Green Arrow: Rise of a Legend

All we see is a black screen. Seconds later a voice is heard. The voice of an old man, with a slight rasp in his voice speaks slowly. “So tell me everything.” “Everything? That’s a lot; I don’t know where to start. Well I was born Oliver Queen and now I’m Green Arrow. Haha. Seriously what should I tell you,” says Oliver Queen sarcastically? “Why don’t we start from the beginning, Mr. Queen?” As this is said something in the back unreadable can be seen growing larger and faster towards the front of the screen. “The beginning…Maybe there was never a beginning…maybe it’s been in me forever but it just fizzed up to the surface. But why don’t I take you back a few years ago then maybe you can leave me alone.” The voices stop and the thing from the back jumps to the front of the screen and reads: Green Arrow: Rise of a Legend.

We switch to a bird’s eye view of Star City, California at night. Cars are rushing by and the night life has just awakened. We switch to a night club and enter to see Oliver and two friends drinking and laughing with women surrounding them at a VIP booth. “So Oly, when we gonna go out on that boat again. It’s been ages since I’ve been on that baby. I say we go out on it tomorrow,” says George one of Oliver’s friends with a drunken laugh. “Geo Geo Geo I can’t go on the boat tomorrow I have to work. Remember I’m a serious man,” says Oliver as he takes a gulp out of his whisky glass as everyone starts to boo him. “Come on me work! HAHAHA that’s what workers are for right? We’ll take it tomorrow at 9 p.m. at the harbor,” Oliver laughs. Once everyone stops laughing Oliver’s date asks for another drink and he gets up. As he stumbles to his feet he runs into a man holding 3 beers and they spill all over both of them. The man was a rather large black man with a more than pissed off face. “WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR MAN,” yells Oliver with a slur as he gets back on his feet? The man grabs him by the shirt and brings Oliver close to his face. As he does Oliver’s bodyguard Hackett grabs the man’s arm and brings it down with an incredible force. BY now everyone in the club is staring at them. “You may wanna watch what you say rich boy. Money can’t buy you your life back,” the man storms out the door as Hackett helps Oliver back to his feet. “Man you alright Oliver,” says his friend Peter Taylor. “Yeah man I’m good. Let’s get out of her I’m bored.” They all exit the club as if nothing would’ve happened and everyone else gets back to their business.



We see the man from the club in his car as he watches Oliver and his friends get into their limo and drive away. As he drinks from his silver flask he receives a call. “Yeah what? No, no I can’t. But I have a better idea. Make a meeting tomorrow around midday. Alright good bye.” He hangs up and revs up his truck and drives off into the night. “Enjoy it for now Oliver. Tomorrow it’ll all be gone.”



The next morning Oliver awakes to see his date from the past night naked faced down on his bed. He laughs and tries to rub off his hang over as he walks to his kitchen to find Hackett and his assistant Roy Harper waiting at his counter. His chef hands him his plate and he sits at his table. “At ease men.” He laughs and Roy sits down at the table. “Well Mr. Queen. I got a call from Mr. Wayne and he apologizes that he will be unable to attend the event tonight and…” Oliver interrupts him and glances at Roy with a tired squint “First of all, what did I say about bothering me in the morning when I wake up. Also cut the Mr. Queen Bull. that was my father not me. And what event are you talking about.” “Oliver tonight’s the anniversary of… your parent’s death sir and it’s your turn to read a speech. Also, I thought it would be ok since it’s almost 2, sorry.” Oliver looks down in shame about forgetting his parent’s death then looks up again. “Yeah well you went to high school your probably good at writing speeches.” Oliver starts to get up as Hackett brings him his suit and Oliver begins to change. “Also, there’s a girl in my room. When she wakes up feed her and then send her out. If she gives you her number DO NOT say I’m going to call her, I hate being called a liar.” “Yes sir.” Oliver starts out and then turns back to Roy. “By the way, my parent’s death isn’t a happy thing. Why don’t we stop calling it an anniversary?” Roy nods and Oliver walks out of the house with Hackett.



Close to Oliver’s house is the very old Star City Police Department building. It was left up after the new one was built as a sign of truth and justice in the city. Lately a mob boss Alexander Cross has been using it as a head quarters for his crimes. Cross is sitting at his desk with three bodyguards behind him as the man from the night club barges in. “Cross, I have a big hit for tonight. You are not going to believe it.” Cross gets up and begins to walk towards the man. “Brickwell, when you enter a room you’re supposed to address the host before you ramble.” “Sorry sir it’s just important.” “What is it Brickwell? You better not disappoint me again.” Cross starts to crack his knuckles close to Brickwell. “Sir, its Oliver Queen.” Cross’s face turns from a smile to an angry face as he smack Brickwell’s face against his desk breaking a large hole through it. “YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE that you can get Oliver Queen? That guy’s got more arms around him than a spider,” exclaims Cross as he holds Brickwell’s face down on the desk. “SIR PLEASE, PLEASE just give me this one last chance. He only has one bodyguard and that’s easy. All I need is three guys and I got him and his friends.” Cross let’s go of Brickwell’s head and allows him to get back up. “This is your last chance Brickwell. The LAST one, fail again and it’ll be the last time you ever fail,” says Cross as he waves his finger in front of Brickwell’s face. Brickwell walks out and Cross goes back to his desk and cross his hands in front of his face.

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We see Oliver drive up to a big building with the words QUEEN INDUSTRIES at the top. He gets out of his car and gives the keys to the door man as a poor man approaches him. “Please MR. Queen, spare change. Anything, not just for me but for my family we haven’t eaten in a while and my son is...” Oliver cuts him off. “Listen, I would love to help you. I really would, but all I have on me right now are credit cards. But guess what later I’m going to CVS I’ll buy you soap and even shampoo. Alright good bye.” As he walks to the door the man that parked his car comes back and opens the door for him and Oliver tips him $10 and walks in.

In the conference room we see Oliver sitting back in his chair as a meeting is going on. All the men are talking about how well the company is doing and Oliver just nods hoping it will end soon. Stanly Dover the company’s leader stands up and ends the meeting. “Well everyone, everything looks good. Meeting adjourned.” Everyone gets up and walks out the door except for Oliver who stays to look at the large portrait of the Queen’s family crest. It is a green shield with two red lions on their hind legs facing each other and an arrow and a sword crossed under it. “Mr. Dover, great meeting if I do say so myself.” “It was, but I can bet you all the money this company has that you can’t tell me anything we talked about in the meeting.” Oliver laughs “Yeah well as long as revenue is up and people need weapons it doesn’t matter right.” Dover becomes much more serious. “Listen Oliver, when your parents died and I took you in I promised myself I would raise you just as your father would have. But as I see you grow you only become less and less like him. Your father…” Oliver interrupts with an angry tone “My father…would’ve wanted me to be happy, and as long as that’s happening nothing else matter right.” Oliver begins to walk out “By the way speaking of having fun, I’m taking some friends out on my boat after my speech and I would love if Catherin could come.” Dover nods and Oliver walks out. Dover shakes his head as he stares out the window.

The night has come and all the rich and powerful are at the event. Everyone acting as if they were there to pay respects when really they’re just looking for business. Catherin approaches George in a panic “George George where is Oliver.” “Olive will get here when he gets here don’t worry. You coming on the boat tonight? I’d love to see you in a bikini.” She rolls her eyes as Oliver walks in and everyone turns to stare at him and his date. After he finishes shaking everyone’s hand he approaches the podium to give his speech. “Please everyone quiet down I got some stuff to say. As you all know my parents died 22 years ago. I didn’t know them all that much; you know they worked a lot. I know they were great people because you people will never quit reminding me. I often ask myself if my parents would be proud of me, and I know that maybe they wouldn’t be proud but they would be happy that I’m happy. They would also be very thankful for what all of you have done for me and them. Although I didn’t know them I will always miss and love Robert and Laura Queen they were my parents and I miss them every day. Thank you very much.” He steps of the podium and everyone starts clapping. As he walks off of the side of the stage he grabs his date and crumbles up his speech and tosses it to Roy. “Great speech buddy, see you later!” He walks out and his friends fallow close behind him.
When they arrive at the yacht everyone quickly runs onto it and turn up the music and start to serve themselves drinks. Catherin stops Oliver when he gets on the boat. “Great speech Oliver, I know you didn’t write it but I could see the emotion was real.” He leans over on the side of the boat as it pulls out of the harbor. “Emotion? I guess I’m just getting better at showing my rich people bull shit face.” “Listen you can put up your walls but my father and I know that you do truly miss them.” Oliver lets out a smirk as his date grabs him by the hand and slowly leads him to his room. “Hackett, watch the door alright? I don’t want anyone walking in.”



The boat is way out into the ocean as Peter is at the front of the boat chatting up two girls. As he does a small motor boat come out of nowhere and comes right next to the yacht. “Hey man this is a private par…” As this is said two men with ski masks jump on the boat and smothers Peter and the women with a towel until they pass out. Once they do two other men jump on the boat and begin to creep around.



