Ultimate Green Arrow #11 "The Replacement" pt.1

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ULTIMATE GREEN ARROW


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White Sands Army Base - New Mexico

Inside the room the prison brig set a 16 year old alone in the darkness with little light in the room. The MP's stood guard in front of the cell as the young Navajo Indian boy set with his hands in his long hair .

"Damn Indians ain't nothing but trouble..." the one guard said to the other.

"Why we forced to stand guard over this delinquent ? He's not even in the army . Just some brat who the Colonel knew and took in." the other piped in.

The long haired boy stared down at the ground and kicked a loose rock with his boot. The kick knocked the rock into the MP's side which made him howl in some pain.

"You piece of shit Indian , I'm gonna rip that hair off your head and scalp you !" the MP said entering the cell.

The boy stood slowly eying his prey. His eyes stared ahead as he gripped his fists ready for the fight ahead. Knowing he could take the MP down in quite a few ways. But wanting to inflict more pain due to his bigoted views.

"Daniels , that will be enough. I don't wanna explain to your wife how Whitehorse here put you in the hospital." the colonel said entering the room.

The MP growled and stood there. He then spit on the kid as the Colonel responded slapping him across the face. The MP fell to the ground and held his face .

"How would you like if I spit on you ?" he asked in anger.

"S-Sorry sir." Daniels said reluctantly.

"You'll scrub the showers then." he barked while making the young boy follow behind him.

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Outside

The older colonel walked ahead with the boy following . He wiped the sweat from his face while looking back , "I promised your dad you would make it Roy."

"Maybe you shouldn't have. He was a lousy white man anyhow ." Roy said in anger.

With a hard hit the colonel answered that surprising him , "You don't talk about your father like that. The man came back for me and saved my life !"

The 2 stood for seconds as the boy named Roy stood and nodded. Then followed him into his quarters where the old man lived and worked for the most part. The living quarters on the other side from his office.

"You can be so much Roy. You have the ability to do so much. Yet your anger at times can blind you ." the old man said sitting.

"Maybe I don't want to do anything else. Maybe I am happy being on the Reservation , hunting and living like I did before." the boy snapped back.

"Do you really believe you belong there ? If I remember when I came and got you , half was angry with you over your linage . Your mother wanted you to have a future beyond the reservation as well." the Colonel replied.

The 2 sit there as the boy sunk into the chair. His long hair in his face nearly while the Colonel wrote on some papers. Finally the boy asked , "Then why did you come and get me ? Didn't I have 2 more weeks in the brig ?"

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Chicago 2 weeks earlier.

Sarge Steel walked into the room as his resident boy genius flipped through all kinds of paper work. Files were all over and the computer was running the situations that Machin had programmed for it.

"Its been a few days . And so far making a mess in this place is the best you can do for us finding a potential replacement for Queen , Machin ?" Steel asked.

"Well no sir. I am working. I have decided , why go for another NSA agent or someone from that field. What we need is a young man who can step in and you can groom for the future." Machin answered.

"Like I did Queen when he was 1st brought into the NSA ." he replied.

"Exactly. We will try and duplicate that in a way. But with some changes. I ran every agency and academy and no one had Ollie's gifts so to speak. There is someone close however , but he's very ...off grid." Machin stated.

"How off the grid ?" Steel asked.

"He's part Navajo Indian and is staying with a Colonel Smith right now at White Sands." Lonnie said punching up the picture.

"Great he has an extensive juvenile record for stealing , grand theft and fighting. Surely someone I need ." Steel remarked sarcastically .

"I am not pulling up this for the hell of it sir . He sent 3 grown men to the hospital recently . 3 men who out weighed him and had more basic fighting training than he did." the boy genius said punching up more images .

"But beyond some fighting skills why again am I interested ?" he asked.

"Because of this. Harper has an uncanny gift like Oliver Queen. In fact on his reservation he won best hunter and had the best aim for targets . The records from the reservation show he won nearly every year he entered as a young boy." Machin said.

Steel rubbed his face hard and shook his head , "I gotta be crazy to do this. I am gonna fly to New Mexico and offer a role in this super hero program were running ... to a young Navajo Indian . Because he is the best hunter on his reservation."

