Unity's Disruption

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April 13th, 2011 12:00 PM at the Wildcat Gym

Several weeks had passed since the attack on the homes of Sebastian Blood and the Yamashiros. Blood himself had publically spoken of his support of the actions Wildcat had done when saving his life that night, an action that had brought the police to Ted Grant's door considering his past with the name. But he had managed to convince them he had nothing to do with it and that it may be a copycat looking to cash in on his old vigilante name. But if the guy wanted to use the name and help out people then more power to whoever it was as far as the Boxer was concerned. Oliver's new Supremacist friend hadn't been too informative much to the archer's dislike and it was a certainty the man would never walk again after Oliver had gotten done with the man's knees during his interrogation. How he'd fair in prison was anyone's guess as Oliver couldn't really give much of a damn about a piece of scum like him.

There had been at least two other attacks in the weeks since Ted and Oliver had saved Blood and the Yamashiros from getting killed and Oliver was feeling slightly paranoid about it. As he felt that was perhaps a sign of something to come, something that wouldn't be pleasant. So he often went out during the night to keep an eye out for Supremacist activities. And while he hadn't come across much on that front, he was able to stop a few other crimes from being committed. Currently he was at the Wildcat Gym with Ted and the two were in a sparring session using Boxing gloves and protective head gear. Oliver had shown up as he was in the mood to burn off some energy and Ted had been all too willing to help out, especially since that would mean he would get to show his pal a few Boxing moves that the archer could probably use out in the field.

Naturally, Ted had more experience on his side but Oliver did his best to keep up. And it was certainly proving to be quite the work out too! Moving away from a jab of Ted's, Oliver went to jab back but the man easily moved out of the way before moving in and getting a hit on Oliver's side. Making him grunt. "Always gotta be quick to protect yaself after an attack." Called out Ted as he went to punch at Oliver who blocked the shots with his forearms.

Oliver ducked out of the way and aimed for his friend's head and managed to score a hit, sending him stumbling a bit into the ropes. But it wasn't long before Ted was coming at him with a flurry of punches that Oliver either took or blocked as best he could while he fought back. Ted managed to score the decisive win and knocked Oliver to the ground, though he wasn't down there long as Ted helped him up. "Ooh wee Partner! Now that was a work out fer sure!"

Oliver had to agree with that one as he started to climb out of the ring with Ted not too far behind. "So, ya takin' Carol wit' ya ter da Unity Festival?" Asked the man curiously as they walked away from the ring.

"I am actually since she's been looking to take a break from things and I figured this could be it. Thea's coming too with a few friends." Diggle would be there too as her bodyguard but Carly, AJ, and the Yamashiros would definitely be in attendance for it as well.

The archer was honestly looking forward to tonight's bit of fun as they could all use a little fun and relaxation. Now he wasn't sure if Tommy and Laurel would be there since Tommy hadn't said too much on the subject when asked. Leaving him to figure that they maybe already had plans for something if he was able to pull Laurel away from lawyer stuff to do any of it. "Sounds like a darn excitin' time old son." Remarked Ted as they headed towards the showers to get cleaned up.

Little did he know on just how true his words would be after the night was over with!

9:40 PM in Little Vibe

Oliver and Carol had shown up around four for the Unity Festival event hand in hand and the place was certainly alive with activity. Thea, some of her remaining friends with John Diggle in tow, Carly and AJ Diggle, Ted, and the Yamashiros were also not too far behind as well. Moira and Walter had chosen not to attend on account of business reasons though Thea privately thought it was just an excuse for the two of them to have some private time. There was so much happiness and a vibe of positivity all through out the event as everyone present enjoyed what the event had to offer. Whether it was a comedy act, great food, contests, or fantastic live music that Oliver greatly enjoyed hearing, it was really a fun time and Oliver was feeling more relaxed then he had been in awhile. Carol had even gotten him to dance with her, though thankfully there wasn't a whole lot of close contact between the two of them.

