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Jack Slater is at the Watchtower.
Should I cheer? Dad's a lot happier than I am about it.
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Almost two years ago...
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Connor woke up in a dingy cell, trying to put together what happened. He had been chasing some drug dealers down by the harbor, and got them in a warehouse. He'd only seen movement out the corner of his eye before the tranq dart hit, dropping him before he could duck.
The door swung open and there was the man in black.
"You're in the House. There isn't reason to say 'welcome.' As soon as that tranq dart wears off, Roulette's going to want to inspect you."
Connor kept his mouth shut. Any questions he had - "Why did you trick me?," or "Where the hell am I?" - weren't going to be answered. This guy wasn't dealing in answers.
"You check out, you fight in the arena. Fights are to the death. People want to see the Green Arrow fall. Some of them have waited all their life."
"Guess I'll have to disappoint them," Connor said. Unlike Dad and Roy, he's no expert in snark.
"If it's anything," the man admitted. "I've bet on you. You have what it takes to live..."
Should I cheer? Dad's a lot happier than I am about it.
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Almost two years ago...
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Connor woke up in a dingy cell, trying to put together what happened. He had been chasing some drug dealers down by the harbor, and got them in a warehouse. He'd only seen movement out the corner of his eye before the tranq dart hit, dropping him before he could duck.
The door swung open and there was the man in black.
"You're in the House. There isn't reason to say 'welcome.' As soon as that tranq dart wears off, Roulette's going to want to inspect you."
Connor kept his mouth shut. Any questions he had - "Why did you trick me?," or "Where the hell am I?" - weren't going to be answered. This guy wasn't dealing in answers.
"You check out, you fight in the arena. Fights are to the death. People want to see the Green Arrow fall. Some of them have waited all their life."
"Guess I'll have to disappoint them," Connor said. Unlike Dad and Roy, he's no expert in snark.
"If it's anything," the man admitted. "I've bet on you. You have what it takes to live..."