Man Behind the Mask

Chapter 1 - You are not the Vigilante

Man Behind The Mask 

Chapter 1 - You are not the Vigilante 

AN - This story follows both You are the Vigilante and Go Team Arrow but if you missed them, here's a quick summary. In Vigilante, Thea and Roy discover Oliver's secret identity by the way he acted w/ Felicity then wanted to join in on the action and did help out on a mission (took me 9 chapters for this one sentence)! Team Arrow delves deeper into the characters, their relationships and how they became a team (7 chapters for that one)! There's a whole lot of Olicity in both as well as an OC (security guard named Charlie) who has his own episode tag series! Now you are current so happy reading! 

*Lance's thoughts are in italics!

DISCLAIMER - I own nothing but I do enjoy playing w/o profit!

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Once alone and at his own place, Lance thought back over the conversation with his daughter. He really didn't think Laurel would pursue Felicity, at least not with Queen's interference. If things did go further the Arrow would certainly find a way to protect Felicity. Laurel would certainly be upset if she knew just how badly she had underestimated Ms. Smoak - she's got two of the most powerful men in the city protecting her. Lance chuckled before he actually processed that thought.  

Two of the most powerful protecting one single blond IT girl... 

Felicity came from the back of the club?  

Rumors she was sleeping with Queen but the Arrow laid claim to her as well.  

Lance's police instincts were on alert now as rarely were there coincidences.  

And both Queen and the Arrow know both of my daughters - Queen killed both my girls, Lance couldn't help the anger and grief of that thought even as he acknowledged it wasn't strictly true and if he continued it to its logical end then...the Arrow has saved both of them. 

It couldn't be, could it? Could Queen be the Arrow? 

However, there was nothing logical in Lance's view of Queen and his response remained emotional. There was little black and white in Starling City anymore with the advent of the Arrow and even Lance's own choice to help him left more gray areas than he liked. However, hating Ollie Queen was something Lance had always been sure about, had always been sure he'd been in the right. 

Lance was unwilling to let go of one of the few remaining pillars of his belief system without actual concrete evidence. He just wasn't quite ready to lose the comfort of blaming Ollie Queen nor did he want to reassign that blame to anyone else. Unfortunately, Lance couldn't ignore his belief in pursuing the truth so he did acknowledge that there was just the slim possibility that Queen wasn't quite the villain he liked to believe he was.  

Am I being as blind about Queen as Laurel is being about Felicity?  

To complicate matters further there was then the question of what he should do with any knowledge he acquired. Helping Oliver Queen was not the same as helping the Arrow, Lance concluded with a growl not unlike the Arrow's. 

Lance scrubbed at his eyes even as he pressed his fingertips into his temple to relieve the growing pressure there. Sleep was surely not coming tonight. 

It couldn't be, could it? Could Queen be the Arrow? The thought continued to buzz in his head like a mad mosquito and it was going to drive him crazy. 

Lance started to compile and evaluate the pieces of evidence just as if he was solving a crime and there was some damning evidence to support that fact that the obnoxious playboy trust fund brat had returned from the dead to become the hero of Starling City.