Chapter 11: Remembering
"Sorry, kid." He aimed the arrow at him, ready to fire.
"Connor, no!" Dinah said. She was finally able to get out of the ropes that were tied around her and got out of the chair. She reached for Ollie's arm and entered into his mind.
She saw Ollie there, doing archery, looking completely peaceful. "Oliver," she said. He turned around.
"Hello, Dinah. I thought you might try to take a trip through my mind," he said.
"What? How did you know my name? What's going on?"
"Well, I think it's about time I clear a few things up. Remember when you told Connor that theory that you had? You believed that since my body is back to life then it would be possible for me to enter it if I want to and I can have a life again. Well, you're theory was right."
"Wait, you're Ollie's soul?"
"Yes, I am."
"But how am I talking to you right now?"
"Well, you tried to enter into the mind of my body. Since my body doesn't have a soul right now, he doesn't exactly have a mind. But my body and I share a connection, he's my body and I'm his soul. We're sort of the same person. So, because of this connection, if you tried to enter into his mind you would enter into my mind. In other words, you'll contact me since I'm his soul and I'm his mind," he told her. "You're going to ask me why I haven't come back yet, right?"
"Well, yeah, I was."
"I haven't come back because I'm where I'm suppose to be now. I already lived my life. I don't want to live it again."
"Well, do you know what's been going on?"
"Yeah, I know. I always keep a watchful eye over Connor."
"If you know what's going on then why aren't you doing anything about it? You're just allowing all of this happen? You're just letting Two Face use your body and you're not doing anything about it? Why haven't you done anything?"
"Because, it's not my fight, Dinah. It's not my problem anymore. I'm not gonna go back just because some psycho decided to bring my body back. That's not my problem. I don't want to go back. I'm not supposed to go back. I'm where I'm supposed to be. Just because I can go back, it doesn't mean I want to."
"But, Ollie, you have to go back."
"But I can't."
"Yes, you can."
"But I can't. My time's gone, it's up. I already spent my time there. Right now, I'm just enjoying my reward in heaven. I already told you… It's not my problem anymore."
"You have to come back, Ollie."
"No, no I can't go back."
"Well, what about Connor? Are you just going to let him die?"
"He's not going to die. You got out of your chair. You can stop my body from firing. And even if he does fire, you can always stop the arrow with telekinesis."
"But even if I do stop him, Two Face will still get Connor. He's determined to kill him. If your body doesn't kill Connor then Two Face will."
"Well, you can stop Two Face."
"No, I can't. He'll use a gun and I won't be able to stop the bullets because they're too fast. I'm not that good at telekinesis yet. If you don't come back then Connor will die."
"Well, if that's his destiny."
"What? I can't believe you! You're just going to let your son die?! What kind of father are you?! Do you know all the good things he's told me about you? He really looked up to you, Ollie. He really loved you. All I ever heard about was how great Oliver Queen was. But now that I've met him, I don't see what's so great about him. You were never much of a father for Connor then, and you definitely aren't much of a father for him now."
"Dinah, you just don't understand."
"That's right, I don't understand. I don't understand how you're just going to let your son die! Don't you even care about what happens to him? Do you care about him at all?"
"Of course I do! He's my son, Dinah. I care about Connor. He was the most important person in my life when I died. I love him."
"If you love him then do something! You can't just let him die. You have to come back and set things right. Stop being selfish for once!"
"No, no I can't come back. I just can't."
"Yes, you can. You have to. Just do it for Connor. He's your son, Ollie. He needs you. Do it for him. Just do it for your son." What Dinah had just said really got to him. She was right. Connor was his son. He couldn't just let him die. He knew what he had to do.
"You're right," he told her. "I can't let anything happen to him. I can't let him die. He's my son and I care about him. I don't want him to have the same fate as me." He put his bow and arrows down and walked towards her. "I'm ready to go home now."
"Take my hand," she said. He took it and they were back in the room. Ollie was about to fire his arrow at Connor.
"Connor," he said. He let his bow and arrow fall to the ground. As soon as he did that, he immediately felt a gun go to his head.
