So now, Oliver and I were dating, at least on a casual level. Neither of us had really opened up to each other and I wasn't sure if I liked or not. Part of me really wanted to stick to mission and kill him, but it seemed like the more that I got to know, I really liked him. Maybe Slade was wrong about it.
Of course, there was also the fact that he had betrayed Slade. I could try to get Oliver's side of the story. It wouldn't be easy because I would have to get him to trust me enough to tell me. There was also the fact that I was kind of afraid to tell him the truth about me, because if what I was feeling was real attraction towards him, him knowing the truth would change everything.
I was currently out on patrol. I was still trying to figure out who attempted to assassinate Sara. I didn't really have a lot of information. I wasn't even completely sure why I was doing it. I guess it was because I considered Sara to be a friend and I didn't like it when people made attempts on my friends' lives.
I ended up getting in a fight with some thugs. They weren't hard to defeat, but they still got some shots on me. I managed to take them down in time to get back to work. I realized that the idea of having a night job wasn't the best idea, but I hadn't planned on being a vigilante when I took the job.
I got changed and walked inside. It was then that I noticed Thea.
"Alice, can you come to my office?" She asked. Her tone made me a little bit nervous. I followed behind her, not sure what to expect.
"What's up?" I questioned.
"So, this is the third night in a row that you've been late coming back from your lunch." She said.
"I'm not the best at keeping track of time." I lied.
"I'd be more inclined to believe that if you didn't seem to come back looking like you've been in a fight." She responded. "Look, I like you and I really like you and my brother together, but I need to know what's going on and I need it to be the truth. If you can't tell me that I'm going to have to let you go."
I was a little bit surprised. I couldn't believe that I was on the verge of being fired. Yes, my job was just a cover, but I also did like it. I liked working at the club and being around Thea and Sara.
But could I really tell her. Maybe I could tell her that I was Terra without telling her everything. If she knew the truth, things might become easier. There was just one problem with it.
"If I tell you, do you promise not to tell anyone else?" I asked her. It was an important question.
"I might need to if you doing things that are hurting you." She pointed out.
"Please, if I explain, can you promise me?" I begged.
"Just tell me and then I'll decide." She replied. I sighed.
"It'd be better for me to show you." I told her as I took her to the locker room. No one was in it, so I went into my locker and started to take my clothes off.
"What are you doing?" She asked in surprise.
"Just let me change." I told her as I put my costume on. She was surprised when she saw me in it. "I'm kind of a vigilante. Now will you please not tell anyone?"
"I can't believe it." She said. "Are you sure that you should be doing this?"
"I know how to fight." I declared. Slade taught me that.
"Do you think that you can teach me?" She questioned. That was not the reaction that I was expecting.
"I don't know. I've never taught anyone anything before. Plus part of my fighting style involves my powers." I explained.
"You have powers? What kind?" She asked. I couldn't believe that she was so excited about this. Most people thought that I was a freak when I told them about my powers.
"I can't show you in here. Maybe we should get back to work and I can show you on the way home." I suggested.
The rest of the night was quiet. A good thing about getting off late was the fact that not a lot of people were out. We went by the park near my apartment being. There was a pile of dirt from where they were doing some constructed. I closed my eyes and started to moves the dirt, forming into a ball before I opened my eyes and held the ball in my hands.
"So you're a psychic?" She questioned.
"I can really only control earth." I explained. "I really don't tell too many people about it."
"Well are you going to tell my brother?" She asked. I knew that I would have to tell Oliver, but I wanted to put it off as long as possible.
"Maybe eventually. I don't want him to know because I'm not sure how he'll react to it." I replied. I had had some relationships end because of my powers. When I was younger, I told boys about them before I kissed them and that was why I didn't have my first kiss until Slade. "So, let's talk about you. Are you and Sara still a thing?"
"We never were a thing." Thea pointed out. "We just made out."
"Well do you want to be a thing with her?" I asked.
"I don't know. I've never been with a girl before and I haven't even been broken up with my ex for that long." She replied.
"It sounds to me like you're trying to talk yourself out of it." I declared. I had studied psychology when I went to college.
"Hey, look, we're at your apartment." She said.
"I think it would be better for me to walk you home." I told her. "Until you learn how to fight, it probably isn't safe."
"You do realize I'm like 20 miles from here. I was going to take a cab." She said.
"I have a better idea. Want to do something fun?" I asked.
I then created a platform big enough to hold the two of us and got onto it.
"What are you doing?" She asked. I supposed that I didn't explain that part of my powers.
