Arrow and the TMNT 2: Tales of the Emerald Archer
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Chapter 1 City of heroes
Previously on arrow and the TMNT:
"If only I knew how you were spending your nights," Malcom says, as The Hood fights.
"Why should I trust you?" Tommy asks aiming a gun at the Hood. The Hood removes the hood to reveal he is Oliver. "Oliver," Tommy says.
"It's past time we talked," Oliver says, to Tommy who are now in Merlyn Global.
"About what? You being a serial killer?" Tommy says.
"Let's start with Laurel. You're obviously still in love with her," Oliver says.
"So are you," Tommy replies. Changes to show Oliver and Laurel kissing.
"Lord knows I am guilty of a lot of things between us but not you and her. She chose you," Oliver says. Tommy watches Oliver and Laurel show their affection to one another.
Moira is on Television. "My name is Moira Dearden Queen. I'm the acting CEO of Queen Consolidated. I have been complicit in an undertaking with one horrible purpose. To destroy the Glade and everyone in it. But you need to know that the architect of this nightmare is Malcom Merlyn," Moira says.
The city starts to rumble. "You can't beat me, Oliver. Because in your heart, you don't know what you're fighting for," Malcom says.
Tommy has a metal piece of debris sticking out of his chest. "Is Laurel safe?" Tommy asks.
"Yeah, you saved her," Oliver says. Tommy shuts his eyes. "No, no, no. Tommy? It should have been me," Oliver says.
Oliver's P.O.V.
I dodge a kick from Karai. I swing a sword at Karai but she blocks it with her own. I kick her leg causing her to trip. I then grab her in a head lock. "I gotcha this time," I say.
"Really?" Karai asks. Karai elbows me in the stomach, causing me to let go of her. Karai spins around and puts her blade up against my neck. "'Cause I think you got the roles reversed," Karai says, smirking. I sigh.
"I surrender," I say. Karai removes her blade.
"What is that? the tenth time I beat you in a row?" Karai asks. I glare at her.
"The fourteenth actually," Shinigami says.
"Hey!" I shout. Karai and Shinigami laugh. I groan. "I thought you said you were going to teach me how to fight with a sword? not mock me," I say.
"But that would take the fun out of it," Karai replies. I roll my eyes. Leo, Donnie, Mikey and Raph walk in.
"What's up, you three," Mikey says.
"Oh, not much. Karai and Ollie are training. Karai and me are also teasing Ollie about the fact that he lost fourteen times in a row to Karai," Shinigami says. I groan. We hear footsteps approaching.
"April? Casey? Is that you!" Leo asks.
"No, it's Diggle and Felicity. Have you seen Oliver. We haven't been able to find him?" Diggle replies.
"I'm here," I say. Diggle and Felicity open the doors to the dojo. "You shouldn't have come here," I say.
"We would have emailed but we didn't know if you still had a phone or a computer," Diggle says.
"This is where you Turtle people live? It stinks!" Felicity says.
"You get used to it," I say.
"Can you at least pretend like your glade to see us?" Felicity says.
"I am happy to see you," I say, rubbing her shoulder. I remove my hand and turn to Diggle. "But, I know why you're here. I'm not going back to Starling City. I can't, my mission, my father's list, it was a fool's crusade and I failed. Malcom Merlyn destroyed the Glades. Tommy died. And the Hood couldn't stop it. So don't ask me to put it back on again. Ever," I say. I turn away from Diggle and Felicity.
"This isn't about you being the vigilante. This is about you being Oliver Queen. You're mother's in prison, Oliver. Her trail's coming up. Thea's out on her own. Your family needs you," Diggle says.
"So does the family business. All the bad press after the Undertaking left Queen consolidated ripe for a hostile takeover by a Stellmoor International. They're gutted every company they've taken. Once they gobble up Queen Consolidated, 30,000 employees are out of a job. Including one very blonde IT expert," Felicity says.