She had gotten a good laugh out of seeing how horrible he proved to be as a dancer and the archer could swear he heard his sister laughing too. Sebastian Blood was even in attendance and he and Maseo had met up at one point and talked about various things that included the problematic issue involving the White Surpremacists. The Alderman had even asked Oliver's opinion about it and he had openly voiced his dislike of the whole thing and the man nodded in approval of the opinion. Several reporters had tried to talk with Oliver but he did his best to dodge them, which wasn't exactly easy with the lack of running space. It didn't help that he had girls wanting to flirt with him much to Carol's annoyance when they all clearly had to have seen the two of them hand in hand. Thea had made the crack that obviously they had a certain view point about her big brother and didn't think his thing with her even really meant anything.

Now it wasn't meant to be said in a mean way but Oliver still hung his head in shame over his past actions but Carol would have none of it and gave him a comforting squeeze on his shoulder. She also firmly told him she didn't give a crap about his past as she was with a different Oliver Queen now and that's all that mattered. The archer definitely appreciated that a great deal and had even surprised her when he initiated a brief kiss to her lips. An action that left her smiling after the initial surprise had passed. Around close to 7:30, Tommy with Laurel in tow had shown up and the two Scions gave one another a brotherly hug. Tommy had even jokingly asked his best friend and brother in all but blood if he had already absorbed all the fun out of the place, which had gotten a comment from Akio about how a bum like him couldn't handle fun stuff.

Making for Oliver to chase him around for a short time despite the crowded pathways much to everyone else's amusement. This would even fuel the gossip pages too for a while much to Tatsu's annoyance, but Moira would have a pleased smile on her face anytime she saw the pictures as she could tell her son was enjoying himself a great deal without much in the way of worries. But it was close to ten at night when the trouble started as men in ski masks, pantie hoses, and even KKK cloth showed up and started causing trouble. Making for a mess of panic in the process as they even fired guns into the air. A particularly heavy sat man could be heard shouting out that the garbage going on here was now over as it was just disgusting to see everyone mingle with the lesser races.

John had gotten Thea, her friends, Akio, Carly, Carol, Laurel, Tommy, and AJ behind a booth for safety and remained with them with his gun pulled out in case any of the party crashers came their way. Oliver and the rest of the adults however weren't about to take things lying down and started fighting back, which would definitely fuel news reports for quite awhile in addition to the gossip rags. Thea could hardly believe her eyes that her own big brother was fighting against a bunch of armed thugs and it was something Tommy and Laurel were thinking about too. Alderman Blood was even in on the action as he refused to get somewhere for his own safety as these racists bastards had to be shown the error of their ways! Ted wasn't even bothering to hold back on his punches and was letting the fools have it.

"What are you waiting for!? Kill them!" Shouted out one of the attackers and a twelve man group charged at a back to back Maseo and Tatsu.

Who found themselves with their hands full with their newest attackers and if it wasn't for Oliver jumping in, they certainly would have been having trouble. "I'm going out there!" Declared Laurel as she wasn't about to be some damsel in distress while everyone else including Ollie fought.

"What!? Laurel don't!" Protested Tommy but she paid him no mind as she charged out and started punching the jerks.

A gaping Tommy watched the whole thing and groaned to himself before throwing off his jacket and going out there into the fray as well while muttering about the fact he barely knew how to fight. He soon found himself facing the end of an Uzi and he backed up in fear at the sight of it. "Not so tough now are you little rich boy? Why even bother when these lesser peoples could care less about you?" Asked the gun woman as she kept the gun in Tommy's face.

Whether it was fear or bravery Tommy didn't know but he answered the man. "Because unlike you I'm actually open minded. God knows how many Asian girls I've slept with cause wow!" The gun woman frowned at him with disgust written all over her face.

"It sickens me you would betray your fellow brothers and sisters with that sort of filth." She told him in disgust.

"Well, good thing I'm not looking for your approval then ya nut job." Snarked back Tommy who then found himself with a horrible realization that he had been backed into a booth.

"Crap." Muttered the Merlyn Scion while the gun woman just smirked at him.

"Any last words Race Traitor?"

Tommy was about to be a sarcastic asshole towards her when the Uzi went flying out of her hand thanks to a cooking pan that sent the woman screaming in pain due to the hot food inside of it. Blinking at his fortune, Tommy looked to see where it had come from and was greatly surprised to see Thea being the one responsible! "Speedy!? What the Hell are you doing!?"

