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Chapter 13- Return of the Huntress

Gus Sabatoni sat in a strip club, enjoying the show with a drink and money in his hands.

"Hey mister!"

He turned to look at a scantily clad woman, wearing a skimpy purple outfit with a cross on the front. The spotlight behind her obscured her face but Gus could see her stuff just fine.

"Absolutely", he said.

A while later, in a private room, Gus made himself comfortable while the woman locked the door.

"Tonight your first night?" he asked.

"First, and last", she said as she spun around and planted her high-heeled boot on Sabatoni's chest, pinning him to his chair.

"Gus", she hissed angrily.

Gus looked up and felt fear on recognizing the woman, "Helena!"

"I'm looking for my father", Helena Bertinelli snarled, "If anybody knows where he is, I figured it would be his attorney."

"I don't", he said and Helena scoffed but removed her boot. Gus sighed in relief but it immediately turned to horror as Helena spun around and aimed her crossbow pistol at him.

"Oh! Helena!" he said in fear, "I swear I'd tell you where the FBI's keeping Frank, but after your father and I made his plea deal to testify, the Feds, they stopped telling me anything! Please! You have to believe me!"

"I do", said Helena with a smile. A while later, Helena, now wearing a coat to cover herself, strode out through the back exit and jumped onto her Harley.

In the club, a bouncer knocked on the VIP room's door and said, "Hey Gus, song's over man. You still in there?"

Hearing no response, he opened the door and was horrified on seeing Gus' body slumped back on the chair with two crossbow bolts in his chest. During that time, Helena started her bike and drove off.

At Big Belly Burger, Laurel was seated on a table, looking at the menu when Quentin arrived.

"Laurel", he said as he moved to the table and took off his coat, "I'm glad you called. Two months. Too long for us to go without talking."

As he sat down, Laurel said, "Dad, I have to tell you-"

"No, no, listen", he said sincerely, "Before you say anything, I got to apologize. I should never have used you to try and catch the archer, and I'm sorry. Laurel, I'm just- I'm sorry."

"Thank you", Laurel said uncomfortably, "But I have to tell you two things."

"What?" he asked her.

"Okay, first", she said, "I'm seeing someone."

"Oh!" said Quentin, "Who? Please tell me it's not Queen or Merlyn."

"Okay, dad, they're not the people you think they are", Laurel defended her friends, "But it's not them. It's Matt!"

"Him?" said Quentin and contemplated for a while, "You know, counting out the trial of Frank Castle, I don't think the guy's done anything wrong. I guess I'm fine. But what's the other thing."

"Yeah, about that", Laurel shifted uncomfortably in her chair, "I owe you an apology too."

"For what?" Quentin asked in confusion.

"Hello, Quentin."

Quentin spun around- to see his ex-wife standing there. He quickly stood, staring at her in shock.

"How are you?" Dinah asked him, "You look well."

"What are you doing here?" Quentin asked as he started stammering, "Why…..why are you here?"

"I'm here because I believe Sara's still alive", she said without wasting time on niceties.

"What?"

"Dad", Laurel rose and put a calming hand on his shoulder, "Sit-"

"What is going on?" he asked though he let Laurel help him sit.

"Just hear mom out", Laurel pleaded, "Sit."

"What is going on?" he demanded again.

"Start from the beginning", Laurel told her mother.

Dinah sat down and pulled out a map, "Oliver was found on an island called Lian Yu on the North China Sea", she said, pointing to said island and then gesturing at many surrounding islands, "There are hundreds, thousands of deserted islands in this chain. What if Sara had survived too? And nobody would know if she'd washed up in any of those."

"So you don't actually have proof that she's alive?" Quentin asked.

"I have proof", Dinah said as she pulled out a photograph and showed it to him. It was of a tall, brunette girl with her hat pulled down.

"A tourist took this", she said.

After looking at it, Quentin said, "Could be anybody."

"Doesn't it look just like Sara?" Dinah pleaded, "Our daughter's a survivor, Quentin."

After a few moments of silence in which he looked at the picture, Quentin said, "Ah, you have some nerve. Three years, no phone calls, no emails, nothing. You just show up with an old photo-"

Laurel tried to say, "Dad, please-"

"No", he said to her, "Please, you listen to me, okay? Sara died on that boat."

