My name is Olivia Queen. A few weeks ago, I was a man, a man who had given his life to save the multiverse. Now I was a teenage girl in a new universe that was much different from my own. Now I have to save this version of my city like I had saved my own. But this time I need to do things differently. I don't want to kill people like I did before and I need to be able to trust people, but telling people so soon after starting this has its own set of problems. Right now I was just trying to focus on fixing things.
I was going to go after James Holder. The reason was not for the same reason that I had before. This time I was going because he was the first of Deadshot's victims. I wanted to try to save him, even though that would be hard to do since I didn't know where Lawton had shot him from. If I had the chance, I would also make him pay for what he had done. There was also the possibility that Deadshot wouldn't target him at all. This place was different from what I was expecting.
I started by shooting the beer out of his hand. You know I couldn't help but think that he was a huge douchebag for putting a pool on his roof but that wasn't enough for him to die. He needed to see justice and being killed would not allow that to happen. I knew that because nothing had happened the first time. He turned to look at me.
"I have armed security inside." He told me. "All I have to do is call them."
"They wouldn't be doing much without these." I replied as I threw the guns to the ground. I hadn't killed them. I had just knocked them out and disarmed them.
"What are you even doing here? Shouldn't you be at a slumber party or something?" He asked. This condescension was starting to get on my nerves. I decided to shoot an arrow into his leg. He screamed out in pain and hunched over. Hopefully, I had done enough to save him. That was when he was shot. This time it hit him in the head. Okay…that didn't work. I grabbed the arrow and started to run. I wasn't afraid of getting shot since I could deal with that, but I needed to find where Lawton was.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find him. The shots stopped firing after I was hit. I shouldn't have been surprised that he was smart enough to run. I needed to go and treat the wound fast, especially because I wanted to try to make it home.
I went back to the lair and pulled out the bullet. I took the herbs beforehand because I knew about the poison. However, before I work on the stitches, I noticed something. The wound was closing up on its own. What? Why did I have healing powers? How did I have healing powers? I supposed that it was a good thing because I was pretty sure that I would be in a lot of trouble if I didn't come home. The worst part about being a teenager is there was the possibility that I could get grounded. I wasn't how good they would be at enforcing it, but it would probably be for the best that I didn't risk it. I went home and headed to bed. I needed to do so because it was a bit of an important day. It was going to be my first day of school.
In the morning, I put on my uniform. It was the same as Thea's: a black blazer and tie, white blouse, green and blue plaid and black knee socks. I couldn't believe that I was doing this. Part of thought that my mom would want to take pictures of me, which would be pretty embarrassing. I hoped that I hadn't made the wrong decision by choosing to go to school. I couldn't think of anything that I had to do that would be hindered by me by going to school.
I walked out of the kitchen…only to find the police in my living room. Oh, right, this happened. I had forgotten all about it. I found that Iris was there. She would probably be the one taking me to school.
"What happened? Is everything okay?" I asked.
"The cops brought your sister home. She and her friends broke into a store and tried on some dresses." Iris explained. "She was extremely drunk. So, how was your evening?"
"You mean when I went to the bathroom and then disappeared?" I asked with a bit of a blush. At least I had come home.
"I guess I need to go in with you. Maybe we can share makeup tips." Iris quipped.
I found that Mom was scolding Thea for the act.
"First it was public intoxication and now there's breaking and entering to go along with it." She stated. "You are becoming quite the criminal."
"Next time you pay off the store owner, you should get some of the merch." Thea quipped.
"Thea, go and get ready for school. It's your sister's first day." Mom said. I couldn't help but wonder if she noticed that I was in the room.
"Yeah, I'm not really feeling it today. Livvy will be fine." Thea replied. I was pretty sure that my resistance to spending time with her was now leading to her not wanting to spend time with me.
"Okay. Then go get some sleep." Mom instructed as Thea started to head to her room.
"Have fun, Sis." She told me as she walked by.
"Are you really going to let her skip school because she's hungover?" I asked,
"When her sister gets like this, it's better to give her space." Mom explained. I couldn't help but sigh. I really needed to do something to set Thea on the right track.
"Would you do the same thing if I wanted to do something like that?" I questioned.
"You're not missing your first day." She told me.
"Mom, you can't choose to parent me and not her." I declared before I looked at Iris. "Let's go."
