Chapter 4:Close encounters

"I found out what was stolen from STAR Labs," Barbara told Helena in the Clock Tower. "At STAR Labs, they were doing a couple of experiments and one of them didn't go according to plan. They made a few mistakes and accidentally created a substance that can cause a deadly type of disease when you make skin to skin contact with it. Anyway, last night the flask of the chemical was stolen. There was some research that they were working on about DNA that was stolen as well."

"Do you think this has anything to do with Two Face?"

"Probably. I don't think it's a coincidence that a couple of days after he brought somebody back from the dead, there just happened to be a robbery at STAR Labs."

"So, you think this is all part of his master plan."

"That's my theory."

"Do you know who might have broken into STAR Labs for him?"

"I don't know."

"Well, the arrows left at the crime scene gives us a clue."

"It still doesn't help though. It just made it harder for me to find possible suspects. The only person who ever used arrows to fight was Green Arrow and we know where he was last night so we can eliminate the possibility that Connor might actually be a super villain."

"So, unless Connor is actually an evil meta human that can duplicate himself, we have no idea who could have done this."

"I'm still working on it."

"Didn't you say that Ollie used to have a sidekick."

"Yeah, Speedy. He's Arsenal now."

"Well, what about him?"

"Great, Helena, now you're accusing other superheroes."

"Well?"

"I already checked him out. He has an alibi."

"So, we have nothing."

"Yeah, basically."

"Maybe I should go back there, see if there was anything that the cops may have missed."

"No way, it's your night off. Go have fun with Reese. Don't worry about it. If I find anything else I'll tell you."

"Okay, are you sure?"

"Yeah, don't worry about it."

"Do you really think that Dinah and Connor are ready to go out on sweeps on their own?"

"They're both ready. Relax, the city will be fine with Dinah and Connor watching over it. You shouldn't worry about it. You need a night off." Dinah and Connor came from upstairs.

"Hey, did you find out who stole that stuff from last night?" Dinah ask them.

"We think Two Face might have something to do with it." Connor saw some of the pictures on her screen with the arrows in the guards. There was something about the way the arrows were shot that seemed so familiar to him but he didn't know what.

"Connor, is everything okay?" Barbara asked him. She saw the confused look on his face.

"Oh, yeah, I just thought I saw something that's all." He quickly changed the subject. "Hey, Dinah, are you ready to make the city's criminals wish they were never born?"

"You know I am."

"It's so cute, you're first crime fighting date," Helena teased them. "You guys aren't going to flirt the entire time again, are you?"

"Oh, stop it. You shouldn't be talking. You and Reese use to flirt like crazy before the two of you got together," Dinah told her.

"Did somebody say my name?" Reese said. He just entered the Clock Tower.

"Hey." They kissed hello.

"Are you ready to go?"

"Yeah, come on. Oh, by the way, Dinah and Connor, don't screw up."

"God! Just go. We'll be fine." Dinah told her.

"Fine, but if I get a call from Barbara saying that Two Face has taken over New Gotham, I'm never leaving you two alone on sweeps again."

"Reese, quick. Leave before she has even less faith in us and changes her mind," Connor told him.

"No, it's not that I don't have any faith in you. I think you guys are great crime fighters and you could make thugs cry. It's just that I think you guys will make out the entire time and not do your jobs."

"Thanks for trusting us so much, Helena," Dinah said.

"I have to go. I'll see you later, bye."

"Bye guys," Barbara said. "Don't worry, if they start to make out I'll call you right away." Now even Barbara was teasing them.

"Barbara, I expected better from you," Dinah told her.

"I'm just joking guys. Hey, you have to go on sweeps soon. You both should get into costume." They both headed upstairs. Connor turned to her.

"You know, we never promised them about the making out thing."

"Oh god! Very funny. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we do have a job to do and I don't think we'll have time to make out."

"Damn, are you sure?"

"I'll meet you downstairs in a couple of minutes." She headed toward her room.

"Fine, Dinah, but you know you want to. You just passed up on the best opportunity of your life," he joked.

* * * * *

Oliver headed towards the bank. He went inside after disabling the security system. Somehow he knew how to do that too. He went towards the vault. Behind this door was $5 million which Two Face wanted.

Oliver pulled out the trick arrow from his quiver, which was really an explosive. How did this work? When notched, the head is pulled against the fingers, which advances the trigger select mechanism between impact, timed after impact, close and far proximity triggers and a simple altitude trigger. Fuse starts when shaft is loosed. Okay, now that was weird. He had no idea how he knew that. It just came to him.