He looked between his ex-wife and daughter, almost in tears, and said, "Why…. are you making me relive this?"

He then moved to leave, "I'm not doing this."

Laurel said, "Dad, no-"

But he was already out.

Diggle was looking at old news clippings of Lawton when Matt and Oliver walked in.

"Yo", Oliver called out.

"Hey, where you been?" Dig asked him.

"Oh, I thought I'd give myself a rare morning in", said Oliver with a smile. When Dig raised an eyebrow, he said, "Don't look at me like that. The club is opening finally, McKenna and I are going on date number 6 tonight, which is…. it's significant. And, uh, I don't know", and then he shrugged, "It seems like a good day to give the bad guys a rest."

"I'm bringing Laurel here for a date" said Matt and Dig said with a raised eyebrow, "Finally."

Turning to Oliver, he said, "it's the bad girls I'm worried about. Turning to the computer, he opened another window and showed surveillance footage from a VIP room at the local strip club.

Oliver sighed and recognized the woman, "Helena."

"Helena?" asked Matt, "Who is she?"

"Helena Bertinelli", said Oliver, "Daughter of Frank. She hates her father because he got her fiancé killed. I tried to train her in the ways of vigilantism but her desire for revenge was too strong and now she's lose."

"So you're telling me there's a psychotic killer vigilante lose out there because of you?" Matt asked.

"Hey!" said Oliver, "You didn't do a thing about Frank Castle either."

"Frank doesn't kill innocents", Matt argued, "He doesn't even let them get caught in the crossfire. Something I can't say about Helena."

"All right, enough arguments about past failings", said Dig to diffuse the situation, "This was taken at Alley Cats, the strip joint. The police reports list the stiff's name as Gus Sabatoni."

"That's Bertinelli's lawyer", Oliver said in confusion, "Why would she come back just for him? It's not like he did a good job. Her father's serving consecutive life sentences without parole."

"Come on, Oliver", Dig said, "We both knew this was only a matter of time. You tried to help her but you couldn't. Now the only question is, how long till she drops the dime on you, me, this whole operation?"

"Look, I want you to get in touch with all our contacts in the Bratva", Oliver said, "Figure out where Helena is, why she's back?"

"Ok", said Dig, "But-"

"Helena's here for a reason", said Oliver, "If not Frank Bertinelli, then we need to know what it is?"

"Okay", said Dig, as Matt and Oliver walked off.

Later, Oliver walked into the house and was confused on hearing sounds of laughter from within.

"Speedy?"

"We're in here", her voice said.

Oliver walked inside and stopped on seeing Thea sitting on the couch and talking to Helena.

"Look whose back", Thea said to him as Helena smiled, "She was just telling me about you guys' first date-"

"At Russo's", Helena finished, "Hello Oliver."

"Oh, Ollie, I have a pseudo friend who's looking for a job", Thea said to him, "Any chance the club's still hiring?"

"Yes, of course", said Oliver with a forced smile, "Talk to Tommy. As a matter of fact, you can go upstairs and call Tommy right now."

"Great, you rock", she said gratefully as she headed upstairs.

After she was gone, Oliver dropped the smile and asked Helena, "Where've you been?"

Helena rose to face him and said, "Um…. Barcelona, Monaco, Budapest. I just needed to forget who I was. And how much I missed you."

"Do you mean like how much you missed Gus Sabatoni?" he retorted as the smile left her face, "I thought you were done with your father's organization, Helena. Because he's serving consecutive life sentences in Iron Heights. You got your revenge."

"He just cut a deal with the Justice Department to testify against the East Coast family", Helena replied with a furious edge in her voice, "In 48 hours, Witness Protection will give him a new name, a new life, and he'll be off the grid, forever- untraceable!"

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry", Oliver said.

"My father doesn't deserve a second chance- a second life", Helena spat, "And I can't. I can't take on a phalanx of U.S. Marshals. Not without help."

"No", Oliver said as he realized what she was asking of him, "It's not justice. It's murder."

Before she could reply, Moira walked inside and said to Oliver, "Oh, there you are. I have a question about your opening tonight."

Then she noticed Helena and said, "Hello."

Helena managed to force a smile again and said, "Hi."

"Oliver, who is your friend?" Moira asked her son.

"Oh! Mom, this is Helena. Helena, this is my mom" he introduced the two.

