Chapter III: An Unexpected Quest

Oliver was not happy. No correction, he was angry.

Most of the time Oliver never truly got angry, whenever some psycho had gotten away from him or he couldn't figure out some other psycho's plan he would get frustrated and a little bit mad but he was always able to calm himself down or someone else would help ease his bitterness. And after experiencing hell for 5 years very few things got him as pissed off as the things he experienced on the island. If he got truly angry he would get sloppy, and he couldn't afford to be sloppy when this city needed him. So yes he very rarely got angry.

But right now he was having trouble not screaming and putting the guy he was currently fighting in a coma.

"Holy SHIT!" He heard some scrawny kid in a brown coat and bandanna on his head and blue pants shout, who was probably terrified that the Arrow had seemingly appeared out of nowhere and kicked his friend in dead center in the face with both his legs. Though in reality Oliver had just Zip lined down from the building he was on to the streets below when he saw the kid and two others trying to steal some cars.

Which couldn't come at a better time, Oliver needed to take out his displeasure's on something. And these boy's had volunteered.

"I'll kill you!" Oliver turned around and saw a bulky man with the same outfit as the scrawny kid as he had a pipe raised above his head as he ran towards the Arrow. Oliver might have snorted at that futile attack if he wasn't so mad. The bulky man swung the pipe at his head but Oliver dodged it easily by ducking down to the ground and sweep kicked the man hard enough to knock him of his feet as he hit the floor. Oliver wasn't done with him yet as he immediately picked up the man by his jacket and slammed his head through a car window as hundreds of shards of glass hit the floor as blood leaked down all over the man's face before losing consciences.

Had this just been another night on patrol Oliver would have gone easier of these punks and would have been not as aggressive in this fight. But unfortunately for these men, fury coursed through the Arrow as he loaded one of his arrow's and shot it at into the scrawny kids arm as the kid had pulled out a pistol.

"AHHHHHH! YOU MOTHER FUCKER!" The kid shouted as trails of blood leaked from his arm. He fell to the floor in pain as he clutched his arm with his other arm just below the arrow. Oliver would have continued his assault if he did not here the sound of a gun being loaded. He quickly turned around to the left and saw the man he had knocked to the floor had gotten up, though his nose was clearly broken as blood trickled down it as he held a sub machine gun in his hand.

"Time to die bitch!" He shouted before he pressed his trigger as bullets came rocketing out of his gun. Oliver jumped over a nearby car and took cover behind it as the bullets hit the car. he leaned his back against the car as he looked over the car and saw the guys was reloading and he shakily tried to fit the magazine in it but kept failing to get it in right. Oliver knew now would be the perfect opportunity to just fire an arrow at the man and end the fight but he was still so angry and punching thugs helped ease his stress if only for a moment.

So even though he could have shot his arrow, he chose to instead get on top of the hood car and then jumped towards the man. The man's eyes widened as the Arrow came flying through the air and punched him right in the center of his face. The man sent to the ground as the arrow landed gracefully on the street.

The thug got up as fast as he could and tried to punch the arrow in the chest as he rose from the street, but Oliver Simpy twisted to the left to doge the punch and then grabbed the thug's arm. The arrow pulled hard on the man's arm and when he was close enough gave him a vicious headbutt right on the thug's already broken nose.

"GAAAAAH!" The thug shouted as even more blood started to flow from his nose as he clutched it with both hands taking several steps back.

Oliver immediately rushed forward and landed a right cross to the thug's face, and then another cross as his anger didn't decrease but instead threatened to consume him.

It had been two weeks...

"I WILL MURDER YOU!" the thug shouted he tried to elbow the Arrow, but Oliver ignored his outburst and calmly jumped back a few feet as the punch missed him. He then quickly ran back to the thug and kneed him hard in the gut as the man spat blood from the pain.

Two weeks of searching and finding nothing...

Oliver hit the thug across his face with his bow.

Two weeks of his irritation turning to rage...

the thug tried to punch the Arrow in the chest but Oliver bent his back backward so far that his body was inches away from the ground as the punch missed him completely.

Two weeks of integrating people who Oliver knew didn't know anything in the vain hopes of finding a lead on the Mirakuru.

Arrow immediately got back up and kicked the thug in his crotch as he shouted from pain.

Two weeks... of actually being...afraid. Not for his sake but for his family's safety because someone had seen him without the hood...

Arrow punched the thug in the chest. The thug barley keeping himself standing upright.

Two.

Arrow kicked the thug straight across his head as the criminal started spinning from the blow and he could see the thug was almost finished.

Goddamn.

He then put all of his strength and anger behind a deadly uppercut that hit the thug in his chin as he went off the ground and into the air from the power behind the blow as he landed on the streets with a loud thud a short distance from Arrow.

Weeks.

Arrow walked menacingly toward the unconscious thug prepared to do even more damage. He didn't care if he broke his own rule, he had killed before and right now all he could think about was murdering-.

"OLIVER STOP." A voice full of panic shouted.

And the Arrow stopped dead in his tracks as he heard Felicity voice over his communicator. He could almost see the worried expression on her face as he felt almost all his anger disappear.

He looked down at the thug and saw how badly he had really beaten him as blood was practically oozing out of the man. He then looked down towards his hands to see they were covered in blood. His disgust grew as a remorseful frown crossed his face. How could he almost kill someone because he was just mad. And for what, trying to rob a car, even before he agreed to stop killing he would never had murdered some punk for something so petty.

