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By the way, I'm sorry it took so long, I've had to finish my school assignments as well as having to rewrite this entire chapter. Hopefully the next chapter will come out sooner.
Chapter 6 Streets of Fire
My name is Nathan Queen. After a fatal accident, I made a deal with the devil. Now I have returned to protect my city, like my brother. But first I must protect my sister and brother and bring the man who murdered my mother to justice, but to do this I must become someone else. I must become something else.
"What the hell," I say, as I see masked men walking across the street. "Z, what should we do?" I ask.
"We couldn't even take on an army alone, at least not with your lack of experience," Zarathos says.
"What do you suggest then?" I ask.
"Team up with your brother," Zarathos says.
"Out of the question! He can't find out about me and you," I say.
"Who says we have to tell him our identity," Zarathos says.
I groan. "Fine," I mutter reluctantly. "How do you suppose we find him?"
"No idea," he says.
"Alright, I'm gonna help people until we do have an idea," I say. I then run to somewhere private and transform.
Time skip.
I'm driving along when I see the Mirikuru soldier flip over a van. I then drive into them, knocking them into a wall. Diggle and Oliver get out of the van carrying Felicity. "Come with me if you want to live," I say. "Huh, I also wanted to say that." Oliver and Dig share a look. "Hurry, it's not like those b******s stay down long."
Oliver and Dig carry Felicity into the car. Before hoping in, Dig in the front, Oliver in the back with Felicity. "So, where we going?" I ask.
"Forth street," Oliver says.
I drive off. "So… ah… your heads on fire," Dig says. I roll my eyes.
"Yeah, I noticed," I say.
"I think what my friends trying to say, what the hell are you?" Oliver says.
"Long story short, I died, went to hell, and soled my sole to the devil to come back to life with the power to get vengeance on Slade Wilson," I explain.
"For what, killing you?" Oliver asks.
"No… someone I care about," I say. Suddenly Felicity wakes up.
"Ah, I have a really bad headache," Felicity says. She then sees me. "Am I hallucinating?"
"What, never seen a demon before?" I ask.
"No," Felicity says.
"Well I'm the spirit of vengeance and I'm here to help," I say. I then pull over at the bridge and we get out.
"I can walk," Felicity says. Oliver lets her go.
"Where is he?" Oliver asks.
"His cell phone GPS says he should be within a 500-foot radius. I'll call him," Felicity says. Felicity pulls out her phone and calls someone. "Where here? Where are you? Honk your horn," Felicity says. I hear a faint honk. "That's not us," Felicity says. I then hear a scream and we run to him. When we get there the man's died. "Oh, no," Felicity says.
Oliver kneels down examining the corpse. "It's gone," Oliver says.
Time skip.
"We just got off the phone with Cisco at S.T.A.R. Labs," Felicity says.
"The cure they sent us was all they had. They used up the Mirakuru we gave them, so they can't make more," Diggle says.
"We can't stop Slade's men without the cure," Oliver says.
"we'll find another way," Diggle says.
"There is no other way," Oliver says. "The foundry's been compromised. We need to get Roy out of there," he says.
Dig nods before saying, "I'm on it." He then walks out of the room.
"Why don't we just kill them all?" I ask.
"Wow! That is out of the question!" Felicity shouts.
"Really, you think if they had the chance they would even flinch before killing you, or Dig, or Oliver?" I ask.
"How'd you know-?" Oliver asks, before getting interrupted.
"The devil told me exactly who you are, Mister Queen," I say. "But that's not what's important right now. Right now we need to stop the monsters tearing our city apart. So can you explain to me what's wrong with repaying the guilty with the same pain they cause others?"
"We need to be better than them," Oliver replies.
I scoff. "Naive," I comment.
"Look, thanks for the ride here and everything, but it is time for you to go!" Oliver shouts.
"Robin Hood, you and your merry men can't save this city, this time. At least not without my help. So are you going to let this city die just because you didn't like my methods," I remark.
"Fine, you can help, but no killing," Oliver says.
"You really know how to take the fun out of everything," I pout crossing my arms.
Time skip.
I hear a phone ringing. "Oliver. This is your phone," Felicity says, handing Oliver his phone.
Oliver answers it. "What do you want?" he asks. "It's already too late," Oliver says. "Why should I trust you?" Oliver then looks at Felicity.
Time skip.
Oliver and Dig put Roy onto a desk. "How much venom do we have to keep him under?" Oliver asks.
"Two hours, maybe," Diggle says.
Oliver grabs his bow. "Let's go," Oliver says. I grab my chain. Dig and me walk away. "Hey," Oliver says, to Felicity. "I need you to stay with Roy," Oliver says.
"Okay," Felicity says. "Oliver. John. Maybe this is obvious, but are we sure this isn't a trap?"
Oliver takes a few steps forward. "No," he says.
