[center][color=Green][h1]G R E E N A R R O W[/h1][/color][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/oIge0QK.jpg?1[/img][/center] [sub][hr][/sub][COLOR=Green][indent][sub][B]Location:[/B] [COLOR=Green][I]Starling City, California [/I] - [I]Late Evening[/I][/COLOR][/sub][sup][right][b]Issue #1.02:[/b] [COLOR=Green][I]First Strike, Part 2[/I][/COLOR][/right][/sup][/indent][/color][sub][hr][/sub] [indent]Mia Dearden looked down the hall she had just traveled, she had been lead up a flight of stairs and down the south wing of the mansion to a room two doors down. To minimize any potential leaks of the events transpiring, the rooms used were in the middle of the mansion and a guard would be posted down the hall to keep an eye on the door. While tonight would still be her best chance to break free of the ring, it certainly wouldn't be easy. Mia clicked her tongue in annoyance as she stood in front of the door and the guard that had lead her retreated to his position to keep watch for the night. As much as she hated doing it, she gave herself a once-over to make sure everything was in place. There wasn't too much to that would need fixing however as the client had requested a rather trashy look for her: Ripped denim shorts, a white T-shirt cut on the sides and tied together at intervals to give it a make-shift look and to expose some tantalizing skin and mid-riff. Her hair was loose, but tussled a bit to give it some body and a bit of a rough look. Her best guess was the client wanted a bit of a slutty look. She knocked twice and a young sounding voice called for her to come in. She stepped inside the room and closed the door behind her. The room was set up nice enough with large bed, abstract paintings on the walls and plenty of rugs on the floor, mostly there to create a soft landing if anyone got a little too rough. It was a fairly modern room with a bath attached, basically everyone one would need for a little fun. Near the bed was her client, whose eyes instantly roved all over her to drink in every curve. The young man was dressed casually but it was painfully obvious the brown-headed boy was an upper crust sort by his body language. He was too stiff to be someone who didn't know all about decorum and all that fancy stuff the normal person didn't need to know about. The youth tried to walk over in a controlled fashion but it was obvious he was ready to pounce and was just holding himself back. "They really picked out a good one, just how I imagined someone should look who was so free with themselves." While he was trying to make it sound like she was beneath him he really didn't seem like the aggressive type, which was something she could use to her advantage. [color=f7941d]"Hmmm, yes I doubt you've had the chance to meet many girls like me."[/color] Mia glided up to him without skipping a beat and moved a hand up his shirt, to his neck and up to his ear in one, long stroke. He was obviously quite taken aback by how forward she was being and he shook a little from her touch. [color=f7941d]"Why don't we head on over, I think I know just how to spice things up for you."[/color] Mia cooed on her tiptoes into his ear, making him shiver in anticipation. "Wow! WOW! I never expected this, heck ya you're so much different from those snobs by father keeps trying to set me up with!" He practically bounded over to the bed with Mia close behind, who snickered when she found what she was looking for. The initial stage of the escape was going to prove pretty easy after all.[/indent] [color=Green][h3]* * * * * *[/h3][/color] [indent]Thankfully Oliver had ended up in a section where there was nobody on lookout which made getting around quite easy. Soon enough he spotted one of the guards looking down one of the halls on the second floor, considering where he was looking it was easy to guess that one of the girls was down that way. He was an easy target as Oliver was essentially coming up from behind him from the north wing of the house, but making pin cushions of the men was not something Oliver was keen on doing. Oliver had killed while he was on that Island but he had gotten a lot stronger since then and more skilled. Sure, Oliver knew that not every life could be saved, but he wanted to believe that even these hired thugs could change their lives around if given the opportunity. Of course most of the opportunities would have be found from a jail cell but that was the path they had chosen for themselves and they would live with the consequences. Oliver crept up on his as soundlessly as he could but one of the floorboards decided to give him away. The guard turned and gawked when he saw Oliver in his green suit. "The hell did you come from?" He demanded as he reached for his gun. But before he could even think to draw it, and arrow had already pried the weapon from his body and thudded into the wall behind him. [color=Green]"Err...well I heard there was a costume party in the area but I guess it was one door down. They really tend to like my one trick where I shoot an apple off one of the guest's head, but since you didn't have an apple...well."[/color] Oliver grinned as the guard looked baffled at Oliver's speed and accuracy with a bow. "I'm sure you know what will happen if you try to call for help." "Screw you!" The guard rushed Oliver, who casually leaned down into a crouch, causing the opponent to tumble over him in his blind rush. Oliver wasted no time and turned around and dealing a crushing blow to the man's nose before he could scramble back up. Blood spurted out like a geyser and it took only a short moment more for the man to black out. Unfortunately the sound of the man hitting the floor was loud enough to alert the rest of the guys stationed inside the mansion. "The heck was that noise!" Four other guards rushed from there positions to the center area, three on the bottom floor and one on the second, it take them very long to spot the strange archer in their midst and their downed comrade. "You're gonna pay for that green archer!" Oliver cursed, he had hoped to be able to take down at least one or two guys first without being detected but that plan went up in smoke before it had even begun. Oliver quickly shot the other guard on the second floor with an arrow through his right shoulder, making him tumble down to the ground. All he needed to do now was quickly take down the guys inside before they could get any funny ideas about taking hostages. He doubted they would take a guy with a bow and arrow seriously however, which would be all the advantage he needed.[/indent] [color=Green][h3]* * * * * *[/h3][/color] [indent]Mia laughed as she looked down on the half-naked and hog-tied client who had so willingly went along with her idea to tie him first. So thrilled at the idea of being on the receiving end it had completely slipped his mind that he had so willing given her complete mastery over him. Before he had figured out what was going on, it was already too late and he was completely at her mercy. "I'll admit, it was fun being in control for once but don't expect any reward from me! Girls don't like a weak-willed guy after all!" Mia blew him a kiss as he fumed on the bed while she tried to look out the window and see if she could escape that way. Unfortunately she could see someone eyeing her window, no doubt the guards outside knew which rooms were being used. She quickly went to the door and put her ear against it to listen, what she heard next she had not expected to hear, gunshots. Mia backed up for a moment in fear, but then realized they sounded a bit far off. Taking a deep breath she opened the door and peered down the hall, the guard was gone and she could hear gunshots coming from the central area. Unsure of what to do, she figured her best course of action was to see what was happening, hopefully the shots meant a police raid was happening, though she couldn't see how that was possible. Mia crept along the hall and then saw something she never expected, a man in a green suit running around the upstairs area while fighting off the enemy guards with a bow and arrow of all things. Was this guy mad? How did he expect to fight off guys with guns with a freaken bow and arrow!? And yet, that was exactly what he was doing. As the man dodged a hail of bullets he noticed Mia staring at him from her concealed position in the hallway. Before she could react the man spoke. [color=Green]"Oh good, looks like you're safe!"[/color] He fired a shot down below and she could hear a howl of pain from one of the men, then he quickly rolled out of the way. [color=Green]"I'd love to chat but I've got four other girls to check on so I'd really appreciate it if you just stayed out of sight until the cavalry arrives!"[/color] Mia nodded and retreated down the hall, she wasn't going to have to be told twice to take cover from an active war zone. She just hoped the strange man was telling the truth.[/indent]