Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Vigilantes of National City

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 03:

“So you are pretty good at making those arrows, fast.” Winn tried. He had watched this Oliver Queen for the last hour, using carbon metal rods and a metal grinder, only wearing green leather pants and a pair of safety glasses. Oliver had decided he would not be wearing the shirt Kara bought for him, with his money. Winn watched the man, dazed by the efficiency of his skill.

“Uh huh.” was Oliver’s only response.

“I don’t see any tricks, like, I don’t know, cables or anything to tie the bad guys up. Do you do that later or…”

“Hey that reminds me, do you have any C4 around here? Just a small package?”

Winn scrunched his eyes. “Why would you need C4?”

“Because I used up most of my exploding arrows in the fight at Star City before Shiva made it to Central City. I haven’t had a lot of time to replace those. The detonator on my bow works but if you have a plastic casing I could mold around the arrow head, that would be great to. A couple copper wires, C4 and a case, and voila, small explosion.”

Winn shook his head.

“Why would you need an exploding arrow? That sounds… dangerous.”

“Yes, but where I come from there are people, most of whom I fight, who can actually catch arrows. Once the arrow is caught, I hit the detonator and my enemy is down. I’ve been using them since my second fight with Malcolm Merlyn.” Oliver calmly explained. Since the man was being nice enough to not interfere and he needed C 4, the Arrow decided to make friends.

“You did it to… so you like, killed him?”

“No,unfortunately. I thought I had. The exploding arrow didn’t kill him regardless. Not enough C 4 but it did knock him down. He had me from behind and was close to breaking my neck so I grabbed an arrow from the ground and stabbed it through my shoulder into his chest. He was dead when I left him, at least I thought he was. I was kind of in a hurry. My partner had been injured. Merlyn had set off an Earthquake machine and killed thousands and I thought he was dead at least and needed to find my friends so I didn’t stick around. Somehow he survived. He always survives. I cut off his hand, he gets a new one and kidnaps my kid. He gets captured by Ra’s, he lives, honestly I’m beginning to think he is immortal. Him and Slade Wilson. I shoved an arrow into Wilson’s eye and he lived. Came back for revenge and killed my mother, set an army of super powered soldiers loose on the city, killing hundreds. You seem like a good guy Winn, so take some advice. When you think you have killed somebody, make sure they are dead. Stay and watch them, cut off their head, do whatever you have to. Learn from my mistakes.”

“Oh dear God.” Winn whispered. “Have you… have you killed many people?”

“Only seven.”

“Oh, I guess thats not so bad…”

“This month, not counting invading aliens. You really don’t want to know the total number of people I have killed. You wouldn’t feel comfortable being in the same room with me.”

Winn sat a little straighter, beginning to sweat a bit. Deciding the man was being nice to him and realizing he was very alone in this workshop cut off from the main social areas of the DEO, he started small talk, as best he could.

“So we have a vigilante here in National City. But he doesn’t really, use C 4, or kill people. He has a great suit though. The tech in it is amazing.”

“Oh yeah? What’s his skill set? Don’t be fooled by most vigilantes, Winn. Some guy gets a black belt in karate and some fancy gadgets and thinks he is ready. Nobody is ready when you meet a really dangerous enemy, looking to make a name for himself by taking out the black belt in the shiny suit. If he is lucky Kara will be around to save him when the first assassin comes for him. Whats worse is when they come for your team. My fian… my tech lady, one of my partners, has been nearly killed quite a few times. Yeah, if he has a suit with tech, trust me, somehow these guys always know there is another player and go after them. Always. I hope whoever this guy with the fancy suit is good enough to protect those he works with. I haven’t always been.”

Winn began squirming a bit, thinking he probably shouldn’t bring up the Guardian anymore. James words about having a black belt came back to him. But what else did you need to fight for justice? Apparently a gun if you were the person in charge of the suit.

“So, not to be rude, seriously I do not want to be rude to you, but how… did… you become a vigilante?”

Oliver took the sharpened arrow head off the grinder and looked at it closely, deciding it was ready, he quickly grabbed the next and began working.

“It’s been rough decade. When I was younger, my family was very rich. Very rich. My father and I… and Sara, took a yacht trip to China. The yacht was sabotaged and sank. Only my father, a crewmen and me made it to a life boat. Sara made it also but she was picked up by a psychotic doctor… anyway, my father told me he was involved with a group of people he had listed in this book. There were a lot of names. Said he had made a lot of mistakes and was involved in a scheme to kill a lot of people. That would be the scheme Merlyn was involved in. Regardless my father killed the crewman and himself so I could survive and correct his mistakes. Needless to say, I did survive and was eventually stranded on an island. The island was actually a prison but had been taken over by a paramilitary group… its a really long story, involving torture, broken necks, friends being murdered, learning to kill, a Japanese submarine, a stint with a black ops agency where I was taught to be an assassin, another stint involving black magic and then becoming a member of the Russian Mafia so I could get close enough to kill the leader of this small army holding a village hostage. We probably don’t have time to get into it and I really don’t like to talk about details.”

