A Wolverine

In Starling

Disclaimer: Got to watching the Wolverine movie that came out a year or two ago and got to thinking about a thing or two. Which brings this pretty much. Oh yeah, I own nothing but what you see here. Takes place in season 2 with Alive!Tommy cause why not? And him and Laurel are all happy bunnies and what not.

Summary: He's the best there is at what he does and he's now in Starling.

Verdant

A man with black hair sticking up on the sides and some rather hairy side burns could be seen sitting at the bar table of Glades club known as Verdant. He was wearing brown boots, blue jeans, a brown jacket, a red button up shirt, a white sleeveless shirt under it. A lit cigar could be seen in his mouth too as he sat there and played with his shot glass that still had some whiskey in it. This man was Logan aka The Wolverine. A mutant and member of the X-Men, a team that fights to protect their fellow mutants in a world that is largely against them for the most part. Why was he here in Starling City and Verdant itself you ask? On the search for a particular person of course!

"You look like you got a lot on your mind." Came the voice of a girl and shaking the man out of his thoughts.

"Uhh yeah, you could say that." Hell he sometimes wondered if he made a mistake in not staying in Japan with Mariko. Granted he could always go back and be welcomed back quite happily.

Something Yukio no doubt would agree with too if she was in here with him instead out and about knocking heads together in this part of the city. "Girl troubles huh?" The bartender wondered if said girl was having issues with his rather hairy appearance considering she herself didn't really go for that kind of thing.

"Somethin' like that. Plus, someone I'm waitin' on is a little late." Grumbled the man but at least it wasn't a real serious thing like life or death.

"Yeah? Reminds me of someone I know." Remarked the girl with a smile as she fondly thought of her older brother.

Of course, speak of the Devil and he shall appear! And in a stylin' suit no less! "And here I was just talking about you Ollie."

"Must not have been a lot of talk as my ears aren't burning too much." Joked Oliver as he sat down at the bar table.

Thea rolled her eyes at him in return. "Hmmph, 'bout time ya showed up pal."

"Sorry Logan, had a few things to take care of before I could get here." Like getting out of his Arrow suit and getting cleaned up so it didn't look like he'd been in a fight or two.

Logan, not sensing any deceit from the blonde next to him, just nodded his head. "Right."

"Wait, you two know each other!?" Asked Thea in complete surprise.

Oliver just smiled and nodded at his sister. "Yep, old friends actually."

"Cause if fightin' fer yer lives doesn't make ya a new pal, then I don't know what to tell ya." Spoke up Logan as he downed the last of his whiskey.

Now that definitely had Thea intrigued. "That sounds like quite the story there boys."

Oh it was, but it wasn't something that would let her sleep real easily anytime soon if she heard it. Bad enough she knew he's the vigilante thanks to Tommy's insistence that someone other then Diggle, himself, and Felicity knew. "But it won't be told today as nightmares are the last thing I want you having Speedy."

Yikes, probably why he has a few of those scars…

Getting up from his chair, he told Logan to come with him. "And Speedy? Let Tommy know where I am in case he manages to find a minute to come out of the office." A thumb's up was his answer and he smiled at her as the two men made their way to a certain door.

"Cute kid. Definitely see why ya missed her." Made him think of certain teenagers back at Xavier's too.

"Yep, Thea's definitely one of a kind." Remarked Oliver as they went downstairs as he wanted to bring his old friend in on what he was doing here Starling.

Logan's presence, along with Yukio's would certainly be a big help to Team Arrow and their League allies later that year during Slade's siege of the city with the Mirakuru army. Even though it had been highly unpleasant for the practically immortal mutant due to his claws being bone now thanks to Mariko's grandfather.

Author's Notes: Good? Bad? A mix of both? May do a follow up that'll include Diggle's reactions to Logan being in the basement as I figure he would be somehow familiar with the man thanks to Lyla working for ARGUS. I am gonna see about making the next chapter be a follow up for A Blonde and a Russian Walk Into A Precinct as I imagine there's been a few of you looking forward to more of that.