Chapter 3: Unknown World.
I DO NOT OWN RWBY, ARROW OR THE FLASH, THEY ARE RESPECTIVLY OWNED BY ROOSTERTEETH AND THE CW!
A huge ringing noise slowly caused Oliver Queen to open his eyelids, he softly let out a groan and felt his body aching all over the place. After blinking a couple of times to get adjusted to the light, He scoured the area, he could tell he was in a medical place, he then saw his Bow and Quiver placed near the door, Oliver proceeded to slowly try and get up from the bed, his hand knocked something down next to him, it was his mask on the floor. He bent down to pick it up and wear it, he pulled his hood up and then slowly walked over to his Quiver and bow. He looked at the bow to make sure it wasn't tampered with and sure enough it wasn't. His body slowly ached with pain all over as he walked towards the door and exited the room.
His eyes scoured the place, he could tell that this building was huge and styled beautifully, but there was something about the design that felt too advanced for Earth. He walked onward to the hall and found another door with clear window. He walked towards the door with caution and stopped dead in his tracks. Through the window he could see 4 teenagers and one adult holding a stick, but beside them, Oliver recognized a familiar face wearing his usual red suit laying in bed.
'Thank God Barry is okay.' He thought.
Oliver hesitated as if whether to enter the room or not. He then saw movement through the window, the man with the stick was talking to the 4 teenagers and it looks like they were about to leave. Oliver rushed out of view silently.
The door clicked open.
"I hope whoever he is, will wake up soon." Oliver trailed the voice back to the red haired girl.
"Me too, that was a big fall from the sky." Spoke the black haired girl. The four girls walked away in silence. Oliver saw something that he failed to notice through the window, They have weapons of some sort. With that in mind. Oliver cautiously made his way back to the door and snooped through the window, he saw Barry and the man with the stick there. His hand reached for the doorknob and swung it open and entered.
"I see you're awake." The man with the stick spoke. Oliver walked closer to Barry's bed.
"Your friend will be fine. It appears he heals fast, I'm sure he'll be up in no time." The man with the stick spoke, fixating his gaze at the hooded man in front of him.
"My name is Professor Ozpin and the place you are in is called Beacon Academy, I am it's headmaster, and I think you have some explaining to do."
Oliver looked at Ozpin and then took off his hood and the mask. "My name is Oliver Queen. Thank you for rescuing us." He spoke calmly.
"Well Oliver Queen. Take a seat and tell me everything."
It was a busy day for Mayor Queen, he had to hold a press conference about Climate change and vowed that he would do more to protect the environment of Star City. He called Barry about a particular situation that he can't go solo as the other guy and nor can he risk the rest of Team Arrow at the meeting. He was glad he caught Richard Solomon but his focus was on the assasination on him. Oliver had dealt with the Triad before but there was something about them this time that feels off. Like it was rushed or sloppy. But he dismissed the thought, right now though, he had to leave soon in order to let the Triad plan go exactly as they wanted, Felicity already sent some files about the Triad to Barry and is currently on his way to the meeting, and so was Oliver Queen.
Oliver was walking out of City hall carrying a black bag and walked up to a car, he walked to the back and opened the boot, placed the bag inside and slammed the boot. He then got inside the car.
"Central City." Oliver spoke to the driver.
The driver nodded and drove off to the destination.
If there was one person Oliver can trust beside Felicity and John Diggle. It was Barry Allen.
Barry Allen has just managed to be in CCPD just in time and caught Detective Joe West in his eyesight and dashed to him.
"Joe!" Caught the detective attention. He saw Barry and was surprised to see him early even with his superspeed.
"Barry! You're early. I was expecting you to be late." Joe responded with a smile. Joe always expected Barry to be late, when Barry first was hired by the CCPD, he was a nervous wreck and Joe had to keep covering for him until he shows up just in time, since then that had become their usual routine. But the look on Barry face immediately worried Joe and realised something was up and that's why he was early.
"What is it Barry? You're here early and you have that look on your face." Joe spoke to him softly but demandingly.
"Oliver called" Barry responded calmly, "he says that there may be an assasination attempt on his life." Joe immediately caught on to what Barry was saying.
