"-Caitlin? Oh god, it's Barry" I hear a small voice, "he took a bullet to the chest" I hear her continue, the world was a fuzzy and messed up blur. "I gave him some tylenol codeine" I hear the same person say- it was Quinn, that voice I knew so well. I hear her pacing the room
"Quinn?" I mumble, and I hear her come over
"he just woke up Caitlin" she says, and she lightly touches my chest, and a flash of pain rips through my body
"ow ow ow" I mutter, and I can feel the tears forming
"Oh god, I'm so sorry" I hear Quinn exclaim, her voice is thick, and she grabs a pill bottle
"those don't work on me" I said, and she hands me 3 pills
"these are Barry pills" she says, and I swallow them down
5 am:
"Quinn?" it's pretty early, but I felt a little better. I sit up with great difficulty, and a dull throb echoing from my chest. I see Quinn sleeping on the floor with my medicine, and a few bottles of water next to her. She's still wearing her red dress, her hair is matted down with blood, and she has a lot of cuts on her arms. I lift her onto the bed she had let me sleep in, and I went to go get bandages
7 am
"Barry?" a voice shatters the dream
"yeah?" I respond, and I rub my eyes. Quinn has is in her bed, still in her dress, she touches the bandage on her head- which I tried to do, but it didn't go so well
" Dr. Wells wants us to go to STAR labs immediately" she says and slowly gets up. I watch Quinn- her movements are slow, and painful. Deep shadows have formed under her eyes, and her eyes are filled with pain. She shuffles into the bathroom, and I hear the shower turn on. 10 minutes later, she walks out hair braided and in a sweater, and jeans. She walks into the kitchen, and I follow her
"you want to talk?" I ask, and put my hand on her shoulder as she pours coffee in a thermos.
"I'm fine" she mutters, pulls away
"Quinn" I begin "I've only known you for a few months, but you're clearly not happy. I can help, if you want to punch something-punch me, if you want a shoulder to cry on- I'll be that shoulder." I get up and turned her around "the people you've loved, and cared about may be dead- but hey, I'm still here"
"everyone around me dies" she says coldly "then Chanelle decides to use you as target practice, and tried to take your powers" she sighs. "Also the person who killed my father is still on the run, and I've been blaming the wrong person for too long" she touches her head
"ow" she muttered,
"it's gonna be fine" I said as I wrapped her into a hug "I'm fine, I'm not dead. It's definitely not your fault"
"I need to go to Starling city" Quinn said 5 hours later while we were working in the lab
"why?" I ask,
"Felicity asked me to go, and I need to put flowers on my family's grave" she answers,
"Barry, I've been looking for you" I hear Eddie behind me, I didn't even know he was in the room
"Hey Eddie" Quinn says not looking up from her computer
"Barry, I need this evidence ASAP, it's about the Flash" Eddies whispers, and my heart drops to my stomach
"Eddie do you have a brother?" Quinn shatters the silence
"Uh.. er...why?" Eddie replied, clearly uncomfortable
"I met a guy named Wes Mexfield, he looks a lot like you, but he was a scientist" she says clicking away oh her computer
"I've never heard of him" Eddie replies, he looked a little uncomfortable "can I talk to you for a second outside Barry?" Eddie asks
"Um sure?" I reply
"who is she" Eddie says, when we were outside of the lab
"Quinn" I answer- what else am I supposed to say?
"she knows classified stuff" Eddie presses on "she knows all about the Flash, she's rich, she's mysterious, she kind a reminds me of the Aegis chick who almost killed me" Eddie doesn't look so happy
"you care because?" I ask, and Eddie looks hurt,
"just keep an eye on her, she may have a lot of info" he glances at Quinn, and winces- I turn around I see Quinn glaring at Eddie," I need results" he adds, and walks away quickly. As I walk back in, Quinn glares at the door
"I leaving tomorrow" Quinn says, the machine buzzed and the results popped onto my screen.
"we've got to be more careful, Eddie is tighter than ever- and now with Iris on his side" I rub my eyes
"you should come to Starling City with me" Quinn says, I nod, and I continued to type on the computer,
"I'm going to go talk to John, he still has to give me a human to cut open- if Eddie wants results" Quinn sighs, and gets up
"have fun" I reply, as Quinn walks out of the room. 5 minutes later, I pull out my phone, and I speed dial a number
"hello?" a voice answers on the other side
"hey Felicity" I said with a smile on my face,
"oh Barry" I hear Felicity sniffling on the other side "I think Oliver is dead" she says.
Quinn POV
I took the train with Barry, he took a nap while I read book. I take out my phone, and I speed dial
"hello?"
