Chapter 3 – Lone Gunmen
3 Days Later
Everything had been going slowly in Starling, the only thing noteworthy was that Diggle had quit, having gotten tired of sitting outside as Nathan went into the homes of models and actresses, and had sex with them. Nathan was not all that broken up about it, since he didn't want some glorified babysitter anyway, but if he knew his mother then she'd have a replacement soon.
Currently Nathan was making short work of security guards who were hired by millionaire James Holder, whose corporation put defective smoke detectors in low-income housing in the Glades, which caused a lot of people to die.
Currently, the man was on his balcony by his pool on the phone "Other than the bill I got handed by my legal team I'm feeling pretty good...Now that this lawsuit's been settled we can focus our attention on Unidac Industries...Okay, I'll see you in the office first thing."
James went to sip his beer, but a shuriken sliced cleanly through the bottle causing the bottom to fall to the ground and shatter.
Looking up James saw the vigilante that's been terrorizing some of his associates standing there looking at him "I have armed security inside. All I have to do is call out."
"Go ahead. They can't hear you." Nathan said dropping three blood stained glocks.
"What the hell do you want?" James asked looking around to find an escape route.
"The courts say you don't owe your victims anything. I disagree." Nathan said walking forward before he noticed a red dot on Holder's chest before he was shot and killed, while Nathan rolled away to cover, but not before a bullet lodged itself in his shoulder.
On a rooftop across the way, the sniper looked on with interest as he saw the black hooded archer disappeared.
The Arrow Lair
Nathan was back at his lair, currently in a pair of black jeans, dark brown biker boots, dark brown belt , and shirtless, showing off his muscular body. He looked at his shoulder with his Kyuubi Eyes where he was shot, seeing the poisoned blood be forced out of his body and the bullet slowly work itself out of his shoulder. Nathan pulled up a vial to collect his poisoned blood and after collecting enough, put a stopper on it. He placed the vial in a rack. With a grunt, he put his fingers around the bullet and pulled it out, the wound fully healing a second later.
Nathan placed the bullet in a metal tray and cleaned the blood off his shoulder. Nathan poured the blood into a centrifuge, and turned it on to separate the poison from his blood. "I shouldn't be surprised that James Holder had made more than one enemy.'Nathan picked up the bullet he had pulled put of his shoulder. 'But whoever killed him now has my interest. There are only a few hitman in the world that lace their bullets with poison. I'm gonna need to figure out who I'm dealing with.'
Nathan stood up and closed his eyes, concentrating as a red aura covered his form. A minute later, his form split in half, to reveal 2 Nathans. The original panted heavily and hunched over to catch his breath. Making a clone can be a real pain in the butt.
Queen Manor
Nathan left the foundry, while his clone figured out that the bullet was a 7.62 mm round laced with Curare, and hopped into bed and dozed off in no time.
Morning
Nathan walked into the foyer to see Thea sitting on the couch while Moira, and Walter talked to the police "Thank you, officers. My wife and I appreciate it. I'll see you out." Walter said leading the cops away.
"Thank you." Moira said to the cops who nodded and left before she looked to Thea who didn't look bothered "Last time it was public intoxication. This time breaking and entering. My, how we are moving up in the criminal world."
Thea stood up smirking "When you pay off the store owner you should check out the merchandise. They got some pretty killer outfits."
"Thea, go get ready for school." Moira said annoyed.
"Uh, you know, I was thinking of taking a sick day." Thea replied.
"Fine, then get some sleep." Moira relented causing Thea to nod and walk off before she made eye contact with Nathan.
"Good morning." Thea smirked walking off as Nathan looked to Moira.
"Seriously, mom?" Nathan asked.
"When your sister gets like this, it's best to give her her space."
"Mom, you and dad, let me and Oliver get away with murder and assault, and look how we both turned out. Thea doesn't need space, she needs a mother." Nathan said causing Moira to look at him before she cleared her throat and changed the subject as a woman walked in behind Nathan.
"Right, Nathan I'd like you to meet Mr. Diggle's replacement, Ms. Lyla Michaels"
Nathan turned around to see a familiar woman who he had the pleasure of meeting before, looking at him with a small smirk "Hello." she greeted
Nathan smiled fakely and shook her hand "Nice to meet you." he said before he motioned to the exit "Walk with me."
Lyla nodded and followed Nathan upstairs and as soon as they were out of sight, he grabbed her by her throat and slammed her into the wall "What the hell do you think you're doing here?" he hissed.
"You really don't waste time do you?" Lyla asked smiling.
"Enough games Lyla. I told Amanda to stay the hell away from me after Lian Yu and China." Nathan growled.
"Which is why I'm here. You're still a high level threat, she just wants to make sure you don't hurt innocent people." Lyla said.
"And she sends her most loyal agent to accomplish this?" Nathan asked.
"She thought you'd be more at ease with someone you already know." Lyla said as Nathan gave her a long hard searching look before he released her.
"What happened to your ex-husband?" Nathan asked.
"He was drafted into A.R.G.U.S. He has a set of talents that can be useful in field ops." Lyla said causing Nathan to nod.
"So where are we headed to first Mr. Queen?" Lyla asked.
"Nowhere at the moment. Still looking into something." Nathan said before he decided to take a shower.
James Holder's Place
SCPD were canvassing the homicide scene, while Quentin watched with a frown "It doesn't make sense." he said shaking his head.
"Holder fits the profile. Wealthy dirtbag. Red meat for the Hood, plus we recovered one ninja star." his partner Lucas said.
"Yeah, but this time cause of death is a double tap through the heart and our perp doesn't use firearms." Quentin said.
"Maybe he's figured out there's easier ways to kill people than with a ninja stars and a sword. And it's like you said, the guy's a whack job." Lucas shrugged.
Queen Foundry
Nathan, Lyla, and Tommy walked into the foundry, and began looking around "What do you think? Great spot for a nightclub or what?" Nathan asked.
"Sweet, but if you're thinking calling it Queens, I don't think you're gonna get the clientele you were hoping for." Tommy said causing Nathan to smirk.
"Private office." Nathan pointed visualizing his new project.
"For the private one-on-one meetings, I would imagine." Tommy asked jokingly.
"Plus, the occasional two-on-one meeting. And the rare 3 on 1 meetings." Nathan nodded causing Tommy to laugh.
"Man, are you sure you wanna do this?" Tommy asked.
"Positive. I always did like making my own money." Nathan said.
"Fair point. So how about tomorrow night, the two of us go and scope out the competition. There's a new club opening downtown. It's called Poison. Max Fuller owns it."
Nathan raised an eyebrow "Max Fuller." he said getting a nod from Tommy "You do remember exactly what happened between us right?"
"Come on man who stays mad at a castaway?" Tommy asked.