"Well, I guess you finally remembered," Two Face said. One of Two Face's other thugs was now holding Dinah. There was a gun to her head too. "So, how did you do it, Ollie? How did you remember? What did she do? Whatever, I guess it doesn't really matter. All that matters is that I'm gonna kill you now."
"You sick bastard," Ollie said. "You were going to make me kill my own son."
"Well, that's revenge, Ollie. And just because you have your soul back, it doesn't mean your going to prevent me from having it."
"We'll see about that."
Ollie quickly punched him in the nose causing blood to gush out of it and kicked the gun out of his hand. Two Face fought back by punching him in the stomach and then in the mouth which caused his lip to bleed. He tried to kick him in the chest but Ollie blocked him and Two Face received a blow to the face. Ollie tried kicking him in the stomach but he blocked him. He tried kicking him again, but he was still unable to succeed.
Two Face punched him in the nose, braking it, and then tried hitting him again but Ollie managed to block him. Ollie punched him in the jaw and then tried punching him in the ribs but was blocked. Two Face gave him a hard blow to the chest and then the stomach. Ollie tried punching Two Face but he blocked him again.
Two Face kicked him in the stomach and then the ribs. He then punched him in the nose and then in the jaw. He hit him in the ribs and then kicked him hard in the chest causing him to come crashing to the ground. Ollie was on the floor bloody and bruised, unable to get up. He was beaten.
Two Face picked up his gun off the floor and aimed it at him. "It's time to die, Ollie," he said. "Again."
Dinah couldn't take it anymore. The entire time she was just standing there not being able to do anything because the thug had a gun to her head. She didn't care if he shot her. She had to do something. She couldn't just stand there and watch Ollie get killed again.
She stepped on the foot of the thug who was holding a gun to her head and then elbowed him in the stomach. She then punched him in the jaw, braking it, and as he was trying to recover she punched him in the face knocking him out. She quickly used telekinesis and made the gun fly out of Two Face's hand just before he was going to pull the trigger.
"What the?" Two Face said. He turned towards Dinah. "You bitch."
He started walking towards her to attack her, but before he could do anything, Connor finally managed to break free from the ropes that were holding him to the chair, which he had been trying to do the entire time, and punched Two Face hard in the face, making it even more distorted than it already was.
"Nobody calls my girlfriend a bitch," he said.
Two Face tried to punch him in the stomach but Connor managed to block him and he punched him in the chest. He then punched Two Face in the face which finally knocked him out.
Connor went over towards Ollie. He was lying on the ground hurt from his battle with Two Face.
"Dad, are you okay?" he asked him.
"I'll live," he responded. Connor helped him up.
Ollie turned towards Two Face's direction and saw him lying on the ground unconscious. "Nice work," he told Connor.
"Well, I learned from the best," he said. They both smiled.
"Hey, come here." Ollie pulled Connor into an embrace. He had been wanting to do that for a long time.
"Hey, guys, I hate to brake up your little family reunion but can you please get us out of here," Helena said.
"Oh, sorry," Connor said. They went over to Helena and Reese and untied them.
"Well, Ollie, I don't think we've officially met. I'm Helena Kyle also known as the Huntress," she told him.
"Oliver Queen. The original Green Arrow reincarnated. Nice to meet you. And who might you be?" he asked Reese.
"Detective Jesse Reese. New Gotham PD."
"Nice to meet you Reese." Ollie turned to face Dinah. "Dinah, I believe we've already met."
"Yeah, Dinah, what happened? How did you get him to come back? What did you do?" Connor asked.
"Well, it's a long story," she told him. "We'll tell you guys about it later."
"Hey, guys, Barbara's probably going ballistic. Ollie, do you mind giving us our comm sets back," Helena said.
"Oh, right, sorry about that." He reached into his pocket and handed them their comm sets. "Tell Barbara I say hi."
As soon as they put their comm sets back on, they heard Barbara's voice. Helena was right, she was going ballistic.
"Hey, Oracle, how's it hanging?" Helena said.
