My name is Olivia Queen. Several years ago, I returned from a remote island with the goal of saving my city. I managed to do that and save the whole multiverse with it. However back then I was a man. For the past year, I've lived in this universe where I am Olivia. I've made some friends and managed to find some love. I also got a surprise visit when my daughter from the future managed to make my way to this universe. I was getting ready for school. I was only 17 and I had to go to school here. I had started my junior year a few weeks ago. I gave Mia a call because she would be starting school today.
"Are you ready?" I asked her.
"I don't know why I have to go to school again." She replied.
"Because as I've told you, it's still the easiest way for us to hang out. I'm sorry that I haven't told anyone yet, but it's not exactly easy for me to explain multiversal and time travel" I explained. "And that's not even going into my change in sex upon coming here. I'm sorry, but I would really like if you play along. I can try to tell Iris and Courtney soon because they're the ones who are most likely to believe me."
"So what is my name supposed to be?" She asked.
"Mia Dearden." I explained. I knew it was the same as my mother's maiden name but I was pretty sure that no one would make the connection.
It was still a little hard for me to find balance between the life I had now and the one that I used to have. I still wasn't sure if I would ever go back to it. I kind of didn't want the people from my universe to know that I was alive because they might try to find me. I was also a little embarrassed about being seen by them. I wasn't super girly, but I still had quite a few girly interests. I knew that I shouldn't feel ashamed about liking Disney Channel and the CW but I couldn't help it. I didn't really want Laurel or Kara to make fun of me for it. Okay, Kara was probably too nice for that, but Black Siren Laurel would definitely make fun of me for it. I put on my shoes as I went to meet Iris to take me to school.
"So what's going to happen with your family's company now that the CEO is incarcerated?" She questioned.
"Well there are a few options. One of them is Malcolm could take over and run both companies." I explained. I knew that might be a little bit difficult to do. I had a hard enough time running one company. I was pretty sure that I wouldn't be able to run two. "Another option is trying to appoint a CEO. It may be a little hard to do with the board because I want to keep it in the family."
"I mean there really aren't a lot of options in your family." Iris pointed out. "You and Emiko are too young, and Tommy is too busy at the hospital, so that just leaves Malcolm and Thea. Something tells me the board won't be too keen about having an 18-year-old CEO."
"Well maybe Malcolm and I can help convince them." I stated. I would first have to talk to Thea to see if she wanted to do it. The sister that I knew was actually a very good businesswoman, so she might be able to do it.
Another thing that I was thinking about was Sara. If she had been on the island with me, she might be able to help me figure out some of the things about Olivia that I did not know. The other option was Slade, but it probably wouldn't be the easiest to talk to him. However, I couldn't even be sure that I met him. I didn't expect my father to be the other archer, so it was possible that Slade was not Deathstroke. I kind of hoped that his mind wasn't corrupted by Mirakuru but I had no idea how likely that would be.
When I got to school, the first thing that I did was give Courtney a kiss.
"So Mia is going to be starting school today." I told her.
"How do you know her again?" Courtney inquired.
"She's someone that I met in China." I explained. "Also I need you to come into the club because we need to do some things to reopen."
"Have you thought about getting back out there at all?" She inquired. "Maybe we could do something about the crime in the Glades. Maybe we should try."
Since the quake, there was crime in the Glades, but it had been mostly small. I did have a feeling that things would start back up again soon.
"The police can handle that." I explained.
"Look, I know that you're upset about the fact that your list was a lie and your father…well stepfather created an earthquake killed a bunch of people, but you can't just give up." She explained.
"It's just hard for me to try to go back out there knowing that I failed." I replied as I went inside. "We can talk more about this after school."
A few minutes after my class started, Director Sharpe came in with Mia, who was wearing her uniform.
"Everyone, this is Mia Dearden, she will be joining your class today." The woman introduced.
In the Glades, a lot of the buildings were still leveled. There were memorials everywhere for those who had died. One thing that I noticed as Iris was taking us to the club was that some signs for Sebastian Blood were up.
"Who's Blood?" Courtney asked.
"He's an alderman from the Glades that's running for mayor." I explained. I did think that his intentions were good, but he was definitely going about it the wrong way. Hopefully, I would be able to steer him in a path that didn't cost him his life, but I was pretty sure that he wouldn't listen to me.
