Keeping his eyes focused and a tight grip around his bow slowly as he stalks his way through the darkness towards a couple of blinking lights that are lightening up an empty stairwell making sure to use the shadows provided to him as cover with his grip only tightening by the second with his mind clear and his eyes constantly glancing around for the slightest of movement in a matter of moments retrieving an arrow out of his quiver in a sudden move Oliver leans his back against a nearby wall.
Cocking back the arrow as he releases his breathe instantly Oliver bursts from his spot and enters into the empty stairway with his bow ready feeling nothing but a cold breeze striking him in the face.
Making sure to keep his footsteps as quiet as possible slowly as he descends down the stairs to only see nothing but darkness covering his surroundings below besides a blinking light that keeps lightening up sections of the stairway just as he is about to turn the corner suddenly Oliver snaps his head back nearly avoiding an incoming arrow causing him to hear the arrow hitting off the wall with a loud clang.
Rearing back as he sees nothing but darkness below him in a sudden motion as he takes cover behind a corner slowly tucking the arrow back into his quiver with his eyes focused on the corner slowly reaching back Oliver grabs a new arrow with a red tip out from his quiver.
With an arrow cocked as he looks up from the darkness to see his enemy nowhere in sight just as he is about to take a step forward instantly as he sees Oliver coming back into view with an arrow cocked with his eyes widening in a sudden motion right when he sees Oliver unleashing the arrow rearing back Prometheus unleashes an arrow out of his own up the staircase.
Leaping out of the way just as he rolls out of the way with a new arrow cocked to hear the sound of an explosion coming from below cocking back his bow without any hesitation slowly Oliver stalks his way down the stairs.
Glancing around the flames down below as he looks for Prometheus to see no trace of him anywhere with his grip around his bow tightening just as he comes to a stop at the top of the remaining stairs separating him from the bottom without any hesitation rearing back Oliver unleashes the arrow out of his hands causing the arrow to go flying through the flames followed by another before mere seconds later as he feels a hot breeze swiping at his face from a couple of explosions coming from below causing even more flames to roar to life.
Ignoring the breeze and intense heat he is feeling roaming through the air planting his legs instantly as he jumps down the stairway and through the flames to only roll a couple of feet down on the cold ground popping up to his feet just as he cocks back another arrow instantly hearing a sound coming from his side snapping his body around Oliver unleashes the arrow out of his quiver that lands directly into a hooded figure that had been waiting in the corner to ambush him that seemed to catch some of debris caused from the explosions.
Without waiting to watch the lifeless body of his enemy falling to the ground hearing a familiar sound coming from behind rearing back without any hesitation as he rolls to his side to only grab another arrow from his quiver in mid motion snapping his body around instantly Oliver sends the arrow soaring through the air towards another hooded figure that seemed to have the same exact idea before slowly as he watches their lifeless body falling back to be engulfed into flames slowly Oliver rises up to his feet.
Glancing around as he sees nothing but flames coming from all around him just as he takes a step forward instantly as he feels an arrow striking him dead center into his right shoulder falling back Oliver unleashes an arrow of his own through flames in the direction of where the arrow had come from before as an intense glare forms across his face rearing back Oliver snaps up to his feet into a kneeling motion.
Rearing back in a series of moves as he unleashes arrow after arrow out of his quiver through the flames to hear nothing but the sound of the arrows whistling through the air instantly snapping up to his feet as he grabs a hold of another arrow with a special red tip instantly Oliver unleashes the arrow out through the flames.
Quietly stalking his way forward as he hears nothing but dead silence before him kneeling down into a crouch just as he rears back an arrow of his own as he stares intently at the flames suddenly as he sees an arrow soaring past his head to only hit the ground a couple of feet away before he has a chance to react suddenly Prometheus feels himself leaving his feet from a loud explosion from behind him that echoes across the empty room.
Snapping his head up instantly as he sees Oliver bursting through the flames raising up his bow just as he unleashes an arrow in his direction suddenly Prometheus's eyes widen when he sees Oliver firing a well placed arrow that knocks his clean out of the air as he quickly approaches him.
