Hello I'm back with another chapter! There are just some things to clarify before I start. Ra's is the Earth 38 version of him as is Shado. I feel like there was some confusion about that. As Earth 38 is going to be the primary setting for this story, unless I state that this is a different Earth, the settings will always be on Earth 38.
So as I promised this story will take place during the Supergirl episode 3x12 and Oliver will have a role in it. An annoying part of this episode was that it seemed to close the book too sloppily on the story on Morgan Edge, Lillian Luthor and Cadmus. Hopefully this chapter will change that.
Chapter 7: For Good
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Edge Global Headquarters
Once Oliver got the message, he rushed to the headquarters at Edge Global where his new boss was waiting to meet him. Oliver thought Edge was a sexist pig but he didn't really have a long list of skills beyond combat and working for him at least kept him off the radar of Kara and the DEO.
"Morgan Edge." Oliver spoke as he approached his boss. "You said someone tried to kill you?"
"How astute." Edge replied sarcastically. "Yes someone tried to kill me. Hacked my car and tried to drive me into the rive and blow me up at the same time."
Oliver thought for a second. Hacking a car to drive it into the water AND rigging it to explode wasn't being thorough, that felt more personal. "Know anyone who might have it out for you?"
"It has to be that bitch Lena!" Edge ranted. "Ever since she stole CatCo from me that bitch has been riding my ass about morality and all that bullshit. As if a Luthor has any moral ground to stand on."
Oliver just let him rant. The guy was a blowhard and clearly had issues with Lena. Oliver suspected that he was hearing an exaggerated version of the story but at the moment it didn't matter. What mattered was his work.
"Find out the truth!" Morgan yelled. "Find out if she did it. I don't care how just do it!"
Oliver silently nodded and exited the building heading for the parking structure. Edge meanwhile was a few paces behind him. Once they arrived, they both split and went to their cars. Oliver was just about to leave when he heard Edge's distinct screaming voice nearby. Quickly donning the Hood and arming himself, Oliver snuck up to the location of the sound. Once he arrived, he could hear the tail end of a conversation between Edge and a man in steel armor with a shield. "You'd better tread carefully. Cause if anything happens to Lena Luthor, I will find you. And you wont be walking away from that." The armored man threw Edge onto his car smashing the windows, the act clearly straining the man's stamina which meant he didn't have super strength.
As Oliver watched the man, he took a quick assessment of the man. Based on his reaction, he was clearly close to Lena Luthor or at least cared for her. Oliver guessed he might be some kind of bodyguard or enforcer for Lena but maybe not a bad guy.
Oliver emerged from the shadows and walked into the armored man's line of sight. The man did a double take and spoke. "You're that killer, the one from the news."
"I hear they're calling me the Hood." Oliver replied, his voice changer active. "But that's not who I am."
"I don't think so. You executed ten people." The man replied getting angry.
"They weren't innocent. They were holding a little girl hostage." Oliver argued though he could feel it was pointless. This guy was sounding self-righteous.
"Doesn't give you the right to kill them." The man replied. "Your actions make you a criminal, just like Edge!"
"And what does that make you? Edge hasn't done anything and yet you attack him at night and threatened to kill him." Oliver argued seemingly hitting a cord.
"This man tried to kill children and Lena Luthor. He's a criminal." The man replied reading his shield. "And you defend him. Why? He hired you? Make sense he'd hire a known killer to protect himself."
Oliver could see this was getting out of hand. The armored man seemed intent on aliening him with whatever Edge was involved in. "I never said any of that…"
"You don't have to. I know the truth. You're a criminal like him. And you're going down." The man said raising his shield and charging Oliver.
The man's movements were predictable for someone with basic self-defense skills. The man mainly focused on using his shield as a blunt weapon to inflict maximum damaged. Oliver ducted the man as once again tried to strike him with the shield.