"Listen, I get why you had to leave, Oliver. Probably better than anybody else," Diggle says. Diggle walks over. "I've been there. And after what happened, nobody can blame you for leaving. But it's time to come home," Diggle says. I turn to Leo, Mikey, Donnie, Raph, Shinigami and Karai.
"You guys will be fine without me?" I ask.
"As long as you come over and visit," Donnie says.
"I'm gonna miss ya," Mikey says.
"Don't worry, I'm going to visit as much as possible," I say.
"Hey, Ollie. Why don't me and Karai come with you. Moral support," Shinigami suggests.
"If you want to, it'd be great," I say.
"Then let's go," Karai says.
"You probably should get in something that, blends in more," I say.
"Right," Shinigami says.
Scene change.
We are driving through the Glades. I look out the window to see all the damage Merlyn's device caused. I look and see the word, 'Vote for Blood now!' spray painted on the wall. "Who's Blood?" I ask.
"An alderman from the Glades trying to save the city. Fill your shoes," Diggle explains.
"Here's everything on Stellmoor International. Vice president of Acquisitions is a woman named Isabel Rochav," Felicity says handing a file to me. I open it to see picture of Isabel. "She looks angry in every photo," Felicity says.
"I can already tell I'm gonna hate her," Shinigami says. Karai nods.
"So where to? Office?" Diggle asks. I close the file.
"Home. I want to check in on Thea," I say.
"Ah, she's not in your house, Oliver," Felicity says.
"Where is she?" I ask.
Scene change.
Shinigami, Karai and me walk in to see Thea and Roy having a fight. "Who hasn't been seen since the earthquake, which means he did get buried alive and isn't coming back," Thea says. We walk closer.
"I'm back, and brought some friends," I say. Thea turns around and chuckles.
"Ollie," Thea says. She wraps her arms around me in a hug. Thea and me let go.
"You remember my friend Roy," Thea says.
"Still here?" I ask.
"Always," Roy replies.
"Thea, these are some friends of mine. Shini," I say, pointing at Shinigami. "And Karai," I say, pointing at Karai.
"Nice to meet you," Thea says.
"Nice to meet you too, your brother told us a lot about you, Speedy," Shinigami says. Thea rolls her eyes.
"So how was Europe? You never texted, no postcards. Almost like you were on the island again," Thea says.
"Yeah, sorry, I was kind of distracted. Snow skiing, water skiing. A lot of skiing. I hear rumors my club is under new management," I say. I walk around to look at the club. Thea runs after us.
"It's my club now, and you're not getting it back," Thea says.
"You're not old enough to drink," I say.
"But I am old enough to run a bar," Thea says.
"Have you made it to Iron Heights?" I ask.
"To visit the woman who dropped a city on 500 innocent people? No, thank you," Thea says.
"Thea. That's not what mon did," I say.
"Right. She had no choice. But guess what. She did. A choice not to be a mass murderer. And I have a choice too. So I choose not to be her daughter. But I am so happy you are home," Thea says. She picks up a tray and puts her arm on my shoulder. "Look, I need to deal with our liquor distributor who shorted me on yesterday's delivery," Thea says. Thea walks to the other side of the table. "And one of my bartenders called in sick. So—what?" Thea says, when she notices me staring.
"Nothing. It's just nice to see you like this," I say.
"Like what?" Thea asks.
"Together," I say.
"You too," Thea says.
"Oh, we aren't together, I'm just friends with Shinigami and Karai," I say.
"Central City says construction on the S.T.A.R. labs Particle Accelerator should be completed by Christmas. And in local news, billionaire Oliver Queen has returned once again to Starling City. With his Mother's upcoming trail and his father's company in free fall, analysts are skating what the Queen family scion has planned next," the woman on TV says.
Scene change.
Shinigami, Karai and me walk down the stairs. Laurel walks over to us. "I didn't realize you were back in town," Laurel says.
"I just came back a little while ago. And I was going to call but then I saw you on TV so I thought I would come and make sure you were safe," I say.