::Finally, I got a hold of you! I've been going crazy. Are you guys alright?::
"Yeah, we're fine now. Oh, and Ollie says hi."
::What? Ollie?::
"It's a long story. Short version, he has his soul back."
::Finally some good news. Tell him it's about damn time. Does he know how much stress we've been through these past two weeks? Does he know everything that his body has put us through? These past two weeks we've been working like crazy trying to stop Two Face and now that it's all over, and all of you and all of the metas of New Gotham nearly died, he decides to come back?! Why did he come back now?! Why didn't he just come back in the beginning when Two Face first started his plan, before all of this happened and before all of you had a near death experience?! Why couldn't he just come back earlier?! It would have been a lot easier then! I may be in a wheel chair but when you guys come back to the Clock Tower, tell him I'm going to kick his ass!"
"Ollie, Barbara says hi."
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It had been a week since they stopped Two Face. Everything was right again. Nobody got killed, Two Face was back in Arkham, and best of all, Ollie was back to life which was the best victory that Connor had ever had. But unfortunately there were some strings attached to it.
"Hey," Connor said to Dinah. Today was one of the best but at the same time, one of the worst days of his life.
"Hey, so today's the day you're going home. Today you're going back to Star City," she said.
Him and Ollie had decided a couple of days ago that it was best for them to leave New Gotham and to go back home. Connor had a second chance with his father and you don't get many seconds chances in life so he knew he had to take advantage of this one. He knew him and his father had to get reacquainted again. They had to go back to where their relationship first started. They had to go back home and home was Star City.
"Yeah, I'm going back today," he told her.
"I thought you were going stay in New Gotham a little longer," she said.
"Yeah, I thought so too. I guess fate just got in the way of that. Look, Dinah, I want to stay longer it's just-"
"No, it's okay. I know why you're leaving. I understand. If I were you, I'd probably be doing the same thing."
"Yeah, it's not everyday your father comes back from the dead."
"Yeah, only in New Gotham."
"Hey, I'll come and visit. I'll come at the first opportunity."
"I can't wait until then."
"Look, I know long distance relationships are hard but I want to try to make this work."
"Me too."
"Just promise me one thing."
"What's that?"
"While, I'm gone, don't fall for any other cute vigilantes."
"Okay, I promise."
"I'm really going to miss you."
"I'm going to miss you too. It'll be weird not seeing you everyday."
"Yeah, I know. I'm gonna miss kicking ass with you."
"Me too. We had a lot of fun while it lasted."
"Yeah, we did."
"You know, New Gotham won't be the same without you," she said.
"Yeah, well, Star City will be empty without you," he told her. They both smiled. He was feeling so many emotions right now. There was a part of him that wanted to stay in New Gotham but he knew he couldn't. He knew he had to go back. As much as it hurt leaving Dinah, he knew he had to leave.
"Connor," Ollie said, "it's time to go."
Connor turned towards Dinah. "I'll call you as soon as we get there."
"Okay, I'll wait for your call." They kissed goodbye.
"I'll see you soon, bye," he said.
"Bye."
He got up and was about to leave when he stopped. He knew he still had one more thing to tell her. It was something that he had been wanting to tell her for a while now. He knew it was now or never. He didn't care if she didn't feel the same way. He just knew he had to tell her. She had to know how he felt about her before he left. He turned to face her again.
"I love you, Dinah."
"I love you too," she responded. Connor couldn't believe what he had just heard. Dinah loved him too. He never thought that she felt the same way about him.
He couldn't take it anymore. He walked over to the girl that he had fallen in love with and kissed her one more time. As they were kissing, everything felt right. They belonged together. All he wanted to do was stay in New Gotham with her. But no matter how right it felt, and no matter how much he wanted to stay, he knew that he had to go. They broke apart.
"I have to go," he said both of them wishing it weren't true.
"I know."
"I'll see you soon. Bye."
"Bye."
With all of his effort he somehow managed to turn around and walk away. He met up with Ollie at the elevator and they both left the Clock Tower.
