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Green Arrow sat in the medical wing and watched as his teammates were being treated for their injuries. Most of them just had scrapes and bruises, but some were more serious than others. Ollie groaned as he watched J'onn wrap Dinah's head and midsection with white bandages. She had 3 broken ribs, a concussion and lots of cuts and bruises. The archer let his head hit against the wall and groaned. Everyone he cared about was being tortured because of him. He just hoped that nothing would happen to Roy. The archer heard footsteps and turned to see Blackout walking towards him with a mug in his hand.

"Here." the villain said, handing him the mug.

"What is it?"

"Green tea. It helps calm the nerves."

The hero stared at the steaming mug for a second before taking it from the villain's hand. Figuring that he wouldn't try anything with so many heroes around, he took a sip. Daniel gave him a small smile and sat down in the chair next to him. Ollie took another sip before turning to the villain.

"Why are you helping us? I thought you were a villain." GA asked.

"What, a guy can't which sides for a little while?"

Ollie raised an eyebrow and Blackout chuckled at his reaction. The man removed his mask from his face revealing the large bruise on his face.

"Ever since I was brought back to life and started having these visions, I realized that I wasn't cut out for the life of a villain. I mean I have done some unforgivable things, but I want to put all of that behind me and move forward." Blackout explained.

Green Arrow stared at the villain like he was crazy. Blackout, the guy who kidnapped both the League and the Team and killed many people including Joker's girlfriend wanted to be a hero? That was just like saying Batman was the Easter bunny. Oliver shook his head in disbelief and turned to the villain.

"You're kidding, right?"

Blackout sighed and put his mask back on.

"I wouldn't expect you to understand. Listen, you don't have to believe me, but we're going to have to work together if we're going to find the team in time."

GA knew that the villain was right. Even though he didn't want to except it, Ollie knew that they had to work with the villain if they were going to find the team. The hero looked down and saw the villain holding his hand out to him.

"What do you say? Want to work together, just this once?"

"Only because I have to." he said, shaking the villain's hand.

As soon as they let go, Batman walked into the room. The room got extremely quiet and all eyes were on the Dark Knight.

"As you all have just heard, we have until midnight to find out who killed Shadow's brother. In light of this, Blackout will be helping us. I'm going to split you all up into teams. Red Tornado, Captain Marvel, Icon, you three stay here with Zatara and try to reverse Klarion's spell on Diana. Flash, Martain Manhunter, Captain Atom, Aquaman, Hal, interview everyone in Jamal's life. Find out who would want him dead. The rest of you are with me. We need to go over every detail of the case and find out what the police missed."

Everyone nodded at the Dark Knight as they heard their assignments.

"If there are no questions, let's get to work. Time is of the essence."

Meanwhile

Since most of Jamal's friends lived in Star City, they decided to go there first. They ignored the gasps of citizens and flashing cameras and focused on their mission. The first person they needed to talk to was Jamal's girlfriend, Taylor. The heroes walked to a large apartment building and saw girl with long dark brown hair walking a dog. As soon as she saw them, her jaw dropped and released the chain that connected to the dog's collar. The light brown dog ran towards them and jumped into Hal's arms. The Green Lantern patted the dog's head and let it lick his face.

"I think this little guy belongs to you." he said, handing the dog to the girl.

All Taylor did was stare at them in complete and utter shock. Flash waved his hand in front of the girl's face, but she didn't move a muscle. Captain Atom groaned and whistled loudly. Taylor snapped out of her shock and grabbed her dog.

"I'm sorry. I'm just not used to seeing superheroes in person. It's a little overwhelming." she said, with red tinting her cheeks.

"It's alright. We just need to ask you a few questions." Barry said, smiling at her.

"Ok, about what?"

"Jamal Ervin."

Taylor's smile faded and she looked down at her feet. She sat down on her apartment steps and held her dog in her heads. J'onn could sense the intense emotions flowing off of her. They were combined waves of anger and sadness.

"W-what do you want to know?" she asked, with a shaky voice.

"Did Jamal have any enemies? Anybody that would want him dead?" Aquaman asked, sitting down next to her.

"No. Everybody loved Jamal which why I couldn't believe he was murdered."

"Do you believe the police's theory of a random thug attacking him?" Barry asked.

"No way. If it had been a random thug, A they would've taken his wallet and B, they wouldn't have left a witness in the back seat."

The looked at each other as they took in the information. J'onn's eyes glowed slightly as he set up a mental link.

"How does a guy with no enemies get gunned down in his car with his little sister in the back seat?" Captain Atom asked.

"Plus, no thug in his right mind would leave a witness behind. We're missing something." Barry said.

"Maybe we're looking in the wrong direction."

"What do you mean GL?"

"Think about it. Jamal has no enemies yet he was gunned down. Raquel watched the entire thing in the back seat. The killer more than likely saw her and didn't kill her. Why?" Hal explained.

The heroes thought about it for a minute and they're eyes widened when they realized what was really going on.

"Oh no. Rocket wasn't just a witness." Barry said.

"She was the target." Aquaman added.

" And Jamal was just collateral damage."

With Batman and the others

The Leaguers and Blackout were looking over every detail of Jamal's case. From crime scene photos to the bullet that killed him, they couldn't find anything that differed from what the police found. Green Arrow felt the guilt of the situation eating him alive. The hero had to leave the room several times to either go throw up or punch a hole in a nearby wall. Why was he always the one to mess everything up? Black Canary tried to comfort him, but she knew that seeing her injuries would only make him feel worse.

"Bats, we've been over everything twice. Everything we've found matches up with the original investigation." Clark said, rubbing his temples.

The Dark Knight just looked up at the hero and growled at him. The Kryptonian gulped and went back to looking over information. Blackout was about to give up when an idea popped in his head.

"Green Arrow, how far away was the bank from the crime scene?"

"Uh, about 6 blocks. Why?"

Blackout walked over to the main computer and started typing quickly on the computer. The members of the League looked at each other curiously before walking over to where Daniel was. They saw him pull up a bunch of pictures of Green Arrow outside of a bank in Star City. He then started flipping through the pictures.

"What are you looking for?" Red Arrow asked, irritated.

"Not what. Who."

The villain kept flipping through the pictures until he came across a picture of Green Arrow talking with a reporter who had shoved a microphone in his face. Ollie felt sadness overwhelm his heart and he fell to his knees with his head in his hands. Dinah and Roy were instantly at his side and the younger archer growled at him.

"Do you get joy from seeing my dad miserable?" Roy asked.

Daniel didn't answer him. He enlarged the picture so that you could only see the background and started looking over it with a careful eye. After a few moments of examination, Blackout finally pointed to a small black blur.

"There."

"Uh, what's that?" Superman asked, trying to figure out what it was.

"It's Jamal's killer. Rocket said that he was wearing all black and the bank was only 6 blocks away. The only way the killer would've made it away from the crime scene without being noticed was if he walked past here." Blackout explained.

Batman walked up to the screen and looked at the black blur.

"That's a possible theory, but we need to clear up the picture to prove it."

The Dark Knight started tapping away at the key board and slowly, the picture became less and less pixilated. After a few more seconds, the picture cleared enough for it to be recognizable. Everyone's jaw dropped at the face of Jamal's killer.

"Is that-"

"It can't be."

"Jamal's killer is-"

"My father."

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