Chapter 4

City Hall

"Look at you, 'The Mayor of Star City'. You've come a long way from that bed wetter on that Island…what was it again? Lian Yu, that's it." The man said, Oliver noticing his British accent.

Oliver had a look of confusion on his face as he watch the man continue to smile at him. This man knew Oliver somehow and he could not figure out how that was.

"How did you get in here?" Oliver asked.

"Let's just say I have a way of persuading people." The man said, "Oh and don't bother calling the guards, I want to try and keep this as a 'civilized' conversation as my brother calls it. I wouldn't want to bathe you in the blood of your employees."

Oliver now had a look of concern, "Look, I don't know who you are and how you got past my guards, but if you don't leave right now, I will escort you out myself."

"You really have grown, and the fact that you don't remember me means my compulsion on you all those years ago is still in effect." The man told Oliver impressed, but not phased by the threat, "Well, who I am is of no concern at the moment, it's the why I am here you should be worried about."

The man gets up from the chair walks over toward Oliver who stood his ground, "The other night I had a couple of my men sent here to bring back a girl, to my surprise they were found dead. And in the area were arrows. Now you wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you?"

Oliver was now face to face with the man, he did not understand who he was and how he knew him. The man smirked at Oliver, Oliver felt a subtle chill around him, but he still did not budge.

"You're one of them, the Mikaelsons. What do you want with the girl." Oliver says as he balls his fists tightly.

The man walks around Oliver and toward the door, "Lovely sister by the way, I guess the Queen Family is full of many surprises."

Oliver's expression quickly turns into anger as he turns around and swings a right hook toward the man, the man turns at an unnatural speed and catches Oliver's punch.

Arrowcave

The young woman just sat patiently in the middle of the cell, she then lets out a sigh of frustration before sprawling out on the floor. She looks up at the roof of the cell before her attention turns elsewhere.

"I know you're over there." The young woman said loudly.

From around the corner came Felicity with a glass of water. "And how did you know that exactly? The super hearing I'm guessing."

"No, I just heard the sound of your heels clacking on the floor." The young woman returned.

Felicity looked down at her heels, "Oh…right." She said awkwardly.

"You know you're making a big mistake keeping me locked up here right?" The young woman told Felicity as she sat up.

"Better you in here then out there killing people." Felicity told her.

"Like I told the idiot in green, I was defending myself." The young woman told Felicity.

"From what?" Felicity asked.

The young woman did not answer, "If Robin Hood didn't get anything out of me, what makes you think you can blondie?"

"Well," Felicity said as she holds up a remote looking device, "my method is a little bit more humanitarian than the Green Arrow's."

"The Green Arrow?" The young woman joked.

"How about this, give me the answers that I want an I'll lower the voltage on the bars enough to slide in this nice and refreshing glass of water." Felicity says, giving her a friendly and reassuring smile.

The young woman looked intrigued and gave in to Felicity's offer, "FIne."

"Great! So, let's start with a name. Oh and don't bother trying to lie, I have a file of you right over there so if anything I ask is false, the deal is off…don't mind that rhyme please. " Felicity says as she held the remote in her hand.

The young woman hopped to her feet and walked closer to Felicity, "Xena."

"Xena? That's a unique name." Felicity noted

"Yeah, my mom gave it to me." Xena said, keeping her answers short.

"Right…next question, what are you?"

Xena looked at Felicity with curiosity, "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"You'd be surprised." Felicity replied.

Xena let out a sigh, she knew she didn't have a choice, "I'm a hybrid."

"A hy-what?" Felicity asked.

"A Hybrid, half Werewolf -half Vampire." Xena answered.

"I knew it! Well, not the whole half Werewolf part but I knew you were a-sorry…" Felicity said as she cleared her throat.

Xena watched as Felicity lowered the voltage a little bit more. "The Mikaelsons," Felicity said, "who are they?"

"The Mikaelsons are a very powerful family. They're the original Vampires, the very first to ever walk the Earth. The ringleader being Klaus Mikaelson, the first hybrid." Xena responded.

"Great…" Felicity said rubbing her head, "and why exactly is a family of original vampires after you?"

Xena started pacing around, she didn't want to answer but she knew she didn't have a choice, "I have something that they want. A weapon. There is a bit of a power struggle going on where I'm from and what I have could be the deciding factor."

"Ok, so this weapon, what is it and why do you have it?" Felicity asked.

"Aren't you supposed to turn the voltage down?" Xena stated.

Felicity complied and turn the setting down a couple of notches.

"It's a blade that originally belonged to a witch named Papa Tunde. It's powerful enough to bring an original to their knees. As to why I have it? Because I stole it. I thought I was on the right side, I clearly wasn't. So I took the weapon and ran." Xena answered.

City Hall

The man puts more pressure on Oliver's hand, causing Oliver to grunt in pain as he slowly fell to one knee. The man then grabs Oliver and sends him flying over his desk and tumbling over his chair with no effort at all.

Oliver gets up quickly, "If you hurt her-"

"I can assure you no harm has come to your beloved sister. How about a trade? Bring the girl to me and I will let your sister go. If you for whatever reason do not bring her to me, I will rip out your sister's heart and slaughter each and every person in this city." The man stated, "Do I make myself perfectly clear?"

Oliver knew this was not a place for battle, he was at a grave disadvantage going against this guy like this, especially with Thea in danger, he had no other choice but to comply.

"Good." The man starts to walk out of the door when he stops again, "Oh and before I forget…"

The man quickly blurs over to Oliver and holds him close to his face to where they're eyes meet, "Remember."