Long Live

The Queen!

Disclaimer: You know it is, nothing is owned by me but the general idea. This is set around sometime after Ray's acquired Queen Consolidated and Thea is home. Now in the words of Ivan Ooze… LET'S GET STICKY!

Summary: Moira survived Slade's shish kabobing of her with his sword only to wind up in a coma. She awakes months later and is not happy!

For several months, one Moira Dearden Queen, mother of Oliver and Thea Queen had been in a coma at Starling General after getting stabbed in the gut by a homicidal nut job by the name of Slade Wilson. Who Moira had come to realize had a vendetta against her son over some girl they both knew on the island. And judging by the way they had talked, the poor girl seemed to have met an untimely end there as well judging by how irrational Wilson was being. It was a miracle Moira had survived Slade's stabbing of her, even if it had wound up putting her in a coma. But today, today was going to be different as the sleeping Queen would finally awaken and the pillars of Heaven would shake from her fury when she learned of what had gone on in her time away from the world.

Now you might be wondering how exactly Oliver and Thea were able to keep her in a hospital bed and its mostly thanks to an anonymous source that was actually Malcolm Merlyn, plus Walter Steele who clearly had no idea about Malcolm of course. Walter may not be married to her anymore, but he still cared a lot for the woman and as well as her children. And providing the funds necessary for her stay at the hospital was the least he could do for her and the kids. He knew though that when she woke up, he'd be one of the ones her ire would be centered on since he wasn't able to do enough to keep Queen Consolidated in the family. Its not like it was his fault however since Ray Palmer was evidently quite more inspiring then first believed!

The fluttering of eyelids could be seen as for the first time in months, Moira opened her eyes fully with a groan, along with a pain filled groan when she tried to cover her eyes from the glare of the light despite the fuzzyness in her vision. As her hand had some attachments to it that helped provide nutrients and other things to her while she slept. "Where… Where am I?" She uttered with a dry throat and hoped that she wasn't somehow a captive of that lunatic who stabbed her with a sword of all things.

Looking around at her surroundings while trying to do her best to shake off the fuzzyness in her vision, she realized she had a call button she could use and decided to make use of it with her other hand that was thankfully attachment free. It wasn't long until a nurse came running in either. "Oh! Well hello there Mrs. Queen! Its good to see you awake after 6 months in a coma!" The girl said cheerfully, causing Moira's eyes to widen in surprise at hearing how long she was in a coma.

Six months!? From a stabbing of all things!? She thought incredulously.

The girl continued on unaware of the older woman's inner monologue, helpfully informing her that an injury to her head after she fell rather hard to the ground after being stabbed had contributed to her rather long stay in a coma. Which made a lot more sense for the woman now that she knew that. Doctor Lamb soon appeared as well after the nurse alerted him to Moira's awakening. "Ah, Mrs. Queen, its good to see you awake at last. And my have you missed out on quite a bit while you slept." He commented, leaving the woman to wonder just what exactly she missed and hoped any of what she missed wasn't horrible.

"W-water..." The formerly comatose mother got out weakly, which quickly got the nurse still there on the job for the poor woman.

Taking the cup of water gratefully as the two health professionals did their checks on the mother of two, she sipped the water gingerly so as to not possibly aggravage her throat further. The water was a boon to her dry throat and made it so much more easier to talk. "Thank you young lady." The girl sent her a beaming smile in return.

"I must say you've recovered quite well in the time you've been asleep since the attack on your person. Though with the loss of Queen Consolidated, its been something of a mystery as to how your children were able to fund the costs of your stay here." Lamb told her, not even really thinking about the fact that Moira wouldn't even know about that particular bit of information.

When he looked at her, his face went from a smile to a frown as he realized what he had just said as he saw the look of shock on the woman's face. "Oh. Oh my, forgive me for saying something I shouldn't have."

"We… We lost the company!?" Moira asked incredulously and a strong amount of worry because if her family lost that, what else could have been lost!?

Dr. Lamb could only nod at her in return. "Yes, I'm afraid so. After your son signed over to his co-partner Isabel Rochev to take care of matters for him due to his focus being on Thea's safe return, she later made a move to fully take over and oust him in the process. However, it was also later revealed that she was working alongside Slade Wilson before her death during the Siege of the city the man brought down upon us." Oh my, no wonder the man found it a mystery for how her children were able to provide the necessary funds to keep her here. Especially if Rochev went a bit further than just taking over Queen Consolidated. The nerve of that utter bitch!

Moira had a feeling however that Malcolm was the one behind the funding, not that she intended to reveal that particular tidbit since it would raise far, far too many questions. But if the Bitch was dead now and oh did that thought give her immense pleasure, why hadn't Oliver regained the company? He surely couldn't be dead, could he? And if he wasn't, did he merely not bother because of his more nightly activities? Which if that was the case and he was alive, she was going to have some very strong words with him! It was one thing to do what he did out of the kindness of his heart, but it was another to do what he could to ensure that the family business remained in tact and theirs, not anyone else's.

"If Miss Rochev is of the dearly departed, then what is the current situation with Queen Consolidated then? Surely my son has regained control?" No one needed better hearing to understand her feelings on the matter of Isabel Rochev's death, matter of fact when she said 'dearly' it had left shivers down the nurse's spine and hoped she NEVER had that sort of tone aimed her way!

Here, Dr. Lamb looked a bit nervous as he really didn't want to face the woman's potential wrath of being the bearer of bad news. "Um… Well… You see. Your son, alongside Walter Steele did what they could to re-gain control of the company. But from all accounts, it was said that Ray Palmer of Palmer Tech came from out of nowhere at the last minute." The man informed her and she didn't need him to say more for she could see where that had gone. And she didn't like it one bit, no sir not at all.

There was going to be Hell to pay just as soon as she got out of here. For NO ONE took what was her's or her family's and got away with it scot free. "I see. Thank you Dr. Lamb." She responded cooly while thinking of the ways she was going to take this Ray Palmer to task for DARING to take what wasn't his. The Board would also need a damn good talking with as well for having even allowed it to happen. And research would be done before she charged in to take back what was hers.

Author's Notes: Oh my, it seems Mrs. Queen is about to be on the warpath! And here's a question I finally remembered I wanted to ask, why exactly does anyone ship Quentin/Donna when there's been NO interaction between the two so far? I could understand it if the two had some interaction and things seemed to be hitting off nicely between the two but still. Anywho… R and R!