Laurel Lance (Earth-2)


 * For her Earth One equivalent, see Laurel Lance.

"That's where this happened, and from then, it was just one bad choice after another, and I guess once you let the darkness inside it never comes out, and now I am trapped in a parallel dimension, telling my sob story to the doppelganger of the man that-- that I loved."

- Laurel to Oliver Queen

Laurel Lance is a meta-human criminal. After exposure to the dark matter released from Harrison Wells S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator, Laurel gained the ability to scream at a high frequency. Using these powers for evil she adopted the name Black Siren and became a high-ranking lieutenant of Zoom's meta-human group.

Laurel was brought over to Earth One to partake in the Metapocolypse and personally fought The Flash until she was defeated by the efforts of Team Flash and imprisoned at S.T.A.R. Labs pipeline.

Eventually, she would be released by Prometheus and form an alliance with him as a means to torment Oliver. Team Arrow would then find a way to beat and capture her again. She is currently in an A.R.G.U.S. facility, where Oliver intends to keep a close eye on her.

Becoming a meta-human
Sometime before 2007, Laurel met Oliver Queen and they fell in love. However, in 2007, when Oliver went out to sea with his father, their ship sank and he died. Because of that, Laurel moved to Central City to start a new life.

Around December 2013 Laurel was one of the many affected by Harrison Wells' particle accelerator and gained the power to emit sonic screams powerful enough to kill people within seconds and take down entire buildings. Following this, she became a criminal named "Black Siren" and was employed into Hunter Zolomon/Zoom's army. She was one of his enforcers in Central City known for demolishing buildings. At some point she emerged as a high-ranking lieutenant of Zoom, earning enough respect from Hunter that he was willing to converse without a mask. This made Laurel the only known Earth Two individual to be aware of Hunter's identity and his "Jay Garrick" deception.

Invading Earth One
As part of his plan to conquer Earth One, Zoom brought over his entire army of meta-humans which included Laurel whom he ordered to attack various buildings at random to lure out the Flash. Laurel also learned of her Earth One doppelgänger's death, yet felt little remorse for her. Black Siren first attacked Mercury Labs and leveled the entire building, but the Flash was able to save everyone inside. Next, Black Siren lured out the Flash into the streets. At first, Flash mistook her for her Earth One double though she simply laughed at him and elaborated that she was from Earth Two, and attacked him. Black Siren used her sonic cry to weaken the Flash and then physically attacked him and easily subdued him, but before she could kill him, Wally West ran his car into her and helped the Flash escape.

Black Siren later met up with Hunter at the Central City Police Department precinct, bragging of her defeat of the Flash but questioned why she was attacking buildings at random. Hunter explained that he needed the Flash distracted so that he wouldn't see his real plan coming until it was too late. When Black Siren asked what he was up to Hunter coldly replied "no good", leaving Black Siren visibly disturbed.

Black Siren, as instructed, went to demolish another building but was confronted by "Reverb" and "Killer Frost", much to her as she believed them dead. "Reverb" and "Killer Frost" seemingly made an offer to overthrow Zoom by teaming up together and Black Siren appeared to consider the offer, but was skeptical and tossed a brick to "Reverb". When he caught it with his right hand, Black Siren realized that "Reverb" and "Killer Frost" where actually their Earth One doubles Vibe and Earth One Caitlin Snow. As Black Siren tried to kill them, Vibe hit her with a sonic blast, activated subconsciously, and was unable to do so again. Unfazed, Black Siren simply tried to kill them again, but was disoriented and knocked out by a device Dr. Wells set up to render all Earth Two humans unconscious.

After falling unconscious, Black Siren was locked up in the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator, where she attempted to get out, though her sonic scream had no effect on the soundproof cell, to which Vibe mocked her. Caitlin considered telling Sara and Quentin, the sister and father of her deceased Earth One counterpart, about Earth Two Laurel, but Barry voted against the idea, not wanting to ruin their memory of the Laurel they knew.

Working with Prometheus
In 2017, Laurel was released by Prometheus, and they started working together. During this time, Laurel learned about the Waverider and the Legends. She came to the Arrowcave, where she met Oliver Queen of Earth One. Oliver, thinking it was Earth One Laurel, asked her how she survived. She told him that Sara saved her and teleported her to this time.