We got to the club and the two of us started to look around before I took Courtney to the office. One thing that I forgot about being a teenager was sometimes your hormones went crazy. After we changed into work clothes, for me a beige sweater and grey skirt. We started making out and she ended up pushing me on the desk.
"If my boss catches me in here, I might get in trouble." Courtney teased.
"She sounds like a real bitch." I flirted as I reached under her shirt. It was then that I found some bruises. "Wait, what have you been doing?"
"I just got had to jump out of the way of a car." She stated.
"Have you been going out without telling me?" I questioned as I pushed her off of me.
"Someone has to help the city if you won't." She countered as I walked out. I had a feeling that my hormones were also making me feel angrier as well.
"Well you can't just stop everyone. If you know someone we would go after, but going after these people who turned to crime after losing everything won't help!" I yelled.
"I don't really know anyone right now." She admitted.
"Well can you please be smart about this?" I requested. "I don't want you to get hurt fighting some drug dealer. Maybe you should go home."
"Olivia, please don't give up on this city." She told me. That stung a little. I was pretty sure that the people of the city were missing Green Arrow. I just had to find the right time to come back. I needed a sign.
"Did I come in at a bad time?" Thea asked me.
"Thea?" I asked in surprise. I knew that I had visited her. I wasn't sure why she had decided to visit me though. "What are you doing here?"
"Malcolm thinks that I should be the one to take over the company." She told me.
"Is that something you want to do?" I inquired.
"I mean I guess I could try it, but I really don't think I'm qualified for it." She admitted. She wasn't but I was pretty sure that she would be able to help.
"Well maybe you should look into hiring an assistant CEO, someone who can help you. Or you can ask Malcolm for pointers." I responded. "I know that you can do this because you are a badass. Speaking of badass women, have you seen Mom?"
"Going to prison for planning to kill thousands of people doesn't make you a badass. It makes you a coward." Thea countered.
"Thea, she was under duress." I countered.
"Yes, because my father did it. You're lucky that you don't have to be related to him." She replied.
"Well I'm related to him." Emiko interrupted. Could they not call or text before they showed up? "Can I have a job?"
"Yes, I need a bartender." I replied. "You won't be serving alcohol, so you don't need a license. I have to talk to some distributors."
"You should be CEO, you'd probably be better at than I would." Thea commented. I turned on the TV to see that the particle accelerator was still being built in Central City. I then turned it off.
That night, I went to the Star City Earthquake Relief Fundraiser. I felt pretty bad being there. I was there with Dinah and Tommy. She was there because she was a beneficiary of some of the relief. I was wearing a metallic silver dress.
"So Miss Lance what do you think about vigilantes?" The mayor asked her. I was surprised he knew who she was, but it was a pretty popular.
"Well I do owe my life to one, so I can't be too negative." Dinah stated. I hoped that she would be happier now that Tommy was alive. I also couldn't help but wonder when he was going to propose to her.
The mayor then went to give his speech and it was then that I remembered what happened there. I hadn't initially been there, so I hadn't prepared for it.
"You have failed this city, Mr. Mayor." A mysterious voice declared. They really stole my catchphrase. "The Glades have descended into hell on your watch. You swore to protect all of Star City, not just the wealthy."
At that point, he was shot dead. The good news was that the crooks didn't want to kill anyone else, but there was still rightfully a panic. Tommy looked at me and I knew it was time to put my hood back on. The bad news was we were being kept inside until they left.
Soon, Quentin and the rest of the police arrived.
"What are you doing here?" He asked me.
"Your daughter invited me," I explained.
"I can't believe this happened sir. The hoods attacked has been strictly related to people in the financial sector, trying to redistribute wealth." The district attorney replied. Okay, why had no one told me about this? Did Courtney or Iris know about this? If I had known about earlier, I could have stopped them from killing the mayor.
"Did you get any information?" Quentin asked.
"What are you doing? Interviewing the witnesses is the job of a detective, Officer Lance." Lt. Pike interrupted.
"This is my daughter. She was nearly killed." Quentin argued.
"Yeah and as a parent, you're welcome to stay, but as a beat cop, you're free to go." Lt. Pike declared. "Miss Queen, let's get you home."