Oliver is in his room making out with his date with no idea of what is happening on deck. Suddenly a large man barges in. Oliver’s date starts to scream and the man smack her across the face. While he does Oliver grabs the champagne bottle and smashes it against the man’s head knocking him out. Oliver now in complete shock and fear grabs a bow and case of arrows from above his bed and tip-toes out the door. When he gets up on the deck he sees a man coming around the corner and tries to shoot an arrow but ends up dropping it. When the man notices he shoots but Oliver dropping to pick up the arrow is missed by the bullet. He quickly gets up and stabs the arrow into the man’s neck and grabs the man’s gun. After this he comes on the main deck and finds all of his friends passed out on the deck being loaded onto the boat. He tries to shoot another one of the men but a man from behind him shoots him in the lower back making him fall to the deck. He tries to get up but is unable to muster up enough strength to pick himself up and two men stand over his body. One picks him up by his shirt and takes off his mask to reveal Brickwell. “Told you, your money can’t save you this time.” “Ple...plea…please I can pay you.” “No, ransom pays more than fear these days.” He throws Oliver into the back of the motor boat and revs it up and they begin to go off. Oliver wasn’t ready to quit. He was situated on the edge of the boat on top of other bodies and all he needed to do was get enough strength to roll over. He tries several times until suddenly when the boat makes a turn he crashes into the water. Brickwell quickly looks back to see Oliver gone. “GO GET HIM!” he yells at one of his men. “Are you crazy? With the speed we were going he is most likely dead. We got enough people don’t worry.” They continue forward as we focus on Oliver’s sinking body as it goes down into the water and the screen turns black.



Oliver’s body has washed up on shore and he’s face down on the sand. He tries to get up but his injury made it unbearable. His face was now also covered with cuts due to crashing into the water. “HEEEEEELP. SOMEBODY HELP ME PLEASE,” he yells at the top of his lungs but no one comes he begins to cry on the sand and his vision becomes hazy. Suddenly he feels himself getting picked up and looks up to see four dark men carrying him and talking to him in a language he didn’t know. “Please I…I don’t understand you.” He mutters softly but they continue talking to him. He feels himself lowered onto a bed and passes out.
Later he wakes up and begins to get up when he feels a strain of pain on his gun wound that is now covered in leaves and a sticky substance. He begins to frantically try to take it off when a women walks in. “Don’t do that. That’s going to help you.” “Whe…Where am I?” “You just washed up on the island a little while ago. You had a bad wound and I fixed it. My name is Taiana” “I have to get out of here. I have to get out of here” He gets up and pushes her out of the way and walks out of the hut to find a small village of people going about their business until they notice him and stare at him. “WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!?!” He drops to his knees and begins to cry when Taiana walks out of the hut. “It will be ok Oliver don’t worry.” She throws him his suit jacket and drivers license “No it won’t. Don’t you understand? I’m not supposed to be here. I need to get off this island.” “There’s no way off of the island.” She hands him a bowl of food “just try an accept it Oliver.” He smacks the bowl out of her hands and stands up. “I DON’T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND ME. I’m not supposed to be here. My friends were just kidnapped; I need to get back to Star City. Maybe you can accept this life style but I can’t I’m sorry. Maybe eating out of coconuts and sticking leaves to yourself is fine for you, but not for me I need to get out of here?” She looks a bit madder “Ok Oliver that’s what you think we are. This is what I think you are, a stuck up rich kid that gets everything he wants and steps on everyone else, boy I bet your parents are proud of you.” He smacks her hard across the face. “You don’t EVER talk about my parents.” He walks past her and continues into the village.

Back at Cross’s head quarters things are just as heated. “WHERE IS OLIVER QUEEN!!??” yells Cross at Brickwell. “Cross wait. Let’s not get crazy. I got you rich kids; they must pay for a lot to. Oliver is dead; you can still ransom him, just get the money and don’t trade the kid.” Cross takes out a 9mm and points it at Brickwell. “You failed me for the last time Brick.” Brick’s face gets serious but with a slight smirk. “Cross, you and I both know that that would be a waste. Oliver’s dead, he can’t say anything can he? No he can’t, sell what I got you and be happy.” Brickwell walks out the door and Cross drops the gun on his desk and sits back down.

At the island the next morning Oliver is walking through the jungle and finds Taiana sitting by the river and sits by her. “Um…Sorry…You know about yesterday. I flipped out at the wrong person. You were just trying to help me and I made you the bad guy.” She ignores this and remains quiet. “Well I guess we can talk later.” He begins to walk away when she speaks up. “What happened to your parents Oliver?” He looks down. “What happened to yours?” she says nothing.
Oliver speaks up “It happened a long time ago. I was seven. My parents were about to go to England…” a white flash takes us back in time where Oliver is watching his mother pack. “Mom why can’t I come with you guys? I promise I won’t bother your guys.” His mother continues to pack. “Oliver you know when its business sometimes we can’t take you. This is one of those times. We’re just going to be in meetings and the hotel the whole time. It’ll be boring I promise.” Oliver starts to grow sad “But mom I never go anywhere with you guys. You always leave me here with the Dovers. I hate the Dovers.” “Hey, don’t say that. They take care of you and that’s all that matters. Plus they’re your fathers close friends. It’s only a couple of days Oliver we’ll be back before you know it.” As this is said Oliver’s father walks in. “Laura are you almost ready to go the car is waiting.” “Yes dear I’m almost done.” He looks down and sees Oliver. “What about you son how are you?” Oliver is very sad. “Why can’t I go daddy I really want to? I’ll be really good I promise.” Oliver starts to tear up and his father grows annoyed. “Oliver there is no reason to cry. You are a man and men don’t cry. Especially Queens, you need to be strong and realize things don’t always go your way. Stop being such a wimp.” Oliver starts to cry much more “DAD I HATE YOU I HOPE YOU GO AND NEVER COME BACK!” Oliver storms out and slams the door to his room. “Did you really have to be so hard on him Richard? For god sakes he’s just a boy.” “That boy that will one day run this company and he will have to be strong. If he starts being soft now imagine him in twenty years. I’ll be in the car.” He storms out and Laura goes to check on her son. “Oliver are you ok?” he doesn’t reply as he plays with a bow and arrow. “I understand if you don’t want to talk. I’ll call you when we get to England. I Love you, so very much.”

“The next call I got wasn’t my parents. It was a Stephen Dover telling me my parents died in a plane crash. The last thing I ever told my father was that I hated him.” He’s staring at the river and she’s rubbing his shoulders. “Oliver you didn’t know that was going to happen, no one could have known.” He tries to change the subject. “So if I’m going to be here for a while I might as well have a job right.” “Are you any good with that bow and arrow?” “Well I could use some lessons but I think I’m alright.” He gets up and tries to shoot an arrow at a tree but it ends up spinning into the river. “Maybe a little more than a few lessons,” smiles Taiana. They both laugh and begin to walk back to camp.
After this clips are shown of Oliver learning to use his bow and arrow like a master. He starts firing at fruits up in trees and ends shooting birds out of the sky. Then we see him creating a huge amount of arrows out of rocks and green bamboo sticks. We see him eating and laughing with a group of children and Taiana. He has learned a little of their language, at least enough to carry a conversation. Then we see three children in the jungle and suddenly a snake comes out. The three children look extremely frightened. As the snake is about to attack an arrow comes out of nowhere and pins it to a tree. We go back several meters and it is revealed to be Oliver in a grass hood. Then we see him being instructed how to fight hand to hand combat and with sticks against a very large dark man. He has now become very skilled in fighting and using arrows.



He is walking with Taiana through the village. Their relationship has grown a lot closer. He walks by a part that Taiana has forbidden him to go through. “Taiana, why don’t we go through that pass? I’ve never been there before,” asks Oliver with a smile. “Oliver. You can go anywhere on this island…but that part is forbidden to you. At least for now it is.” “Taiana I have been here for almost a year. I would really like to know.” She sighs and looks up at Oliver, “Oliver, soon you will know. I know you will.” Suddenly as they are walking a siren starts to go off. “What is that? Someone’s here?” Everyone from the village runs to the pass where Oliver isn’t allowed to go and Oliver quickly follows. “Now you know,” she says to herself as she begins to walk their as well. As Oliver walks through the pass he comes to an open field and is shocked to see what he finds. He sees a huge plantation of poppy seeds and people working away to produce heroin. People continue to run and arrive at a part of the beach he has never seen and all the villagers kneel before a woman and four men behind her. Oliver stays standing and the woman approaches him. “Hello, hello, never seen you before. You do although, look quite familiar.” By now all of Oliver’s hair has grown considerably and he begins to look down so she won’t figure out who he is. “What are you doing on my island? Are you a slave as well?” “A slave?” Oliver looks down at everyone and notices that everyone is indeed a slave. “What is your name slave?” Oliver looks back up at her. “Why don’t you tell me yours first,” replies Oliver with a monotone voice. “You dare talk back to me slave. I am China White. You have no idea where you are do you? Follow me slave.” He begins to follow her into the field and he is horrified of what he finds. Cages of people, skinny to the bone with rat and snake bites. Then he sees men, women, and children dead in a pit with maggots and rats. “You see this Slave? Welcome to my island, you work for me now. I’ll give you an easy job though. All you have to do is cultivate the poppy seeds and give them to that lady over there. Easy enough right?” She smiles and Oliver agrees, knowing that if he didn’t he would most likely be killed.



