Post by superecwfan1 on Feb 28, 2012 10:44:21 GMT -5
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The Florist Shop
The daughter tried to act like she was studying and chewed on her pencil. Instead her eyes gazed at the muscular man hammering a few feet away on some boards where the front shop window used to be .
Her mother realized where her gaze was at and shook her head. Not so pleased that her eyes was on this new man who came crashing suddenly into their lives.
"You need to go get us some seeds from the hardware store where the ones were ruined." Diana Lance said sternly.
"B-but mom , I'm trying to study." she said a bit mad.
"Yeah I know..." her mother started with a look towards the man working , "But your gonna go get those seeds now."
Dinah slammed her book and took the money her mom gave her. With a bit of a mad look as she smiled at Oliver as she walked out . He nodded to her and kept working on the boards by what was a window.
"And you , put a shirt on." she said tossing him a t-shirt.
"Hey , I am buying you a new window and putting this here til it comes." he said putting the shirt on.
"You mean well Mr. whoever you are supposed to be. But you have to understand , she is the only person I have and no way will she ever be around what you do." Diana Lance said with a glare.
"Ms. Lance , your obviously reading way too much into this. Your daughter helped save my life. It doesn't mean she's gonna start helping me do what I do out there." he replied back.
"Did last night not show you , your in over your head . You could have died . This isn't a game your playing there. People have died doing this." Diana said loudly.
"Ms. Lance , ...I know its risky. But right now , I'm all this city has. You can trust me enough to tell you , I know the risk I am doing. Now , let me ask ; your daughter ...she's a meta human isn't she ?" Oliver asked.
Diana Lance bit her lip. She watched the young man gather his equipment and put the body armor on and finally she answered , "Yes... she is."
"She saved us both with that scream of hers." he said.
"My daughter was born with it. She really doesn't know she has that gift. As a baby she shattered glasses with it. Growing up she seemed to forget except for rare instances when it comes out." her mother said.
"If there was a JSA around , she would be perfect for them I'd think. With her gift." he said .
"You can leave now ." Diana replied cold. Oliver nodded and wrapped the mask back around his face and walked out.
Inside the older woman sit and walked over to the picture of the JSA she had on the wall. Wiping it slowly as she let a tear fall. Then she quickly went back to her work , trying to push the images in her head away.
Outside unknown to Oliver Queen and Diana Lance , her daughter had heard the whole conversation. Hiding to see what her mom would say to this muscular hero as he left. He used a grapnel hook and was onto a roof away as she stared.
I'm....a meta-human ? Why didn't she ever tell me ? I thought the scream was an accident thing for so long. And why is she pushing this guy away so quick ?
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Penthouse of Brick
Brick had already smashed one of the men involved in the Schott situation. His head was completely smashed in as usual with his bones pulped while the men cleaned the floor slowly . The rest stared in horror , scared to do anything.
"Now , Joey ...tell me again about this situation with this Robin Hood ?" he asked coldly cleaning his hands of blood and bone.
"M-Mr Brick , s-sir we only wanted to solve this and not hassle you with it. Y-your a busy man sir. We thought Winslow Schott could handle it." Joey answered scared.
"So you went outside us and had a mentally insane man named the Terrible Toyman do this. A man who is unstable and builds huge toys as we saw." Brick said.
"T-the idea was it would kill this guy. No way to lead back to you , sir. Plus he's a nutcase and felt np one would ever believe him." the thug replied.
"You get one warning Joey , if this happens again you will end up like your friend. Now I will discuss a solution to my Robin Hood problem. " he said sitting down.
"Y-Yes sir , never happen again sir ." he stammered sitting down.
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Chicago Police Station
The Chicago station was abuzz with the news. They had taken the big robotic ape into a special compound and broke it into sections so it wouldn't come back on. In the huge area of the back it was spread out as a limping Oliver Queen came walking up.
"What the hell happened to you Queen ?" Montoya asked .
"I was coming to the scene last night when a piece of building flew off and smashed into my side. I was lucky." he said showing off the bandage on his side .
"Our man was there and fought this thing. He disappeared though. Did you get a look ?" she asked.
"No I couldn't Montoya. I was basically on the ground in huge pain and was lucky as someone pulled me into a place away . All I saw this thing . " Oliver answered.
"Forensics is running a trace on the parts. It may take em a few weeks though. They just aren't equipped to know who builds killer cyborg cartoon apes to attack a city." Montoya said.
"I'll need the report and I'll have Kim take some pictures of everything. Never know I may stumble onto something." he replied back.
"Just be careful out there Queen. Were not like Superman or those other costumed guys." she joked walking off.
Oliver studied the broken cyborg as his phone rang as he answered. Walking away from the scene he knew who it was from the 1st ring.
"Lonnie , what do you need ?" he asked.
"I know who built the cyborg ape. It took me awhile to go through some books on cybernetics and all. But remember Winslow Schott ?" Lonnie asked.
"Schott ? Isn't he the guy who killed a bunch of people in a toy store a few years back and was sent to Arkham ?" he asked.
"Yep it is. Same guy...he built this." the boy genius answered.
"But he should still be in Arkham , Lonnie. The guy was flat out crazy and should still be there." Oliver said.
"According to the reports I just pulled up from the Arkham database , he escaped a few months ago. With his gifts Ollie , the guy could build any type of toy and make it dangerous." Lonnie replied.
"But why target the city now ? Why come back and terrorize Chicago ?" he asked.
"I know , its very weird because according to the report pulled up by the Arkham doctors who tried to treat Schott , at no point is this his usual M.O. Schoot usually targets adults and keeps his crimes to adults he feels are hurting children and all." Lonnie answered.
"Send me his last address. Its worth trying to see if he returned there." Oliver said hanging up.
There is something going on. Winslow Schoot wouldn't just out of the blue decide to send a killer cyborg at the city. I need to try and find him to see what he knows. If I can find him .