His anger started to rise again but this time, it was mostly directed at himself as he let out a bitter sigh.

"Oliver, are you O.k" He heard Felicity's voice ask.

"Yeah." He paused for a moment and wondered if he really was. "I'm fine." He eventually answered. "Call an ambulance, these guys are in pretty bad shape,more quiet," He said as turned his head to the scrawny kid he shot in the arm and saw him looking at Oliver in pure terror as the kid tried to scramble to his feet but could not from the pain of the arrow.

"O.k," Felicity said, quieter than Oliver was used to hearing. "Aren't you going to ask them if they've seen a guy in a skull mask or a hobo with a sword."

"No." Oliver said as he loaded a bow with a long cable attached to it before aiming at a tall building forty feet above him. He then fired his arrow as it connected to the very top of the building. "I doubt they know anything about them." He then activated the retracting mechanism on the cable and went flying through the air until he cut the cable when he was near the top of the building, back flipped in the air when he was a few feet above the top of the building and landed on the roof. There was a long pause between him and felicity and the only thing he heard was the wind blowing through night.

"...I know your upset Oliver-." Felicity said slowly.

" That's an understatement." Oliver interrupted, a bit more harshly then he intended.

"But we will find the nut in the skull mask, he can't keep hiding forever." Felicity continued ignoring Oliver's tone. "And when we do find him you can be the first one to put an arrow in him."

Oliver said nothing and just looked down at the city below. From up here it actually looked clean and hopeful, like it was supposed to be. It actually calmed him down even though he knew it wasn't as sparkling as the lights above. It still gave him some hope though for a better future.

On the other side of the comm link Felicity bit her lip and was hesitant as to whether or not she should ask her horribly bad timed question, After several moments she decided to ask. It wouldn't be the first time she put her foot in her mouth anyway.

"...And will find the guy who knows about your night life." Her voice was as quiet as a mouse and even though she couldn't see him she knew he flinched. She hit the bulls-eye. The incredibly touchy, emotional bulls-eye made of worry and paranoia.

"... Have there have been no mentions of Oliver Queen being the Arrow on the internet ." Oliver asked as his a mixture of worry and irritation spread through his expression.

"No and I've been having my systems monitoring them every hour of everyday." She said as she turned to look at said monitors currently running her advanced algorithm. "So far there have been no such post. Though if someone did post something like that some random person living in a basement would probably write "Fake" in all caps. And that person would probably be me." She joked with a small chuckle though she knew Oliver wasn't smiling.

"...And my family." He asked.

"John has been looking out for any stranger's walking anywhere near your house. And I have installed a high tech security system inside both your mansion and your sister's club." She answered, praying that her explanation helped ease the Arrow.

Oliver let out a long sigh as he started to get lost in thought. The fact that no one has said anything about his identity did make him feel less worried but at the same time, it made him nervous and confused. Why hadn't that man said anything about him? And if he had who did he tell? And the biggest question he had was why did that man try to save him? That man could have been playing with them or perhaps he even wanted to help. Oliver wasn't sure but he needed to find both this man and the other man in the skull mask right now. His thoughts made his frustrations grow as he clinched his fist. Damn it, how could he be so sloppy. Now his identity was compromised and he felt helpless.

He Hated feeling like that... Like when he was first shipwrecked on the island.

"Look, Oliver, I promise you were not gonna let this guy hurt you or your family," Felicity said, her voice coursing with sincerity. "I know I can't really do much in terms of physically fighting him in a worst case scenario. But I'm still gonna do my damn best to stop him if he does. Cause there my family too. I care about them, not as much as you but enough to where I think of them like they are some of the most important people in the world." She paused for a second. "I hope you know that I mean what I say, Oliver."

Oliver took in each and everyone of her words. If it were anyone else who said that, he may have been suspicious if they meant that. But with Felicity whether it be her ramblings or her encouraging one of her friends he always knew she was being sincere and truly did just want someone to be happy. She was one of the rare women who Oliver trusted completely. And he would always be thankful for that.

"Thank you, Felicity, I appreciate that," Oliver said, and for the first time in weeks, his lips moved into a small smile.

"No problem Oliver, What are friends for." She answered

Speaking of friends...

"How's Barry." Oliver asked, and Felicity didn't answer right away. He knew even now she was worried about Barry Allen, he had to be blind not to see how much she cared for him. "Is he any better."

"Oh you know about as well as a guy who got hit by lightning than had dangerous chemicals splattered all over him and is now in a coma can be." She said as she chuckled nervously. "Though I really don't know since That has never happened to anyone, well except for me technically one time when I made a robot but it short circuited and then exploded knocking out all the power in the city. My mom was pissed and my hair was a mess for weeks." She rambled slightly.

Oliver chuckled slightly before speaking. "I'm sure Barry will be fine, He's getting the best help right now, If anyone can help him its S.T.A.R. Labs"

"Yeah your probably right." She said. "Thank you though for not strangling him to death when he found out." she added with a smile

With those words, Oliver couldn't help but remember when he first learned of the two people who had learned of his secret. When he first learned about the mysterious man with the sword.

Flashback, Arrow Cave Two Weeks Ago

Barry was a bit overwhelmed.

