Lian Yu, North China Sea
Four men and women were standing on a beach.
"Ethan, brief us on the contents of season 1 of Arrow." Ava ordered, "I know Oliver Queen got shipwrecked, survived five years, and went back to his city to save it from people who have failed it. What I don't know are the details. Who's the bad guy we are going to face on this island?"
"Edward Fyers." Ethan replied, "He's a mercenary hired by someone to shoot down a plane, which will start a war. He has control over Billy Wintergreen, the special force soldier that betrayed Slade Wilson, and a group of armed professional soldiers. It took the work of Slade Wilson, Oliver Queen, Shado, and Yao Fei, three elite fighters, to stop him, and Yao Fei died in the process. If we are to make contact with them we have to be extremely careful." He seemed a bit worried. The mercenaries were all cold blooded killers with no problem with killing defenseless innocents.
"The mercenaries are going to be a challenge." Ava said, noticing her friend's fear and knowing she has to do something. "But that's exactly what we came for, right? We need to train ourselves for our enemies, and we can't become excellent fighters if we stay in safety all the time. We need to take the risk." Ethan nodded hesitantly, but Ava can see from his eyes that he is not convinced.
The team got quiet for a while before Catherine suddenly spoke. "Wait, before we get into real actions, there is an important thing we need to do first." She clapped her hands as if she realized something really important. "We need to decide our identities." The others shrugged in confusion.
"As in our identities as jumpers?" Luke asked in a confused way.
"I think I know what she means." Ava said, "Since we can't just tell Yao Fei and others like him that we are dimensional jumpers who can travel through different worlds, we are going to need an identity as cover." She thought for a while. "How about this: We are a bunch of high school students who decided to take a trip to China, but our ship sunk from a storm, and we are washed on the shores."
"Isn't that basically what happened to Oliver Queen?" Luke asked, "I doubt it is going to be convincing."
"It doesn't need to be convincing," Catherine said as she shared an acknowledging look with Ava."As a former member of the Chinese army, and based on what he did with Oliver, it is unlikely for Yao Fei to attack us as long as he understand we are not terrorists. Plus, it is unlikely Yao Fei will even care. But just in case, we need to come up with a fixed identity so we don't screw everything up in case we are separated and questioned."
"Now." Ava concluded, "We just need to find Yao Fei."
Ava woke up from a slight knock on the door, which sounded like a loud bang to her sensitive ears. She opened her eyes and reached for a dagger under her pillow before realizing she's at the safety of a fortress of Umbrella Corporation. Letting go of the blade, she laid still for a few seconds to recover from her memory. A glance at the clock told her it's eight AM in the morning.
As the knock continued, Ava finally groaned and got up to open the door. Karen was at the door, and she was holding something. Two boxes with, obviously, signs of black and red octagons on them..
"Hey." Ava moved aside as Karen greeted her. The purple haired girl laid the two boxes on the ground.
"First, a red suit." Karen opened one of the boxes and took out a crimson suit. It covers all part of the wearer's body with a thin layer of fabric. A hood is part of the suit as it covers the entire head of the wearer. Karen handed Ava a pair of glasses, which can be switched to infrared vision and night vision. "I can add a cape if you want." She explained, but Ava shook her head. A cape can be a liability in a fight.
"Well, have it your way." Karen grinned and lifted the other box, revealing a spear. Its body is pure black, and both ends of the spear contain sharp blades, which is very rare. Both ends contain a flash of red fur, which are supposed to keep the spear clear of blood. Two blood grooves lie on the two ends, which makes it way harder for the blades' victims to stop the bleeding. Two The spear is modified to be broken into two pieces for the convenience of transporting and fighting in a narrow space. This tool is designed to not stun or even injure, but to kill.
"Thanks." Ava replied gratefully. A good weapon can sometimes save one's life, and the benefit of this spear is unpredictable.
