Red Arrow suddenly awoke. His face was dripping wet and sure enough, a shadow thief stood before him with an empty bucket of dripping water.
Except the thief was upside down.
It didn't take long for Red to realize that he was the one upside down, not the figure in front of him. Though that figure was now walking away, his job having been done.
Red Arrow struggled, realizing both his arms were chained behind him and his feet were chained together. He grunted when he remembered his wrist was broken.
"What happened to you?" Came a voice from beside him.
Widening his eyes slightly as he realized he was not alone, Red turned to find G.A. hanging from the ceiling in the exact same way.
"What happened to you?" Red Arrow hissed with bitterness, "I called for backup."
"For me?" G.A. seemed surprise. "I'm sorry; I think I was already captured by then."
Red Arrow scowled, looking away. "Well do you at least know where we are?"
"I was hoping you knew," G.A. replied mildly.
"What? Are you..." Red Arrow sighed. "See this is why I left."
"Take it easy, we'll figure a way out here," Green Arrow assured.
Just then the thief from before…or maybe a different one, neither man could tell, came back with others of his kind.
Though one was slightly larger than the rest.
"Prisoners," the larger one bellowed. "You've awakened. Welcome."
"He makes it sound like we're his guests," Red muttered sarcastically.
G.A. coughed to cover over the comment. "What do you want?" He called out.
"As you may already be aware, we are spawns of the original Shadow Thief," the shadow continued, ignoring both his prisoners.
"Really," Red Arrow rolled his eyes.
Green Arrow frowned, "How did that happen?"
"That doesn't concern you," he spoke sternly to the elder archer. "You were only brought so that no one would help him." Here the leader paused in front of Red Arrow.
The leader's hands were clasped behind him. "Our real mission starts with him."
Red narrowed his eyes. "What, battling Hawkman and Hawkgirl isn't enough for you freaks?"
"We've already told you; that was our Original, not us," the leader said. "I…I am the Shadow Knight. These are some of my minions," he gestured back toward two of the shadows. "And we have decided an archer would prove the perfect leader."
"Not interested," Red Arrow said.
"Oh, but that wasn'ta choice," Shadow Knight glared. "You will be one of us. You and your friends; together my minions and I will conquer your youthful bodies and skills and take over all cities across the globe."
There was a brief pause of silence after the villain related his master plan.
"Try me," Red Arrow finally challenged.
"Oh…I plan on doing just that," Shadow Knight assured. He snapped his fingers and more figures began to come out from the shadows.