Chapter 8
Jefferson was in his office, hoping that Fowdy and the ASA hadn't realized that he and Gambi were onto them when his phone rang. Confused on who was calling him, especially when he saw it was a Star City number, but after remembering who lived in Star City, he answered it.
"Hello, who is this?" Jefferson asked.
"Jefferson Pierce, this is Oliver Queen. I believe you know my friend Barry Allen." Oliver Queen's voice said on the other end of the call.
"Mr. Queen. I thought that Barry would be calling me to tell me to call you." Jefferson said.
"I decided to call you myself." Oliver said.
"Okay then. Barry mentioned that you could help me with my current problem." Jefferson said.
"Yeah, he told me about that. How in order to take down a greater enemy, you have to work with the man who killed your father." Oliver said.
"Yep. He mentioned that you have experience with that particular issue." Jefferson said.
"And he was right. I have worked with the men who killed both of my parents on numerous occasions before. And at least when it came to working with the man who caused my father's death, every time I had to remind myself that it was for a greater good." Oliver said.
"Why not the man who killed your mother?" Jefferson asked.
"Because he was not in his right mind. He was under the influence of a powerful drug that while I injected into him to save his life, it was unstable and turned him into a maniac. It's a long story." Oliver said.
"Sounds like it. But anyways, you have any advice to help me with that?" Jefferson asked.
"I reminded myself that everything I was doing was to protect my family. And that it was only a temporary arrangement. Sometimes the ends have to justify the means, even if and especially when you don't like it. I wish I could offer you more encouragement, but that's the best I can offer. I'll also talk to other government organizations that are a bit more trustable, Argus and the DEO, to see if they can help take down this ASA." Oliver said.
"Thanks." Jefferson said.
"You're welcome. By the way, I'm curious about how you got your powers." Oliver said.
"I got my powers when I was a kid, after taking a vaccine. Why do you ask?" Jefferson asked.
"Because my sister got power in this new reality somehow and they're causing her to deteriorate on a cellular level. We've had to put her in an experimental stasis pod to keep her alive until we can find a cure. I was wondering if maybe the origins of your powers could help us figure out how." Oliver said and Jefferson's blood ran cold.
"Oliver, is your sister a drug user?" Jefferson asked.
"She used to be why?" Oliver asked.
"Because the ASA are the ones who created the vaccine I took and it was designed to create metahumans and back on my old earth, the organization released it in Freeland under the cover of a drug called Green Light in the present. And all of the subjects were unstable just like how you said your sister is." Jefferson said.
"Wait, are you saying that this ASA is the reason my sister is clinging to life?" Oliver asked.
"Yes. I don't know how the drug would've made its way to Star City, since the whole reason the ASA chose Freeland is because of the large black community, so people wouldn't pay as much attention." Jefferson said.
"That will come back to bite them in the ass. Especially since this was just made personal. But do you have a cure?" Oliver asked.
"My ex-wife did create one, but right now we can't use it." Jefferson said.
"Why not?" Oliver demanded.
"Because the key component of the stabilization serum is bone marrow from the same man who killed my father." Jefferson said.
"Okay yeah, now I understand. Hopefully Caitlin will be able to find another solution. One that doesn't require bone marrow from a madman." Oliver said.
"I'm sorry, who?" Jefferson asked.
"Caitlin Snow, she's a part of Barry's team and by far the finest biochemist I've ever met, especially with meta biology. No offense to your ex-wife, but I put more confidence in Caitlin's skills to find a solution to this." Oliver said.
"Maybe my ex wife should meet with Dr. Snow so they can work together and increase results." Jefferson said.
"Good idea, I'll talk to Barry about having Caitlin work with her on it." Oliver said.
"In the meantime, I might know a way to help your sister temporarily beyond putting her in a pod." Jefferson said.
"I'm listening." Oliver said.
"One of the ASA's commandos, Carson Williams, he's a meta who got his powers the same way as me, his powers allow him to copy the powers of other metas." Jefferson said.
"So how does that help?" Oliver asked.
"He isn't a stable meta like me. In order to keep himself from deteriorating, he takes constant injections of some kind of serum. If it works for him, I can't imagine why it wouldn't work for your sister. If we can get our hands on that serum formula, you could produce it to keep your sister stable until a permanent cure can be created." Jefferson said.
"I'll send someone to help you out with that." Oliver said.
"Who?" Jefferson asked.
"My computer expert Felicity Smoak. She's the best hacker on the planet and she's very used to hacking into government organizations. I'm sure she'll be able to help." Oliver said.
"Is she really that good?" Jefferson asked.
"She's hacked into Argus, the NSA, the DOD, the DIA and numerous others. She's the best around." Oliver said.
"Okay yeah, that's good. I look forward to meeting her." Jefferson said.
"I'm sure she'll be eager to take down a corrupt organization." Oliver said.
"Thank you Oliver." Jefferson said.
"Thank me by letting me help you take down the ASA. It sounds like those bastards need to go. I'll see what I can do on my end to help with that." Oliver said.
"Thanks." Jefferson said as they both hung up with Jefferson feeling very satisfied at the end of that call.
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