Frosty Arrow

Chapter 2

One other change to this universe, after dealing with the Calculator, Roy decided to stop running from his past and revealed himself as being alive and said that his associates faked his death without his knowledge and he'd only recently decided to come back and face justice. Now he's currently locked up, not in Iron Heights, but in Slabside Penitentiary. Also, Laurel's power is not a sonic cry, but feel free to guess what it actually is instead.

The next day, Oliver and Laurel entered the bunker, John, Thea and to their surprise, Felicity, were waiting for them.

"I thought you quit." Laurel said angrily to Felicity, since she never understood why Felicity had done that. She'd had the thing that Laurel wanted the most, Oliver's love, and yet she threw it away over something that was pointless. Yes, if Laurel had been in the same position, she might've been pissed especially since William was conceived from Oliver cheating on her, but she would've talked it out with him, tried to work past it instead of calling a quits.

"That was before Darhk broke out of prison." Felicity said.

"We can argue about that later, right now, we need to focus on our next move against Darhk." Oliver said.

"And what might that be?" Thea asked.

"Well, this might be a good place to start." Felicity said as she pulled up images of corpses on the computers.

"These are Hive heads." Oliver realized.

"Yeah." Felicity said simply.

"You think that Crazy pants Lonnie machin is back in town?" Thea asked.

"No, his grudge is against Darhk, not Hive." Oliver said.

"Well Hive didn't lift a finger to get Darhk out of prison, that was all Merlyn and Andy." Laurel said, wincing slightly, since even though she'd healed, she could still feel the pain where Darhk stabbed and both Thea and John looked a bit uncomfortable at the mentions of their traitorous relatives.

"Well if Darhk's cleaning house now might be the best time to strike." John said.

"No, right now Darhk's gone to ground and he's rehoned his fighting skills, so even if we did manage to destroy his idol again, we'd be outmatched. Besides, after what happened last night, I think we're all a bit too emotional to be thinking clearly." Oliver said.

"Right, so what's our next move?" Felicity asked.

"I finally got in touch with Constantine and he pointed me in the direction of someone who could teach me how to resist Darhk's magic." Oliver said.

"Is that even possible?" Thea asked.

"You could do it until you were cured of the bloodlust." Laurel pointed out.

"Good point. But anyways, why aren't we all taking those classes?" Thea asked.

"Because it is apparently very dangerous and besides, the only reason I might have a chance at mastering it would be because of a souvenir I have from my first meeting with Constantine. Don't ask. I'll be in Coast City for a few days." Oliver said.

"Then I think I'm going to head to Central City." Laurel said.

"What, why?" John asked.

"Because I can something inside me is different now. Like something inside of me that was dormant was suddenly unlocked. I need to know what's going on with me, since whatever it is saved my life last night. I need to know what happened and if there's anything else happening to me and Star Labs is the best place for me to find out." Laurel said.

"It's a good idea. I think that we should all take a few days and get our heads cleared and once Laurel and I get back, we can meet up and talk about our plans to get Darhk. But in the meantime, no one go after Ghost alone. I already came close to losing Laurel, I am not losing anyone else." Oliver said.

"Ollie, I'm actually heading to Slabside." Thea said and Oliver nodded.

"Tell Roy I said hi and we're working on getting him out of there." Oliver said and Thea nodded as she headed out.

"You sure about this man?" John asked.

"John I am going to call Lyla and ask her to make sure you don't do anything stupid until the whole team gets back together." Oliver said and John nodded.

"Good in Central City." Oliver said to Laurel.

"Same to you in Coast City. Be careful Ollie." Laurel said.

"Why would I start now." Oliver asked with a smile as they shared a quick kiss before going their separate ways, not noticing the slightly jealous look on Felicity's face.