Here is part 2. Yes, they know about Emiko. That's the sister Sean was referring to. This chapter will continue the first volley's and conclude with the take down of Martin Sommers.
First Volley's Part 2
Hunt is pacing back and forth in his office. The deadline has passed, and he knows one or both of those archer's is coming for him. He turns to two of his guards. "The two of you cover the elevator. Be locked and loaded. Be in the corners and look sharp." Hunt presses a button on his desk and electronic locks engaged on the office doors. "There is no way either of them is getting in here." Little did he know how wrong he was. A few minutes later Hunt and the guards inside the office heard gunfire down the hall. Outside the office the Shadow had exited the elevator and engaged about a dozen guards. They opened fire but Shadow dodged and fired his arrows in fluid motion disabling 6 of them and then knocked the rest out with punches and kicks to the head. 15 men reinforcements surged down the hallway, but Shadow defeated them easily.
Inside the Hunt's eyes widened at the sound of gunfire and fighting in the hall. Then silence was heard and he really feels scared. His men gripped their guns and aim for the door. Outside the Shadow uses his suit's A.I. to unlock the doors. He then kicks the doors open and upon being seen the guards open fire knowing they can hit him when he is standing in the doorway. To their and Hunt's astonishment the bullets just bounce off the intruder's suit, one even fired at the opening of his hood and the bullet just passed through and hit the wall on the other side. Seeing this Hunt's eyes widened even further with terror. Shadow struck back with arrows in fluid motion and inside of 2 minutes all the guards had been taken out with minor injuries. Shadow aimed at Hunt and fired the arrow whistling passed his head and imbedding in the wall behind him. "You missed!" Hunt gloated. Shadow smirked looking at the blinking arrow. "Did I?" His suit's A.I. alerted him to movement from behind. "He's here detectives! Help!" Hunt shouted and Shadow turned to the advancing detectives and swat team. Dets. Lance and Hilton took point. "All units converge! Lay down your weapons or we will open fire!" Lance stated. He and all the officers aimed their weapons. Shadow jumps out the nearest window, engages stealth and glide mode, the nanites form a rigid cape and Shadow glides over to the roof of the building. The detectives run to the window and see he is gone. Hilton is shocked, he looked at Lance. "Tell me you saw that?!" Lance nodded. "I did. Let's move!"
The Party- 75 minutes ago-happened concurrently with the events across the street.
Oliver was explaining what Sean was talking about to Thea, Laurel, Tommy, John, and Dinah. He explained how the two of them and their father made it to the life raft and drifted for days, but in the end, there was only enough food and water for two people, so their father shot himself in the head. Thea, Laurel, and Dinah had tears in their eyes, while Tommy and John looked solemn. After they made it to the island and buried dad they were attacked. Oliver received an arrow in the shoulder and passed out. Sean on the other had caught the arrow aimed at him. After he came to in cave, he turned to see Sean conversing in Cantonese with a man. Sean explained that the man's name was Yao Fei.
Yao Fei explained the island was used by the Chinese Government and Asian-Pacific neighbors to dump their worst criminals, so they didn't have to perform executions, essentially let the inmates kill each other. That's why he attacked them. He explained how he was a Chinese General who set up and sent to the island. Over the next year Sean and Fei taught Oliver how to survive and gathered allies. Some people on the island were innocent like Fei and they joined up with these three to survive. Unfortunately, Sean had resort to brutal methods, which had already been explained. One of their allies was and Australian agent name Slade Wilson. He was on a mission to rescue Fei and was shot down. Their group had managed to stop a group of mercenaries on the island from shooting down a commercial airplane.
