The Emerald Archer: #2

I woke with a jolt. My breathing was heavy but I was able to regain a steady pace in a matter of seconds. I leaned up and looked around to see that I was in the Quiver, my lair which was located directly under Queen Industries. To my left, Dinah and Roy stood over me talking. I couldn't really make out their conversation, my hearing wasn't up to par yet.

 

"How'd I get here?" I asked while rubbing my eyes.

 

"Roy brought you back here." Dinah explained.

 

"You carried me? You must be stronger than I thought for a semi scrawny 16 year old..." I said with a grin.

Roy looked back with a sarcastic look in his eyes.

 

"Rough crowd...how long was I out?"

 

"Almost 8 hours..." Roy said as he set his bow down on a workbench.

"Lawton shot you with a bullet laced with Tibetan Pit Viper venom."

 

"What happened to Floyd?" I asked widening my eyes, expecting some sort of badass story.

 

"I...uh, shot him in the knee. He threw a flashbang and got away..." Roy said with a tone of embarrassment.

 

"Well...that's good. Luckily a couple of weeks ago, I installed micro chips in each of our arrow heads. That way we can track our targets, suspects and other not so friendly neighborhood fiends."

 

I got up slowly off the bed I rested on, and walked over to the central computer. I picked up my arms to type but a massive amount of pain shot up throughout my body.

 

"Easy, Hun. We had to dig that bullet out." Dinah said will placing her hand gently on my wounded shoulder.

 

"Huh..I thought it grazed me. I guess I got stoned faster than I thought."

 

dead silence.

 

"...anyways, the trackers are in separate places. One on 5th and Winchester, the other on 8th and Orchid." I explained.

 

"Wait..8th and Orchid? That used to be an old precinct for the SCPD. That's where they kept tested and designed weapons and gear for the Anti-Vigilante Task Force, which is still active by the way." Roy said. "Don't ask how or why I know.."

 

"So now what?" Dinah asked as she crossed her arms.

 

"We suit up. Dinah you take 5th and Winchester, Roy and I will take Orchid. We want to be sure that neither one of them are diversions from the other."

 

"It's 6:17 am, and you, Mr. Queen, have

a meeting with Ted Kord and Ray Palmer at 7:30. You better get washed up." Dinah said with a fierce tone.

 

"Yes ma'am!" I said with a gulp.

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After a quick, long awaited shower, I retrieved a spare dress shirt and pants out of my closet in the lair. Damn. It's 7:07. I ran across the lair to the elevator. I pressed the penthouse/office button which was located on the 23rd floor of Queen Industries. Once I arrived, I logged into my computer, had my lovely assistant, Felicity Smoak, hand me today's agenda.

 

"Good morning, Mr. Queen. You have a meeting with Ted Kord and Ray Palmer in 3 minutes. They are most likely going to discuss our Applied Sciences division, attempting to buy it out. We can't have that." Felicity said gradually speaking faster and faster.

 

I put my hand out, signaling her to stop speaking.

 

"Ms. Smoak, I've been in the business for almost 3 years now, I think I know how a simple competitor meeting goes..unfortunately."

 

"Yes sir, I apologize, and according to our desk clerk, they're here." She said tapping away on her tablet.

 

"Send em' up!" I said with false excitement.

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About 5 minutes later, they arrived up to my office. Now my office is quite nice, it's also a penthouse which I currently live in. My office has a room separating itself from my bedroom, fancied with a king sized bed, 72" tv, a closet, and a spare suit..the green one. The Queen Estate is occupied by my sister Thea. After I came back, she and I never really got along. We haven't talked in over 2 years.

 

"Oliver Queen. Long time no see." said Ted Kord, who seemed to be excited for this.

 

He walked over to me to shake me hand, we did. Ray followed behind him. Ray's a tad bit younger than Ted and I, so he's shyer than us, but you give that man a few drinks, he's worse than me.

 

"Ray, Ted, it's nice to see you guys again! Please, have a seat." I said while smiling.

 

"Oliver, you know why we're here. Your Applied Sciences division owe us a project. We made an agreement. You give us project, we invest and engineer." Ted said as he crossed his legs and interlocked his fingers.

 

"That's not why I formed this little tea party. I know who you two really are." I said while I turned around, facing the city through my window.

 

The looks on their faces, jeez, priceless.

 

"Ted, you dress up as a bright Blue Beetle and have a beetle shaped aircraft that hovers over our city. Ray, you shrink to the size of an ant, it amazes me why they don't call you Ant-Man." I said laughing the entire time.

 

"Actually, I shrink to the size of an atom. Hence the name." Ray said blushing.

 

Ted stood up buttoning his vest and said,

"We're done here."

 

"Actually, there's one more thing. I'm the Green Arrow."

 

Ray and Ted looked at me, looked at each other and laughed.

 

"Oh, very funny you jackasses." I say in my chair, typed the code 'GA04' into my computer and every window in my office was now covered by metal blinds. My desk flipped over and reveals a hole in which a large capsule popped out of. Once it was finished, the capsule doors opened, revealing my suit.

 

They both looked in awe.

 

"Aw, a little green with envy? My suit display, directly from the Quiver downstairs. You like?"

 

"YES!" they both said simultaneously.

 

"Well then...I have a proposition for you both." I said while grinning.

Done