"The castaway that slept with his mother, and fiancee. At the same time." Nathan replied.
"Aw, I'm sure he'd over it by now." Tommy said causing Nathan to raise an eyebrow as Tommy checked his phone "Oh man, I gotta roll. See you later, man."
"I'm surprised your hanging with him, after he slept with Laurel." Lyla said when Tommy was gone.
"That has nothing to do with me." Nathan shrugged before he turned to Lyla "So what do you think?"
"I think it'll be a good cover, for what you're really doing at night, even though you don't need one, seeing as you can clone yourself." Lyla shrugged.
"This place, will draw lots of people in to be my alibi, instead of just my body guard and family. It's only a matter of time before Quentin gets suspicious about my returning and a vigilante just up and appearing, with me being the first to see him." Nathan said causing Lyla to nod in understanding, as Nathan made a note to do something about that the vigilante and Nathaniel Queen should never be in the same conversation.
"You know what happens, if you go down right? Amanda will immediately try to get you to join A.R.G.U.S. You're the only person who has ever been able to fully adapt to the Mirakuru without any negative side effects, which makes you the perfect asset, in her mind."
"So perfect that she ordered you and some of the other female A.R.G.U.S. agents to go to extreme lengths to try to get my DNA." Nathan said.
"Unsuccessfully, but you can admit, it was fun." Lyla said smirking at Nathan who scoffed smiling before the two walked away.
Next Day
SCPD
Quentin was looking over the time line for Fox, when Lucas walked in "Got ballistics back on the Holder murder. They pulled two 7.62 millimeter bullets out of him. According to stippling and size of the entry wound they estimate shots were fired from 100 yards away."
"A hundred yards? So the hood shoots him from another building goes over to his place, he takes out his security, then fires a few arrows?" Quentin asked skeptically.
"And according to his tox screen, his blood contained strychnos toxifera." Lucas nodded.
"What?" Quentin asked raising an eyebrow.
"Curare. It's a kind of poison."
"Oh. Okay, so now we switch from arrows and ninja weapons to sniper bullets and poison. I'm not buying it." Quentin said shaking his head as he stood up and began to leave.
"We still found ninja stars on the scene. Solid evidence the hood was there." Lucas said, watching as Quentin walked off "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to get my own evidence." Quentin said leaving causing Luca to sigh, and take a seat.
With Nathan's Clone
The clone looked around as he in the Arrow costume, and entered a large Asian style mansion. He snuck past the armed men and entered a large room to find who he was looking for and Nathan focused on the beautiful white haired woman "Hello Chien, it's been awhile."
"Arrow, I hear you've been keeping yourself busy in Starling City since we ran into each other." China White said playfully, hiding what she was really thinking.
"Yes, and what a pleasant encounter that was. I heard you had been made 'Dragon's Head' of the Starling branch. Congrats by the way."
"It not really official yet. Zhishan is still helping me with the transition."
Nathan nodded "Are you busy?"
"For my favorite partner? Never. What do you need?" China White asked.
"Last night, a target of mine was shot and killed, the sniper left this behind." Nathan said tossing the bullet over to China White, who looked it over "It's laced with Curare, the man who uses it goes by the name Deadshot. I know the Triad has used his services before. I just need to know where he lays his head at night."
"Consider it done. But I will be expecting a favor in return. After all, I don't do anything for free." China White said before Nathan smiled and snuck out.
Next Day
Queen Manor
Walter, and Moira were meeting with Quentin, while Lyla stood in the doorway "It's a great loss. Carl was a titan." Walter said.
"A titan who was looking to buy out a company called Unidac Industries?" Lucas asked standing by Quentin.
"Well, industries are something of a misnomer. Ul's recent activity was actually looking into alternative energy." Walter said.
"The point my partner is trying to make is that Rasmussen was the second bidder this week to lose his life." Quentin said.
"Are you implying something, detective?" Moira asked.
"Well, only that your husband's looking into buying Unidac Industries, and the competition seems to be dropping like flies." Quentin said
"And I'm sure your veiled accusation has nothing to do with how you feel about my family." Moira replied only for Quentin to huff
"Unidac's in receivership, detective." Walter said getting Quentin's attention "Ownership is subject to a liquidation auction so that means there are many prospective buyers. And the auction's tomorrow so if I was taking out the competition I have a lot of killing to do in a very short amount of time."
"We're just making rounds with interested buyers. Let them know to be careful." Lucas said
"Oh, yes. And I'm overwhelmed that Detective Lance is concerned for our safety." Moira said sarcastically causing Quentin's frown to deepen.
"Well, thank you for your concern, gentlemen. Our security consultant, Ms. Michaels is taking all the necessary precautions." Walter said.
"Yeah. Right. Well, if you need us we're just a 911 call away." Quentin said getting up and walking off with his partner.
Later
Poison
Nathan, Lyla, and Tommy walked into the club, "Oh, my, this is gonna be killer." Tommy said.
"If Max Fuller sees me here, I agree." Nathan sighed.
"Aw, if you wanna run a business, you gotta take a few risks." Tommy said.
Laurel was at the bar watching her friend who was dancing, when she saw Tommy, and Nathan walk up "Oh, wow. Doesn't you going out and having fun violate some kind of law like the ones that are carved on a stone tablet." Tommy said.
"That's cute, Tommy." Laurel said as Nathan ordered a drink.
"Thanks." Tommy smiled.
"I can see you two are up to your old hunting patterns." Laurel said.
"Actually, this is strictly for business." Nathan said.
"Really?" Laurel asked.
"Sure is, Merlyn thought why not scope out the competition. Although I get the feeling when Max Fuller sees me I'll be out of here very quickly." Nathan said.
"Well, well, look at this. Nathan Queen." he heard and turned to the owner.
"Max Fuller. How you been?"
"Happy you drowned." Max glared, before he smirked and looked to Tommy, and Laurel "I see nothing has changed. You were forced to watch Laurel, and Oliver together now your brother's girl has moved on to your best friend."
Laurel's, and Tommy's eyes widened "Look man, I-"
"You're a grown man Tommy." Nathan interrupted looking to Tommy "If, you and Laurel want to be together that isn't any of my business." he said before he looked to Max "So Max, how's your mom, and fiancée?"
"Son of a bit-" Max had immediately threw a punch at Nathan who moved and grabbed his arm before throwing him over the bar into the bottles of liquor on the shelves.
"Oh!" Laurel yelled, as everyone turned to see Nathan get rushed by the two security guards who punched him in the stomach, and grabbed him by his neck before Lyla showed up, and kicked the guy with Nathan's neck in his grip in the nuts and slammed his head on the bar, knocking him out, before she tazed the other man.
"Thanks.' Nathan smirked as he rolled his neck.
"Just doing my job sir." Lyla said as Nathan nodded and looked to Laurel and Tommy.