By this time Oliver could predict the man's attacks and easily parry them. Oliver then used his bow to block a shield strike then used his bow as leverage to rip the shield out of the man's hands and onto the ground. Then Oliver gave the man a strong kick to the abdomen sending him to the ground. Once he recovered, the man threw a grappler at the shield trying to pull it back but Oliver notched an arrow and sliced the wire.
The man then tried to dive for the shield but didn't get there fast enough. Oliver kicked the shield to the concrete railing forcing his opponent to engage him in hand to hand. Like before, Oliver had the upper hand. The man attempted to continue to punch him but Oliver continued to dodge them. Until that was that Oliver decided the fight was over. Oliver intercepted one of his opponent's punches and gripped his wrist. Twisting it, the man was now on his knees with his neck in Oliver's tight grip. Whoever this guy was, Oliver knew he was in over his head. Oliver took the arm that he still held in his grip and brought it in between his arms before dislocating it.
The man screamed under his helmet as the pain coursed through his body. Oliver released him as he staggered to the ground. The man tried to stand again and fight but Oliver took his bow and slammed it into the man's helmet. Oliver could tell the man was very dazed and near passing out.
"You're a sloppy fighter whoever you are. You keep fighting like this and you'll get killed. Go home. Find something else to do with you life." Oliver ordered.
The man still dazed somehow managed to get to his feet. Grabbing his shield, Oliver wondered if he was planning on fighting again. Instead he leaned back and fell off the roof and using another grappling hock sloppily landed on the ground, still dazed and probably having broken bones, but alive all the same. Oliver watched as the man hobbled away towards a parked van a block away. As soon as he entered the back, the van pulled away.
ARROW/SUPERGIRL
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CatCo Worldwide HQ
James and Kara and returned to CatCo once Lena' poisoning had been cured. The two had been waiting for her to wake up and finally she did.
"Ugh… What happened?" Lena asked.
"Hey just take it easy ok." James requested.
Kara brought Lena some water as she spoke. "I just had the strangest dream. We were flying an you were carrying me."
"I-I was?" Kara asked trying to avoid the topic. "What like Supergirl? I wish."
Lena held her head in pain. "Why do I feel like I've been hit by a truck?"
"Uh…" Kara began. "You were poisoned."
"It was the coffee." James clarified. "Kara reacted quickly and got the paramedics and they gave you an antidote. But Lean you need to rest."
"It was Edge." Lena said sure of it.
"Yeah." Kara nodded.
"Has he been arrested." Lena asked hopefully.
"No he didn't do it himself. He hired at hitman. And now that hitman is dead." James explained.
"So Edge is going to get away scot free again." Lena replied getting angry.
"For now." Kara affirmed trying to calm her friend.
"You know Reign was right." Lena scoffed as she stood up. "Scumbags like Edge need to be put down ok? If he wants I war he's got one."
"Then you'll be just like his new hired killer." James argued as he internally winced as the pain of his formerly dislocated shoulder.
"Hired killer what are you talking about?" Lena asked drawing Kara's attention as well.
"I went to confront Edge regarding what he did. I wanted to make sure he didn't do that again." James answered.
Lena shook her head. "No you shouldn't have done that. James he could have killed you!"
"He didn't. But his new help tried to." James told. "You know that archer guy who killed those kidnappers a few days ago?"
"The one the media's calling the Hood?" Kara asked.
"I think he's working for Edge now. He fought me when I tried to approach the building. Might have killed me if I didn't escape." James retold the story.
My God James what were you thinking?" Kara asked.
"I just wanted to help. But still we have a lead on the shooter and maybe on Edge's new assassin. The shooter may be dead the but the bullet used to kill him was some kind of future tech. So if we can find out who makes that kind of technology, then we can find our shooter." James explained.
"Lena I promise you we will get this guy." Kara said putting a comforting hand on Lena's shoulder.
As both James and Kara left the building, Kara pulled James over and spoke to him. "Tell me everything you know about this archer."
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DEO HQ
Once back in the DEO, James pulled up the information he had managed to find on who had supposedly tried to kill him earlier this night.