School wasn't as interesting as I thought it would be. One thing was people really wouldn't talk to me. The teachers also wouldn't call on me in class. I wondered if people were afraid of me. This would have been easier with Thea was around because I only knew from my own experience and watching Mean Girls and I would bet that neither of those was relevant to my current situation.
I supposed the good thing about having lived this before was I didn't need to analyze my blood to find out that it was curare. I didn't need to find out what kind of bullet it was and I didn't need to find out who Deadshot was. However, I would still need to figure out where to find him because I didn't just want to break into the hotel room for him not to be there or worse for someone else to be there.
After school, I went to the factory. Tommy had to work, so I managed to convince Thea to come with me.
"Why are we at Dad's old factory?" She asked.
"Because I want to build something here." I explained. "I want to turn it into a club."
"I'm pretty sure that no one is going to give you a liquor license." She commented.
"I wasn't planning on serving alcohol." I declared. "There are really any places for teens to hang out around here and I want to change that without having some creepy old man in charge."
"I mean it's a good idea, but how are you going to do this?" Thea inquired. "You don't have any experience running…anything. Not to mention, you probably won't have much of a social life between this and school."
"I can do it." I promised.
"Well maybe I can take you to real club." She proposed. "There's a new club called Poison opening. Max Fuller owns it."
"Thea, they're not going to let us in." I pointed out. I knew that they would, but I at least had to act like I didn't. I would also have to keep her away from the bar.
"Trust me. They'll let us in." She replied with a smile. She seemed like she was glad for the chance for us to do something together. "Mom's calling me. I need to take this."
She walked outside and I looked over to Iris.
"So what do you think?" I asked her.
"It's not my job to have an opinion, Miss Queen." She stated.
"Come on, Iris, I want to hear what's on your mind." I told her.
"Well, I also have my doubts that you can do this, but I also wonder why you want to build it in here. Your school friends wouldn't come here if you paid them." She remarked.
"I think they would. People would pay to party with me." I countered. It sounded a little conceited but I was pretty sure rich girls were a little conceited.
"But would this help the people who live in the Glades at all?" She challenged.
"I think having a successful business would be good for a place like this." I declared.
"And there it is. The princess wanting to save the disenfranchised." She stated. It was better than the princess who sat around and did nothing.
"Okay…that was harsh." I commented. "You don't think very much of me, do you?"
"On the contrary, Miss Queen. I have a high regard for how perceptive you are. Let's hope that this works out." She replied with a smile. Barry was right. She did have one of the best smiles that you would ever see.
I was glad that I had come up with something. I would have been able to work a regular job, but I wouldn't be able to get that kind of freedom. I decided to make a call to the newspaper to get my business venture published. I was pretty sure that no one would take me seriously, but maybe because of who I was, I could convince them.
The following day, I was planning for another day at school when I couldn't help but notice that Mom was grounding Thea.
"I can't be grounded. I have to take Olivia out tonight." She stated.
"And where you be taking her?" Mom questioned.
"We're going to get some dinner and then maybe some ice cream afterwards." She lied. I wasn't sure why she was lying. I was pretty sure that she knew that Thea had a history of going to the club.
"Will you make sure that she stays out of trouble?" Mom asked me. It seemed like she wasn't good at the parenting thing.
"Yes." I declared. It probably was good for me to go with her, because I knew that she would still go without me.
I was glad that I didn't have to do as much work as before because I didn't really the time to do it. I headed to the shop. I had to wear my hair in a ponytail…which was harder than I thought it would be. I did not know the first thing about styling hair since I was not used to it being so long. I was nervous about doing it, but surprisingly, I still had the Bratva tattoo. It made me wonder how I had gotten it, but I knew that I was a member.
"I'm looking for Alexi Leonov." I said in Russian. They looked as surprise as the first time, probably even more so because I was much different.
"There is no one here by that name." He retorted.
"I don't mean in the garage. I mean in the office downstairs." I retorted. I decided to just cut to chase and avoid conflict by unbuttoning my blouse to show my tattoo. "I am Bratva. I wish to see Alexi Leonov."
At that point, the man looked confused but still bowed to me.
"Pleased to meet you." He said in English.
"I apologize. I did not expect someone your age to be a captain." He stated. "Especially since you are also American. So how can I be of service to you?"
"I am looking for a gunman. He is someone that the organization has used before. His calling card is a 7.62mm round lace with curare." I explained.
"I don't know this man you speak of." He declared.