Though he had no tan to really speak of, Winn became even paler.

“How… how… so you just decided to become a vigilante when you came back?”

“No, I targeted the names in the book my father left me, trying to right his wrongs. I gave the men a chance to right their own wrongs.”

“And if they didn’t?”

“I killed them.”

“So you had a kill list… I need to get… a Coke! You want a Coke?”

“Nope. Thank you for the offer. A few more and I am done. Then I just need the C 4, as much as you can sneak away. Plastique can work also. C 4 is easier to control and doesn’t kill the target… most of the time. Plastique will take off their head. But I am having a bad week so I really don’t care which you get.”

“No… no problem. I’ll be back.” Winn promised, nearly running out. He wanted to find Alex and ask if she realized they were working with a psychopathic serial killer. His plan was derailed when he found Alex pacing, eyes closed and phone to her ear.

“Hey Winn? Before you leave, there is only one reason you would have brought up the vigilante’s suit. Judging by the tech I see around here my guess is you are the one who came up with it. Be careful. Felicity has had to fight off an assassin with a machine gun, was nearly killed once by this drug dealer… lets just say if I had been a split second slower planting three arrows in his chest she would have been dead. She had a machete against her throat, courtesy of an insane Slade Wilson while helping me set him up. She was attacked and tied up by the Huntress. She had a bomb strapped to her wrist. She has also been shot and paralyzed and nearly died in a gas chamber once… just something to think about. You and whoever your friend is need to really think about whether this is something you want to be involved in. Kara can take care of herself and anyone else she needs to. But regular guys like us? Its gonna hurt, trust me. It’s gonna hurt a lot. And eventually, you will both be placed in a situation where it is kill or die. If the both of you insist on doing this, don’t feel too bad. After the first dozen people you kill, it doesn’t phase you at all anymore.”

Oliver chuckled to himself once Winn had practically ran off. “Idiots.”

Alex had been wondering how to break the date she had been really looking forward too. Now she had other worries, thanks to Maggie deciding to be a detective on her day off.

“So I watched him leave Kara’s apartment this morning, Alex. He wasn’t alone. There was a blonde woman with him and a guy who looked like he belonged in prison. There was also a stolen car nearby and I am guessing it was the two newcomers who parked it there.”

“Maggie, I talked… to Kara. Its fine. She isn’t serious about the guy, he was just being a jerk.”

“No, there is more to this story. I ran all three through facial recognition. It makes no sense. The man she was with was Oliver Queen. The CEO of Queen Consolidated who is married. His wife Laurel is the District Attorney of Starling City! The woman is her sister, Sara Lance. The other man vaguely resembles a guy who died in a house fire two years ago. Even stranger, Oliver Queen and his wife were at a fundraiser for Green Peace last night and from what I can tell, they are hosting a benefit for the Children’s Hospital in Starling City today, 600 miles away. Sara Lance is in the damn South China Sea!”

“The South… how do you know?”

“Her website. She is a marine archeologist. She has found a lot of shipwrecks. Supposedly she does a lot of work in the South China Sea and stars in quite a few documentaries. She also keeps an internet connection open so students at Universities around the nation can watch her crew work.”

“Wow, that is weird. It is probably a coincidence that they look like those people. Did you really say Green Peace?… send me the pics and I will double check with our software. Maybe its a glitch.”

“Bull… you know something, don’t you? You would never let this go… are you going to break our date tonight?”

“What? Why… would you think… that?”

“Because something is going on. Those scars… he is… is he a shape shifter? Were they involved in that gang fight last night? Were they all aliens?”

“No… look you have to keep this to yourself, I will tell you but… not over the phone. And you are right…” Alex told her, sighing. “I do have an op I have to be involved in tonight.I am so sorry…”

“I want in.”

“I won’t be able to keep you away, will I?”

“Now you are getting it, Danvers.”

“Fine, meet me at the Diner by the Station in an hour. You cannot let your co workers know about this. I am serious, Maggie. I shouldn’t even be telling you this.”

“One hour.” Maggie agreed and hung up.