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"Sorry, kid." He aimed the arrow at him, ready to fire.
"Connor, no!" Dinah said. She was finally able to get out of the ropes that were tied around her and got out of the chair. She reached for Ollie's arm and entered into his mind.
She saw Ollie there, doing archery, looking completely peaceful. "Oliver," she said. He turned around.
"Hello, Dinah. I thought you might try to take a trip through my mind," he said.
"What? How did you know my name? What's going on?"
"Well, I think it's about time I clear a few things up. Remember when you told Connor that theory that you had? You believed that since my body is back to life then it would be possible for me to enter it if I want to and I can have a life again. Well, you're theory was right."
"Wait, you're Ollie's soul?"
"Yes, I am."
"But how am I talking to you right now?"
"Well, you tried to enter into the mind of my body. Since my body doesn't have a soul right now, he doesn't exactly have a mind. But my body and I share a connection, he's my body and I'm his soul. We're sort of the same person. So, because of this connection, if you tried to enter into his mind you would enter into my mind. In other words, you'll contact me since I'm his soul and I'm his mind," he told her. "You're going to ask me why I haven't come back yet, right?"
"Well, yeah, I was."
"I haven't come back because I'm where I'm suppose to be now. I already lived my life. I don't want to live it again."
"Well, do you know what's been going on?"
"Yeah, I know. I always keep a watchful eye over Connor."
"If you know what's going on then why aren't you doing anything about it? You're just allowing all of this happen? You're just letting Two Face use your body and you're not doing anything about it? Why haven't you done anything?"
"Because, it's not my fight, Dinah. It's not my problem anymore. I'm not gonna go back just because some psycho decided to bring my body back. That's not my problem. I don't want to go back. I'm not supposed to go back. I'm where I'm supposed to be. Just because I can go back, it doesn't mean I want to."
"But, Ollie, you have to go back."
"But I can't."
"Yes, you can."
"But I can't. My time's gone, it's up. I already spent my time there. Right now, I'm just enjoying my reward in heaven. I already told you… It's not my problem anymore."
"You have to come back, Ollie."
"No, no I can't go back."
"Well, what about Connor? Are you just going to let him die?"
"He's not going to die. You got out of your chair. You can stop my body from firing. And even if he does fire, you can always stop the arrow with telekinesis."
"But even if I do stop him, Two Face will still get Connor. He's determined to kill him. If your body doesn't kill Connor then Two Face will."
"Well, you can stop Two Face."
"No, I can't. He'll use a gun and I won't be able to stop the bullets because they're too fast. I'm not that good at telekinesis yet. If you don't come back then Connor will die."
"Well, if that's his destiny."
"What? I can't believe you! You're just going to let your son die?! What kind of father are you?! Do you know all the good things he's told me about you? He really looked up to you, Ollie. He really loved you. All I ever heard about was how great Oliver Queen was. But now that I've met him, I don't see what's so great about him. You were never much of a father for Connor then, and you definitely aren't much of a father for him now."
"Dinah, you just don't understand."
"That's right, I don't understand. I don't understand how you're just going to let your son die! Don't you even care about what happens to him? Do you care about him at all?"
"Of course I do! He's my son, Dinah. I care about Connor. He was the most important person in my life when I died. I love him."
"If you love him then do something! You can't just let him die. You have to come back and set things right. Stop being selfish for once!"
"No, no I can't come back. I just can't."
"Yes, you can. You have to. Just do it for Connor. He's your son, Ollie. He needs you. Do it for him. Just do it for your son." What Dinah had just said really got to him. She was right. Connor was his son. He couldn't just let him die. He knew what he had to do.
"You're right," he told her. "I can't let anything happen to him. I can't let him die. He's my son and I care about him. I don't want him to have the same fate as me." He put his bow and arrows down and walked towards her. "I'm ready to go home now."
"Take my hand," she said. He took it and they were back in the room. Ollie was about to fire his arrow at Connor.
"Connor," he said. He let his bow and arrow fall to the ground. As soon as he did that, he immediately felt a gun go to his head.