So I ended up getting taken home in a squad car. I was pretty sure that Malcolm was thrilled when that happened. Detective Hilton took me.
"Is everything okay?" He asked. I wondered how much he had been told about the shooting.
"Yes, your daughter was a witness to the shooting." Hilton explained. The police knew about my relation to Malcolm. "We're not going to talk to her as there were plenty of other witnesses."
"Well thank you for bringing her home, Detective." Malcolm explained. "But if she remembers anything, I will pass it along to you."
After he was gone, Malcolm spoke up.
"So I assume you've already started to figure out how you're going to catch these guys." He remarked. It was weird having him know about this, Thea and Emiko were the only ones who didn't know yet.
"As soon as I get the opportunity to do some research I will." I promised. "Hey Dad, have you ever heard of the concept of multiversal travel?"
"The League of Assassins had experimented with it before but they never managed to perfect it." He stated. That did seem like something they would want to do, particularly Damian Darhk. "Why do you ask?"
"Because Mia says that's from another world and I think I believe her." I lied. I couldn't believe that I chickened out, but telling him that I wasn't really his daughter was really hard. "So I need to talk to my team to see if they knew anything about these hoods."
I ended up opening a group call with Courtney and Iris.
"So did either of you know anything about the copycats?" I asked.
"I heard of them but I didn't think that they were a big deal." Iris explained. "Up until tonight, they hadn't murdered anyone."
"Iris, I could have prevented this if I knew ahead of time. I never retired. I was just taking a break. If there is ever anything that you think I should know about, you need to tell me. Are we clear?"
"So what are we going to do about this?" Courtney asked us.
"We need to find these people and we need to catch them." I explained. "But I want to take the night off. I'm sorry that was very intense."
I turned on the news and I found the top story was that Thea was being considered the top choice to take over the company. I supposed that an 18-year-old CEO was a big deal, but not bigger than the mayor being killed. The news really needed to get their priorities straight when it came to the top story.
The following day, Malcolm took me and Thea to the office. I was pretty sure that I didn't need to be there but I was getting out of school, so I didn't care. The board was there, but no Isobel. Was she not going to be here?
"Sorry we kept you waiting." Malcolm greeted them.
"Mr. Merlyn, with all due respect, I think this is a terrible idea." One of them declared.
"Is it? This company was founded by the Queens and I would appreciate if it stayed under the control of the Queens. I know several companies are attempting to buy us up." Malcolm explained. "What Thea lacks in experience, she makes up for in intelligence."
At that point, the Hoods attacked us. I was really getting sick of them. Fortunately, Malcom and Iris were able scare them off.
"You could have handled that." Iris told me once we were alone.
"Yeah and then Thea and the entire board would know who I was. I don't reveal my identity to people." I explained. "I will find them, but I have to get the upper hand on them. I wasn't just going to kill them in the office either. I really don't want people to think of me in any version as a murderer."
"Then don't kill them." Iris explained. "You could have told me that was what was keeping you from doing this."
"There are a few things that I need to tell you and I promise that I will as soon as I take these guys down."
I also had a feeling that the board would not be thrilled about this attack. It would take a lot to convince them to let Thea take the company, but I felt like it would die down as soon as the Hoods were brought to justice.
As soon as I stepped out, I got a call from Mia.
"Is everyone okay?" She asked me.
"Yeah, everyone is fine but we are going to have to replace a lot of glass." I explained. "So I have something that I want to run by you."
"What is it?" She inquired.
"I know that you wear green because of me, but while you're here, do you think you can wear a different color, like red?"
"You mean like Aunt Thea?" She questioned. It made me feel a little weird when she called her that.
"Yes, but don't call her that." I explained. "I'm going to introduce you to Courtney and Iris pretty soon. I promise. Right now I need to go my mom."
I then went to Iron Heights to visit her. The first thing that I did was give her a hug.
"So it's still just you." She commented.
"I've tried talking to Thea but she just doesn't want to come," I explained.
"Well I suppose we can't force her." She remarked. She was clearly upset that Thea didn't want to come, but I wasn't going to force her to go.
"I'm sorry." I told her.
"I told you to stop apologizing. There are going to be enough of those with me apologizing to you for the rest of my life, not only for lying to you, but also for what your father did." She explained.
