The Storm After

Chapter 8: Enter Supergirl

Days had passed since Oliver Queen had gone missing. Media outlets went crazy with the news, reporting different events and speculations about what happened to Star City's mayor. One source speculated that he may have been killed whilst another source had reported that he had given in to the pressure surrounding his identity of being the Green Arrow and left the city. No one knew where Oliver was, except the ones who had taken him.

Oliver awoke to the sound of metal clanking loudly in the background. He was placed inside a room that resembled that of a cell. There was very minimal light in the room and the only exit was a metal door that was locked on the other side. He had been restrained to a chair with his arms and legs being bound together to restrict his movements. He had been trapped in there for a few days and with each of those days, followed the same routine. He would wake up, spend a huge amount of time doing nothing before getting tortured for hours until they left. Why had they acted now? What purpose did it serve keeping him alive, when they had the opportunity to kill him a few days ago. These were the thoughts that Oliver had pondered over the last few days. The torture and environmental situation was nothing for Oliver to handle. The thing that he was more concerned about, was the fact that his current position would stir panic with the public and his friends. But since Kara was more prominent in his life, he didn't have to worry about his friends being in danger, but the same couldn't be said for the city. He heard the sound of the door being unlocked and directed his attention towards it. The door opened and standing on the other side was Cayden and Dragon. They both proceeded inside the room, Cayden had walked over to Oliver whilst Dragon had gone off to lean his back against the wall. Cayden turned his head to look at Dragon who was watching the two of them with his arms crossed.

"I must apologise for keeping this meeting from happening, Mr. Queen." Cayden started, turning his head back to look at Oliver. "I have been very busy, in making sure my preparations were complete. I had hoped that they were not too rough on you." Oliver was exhausted, his expression showed all his weariness coming through and Cayden had seen it. Oliver could see that he was mocking him.

"What are you trying to accomplish here Cayden? Why are you keeping me alive, if you think I'm on the one who killed your son?" Oliver asked, his voice was rather raspy from the lack of water.

"I ask myself that a lot. What I came up for in response to that, is that I'm simply tired of your consistent meddling. I have much to do and your continued resistance coupled with that new friend of yours is an annoyance. That is why you cannot die... not yet anyway." Cayden explained.

"I've told you... I didn't kill your son, Cayden. It wasn't me." Oliver said. Cayden lowered himself to match eye-level with Oliver and looked at him for quite a while.

"Hmph. Even if that was the case, Mr. Queen, that does not change what my objective is. I will get justice for my son, and my plan will ensure that he will." Cayden said, raising himself back up. "You're free to judge me as you will, but this is my way of fighting. And I assure you, no one can stop what's about to happen." Cayden said, he had turned around and began to walk away, heading outside of the room. The way Cayden had phrased it left it quite ambiguous to Oliver.

"What are you going to do, Cayden?" Oliver asked, but Cayden did not reply and continued to walk towards the other side. Dragon had gone to close the door leaving just him and Oliver in the room. "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?!" Oliver shouted directing it at Cayden, but it was a futile effort.

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It had been a few days since Oliver's disappearance and Kara had begun to worry. She had been tirelessly working with the others in trying to locate Oliver but to no avail. There were very minimal traces for the team to follow up on and it appeared that someone was cleaning them up. Kara remembered that night very well, it was right after when they shared their first kiss with each other that night. Oliver had said he would return later on so that they could discuss what had happened but he never showed up. Kara had assumed he had to stay longer and went to bed. However when the following morning arrived and Oliver still hadn't returned, is when they confirmed Oliver was missing. Felicity had tried to track the GPS on his suit but it was already destroyed. Then soon, the media outlets came up with news reporting his disappearance and a disturbance began to stir in the city.