About a month after that a Japanese's prison plane air dropped a person on the island. Their group went to pick them up. Sean and he found out that her name was Emiko. What shocked and outraged them wasn't just the fact she was their paternal half-sister. During interrogation she told them that their shared father kicked her mother and herself to the curb when she was 12. He did this because Moira Queen told him to do so or face divorce proceedings and never their children again. The others looked at him in a mixture of shock and outrage. Oliver told them that through her connections Emiko had found out there was a plot to place a bomb on the Gambit. She had met with dad a few days before seeking his approval, but he rejected her again, so she let him go to his death. About three months after the boat sank her mother was brutally raped and murdered in the Glades. Which from Sean's assessment derailed Emiko's mental stability. Two months before she dropped on the island, she had unleashed a chemical weapon in the Tokyo Subway System. Emiko was arrest for Terrorism, the murder of three hundred people, and the attempted murder of millions. She then stated she intends to kill them, get off this island, kill Moira and Thea, and then take what is rightfully hers. Sean pointed out to her what happened to her isn't his, Oliver's and Thea's fault. While she agreed, her mind had been shattered. She escaped, but not before wounding Oliver, and ran to the other criminal bands on the island. This led to massive fight between their group and all the other groups on the island that Emiko had united. Many of their allies died including Fei. In the end, despite his best efforts to get her change her mind, Sean was forced to kill Emiko. The others stared at Oliver in shock. They buried her, Fei, and their allies in the same area they buried dad.
A week after that a freighter known as the Amazo arrived at the island with Dr. Anthony Ivo. He was there looking for an old Imperial Japanese Army WW2 Project called Mirukuru (Miracle). To Oliver's surprise when he was captured and taken aboard, he saw that Sara was alive. She been picked up by them. Ivo demanded the location of the Japanese Sub that ran aground here during the war. In a series of events Oliver managed to get Sara away from Ivo and his men and reunite with their allies including Sean. Sean and Sara were overjoyed to see each other again. Slade had been badly hurt; he needed the Mirukuru to survive. The got the formula and inject him with it. Ivo caught up with them and killed Shado when he made Sean choose between her and Sara. Ivo and his men to the formula and left. Slade revealed he was alive. The drug had healed him completely, seeing his girlfriend dead, he was told that Ivo killed her. Shado was buried in their little cemetery. Sara explained the effects of the formula on the mind, how it warps a person's brain. If Slade was told how Shado really died, he may not take it the way he would have without the formula in his system. Almost a year later she was proven right. Ivo lied to Slade, and he chose to punish Sean. He chained him up by his wrists and painfully put Shado's dragon tattoo on his left shoulder blade as a reminder, and the Slade forced Sean to watch as he tortured Sara to death. Laurel had tears in her eyes, hearing what had happened to her sister. Sean managed to get free. He fought Slade and decapitated him. They burned Slade's remains and buried Sara on the island. The others just sat there with different thoughts and emotions.
Before anyone could say anything, Dets. Lance and Hilton stormed in with the swat team. "Search the building top to bottom. Find him! Starling City P.D.! This party is over." Lance stated. Oliver came over. "Detective this is a private party!" "Really? There was an incident at Adam Hunt's building. He was attacked by one of those guy's who saved you and Sean's asses the other day. Do you know anything about that?" "Some guy in a green or black hood? Can't say that we have." Sean stated walking over. Oliver then proceeded to offer a $2 million reward for any one at the party who had seen these two. The detectives and swat team left.
The next morning Hunt was in his office on the phone. "What the fuck are you talking about? $50 million doesn't just disappear! It's untraceable?! Find it!" He hanged up the phone. "How did he do it?" he didn't see the black arrow, with a modem and transmitter, on the wall behind his desk. Hunt proceeded to access his bank accounts only to find that they are frozen. The phone his desk rang it was his assistant who had more bad news for him. She had received an email alert telling her his paper assets had been terminated and his house has gone into foreclosure. Hunt's eyes widen in shock and starts ranting, telling assistant to find out what is going on. While he was on the phone the doors to his office opened. A few FBI agents were there. "Adam Hunt you are under arrest for fraud, embezzlement, multiple counts of assault and murder, money laundering, and tax evasion." One the agents said. It turns out his financial portfolio was given to the IRS field office in Olympia, Washington, while evidence of his other crimes was sent to the FBI field office in Olympia. A federal warrant was put out his arrest. Hunt has lost everything and is now going to federal prison for the rest of his life. While this happening Judge Grell has been removed from the bench and arrested on charges of aiding and abetting a felon, corruption, and accepting bribes both Grell and Hunt are being sent to Olympia to await trial. As he is being hauled out of his office building a swarm of reporters came asking him a lot of questions. Hunt ignores them as he is being led to the car. Grell is facing the same as he is being led to a car by agents from the courthouse.