"He's having that meeting today with scientists." Joe replied. "Is he sure?"
"He wouldn't call me if he wasn't" Barry replied, then a familiar vibration emitted from his pocket, he pulled his phone out and got a text message from Caitlin Snow.
'Felicity sent some files to us and filled us in, come and see them for yourself'
"Alright I'll talk to the Captain and see if I can double the security at the event. And Barry, if he called you, and we know his history as a vigilante, he has some powerful enemy so I want you to be careful. You hear me bar?" Joe spoke like a true father at the last sentence, Barry was like his only son he never had and he'd worry about him at times.
"Thanks Joe, and I'll be fine. I promise." Barry smiled and hugged him before making his move to exit CCPD and dashed onward to Star Labs.
He walked inside and saw Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon digging through files that Felicity sent about the Triad.
"Boy, this is dope!" Cisco smiled reading the screen, which Caitlin glared at him for. "I mean not dope, we're going to prevent an assasination on Oliver Queen from some super Chinese dangerous gang known as the Triad." Cisco corrected himself after receiving a death glare from Caitlin.
"So Barry, the building where the meeting is taking place is Stagg Industry building, which is now being renovated for scientists, which means you should already know the place by now since you've been there when you first started out as the Flash, I'm currently pulling up specs of the building now." Caitlin pulled a file and displayed it on the monitor. The file contained specs of the building and it's new renovated features.
"Looks like some areas are the same." Barry spoke looking at the plans. "Where is Oliver and the scientists are going to meet?"
"According to their website, they're hosting the event live and on TV, downstairs apparently showcasing technologies that can be used to prevent Global Warming for use in both Star and Central City." Cisco spoke.
"I thought this was a meeting, not a tech presentation" Barry questioned.
"Yeah it says here that every official there will see how each and every tech works and then afterward they'll discuss all together in another room privately." Cisco responded back.
"Huh. Okay." Barry nodded.
"So they're showcasing the tech not just to them but to the world to see how it works?" Barry mumered "that's a bold move."
"Okay we know where Oliver will be, Now we gotta keep an eye out for Triad members." Barry spoke.
"Felicity is already on it and so are we." Caitlin said.
"Wonder how's Oliver is doing?' Barry thought.
Oliver Queen has arrived at the location in Central City, just outside the place. He sent a text to Barry that he's here. He then looked out of the window and saw a huge crowd of people at the event, he gave a sigh.
'Here we go' he thought. The driver opened the door for him and Mayor Queen was out in the open, reporters all headed after him but they were halted by Queen's bodyguards who waited for him to arrive, they escort him inside the building.
The moment he stepped inside the building, he could see so many tech, and information about what they each do, he saw scientists and officials alike collaborating with each other. He saw potential in each and every one of them, except for one scientist at a quick glance as he walked onward, Oliver felt a familiar feeling of coldness emitting from him for a short moment.
"Ah Oliver! How nice to see you actually attending this!" Caught Oliver attention, his familiar feeling disappeared.
"Ah Senator Wilkins, of course. I wouldn't miss an opportunity to save Star City." Oliver spoke with a convincing smile.
"Yes, I thought so, I believe you just made it in time to see it start. The scientists are about to showcase their invention soon."
"Great! Shall we?" Oliver pointed his hand out letting the Senator to lead the way.
As Oliver walked onward, he glanced at all the tech. They all had different styles and sizes, but one tech caught his attention in the distance. But it wasn't the tech itself. It was something that was on it. Something shiny and sharp, coloured purple and seemed to be a crystal of some sort encased in a glass case, for a moment there he thought it was glowing as he walked onward, but he dismissed the idea thinking it might be light bouncing off it.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome! Today you all are here to see the incredible tech our scientists have created to try and combat climate change for the world." spoke the woman standing in front of the microphone that caught everyone's attention. "Our scientist will now start to present their invention."
Oliver watched the woman walk away, and watch the first scientist come up to the mic and present their invention. Oliver was truly curious about what they could bring for Star and Central city alike. He paid attention to the scientist that was about to speak.