Rolling back as he grabs a hold of another arrow out from his quiver instantly as he feels a vicious right hook landing across his cheek causing his head to snap to the side before he has a chance to react Prometheus feels himself falling down back first with a thud when he feels a well placed kick landing directly into his chest causing the arrow in his hand to go flying off to the side.
Rearing back in a sudden motion as he sends an arrow soaring through the air towards Prometheus to only see the arrow barely miss its mark when he sees him rolling out of the way without any hesitation as he closes the distance between them rearing back Oliver sends a well placed left hook towards Prometheus to only feel his attack instantly being block.
Throwing a right hook of his own as he feels his attacked being easily blocked with an intense glare forming across his face as he sends a right hook in Oliver's direction just as he feels his attack being blocked with ease before he has a chance to react Prometheus feels his feet being kicked out from underneath him.
Without giving him a chance to react as he sends a vicious punch down into Prometheus's chest causing his body to land down with a tremendous thud rearing back Oliver sends a well placed stomp down directly into the middle of the archer's bow instantly shattering it to pieces sending it remains all over his enemy before just as he sees Prometheus attempting to swipe him off of his feet rearing back Oliver leaps a couple of feet back.
Throwing the remains of the bow in his hands off to the side rolling up to his feet just as he grabs a hold of a hidden knife from his boot suddenly Prometheus feels his head snapping to the side when a well placed right hook lands clean against his cheek followed by another sending him to the ground as the knife in his hand lands down on the ground a couple of feet away with a small clang.
Leaping forward just as he sees Prometheus snapping his head up to look in his direction rearing back Oliver sends a vicious punch down that lands clean against Prometheus's chin causing the archer's head to snap back and hit the cold ground with a small thud before without any hesitation rearing back Oliver sends down another vicious punch causing the archer's head to snap back.
With his glare only intensifying by the second as he continues to send down vicious punches one after another down across Prometheus's face causing his head to snap back after a couple of second reaching down as he snatches the mask off of the archer's face revealing the bloody face of Adrian Chase without feeling any ounce of remorse rearing back Oliver sends a vicious punch down directly into Adrian's face instantly shattering his nose.
Ignoring the screams he is hearing from down below discarding the bloody mask to the side reaching down as he pulls back Adrian's hands to reveal a severely bleeding Adrian without any hesitation rearing back Oliver sends a vicious headbutt down into his face causing the archer's head to snap back.
Staring down at the barely conscious archer reaching down as he grabs a firm hold of Adrian's hoodie to only see a grin coming across Adrian's face with his glare only intensifying rearing back Oliver slams his head down into the ground followed by another causing a gash to open up in the back of the archer's head instantly.
Dropping the archer's head down with force as he stands up and takes a couple of steps away from a groaning Adrian just as he sees him trying to rise up to his feet in a sudden motion rearing back as he grabs a hold of an arrow out of his quiver without any hesitation snapping around Oliver unleashes the arrow through the air that lands directly into Adrian's right shoulder followed by another into his left shoulder causing him to hear the archer letting out a scream.
Suppressing the grin across his face as he listens to Adrian screaming from his knees just as he sees Adrian looking up towards him with nothing but hatred with his only glare only intensifying in a sudden move rearing back Oliver unleashes a series of arrows that land directly into the middle of Adrian's chest instantly causing the screaming to cease.
Throwing his bow to the side slowly stalking his way over as he sees blood starting to pour out from Adrian's mouth reaching down Oliver roughly pulls Adrian up to his feet before in a sudden motion as he pushes Adrian a feet feet away rearing back Oliver sends a kick directly into one of the arrows in the archer's chest causing the arrow to go deeper into the archer's body.
Stumbling a couple of feet back as he feels his legs giving out dropping down to his knees rearing back Adrian spits out a mouthful of blood down to the ground before slowly as he watches his vision getting darker Adrian looks over towards Oliver to see him glaring down towards him from a couple of feet away.
" You may think that you've won on this night but in the end i've won the war. I've broken you…."
Without giving him a chance to react rearing back as he smashes an arrow directly into Adrian's throat causing the archer to look up towards him with wide eyes with his glare only intensifying slowly Oliver twists the arrow further into the archer's throat as he stares him in the eyes.
" You could never break me. I however can't say the same about you. You may think that you've been playing with a stacked deck but now? Now that i know truly who you really are then what is going to stop me from going after every single person that you've ever loved?"