"What Robert did." I corrected. It was weird calling him that, but he wasn't my father as in the version I knew. "I think that's one of the things Thea hates most is that she is related to him. Malcolm wants her to take over the company. I know that she'll kill it."
"Olivia, I know it's slang, but you probably shouldn't phrase it like that." She remarked. I blushed when I realized what else that could mean. I wasn't even thinking about that. "Also I don't have a lot of hope for the trial. My attorney said if my own daughter can't forgive me, it will hard for twelve strangers to do so."
I knew that one thing that would happen as a result of my trip to the prison was that I would be late to my reopening. It was probably okay because I knew that the club was in good hands with Courtney. Technically, she was the assistant manager, but I couldn't officially give her that title because I was dating her and I didn't want it to seem unfair to the other employees. Maybe I could have Mia as the assistant manager.
I was a little worried about the trial. I really wanted it to be fair. I hoped that I would be able to act as a good character witness for her. I wanted to believe that she would still be able to get off. I also knew that Slade might try to kill her, which was something that I definitely have to stop from happening. I would be ready if it was to happen again.
As soon as I left the prison, my phone rang. It was Courtney.
"So the Hoods were kind of here." She explained. I then remembered what else they did. "They were looking for you."
"Were you able to stop them?" I asked. I had a feeling that she hadn't.
"I couldn't get my staff." She explained. "Maybe I should have listened to you about those hand-to-hand things. I also have some news that you're not going to like. You're really not going to like it."
"What is it?" I asked.
"They took Thea with them." She explained.
"Well I'll be there as soon as I can and we are going to find her." I explained. I knew that I said that I didn't want to kill anyone, but I was prepared to do so to protect my sister. I still hoped that it wouldn't come to that.
Since the cops were around, I couldn't go in the front entrance, so I went in the back. The goal was to find out where they were. As soon as I got a location for their hideout, I was going to pass that information along to Mia. I would need all of the help that I could get to make sure that Thea was safe and I knew that Mia was ready to be a hero again.
"So I made a few changes down here." I explained. There were some mannequins for our costumes now. Courtney's obviously wasn't there, but it would be a good place to keep it. I would probably need to put up a third one to keep Mia's costume whenever she got a new costume that was. That would also involve officially adding her to the team. "So tell me what you know about these guys?"
"Well anarchy seems to be their preferred style of doing things. They also prefer spectacle." Iris explained. "They won't kill Thea if no one is watching, so that should give us some time to get to her."
"Let's hope you're right." I replied. I knew that I would be able to save her because the Monitor knew that I wouldn't be able to live in a universe without my sister. Her staying alive was the one thing that kept me going even after Tommy, my mother and Laurel died. "Well I know one of them is missing part of his hand. We check hospital records to see if anyone suffered any hand injuries in the quake."
"Alright, I have Jeff Deveau. He did lose his hand in the quake." Iris explained. "It says here that he and his wife were trying to make it across the 52nd street bridge when it collapsed. She didn't make it."
"I think I know something that can help. There's a support group for people who lost loved ones in the quake." Courtney added. I wouldn't be surprised if they were using their grief for vengeance. I kind of felt like I was going to go to hell for attacking a church.
"Do you really think that their headquarters is at this church?" Iris asked.
"Honestly, yes. Plus it's really the only clue that we have." I admitted.
For the first time in a few months, I put on my suit. I also had the bow that Malcolm had given me. I was going to get my sister out of it. I took out my phone to send Mia a text. Courtney did have to go get her suit and call her staff over to us. That was why it would be good to keep all of this stuff in one place.
One thing that Thea had told me about her initial kidnapping was that the men were a bit hesitant to kill her because she was so young and I knew that would definitely buy me some time to save her. I didn't know what they would do if they didn't kill her. Also it sounded like they had planned on kidnapping me. Did they want to kill me then?" I knew that they wanted to do it before.
The two of us made our way to the building. I couldn't help but wonder what the church would think if it knew that it was a headquarters for a group of criminals. They probably wouldn't be too thrilled to find that out. I hoped that the church hadn't authorized such a thing because that was definitely something that God would want. I wasn't religious at all, but even I knew that one of the ten commandments was that thou shall not kill and I was trying to get better at that. I still didn't know think that I believed it, but that wasn't relevant.