"Hello everyone! My name is Matthew Jenkins, and I hope you'll like my invention that will try to combat climate change" the scientist pointed to his small tech. "This small technolo-"
A gunshot. A single gunshot to the head ended the scientist. The crowd heard the shot and screamed, they were filled with fear and panic but they didn't dare to run. A man wearing all white walked amongst the crowd wielding his gun up in the air in front of him. Oliver Queen felt that coldness feeling emitting from him again. Guards scrambled towards the man in white.
"Put the gun down! Or we will fire!" Yelled one of the guards. All their eyes were fixated on the man. He smirked.
"Do it."
One by one. The guards dropped dead. The people inside screamed. Sniper shots through the window. The man in white smirked at their dead body, and then looked at the crowd.
"My, my. This world is truly fascinating." He spoke to himself. Oliver Queen resisted the urge to take him down. 'Oh Barry where are you?' He wondered.
The man in white scoured the crowd as if he was looking for someone. He found him. Their eyes locked on.
"Mister Mayor Queen!" Boasted the man in white. "How very nice it is to meet you! But unfortunately your time here is up. You see, I have been hired to kill you!" The man in white smiled coldly at that last sentence. Oliver stared him down as the man in white held the gun to him. Everyone stared at them both.
"Goodbye." Followed by a gunshot.
"Huh?" The man in white could see Oliver disappeared in front of him.
"I see. The Flash. He's here." He muttered to himself, and then smiled. 'This is going to be fun.' He thought.
"Bring in the triad, I'm moving onto phase 2" he spoke.
Men stormed in, all holding their guns at the crowd as the man in white walked toward his technology, the one with a shiny crystal visible to everyone. The crowd all were in fear for their lives as they all stared at the barrel of their guns.
The man in white smiled at the crystal.
Oliver Queen was suddenly outside. "I'm never going to get used to your super speed Barry." He spoke.
"Oh god. Oliver. I was too slow to save those guards." Barry said in sadness.
"Barry it's not your fault. But right now, I need you to focus and save everyone in there." Oliver spoke to calm his friend. "You can do this."
Barry nodded. He took a breath and sped to the building but could feel his power fading the closer he got to the building. He recognized this feeling and dashed back to Oliver.
"I can't go in there. They somehow have a meta-human damper, they drain my powers." Barry spoke in slight panic.
"Dammit." Oliver yelled. "Okay. I need to grab my gear and suit in my car boot. You sit tight and figure out a way to save everyone in case I fail."
"I can probably speed you to the car and be out of the way before my powers weaken" Spoke Barry.
Oliver nodded and he was sped to the car, and then watched the Flash speed away with his usual red lightning trail behind him.
Oliver opened the boot and grabbed his bag and ran away from the car.
The people inside the building were all filled with panic, some were wishing and hoping that the Flash will save them as he saved Oliver Queen. The man in white was dabbling with his invention and then watched the people squeal and panic.
"Oh dear. You all should calm down. I have a beautiful plan that will benefit everyone." He said to the crowd and smiled coldly at them all.
"My invention here. As you all can see, has a shiny crystal. And if you think it's to reduce climate change, then." He eyed everyone. "You'd be so very wrong." He said darkly and then laughed aloud. The laugher brought more fear into the people, and even the triad men holding their guns at the people.
"I'll bring this world to its knees with monsters they can barely even fathom." He murmured to himself and smirked as he got back to his invention.
'Nearly ready. Time for a quick test.' He thought. He pressed a button and the crystal glowed and the machine made a continuous wirr sound that grew louder. It then vibrated. The man couldn't stop smiling.
A blue lighting like portal appeared and then disappeared as the machine died down.
"Hmph. Not enough power I guess. I'll figure it out." The man in white spoke to himself.
The power cut off. The building was dark. The man in white smirked as he knew one person that could do this.
"The mighty Green Arrow!" Bellowed the man in white towards the darkness."Playing hide and seek are we? Haha, tricks like these don't work on me."
A sudden groan followed by a thud was heard. One by one the Triad men were pierced with a familiar looking Green Arrow. And then the man in white could hear a whoosh and a hint of red streak grabbing the fear stricken people out of the place.
