Cleared Out
Disclaimer: Something of another take on the whole Foreign Legion idea.
Summary: Its a highly unorthodox thing to do considering its never been done before on American soil, but these Legionnaires are the best at what they do. And clearing out the worst of Starling City's Glades area as one last assignment before retiring is gonna be another example of that.
"Oh this violence is awful." Declared Rebecca Merlyn with a shake of her head as she and her recently returned and wounded son known as Tommy Merlyn watched the news report that was talking about the recent fighting the Glades.
Tommy knew full well about what his home town's Mayor had intended for the Glades despite the fact it could get the man into a whole boat load of trouble. As using a bunch like the Foreign Legion to clear out the worst the Glades had to offer wasn't necessarily something you did in America. Instead, one would be more likely to use the National Guard to deal with the problem. But the Mayor had heard of the exceptionally well done assignments Tommy, Oliver, and their group of friends in the Legion had done and wanted them to deal with the worsening issues of the Glades. Tommy had been surprised about how bad things had gotten since no one back home had even mentioned it. But the former Playboy figured no one wanted him to worry about any of it considering he and Ollie hadn't been home in nearly 10 years as per the contract of their service in the Foreign Legion. A contract both Rebecca and Moira had tried their damndest to get broken to no avail much to their immense dismay and dislike. Both Tommy and Ollie had been talked into it by a guy named Slade Wilson who'd end up becoming both friend and fellow Soldier. Along with being their commanding officer for a time.
The Australian had managed to trick them into thinking this would let them meet even more girls in areas they had never even heard of and with an offer like that, they could hardly refuse. Sadly, the two would come to find out it was no where anything like what Slade had told them and the man had had a good laugh over their reactions. His best friend and brother in all but blood Billy Wintergreen had even had a good chuckle over it too. Needless to say, Oliver and Tommy weren't happy about any of it but a man by the name of Ra's Al Ghul, a man who held the rank of General de Division, managed to convince them to go with it. As doing this would mean they could effectively come out of the shadows of their fathers and be their own men. Earned their way through the world in a way that wasn't related to their family names and the like. Something that honestly had quite a lot of appeal to the two boys all things considered as they honestly hated the constant reminders of who sons they were. Tommy especially as his dad could kind of be a dick despite his mother's influence. And because of his interest in medicine thanks to his mother, Tommy would get to learn how to be a medic from a girl named Shado Gulong.
Who's father, Yao Fei Gulong, held the rank of General de Brigade in the Legion. And that man, along with Shado would take an interest in teaching Oliver the art of archery since they thought him to be a good fit. Which suited Tommy just fine as learning other ways to kill really didn't appeal much to him to be honest. And while Tommy had been content to remain as a Legionnairre 1e Classe, Oliver on the other hand had chosen to move up in rank as he surprisingly thrived in a variety of ways no one had really expected of him. Including Oliver himself as he achieved the rank of Sergent-chef! The two had made many friends over their time in the service of the Foreign Legion. Friends like Slade and Billy, the Yamashiros, Shado and her sister, Shado and Oliver would even get married surprisingly enough, Anatoli Knyazev, Tina Boland, John Diggle, and Ra's younger daughter Nyssa. Who was somewhat easier to get along with and less frightening then her older sister Talia. Nyssa also held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while Talia held the rank of Colonel.
Tommy would even have a fairly serious thing going on with Mei, Yao Fei's second daughter, until her unfortunate death during a particularly brutal situation with a man by the name of Konstantin Kovar. Who'd been doing a gun smuggling operation with a few terrorists the Legion had been looking to permanently put an end to. Mei's death would see Yao Fei go into retirement and for Tommy to later have something of an early retirement from his service when he was just a week away from finishing out his service following a fight with the forces of some nutjob named Felix Faust. This also interestingly enough gave him French Citizenship thanks to an old provision. And while he was glad to be home, he was disappointed about having to miss out on the Glades cleansing Oliver, Slade, Billy, Nyssa, the Yamashiros, Anatoli, Tina, John, Shado, and a decent amount of soldiers each had under their command was doing. Even though Oliver and the others thought they could handle it on their own but Ra's wasn't about to have that kind of foolishness! Even if Oliver, Slade, Tina and Anatoli had taken out an entire terrorist cell while drunk and wearing tutus once.
Which had certainly been impressive in the eyes of many including Ra's himself but they were being watched and therefore, Le Capot couldn't go in on their own! Le Capot being a name Oliver and his friends had earned thanks to the fact several of them tended to wear hoods while doing various operations. And from what Tommy knew thanks to a friend of Thea's named Sin, Thea was none too happy about the potential for her business, 'Verdant', to be destroyed in the cleansing of the criminal element of the Glades! Her husband, one Roy Harper, a former Glades gang banger until he decided to steal Thea's purse, (a story that honestly befuddled both Oliver and Tommy considerably) had had a heck of a time in getting her to calm down too! "It appears that after 48 hours of uncertainty and a great deal of violence that saw many of the people of the Glades fleeing their homes, the war to save the Glades has finally ended. How this will effect Mayor Carter Bowen considering this was his idea remains to be unclear at this time. This is Susan Williams with Starling Media."
Tommy nodded in satisfaction and happiness. Especially as he caught sight of his friends as they made their way out of the Glades! "Wait a minute… Is that Oliver!?" Gasped out Rebecca in shock.
As even with the longer hair and the Van Dyke look he had going, she could still recognize him! "Yep. And that girl he's got his arm around? That's Shado, his wife." Supplied her recently returned son and causing her to look at him in shock and then having a moment of realization.
"You… You knew this was going to happen, didn't you? Even with your experience, you were calm as this all went on."
"Yep. Just wasn't allowed to say anything."
Okay, so that was a lie but his mom didn't have to know that! "And if I hadn't been hurt cause of that Faust nutjob, I woulda been out in that too."
Rebecca gave him an unhappy look. "Well thank Heavens you weren't able to attend that then! Oh, Moira is certainly going to give that young man the riot act once she sees him! Honestly… The two of you and the Legion! Never should have been allowed to happen!"
A sigh escaped Tommy. And this is why we never said all that much in letters to you guys. Thought the man to himself as his mom continued to fret and the like.
Though he did wonder what the Lances thought of all this.
Author's Notes: Hope you guys enjoyed! And boy, researching had been fun while writing this! Yes, there will be a second part, and there is always the potential for a full on fic. Either of their time away or of the fight in the Glades. Though if someone wants, they are welcome to doing their own take of either thing. Just let me know!