"But I know you can find out who does." I remarked as he poured some vodka. I was a little afraid of this part. Hopefully, he wouldn't give me too much.
"First we will drink to each other's health." He stated as he handed me a shot. "Then I will look into the identity of this man you seek and also yours."
I downed the vodka and it was strong, but probably not enough to get me drunk.
"Now if I find out you are not a Bratva captain, I will my mechanic to kill you and your family." He promised.
There was one thing that I was not able to do because of my school and that was saving Carl Rasmussen. It seemed like he was targeting the same people, which surprised me a little but it made things easier. The only difference was that I was pretty sure that he would try to kill Malcolm…and then he would do a second time.
That night I went to the club with Thea. I was nervous about it because I really didn't want to get drunk. Since I had never been clubbing before, I let Thea pick out my dress and was not comfortable with the amount of cleavage it showed…or how short it was. I also made me not want to accept drinks from anyone because I felt that someone could try to do something to me. While I would normally be able to defend myself, I didn't know if I could do that intoxicated. Wait a minute. I just remembered something that Barry told me about his healing. I might not even been able to get to even get drunk, but it probably still wasn't worth taking a chance over.
"This is going to be awesome." Thea said as we walked in. She was right. They didn't even check my ID. This was probably something that I could tell the police about. The only problem was the police didn't like me and would probably arrest me just for going there. However, the bouncer stopped Iris. I was a little surprised didn't let her in. I didn't think it was because she was black because the bouncer was also black. Was it because she was wearing a suit instead of a dress? I decided to do something different than I had done the first time.
"She's with me." I stated. The bouncer let her in. "Can you please not hover though? Just keep a close eye to make sure no one does anything."
"I didn't expect you to see you here." Thea commented before she looked over to Dinah. This was gonna be awkward.
"Thea, what are you doing here?" Dinah questioned. "And why did you drag her along with you?"
"I couldn't miss the opening of the hottest new club." Thea declared. "And how did you know that Olivia didn't want to come with me."
"Because she clearly isn't comfortable in that dress." Dinah remarked. I blushed some more.
"I was gonna open my own club and I needed to look at the competition." I declared as I tried to pull on the hem of my dress. I was not going to let Thea dress me anymore.
"Do your parents know that you're here?" She retorted.
"Let's get some shots." Thea suggested.
I figured that there was no way that I be able to stop her from drinking as opposed to physically trying to stop her which I figured would be pretty rude. I grabbed the shot.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" Max asked. He didn't look happy to see us.
"Mr. Fuller, hello." I greeted nervously. "How are you?"
"Well I was finally getting back on my feet after your father screwed me over." He stated. "I think we should talk in my office."
At that point, he had his men grab Thea and I and take us inside.
"So, did you honestly think that I would let my business tank because I was found to be serving a pair of underage celebritarts?" He asked. I was pretty sure that he had made that term up.
"Well your bouncer let us in." Thea argued.
"You two want to be here then you have to earn it." Max declared.
"How about you let them go? I'm sure the cops would love to hear about you propositioning my client." Iris interrupted as she pulled out her gun. I probably should have expected her to come in, but I was still surprised.
"Who the hell are you?" Max asked.
"Iris West, personal security." She explained. "And I know how to use this thing."
"All three of you are banned for life!" Max declared. "Get the hell out of my club!"
"So, as you can see, that is not how you run a club." Thea quipped as we exited. I wasn't sure if that was what she was trying to convey with that. She was pretty good at coming up with stuff on the fly. I would give her that. I was also happy that she managed to stay mostly sober for the night, even though I was pretty sure that she couldn't say the same. I did really want to try to make my club work, even if it was just a front.
Iris still took us to Big Belly Burger. I kind of expected us to go to Dinah's but with her being at the club, it probably wasn't going to happen.
"How about you two take a seat and I'll get you two some burgers?" She suggested as we walked in and she waved at an older waitress.
"Who is that?" Thea asked.
"That's my mother-in-law." Iris explained.
"Okay, I'm gonna get a table." Thea stated as she walked away.
"She's not wearing a wedding ring." I noted. I had a hard time believing Joe was dead, even though I would rather he dead than end up like Andy. "Did someone happen to your dad?"
"You could say that." She remarked as she walked over to the counter. I decided to walk over to Thea.
"So, it seems like our first time hanging out together did not go well." I commented.
"I was just trying to help you. You've been a little uptight and I thought if you could let loose and have some fun, you would feel better." She stated.