'Gotta work fast to unleash my tech. Good thing I predicted this would happen.' he thought as the man in white ran to his tech, opened a panel and revealed a battery inbuilt, he flicked the switch and smirked.
A thud could be heard and the man in white dashed towards it, there he stood still as he looked upon the two figures standing in his way.
"Bravo. You're exactly as I researched all about you both. Smart and very predictable." He smirked.
The figure in the Green Hood pulled an arrow from the quiver and loaded his bow aimed at the man in white.
"Who are you!?" He yelled.
The man turned his smirk into a smile.
"I'm the Spectator. The true mastermind behind all this and more."
"More?" Spoke the other figure in red with a lightning bolt symbol.
"Yes… you two are too late. For my true part of my plan has.." he paused and waited for a sound. A sound he was familiar with but unknown to the two hero's.
A wirr like sound broke the silence.
"Came true." He smirked.
The machine behind the Spectator started to wirr louder and louder, and then the crystal started to glow brighter and brighter.
"SHUT IT DOWN NOW!" Yelled the Green Arrow, still holding the Arrow back in his bow, aimed for his head.
"Would love to. But uh oh. It's too late!" The spectator smirked and then immediately out his hands in pocket and pulled out another crystal similar to the one in the machine and disappeared in front of their eyes.
"Damnit" Barry spoke. "Too slow to see him even react that fast."
"Barry it's okay. Not your fault, Right now. We have to figure out how to turn this thing off. Focus" Oliver called Barry down.
The ground suddenly vibrated and the cause led to the machine, a sudden glow caused them to shield their eyes. A blue lightning like portal appeared above the machine, and it looked unstable to Barry's eyes.
"That portal looks like it's going to pull us in!" Barry yelled "based on the tech, it might be powerful enough to swallow the City whole!, but it looks like it's being powered by that crystal inside that class case!"
"We pull that out without risking ourselves get swallowed, the portal will shut down?" Oliver spoke.
"Maybe. There's always a chance it might linger for a few seconds." Barry said unsurly.
"Then it's a risk we'll have to take." Oliver pulled out his arrow from the quiver and loaded it on the bow, and aimed it at the glass and fired it. The glass didn't shatter. It deflected the Arrow. 'Hmp. The glass is stronger than it looks, custom made?' Oliver thought. He then had another idea.
He pulled a different Arrow and loaded it on the bow, this arrow is his explosive arrow that explodes on impact, timer or button on his bow. He aimed it at the glass and fired it.
He pressed the button in a blink of an eye.
He and Barry covered themselves away from the explosion and looked at the case. It was shattered but the crystal itself remained unharmed.
Suddenly the ground shook, and the wind was starting to form indoors slowly starting to glide the two heroes towards the portal.
"Barry, hurry and grab that crystal!" He nodded and dashed to the crystal, Barry grabbed it and the crystal glowed in his hand, causing even more powerful suction towards the portal. He tried to super speed, but to no avail, Oliver could feel it was pulling him too. They were about to be sucked in.
'Sorry iris. Looks like I won't be home soon' Barry thought as he soon was swallowed up by the portal.
"BARRY!" Oliver yelled. This was his tipping point. He wasn't about to let him, his friend go alone. Oliver ran and let the portal suck him in and he was sure he'll save him.
Then silence filled the room. Police outside the building were keeping everyone away while they waited for the two heroes. Never knowing what happened to them.
"Well. That's quite a story, Mr Queen." spoke the man with the stick known as Professor Ozpin. "You and Mr Allen here are heroes in your world. Where you fight crimes. Well. That's certainly makes a good story." Ozpin looked at Oliver and then at Barry who still laying down in bed.
"I believe you. You're free to stay here with your friend until I find a place for you two to stay in, and when you both have rested and caught up, we will have another talk soon Mr Queen." Ozpin spoke before he got up to leave the room.
Oliver nodded, and stared at Barry. "Oh Barry, look where you got me into this time. Heh. An entire new world. Never thought I'd get this far when I first started out." Oliver softly spoke and smiled as he waited for his recovery.
Next time: Chapter 4 - New beginning.
woooo. This was probably the longest chapter i wrote so far. hah.
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