Queen Mansion-Sean's room
Sean is watching the live broadcast of Hunt and Grell being arrested by the FBI, Oliver walks in and sees the news. He looks at his brother and sees Sean smirking. "Sean did you intended for the transmitter to do that?" "Yes, Oliver I did. Hunt and Grell had to be dealt with. Giving the people who Hunt ripped off back the money wasn't enough. If we want to clean up this city, then we can't just target the people on the list. We must target city officials who are aiding them as well and get all of them arrested for their crimes." Oliver contemplated what his brother said and nodded. "Your right Sean." "Adam Hunt and Judge Grell were just the first ones, there are more, I know Sean and I won't rest until all on the list are dealt with. But I also must keep an eye on my brother, especially since last night when he blew up at Thea." Oliver thought. He looks at Sean in concern
CNRI- Concurrently
"If in theory $50,000 just magically appears in your bank account, it might be best that you don't speak about it to anyone. God bless you too. I got a call from one of our clients against Adam Hunt. They were expressing their sincerest gratitude." Laurel said to Johanna who smiled. "I did too. It looks like Starling City has a guardian angel. What a week huh? You get your boyfriend back and we get a lucky break in the case." Laurel smiled, the fact that she and Oliver had worked things out was the highlight of her week. "Yeah, I feel the happiest I've felt in the longest time. We are back together but we are taking things slowly. We both understand that 5 years is a long time, so we are going to get to know each other again." Johanna smiled and was about to speak when a coworker beat her to it. "Someone turn on the news, I heard it driving over." Joseph Blake said. He turned on the tv to the news.
The headline said Adam Hunt and Judge Grell arrested. Johanna and Laurel gasped, then like everyone else listened intently. Tv anchorwoman. "Reports are coming in that Adam Hunt and Judge Grell have been arrested by the FBI. Hunt has been arrested for fraud, embezzlement, multiple counts of assault and murder, money laundering, and tax evasion. While Judge Grell has been removed from the bench and arrested on charges of aiding and abetting a felon, corruption, and accepting bribes. Both men were apprehended this morning at 11:00am pacific time." Shows Hunt being lead away from his office building, while Grell is being lead away from the courthouse still in his robes. "Both men are being sent to Olympia, Washington to be tried in federal court. Speaking with Hunt's assistant, Priscilla Johnson, we have learned the as part of the warrant Hunt's bank accounts have been frozen, his paper assets have been terminated, and his house has gone into foreclosure. We will have more later as the story unfolds." Laurel, Johanna, and their coworkers looked stunned. Laurel could not believe that this has happened. Never less she feels hope for the city for the first time in years. She looks around and sees the same look on the faces of her coworkers.
Elsewhere
Moira is there speaking with an unknown man. "The police haven't identified the men I hired to kidnap Oliver and Sean. They will not be able to. Should we set up another abduction?" "No, there are other ways of finding out what my son's know. Tell Malcolm that for now my sons are of no threat to us." The thug nods and leaves to inform Malcolm.
Rooftop- that night
The Shadow and Arrow jump down on the roof. They quickly dispatch the 7 guards with arrows and well-placed kicks. The duo quickly advanced on their target: Marcus Redmond who cowered in terror. "Whoa, whoa! Wait, please wait! The duo backed Redmond against the edge of the building and Shadow throws him onto a ventilator fan below. The duo jumps down next to him. Arrow kicks open the grate covering the fan and forces Redmond's head toward fan, while Shadow places the edge of his sword against his neck. "Marcus Redmond, you have failed this city!" The duo said in unison. "Please! God! Don't kill me, please!" "Use your cellphone in the inner left pocket of your jacket to call your partner. Tell him to give those pensioners their money back, understand?!" Redmond whimpered and nodded. "Okay I'll do. Just don't kill me please!" The duo jumped off the ventilator fan and leave the roof.
Queen Mansion- Next Morning
Sean and Oliver walked into the living room where Moira was sitting in a chair, Walter was standing behind the chair and Thea was sitting on the couch. They were watching the news. Tv Anchorman: "Over the past 15 years, Marcus Redmond had withdrawn more than 30 million dollars from the plan's account. Mr. Redmond has stated that refunding the Halcyon Pension Plan was always his intent. But sources say that Redmond was coerced by the vigilantes." Oliver shakes his head. "These guys get more air-time than the Kardashians, right?" Thea looks at her brother. "5 years on an island and you know who they are." Sean smirked. "We've been catching up. It's good to see that our culture has improved while we were gone." "No, the city used to be different. The people used to feel safe." Moira stated and Sean flinched a little knowing that this is Malcolm's doing. Thea snickers. "Oh, what's the matter, Mom? Afraid that we're next?"