O.k he was completely shocked to the core. Oliver Queen was the Arrow! It really seemed obvious now in hindsight but hey he was distracted by Felicity. No wait, not by Felicity by the case. He wasn't attracted to her. not that she isn't attractive but he didn't see her like-.

"Oh my god, your rambling inside your own mind Allen, you need to get a grip." He scolded himself. Right now he needed to focus on making sure the rat poison he gave Oliver to help get rid of the blood clots that were a result of the substance that was administered into his blood didn't end up killing him. Should he call him Oliver? Maybe he should call him Mister Queen or Arrow or something he didn't know, what do you call a guy who shoots people with arrows at night and is a playboy billionaire in the morning. Crap, he was rambling again. He seriously needed to stop that!

He went over to the flat white table in the center of the room that he, Felicity and John had put Oliver on. He had several bandages wrapped around him though most were wrapped around his chest. Barry checked to make sure the IV's connected to him were flowing correctly as he walked towards Oliver and removed some of his bandages on his face since they healed. Barry couldn't help but admire how even with poison flowing through him and several broken bones he still was able to survive. Oliver must be very strong and he was curious to see how strong-.

In an instant Oliver eyes shot opened and he immediately thrust his arm towards the neck of the first person he saw and gripped it tightly, which unfortunately was Barry. Something Oliver had over the years was that when you're poisoned, you attack the first thing you see since there is a good chance that's who poisoned you.

Barry tried to get Oliver's hand off him but if felt like he was being chocked by four different guys. At least he found out how strong the Arrow was, to bad he might die from chocking if he didn't do something fast! His hand scrambled to get something, anything to help him until they landed on a pair of surgical scissors. Feeling almost all of his air leave him used all of his remaining strength to stab Oliver in the arm as the vigilante screamed and blood leaked form his arm before he let go of Barry's neck as Barry started gasping for air placing his arm on one of the near by chairs to stay upright.

This probably wasn't the best first impression.

"Barry I heard screaming are you- oh my god Barry!" He heard a panic filled voice shout. Looking up he saw Felicity running down the stairs and then towards him as she bent down next to him and put his arm over her shoulder. "What the hell happened." She said

"I may or may not have stabbed Oliver with some scissors." He answered. "And right now I'm hoping he doesn't kick me out of the cave for it."

It was at this moment Felicity saw that Oliver was awake and currently had scissors in his arm. "Oliver!" She shouted as she ran towards him, however she accidentally pushed Barry off her shoulders and Barry, not expecting that, hit the cold floor face first.

"Ow." Barry said

"Oh my gosh Barry I'm sorry!" she ran back towards Barry and picked him and placed him on a chair. "Be back in a sec." She said as she went towards Oliver and pulled the scissors out of his arm.

"Oliver are you O.K?" She asked

"I'm fine." He said as he slowly brought himself up and got off the table. He then slowly stood up, though he did let out several grunts of pain. "What the hell is going on?"

"You were poisoned Oliver." All three people down stairs looked up and saw John as he ran down the stars towards Oliver and the rest of the group since he heard the commotion from up stairs. "You were poisoned and your blood was unnaturally clotting."

"Fortunately you keep rat poison down here." Barr said as he got up from the chair and was able to get his breathing back to normal. "it was able to thin out your blood so that you wouldn't stoke out. Also sorry I stabbed you but you did try to choke me."

"You tried to choke him?" John asked

Oliver said nothing except stare at Barry as Barry felt a little uneasy by the look he was getting. It was like Oliver was analyzing him down to his organs and wondering what the best way to kill him would be.

"This is the point of the life saving emergency where you thank the person who did the life saving." Felicity said as Oliver turned his head towards the genius.

"You told him who I am." Oliver said, as his expression became a touch angry as Felicity slowly nodded becoming slightly confused. "That's not your secret to tell Felicity. I decide who finds out my identity."

"We didn't exactly have time to get your vote what with you unconscious and dying." She explained

"What if he leaves here and decides to go the police." Oliver countered

"He wouldn't do that." She said

"I wouldn't do that." Barry chimed in and Oliver looked towards Barry as his frustration grew.

"I trust him." Felicty said, her face deadly serious

"I don't." Oliver said equally serious

"Well what are you gonna do, put an arrow in him."

"I am considering that." He said as he turned towards Barry

"Don't worry he's kidding!" Felicity tired to reassure her friend, though Barry doubted Oliver was joking as he took a small step backwards.

"How is this any different from when your mom shot you and you came to me." Felicity asked

"Your mother shot you." Barry said, his voice surprised as Oliver gave him a slight scowl before turning back to felicity

"or when Diggle was poisoned and you brought him here." Felicity said

"The difference is that I did my homework on both of you!" Oliver shouted. "I don't just tell people easily."

"Hey i'm not gonna tell anyone." Barry said, entering the conversation again. "And you don't have to thank me, but you should thank her instead of being kind of a jerk." He walked towards Oliver even though he was a little intimidated by his glare. "And besides out of the people who have learned your identity i'm the one you should worry the-." Barry bit his tongue and stopped talking as the room went dead quiet. Dammit, why could he never shut his big mouth.

"What." Oliver said as he pushed all other thoughts aside the moment he heard those words. "What do you mean "out of the people who have learned my identity." Oliver looked towards Felicity and John and saw they were both looking at the floor.

"Nothing, I ramble and most of the time it's just nonsense." Barry said nervously.

