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Chapter 5- One journey ends, another begins

Kasnia, Earth-1

"You should have stayed dead", Joe said to Slade as everyone pointed their guns at him.

"I heard you were in trouble, kid", Slade said, finally managing to regain composure, "So I thought I'd offer my help."

"My old man here to save me", Joe said unemotionally, "Last I saw, you weren't concerned with saving anyone."

He then took out a revolver and aimed it at Slade, "Apple doesn't fall that far."

Glancing at Nylander, Joe asked, "What do you think? Patricide?"

"He's seen our operation", Nylander said as he glanced at Slade, "So he's a liability."

"Yeah, you can have that choice, but I'll give you another one", Slade offered, "Let me join you."

"If I wanted a family reunion, I'd have sent an invitation", Joe said angrily.

"Maybe you did, but you just haven't realized it yet, kid", Slade said as he moved closer, until the gun was mere inches from his head, "See, I came all this way to speak with you, and I will kill anybody who gets in my way, because I got nothing left to lose, only you. So go ahead and make a decision."

The next moment was intense for everyone in the room. It looked like Joe was going to shoot Slade after all. But in the end, he lowered it and put it back inside.

"I'd be lying if I say I wasn't swayed by the poetry of it all", Joe said, "But can I trust you?"

"Trust is built upon honesty", Slade said, "I am sure you have got a lot of questions to ask me, and I've got a lot of questions for you, Joe."

"That's not my name anymore", he said, as he had accepted the name of 'Kane Wolfman.'

"Your mother named you something different to keep us apart", Slade pointed out.

"Okay", Joe said finally, "Guess we've got some catching up to do."

"Excuse the poor accomodations", Joe said to Slade as the latter sat down on a couch, "I don't plan on staying in this stain of a country for too long."

"Well, there's a reason why they say the money is in the muck", Slade said.

"I did bring one luxury, however", Joe said as he put a bottle of booze on the table.

"Oh, there's a blast from the past", Slade said as he took the bottle, "My favorite. I didn't realize you'd acquired a taste for it too."

"Like you told me, always drink good booze", Joe said as he walked back to the table and put down two glasses, "And only look out for yourself."

"Well the Jackals are an unruly bunch", Slade commented as he started pouring them both drinks while Joe sat down, "Must have been hard keeping the A.S.I.S. in the dark for so long."

"It's amazing what an agency overlooks when it's willing to leave it's own men for dead", Joe said.

Slade chuckled as he picked up his sword and sheathed it before asking, "So what kind of operation are you planning on running here? Drugs? Weapons? Perhaps a military coup."

"Let's call it a reassignment of resources", Joes said, "A lucrative one."

The two then raised their glasses and drank.

"So you and your boy, one big happy family again, huh?" Nylander asked Slade as they walked.

"That's none of your business", Slade told him bluntly, "But he told me about your new job- the reassignment of resources. Tell me about that."

"Well, if the boss didn't think to tell you, then it's none of your business, Kamrat", Nylander told him bluntly, happy to get back on him. He then walked away and said, "Meeting hall. 30 minutes."

As Slade stood alone, he heard a familiar voice calling him out, "Slade."

He turned around and saw- Oliver!

"What are you doing here?" he asked him, "You should have gone to help Matt."

"I try not to abandon anyone", Oliver said, "Even when they leave me drugged."

As Slade looked a little guilty, Oliver asked, "Now what is this reassignment of resources that your son and his men are planning?"

"You overheard that", Slade realized.

"Just like I overheard that you're planning to join his unit", Oliver said, "Your son is dangerous, Slade."

"He's just a younger version of me", Slade argued.

"No", Oliver denied, "You were never a gun for hire."

"But I was a killer", Slade pointed out before saying, "Listen kid, you'd better go away before you find yourself in trouble you can't get out of."

"I can't walk away from this", Oliver declared, "Can you?"

Slade then had an unreadable expression on his face.

The Jackals were picking out and loading their weapons while Slade sat quietly.

"Feeling at home yet, Slade, hmm?" Nylander asked, "Or should I call you Deathstroke?"

Slade gave him an annoyed look as Joe arrived and said, "Slight change of plans. 40% of our Semtex was compromised during transfer."

As Slade got up, Joe looked at him and said to everyone, ""Conveniently, however, the Kasnian army is doing some transferring of its own. I'm going to take a small team to intercept them."