"I don't think I know how to have fun." I admitted. "Also, I really don't think that I should dress like this."
"Well part of having fun is doing things that you're not comfortable with." She said. "I want to help you meet someone, so you can be as happy as I am."
"Are you happy?" I challenged. However, before she could answer my phone rang. "Hello?"
It realized that it was Alexi and started to speak to him. Thea looked at me in confusion.
"It's a Russian girl that I met online. Do you mind?" I asked. I hoped that she would buy that.
"Maybe I don't need to set you up with someone." Thea stated. "Just be careful."
She then headed to the bathroom. It was probably a good idea to do that before eating.
"So, I take it I checked out." I replied. I wondered if they would mention how because I wanted to know.
"You did. His name is Floyd Lawton." Alexi replied. "I have address of last time he stayed in Star City, but that is all."
"Let's hope that he is still there." I declared. The address would exactly the same as it was before. I had a bit of a bad feeling about it.
"You will leave us out of this, yes?' He asked. "That's assuming Mr. Lawton doesn't kill you."
"Da." I replied before I hung up.
It was pretty late when I finally got there. School was going to suck tomorrow. I went there and kicked in the door. However, who was there was not Floyd Lawton. It was a girl about my age. She still had the same weapons. There was still a shootout that basically ended the same way with her exiting through the window. I grabbed the laptop and headed out.
I couldn't help but wonder who the mysterious girl was and why she was using Lawton's name. If she was a teenager, she probably wouldn't be able to get access to the guns necessary to do her business. That was when I remembered something. John said that he had a daughter. Was this girl his daughter?
Also, since I couldn't go to the IT department, I would have to go to school. Hopefully there was someone in the AV club who could help me. I also hoped that they would help me. When I got there, there was only one person there.
"Hi." I greeted her. That got her to look at me. She had black hair and pretty blue eyes. Wait. I knew those eyes anywhere, but it couldn't be, could it? Only one word escaped my mouth. "Felicity?"
"How do you know my name?" She asked. That confirmed it. This was Felicity.
"The headmistress told me." I lied after I managed to shake my thoughts. "I'm Olivia Queen."
"Yes, I know who you are." She said. "Your father died…I mean he drowned…which means you can come to the AV Club…and please interrupt me."
"I found this computer. When I was out on a walk." I lied. It sounded better than saying it was my computer. "I was hoping that you could get into it so I could return it to its rightful owner."
"Are those bullet holes?" She asked.
"It was kind of a bad neighborhood." I declared. She tilted her head the same way. Even though she looked completely different, she was still as beautiful as ever. "If there's anything on there that's helpful, I would greatly appreciate it."
I watched Felicity as she worked. Part of me just wanted to stare at her, but it felt wrong. Just because we were married where I was from didn't mean that we were meant to be everywhere. I wasn't going to be a crazy stalker. I was powerful that she already had a boyfriend or girlfriend, and I would not interfere with that.
"Well, I found some blueprints." She commented.
"Do you know what they're to?" I asked. They were still the same blueprints, but I had to act like I didn't know what they were.
"It's the exchange building." She explained.
"I don't know what that is." I remarked.
"It's where the UNIDAC Industries auction is taking place." She replied. "Look, I don't want to get in the middle of whatever kind of thing you have with your stepfather."
"I like Malcolm." I stated. It was mostly true. I had seen a version of Malcolm that was a good person and I really wanted to believe that this version was too. My mom had married him after all. I knew she wasn't the best judge of character though.
"Well you should know that he is one of the bidders for auction and this laptop is a company laptop for another one." She stated.
"Zoe Lawton?" I inquired.
"No, Warren Patel. Who's Zoe Lawton?" She asked. I really hoped that she would still be willing to work with me later.
"Apparently she's an employee of Warren Patel." I declared.
Part of me wanted to just go where Zoe was supposed to be, but the thing was she could have chosen a different vantage point than her father. As much as I wanted to do things differently, Warren Patel also needed to pay for hiring her. I wanted to save as many people as possible, but the ones that I needed to save the most were my family.
Before the party started, I headed to the police station. I grabbed Quentin and threw him against his car.
"Detective, I need your help. I know the name of the killer of James Holder and Carl Rasmussen. Her name is Zoe Lawton. Interpol calls her Deadshot because she never misses. You can look it up." I explained to him.
"And I suppose you want me to stop chasing you." He quipped.
