Frosty Arrow

Chapter 17

Roy was currently sleeping in his new cell on Level Two of Slabside when suddenly, his eyes shot open when he heard someone enter his cell and lunged up just in time to stop whoever it was from attacking him, dodging their moves and pushing them away to see a face he never thought he'd see again.

"Rachel?" Roy asked in disbelief as he saw the face of his former flame and enemy back in Hub City, Rachel Kane, also known by her alter ego, Starburst.

"Hello Roy." Rachel said.

"I should've known that it was you. What's with the new name?" Roy asked her.

"Too recognizable. Besides, I think the Demon has a nice ring to it. Besides, it is fitting, considering I'm former League of Assassins before your friend disbanded it." Rachel said.

"What do you want?" Roy asked.

"You're going to help me escape from this place." Rachel said.

"And why the hell would I do anything for you. I put you in here for a reason." Roy said.

"What does it tell you that I would even ask for your help after what you've done to me? You don't understand what they do to people down here." Rachel said.

"They reform criminals." Roy said.

"They destroy them Roy. That doctor is mad. He's just as bad as some of the people in here, and he gets away with his crimes. You loved me once Roy. I'm asking you to help me save both of us." Rachel said, and Roy considered it.

"That was before I found out you killed innocent people Rachel." Roy said.

"You know that if there's one thing I care about, it's self preservation. You know I wouldn't joke about something like this." Rachel said.

"Give me some proof of what you're talking about and then I'll consider it." Roy said.

"Maybe you should wait and see what happened to the guy I hired to attack you." Rachel said as she walked out of the cell.

Quentin was surprised when the next day, Thea and Felicity entered his office in the precinct.

"What's going on?" Quentin asked.

"We have a problem with Roy." Thea said, causing Quentin to give Thea his full attention.

"What's wrong?" Quentin asked.

"Yesterday the prison denied me access to Roy and this prisoner he's made friends with told me that he was taken some place called Level Two." Thea said.

"Okay, so?" Quentin asked.

"Well Thea came to me to hack into Slabside's system to find out what Level Two is and surprisingly, there's no records of it. According to the prison's records, Level Two doesn't exist." Felicity said.

"Okay, so?" Quentin asked.

"They're keeping him somewhere called Level Two, but there's no record of anything at Slabside called Level Two, so we dove into the employee records, - and we found something." Thea said, looking at Felicity.

"Yes. A psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Jarrett Parker with a "P." We need you to check to see if there were any complaints made to the SCPD about Parker during his private practice." Felicity said.

"Surprised you didn't just hack into SCPD yourself." Quentin said.

"Oh, I did. There was just nothing in the digital records." Felicity said, causing Quentin to roll his eyes at her.

"So I was hoping to do this the old-fashioned way and go through the hard copies in the SCPD archive." Thea said.

"Okay, but what makes us believe this Parker guy is shady?" Quentin asked.

"Well for starters, as the guy who put Roy in prison in the first place, I think you should be eager to help Roy anyways." Theas said, giving Quentin a glare.

"And on a more important note, Slabside doesn't have a psychiatric program for their inmates." Felicity said, getting Quentin's attention.

"Whatever Parker is doing is not being reported. Please. If Roy is in trouble, we have to help him." Thea said.

"Let's take a look shall we." Quentin said as he got up.

Roy was currently sitting at a table in Level Two when he saw the blue doors open and the guards drag a corpse out and the sheet pulled back to see the man with the skull tattoo under it.

He then saw Rachel sitting nearby and went to talk to her.

"What the hell happened to him?" Roy asked her.

"You don't recognize a dead body?" Rachel asked.

"What goes on in that room?" Roy asked.

"That's where they reform you." Rachel said.

"Therapy doesn't kill people, Rachel." Roy said.

"You have a surprising amount of empathy for a man who assaulted you." Rachel pointed out.

"He's dead because of whatever happened behind those doors." Roy said.

"Then he's one of the lucky ones." Rachel said.

"What?" Roy asked.

"Those who walk out alive suffer much more. You have no idea what your doctor is really doing down here." Rachel said as she pulled him down a hall.

"Dr. Parker's behind this?" Roy asked, though honestly, he wasn't that surprised, since he'd been getting a weird feeling about that doctor ever since he met him.

"You ready to work with me one last time?" Rachel asked.

"Not yet. But maybe soon." Roy said as he walked away from her and to the same guard who put this wrist zap device on him.

"I need to speak to Dr. Parker." Roy said.

"Not how it works inmate." the guard said.

"Please, I'm having a relapse." Roy said, knowing that would get him what he wanted.