"I think that's enough excitement for one night." Nathan said turning and leaving before Tommy, and Laurel caught up with him outside.
"Nathan, wait!" Laurel called causing Nathan to stop, and look at her and Tommy.
"Look man, what happened between us-,"
"Is none of my business." Nathan interrupted Tommy, "Look, we're all adults here. What happens between you both, is between you both. Have a good night."
Nathan turned and got into his car, before Lyla pulled off leaving the two to watch after him.
With Nathan
Nathan's phone buzzed, causing him to sigh, as he answered "Yeah?"
"I got your information. His name is Floyd Lawton. I have the address, for where he stayed last time he was in Starling City. But that is all." China White said.
"Let's hope he's a creature of habit."
"His address is 1700 Broadway, Pape Motel, Room 52."
"Thank you. I will repay that favor once I've dealt with him." Nathan said.
"Going hunting?" Lyla asked as Nathan hung up.
"Seems that way." Nathan said.
Pape Motel
Floyd Lawton sat at his laptop looking at blueprints, with his TV on mute, cracking his neck, as it was getting to stiff, he suddenly paused and his eyes widened before he ducked as a kunai cut a few hairs from his head, before he threw his arm up, and his wrist turrets opened fire at Nathan who, who ducked behind cover and began firing arrows at Lawton.
Lawton, seeing that his bullets weren't hitting their target, reached under his bed, as he kept firing, and rolled a grenade to Nathan who looked down as Lawton smirked holding the pin before he jumped out of the window.
Boom
Panic ensued when the motel room exploded, while on a rooftop on the building next to it, Nathan stood perfectly still, before he looked down to the bullet riddled laptop, and jumped across the rooftops, as sirens cut through the air.
Next Morning
Queen Consolidated
Nathan walked into the IT department with the laptop, and stopped at the desk of the IT girl he had winked at a few days ago, "Felicity Smoak?" he asked getting her attention "Hi. I'm Nathan Queen."
"Of course. I know who you are, you're Mr. Queen." Felicity said.
"No, Mr. Queen was my father." Nathan replied.
"Right, but he's dead. I mean, he drowned." Felicity said causing Nathan to raise an eyebrow "You didn't, which means you could come down to the IT Department and listen to me babble." Felicity blushed as she carried on while Nathan smiled "Which will end. In three, two, one."
"I was wondering if you could salvage anything from this laptop I found." Nathan said handing her the laptop.
"Um, are these bullet holes?" Felicity asked.
"Mm-hm. I'm interested in who the owner was, and what kind of trouble he was planning on getting into." Nathan said.
"Um..sure." Felicity said causing Nathan to nod.
Queen Manor
Thea was in her room, on her bed texting her friends, when Moira walked in carrying two dresses before she stopped in surprise seeing Thea "Wow. Well, good, you're here."
"I'm under house arrest, remember." Thea said still texting.
"Do you wanna wear the Calvin Klein or the Zac Posen?" Moira asked holding up the dresses, causing Thea to look at her in confusion.
"To dinner?" Thea asked with a raised eyebrow "I was just gonna wear pajamas."
"To Walter's stock auction." Moira said.
"I think I rather be grounded." Thea replied.
"No, it's important that you come.' Moira said only for Thea to roll her eyes.
"Important to whom?" Thea asked going back to texting.
"To me." Moira said looking at her daughter who scoffed, before she put town the dresses and walked over to Thea and placed a hand on her knee as she sat on the bed "All right, listen to me." she said causing Thea to look up at her.
"When you were 4 years old, you came home one day with a cat. It was a stray, it was filthy and it was mean. But you stood there and you declared that it was coming to live with us. Your father came home from the office and he saw what was going on and he sat you down and he explained to you that the cat was in fact a tiger and that we needed to get it home. And somehow you understood. Robert was always so good at getting through to you, and I...I was always so jealous of that."
"You never talk about him." Thea said as Moira wiped her tear filled eyes "Dad. That's the first time you talked about him in years."
"Well, I think you and I have gotten into some bad habits. There's been a lot that has changed recently, Thea and I think that maybe this can change too." Moira smiled softly before she got up and walked away.
Queen Consolidated
Nathan was with Felicity who was scrolling through blueprints "It looks like blueprints." Felicity noted.
"Do you know what of?" Nathan asked.
"The Exchange Building." Felicity said.
"Never heard of it." Nathan replied.
"It's where the Unidac Industries auction is scheduled to take place." Felicity said before she looked to Nathan "Whose laptop is this again?"
"Why you ask?" Nathan asked.
"Mr. Steele is trying to buy Unidac Industries. And you've got a company laptop associated with one of guys he's competing against."
"Floyd Lawton." Nathan said.
"No. Warren Patel. Who's Floyd Lawton?"
"He is an employee of Mr. Patel, evidently." Nathan sighed before he stood up "Thank you Ms. Smoak, I think I need to take a trip to SCPD."
"Um, sure. You need help with anything else, come on down. Not that I'm saying you need permission, since this is your company, I'm just saying."
"Your cute." Nathan smiled causing her to blush, as he took the laptop "See you next time." he said turning and leaving his smile turning into a frown.
'The Exchange Building is surrounded by three towers with eye lines into the building. Lawton can get his kill shot off from virtually anywhere. I only have one clone so I can't be reliant on him if Lawton got a shot off. I'll need some help."
Later
SCPD
Quentin was walking to his car, when a hand reached from the shadows and grabbed him by his collar and slammed him up against the wall, with his feet hanging off the ground "You son of a bitch! You've got a pair on you, pulling this, outside a police station!"
"Floyd Lawton's the one targeting the buyers interested in Unidac. Interpol calls him Deadshot because he never misses. You can look this up after I go." Nathan said
"Yeah, and stop chasing you, I suppose?"
"I don't care if you continue or quit. Your wasting your time, and energy not mine." Nathan said. "You will never catch me, Detective." Nathan taunted before saying, "Warren Patel hired Lawton. I can't be sure who they're targeting, might be the buyers and I can't protect them in a space that big. I need your help."
"Heh. Yeah? Professional help?" Quentin said frowning
"Lawton laces his bullets with curare. Tell your men to wear Kevlar." Nathan said.
"I'll them to shoot you-" Quentin was rendered silent when Nathan tossed him into his car where the laptop was placed on the hood, Quentin grabbed his gun and turned to see Nathan was gone, and began to look around.
The Exchange Building
Walter, and Moira stood in the lobby with the other buyers as Moira looked around "Well, it's quite a turnout." Moira said.
"Well, it's quite an opportunity, actually. But regardless of the outcome of the auction I'm already a winner because I have two beautiful women at my side tonight." Walter smiled.
"Two?" Moira asked raising an eyebrow, only for Walter to look up towards the door, following his line of sight she saw Thea walking over.
