We decided to split up and attack the problem on two fronts, Oliver would focus on Roy, teaching him how to control his new powers the same way Slade and Shado taught him how to control a bow. Not exactly the best plan. I for one thought I would be the better choice in teaching Roy how to control his powers.. As I had experience with powers and even taught the Flash how to control his powers (Somewhat) but I couldn't tell Oliver about the Flash so I was content with the second option.. Backtracking Officer Daley's steps in the hopes of finding Deathstroke. Felicity was going through his phone records, gps tracking of his police cruiser etc. Which lead to me following up on those leads at night.

After a week or so of this it was starting to grow tiresome. Dead end after dead end. No Mirakuru, not Soliders.. And no Deathstroke. Nothing. I was just entering the Foundry after another dead end and Found Oliver working out. I placed my bow on its pedestle and slammed my fists on a table, hunched over it. Diggle asked "Did you find anything David?" I shook my head "I stopped a drug deal.. But unless Deathstroke is a 16 year old kid with Acne problems and a case of BO, I am not one step closer in stopping the Siege." Diggle was silent for a second "uh... okay, How about you Oliver, how is training Roy going?" Oliver replied "Not well." Diggle then replied "I don't know the kid very well.. But he seems to be five kinds of angry." Oliver then said "You might be underestimating. Roy was mad at the world before he was injected with Mirakuru. It enhances those feelings. I saw it before in Slade Wilson. He was my friend on the Island. I thought I could help him control it.. And I was wrong. But I know more now, and am not about to make the same mistakes with Roy." I nodded slowly "Steve one said the serum that made him Captain America was supposed to take what you are, and enhance it. A good man, becomes a great one.. And a bad man... becomes a worse one. Thus the Red Skull." Oliver then said "Mirakuru isn't as refined as the Super Soldier Serum Captain America was created with. This one turns a good man bad and a bad man even worse." Which of course did not bode well for Roy.. However the Roy I meet 6 months from now did not have any powers.. And was Arrow's sidekick Arsenal, so whatever Oliver did worked. So I turned to him and said "Oliver, I know you can do this. When I met you were able to teach me control.. To not rely on my powers and elven strength, and I used to have quite the flair for the dramatic. If you can teach Iron Thunder control, you can teach Roy." He nodded at me as an alarm went off.

We turned to Felicity who said "Iron Heights Prison, since they are having staffing issues after the Quake I figured it would be a good idea to keep an eye on their internal commmunication for a while." I nodded "Good Idea." Oliver smiled "You hacked into a prison system network?" Felicity looked up "Is that judgement I'm hearing?" Oliver shook his head "Pride" Felcity hesitated then looked down said "Iron Hieghts just put out a bolo for Ben Turner aka Bronze Tiger, which BTW is a terrible nickname because Tigers are not bronze." I smirked "Wait until Cisco starts naming bad guys." Diggle looked at me "Who?" I shrugged "You'll find out soon enough." Oliver asked "Do you know where Turner is going?" Felicity said "Not a clue." To which Oliver replied "Get one. I need to meet Roy for our training session." I nodded "You've got this Oliver. I will stay on deck ready to take on Turner if he surfaces." He gave me a nod as he began to suit up.

It wasn't long before we got a hit and a lead.. Malcom Merlyn's house. I was already on route as Felicity and Diggle called Oliver. I was waiting outside the house from a distance when Oliver and to my surprise Roy showed up. I turned on my voice changer and said "Bringing the Rookie Arrow? Are we sure that is a wise move?" Roy said "I can handle myself." I looked at him and said "I have no doubt you have the strength to handle a fight.. But do you have the restraint to not get into one? Or the control to not put all your cards on the table? That is the Question Roy, what will be the answer is what I am not sure of" Oliver then said "He needs this experience Blue Lightning, as you know fighting is only a small part of what we do." I nodded "Very well. No movement in our around the house, shall we go in?" With a nod from the Green Hooded Vigilante we made our way in.

As we walked the halls Oliver said to Roy "If we run into trouble. Do not engage Roy. Blue Lightning will take point, I will be no far behind." Roy then pulled one fo the tarps back and Oliver twisted around "And don't touch anything!" Roy gestured to a picture "This is his kid right? The one that died?" Oliver nodded "Yes." Roy then asked "You know your way around this place, have you been here before?" I covered for Oliver and said "Merlyn was the Dark Archer, we had to case his place for clue on the location of the Quake Machine." There was a thud sound and Roy asked "What was that?" I said "The sound came from below." Oliver added "Merlyn has a large Garage, lets go." and with that we made our way down to the garage. I for one was on edge.. What would Turner want with Malcom's house? What could possibly be here that he wanted? And if it was what I thought it was, it could be Merlyn's backup plan for the Undertaking..