"Does this jeopardize our timeline?" Nylander asked.

"Not with the infamous Deathstroke backing me up", Joe said as he looked at Slade, "What do you say, father? Interested in showing us how its done?"

"As long as your dogs can keep up?" Slade said, not at all scared of what any of them would do at the insult.

He then walked away and said, "I'm going to pack some gear."

Slade then sat down quietly near some weapons, holding his mask in one hand and a comm in the other, hidden from the others' view.

"Hey kid", he said through the comm, "The comms are working. Kane has me making a run for Semtex."

"That's a high-yield explosive", Oliver said from the other side.

"Yeah, with Nylander involved I should have expected it", Slade said.

"Well, he'll probably be handling the detonator", Oliver said in realization.

"If you can find the receiver, perhaps you can corrupt it", Slade told him, "It might be in Nylander's gear."

"Yeah, I'm on it", Oliver said before asking sympathetically, "You good?"

"Just find the receiver", Slade said, deciding not to answer the question.

Later, the Jackals set up the trap as Joe walked up to Slade with his mask.

"I always knew you'd end up wearing this", Joe said as he handed Slade his mask.

Slade looked at it for a while as Joe ordered, "Kill the lights!"

Slade put on his mask as the lights dimmed while the vehicle went over the spikes set up by the Jackals, deflating the tires.

As the vehicle skidded to a stop, the Jackals opened fire on the soldiers who were coming out. Joe shot down two of them. Slade pointed his gun at one of them but at the last moment, lowered it and shot at his feet, putting him down.

"We don't leave witnesses" Joe said as he threw away his gun and brandished his sword.

He walked over to the soldier and stabbed him brutally in the heart. Slade involuntarily took a step back, horrified by his son's brutality.

Back at the Jackals' base, Oliver stealthily made his way towards Nylander's gear and reached the door. That moment, he heard light footsteps and turned around to see two Jackals at a distance. They hadn't seen him though.

Oliver disappeared from sight. He then flew out, kicking one in the chest, knocking him out. Before the other could react, he flipped him to the ground and punched him on the face, knocking him out.

With that handled, Oliver walked over to the table with the gear. He stopped to look at some plans that were lying there. He did not notice Nylander who had spotted him from a corner.

"So what are you planning with all these explosives?" Slade asked Joe later when they were back. Joe had opened the box of Semtex and was looking at it.

"I'd like to know", Slade said.

"You missed your kill shot with the soldier back there", Joe said without looking at him.

"Well, when I lost this eye, I lost my depth perception", Slade explained.

"Most of my men think you joined me under false pretenses", Joe told him bluntly.

"There's nothing false about trying to find my son", Slade told Joe sincerely as he walked around him, "But if they doubt me, then maybe I don't have your trust."

"Of course you do", Joe assured before revealing, "Which is why I got you a little gift."

Slade barely had time to think about Joe's words when he heard footsteps. He turned around and was shocked. He struggled to keep his face blank as he saw Nylander bringing in a restrained Oliver.

"And you told me not to worry, brother", Nylander complained to Slade as he kicked Oliver on the back of the leg, making him kneel with a grunt.

"Nylander found him with my detonator. Some might see it as coincidence, but I see it as fate", Joe said to Slade, "It's time to collect on that debt he owes you, father."

Slade then turned to Oliver, giving him an intimidating look.

"Oliver Queen", he said in a menacing tone, "I've waited a very long time for this."

Mentally apologizing to Oliver, Slade punched him out.

"An eye for an eye", Joe said to him with glee, to which Slade gave a smirk, mentally repressing how disturbed he was by his son's behavior.

When Oliver regained his consciousness, he saw Slade's sword mere inches from his right eye.

"Years ago, I made you a promise", Slade declared, "Do you remember? I promised that you would suffer the same way that I suffered."

"What are you doing? You are not this person anymore", Oliver tried to reason with Slade, sensing something was very off with him.

"What I am", Slade said as he lowered the sword and walked closer, until they were mere inches apart, "Is a father, reunited with my son. I made him a promise too. And I'm not going to break it again."

"We made each other a promise, Slade. To save our sons! To save Joe, to save William", Oliver said as he saw something flicker in Slade's eye.

