Embrace Of Death
Disclaimer: Had this little teaser pretty much pop into my head yesterday while Dog walking. Crossover with 'The Crow'.
Summary: A young individual brutally taken from life gains the rare chance to get justice.
On a dark and wet night in the final days of May in one of the cemetaries of Star City, Washington, a lone pitch black Crow could be seen standing atop a headstone. The faint sounds of Thunder rumbling in the distance as it crowed loudly while a light rain descended from the dark sky. This particular Crow was not standing about simply cause it suited its purposes. But rather because of a very important reason that had brought the bird there that night. Said reason being a young woman whose fingers could be seen coming from out of the ground, desperately trying to escape her way out of the ground as horrible images flashed through her mind. Images of several individuals, chief among them she faintly remembered calling himself 'Darhk', all doing a variety of horrifying things to her in a place that was meant to be safe and sound. "Oh, she still has some fight left in her. I'm impressed." The 'Darhk' one could be heard saying as these images passed through her mind.
A loud gasp for air, followed by an agonized scream pierced the mostly quiet atmosphere of the cemetary as the Crow watched on while the young woman sucked in as much air as possible after finally breaking free of the ground. Insane sounding laughter echoed in her mind as she struggled to get out of her grave. "Makes 'em that much more fun if ya ask me!"
"Good thing no one asked you then." Snidely remarked a female voice, earning a few snickers in the process.
Lightning flashed across the darkened sky as the heavily breathing young woman finally escaped her grave. Not caring one bit about the fact she was getting muddy and wet as can be as she dealt with the flashes of images in her mind. Images that were painful as can be as the figures in them tortured her in ways no one deserved. Until finally, she was shot in the head and tossed out from the window of the place that was meant to be safe and sound. She would fall until her body hit a parked car, effectively destroying her body in the process. This scene in her mind's eye caused the young woman to turn on to her back and let out a horrified and agonized scream as the Thunder rumbled and the light rain continued to hit the ground. The Crow cawed loudly as its latest Avatar laid where she was, Lightning flashing yet again. Its light revealing the young woman to be one Thea Queen as she laid where she was for what felt like a lifetime as she dealt with the horrors going through her mind's eye.
Finally, she shakily stood up and jumped when the Crow cawed again. Causing her to look at it as she hugged herself in an effort to warm her shaking body. The Crow cawed again and a faint sense of understanding swept through Thea's mind as it seemed to be trying to tell her something. But could not fully understand just yet. The Crow cawed once more and slowly, the young Queen turned and began to walk away from her gravesite. Not yet realizing that she had been dead for nearly a year, or that she had been given the chance to return to the land of the living to get justice for what was done to her.
Author's Notes: So in this, instead of Laurel dying in season 4, it was Thea. But in a much more unpleasant fashion. Unsure when I would be able to continue this due to other current projects if there's any interest from folks. Was gonna put this in its own thing but I thought I'd just place here in 'Possibilities' instead. Plus, helps preserve the character reveal til the end.