Walter explains to the brothers what the need to do in the courtroom and then they will be declared legally alive. Oliver sates how he has been in a courtroom before. Sean rolls his eyes at that statement remembering what type of person his brother used to be. Dinah and Diggle and escorted everyone to the cars. When they arrive at the courthouse, which was across the street from Queen Tower, there was a swarm of reporters asking all the usual questions.
Courtroom
Oliver begins. "There was an intense storm and the boat went down. My father, my brother, and I were the only ones to make it to the life raft." Oliver looked at Sean who took over. "We had drifted for days, in the end there wasn't enough supplies for three people, our father shot himself in the head so we could live. We floated for what felt like weeks, both of us thought we were going to die, but then we saw the island." Sean paused for a moment. "When we landed on the island, we buried our father and then we were attacked by man. Oliver was already out but using my mixed martial arts skills I defeated the man, who was clearly Chinese, and I asked why he attacked us. His name was Yao Fei and explained the Island was called Lian Yu, which is Chinese for Purgatory. He attacked us because he thought we were inmates that had been air dropped on the island. He explained that the Chinese Government and its Asian Pacific neighbors dump their worst criminals here and let them kill each other." There was a collective gasp in the courtroom. "Since we didn't know where we were. He realized that Oliver and I were castaways. Fei apologized and took us to his cave for safety. When Oliver came to Fei and I explained to him what was going on, where we were, and the danger we were in. We all agreed to work together to survive against the other inmates, who had formed their own little groups." Sean finished and their family lawyer spoke. "Your Honor, we move vitiate the death-in-abstentia filed after Sean and Oliver's disappearance at sea aboard the Queen's Gambit five years ago. Regretfully, we will not be filing one for their father."
The Judge declared Oliver and Sean legally alive again. In the hall of the courthouse Moira turns tow her sons. "Now, onto to the office. Everyone is waiting to meet you, Sean." "Mom, can we do that tomorrow, please? That was more grueling than I thought." "Of course, just remember that our family lawyer will be at the house at 1:00pm to go over your father's will." We'll be there mom." Sean stated. Moira, Walter, and Thea head towards the car. Oliver and Sean make their way to the exit and bump into Laurel. Oliver smiled. "Hey Laurel!" She returned the smile and kissed him deeply. "Hey you!" "What are you doing here?" "My job, well more like the D.A.'s. I'm sorry I wasn't there." she stated. Oliver smiled and kissed her on the cheek. "It's okay, I know you have work to do."
Laurel proceeded to introduce Johanna and their client Emily to Oliver and Sean. The brothers gave the usual pleasantries and left the courthouse. Outside they noticed the reporters had swarmed around a man they recognized as Martin Somers. "I don't know what could have done to be targeted by Ms. Lance and her bosses at her firm. Only things I know for sure is that I am an honest businessman, and I will fight this slander to my last breath and dime. That's all I have to say." Somers stated. The reporters saw the Queen Brothers and swarmed over to them. Thankfully, Dinah and Diggle kept them back and the four of them got into the car.
Queen Mansion-1:00pm
They had all gathered in the dining room. Their family attorney, Holland Mathers, stared reading Robert's will. "I leave to my wife Moira a $80 million dollar trust to use as she sees fit. To my daughter Thea I leave a trust of $500 million dollars and the same amount to my son Oliver. As for the rest of my estate: The mansion and all other properties, the 100% shares of Queen Consolidated, entire Fabergé Egg collection and other art works, other stocks and bonds, and the Queen Family Fortune to my son Sean. Please note I love all my children the same (Sean, Oliver, and Thea rolled their eyes) but Sean is the most responsible of your three. That's why I left pretty much everything to him." Holland finished the will. "Well, that's that. All the four of you need to do is sign and I'll file the paperwork." They did and everyone thanked him for his time, and he left. "Sean, you should really meet with the board. You are the owner of the company." Walter stated. Sean nodded. "I will in a few days. I need you to compile what's been going on with the company in the last 5 years. I would like to review it before I meet with the board." Walter nodded and left to get to work.