"Well, I guess you finally remembered," Two Face said. One of Two Face's other thugs was now holding Dinah. There was a gun to her head too. "So, how did you do it, Ollie? How did you remember? What did she do? Whatever, I guess it doesn't really matter. All that matters is that I'm gonna kill you now."
"You sick bastard," Ollie said. "You were going to make me kill my own son."
"Well, that's revenge, Ollie. And just because you have your soul back, it doesn't mean your going to prevent me from having it."
"We'll see about that."
Ollie quickly punched him in the nose causing blood to gush out of it and kicked the gun out of his hand. Two Face fought back by punching him in the stomach and then in the mouth which caused his lip to bleed. He tried to kick him in the chest but Ollie blocked him and Two Face received a blow to the face. Ollie tried kicking him in the stomach but he blocked him. He tried kicking him again, but he was still unable to succeed.
Two Face punched him in the nose, braking it, and then tried hitting him again but Ollie managed to block him. Ollie punched him in the jaw and then tried punching him in the ribs but was blocked. Two Face gave him a hard blow to the chest and then the stomach. Ollie tried punching Two Face but he blocked him again.
Two Face kicked him in the stomach and then the ribs. He then punched him in the nose and then in the jaw. He hit him in the ribs and then kicked him hard in the chest causing him to come crashing to the ground. Ollie was on the floor bloody and bruised, unable to get up. He was beaten.
Two Face picked up his gun off the floor and aimed it at him. "It's time to die, Ollie," he said. "Again."
Dinah couldn't take it anymore. The entire time she was just standing there not being able to do anything because the thug had a gun to her head. She didn't care if he shot her. She had to do something. She couldn't just stand there and watch Ollie get killed again.
She stepped on the foot of the thug who was holding a gun to her head and then elbowed him in the stomach. She then punched him in the jaw, braking it, and as he was trying to recover she punched him in the face knocking him out. She quickly used telekinesis and made the gun fly out of Two Face's hand just before he was going to pull the trigger.
"What the?" Two Face said. He turned towards Dinah. "You bitch."
He started walking towards her to attack her, but before he could do anything, Connor finally managed to break free from the ropes that were holding him to the chair, which he had been trying to do the entire time, and punched Two Face hard in the face, making it even more distorted than it already was.
"Nobody calls my girlfriend a bitch," he said.
Two Face tried to punch him in the stomach but Connor managed to block him and he punched him in the chest. He then punched Two Face in the face which finally knocked him out.
Connor went over towards Ollie. He was lying on the ground hurt from his battle with Two Face.
"Dad, are you okay?" he asked him.
"I'll live," he responded. Connor helped him up.
Ollie turned towards Two Face's direction and saw him lying on the ground unconscious. "Nice work," he told Connor.
"Well, I learned from the best," he said. They both smiled.
"Hey, come here." Ollie pulled Connor into an embrace. He had been wanting to do that for a long time.
"Hey, guys, I hate to brake up your little family reunion but can you please get us out of here," Helena said.
"Oh, sorry," Connor said. They went over to Helena and Reese and untied them.
"Well, Ollie, I don't think we've officially met. I'm Helena Kyle also known as the Huntress," she told him.
"Oliver Queen. The original Green Arrow reincarnated. Nice to meet you. And who might you be?" he asked Reese.
"Detective Jesse Reese. New Gotham PD."
"Nice to meet you Reese." Ollie turned to face Dinah. "Dinah, I believe we've already met."
"Yeah, Dinah, what happened? How did you get him to come back? What did you do?" Connor asked.
"Well, it's a long story," she told him. "We'll tell you guys about it later."
"Hey, guys, Barbara's probably going ballistic. Ollie, do you mind giving us our comm sets back," Helena said.
"Oh, right, sorry about that." He reached into his pocket and handed them their comm sets. "Tell Barbara I say hi."
As soon as they put their comm sets back on, they heard Barbara's voice. Helena was right, she was going ballistic.
"Hey, Oracle, how's it hanging?" Helena said.
