Disclaimer: I forgot to mention this is the first chapter, I DO NOT OWN ARROW, i wish i do, but, no.

"Alfred, any news?"

A man taking off his black mask and cape came in from their cave like office.

"No news from Gotham City Police Department, But there seems to be some disturbance incidence in Sterling City that connects to The Joker, " Alfred said standing up from the chair and letting Bruce to sit.

"Robberies around Sterling City in different establishments, It may look like unrelated, but what i've seen from the evince from SCPD Files, there seems to be a connection" Alfred continue,

"and that is?" Bruce said in his deep voice looking at Alfred with his index finger on his forhead.

"this sir" Alfred click one button on the keyboard in front of Bruce, then many pictures pop out from the monitor that got Bruce attention, the pictures were taken from different places,but it focuses on one playing card that was left on the crime scene, The Joker card.

Bruce stand up from his chair and walks out of the door but stop midway,

"Find out everything about Sterling City,
find anything that connects The Joker and that City, A psychopath on the loose endangers everyone around him, ant it's hard for me to stop him when his miles and miles away from me"

when Bruce caught The joker and decided not to put him in jail or kill him but put the psychopath in a rehab instead, hoping to let the human inside The joker to come back, he never thought that the other people will suffer from the decision he made once The Joker escape from the rehab, he'll blame himself if other got hurt because of that decision, that's why his determined to right the wrong he has made, and will do anything to kill The Joker before anything bad happens.

Once Bruce was done speaking, Alfred is automatically doing what he just demanded from the old man, but Bruce cut him in his concentration once again,

"and Alfred.." he called his name waiting for response from Alfred before continuing his speech,

"yes sir" the old man is now looking at his boss and waiting for another request,

"Prepare a place for us to stay there, we'll pay Sterling City a visit" then Bruce turn his back on Alfred this time not waiting for an answer, he knows Alfred will follow his orders no matter what.

"why would a robber leave that card in the crime scene?, and although we know that the robberies were done buy the same group or person, it still doesn't make sense, the establishments were different, Jewelry Stores, Banks, Pawnshop, Malls, Drug Store, Convenient Store, what's his goal?" Roy said in his irritated voice, he may have improved in his arrow and fighting skill, but he still doesn't master the logic skill, he doesn't like to think, especially when there are people get hurt from bad people before they caught them, but there's always Thea who always helps to calm him down, before Felicity embarass him in the obvious reasons,

"Roy, it's not that hard, i always told you, think before you get grr" Felicity told him gesturing her hands in a claw,

"in crimes like this there's always a connection, even if it's done by different people, we'll find out that common thing that connects all of this crimes" Felicity continues turning her back from them and facing her computers doing her magic to crack the case,

"and that is?" asked Roy who is still confuse,

Oliver and the others just watch the exchange of conversation of the two, it always amuse them who ever the person Felicity having to argue with, even if it's him sometimes, it still amuse him, just seeing making a stand on things she believes in.

"it's not just this card is the common thing in this crime, the other thing that connects this crime is money, when ever this suspect uses those he stole we'll know it and that's how we'll catch him, once he make a move, it'll give us a clue where and where he use it, what he buys from it, especially those Jewelry that he stole, once he exchange those for something we'll have a clue who he is, and the only thing we do is wait for it to happen" Felicity turns and face them giving them a smirk, like it's was just a game for her.

"Felicity's right, we can't do anything about it now, but he doesn't rob for nothing, he stole money because he doesn't have any, he wants to earn money because of something, and that means he'll purchase something from the money he stoles and it'll be the reason we can get close to him." Sara said looking at all of them.

"but what's the card for?" Thea ask them, staring at the pictures of the Joker card on the screen.

"maybe he wants to be recognize, or maybe he's proud of what he does" Oliver said now staring at the screen as well.

"but you know that thief upgrade sometimes, they start from stealing money, but accidents happen sometimes, and there are times that collateral damage is involve, where people got hurt or got killed because they were afraid to get caught, but once they've got a taste of blood it'll continue like a drug or adrenaline to them and they can never stop, that's when a thief changes to murderers" Diggle said he knows this cases, he has seen thief that changed to murderers because of money, he knows what money can do to one person, and that's why he wants to warn his team, what little thief can change into with time.

"then we have to stop him before he could taste blood" Oliver said in his arrow voice, what he doesn't like the most in their missions is that people got hurt before they can do anything about it. then he starts to think his mistakes, the people who got hurt before he can do anything.

before Oliver can fall too deep in his thoughts, Felicity's phone rang that disturb their silence,

"Smoke speaking" she wear a confuse look one the caller exchange conversation to her,
"I'll have to ask about that, wait for a moment please" she told he caller, Oliver knew it was Queen Consolidated matter,

"what is it?" Oliver said giving her an opportunity to think clear because he saw her looking for words to explain to him what she and her caller was talking about.

"there is someone wants to make an appointment to meet you, and i mean by someone, it's SOMEONE, why would he wants to talk to you?, i mean he can't gain anything anymore because he HAS everything now, how can you gain more when you have everything, not that you don't have everything you just got them back"

"Felicity!" Oliver stop her ramble because this time he thought she wouldn't stop from the shock, who ever called might be someone have bigger than QC to make Felicity ramble likes this.

"who is it?" the one thing Oliver hates the most is to be curious and wait, he hates waiting even more.

then she said that name that shock all of them, they know that is, it's like an alter ego of Oliver but much more darker personality, but Oliver knows him very well, they've met before but it doesn't answer the question, why he wants to suddenly meet Oliver now, they haven't seen each other since their parents meeting.

"it's Bruce Wayne"

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