"This doesn't sound like nothing." Oliver said before looking around the room one more time and wondered what weren't they telling him. "What's happened last night after I was knocked out."

"... When we got there someone else was already there." John finally answered.

Oliver raised a confused brow. "Who?" He asked

"We don't know." Felicity said. "But what we do know or what we think we know is that..." Felicity trailed off as her expression became more hesitant, and Oliver could tell she was trying to decide what to say.

"Know what." Oliver said as Felicity let out a long sigh.

" He might know that Oliver Queen... Is the Arrow." Felicity said as Oliver's eye's widen and he felt his irritation turn to anger and it started to rise inside him.

"What." Oliver said as he clenched his fist. "What happened exactly. Tell me everything."

"When we got there I saw a guy with you over his shoulders and I figured that's who you were fighting." Diggle explained, though Oliver still looked angry. "So then me and him got into a fight and Oliver, his fist felt like they were made of rock." Diggle than pulled his shirt up and showed Oliver several deep bruises that scattered all over his chest. "I think this guy had Mirakuru in him, though he was way better trained than that guy in the black mask." Diggle could see the anger on Oliver's expression and he could tell Oliver was having a hard time not letting it out, John knew what it meant to Oliver having his secret out in the open meant. He knew that thing's would only get worse from here unless they find this guy.

"Though he did try to help you." Felicity said meekly as Oliver turned to look at her. "Which when you compare to all the other guys who you've met while you were in costume, he sound like a nice guy."

"Felicity this guy knows i'm the Arrow!" Oliver almost shouted as his voice filled with fury, not at Felicity but at this whole situation. " Even If he is a good guy it doesn't matter because right now there is someone out there who could expose my secret to the world and we don't even know his name!' Oliver felt like he was going to explode with rage. It was bad enough that Barry had found out but a complete stranger! This could ruin everything he worked for since he got home from the island.

"Well that isn't entirely true." Barry said as he walked towards one of Felicity's computer. "While you were comatose Felicity and John gave me this." He than pulled out an old wooden sandal that looked like it came from Feudal Japan. "And I was able to pull more than enough DNA to have an adequate sample and I ran it through her computers and it looks like it's almost done cross referencing the DNA to see who it belongs to."

"So you know who this guy was." Oliver said as he walked towards Barry and looked over his shoulder to the computer with anger still evident in his face.

"In about 3 more seconds aaaand done." Barry said smiling... only for that smile to instantly turn into a frown as the words "NO MATCHES" in big red letters appeared on the screen. "Um I may be wrong though. Or definitely wrong."

"What happened." Oliver asked.

"Well it looks like that either the systems malfunctioning or..."

"Or?" Oliver repeated.

"Or that this guy doesn't have a file." Barry continued as he turned his head to look at Oliver. "It could just mean that your guy doesn't have a file in the Starling City police data bank. Maybe he just lives out of town or something." He said trying to be optimistic.

"That's impossible." Felicity said as all eyes were now on her. "Not the he could live out of town part, the my computer doesn't have a file on him part." She walked over and started typing on her computer as Oliver and Barry watched intensely. "I've hacked into Coast city, Starling City ,Gotham, F.B.I even A.R.G.U.S DNA database." She listed, as Barry was both impressed and a little freaked out by all the places she hacked. "If there were a file my computers would have found out." She then looked to Barry. "Are you sure the sample was good."

Barry gave her a nod. "Yeah there was plenty of hairs, toe nails and sweat to form a good enough sample. Maybe the sandal could-."

He was interrupted by the sound of Oliver slamming his fist into the table actually leaving a dent in it. No one said anything as dead silence filled the room. If it was possible he looked even more angry as he placed both his arms on the table and let out a sharp exhale.

"Damn it!" Oliver thought furiously. the one lead they had was useless to them. He knew he needed to calm down, but with everything that had happened in the last day from him getting beat buy that guy in the mask to right now his anger had been boiling and now was exploding inside him. And now the last thing he was thinking about right now was trying to calm his rage.

"How long exactly have I been out." He asked breaking the silence.

"About 12 hours." Diggle answered.

"And has anyone said anything about my secret."

"Nope." This time, Felicity answered. "And I have been monitoring every possible part of the internet and hacked into multiple cameras all over the city. So far nothing but when this guy makes a move we will know."

"Good." Oliver said, at least there was one good thing in this god awful situation. Though it didn't help with his anger. Just as he was trying to figure out what to do next he heard his phone ringing. he moved towards the chair it was on and saw he had a text from his mother.

"Oliver who's texting you." Felicity asked.

"My mother." He said, his eyes still on the phone. "Something's wrong with Thea and she wants me to go back to the house." He than put his phone away into his pants as he slowly walked towards the stair trying his best not to grunt from his pain. "I have to go. You guys need to figure out where the man in the black mask is. He now has the sedatives and since he can now make more men like himself, that puts him at the top of our list." Oliver said as he walked up the steps to the bar above them. "So actually try and help me this time if you can." The three people down stairs did not miss how Oliver's voice was harsh and sharp and they saw him scowl as he left the secret base and closed the door behind him.

"Well... That sucked." Felicity said

"Yeah." Barry agreed. "I don't think this was best way to let him know what was going on." He than shared an apologetic look to his two friends. "I'm sorry I told him guys."