Suddenly as he sees Adrian's eyes widen with a brief smile coming across his face slowly Oliver twists the arrow further into the archer's neck causing him to see a wave of pain come across the archer's face.
" First it will start with your wife. I'll personally make sure that she is not a widow for long. Then i'll go after your last living parent and i will let her know before she meets her end how pathetic her child truly was."
As he sees the look of fear briefly coming across Adrian's face just as he sees the archer opening his mouth in a swift move rearing back Oliver grabs a hold of an arrow from out of his quiver before without any hesitation he smashes the arrow down hard into Adrian's skull.
Staring directly into Adrian's eyes as he sees the life escaping his eyes without any remorse as he sees Adrian's body going limp pushing his lifeless body to the side slowly Oliver rises up to his feet before after a couple of seconds as he stares down at Adrian's lifeless body a gasp from behind causes him to snap his head to look over his shoulder.
Unable to keep her eyes away from the Adrian's lifeless bloody body with a look of shock across her face as she slowly limps her way forward just as she comes to a stop at Oliver side and takes a closer look down at Adrian's face to see blood pour doing across multiple areas across his face suddenly the feeling of a gentle hand resting down on her shoulder causes Thea to look away towards Oliver.
Seeing Thea's mouth opening and closing closing the distance between them reaching out Oliver gently pulls Thea into an embrace before after a couple of seconds as he feels her relaxing into his embrace to gently wrap her arms around him a ghost smile forms across Oliver's face.
" You okay Speedy?"
Gently nodding her head against his shoulder as she takes a deep breathe gently Thea wiggles out of Oliver's embrace to look down towards Adrian Chase.
" Is it over?"
" It's over. It's all over."
Suddenly as he hears the familiar sound of a pair of heels clanging across the ground looking over his shoulder as he sees Siren making her way over towards him with a noticeable smile across his face unable to suppress it a small smile forms across Oliver's face.
Glancing away from Oliver as she looks down towards the dead body laying on the ground to instantly recognize it to be Adrian Chase with multiple arrows sticking through his body letting out a purr as she hears a silent chuckle coming from Oliver slowly Siren looks up towards him with a smile.
" I see someone has been having some fun."
Turning around as she sees Siren coming to a stop to look at her with interest taking a deep breathe slowly Thea limps her way over towards her.
" This is still going to take some time for me to get used to but after everything that you've done for my brother. Thank you."
Coming to a stop as she extends her hand out towards Siren suddenly as she sees Siren shaking her head a confused look forms across Thea's face.
" No Thea. That is what a family does. We look after each other."
Feeling her eyes stinging slightly nodding her head without giving her a chance to react reaching out in a sudden motion Thea pulls Siren into an embrace completely surprising her before after a couple of seconds as she feels her returning the embrace gently Thea breaks off the embrace to smile at her.
Glancing over her shoulder as she sees Oliver smiling in her direction returning the smile slowly Thea glances back and forth between them.
" So what happens now?"
Reaching out as she gently places her hand down on Thea's shoulder causing her to instantly look in her direction with a smile coming across her face gently Siren squeezes her shoulder.
" We move on with our lives and never look back."
Unable to suppress the wide smile across her face that seems to only be getting wider by the second reaching down as she gently rubs her belly from her beach chair to only feel her hand being gently squeezed looking over to her side as she sees Oliver smiling at her from his beach chair with her smile only widening gently Laurel gives his hand a squeeze.
" I was right you know."
As he sees a confused look forming across Laurel's face letting out a chuckle gently Oliver squeezes her hand.
" I was right when i said that you looked good in black."
" I look better out of it."
Letting out a small laugh as he hears Laurel doing the same leaning forward out of his chair gently Oliver presses his lips to Laurel's own before after a couple of seconds as he feels himself being gently pushed back into his beach chair a smile forms across his face when he feels Laurel gently sitting down in his lap.
" Get a room you two."
Glancing over her shoulder as she sees Thea making her way over with a towel around her waist with a sheepish smile across her face letting out a giggle feeling her lips curling up into a smile slowly Laurel shrugs her shoulders.
" What can i say? What momma wants momma gets."