::Finally, I got a hold of you! I've been going crazy. Are you guys alright?::
"Yeah, we're fine now. Oh, and Ollie says hi."
::What? Ollie?::
"It's a long story. Short version, he has his soul back."
::Finally some good news. Tell him it's about damn time. Does he know how much stress we've been through these past two weeks? Does he know everything that his body has put us through? These past two weeks we've been working like crazy trying to stop Two Face and now that it's all over, and all of you and all of the metas of New Gotham nearly died, he decides to come back?! Why did he come back now?! Why didn't he just come back in the beginning when Two Face first started his plan, before all of this happened and before all of you had a near death experience?! Why couldn't he just come back earlier?! It would have been a lot easier then! I may be in a wheel chair but when you guys come back to the Clock Tower, tell him I'm going to kick his ass!"
"Ollie, Barbara says hi."
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It had been a week since they stopped Two Face. Everything was right again. Nobody got killed, Two Face was back in Arkham, and best of all, Ollie was back to life which was the best victory that Connor had ever had. But unfortunately there were some strings attached to it.
"Hey," Connor said to Dinah. Today was one of the best but at the same time, one of the worst days of his life.
"Hey, so today's the day you're going home. Today you're going back to Star City," she said.
Him and Ollie had decided a couple of days ago that it was best for them to leave New Gotham and to go back home. Connor had a second chance with his father and you don't get many seconds chances in life so he knew he had to take advantage of this one. He knew him and his father had to get reacquainted again. They had to go back to where their relationship first started. They had to go back home and home was Star City.
"Yeah, I'm going back today," he told her.
"I thought you were going stay in New Gotham a little longer," she said.
"Yeah, I thought so too. I guess fate just got in the way of that. Look, Dinah, I want to stay longer it's just-"
"No, it's okay. I know why you're leaving. I understand. If I were you, I'd probably be doing the same thing."
"Yeah, it's not everyday your father comes back from the dead."
"Yeah, only in New Gotham."
"Hey, I'll come and visit. I'll come at the first opportunity."
"I can't wait until then."
"Look, I know long distance relationships are hard but I want to try to make this work."
"Me too."
"Just promise me one thing."
"What's that?"
"While, I'm gone, don't fall for any other cute vigilantes."
"Okay, I promise."
"I'm really going to miss you."
"I'm going to miss you too. It'll be weird not seeing you everyday."
"Yeah, I know. I'm gonna miss kicking ass with you."
"Me too. We had a lot of fun while it lasted."
"Yeah, we did."
"You know, New Gotham won't be the same without you," she said.
"Yeah, well, Star City will be empty without you," he told her. They both smiled. He was feeling so many emotions right now. There was a part of him that wanted to stay in New Gotham but he knew he couldn't. He knew he had to go back. As much as it hurt leaving Dinah, he knew he had to leave.
"Connor," Ollie said, "it's time to go."
Connor turned towards Dinah. "I'll call you as soon as we get there."
"Okay, I'll wait for your call." They kissed goodbye.
"I'll see you soon, bye," he said.
"Bye."
He got up and was about to leave when he stopped. He knew he still had one more thing to tell her. It was something that he had been wanting to tell her for a while now. He knew it was now or never. He didn't care if she didn't feel the same way. He just knew he had to tell her. She had to know how he felt about her before he left. He turned to face her again.
"I love you, Dinah."
"I love you too," she responded. Connor couldn't believe what he had just heard. Dinah loved him too. He never thought that she felt the same way about him.
He couldn't take it anymore. He walked over to the girl that he had fallen in love with and kissed her one more time. As they were kissing, everything felt right. They belonged together. All he wanted to do was stay in New Gotham with her. But no matter how right it felt, and no matter how much he wanted to stay, he knew that he had to go. They broke apart.
"I have to go," he said both of them wishing it weren't true.
"I know."
"I'll see you soon. Bye."
"Bye."
With all of his effort he somehow managed to turn around and walk away. He met up with Ollie at the elevator and they both left the Clock Tower.
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