That night Oliver goes back to his hut and finds Taiana lying on the cot and he gets in with her. “Well I guess now I know what’s on the other side of that pass.” She looks at him with a bothered face. “Oliver, I’m sorry I never told you. I didn’t want you to do something stupid.” “Baby I understand, don’t worry about it. We have to stop this though; we can’t let this go on.” “Oliver there is no way to stop her. If you try she’ll kill you before you can speak up. That’s what happened to my father. My father tried to stop her. He tried to rally the people of the island against her and with a few blasts of a pistol it all went to hell. Oliver if you try something you WILL die. Promise me you will just let it go.” “I promise.” Oliver kisses her and strokes her back while staring into space knowing that he has just lied to her.

In the middle of that night Oliver wakes up and goes behind their hut. He puts on gloves and boots that he found in the plantation and straps his bow and arrows to his back, and then he puts on the grass hood from before. As he slowly walks through the jungle he grabs green bamboo and small pieces of rock to make a couple more arrows. He arrives at the plantation. Everything is dark and no one and nothing can be seen or heard. Then suddenly he notices a guard coming closer to him and shoots and arrow directly into his neck causing him to fall down in pain. Then he creeps into the plants. The stems were as high as the sky he could hear someone walking outside of the stocks and quickly shot an arrow at it. He hits the man in the chest and the man begins to yell. Oliver quickly runs to him and smashes his face with a rock. Then suddenly flash lights turn on and three people, including China, walk out. Oliver hides behind their hut and quickly jabs a harpoon-like arrow into another man’s stomach. China hears this and shoots three shots at what she heard. Oliver is unharmed and quickly comes out and punches her across the face causing her to fall unconscious. Then a much larger man approaches him and shoots him but misses. The man throws blows at Oliver but Oliver evades them all. Then Oliver does a spinning kick to the man’s chest causing him to fall back and drop his gun. Oliver goes up to attack him but the man does a jumping kick and knocks Oliver against a pot of flame igniting the hut. Then they proceed to match each other blow-for-blow until Oliver trips the man and puts the bow around the man’s neck causing him to slowly choke to death. Oliver believes he has won and begins to shoot open the cages containing the suffering people as the fire begins to destroy the plants. Then suddenly China gets up and puts a gun to Oliver’s chest. “Looks like I won…Oliver Queen.” Oliver puts his hands up and drops his bows. “Yeah I know it’s you. I should have known seeing as your death was hot news in the world. They said that you were killed by a kidnapper and now you have been killed by a drug dealer. Funny how the world works.” Oliver continues to walk in a circle as his bow begins to catch on fire he knows that he has to do something soon or he’ll die from either a bullet or the fire. Then he thinks quickly. He kicks his bow at her face causing her to fall back and discharge a bullet. Then he pushes her up against the hut, throws the gun away, and puts a very sharp rock-like-knife through her stomach. “Most people would think that a gun would beat a rock. Funny how the world works.” He drops her and begins to walk into the darkness leaving her to die. People are now slowly putting out the fire in a panic. Then he sees the water tub high in the trees and shoots three arrows at the branch behind it causing the branch to whip around and hit the tub causing it to fall and spill the water to put out the fire. Everyone cheers him and Taiana comes and kisses him passionately. “Thank you, you liar,” she laughs as he hugs her.



The next morning everyone is gathered at the beach where Oliver is loading stuff onto China’s motorboat. “You should come with me Taiana. All of you should,” says Oliver with a sigh. “My place is here with my people. We all thank you for saving us and giving us our land and our lives back. You are truly our hero.” Oliver gets into the boat and revs up the motor. “Remember Oliver. Oliver Queen will be remembered for decades to come. But the legend of Green Arrow will live on for an eternity.” Oliver nods as he goes off into the ocean. He looks in front of him and sees the sun slowly rising. Then he looks back and sees that Taiana was gone in a flash. He starts to ask himself if she was ever there. Did he make her up or was she real. He didn’t care who or whatever it was showed him something he never knew existed in himself; a hero.

Hours later Oliver is sleeping on the boat as a huge cruise ship comes by. He doesn’t believe the boat can see him and shoots a flair attached to an arrow into the air and the boat begins to stop. A life boat is lowered into the water and Oliver gets on as it is raised. The captain and many people walk up to Oliver as he is kneeled on the deck. “Son are you ok. What’s your name?” Oliver looks up at the man. “Oliver…Oliver Queen.” Everyone gasps and Oliver is helped onto the boat.

Hours later Oliver is in a first-class cabin shaving in the bathroom when Roy walks in. Roy looks extremely happy to see his boss again. “Oliver. Oh my god I can’t believe it’s you. Everyone told me you were dead, but I knew you were alive.” Oliver looks from the mirror to Roy. “What do you think if I leave a goatee?” Roy takes a breath to calm himself down. “Well sir I think it would look great.” “Yeah bull crap.” Oliver shaves off the goatee and grabs a towel and walks towards the window of his room. “Roy I’m sorry. About everything.” “Mr. Queen you have nothing to be sorry about.” “Yes I do. I have treated you and everyone else like dirt my whole life. There is no excuse for that and I sincerely apologize. I have led you on promising you a promotion or a raise when really I had no intention of it.” “Oliver maybe you aren’t the nicest guy but who the hell is. Yeah sure you might have treated me a bit worse that I most people have but I mean that’s who you are.” “No that’s who I was. What have things been like since I’ve been gone?” Roy sits down as does Oliver. “Not good man. Not good. Your friends were kidnapped and killed. The only person that survived was George and that’s only cause his dad paid the ransom. Catherin died and that hit Stanley incredibly, he hasn’t been himself since.” Oliver looks down and shakes his head. “The company has still held strong.” “What about crime?” “It’s been worse than it’s ever been. Crime bosses are hitting crime bosses people are getting shot for no reason. Young teenagers and young adults have been found dead as well, everyone says it’s some Star City Slayer, but if you ask me it’s...” “The same guy that tried to kidnapped me.” “And ofcorse…The Clock King” “The Clock King?” “This guy has been killing people viciously for the last 6 months.

January 24th 12 cops were shot down at 6p.m.

February 21st at 9 p.m. 11 doctors were found dead with needles in them.

March 15th at 12 p.m. 10 cops were burned alive.

April 3st 6 p.m. 9 teachers were found hanging from trees at their schools.

May 9th 9p.m. 8 reporters were blown up in their news vans.

June 24th at 3:30 7 ex-convicts were smothered to death

July 6th at 7p.m. 6 prostitutes were beaten to death

So far 63 people have died. The cops can’t find a pattern and it doesn’t look like they will until it’s too late. Oliver things don’t look good back home. Maybe you should move somewhere else. You know Metropolis looks pretty good right now” Oliver stands up. “No Roy. I can’t run anymore. Someone has to do something and if no one else will…I guess I’ll have to.” “What are you saying Oliver?” “I need you to go to get the basement of Queen Industries ready for me. But you can’t tell anyone. I mean anyone, not even Dover.” “I don’t understand Oliver.” Oliver takes out his slightly burned bow and arrow. “I’m gonna change things for Star City. You’ll see.” As the cruise ship gets to shore Oliver and Roy walk out and get off the boat. Immediately they are mobbed by reporters. Oliver ignores all of them and goes to his car where Hackett is waiting for him. “Great to see you Hackett.” “You too Mr. Queen.” Hackett opens the door for Oliver and Oliver and Roy get in.

We switch to Oliver at the cemetery. He is looking down at Catherin’s grave stone. “I’m sorry Catherin, but I will make things right.” Oliver puts down a rose at her grave stone and begins to walk to Peter’s and finds a woman standing over it and he walks up next to her and stares at the stone. “So were you his girlfriend,” asks Oliver awkwardly not knowing what to say? “No I was…am his sister Amy Taylor.” “Oh, he never talked about a sister.” “Yeah he never talked about anything other than women,” they both laugh. “I feel so horrible about what happened, I’m sorry,” says Oliver with a depressing tone. “No don’t worry it wasn’t your fault. My brother was probably always asking for it. I just never thought it would actually happen you know?” “Yeah I know what you mean. Hell I’ve been there. I am there actually.” “Why won’t you tell anyone where you were Oliver?” “I was at an island. If you give me a chance I would love to tell you over dinner sometime.” As Oliver says this he gets a call from Roy. “Hey Roy, um yeah I’ll be there in a few.” Oliver hangs up and looks at Amy. “Listen I have to go but I would really love it if you would have dinner with me sometime.” “Yeah sometime sounds good. See you then.” Oliver drops a rose on Peter’s grave stone and walks back to his car and drives off.”

Cross is in the back of his Cadillac as Brickwell gets in. It’s raining and there are behind a warehouse near a harbor. “Brickwell I thought you said he was dead,” says Cross in anger. “He should have been…How could he not be? It just doesn’t make sense.” “You know what doesn’t make sense,” Cross puts a pistol to Brickwell’s head. “If I was to shoot you right now you probably wouldn’t even feel it. Maybe I can’t hurt you, but I can sure as hell replace you.” “Replace me? You couldn’t wipe your ass without me. You keep trying to intimidate me but guess what it doesn’t work anymore. You think the Queen is going to talk. If he has any sense he’ll keep his rich mouth shut and we’ll both be fine. He doesn’t know my name and he doesn’t know I work for you so what is the problem?” “You better be right Brickwell for both our sakes.” Brickwell gets out of the car and Cross looks to the front seat. “You know you could have done something too,” he says to the driver who is not revealed to us.