"Hi!" Moira said pleasantly as Helena shook her hand and said, "Nice to meet you."

"Helena was just leaving", Oliver said.

"Yes", she said, "I have a family engagement."

"Excuse us for a minute", said Oliver as he lead Helena to the door.

"Of course", said Moira as the two left.

"I guess I will have to be more persuasive", Helena whispered to Oliver, "Fortunately, you have a family too."

She kissed him on the cheek and walked out while Oliver watched in silence. Rage was boiling inside him due to the fact that Helena had just threatened his family.

"She was in my house", Oliver raged as Dig texted on his phone, "And she made a not so veiled threat against my mother and sister. I want extra security around both of them."

"Way ahead of you, man", Dig told him and waved his phone to tell him he had been working on that.

"Thank you", Oliver said sincerely while Dig said, "It's my job."

"For not saying 'I told you so'", Oliver clarified as Dig walked off saying, "Night's young."

Oliver saw Tommy walking up behind the bar with a crate of wine and asked, "Where you been? The club opens in 4 hours."

"I've been dealing with the vendors", Tommy lied, not looking at Oliver.

"No you haven't", Oliver said, "Tommy… we need to talk. I'm sorry, all right. But I kept this a secret to protect the people closest to me."

Tommy finally looked up and said, "Do you think that's what I care about? What, that my feelings are hurt?"

He leaned forward and whispered, "You're a murderer. A killer. You were my best friend in life, but now it's like I don't even know you."

Oliver stared sadly at his friend and said, "You're right. I've changed. Listen, buddy, now I can explain it to you. I can explain how and why-"

"What'd be the point?" Tommy asked, "I wouldn't believe a word of it anyway."

Tommy walked off, leaving a dejected Oliver behind.

Matt walked into Big Belly Burger as Laurel rose on seeing him.

The two shared a quick kiss and said simultaneously, "Hi."

With an awkward simultaneous laugh, the two sat down.

"You sounded like it was urgent", Matt said, "What did you want to ask me about?"

"Well", said Laurel, "It's a bit of a family matter but I think you can help."

"How?" asked Matt.

"You once told me you know a P.I.", Laurel said.

"Yes", said Matt, "I do know a P.I."

"Well", said Laurel, "My mother….. my mother thinks Sara is still alive."

"What?" Matt asked, "Why does she think that?"

"Because Oliver survived", Laurel said, "And because of an old picture."

"That is not much evidence", Matt pointed out.

"I know", said Laurel, "But my mom is persistent. She asked dad to investigate it."

"What?" said Matt before telling Laurel, "Laurel, look, I may not like your father that much, but he doesn't deserve this. He has already destroyed himself a lot due to his grief. Now whether this lead is a dead end or not, she's making him relive this."

Laurel sighed sadly at that, realizing what she had asked of her father earlier. She then put a folder on the table and said to Matt, "Can you please ask that P.I. to look into everything mom found and verify if it's a dead end or not?"

Matt took the folder and said, "Of course I can. I will have to go back to New York though to give it to her. How about I go next week?"

With a happy smile, Laurel said "Thank you so much. It means a lot."

The two embraced each other.

Later, everyone stood in the newly opened Verdant. There was music while everyone drank and danced, forgetting the cares of life.

On the second level- Oliver, Moira, Thea and McKenna stood together.

"To Verdant", Moira toasted as the four raised their glasses, "I know I haven't always been supportive of this venture", she said after taking a sip, "But this nightclub is quite an accomplishment. I'm proud of you, Oliver. Your father would be too."

"Thank you", Oliver said.

"Yeah, congratulations, Ollie", Thea said with a smile, "This club doesn't totally suck."

"Thanks, Speedy", Oliver said to her, "Thank you very much, all of you, for coming."

Down below, Tommy was standing, holding a scotch when Matt and Laurel walked up to him.

"Oh!" said Laurel, "There you are. This place is amazing. I'm so proud of you and Ollie."

"Yes!" said Matt, "You two have done great work."

Tommy smiled tightly and said, "Thanks."

Laurel looked at him in concern and asked, "Is everything okay?"

"I'm great", Tommy assured with a fake smile.

Matt could sense he was lying and he knew the reason as Oliver had told him.

