at superfly: Thanks for commenting. Actually you got me there. I'm not really much of an expert on the comic books, sorry. I'm making it up as I go. As for the timing... I'm kind of inspired from both Gotham (of course in a future timeline) and The Dark Knight movies. Also, I do have the story fleshed out, but I like to go over it and change a few details.

at Guest: Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Actually I know what you mean, but when I started writing this the episode which explained why Oliver was offered the position wasn't out yet. I tried to adapt a little, but I wanted to keep my story as intact as possible, because otherwise it wouldn't make sense. Thanks for sharing your opinion, though.

I don't own Arrow.

Arrow – Gotham Chronicles

It reminds him of his time in Hong-Kong. Oliver is dressed all in black, his bow in his hands, the quiver on his back. Only it's not Maseo next to him – it's Cat or rather Catwoman.

"Is the costume really necessary?" Oliver asks as they near the entrance.

Cat shots him a 'are-you-seriously-asking-me-this' look as if he was the one being stupid for not wearing a costume. He's not the one looking ridiculous right now.

Cat swipes a security guard down the slit at the entrance (Oliver rather not knows how she acquired it) and they step in.

"Well, that was easy," he comments.

Cat snorts. "Yes, thank god the hart part's over," she bits out sarcastically.

"Where is… whatever it is?" Oliver asks, his bow gripped tightly and his eyes darting around.

"Basement," is the short answer.

Of course it's in the basement. It can never be on the first floor. No – it has to be the basement, because all good stories start in a basement. Oliver isn't a fan of basements, he can see the appeal: only one entrance and no windows. But he can also see the problem: only one entrance and no windows. They'd be trapped like rats down there.

The plan is actually pretty simple, given the high security of the building – then again he doubts anyone else who wants to break in, has got a security card, the security numbers and precise plans of the security system (again Oliver doesn't care how Cat managed to get her hands on that). The human security staff is the biggest unknown. Down in the basement are only two guards, not really a problem. But if they aren't fast or quiet enough and they manage to alert the rest of the guards… well that may not be so pretty. But even if they manage to get past the two guards without a hitch, there's the high security floor, and every move will be recorded, which is why Cat needs to incapacitate them. Only that includes alerting everyone in the building of their presence. Oliver estimates that they have about five minutes after that.

Oliver takes out the first guard quietly, there's no need to kill him and so he only knocks him out quietly. When he looks up he finds Cat already has taken care of the other guard.

"Ready?" Cat asks. The small device in her hand will cause the disruption of the camera.

"As ready as I'll ever be," he grinds out.

Cat nods sharply and presses the button, not a second later they run. The floor is spiked with cameras – no way to avoid them the traditional way as they had so far. Oliver falls to his knees next to the code pad and punches in the numbers.

"Shit! How do we get through that?" Oliver curses.

The room is secured with moving laser barriers. Most likely they will lock down the room when triggered. Behind them Oliver can make out something like a lab in the darkness.

"You won't I will!" Cat says simply. "I'll only need a minute."

"That's all we have," Oliver reminds her.

Cat stretches her arms and then she winds herself through the room. She had told him once that she was very flexible – Oliver simply hadn't known to which extent. He lets out a low whistle when Cat reaches the other side with a last jump. Unerring she heads to a fridge on the wall. She takes out the box with the skull on it and puts the test tube in her cat suit where it rests snuggle between her breasts.

"Seriously?" Oliver shakes his head and concentrates on the corridor. He can hear footsteps rapidly approaching.

His draw an arrow and hold his breath. The door crashes open and a second later he feels Cat next to him. They move in synchronised and reach the point where the floor divides in two directions.

Cat draw air in sharply, the way out is blocked. Oliver lets the first arrow fly and one of the guards goes down.

"Get to the elevator!" Oliver orders sharply and Cat turns away from the way out and down the other floor.

Oliver lets loose two more arrows and follows after her.

The elevator arrived just in time – lucky for them it's empty. From inside Oliver shots twice and two more guards fall.

Cat grimaces but refrains from commenting – she had wished to avoid bloodshed.

"Now what? They'll wait for us at the next stop."

"We won't be there," Oliver reassures.

He opens the top of the elevator and an arrow shots up with a rope attached to it.

"You can't be serious!"

Oliver grins, "Hold on tight."

Neither one can say for sure which floor they end up on but it's up high. Oliver smashes the window in and the next arrow flies to attach itself onto the building next to theirs.

"Really, again?" Cat asks, "Did you run out of tricks already?"

"What's your plan? Climbing down the building?"

"I could actually," she points out smugly but considering their rather tight schedule she agrees with his plan.

Arrow

"Are you sure?... No, but it's a high risk, isn't it? …. No, I'm definitely in. Who else are you going to call?"

Felicity strains her ears but can't pick up anything said on the other end of the line. She could hack the call of course, but if she was supposed to hear it then Diggle would have put him on speaker. Besides she was going to pry it out of Diggle anyway.

"… Do you want me to talk to Roy and Laurel?... No, you're right it's better if you ask them yourself…"

Why isn't she included in the enumeration? She tries not to feel offended, but it's hard when he hasn't called her in weeks. She knows he's in contact with Diggle and even Roy, but not even a greeting to her.