"Its not your fault." John said. "He had to know sooner or later and despite how mad he is it's better he learned now than later. That way he knows their is another threat and won't be taken by surprise." He explained

"Thanks, man," Barry said as he smiled slightly

"So how are we on finding out who were that super strong bad guy is," Felicity asked.

"Actually, I'm getting somewhere with that," Barry said. "See when that guy grabbed Oliver's neck he touched his skin. So I was able to absorb the residual oils from Oliver's skin which, when added to a gel based polymer might be able to recreate that guy's fingerprint."

"O.k than that's actually the first good thing I've heard all night," John said as he looked at Barry. "Maybe Oliver won't shoot an arrow at you." John joked

"Yeah... Was he kidding when he said that?" Barry asked as there was a long pause in the room and both Felicity and John felt very hesitant to answer.

"Yes." Felicity finally answered

"I don't like how you hesitated. Seriously should I start wearing Kevlar." Barry asked as fear grew on his expression.

"Maybe," Felicity said quickly before immediately going to work on her computers. "That is enough chit chat we got to get back to work." She said as Barry felt his fear almost triple in size.

He really hoped he wasn't gonna die. How was he gonna explain that to Iris? Though in all seriousness he knew he needed to figure out who the guy in the black mask was since he could hurt even more people. So with that thought in mind, he went back to analyzing the DNA and than just let the part of his brain that only thought about science take over.

He just wished he could help more.

Flashback End.

And ever since then neither he or his friends had found out anything on the man with the sword. They had heard rumors and sightings about a guy with a sword who apparently saved some people when Shrapnel almost blew up Sebastian Blood and his supporters at the Unity Rally by literally cutting a large falling pole in half with one swipe. Though they were skeptical if those people really saw that. Thankfully, they had already stopped The man in the black mask, but unfortunately, Oliver had yet to find where the person who injected him with the Mirakuru was hiding.

Though right now despite all this he felt better than he had in the past few weeks

"Did Barry ever get a chance to analyze that sandal we gave him ." Oliver asked

"No but I was able to get Cisco and Caitlin to look at it in S.T.A.R Labs." Felicity answered. "They said they should have some results back after running some test on it. Though it may take a while what with all the people mad at them for nearly blowing up a city."

"O.K than." He said, as he heard someone shouting in the distance. Oliver than reached into his quiver and pulled out another zip line arrow and aimed it at a building far below him. He fired and the arrow hit it's mark as the cable went taut since Oliver had already connected the cable to another arrow of his.

"I'm gonna have to talk to you later Felicity," Oliver said as he jumped off the building and grabbed the cable with his bow as he went riding down the line.

"That's fine I get it, you have to put an arrow in somebody right?" She asked but wasn't surprised when Oliver did not answer. She went back to work on her computer as she once again checked to see if there were any sightings of any guys with swords or guys with skull mask. Again, she wasn't surprised when nothing showed up.

She sighed. Seriously why isn't that the really crazy guys could hide like ninjas? Though if she was being honest right now, she was extremely worried. For Barry, for Oliver and basically everyone she knew. Cause right now there were possibly two men out somewhere that could hurt all her friends.

And until they found them, she doubted she would be getting any sleep tonight.

A Samurai's Journey

One Day Later

"No. Fucking. Way." A tall bald man with a black leather jacket and equally black jeans said. "There is no way that's true."

"It's true." A darker-skinned man with short hair and wearing the same outfit the other guy was replied.

"You're telling me that your brother."

"Yep."

"Got attacked."

"Yep."

"...By a green rhino?"

"Yep." The darker skinned man said

"That is the biggest pile of bull shit I have ever heard Jake." The other man replied. "How stupid do you think I am."

"Pretty stupid." Jake answered and smiled and the angry frown that crossed his friends face. "And how is it any less true than when you told me your cousin got mauled by some pink dog in the middle of Nowhere when he tried to rob some old couple."

"The difference is that dog's are actually real and everyone has seen them. Unlike GREEN RHINO'S." The bald man said

"Pretty sure I have never seen a pink dog before. Not even that time I was high. Though the trip was still messed up. Like, extremely messed up." Jake countered. "Besides we live in a city where there's some guy in hood who shoots freakin arrows at people!" he almost shouted incredulously. "So why don't you believe me Billy."

"Because that guy in the hood is just some guy, and pink dogs are just dog's who had their fur dyed pink. Now unless some jackass actually took the time and effort to spray paint a rhino and get killed by it I just can't believe it." Billy said. "And I say whoever painted the rhino had to die because if he did spray paint a rhino, ain't no way that fucker's getting out alive."

Jake actually chuckled a little. "Look I'm telling you it's the truth, like how I told you last week my cousin got dropped off a building by some nut in a bat-suit when he tried to mug someone."

"... This hasn't been the best month for your family has it." Billy asked.

"No it has not." Jake answered

"Idiots shut up." a voice told them, Jake and Billy had turned towards the voice and saw Jason their leader, a lean man with messy short blond hair standing in front of them. "In case you guys forgot, we have a job to do and I for one don't want to wake up in the hospital with arrows to my chest. So please get the fuck back to your post." Jason ordered.

"Yeah yeah." Jake said as he rolled his eyes before getting up from the crate he and Billy had been siting on. Billy got up to but looked more scared than before. Probably because he was afraid of getting hit by either the Hood or Jason as he nervously looked around the room.