"Saving your ass apparently!"

Giving off an incredulous laugh at the girl, he walked towards her with the intent of getting her back behind the booth with the others. "Yeah, we will never speak of that. Like ever." Thea just rolled her eyes at the man in response.

A gun shot was soundedly sounded, making the two jump before seeing John Diggle with a smoking gun in their direction. Looking back, they saw the woman Thea had thrown the cooking pan at moments ago down on the ground and not moving. John walked up to the two of them with a frown on his face. "This is why its important to have a bodyguard watching your sixes."

Thea wasn't entirely sure about the whole six thing but she think she got the general jist of what her honrorary uncle was telling her and Tommy. Laurel then showed up with the three with a pointed finger towards where Ollie and the others were with a worried look on her face. John looked in that direction and muttered out a 'damn' as he could tell that Oliver and the other fighters had been surrounded by the Supremacists. "Oh that is so not good." Spoke up Tommy and making John snort.

For Oliver and the others, they had reasonably thought the fight back against the racists bastards was going fairly well. At least until they realized they had been pretty much boxed in by the sheer numbers of the gun men who now surrounded them. "You can kill us if you want, but that won't stop others from fighting back!" Shouted a bleeding Alderman Blood.

"The time of hate is in the past. Why keep bringing it back from the darkness where it belongs?" Asked Tatsu as Oliver, Ted, and Maseo eyed the men while looking for potential ways to get out of this mess.

"Ah shad up ya Asian whore! Hate is never in the past and yew coloreds just don't belong wit' us!" Spoke up one of the men and got himself a chorus of agreements from his friends.

Several of them even starting to make clanging noises with their weapons, a sound that was making Oliver greatly worried as it just sounded ominous in his view. I wish I had my bow! As God knows he was itching to put a few arrows into these assholes!

Thea, Tommy, Laurel, the Diggles, Akio, and many others watched on in horror at the scene in front of them. The young Queen had tears coming down her face as she buried herself into Tommy's side, no longer unable to watch what was going on and trying to drown out the clanging noise the jerks were making. But then to the relief of everyone present, a light shined down on the large circle as a booming voice from above told them to lay down their arms and surrender. And it wasn't long before many a cop and SWAT member made an appearance as well. Oliver would have breathed a sigh of relief but he didn't think it was going to be that easy. "LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS AND SURRENDER OR WE WILL OPEN FIRE!" Called out one of the SWAT officers.

Nervous chatter erupted through out the White Supremacist group and it wasn't long before several weapons could be heard being dropped. Much to the dislike of one of the men. "The Hell you fools doin'!? These cops won't do what needs to be done so we have too! Don't drop your guns damnit!"

Sighing in disgust that none of his compatriots were listening to him, he moved his way past them and went to aim his gun at one of the cops. Only to be shot at seconds later for it as they weren't about to take chances with the guy. This action made up the minds of the rest of his pals and soon all their weapons were on the ground, allowing the police officers to move in and start placing all of them in hand cuffs. Once things seemed much more safer, Thea and the others moved in and started hugging their loved ones in relief that they were okay. "Please don't ever do something like that again Ollie!" Pleaded Thea as she couldn't bear the thought of him losing his life cause of a few racists assholes!

For Oliver, that wasn't a promise he could make to her as he held her close to him while also wrapping an arm around Carol, who was thankful for the fact he was okay. Well as okay as he could be anyway considering the blood on his face from the few cuts he'd gotten from the knives that had been used.

An Hour Later at Merlyn Global

On the top floor of Merlyn Global a single room was occupied by one Malcolm Merlyn and Moira Queen. This room was often the meeting place of Malcolm's organization Tempest and the two were currently going over some business related to it when a news report caught their attention. "In tonight's top story, the Unity Festival in Little Vibe was met with chaos as a large number of White Supremacists attacked the event. Many were injured and at least six deaths have been reported so far since the group were stopped."