"They're called the League of Assassins." James spoke as he pulled up the little bit of information that he had been able to gather on the shadow organization. "They're some kind of shadow organization of killers armed with bows and arrows. They commit high profile assassinations from village elders in Afghanistan to military leaders and Western politicians. No member has ever been captured alive by authorities though."
Kara pulled up the tablet that had the information on Oliver's old cases that he had done. They had proven to be interesting reading. One of them she remembered mentioned this League of Assassins. "One of Oliver's cases in named League of Assassins. Winn, cross reference James's intel with Oliver's files."
"Yeah ok… Wow… Yeah you're right. They are a shadow cabal of assassins but they're even worse than we thought. On Earth 1 it appears as if they've been around for centuries and have influenced global politics since then." Winn informed
"Winn pull up images of League members from the file." J'onn asked and Winn complied. "James, does this armor look like the man who attacked you?"
James shrugged. "It looks similar but it was really dark. The Hood's armor seemed sleeker, leathery and less bulky than the images I'm looking at. But the bow looks the same."
J'onn nodded. "Looks like we may have identified out mystery archer."
As Winn, J'onn and James went back to work, Kara and Alex stayed in the main room. "You ok Kara? You seem kinda down."
"I don't know. A part of me was hoping that this archer was Oliver having returned. I know it's totally crazy but…"
"You miss him." Alex finished.
"It's more than that." Kara replied. "I mean I knew Barry really well. He was like a mirror version of me but Oliver was like everything Barry wasn't. What I miss was losing the chance to get to know him better. I would have liked to have gotten to know Oliver Queen better."
"Even after learning about all the dark things he did?" Alex questioned. "Some of his actions are pretty dark."
"Even then I'd like to have gotten to know him." Kara admitted. "Despite all that he was a good man. And I'd have liked to have gotten to know more about him."
Alex smiled and gave her sister at pat on the shoulder as she walked off. Once she was on the balcony she checked her phone to see a text from Maggie. "Thank you for that night. I really missed you :)."
Alex smiled at the thought. After Maggie's kidnapping and rescue, Alex had been reunited with her former fiancé. Despite how they ended it, Alex held out some hope for reconciliation. She hoped that with time maybe Maggie would see that she was capable of being a mother and the two of them would become parents.
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Queen Residence
After returning from his mission for Edge, Oliver had found no evidence that Lena was behind the assassination attempt on Edge. Oliver was starting to wonder whether or not working for Edge was the correct decision. He had heard some nasty things about the man and the more he researched him, the less he liked.
The lights dropping out and the sound of a thud interrupted Oliver's thoughts. Oliver immediately raised his bow and arrow and once the light came back on, he was face to face with an armed member of the League of Assassins.
The assassin, a woman spoke. "I did not come here to do battle Al Sah-him. Please lower your bow."
Oliver recognized his old League name and matched his movements to match those of the woman. "Who are you?"
Once the bows were lowered, the woman removed her mask and Oliver was greeted with a sight he never expected to see again, Shado.
Oliver tried to hide his surprise but she had already seen it. "You act as though you have seen a ghost when it is I who stare at a ghost. How did you survive?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Oliver answered.
"You wear my mentor's face. Yet you are not him." Shado spoke. "Who are you really."
"You knew Al-Sah-Him? Oliver?" Oliver asked suspecting where this was going.
"I did. He died on a mission. His body is buried on League grounds." Shadow answered.
Oliver sighed. "I believe I know the answer to your question. I am Oliver and I was once known as Al-Sah-Him formerly of the League of Assassins but I'm not your Oliver."
"How is that possible?" Shado asked.
"You ever heard of the multiverse before?" Oliver asked. "I left my earth to start a new life here. I didn't know there was another Oliver on this earth."
Shado's face showed understanding. "There was. He and his family were born in the League. They knew no other life. He eventually became a teacher in the League before he died at the hands of traitors. He was the personal mentor to myself and other students. We have all grieved his death."
Oliver sighed. "I am sorry if my return has hurt you or others who knew him personally but I had no idea or intention of committing harm."