"Thanks for coming, Thea. It means a lot to your mother. And me." Walter smiled as Moira and Thea hugged before he looked over when his name was called.
"Mr. Steele, the auction will be opening in five minutes. Please make sure your bid is ready."
"Thank you, Gina." Walter smiled before he looked to Moira, and Thea "Shall we?"
When they nodded the trio walked off.
Nathan in Arrow uniform was on the roof, looking down at his family, he watched as the cops arrested Warren Patel, before his clone, who had taken his place at the event, walked in and mingled with the others, watching his Clone blend perfectly with everyone and not show a sign of anything being wrong.
Nathan blinked when a red dot appeared on Walter's chest, and quickly turned to the construction sight across the way, and rushed toward the source as a gunshot went off, causing him to stop and see that Quentin had tackled Walter before he could get hit, but Floyd continued to fire at the other buyers as his clone, was lead out along with his family by Lyla.
Nathan jumped off the roof and into the construction building, causing glass to shatter from the window before he rolled out of the way, when Floyd opened fire with his wrist turrets, behind a pillar, Nathan jumped to the rafters and watched as Floyd cautiously tried to find him.
"Put your weapons down." Nathan said
"I admire your work Arrow, who would've thought after you disappeared 6 moths ago, this is where you'd be hiding. Guess you won't be extending me any professional courtesy." Deadshot commented dryly.
"We're not in the same line of work, your profession is murder."
"You've taken lives." He pointed out.
"In service to a greater cause. You're only looking to get paid." Nathan said, before he dropped behind Floyd who turned to shot him but shouted in pain, when Nathan slashed through his scope and his eye with his tactical katana, and stabbed him in the gut causing him to groan before he fell back as Nathan twirled his blade tossing the blood off of it, before he vanished into the night.
Later
Nathan, in civilian clothing, appeared back in the mansion of China White. He snuck in through the bedroom window. He found China was already waiting for him, wearing black silk robe and black lace underwear, which contrasted nicely with her white hair. "I take it the information I provided for you proved useful." Chien stated curtly. (AN: Chien will wear her hair style from episode 15 for the rest of the story).
"Yes, Deadshot has been neutralized, and Warren Patel will go to jail, so a job well done." Nathan said. "I do hope we can continue to work together. I kinda miss the old days, back when we were enforcers for the Hong Kong Triad."
"Then why did you leave?" Chien said, turning around. There was a sadness in her eyes. "You were the Dragon's Head of the Hong Kong Branch of the Triad. Under you, Triad rose to heights it had never seen, and then you vanished without trace. You left us. You left me."
"I'm sorry," Nathan said, slowly walking closer to her, "I know that I left when I should not have. I wanted to stay. I really did. But I swore and my father's grave that I would protect this city. This city is my home. It always will be, and I will protect it for as long as I can."
"But Chien," Nathan said, taking off his jacket and tossing it to the floor, "My desire to return to my home and protect it didn't change my feelings for you. I mean, sure back 2010, we were trying to kill each other, then we ended up working together when I joined the Triad, then we became lovers. I didn't stay with the Triad all that time because I actually liked what I was doing. I stayed solely because I knew how important it was to you."
Now, Nathan and Chien stood a few inches apart, "Because I loved you then. I never expected to fall in love with someone who tried to kill me, but I did, and I still love you now."
Chien stared into his eyes, her mind swimming with memories of many of the dark things the both of them had to do as enforcers for the Triad. Chien had been a cold killer at the time, who had not known what fun was since she was a child. As a child, Chien was abused by her parents for trying to have fun with her toys. However, her future mentor Zhishan rescued her, shooting her parents through the chest. This ultimately led to her being bullied for it. One day while at school, she broke, and stabbed a classmate with a pen. Shocked at what she had done, Chien took up the tutelage of the man who had killed her parents. Before this, however, she soaked her hair in hydrogen peroxide, turning her hair fully white, forever.
She had forgotten what fun was until Nathan came along. When they weren't on the job, he was taking her out on the town to have fun. At first it was just so they could get along. They had not gotten along at first, but she slowly warmed up to his confident, warm, fun-loving side that he only showed in private. This fun side of his allowed her to develop a truly meaningful and healthy relationship and help her develop interests and hobbies outside of the Triad. He helped her go from an cold heartless killer to being an actual person, and she fell for him.
But then he left, and she threw herself back into her work, suffering a relapse in her emotional development, especially when she transferred to the Starling Triad. She barely stopped herself from breaking down when she saw him a week ago, though she lost her restraint when she kissed him, and just earlier yesterday, and now having him in her room, was bringing all those old feeling's back to the surface. And hearing him tell her that he still loved her, caused her to abandon her restraint.
"I still love you too." Chien admitted before threw her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately. Nathan returned the passionate kissing with equal fervor his arms wrapping around her waist.
They separated so Nathan could take off his shirt, and he slipped his hands inside her robe and unclasped her bra, letting it fall to the floor while her black silk robe was still on her. She immediately recaptured his lips before going down to his neck, and kissing down toward his waist.
Lemon Start
"First," Chien smiled as she sank down to her knees and quickly unfastened Nathan's belt, and pulled down his pant freeing Nathan's cock from his and wrapped her pouty full lips around the head. The lovely white haired woman's tongue darted out and began sucking his hardening member.
Chien's lips slid down the length of Nathan's member until the hardening head hit the back of her mouth, and she gagged a bit, as she looked up into her lover's eyes before she pushed further until his head was firmly lodged in her throat, causing Nathan to throw his head back and moaned in pleasure as Chien's nose pressed into his pubic hair.
The white haired female's tongue was rapidly working all over the underside of Nathan's cock, Chien gripped the firm muscled butt belonging to her favorite male as his hands rested gently combed through her white hair, urging her onward. The woman pulled back and swirled her tongue around the sensitive head before sliding her lips back down the vigilante's shaft. Chien's head began bobbing on the Nathan's shaft and repeatedly taking the entire 10 inch long, 3.5 inch wide cock down her throat, choking, and spitting as she did so,
Nathan, kicked off his jeans from his ankles, while Chien slipped out of her panties and robe and began fingering herself, as Nathan looked down and stared into Chien's eyes as her cheeks bulged and caved with her pleasuring his member, and twitched when her teeth lightly grazed over his length in a playful nip.
Chien, began to speed up, as she squeezed Nathan's nuts, and heard him mutter how he was getting close. Nathan expected Chien to release him but to his surprise, she just took him deeper and swallowed down his healthy load.
"Mmmm," Chien moaned as she backed away from Nathan when he finished cumming down her throat.
Nathan smiled before he leaned down and picked his lover up by her butt, and immediately Chien wrapped her legs around her lover as he slipped his already recovered rod into her warm tight cunt. Chien gasped in pleasure at the superhuman's penetration of her core, feeling complete for the first time in 10 months as his massive tool stretched her pussy to it's limits.
