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Green Arrow vol 3.10
My name is Connor Queen. After my father Oliver died, I discovered he wasn’t who I thought he was; he was the saviour of Star City, a masked saviour called the Green Arrow. Now, after avenging my mother and killing her killer I will continue his mission to protect the innocent from those who would do harm.
Carrie and I meandered into the school, hand-in-hand. A light snow was falling outside, and the air had gotten much colder, it being late November.
The mammoth foyer was filled with students, bustling around, going to their lockers, or reading the bulletin board. Carrie and I marched over to it; seeing as it was the most crowded, there was definitely some big announcement.
“Oh my gosh!” Carrie squealed as we got close enough to see it. “There’s a Christmas Ball coming up on December 21st!” I merely grinned. Dances weren’t really my thing, after a, er, incident at the grade 8 grad dance.
“Connor.” I turned around and felt the grin melt off of my face. There stood Roy in his usual brown jacket, this time with a coat over it; his shaggy black hair had specks of snow in it. I gave him a cold stare.
“Connor, I need to talk to you. Please.” Carrie noticed I was looking somewhere else and followed my gaze to Roy. A look of realization and mild interest spread across her face. I’d told her about my issues with Roy.
“I’ll leave you two to talk; see you later,” she said quickly, standing on her toes to kiss my on the cheek. She walked away as Roy trudged towards me.
“We need to go somewhere,” he said. I followed him numbly through the stuffy halls and to his locker.
“What is it?” I asked him.
“Look, Connor, I’m sorry about what I said about your dad, I was out of line-”
“Damn right you were!” I snorted. “Talking about my dad like that, you had no right!” Roy looked at the ground, a blush blossoming in his natural, Navajo tan.
“However,” he pushed on, “something’s come up, in the last few days. I don’t know if you’ve been out on patrol, or seen the news…”
“I’ve been inside,” I admitted. “As you can see I’ve met someone.” He blushed further.
“Yeah, well, there’s this person going around at night, killing people, specifically sex traffickers and male prostitutes. They’re found dead in the morning, their hearts ripped out.” I blinked a few times and processed what he said. Ew.
“Do you have any ideas who it might be?” I probed. He shook his head.
“No, but I was just letting you know; we should probably be investigating this before it gets way out of hand,” he told me. I sighed wearily; the heavy weight I hadn’t been carrying was back on my shoulders. I bit my lower lip, annoyed; to be honest, I liked not being the Green Arrow and taking a break. But I knew it was useless to resist; I could already feel my mind thinking up explanations, piling together a list of my father’s enemies who might have done something like this.
“Alright. Meet at the mansion, tonight.”
Green Arrow vol 3.10
My name is Connor Queen. After my father Oliver died, I discovered he wasn’t who I thought he was; he was the saviour of Star City, a masked saviour called the Green Arrow. Now, after avenging my mother and killing her killer I will continue his mission to protect the innocent from those who would do harm.
Carrie and I meandered into the school, hand-in-hand. A light snow was falling outside, and the air had gotten much colder, it being late November.
The mammoth foyer was filled with students, bustling around, going to their lockers, or reading the bulletin board. Carrie and I marched over to it; seeing as it was the most crowded, there was definitely some big announcement.
“Oh my gosh!” Carrie squealed as we got close enough to see it. “There’s a Christmas Ball coming up on December 21st!” I merely grinned. Dances weren’t really my thing, after a, er, incident at the grade 8 grad dance.
“Connor.” I turned around and felt the grin melt off of my face. There stood Roy in his usual brown jacket, this time with a coat over it; his shaggy black hair had specks of snow in it. I gave him a cold stare.
“Connor, I need to talk to you. Please.” Carrie noticed I was looking somewhere else and followed my gaze to Roy. A look of realization and mild interest spread across her face. I’d told her about my issues with Roy.
“I’ll leave you two to talk; see you later,” she said quickly, standing on her toes to kiss my on the cheek. She walked away as Roy trudged towards me.
“We need to go somewhere,” he said. I followed him numbly through the stuffy halls and to his locker.
“What is it?” I asked him.
“Look, Connor, I’m sorry about what I said about your dad, I was out of line-”
“Damn right you were!” I snorted. “Talking about my dad like that, you had no right!” Roy looked at the ground, a blush blossoming in his natural, Navajo tan.
“However,” he pushed on, “something’s come up, in the last few days. I don’t know if you’ve been out on patrol, or seen the news…”
“I’ve been inside,” I admitted. “As you can see I’ve met someone.” He blushed further.
“Yeah, well, there’s this person going around at night, killing people, specifically sex traffickers and male prostitutes. They’re found dead in the morning, their hearts ripped out.” I blinked a few times and processed what he said. Ew.
“Do you have any ideas who it might be?” I probed. He shook his head.
“No, but I was just letting you know; we should probably be investigating this before it gets way out of hand,” he told me. I sighed wearily; the heavy weight I hadn’t been carrying was back on my shoulders. I bit my lower lip, annoyed; to be honest, I liked not being the Green Arrow and taking a break. But I knew it was useless to resist; I could already feel my mind thinking up explanations, piling together a list of my father’s enemies who might have done something like this.
“Alright. Meet at the mansion, tonight.”