Lauriver Chronicles

Chapter 113

Slade Wilson was currently locked up in an isolation cell in the Argus prison that been built on none other than Lian Yu, the only place Oliver was sure would hold him, since apparently Belle Reve wasn't secure enough to hold Slade. Especially since the island had already been a prison for the Chinese government before it had been abandoned and Argus took it over on Green Arrow's behalf, since it was the perfect place to hold people like Slade, since even if he escaped the cells, the island was surrounded by miles of ocean, away from any significant landmasses and the only way on or off it was either by plane or boat and the crews of both were always scanned upon arrival and before departure and every transport had to leave from the same Argus base as a security precaution.

Slade had to give the kid some credit, he had a sense of irony, putting him back on Lian Yu as a prisoner. As if beating him and taking his hands hadn't been enough. Slade looked down at his wrists to see the prosthetic hands Argus had attached to the stumps on his arms after he'd been taken in, not that he could do much with them, since while the arms were robotic to an extent, Argus had reduced their strength significantly and programmed them to be limited only allow him to feed and bathe himself, and other basic things, due to an implant they'd put in his brain that prevented him from doing anything else. If he tried, he got zapped with about 100 volts of electricity. Deadly to most people, but the mirakuru in his system kept him alive.

But just because he couldn't do anything, didn't stop him from having thoughts and dreams about escaping from this hellhole and finally getting his revenge on Oliver Queen and destroying his city.

"Alright inmate, dinner time." one of the guards said as he brought a tray into Slade's cell.

"Oh joy." Slade said, only to grin as he felt the ground begin to shake beneath him.

"I didn't know this island had earthquakes." the guard said and Slade grinned.

"That's not an earthquake." Slade said, right as the far wall caved in and suddenly three women, one adult and two teenagers, walked in.

"What the hell?" the guard asked, only to be killed when the blonde teenaged girl sent a shard of rock into his skull.

"It's about time." Slade said as one of them removed their mask to reveal the face of none other than his daughter, Rose Wilson.

"You're welcome dad." Rose said looking at him distastefully, since the only reason she was working with this asshole was because he threatened her mother if she didn't, since apparently neither of her brothers were available to help him.

"Let's go before reinforcements arrive." Slade said, since his cell was busted open, but it was only a matter of time until Oliver arrived.

"Not yet." the leader, none other than Stellmoor Industries VP, Isabel Rochev said as she walked up to him.

"And why is that?" Slade asked.

"Because that implant in your skull will kill you the second you take a step outside that cell." Rose said, honestly hoping he'd do it anyway.

"Can't you get it out?" Slade demanded.

"We don't have the equipment or time needed to do that now." the metahuman, who was none other than the missing Markovian princess, Tara Markov, also known as Terra, said in her Markovian accent.

"Then what are you doing here?" Slade asked, annoyed.

"Relax, we came prepared, thanks to Professor Ivo. Now turn around." Isabel said as she pulled a scanner out of her belt and scanned Slade's skull until she found the implant and then slapped some kind of patch over it.

"There, this patch will trick the implant into thinking you're still in your cell until we get back to base and Professor Ivo is able to remove it, along with giving you some real hands to use." Isabel said.

"Excellent. Now then, I've had quite enough of island life, so get me the hell out of here." Slade said.

"Terra, if you wouldn't mind?" Isabel asked as Terra used her powers to lift the earth beneath them and float them towards the boat they had hidden at the nearby shore.

"Oliver Queen better watch out, since now that I'm free, I'm coming for him even stronger than before." Slade said with a grin as he took a seat on the boat as Isabel moved it away, since it was time for Deathstroke to return and finish what he'd started. It was time to honor his promise.