"Just four hooded gunmen," Laurel says. Laurel notices Shinigami and Karai. "Moved on already?" Laurel asks. I raise an eyebrow.
"Oh. No, I don't. We're not. We're just friends," I stutter. "Ah, this is Shini," I say pointing at Shinigami. "And, this is Karai," I say, pointing at Karai.
"We should let you two catch up, but it was nice meeting you, Laurel," Karai says.
"Nice meeting you, too," Laurel says. Shinigami and Karai walk off.
"Take a walk?" I ask.
"Yeah," Laurel says. Laurel and me walk around the room.
"Sorry I left," I say.
"Believe me, I get it. After the funeral, I think we both needed time to figure things out. On our own," Laurel says.
"I didn't get very far on my own. And you? Figure anything out?" I ask.
"That I made a mistake," Laurel says. Laurel and me stop walking and Laurel and me look each other in the eyes. "When I slept with you. I know it wasn't exactly cheating because Tommy broken up with me. But he only did hat because he thought that you and I should be together. All I know is that I feel like I betrayed him. And now he's gone. And there's nothing I can do to make it right," Laurel says.
"I know how that feels. When I brought your sister on the Queen's gambit. I betrayed you. Your father. There's no forgiveness for what I led Sara into. I would give anything to….," I say, but couldn't finish because Laurel grabs me in a hug.
"To go back," Laurel says.
"Yeah," I say.
"But we can't go back," Laurel says. Laurel let's go of me and walks off.
Scene change.
Shinigami, Karai and me walk over to Diggle. "Diggle, I don't like being played," I say. Diggle walks with Shinigami, Karai and me.
"I'm not sure what you mean," Diggle says.
"It's why you came to the lair and brought me back to Starling City, these Hood copycats," I say.
"And what if it was? They're just doing what you did, terrorizing one percenters into cleaning up their act," Diggle says, we all stop in front of the car. Diggle looks me straight in the eye. "Except they don't have your restraint, Oliver. Or your honor," Diggle says.
"I'm done being the vigilante," I say.
"Maybe this town still needs a vigilante," Diggle replies.
"Now it has four of them. How's that working?" I say. There was brief silence. "Please take me home. I've got a big day at the office tomorrow trying to save my family's company," I say.
"Absolutely," Diggle says. Diggle opens the door of the car. "Mr. Queen," Diggle says. I get in with Shinigami and Karai behind me.
Scene change.
I walk towards Felicity. "They're in the conference room. Just YFI, no one is eating the bagels," Felicity says. I walk past her and into the conference room. A woman stands up from her seat.
"Isabel Rochev," The woman says, shaking my hand.
"Oliver Queen, sorry I'm late," I say.
"For this meeting or a career in business," Isabel asks.
"I didn't realize hostile takeovers had so much hostility," I say.
"Not at all. I'm actually in quite a good mood," Isabel says.
"Really?" I ask. Isabel and me sit down. "So destroying companies agrees with you?" I ask.
"Winning agrees with me," Isabel replies.
"You haven't won yet," I say.
"Since you majored in majored in Dropping out of College. Let me put this in terms easy for you to understand. You control forty-five percent of Queen consolidated stock. I control forty-five percent, leaving ten percent outstanding. But in two days, the board will realize the final ten percent," Isabel explains.
"And I'll buy it before you do," I say.
"With what money? I doubt your trust fund is that large. No angel investor will go near the company that built the machine that destroyed the city. Companies rise and fall, Mr. Queen. Your company has fallen," Isabel says. The Hoods enter the room.
"Oliver Queen!" A Hood says. I get up out of my seat. One of them aims their gun at me. "You have failed this city," A Hood says.
"Get down," Dig says. Dig fires at the Hoods. Isabel, Felicity, the bard members and me get down. Dig and the Hood a have a fire fight. "Pull back!" Diggle orders. I help Isabel get up and help her out the door. "liver. Go, go, go!" Diggle shouts.
