Chapter 11
Rise Of
A Queen
Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here. To be honest, I haven't been paying much attention to the news about the upcoming Flarrow stuff so I was pleasantly surprised when a guest reviewer mentioned Tyler Hoechlin of Teen Wolf fame being cast as Superman in Supergirl's upcoming second season. It'll be interesting to see him in that role when the time comes. As for everything else involving 'Crisis' and what not, I'm not going into any of that as I highly doubt its going to happen. Especially since Gotham is a Fox show and is likely to remain that way. If anything, Supergirl will merge with the Flarrow verse cause of some wacky thing that occurs when Barry goes back to correct time. As for why he didn't revive Moira or Felicity, I didn't feel it was needed with them.
As it is, bringing those four back is enough emotional torture for Oliver to deal with as is anyway. As for the Yao Fei thing, some research I did implied that Fei is a surname, so I went with that as a last name and I'm keeping it that way. At least for this story. Regarding Felicity, things will be explained, just gotta be patient! Anyways… On with the show! And remember, this takes place roughly two days before the events of chapter 10.
April 19th 2016 HIVE's Underground Lair Under Star City
If there was one thing that Brie Larvan currently was as she was escorted to one of the labs of the base located underneath the city of all places, it was awe. Awe for the fact that her new found friends had gone to great lengths to build such a fantastic place underneath Star City without anyone being the wiser about it. The fact Damien Darhk wanted to do away with the current society of today's world and allow for Mankind to florish in his domed city didn't bother her one bit as she too felt it was high time for a great change to happen. As the world as it is now was just too impure to allow to go on any longer. The very same world that kept her from gaining the solution to her spinal problems! But the fact that Mr. Darhk and his friends in HIVE could help her out appealed greatly. She didn't care if there was any potential dangerous side effects to whatever it was they intended to offer her as Brie only wanted to walk again. Walk as the Queen Bee she knows herself to be as a Queen Bee who couldn't walk wasn't much of a Queen in the end.
"And as you can see Ms. Larvan, we've gone to great lengths to ensure that everyone who lives here can do so with very little worry. Perhaps with what we've in mind for you will help pave the way in helping others with spinal conditions and no one will ever again have to worry about being affected in various ways thanks to their spinal conditions." Spoke up Darhk as he walked alongside the wheelchair bound girl whom was being pushed by one of the Ghosts.
Brie nodded at that as the thought of keeping such a thing to herself didn't seem all that right when she thought about it. God knows how she hates her condition and wouldn't wish it on even Felicity Smoak for Bee sake! Mostly cause she felt that it would probably ruin her effectiveness as an arch enemy! Those Team Arrow jerks on the other hand… Those guys deserved it to happen to them! "I think… I think I would be very much in approval of that Mr. Darhk. No one should have to suffer cause of their spines."
"Ahh, that's the spirit!" Responded the man jovially with a smile as they made their entrance into a large spacious building that was mostly used for testing preservative chemicals on food items as a means to ensure a good amount of longevity. At a table was several individuals, two of which were Ghosts as they watched over things.
One particular individual there was a bit unique looking in the sense that he was balding, yet had long wild black hair on the back and sides of his head in addition to his handlebar mustache. This 5'7 man in a white lab coat is known as Dr. Louva-a-Deus or Lucius Mantis and was well known for his fields in Entomology and Bioscience. Unfortunately for him, he ended up black listed due to some rather unethical experiments he had been conducting in secret until the proper authorities had been alerted somehow to his work. This man would be instrumental in providing Brie with what she needed in order to get her revenge. "Ah! A pleasure to see you as always Mr. Darhk! And oh my, just who is this lovely young lady with you!?" Asked the man as he walked up to the trio.
Despite herself, Brie couldn't help but blush over the man's compliment towards her. Darhk just smiled at the good doctor. "Lucius my friend, this young lady is Brie Larvan and she comes here today in the hopes that your knowledge will help her walk with no worries whatsoever."
Mantis laughed heartily at that. "I see! Well then Ms. Larvan, I believe that my genius is up to the task for such an endeavor!" Brie smiled at him in appreciation.
"Thank you Dr., I really appreciate this more then you realize." Replied the girl in full on sincerity.
She watched as the man beamed happily over that before walking back to his table and taking a syringe from one of his assistants and then came back up to them. "Well, no time like the present eh? Or would you prefer to wait a bit?"
"Hmm… Like you said, there's no time like the present!" Brie told him firmly as the sooner she got to a hundred percent, the better!
Mantis nodded, glad to see the girl was willing to start right away. "Very well then my child, let us begin! I believe this will allow us to make history! Now, keep in mind that what I am injecting you with has elements of Bee dna with in it as I am aware of your attachment to them and I feel it perfect for said attachment to be what helps to make you great."
