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The Auction
Auction House-2012
With classical music in the background, men and women were dressed in formal clothing. Walter and Moira, with Thea and John by their side, were talking to a another couple. Then, they walked off.
"Well, it's quite a turn out, huh?" Moira asked, looking around the lace.
"It's quite an opportunity, actually. But regardless of the outcome of the auction, I'm already a winner because I have the two most beautiful women at my side tonight." Walter replied, looking at Moira and Thea with a smile.
A woman approached them with a clip board.
"Mr. Steele, the auction will be opening in five minutes. Please make sure your bid is ready." She informed him.
"Thank you, Gina." Walter said before walking off.
As the Queen family, plus John, were going to leave, Detective Hilton came down the stairs.
"I got 'em." Hilton reported over the comms. While he was heading to Mr. Patel, Oliver was on the balcony watching. He was wearing a suit to blend in, but was wearing glasses. "Warren Patel, I need you to come with me, sir." He said, grabbing Patel.
"Unit one, all clear. Unit two, copy?" Detective Lance was on the walkie talkie.
"Warren Patel is in custody. Still no sign of Lawton." Hilton said.
"Unit three?" Lance called.
"I'm in the northwest perimeter. All clear." A woman answered.
"Unit four?"
"Parking structure is secure." They confirm.
"Unit five, what's your status?"
Outside of the building, an officer was knocked out on the ground. Standing above him was Floyd Lawton, wearing a monocle over his right eye.
"All clear." Floyd reported.
The notorious assassin, known as Deadshot, equipped his sniper rifle.
Courthouse
Laurel was at city hall, walking around with a side bag and some folders in her hand.
"Oh, what a shock." Tommy said, sitting at the chairs. "It is Friday night. What are you doin' here?"
"Well, I am an attorney and this is a courthouse, so I think the better question is, what are you doing here?" Laurel asked.
"You were right, the arrows were a dead end." Tommy answered. "It turns out, they were made in Hong Kong."
"Hong Kong?" Laurel questioned. "Didn't you go there, a couple years ago?"
"Yeah, looking for Oliver but then I got kidnapped. Wasn't so fun." Tommy answered and noticed a look on Laurel's face. "You don't think Oliver is alive, do you?"
"I'm not saying, but.. I don't know," Laurel replied.
"Well, the only thing we know is that our mystery Robin Hood could be Chinese?" Tommy said, shrugging his shoulders.
Laurel sighed and began walking.
"Wait, where are you going?" Tommy asked, getting up.
"I have to meet with Joanna and go over some work, privately. I'll call you later, though." Laurel replied, smiling.
Tommy watched as she walked out.
Auction House
John was standing out in the crowd, a bit isolated. The family was nearby when Detective Lance approached the security guard.
"Mr. Diggle, got your eyes open?" He asked.
"That's what I'm here for, sir." John answered. "Why?"
Oliver was getting dressed into his vigilante suit, far away from everyone else.
Then, Oliver tapped into his comms.
"This guy's out of time, Waller, if he's gonna do something, it's gonna happen before the auction." Oliver said.
"Be patient and stay on the look out, Oliver. He's waiting for the right moment." Amanda replied.
"The Hood came, gave me some info about a guy named Floyd Lawton. Claims he's going to do a hit, tonight." Detective Lance informed him, and he noticed that John's eyes widened a bit. The name rubbed him. "Is something wrong?"
"Nothing, sir. It's fine." John answered.
"If you excuse me, I have some patrolling to do," Detective said before walking away.
Thea then approached John, seeing Detective walk by.
"What was that all about?" She asked.
John looked at her and back to the others. "Nothing." He lied.
Deadshot was positioning his sniper rifle, waiting for the businessmen talking to Walter to leave.
Oliver, now in his vigilante attire, was sneaking around. He couldn't be seen by anyone, so he stayed far back, waiting for the right moment. He kept his eyes up, looking around for anything unusual.
Detective Lance was doing the same, after he returned to a few spaces by Walter.
Deadshot activated the red dot sight on the sniper rifle. The men Walter was talking to had already left and it was just him.
Detective noticed the red light reflecting off the champagne glasses, being held by a waiter. He ran to Walter, diving onto him as a gun shot rang as the bullet hit the waiter and he fell. Screams filled the room as this alerted Oliver, who then seen another man get shot.
