Chapter 2: Green Arrow turns up again
Dinah entered her science classroom. It was the only period she was looking forward to today. She was looking forward to seeing Connor again. That's probably going to be the best part of her day. She wished Barbara had let her skip school so they could figure out this whole Green Arrow mess, but she knew Barbara would never let her skip school for that. She wanted to solve this mystery with Helena and Barbara. If Green Arrow was here then it must be for an important reason. If she only knew who he was.
"Hey," Connor greeted her.
"Hi." He looked really tired today. He had bags under his eyes and his eyes were kind of red. He looked like he had been up the entire night. His hair was also kind of messed up like he had just woken up. He looked like he was really worn out. "Are you feeling okay? You don't look so good."
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just tired. I had a long night." Dinah wondered what he could be doing at night that could make him so tired. Dinah yawned. She had been up half the night with Helena and Barbara trying to figure out their Green Arrow problem.
"Are you okay? You looked kind of tired too."
"I'm fine. I just had a lot of stuff to do last night. I had a lot of homework."
"So… Do you have any plans for the weekend?" Dinah knew she couldn't tell him what she was really doing over the weekend. She couldn't tell him that she was going to try and figure out why a vigilante from Star City is in New Gotham and that she had to try to figure out who they are so that her, Barbara, and Helena can stop whatever new crime that was going to happen.
"I don't know. I'll probably just catch a movie. What are you doing?"
"Same. I'll probably just go see a movie or something." Now it started, the lying. The lying was the thing that she was not looking forward to. Since she was a superhero she often had to lie. She wished she didn't have to lie to him but she knew she had to. Maybe one day, a while from now, when they've known each other for a long time, she'll be able to trust him and tell him her secret and she won't have to lie to him anymore. But that'll be in the future. For now, she had to lie to him just like she did to everybody else.
* * * * *
Two days later
Helena was patrolling New Gotham to see if she could kick anybody's ass. So far it had been a slow night. Just a couple of muggers and a bank robbery. The only unusual thing that happened tonight was that she found another guy knocked out with an arrow in his hand. Their mysterious Green Arrow had turned up again.
They still didn't know who it was and Barbara and Dinah were back at the Clock Tower trying to figure it out. The good news is that they think they know why he's here. The bad news is the reason why he's here. For the past couple of days there had been a large number of homicides and so far they didn't have any clue who was causing them. Barbara checked some stuff out and realized that the same type of murders had occurred in Star City about two years ago. The new Green Arrow was probably here to catch the killer.
::Huntress, do you copy?::
"Yeah, I'm here. What's up?"
::Reese triggered the bat ring. He's near the harbor. Another victim has turned up.::
"Okay, I'm on my way."
* * * * *
Detective Jesse Reese waited in the darkness for Helena to arrive. Ever since Harley had taken over the Clock Tower the two of them had gotten pretty close. She finally started to allow herself to open up to him and they have been dating for the past month. Suddenly, Helena appeared in front of him. "Hey."
"Hi." They gave each other a quick kiss.
"So, what do we have?"
"A male victim in his thirties with a bullet wound to the head. He's the third one this week. We still can't figure out what the victims have in common."
"Okay, Oracle and I will check it out. We still don't know what they have in common either. They weren't meta humans and so far we haven't found any similarities between the victims." Helena looked really tired like she hadn't gotten any sleep in days. Usually she didn't but she looked more tired than usual.
"Are you okay? You look more stressed out than usual."
"That's because I am. Long story short, a vigilante from Star City who died two years ago is in New Gotham and we don't know why they're here or who they are. We've been working like crazy. We think that maybe he's here because of the homicides. Hopefully, they're not the one who's causing them. Anyway, I have to head back. We have a lot of work to do. Tell me if you find anything else."
"Okay, I will. Hopefully next time I see you it won't be over a dead body."
"Hopefully." They kissed each other goodbye and Helena headed off into the darkness.
* * * * *
Huntress was kicking some mugger's ass when Oracle's voice was heard over her com system. ::Huntress, do you copy?::
"Yeah, but I'm kind of in the middle of something." She gave the guy a round house kick, punched him in the face, and then threw him against the wall where he finally lay unconscious. "Okay, I'm done now. What's up?"
::I've found a similarity between the victims.::
"Okay, which is what?"
::All the victims had at least one time in their life had a job helping people. The first victim used to be in the army, the second was a retired police officer, and the third was a security guard.::
"So, you think that's the killer's motive?"
::It's the only similarity I've found so far between the victims.::
"Okay, tell Reese to be careful. If there's a guy out there killing cops then Reese is in danger."
::I've already called him. He's already told everybody at the station.::
"Okay, well at least now we have a motive." Oracle paused for a moment.
