Chapter 53.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will cover my version of the Arrow season 5 finale, except I will be removing all stupidity from it.
Also, this arc takes place a week before the events of 'Captain America: Civil War'.
By the way, this arc along with a few more arcs will be written entirely in third person POV.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed or favirouted this fic so far.
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters and elements you see in this fic. I only own Jason Stark and any other OC's and worlds you see in this fic.
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No One's POV.
Oliver was pacing about in his lair, waiting for the others whom he had contacted to show up.
Slade Wilson codename Deathstroke had showed up first.
He had managed to evade capture, slaughtering his pursuers.
The elevator dinged and Nyssa Al Ghul stepped out with Shang Chi and Deckard Shaw.
"Husband" Nyssa greeted.
"Hey Oliver" Shaw greeted, shaking Oliver's hand.
"Hi" Shang-Chi greeted as well.
"Who are we waiting for kid?" Slade asked.
"Jason is coming. And he said he's bringing someone else as well" Oliver replied.
At that moment, a breach opened up and Jason hopped out of it with a beautiful, red-haired woman.
"Hey Jay. Who is this?" Oliver asked, hugging his friend.
"Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow. She's one of my old Avenger comrades on my Earth" Jason replied.
Oliver, Slade, Nyssa and Shang Chi raised there eyebrows as all of them remembered Jason telling them about the Avengers.
Shaw just looked confused and Oliver gave him an 'I'll explain it to you later' look.
"Nat, I'd like to introduce you to my allies on this Earth. Oliver Queen codename Green Arrow, Slade Wilson codename Deathstroke, Nyssa Al Ghul, Shang Chi and Deckard Shaw" Jason said, gesturing to each one.
"Nice to meet you all" Natasha said.
"So Oliver, what exactly are we up against?" Jason asked.
"I'll explain on the way. I tracked them all down to Lian Yu" Oliver replied.
"Lian Yu?" Natasha asked.
"An island in the North China Sea" Jason replied.
"Gear up" Oliver told everyone.
An hour later, they were in a plane that Oliver had gotten and were flying over the sea.
"I think we're here" Natasha spoke, looking out the window at the massive island.
"Lian Yu. The Purgatory" Jason said grimly.
They landed the plane on the island and got out.
"Unload the cargo. I'll be back" Oliver said.
"You got it brother" Jason replied as they started offloading weapons from the plane.
Slade was garbed in his full Deathstroke suit minus the helmet.
Natasha was in her suit as well while Shang Chi, Nyssa and Shaw weren't garbed in any suits.
"This is one interesting Earth" Natasha said to Jason.
"If you think this Earth is interesting, there are others that I'm sure you'd love" Jason chuckled.
"Oliver's back with that person he was looking for" Shang Chi said.
Everyone turned to see Oliver in his Green Arrow suit minus the hood and mask walking towards them with Digger Harkness aka Captain Boomerang who was wearing a trenchcoat with boomerangs on it.
"Have you offloaded the supplies?" Oliver asked.
"Most of them" Slade replied.
"Guns and ammo are still on the plane" Shaw added.
"By the way, why the hell do we need an RPG?" Jason asked.
"Well Chase has Talia Al Ghul and her army of students, Lonnie Machin, Simon Lacroiex, Carrie Cutter, China White, Evelyn Sharp and a meta-human. I don't intend for this to be a fair fight" Oliver explained.
"That makes sense" Natasha said.
"Is that why you released this animal from his cage?" Nyssa asked.
"Come on luv. That's no way to start a new friendship" Digger said, with lust in his eyes.
"Look at me like that again and I'll cut out your eyes" Nyssa threatened.
"Enough! Let's offload the gear" Oliver said.
Jason suddenly stiffened.
"Get down!" he roared, grabbing Natasha and Slade and ducking.
They all got down as a rocket blasted there plane to pieces.
"Hoo! So much for our gear" Digger said with a smirk.
"There goes our ride home kid" Slade said grimly.
"Let's deal with these punks" Jason snarled.
Everyone then continued moving.
"There are a ton of explosives. Not sure how many, there overwhelming my senses" Jason said.
"Why isn't Chase detonating them?" Oliver asked.
"He's trying to goad you into killing him" Shang Chi said.
"I won't let him" Oliver declared firmly.
"The RPG that took out our plane came from over there. The call from my son originated west of there" Oliver said, looking at his tablet.
"Hostages could be in either place" Harkness said.
"Or neither. This is a large island" Jason countered.
"I'll check the RPG site" Shaw said.
"I'll accompany you" Natasha added.
"As will I" Nyssa said.
"Check it out. Stay on comms" Oliver said to them.
The 3 nodded and made there way over to the RPG site.
Shang Chi and Slade walked in the front with Jason, Oliver and Harkness in the rear.
"Why does he get a weapon and I don't?" Digger asked, gesturing to Slade.
"I trust him more than you" Oliver replied.
"Didn't he kill your mother?" Digger asked bluntly.
"You listen to me. You help me take down Chase, you walk. You screw with me even a little, and you go right back in that hole" Oliver threatened with a fierce glare.