Leaning down, he placed the syringe's needle against her arm after having raised the sleeve up a bit and then pierced the skin. Making her wince a little as he then pushed down with his thumb to eject the contents of the syringe into her body. With that out of the way, he removed the needle and handed the syringe to one of his assistants and took a step back to observe whatever was to happen next. Darhk and his Ghost did the same as well. At first, nothing appeared to be happening and Brie even remarked on it. "You think that maybe this will nee-ack! What's… Ugh!"
She started to shake a bit and the small crowd watched as her skin turned a mix of yellow and black. Followed by her body beginning to increase in size, causing them to back up even further as her body transformed even more into that of an actual Bee much to the shock and utter delight of Dr. Louva-a-Deus and morbid interest of Damien Darhk. Soon, her transformation was complete and she was the size of a modest two story home and Darhk was just thankful the building was large enough to contain her! "Marvelous! Simply marvelous! Never did I imagine this would happen!" Spoke up Mantis excitedly as the mutated Brie Larvan floated where she was and buzzing could even be heard.
"You do realize you'll have to do more tests in order to ensure that something like this doesn't happen again correct?"
"Of course Mr. Darhk, of course. It wouldn't do for all with spinal conditions to be like our Ms. Larvan here! Well, unless we were looking to raise an army in such a way!"
Darhk nodded satisfactorily, though he did have to admit an army of giant bugs did seem rather interesting. Even if it did sound like a bad Sci-Fi film at any rate. Cautiously taking a few steps forwards, he began to speak up in a non threatening matter. "Ms. Larvan? Can you hear me?!"
The large Bee turned in his direction and there was silence for a moment until a buzzing sound was heard. "Is that an indication you can hear me?"
Another buzzing sound was heard and he gave a nod to that in understanding. "It is understandable you may be a tad disappointed with your new situation but I can assure you my people will do what they can to reverse it." Assured the man and then he and the others were quickly met with agitated buzzing.
Making him look at the others for a moment as he thought through that one. "That idea doesn't appeal to you then?"
He was met with agitated buzzing again and he gave a nod. "So you wish to stay this way then?"
Buzzing that sounded more positive was heard and he then understood. "Very well then Ms. Larvan, I will speak with Dr. Morrow to see if he can arrange for something that will allow easier communication between us."
As really, speaking with a large Bee the size of a house was a whole new thing for the man! Probably broke some law in relation to God himself for that matter! But then again, that just seemed more fun then bad in his view of things. Off to the side, he could hear Mantis speaking with his people about how she has the appearance of that of a Queen Bee, earning them some excited sounding buzzing and making Darhk grin as he had a pretty good idea then and there that she rather liked that idea. I have to wonder how Team Arrow will react to something like this? Oh how he wanted first row seats and some popcorn for that show!
Granted, they would all probably die ugly deaths thanks to her stinger which would mean Nora wouldn't be able to watch the show but he could always regale her with a slightly made up story to keep away nightmares. As otherwise, he wouldn't be much of a father if he caused his little girl nightmares! Buzzing brought him out of his thoughts of his daughter and deaths by sting, allowing for him to see Ms. Larvan shaking a little and making him realize her buzzing sounded like it had some pain mixed in to it. He and the others were then very highly surprised when what looked to be a figure dropped out of her! And boy did it need a good cleaning! The small group was then privy to the seen as three more of the figures dropped out of her, each taking several steps away from where they dropped too to allow their brethren to fall down without hitting the other. Despite the goo on them, each looked to be a mix of black and gold coloring and it reminded Darhk of the Drone Warrior the girl had created out of a mass of Bees during her take over of Palmer Tech.
"Well… This is neat!" Remarked the man as Mantis and his bunch chattered excitedly.
Heck, even Brie was buzzing about in excitement! "Hmm… A normal Queen Bee is able to lay around 1500 eggs per day, so how many could Ms. Larvan here lay due to her unique size and origins?" Muttered Mantis thoughtfully.
Though it would soon become apparent that she could only 'lay' four of her Drones, leading to Mantis theorizing that perhaps this would be all she would be able to do for the time being until she had more strength. The thought of having 1500 Drone Warriors however appealed greatly to Darhk as he watched as three of the Drones began to wonder about and tear things down in what Darhk supposed was done in order to make something of a nest for their Queen. The fourth Drone however, walked towards him and got down on one knee and gave a slight bow with its head. Buzzing could be heard from Queen Brie, making Darhk look her way. "Is this an offering to me Ms. Brie?"
A buzzing that sounded affirmative was his answer and he nodded. "I see, well my thanks for this gift Ms. Brie. I assure you I will put him to good use." His daughter having the Drone Warrior as a bodyguad couldn't hurt any…
Of course Number Four would need to be cleaned up! "Come Number Four, time to make this day an even more interesting one then what it already is." He began to walk away and only the footsteps of his daughter's intended bodyguard alerted him to being followed.