"I'm giving you a lift." I told her as I pulled her onto it and then started to fly.
"I didn't know that you could fly." She replied.
"Well I'm making the platform below us fly." I explained. "I can travel up to 100mph without it breaking apart."
We soon arrived at her gate. I knew it was a bit of a walk, but I didn't want Oliver to be able to see me on the cameras.
The following day, I went to see Oliver. I wondered if there was something wrong with me how I kept gravitating toward him. I wasn't supposed to feel like I did. I was pretty sure that it had to do with more than just Oliver's looks because while he was gorgeous, there was something else that drew me to him.
"So, Thea seems like she's already planning our wedding." He joked.
"Well your sister is very passionate." I commented. "She wouldn't be bad to have as a sister-in-law though."
"So, I realize that I don't know much about your family." He remarked. I was a bit hesitant to say anything, but I realized that I didn't need to go into detail. "Do you have any siblings?"
"I have two older brothers, but I don't really talk to them." I explained. It was true. They didn't even know that I was in America. They probably wouldn't like that I had come for revenge.
"That must be hard." He commented.
"It's really not." I answered. "They just did their own things when we got older. There's not any animosity between us, but we just don't need to be near each other."
My older brother Bryan was a key person in my father's business.
"So, are you just going to not work?" I questioned. "I know your family's rich, but seems like it would get boring not having a job."
"Believe me. My life is not boring." He said with a chuckle.
That night, I began to investigate on my lunch again. It was good that my boss knew what I was doing. I couldn't help but notice that lately there had been an increase in street crime and it might be a good idea to find out why or who was responsible for it. I couldn't help but notice that there seemed to be an arms deal going down and that I should stop it.
"Gentlemen, it's good to see you." An English man declared. I couldn't help but spot something. One of the men seemed to be an undercover cop.
"Do you have the weapons?" The cop asked.
"Of course I do, Officer.." The English man did. "We're going to play a little game. I'll give you the gun and you can try to shoot me with it before I beat you to death."
The officer fired the gun and it was seemingly ineffective as the other charged at him and started to pummel him. I knew I had to stop it. I lifted a rock and shot it at him. While it didn't seem to harm him, it cause him to lose focus.
"Now, who threw that." He said as he looked in my direction. "Don't you know that you shouldn't fuck with me."
I threw some more projectiles at him and they all seemed equally ineffective. I then make the ground sink below him and rose it back it up to trap him.
"Don't you know who I am. I'm Danny Brickwell, Bitch." He said before he broke out. He then took out a gun and I realized that I was overmatched. I decided to do the smart thing: retreat.
So now I had to deal with someone who was more skilled than anyone that I ever fought before. It was like when I used to spar with Slade, except Slade could be injured. He could just heal. (But couldn't regenerate an eye.) I would need help, but I didn't want to go Sara again.
So, I went to his right-hand woman Felicity Smoak. She worked for Ray Palmer, who had bought Queen Consolidated and renamed it Palmer Tech. I found her alone in the parking garage.
"Felicity Smoak." I said to her.
"Oh my god. You're that earth-moving girl." She said in surprise. "What do you want?"
"My name is Terra." I told her. "I need your help. There's a man in the Glades named Danny Brickwell. He's seemingly invulnerable to all attacks. I need the help of the Arrow. I'm sorry for cornering you like this, but I don't have a way to contact him directly."
"Maybe I should give you his phone number or something." She suggested. I assumed it was a different phone than Oliver's because he was smarter than that.
"Just tell him that I'd like to see him." I replied.
The meeting was going to be after I got off work. We probably wouldn't be able to do anything, but my lunch was almost over.
"Why did you want to see me?" He asked.
"I've met someone who may be too tough for me to handle by myself." I stated. "His name is Danny Brickwell. He's super strong and apparently invulnerable to projectiles. I buried him up to his neck in asphalt and he still escaped.
"You know it's not the easiest to trust you if you don't tell me who you are." He pointed out.
"I could say the same thing." I argued. "Maybe there will be a day when we know each other's identities, but for right now, we're just going to have to trust each other."
"Well how do you plan on taking him down?" He asked.
"I don't know. I was hoping that you would be able to help me with that." I responded. I couldn't help but be annoyed and if I didn't know that it was Oliver that I was dealing with, I would be more annoyed.
"I think I have an idea." He told me. "You're gonna need more than just me."
So Thea found out about Terra's identity, but not her real name. Also Brick appeared and there's a reference to another Vinnie Jones roles. The main villain of the story will be revealed soon. Please don't forget to review.