"He has a son?" Joe asked gleefully at Slade who seemed to shake his head, not knowing how to respond. Joe declared, "I'll make sure he suffers too."

Slade walked up behind Oliver and raised his sword, as if to strike him.

"Slade!" Oliver said, trying to reach out to him again.

"Do it!" Joe egged him on.

"Slade! Slade!" Oliver said worriedly.

Slade smirked and then brought his sword down- cutting Oliver's bonds.

Oliver jumped up and punched Joe hard on the face. Joe tried to strike back but Oliver grabbed his arm and flipped him hard on the ground, knocking him out.

As Slade stared down at Joe, Oliver grumbled, "That was a little too convincing."

As Slade looked back at him, he said, "We got to go. Come on."

Oliver then walked out as Slade picked up his helmet and followed.

Oliver fired at the Jackals who came in their way, getting two. As more fired back at them, the two took cover behind a pillar.

"There's no way out", Slade said.

"We'll make our own way out! Come on!" Oliver said as the two rushed up to a window, dodging the shots.

Slade rushed through it, shattering it as Oliver jumped after him. The Jackals stood in stunned shock as Nylander ran up to the window and looked down but there was no sign of any of them, only some pieces of shattered glass.

Joe ran over and looked down.

"I'll send out the dogs", Nylander told him.

"We've got the op. That's where they will be", Joe said confidently as he spit out a wad of blood.

"Are you sure?" Nylander asked.

"That my father will try to stop us? That's what fathers do. And that's why I'm gonna kill him", Joe said darkly.

"Before they captured me, I saw what Kane was going after", Oliver said to Slade as they walked, "They're attacking the water supply. It's a death sentence for half the country. If we move now, we'll be able to stop them."

As he said that, Oliver picked the lock of a car and then looked over at Slade, who had been silent since their escape, "If that's what you want."

"I spared your life back there", Slade said defensively, though for some reason, even he couldn't believe it.

"I know", Oliver said before pointing out, "But back there, it didn't feel like an act the same way it did with Harkness and Talia back on Lian Yu."

"Because when I saw my son, I was tempted", Slade admitted roughly, "I would've done anything to keep us together. But when you mentioned William, I realized that's not my boy. That's Kane Wolfman. But what I fear is that there might be only one way to stop him."

"Slade, there are other ways of dealing with this that don't involve killing your son", Oliver reasoned with him, "Deep down, he's your boy. So you have to reason with him, and I swear he'll listen to you."

"But I didn't tell you what happened after Lian Yu", Slade said with a haunted look in his eye, "I went home to my son, and I promised him that I would never leave. And I broke that promise."

"No, you broke that promise because of the Mirakuru", Oliver assured him.

"The Mirakuru faded for a while, but when it came back, it was like a storm I couldn't control", Slade revealed, "And that monster is what my son is trying to emulate. But with Joe, it's not Mirakuru. It's anger and resentment, and I don't know how that can be redeemed."

"Well, I didn't think you could be redeemed", Oliver pointed out, "Yet here I am, miles from my home, miles from my son, not going over to Matt's Earth to help him against Chase, trying to help you save your son. And I can do that because I know the man you were before the Mirakuru. That is the man your son needs to see. He needs to see his father, the man you are right now, tonight."

Inside a water plant, Joe and the Jackals were getting ready when Nylander walked up to them and said, "All charges are set."

Holding out the detonator, he said, "I think it should be you."

"I hired you to pull the trigger", Joe reminded him before ordering, "Move out! Get to a safe distance! Semtex makes for a pretty big bang."

"You're not coming?" Nylander asked him.

"I want a good view", Joe quipped and Nylander chuckled.

"You're crazy. I love it. Don't forget what you said about the Semtex", Nylander said before walking off.

As soon as Nylander was gone, Joe said, "I knew you'd show up."

He turned around to face Slade who was holding his mask and said, "I think its time we had ourselves an honest talk."

Outside, the Jackals were moving to do their work when someone opened fire on them. It was Oliver. The Jackals fired back but Oliver took cover behind a pillar.

One of the Jackals walked closer to the pillar but Oliver shot him, making him stagger. He then grabbed him and put him in the front as a human shield.

From behind him, he shot down a Jackal and then threw him down too before shooting down another. Another grabbed him but he shot him on the foot and then in the abdomen, putting him down.