"Oliver will be back tomorrow," John informs her but doesn't share any more information with him.

"What else did he say? Why does he need to talk to Roy and Laurel?" Felicity asks immediately.

"Oliver will explain tomorrow, Felicity. How far are you with finding our robot guy?" Digg changes the subject.

"John, don't hold out on me, please."

"It's not my place to tell you, but don't worry, he's fine."

"Well, apparently I'm not needed her at all, since I wasn't included in the list of people who Oliver feels like he has to talk personally to," she answers headedly.

"There's a reason for that Felicity. You know that the team needs you, Oliver made that clear on several occasions," Diggle told her calmly and Felicity deflated.

"It's just… I haven't heard from him in weeks and we are at this weird place in our relationship," she tried to explain. "With Ray being with me, its…"

"It's not easy for him to see you with Ray. Give it some time. He'll get over it."

"Oliver was the one to make the decision to…"

Digg holds up his hand, "Felicity, what happened between you and Oliver was both of your choice. He decided it would be safer not to be with you and you decided not to wait for him."

"What did you expect me to do?"

He casts a surprise look at her, "Nothing, I'm just saying it how I see it."

Arrow

They made it away safely, Oliver allows a relieved sight to escape his lips.

"We should call Waller, let her know we have… the thing," Oliver directs the car to the side and stops the engine.

He searches for his phone, he's sure he left it in the car.

"Cat, have you seen my…," he looks up to find the passenger seat empty. "Fuck!"

Her form merges with the night and soon enough she can no longer see the car when she turns around. Cat feels somewhat bad for Oliver, he is after all not really a part of ARGUS, he is not part of the plan. But in the end Oliver doesn't change what she has to do. She pulls the test tube from beneath her clothes and hopes she really did destroy everything about the content.

This poison is not something anyone should have. When she was first approached with the job she didn't think twice about it. Then someone else approached her and well, Cat doesn't like owning people. So she had to make a risky deal in order to repay her debt.

She knocks twice on the wooden door and it opens quickly to reveal a red headed woman.

"It worked?!" she asks exited and pulls the burglar cat in.

"Yes, Ivy, it worked. Obviously since I'm here!" Cat rolls her eyes. And throws the test tube at the red haired beauty.

"Hey, be careful with that, you have no idea what this does to the environment," Ivy hisses.

"I thought it was deadly to people?"

"It is, but who cares about that. There are better ways to poison people. Ways that don't include killing every living thing that gets infected with it!" Ivy tells her curtly.

"Great story, Ivy. So you'll destroy it then?"

"Yes."

"And we're even then. I owe you nothing, Ivy," green eyes meet green eyes and Ivy smiles.

"You debt is paid, Selena Kyle."

Cat doesn't stay for the whole process, when she leaves most of the substance has already dissolved.

She needs to lay low for a while, she has agonised some very powerful people – and ARGUS. Maybe it would be better to leave Gotham for a while. Cat feels it before she sees anything. Maybe it's a shift in the air, but she can tell she's in trouble.

"Where is it?"

Cat gulps and turns with a disarming smile. "I was just about to call your boss."

"Don't play games, woman! Where is it?" the bulky man spits out and Cat estimates she won't have a problem disarming him.

"Don't even think about it," another voice tells her from behind. She knows who he is and she'd have a much harder time against him. Both of them are armed, but she can still take them. If she plays her cards right.

"Where is it?" the bulky one asks again.

"I don't have it anymore," she doesn't get further because she's flung back and shoved hard against the brick wall. She curses herself for not feeling the third presence.

"Where is it then?" the new voice asks and the knife on her throat draws a drop of blood.

"He took it from me. The man I did the job with. I don't know where it is! I tried to get it back, for Don Maroni! I swear," she croaks out.

Arrow

"You won't come along?"

"I'm no hero, Oliver," Cat states calmly.

She turned up in his room in Wayne Manor unannounced, almost getting a knife between her eyes when she startled Oliver awake. He's not sure what she wants here exactly but somehow they ended up talking about the upcoming event.

"And you think I am? We both are more of anti-heroes, almost including Bruce."

"Oliver…" she sighs, "I'd undermine the whole operation. It's about heroes versus villains. It's about setting an example, lighting a beacon of hope and sending out a sign. I'm not a part of that. I don't fight for justice, I only ever fight for myself."

"If that were true than you wouldn't have brought me here," he points out.

She shakes her head and Oliver lets the topic go, because Cat won't budge, he knows.

"Did you call your friend? The one running around, dressed in a red onesie?"

"Says the woman in the black onesie."

"It's a cat suit!" she grins.

"And yes, I called him. He's in."

"Mmhh…," it was a sound full of doubt and disapproval.

"What?"

"It's just, I don't know about including The Flash. This is supposed to be a sign and including someone with superpowers… it might send the wrong message."

"The wrong message to whom? First and foremost it's a message for Ra's. The Flash is a good man and a hero. Much more so than I am," Oliver tell her. Cat doesn't look convinced.

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