The Lair-1 hour before sundown
Oliver and Sean are practicing. Sean stops and goes over to the computer to look up Martin Somers. He owned the shipping company Starling Port and owned half of the Starling City Docks. This made them a competitor of Queen Shipping that owned the other half of the docks. Somers has been accused of taking bribes from the Chinese Triads to use his docks for their smuggling operations in the city (drugs, weapons, and human trafficking to name a few) and now he is being accused of murdering one of his workers who found out. Sean told Oliver what Somers has been accused of. "Laurel's targeted one of the worst of Starling City, with accusations like this its no wonder why he is on the list." Sean nodded. "The police and the D.A. can't stop him. Plus rattling his cage rattles the Triad's cage. Your girlfriend has painted a target on her back." Sean stated. "Your right bro, but she has Arrow and Shadow to help. I'll take this, you should go home and look over those files you wanted Walter to get you." Sean was about to protest but decided against it and went home.
Starling Port Warehouse-Night
Somers: "Listen to me! The longer this goes on the more the media is going to find reasons to crucify me! Do what I pay you for and shut this trial down now, do you understand me?!" His lawyer nods. The lights flicker, blows can be heard, and men groaning. The lights come back on. Somers sees a green arrow lodged in his desk. He is knocked out and when he comes to, he is hanging upside down.
"Martin Somers, you have failed this city." Arrow states. Somers stares at Arrow. "Who the hell are you?!" Arrow lodges an arrow in his bow and aims at Somers, who now looks scared. "Wait! No, no, no!" Arrow shoots and the arrow imbeds in the wall beside Somers's head (the arrow cut his cheek in the process). "You're going to testify in that trial. You're going to confess to having Victor Nocenti killed and to all your dealings with the Triads, there won't be a second warning."
Queen Mansion- Night
Moira is giving Diggle and Dinah an earful about not protecting her sons. The countered on how they keep ditching them. Sean and Oliver walked in the room, explained where they had been, and promised not to ditch their guards again. After Moira left the room, their bodyguards told them they will quit if they are ditched again.
Starling Port Warehouse-Next day
Dets. Lance and Hilton were there investigating a 911 call made be one of Somers's workers. The worker said that last night that an archer in green hood attacked Somers last night. Somers denied it of course. But one of the officers found a green arrow. It matched the incision in Somers's desk. Clearly indicting he was attacked last night. Somers's reminded Det. Lance that his daughter was suing him. Seeing the veiled threat Lance and his coworkers left.
CNRI-Afternoon
Laurel and Johanna were explaining to Emily how Somers's lawyer will paint her. Emily is refusing to back down even though there were a lot of dangerous people who wanted to stop this trial. "They are going to have to kill me if they want me to give up." Emily said with conviction. "Well let's hope it doesn't come to that." Laurel said and her father walked in with three cops. He told the three women they were getting around the clock police protection. Johanna and Emily went to get coffee. "Protective custody? I seem recall you tried that once I and Sara discovered boys. It didn't work then." Quinten glared at her. "This isn't a joke, Laurel. Martin Somers was attacked last night." "By whom." Laurel asked in amazement. Though she knew it was probably the Arrow or the Shadow. Her father doesn't answer and tells her the protective detail is happening until the dust settles. Laurel hoped this didn't ruin her date with Oliver at her apartment tonight.
Queen Mansion-Concurrently
Oliver and Sean watched the news. Somers was still claiming innocence. Oliver had warned him but that wasn't enough. He had a date with Laurel tonight and now he needs to cancel. "No way! I go after Somers tonight; you go be with your girlfriend." Sean said. Oliver was about to argue but Sean glared at him as if telling him to go. Oliver smiled and nodded. "Mr. Sean and Mr. Oliver you two have a visitor." Raisa called up to them. They came downstairs and saw a Chinese man and a couple of bodyguards. Sean easily guessed who this man was. "Hello, Mr. and Mr. Queen, I'm Zhang Yesui, Ambassador from the People's Republic of China to the United States. It very nice to meet you both." He held his hand. Oliver shook his hand and then Sean did. "It's an honor to meet you Mr. Ambassador. How may we help you?" Sean stated with a very professional/diplomatic demeaner. "It's more like how my government can help the two of you. Is there a quite place we can talk?" "Certainly, we have a dining room in here. Raisa would you please get the ambassador and his men some Jasmine tea please?" Sean said. Raisa nodded and immediately went to get the tea.
