[Laurel is still unsure how she feels about Hell's Kitchen most days. Then again, Laurel is unsure how she feels about a lot of things most days.
Sara finally deemed it safe to return her from the Waverider, all the places that she thought she would have the chance to go back to were filled by other people. There was a new Black Canary, a new DA and no room for Laurel to slip back in. She can't blame them for moving on - they didn't know what Sara had done - but that does leave not a lot left for her to stay for in Star City.
Moving across the country might be a little extreme, but she's been desperately in need of a fresh start for a long time. Now is as good a time as any to get started. The fact that she wound up in another city full of masks is just a coincidence that she's choosing (for now) to ignore. Oliver and the current DA, Adrian Chase, helped her get her identity back. She got a job at a small little firm in the city which spent more time helping people than worrying about their profit margins (her kind of firm, to be honest) and tries to get back into life as Laurel again, intending to put the Black Canary far behind her.
(The thing about that is that the things you don't know can never make that as easy as it sounds. Things Laurel doesn't know:
Adrian Chase isn't the friend he makes himself out to be, and the alter ego of Prometheus lurks under the smiling surface.
Prometheus wants the Arrow, and by extension Oliver Queen to suffer.
What better way to make him suffer than by watching Laurel Lance die twice?)
He sends his men to take her, bring her back to Lian Yu to die with the rest of her family, but the streets of Hell's Kitchen aren't safe and Laurel's always been smarter than she looks.
(Things that Prometheus Didn't Know:
Laurel Lance may not be actively be the Black Canary anymore, but she still knows how to fight and she still carries her baton and the sonic device Cisco made for her.
The Devil of Hell's Kitchen has really good hearing.
Things Laurel Also Doesn't Know:
What her boss gets up to in his downtime, though for the moment, she's very grateful for it.)
Prometheus' minions come for her with machine guns and body armor but that doesn't seem to bother her much. The minute she opens her mouth and sonic waves echo across the alleyway where they have her cornered, the hands around their guns falter, and she takes the opportunity where she has it. Her baton comes up and goes for the easy weaknesses - the knees, the elbows - but even with the element of surprise, there are still too many for her.
This was a lot easier when she wasn't alone. There are a few hard hits as one manages to cold cock her with the butt of his weapon and she goes down hard. She can taste blood in her mouth, and she spits it out before looking up at him with a glare.]
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Sara finally deemed it safe to return her from the Waverider, all the places that she thought she would have the chance to go back to were filled by other people. There was a new Black Canary, a new DA and no room for Laurel to slip back in. She can't blame them for moving on - they didn't know what Sara had done - but that does leave not a lot left for her to stay for in Star City.
Moving across the country might be a little extreme, but she's been desperately in need of a fresh start for a long time. Now is as good a time as any to get started. The fact that she wound up in another city full of masks is just a coincidence that she's choosing (for now) to ignore. Oliver and the current DA, Adrian Chase, helped her get her identity back. She got a job at a small little firm in the city which spent more time helping people than worrying about their profit margins (her kind of firm, to be honest) and tries to get back into life as Laurel again, intending to put the Black Canary far behind her.
(The thing about that is that the things you don't know can never make that as easy as it sounds. Things Laurel doesn't know:
He sends his men to take her, bring her back to Lian Yu to die with the rest of her family, but the streets of Hell's Kitchen aren't safe and Laurel's always been smarter than she looks.
(Things that Prometheus Didn't Know:
Things Laurel Also Doesn't Know:
Prometheus' minions come for her with machine guns and body armor but that doesn't seem to bother her much. The minute she opens her mouth and sonic waves echo across the alleyway where they have her cornered, the hands around their guns falter, and she takes the opportunity where she has it. Her baton comes up and goes for the easy weaknesses - the knees, the elbows - but even with the element of surprise, there are still too many for her.
This was a lot easier when she wasn't alone. There are a few hard hits as one manages to cold cock her with the butt of his weapon and she goes down hard. She can taste blood in her mouth, and she spits it out before looking up at him with a glare.]
You're going to regret that.