With her smile only widening as she shakes her head reaching down Thea removes the towel from around her waist revealing her red bikini bottoms before gently as she places the towel down on the ground slowly Thea takes a seat in the vacated beach chair.
" Well i won't deny you that. I still can't believe that i'm going to be an aunt. You realize that i'm going to spoil the crap out of her right?"
" Or him?"
" Hmm? Oh right or him. But this time around it's a her."
" Wait? How do you know? We only told you a few days ago."
" Just a feeling that i'm having. Besides think of it this way Ollie. It's better that way. Your daughter is going to have two strong women in her life that will be able to help guide her along and then she will be able to do the same with her little brother when he comes along."
" Okay. Timeout for a second. Just how many kids do you think Ollie and I are going to have? Remember it's my vagina that on the line here."
" Well…."
" Thea!?"
Unable to suppress it as she bursts out laughing causing her to see a mock frown across Laurel's face after a couple of seconds as she hears Oliver and Laurel joining in on her laughter slowly Thea shakes her head.
" Alright with all kidding to the side why did you guys choose to have us move here? I mean don't get me wrong, I love it here. It's warm and really quiet by why here?"
" It's like what i said before. We're family and family takes care of each other."
With a curious look across her face as she sees Laurel nodding her head over her shoulder slowly as she turns her head to look over her shoulder suddenly Thea's eyes go as wide as saucers when she sees a familiar figure making their way across the beach with a smile across his face.
" Roy?"
Looking on with a smile across her face as she watches Thea racing over across the beach to only end up in Roy's waiting arms feeling her smile only widening slowly Laurel turns her head to look at Oliver to see him looking at her with a raised eyebrow.
Shrugging her shoulders leaning down gently Laurel presses her lips to Oliver's own before slowly she pulls back to gently rest her head on his shoulder.
" I'm not going to ask you how you did it but thank you. For everything."
Feeling her smile widening gently Laurel nods her head into Oliver's shoulder before gently she scoots closer into his chest.
" You're welcome. Just do me a small favor and don't freak out about what i'm about to tell you. Okay?"
Glancing up as she sees a curious look across Oliver's face feeling her smile widening reaching up gently Laurel lays her hand down on his cheek.
" Freak out about what?"
" The doctor wasn't one hundred percent accurate. When you were with Thea yesterday, I went back in for a checkup. We're having a baby….but not just one."
Suddenly as she sees Oliver's eyes widen feeling her smile widening slowly Laurel nods her head.
" You mean…."
" We're having twins. I don't know how but i know that we're having one of each."
Unable to suppress them any longer as he feels tears coming down his cheek leaning down gently Oliver presses his lips to Laurel's own before slowly after a few seconds as he pulls back for some much needed air gently Oliver rests his forehead against her own.
" I love you."
" And i love you. Forever and always."
Author Notes: And thus ends this short Arrow story. For anyone that is wondering about a couple of the last chapters i will explain them here. For the Talia vs Siren fight i basically based that fight off of what we had seen in the show. In the show imo Talia could be considered weak in many ways. She was bested by Nyssa while Nyssa even though is not to be taken lightly is still not even in the top 5 in terms of fighters in the show. Siren in this i also based off of the fact that her character is highly skilled and being a meta human also helps her out.
For this chapter Adrian to me even though he was skilled in getting in the mind of Oliver imo isn't a top 3 villain in the show. I have Malcolm,Deathstroke,Raus,Darhk ranked higher than him and personally if Oliver acted like his old self then Adrian wouldn't stand a chance against him.
As for Felicity and Dinah i have read the reviews and private messages. It didn't happen in this story as it has a dark theme but at some point when i write another Arrow story which i have many ideas running through my mind. It will be seen in another Oliver/Siren story.
Now on to another subject the sequel to Arrow Darkness Within titled Arrow Vengeance will be out next month. I will be writing an update in Arrow Darkness Within when the first chapter is posted. That being said i have a poll up that will decide what will happen after that story. It is a poll about a Batman story that will have crossovers with this Arrow universe. It's about weither you want to see metas in this universe as Bruce will either be paired with Diana/Wonder Woman bringing metas into this universe or Talia which will just keep it as realistic as possible. Every vote counts.
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