Battling Arrows ⊳ Oliver Queen [ 1 ] ✓

18│FALLING APART

      I WATCHED AS Oliver's arrow pierced through the pilot's chest. We were waiting for Guillermo Barrera. I saw how our target got off the plane. He was about to shoot Oliver, but he shot and arrow through his hand. He glared at him. "Guillermo Barrera, you have failed this city." Oliver said, pointing his arrow at him.

Guillermo glared at Oliver. "You have builded quite a reputation." He said before slowly pulling out a knife. I rolled my eyes at him, and threw at bat-boomerang on his hand. He dropped the knife. He turned around to look at me. "I didn't knew Bats were in this area. I thought they stayed around Gotham." He told me.

I rolled my eyes behind my mask. "Well, I decided to expand my territory." I told him in a threatening voice. "Good thing I did." I told him, showing him another bat-boomerang.

Oliver glared at him. "You should have stayed over seas." He told him.

Guillermo turned to face him in amusement. "I thought about it, but then I remembered I got a reputation too." He told Oliver. He turned to face me, still keeping an eye on Oliver. "Oh, and the Joker sends his regards. He misses you and your little friend Batgirl." He said to me. I froze in my spot. I clenched the bat-boomerang with all my might, trying not to trough it at him.

Oliver charged at him, and while he fought him I tried to calm myself down. He was about to stab Oliver with a knife, but Oliver shot him dead. He turned to face me. "Time to go." Oliver said to me, looking towards the police sirens. I followed him, not looking back. "What was that about?" He asked me, as we ran to his motorcycle. "You froze. I have never seen you like that." He added. I put my arms around Oliver as he started the motorcycle.

"Nothing, just leave it." I told him as we went through Starling's streets.

"Who is the Joker?" He asked me.

"A psycopath asshole." I told him. "He hurt somebody I really cared about." I told him.

"Ex?" He asked me.

I shook my head in denial. "Best friend, Batgirl." I told him. "You probably haven't heard about her, but she is one of the sets of Bats found in Gotham. I'm one of them too." I explained it to him.

"Does the Joker know you?" He asked me.

"Thankfully, he does not know my secret identity. He knows my hero name though, The Hell Bat. He hates me for not laughing at his terrible puns and jokes. He is psychotic. He uses laughing gas as a weapon. Oh, and don't get me started on his toys." I told him, holding tightly as we went through a curve. "The idiot also hates me and calls me Batman's sidekick along with Nightwing, who used to be the original Robin." I explained.

"And you are not a sidekick?" Oliver joked.

"Hey, I'm your partner, not your sidekick." I told him.

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I walked down the stairs, following Oliver. Felicity and Diggle turned to face us. "I need you to hack his phone. Barrera's world class. He kills high profile targets and whatever job he has hired for isn't finish. We need to figure out who he was here to kill, and fast. They are probably still in danger." Oliver said, handing the phone to Felicity.

"Okay," Felicity said, taking the phone. "How was the mission?" She asked me.

"It went...fine." I told her, taking out my gloves.

"Are you okay?" She asked me. I nodded at her. I looked at my phone, sighing as I remembered I had dinner plans with Aidan. "Why are you sighning?" The blonde asked me.