Karen smiled warmly. "Oh and by the way." She remembered something and took out an iPad. "It seems like your boyfriend is out of his house. He just got on the vehicle of his buddy, Tommy Merlyn, and is taking a tour to an unknown destination. Our field agents have put a tracker on the car he is on. Sending the access to you now."
"Thanks again, and... He's not my boyfriend." Ava signed, but she knew it is not going to change anything. Karen shrugged, unconvinced, as Ava took both boxes and left for the parking lot.
A 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 dashed out of the main Umbrella base in Starling City. Ava held the wheel with one hand and took out a tablet with the other hand. She opened the GPS, and found a star and a cross. Judging from her surrounding, she figured her vehicle is the star and the cross stands for Oliver's car. Ava grinned and drove towards the star.
Ava stopped at a parking lot, where she located the car the Umbrella agents bugged. Neither Oliver Queen nor his friend Tommy Merlyn were on the vehicle, so Ava figured they are attending other businesses. It will not matter as sooner or later the two will be back. Sitting comfortably in her car, Ava thought about how she should react to Oliver.
Most would expect the relationship between Oliver and Ava to be very close. Even romantic. They can't be more wrong. The relationship between Oliver and Ava is a simple one. They are brothers in arms, and that's it. On the hellish island, especially after the destruction of her team, Ava went into a frenzy of empowering herself. She did things that even the future Arrow would have frowned upon.
The only connection between Oliver and Ava is the need to survive. In order to survive through the danger, the two had to work together, and that is the only thing stopping Oliver from putting an arrow in Ava's heart. But that was on the island. Now that they are back into the safety of Starling City, the girl has no idea what will happen between them. Will Oliver just turn away from her sight? Or will he go even further in killing her for the sins she committed? She has no idea, but she knows she has to face it, sooner or later.
That was when Ava lifted her head and saw two figures walking into the parking lot. One of the figure was a handsome young man who Ava doesn't recognize. The other figure is the man she's waiting for, Oliver Queen. Taking a deep breathe, Ava got out of the car and walked towards the two.
Ava saw the two talking loudly as she walked up, discussing about how they will spend the rest of their day. Oliver had a polite smile on his face, but Ava can see he's not happy about the plan. His face turned to a mixture of anger and fear when he saw Ava approaching.
Tommy saw Oliver's change of gaze and looked up and saw Ava. Either because Ava is beautiful or because he's a nice guy, Tommy grinned at the blonde girl before turning back to Oliver. "Or maybe we can just find some random girl on the streets and stay with them all day. What do you say?"
Oliver silently took a step up, discreetly shielding Tommy from Ava. Ava took a step closer and Oliver turned and glared at Tommy with a wicked smile. The Merlyn smiled back with the same wickedness and took a few steps back, thinking Oliver is planning to have a chat with the girl that they encountered. It's not a rare thing for the playboy. At least it's not strange five years ago.
"What do you want?" Oliver turned back and hissed, transforming immediately from a playboy into a killer.
"I want to talk to you." Ava replied, ignoring the dangerous tone, "There's a lot of misunderstanding between us, don't you think we should clarify them?"
"No." Oliver answered coldly. "We are safe, there are no longer people trying to kill us, and we don't need each other to survive. Which means our agreement is done. From now on, you go your way I go mine. And as long as you don't do anything against me, I will not harm you."
Ava seemed to be taken back. "You still think me as an enemy? Don't forget who saved you for god knows how many times!"
Oliver seemed to be pissed off as well. "You have done evil things Ava. You have killed countless innocents. You have tortured people without a sense of sympathy. And you will do anything to gain power. So yes, I am thinking you as an enemy. And since we are here I am going to be frank, if in the future you do anything that will harm my family and friends, those I care about, I will put an arrow through your heart and avenge all those I couldn't save because of you." With that said, Oliver Queen turned away and walk towards his friend. Ava lowered her head, and was processing the outburst when she heard the screeching sound of tires. She raised her head and found Oliver and Tommy taken down by men who wore masks and were armed with automatic rifles.