"I'm just saying, 'if you guys don't come back I'm going to be really pissed,'" Felicity says. Diggle smiles. Oliver puts his hand on Felicity's shoulder before walking out.
Time skip.
Oliver, Dig and me walk through the hallway passing dead bodies. We walk into a room to see Sebastian looking at the window. "As a young boy I was plagued by nightmares. Every night, I would wake up in a cold sweat, frightened and alone," Sebastian says. Diggle lowers his gun. "It was my father's face that haunted me. And this is how I saw him." He picks up a mask. "The embodiment of desperation and despair." He then turns around and sees me. He jumps and screams. "What the f****** hell is that thing!" he screams.
I grin. "The spirit of vengeance. Killer of monsters like you," I say.
"Cool it. We don't kill," Oliver reminds.
I groan. "Fine," I hiss. I look at Sebastian. "you were saying something?"
"I-I made this mask to conquer my fears; and to remind myself of why I fight; every day; to give this city's most desperate a chance. All I ever wanted is to help people, Oliver," Sebastian.
I cackle. "Thanks for that. I needed a good laugh," I say, before I stop laughing. "Now can you please get onto the important stuff," I add. "Where's the cure?" I ask.
"Slade Wilson will not rest; until he honors the promise he made you, Oliver," Sebastian says, walking closer, and putting the mask on his table.
"I won't be so easy to kill once we even the playing fields," Oliver says.
"He's not interested in killing you. Not until he's taken away everything and everyone you love," Sebastian says.
"After he murdered my mother, he said one more person had to die," Oliver says.
"Whoever you love the most," Sebastian says. Sebastian walks over to his desk, causing Diggle to aim his gun at Sebastian and me to tighten my grip on my chain. He grabs a case from S.T.A.R. labs. "I hope you can beat him with this. For all our sakes," he says walking forward before giving it Oliver. "And when this is over, I promise you… I will do everything in my power to rebuild Starling City. And I won't just make it what it was. I will make it better. Like I always planned," he says.
"You really think; after everything that's happened; after what you've done; that they'll still let you be mayor?" Oliver asks.
"Why not? No one knows that I've done anything except try to save this city. And if you tell anyone about my mask, I will tell them about yours," Sebastian says.
"Why you little…!" I shout but stop when someone grabs my wrist. I turn my head to see it's Oliver giving me a look. I take a long heavy sigh. He lets go. I then turn to Sebastian and give him a good right hook. I look back a bit to see a slight smile form on Digs lips. I then pick Sebastian up by the throat. Sebastian mutters, trying and falling to speak. "When this is all over, you will admit everything you've done, and if you don't I'll find you and make you're last miserable minutes on the earth one's of such agony that you'd have wished that you'd have lived a long life in prison where everyone despised you for every horrific thing you've done," I say, slowly, stretching out my words for affect. "Do we understand each other." Sebastian weakly nods, his face pale from fear. I throw him into his desk. I can hear him gasping for air. I look at Oliver. "You happy?"
Time skip.
Felicity opens the case to reveal several vials holding a blue liquid. "Why does very secret formula have to be a color? Whatever happened to good old fashioned clear?" Felicity asks.
"So if we inject one of Slade's soldiers…," Diggle says, before being interrupted.
"According to S.T.A.R. labs; it will counteract the effects," Felicity says.
"That's assuming they got the recipe right," Diggle says. Oliver snatch the case and puts it on the table beside the bed Roy Harper's sleeping in Oliver grabs out a vial.
"We need to test it," Oliver says.
"We can't," Felicity says, taking a few steps forward. "Treat Roy like some kind of lab rat?"
"Felicity," Oliver says.
"What if it doesn't work? What if it kills him? What if he wakes up and kills us?" Felicity asks.
"We need to know, one way or the other," Oliver replies. He then puts the vail in a syringe and walks over to Roy. "I'm sorry," he says, to Roy. He tries to inject Roy but he stops. "I can't," He says, putting the syringe on the table. A phone starts ringing.
"It's Lance," Felicity says, holding the phone. She puts it to her ear. "Detective," she says. "Yes," she adds. "Yes," She repeats. She then walks away and grabs her tablet. She taps the screen and the news appears, and I see the army entering the city. Oliver grabs out a phone and calls a number.
"Amanda. What are you doing?" Oliver asks. "Amanda, the troops taking up position at the city's exits. They're not army. They're A.R.G.U.S. Your men. So you tell me what you're up too. Amanda," he says. "You can't," he pleads. "There are over half a million people in this city," he says. "Listen to me. I have the cure. I can stop Slade and his men," he says. "Amanda I just need more time," he says. He then hangs up, picks up the syringe and inject Roy with the Mirakuru cure.
I hope this chapter was worth the wait. Next chapter will be the season 2 finally, and it is going to have the emotional drama as well as the well-crafted battles and storylines that I love from the show. Until next time, Ant-boy out.