"Why do you even have so many guy's just for one deal anyway." Jake asked. Including themselves, there were about 10 men all armed with mostly hand guns while about four of them had ak-47's as they were positioned near every window and entrance there could be. The gang was currently in a slightly ruined warehouse that was hit during the earthquake. some of the roof was damaged, the light above them looked like they would fall as well as the few catwalks connected to the roof. Even the metal beams holding up the building looked a little loose but other wise the building was in relatively good shape.

"Because Jake this deal is with some very important people. The kind of people you don't want to mess with." Jake said as he glared at Jake slightly before turning his head towards a white van a few feet away. "You're sure that you got everything."

"Yeah boss." Billy answered. "We kidnapped people no one cared about or even knew existed. And we made sure no one saw us." Billy's expression became lost in thought as he place a finger on his chin. "Well except for that one guy but I don't think-"

"What." Jason said as he scowled at Billy and slowly walked towards him. "You told me there was absolutely nothing to worry about and now your telling me someone saw you." Jason said through clenched teeth as he was mere inches from Billy

Billy's eyes started to rise in fear as he took a step back. "No boss there is nothing to worry about! It's just that the last guy we kidnapped was apparently with some homeless guy and he well... kinda saw us kidnap the other guy." Jason's expression coursed with anger as Billy waved his hands in front of him. "Bu-but we were able to scare him off when we pointed are guns at him. He just glared at us and walked off before we drove back here."

"He was just some homeless dude." Jake said. "I doubt he's gonna give us much trouble." Just as he finished that sentence there was a loud crashing sound followed by the sound of something breaking. They all looked up and saw that one the lights above them had been smashed but they din't have time to wonder what did that before another light was broken. Then another, and another until the room was pitch black and everyone could no longer see. Their was only one light that illuminated one spot in the center of the room that no one was close to.

"You fucking idiots." Jason said as he pulled out two magnum pistols and aimed them everywhere trying to find even the slightest movement through the darkness. "I thought you were guarding this place!" He shouted

"We were!" One of the goons said. "The only place we didn't guard was the roof but the only way to get in here from there is through the skylight but that shit is reinforced with steel!"

"Well clearly it-!" Jason never finished as he heard the sound of flesh being cut. he turned towards the sound as saw on of his men gurgling blood before falling to the floor. He couldn't really see that well but it looked like the guy had a big slash mark on his back, like from a sword, as blood slowly leaked form his body.

"Holy shit Gary's dead!" He heard someone shout

"Literally no one cares!"

"Idiots be Quiet!" Jason shouted and it had the desired effect on his men. "It looks like the Hood came, so we all need to get our shit together and-"

"AHHHHHHH!" He heard someone shout. Jason snapped his neck towards that sound and saw someone get sliced viciously across their chest by a figure covered in shadows before the person he slashed fell to the ground. However their was someone standing right next to the now dead man and he screamed in pure terror as he started shooting everything and aiming wildly with his AK-47 trying to hit the shadow that immediately ran from him. Jason ducked down to the floor as bullets whizzed by his face. Jason saw one of his men get shot by the bullets and then saw him collapse to the floor with several holes in his body.

"Dumbass watch the friendly fire!" Jason shouted and the bullets did stop, Jason looked up from his position on the floor and saw the reason the man had stopped was because he had a sword penetrating his chest. The sword was pulled out of the mans chest as his body fell to the floor as Jason saw the figure again as it ran to the left.

"I see the bastard! Shoot were I'm shooting!" He shouted as he started firing rapidly at the shadow as it ran. soon all his men followed his action and were shooting at the shadow. He was sure they had it until the shadow jumped into the air and it disappeared into the darkness.

"Shit! Did anyone see where that bastard went." Jason asked

"No boss it's to fucking dark." one replied, as the remaining 6 men lifted their gun's and walked around the room trying to find where the man went.

"Shit, I thought the Hood didn't kill any more." Jake said as his expression started to build with panic as his eyes widened in fear. He kept looking in every direction for any movement in the darkness.

"Well clearly he changed his mind!" Jason heard someone shout and he could practically feel the terror in that guy's voice. Jason kept looking, his eyes scanning every inch of the room searching for the source of that sound until he saw something move right behind Billy as Billy tried shooting at the figure approaching him but whoever it was dodged the bullets with lightning quick reflexes before getting behind Billy and snapping Billy's neck in one quick motion as he fell to the ground.

"Oh Shit BILLY!" Jake shouted as he to saw what happened

"Shoot that fucker!" Jason shouted as he and all of his men fired at the shadow and this time as it ran Jason was sure he saw one of their bullets at least scratch the figure as it looked like there was blood leaking down it's face. However the thing masked by the darkness jumped towards a near by shelf and than kicked off the shelf with both his legs which sent him high into the air. Jason wasn't sure but it looked like the thing was back flipping mid air before landing on one of the catwalks above them.

"He's on the catwalk fire!" Jason shouted and all his men unleashed all their bullets towards the catwalk as the metal groaned from the stress of getting shot at before it finally could take no more and it fell from the roof to the floor with a loud thud.

"Did... did we get him." One of Jason's men asked. They all walked towards the fallen catwalk and saw... nothing. No body, no weapon not even a drop of blood.

"What the FUCK!" Jason shouted, feeling his rage consume every thought he had. "Where the fuck is this guy!"