Putting a hand on Tommy's shoulder, Matt said firmly, "If there is something bothering you, I think you should do something about it as soon as possible instead of letting the problem grow, or you might regret it."

Matt then walked off with Laurel while Tommy contemplated his words.

"Tommy! Tommy!" said Thea as she ran up to him, "Did you call Roy yet?"

"I left him a message", he told her, "He starts tomorrow. Which reminds me, I have to go check in with the office."

He then said, "Excuse me."

He walked towards the stairs when a voice stopped him.

"Hey, Tommy", he turned and saw Helena standing there with a smile, "Remember me?"

Matt heard that from a distance and grew concerned. What if that woman was Helena?

He decided to tell Oliver and managed to run into him.

"Oliver", he said, "I was looking for you."

"Matt!" said Oliver, "I just got a note from Dig telling me to meet him downstairs. Said it was urgent."

"I heard a woman leading Tommy downstairs", Matt told him, "I think it might be Helena."

At that, Oliver clenched his fist tightly and said, "We have to stop her."

"We will", said Matt, "We just need a surprise."

Matt picked up an empty glass from the bar and told him, "Lead the way."

As Oliver did that, Matt took out a scarf from his pocket and put it on his head. He always kept it as backup when he needed to conceal his identity and could not be Daredevil.

Oliver walked into the basement and was horrified to see that Matt was right. Helena was there, holding Tommy down on a table, his arm bent backwards at a painful angle and his wrist in her grasp.

"Let him go", Oliver demanded, "He has nothing to do with this."

"I told you", Helena snarled, "Oliver, I warned you!"

"Helena!" Oliver shouted, "This isn't you."

"My father is a mobster and a murderer", she said, "It's not like you haven't killed men like that before!"

"I tried to teach you to obtain your objective without killing!" Oliver said to her.

"By applying leverage, by exploiting someone's weakness", she said as she twisted his arm, causing him to gasp in pain, "There is a whole club full of leverage right above our heads. Please. Oliver, don't make me do something we both will regret,"

Oliver then realized Matt was coming up behind him and said in a voice laced with deadly calm, "Don't worry, Helena. I won't."

As Helena gave him a confused look, Oliver ducked and Matt threw the glass at Helena. Helena ducked to avoid the projectile as Matt leapt over Oliver and gave Helena a flying kick, making her stagger back as Tommy was freed from her grasp.

She angrily tried to give Matt a spin kick but Matt ducked and then gave her a flip kick, making her stagger to a side.

"You are not a vigilante", he told her, "You're just someone hell bent on revenge."

She angrily lunged at him saying, "My father doesn't deserve a new life!"

Matt flipped behind her and said, "It is hardly a life. A man like him can't be set free. They would still keep him under surveillance 24/7."

Helena didn't listen and lunged at him again with a punch but he ducked and punched her away, "You are so hell bent on revenge that you don't even care about innocent lives. That makes you as bad as your father whom you're trying to kill."

At that, Helena stopped and her eyes started widening in horror as she realized what she was becoming. Using the opportunity, Oliver ran up to her and knocked her out with a punch.

"Thank you", he said sincerely to Matt.

"Problem solved", Matt said to him.

"We need to hand her over to the police", Oliver said.

"On it", said Matt as he walked out.

Oliver then saw Tommy looking at him but he walked out.

Later, Oliver stood alone in the club as Tommy came up to him.

"You all right?" Tommy asked him and Oliver said, "I will be. What about you?"

"I will be", Tommy said too, "Look, I know that I've been a jerk lately. I just couldn't understand how you could keep such a big secret from me. But seeing you there, begging Helena to stop hurting me, and thinking about something Matt said, I realized I never….. I never considered the toll it must take on you."

"Lying to the people that are closest to me is the hardest part", Oliver said with an exhale.

"I get that", Tommy assured him.

The two had now finally started reconciling.

I personally think this show did a bad job with Huntress. At this point, I didn't really have much sympathy for her. At the end of 'Birds of Prey', I regained sympathy for her but at this point, I had lost it. So I just sent her to prison.

I think you all know which P.I. Matt is going to ask for help. Hint- wears a brown leather jacket, insults everyone with badass quips, stays drunk 24/7.

But I don't think I would be covering the investigation in the next chapter so she probably won't appear. I was just making a reference to her. Hope you all don't mind.

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