Once they were settled in the dining room and Raisa brought the tea the Ambassador began to explain why he is here. The Chinese Government would like to offer the brothers compensation for what they endured on the island. The brothers knew that this was a bribe. Lian Yu being used as dumping site for the worst criminals in the Asian-Pacific region so they could tear each other apart is in direct violation of the U.N. Treaty to protect human rights that all the countries in the world signed. So, China and its Asian-Pacific neighbors would face serious sanctions by the U.N. if the brothers took what they knew to the U.N. Council. China being the owner of the island is most likely being pressured by it neighbors to do this.
Oliver was about to say something when Sean stomped on his foot. Oliver looked at him and his brother's gaze said he will do the talking. "Mr. Ambassador, with all due respect, let's not beat around the bush, shall we? I see that your government and its Asian-Pacific neighbors are concerned about my brother and I going to the U.N. Council and informing them about our time on Lian Yu. Our testimony would reveal that the Treaty to Protect Human Rights has been violated. Which means your country and neighbors will face serious sanctions, which some of your neighbors can't afford. So, they are pressuring your government to offer compensation as a hush hush incentive, correct?" The ambassador smirked at Sean and took a sip of his tea. "You are as insightful and quick to the point as advertise Mr. Queen. For you are correct. My government and our neighbors would like to avoid a global diplomatic back lash." He took another sip. "So, gentlemen, my government is prepared to offer both of you anything you want."
The brothers looked at each other and nodded. Oliver: "Mr. Ambassador, I would like a life size jade statue of my father made." The amb. looked at Oliver strangely as he expected something more extravagant. "Very well Mr. Queen. How about you?" He looked at Sean with a curious gaze. Sean looked at the Amb. and stated. "I would like ownership of Lian Yu tax free." The Amb. and Oliver looked at him in shock. Clearly no one would have suspected that. When asked his reasons, Sean said his reasons are his own. The Amb. nodded not wanting to press the issue. The Amb bid them good day and told them he would contact his government when he gets back to the Embassy in D.C., once everything has been arranged, he will return with the paperwork that the three of them need to sign. The Amb. thanked them for their hospitality as he left the mansion. Oliver asked Diggle to bring the car he was going to Laurel's early.
Starling Port-Late afternoon
Martin Somers was waiting for a Triad associate so they can discus the problems that had arisen. A woman with white hair and Asian features came out of the shadows. She is Chien-Na-Wei or China White a top agent/dangerous assassin for the Triads. She is the most wanted woman in the world in the assassin category for she has a 1,200-body count to her name. "Thank you for coming." Somers said. "Anything for a friend." She replied. "We're not friends. You smuggle drugs, weapons, humans, and I let you use my port." Somers countered. "For which you are paid handsomely." she replied. "Not enough to get arrows shot at me. Even though only one of the archers attacked me last night, I can say you need to take both seriously. They are a bigger threat to our operation then Nocenti ever was." Somers stated. "It's Nocenti's daughter we need to worry about." she said to him. Somers could see where she was going with this. What she had in mind would only make things worse. "Should we go after Nocenti's daughter, then Lance will never let it go. She will not stop until you, myself, and the entire Triad is burned at the stake." An evil smile came across her face. "Then I will kill Ms. Lance.
Laurel's Apartment-45 minutes later.
Laurel was preparing dinner. She set the table, lit two candles, and got a bottle of wine. She wore a black silk dress cut almost down to her navel. Laurel sighed in contentment. She was happy again. She had her boyfriend back and they were working on their relationship. Ding-dong! She heard her doorbell and smiled. She walked over to her door and let Oliver in. Oliver was dressed nicely as well. He looked at her dressed getting excited. She looked so sexy in it he just wanted to bend her over the couch and take her right now. He restrained himself because they agreed to take things slow. The sat down to dinner.