Oliver gets to the basement of Queen Industries and finds that there is nothing there. It is completely empty except for some boxes in a corner and Roy standing in the middle. “This is what you wanted to show me Roy. There’s nothing here.” “Are you sure?” Roy moves and reveals a door in the floor which he opens. “I found this when I was clearing things out. Frankly I wish I would have found it before I took everything out.” They walk into it and a room the length of a football field. It is empty and a path is seen on the other side of it most likely leading out. “I thought it would be good for your, you know heroic activities. Also…” Roy takes out a paper from his suitcase. “This is a schematic for a body armor I found in the old files. It’s skin tight but can protect you from a bullet if needed. Your dad tried to sell it but people believed that the process to manufacturer enough for an army would take a decade or two. I saw two in the basement. All they need is a spit shine and a tune up and it’s good to go. The only problem is neither of them having arm protection.” “Who cares if I get shot in the arm? Get me one and fix it will you. Also, I need wheels preferably a motorcycle, easier to get within cars and such.” “Anything else?” “See if you can make something like this.” Oliver hands him a piece of paper folded over. “I’ll see what I can do.” “Thanks, oh and by the way. Everything you took out of the basement. Put it back in. We wouldn’t want people to find this place would we?” Oliver and Roy laugh as Oliver exits. “Wait you weren’t serious right?”



We see a man standing high over the city as he begins to talk to a man behind him. “Soon it will be time for another strike. I need all my men ready. Although it may only be for five I know that sometimes time can be a little short, but we must be ready. A man behind him comes forward. The man has a clock on his shirt pointed at 6, he is wearing all black except for the white clock and a stop watch attached to his belt. “Why don’t we strike tonight sir? They won’t be expecting it.” The man slaps the other man in the chest with his cane. “You have to remember 6. It’s all about…Timing.” A maniacal laugh is heard and the screen slowly darkens.

The next week Oliver goes to see his friend George that just got out of psychiatric treatment. They are sitting in a restaurant eating dinner and Oliver speaks up. “So Geo, how’s it been going for you?” George looks at Oliver, “Good man, I’ve been able to accept what happened to me and try to move on,” says George with a smile. “Man if you don’t mind me asking. What happened back there after you were taken?” “No I don’t mind.” “We woke up in a dark basement all of us chained to the wall. It was pitch black and then a man came in. He said it would all be alright if our parents mustered up some money. Things weren’t ok. Where we were chained when we got there was the only place we could go. We couldn’t go to the bathroom so where we sat was where we shit. We only got one meal a day and people would puke from hunger. We could hear voices from upstairs but we were unable to make-out what they were saying. Little by little one of us would be shot on the spot. We all guessed that it was because ransoms weren’t getting paid. I tried to protect Catherin and Petey…I really did… But they were shot right next to me…Right freaken next to me man. I felt like I died after that. Then one day one of the men picks me up and put a bag over my head. I was scared as hell. Then we drove to some high hill and I was left I the open trunk hands bonded together. I knew that it was going to be my only chance to escape so I jumped out and rolled down the side of the hill. When I slammed down at the bottom someone turned on their high beams from their car. I thought I was a goner. Then I heard a voice say Georgy Georgy is that you. Then I just fell down in tears, my mom was the only person that called me Georgy. My mom and my dad picked me up and I guess the rest is history.” George is staring at his coffee cup and Oliver is staring at George. “You know Oliver, it might have been hard on that island of yours, but it was hell in that basement.” “I know man. I know, is there anything you remember about any of the guys? Anything would really help.” “No nothing…Well maybe. There was this guy big black man with long hair. He kept coming down and torturing us. He would hit us or touch the women or eat infront of us. Anything that would get a rise out of us. He wasn’t the leader though. Whenever he would go to far someone would call down to him to stop and he would. They called him Brick or Brickwell.” Oliver thought it was the man from the club and the boat, but he couldn’t be sure. “Also, they kept talking about some bar. Rumdays or something like that. They would always talk about going there. There was also another guy. I never saw his face but his voice sounded so familiar.Sorry man that’s all I know.” “Man its fine. You’ve been through a lot. Thanks for everything.” Oliver gets up and begins to walk through the door. “Oliver. I’m sorry I couldn’t help her. I really tried, but no one would pay and I have no idea where I was.” Oliver nods and walks out.

Oliver walks down to the basement where Roy is finishing the head quarters. Most of it has been built. Five computers hang on the wall and three t.v.s above them. There are multiple targets around the room and very far distances that move quickly around the room for training. A small square is in the center where Oliver practices his fighting tactics. On another wall are five different bows some more complex than others and hundreds of arrows all over the wall with labels of what they do. “You get any information from him,” asks Roy as he puts a bolt in place on a motorcycle? “Yeah I got enough. I would go out tonight but ski mask and dark green cloths just wont cut it anymore,” says Oliver as he walks up to Roy. Roy gets up and wipes his hands with a cloth and tells Oliver to follow him. “Well since you wont stop bothering me about your stupid suite. I went a head and finished it.” Roy opens a big safe and pulls out a leather green leather body armour with a hood. “Leather,” asks Oliver with an awkward smile. “Yeah, if you got any better ideas you can make your own god damn suite. Anyways here it is. Multiple holsters for arrows, a sling on the back for the bow, the leather is binded onto it so it’ll move exactly as you will. The hood will cover the top half of your face.” “So what about the rest of my face?” “Oakley has some pretty cool glasses out right now. Try some of those.” Oliver smiles and nods. “Thank you very much Roy. I’ll go out tonight.” Oliver suites up and grabs his Motorcycle from Roy. “So whats your name Oliver. I was thinken what about the Batteling Bowman.” Oliver laughes and gets on the bike. “No, I’m the Green Arrow.” Oliver revs up the bike and speeds out of the tunnel leaving Roy behind. “Good luck Green Arrow.”





Green Arrow: (Our hero speeds through the streets of Star City swerving in and out of lanes to avoid cars. Then he arrives at Rumdays gets off the bike and stands in front of the bar). So here it starts. (He walks in and everyone turns to look at him. Some place their hands over their guns as he sits at the bar). Guy named Brickwell. You know him?
Bartender: Never heard of him. No weapons in my bar. (He places his hand on his shot-gun under the bar).
Green Arrow: You better take your hand off of that or they’ll be an arrow in your head before you can lift it off the shelf.
Bartender: (Bartender puts both his hands on the bar). Look, I have no idea of any Brickwell. So get out.
Man at bar: (Looks up at Green Arrow and the bartender talking). He begins to slowly get up and then runs out the door as fast as possible.)
Green Arrow: (Gets up and runs out the door) Here we go. STOP!! (Green Arrow chases the man through the alley and out into the street. Green Arrow pushes people furiously out of his way as he tries to get closer to the man. The man is faster than him but begins to grow tired and runs up the stairs to a train station. Green Arrow follows and takes out his bow and begins to takeout an arrow as the man goes across the tracks and the train speeds by after him, blocking Green Arrow from the man. The man stops and rests against the wall and begins to walk quickly away. Then Green Arrow shoots an arrow. We go into slow-motion as the arrow flies between two train carts and pierces the man in the back. The train passes and Green Arrow crosses the tracks and grabs the man and puts the man lightly against the wall with the arrow still in his back). WHO IS BRICKWELL?!?!(Screams Green Arrow at the man).



Man from Bar: Look man I don’t know. I just wanted to leave is all. That’s it I promise.
Green Arrow: (Green Arrow slightly pushes the man against the wall causing the arrow to go a bit more into his back). Do you know what it feels like to have an arrow go all the way throw your back? Let me tell you it doesn’t feel good. So you better no lie to me again. Who’s Brickwell? What’s your name?
Man from bar: My names Carter. Jason Carter. And look man I know…Well I really don’t know who he is. I’ve heard his name a couple of times and I’ve seen him but that’s it.
Green Arrow: Where have you seen him? When? I can’t help but feel like you’re holding out on me. (Green Arrow pushes him a bit more and a stream of blood starts to spill down Carter’s back).
Carter: Ahhhhhhh! Ok, ok, I’ll talk. He…He works for the mob, for a guy named Alexander Cross. I used to work for him too. But then the ass hole fired me for talking back and questioning too much. Brickwell was his left hand man, did most of the planning for him.
Green Arrow: Where can a find him, or Cross?
Carter: I don’t know. His base of operations was always for him and his assistants. Anytime he needed me or any of the lower guys he would call us and we’d meet him in his Cadillac. And I don’t have the number. It’d always be from a payphone or a restricted number
Green Arrow: Do you know the car, license plate or distinguishing features
Carter: No man nothing. Black Cadillac with no plates or registered number. Please man just let me go.
Green Arrow: Fine whatever. (Green Arrow drops carter and begins to walk away.) Who’s his right?
Carter: (pulls the arrow out of his back and yells) Ahhhhhhh!!! What?
Green Arrow: You said Brickwell was his left. Who’s his right?
Carter: I don’t know some new guy. He’s only got like half a year on him. Name’s like Hatchet or Hacker or something.
Green Arrow: (looks down in shock and then back up) Hackett.
Carter: Yeah that was it.
Green Arrow: (He storms away as everyone else looks around in amazement. Then he receives a call from Roy on his headset as he gets back on his bike) What is it?
Roy: Hey man, there’s been another murder. It’s the Star City Slayer. He’s stuck again at the club in Adam’s heights.
Green Arrow: I’m on my way. (He speeds away on his bike as he thinks about what Carter said. Could it really be Hackett? Who knows?).


