Chapter 2
Financial Assets
Disclaimer: Well, I'd say the response to the first chapter has been pretty awesomely positive! So Hell to the yeah on that! Oh yeah, I own nothing but what you see here. Course if I did, I probably wouldn't be here right now writing this. As for the guest theory about Darhk flooding the planet, I could believe that considering who it is doing the writing for the show.
In the days and weeks following the attack on the hospital, life went on despite the attacks through out the city. Felicity had yet to wake up and if it wasn't for the support of those around him, Oliver no doubt would have fallen deep into the darkness that sometimes came to the surface during fights with Ghosts and HIVE employed Metas. In one of the attempts to garner some positive morale for everyone in the city as well as funds, Thea had come up with the idea of t-shirts with the slogan 'I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghostly HIVE' similar to that of the Ghostbusters image from the movies. It had turned out to be a hit, even if Darhk had found it amusing and posted a picture of himself online wearing the shirt with a big smile on his face and a thumb's up. As the fight went on against Darhk and HIVE, Oliver reached out to Walter in a bid to finally re-gain everything the Queens had lost thanks to Isabel and Slade's mechinations.
A bid that thankfully worked, even though while they were not able to re-gain the building that was now Palmer Tech. They did have the rights once again to the Queen Consolidated name and even set up a base of operations for the re-born company out in the Glades that only hired people from there with Walter as the head of everything. Verdant was even brought back to add a little more where money is concerned. Walter had even given Oliver the idea of going after Darhk's financial assets in order to help cripple the man and he quickly ran with it, even making use of ARGUS and the Bratva's shadier methods to do it. And drawing the ire of Darhk's wife Ruve in the process, who already had been quite vocal in her anti Queen Mayor stance. Even going so far as to try and get him removed from office due to his actions at the hospital but failing to do so since everyone had no desire to lose a leader who was actually doing everything he could for them.
During all this, the team would deal with the likes of Lonnie Machin once again, even calling in Barry to ensure the man would not be able to escape once Oliver's use for him where Darhk was concerned was over with. The man would end up as a guest of Waller's in the aftermath and would end up with a bullet hole in his knee during the Shadowspire take over of the organization. Which also saw Barry aiding the team once again that sawAmanda Waller living through it all thanks to his involvement. Waller would end up owing them a favor that they'd later collect on when it came to Roy after he returned to town thanks to Felicity's father who is known as The Calculator. A man who would most certainly give Curtis a run for his money in the computer hacking department. Nyssa would even show up as well after that was dealt with, along with a cure for Thea's condition.
Oliver, already fed up with Malcolm and his manipulations agreed to his 'wife's conditions with only John and Curtis having any real issues with it. And with Nyssa hidden, she would witness Oliver himself stab the manipulative man in the heart and give her the ring that would make her Ra's Al Ghul as was her right. Further adding to Oliver's side in his fight against HIVE now that he had a more willing LoA fighting next to him that he actually could trust. The favor Waller owed them would be used to help bring Roy back from the dead legally and clear his name so that the law wouldn't be able to come after him for outing himself as the Arrow the previous year. Making for him to be able to re-join the team and making for a very happy Thea in the process. Which at first caused an issue or two with Alex but he backed off when he saw the very real and strong feelings the two still had for one another.
Thankfully this wouldn't cause any problems for the group at large considering his role in the Mayor's office. Felicity's father would even wind up in prison thanks to Donna after some encouragement from Quentin since the man couldn't be allowed to run about causing chaos. Oliver would even convince Jessica Danforth to be his Deputy Mayor to show that she could not be ran off by those looking to see her done away with. And while she had been reluctant at first, her daughter ended up giving her the final bit of encouragement she needed to accept Oliver's offer. Her involvement in the Mayor's office would annoy Darhk as she would further help implement ways to boost the city's morale. Prompting him to have his men attack key water lines in the city and only really succeeding in destroying two of them thanks to the joint effort of ARGUS, Bratva, and Team Arrow keeping them from doing more damage. But despite that, Darhk wasn't too concerned thanks to the much larger plan involving Genesis even if the command structure at HIVE was over the whole thing in Star City.
Author's Notes: Hope you guys enjoyed this even if it was something of a fix it up chapter in certain areas regarding people like Roy and Waller. Cause screw Waller dying man. I figured the extra cash flow for Oliver would be a helpful thing since it seems like the writers are never gonna allow him to get his family fortune back. And thank you Wikepedia for episode descriptions! R and R!