"Get Queen!" A Hood shouts. I turn around to see a Hood in front of me. Felicity bashes him in the back of the head with a piece of wood; knocking that Hood out. Another Hood fires at me and Felicity and I push Felicity to the ground by jumping on top of her. Diggle fires at that Hood. I get up and help Felicity off the floor. "Queen's getting away. Go, move!" A Hood shouts. That hood fires at me. I charge at the window while holding Felicity and jump out of it. I grab a part of the railing which knocks me into a lower floor of the building.
Time skip.
I walk over to Isabel. "Miss Rochev. I'm sorry about this," I say.
"Because they were after you?" Isabel asks.
"Because what happens in this building is my responsibility," I say.
"Only for the next forty-eight hours," Isabel says. Isabel walks off Shinigami and Karai run over to me and grab me in a hug.
"A hug for Karai, what's next the apocalypse," I joke. Karai and Shinigami let me go. Karai slugs me in the arm. "It's good to see you too," I say.
Scene change.
"You could've stopped those guys," Felicity says.
"Not without giving Isabel Rochev and the Hoods a good idea what I'm capable of," I say.
"I think what Felicity's wondering is whether you avoided taking those Hoods on. And she's not the only one wondering," Diggle says.
"I told you. I did not come back to Starling City to be the vigilante," I say.
"But they came after you, Oliver. You could've taken them out," Diggle says.
"No, I couldn't Diggle. Look, there's a part of being the Hood that neither one of you are considering. The body count," I say.
"And excuse me for saying this, but so what? Since when do you care?" Felicity asks, getting up in my face. I back away.
"Since Tommy," Karai says. Felicity turns to Karai before turn back to look at me.
"After he found out my secret, you know what Tommy called me? A murderer. He was right. My best friend died thinking that I was a murderer and, and anyone that I kill dishonors his memory," I say.
"So don't. It's not like you've killed every guy you've faced," Felicity says.
"I could've. Because when I put on the hood, it's kill or be killed. That is what kept me alive. So I should've stayed in the lair," I say. I walk away.
"Is that where you're going?" Felicity asks.
"The two of you won't help me save my family's company. I'm going to talk to somebody who will," I say.
Scene change.
I sit at a table. The guard opens the fenced door to let my mother through. My mother walks over. "Hey," I say.
"Hey," Moira says.
"I'm sorry I didn't make it here sooner," I say.
"No, no, no," Moira says. Moira sits down at the table. "Please, Oliver. There are gonna be enough apologies with me apologizing to you for the rest of my life," Moira says.
"You don't have to. You saved hundreds of lives," I say.
"And killed hundreds more. Including Tommy," Moira says.
"That was Malcom," I reply.
"Your sister doesn't see it that way. And my attorney is thrilled. If my own daughter can't forgive me she's not too optimistic about twelve strangers in a jury box," Moira says. I sigh. All right, enough about me. How has it been going at Queen Consolidated?" Moira asks. I raise an eyebrow. "Yes, we do get the news in here, Oliver," Moira says.
"Right," I say.
"You know, if I'd known the key the key to you taking your rightful place at the company was its demise I would've declared bankruptcy a year ago," Moira says.
"I don't know if I'll get to run it for long. Stellmoor. Their VP is coming after us hard," I say.
"Isabel Rochev," Moira says.
"Yes," I say.
"Do not trust that woman, Oliver. She is dangerous," Moira says.
"Mom, everywhere I lock, there are no good options. I don't know what to do," I say.
"You don't have to do it yourself. This is a family business," Moira says.
"Heh, I love Thea. I don't think that she wants anything to do with it," I say.
"I wasn't talking about Thea," Moira says.
Scene change.
"What's going on here?" I ask.
"It was the Hoods again. They came here looking for you. They took Thea instead," officer Lance says.
"Where?" I ask.
"I'm sorry. I really tried to stop them, but…," Roy says. I walk off.
