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Chap 12: Paranoia

Oliver drove out to the secluded forest that lies outside the city. Only knowing that his host at dinner is not who he says he is. Turning on the gravel driveway, the intricate gates opened on their own. There was grinding and shrill creaking that would make anyone flinch. Driving through the two brick pillars, the small gargoyles on top seemed to follow the car with beady black eyes. They even seemed to turn their heads as if alive.

The straight driveway became a turn around with a small forest biome in the center. There seemed to be green vultures in the trees, but when Oliver tried to get a closer look they disappeared. Walking up towards the door there was a feeling of foreboding and danger. Reaching for the doorbell he rang it twice.

The door opened to a well-dressed gentleman in a fancy black suit. His hair was a grayish silver pulled back into a low ponytail. "Welcome, Mr. Queen." He said smug and full of confidence.

"Mr. Masters, it's good to finally meet you."

"Come in, welcome. Dinner will be out soon." Oliver followed Vlad into the dining room.

"First, I must ask; what were you working on before losing your company?"

"Alternative energy."

There was a ring of a bell throughout the room. "That's dinner, please follow me." Oliver sat near the end of the table, Vlad stood neat the middle. "Let's not be strangers." Oliver stood back up and sat in the chair across from Vlad. As the food was laid on the table, water and wine was poured.

"What is your plan for the weapons?" Oliver asked wanting to get this started and over with.

"As the weapons will be made, ecto-energy is an alternate use of energy. Once the weapons are made they can either be given to the government for mass production or be given to the citizens."

'He's trying to start up the GIW again, even if the government shuts it down. Vlad can easily keep it up, leaving Danny vulnerable for another attack.' "How dangerous is the energy to humans?"

"There will be no harm done. Although a requirement to build these weapons would be radiation resistant jumpsuits."

"Radiation?" There was a pressure on Oliver's mind before things became clear again.

"Ectoplasm can be harmful if care in not taken seriously. Once it is converted into the energy it is easy."

"I see and when will this be started."

"We can let your human resources department know of the plan and they will give you your company back. I assure you it will happen."

"I agree to the terms stated."

Vlad placed his hands into his pocket before placing them back onto the table. "Now, let's enjoy our dinner."

The time was close to eight when Oliver left back towards the foundry. On the way, his mind was fuzzy from the previous events, the pressure from earlier returned. 'Just a headache.' He thought fighting it.

When he got to Felicity, he was tired. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"I'll be fine." He glanced over to Danny, who was holding a belt like thing. "What are you working on?"

"A device that shocks ghosts if they touch you."

"Does that include halfas?"

"Yep, in both forms."

"Good." Oliver turned to suit up for patrol. Danny stood up and walked over staying a few feet away. "Oliver, are you sure you are okay?" he asked. Oliver turned meeting his calculating gaze and Roy's questioning gaze toward Danny.

"I'm fine. Roy let's go." Oliver walked around the two, both of the boys did not miss the glare toward the halfa.

Roy turned towards Danny, "That wasn't like him."

"I know, my instinct is telling me that there is something wrong. So far it has been keeping me alive. I need you to keep a careful watch on him when you're out."

"You know what is wrong?"

"I think so, just hope I'm wrong."

"If you're right?"

"I need to get those Specter Deflectors made. Then, I'm going to have it recognize my ecto-signature so it doesn't shock me."

"There's a ghost controlling him?"

"Basically. The power is called Overshadow, and if the ghost is skilled enough they can reach your memories."

"Similar when you travelled into our dreams?"

"Between me and Vlad, I'm pretty sure I'm the only one able to do that."

"He's the one overshadowing him."

"A duplicate maybe."

"Roy! Let's go!" Oliver called making the other two at the computer jump. Roy walked out the door following Oliver.

"What just happened?" Felicity asked.

Danny ignored her and walked over to the table before answering. "A few problems just decided to grow." He sat down picking up his tool. "I have it handled."

Two hours passed when Roy returned without Oliver. "Don't ask, he told me to come back." He stated putting his bow down. Danny turned back towards the device, welding the last part together. He picked it up then dropped it from the shock. "Are you okay?" Roy asked seeing the reaction.

Danny did a thumbs up. "It works."

Diggle came over and picked it up, not getting shocked. They looked at him, "If a ghost touches me then the ghost will get shocked?" Diggle asked moving towards Danny, who backed away.

(Line Break)

Oliver and Diggle were sparing while Roy was doing target practice. "Danny, Oliver; will you come over here for a moment?" Felicity asked from the computers. Danny stood next to her while Oliver stood behind her. "What would that be?" she played the tape and what seemed like a shadow cross over the camera.

"It could be someone dressed in black." Oliver stated. "It's nothing." Felicity looked up surprised at his answer.

"It could be a number of ghosts, including a bad luck shadow." Danny said watching the video on repeat. He turned up to see a little bit of red in Oliver's eyes just as a blue wisp appeared. Danny turned around with a low powered ecto-blast in hand. The built up energy made contact with Oliver, causing him to get forced back. Felicity whipped around at Danny's movement. There was a figure that hit a pillar as Oliver's body slumped. Roy and Diggle ran over to help lower Oliver to the ground.

Danny stood up, the others watched him walk over to the ghost that looked like a vampire. "Leave them out of this, your fight is with me." Danny threatened eyes glowing brightly.

"You can't do anything, little badger. The deal is already agreed on, you can't always destroy a recording." The duplicate stated before disappearing.

Oliver groaned from where he was, he sat up confused. "What happened? The last two days are a blur."

"You were overshadowed." Danny stated kneeling down. "Blame Vlad."

Oliver stood up leaning on a table. "It was at the dinner, I was asking about the safety and felt a pressure."

"If a deal is recorded is that accepted towards business?" Danny asked concerned.

"Some allow it if the one person isn't there. QC accepts that if recorded through the phone." Danny pushed his hands through his hair in frustration. "Why do you ask?"

"Vlad may have overshadowed you to get the deal recorded."

"Damn it." Oliver stood up walking over to the wooden dummy.

"Maybe we can destroy the recorder." Felicity stated.

"Vlad's resourceful, he probably has multiple copies." Oliver stated taking his frustration out on the dummy. Felicity looked at him sadden, before turning around to her screens.

'There's only one way to find out.' Danny thought as the foundry turned dark.

I have absolutely no idea if a recording of a deal is possible for business, it just happened.