"Just a gun is all I'm saying" Digger raised his hands.
Oliver ignored him and joined Jason as they made there way up front.
"Kid, I see movement" Slade reported, looking dead ahead.
They saw Samantha Clayton, Felicity Smoak and Thea Queen locked in cages.
"Stay sharp" Oliver ordered as they ran nimbly as they could to the cages.
"Oliver! Jason!" Felicity said as everyone got up to look at them.
"Keep your voice down" Slade commanded.
"Yeah, are you trying to get killed?" Shang Chi asked.
"Where's William?" Oliver asked Samantha.
"I don't know we were separated. Oliver what is going on?" Samantha asked with fear in her voice.
"Why are they unguarded?" Slade asked.
"I have a feeling I know" Jason said.
"Seems pretty obvious to me mate" Harkness said with a smirk.
At that exact moment, Talia Al Ghul and Evelyn Sharp jumped down from the trees along with several of Talia's students.
Talia and her students aimed arrows and Evelyn aimed her gun at the heroes.
"It's a trap" Digger finished.
"Don't even think about it Oliver. Or your son loses his mother" Talia said, aiming an arrow at Samantha.
"Oh and don't worry about that gun mate. Mr Chase gave me this nice new one" Digger said, taking out his own gun.
"Along with a better offer" Digger then said, aiming the gun at Slade.
"What's it gonna be Slade. You gonna side with the winners?" Digger asked.
Slade pondered for a few seconds.
"Put a gun to his head" Slade then said, pointing to Oliver.
"Sorry kid. But there's no giving up to these guys" Slade said as Oliver, Jason and Shang Chi looked at him.
Oliver and Jason both recognized those words and Jason subtly motioned for Shang Chi to stand down.
Talia and Evelyn both smirked at the turn of events.
"I assumed you'd want to be on the winning side" Digger said as Slade walked up to him.
"Assumption is the mother of ALL FAILURES!" Slade said and then punched Digger hard in the face.
As Evelyn was distracted, Oliver flipped her to the ground, dazing her.
Talia loosed her arrow at Samantha but Jason fired his own arrow, deflecting it.
Digger punched Slade repeatedly in the chest but Slade grabbed Digger and flipped him to the ground.
Several gunshots rang out and Talia's students fell down dead.
Natasha, Nyssa and Shaw ran onto the scene, aiming there weapons.
"Sister!" Nyssa yelled angrily at Talia.
Talia and Digger exchanged a look and Talia threw a flash-bang grenade down, both of them vanishing.
Oliver then opened all the cages.
"Are you all right?" Oliver asked Thea who nodded.
Shaw then grabbed Evelyn and dragged her to a cage, locking her inside it.
"You have been left behind. You should choose your friends more wisely" Shaw said to her.
"Where's everyone else?" Oliver asked.
"Not sure. Chase split us into groups when we got here" Thea replied.
Oliver then walked up to Evelyn.
"Where are they?" he asked.
"I wish I knew. So I could tell you to go screw yourselves" she sneered.
"You hate him for being a killer even though he was only doing out of shear necessity. You have sided with a psychopath who kills innocents without remorse. So you're worse than him. You're a hypocrite" Jason snarled.
Evelyn glared at him, but Jason wasn't affected.
"Why did Chase split up the hostages?" Natasha asked.
"Why does Chase do anything? So far everything he has done, you have followed. Maybe leaving me here was part of the plan" Evelyn sneered.
Shang Chi was clenching his fists and even Natasha looked like she wanted to shoot Evelyn.
"How did Chase get you here?" Oliver asked everyone.
"A plane" Felicity replied.
"You think you can find your way back to it?" Shang Chi asked.
"Shang Chi. Can you fly a plane?" Oliver asked.
"Yes I can" he replied confidently.
"Get everyone to the mainland and then come back for us" Oliver ordered.
"You got it" Shang Chi assured him.
"We can't leave you here Oliver" Samantha protested.
"I need to properly think. And I can't do that with you still on the island" Oliver explained.
"And despite my baser instincts, when this is all over, I'll come back for you" Oliver said, turning to Evelyn.
"When this is all over, you'll be dead" she shot back.
"Actually, on second thought" Jason said, marching over to Evelyn's cage.
He unlocked and dragged her out.
He then grabbed her and drew his sword, decapitating her, and letting the body slump to the ground.
The majority of people grimaced and Samantha looked like she wanted to vomit.
"My sister and Harkness fled into the forest. I can track them" Nyssa said as she returned.
"They might lead us back to the rest of the hostages" Slade added.
"Get them to the plane. Make sure everyone stays safe" Oliver ordered.
Jason then took Natasha aside briefly.
"Nat, I need you to go with them" Jason said.
"Are you sure? Shang Chi seems capable of handling it by himself" she frowned.
"They'll need extra protection. And I don't want to rely on Slade Wilson. Deckard Shaw…he's a bit of a loose cannon. Please Nat, just do this for me" Jason said.
"Sure Jay. Stay safe" she said, kissing him on the cheek.
"We'll get through this in one piece" he said.
"We will" she assured him with a smile.