The Green Arrow arrives at the club. He parks a block away and then shoots an arrow connected to a grapple and gets on the roof and walks to the roof of the Adam’s Heights club. He looks down and sees the police scrambling collecting evidence. Two bodies are out front. Both have rather large stab wounds in the stomach and most of their blood has been drained out but are not at the scene. The lieutenant Jim Cameron walks up with another cop Mort Papp.
Cameron: Holy… Jesus Christ o mighty. How does this guy keep getting away with this? We need to stop this guy. These are the thirty-second deaths in the past six months. I don’t know what to do anymore Mort.
Papp: What about Clock King, anything more from him?
Cameron: Nothing and for now that’s good. We don’t need people getting more scared than they already are.
Green Arrow: (scans the area looking for any other clues. Then he gets up and drops back down to his bike.) Roy we have to get Cross, before more people die.
The next day Oliver goes to see Dover. Dover has just returned from Gotham on business. He’s on the top floor of Queen Industries filling out paperwork at his desk as Oliver walks in they shake hands and Oliver sits down.
Dover: So what do you need Oliver?
Oliver: Just came to see you.
Dover: Well Oliver I’m busy so if there isn’t anything important. (Dover gestures towards the door as he fills out papers.)
Oliver: What is it a crime to see my father.
Dover: (slightly looks from his papers to Oliver) I’m not your father Oliver. I’m just the man that cleans up your messes
Oliver: Listen, what happened to Catherin…
Dover :( slams his desk) Oliver! Please, I’m very busy, come back later or something.
Oliver :( gets up from his chair and walks to the door). Well I guess I’ll stop by later.


Cross is sitting at his desk talking to his men as Carter runs in.
Cross: I thought I said I never wanted to see you again.
Carter: Man it’s important. This guy with arrows dressed in green. He’s looking for you and Brickwell.
Cross: What did you tell him?
Carter: Mr. Cross, the guy shot an arrow into my back. Look (turns and lifts his shirt revealing the hole made by the arrow).
Cross: WHAT did you tell him?
Carter: Just who you were and Hackett and Brickwell. I didn’t tell him where you were or anything that anyone would already know.
Cross: You squealed?
Carter: The guy was going to kill me. I had no choice.
Cross: (gestures towards two of his men who grab Carter and begin to take him out of the room). No one squeals on me.
Carter: Cross no, Cross, CROSSSsss. (A bang is heard and Carter’s voice stops).
Cross: No one squeals on my family. Hackett (he yells).
Hackett: (Hackett walks out of the darkness). Yes sir.
Cross: This man, the bowman. I need you to keep an eye out for him. (He gets up and pours both of them a drink, then hands one to Hackett.) If he comes anywhere near the station I want you to kill him no matter what he does or says. I have enough people out to get me I don’t need some glorified archer after me.
Hackett: Yes sir.
Cross: Also I would like to meet with the other mob bosses of the city, just Jeremy Tower, Vandal Caruso, and Kaiser Jenkins. The archer sounds just like another vigilantly ready to question this cities order. I need to know what they are going to do about him and the Clock King. Then I want you to take out the Clock King.
Hackett: (looks at Cross with a bit of a shock, but holds it down as to not have Cross notice his fear). May I ask why sir?
Cross: You see Jenkins and Caruso think they are the most feared of this city. If we take out the biggest killer of this city, there will be no question of who is the toughest of the city. The Clock King thinks he can make us run in fear, but I will show him the meaning of real fear and what real evil is.


The next day Oliver goes to have dinner with Amy. It is their first date and they go to a very prestigious restaurant.
Oliver: So Amy tell me about yourself.
Amy: Well I’m a teacher at Star City Prep School. I teach Math.
Oliver: Wow I used to go to that school. I always hated it but my Dover would force me to go. I would have gone a lot easier if you would have been my math teacher.
Amy: (chuckles) Yeah well things haven’t been going so well there. The Clock King just killed a teacher there so all the teachers are scared and the Star City Slayer has killed four of my students so all the students are scared. These are really hard times.
Oliver: (holds her hand) Things will get better I promise. You just have to wait and see.
Amy: I hope so. I really do. So why don’t you tell me what happened on the island you were on.
Oliver: (lets go of her hand and sits back in his chair)
Amy: I’m sorry I really shouldn’t have asked.
Oliver: No don’t worry. As long as you’re not a reporter or CIA I don’t care. It was an island off the coast of who-knows-where. I washed up and I met people that never in my life I thought I would meet. I made friends with people I would never talk to. And I felt love for someone for the first time. Before that island I didn’t know what true emotions were. I would laugh but not be happy. I would feel anger for no reason. After the island I found that I was living my life the way I thought it should be lived and not how I really felt. I would subdue all my emotions to the point where I don’t even know if I had any. The island was the only place I knew happiness, compassion, and love.
Amy: Sounds like a great place.
Oliver: It also had its down points. But why focus on the bad side of things.
Amy: Yeah I guess you’re right. So why didn’t you stay there?
Oliver: Had too much to do here. I helped that place and now I needed to help my home.
Amy: What do you mean…?
Oliver: (Oliver receives a call. He is annoyed to find that it’s Roy) Really not the time Roy.
Roy: Oliver you know that guy you really wanted to meet. The guy with the obsession for clocks and time. He’s struck again. Go to the corner of Blumebury and Lombard. Your bike and uniform are in the alley behind the restaurant.
Oliver: I’m on it. (He hangs up and lets out a sigh). Amy I’m really sorry, but I got to go. Something at Queen Industries needs me. (he puts down $300 and walks out the door.)



Green Arrow drives around the corner and arrives at a church and finds a Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, and Islamic priest tied together with a sword in each of them with the word DIFFERENCE? Under them written in blood on the street. Green Arrow grapples and climbs up to the bell tower of the church.
Cameron: (rubs his head and kicks over a trash can)
Papp: Don’t worry Cameron. We’ll get this son-of-a-bitch. Don’t you worry.
As this is said three cars begin to swiftly circle the block. Each of them with a clock spray painted on the side of them. They stop in a circle and a man comes out of the driver’s seat and stays in the middle of the cars. The man is an older man with glasses with clock hands pointed at 3 o clock, dressed in a brown suit with a brown hat and a cane. As the rest of the men dressed in black with clocks pointing at different times get out of the cars and they point their guns at the cops. The cops then point their guns at the men.


Clock King: The clock strikes five…How many more will I have left alive.
Cameron: Fire on my signal!
Clock King: Now, now Lieutenant. That doesn’t seem wise now does it? Do you like my decoration? It sure did take some…time. It took ten minutes, forty-three seconds, and twelve milliseconds to be exact. Shows how useful your men are.
Green Arrow: (pulls out an arrow and aims it at Clock King)
Cameron: Give me one reason why I shouldn’t have my men blast you all over the pavement.
Clock King: Easy lieutenant…It isn’t time yet. I’m doing so much good and you don’t even notice it. (he snaps his fingers and one of his men bring out a person with a bag over their head). Oh and of course if you do try and kill me I’ll kill the person under this bag. Don’t bother asking who it is because it isn’t time to tell you yet.
Cameron: What do you want Clock King.
Clock King: Hahahahahaha. Don’t worry about the reason Lieutenant. Soon this will all be over. (He takes out his pocket watch and looks at the crime scene.) Time of death August 27th, at 10p.m. (As Clock King gets back in his car and drives away more men in clock suites sneak up behind the cops and begin to hit them with tasers and bats.)
Green Arrow: (seeing this begins to fire arrows frantically at the assailants. Then he drops down and begins to shoot the men. Multiple clock men approach him with bats, but he is easily able to disarm them with a few kicks and punches. The cops, not knowing who he is, also begin to try to beat him with their batons). Come on guys I’m with you. (Unable to stop them he begins to jab and punch them lightly, but enough to knock them out.)
Cameron: (turns and points his gun at Green Arrow).Who the hell are you?!
Green Arrow: (panting) Green Arrow nice to meet you (he aims his arrow at Cameron).
Cameron: You’re under arrest for assaulting multiple cops.
Green Arrow: All the people around here actually assaulting cops and the only person you point your gun at is me, the guy trying to help. That kind of sounds ridicules to me. (Green Arrow trying to think of a way to get out of the situation kicks an arrow on his leg that unleashes a blast of smoke that covers the square. Cameron discharges a bullet but Green Arrow is able to evade it and get back on his bike and escape. Although due to the smoke a lot of the clocks were able to escape in their cars.
Cameron: Well at least their all gone. (Shortly after the clock tower of the church explodes)


Green Arrow arrives back at his cave and finds Roy firing arrows at the moving targets. The computer screens are tapping into the police database and looking at different traffic cameras of the city to find the Clock King.
Roy: So…How’d it go?
Green Arrow: Well not as good as I’d hoped. I’m probably on the top of the police most wanted list. You know right under Clock King and the Star City Slayer. I don’t know how to get them man. I just don’t know. (Oliver takes off his cowl to reveal his heavily sweating face).
Roy: Yeah well, on a lighter note Amy called you. (he shoots another arrow at a target) She wanted to know how things were going. She wanted to see if you were alright.
Oliver: If she calls again tell her everything’s fine. I can’t deal with that right now.
Roy: Oh so the usual deal as always right. Meet them first then leave them.
Oliver: Well considering the circumstances…I don’t really have time for messing around with women.
Roy: I thought Oliver Queen would rule the morning and Green Arrow would rule the night, but I guess Green Arrow took over everything.
Oliver: What do you want? For me to ignore my city and pay attention to what I want. I WANT to call her I WANT to be Oliver Queen. But the way things are I can’t focus on big parties and girls. I thought you would be proud of me.
Roy: Oliver I am, but you can’t be stressed all the time. Maybe being in a relationship would take your mind off the problems of the city for a little while.
Oliver: Yeah whatever, if she calls again take down the number and I’ll call her back (Oliver gets back into a normal suite and walks up the stairs leaving Roy firing arrows at targets).

