Frosty Arrow

Chapter 19

Now all of Team Arrow was gathered in the bunker and Oliver was pissed to say the least that they'd kept this from him.

"You're telling me that Roy is potentially being tortured and at risk of getting his mind erased and you didn't think to tell me sooner?" Oliver asked.

"Oliver I was afraid you'd try and break Roy out yourself." Thea explained.

"That's fair. But now we need to figure out what to do next." John said.

"I think we can help with that." Quentin said, tossing a file onto the table.

"What's this?" Laurel asked.

"A file of cases involving one Dr. Jarrett Parker. Apparently he works at Slabside Penitentiary despite it not having a psychiatric program for the inmates. Kind of suspicious." Felicity said as Laurel took a look.

"Yeah, I'd say so." Laurel said as she looked through the files.

"Laurel, you're our legal counsel, what do you think?" Thea asked.

"I think that we need more evidence, but this could be the start of us building a case to get Roy out of prison, cleared of all charges." Laurel said.

"Get on it. John, check with Lyla, see if Argus can help us out with this." Oliver said and John nodded as Oliver walked away and Laurel followed him.

"What's going on with Roy right now, isn't your fault. He made his choice." Laurel said.

"He wouldn't even be in this position if I hadn't had recruited him in the first place." Oliver said.

"If you hadn't recruited him he'd be dead right now. You gave his life purpose, something he could believe in. I don't that Roy regrets any of it for a second because he chose to join the team. Every decision he made was of his own free will. Besides, if anyone is to blame for this, it's me." Laurel said.

"What do you mean?" Oliver asked.

"You warned me of the consequences of not telling my dad the truth about Sara from the beginning and I didn't listen. If I had, maybe Ra's wouldn't have been able to manipulate him." Laurel said.

"You did what you felt was right and knowing Ra's he would've found another way to out me and Roy still probably would've fallen on his sword for me. But now we can't focus on that. We need to focus on bringing him home to Thea." Oliver said, looking over at his sister, who looked more worried then he'd ever seen her.

Roy and Rachel had been brought behind the blue doors after initiating a fight with each other and were now strapped to tables as Dr. Parker entered the room.

"I'm disappointed in you, 4587. It's always so unfortunate when a study doesn't work out, but this failure is especially painful." Parker said emotionlessly.

"You're a monster." Roy growled.

"We could have done such great things together, helped so many people." Parker insisted.

"This isn't helping people!" Roy insisted as he began working his way out of his restraints.

"I misjudged you. I thought after our work together, you were committed to breaking your cycle of violence." Parker said.

"My mentor pushed people away He kept secrets, and I made those same mistakes, but if I choose to break the cycle, I'm gonna do it my way." Roy shouted.

"I suggest you hold very still, 4587." Parker said as he moved into inject Roy with something when suddenly, Roy's arm shot up and stopped him.

"My name is ROY HARPER!" Roy shouted as he sent Parker flying back and then quickly took out the guards.

"Who taught you those moves?" Rachel asked as she got up herself as Roy moved over to the computers and began downloading the intel he needed.

"You're not the only one who knows Nyssa al Ghul." Roy said as Rachel picked up a drill and removed her zap bracelet, which triggered an alarm.

"Must have an anti-tampering alarm." Roy noted as he then did the same to his

"Lockdown procedure initiated. All inmates should return to their cells immediately." a woman said on the PA.

"I've got the key card." Rachel said, holding out a key card from one of the unconscious guards.

"I've got the file." Roy said as the file finished downloading to the drive and pulled it out.

"We got to go." Rachel said and Roy nodded as they walked out to see the level in chaos.

"We'll not be able to go quietly." Roy noted as a guard approached them from behind.

"Hey! Where the hell are you two going? We're on lockdown. You're supposed to be in your cells." the guard said, but neither Roy or Rachel moved to comply.

"I said, get back to your cells." the guard said, pressing his zapper, but to his surprise, it had no effect on either of them.

Rachel just held up her wrist to reveal that her bracelet was gone.

The guard had just enough time to realize he was screwed before Roy punched him out and they continued moving only to see a riot squad approach.

"Do you think they realize they're outmatched?" Rachel asked as she unfolded the batons she'd stolen from the guards.

"I think they're about to." Roy said as he whipped out his chain and the two of them quickly cut through the guards with ease before making their way to morgue.

"This is our way out." Rachel said as she used the key card she'd stolen to open the door.

"They always said the only way out of Level Two was the morgue." Roy said as Rachel made her way over to a hatch.

"Here, I need you to get this to Felicity Smoak in Star City." Roy said, handing her the drive.

"What, why?" Rachel asked.

"I surrendered myself because I was tired of being a fugitive. If I escape now, I'm right back where I started before I wound up here. I can't do that to the person I love." Roy said.

"That used to be me." Rachel said as she took the drive from him.

"I know and while I never lied to you about my feelings, there's someone else out there I love even more. She's why I have to stay here. I can't put her through my being a fugitive again." Roy said as Rachel climbed into the drain.

"Whoever this girl is, she's lucky to have you. If you ever get out of here, you should put a ring on her." Rachel said as they heard guards approach.

"Go, I'll buy you time." Roy said and Rachel nodded as she dropped down while Roy prepared to face the guards.