"I understand." Shado said as she bowed and turned to leave. " The League has no quarrel with you. If you wish to remain here undisturbed we will allow it. But if you wish to contact us, here's a way."
Shado left a card on the desk with a number on it. "And one last thing. Don't trust Morgan Edge. You're smart enough to know that he isn't telling you the full story. Find it out and then pick your side."
Oliver nodded as the doppelganger of his deceased friend left the house silently. Oliver took a deep breath. "Why do things always get some complicated?" Oliver asked himself.
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L-Corp Building
Once Shado had left, Oliver spent the early morning delving into the truth behind Morgan Edge. Oliver wasn't surprised to find multiple complaints of sexism and sexual harassment. But he was surprised to see that Edge had connections to individuals and companies that were involved in terrorist attacks on the city including a sub attack on the pier and the poisoning of children through a chemical in the pool. Oliver had also learned that Lena Luthor had almost been killed today and Oliver knew Edge was behind this.
The question was what to do about it especially since Edge had called him to let him know about his freedom. Oliver knew down in his heart that Edge would try and take another shot at Lena and he knew he could stop it. But he also knew revealing this information could put him on Kara's radar.
Despite that fear, Oliver knew where his morals lie. And that was why he was at L-Corp ready to reveal the information.
Meanwhile up on the top floor Sam had returned to work following the completion of her medical tests. She was still waiting on the results and just sitting around was starting to grate at her so Sam went back to work hoping it would distract her from her fears though she found herself googling her symptoms every half hour looking at worst case scenarios.
Lena had come and joined her after Edge had been imprisoned. She was still on cloud nine following Edge's arrest and helping Sam work was a nice improvement on her day.
They had worked for some time until a phone call from Jess pulled them from their work. "Excuse Ms Arias but you have a visitor."
Lena looked at Sam with an amused expression. "Jess I don't have a visitor planned. Who is it?"
"Says his name is Oliver Queen." Jess answered.
"Uh… Send him in." Sam answered.
Lena smiled at the face of the new man who had walked into the main office. He was clearly attractive.
"Sam." Oliver said. "Good to see you."
"Oliver." Sam stumbled as she tried to get up to greet him. "I-I didn't know you'd be coming by."
Lena interjected. "Yes if I'd known you were having a guest Sam I would have left you to it."
Sam blushed a deep shade of red and shushed her friend. "It's not that I'm not happy you're here but why are you here?"
Oliver's smiled disappeared and he went down to business. "Morgan Edge is getting out of jail."
Both women's smiles dropped as well at his words. "What are you talking about?"
"Edge's lawyers got his confession tossed out. He's been free for hours." Oliver explained. "I just got a call about this a few minutes ago."
"How do you know this?" Lena asked.
"Sam, remember when I mentioned that job I got awhile back? That job was working for Morgan Edge. He called me to tell me about his release. He wanted me to help him get payback." Oliver explained further. "Given his history. I'd recommend you two both stay safe."
"If you work for Edge, why tell us this?" Sam asked.
"I only recently came to National City." Oliver answered. "When I started working to find who was trying to kill him, I learned about how he was in some way connected to previous terrorist attacks across the city. The info's not valid for a jury but it was enough to make me question my choice of employer."
Lena nodded and gave Oliver a smile. "Thank you. I barely know you and you're helping me against your employer."
Oliver nodded. "I'll sleep better knowing I did the right thing and served as a good example for my daughter."
"Do you know what he's planning?" Sam asked.
"I don't." Oliver admitted. "But he might try and kill you again Lena. Stay vigilante. I'll stay close to him and try and figure out what he's planning."
As Oliver turned to leave, Sam called out for him. "Oh Oliver, Lena and I will probably be working late tonight. Do you mind…"
"Picking up Ruby, taking her home, getting her fed, helping her finish her homework and watching her till you get back?" Oliver finished.
Sam smiled. "Basically."
Oliver smiled. "Don't worry. She'll be in good hand tonight." Oliver then left the room.