At the police station things are going wild. Everyone is in a panic over the last attacks, but with the entire scramble still nothing is being found.
Cameron: COME ON EVERYONE I NEED FACTS, INFORMATION, ANYTHING ABOUT CLOCK KING OR STAR CITY SLAYER, AND CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GET ME SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GREEN ARROW.
Police Officer: Nothing yet on Clock King. Traffic cams didn’t pick up his car and we still can’t figure out a pattern in his murders.
Cameron: How the hell is that, he couldn’t have just disappeared. Find him.
Police Officer 2: Also, the press wants to know about the Star City Slayer’s latest killings. What should we tell him?
Cameron: Tell them they made up his name they can make up a story. And they can quote me on that one. Next?
Police Officer 3: The Green Arrow was seen speeding on his motorcycle down The Plaza.
Cameron: Then where?
Police Officer 3: I don’t know sir.
Cameron: (slams the desk and throws his coffee cup at all the wall and it shatters to the floor) IF YOU GUYS WERE MORE USELESS I WOULD WONDER HOW ANY OF YOU HAD A JOB. NOW GET OUT THERE AND FIND ME SOMETHING.
Papp: (Papp walks in as the other 3 officers walk out). So…I guess no luck then.
Cameron: Yeah, and with that vigilantly out there I can’t really hope that anything gets better right.
Papp: Maybe he’s just trying to help lieutenant.
Cameron: Don’t be naive Papp, when was the last time you saw someone that really wanted to help this city. There’s a hand full of people that want to do the right thing and help this city. But there are thousands of people that would wish to tear this city down. Remember that Papp. Remember.


September 20th

A meeting is being held at a Queen Industries factory. The General of the Army is there and so are Dover and the rest of the company’s head. They are looking at new missiles being created for the army.
Dover: As you can see General the size of these missiles may be small, but the destruction it would create is more than you have ever seen before.
General: Well Mr. Dover all of this does look amazing, but I don’t know.
Oliver: What don’t you know? Do you not know if you want your enemies to run in fear? Do you not know if you want enough fire power that you’d only have to press a button to win a war? Or do you not know if this actually works?
Dover: Oliver…
Oliver: No…No wait let me tell him. If you want I can let you fire off one of these babies in the parking lot or a football field. Whatever it takes for you to want business with me.
General: Mr. Queen I have never had a problem with any of your arms, but this thing sounds too destructive. I mean I’ve seen power but this, it sounds like it could be almost as powerful as the a-bomb was in WW2.
Dover: Well sir if I may, you don’t have to buy this. You can leave today empty handed, go back to your base and tell everyone you couldn’t find anything you wanted, but one way or another, this will be sold. Wouldn’t you rather be the person using it than the man feeling its effects?
General: (becomes much more serious). You would sell arms to an enemy?
Oliver: (lets out an awkward laugh). No of course not. He’s just trying to say that our arms would be much more useful with you guys than not being used at all. (Another awkward laugh)
Dover: (smirks) of course General.
General: Well if you give me some time to think about it I’ll get back to you (the general walks out with the other members of the company. Oliver and Stanley walk to their limo).
Oliver: What the hell was that?
Dover: (looks to the sky). Wasn’t it beautiful? All the power all the destruction it holds. All compressed into a tiny missile.
Oliver: Dover, what the hell is wrong with you man. You used to be able to seal a deal like no other person I know. What the hell happened?
Dover: (looks from the missile to Oliver) Nothing has happened to me. I am merely admiring our companies work. Is that a crime?
Oliver: (Oliver feels under his seat and finds a book and begins to read the title). Magdalene D…
Dover: (snatched the book and waves his finger in Oliver’s face). THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
Oliver: Ok ok calm down.
Dover: It’s just a book I won in England. Nothing important.

That night Oliver Calls Hackett into his office. Oliver looks much angrier than he’s ever been. Hackett sits down. Oliver gets up and pours both of them a drink.
Hackett: There a problem boss?
Oliver: (walks to the window). You know Hackett. When I was on that island I got a lot of time to think. Who could I trust? Who was really my friend? I used to think everyone was my friend, anyone I met I would consider a friend. But back then I didn’t know what friendship was. Now I see that my true friends were George, Peter, Catherin, Roy….and you. Or at least I thought you.
Hackett: Oliver. I am your friend. I’ve known you since you were a teenager. Why would you question that?
Oliver: Oh please let’s cut the bullshit and let’s really talk. Where were you when the guys attacked the boat?
Hackett: Oliver…
Oliver: SHUT UP! Let me talk. You were supposed to be some weapons god and you couldn’t fight off one guy. But maybe they did get to you. But then how did you get back unharmed.
Hackett: Oliver. Once the boat started moving I got off. I hate sailing. I always have you know that.
Oliver: Your right I do. (Oliver laughs). I believe you. Don’t worry. But I do think I know who kidnapped me.
Hackett: Who Oliver?
Oliver: There’s this guy Alexander Cross. His m.o. matches the guy who kidnapped my friends. I was about to call the police, but I thought I’d tell you first.
Hackett: (he shows a bit of a worried face.)
Oliver: There a problem Hackett?
Hackett: Um no sir. I just…I don’t think it’s a good idea to blow smoke up this guy without being sure. He is the biggest crime boss of the city.
Oliver: Don’t worry about it Hackett. The police force will handle them just fine.
Hackett: Well sir. If that’s all you had to tell me I must go. I have to take your car to the shop. (Hackett gets up and walks quickly out the door).
Oliver: (Oliver smiles then walks to his bookshelf and presses a button behind a book that causes the shelf to spin and reveal his suite).



On top of Queen Industries Green Arrow sees Hackett’s car speed out of the garage and start out. Oliver shoots out his grapple and begins to jump to nearby building following Hackett’s car. The car is quickly swerving around other cars and running lights as fast as he can. Green Arrow is starting to get tired from running and jumping on buildings, and then the car stops at the old police station. Green Arrow stops on the building across from the old police station as Hackett walks in.
Hackett: Cross we have a problem, and a pretty big one.
Cross: What is it?
Hackett: It’s Oliver. He knows that we kidnapped his friends. He’s going to tell the cops.
Green Arrow: (we zoom out from window of the station and see an arrow with a high intensity microphone on it stabbed into the wall next to Cross’s office)
Cross: Hackett don’t worry. I know plenty of cops in the SCPD. They’ll just pass it off as insufficient evidence. The cop will touch me.
Green Arrow :( crashes through the window with a kick and knocks a guy in the back. He punches the guy and then uses him as a shield as the other men shoot him. Then as a man rushes at him he doges and throws the man out the window. Then the last guy comes up with a knife but Green Arrow takes out an arrow and jabs it into the man’s hand and beats his face till he passes out. Then Hackett approaches; they each throw many hits at each other until Green Arrow trips him and slam his head against a shelf causing him to fall unconscious. Then all the men are knocked out and Green Arrow jumps on Cross’s desk and aims an arrow an inch from his face). Your right the cops won’t touch you, but I’m not a cop



Cross: (slowly claps his hand). I’ve always loved a good entrance. Although you could have done the same through the door.
Green Arrow: It’s over Cross. I know you’re the Star City Slayer.
Cross: (evil laugh). That’s what all this is about. You think I’m the Star City Slayer?
Green Arrow: You tried to kill Oliver Queen and you killed all of his friends. The Star City Slayer rose around that time. You kill young people just as he does. Face it I know it’s you.
Cross: (starts to grow a bit annoyed and angry) Look Arrow I’m getting tired of this. When I kill people I do it for money. I would never kill a teenager for no reason. HELL I HAVE 2 TEENAGERS YOU THINK I’M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THEM.
Green Arrow: I don’t care if you have two teenagers I don’t care if you have five the thing is I know you’re the Star City Slayer all the evidence adds up. You stabbed all of the people you kidnapped in the same place where the Star City Slayer stabs his victims.
Roy: (Roy starts to talk through Green Arrow’s head set) Green Arrow…He’s telling the truth, the Star City Slayer just struck again.
Green Arrow: One of your men maybe.
Cross: My men wouldn’t take a shit without me telling them too. Plus they know my rules and they know they can’t attack innocent people.
Green Arrow: (jumps off the desk and puts one foot on the window sill and shoots his zip-line arrow out the window)
Cross: It must kill you to know that you’re wrong. That you came in here maybe killed a few people and all of it for nothing.
Green Arrow: It wasn’t for nothing, I know you’re a criminal and that you’re not the SCS, you may think you’re untouchable but one day you will fall and I’ll be standing over your body with a big [frick]ing smile on my face.(Green Arrow zips out the window leaving Cross alone).


