Speedy didn't no if whether she should be appalled by what she was seeing or overjoyed. Speedy wondered why this place was called Suicide Slums but now she knows. This is the place where dreams and hope go to die. The Glades was a bad neighborhood but it seemed like a nice place to live after just being in this neighborhood for a second.
Speedy kept her bow drawn even though the street was deserted.
She stopped at the place where her father was last seen. "No Man's Land" a strange name for a bar but one that was visited by the worst central city had to offer that would make Gorilla Grodd look like a care bear.
"Are you sure you want to do this alone?" questioned Barry over the comm. Barry had religously rejected her plan about facing her father in the seediest of places. Often qouting that her brother would shoot him up with multiple arrows and then break his legs and if Barry even contemplated of letting her go there even with back up. After much debate and compromising Barry let her go but he would be with a few dozen yards of her keeping tabs and if he saw something he didn't like he had the right to intervene.
"Barry you asked me that a hundred times since I first stepped out of Star Labs and for the next hundred times I am positive" Thea snapped at the scarlet speedster. Thea was already amped up and anxious about this and she didn't need Barry's constant worrying to bring her anymore anxiety than she already have.
"Okay just...sorry" Barry apologized and then went quiet. Thea felt bad for snapping at him but she needed all her thoughts focused on capturing Malcolm not on whether Barry's feelings were hurt. So with a deep breath she opened the door to 'No Man's Land'.
Rock music stuck to Thea like steam escaping into a colder room. She took a step into the bar and was surprised at the decor of the place. She expected dark painted walls, dim lighting and just slight fog but instead she found it well furnished with red carpets, oak wood walls and a classy fifties bar and stools. Off to the left of the bar was an old juke box and in the middle of the bar was a pool table and throwing darts nearby.
At the darts was assasin Deadshot playing with some dark skinned bald woman who looked like she could go a few rounds with Nyssa. At the pool table was just a couple of crooks just joking with each other. At the bar itself sat Shrapnel, Bronze tiger, and the Trickster. It was like a super villain playground. She began to wonder why the Flash never came down here and rounded up all these bad guys.
Then she noticed the woman shooting darts with Deadshot was staring at her while he whispered something into her ears while also still staring at her. Bronze Tiger, Shrapnel and Trickster were even giving her silent glares from where they were sitting. She got her answer as to why Flash never came by to get them it was him against a dozen of them and probably on his best day he wouldn't get out of here without some maiming.
Thea clenched her bow unsure as to whether or not to continue through with this. But then she noticed him sitting in the corner holding a mug of golden brown liquid in his hands and keeping his head down blending in with the shadows. Her father Malcolm Merlyn, Mastermind behind the quake in star city, the killer of Sarah, the man who try to bastardize the green arrow name.
She began to storm over there ignoring the silent looks of all the other bar patrons. She stood in front of him making sure her shadow loomed over his.
"You gonna do something or you just going to stare" grumbled the man his voice broken and slurring.
She yanked back her fist and punched Malcolm. Except even in his drunken stupor he was still formidable and he proved that by blocking Thea's punch and then repelling her with a simple palm push to her chest.
Angry she jumped back to her feet and charged at her father. Malcolm got up as well but instead of fighting her he began dodging her attacks. He wasn't blocking them, he didn't even let her touch him or he her. Instead he ducked under her swings, jumped over her leg swipes, stepped away from her kicks, and whirled away from her waving bow.
She didn't even pay attention to the voice in her ear asking if she was alright instead just kept attacking until finally a large gush of air pushed her hood up and Malcolm was knocked out. She blinked once or twice until she realized it was the Flash standing over Malcolm putting him in handcuffs.
"What the hell are you doing!" yelled Thea at the scarlet speedster.
"You didn't answer your comm, so I came in to see what was going on and noticed you were having a hard time with Malcolm" Flash lectured, "Now lets return to star labs before someone has a problem with us taking Malcolm". Thea looked around to see the other villains beginning to look anxious and shifting in their seats. She silently nodded her head and the two heroes quickly depart the bar.
Thea watched the monitor which displayed Malcolm in the meta human cell sitting cross legged and meditating.
"So what do we do now?" asked Barry as his back leaned against the desk his eyes focusing on her, anticipating her next action, or reaction.
Thea ignored just glaring at him.
"Thea" whispered Sin softly, "we need him so we can get Oliver back". Thea slowly nodded her head.
"Can you take me to him" Thea said, the Flash got up and lead her down the hall to the elevator that would take them to the metahuman holding cell. Thea was quite the entire time which made Flash uncomfortable.
"You're remind me a lot of your brother" Flash finally said as they walked up to one of the cells and began typing in the code.
"Yeah, whenever he was brooding he would make the same face you were making" Flash explained.
"why are you telling me this" asked Thea thrown off by his observation.
Before the Flash could respond the door to Malcolm's cell opened up and there he sat in the same position with his eyes still closed.
"What do you want Thea?" he asked barely moving his lips.
Thea looked at the Flash and he gave her an encouraging nod.
"I need to get to Nanda Parbat so I can retrieve Oliver".
Macolm slowly opened his eyes and stared at her, "why would I do that, taking you there would be suicide for me and you, and despite all I done I don't want to die and I sure as hell don't want my only living heir to die as well".
"because damn it" Thea yelled at the man in the cell as she briskly walked forward, "If you want to redeem yourself to me or something then you'll help me get my brother back". Unknown to Thea or whether she cared or not she began to cry. She pressed her forehead to the glass door and punched it weakly as she finally began to grieve for the first time since she heard the news of Oliver's death.
"Thea" said Malcolm. She looked up to see her Father standing up just an inch from the glass there, "I'll take you to Nanda Parbat".