As Sam turned around, she saw Lena with a shit-eating grin on her face looking like she was about to burst out laughing. Barely keeping it together, she said. "So, is he single Sam?"
Sam face went flush again. "Shut up Lena!"
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Queen Residence
After informing Lena and Sam of the danger, Oliver had home to see Evelyn at the kitchen table hard at work on homework. As she worked, Oliver set up his computer to track for any sign that Edge had launched his attack on Lena. Eventually the awkward silence became too much for him.
"Hey Evelyn." Oliver said though Evelyn didn't respond.
Oliver continued to strike a conversation. "How was school today?"
"Fine." Evelyn said in a monotone voice as she continued her work.
Oliver went to preparing dinner. "How are things with Ruby and Nora? Are they both doing good?"
"I guess." Evelyn shrugged her eyes still not facing Oliver.
"I'm gonna make pasta tonight." Oliver said hoping to get her attention with her favorite food. "Would you like that?"
"I'm not hungry." Evelyn responded.
Oliver internally wondered to himself what was causing her changed behavior. Most days she came home, threw a few biting but comedic remarks about her friends, or Ruby's new boyfriend. But for the past few days she had become despondent plus she was also looking thinner than usual and pale. She said maybe ten words to Oliver one day and she seemed less exited about things. Wondering back to what might have caused it Oliver remembered her behavior started the morning after her winter formal. If he remembered it right, Evelyn had come home, gone straight to sleep and the next morning hadn't talked about it.
At first Oliver had been pleased. He knew nothing about raising teenage girls and having to spend the morning debating the nuances of teenage dating was not something he had relished doing. At first Oliver had chalked it up to being Evelyn's more tomboyish and maybe not all that interested in conversations about feelings.
But the more Oliver thought about it, the more it seemed like the winter formal might have been the cause of Evelyn's new attitude. In fact Oliver had heard from Sam that Ruby's date was now her boyfriend but he heard nothing about Evelyn and her date continuing to go out.
Deciding to take a chance, Oliver struck up conversation with her. "So I heard from Sam earlier that Ruby's now going out with that boy she went to the dance with. That's gotta be great for her."
Evelyn shifted uncomfortably in her chair. "I guess." She mumbled.
"What about you Eve?" Oliver prodded. "Are you and your date still hanging out?"
Evelyn didn't answer. She just focused more on her work.
Oliver knew instantly that he should have stopped there and stopped prodding but he couldn't stop himself. "Come on. Sam said Ruby had a blast that night. You must have had fun as well especially since you went with…"
Oliver didn't get to finish as Evelyn exploded right then and there. "WILL YOU GET OFF MY CASE OLIVER!"
Oliver was taken aback by the sheer ferocity in her voice. "I HAVE TOO MUCH WORK TO DO! I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR STUPID DISTRACTIONS!" She screamed as she picked up her work and went into her rooms slamming the door behind her.
Oliver internally berated himself for that stupidity. He could see something was bothering her and instead of helping her he had prodded her. Oliver right now felt like an idiot.
However Oliver couldn't think about that now as he was pulled from his self-deprecation to see that there was movement in Edge's bank accounts. Edge had just paid someone a lot of money and that person wasn't on the company payroll. Using the skills Felicity taught him, Oliver slowly hacked into the phone that the wired money had been sent to.
When the hack was complete, Oliver saw who it was. The phone was connected to an alias, Mr Blank. Oliver remembered that name well. On Earth 1, Mr Blank was a contract killer who was after Taylor Moore after he witnessed the death of his parents at Mr Blank's hands. Laurel had protected him during this time. The man had tracked them to the mansion and Oliver engaged him in combat before killing him. Clearly this man was the Earth 38 version of him.
Looking at his phone location, he was close to the Lena's Penthouse. Knowing what was about to go down, Oliver bolted out of the house not even bothering to get his Hood gear and sped off on his bike towards Lena's home hoping to get there before it was too late.
