章 1: Rebirth
[Starling City]
{Oliver Queen is alive. The Starling City resident was found by fishermen in the North China sea 5 days ago, 5 years after he was missing and presumed dead following the accident at sea which claimed "The Queen's Gambit." Queen was a regular tabloid presence and a fixture at the Starling City club scene. Shortly before his disappearance, he was acquitted of assault charges stemming from a highly publicized drunken altercation with paparazzi. Queen is the son of Starling City billionaire Robert Queen, who was also on board but is now officially confirmed as deceased}
Oliver Queen stands by the window of his hospital room gazing out at Starling City with a frown on his face.
"30% of his body is covered in scar tissue. Second-degree burns on his back and arms. X-rays show at least 5 fractures that never properly healed." Dr. Lamb tells Moira. "Has he said anything about what happened?" Moira asks tentatively turning to him. "No. He's barely said anything," Lamb says as Moira turns back to watching Oliver.
"Moira, I'd like you to prepare yourself... The Oliver you lost might not be the one they found," Lamb says solemnly as Moira opens the door slowly in walks into Oliver's hospital room. "Oliver?" She calls and waits as Oliver slowly turns around to look at her. "Mom," He says with a strained smile. She smiles back they walk to each other she takes a moment to look him over fighting back tears. "Oh...My beautiful boy," She chokes out and hugs him. Oliver hugs her back albeit reluctantly.
--Break--
A black sedan pulled into the driveway of the Queen Mansion. Oliver gets out of the car and gets just in time to stop the driver from taking out his wooden case, "I've got it," Oliver says as he takes it from him.
"Your room is exactly as you left it. I never had the heart to change a thing," Moira says as they enter the house. Oliver gives the house a cursory glance and turns his attention to the African American man walking up to them. "Oliver. It's damn good to see you," The man says holding out his hand. "...Walter, right?" Oliver says unsure shaking his hand.
"He's your father's friend from the company," Moira says nervously giving Oliver's forearm a gentle squeeze. Walter nods stepping back as Oliver walks past him to the staircase. "Oliver! I knew it. I knew you were alive," Thea cries running down the staircase and hugging Oliver. "I missed you so much," She says softly hugging him tighter. "I missed you too Thea," He says softly patting her back.
--Break--
[Flashback]
Oliver groans rolls over onto his back and sits up, grunting at the sharp pain in his head. "Where the hell am I?" He mutters blinking until his eyes focus and looks around him. He is sitting on a beach with a forest behind him and a life raft next to him with a bunch of seagulls squeaking and pecking at something on the raft. "God! shut up. I can't think!" He shouts scaring the seagulls away.
"Why does my mouth taste like vomit," He grimaces as he gets up and walks to the life raft. "...That is a dead body," He looks numbly at the dead person in a life vest head propped up on the side of the life raft and head covered with an orange bag. "What the fuck is going on here?"
[Flashback End]
"Must be some sick joke how we both have to right over father's wrongs," Oliver mumbles softly to himself looking at a picture of Robert Queen. "What did I tell you? Yachts suck," Tommy jokes walking through the front door. "Tell me about it," Oliver says wryly turning to Tommy. "I missed you, buddy," Tommy says hugging him
--Break--
"Ok. What else did you miss? Super Bowl winners... Giants, Steelers, Saints, Packers, Giants again. A black president, that's new. Oh, and "Lost," they were all dead...I think," Tommy chatters pointlessly trying to fill the silence of the dining room. "What was it like there?" Thea asks Oliver leaning forward on the dining table. The room fills with an uncomfortable tension as Oliver looks at Thea blankly.
"Cold," He tells her with a hollow smile. He can feel the silence become more oppressive. "Tomorrow, you and me, we're doing the city. You've got a lot to catch up on," Tommy says breaking the uncomfortable silence. "That sounds like a great idea," Moira says smiling at Oliver.
"Good. Then I was hoping to swing by the office," Oliver says and watches as Walter freezes the wine glass inches from his lips. "Well, there's plenty of time for all that," He says placing down his wine glass. "Queen Consolidated isn't going anywhere," He smiles at Oliver.
Raisa walks by Oliver and trips almost falling on him but luckily he catches her stopping her fall. "Oh, I am so sorry, Mr. Oliver," Raisa apologizes righting herself. "<It's no worry.>" He says in Russian deliberately. Raisa and Tommy look at him stunned. "Dude, you speak Russian?" Tommy asks. "I didn't realize you took Russian at college, Oliver," Walter says amazed.
"I didn't realize I had stepdad, Walter," Oliver smirks as he watches Walter and Moira look at him uncomprehendingly. Silence and tension return to the room as the three stare at each other. Moira glances at Thea. "I didn't say anything," Thea sighs leaning back in her chair.
"She didn't have to," Oliver says shaking his head. Moira stares at him for a moment and nods her head. She reaches over to Walter and they join hands. "Oliver, Walter and I are married and I don't want you to think that...either one of us did anything to disrespect your father," Moira says.