After eating they sat on her couch and talk about their separate days. She told him about the protective custody, while Oliver told her about his and Sean's meeting with the Chinese Ambassador. Laurel was shocked, not about the offer to give compensation, but Sean wanted ownership of the island. Before they could go any further Oliver heard a noise on the fire escape. He quickly grabbed Laurel's hand and pulled her towards the front door. They stopped when a man with an SMG burst through the door. He pulled behind a wall as the intruder opened fire. When firing stopped, he pulled her to the living room. At that moment a white-haired Asian women jumped through the window and started advancing on them. Just then Diggle burst in shot the intruder with the SMG and moved to shoot the assassin, but she kicked the gun out of his hand. After round of hand-to-hand combat Diggle was overpowered and pinned to the ground. Oliver grabbed a kitchen knife and knocked the blade out of her hand. The assassin turned to advance on them with a sword unsheathed. Before she do anything else a man in black hood came through the wall and attacked her. China White raised her sword to attack her new opponent. Their swords clashed clear blade against black blade. It went on for a few minutes, when Shadow disarmed her and shoved his blade through her gut. The power of the sword weakened her and combined with injury she collapsed gasping for breath. Shadow pulled his sword out her gut and sheathed it.
Diggle, Laurel, and Oliver stared at him in shock. Diggle ran over to Oliver and Laurel and raised his gun as to warn Shadow to stay away. Shadow looked at Laurel. "Somers sent China White here to kill you." He stated. "Why?!" Laurel asked. "You rattled his and therefore the Triad's cage. Here is all the information you need to confirm her identity as well as evidence of all Somers business dealings with the Triads." He tossed her a flash drive. Then he engaged intangibility and went straight through the wall onto the fire escape. They all saw him walk through the wall. Everyone except Oliver was feeling genuine shock.
A few minutes later the police arrived. EMTs took China White to the hospital. Det. Lance arrived to check on his daughter. After seeing she was okay, he turned to Diggle. "Thank you, Mr. Diggle. Feel free to run as many red lights as you want." "Just doing my job." "No. Your job is protecting her." he countered, before walking up to Oliver and getting in his face. "It seems when you or your brother are around one of my daughters people die." Laurel got between them. "Dad! Oliver being here had nothing to do with me being attacked. It's because I rattled Somers and the Triad's cage just like The Shadow said!" Lance and Hilton looked at her in shock. All three of them explained how The Shadow showed up and defeated the assassin who he called China White. When Laurel mentions the flash drive and what was on it Quinton demanded she had it over. "Do you think he will go after Somers? Laurel asked. "Most likely yes!" Oliver said pulling her into a hug. Quentin noticed their friendliness and realized they were back together. Hilton pointed out they know The Shadow is going after Somers so we can trap him. Quentin nodded. He marched out of the apartment and called for reinforcements.
Starling Port
Hearing that China White was in the hospital he knew it was only a matter of time before the Triads cleaned up all evidence of their operation. He knew they would kill him. "Tell Wallace to get the boat ready. I'm leaving tonight." He told one of his guards. The guard tried to call but didn't get a response. He tried again, "Wallace isn't here. But the Shadow is." Somers gasped and looked terrified. The guard assured him that they had a dozen men. It wasn't enough, Shadow quickly dispatched the guards and caught up to Somers. Shadow pinned him against a crate with an arrow. "Oh God, NO!" he shrieked. "He can't save you now. I want the truth about Victor Nocenti now!" "I can't, the Triad will kill me!" he pleaded. "The Triad's not your concern right now!" Shadow fired an arrow into his shoulder. Somers screamed, "Okay! It wasn't me who killed him. It was the China White." "On whose instructions?!" When Somers's hesitated, Shadow willed the arrow to give an electric shock. Somers yelled in agony. Shadow stopped and yelled "WHOSE!" "Mine! It was mine! Nocenti said he was going to testify against me!" Shadow was alerted to movement behind to his right flank. The SCPD Swat team aimed the weapons. "SCPD! DROP YOUR WEAPONS!" Shadow fired an arrow at them that exploded, filling the air around the team with a thick screen of smoke combined with anesthetic gas.
Shadow ran he almost escaped when he heard. "FREEZE! You twitch and you're dead. Bow down, hands up." Quentin Lance ordered. Shadow threw a flechette at him, knocking his gun out of his hand. Quentin looked back to the Shadow and saw he was gone. He turned to the flechette noticed a blinking light. He pressed the button. A recording of Somers's confession played. "You son of bitch." Lance said.