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Lena's Penthouse
Lena and Sam had decided to make a night of trying to take down Morgan Edge. So the two of them went to Lena's penthouse and decided to have pizza and wine as they debated how to put Edge back in jail where he belongs.
"With the confession out, there's not much that we have on Edge." Sam said.
"I should have known it wouldn't hold." Lena remarked stumbling clearly on her third glass on wine.
Sam stood up and took the glass from her friend. "Ok time to call it quits for the wine."
Lena gave Sam one of her fake pouts. "You're no fun."
"Maybe we go through our old cases that we know he was involved in. Maybe we find something there." Sam suggested.
Lena nodded at this. "Well it's our best bet. We don't have much else to go on." She said as she took a bit of the pizza.
Just as Sam was about to speak her phone went off but Lena got it first. Looking at the caller ID, she smirked at her friend. "Oooh I see that Mr Oliver is giving you late night calls now."
Sam wrestled the phone away. "Shut up! It's probably just about Edge. I wouldn'y even think about a relationship with him."
"That's a lie right there." Lena quipped.
Sam scoffed as she answered the phone on speaker. "Yeah Oliver?"
"Sam where are you?" Oliver asked unable to hide the urgency in his voice.
"I'm with Lena at her penthouse." Sam answered her smile disappearing as fear entered her gut.
"Edge hired an assassin. He's near the penthouse right now! Get Lena and get out of there now!" Oliver ordered. "I'm on the way!"
Sam and Lena both sobered up instantly as they absorbed what was happening. They both sped towards the garage downstairs. But as they ran there, they heard the sound of glass breaking.
"It's too late." Sam whispered. "He's here."
"Hide now!" Oliver ordered. "I'm almost there."
Sam and Lena did just that. They ran away from the sound of their would be killer and rushed to find a hiding spot in the closet. However on their run, Sam tripped as the killer rounded the corner.
He reached out to grab her as Sam screamed at Lena to run. Reluctantly, Lena ran away and tried to reach her gun case in her office, her killer mere feet behind her.
Behind her the assassin behind held Sam in a chokehold. He spoke in a calm but cold tone. "Ms Luthor. I know you're in here. I have no quarrel with your friend here. All I'm here for is you."
"What you honestly think I'm gonna fall for the if I surrender you let Sam go trick?" Lena asked already knowing what was to come.
"No I don't. But I'm willing to make both of your ends painless and simple. However if you insist on wasting my time, I have no issues with making both of your deaths as painful as you can imagine." As he said this, he twisted Sam's arm back causing her to scream as it was being dislocated.
Lena winced at her friend's pain but she felt stuck. She couldn't stay hidden behind the pillar all night but she didn't know when or if the police would come. Plus her desk that had her gun was in the open and her ammo was stored separately. Her odds weren't great.
Hoping she could at least get her gun, Lena prepared herself to run when she heard the sound of footsteps in the distance. "Whoever else is here better come out now or you'll be responsible for two deaths tonight." The assassin threatened however nothing happened.
Not taking chances, Blank backhanded Sam causing her to collapse near unconsciousness as he went off in search of the new threat.
At this moment, Oliver went on the offensive. Using the shadows to strike, Oliver sped out of them and charged Mr Blank engaging him in close quarters. With his first strike he knocked the pistol out of the killer's hands and began hitting him with fast strikes. Mr Blank reached for a concealed knife but Oliver intercepted it and twisted it out of his hands.
As the fight drew near the stairs, Oliver used the staircase railing o give him the leverage to push the assassin down the stairs and onto the base floor. Oliver then immediately jumped down and continued his attacks boxing Mr Blank into a corner.
The two then began exchanging a series of strikes that the other parried leading to the two locking a parry. "Who the hell are you?"
"You wont live long enough to know." Oliver promised as he pushed off the nearby wall and sent the two of them barreling into the dining room table. The force of their impact smashed the table and separated the two killers. In Mr Blank's daze, Oliver grabbed a close large knife and turned around facing the killer. With a tremendous amount of speed and force, Oliver threw the blade right into Mr Blank's eye. The blade went right through the soft tissue and stopped sticking out like some gruesome shot out of a horror movie.