"Right, that doesn't sound suspicious at all," Oliver says drily. "We both believed that Robert, like you, was...well, gone," Walter says smiling tightly. "It's fine," Oliver smiles shrugging and standing up. "May I be excused?" Oliver asks Moira who nods silently. He turns and walks out of the dining room.
--Break--
[Flashback]
"God I wish this was a dream," Oliver sighs dejectedly sitting under a tree for shade and throwing rocks at seagulls that try and get close to the life raft and Robert's dead body. "So, somehow I body snatched Oliver Queen's body," He mutters while tossing another rock and hitting a seagull dead on. "Inheriting all his memories, feelings, attachments, sentiments, the whole shebang," He tosses another rock hitting another seagull dead on. "You think they would realize their friends are getting stoned and retreat," He chuckles at the seagull's persistence.
"I still have all my memories," He leans his head back on the tree trunk. "Well not all of them. I can't remember fuck all about what's gonna happen in the future," He sighs dejectedly. "All I get are bits and pieces. So I'll use those memories to try and stick to canon as much as I can and hopefully not fuck myself over," He gets up and stretches his back. "Time to start surviving," He sighs walking to the life raft.
[Flashback End]
"Your funeral blew," Tommy says to Oliver as they through the city in Tommy's Mercedes SLR. "You get lucky?" Oliver asks grinning at Tommy. "Like fish in a barrel," He chuckles. "They were so sad and huggy... And I am counting on another target-rich environment for your welcome home bash," Tommy says grinning at Oliver.
"Wow using me as bait Merlyn and I thought we were friends," Oliver says feigning a look of hurt. "Yup, some high-grade bait to bring in the big fish," Tommy nods shamelessly. "Look, you tell me where and when. I'll take care of everything," Tommy says he takes a turn and stops in front of an old steel factory.
"This city's gone to crap. Your dad sold his factory just in time. And why'd you want to drive through this neighborhood anyway?" Tommy asks looking at Oliver, who is staring at his father's old steel factory. "Taking the scenic route," Oliver shrugs. "So, what'd you miss the most? Steaks at The Palm? Drinks at The Station? Meaningless Sex?" Tommy grins.
"Thea, You, Mum. I missed you guys," Oliver turns smiling at him. Tommy looks at him oddly. "What?" Oliver asks to which Tommy just shakes his head. "I'm just surprised Laurels is not on that list," He says shrugging. "I cheated on her with her sister, Tommy. We were over long before I got on the Gambit," Oliver leans in his seat and sighs, "We should probably go to the CNRI. So I can apologize to her,"
"Dude, everybody is happy you're home. You want to see the one person who isn't?" Tommy shakes his head.
--Break--
"You went to law school, huh," Oliver says casually as he and Laurel walk down the street. "Yeah. Everyone's proud," Laural says glancing at Oliver. "Adam Hunt's a heavy hitter. Sure you wanna get in the ring with him?" Oliver asks watching a mockingbird fly overhead. "Fire years and you wanna talk about Adam Hunt?" Laurel deadpans looking at him.
"I thought we get some small talk in before getting to the nitty-gritty of it all," Oliver stops under a tree the mockingbird is perched on. "Why are you here, Ollie?" Laurel sighs. "To apologize," He says. "I never meant to--" "She was my sister," Laurel says cutting him off. "I couldn't be angry because she was dead. I couldn't grieve because I was so angry. That's what happens when your sister dies while screwing your boyfriend. We buried an empty coffin...because her body was at the bottom of the ocean where you left her. It should have been you,"
"For what it's worth I really am sorry, Laurel," Oliver says sincerely. "Yeah, I'm sorry, too. I'd hoped that you'd rot in hell a whole lot longer than 5 years," She says coldly and walks away. "Well, that went well," Oliver sighs watching Laurel walk by Tommy and say something to him, and going back into the CNRI building. Oliver looks up at the mockingbird one more time smiling softly and then walks over to Tommy.
--Break--
"Ok, so we took care of that. Good call," Tommy says sarcastically earning a blank stare from Oliver. The two are walking down an alleyway to where Tommy parked his car. "Now we can make up for lost time. If you're not too sick of fish, I suggest we find some leggy models and eat Sushi all day. What do you say?" Tommy asks as van up from behind them startling him. "What the hell!" Tommy exclaims stumbling back as the van stops before them.
Two masked men come around a corner firing a tranq dart into Tommy's neck knocking him out instantly. Oliver also gets shot by a tranq dart but resists it. He stumbles leaning against Tommy's car for support as another masked man walks out of the van with a silenced assault rifle. A middle-aged man carrying garbage bags walks out of a door yelling and startling the gunner, who turns and shoots the middle-aged man killing him.
Oliver loses his grip on the car and falls as watches the dead body slumped to the ground. He turns and weakly glares at the masked man and then passes out.
