he wanted to kill to leave. This made Kraven smile sarcastically as he left the room. Mark turned his attention back towards Waller.
Mark walked back and forth, pacing, trying to calm himself down before he makes a move he will regret,
"Are you out of your god damn mind Waller? He just killed half of your people, ordered for your killing and tried to kill me again! I don't give a flying fuck if he knows where Fryers is, the minute we get on that island and I have my back to him he will stick a knife in my back compromising the mission" he growled making sure she caught the venom in his voice.
Mark didn't let the woman reply. He stormed out of the room making his way down the hall heading straight for the hanger where the plane would be waiting for him to arrive. When he entered the hanger bay he saw Kraven standing there by the plane waiting for him. He stormed past the man he hated walking up the ramp of the plane.
He took a seat then watched as Kraven took a seat across from him, he leaned forward towards Kraven and through gritted teeth said,
"I want you know your up to something Kraven, if I even see you twitch or move in any way that I do not like… I will not hesitate to put an arrow though your goddamn eye do I make myself clear?" he growled making sure that his threat was crystal clear to the man.
Kraven chuckled then said,
"I have no intentions of stabbing you in the back Langston, if I had wanted to kill you then you would already be dead but I do have one thing to say about that day that makes you hate me so damn much… it was nothing personal just business."
(!)
Lian Yu
Mark stared out at the island though the window of the plane, he picked up his parachute then noticed that Kraven was putting on a parachute as well. They both made their way over to the door of the plane then Mark pulled it open, they quickly grabbed the handles stopping them from being sucked out into the sky. Both Mark and Kraven jumped out of the plane at the same time since the door was big enough to do so but just as they leaped a missile hit the plane making it explode, luckily for the two assassins they were a safe distance away from the blast. 'That was too damn close, so much for a surprise landing' Mark thought before pulling the string opening his parachute. Kraven did the exact the same thing. They drifted though the sky, Mark made sure to keep an eye on Kraven the entire time as he also scoured the earth for whoever shot the plane down.
Both men landed on the ground with a thump. Mark unclipped the parachute then allowed the bag to drop to the ground. He pulled the mask up over his nose then pulled his hood on over his head. The two men made their way up the hill going into the woods,
"Fryers is located on the other side of the island, he has about fifty men which he will station throughout the island with a total of three guarding Miss Yamashiro" Kraven said before slipping his mask on over his head.
The two assassins made their way though the woods, suddenly Nightstalker pulled out a glock and shot it off. Crimson turned to yell at him only to stop when he heard the sound of a body hitting the ground. He didn't say anything to the man, who had just saved his life,
"Your welcome by the way" Nightstalker muttered before walking off.
Crimson said nothing, he stopped and slowly pulled two arrows out of his quiver then shot them off, they flew right past Nightstalker's head making the black clad assassin spin on his heel to face him and that's when the sound of two bodies hit the ground.
"Paid you back in kind" Crimson replied before moving past the former league of shadows member.
They continued to make their way though the woods, Nightstalker went to step when suddenly Crimson grabbed his arm and pulled him back making him fall backwards. The dark clad assassin stood up then went to yell only for Crimson to say,
"I just stopped you from blowing to kingdom come, so if I were you I would watch where I was stepping".
He walked a few paces away from where Nightstalker was, trying to find a good enough place to rest for a few minutes but it was no use as soon both men found themselves surrounded by Fryer's men. Crimson went to move but before he could he was hit in the back of the head knocking him out cold with the last thing he heard was Nightstalker laughing.
(!)
Fryers was surprised to see that Nightstalker had captured Crimson so easily,
"I must say Mr. Wilson, I didn't expect you to take him so easily," he said as he got up from his seat and made his way around the desk. "Mister Langston, I have to say I am deeply saddened that you didn't put up much of a fight to save Miss Yamashiro and get her back to the plane… oh wait that's right I blew your plane up, so I guess you will now be my prisoner until Miss Waller decides what you are worth."
Crimson lifted his head to look at the man in front of him then started chuckling which sort of creeped Fryers out a little bit. All of a sudden a beeping sound could be heard coming from somewhere in the tent so Fryers ordered his men to search for the source of the beeping.
Crimson watched as the men searched the entire tent for the sound of the beeping but it could only be heard if someone moved and if they stopped then it was complete silence making it difficult to be located. Crimson slipped a detonator out from his sleeve into his hand then pressed the button and multiple smoke bombs went off which he had placed on Nightstalker and some of Fryer's men when they weren't paying attention. The tent filled with the smoke allowing Crimson to break free from his binds, he crawled out of the tent then made his way to where the cages were located. He saw that Tatsu was being held in the first one. He pulled out his kitana, which he had taken back from the men in the smoke filled tent along with his bow and quiver. He swung his blade and cut the lock opening the cage door, and helped her out of the cage then started walking only for Nightstalker to appear in front of them twirling his kitana.
"That was a very clever trick Langston but I'm afraid this is where you die," Nightstalker said but before he could move Crimson threw a ball at him and he caught it.
"You're getting to predict…." Before Kraven could finish his sentence the ball exploded sending him flying backwards, which allowed Mark and Tatsu to run off into the forest away from the camp.
They kept running until they came upon a cave, he had Tatsu went inside then he told her that he was going to go gather some things and to hide in the cave from Fryer's men. He rolled a giant rock in front of the door. He walked off further into the woods until he came to a cliff that over looked the water. He knew that things weren't going to end for a while despite wanting to end it all now. Crimson's fists tightened into a fierce grip, as he knew the end had to come sooner than later.
[1] So someone from A.R.G.U.S. will show up in The Purple Archer at one point. It may not be Lyla cause shit happens all the time.
This is the second to last chapter, now the final chapter won't be out for a while... (Cough) I haven't started working on it (Cough) so see ya when I'm ready to release the chapter.