Turn A Blind Eye (Barry Allen/Oliver Queen)

Way To Go

Oliver placed his mask over his eyes, the material conforming to his face quickly. His dark green hood quickly followed over his head. The Arrow could use a bit of action after being out for a few days. And Central City didn't exactly have a hero yet.

Caitlin had informed Oliver of a robbery at a nearby bank, but it wasn't a normal robbery. The moment Arrow had crept in through the smoke he had created, there stood a man with some kind of high-tech gun.

"The Arrow in Central City? Looks like it's my lucky day." Captain Cold, as Cisco had dubbed him, held onto a freeze ray gun. Somehow he acquired another freeze gun. But a second man, also in fully black clothing and a ski mask caught Oliver's eye. He too held a gun similar to his partner, but this one had a red-orange fluid inside, opposed to Snart's blue-white liquid in his.

"Would you prefer to be burnt alive by ice," Snart asked as if the question mattered.

"Or melted to a puddle by fire?" Mick continued the sentence, raising his gun toward The Arrow. Arrow didn't flinch or even blink at the action, and in his peripheral vision, Oliver noticed some people who were on the ground cower more in fear. These people shouldn't have been put in any danger.

"Neither, you're both getting your asses handed to you!" Arrow pulled out his bow and an arrow from the quiver on his back. In a single shot, Arrow had jammed the fire blasting gun, the fluid pouring onto its holder's hand and feet. He screamed, dropping the weapon quickly  and hopping around. Snart lowered his weapon, turning his gaze to his partner.

"Freakin' idiot!" He turned back around to face Arrow, then feeling a sharp stabbing pain in his left shoulder, dropped his weapon to the ground and pulled the arrow out.

"Now, you're going to leave this place. Or I will happily kill you where you stand." Arrow fitted another arrow on his bow, aiming at Snart's heart. "It's your choice, Captain Cold."

'I will have to speak to everyone at S.T.A.R. Lab about nick naming their villains.' Oliver pulled the arrow back a little more, and Snart didn't look like he was going to leave. Arrow fired the arrow, sending it soaring past Snart's head in a quick change of direction.

"Go ahead!" Snart held his arms out of either side of him, tilting his head upward. Arrow fired again, hitting him square in the chest. Snart fell to the ground with a thud.

Police and an ambulance had finally arrived, treating both men. Oliver didn't really want to kill the men, but he knew he had the power to do so. By accident or on purpose. Barry and Felicity wouldn't have been too happy if he had killed, even if it was by accident.

Cisco seemed overly impressed by Oliver's tactics. Caitlin asked if it had been nessicary to injure Mick, the fire gun wielder, Oliver replied saying that if he hadn't done that he, or anyone else in the bank, may have died. Fire and ice may be opposites, but together they are a dangerous combination.

"The Arrow was in Central City?" Barry asked, sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of  Oliver.

"This city needs a hero, Barry," Oliver said simply.

"If my condition didn't inhibit me, then I would try to help."

"I know, Barry, I know." Oliver looked down to the ground beside him. He hoped his friend could be helped.

"Why did you wait until now to save the day?" Oliver looked back up, so his voice wouldn't sound like he was mumbling.

"Because I leave back for Starling City in two hours. And I wanted you to hear about what I did for your city." Barry's head flopped downward. Oliver didn't want to leave either. But Staling City needed him more, and his company didn't run itself.

"You gotta come back when I'm better, okay?" Oliver smiled.

"I will, just let me know, and I'll race over here." Barry's head went back up, revealing his smile.

"Or I can race over to you guys."

The two men stood up, hugging for a couple of seconds. Oliver ruffled Barry's hair, and his friend pouted as he tried to fix it.

"I know you'll be over," Oliver paused, pulling Barry along to the exitof the lab. "You'll get there in a flash!"

Oliver prayed on the jet flight home that Barry, or someone from S.T.A.R. labs, would tell him about the progress. He needed to know how his friend was after what he had to go through was done.

A.N. Really quick note before my iPad battery runs out, I hope you all like this and the next chapter should be up tomorrow. Leave suggestions if you can.