“I can’t wait to see you either. I miss you, have a great day, be careful, no you get off the phone first…” Alex grumbled.

“The problem with dating a hard ass. Don’t worry, they turn out to be surprisingly good cuddlers.” Sara told her, walking up from behind. Alex turned, surprised the woman had walked so silently behind her.

“Hey, yeah, its kind of new and its my first… relationship… with a woman. With anyone really. How did it go at Luthor’s? Find out anything?”

“Just that your sister, the most powerful woman in the universe, is a bottom.”

Alex dropped her head. “Yeah… I know. So she is going to let us set up a sting tonight?”

“Yeah, but I doubt Kara can be involved. Lena would only allow it if she was able to watch from a very secure control room in the middle of the facility with Kara. She is even bringing wine.”

“Oh dear God. How bad was it?”

“How bad? How does she not realize she is gay? Bi at least but the vibe I am getting…”

“Yeah, I know. I’ve known before I knew I was gay. She… yeah…”

“So your girlfriend wants to be involved? You think thats a good idea?” the Canary asked, watching Alex carefully. If Alex had any doubts, they would be on her face, no matter how she tried to hide it. She saw none.

“We were supposed to have our first real date tonight. Come to think of it, she may enjoy this more. She can handle herself as well as I can.”

“Great. More the merrier. Has Mick been any trouble?”

“I haven’t heard any gunshots and nothing has caught on fire so I guess he is good. Is he going to be… okay, fighting with us?”

Sara nodded her head. “He is crazy, no doubt, has some deep, deep issues, probably worse than me and Ollie but he is loyal. He has saved us quite a few times, and… while he is different, when he gives his loyalty, thats it.”

“Good enough for me. I suppose I should go find Kara. She is probably flirting with Mon El. Its what she does when she has a close encounter with a woman she has the hots for. Between Lucy Lane and Cat Grant, she practically threw herself at James Olsen last year. Mon El is this year’s coping mechanism until she realizes… yeah.”

“Poor child.” Sara commiserated, wishing she could be the one to seduce her to the Dark Side of the Force. The cookies there were so good.

As Alex set of on her self imposed mission in life to protect Kara from herself, not easy to do, Winn had gone outside, far away from Oliver Queen, to call his partner.

“Whats up man? You got us a lead tonight?” Olsen asked by way of greeting.

“No… I mean yeah… but we can’t be involved. I have to be here, at the DEO. This is more Kara and Alex, J’onn… and Kara’s… friends. James, I’m kind of scared. Maybe we should rethink this crime fighting plan? Come at it from a different angle, one that I don’t get killed in.”

“What are you talking about? I’m the one in the suit. I’m the one taking the risk of being killed.”

“I thought so too and I was good with that, but I’ve been talking with this really, scary… you remember Barry? Three people are here from his universe. Kara went there and fought off an alien invasion last week.”

“Kara went to another… let me guess, Allen asked her to, right? He probably bought her a damn ice cream cone. So now what? He is here?”

“Not him. Other… people. They helped with the invasion last week… Alex didn’t tell me a lot, except that they chased a group of ninjas, and I mean real ninjas, into a breach and have to stop their leader from stealing advanced weapons here. There is this guy, he has scars all over him and kills people with arrows! I’m not kidding, he kills them! Alex said he snuck into Kara’s window last night after he was stabbed in the leg and asked Kara to cauterize his wound with heat vision! What kind of sick person does that? He is scarred all over his torso and I mean major scars…”

“So he is ugly.”

“The guy is ripped and I would kill for his face. I’m not lying. You know how I hate to even talk about killing? Yeah, I would kill for that face. Alex saw him wearing only a towel pretending to be Kara’s boyfriend this morning…”

“Hold up? He was what?”

“It was fake to try to fool Alex or something I guess. Besides the point. There is this other guy and he isn’t even a vigilante. He just burns people! Has a flame throwing handgun and everything. Then the woman…”

“There is a woman?”

“Yes, God she is hot. You know how Kara is beautiful, like you would want her to meet the family, marry you, have kids and worship her everyday? This chick is like, my God if she gets a hold of me I will never be the same. You know what I mean? Like you had the girl you liked in high school who got you to second base then you met the one who taught you everything you wanted to know and some things you didn’t even know you wanted to know until you knew and left you a physical wreck? The one you compare all others to, even if you say to yourself that you aren’t? Plus she looks at Kara, like Kara looks at Pot Stickers and you know Kara, even if she won’t admit it…”

“Admit what?!”

“Uh… oh thats right, you are blind too. Nevermind. The point is these people are serious so we can’t go out tonight and do our thing. I have to be here, safe.”