Upon fully burying himself inside Chien, Nathan gripped her ass, as he kissed her lips before he laid her on the bed, and pulled out before slamming back into her, repeatedly and soon the couple's skin made slapping sounds as the superhuman sawed his cock in and out of his lover, as they looked each other in the eye.
Chien smiled before she captured Nathan's lips in a searing kiss as she thrust her pelvis back up at him, as Nathan began putting more power in his thrust, alternating speeds until she began having a powerful shaking orgasm while screaming his name. Chien's pussy convulsed and soaked the muscular male's dick with her juices as he continued to pump her nether regions through her climax, as she gripped onto him tightly, wrapping her arms around his neck.
Nathan didn't stop after Chien came, while Chien moaned in his ear, before she began nibbling on his neck and ear, before he sat back and turned her over onto her hands and knees without ever dislodging her from her. Nathan continued hammering away, as he leant over and licked the sweat off his woman's back, sampling her wonderful taste, as he kissed up to the back of her neck, while his hands fell on top of hers and their fingers intertwined,
Chien threw her tight ass back at Nathan, as the slapping sound of the couple's flesh was quite loud by this time. Chien moaned deeply as her toned round butt cheeks met Nathan's pelvis, as she began screaming as Nathan stayed hunched down over her while he speared his might sword into her sheath and bit down on her shoulder, not breaking the skin. The intense and familiar pleasure sent the woman over the edge, as her pussy tightened and convulsed around Nathan's member who grunted and moaned, as he blew his load into Chien's womb.
Chien panted as she turned onto her side, as Nathan remained over her, before she leaned up and kissed him "God, I have missed this." she panted, causing Nathan to smile.
"Glad, I can help you relax." Nathan said leaning down to capture Chien's lips again, "I know I screwed up when it came to our relationship, but I'm hoping that, if you'll let me, I can earn your forgiveness., Chien."
Chien responded by flipping Nathan onto back and sitting on top of him. "If you truly want to make it up to me, you can start by letting me drive this time." She said, as they continued to have sex throughout the night.
End Lemon
Chapter 4-Jason Brodeur
Queen Manor
Laurel had immediately rushed over when she heard about the shooting, and after making sure that the Queen family was safe, she walked to the room of the one she was truly concerned about, and saw his door was open, and found him sitting on his bed, brooding.
"Nate", Laurel said. Nate looked up to see Laurel standing there in his doorway. He noticed the concern on her face and it touched him that she cared.
"Hey, Laurel," Nathan said, getting up, "What are ya doing here?"
"I heard about the shooting. I wanted to make sure you weren't hurt."
"Well, thanks for that." Nathan smiled sadly at her, "I wasn't sure you would."
"Why would you think that?" Laurel asked, a bit surprised by his revelation. Nate grew hesitant at her question, and seeing this, Laurel sat on his bed next to him, "Hey, it's okay, Nate. I promise, I won't judge you."
After a few more moments of hesitation, he looked at her, "Laurel, I spent 5 years on Lian Yu, that's the name of the island that I was on. I was alone over there. But the loneliness wasn't the worst thing that happened. I want to tell you about it. Out of everyone, I want to tell you, but I'm afraid that if I do, you'll-"
He hesitated again and Laurel said, "I'll…what, Nate?"
Finally, he relented, saying with a tortured look in his eyes, "That you'll look at me like I'm nothing more than damaged goods."
Laurel nodded as she placed her hand on Nathan's cheek and said to him, "Nate, I would never think that of you." There was a moment of silence between them before Nathan broke it.
"Listen about the other nig-mmhh!" Nathan began but was silenced when Laurel kissed him, unable to help herself, Nathan returned the kiss and brought her onto his lap, and squeezed her ass firmly, causing her to moan as she ran her hands through his hair, before he stood up and turned around tossing her down onto the bed, causing her to smile. As he crawled onto the bed, and the two began kissing, with light petting, and cuddled on the bed, before they dozed off.
Nathan awoke in the middle of the night to see that Laurel had left, causing him to sigh, before he stood up and walked downstairs to grab a snack, but paused when he saw Thea watching TV with a large bowl of chips, and decided to join her.
"There were no signs of forced entry or any evidence of a struggle but hours later, the police found the blood-stained kitchen knife - in the trunk of Peter Declan's car." the news report said
"Couldn't sleep either?" Thea asked as Nathan moved her feet, and sat down placing them in his lap
"No. What are you watching?" Nathan asked
"Peter Declan." Thea said getting a raised eyebrow from Nathan "Oh, a guy who killed his wife. This guy killed his wife in their baby's room. Psycho."
"Okay we were just shot at, not something I'm interested in at the moment." Nathan said taking the remote and turning to something called American Dad
"Hey! Give it back." Thea said as she tried to take the remote, but Nathan held it out of her reach before she found herself in his lap, struggling to get the remote back, as she leaned forward to take the remote before he chuckled and handed it back to her, causing her to get off of him and turned back to the news.
"Declan's execution is set for midnight two days from now. Camille Declan's former employer, Jason Brodeur released a statement saying, quote: "I hope this gives Camille the peace she deserves."
Nathan gained a dark look in his eyes, as Jason Brodeur was on the list, which meant he needed to look into this.
"So why can't you sleep?" Thea asked a blush still on her cheeks
"I can't sleep anymore." Nathan said, before looking at Thea's confused look, "Nightmares."
"About?" Thea asked.
"Laurel."
"So why don't you make a play? I mean, she did come over here just to make sure you didn't get shot."
"There are reasons." Nathan said.
"What are they? Besides Oliver sleeping with her sister and her sister dying and her father hating your guts,"
"Those are the top ones. Along with the fact Tommy is in love with her." Nathan said causing Thea to nod, before Nathan brought her closer to him and kissed her head "I know that it might not seem like it sometimes but I'm not the same person I used to be." he sighed laying his head onto of hers and she cuddled up to him.
"So show her. Be yourself. I mean, your new self." Thea said, causing Nathan to look thoughtful.
Morning
Foundry
Nathan was looking up all the info on the Declan case. How the husband, Peter, had no alibi, and all 'evidence' pointed to him killing his wife. Nathan didn't believe it for a second. Nathan knew that he was telling the truth, besides evidence could always be planted by the real killer. The man was going to need a good attorney.
With Laurel
Laurel had spent the day at work trying to focus on her case, but he mind kept going back to her visit with Nathan yesterday. When she had woke up, she felt exactly like she had the first the two of them had slept together. Safe, but then guilt was felt right after, seeing as Tommy had said he was going to try to be a man she deserved and it felt like she was stringing him along. Because while she felt something for Tommy, she wasn't sure what it was, and what she felt for Nathan had only grown stronger since he returned to Starling and lord knows what her dad would try if she started dating the last male Queen.