After a party was made for the "return" of Laurel, Felicity Smoak and Rory Regan found out she was actually Earth Two Laurel. She used her sonic scream on them and was later caught by Oliver.

Oliver tried to find a good side of Laurel, but he hasn't been able to. She was later released by Felicity, who put a tracking device on her.

Laurel and Prometheus later fought against Team Arrow. During the fight, Laurel almost killed Felicity, but Mr. Terrific managed to save her. She was finally beaten by Felicity, who punched her in the face. Oliver later took her to A.R.G.U.S..

Personality
Laurel is a sadistic and cruel individual who revels in the destruction that she causes with her powers, in contrast to her courageous and idealistic Earth One counterpart. She has a cruel/sadistic sense of humor, unphased about her counterpart's death even mocking her saying "Laurel Lance is dead. On this Earth anyway. Poor Black Canary, bye-bye birdie". She has been shown to be prideful to the point of being arrogant and overconfident which led to Wally West knocking her out with a car. However she is also very intelligent and observant as she quickly realized that Cisco and Caitlin were not their Earth Two doubles, as they were pretending to be. Though like most Earth Two metas Laurel does have a degree of fear towards Hunter Zolomon, though isn't afraid to question his plans when unclear. Hunter himself seems to possess some level of respect for her, given how he is willing to converse with her without his mask (making her the only known member of his army to be aware of his identity and his "Jay Garrick" facade) and as evidence to her status as one of his top lieutenants.

Powers

 * Meta-human physiology: After Laurel was struck by the energy of the Particle Accelerator explosion on Earth Two, this altered her DNA and supercharged her cells, augmenting her physiology into beyond peak human condition.
 * Sonic scream: Laurel is able to emit a high frequency scream, that comes from her voice. The highest known frequency the scream can reach is 250 decibels. Her scream is so strong that it can launch a full-grown human or meta-human, even potentially killing them, and also cause tremendous damage to the area, as one shout caused a tremor that took down all of Mercury Labs. She is well known for collapsing buildings with her powers on both Earths One and Two.

Abilities

 * Peak of human physical condition: Laurel is in top physical condition with fast reflexes and strong enough to nearly kill the Flash in a fight. Her durability is also remarkable as she is sturdy enough to be unfazed after being hit by a car; her conditioning also lets her recover from most injuries, like the aforementioned, very quickly (though not superhumanly).
 * High-level intellect/Master tactician/Expert leader: Laurel is an extremely intelligent and observant woman, able to determinate at first sight that Cisco and Caitlin were not their Earth Two doppelgängers. Also, as suggested by her status as one of Zoom's top lieutenants, she is an expert leader and strategist.
 * Expert hand-to-hand combatant: Laurel has proficiency in unarmed combat. While striking at the Flash while he was disoriented by her sonic scream, she demonstrated a graceful and well-coordinated series of punches and kicks, yet the exact level of her fighting skills is unknown. Against the skilled combatant Prometheus, Laurel was entirely outmatched and instantly at the mercy.
 * Stealth: Laurel is very elusive, she can sneak in and out of most guarded buildings without being detected, follow her targets for long periods of time unnoticed, and quickly disappear from sight even in broad daylight.

Equipment

 * Black Siren suit: Laurel wears a black leather suit while terrorizing her victims as Black Siren.

Behind the scenes

 * In DCAU, Black Siren is the alias of Donna Nance, a founding member of the Justice Guild of America, in an alternate Earth, from the TV series, Justice League. The character herself was actually based on the Golden Age Black Canary.
 * Like the DC comic version of Black Canary, Laurel possesses the meta-human ability of a super sonic scream, which she can deploy to shatter objects and incapacitate her opponent; however, unlike her Earth One counterpart, she is a villain, instead of a hero.
 * She is the only villain to work for 2 main antagoists from 2 different shows in the Arrowverse (Zoom and Prometheus).
 * She is the second Doppelgänger of an Arrow character that has appeared on The Flash. The first one was Floyd Lawton.
 * She is also the first doppelgänger to appear in Arrow.