“Where are they going to take down this ninja party, Winn?” Olsen asked, trying to come to terms with a scarred, murdering vigilante hanging naked over Kara, some homicidal arsonist and a woman who Winn must think Kara admires as a hero. But if she was a hero what was she doing with this crowd?

“Where is this happening Winn? I want to be there. If there are unknowns and advanced weapons, Kara could be injured or worse.”

Winn nearly laughed. “You want to be involved to protect Kara? Really? You? We don’t go after ninjas James. Your black belt isn’t going to cover this and I am pretty certain Kara saved Mon El and you from the Parasite.”

“If I am there and can help, maybe Kara will realize we know what we are doing and not be as angry when she finds out what we have been up to.” James reminded him. Winn admitted he had a point. If he helped, he could show he belonged. And if he got killed, Winn would be safely at the DEO and could deny all knowledge.

“Fine, but I still think this is a bad idea. I’m texting you the location. Stay out of it until the action goes down. They aren’t going to just let you join the team. Kara doesn’t even really trust you, Guardian you I mean. She may not trust either of us when she finds the truth out.”

“Let me worry about that. I have a board meeting and then I need to mentally prepare myself. I don’t like the idea of Kara having to rely on unknown vigilantes for backup.”

“Kara? She has Alex and J’onn with her. Something tells me Mon El will be there because why not? You know she is into him. He is into her, he wants to get in… nevermind. Unless he has long black hair and blood red lips he is probably not going to get far. Plus these people seem to be her friends, okay the blonde one is her friend but she didn’t hurt the Arrow guy when he pretended to be her boyfriend. I am pretty sure she hates the arsonist. Just, be careful. Watch from a distance and if it looks like they need help, then get involved. If not, they will take you down and Kara will know who you are.”

“I know how to handle Kara and myself.” James told him confidently then hung up.

“Yeah you know alright.” he mumbled tom himself. “Thats why she dumped you twenty minutes after dating you. Okay… lets… go somewhere and cry.”

While Winn was thinking of ways to stay alive now and in the future, Alex was faced with a pushy almost girlfriend? Girlfriend? They hadn’t really talked about it. Maggie had no problem bringing exes up to Alex but where did she stand in all this? They should talk about it, right?

“Multiverse? Another Earth? You are serious?”

“Do I look like the type of person who would make this up?”

“But how do they know your sister?” Maggie asked, thinking Kara Danvers would be the last person inter dimensional ninjas would visit.

“They were looking for Supergirl. You know my sister is close to her, she uses her as a source…”

“How did they know she was close to her?”

Good question, was Alex’s first thought, her mind racing. “Barry Allen!”

“Barry who?”

“Barry… the Flash? Remember he helped Supergirl out when Cat Grant was kidnapped? Anyway Kara had fallen out of a window at Catco, forty stories up and he saved her. She introduced the two. They have all been friends since. The vigilantes came to ask Kara if she could get in touch with Supergirl.”

“How the hell do you both even know this chick?”

Oh. Good question. The problems with dating a detective.

“Her and Kara… they were… I can’t say. Its classified.” Alex decided. Technically this was not a lie. So what if Kara was horrible at keeping a secret? She wasn’t supposed to tell anyone. Since Kara wasn’t exactly an official employee of the DEO she could do what she wanted however, something which annoyed the hell out of J’onn.

“Classified? You are pulling classified on me? Because she is obviously close to your family. At this point I can’t tell if she is doing Kara or wants to do you but there is more to this than classified. I thought you wanted something here.”

“I do! I can’t tell you how I know Supergirl because it isn’t mine to tell. I can promise you that Supergirl is not doing, as you so eloquently put it, my sister and she has no desire to do me. But if you expect me to break confidences for whatever this is we want, I won’t. I will do just about anything to have this but I won’t tell a secret thats not mine to tell. I’m not that kind of person. Be there if you want, meet me at the DEO at 5:30. If not, I understand, but I am not telling you who Supergirl is or how she knows my family.”

“Hey, I’m sorry. You are right, its not my secret to know. It can be a little hard to compete I guess, when you have the woman who saved every life on Earth by your side all the time.”

“You don’t have to compete with anyone, Maggie.” Alex told her softly.

“I… appreciate that. I’m usually not insecure about this but she is… and I thought she may be into your sister but your sister is such a geeky…” Maggie stopped talking, noting the red that covered Alex’s face. it wasn’t embarrassment. “I mean that in a cute way! I like your sister, even if she looks like she wants to put a meat cleaver in my neck every time she sees me.”

