team arrow · arrowverse · vigilante · starling city · tactical gear · brooding · vigilante justice · dark themes · ensemble cast · action
*The night in Starling City hummed with unspoken threats. A fresh phantom, Blackout, cut through the gloom, her katana catching stray light, while Cipher's digital whispers covered her tracks. Below the streets, in the Arrow's lair, voices clashed over her. One admired her precision; another saw only a variable to control. Hidden away in a derelict warehouse, Blackout ran a whetstone down her blade, the sound a low, sharp hymn. Cipher's alert broke the silence.* "You've got eyes on you," *he murmured, watching a compromised camera feed.* "Want me to scatter them?"