"She was hired by Warren Patel. She's going to be at the auction. I don't know who the target is going to be. It could all of the buyers. She uses bullets laced with curare. Tell your men to wear Kevlar." I declared before I left the laptop as evidence.
I then had to change and hurry to the exchange building. I knew my mother would be disappointed that I didn't go with her, but she would probably she be happy that I showed up.
It was at that time, I noticed Iris was there and she was actually wearing a dress as well. Mine was royal blue satin and sleeveless. I was trying my best to specifically not wear green because I didn't want anyone to make connections. It always surprised me how no one was able to figure who the Power Rangers were because they were always wearing the same colors as their Ranger counterparts.
"Well don't you clean up nicely." Quentin told me.
"I'm here to support my family." I stated.
"Well that makes two of us." He muttered.
"Detective, thank you." I told him. Apparently, he didn't want to hear it. I would think that cops liked recognition. I then walked over to Iris. "Do you see anything?"
"I see a lot of things. I'm also here to answer patronizing questions, apparently." She remarked.
"This guy's out of the time. He would have to strike before the auction." I stated. I knew that female hitmen were extremely rare as to why the profession was not referred to as more gender-neutral term.
"What are you talking about?" She asked. I assumed that she knew.
"I heard about the murders." I declared.
"Olivia, I didn't think you would be coming." Malcolm greeted me. I knew that I probably shouldn't, but I gave him a hug. I would probably be really hurt if I found out that he was behind the Undertaking, even if I saw it coming.
"Malcolm, the police said some of the UNIDAC bidders were murdered. I don't really think that it's a good idea for us to be here right now." I told him. "I don't want my mom to lose another husband and Tommy has already lost one parent."
"Well, your mother insisted on coming." She replied. "I'll try to be careful."
I then went over to her and Thea.
"I didn't think you would be coming." Mom declared. At that point, I called Iris over.
"Can you get them out of here?" I requested. "I really don't feel like this place is safe."
At that point, the shot was fired. Fortunately, Quentin had managed to get Malcolm out of the way. I hoped it was fortunate. Even though I had done it for Tommy, I knew that I was partly responsible for the deaths of everyone who died in the quake by saving him.
"Are you okay?" I asked Mom.
"I'm fine. Where's Malcolm." She questioned as I saw Quentin trying to get him out.
"He's with Detective Lance." I replied.
"I need to get you out of here." Iris told me.
"Please save my family first." I begged. I had to hurry and change. I was able to do it in a place without a camera, even though I knew one would see me grab the hood. I was probably going to be arrested again, but I knew I would be able to get out of that.
I found Zoe and the two of us begin to exchange shots once again, but neither of us managed to land any. I was definitely better at physical combat than her. I managed to get to a safe spot.
"Put the gun down." I ordered.
"You know you impress me. It's nice to see another girl in this field." She said.
"We're not in the same line of work. Why are you doing this anyway?" I asked. I wanted to know what would lead a teenager to become a hitman.
"I didn't have much of a choice." She replied.
"I don't believe that." I stated.
"My father shot my mother and then himself. I've done what I need to survive." She explained.
"There are other ways to survive without murdering people." I pointed out.
"You've taken lives." She challenged.
"I'm not like you. You're only looking out for yourself." I pointed out.
"Because I can't count on anyone else!" She shouted before she started shooting again. I didn't want to hurt her, but she couldn't be reasoned with. I hoped that she would survive like her father did. I shot a single arrow, hitting her in the eye. She was definitely down, but I didn't know if she was out. Of course, I didn't have time to check because just like John, Iris had followed me and also just like John, she had been hit.
I had to help her back to the lair. I gave her some water and some herbs. I wondered if I would be able to give her a blood transfusion or something, but I didn't have the tools to do such a thing. She ended up passing out.
I really hoped that Iris wouldn't have a problem with me doing this. When she woke up, I had my hood down.
"Hey." I greeted her.
So, there were quite a few changes in this chapter. We got to see some sibling bonding between Olivia and Thea and Olivia has also found herself bonding with Malcolm. And she's a metahuman for reasons that she doesn't even understand, but those will be explained later. Also, Felicity made an appearance but she resembles her comic counterpart more. She's played by Odeya Rush. Lastly Deadshot is Floyd's daughter instead. She's played by Madelaine Petsch. Anyway, will Iris react similarly to Diggle upon finding out? Please don't forget to review.