“That was one time and she had only heard about… yeah. She hasn’t really had a chance to get to know you and she is kind and not crazy, or homicidal or… look, Kara has been through a lot. I’m pretty protective over her.”

“I know, I was… I didn’t mean that.” Maggie told her, taking Alex’s hand across the table and glad to see a smile back on her face. Maggie was figuring out that Alex and Kara Danvers were a package deal. “See you at 5:30?”

“It’s a date.” Alex agreed, leaning across the table and kissing her girlfriend… yep, she was going with girlfriend. Considering Alex would put a bullet in anyone else trying to kiss Maggie that qualified her as a girlfriend.

At the DEO, Sara had found Kara exactly where Alex had found her an hour before, in some sort of training room, laughing with a decent looking guy. This must be Montel… Mon El.

I wonder if Kara realizes they have the same last name? was Sara’s first thought looking at the two. The Canary then decided aliens must have differences in culture and it wasn’t her place to judge. Sara walked into the room silently but of course both heard her. Apparently this Montel… Mon El was a weaker version of Kara but still pretty strong. Taking him in she recognized him for what he was immediately. She had seen his type before.

Man Whore.

“Sara! This is my friend Mon El. Mon El, this is Sara.”

“A pleasure Mon El. Sara Lance.” she offered her hand to the grinning man whose eyes raked over her body, Kara of course, oblivious. “So your name is Mon and your last name is El?”

“Yeah… thats right.”

“So you and Kara have the same last name. Are you related?”

Kara and Mon El looked at each other for a moment, apparently neither had thought of this before. Sara wondered if Kara had ever seen Star Wars and was reliving Luke and Leia in her head.

“It must be a strange coincidence. We are… we are from different planets.” Mon El stuttered.

“Cool. I would love to hear more about your planet. Kara has told me a bit about hers. Are they similar?”

Kara snorted. “Not exactly. We shared a sun, and our DNA is nearly identical but thats it. Hey, I need to find something to wear tonight. Something nice but that I can also hide my suit under. Or maybe just put it in a hand bag. The DEO has a great wardrobe and all the dresses are bullet proof. Want to come help me pick one out, Sara?”

“You have no idea how badly I would like that. I will ask someone and find my way to you. I want to talk to Mon El for a moment, get to know him if thats okay?”

“Of course. Don’t be long though, Alex is out and I need someone to help zip me up.”

Sara groaned internally. She had a mission that had to come first.

“Believe me, I will be there as quickly as possible. Start picking dresses you like out and I will be there to help you try on each and every one.”

Kara walked off quickly, her mind already thinking of clothing that could compare to Lena’s. She loved the way the woman could pull off the simplest garments and still appear so powerful.

Sara was left alone with a grinning Mon El.

“So you are into her, huh?” the Canary asked, already knowing.

“What, no, we are friends. She is helping me acclimate to… Earth.”

“Uh huh. Does lying come naturally to you or do you have to think about it?”

Mon El dropped his head. “Yeah, I would like her to be my mate. She is… amazing.”

“That she is. How did you find yourself to be on this planet?”

Mon El told Sara the same story he had told Kara, Alex and J’onn, thankfully the short version and all Sara needed to hear.

“You have a problem, Mon El.”

“Yeah, I got a lot of problems. I’m working to try to be better, to be the man she deserves. She is worth it.”

“Yeah whatever. Your problem is despite her innocence and being clueless some of the time, Kara is very smart. She will find out the truth.”

“Oh… I guess she told you that I didn’t remember the kiss. I did but… I was scared to bring it up. I’m not sure how she would feel. She kissed me back, she is so brave and beautiful…”

“Thats not the truth I’m talking about. I’ve been around a lot of liars in my life. I recognize one when I see them. You are a liar and eventually she is going to see through that BS story you are trying to pass off. I’m not sure how you actually escaped and got here but… she is going to find out the truth one day. I promise you. Have fun doing… whatever it is you do during the day. I have to help Kara dress and undress several times. Take care.”

Sara left him with a wink and a pat on his cheek, glad to see the look on his face that told her she was right.

Asking around and finding herself in the DEO wardrobe minutes later, she was happy to find Kara in her underwear, looking at a purple dress.

“What do you think of this one?” she asked, putting the dress against her body.

“I think we have a lot more to try out. Let me zip you up and try a few others for comparison. Maybe I will try a few too. Its just us girls. We can have fun playing dress up, right?”

Kara smiled and slipped the dress over her head.

“This is going to be so fun!”

“You have no idea.” Sara muttered then shook her head.

Damn her pesky conscience.