"Trust begins with honesty", Joe reminded Slade angrily as father and son circled each other, "That's what you said to me. But you lied!"

"You know life is not that simple, Joe", Slade told him.

"That's not my name. How could you forgive Oliver Queen after what he did to you?!" Joe demanded angrily.

"Because he forgave me for far worse, sins that I have to carry to the grave! A curse I didn't want to pass on to you! All of this anger and resentment, it's time to bring it to an end, son!" Slade shouted back.

"No. It's just the beginning", Joe snarled as he pulled out his sword and the fight started.

Oliver shot down a Jackal and took his knife from his belt. Another Jackal attacked him but he sidestepped and stabbed him in the back. He retracted the knife as he blocked another Jackal's hit and punched him in the chest. He then stabbed the previous one in the back again before retracting and stabbing the other one in the chest, putting them both out.

Another tried to kick him but he grabbed his leg and hit it, making him stagger. He then retracted the knife from the previous one's chest and sliced the back of the Jackal's neck with it, putting him down.

Another attacked but he blocked and elbowed him out before blocking another's attack and stabbing him in the chest, putting him down.

He then aimed his gun at the only one who was left- Nylander, who raised his hands in surrender and held out the detonator.

Slade pushed Joe out on the bridge. Joe got up and the two clashed their blades a few times. Slade tried to strike Joe but he jumped back to avoid and the blades clashed again.

It continued for some time before they exchanged positions. Joe, being younger, could fight slightly faster and tried to slice Slade in a rotatory motion but he backed up to avoid.

Slade then blocked a punch from him and pushed him back. Joe then dodged a downward strike from Slade's sword and elbowed him, making him stagger back.

The two then clashed their swords twice and were in a deadlock as Joe snarled, "You used to be ruthless! What happened?"

The two clashed their swords again twice and were in a deadlock as Slade replied, "What you saw was the Mirakuru."

"Don't lie!" Joe shouted as the two backed up, "I saw you kill a man before the Mirakuru."

Joe rushed him but Slade grabbed him and threw him over his shoulder, flipping him to the ground.

As Joe tried to get up, Slade put his sword to his neck.

"Milford Sound", Joe said as Slade paled, "That little father-son trip, the one that you promised would be all about you and me, I saw what you did to that Chinese spy."

"I was on a mission for ASIS", Slade tried to explain.

"Well, here's something you don't know- something mother never told you- I have a brother", Joe revealed to Slade's shock, "His name is Grant. Mother didn't want him in this world."

A stunned Slade didn't make a move as Joe got up and continued, "But me, I'm my father's son. I made my first kill 6 months after our camping trip. And I slit his throat, just like you did!"

Joe followed that sentence by elbowing Slade on the face, making him fall down on his knees.

"I wanted to be exactly like my father, like Deathstroke!" Joe said as Slade realized he had indirectly put his son on this path.

Deciding he no longer wants to fight, Slade put down his sword, laying it at Joe's feet and said in a resigned voice, "I am not Deathstroke…. anymore."

"Then you're not my father anymore, you're just in my way!" Joe snarled and was moved to strike Slade.

But a gunshot rang out and knocked the sword out of Joe's hands.

"Don't move!" Oliver commanded as he aimed his gun at Joe, "Slade, are you all right?"

"Oliver, lower your gun", Slade pleaded as he gestured the same thing with his hand.

"I wish that you'd stayed dead", Joe said in a voice thick with emotion, his face showing it too.

He tossed a flare at Slade's feet who quickly ran off as it blazed. Oliver rushed up to Slade's side who was now staring at the spot where his son had vanished.

"He's gone", Slade sad brokenly.

Later, Oliver spoke to the Warden on the phone as Slade looked at the photo of him with his son back at Milford Sound.

"Thank you", Oliver said as he cut the call and walked up to Slade, "I spoke to our friend, the Warden, the Jackals are in custody, and he is very relieved."

Looking at Slade's haunted expression, he asked, "You all right?"

"My son", Slade said as he turned to face Oliver, "He saw me kill a man before the Mirakuru. Before Deathstroke. He followed in my path, Oliver."

"No, don't blame yourself, Slade", Oliver told him, "It doesn't help."

"You know why I do. "Never give up on family"", Slade said, "That's what you told me. And I think we both know Matt's part of your family too."

"I consider him part of the family", Oliver said.

