Chapter 5
'Carter Hall Carter bloody Hall out of all the men in Metropolis why him' oliver thought as he crossed the rooftops of Metropolis and it's not like he even liked him before but what he'd done to Megan Bruce said she had trust issues and no wonder why for some reason he felt protective of her and the predatory looks Lex had been giving her all night weren't at helping but at least her brother's were more focused on keeping Lex rather than him away from her now.
"Arrow it's Watchtower come in" came her voice through his earpiece
"What's wrong Watchtower?" he asked pausing on the rooftop
"something's going down at the docks and Boyscout and Impulse are busy"
"on my way" he replied starting running again which is how he found himself crouching on top of a shipment container watching as two suits and a bunch of goons waited patiently 'maybe it's drugs' he thought as a car drove up ten minutes later the driver moved to the boot and lifter out something heavy and dumped it on the ground. Laying on the ground was the unconscious of the woman from the other night or Sapphire as he's dubed her. the men talked for a few minutes as he desperately tried to think of a plan to rescue her he didn't know what was going on but he knew she'd been trying to stop a serial killer and these guys clearly weren't interested in being friends. As he watched she began to come round and one of the suits went over to stand over her he saw her move her mouth and smile obviousl it was offensive as it earned her a kick in the stomach and that was what pushed him over the edge "Screw being stealthy" he muttered as he shot his tazers at three of the goons taking then out now only the suits two goons and the driver remained as oliver umped from the container and rolled behind some empty crates for cover soon bullets were flying around him 'ok so it wasn't his best plan ever but what could he do' moving around the crates he managed to get a shot at one of the other goons and as he stood to search for the other two he saw they were already unconscious and Sapphire was standing clutching her side. rushing over to her he didn't waste time looking for the suits that be long gone he ust grabbed her hand and ran pulling her along behind him. when they were a few blocks away and he was sure they weren't follower he pulled her into an alley. "what the hell was that all about?" he said releasing her arm and spinning round to face her as she slumped against a wall.
"funny thing" she smiled obviously in pain as she still clutched her side "arms dealers don't like people screwing with their deliveries weird huh?" to which oliver ust stared in disbelief
"how's your ribs" he asked after a few minutes silence
"just a few bruised ribs"she smiled "had worse" they fell into another silence
"the man from the other night?" oliver asked guilt surging in his chest
"taken care of"she smiled again "in belle reeve"she added seeing his questioning look he was about to ask her about her ribs again but a force slammed into his side knocking him to the ground he spun around to see Sapphire standing in front of him facing an angry looking man dressed in a black cevelar suit with a similar mask to hers
"wait he saved me" she said holding her hand out to the man as oliver got back to his feet the other man giving him a questioning look.
"i thought he was the reason that psychopath almost got away" he said i digitally remastered voice obviously using a voice distorter
"that was a mistake" she explained to which the other man only grunted
"come on we're leaving" he said 'who does this guy think he is ordering her aroung' but to his surprise she only nodded
"thanks for the save" she said flashing a smile he opened his mouth to speak but the man threw something against the ground and instead of blue smoke red smoke appeared and when it cleared they were both gone.
"what the hell is going on" he said to the empty alley looking around as if to spot them somewhere but they's just vanished again 'i need to get them toteach me thet' he thought as he climbed back to the rooftops to continue with his patrol.