《Destiny Rewritten》Chapter 176
Advertisement
The next morning, Oliver and Laurel entered the bunker and they both had to admit that it was good to be home.
"It's so good to have you back." Thea said as she hugged her brother.
"Good to be back. Honestly, our little time travel adventure was interesting, but I'm glad to be back." Oliver said.
"So am I. Now I can enjoy the rest of my maternity leave before I go back to work." Laurel said and Thea smiled.
"I don't blame you." Thea said.
"So anyways, what did we miss?" Oliver asked.
"Actually, you have good timing." John said as he and Emiko entered the base, along with Winn and Roy.
"Really, why's that?" Oliver asked.
"The SCPD is tracking a new form of weaponry, poisonous bullets. They were used by the Blackout Gang to attack the Los Halcones. We could end up looking at a gang war." Emiko said.
"I'm guessing you tried to intercept a weapons buy and it did not go as planned?" Oliver asked, raising an eyebrow.
"We had to retreat. Outgunned." Emiko said.
"I would've done the same thing." Oliver said.
"Wait, what?" John asked.
"If there's one thing I've learned, it's that you can't win every fight. But you can do is take your losses and learn from them and become better. And I'm assuming that we at least got intel we can use." Oliver said.
"Yeah, the bullets were provided by Midas Medical. Quentin is working on getting a warrant to search his place." Thea said.
"I'll call Rene, see if he can expedite it, since until my maternity leave is over, he's in charge of the city." Laurel said.
"In the meantime, Winn, any ideas on what kind of poison those bullets are using. We need to figure out exactly what we're up against." Oliver said.
Advertisement
"Yep. Thanks to the samples Roy got me last night I was able to determine that we are dealing with Chlormethine." Winn said.
"What's Chlormethine?" Thea asked.
"It's a cytotoxic agent derived from mustard gas." Emiko said.
"How do you know that?" Oliver asked.
"I was raised and trained by the Ninth Circle, I know a thing or two about chemical weapons." Emiko pointed out.
"Fair enough." Oliver agreed.
"Anyways, the interesting part about this is that this particular chemical weapon was banned decades ago." Winn said.
"Then how is it possible that it's being used now without drawing suspicion?" Roy asked.
"Because while it was banned as a weapon, Chlormethine is still legal if it's used for medicinal purposes." Winn said.
"Medicinal?" Roy asked.
"Chemotherapy treatments, things like that." Winn said.
"And let me guess, every trail leads back to Midas Medical." Thea said.
"Exactly. It's one of the only 4 labs that still use it as an active ingredient." Winn said.
"And look at this, the buck stops at Midas Medical." Oliver said as he looked at the records Winn had pulled up.
"James Midas. I've met him at a few SCPD fundraisers, he's got deep pockets and he used them to help the SCPD." Laurel said.
"We need to bring him in." Thea said.
"We'll need more proof if we want this to stick." Roy pointed out.
"Roy, Thea, keep working with the cops, in the meantime, John, Emiko and I will work on getting legitimate evidence." Oliver said.
"What about Laurel?" John asked.
"I'm still on maternity leave not just from City Hall, but also Team Arrow until Jasmine is able to sleep through the night." Laurel said and they nodded at her.
Advertisement
"Wait, what about the body cam footage from the SCPD strike team. Isn't there footage of one of Midas's thugs mentioning him by name?" John asked.
"That evidence is circumstantial, since they have no way of actually proving that James Midas is the one they're talking about. We need incontrovertible proof." Laurel said, reminding them of her legal expertise.
"Let's get to work." Oliver said.
"Well, I think I know a good place to start." Winn said.
"Where?" Oliver asked.
"Something I started working back before I left Argus. It's an algorithm that can scan for chemical compositions anywhere in Star City." Winn said.
"Meaning?" Thea asked.
"Meaning that once he uploads the program to the QC satellite, we can use it to find out exactly where Midas is storing the chemicals." Oliver said and Winn nodded.
"Exactly. I'm uploading it to the satellite now." Winn said.
"If we can get proof of Midas using the chemicals to make weapons, we can get him." Thea said, right as the computers went off.
