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Episode 2: Masks
Anna's fingers tapped extremely fast on her knees as she waited in the police department. She sat in a chair in front of Detective Lance's desk waiting for them to tell her she could go home. She'd given her statement of the night's events and someone contacted her sister to let her know where Anna was.
She kept tapping as she glanced around the police department. Detective Lance sat at his desk and she turned back to face him. "Can I go now?" she asked. He sighed and leaned forward on his desk. "You have yet to tell me why it is someone would want you dead, Miss Rogue. As soon as you tell me that you can go" he said.
"I told everything already. I don't know why he tried to kill me" she said. He eyes her suspiciously for a minute then sat up straight. "Alright then, you can go" he said. She nodded and stood, and then started for the exit.
She stood on the curb trying to think of a way to pass time until her sister got there to take her home. She couldn't believe this happened on her sister's wedding night. She sighed and sat, pulling the hem of her dress underneath her to sit on the fabric. She waited for what seemed like forever before a car pulled up beside her.
It wasn't her sister's car though. The driver door opened and outstepped Oliver Queen. He shut his door and came to sit by her. "My sister was supposed to be here" Anna said, somewhat miserably.
"She couldn't make it, so I volunteered to take you home" he said.
"Why couldn't she make it?" Anna asked.
"She was…busy" he said. Anna took a deep breath and stood, stepping back up onto the sidewalk. Through the years she'd always been there for her sister when she needed it. But now her sister wasn't there for her, and that made her both angry and sad. Oliver stood and opened the passenger side door.
Anna sighed and got into the car. He shut her door and walked around to the driver's side. Once he was in he started the car. "Where do you live?" he asked.
"She didn't…?" Anna shook her head and sighed. "Three-twenty-one Private Drive." He nodded and started driving whilst Anna tried to regain her composure. Her sister had sent a perfect stranger (To Anna at least) to pick her up and didn't give him an address to bring her back to. What a family, she thought.
321 Private Drive was a long gravel road leading up to what looked like a glass house. Most of it was glass but the bedrooms and bathroom were solid walls for privacy. Oliver stopped the car a few feet from the door and Ann unbuckled her seat belt. "Thanks for driving me" she said, opening her door.
She got out and shut the door. She walked up to the glass door and typed in the security code, making the door beep twice. She pushed open the door and shut it before ascending the stairs to her bedroom. She turned on the chandelier that hung above the center of the bedroom and immediately took off her high heels and puffy yellow dress.
After a thirty minute shower Anna slipped into a nightgown and fell onto her bed in a heap. She sat up and noticed her clothes form the hotel were folded neatly and stacked on her bed. Her cell phone sat on top and it buzzed, showing a picture of her sister Sophia. Anna debated it a minute then hit the ignore button.
The Next Day…
Anna walked downstairs in her slinky silk robe after three hasty knocks on her door. She saw through the glass that it was Detective Lance, in normal clothes. She sighed and opened the door and was blasted by the cold morning air. "Miss Rogue, uh, I was hoping to talk to you about last night" he said.
"Come in" Anna said, sidestepping. He hesitantly walked in and Anna gestured to the living room off to the left while she hurried up the stairs to dress. She put on jeans and a green long-sleeved blouse. She hurried back down the glass stairs and went into the living room.
She sat across from Detective Lance and raised her brow questioningly. He cleared his throat and leaned forward like he'd done at the police department. "Miss Rogue-"
"Please, call me Anna" she said.
"Okay, Anna, your statement said that the guy dragged you to the roof from the lobby and threatened to kill you. And the 'hood' just showed up and rescued you. But I think we both know the 'hood' does things for a reason" he said, in a quiet voice, as if they might be overheard.
"Detective Lance I don't know why you think there's more to this than what I said. But what I said is true" Anna said.
"I'm not saying it isn't. I'm saying there's something you left out," he said. "Do you know the 'hood' and that's why he saved you?"
"I don't know him, okay? He was just there. Why? Do you know him?" Anna asked.
"It depends if you do" he said.
"Obviously you do, which is funny because you used to hunt him" Anna said.
"I'm just asking for the truth" he said.
"The truth is someone tried to kill me and the 'hood' saved my life. If you don't believe me then just go ask him" Anna said, standing and walking to the door. Detective Lance stood and walked to the door. Anna held it open and he walked out. She shut the door behind him and went up to her room.
Later That Night…
Anna finished her paperwork and turned off her computer at her desk. Again she was the last person in the building and was locking up for the night. After she locked the door she started across the road to her car. Her back pocket vibrated and beeped four times. She stopped before she got in her car and pulled out the black flip-phone the 'hood' had given her.
She sighed and flipped up the phone and put it to her hear. "Hello?"
"The man you saw murdered was John Legacy, the co-founder of Legacy Industries" a deep voice came through the speaker on the phone. Anna got in her car and quickly shut the door. "That's why they want me dead? Because I saw them kill some hot-shot millionaire?" she asked.
"Yes. And they will keep trying to kill you until they succeed" he said.
"What am I supposed to do, then? Sit here and wait for them to kill me?" she asked.
"I'll be in touch" he said, before the line went dead. Anna sighed and flipped the phone closed, and then started the car. Anna drove back to her house and parked the car in the solid-wall garage. She typed in the security code and walked inside. She reached for the lights, something hit her head, and she blacked out.
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