The blade had clearly pierced his brain since the second the blade hit; Mr Blank fell over, dead. Looking up, Oliver saw that he had an audience. Sam and Lena had both seen the entire fight up close. "Are you ok?" Sam asked worry in her voice as she held in her head in pain.
"I'm good here." Oliver answered truthfully. "The assassin is dead.
"Yeah… I guessed as much from the knife sticking out of his head." Lena remarked walking her friend down to the base level with Oliver. "Thank you… for saving our lives."
Oliver nodded and smiled. "My pleasure."
"I take it you know I have a thousand questions." Lena said.
Oliver chuckled. "I'm not surprised. But they can wait for now. We should call the police."
The next few hour or so consisted of Oliver retelling the events of the attack to the police detectives including Sgt Sawyer.
"So you somehow heard about the hit on Lena and came here and fought off and killed the assassin before he killed you or his targets?" Maggie repeated.
"Yes that about covers it." Oliver answered as Maggie turned her eyes to the body bag being zipped up, her eyes focusing on the knife sticking out of his head.
"Where'd you learn how to fight like that?" Maggie asked.
"Uh… A kind of… special school." Oliver answered.
"Right…" Maggie said. "Well I have everything I need."
"Edge was behind this." Lena added. "I'm absolutely sure of it."
"I'll put him on the suspect list." Maggie said as she headed out of the penthouse. "I'll keep you all informed of the case."
Once the police had left, the three of them let loose a breath they didn't know they were holding.
"Well that was a long night." Lena said.
"I'd say we should go to bed but it's almost morning now." Oliver joked.
They all laughed just as Sam got a text on her phone though as she read it, her laugher stopped. "Alex just texted. She had my lab results."
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Kara's Apartment
Having left Oliver to return home to his daughter, Sam and Lena went to Kara's to discuss Sam's test results and what they said about her future.
"Okay so, all the tests came back clear. No tumors, no blood disorders, nothing. You are as healthy as an Olympic athlete." Alex answered.
"Really?" Sam asked her worry still prevalent.
"Sam this is a really good thing. All the worst possibilities have been ruled out." Kara said.
"No I know. I know. It's just…" Sam said her worry threatening to overwhelm her. "If it's nothing them what's happening to me."
"We'll figure it out ok? I promise." Alex swore. "But for right, just take the good news.
Lena moved to comfort her friend. "Alex is right. Go home to Ruby, enjoy the now. Every second of this is important to you and it's important to your daughter."
Sam gave a half smile and let her friends comfort her. "I don't know how I'd make it through life without you guys or Ruby with me."
Sam's eyes then went wide. "Oh God Ruby!" Sam cried as she pulled out her phone and frantically scanned through it like a mad woman.
"Sam you ok?" Kara asked.
Just then Sam took a sigh of relief. "Oh thank god."
"What?" Alex asked.
"After the crazy night and morning I've just had. I totally spaced on getting Ruby to her singing practice today. But thankfully Oliver was there to get her there."
"After the crazy night we've all had, I'm surprise your boyfriend's not passed out on his couch right now."
"He's not my boyfriend Lena" Sam whined.
Kara raised her hand like a kid in class. "I'm sorry I'm a little lost here. What crazy night are you talking about?"
Sam and Lena silently nodded to each other before beginning. "So last night you heard that Edge was released from prison. Apparently he didn't waste anytime trying to send someone out to kill me. Anyway a friend of Sam's who used to work for Edge warned us that this assassin was coming." Lena began.
"The guy had us dead to rights and before we knew what was happening, Sam's friend Oliver comes bursting through the room and manages to kill him, saving both of us." Sam finished.
"I'm sorry, how is this not the first thing you tell us!" Alex practically screamed.
Lena stuttered. "Well I mean the situation was resolved. Plus I did plan on telling you today but when Alex told us about Sam's test results I figured that I'd tell you after they came in."
Alex sighed and shook her head. "Well at least you told us."