We arrived on the scene and found Turner with some goons... and the Earthquake device. Oliver said "Step away from the device" I added "You do not know what it is you are dealing with.. And we aren't going to let you find out." Turner said "A device that caused earthquakes" Oliver then barked "Do you know what happens when the wrong people have it?" Turner nodded "I get paid. Close it up." I then pulled out an arrow and fired it, Bronze Tiger blocking it with his claws. Oliver and I engaged in hand to hand combat with him. I ejected a wrist blade to block a lot of the Tiger's attacks, metal clashing against metal. Bronze Tiger was good considering any other thug that was attacked by both Oliver and myself would go down in an instant, however Turner held his own. After a bit of too and fro He got a lucky kick in to Oliver, knocking him to the ground. I used that moment to get a good slash with my blade in Turner's side. This lead to him lashing out, which meant I had to dodge out of the way. I then noticed Roy attack the original driver of the truck, taking away my focus for just a second. Turner used that chance to run for the truck, hoping in and taking off. I notched same arrows and fired, hoping to get the front tire, but seeing as I was unprepared for Oliver to also be firing arrows, the one that would have been the money shot was deflected by his arrow. We both exhaled in frustration, before turning to Roy still beating on the driver.

I ran towards him and pulled him off, having to use some of my elven strength to do so, throwing him back away from the driver. He made for me and I notched one more arrow, pointing it at him "That is enough! Regain control!" He huffed and puffed but began to calm down. I then said "You have within you a raw power Roy, like the Earthquake machine. Left uncontrolled it can destroy everything in your path, both what you want to destroy, and what you want to save. Do you think Merlyn wanted to kill his son? Learn to control that power, be responsible with it.. Then maybe you can do some good, until then, I will not sign off on you joining us anymore." Oliver then said "You are done for the night Roy, cool off. I will be in contact later." We then took our leave, Felicity calling an ambulance for the driver.

When we arrived Felicity said "Oh no, both of you have angry faces. What happened." Oliver then replied "Roy Harper." Diggle then said angerly "You took him out in the field-" Oliver cut him off "He wasn't listening Diggle. I'm trying to reach him but he lost control and he nearly killed someone which we obviously could not let happen and when we were distracted Turner got away." I nodded "Oliver and I would have had him, if it wasn't for Roy letting his emotions get the better of him." Felicity then asked "What did he want at Merlyn's estate? What did Turner steal? Some Dark Archer stuff?" I shook my head "Something more dangerous.. Something that I had not been prepared to deal with again.. An Earthquake prototype." Diggle shook his head and murmured "Oh holy god" Felicity then asked "Why would Turner want to destroy the city?" Oliver replied "He doesn't. He's a mercenary, working for someone else. This watch belonged to one of the guys Turner was working with. Turner is a loner which means that, that guy works for his client." Felicity then said "Finger prints equals name, equals known associates, got it."

Oliver still seemed distracted so I asked Oliver "Whats wrong Ollie? I know that look." Oliver said "The look in Roy's eyes.. It was Slade all over again." Dig then asked "Oliver, what happened with Slade?" Oliver then replied "Me. Someone killed Shado. Slade loved Shado and it was my fault. I wanted to tell him because it would have been better coming from me, but I didn't" Felicity then said "but he found out another way..?" Oliver looked at her and nodded "Had I just told him the truth. I could have gotten through to him" Diggle nodded slowly "So that's why its so important to you to get through to Roy." Oliver closed his eyes and said "I lived a five year nightmare, but If I learned something that could help me reach Roy now, It will all be worth it." I nodded "You did Oliver, and you will get through to Roy, just like you got through to me, John and Felicity. Just remember your humanity Oliver.. You are more than the Arrow. Remember that"

I spent the next day thinking over my priorities.. Deathstroke was important.. But even if he succeeded at starting the Siege, I already knew we ended it. It seemed Oliver was failing with Roy.. And I had exactly what we needed to fix that, so that night Oliver and I met in the Foundry. I said "I'm going to help you Oliver. Deathstroke can rest for one night. Besides, there are no new leads for me to follow to dead ends." He shook his head "It's okay David, I've got this." I then said "So you grew up with powers you didn't understand and had to learn to control, ones where if you lost control a lot of people could die? Because that is the reality Roy is facing right now Oliver. He has these new powers, he doesn't understand where they are coming from, or how to control them. I can help him with that." He nodded that is fair. That was when Felicity turned around "Before you get your Professor's hat on Lightning, my algorithm picked up a new location Daley visited regularly.. I can't believe it missed it before. I'll forward the address to your phone." I sighed and said "Next time Oliver, Professor Lightning has a date with a dead end." Oliver nodded "I can handle Roy, as you said, I can get through to him" I nodded "Good luck Arrow." He nodded "See you soon Blue Lightning." And with that a suited up and headed off.

