So, yeah! A new story! I will be updating Off the Island soon. But meanwhile, please read and review this?
"Next turn, four men with guns. You need to move fast."
Oliver frowned. This wasn't good. He braced himself ever so slowly and began walking down.
"Spartan?"
"I have got it, covered man." Oliver heard Diggle say. The man was grunting and by the sounds of it, he was probably kicking a few men.
"Arsenal?"
Oliver slowly took a step forward, carefully taking every step.
"Let's say Speedy and I have got this area covered."
"Yeah big bro, go on."
Truth was, Oliver was scared. It had started something like this.
Oliver was enjoying a simple dinner with Felicity and William at his home. William was babbling about school, like always. Felicity had rubbed off on him, naturally, considering the time they spent together. There they were, having dinner like a normal family when suddenly a beam of light erupted out of nowhere right in the centre of the Glades.
"What is that?"
Both Oliver and Felicity did not know what it was. They needed the help of team Flash to understand this. However, whatever it was, had come and gone in a mere second. They did not have enough time to contact their friends from Central City.
"Suit up?" Felicity had asked.
Oliver had nodded and nodding to William, ran off.
Presently, along with his team, with a few older and a few new members, Oliver was investigating the place where the beam had struck.
It was filled with all kinds of soldiers, trained assassins to simple thugs. His friends were taking care of them as Oliver walked right to the place where the beam had struck.
As he turned, Oliver kicked one of the men and shot an arrow at two others subsequently, before punching the last guy and pushing him down.
"The coast is clear." He heard Felicity say.
Oliver nodded and walked on, looking around. Turn after turn, with no other doors, led to the centre of the building where the light had struck.
"Could you get what it is?" Oliver asked, running along the walls.
"The energy is recognizable," Felicity said, "but I can't really put my finger on it. Even the computer is failing."
"Why don't you try using other methods?"
Oliver froze. "What is William doing there?"
"Oh, he was just enjoying the show," Felicity said as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
"Hey, dad."
Oliver grunted and continued. He would have a talk later. Right now, the mission was more important.
He was honestly glad that Thea and Roy had decided to come for this fight. With the members on shot and Diggle still struggling with his tremors, two new members were a good idea.
Oliver froze as he saw a door at the end of the destination. It could be the only possible place where the beam had struck.
Carefully taking each step, Oliver made his way towards the wooden door. As he neared the place, he heard a few voices.
"You aren't real!"
Oliver took a step back, his eyes widened. That...that was his vigilante's voice!
"You aren't real!"
There it was, again, but Oliver was sure that a different person had said it. There were slight differences in the voices that his own. The first one was rather young while the other one was older.
"Why don't we decide this calmly?"
It was again the same way, but this time it was feminine.
"Sure! Maybe over a cup of tea and biscuits?"
Another feminine voice. But not the same one. What was going on?
Oliver knew he needed to work fast. Breaking into a run, Oliver kicked down the door with all his might.
As the door fell and the air cleared, Oliver looked around to see four figures.
Four Green Arrows.
The others looked at him as one said, "You've got to be kidding me!"
"I absolutely agree." The older man said.
"Wow."
Oliver could only mirror Felicity's expression. Four other Arrows? Was this the Black Siren's doing?
"Who are you?" the younger of the two women asked.
Oliver looked at her direction. She was thin but strong. Oliver knew her.
"I am the Green Arrow."
"No you're not!"
Oliver looked at the man in confusion. "And you are?"
The man immediately raised his bow and shot an arrow. Oliver moved aside and started pulling out his own arrow when the older woman shouted, "STOP!"
Oliver immediately stopped. He noticed so did all the others. Wow, she reminded Oliver of his mom.
"We are adults here, not kids fighting over a piece of cake!"
The man put down his bow, shaking his head. Oliver took a deep breath and said, "I agree. We have to resolve this carefully."
"And why should we agree with you?" The older man asked.
Oliver looked at the man. He seemed...familiar. In fact, all of them seemed familiar. Could it be because of the hood?
"Because we are in my city. And we play by my rules."
The female grunted. "Now who's being the kid?"
"Tell them this is Earth-1."
Oliver raised an eyebrow at Felicity's words. "What?"
"What 'what'?" the woman asked, moving forward. She was by far the calmest of all.
"I have a feeling they are from different earths." Felicity said, breathing heavily. "The energy could be from Cisco's database, that is why I recognize it but can't identify it. Tell them."
Oliver looked at the four Green Arrows in front of him. Maybe it was not such a bad idea.
"This is Earth-1."
The result was immediate. The older man took back a step and so did the two women, clearly understanding what this meant. The man, however, looked unmoved.
"Yeah, and I was never stranded on Lian Yu."
Everybody turned to look at him. "I was."
"So was I."
"I think we all were." Oliver said, taking the lead once more. "Because you are on my earth, I will take the lead and take off my hood. "
"That...is a real bad idea!" Felicity shouted.
"What's a bad idea?" Oliver heard Thea ask.
Oliver ignored them and continued, "And I expect the same from you all."
There was no answer from any of the four. For all he knew, they could all be his doppelgangers. But that would mean Oliver was a woman on some Earth. Now that would be interesting.
"Oliver, don't!"
Oliver ignored Felicity, trusting his gut. Something told him this was necessary. And so, he took of his hood and mask.
There was a stunned silence that followed. Oliver could feel each second slipping away Maybe this was a bad idea. Who knew they were...
"Oliver?"
Oliver's eyes widened at the voice. It wasn't the vigilante voice, no, it was a voice he hadn't heard in over five years.
"Tommy?"
The younger man took off his Hood and stared at Oliver for a whole second. Oliver could just stare at his dead best friend. Well, not so dead anymore.
"Is that Tommy Merlyn?" Felicity said as William asked, "Who's Tommy Merlyn?"
"Tommy?" Thea momentarily froze. "What about him?"
"You're alive." Tommy said. He smiled and then actually laughed. "You're alive! I- I saw you die."
"And I saw you die." Oliver admitted, slowly. "Twice, if I may add."
Tommy laughed. "This can't be real."
"Indeed it can't." The older man said as he pulled off is hood.
Oliver turned white, looking at the face he hadn't seen for years. "Dad?"
"Robert?" the older woman took off her hood, revealing a very alive and rather strong Moira Queen, staring at her dead husband. "This can't be happening!"
"I saw all of you die." The last woman said and everybody turned to see Laurel Lance staring at the four other Green Arrows. "This can't be true."
For all Oliver could think, this was a dream.