With a sigh she stood up and began to pack up her stuff while her friend Joanna walked over "So I take it there's absolutely no point in asking if you'd like to grab a drink."
"I can't. I have to go over transcripts for the Fernands case." Laurel said putting on her bag
"You know, if you go somewhere that's not work or your home your odds of meeting someone increase by a gazillion percent." Joanna said as Laurel began to walk toward the door.
"That's not true. I could still get mugged on the way home." Laurel replied looking back to her friend who smiled.
"In that case, I hope he's cute and single." Joanna retorted.
"Good night, Joanna." Laurel smiled leaving.
30 Minutes Later
Laurel arrived home, and tried to turn on the lights, and frowned when they wouldn't come on, so cautiously she walked deeper into her apartment into her living room at her desk, and reached into her bottom door and pulled out the gun her father gave her, and turned around to see in the hallway was the hooded vigilante.
"Good Evening, Laurel." Nathan greeted.
"Don't move." Laurel ordered fear in her voice, and Nathan raised his hands showing that he didn't have a weapon in hand.
"Relax, I'm not gonna hurt you.' Nathan said advancing slowly.
"Stay back. My father is a cop. You are making a huge mistake." Laurel said as she watched the vigilante that he dad had been chasing.
"I'm not the person you think I am, and I need your help. Peter Declan is gonna be executed in 48 hours. I have reason to believe that the man's innocent. Declan's wife was gonna blow the whistle on Brodeur. Brodeur had her murdered." Nathan said now in front of Laurel whose gun was now pressed up against his chest.
"There are a thousand lawyers in Starling City. Why me?" Laurel asked.
"We're both trying to help." Nathan said.
"What makes you so sure I'm gonna help you?"
"Because I know you'd do anything to save the life of an innocent man." Nathan said as he walked around her toward the exit, but paused before he looked at her "Next time when there is an intruder, do not hesitate to pull the trigger."
Laurel turned to look at the vigilante only to see him gone.
Next Day
Iron Heights Prison
Laurel was in a room with Peter Declan who was looking at a photo of his daughter "Ajury has found you guilty, Mr. Declan." Laurel said.
"The evidence was stacked against me, but I didn't kill my wife. I didn't take my daughter's mother from her." Declan said leaning forward with the picture of his daughter.
"The murder weapon was a knife from your kitchen with your prints on it. It was found, along with Camille's blood in the trunk of your car. Your neighbors said they heard an argument that night." Laurel replied as Declan stood up and began to pace.
"We had a knockdown fight over Jason Brodeur. Camille worked for him and his company had been dumping toxic waste into the Glades. Camille told me she'd gone and told a supervisor about it. I was afraid for my family's safety. And we argued very loudly, Yes. Izzy started crying, so Camille went and stayed in her room." Declan explained before he sat back down "In the morning, I went to apologize and that's when I found her. So I just grabbed Izzy and I ran outside and I called 911. I'm innocent, Ms. Lance."
Later
SCPD
Laurel was looking at a photo of the vigilante when her dad walked up to her with a folder "Well, I wasn't the lead on this, but from what I recall we had fingerprints, we had blood, we got motive, everything."
"Brodeur seems like the type of guy with resources needed to frame someone." Laurel said, turning to face her dad and taking the folder before she began to look through it.
"Laurel, in 24 hours, Peter Declan is lying down with a needle in his arm, and not getting up. If I thought we didn't have the right guy you think I'd be doing anything now except get at what really happened?" Quentin asked.
"Declan said his wife went to her supervisor with allegations that Brodeur was dumping toxic waste." Laurel said, looking at a statement.
"Yeah, but that supervisor, he said that never happened." Quentin replied, taking the folder "Let me see. What was his name? Here you go. Istook, Matt lstook. He said he didn't even see Camille that day. Happy now?"
"Yes." Laurel smiled before he stood up and began to leave.
"I thought it'd be cold day in hell before you started defending criminals." Quentin said, looking to his daughter who turned to him.
"I'm not convinced that Declan is a criminal. Like you said, he's on a clock. Can't leave any stone unturned." Laurel said, before he left as Quentin frowned.
Elsewhere
Thea, and her friends were leaving school, talking and laughing before Thea noticed Nathan leaning on a matte black Koenigsegg Agera R "What're you doing here?" Thea asked, walking over and ignoring how her friends were looking at Nathan.
"I thought I'd hang with my little sister for a bit." Nathan smiled which she returned.
"Whose car is that?" Thea asked.
"Mine." Nathan said walking around to the driver seat.
"All those years on an island hasn't dulled your love for fast cars I see. So how fast is this one?" Thea asked looking it over.
"0–62 mph in 2.8 second." Nathan smiled getting in and when Thea closed the door he sped off.
With Laurel
While Nathan, and Thea were out on the town, Laurel was busy looking over files on the Declan case, while Joanna walked over "You really are putting a lot of hours into this Declan thing. You actually think he's innocent?"
"Someone does." Laurel said, still looking at the files.
"So you said, but you didn't say was who." Joanna replied causing Laurel to bite her bottom lip, and look around before she walked up to her friend and smiled.
"A guardian angel."
Joanna blinked and crossed her arms over her chest "The guy in the hood? Wha? You're kidding."
"He tracked me down, asked me to look into the case." Laurel said.
"But you've met him?" Joanna asked causing Laurel to nod.
"But he goes against everything that I was ever taught to believe in. He breaks the law and God knows what else." Laurel said.
"How are you not afraid he won't do "God knows what" to you?' Joanna asked worried for her friends safety.
"He won't. I don't know, I can feel it." Laurel said assuredly.
"When I told you to meet someone, this is far, far away from what I meant." Joanna sighed.
Later
Laurel was now on a rooftop, looking over the city, and saw the vigilante standing on ledge overlooking the city "I got your message." she said "Is there a reason we can't do this face to face?"
"Your dad is a cop." Nathan said as if that explained everything, "You've met with Peter Declan."
"You were right. He might be innocent. Declan said his wife blew whistle on Brodeur the day she was murdered." Laurel said.
"Then we need to get whoever she told about Brodeur to testify." Nathan replied.
"He already has. Matt lstook, Camille's supervisor. Only he says that she didn't say a word to him." Laurel reported.
"He's probably lying."
"Well, if he is, then he's very convincing. He had the jury and police believing him." Laurel said.
"He hasn't been questioned by me." Nathan said turning to leave.
"Hey, I didn't become a lawyer to break the law or hurt anybody." Laurel said, causing Nathan to stop and look at her over his shoulder.
"I do whatever is necessary to protect the people of Starling City. I am what people like Peter Declan need." Nathan said.