Kara however looked distracted. "Hey Sam, you said your friend was named Oliver? Is his last name Queen?"
Sam nodded. "Yeah…"
Kara asked. "What does he look like?"
Sam recounted. "Uh. Above 6 ft tall, muscular build, few scars, he's also got this really intense look about him. Why?"
"Oh he just sounds like someone I used to know." Kara said in her nonchalant way. "How'd you meet this knight in shining armor?"
"Oh he moved into the neighborhood with his daughter. He's only a block down from my place." Sam answered. "Hey Kara I hope you don't mind but I should go."
"Oh yeah of course." Kara said as she let Sam and Lena leave turning back to her sister.
"Kara, I know what you're doing." Alex said with accusation in her voice.
"Come on you have to admit that this sounds just like Oliver Queen!" Kara retorted. "well aside from the daughter bit."
Alex's phone buzzed. "Ok maybe you're right. But I don't have time to argue. I'm meeting Maggie in a few hours.
"Alright go have fun sister!" Kara smiled. "I'll let you know if I find something.
As Alex left the apartment, she turned to look at her phone and her smile disappeared as she read the text.
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Edge Global HQ
Edge enjoyed being back in is office and free again. Even the news about Lillian Luthor's escape from prison hadn't ruined his day in the slightest. With tripled security and a mercenary security force as backup, Edge felt quite safe.
At least that was true until he heard the sounds of grunts and the sound of steel hitting flesh in the distance.
Send out the platoon of men in his office to investigate, Edge fumbled around as he tried to find his revolver. Once he found it, he pulled out his box of ammo and tried unsuccessfully to load it only to end up dropping more bullets than he loaded.
Looking up, he was confronted by a hooded man with a bow and arrow in hand. Shouting in fear, Edge dropped his gun backed away. "What the hell are you doing here? All I have do is scream and a dozen men will charge this room."
"Go ahead. They wont hear you." Oliver taunted. "How many people were you willing to kill on your campaign to take down Lena Luthor? How many children would have died if they hadn't found a cure to your poison?"
"I had no involvement in that. It was resolved by my lawyers…" Edge tried to explain.
"Don't try and talk yourself out of this!" Oliver yelled. "You know as well I as I do that you're guilty."
"Did that stupid bitch Lena send you? Or her crazy terrorist mother?" Edge asked. "Whatever they're paying you, I'll double it."
"Your money wont buy you out of the justice you deserve." Oliver growled.
Oliver notched an arrow and aimed it right at Edge's black heart. Edge raised his hands as his eyes went wide.
"Morgan Edge, You have failed this city!"
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Queen Residence
Kara took a deep breath as she approached the door. Taking what Sam had told her about the Oliver who saved her, Kara put her reporter skills to work trying to find out more about him. All her work had given her very little however. It seemed from her investigation that whoever lived here was doing a great job of keeping themselves off the radar however there was nothing else on them. However her interest was renewed when Winn discovered that the birth certificate files were fakes, good fakes but fakes all the same.
This was the final nail for Kara. With Winn's investigation into the other World Killers nearing an identity, Kara knew that now would be the best time to approach this Oliver Queen and discover the truth.
Knocking on the door, Kara heard a voice on the other side calling that he was coming. Taking another deep breath, the door opened and Kara couldn't believe her eyes.
The man standing before her, it was Oliver Queen.
ARROW/SUPERGIRL
I know! What a cliffhanger to leave you on but after doing some thinking, I finally have an idea about how I want the story to go in terms of the rest of Supergirl season 3 and I've found Oliver's role in it.
I also hate to do this but I will be taking a brief break on this story to focus on another one. I received a request through PM for a story and I'm gonna work on that next. However this doesn't mean that this story is on hiatus. I'll probably alternate between the two stories for a time until the requested one is finished.
Once again I appreciate all of your support and encouragement. If you like the story please review. Also if you have suggestions for me in terms of ideas for this story or others that you want me to do, PM me. I love hearing suggestions from people.