Returning back to the main group, Jason turned to face the others.
"Keep each other safe" he told them.
They all nodded and left.
Jason, Oliver, Nyssa, Slade and Shaw then left to go scout out ahead.
"The trial has gone cold. My sister knew we would follow her. I can track it again" Nyssa said.
"Do it" Oliver replied.
"I'll accompany you" Shaw said and Nyssa nodded.
That left Oliver, Jason and Slade alone.
"Nyssa hasn't said anything about your beef with Chase" Slade spoke.
"My past is coming back to haunt me" Oliver replied.
"That seems to be a recurring theme with you" Jason said with a chuckle.
"I don't know why" Oliver sighed.
"It's not really complicated. You suffer from survivor's guilt. You can't get over the death of your father" Slade replied.
"Adrian Chase has nothing to do with my father" Oliver protested.
"Buddy, when it comes to you; everything has to do with your father" Jason added.
"Jason is right. You and I are not dissimilar. We're both haunted by our pasts and the only way to bury that ghost is by forgiving yourself" Slade continued.
"Forgive myself for what?" Oliver asked.
"You blame yourself for your father's suicide, and everything that has gone wrong since. You need to forgive yourself for your sins" Slade replied.
"You say that like its easy" Oliver scoffed.
"It's the hardest thing in the world" Slade replied.
"Slade is right. I blamed myself for Cassilda's death, for not being there to help her. But I've realised; there was nothing I could do. It took a conversation with a very powerful and wise woman to help me realise that and let go" Jason counselled.
At that moment, Nyssa and Shaw returned.
"If you 3 are done relaxing, we've picked up the trail" Nyssa said.
"Let's go" Shaw added.
As they continued on there way, Oliver thought about Slade and Jason's words very carefully.
Meanwhile, Shang Chi, Natasha, Thea, Samantha and Felicity were walking on there way to the plane site.
"So you're Natasha Romanoff" Thea said as she walked with Natasha in the back.
"Yes I am! Let me guess, Jason told me about you?" Natasha asked.
"Sure did. He spoke quite fondly of you" Thea replied.
Natasha smiled.
"I can see why you liked the guy" Thea continued.
"You do?" Natasha asked with a wry smile.
"He's kind, compassionate and he can kick some serious ass" Thea laughed.
Thea suddenly heard a click underneath her feet.
Natasha now looked at her with concern.
"Thea? You all right?" Shang Chi asked.
"No she's not. She just activated a land mine" Natasha said.
Everyone looked at her feet in horror.
"Don't move" Natasha said as she knelt down.
"The trigger's rusted over" she said after examining it.
"That-that's good right? That-that's a good sign?" Thea stammered.
"No that's really bad news. It means we can't disarm it" Shang Chi replied.
"Someone needs to do something" Samantha said in concern.
"Thea, on the count of 3, take your foot off the mine" Natasha told her.
"No! That will blow us all up" Felicity protested.
"I'm gonna take her place" Natasha said.
"That's crazy!" Samantha exclaimed.
"I'll just find a boulder around here" Felicity said.
"No! We don't have that kind of time" Natasha snapped.
"No okay! No one is doing this" Thea said stubbornly.
"Ok, ok, all right. Jason forgot to mention how stubborn you could be" Natasha said.
She then pushed Thea off the mine and put her own foot on it. By some miracle, it didn't go off.
"What the hell are you doing?" Thea demanded, now angry.
"I'm gonna take care of them. Disarm the mine, and then I'll catch up with you" Natasha replied.
"And how are you going to do that with one foot planted on the…" Felicity asked.
"She's not going to" Thea said in realisation.
"Look, you don't have to do this" she raised her hands.
"I have to. Just do me one favour. Tell Jason that I love him and that I'm sorry" she said.
Before Thea could reply, a boomerang came flying and imbedded itself in a nearby tree. Digger Harkness was approaching fast.
"All right, go now! Get out of here!" Natasha said.
Shang Chi looked reluctant to do so but Natasha gave him a confident nod.
"This is insane!" Thea protested as Shang Chi dragged her away.
"Go!" Natasha commanded and they were gone.
Digger and the students of Talia stopped on seeing Natasha.
"Go after the rest" Digger ordered his men.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" Natasha warned as they stepped closer.
"Well, you don't seem too bright. Just standing out here in the open like this. What kind of ass-backwards strategy is that?" Digger asked as he went near her.
He was eyeing her out and she could feel it.
"Let me show you" Natasha replied with a smirk.
In the distance, Thea turned to see an explosion from the land mine.
And Chapter 53 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
I know this chapter didn't have many canon changes, but next chapter will be much different from the actual episode.
I hope I handled the character interactions well. I had Jason kill off Evelyn, as honestly, I wish someone had done it in the actual episode.
Here are the list of Earths involved in this chapter.
Earth-1. Home of the Arrowverse, Star Trek, Lucifer, Fast and Furious, Devil May Cry and Final Fantasy.
Earth-199999. Home of the MCU, John Wick and Lord of the Rings.
Now next chapter will cover the final confrontation and ending of the arc.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you think of this chapter.
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