"If what you're doing isn't wrong then why are you hiding your face with a mask?" Laurel asked.
"To protect the ones I care about, from the enemies I make."Nathan said.
"That sounds lonely." Laurel noted.
"It can be." Nathan said jumping off the roof, causing Laurel to gasp before she ran over to the ledge only to see he was gone.
Elsewhere
Matt Istook was walking to his brand new Porshe, putting his suitcase in, before he got in himself, he started his car, but jumped in fear when he saw a black hood in his back seat before darkness was all he knew.
Moments Later
Matt groaned and blinked, before he screamed in fear, as he found himself dangling off the side of the building he was exciting "Oh my god!" he yelled before he looked to his legs to see his ankle being held by the hood man that attacked him.
"Matt lstook. You have failed this city," Nathan said, his blood red eyes and slit pupils glowing in the dark with his new lower face mask(AN: His costume is still the same as the one from chapter 1, but I changed the lower face mask to be the same as Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier without the goggles.).
"What're you doing! I've done nothing wrong!"
"Peter Declan. Your lies have put him on death row. Now, either it's time to tell me the truth, or I drop you 30 stories to your death." Nathan said.
"Oh, god, okay, okay I'll tell you anything you want to know." Matt nodded.
"Quickly now, my arm is getting tired." Nathan said.
"Okay. Okay. Brodeur paid me to say that Camille never spoke to me. But I didn't have anything to do with her death. Oh, God. Please get me down. I'll do anything." Matt pleaded only for Nathan to hold him out further "You can have the file."
"What file?" Nathan asked.
"Camille gave me a file of evidence against Jason Brodeur. Let me go, and I'll tell you." Matt said only to nearly lose his shit, when Nathan tossed him up and caught his ankle again.
"Hurry up, my arm is really tired." Nathan yawned.
"Okay, okay, it's in my desk! The file, it's in my desk at the office! You can have it!" Matt said before Nathan tossed him onto the roof and Matt breathed heavily before he looked back only to see that he was alone.
With Laurel
Laurel was alone at her office, working in her case when the lights went out, causing her to stand up and look around before she jumped when a folder was dropped on her desk "Compliments of Matt lstook." Nathan said causing her to face him.
"What's in here?" Laurel asked.
"Leverage on Jason Brodeur." Nathan answered as Laurel looked through the file, before she smiled at him "Should be enough to save Peter Declan's life."
"As an attorney, I never would've gotten a file like this." Laurel said amazed as she looked at Nathan "I always thought the law was sacred. It fixed everything. Now I feel like there's too many people in this city who only care about themselves. People who are selfish. I think they need someone who cares about the lives of other people. Someone like you."
"Let's hope not. What I do Laurel, while it gets results, it's still dark and crosses a lot of lines. I do what I do to protect the innocents of this city, and sometimes that means soiling my hands in blood."
"All in the pursuit to help others." Laurel said.
"Hmm, have a nice night Laurel." Nathan said leaving as the lights turned back on, while Laurel smiled and sat down biting her bottom lip.
Later
After going home to sleep, and take a shower, Laurel immediately went back to work upon waking up, currently she was at her desk, when her dad walked up "Hey, you look busy. Is that the Declan case? There was a funny development on that." Quentin said sitting on her desk as she looked up to him "Matt lstook, he, uh, filed a police report. He said the Hood harassed him last night. And that's funny, because I gave my daughter lstook's name."
"Dad, I-" Laurel began but Quentin leaned forward angrily.
"He's a vigilante. He's a damn criminal, and you working with him. That makes you an accessory." Quentin interrupted.
"I'm trying to save an innocent man's life." Laurel defended standing up.
"No, you're breaking the law." Quentin retorted standing up as well.
"I wouldn't have to go outside the law if the police had done their damn job right in the first place!" Laurel snapped causing Quentin to frown as he paused.
"I asked you how you got this case. You lied to me straight to my face. Eh? I thought you and I didn't do that. Guess I was wrong." Quentin said before he stormed off while Laurel watched.
Later
Courthouse
Laurel was with the judge, who was looking through the file "Your Honor, the mere existence of the file proves that Mr. Istook perjured himself for Jason Brodeur's benefit." Laurel said.
"That's slander." the two women turned to see a lawyer, Jason Brodeur, and a big Russian walk in "Jared Swanstrom, Your Honor. I represent Jason Brodeur and Brodeur Chemical."
"The interests of justice requires you to stay the defendant's execution pending exploration of the newly discovered evidence." Laurel said looking to the judge.
"Ours isn't a court of justice. It's a court of law. And under the law, your evidence is insufficient to warrant a stay of execution. Your motion for habeas corpus is denied." the judge said causing Laurel to frown before she walked toward the exit but stopped in front of the smirking millionaire.
"This isn't over. I've got the loose end now. And no matter what happens, I'll pull on it until your whole world unravels." Laurel said before she walked off, roughly pushing past the man.
Later
With Jason
Jason was pacing in his office, freaking out "Declan's lawyer is pulling me into this. I'm gonna go to prison, if not for murder, then this dumping thing!" he said to his lawyer and body guard.
"That won't happen. There are steps we can take." His bodyguard Ankov said.
"You saw her. She's going after me!" Jason yelled panicking.
"She'll wanna meet with her client after what happened in court today. We have friends up in Iron Heights. Prison can be a dangerous place." Ankov said causing Jason to nod.
Elsewhere
Nathan was on the roof, with Laurel who filled him in on what happened "It appears we're not done yet." Nathan said.
"I'm an attorney. Trust me, we're done." Laurel said causing Nathan to sigh.
"What do you need to free Peter Declan?" Nathan asked after a moment.
"At this point, nothing short of a signed confession from Brodeur." Laurel said, causing Nathan to shrug and walk off "Where are you going?"
"To get to get you that confession."
Later
Jason's Office
Jason was against the wall, in his office, as Nathan stood in front of him "Jason Brodeur, you have failed this city."
"What do you want?" Jason asked taking deep breaths.
"You'll confess you arranged to have Peter Declan's wife murdered." Nathan stated simply.
"What, so I can take his place in prison?" Jason asked.
"So you can avoid the death penalty." Nathan said before Jason smirked.
"Except if I'm dead, well, then you got no one to pin Camille's murder on. You need me to exonerate Peter Declan."
"You are a naïve fool." Nathan said, pulling out a kunai.
"Listen, maybe you could try to force me to sign a confession or something-ahh!" Jason screamed as Nathan stabbed him through the shoulder.
"That might be difficult." Nathan said ripping his knife free before he grabbed Jason and slammed him onto the ground and stomped on his wounded shoulder before he kneeled down forcing his foot down causing the man to scream before tears of pain were seen by Nathan "Are you crying? Buck up Mr. Brodeur, you're in for a long night. Now choose, fingers or teeth?"