"Queen, Oliver," Lance says. I look around and see Shinigami, Karai, Felicity and Diggle. "We'll get your sister back," Lance says. I nod.
"I'm just going to check something downstairs," I say walking off. Felicity, Diggle, Shinigami, and Karai follow.
Scene change.
"I've made a few improvements down here," Felicity says, as she, Diggle, Shinigami, Karai and me walk down the stairs. "Just in case, you know, you decided to come back," Felicity says. Felicity flicked on the switch to revel the much improved foundry. I look around the room, to see my costume on a manikin with my arrows and there were upgraded computers, etcetera.
"We need to find these guys," I say.
"I've been trying since you got back. Figured you'd come around eventually," Felicity says, walking around the foundry. I look at the training equipment. "I kept that. Heh, I liked watching you do that," Felicity says.
"Thea's boyfriend said one of them was missing part of his arm. Maybe a veteran?" I say. Felicity gets on her computer and starts typing. "Check hospital records, any males that had surgical amputation on their extremities," I say.
"Cross checking by race and age," Felicity says. "Got one. Jeff Deveau, African America, late thirties," Felicity says.
"What else can you get on him?" Shinigami asks.
"Ex-marine," Felicity says.
"Would explain how he could handle himself. Did he lose his hand oversea?" Diggle says.
"No. In the earthquake. Says here he and his wife were trying to make it across the fifty-second Street Bridge. When it collapsed. She didn't make it," Felicity says.
"Phone records, please. I wanna know who he's in contact with," I say.
"He's made a lot of calls to a church in the Glades. Something called standing strong," Felicity says.
"I've heard about it. It's a support group for those who lost loved ones in the quakes, perfect place to meet three other people angry and looking to get payback," Karai says.
"Get me an address, please," I say. Felicity gets up and walks towards something.
"You're gonna need this. I had it costume made," Felicity says. Felicity opens up a box with a bow inside. I pick it up and inspect it. "How'd I do," Felicity asks. I sigh.
"It's perfect," I say.
"You were right. Once I signed on, I stopped thinking about all the bodies you dropped. Because I knew that being the Hood meant occasionally being a killer. Maybe there's another way," Felicity says.
"They have my sister. What other way is there?" I ask.
"Me and Shini are not letting you go by yourself, I hope you realized that," Karai says.
"We'll I'm not going to try and stop you from helping me save my sister. Suit up," I say.
Scene change.
"So, what do you wanna do with her?" Hood 1 says.
"We could knock her out and drop her off somewhere," Hood 2 says.
"Come on. Why don't you just buy her a new pair of Pradas while you're at it? She's seen our faces," Hood 1 says.
"Offing Oliver Queen is one thing, but his sister. She's not much older than my sister was when she was killed in the earthquake," Hood 2 says.
"Your sister wasn't killed. She was murdered. By her mother," Hood 3 says, pointing at Thea tied up to a chair. "What we're doing here is justice, which makes us the heroes," Hood 3 says.
"She didn't kill anybody. My mother didn't kill anyone. Malcom Merlyn destroyed the Glades," Thea says.
"With Mommy's help," Hood 3 says.
"Merlyn killed my father. She thought he killed my brother too. She was afraid of him. She must have been so afraid," Thea says.
"Just like my wife," Hood 3 says, pulling out his gun. "When our house collapsed on top of her," Hood 3 says. He aims his gun at her head. Karai throws a shuriken at the gun, knocking it out of Hood 3's hand.
"Get away from her!" I shout. The Hoods fire on us. We easily dodge and slip into the shadows. I run out of the shadows and grab the arm which Hood 4 is carrying his jump and twist that arm and punch him in the face three times. Shinigami runs out of the shadows and kicks Hood 2 in the face knocking him out instantly and then stabs her Kusarigama into Hood 1's shoulder runs behind him and knocks him over. Karai leaps out of the shadow and uppercuts Hood 3 in the face knocking him out. Shinigami laughs.