I arrived at the abandoned factory in the Glades, the location Felicity had given me. I hit my coms and said "Blue Lightning on the scene, I will do a quick sweep for clues on Deathstroke. When I don't find anything I will join Arrow for training. Until then I'm going Com's dark. To be on the safe side." Felicity then said "Stay positive Lightning, you know what they say, 20th times the charm." I didn't respond, turning off my coms. I didn't need Oliver in me ear complaining about Roy when I needed to concentrate. Deathstroke could have left the smallest clue.. Anything was better than nothing.

I went further into the factory having not seen anything on the outskirts. I was just about to give up my last shred of hope until I turned a corner and I saw someone standing there between a couple assembly lines. I quickly notched an arrow and aimed It at the man. He was roughly my size, wore orange and black body armor, was armed with a sword.. And worse a mask, with only one eye hole "I hear you've been looking for me?" He said in a hoarse voice. I said with my voice changer on "Deathstroke?" He held his arms open "The one and only, Pleased with yourself Blue Lightning? Something has me wondering though. You have been asking for me for months. You.. Not the Arrow. None of my Disciples knew of my existence at the time. So how do you know?" I sneered "Wouldn't you like to know. Deathstroke.. You Have Failed This City!" I let loose the arrow, following up a few more arrows. They ricocheted off his armor. He then unsheathed his sword "My Plan, does not need the Blue Lighting alive.. Just the Arrow. You have just sealed your fate and your death." I switched my bow to my right hand as I growled "I control my own fate!" I then ran forward and engaged in hand to hand combat with him.

I learned very quickly, that was a mistake. Apparently Deathstroke had taken Mirakuru, which I discovered on the first blow from his sword, which felt like it would break my arm when I blocked it with my bow. He then unleashed another series of attacked, most of which I blocked but he was able to disarm me with the final strike, and then kicked me back, I crashed through one of the assembly lines. I could definitely tell I had some deep bruising from that one. I stood up slowly and pulled Kveykva from its sheath and got into a ready stance. "Favoring a sword over a bow? Well I know the Arrow didn't train you." I smirked slightly and said "Not with a sword, no. That was the work of Luke, Chiron, Brom and Oromis. I assure you, You won't find someone more diverse in the art of sword play." He tilted his head "If your bones can take the force of my power you mean?" He then went on the attack.

I played defense, parrying all his blows. Anticipating his attacks were easy, it seemed Deathstroke had only been taught sword play by one teacher, and did not know any other forms. However each blow hurt, and I couldn't counter without revealing my powers. Something I had routed in my very bones not to do. I had hid them in battle for 900 years. However I had also never battled a super solider before, at least not without my powers. He kicked me back again., breaking another assembly line. I groaned and got to me feet "Fancy footwork Blue Lighting, I will give you that. But you can not win. You can not protect this city. It will fall, the Arrow will fall, and then everyone will know who was under the hood, Oliver Queen." my head snapped towards him. Deathstroke knew Oliver's identity. To protect this city... and to protect my friend.. I needed to let loose.

I twirled my sword and went on the attack, allowing my full strength to fall into the attacks. Deathstroke stumbled back, playing defense. I switched up styles, attacking both low and high, adding some twists to throw him off. In some of my craftier twisty moves I even got a few slices in between his armor. After a couple more minutes of sword play we got eachother in a lock, both putting our full strength in to it, and unfortunately he was stronger. Just when I was going to use his strength against him to cause him to lose his balance and I behead him, a gun shot went off and I felt a cold, piercing pain in my side. Deathstroke used this to disarm me and push me aside.

I fell to the ground and my hand cupped my wound. I looked down at it and saw a bullet hole... in the same place as the bullet hole damage in the suit I used to take down Captain Boomerang my first time in Starling City. This was it.. The day I died... but that made no sense. Oliver said Blue Lighting helped him stop the Siege! I thought I had a few more months at least.. I wasn't ready to die.. And I wanted to see Zeus.. At least one more time. That was when Deathstroke said "No, don't kill him. Not yet. He has some Answers I need." He then punched my head in the face, and I blacked out.