violet ➳ arrow fanfiction

seven : abercrombie

"That day, the day my parents died." Arden said, her voice cracked once she said the last three words. She felt like crying, but she held it in. "I usually don't think about it too much, but I killed someone. Just like someone killed my parents."

"Hey," Oliver spoke softly and placed his hand on her shoulder. "You saved me."

"I believe you've survived more than a bullet." Arden mumbled looking down to her lap.

"Look, if you need someone to talk to, I'm here." Oliver said and removed his hand from her shoulder. "I believe Felicity is, too."

"I hadn't talked to my parents in three days." Arden began softly, Oliver took a deep breath and listened. "They had grounded me for sneaking out to meet my boyfriend at the time. I was frustrated, so I decided to sneak out again. I was in Big Belly Burger with my friends when your mother announced the quake. I ran to my house, but when I got there it was too late. I saw them under the broken walls, they were holding hands and my mom was hugging a picture of us."

Arden broke down crying, her face in her hands as she sobbed loudly. Oliver placed his hand on her back and rubbed it softly, making her calm down a little.

"I saw both of my parents die in front of me. My dad shot himself in the head and my mom was stabbed by someone I used to be friends with." Oliver admitted to her and she slowly looked up. Arden gave him a small sad smile.

"I guess we have plenty in common," Arden said in hushed voice. She wiped the tears off her face and took a deep shaky breath. "Now, you have to talk to Felicity."

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"So, they tell you about my nighttime activities?" Arden asked Thea as they sat in the dinning table.

"Yeah," Thea said letting out a small laugh, "They tell you about mine?"

Arden looked confusedly at Thea and shook her head. Thea hesitated before speaking again, "I'm Speedy, the Red Arrow."

"Really?" Arden asked in disbelief, "I was almost sure it was Roy Harper."

"He was, until he supposedly died, and then I took his place." Thea explained, to which Arden just nodded curiously.

"Where is Roy now?" Arden asked, and then came Felicity and Oliver from the living room.

"On his way." Felicity said cheerfully, making all heads turn confusedly at her. "What? I called him and asked him to help with something."

"What is this thing exactly?" Oliver asked through his clenched teeth looking at Felicity.

"Well, Roy went through the same thing Arden is going through and I thought he could help." Felicity explained earning a groan from Arden.

"Lis, I get that you wanna help me, but do you really need to do this?" Arden asked and rolled her eyes.

"Yes."

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"Dig, come on." Arden said as she stepped into the mattress. She placed her fists in front of her face and smirked. "No stupid sticks this time."

"I don't know about this, Arden." Diggle said, slowly stepping into the mattress.

"You scared?" Arden asked wiggling her eyebrows. Diggle laughed and spoke again.

"Let's go." He said and threw a punch in her direction, but she quickly dodged it. She aimed to punch him in the face but it landed on his shoulder. He then punched her in the face and she yelped in pain. "Arden, I'm so sorry."

"Nah, it's my fault. I shouldn't have tried to take you when my head is in another planet." Arden shrugged, licking her busted lip.

"Are you alright?" Diggle asked and she quickly nodded, not wanting to answer more questions.

The doors to the elevator opened and Felicity, followed by another guy, walked in.

"I still can't get over how awesome this place is." The brown haired guy said in amusement.

"Roy!" Diggle said walking over to the brown haired guy, pulling him into a bro hug.

"Dig, long time no see." Roy said, letting go of the hug.

"What happened to your lip?" Felicity asked Arden.

"Um, I tried to take Dig, even though I'm not concentrated. My powers aren't even working properly." Arden shrugged and grabbed the small towel from the desk, wiping her sweat.

"Arden!" Felicity yelled like an angry mother, making Arden smile, holding in her laugh. "Don't you dare laugh at me."

"Okay, Mom." Arden joked and then focused her attention to the attractive brunette. "Who's Abercrombie?"

"Funny, Sid used to call me that." Roy said, smiling at the memory. "I'm Roy Harper."

"I know, I just wanted to low key compliment you without it being directly, you know?" Arden explained causing Roy to chuckle.

"Well, I'm here to help you I suppose." Roy told Arden with a small smile.

"I guess, Felicity just told me this yesterday." Arden said, you could tell she didn't want to do this.

"Same here." Roy said and they both glared at Felicity.

"You know, you guys really need to ask me before telling people I don't know my identity."