"Too easy," She says.
Scene change.
"Keep it under forty next time. Have a good evening," Officer Lance says. He walks to his car. He sighs. Lance was grabbed the handle of his car door but let it go when he saw the Hood's tied up to a fence. I walk out. Lance aims his gun. "Do you know who they are?" I ask.
"The hoods give me a pretty good idea," Lance replies.
"Bring them in," I say. I turn away.
"Where have you been?" Lance asks. I turn back to face him. "Typically when I bring in guys you've gone after, they're more dead," Lance says.
"We're trying another way," I say.
"We?" Lance asks. Shinigami and Karai jump down next to me. Karai is wearing her normal armor but has a black hood to conceal her face and Shinigami's is the same as usual, using her witch hat as her concealer. "Who are they? Your new girlfriends?" Lance asks.
"Partners," I reply. I turn my back and fire a grappling arrow and zip line off with Shinigami and Karai using smoke bombs.
Scene change.
"You can't win this. I now own fifty percent of the stock. By tomorrow I'll have the outstanding five percent and I will control your company. Any attempt to fight me will lead to litigation and leave you penniless. And trust me, poverty isn't as glamorous as Charles Dickens made it look," Isabel says. I turn around.
"What if I found someone to invest new equity capital?" I say.
"A white knight? With all due respect, your last name is now associated with mass murder. Even you don't have that good a friend," Isabel says.
"You're right. I have family," I say. Walter and Felicity enter the room. Isabel gets up.
"Mr. Steele, it was my understanding that you had resigned as CEO," Isabel says.
"I did," Walter says. Walter walks over. "I'm now chief financial officer of Starling National Bank. And my institution has committed rescue financial for Mr. Queen," Walter says, now standing next to me and pointing to me when he says my name. "We bought the remaining shares of Queen Consolidated when they were released this morning," Walter says.
"Know I now I majored in Dropping out, but I'm sure that makes us partners going forwards so I guess we will be seeing a lot of each other," I say. Isabel smirks
"You aren't at all what people say about you," Isabel says.
"Most people fail to see the real me," I say. Isabel and the board exit the room. I turn to Walter. "Thank you, Walter," I say. Walter and me shake hands.
"Thank you for reaching out to me. Whatever's happened between your mother and me I'm gratified that you know you can still count on me. Your father would have been very proud of you, Oliver," Walter says. Walter then walks towards the exit. "Ms. Smoak," Walter says.
"Mr. Steele," Felicity says. Walter walks out of the room.
"You did it. Not bad for someone who got a D in tenth grade algebra," Felicity says. I raise an eyebrow. "If it's online, I can find it," Felicity says. I chuckle.
"Uh. Well, it's just like a good friend once told me. I had to find another way," I say.
Scene change.
"Well, looks like Starling city is back down to only one man in a hood," Dig says.
"And it looks like the three of us are back in the archery business," Felicity says. "With some extra help, of course," Felicity adds quickly.
"No," I say. Felicity, Diggle, Shinigami and me look at him confused. "I spent the past year trying to avenge my father. If we're gonna do this, it has to be about honoring Tommy. I need to become the man he hoped I could be. You four have helped me take the first step," I say.
"So, what's step two?" Felicity asks.
"The city still needs saving," I say. I get up and walk over to the manikin with my costume. "But not by the Hood. Or not by some vigilantes who's just crossing names off a list. It needs….," I say, I pick up an arrow. "….. Something more," I say.
"It needs heroes, Oliver," Diggle says.
"It's too bad the Hoods ruined your nickname," Felicity says.
"No, it's good. I never….. I don't want to be called the Hood anymore," I say.
"Okay," Shinigami says. She walks forward. "So, what do you want to be called?" Shinigami asks.
I hope you enjoyed that. I think this is one of my most lengthy chapters yet. Any suggestions on what Karai and Shinigami's codenames should be? Please give me feedback. Until next time, Ant-boy out.