Nora would prove to be an easy sell on her new found 'friend', even if Ruve herself was a little disturbed by the thought of the thing being around her daughter. But ol' Darhk was able to ease her fears over the idea and it helped that Four itself was doing an admirable job of being a fantastic playmate for their daughter. He even had one of his Ghosts act in a threatening manner towards the two and the Drone soundly defeated him in quick succession and even broke a few bones. After that, Ruve was all for it, making for a rather smug Damien Darhk. The next day would see the good Queen Brie dropping about four more of the Drone Warriors and two of them would assist their brethren in building their Queen's nest while the other two acquired food before joining in on the nest preparations. Darhk had a feeling that once the nest was completed, Brie would allow for the Drones to join his Ghosts and he couldn't wait to see Team Arrow come up short against these fellas! Especially those damnedable ARGUS and Bratva folks!
His joy however would turn into sorrow and rage on the twenty-first after the destruction on his home in the city above and the death of his beloved wife. A sight his poor daughter had been witness too! A sight she shouldn't have had ever need to see for that matter! He was thankful for Four's being there as the Drone helped take his little girl to safety, even though a part of him greatly wishes that Four had been able to kill one of Green Arrow's little friends. The fact he now no longer possessed the idol was another factor in his sorrow and rage but Darhk was thankful he still had other means of access to magic or he would be pretty much screwed. Though he would definitely ensure that the Green Arrow himself would be screwed in all the best ways possible and ultimately beg for the sweet tender mercies of Death's Embrace by the time he was done with him! Hell, perhaps he would make the man watch as his precious city burned in the wake of Nuclear Devastation!
Making it all the more necessary that finding Amanda Waller had to be done if Project: Genesis was to happen. As only she had Rubicon, the key to making Project: Genesis work and thus ensuring a new Earth for his daughter and their people in the future. The man had been busy making his way to an area of their underground location that wasn't often used and many had made certain to get the Hell out of his way when they saw the rageful look on his face. Once he was finally in what is known as the Cellblock of the Dome of Hope, he made his way past several empty cells until he stopped at the seventh one and looked into its shadows. "Well, its certainly been awhile since we last spoke. I have to say though that I'm of half a mind to snap your neck right here and now after what has happened to me tonight."
He was met with silence and he frowned in annoyance over it. "This whole silent treatment thing is getting really old you know." As really, it lacked that feeling of wittyness that could be exchanged between himself and his prisoner!
A figure emerged from the darkness with a heated glare aimed right at Darhk. And normally he would have acted like it was affecting him but he was most certainly not in the mood this time. "Nice to see you come out of those shadows finally!"
"My friends will come for me."
Darhk just chuckled emotionlessly. "That's where you're wrong I'm afraid."
"What do you mean? Its only a matter of time!"
"Again, quite wrong. As your little friends are under the very real impression that you my friend are dead thanks to a little magic and a fast acting tumor in your brain."
The figure's eyes widened in shock over that, making him grin maliciously at them. "NO! You're lying!"
Another emotionless chuckle escaped the man as his guest continued to exude denial of what was been said. "Afraid not, heck, I heard it was quite the lovely little funeral too. Of course that pesky Oliver Queen was no where in attendance for it. Getting stupidly drunk I'm afraid. Which… Is very rude in my opinion!" Tsked the man before side stepping some spit that came his way.
"Now now, that's hardly sanitary. But if you don't believe me, my associate to the left of me will provide you with all the necessary details that you need. Now… If you'll excuse me. I have some revenge to plan as your little friends will NOT get away with murdering MY wife!"
As he walked away and ignored the calls of his guest, the Ghost who kept an eye on the figure began to set up some equipment that would allow for the figure to see that everything that had been said as truth. And the haggard messily haired and wheelchair bound Felicity Smoak would be absolutely stunned once she watched the news reports about her death. The whole thing even giving her a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach that Ruve Adams was only dead now cause of Oliver and that scared her greatly. Along with wondering why the Hell the others even allowed for it to happen! She had to escape and soon before he did anything else horrible that would further drag him away from the man she knew him to be! But her current condition would make that difficult but she knew she could do it as the alternative wasn't an option she wanted to deal with. Felicity could only imagine the difficulties she'd have in getting her friends and family to believe it truly was her considering a fake her was dead and she'd been here for longer then she liked.
Author's Notes: I believe this might be the part where I put my head back and laugh. Admittedly I was gonna hold off on this little reveal for a few more chapters but I felt it would be appropriate to do it here. Dr. Louva-a-Deus is a character in the Public Domain I felt was best suited for this chapter where Brie's transformation was concerned since I didn't really see any DC mad scientists as a suitable use for it. Though it failed to mention when his first appearance was but he was created by Cadu Simoes and Ricardo Marcelino. R and R!