The next day in a dark room in the old police station all the mob bosses are gathered. Everyone is there with their bodyguards, and Cross is there with Brickwell and Hackett.
Cross: Now gentlemen, as you all know The Clock King has been taking all of our business. Our buyers are dead and everyone’s too scared to do business. So I’m here to propose a solution.
Caruso: What kind of solution?
Cross: (signals towards Brickwell and Hackett to come forward). There was once a time where the person with the most power was the one that was most feared. I hope to bring those days back. You see The Clock King has us all running in fear, but if you were to face the old man man-to-man he wouldn’t stand a chance. So my men will take out the clock and everything will go back to the way it used to be. For a price of course.
Tower: How will you take him out? The guy knows everybody’s next step before they take it.
Clock King: The man brings up a valid point. (Clock King comes out of the darkness). I am much smarter than all of you.
Cross: (signals his men to shoot)
Hackett and Brickwell: (they pull out there guns and shoot but only the clicks of an empty chamber can be heard).
Clock King :( smiles) Everyone else can try too.
Cross: My men can still pull your head off.
Clock King. True, very true, but I took all the bullets out of your guns, where do you think they went to (he puts his hand inside is suit jacket). Also there may a bit more surprises around the building.
Caruso: We’re not afraid of you.
Cross: Everybody out but us four and the clock.
Jenkins: What do you want?
Clock King: Well (he picks up a pack of cigarettes and begins to throw them in the air as he walks around the table) as you know soon my show will be coming to a close. I just wanted to make sure all of the pieces were in place.
Cross: This is ridicules…
Clock King: No you’re ridicules; you want people to pay you to kill me. (He drops the pack of cigarettes on the floor). They can do the same thing you can do. And even if they did pay you sooner or later they’ll kill you (he goes down and picks up the pack and throws it to Cross who catches it). Well I guess I should be going, no use staying here (Clock King exits).
Caruso: one million.
Cross: (pulls out cigarettes and passes them around the table and then calls Brick) Brick
Brick: What?
Cross: (puts the cigarette in his mouth and lights it as everyone else lights their). Kill him.
Brick: (storms out of the lobby slamming the front door and runs out after Clock King and finds him already in his car.)
Clock King: (throws a pocket watch out the window and Brick catches it and reads a paper inside.)
Brick: Oh shit. (he runs back into the office and throws open the door to find everyone on the floor gasping for air and twitching on the floor. He puts a cloth to his face to protect against the poison. As he goes to leave the room Cross grabs his leg.)
Cross: Pl…Plea. Please help me.
Brick: (goes down to give him his hand but then pulls back his hand and begins to violently stomp on Cross’s face then he drops the pocket watch and walks out. The watch reads “The Clock Strikes 4…Soon There Will Be No More”)



Oliver walks down into his layer and finds Roy developing some new equipment and working on the computer.
Oliver: (walks over to the working bench and picks up a boxing glove and looks at it as if it were a joke) Am I really supposed to use this?
Roy: Man I’m just coming up with ideas I only make like half of them. How’d it go with Cross and Hackett?
Oliver: Dead end, he’s not the Star City Slayer. Just another mob boss, as long as the cops are on his payroll no one can touch him.
Roy: (they look at one of the TV. screens displaying the news and there’s a breaking news report.) Maybe not
Reporter: This is channel 8 news. Alexander Cross, Vandal Caruso, and Kaiser Jenkins were found at the old SCPD station this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. The alleged mob bosses of the city were killed with toxic nerve gases Tabun and Sarin that were inside of cigarettes that when lighted unleashed the gas into the air and they all died within minutes. The attack seems to have been done by The Clock King because of the pocket watch left at the scene.
Oliver:(smiles at the thought of Cross dieing)
Roy: Looks like someone could touch him.
Reporter continues: Further investigation into the crime lords brought up unexpected results. When Vandal Caruso’s penthouse apartment was raided he was found to be the Star City Slayer. His apartment was full of news and police reports about the Star City Slayer. A list of people was found scratched into his bedroom wall just above the knife that matches that has blood stains of the last victim.
Oliver: Holy Shit.
Reporter continues: Also, Oliver Queen’s bodyguard may have been working for (Oliver mutes the TV)
Oliver: Well I guess that’s one down. (As he says this another breaking story is happening on a different screen)
Reporter 2: This is channel 6 news. Moments ago a fire erupted in the middle of Jackson Park. A sky view of the fire reveals that it is a number 3…
Oliver: I’m gone(Oliver quickly begins to suite up and race out of the layer on his way to the park he arrives and sees the huge fire and firemen trying to put it out).


Green Arrow goes to the top of the building next to the fire and a line of fire erupts next to him with the Clock King on the other side.
Clock King: I knew this would get your attention.
Green Arrow: (loads his bow with an arrow) I should blow your head of right now.
Clock King: Arrow…I thought you would have liked what I did. I killed the four biggest mob bosses of this city. I’m shocked at you.
Green Arrow: It’s over Clock King.
Clock King: No, it’s just begun, 3…3 has always been my favorite number. What month are we in…September? I like September, so to keep you all from waiting I think I’ll just finish the last six in October.
Green Arrow: Why are you telling me? Why not Cameron or the press?
Clock King: Well I just wanted to meet you, you can tell them if you want, far be it from me to stop you.
Green Arrow: I’m going to get you Clock King; I swear to god on my mother’s grave I WILL kill you.
Clock King: (lets out a small laugh as another line of flame explodes higher next to Clock King and he disappears)

Green Arrow gets back to his layer and finds Roy shooting Arrows at targets, and all of the police reports about the Clock King murders scattered all over the table.
Green Arrow: Why don’t you quit fooling around so maybe we can find this guy. (he goes to the table and starts to look at the reports)
Roy: Dude come on calm down. We’ll get this guy I know we will. All you got to do is space your time out a little. Why don’t we go see a movie or something?
Green Arrow: What’d you say?
Roy: Go see a movie?
Green Arrow: No about spacing the time out. That’s it. There has to be a pattern linking the days of the murders.
Roy: Yeah the cops have been saying that for months now.
Green Arrow: Yeah but they don’t know what I know.(he circles the dates of all the murders) Ok so we know that the month corresponds to the number of people he’s going to kill but backwards. The first murder happened on the 24th the next one on the 21st. 24 minus 21 equals 3. The next murder happened on the 15th. 21 minus 15 equals 6. The next one was the 3rd. 15 minus 3 equals 12. He skipped nine. Why? Because 15 minus 9 equals 6 and he used 6 later. So he skipped to 12 and then he used 12 again because 3 plus 9 is 12. So if the last murder happened the 21st plus 24 is October 15th.
Roy: What about the time genius or the people.
Green Arrow: I don’t know but…but at least we have something.


October 3rd
Today is the big Celebrity Casino Night fundraiser in Star City. All of the famous people that live in Star City sit at a game for the night and people come up and play with their favorite rich person. Oliver goes with his date Amy. They get there and Oliver is assigned to black jack and Amy to Texas’hold’em. As the night begins to end Amy goes to Oliver who is still sitting at his table alone.
Amy: Oliver, you ready to go yet?
Oliver: Unfortunately I still have five more minutes, but I’ll probably be able to get off soon. Why don’t you go wait in the car.
Amy: Ok. (she walks away as another man walks up behind Oliver)



Man: Hey you up for one more game.
Oliver: Of course sit down. (As the man sits down Oliver looks at him and is astonished to see who it is. The Clock King, but with almost no hair and looking much older.
Clock King: Would you like to play Oliver.
Oliver: (stands up and gets in Clock King’s face)
Clock King: There a problem Oliver. I would advise you to sit down and play…you wouldn’t want to cause a scene and show people who you really are.
Oliver: (sits down as Clock King does) So what’s your name sir?
Clock King: William Tockman. You seem kind of surprised, what you didn’t think you would see me until the 18th right.
Dealer: (deals them their cards)
Oliver: No I’ve never seen you before.
Tockman: Of course not(smirk). You know I was thinking why wait to have my last few shows over the next month when I could have them all tonight.
Oliver: What?
Tockman: (small laugh) You see as we speak my stage hands are preparing the show. Everything is almost in place.
Oliver: I’m going to stop you. I swear I will.
Tockman: Oliver I have a riddle for you(he flips over a card). You, George, and your little girl-friend Amy are having dinner at a restaurant and the bill is for $25(he wins the hand and they continue playing). So to pay it equally you all put down $10. So now we are up to $30. The waiter brings you back $5.(a new hand is dealt) You all take back $1 so each of you paid $9 and you leave a $2 tip. Why don’t you calculate that all for me.
Oliver: 9 times 3 equals 27 plus the 2 for the waiter is…29(he wins the hand again).
Tockman: So what happened to the last dollar? I’ll leave you to ponder that for a while. Why don’t you go tell it to Amy and George the three of you are part of the finale act anyways.( he gets up and gives two chips to the waiter as a tip) I would advise you not to come after me. You wouldn’t want me to cause a commotion would you?


