The Emerald

Chapter 38 - The Meet

The Dealer stood, dripping with sweat, in front of Roy as he removed the boxing gloves. He had gotten quite a workout in, and was quite pleased with how his work looked in the bruising forming on the young man's flesh. To describe how it felt to not have to worry about keeping the abuse hidden would be impossible. It gave him so much more freedom in what he did and the feeling was exhilarating.

Oliver sat, completely unable to help his Teammate in any way, and tried to pull free of his restraints yet again. He had been trying, the whole time that the Dealer was using Roy as a human punching bag, to get free of his shackles. However, due to the sedative, his body was not cooperating at all. He could see that his sister was not taking watching Roy being beaten very well. Tears were streaming down her face and she had pulled at her restraints until she ran out of energy, yelling at the Dealer the entire time. Oliver knew that she would have rope burns on her wrists from her attempts to get free. He also noticed that Sin was taking things a bit better than his sister was and he wondered what the younger woman had seen in her lifetime to allow her to remain somewhat calm while watching one of her friends being beaten in such a way.

David handed the Dealer a towel to wipe the sweat from his face. He had thoroughly enjoyed watching the young archer get what was coming to him and he couldn't wait until it was his turn. Unfortunately that wouldn't be for a couple of hours.

"Sir, it's time to go pick up our shipment." David informed the other man. "We don't want to keep them waiting."

"Very well." The Dealer responded, keeping his eyes on Roy's the entire time. He could still see the pain in the boys eyes, even though his son was trying to hide it from him. "Gag the girl. I don't want her putting any ideas into his head."

"What about him?" David asked, gesturing to where Oliver sat, as he put a gag in Thea's mouth.

"He isn't a threat." The Dealer answered with a smirk. "Nothing he says can save the boy now."

At that both David and the Dealer left the room to go pick up a shipment of weapons.

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Andrew sat at his computer pretending to search for the Arrow's tech support. He had been watching closely as his dad had abused Roy and knew that he was running out of time. He had been in awe of his brother, keeping silent as much as he was, as he took the beating. He knew that Roy had to be in an incredible amount of pain from everything and Andrew knew that Roy's determination and stamina had to be a direct result of his training with the Arrow.

Andrew looked up as David and his dad walked in. His dad had a smug, satisfied look on his face, like the beating he had just dealt Roy had given him a good deal of satisfaction.

"Why are the girls in there?" Andrew went out on a limb and asked nonchalantly. "What use are they?"

"They are here to witness what happens when someone, even blood, crosses me." The Dealer answered as he pulled on a fresh shirt. "They are also here to be used as leverage if your brother doesn't give me the required information in our next session." He turned and grabbed his jacket before walking towards the door. "We should be back within the hour. I want that tech found before I get back, or there will be repercussions!"

"Yes sir. I'm almost there." Andrew replied, being careful to keep his voice even. He watched as the men walked out the door, leaving him in the building with the prisoners and only a hand full of guards.

Once Andrew was sure that his dad and David were indeed gone he turned back to his computers. He set the video feed from the cell on a loop. This would allow him the needed time to get in and out, and his dad would never have to know as the video that would record will not even show he was there.