--Break--
"Mr. Queen" A guy in a red masked drawled as he pulled a burlap sack from Oliver's head sparking a taser in front of his face threateningly. "Mr. Queen! Did your father survive that accident?" The man asks breathing heavily. Oliver glances around seeing two other men in matching red masks with silenced guns standing as backup. He also sees Tommy lying on the ground still conscious. "I ask the questions. You give me the answers," The taser guy says getting Oliver's attention.
He stares impassively at him as he clenches and unclenches his zip-lock-cuffed hands trying to ease the tension from his body. The taser guy looks at his associates and then turns back to Oliver tasing him. "Fuck!" Oliver screams in pain. "Did he make it to the island? Did he tell you anything?" The taser guy asks again after Oliver had calmed down a bit.
Oliver stays silent trying to calm his breathing. The taser guy shrugs and tasses him again. Oliver grunts in pain clenching his jaw and gritting his teeth. "Fuck that hurt," Oliver pants. Oliver takes a moment to calm his breathing and then looks at the taser guy, "Yes, he did," Oliver says looking at something behind the taser guy. The taser guy nods obliviously, "What did he tell you, Mr. Queen?" The taser guy asks nodding his head.
Oliver stays silent for a moment takes a deep breath exhales and looks the taser guy in eyes and smirks, "He said, did you know that Mockingbirds are allergic to axe body spray," The taser guy looks completely caught off guard. He turns to his associates only to see a blonde-haired woman wearing a black with blue accents domino mask, a black, grey with blue accents turtleneck kevlar jumpsuit, reinforced combat gloves, a utility belt with an M for a buckle, a holster on both thighs, reinforce knee to shin pads and stealth boots.
"Oh, was it invite only?" The woman asks the three stunned men innocently and then leaps into action. She tosses her two battle staves at the heads of the two masked on the side knocking them out with a resounding crack sound to their skulls. She easily dodges the taser guy's feeble punch, grabs his arm, and judo-flips him to the ground, she kicks him to the back of the head knocking him out.
"Well that was pathetically easy," The woman says turning to Oliver and walking up to him. "You know something about seeing you bound and helpless, is making me feel some type of way," The woman says looking at him with barely concealed lust. "Yeah, well don't get used to it," Oliver sighs breaking free of the zip lock cuffs. "I'll try," She smirks walking up to him and sitting in his lap straddling him. "Really? Bobbi," He sighs looking at her
"What? My legs were hurting and I needed to take a seat," She says looking at him with wide innocent eyes and a pout on her lips. "Tommy's gonna wake up any minute now and the cops will be here in a few," Oliver rubbing his hands up the side of her waist. "Fine," She sighs heavily and gets off his lap. "I like the suit," Oliver says making her grin at him. "Thanks made it myself. Get yours done and we can start moonlighting together" She grins. She walks away to pick up her battle staves and puts them in her thigh holsters.
"Well see you around, zombie man," She says giving him a quick kiss on the lips and running off just as Tommy starts gaining consciousness.
--Break--
"So that's your story. A woman in a black and grey kevlar jumpsuit flew in and single-handedly took out 3 armed kidnappers. I mean, who is she? Why would she do that?" Quinten asks narrowing his eyes at Oliver. "I don't know. Find her and you can ask." Oliver says shrugging nonchalantly. "Yeah. What about you?" Quinten asks Tommy showing him a sketch. "You see the jumpsuit lady?"
"I saw...just movement." Tommy shakes his head glancing at Oliver who is staring at him. "Everything blurry. I was kind of out of it," Tommy shrugs looking at Quinten. "Yeah. It's funny, isn't it? One day back, and already somebody's gunning for you. Aren't you popular?" Quinten snides. "Were you able to identify the men?" Moira asks getting Quinten attention.
"Scrubbed identities. Untraceable weapons. These were pros," Hilton answers. "Yeah..." Quinten muses mockingly, "They figured you'd pay a king's ransom to get your boy back. Or a Queen's ransom as it were," He sighs and turns to look at Oliver impassively, "After all, a parent would do anything to keep their child safe,"
"I don't find your tone appropriate, Detective," Moira says narrowing her eyes at him. "If Oliver can think of anything else, he'll be in touch," Walter says tactfully, standing up, "Thank you, gentlemen, for coming." He nods dismissing them. Quinten scoffs standing up and packing away his stuff. "Your luck never seems to run out, does it?" Quinten jibes staring at Oliver who also stood up.
"Luck, you say?" Oliver mutters staring at Quinten. "Am I lucky for watching someone I care about getting swallowed up by the ocean when the Gambit sunk and being helpless to do anything about it? Am I lucky for washing up on an island cold and alone? Am I lucky for the 5 years of hell I had to go through on that island?" Oliver says looking blankly at Quinten and the rest stunned in silence. "Look I'm sorry, but what happened to Sarah is not my fault," Oliver says solemnly and walks off to his room.
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ItzMenace12 Welp I'm back at it again with my bullshit. This is just me dumping my recent Arrow obsession and getting it out of my system. So there's a big chance this may or may not be dropped, who knows with my clusterfuck of a mind.
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