A sickening slicing sound that made his blood run cold answered his question. Jason and his men turned around and saw another guy get slashed in his sides as there was now a large gash from his hips through his stomach before he collapsed to the floor. There was another guy right next to the dead thug as he started to panic and scrambled to reloaded his gun however he never finished as the mysterious shadow went towards him and swung what looked like to Jason a sword sideways across the guy's neck as his now decapitated head went rolling to the floor.

"HOLY SHIT!" Jason shouted as his rage was replace by pure terror that made every fiber of his being began to shake. "Shot it! Kill this fucker." He ordered and the three of them fired whatever as left in their guns as the shadow went running from them and escaped into the darkness of the large room.

Jason and his men kept looking trying to find him but whatever of whoever this guy was, he like a ninja. Jason knew he needed to act fast or else he would die fast. As he kept looking for any movement his eyes locked onto the one tiny spot that was illuminated by the one remaining light.

"Everyone get into the light!" Jason shouted as he ran towards it. The other two men followed quickly and just as they were a few feet away the man who was running alongside Jake was tackled to the ground into the darkness as he screamed. The man's form was consumed by the blackness and neither Jason or Jake could see him only hear his screams... until they were silenced.

Jason and Jake got into the light as they stood back to back. The spot they were on was small and the light was limited so if they took even one step they would no longer be covered by the light and would be in the darkness.

"SHIT SHIT SHIT!" Jason heard Jake shout as Jason turned his head to look at Jake and saw he looked like he might collapsed from fright. "What the fuck are we gonna do!"

"Shut up first of all!" Jason said as harsh as he could, trying not to let his fear show. "The moment we see anything we shoot, if this fucker wants to get us he's gonna have to step into the light and when he does, he's dead!"

"Don't you get it we're already FUCKED." Jake shouted as madness and terror spread through his face. "We gonna die and the Hood's gonna hang are head's on his fucking mantle!"

"I said shut up!" Jason shouted as he glared at Jake, his eye's locked onto his. "First of all, I don't think this is the Hood. Whoever the fuck this guy is he uses a sword and last time I checked a sword isn't standard archer equipment. And second of all their is no way that fucker can get the drop on us without us seeing him. Right?"

Jake slowly nodded. "I guess."

"Than please stop talking and try to find this fucker." Jason said as he and Jake started to look again for movement. Jason was feeling more and more frustrated by the second as he couldn't see anything moving."

"Damn it!" Jason thought. "O.K Jason calm down. This guy tries to attack you the light should let you see if he's near you and then you can kill him. Besides Jake's got my back so we're covered from all angles."

As he kept searching, for how long he didn't know as the moments felt like hours, he started to feel his fear grow inside him as his pistols started to shake in his hand.

"Hey Jake you see anything." Jason asked, but he got no reply. "Jake I'm fucking talking to-" He turned around to look at Jake and was about to shout at him... Until he saw Jake was no longer their.

"Jake." Jason said quietly his neck snapping in every direction trying to find his man. "JAKE!" he shouted but the only response was his own echo.

Now Jason was terrified. His pistols were shaking as his eyes were wide with horror. He tried to crush that feeling but right now all he could think about was that he was gonna die.

"COME OUT YOU BASTARD." He shouted. "COME ON AND FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN."

Suddenly he heard something behind him. He immediately turned around and could make out something slowly walking in the darkness towards him. Were he not so terrified he might have though about shooting the figure right then and there but he could barley even keep his legs from shaking. As the figure came closer with each step, Jason gun's kept shaking more and more to the point were they might fall from his hands.

Jason was able to think straight for a solid second thought about only one thing. Survival. He raised his shaky guns and fired every single bullet in the chamber as he was screaming at the top of his lungs. However the thing walking towards Jason did not even blink as he quickly moved at speeds no human could possibly move and headed straight for the oncoming bullets. He moved to the side, ducked down, spun around, and even flipped into the air and was able to dodge every bullet that came at him.

Jason tried unloading more bullets but to his horror he was out. As the figure grew close to the light Jason could some what make out who was attacking him. The man looked like a tall lean yet muscular Asian and had long messy black hair that only mad him look more intimidating. He had a pitch black leather jacket that was rather dirty and looked a little old as well as a dark black long sleeve shirt that didn't look as bad as the Jacket. He had dark blue jeans that were almost as dirty and weathered as the Jacket. He also had a blue belt that held the sheathe to the sword he was holding in one hand. The man was completely engulfed in the light now and Jason saw the glare he was getting form the man as well as the anger filling his eye's. Their was a small trail of blood leaking down the side of his cheek as The man's sword shined under the light as he slowly raised it above his head.

As Jason looked at this man he only had one more second to examine him and all his anger before the mysterious swordsman swung his sword down to the top of Jason's head.

And all Jason saw was darkness

A Samurai's Journey.

Jack looked at the now dead corpse and let out a long sigh. He slowly bent down towards the man and closed his eye's as blood ran down the top of his forehead fro the fatal wound Jack gave him.

Jack despised killing. No, he hated killing. No man should ever be able to take another's life. He always cherished the life of others and for the life's of those he cared about he formed unbreakable friendships with them that always gave him strength. Life was precious. And if one loved all kinds of life they would find themselves being at peace and they could even get power unlike any they felt before from the bonds of others they loved.

But Jack had learned a long time ago from his masters that in order to protect life, one must make sure that evil can never harm it ever again. And theses men were evil to the core.