John grabbed Moira, and looked all over the place for Thea, who was nowhere to be found. "Where's my baby?!" Moira cried out, as John noticed Thea running up the stairs, a couple minutes after the Hood went up there.
"I'll find her! Let's get you out of here first!" John responded, helping her out the house.
Deadshot was going to continue until he seen an arrow nailing the outside of the building. Coming through the window was the green hooded vigilante, rolling across the floor and shooting off arrows. Deadshot pulled his sleeve back, revealing the turret around his wrist, firing off shots at the Hood. Starling's vigilante hid behind a pillar, while the marksman kept firing.
Once he stopped, he began to lurk around, looking for the Hood. Suddenly, he popped out from behind and used his bow to strike Deadshot across the face. The two traded blows, the archer nailed him with multiple kicks until Deadshot latched onto his leg. He flipped the archer over, driving him, back first, into a table. Then, Deadshot kicked the bow to the side and began to unload punches on the vigilante.
The Hood fought back, kicking Deadshot off of him. He kipped back onto his feet and dodged a couple bullets. Deadshot never realized the strategy the Hood was doing, that he was only trying to get closer to his bow. He pulled an arrow from his side and took cover. Then, he tossed an arrow as a mere distraction so he could run across the room and pick his bow off of the ground.
He then leapt in the air, firing off two arrows at Deadshot, and landed near the pillar. The first arrow missed but the second one nailed Deadshot in his monocle, and he fell over onto the ground. The vigilante stood back up and peeped behind the pillar, seeing Deadshot laid out. Then, he reached into his hood and tapped the comm piece in his ear.
"I got him." the Hood reported to Amanda Waller.
"Good, my men will be up there shortly." Amanda informed.
The vigilante waited for the men to come, as he put his bow on his back. As he turned around, the vigilante froze at who he saw, standing at the door. Silence filled the room, as they looked around at the bullet holes in the wall, the arrows all over the ground, and the broken wooden table.
The archer was holding a device in his hand to modulate his voice, so it wouldn't be recognizable. "You really should not be here, your family are probably looking for you." the Hood said, turning his back to Thea.
"My family is right in front of me." Thea replied, as the vigilante stopped. Thea began to approach the archer, as he turned his head. She began to reach for the vigilante's hoodie, at first he grabbed her hand, but then let her pull the hoodie back. Thea's eyes widened, looking at the face of her brother, who she hadn't seen in five years. "What happened to you, Ollie? How are you alive?"
Before he could answer, a gun shot rang and Thea was nailed right in the shoulder. He went to grab her before she fell, when he looked back Floyd wasn't there.
"Hey, hey, stay with me, Thea! I'm gonna get you outta here." Oliver said, picking her up off of the ground and made his way out of the building.
The Foundry
Oliver was able to bring Thea back to the lair, underneath the Queen Industrial factory. He rested his sister's body on the table and noticed she was fading, he ran over to the wooden supply box and created a mixture for his sister.
"Thea, I need you to stay with me. You've been poisoned." Oliver informed her, picking the bowl up and walking over to Thea.
He then poured the liquid into Thea's mouth as she drank it and he let her rest back down on the table. The vigilante stepped back as Thea closed her eyes and became unconscious, which he knew was going to happen as it took time for the mixture to work. As Oliver stood there, heart beating rapidly, the phone on the other table rang. He went over to it and knew it was Waller, who was probably wondering where Deadshot was.
"Amanda, I don't have ti-" Oliver said, before she cut him off.
"Deadshot wasn't in the building, I know. My men found him trying to escape, they gave him a sedative. How did you let him out of your sight?" Amanda questioned her partner, the vigilante.
Oliver looked back, seeing Thea laying on the table. "It's hard to explain, I'm gonna call you back, later." He then hung up before Waller could say anything else.
He pulled up a crate and sat down on it. Oliver didn't expect for none of this to happen, she shouldn't have found out like this.
I rewrite the last couple of scenes like two-three times, I wanted to flesh it out more and I went with Thea being shot, instead of John. Deadshot is in ARGUS custody, while John doesn't know where Thea went.
Next chapter, Oliver finally tells all.