CNRI-The Next Morning
Laurel, Johanna, and Emily Nocenti are watching the news.
Tv Anchorwoman: "Martin Somers, The CEO of Starling Port, was arrested last night for the murder of Victor Nocenti. He is also accused of accepting cash, including over $10 million in bribes. Evidence provided by an anonymous source has shown his connection to a smuggling operation ran by the Chinese Triads. In light of that, Somers is being charged with aid and abetting drug and weapon smuggling and human trafficking. Meanwhile, an IRS investigation is being launched to determine if he has committed tax evasion."
Johana turns off the tv. "Well, we can pursue the civil suit if you want, but the D.A. now has no choice, with Somers's confession plus all the other evidence collected to prosecute him." Laurel smiled at Emily. "He's going to jail Emily. For the rest of his life." "Thank you so much for fighting for us." "Well, thank you for being brave enough to let us." All three of them smiled at each other and Emily left.
Quentin Lance walked in the office. "I thought I didn't need police protection anymore." she said. "I thought I didn't need a reason to see my own daughter." Quentin said with a sigh. "You don't." she replied. Laurel noticed how exhausted he seemed as he approached. "Hmm, you look tired." "Yes. I was filling out reports on the shoot out at the docks last night and then getting grilled about how I let "The Shadow" get away." he stated. "I must admit, I'm glad he did. He took down Martin Somers, not mention Adam Hunt and Judge Grell." she countered. "True, and he hurt a bunch of people doing it. These guys, they're not heroes. They're anarchists." he shot back. "Well, whoever they are, it seems like they are trying to help." "The city doesn't need that kind of help. I always told you; you don't need to go outside the law to get justice." Laurel started to roll her eyes. "No! I believe that! And when I catch these guys, they're going to believe it too." "Sure. That is if can capture a guy who can walk through walls, like I saw him do last night." Laurel mocked. "About last night, your back together with him?!" "Yes, I am! Don't act surprised or outraged, we are taking things slow seeing how both of us have changed in the last five years." she stated. Realizing his daughter has made up her mind he decided not to press the issue and left. He found it strange that Laurel was with Oliver and Sara was with Sean. You would think it would be the other way around. He sighs and shakes his head; he will never know how the Cosmos worked that out.
Queen Mansion-Concurrently
Sean and Oliver watched from the window as workers removed their tombstones. "Sean our crusade has begun. The first volleys have been effective. But we are far from finished." Oliver said. "Indeed. While this crusade has gone our way thus far, we need to be ready for the backlash. Tomorrow I will be going before the board and explain my plan clean things up." Oliver looked at his brother curiously. "You're going to take over as CEO?" "No! After reviewing the files, I have determined that Walter shall remain CEO but there are changes I wish to implement. Plus, with Somers going to prison for the rest of his life his company is up for grabs. I am going have the company acquire Starling Port, with that the city docks will be under the control of Queen Consolidated." Sean said.
Oliver looked concerned. After his brother blew up at Thea at the party the other night, blowing up Hunt's car, killing China White (She died earlier that morning due to the power of the sword making her wound continue bleed no matter what medical techniques were used), and from what he read about Somers's arrest, Sean shot an arrow into his shoulder and shocked him to get him to talk, he believes that Sean is being too brutal and he has all these unexpressed emotions that are making him act like this. "Sean, we need to talk. I'm concerned about you." "Why?!" "You are acting like we are still on the island with your methods." "My methods here are not the same!" Sean defended but anyone could tell he was getting agitated. "They still fall under the category of brutality. You blew up at Thea. Not mention what you did to Hunt and Somers. We talked after you left at the party and we all agree that you are now entering the second stage of grief: anger and you taking it out..." Sean cut him off. "I don't need you to worry about me! I'm fine!" he hissed and left to go back to his room. Oliver knew his brother wasn't fine. He knew for certain he had to keep an eye on him now.
Sean went into his room and closed the door. He looked at himself in the mirror. He appreciated his brother's concern, but Oliver needs to worry about his relationship with Laurel. Sean knows this war is for from over. Oliver is doing this to honor a promise he made to dad. Sean is doing it for that too, but also to avenge the death of his father and Sara. That will not happen until Malcolm Merlyn is dead.
A.N. Well there you have it. The first volleys of the crusade. Please review and let me know what you think.