"Felicity, I'm on my way" I say into the phone, and I hear her nod
"alright" she answers
"we'll find him, don't worry" I say, but even these words feel fake. How could we even find Oliver? We don't even know where he went, and whether or not he survived the fight with Ra's al Ghul.
"yeah,alright, thanks Quinn" Felicity replies, we are silent for a while
"did he ever tell you where was going?' I ask,
"no, all he told me was that he loved me! Why would he do that?" Felicity sounds really upset, maybe he knew he wasn't coming back from this alive
"we'll find him, and when we do we'll ask why" I say, Barry's head is now resting on my shoulder,
"alright" Felicity says with a small voice. I hear someone talking in the back ground,
"I'll stop interrupting you, I'll be there in a few hours" I said, and we both hang up.
(flashback)
"Oliver Queen" the man says, and shakes my hand
"Quinn Lan" I shake his hand, "it's an honor to meet the Arrow in person" I tease, and he stiffens, but then smiles back.
"That's Argus property" a lady says wrinkling her eyebrows
"it's evidence now" Diggle says, a gust a wind and Barry is sitting in a chair with some sushi. Felicity shrieks as her papers go flying- I suspend them in the air, and hover them back to her.
"secret identity!" Caitlin exclaims at both of us
"they're married" Barry says nonchalantly
"we're not married" Diggle and the lady say at the same time
"well, he's told her about me" Barry say looking up, Diggle makes a face
"I keep secrets for a living" Diggle exclaims
"Oh, um" Barry makes a face,
"You are?" the lady begins
"I'm the Flash, and that's Aegis" Barry finishes
"Barry here can run fast, and do everything fast, I'm Quinn, and I can turn into metal, shoot electricity, and make shields" I explain, the Lady- Lyla I think it was, just gaps at us. I turn to talk to Caitlin while Oliver drags Barry to a corner. Felicity had finished collecting her papers, and she was clicking away on her computer
"what's that?" I ask pointing at the pull up bars
"oh, it's a distraction" Felicity says, and Caitlin laughs, I walk toward it, and I jump up. Clunk. clunk, clunk, I lift myself up and then back down 3 times
"huh- not as bad" I exclaim walking away, Cisco tries to do one but falls on his butt
"wait until you see Barry do it" Caitlin says,
"first thing we need to do is put together the evidence" Oliver says, and Barry starts to assemble the pieces. I pick up a bow, and I stretch it back- after letting it go lightly I grabbed a tennis ball and I threw it up. The arrow passes straight through the tennis ball, and they both clatter to the floor. Everyone turns and looks at me, and I feel my cheeks turn red
"lucky shot I guess" I mutter, and they go back to their conversation. Throw 3 more tennis balls, and I hit all of them.
"who taught you" Oliver is behind me, and I turn around- Barry and Felicity are still talking, but everyone else is gone
"my father signed my up for archery classes" I answer "he said it was the sports of royals" I make a noise with my throat. Oliver hands me a nicer bow
"try this one" he says, and throws a frisbee up in the air- I hit it right in the center
"bullseye" he said "you should carry around a bow and arrow" he adds
"it'll just weigh me down" I respond, "I have knives," I reach out and unsheathed one
"that'll work too" he says, and we share a smile.
Barry and I step off the train, and I call a taxi.
"do you think that Oliver could still be alive?" I ask, my shoulder was a little sore from the weight of Barry's head,
"I don't know" Barry says, we were both silent for the whole ride
"how's it going with Iris?" I ask, and Barry just groans
"it's awkward" Barry responds,
"I know" I say as we pull up at Verdant, and I get out first. Barry follows, he gets my bag from the trunk, and we walk in. It's packed, but I make my way to the back, and texted Felicity to let her know.
"Quinn?" I guy walks toward is
"Roy?" I ask, and the guy comes into view
"hey!" he says, and we hug. He and Barry shake hands, and they smile "what brings you here?" he asks
"dead people" Barry says, and then bites his lip
"my family" I continued for him, seeing Roy's face- was like experiencing Felicity's pain again, "I'm here to visit my sister, father, and mother's gravestones" Roy nods
"there you are!" I see Felicity come toward us, her eyes were puffy, but she looked normal
"we have a lot to talk about!" she takes Barry and I, and pulled us toward the back.
Flashback (Quinn)
"you see I've got back up" Captain boomerang says, and he activates a button thing "6 bombs" he chuckles, "you can't be all 5 places at once"
"Barry, go" Oliver says, and he shoots an arrow at the guy, he misses. Chaos ensues- I launch a bolt of lightning, but he ducks, and throws a boomerang at me- I deflect it by turning into metal.