"Okay! Okay fine, I did it! I ordered the hit on Declan's wife, please just stop!" Brodeur, cried out, unaware that he was being recorded.
Jason's phone began to ring, causing Nathan to sigh, and he pulled the man's phone out, and held it to his mouth "What?"
Jason looked up in shock when his voice came from the man stepping on him "It's Ankov. It's going down. One hour."
Nathan crushed the phone and tossed it away before he looked down at Jason "What's going down in an hour?"
Jason looked away, but shouted and began to cry when Nathan stuck his finger in his shoulder wound "Alright.. we made a plan..."
"What plan?' Nathan asked as the man sobbed under him and forced his finger deeper into the wound "Start talking!"
"Were going to stage a riot in Iron Heights and in the confusion Peter, and his bitch lawyer will be dead!" Jason yelled, before he was knocked unconscious.
"Laurel." Nathan said in worry, rushing off.
Iron Heights
Peter was scared and frustrated as Laurel tried to talk to him "Okay, you have to listen to me. We still have a shot. You remember the friend I mentioned? The one who believes in you? He's working on something."
Outside
A guard on duty was keeping his eye on the perimeter but didn't see the figure that sped across the field and jumped over the gate, before it sped into the prison.
Inside
"No, I told you, Jason Brodeur is powerful. I've been here before. These lawyers holding out these little nuggets of hope." Peter said just as the lights went out and alarms blared as cells were opened.
Laurel stood up and looked around to see guards were running to respond "What? What the- ? "
"The warden is setting up a secure perimeter in C block. Stay here, ." the guard with her and Peter said before he left.
"Wait!" Laurel yelled looking outside to see the officer get grabbed before 4 inmates began to kick the cap out of him.
All throughout the cell block the inmates that were out of their cells attacked the nearest guard and Laurel happened upon a young looking guard get stomped on by a big guy who looked up and smiled at her, while the other inmates still in cells cheered and leered at her as they pulled the unconscious guard to the cell to grab his keys
The inmate began to advance on her before a arrow found its way into his heart and Laurel, and Peter turned to see Nathan dressed as a security guard with a ski mask "Let's go." he said just as the cell opened and he stayed back to let Laurel, and Peter get out first, and punched the first inmate sending him flying back into his cell mates and they all fell, as Nathan ran over and grabbed Laurel's hand and lead her and Peter away, before he saw a door while guards with shields were coming.
"Come on." Nathan said leading Laurel and Peter to safety before he was in the back of the head with an aluminum bat by Ankov, who grabbed Laurel and threw her into a fence before he knocked her to the ground and began to strangle her.
Nathan shook the cobwebs from his head, before he saw Laurel looking at him as she was being strangled and quickly he sprang up, grabbed Ankov by the back of his shirt, and flung him back. sending him through the gated fence.
Laurel coughed as she got up and saw Nathan unsheathe a kunai as he walked up to Ankov, who was clutching his head. Quickly she ran up and grabbed his arm and flinched when she saw him look at her, and gasped as his Kyuubi eyes bored into her. "Let's go." she said causing Nathan to look at her before he looked back to Ankov, and slowly nodded before they looked up when the guards entered.
"Open up the generator area! Ms. Lance, stay back. Area secured." the guards chattered as Laurel turned to see Nathan gone, while the guards took Peter who didn't put up a fight.
Later
Laurel was outside the prison, when she saw her dad "Laurel. Sweetie. What are you..?"
"I'm all right." Laurel said hugging her dad.
"You sure?" Quentin asked getting a nod from his daughter.
"I'm sorry about what I said to you." Laurel said.
"You were right. Brodeur's bodyguard confessed to Camille Declan's murder. We got the wrong guy. But listen to me. I'm right too, about him. He's dangerous. He's outside the law." Quentin said as Laurel only nodded.
"I'm sorry." she said causing Quentin to nod before he placed his jacket over her.
"Let's get you home, sweetie. How did he get into that prison anyway, huh? A grown man in an outfit, that kind of stands out a little, doesn't it?"
"I don't know." Laurel said before she got into the car, and sat back but looked put the window and saw Nathan standing on the rooftop looking at her, before he turned and walked away disappearing into the darkness.
Later
"Okay," Kelton said as he typed at his computer as Quentin and Hilton sat with him, "here's the security footage from the exchange building shooting, but I've already swept through it."
"Well, now you're gonna do it again," Quentin said irritated, "look, when you went through it before, you were looking for a guy in a black leather hood, right?"
"Yeah. What do you want me to look for now, a guy in a pink tutu?" Kelton asked sarcastically and the two cops looked at him unamused.
"Just look for anything out of the ordinary." Quentin ordered.
Sighing, Kelton did as he and Hilton exchanged exasperated looks. However, while they did, Quentin saw something.
"Whoa, wait wait wait, go back. Ten seconds." Quentin ordered.
Bewildered, Kelton did as he asked. The footage rewound to show Nathan Queen kneeling on the floor of a stair case, holding a duffel bag. Hilton and Kelton looked on in confusion as Quentin started to grin.
"Play that again." Quentin ordered.
Queen mansion
Same time
Nathan walked into the sitting room to see Laurel there. Surprised, Nathan walked over to her.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Nathan asked confused.
"I wanted to see that you were okay after…last night." Laurel said and Nathan nodded.
"I'm fine." Nathan said blankly and she nodded, although she didn't look like she believed him.
"Nate…I know it can't have been easy for you while you were away…but you can talk to me, if you want." Laurel said carefully.
"I appreciate that Laurel…but I have to handle this on my own before I can talk about it." Nathan assured her an she smiled slightly.
"The thing about having people who care about you, is that you don't have to. The people who love you are willing to share that burden with you." Laurel told him.
Suddenly, the front door burst open and the two whirled around to see Quentin and several other cops walking in.
"You can't just barge in here!" Walter protested as he got in Quentin's path.
"Yeah? I got a gun and a badge that says different." Quentin said arrogantly before moving passed Walter.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Nathan demanded as Quentin and the cops approached him.
"Dad?" Laurel asked, surprised this was happening and his eyes flashed as he saw her there before moving over to Nathan.
"Nathaniel Queen," Quentin said as, to Moira and Walter's shock, the police began putting Nathan in handcuffs, "you are under arrest for suspicion of obstruction of justice, aggravated assault-"
"Dad!" Laurel shouted but ignored her.
"Acting as a vigilante-"
"Have you lost your mind?!" Nathan demanded.
"And murder." Quentin finished a victorious, vindictive look in his eyes.
Quentin and Hilton grabbed Nathan and began leading him out of the room. Walter got out his phone and began dialing as Moira watch in shock while Laurel and Thea exchanged a look, wondering how this would go differently this time.
Nobody saw Nathan's dark smirk, as if everything was going exactly as he planned it.