"Got a hit. It's a warehouse registered to what looks like a shell corporation." Winn said.
"Let's go. Winn, tap into the security system so we know what we're getting ourselves into." Oliver said.
"On it." Winn said.
"Let's suit up." Oliver said.
"I don't have a suit though." Emiko said.
"Actually you do. Cisco sent it over about a week ago." Oliver said as he pressed a button and a new case next to the Spartan suit opened up to reveal a silver version of Emiko's old ninth circle gear.
"Figured we'd stay with the look, just a different color." Oliver said.
"I love it." Emiko said.
"Good. Now let's suit up." Oliver said as they moved to suit up, right as Thea's phone rang.
"Hello? Yeah, okay we'll be right there." Thea said.
"What's going on?" Roy asked.
"That was Lance, an informant turned up a tip on same warehouse. He wants Roy and I to lead the raid." Thea said.
"This is good. We'll secure the evidence and wrap up Midas by the time you arrive." Oliver said and Thea and Roy nodded in agreement as they headed out while Oliver, John and Emiko moved to suit up.
Advertisement
- In Serial24 Chapters
The Violet Crown
The story follows the perspective of a logical but chaotic fire mage in a fantasy-medieval world that is entirely hostile to mages. The main character confronts memories of his past as the man who sold the world for power, all while facing similar conflicts in the present while facing off against an oppressive Elven kingdom that spans the continent, led by two identical religious leaders gifted with the ability of foresight.
8 173 - In Serial22 Chapters
Mistbound: Eternity
The world is said to be formed out of duality of man. Good and evil, right and wrong, light and dark. And with duality, comes conflict. A meaningless clash of ideals results in pointless wars. Azlan is wanderer who doesn't falls in either category. Tired and done with the redundant world, he lives his secluded life, hunting monstrosites for coin in the crumbling province of Mountaliya, situated in the land of Forsa. The premise follows Azlan as he explores the province, experiencing the culture and its people as they try to stand unshaken amidst a cold and unforgiving world. The story is a dark fantasy that is a balance of action and world building but most importantly, it follows the people going about their daily lives. The world has entered a state of stasis, there are no high stakes, no glory to be had, only a decaying realm of ice remains. Everyone awaits for Heaven's descent, an event prophesied to bring the world out of stasis, by granting the champion of the event a wish. Heaven Shall Descend. I wanted to write a high fantasy story that doesn't focuses too much on Magic and Swordfights, but rather interactions between people, a bit of politics and ideals. This is my first attempt at writing something this huge, please let me know if you see mistakes or any problems in general, so I can learn from them. (The cover picture is from the year 1818, "Wanderer Above the Mist" by Caspar David Friedrich). I also write Short stories set in the same shared universe. You can read them here: Dark Fantasy Short Stories.
8 174 - In Serial8 Chapters
A Typical Xianxia
What happens when a MC doesn't get the cheat designed for him?Of course, he still remains the MC! WARNING: Don't take this novel seriously. The series contain some sensitive stuffs which you may or may not find very personal and offensive. It is not to be interpreted that my personal thoughts align with the biased narrative. PS: I don't own the cover.
8 58 - In Serial17 Chapters
Reincarnated with Narrator
Our protagonist died in a war as a mercenary. He know that, being a mercenary, is just a matter of time of him dying in a battlefield. He doesn't regret that. What he regreted is he don't have a family, or love ones who will remember him. But, he will be given a chance to reincarnate in another timeline but with a narrator inside of his head who will narrate his whole life!
8 257 - In Serial87 Chapters
Six Word Story
Six words is enough to express an emotion.
8 188 - In Serial16 Chapters
Surprise, bitch! [pennywise x reader]
DISCONTINUEDHe's been watching you for months now, never had the chance to get his clawed hands on you. Now he does."Surprise, bitch!"Discord - https://discord.gg/wFHS6hB[2017 new IT based fanfiction. Pennywise x reader. Not much romance, Pennywise is depicted as the demon, evil spirit he is. Long, detailed story - easing into the relationship. If you want a story that doesn't rush, around 2k+ words each chapter I suggest this story! Contains curse words, mentions of depression/suicide, rape]
8 240