"I have asked a lot of you already", Slade said, "You have helped me now, kid."

"So now what?" Oliver asked.

"Chase is on Matt's Earth", Slade said, "Now whatever Chase does to him there is on me."

"I just told you not to blame yourself", Oliver said again.

"What I am trying to say, kid, is that we both are going to his Earth to help him stop Chase", Slade revealed and Oliver's jaw almost dropped.

"What about your son?" Oliver asked.

"We will help Matt", Slade said, "And then I will search for my sons. Both of them. While you can go back home to your son."

After a deep breath, Oliver said sincerely, "Thank you Slade, for coming with me."

"Don't thank me, kid", Slade said, "Not yet."

Hell's Kitchen, Earth-199999

It was nearly morning now and Matt was still lying on the ground, brutally beaten and unconscious. Finally, a taxi passed by and the driver got out of it as soon as he saw him. The driver knelt close to him and tried to put his fingers on his neck to check if he was alive or dead.

Suddenly, Matt grabbed his hand and said in a hoarse whisper, "Father Lantom. Clinton Church."

He then immediately lost consciousness as the driver ran off to do as told.

Later, inside a church, a nun put a cloth dipped in water on Matt's wounds to wipe the blood.

"Bright idea to bring him in", another one said as she walked inside with Father Lantom.

"He's one of ours, Maggie", Lantom said, "What other choice did I have?"

"Metro-General maybe?" Maggie said, "Call 911."

"He's a vigilante", Lantom said as he pointed to the damaged suit nearby, "If he goes to a hospital, they will arrest him."

Many hours later

Matt's eyes slightly opened as he moved his bandaged hand.

"Get Maggie", one nun said to another, "Tell her he's awake."

"Chase, how?" Matt muttered incoherently as he sat up, "Oliver! Why didn't he?"

As he groaned, Maggie arrived and tried to tell him, "Stay in the bed. You'll hurt yourself."

"My right ear", Matt said as he realized he couldn't hear from it, "I can't-"

"Just stop this right now!" Maggie commanded.

Matt ended up falling off the bed. Maggie kneeled and helped the bandaged and groaning Matt sit back up a little, "Damn it, Matthew!"

"Now I can't see", he muttered incoherently to himself, "I can't see!"

I can't see! I can't see! I can't see!

Star City, Earth-1

Oliver had explained the situation to his team and after his son's blessing, who was still grateful to Matt for saving him and comforting him in back on Lian Yu, had packed up everything, ready to go to Earth-1.

Slade was with him too, all packed up and ready to go.

The others had asked to accompany them and even argued but Oliver had refused, saying that Star City needed to be protected from Ricardo Diaz in his absence.

"Ready, Slade?" Oliver asked as he held the interdimensional extrapolator.

"I am, kid", Slade said.

Before Oliver could press the button, a familiar voice asked, "Have room for one more?"

Oliver turned around to see Roy standing there, all packed up too.

"Roy!" Oliver said, "Why are you coming?"

"I know you will ask me to stay", Roy said, "But Matt helped me get my daughter back. And now I will help him. Thea approves of my decision."

With a sigh, Oliver said, "All right, fine! You can come."

"If that's his argument, I am coming too", Rene said, eager to join them to help his other mentor.

"No", Oliver said, "Unlike Roy here, you do not have anyone else with you to take care of Zoey. So yo should stay."

"All right", Rene gave in, not wanting to delay the three, "Good luck!"

"Good luck!" The others said simultaneously.

Laurel walked over to Oliver and to everyone's surprise, hugged him, "Come back when this is all over."

"I will", Oliver promised.

Everyone backed up as Oliver opened a breach. He then looked at everyone and nodded, before stepping inside, with Slade and Roy following.

The two then reached the other side, an empty building.

Oliver closed the breach as Roy said, "So this is Matt's Earth."

"Resembles our own, but it must be having differences", Slade said.

"Let's get started", Oliver said as the three exited the building and went onto the streets, intending to find Matt and help him against Chase.

So now- Oliver, Slade and Roy are on Earth-199999 to help Matt. Here onwards, Daredevil Season 3 starts. Matt recovered from his injuries faster than in the show because whatever Adrian did is not as bad as having a building fall on him. But he is not going to be at his 100% now.

BTW, Diaz will be back later.

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