:: Huntress, there's a robbery at Frank's Jewels on 24th Street.::
"Okay, I'm on it." She jumped over a couple of rooftops until she finally reached Frank's Jewels. She went in and caught the thugs by surprise. "Hey, boys. You wanna play?" She gave the first thug a right hook and then kicked him. He got up and tried to attack her. She kicked him in the stomach and then threw him against the wall.
The second thug was easier. She hit him in the jaw, which was made of glass, and knocked him out with two more blows to the face. The third thug attacked her from behind and she was having a little difficulty with him. His hands wrapped around her throat and he started choking her. Everything started to go black until an arrow came out of nowhere and hit him in the arm.
The pain in his arm forced him to loosen his grip and Helena was able to get out of his grasp. She punched him in the face, causing him to fall back, and a blonde kid with a mask on kicked him in the back. The thug turned around to face his new attacker and the kid kicked him in the stomach and gave him a hard blow to the face which knocked him out. "Are you the Huntress?" the blond kid asked her.
"That depends, who's asking?"
"My name's Connor Hawke, I'm Green Arrow. I'm Oliver Queen, the original Green Arrow's, son. I've been looking for you for days. I have information about the recent homicides. I need to speak with Oracle immediately."
"Oracle, I've found our mysterious Green Arrow. He said his name is Connor Hawke, he's Oliver Queen's son, and now the current Green Arrow. He also said he has information on the recent homicides."
::Bring him up to the Clock Tower::
* * * * *
Barbara waited impatiently for Helena to arrive with Green Arrow. From what Helena told her, Green Arrow's story was plausible. She put in the name Connor Hawke in her database and he was indeed Ollie's son. She couldn't believe Ollie had a son. She couldn't believe he never told her. That doesn't matter now. What does matter is that this guy has information on the homicides and he could be helpful.
Suddenly the elevator doors opened and Helena walked in with Green Arrow. "Green Arrow, it's nice to meet you. I'm Oracle." They shook hands and he removed his mask, not seeing the point in wearing it right now.
"Just call me Connor. I'm not too big on the whole separate identity thing."
"Okay then, Connor, Huntress told me you have information on the recent homicides." He was about to answer her when Dinah came out of the training room and came in to join them.
"You must be our mysterious Green Arrow. Hi, I'm-" She stopped dead in her tracks as soon as she saw Green Arrow's face. "Connor?"
"Dinah?"
Dinah entered her science classroom. It was the only period she was looking forward to today. She was looking forward to seeing Connor again. That's probably going to be the best part of her day. She wished Barbara had let her skip school so they could figure out this whole Green Arrow mess, but she knew Barbara would never let her skip school for that. She wanted to solve this mystery with Helena and Barbara. If Green Arrow was here then it must be for an important reason. If she only knew who he was.
"Hey," Connor greeted her.
"Hi." He looked really tired today. He had bags under his eyes and his eyes were kind of red. He looked like he had been up the entire night. His hair was also kind of messed up like he had just woken up. He looked like he was really worn out. "Are you feeling okay? You don't look so good."
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just tired. I had a long night." Dinah wondered what he could be doing at night that could make him so tired. Dinah yawned. She had been up half the night with Helena and Barbara trying to figure out their Green Arrow problem.
"Are you okay? You looked kind of tired too."
"I'm fine. I just had a lot of stuff to do last night. I had a lot of homework."
"So… Do you have any plans for the weekend?" Dinah knew she couldn't tell him what she was really doing over the weekend. She couldn't tell him that she was going to try and figure out why a vigilante from Star City is in New Gotham and that she had to try to figure out who they are so that her, Barbara, and Helena can stop whatever new crime that was going to happen.
"I don't know. I'll probably just catch a movie. What are you doing?"
"Same. I'll probably just go see a movie or something." Now it started, the lying. The lying was the thing that she was not looking forward to. Since she was a superhero she often had to lie. She wished she didn't have to lie to him but she knew she had to. Maybe one day, a while from now, when they've known each other for a long time, she'll be able to trust him and tell him her secret and she won't have to lie to him anymore. But that'll be in the future. For now, she had to lie to him just like she did to everybody else.
* * * * *
Two days later
Helena was patrolling New Gotham to see if she could kick anybody's ass. So far it had been a slow night. Just a couple of muggers and a bank robbery. The only unusual thing that happened tonight was that she found another guy knocked out with an arrow in his hand. Their mysterious Green Arrow had turned up again.
They still didn't know who it was and Barbara and Dinah were back at the Clock Tower trying to figure it out. The good news is that they think they know why he's here. The bad news is the reason why he's here. For the past couple of days there had been a large number of homicides and so far they didn't have any clue who was causing them. Barbara checked some stuff out and realized that the same type of murders had occurred in Star City about two years ago. The new Green Arrow was probably here to catch the killer.
