Lauriver Chronicles

Chapter 100

Chapter 100 baby. Still going strong and considering the good mood I'm in, I don't see myself slowing down. And now, on with the chapter.

When Green Arrow and his team arrived on the glass roof of Prometheus's base of operations, they found it empty.

"This is a trap right?" Arsenal asked.

"Obviously. Which is why we're going to spring it." Green Arrow said as he fired two arrows. The first one broke the glass and the second one landed on the floor and detonated an explosion.

"So, no sense of a sneak attack?" Jake or Shadow Fox asked.

"Not when he knew we were coming and I have no intention of doing this quietly. This ends now." Green Arrow said.

"Couldn't have said it better myself Ollie." White Canary said as she joined them.

"Sara, what are you?" Green Arrow asked his sister-in-law.

"Laurel called and asked me to fill in for her. Besides, just like Arsenal, I was a member of this team too and Tommy was my friend almost as much as he was yours back when we were kids. And Wonder Woman used her override code to give me access to the Zetatubes." White Canary said.

"Remind me to put you up for League membership when this is over. But now, let's do this." Green Arrow said as they jumped in to find the place in ruins.

"Really Ollie. You had to trash my pad?" Prometheus asked as he and his team entered the room.

"You'll excuse me if I'm not in the mood for small talk after everything you've done Prometheus. I don't know what happened to you, but it's clear that my friend died a long time ago. And now I'm going to avenge him. Everyone else, pick a target, but Prometheus is mine." Green Arrow growled, making it clear that was not up for debate as he lunged at his former friend, firing an arrow at him while he was in the air, forcing Prometheus to roll to dodge before raising his sword to clash with Green Arrow's bow.

"You can't be me in close combat Ollie. You're too used to fighting from a distance." Prometheus said, only to be knocked on his ass.

"You were saying?" Green Arrow asked the two of them continued fighting, both of them perfectly matched in skill and strength.

Out of the corner of his eye, Green Arrow noticed the rest of his team fanning out to fight the others. Silver Arrow, Arsenal and Wildcat were working together to take care of the soldiers from the Thanatos Guild while Katana and White Canary were fighting their boss Athena.

He also saw Spartan and Shadow Fox fighting Deadshot while Huntress and Red Arrow were double teaming Bronze Tiger and China White.

But a majority of Green Arrow's focus was on Prometheus. Since both of them were fighting to kill as they moved their fighting to another room, both of them felt nothing but pure hatred for each other.

"We were brothers once." Green Arrow shouted as he pinned Prometheus to the floor and held an arrow to his throat.

"Not anymore. We stopped being brothers years ago. If we ever were. And if I'm going down, I'm taking you with me. See you in hell." Prometheus said as he revealed a detonator.

"What the?" Green Arrow asked.

"See you in hell old friend." Prometheus said as he triggered an explosion, that knocked Green Arrow back and knocked him out.

When Oliver came too, he groaned as he saw himself back on Lian Yu.

"What happened?" Oliver asked as he got his bearings and saw he was still wearing his Green Arrow suit and it all came running back to him.

"Am I dead?" Oliver asked.

"Not yet son." a voice Oliver hadn't heard in nearly a decade said from behind him and Oliver turned to see his father standing in front of him.

"Dad." Oliver said and Robert Queen smiled at his son.

"Hello Oliver. It's good to see you again." Robert said.

"If you're here, then I am dead." Oliver said.

"No. You're in between life and death right now. Purgatory. Fitting, considering what this Island is called." Robert said.

"I don't understand." Oliver said and Robert smiled at him.

"You've come so far already Oliver. I'm so proud of you. You did what I asked. You righted my wrongs." Robert said.

"What, but I still haven't finished the list." Oliver said.

"The list wasn't important Oliver. You brought Emiko back into the family. You stopped Malcolm Merlyn and his undertaking. You've done more to help Star City than I ever did. But now you have a choice to make." Robert said.

"What do you mean?" Oliver asked.

"You can come with me and embrace the afterlife or you can return to your family on Earth. But you only have so long until the choice is taken from you." Robert said.

"Dad." Oliver said.

"Not yet. After all, I'm not the only one who wants to talk to you before you make your choice." Robert said as several other people joined them and Oliver saw that it was all the people he'd lost during his five years away. Yao Fei, Shado, Akio and Taiana.

"Hello Oliver." Yao Fei said.

"Yao Fei. I hope I've honored your hood." Oliver said.

"You have and you've honored me. A teacher's greatest pride is their student and you have made me proud." Yao Fei said.

"You've made both of us proud, Oliver. You were right to spare Slade, since while what he was doing dishonored me, I didn't want you to kill him in cold blood because of me. But now it's time for you to let go of your guilt for what happened to my father and to me." Shado said.

"I don't blame you for what happened to me in Hong Kong Oliver. You were my friend and while you lost your way, you were there for my mom when my dad wasn't." Akio said.

"I'm sorry you never made it home Akio." Oliver said.

"I forgive you. Now forgive yourself." Akio said as Oliver turned to Taiana.

"You freed me from slavery Oliver. You freed everyone. Don't blame yourself for my death, we both know what you did was a mercy to keep me from becoming like Baron Reiter. Let me go." Taiana said as Oliver nodded before turning to his father.

"Oliver, I know that you've spent nearly the past decade blaming yourself for my death, but I'm telling you, it's time to let go of it. I sacrificed myself to give you a chance at a better future. Honor by letting me go. Stop living for my memory and live for yourself." Robert said and Oliver smiled and nodded as he felt a weight of guilt be lifted from his shoulders.

"I miss you dad." Oliver said.

"I'm never that far away, son. But I take it that means you've made your choice?" Robert asked.

"I have work to do and people who need me back home. I can't stay. At least not yet." Oliver said.

"I'm so proud of you son. And tell your sisters I'm proud of them too." Robert said as the world around Oliver faded as he was brought back to the land of the living.