He fired the trick arrow at the vault door. Now there was a huge hole revealing a large sum of money. Oliver went inside and quickly packed it all up.

He only had a couple of minutes because somebody must have heard the explosion. Hopefully, the person that Two Face warned him about, the Huntress, didn't hear it. If she did then she would be here in moments.

Oliver ran out of the bank. Suddenly, he saw two mysterious figures heading his way. They were vigilantes. One of them was a girl, who couldn't be the Huntress because she was too young. The other one was a boy and Oliver had no idea who he was. But there was something about that boy that seemed so familiar to him. It was like he shared a connection with him somehow. It was like he had seen this boy before. None of that mattered right now because they were chasing him down the alley.

He ran as fast as he could until he finally lost them when he went back to Two Face's hideout. There was still one thing on his mind. Who was that boy that he had seen? Why did he seem so familiar to him? Oliver tried to forget about it but for the rest of the night, it was all he could think about.

* * * * *

"Did you see where he went?" Dinah asked Connor. They had been chasing the guy who robbed the bank. Right now Connor looked like he was in his own world, lost in his thoughts. "Connor?" she said getting his head out of the clouds.

"Oh, no. No, I didn't see where he went."

"Great, just great. We lost him."

"Don't worry about it. We'll get him next time if there is a next time."

"How can I not worry about it? We just lost a guy who stole $5 million and we just proved Helena's point."

::Guys, there's a robbery at Tiffany's.::

"Okay, we're on it," Dinah told her.

* * * * *

"Are you alright ,Connor?" she asked him after they kicked the thieves' asses.

"Oh, yeah. I'm fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, don't worry about me. I'm fine. I'm just kind of tired that's all."

"Okay," she said even though she didn't believe him. She knew there was something bothering him that he wasn't telling her about.

* * * * *

Oliver returned to the hideout. He handed the sack of money over to Two Face. "So, Oliver, did you have any problems?"

"Yeah, I ran into this girl who was a vigilante but she was too young to be the Huntress. Who was she?"

"She's an ally of hers. Back in Arkham, I heard a couple of rumors about her. I didn't think she'd be a problem because I didn't think Huntress actually had a partner."

"Is she a meta human?"

"Yeah, from what I hear, she has telekinesis and telepathy. I also heard a rumor that she's Black Canary's daughter." Black Canary. That name sounded familiar to Oliver. He knew he heard it somewhere before. The name belonged to someone he knew, someone very important to him. He just wished he knew who.

Two Face immediately realized his mistake. He shouldn't have mentioned Black Canary. Black Canary was part of Oliver's past and Oliver couldn't find out anything about his past or else Two Face's plan would be ruined. He quickly changed the subject to get Oliver's mind off Black Canary. "Was there anybody else with the girl?" he asked.

He pulled Oliver out of his thoughts. "Yeah, there was this kid with her. For some reason he looked really familiar. He fought with a bow and arrow. Who was he?" Two Face immediately knew who he was talking about. He heard a couple of rumors that Green Arrow was in New Gotham but he didn't believe any of them. He didn't want to believe any of them. He had been planning his revenge ever since the day Huntress and Oracle put him away to Arkham. He couldn't let anything ruin it. Oliver couldn't find out that that boy was his son.

"He's another ally of the Huntress. Did you have any other problems?

"No, everything else went according to plan."

"Okay, then I'll see you later, Oliver." Two Face left the room. He was pleased. His plan was working. Oliver was starting to trust him and Two Face could get him to do almost anything he wanted. The only problem was the kid that he saw. If Oliver found out who that was then Two Face's entire plan would be destroyed.

* * * * *

Connor was looking through the paper the next day. It had an article about the robbery at the bank. He read that the vault door was opened by some kind of explosion.

He looked at the pictures in the paper. It all seemed too familiar. The way the arrows were shot. The explosion. There was something familiar about it. There was also the strange figure that he saw last night that reminded him so much of someone. Who was that person? It all just seemed too familiar. "Ollie?" he said. It was the only thing that could come out of his mouth.



Dinah suddenly entered his room. He saw her and put the paper away. "Hey," she said.

"Hey." They kissed hello. She saw the look that was on his face.

"Is everything okay?" she asked him.

"Yeah, everything's fine."

"Okay, it's just that, last night you seemed kind of out of it. You look like something's bothering you."

"It's nothing. I'm fine. I promise." He kissed her on the cheek. "Hey, come on. Let's get something to eat." They both headed out the door. The robbery was weighing heavily on his mind.