The two looked at one another with uncertainty and a case of fear on their faces. They then watched as news clips showed various scenes of the chaos that happened and both were astonished when they saw Oliver and his friends fight back against the attackers. Malcolm quickly took note of the fact that young Oliver was rathe efficient at fighting while Moira could hardly believe the fact her own beautiful boy could snap a man's arm without so much as flinching about it. The sight of Tommy having a gun pointed right at his face while attempting to be brave towards the deranged woman filled Malcolm with a mix of rage and pride. Rage for this woman daring to try and kill his own son and pride for the fact that Tommy had stood his ground. It made him think that his son did have a spine if he was willing to do such a thing like that. Moira had gasped in shock when she saw the clip of her daughter saving Tommy's life and then the two being saved by Mr. Diggle's well timed shot.

Oliver and his friends being surrounded by the large amount of racists remaining had been rather alarming for Moira to see and she breathed out a sigh of relief when she saw the police show up. She would not mourn the death of one of the men who was shot down seconds later as he would not be missed one single bit. Or at least that's how she felt about the whole thing and she would definitely look into the lives of his associates and family members and see about raining Hell down on their lives due to their connection with him. An interview with Alderman Sebastian Blood of the Glades was then seen by the two and everyone else in the city that was currently watching the news report.

"This attack on a night meant for unification was highly uncalled for and I will not rest until every single one of the men involved are thrown into prison for their horrible actions here tonight! God only knows how many more of their kind is here in the city plotting to do who knows what next. And whatever it is their planning, we as a city, whether Glades or not, CAN NOT allow this to happen! We MUST stand united against these racists individuals or we will be defeated by old world views that simply no longer fit!"

To Moira's surprise, Oliver showed up near the end of the man's speech and he started to speak up too. "I fully support what the Alderman is saying. I don't care if you're rich, poor, in the middle, and any race under the Sun. We HAVE to be united and we HAVE to find a way to bring these horrible people in to the light of day so that they will know defeat. I stand with Alderman Blood and all who oppose these Racists and I hope those of you watching will be willing to do the same as well."

Carol Ferris could be seen nodding at Oliver's words and Malcolm was rather impressed with Oliver's boldness to speak out against the Supremacists while Moira just worried greatly. Thea, who'd been pressed up against Oliver as he held her noticed something rather alarming in her teenaged view. One Moira shared as the girl came to the realization she had blood on her and a look at Oliver's side showed that he had been cut. Moira definitely wasn't too happy with the fact her son seemed to be not all that bothered by it but thankfully Carol insisted he get himself checked out. Once the report was finished, Malcolm looked to Moira with a serious expression on his face. "Something must be done about these White Supremacists as they can not be allowed to disrupt the Undertaking." That and the less unity there was for people in the Glades the happier he was.

But these men and women attacking people not only in the Glades but in the city proper was a greatly worrisome thing. Moira only nodded at her long time friend's words. Whatever the solution was, would have to be brought about quickly before these horrible men attacked again and potentially do worse. Over at the abandoned awarehouse, Brian Stalk was not a happy man and the remains of his office showed it quite well. His men were definitely keeping their distance from him as they weren't looking to get in his way! Breathing heavily as he attempted to calm himself down, he looked at the paused image of Oliver Queen on the wall mounted tv that thankfully still hung in place despite his rampage. "An unfortunate set back but I have little doubt that anyone will want to have another Unity Festival anytime soon." Spoke the man aloud and the sheer distaste could be heard in his voice when he had uttered the word 'Unity'.

None of his men spoke as they weren't too sure it would be a good idea. A grin then formed on Stalk's face as a particularly wonderful idea came to his mind then and there. One involving Oliver Queen as he was far more of a high profile target then some Alderman from the Glades. "Boys… I think we'll have to make… Arrangements for Mr. Queen's stay amongst us." And he started to laugh at the images he got in his mind of what all the little bastard was about to endure. Oliver Queen would know true pain and he would embrace the Hate once Stalk was finished with him.

Those in the room with Stalk looked eager at the idea of having the rich boy to beat the Hell out of. Hell, maybe they could make a ransom out of it and make some cash from the whole thing!

Author's Notes: Well… That can't mean anything good for Oliver! Up next will either be Joe and Barry making an appearance in Starling following an escaped Iron Heights criminal. Or Oliver's kidnapping. I'm not entirely sure which one of those will be next but I guess we'll all soon find out! R and R!