Ava smiled happily. She was very angry at Oliver Queen, but she's not hurting him. There's a lot of ways to hurt and even kill the man, but doing so will cause a troublesome future. If Oliver Queen dies, then it is almost certain the Guardians will send out powerful agents, agents too powerful for Umbrella to deal with. This means Ava can't kill the main characters who are supposed to live and save the main characters who are supposed to be dead without endangering herself. It is lucky the three thugs appeared just in time.
It is one thing to kill the protagonist of a world, it is completely different to kill three paid gunmen. With small differences like this, it is unlikely for Guardians to send out a giant army. In fact, it is unlikely for them to even notice it. Ava walked back to her car and open the trunk. There, she took out the specially made spear. It takes too long to put the suit on, so Ava must find another way to cover her tracks. A way that involves killing all those who saw her fight.
Ava clicked a button on the spear, turning it into two pieces of smaller daggers. She dodged behind a concrete wall and glanced at the gunmen. Two of them are currently loading Tommy and Oliver into the back of a brown van. The third man is sitting in the driver's seat of the van. Ava licked her lips and stood up, walking openly towards the driver.
The masked driver was obviously confused at the sight of a woman with two sticks walking toward him. This confusion, which lasted for a few seconds, costed his last chance of survival.
The driver reached for the rifle he carried, but Ava was faster. She lifted her right hand and the 'stick' flew towards the car, and the driver was again confused by her action. What can a stick do against the glass?
The confusion was immediately turned to fear when he saw a glimpse of silver on the tip of the stick. It's not a stick it's a spear! Unfortunately, he was too late.
The spear easily penetrated the glass of the van and stabbed the driver in the heart before being stuck into the cotton seat. The other end of the spear went completely into the man's chest. Blood came out of the point of impact, soaking the seat red. The man was killed instantly.
Ava didn't even bother to look at the result. She's too familiar with spears to possibly miss, especially since the target is less than 20 meters from her and is untrained and unprepared. Instead, she walked towards the back of the van, where the two other gunmen are.
The two gunmen failed to hear the sound of shattered glass, and the driver was dead too quickly to give a warning. Which is why when Ava arrived at the back of the van, she was met with two very surprised men.
The first man was the closest to Ava, which is why he got his throat sliced open before he even saw the attacker. Blood poured out and the man's body tried to fall onto the ground, but Ava grabbed the body and tossed it towards the second man. The second man, for the convenience of stunning his targets while not damaging them, was only carrying pistols that can fire non lethal darts. It's not the non lethal part that's the problem, but the fact that such guns can only be fired once.
Oliver Queen woke up on the sound of someone screaming. He opened his eyes and found himself still at the parking lot where he was attacked. His friend, Tommy Merlyn, laid beside him, alive and unconscious. Another scream came, and Oliver turned and found Ava dislocating a man's right arm.
"What the hell do you think you are doing!" Oliver stood up and raged.
"He's one of the men that attacked you." Ava replied casually. "I was questioning him for the information of the one who hired him. He's very close to speaking, and when he does..." But Oliver cut her off.
"I don't care who is behind this." Oliver said loudly, "I don't use torture to get to my objective, at least not willingly." He glanced at Ava with a disgusted look, which angered the girl.
"Maybe this is why Shado died." Ava smirked after hitting the captured man in the throat, and watched him fall on the ground, choking to death. "And Sara, Yao Fei. I have lost so many comrades due to your unwillingness to do what has to be done!"
"Don't you dare mention her name!" Oliver shouted." You are the only reason she died. If it wasn't for your actions..." He cut himself off. "I don't want to see you again."
"Fine." Ava smirked again as she stood up and left for her car, flipping her spears on the way. Halfway, she stopped. "Tell the police officers investigating this crime a woman in red hood came in and killed those man." She tossed Oliver something. The man caught it and turned it over, revealing a diamond shaped, red token made of steel. "And she said she's not done." Oliver held his fist tight and watched as the woman walked into the shadows.
PS. Ava doesn't know the events that happened in the TV show. That's why she brought Ethan along, and that's going to make things difficult.