By The Gods!

Part 6

Disclaimer: Had this idea come to me recently while reading a Harry Potter/Smallville crossover. Not sure why I didn't think of it sooner.

Summary: Oliver and Roy get some upgrades thanks to a certain Greek Blacksmith.

Somewhere In Greece

"Ah! Good of you to make it, boys!" Greeted the Greek God known as Hephaestus to Oliver Queen and Roy Harper.

Oliver being his blood brother and Roy no doubt would end up becoming his brother in law once young Thea married him. And there was no doubt in his mind of that failing to happen but a question of when it would happen. "Well, mom pretty much made it abundantly clear we needed to come see you." Oliver told the partially deformed and limping God.

Roy nodded in agreement. "Helped she teleported us here without giving either of us much of a chance to say or do anything." He added as his mentor frowned a bit in annoyance over that!

An amused chuckle came from Hephaestus over what he'd been told. "It wasn't urgent but but considering what I've got for you both, I suppose for her it would be urgent. Especially considering you've yet to allow your Godhood to be unlocked, little brother."

A grimace flashed across Oliver's face. "Yes, well… Despite the uhh, time, I've had to get used to the idea, I'm just not quite ready to dive into that yet."

"Understandable, little brother."

"Oliver I get but why am I here?" Wondered Roy curiously.

His question got him a look of amusement from the much older man. "You really think young Thea is going to let you get harmed in your work when it could be avoided?"

That made the young man think on that for a moment. "Uhh… When you put it like that, I guess not." He admitted.

Hephaestus grinned. "Exactly. Now, follow you two."

Doing as told, both archers followed the limping God to another room where in the middle was a table with two large cases. One green and the other red. "Go on, what's inside those cases is tailored specifically to each of you." Hephaestus told the two and so they went to the two colored cases and opened them.

Inside their respective cases were outfits, bows, quivers, and fletchettes. The work of everything suitably impressing the two archers. "Your outfits were created from the most durable material in the world but will not hinder you in any way in your Mission. Done so that you needn't worry about being harmed by bullets or otherwise. The armbands allow for magical protections for your arms and can turn into sleeves for your jackets when the weather calls for it. Such a thing will happen on its own so you needn't worry about having to do it yourselves."

"This… This is… Wow." Roy let out in a stunned tone of voice and Oliver nodded an agreement.

Hephaestus smiled happily at this. "Little brother, the hood you are emotionally connected with is included in this outfit and as with Roy's, the hoods also provide an additional feature that makes the parts of your faces still seeable to others be unrecognizable. In addition, the domino masks I've made for your outfits will allow for your voices to sound different without the need of a device to do it. Both can not be removed by anyone unless you give permission."

"That's, that's all going to help immensely." Murmured Oliver to mostly himself.

"To continue, your bows are the most advanced anywhere in the world and are damn hard to break unless you go up against something or someone with immense power. Your quivers will also be much harder to be removed from you during a fight and are lightweight so as not to be uncomfortable for you. In addition to that, I've taken the liberty of including specialized sections in your quivers for different arrows. Which again, are lightweight so as not to cause any problems for either of you. You'll both want to familiarize yourselves with each arrow and its assigned sections before doing anything else." Strongly cautioned the God to the two.

"You, you really didn't have to do this, man." Roy told him in return after several minutes.

Not wanting to be a charity case or whatever. Hephaestus scoffed. "Nonsense! I did it because you both are family and because my creations will greatly aide you both in your Mission! Nothing more, nothing less so you can get any thoughts of this being a charity case out of your head." The God told him in a knowing manner that made Roy blush in embarrassment.

Oliver looked up at his much, much older brother with a serious look on his face and spoke. "Thank you, this is greatly appreciated and they will be used in our Mission."

"No thanks is needed, little brother. Now, get out there and kick some ass."

"You got it." Oliver told him and the two made their leaves with their cases in hand, leaving a very satisfied Hephaestus behind.

"Hmm… Wonder if I should have offered to supply their arrows and fletchettes so they wouldn't have to acquire them theirselves?"

The God thought it over for a moment and then shrugged with a smile on his lips. "Nah! Can't do everything for 'em!"

Author's Notes: Not sure I'm ever gonna do more with this idea as a story of its own but hey, at least its a fun idea to keep doing in 'Possibilities'! And I had to facepalm myself a few minutes ago when I realized after finishing this that I managed to accidentally delete a fic idea I was working on.