"Well sir , we do have a grown man running around in a green outfit fighting cyborg apes and killer assassins now." Machin spoke up.

The stopped and looked at each other a few seconds. Then with a wave of acceptance Sarge Steel nodded the idea.

"Fine , fine book the flight Machin. Hopefully this won't blow up on me." Steel joked walking away.

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White Sands , New Mexico

Harper took out his school book to learn his math lesson as usual. Colonel Smith had weirdly made him at least take lessons and tried to be as good a teacher as possible. But the older man clearly had no way of really being a teacher to a young kid.

As a career army man he was great at barking orders and getting men ready for potential battle. But trying to teach a school lesson was a bit harder.

Roy's mind drifted and he soon looked out the window while Smith talked on about long division. Harper stared at a young family and saw a little boy walking with them. The image made him think back to years earlier....

He was 6 years old as his grandfather , Dances Rain was teaching him things. His grandfather was many years older and wouldn't really reveal his age to Roy or anyone who asked.

The old man walked and suddenly put his ear to the ground while they hunted . His long gray hair falling to the ground with him.

"Grandpa , why you doing that ?" Roy asked.

"Shhh child..." the old man started while listening , "Our deer is in that direction. He travels alone."

"How could you tell that ?" the boy asked.

The old man brushed his long gray hair from his face. He smiled and nodded , "Its our gift Whitehorse. One you will learn in time. Now lets learn your tracking lesson."

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Later ...

Smith wrapped his lesson when a woman walked in and waived him to come over. The 2 talked alone as Smith nodded and came back slowly. He touched the boys arms and tried to be steady.

"Roy , in a few minutes a man from Washington is gonna walk in here. He's gonna offer you something important and I want....you to take it." the Colonel said.

"So you want rid of me huh ? Everybody seems to at a certain point. " Harper snapped quick.

The colonel's eyes softened , "Roy , I... never had any kids. Me and the wife never was able. So we just never gave it a thought. When your father made me promise to be a god parent and all , I never imagined it would happen."

"I tried to be as good as I could. Wanted you to live to your potential . Along the way you became like a son to me to watch and grow. So this didn't come easy for me." the old man finished.

Roy bit his lip and saw the old colonel rub his face. The years hadn't been easy. The times where Roy would keep the old man up at all hours and just being a punk kid in trouble flashed in his head. Yet he always was there.

"OK , I'll listen sir." he answered.

The colonel nodded and walked over and showed the other old man in. Roy stared at the one who wore a weird glove and eyed him slowly. With a quick move Roy reached in his pocket and lit a cigarette .

Am I wasting my time with this ? The kid looks as much a prospect for ending up in a chain gang than this program. Can't believe I flew all the way here for this.

"Mr. Steel here will make his pitch. Show him respect OK Roy." Colonel Smith said.

As he breathed some smoke , Roy saluted and waived the presentation to start.

"My name is Sarge Steel. I am with the National Security Agency . Right now this information will not leave this room . But I am here to offer you a spot in a program we are currently running. "

"You will get paid , fed and clothed. If successful you will also move up in the agency." he finished.

"What makes you think I am perfect for your program ? Don't you know I'm a half breed who has been in trouble a lot !' Harper asked.

"I don't think your perfect. In fact I think the guy who suggested you is obviously losing his mind. But I pay him to make these decisions and you will likely wash out and continue to live an existence of contributing nothing to society." Steel answered.

"Wow , great pitch. " Harper joked sarcastically.

"Yes , but its the truth Harper. Your father I heard was a great soldier. You meanwhile seem to want to achieve being a great worthless bum ." the man said.

Harper's eyes narrowed and with a quick move tossed his book's pointed edge into Steel's knee The one knee that has arthritis in it as he fell to his good one . With a swoop move Harper had pulled his gun from his holster and had it pointed at his face.

This led the MP's to run into the room as they pointed their guns at Harper while he had it on Sarge Steel. The guns all aimed on him.




Ultimate Green Arrow 12 : "The Replacement" pt.2 - Will Roy make it past his 1st meeting with Sarge Steel ? Plus what is Oliver Queen doing while this recruitment happens ?