Oliver: (waits a minute for Tockman to leave and then runs after him. He goes out the front door and finds a pocket watch on the floor that says “The Clock Strikes three…So much fun for me” Then he hears to bangs inside the casino and runs back in and see clock men grabbing Amy and George. Then he quickly goes to the alley and rips off his suite to reveal the Green Arrow suite)
Clock King: (walks out from behind a stage curtain with a shotgun in one hand and twirling his cane in the other) How is everybody doing tonight. No reason to be alarmed I just came here to get Amy Taylor, George Weisinger, and Oliver Queen. I have Amy and George but where is Oliver Queen.)
Green Arrow: (as this is said Green Arrow crashes through the ceiling and lands on the stage an aims an arrow at Clock King)
Clock King: Hello…Arrow long time no see.
Green Arrow: It’s over Clock King no there’s nothing between us but my arrow.
Clock King: You’re right. You really are but why don’t you look up at the balcony.
Green Arrow: (he looks up and sees two people with sacks over their heads and nooses around their necks standing on the edge of the balcony) I’m sick of your games Clock King this ends now.
Clock King: Or does it. Why don’t you look at the screen? (As he says this a screen comes down on the stage.) As you can see you can either save a prince and princess of Star City Amy Taylor and George Weisinger or the Mayor elects of Star City.( The screen shows the two people up for mayor chained to the bottom of a pool slowly filling with water). Your choice Arrow, you have 10 minutes to save the royal family and 20 to save the future mayors .I’ll be seeing you later.
Green Arrow: (goes to shoot the ropes but then out of nowhere Hackett grabs him and throws him into a poker table). What are you doing Hackett?!?
Hackett: My boss is dead I needed to find a new gig. Killing you sounds like a good one. (he jumps and lands feet first on Green Arrow. Then Green Arrow grabs Hackett’s foot and throws him into the wall. They begin to fight punch for punch each one blocking the other ones hits) You can’t defeat me Arrow.
Green Arrow: I beg to differ. (He grabs an arrow and rips the plastic from the top and sticks it into Hackett’s chest and the arrow lets off a huge electric shock into Hackett’s body causing him to collapse and seizure. Then he looks up and sees two clock men about to drop George and Amy and shoots a zip line at the wall next to them and snatches Amy out of the air but George falls and begins to choke on the noose, then Green Arrow shoots and Arrow that rips throw the rope causing him to fall on a roulette table. He runs over to the body and finds that George was already stabbed in the back with a sword and was dead before he was put on the balcony.) Holy shi…
Amy: Oh my god. (she begins to cry) You have to stop that lunatic, you have to.


Green Arrow: I will (he walks back into the alley and gets on his bike then he calls Roy.) Roy I need you to find Mayor elects Johnson and Carrey. Check every traffic cam and every computer you can hack into, you have 9 minutes.
Roy: I wouldn’t know where to start.
Green Arrow: JUST DO IT!!(He races through the city trying to check every warehouse, but finds nothing. Then he thinks about the video, the room had high windows and a low ceiling so it had to be a basement. Then he thinks of something else.) Roy I need you to check back all the traffic cam videos from the last hour and see if you see any of Clock King’s cars.(he starts to watch back the video of the men in the pool on his bike).
Roy: Nothing man, nothing no car nothing. Last they were seen was at a debate in the Mayor’s Mansion.
Green Arrow: I knew it. (He turns his bike around and begins to speed back to the opposite direction, then he arrives at the Mayor’s Mansion and crashes through the doors on his bike as everyone inside turns to stare at him, he gets to basement door and blows it open with a rocket-arrow drives down and finds the two men drowning in the pool, he takes out another rocket-arrow and blasts it at the pool causing it to break and the water to pour out. He looks at the bodies and sees that Johnson is alive but Carrey drowned. Then he looks at a paper stuffed in Carry’s throat. “The Clock Strikes Two…How many more will I leave blue”. As he goes to leave he sees something scratched into Carry’s back, a drawing of the clock tower in the plaza.)



Green Arrow arrives at the clock tower and takes out his bow and arrow and begins to walk up the stairs. Everything is dark he gets to the top floor and sees the girl under the sack from murder 5 he rips off the sack and finds it to be a machine that moves when a button is pressed on the back. He turns around and Clock King whacks him in the face with his cane and he falls to the floor.
Clock King: I got you.(he takes off the top of his cane and a blade comes out)
Green Arrow: I stopped your last murders why did you bring me here.(He takes out an arrow with the stick and the top sharp making them sword-like, then they begin to sword fight)
Clock King: No you stopped murder number two. You see I killed George and Carrey as a lure, the real fish were Amy and Carrey.
Green Arrow: Who’s number one?
Clock King: Green Arrow(laugh) it’s you. Sure at first it wasn’t but then I changed it to you. ( he begins to strike faster and stronger than before)
Green Arrow: Why me what did I do?
Clock King: What all of them did. You see all my murders have been to help this city. I killed corrupt cops, selfish doctors, teachers that teach our children to be evil, reporters that lie to us and make us want to kill each other, prostitutes, convicts and mob bosses that fill our city with filth, priests that cause religious wars, and business men and mayors that could help our city but do nothing. You see I have been trying to help us. Make this city what it used to be.
Green Arrow: You’re sick.
Clock King: You’re not much better Oliver. You parade around like Robin Hood thinking you can do the right thing. Well I tell you the right thing doesn’t exist anymore. I know who you are, the fancy rich boy who thinks he can redeem all the bad he’s done by fighting crime. Tell me did you even care when your parents die,(chuckle) I bet you didn’t let out a single tear.(he goes to do a huge slide slash on Green Arrow but then Green Arrow catches the clash with his blade and propels him into the clock and breaks it open causing Clock King to fall to his death. But Green Arrow shoots a grapple arrow and it pierces into his leg and Green Arrow drags him back up. Then he ties him to the hour hand of the clock.) You think this is over arrow(Green Arrow starts to walk out) It’s just a matter of time till we meet again. JUST A MATTER OF TIME!!!!(MANIAC LAUGH)
Green Arrow gets back to Queen Industries and takes the elevator up to his office and begins to take off his gear when the door opens he sees Stanley Dover with his sleeves and a knife covered in blood and human hair in his other hand.
Dover: Oliver? You’re you are the Green Arrow?
Green Arrow: What did you do Dover.
Dover: (Dover begins to tremble) The book said I could bring her back. It said I could save her. (he throws the book that Oliver found in the car)
Green Arrow: (Oliver begins to walk forward) Who’s blood is tha…(he looks and sees Amy’s body covered blood and stab wounds).
Dover: She looks just like her…Like Catherine
Green Arrow: (goes down and picks up her body) WHAT DID YOU DO. You came here to kill me. DIDN’T YOU?!?! You’re the Star City Slayer!!!
Dover: No never you Oliver. I would never hurt you. You were like a son to me. I knew she would be up here…I knew after what happened after the casino you would tell her to come here. She got here and I…she looks just like Catherine.(He stands up and begins to recite a spell. A white mess begins to grow around Dover and then the spirit of Catherin starts to grow). Yes Oliver I am the Star City Slayer. I was driving by the old police station when the cops were coming out then I saw Vandal Caruso’s body and raced to his penthouse and made it look like I lived there.
Green Arrow: (stands up with an angry look on his face, and then he brings out an arrow with a leather case over it. He shoots it and as it flies through the air the case blows open and a boxing glove comes out and hits Dover in the face breaking his neck, then it continues and breaks the window behind Dover causing him to fall through it and the spirit to disappear. Green Arrow goes to the window and takes out his cell phone and begins to call someone.)
Women: 911 emergency how can I help you.
Oliver: This is Oliver Queen there’s been a murder in my office…The Green Arrow killed Stanly Dover and Amy Taylor. Get here quickly.(he drops to his knees and begins to cry)



Minutes later the police arrive at the scene Oliver is sitting with Roy on the couch next to Oliver’s office. The police are collecting evidence and Lieutenant Cameron comes up to Oliver.
Cameron: I’m sorry Mr. Queen. Can you tell me what happened?
Oliver: Just like I told the other cop. I got her and found Green Arrow standing over Amy’s body knife in his hand. Then he left out the window.
Cameron: Ok you’ve been through a lot. You can go home now.(Oliver and Roy begin to walk out) It’s a shame really. Just when I thought we could trust the Arrow.(Oliver nods and walks out)

The next morning Oliver is staring out the window of his apartment when Roy walks in.
Roy: Oliver? I thought you would be sleeping. It’s 7 in the morning and after last night…
Oliver: Stop. Please. Last night opened my eyes. You know Clock King might have been a psychopath but he was right about something. All the people in this city that could and should do the right thing don’t. The people who should be our example are just as corrupt as the criminals they fall to. The cops, the mayor, the president, and nothing. None of them do anything.
Roy: Oliver, with the Green Arrow you can start to lead people to do the right thing.
Oliver: No Roy. There are a lot of things the Green Arrow can do. But leading the people isn’t one. As Green Arrow I can stop the criminals, but I can help the people.
Roy: So what do you want to do?
Oliver: Carrey died and the elections coming up soon. I want to be on the ballot. I’m going to run for Mayor of Star City. (As he says this a siren can be heard in the distance) Looks like duty calls. (He goes to his elevator and then we see him on his motorcycle blast out of the tunnel from his layer to the city). Yeah maybe what I did was stupid. I took the fall for a murderer. Green Arrow goes down as a killer. But Dover wasn’t a bad guy; he was just caught in bad times. His name shouldn’t be tarnished for that. I still miss Amy and George but I remember that they would have wanted me to go on and be something more than Oliver. And that’s who I am I’m the prince of Star City, I’m Oliver Queen, and I am The Green Arrow.



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