::Huntress, do you copy?::
"Yeah, I'm here. What's up?"
::Reese triggered the bat ring. He's near the harbor. Another victim has turned up.::
"Okay, I'm on my way."
* * * * *
Detective Jesse Reese waited in the darkness for Helena to arrive. Ever since Harley had taken over the Clock Tower the two of them had gotten pretty close. She finally started to allow herself to open up to him and they have been dating for the past month. Suddenly, Helena appeared in front of him. "Hey."
"Hi." They gave each other a quick kiss.
"So, what do we have?"
"A male victim in his thirties with a bullet wound to the head. He's the third one this week. We still can't figure out what the victims have in common."
"Okay, Oracle and I will check it out. We still don't know what they have in common either. They weren't meta humans and so far we haven't found any similarities between the victims." Helena looked really tired like she hadn't gotten any sleep in days. Usually she didn't but she looked more tired than usual.
"Are you okay? You look more stressed out than usual."
"That's because I am. Long story short, a vigilante from Star City who died two years ago is in New Gotham and we don't know why they're here or who they are. We've been working like crazy. We think that maybe he's here because of the homicides. Hopefully, they're not the one who's causing them. Anyway, I have to head back. We have a lot of work to do. Tell me if you find anything else."
"Okay, I will. Hopefully next time I see you it won't be over a dead body."
"Hopefully." They kissed each other goodbye and Helena headed off into the darkness.
* * * * *
Huntress was kicking some mugger's ass when Oracle's voice was heard over her com system. ::Huntress, do you copy?::
"Yeah, but I'm kind of in the middle of something." She gave the guy a round house kick, punched him in the face, and then threw him against the wall where he finally lay unconscious. "Okay, I'm done now. What's up?"
::I've found a similarity between the victims.::
"Okay, which is what?"
::All the victims had at least one time in their life had a job helping people. The first victim used to be in the army, the second was a retired police officer, and the third was a security guard.::
"So, you think that's the killer's motive?"
::It's the only similarity I've found so far between the victims.::
"Okay, tell Reese to be careful. If there's a guy out there killing cops then Reese is in danger."
::I've already called him. He's already told everybody at the station.::
"Okay, well at least now we have a motive." Oracle paused for a moment.
:: Huntress, there's a robbery at Frank's Jewels on 24th Street.::
"Okay, I'm on it." She jumped over a couple of rooftops until she finally reached Frank's Jewels. She went in and caught the thugs by surprise. "Hey, boys. You wanna play?" She gave the first thug a right hook and then kicked him. He got up and tried to attack her. She kicked him in the stomach and then threw him against the wall.
The second thug was easier. She hit him in the jaw, which was made of glass, and knocked him out with two more blows to the face. The third thug attacked her from behind and she was having a little difficulty with him. His hands wrapped around her throat and he started choking her. Everything started to go black until an arrow came out of nowhere and hit him in the arm.
The pain in his arm forced him to loosen his grip and Helena was able to get out of his grasp. She punched him in the face, causing him to fall back, and a blonde kid with a mask on kicked him in the back. The thug turned around to face his new attacker and the kid kicked him in the stomach and gave him a hard blow to the face which knocked him out. "Are you the Huntress?" the blond kid asked her.
"That depends, who's asking?"
"My name's Connor Hawke, I'm Green Arrow. I'm Oliver Queen, the original Green Arrow's, son. I've been looking for you for days. I have information about the recent homicides. I need to speak with Oracle immediately."
"Oracle, I've found our mysterious Green Arrow. He said his name is Connor Hawke, he's Oliver Queen's son, and now the current Green Arrow. He also said he has information on the recent homicides."
::Bring him up to the Clock Tower::
* * * * *
Barbara waited impatiently for Helena to arrive with Green Arrow. From what Helena told her, Green Arrow's story was plausible. She put in the name Connor Hawke in her database and he was indeed Ollie's son. She couldn't believe Ollie had a son. She couldn't believe he never told her. That doesn't matter now. What does matter is that this guy has information on the homicides and he could be helpful.
Suddenly the elevator doors opened and Helena walked in with Green Arrow. "Green Arrow, it's nice to meet you. I'm Oracle." They shook hands and he removed his mask, not seeing the point in wearing it right now.
"Just call me Connor. I'm not too big on the whole separate identity thing."
"Okay then, Connor, Huntress told me you have information on the recent homicides." He was about to answer her when Dinah came out of the training room and came in to join them.
"You must be our mysterious Green Arrow. Hi, I'm-" She stopped dead in her tracks as soon as she saw Green Arrow's face. "Connor?"
"Dinah?"