"ah you're a special one too?" Captain boomerang laughs, and I throw a knife at him, it catches him him in the arm, he engages Olive. They punch each other, until Oliver throws him away. As Captain Boomerang falls he throws his last boomerang at Oliver, I deflect it with a shield, however it exploded on impact with my shield, and a piece of metal hits me in the side,
"I need one more person" I hear Barry say into my ear piece,
"take me" I respond, and in seconds I'm whisked away, a scream escapes my mouth when Barry's arm digs into my side
"shot, you're hurt" he says, the bomb was at 20 seconds
"just go" I say through gritted teeth, "I'll be fine." Barry opens his mouth to protest, but one look from me, and he speeds away. In a few seconds I hear him
"alright, we cut the wires on 3" Barry says, I stifle a groan. Captain Boomerang had managed to stick a boomerang in my side- it hurt, but no damage was done
"I'm good" I begin "let's cut these damn wires"
"okay, 1,2,3- cut!" Barry says, and I cut the wire- it make a click, and the screen goes dark. I let go of the breath that I'd been holding, and leaned against the wall- which was a bad idea because a nice stab of pain was there to remind me that I had a piece of metal jammed in my side. Caitlin, Cisco, and Felicity appeared back in the lab with a breeze, and a while later Oliver, Diggle, and Barry with Captain Boomerang.
"let me look at that" Caitlin was already checking out the wound, and Felicity was helping Oliver with his cuts. Barry and Cisco help me standup and I limp over to a chair.
"ow, ow, ow" I whimper, as Caitlin stitched up the wound
"thanks Quinn" Oliver has come over, and he smiles
"I take a boomerang for you, and I don't even get pain killers" I joke, Barry chuckles- but stopped in when Oliver glared at him.
"yeah, well you're strong enough to not need it" Oliver says, and I feel my cheeks go warm
"okay?" I reply, Oliver gives me a small smile, and walks away
"-he went to go challenge Ra's al Ghul" I tune into what Felicity was saying
"like league of assassins guy- who can't die?" I ask
"yes" Diggle responds
"why would he do it anyways?!" I exclaim
"he was protecting his sister, and Malcolm Merlyn" Diggle says
"Merlyn?" I ask, "who would protect that bastard?" everyone was silent,
"he's Thea's father" Felicity says, but I was fuming- the guy who killed my father and blamed it on the Hood, has now gotten Oliver killed.
"excuse me" I say, and I get up.
"Oh not so fast little one" I hear a familiar voice,
"Merlyn" I hear Diggle whisper, without thinking I grab a bow, and I notched an arrow. It hits the wall next to his ear. Merlyn brought his hand up to his ear and it came back bloody,
"that was my ear girlie" he snarls, and takes one step
"one more step, and the next one is going in your chest" I snarl, another arrow is notched "like what you did to my father" Merlyn stops, and he pales.
"we need him alive" Felicity says, and I sigh
"Ah, Steven's daughter- hello Quinn" he says, I set the bow and arrow down, Merlyn smiles, and takes a step toward me.
"I wouldn't do that" Barry says, as electricity sparkles in my hand, Merlyn eyes us, and takes a step back. Merlyn holds out a thing wrapped in cloth, Barry whisks it out of his hand.
"it's Ra's custom to leave behind the instrument of death as a memorial to honor the fallen" Merlyn's face is serious "Oliver Queen is dead" Diggle unwraps it, and inside was a sword- it was stained dark purple- Oliver's blood. Felicity looks horrified, Diggle looks like he wants to shoot someone, Barry just looks defeated, and I was oddly calm"excuse me" I snarl, and I leave the room- shoving Merlyn into a wall while I was at it. I found a dark little corner, a chill runs through me. I open my hands, and a tendril of darkness leaks out of the center of my hand. I had absorbed the power of Chanelle, and it's taking over. A wave of darkness leaks out of my left hand, while the other hand glows, I feel a light gust of wind and I find Barry next to me.
"your eyes turned black, when you threatened to kill Merlyn" Barry says,
"I know" I reply "I can't control it" I close my eyes, and tried to stop the darkness- but the chill is still there
"there is good and bad in all of us," Barry says, he holds my right hand- which was golden from pure particle accelerator energy "it's up to us to make the decision on what side to embrace" he finishes. My heart does a little flip flop, and I give his hand a little squeeze
"thanks Barry" I whisper, my cheeks were warm- and we watched the golden flow spread up my hand,
"no problem" he says, and this time I hug him back.
I'm so ready for new episodes! Season 2 of Flash, and Season 4 of Arrow are confirmed to come out! (thank god- I don't have to make up any more villains). I don't know if I should make my OC fall in love with Barry, but I'll give it a shot. Enjoy! ~Helena