When we got inside, I found that one of them was about to shoot Thea. I quickly shot the gun out of his hand.
"Get away from her!" I demanded. I couldn't help but wonder how they were feeling that they were meeting the one who inspired them. It always seemed that when I inspired one that they got the wrong message. They all seemed to think that killing people was the only way to inspire change when it was really something that I only did as a last resort. I wondered if anyone would ever understand that.
The two of us began to fight them off with Courtney using her staff. At that point, I heard the window break and Mia swooped in and aimed her bow at the one who was holding Thea. She was wearing a red hood with a mask like mine.
"Let her go." She demanded.
"You want to save her? There's no justice for people like the Queens until she showed us how to get it." The man declared as he pointed at me.
The then shot him and Courtney had her staff caught him before he could he the ground. I could tell that the two of us made a pretty good team.
"Get her out of here." I instructed. Mia grabbed Thea and let her out.
"You may think that you've been helping this city but all you've done is cause chaos. You don't understand who I am."
I then went to Quentin with the four of them.
"Do you know who they are?" I asked him.
"They look like the hoods. Where have you been? Typically when I bring in guys that you've gone after, they're a little more dead." He declared.
"That's going to change." I assured him before I left. I knew that he wouldn't shoot me.
From there I headed back to the club. Mia was outside with Courtney.
"So are you going to tell us what's going on and who this is?" Courtney asked.
"Yes, but we need to do it inside." I explained as I took her and Mia inside where Iris already was.
"So I need to preface this by saying that it is going to sound pretty crazy." I explained. I wasn't sure what the best way to start would be? I still didn't know if I wanted to tell everything. There was one part that I wanted to leave out because it wasn't super relevant. "Have either of you ever heard of the multiverse theory?"
"No." Both Courtney and Iris arrived.
"Well the simplest way to explain it is that there is an infinite number of universes very similar to our own." I stated. "There are usually a few differences. Sometimes they are minor and sometimes they are major."
"What does this have to do with her?" Iris questioned.
"Because I'm from one of them." Mia replied. I was hoping that she would have let me say that but I supposed that she did possess my impulsiveness. I also knew that it would lead to me having to explain the rest of it as well.
"And so am I." I added as both of them gasped. "The multiverse is watched over by a being called the Monitor who has the ability to freely travel between worlds. There was also a being called the Anti-Monitor whose purpose was destroy the multiverse. He succeeded."
"If this guy destroyed everything, then how are we here right now?" Courtney questioned. I supposed that was a valid question that I also knew the answer to.
"There were seven paragons that were meant to protect the multiverse from the Anti-Monitor. Mia was one of them." I stated. "I had made friends from other universes and when we rebuilt it I merged all of their universes with my own. That resulted in new worlds being created, including this one. I had given my life to that stop the Anti-Monitor and the Monitor rewarded me by letting me live here."
"So did you know us in this other universe?" Iris asked.
"I knew you but I never met Courtney before." I explained with a bit of a blush. I looked at Courtney. "Everything that I feel is for you is genuine because you were a total surprise to me."
"Well you two seem awfully close." Courtney replied. "Like why would you take her with you to Disney World?"
"Because Mia is my daughter from the future." I answered.
"But we don't need to go into the rest." Mia responded. Apparently she didn't care if I told them that I was her father and not her mother. "My mom loved someone else before you, but now she loves you. I've been waiting to meet you for the past few months."
"Now I need to go and close up." I explained. The place was pretty much was pretty much deserted from the attack anyway. As I was taking the trash out, I managed to hear a loud ringing in the distance. That confirmed it. Sara was back, but I would wait for her to come to me because I didn't actually know what she looked like.
After being kidnapped Thea finally decided to go and see Mom. It seemed like she no longer blamed her for what Robert had done. I was also pretty sure that she was going to be taking over the company alongside an advisor. I couldn't help but wonder who it was going to be, but I was pretty sure that it would be someone that I already knew.
So Olivia told Courtney and Iris most of what happened. Also Thea is going to be CEO of the company, but who is going to be her advisor? Also Olivia knows that Sara is in Star City. Please don't forget to review.