Chapter 6: Oliver Queen

Lionel and Tess were driving down the road as Lionel was on the phone with someone.

"I'm telling you, this kid does everything." Lionel said. "He sings, tells jokes, and he even rides a bicycle."

Lionel then turned to Tess.

"Tess, find me two boys in a tan colored Studebaker."

Just then, two boys in a rainbow colored Studebaker drove past.

"Gee, Dad, all I can see is two boys in a rainbow colored Studebaker." Tess said before realizing what she'd said.

()()()()()

As John and Clark continued down the road, they saw Lionel's limo drive after them.

"John, they're right behind us!" Clark called out.

"I know!" John said agitatedly. "I know!"

"Well how'd they recognize us?!" Clark called out.

"Maybe they recognized you." John said plainly.

"What do you mean?" Clark asked.

"Well how many people do you know who wear red and blue twenty-four hours a day?" John explained.

"Can't you drive any faster John?!" Clark called out. "They're gaining on us!"

"Nope." John said. "This thing's going as fast as it can."

They then saw an ad for Faygo with a rainbow colored motive.

"Pull in front of that sign." Clark said quickly.

They did so, and Clark was right. The Electric Heroes' paint job matched the billboard perfectly. The two ducked down and Lionel's car drove right past.

"Well that worked out pretty well." John said as Clark groaned.

()()()()()

Meanwhile, on the same road, a blonde man named Oliver Queen was riding a van with his girlfriend and partner in his plunger business, Chloe Sullivan.

"So I told Lana that just because we were sharing an apartment didn't mean I had to deal with her stupidity, so I packed up and left." Chloe said, finishing a story about her friend, Lana Lang.

"Wow, good for you!" Oliver said. "Now… We just need a plumbing job."

"Well no offense hon, but people are paying you to do something they can do themselves." Chloe pointed out. "It's a pretty small market."

"Well that's fair." Oliver said as the van accidentally drifted to the wrong side of the road.

()()()()()

Clark and John were driving down when they saw the van there.

"John, look at that funny little van." Clark said.

"Yeah, cute isn't it?" John said.

"No, I meant it's heading straight for us!" Clark called out.

"Oh." John said. "AH!"

"We're gonna hit!" Clark called out when he saw that the van was now gone. "We missed it."

"Oh, you call that a miss?" Oliver said as he climbed down from the roof with Chloe.

"How'd you do that?" Clark asked.

"I don't know." Oliver said.

"Oh." Clark said.

It was at this point that Oliver began hopping up and down in the back seat.

"You guys okay?" Clark asked.

"Yeah." Chloe said calmly.

"Why are you hopping up and down?" John asked Oliver.

"Because I'm hopping mad!" Oliver called out.

"Guy has a sense of humor." Clark observed.

"Hey, why don't you join us?" John asked.

"Where are you going?" Oliver asked.

"We're following our dream." John said.

"Really?" Oliver asked. "Well I have a dream too… But you'll think it's stupid."

"No we won't." John said. "Tell us."

"Well, my dream is to go to Bombay, India and become a movie star." Oliver said plainly.

"You don't go to Bombay to become a movie star." John pointed out. "You go where we're going. Hollywood."

"Well sure, if you want to do it the easy way."

"We picked up a weirdo…" John groaned.

"You get used to it." Chloe sighed.

Eventually, they arrived at a small town and a car lot.

"Hey, Mad Man Mooney's." Chloe said. "It's a used car lot."

"Yeah, maybe we can trade in both these old cars and get one big one." Clark said.

"What?!" John called out. "Trade in my uncle's Studebaker?!"

"That's what he said." Oliver confirmed.

"Oh, when he comes back from Florida, he'll kill me." John groaned.

Everyone got out of the car and looked around.

"Oh, my dear friends!" The salesman said. "Welcome to Mad Man Mooney's used car lot. Today's your lucky day!"

"It is?" Clark asked.

"It is." The man said. "You see guys; you're driving the wrong car."

"I am?" John asked.

"I wasn't!" Oliver called out angrily.

"I can put you in this German street machine for only 2,000 dollars minus a twelve dollar trade in on the old car." The salesman said as he patted the car he was trying to sell them, and the fender fell off. "Detachable fenders for narrow garages."

"No thanks." Clark sighed.

"Hank, get out here!" The salesman said as a robot with a human face on the screen arrived.

"Hey." Hank said. "I'm Hank Henshaw."

"Just move the car, Hank." The salesman said agitatedly. Hank did so and just moved around at speeds that made him look like a bright gray blur.

"Now seriously friends," the salesman went on. "Mad Man Mooney doesn't believe in all that dealing and wheeling."

As the salesman was talking, Hank got bothered by a fly near a car that was priced at 1,195 dollars.

"No, the price on the sticker is the price you pay and never more and never less."

Just then, Hank swatted the fly as it landed on the sticker, which ended up making it read "11.95".

"We'll take that one for eleven dollars and ninety-five cents." Chloe said quickly.

The salesman turned around and saw it.

"That's our five dollar trade in." Oliver pointed out. "You owe us a nickel."

The deal went down as Hank arrived with the keys.

"Hey thanks." Clark said. "By the way, we're all going to Hollywood. You wanna come with us?"

"Hollywood?!" Hank said as he rushed off.

"That's weird." Clark said. "He ran off. Well, move it right along, John."

"Right." John said as they drove off.

()()()()()

As the car went off, Hank raced after them with a suitcase.

"Hey you guys, wait!" Hank called off. "I wanna go with you!"

He sighed and began chasing after them. He really needed to just say 'yes' or 'no' instead of rushing off.


That was fun!