IWP: Green Arrow 1.4

I opened my eyes and let out a groan. I pushed up and found a beam had pinned my legs to the ground. I tried to sit up, but it hurt too much. Miraculously, I wasn’t dead. I looked around the damaged room coated in dust and gravel and rubble; through the grit I could see Roy propped up against a wall and a figure standing beside him.

 

Was that…

 

“Yin?” I asked. He looked back and ran over, his face frozen in a fearful expression.

 

“Connor. I-I’m so sorry.”

 

“Yin, what’s going on? John said this was a trap.” He met my eyes.

 

“It was, and I knew.”

 

“Woah, woah, woah… wait a minute. How? What do you mean you knew it was a trap?”

 

“Connor…” We head a creaking above us. Yin’s head snapped up, scanning the rubble above us, and he called Roy over. They began pulling at the beam.

 

“We don’t have much time. The komodo is coming.” He looked at me. “The truth is, I didn’t survive the explosion. But the League used a pit to bring me back… the Lazarus Pit. When I came back, they told me I could join them, and-and the thought of comradery after all those years alone on the island before Oliver…” Tears fell from his eyes.

 

“I loved him like a brother. But I resented him, too. For never bothering to follow up, find out what happened…”

 

“He thought you were dead! Why would he check up on you?” I white hot anger flashed through behind my eyes. This guy betrays us, then has the audacity to question my father’s honour?

 

“You betrayed, us, you lying son of a-”

 

“Connor.” Roy shot me a look, strangely calm. “Like it or not, he’s our only hope if we’re going to get out of here.” Yin glanced back at him, then at me.

 

“Your friend is wise. For years I harboured resentment against your father, and when they asked me to infiltrate your life, I was eager. But upon actually being here and meeting you, I-I started to have second thoughts. I couldn’t do it. He already had a long painful battle with cancer, and I began to see reason. He’s already suffered; and I couldn’t blame you for the sins of your father, for something you had no idea about.”

 

I nodded grimly. “Thanks.”

 

Roy cleared his throat. “You said something about a-a League?”

 

They pulled the beam off me and I sighed in relief. Roy bent down to help.

 

“Can you walk?”

 

“A-a little. I did something to my ankle.” I put my arm over his and Yin’s shoulders and they helped me get to my feet. Yin continued his explanation.

 

“The League of Assassins are an international band of mercenaries. Their influence ranges worldwide and as far back as the Ancient Romans. We have been manipulating the balance of power, exerting our force for as long as anyone can remember. We’ve been responsible for empires rising, and empires falling. And now they have their sights set on Star City.”

 

I grunted as we began walking away. “Why? There’s nothing here-”

 

“Yes there is. Underneath-” he was cut off by a CRASH. We looked behind us and saw a menacing, hulking figure approaching, wearing armour and night vision goggles and wielding two swords. Yin swore and let Roy take me. He turned around.

 

“Komodo. You must leave, or he will kill you.”

 

“But-”

 

“Go! I’ll hold him off.”

 

Roy and I looked at each other. As angry as I was at him for betraying us, he had saved us. And he was a link to my father’s past.

 

“Go!” Yin shouted. Connor and I began walking away as fast was we could, and Yin kicked a support beam out, causing an avalanche of rubble to separate us from him. We were safe; at least for now.

 

Done