SIN'S POV

Sin was currently sitting in a bar and drinking a Capri sun while she watched whatever the news. Technically she wasn't allowed in here as a minor but, as stated multiple times, the Glades didn't give a fuck about how old you were.

It's been a month since that woman has helped her and Sin was still

confused. On one hand, she knew that people out of Starling genuinely try to help people without expecting anything in return and from the looks of things the woman looked like she was from Central. Sweet and kind, but not naive to the world. Unlike Starling, where if you showed the tiniest bit of affection you had a hit on you. Unless you were part of a gang or had your little group, you were done for.

However, that woman looked like she would have helped her regardless of where she came from. Sin was confused and she didn't like to be confused. Being confused in these parts wasn't good in the long run. She took out the piece of paper that had the numbers that she had memorised by heart from how many times she had looked at it and contemplated. Does she call the nice woman who saved her or not?

On one hand, if the woman remembers her then she can soothe any worries that the woman has previously shown before. On the other hand, if she hadn't remembered her or if she didn't care then that would be a waste of both their time and feed into Sin's self-doubt. Yay!

Suddenly, she heard someone yelling to turn the TV's volume higher. When it showed Moira Queen's face, a lot of yelling happened however that all stopped as they sat down and listened when a big man loomed threateningly over the ones who caused the distributions.

"...level the Glades…" was the only thing heard before panic washed over everyone. Suddenly people were trampling over others trying to get through the door and others were cursing Moira Queen and Malcolm Merlyn to hell.

Sin jumped and followed suit, running away from the Glades to safety. In her peripheral vision, she could see Moira Queen's daughter, Thea Queen, running over and helping the people who needed saving. Any other day Sin might have dragged her down for having a witch for a mother but right now she needed to get out of there first and then worry about the Queen brat.

Suddenly, however, she heard a small cry for help coming from one of the orphanages. Sin wanted to ignore it so bad but she couldn't. The voice sounded so young and in desperate need. Sounded how she did when she found out her dad died on that plane. Sounded how she sounded like when she got into her first-ever gang fight. Sounded how she sounded like when that nice lady helped.

'Fuck my kind heart and compassion.'Sin thought as she ran to the orphanage. What she saw would have made her puke if she wasn't used or to. There were a bunch of dirty children, some with missing limbs and giant scars and others who looked like they've seen hell. Sin quickly swallowed in her stomach and helped the children out, one by one.

After Sin's quick act of heroism, she ran and ran and ran till she was far away from the Glades not to get hurt, but lose enough to see what would happen. She couldn't help but feel her heart shatter as her home was broken. The place she was born and raised in. The place where her father taught her how to play sports. The place where that woman had helped her.

Iris had almost all but forgotten about the little girl that she saved a month ago but then she watched the news and she remembered.

She couldn't keep the small gasp to herself as she watched Moira Queen confess to a plan to level the Glades her father and Barry looked at her in slight worry when they saw the tears forming.

"Hey, are you alright baby girl?" asked her dad trying to soothe her by wrapping an arm around her. They've managed to sort some things out but the air was still tense around them.

"It just makes me sad that all those little kids aren't gonna have a home to go to because of what happened. I mean imagine the damage and how bad they'll get hurt." Iris replied, trying her hardest not to sob out loud. What will happen to Sin now?

"Hey, Iris. It'll be okay. Moira Queen at least had the small sense to inform everyone about the Glades being attacked before anyone gets seriously injured. At least some people will get out safely." soother Barry, her best friend. What would she do without him?

"Still, it's so sad," said Iris, her thoughts only on Sin. She couldn't imagine the fear that the poor girl was feeling at the moment. No matter how crappy the Glades were they were still the girls home and what would she do without it?

Both Barry and her father just wrapped their arms Iris as she cried for the little girl that neither of them knew and the little girl that Iris should have tried harder to protect.

A few weeks after the levelling of the Glades, Iris had finally been able to calm down long enough to take one of her exams for the year. Still, she felt as if a part of her could never truly be happy knowing that she would have had the ability and power to stop a child getting murdered but didn't do anything.

However, one day, while Iris was grabbing a Jitters coffee for herself as a little treat, her phone began buzzing. Intrigued, she opened up her phone and was confused when she didn't recognise the number. When she was about to block the number, absolutely having no time to wonder about how someone managed to get her number, something in her stopped.

She laid down her coffee on one of the coffee tables and pressed answer.

"Didn't think you'd answer." came a voice she never expected to hear ever again.

"Sin!" Iris almost yelled before remembering where she was and lowering her voice down last minute.

"Yup!"

"I thought you died," said Iris, her voice small.

"Nah, I'm way too tough for that." Came the teen's nonchalant voice.

"Of course you are."

"Thanks for agreeing! Anyway, gotta go!"

"Hey wait!"

"Yeah?" Came Sin's confused voice.

"Can we talk later?"

There was silence on the other end before Sin finally answered. "Sure lady. I'll call ya. Bye!" And Sin ended the call before Iris could continue.

Iris let her phone drop to her lap and she was silent for a couple of minutes before she let out a laugh of relief.

Sin wasn't dead. The best thing is that Sin wasn't dead and she wanted to talk to her.

Great start to the morning Iris thought to herself as she grasped her coffee and got out of Jitters and walked into the precinct. Great start to the morning indeed.