Jack walked towards the van before opening it and looked inside and saw something that made him feel disgusted. In the van were men and women of all ages tied and bound by ropes and had tape on their mouths. They were arranged together like cattle about to get slaughtered

And when they saw Jack they all freaked out and were screaming through the tape as they tried to get as far into the van as possible to get away from Jack.

"No, please I am not here to harm you." Jack said and that got their attention as they stopped screaming. Jack placed his sword on the ground and slowly entered into the van hoping he wouldn't scare anyone. "Please I only wish to help you escape from here. If you will let me." He said, sincerity spread through his voice as he looked at all the victims with eye's full of compassion.

The kidnapped victims saw that this stranger was honest and eagerly nodded their heads as Jack smiled and united them all.

Soon as all the victims had been untied they all ran out of the van as quickly as possible and got out of the building but not before thanking Jack, except for one. A sixteen year old boy who had dirty clothes and just stayed outside the van as Jack exited it.

"Is there a problem child?" Jack asked.

"Yeah their is." The kid said. "First I am really glad you got me out of there so thank you." He suddenly hugged jack and Jack was surprised by this but as quick as it came it was over. The teenager's expression became worried as he stared at Jack. "But we weren't the only ones kidnapped."

"What." Jack said as his eye's widened. "What do you mean."

"When they kidnapped me I heard them talking about how they got another batch of people for more experiments." The blond explained. "They said it was for some guy who wanted people no one would miss so that's probably why the kidnapped so many orphans and homeless people. "

"Do you know were the others are being held." Jack asked as he felt his anger grow inside him.

"No i'm sorry but they didn't say. All I know is that someone has been kidnapping people for the past couple of weeks now. Please I know it's not your responsibility but please could you save them. Some of those people were my friends." He begged as pleading eyes stared at Jack.

"Child, the moment someone hurt an innocent it became my responsibility." Jack said seriously. "I will do my best to find them." Jack then smiled at the kid.

"Thank you. For everything. I better get out of here." And with that the teen ran out of the building and through the front doors. jack soon followed his example but chooses to leave through the back entrance.

An hour later he was wandering through the street back to his temporary home. The building Austin had told him about had collapsed but luckily no one was hurt so Jack had to find somewhere else to sleep. He had decided to set up a little bed made of cardboard's in a parking garage. And for the past two weeks that was were he slept.

Originally he did not plan on staying in this city for long. However when he heard that the particle accelerator had unfortunately not worked out and had even hurt many people. He felt bad about those who were injured but he was faced with a problem. what should he do now since his best chance to get home was destroyed? He had decided to stay in this city and gather as much information as he could before venturing into this new world.

And he had learned a lot. He had learned that The Hood was apparently a masked guardian to this city and helped many innocents whenever they were in trouble. Jack could respect that and this man seemed to be one of honor and justice, having only noble causes for himself and his people.

Jack actually wanted to meet this person. But he doubted he would since he heard this man could vanish into the night.

He had also learned that when you carry a sword in public its best to conceal it since he learned this town had very strict police and figured if he were to carry a weapon in public he may attract unwanted attention. So although he did not like his new robes he was thankful they helped him blend in and conceal his sword.

So as he walked into the parking lot back to his spot he let out a yawn as he went up the different levels. When he got to his level he entered a hallway and made his way towards his makeshift bed. Preparing to rest.

So that was why he was not prepared for a woman yelling at the top of her lungs.

"Roy stop it!" He heard a voice yell. His eye's widened as he immediately ran down the hall to where he thought the voice was coming from.

"Roy PLEASE. Its me Sin. You have to calm- AHHHHH!" When he heard another scream he only quickened his pace as he ran as fast as he could until he reached the end of the hall and saw what was going on.

In front of him was a kid who looked no older than sixteen wearing a red hoodie getting soaked with sprinkler water above him as he stood over an unconscious girl who had a nasty bruise on the side of her head. Behind the man was another man who was severely beaten as blood was oozing in buckets from everywhere in his body.

And when Jack looked at the teenager he saw something that actually made him... Scared. The boy's eyes were made of pure fury as he looked like he was incarnate of rage. His fist was covered in blood but it was not his own as he was snarling ferociously and his body trembled in anger. And Jack saw that his face held no sympathy, no sorrow or grief. Just a rage that burned inside him that seemed to go on infinitely. A rage that could not be quenched

Suddenly, the boy stopped trembling as he slowly turned towards Jack and just glared at him.

Jack knew there was no talking out of this fight. He had seen that look of madness on many warriors he encountered. He slowly unsheathed his sword and held it inches away from his face and returned the boy's glare with his own fierce glare. The boy in the hoodie slowly walked towards Jack and with each step Jack could almost feel the hatred increase inside that boy as he got closer.

And Jack Knew that this would be one of his toughest challengers he had ever faced as he charged at the child, sword held to his sides as with each step he took the was a low splash of water due to sprinklers still going on. As the boy ran towards Jack he felt as if he was about to clash with a storm.

Chapter III: End

Cliffhanger! Sorry this chapter took so long to update but it was longer i have a life yada yada yada all those excuses. I just like to thank the people who have viewed and faved this story. It means a lot so thank you. so this chapter takes place during the end of the season 2 " Blind Spot". I know the timeline is a little screwy but who cares! Roy Harper Vs Samurai Jack! Once again if you have any suggestions to make this story more awesome please say so in the reviews.

This is the Black Mage of Phantasm signing off. Peace!