Chapter One: Six Months Later

*** Author's Note: I greatly apologize for the huge delay of this sequel. There really is no excuse for it being so long, so I'm not going to try to make any excuses. I just hope that this story makes up for it, in some way. Thank you for stiking with me, after all this time. If you have any ideas for this story, let me know! Thank you for reading and I hope you guys enjoy!***

Sunlight streaked through the windows of Felicity's house. Sara was still in bed but Felicity had already risen to make herself some coffee. The night before had been a pretty rough one: a drug bust was much more difficult than they intended and Sara had to fend off ten guys by herself. She got shot in the shoulder and received more than a few bruises. Roy and Laurel showed up just in time to help drag the injured Sara back to the newly renovated Arrow Cave.

"Wakey, wakey, little bird." Felicity whispered. She had crawled back into bed with Sara and was rubbing circles on Sara's toned stomach.

"Mhhmm five more minutes." Sara grumbled, throwing a pillow over her eyes.

"No. You promised to come with me to the board meeting today and then go out to lunch." Felicity argued quietly. She took the pillow off her girlfriend's eyes and kissed her nose.

"That I did." Sara replied in a sleepy voice.

"Then get up, come one. Rise and shine little bird, you need to take a shower and get dressed." Felicity ordered, sealing her words by kissing Sara's lips.

Many things can be said about Felicity Smoak. That she's intelligent, stubborn to a fault, scary when she does get angry. One thing you can't say is that she gives up easy. Ever since Slade's attack, Queen Consolidated had been going more and more downhill. But Felicicty, unlike many who worked there, never gave up on the company. Not only because it was the only thing Oliver had that bonded him to his parents, but also because it was important to Felicity, too. Its where she spent so much time and the job gave her a fresh start after college and it jumpstarted her career working with vigilantes. Not where she'd thought her life would go, though Felicity wouldn't want it any other way.

During the last six months she has developed a couple different softwares and designed a few different technologies for the Applied Sciences that Queen Consolidated used to get themselves back on top. Because of her brilliance she was promoted to the Chief Technology Officer of Queen Consolidated and many believed she would soon become CEO. It wasn't easy but it was worth it. Oliver was CEO, however his heart wasn't into it as much as he should and he was a much better crimefighter than he was boss. He relied upon Felicity as well as Walter Steele for guidance.

The board meeting was boring for the most part. Sara stood outside the glass doors, watching her girlfriend take command of the room. She babbled and make awkward sexual innuedos but there was a passion in her eyes and her heart was into this company. That much was undeniable. Sara smiled to herself like an idiot. Out of all the people Felicity could have chosen to be with, Felicity chose Sara. That was worth more to Sara than she could ever express.

The Foundry had been redone in line of Slade's attack. Thanks to Felicity's new job, Team Arrow once again had the funds to do what they do with the help of the best technology and equipment availiable. Felicity and Sara arrived at their home away from home, hand in hand, to see that Oliver and Roy were already sparring each other. Diggle wasn't in the Foundry- he was probably out with Lyla, since their baby was almost ready to be born. Laurel was most likely attending to some DA business. She had been recently promoted and the job kept her busy, though she still made time for training.

"Afternoon, boys." Felicity greeted, plopping her purse down on the table. She sat down in her chair and began looking through the alerts on the computer. Mostly things were quiet and there wasn't much to report. The Arrow and all his friends were scaring off most of the crimanals it seemed.

"Hey Felicty, hey Sara" Roy greeted back in between strikes to Oliver; all of which Oliver blocked of course. In one swift motion, Oliver sweeped Roy's legs out from under him with his foot and then put the kid in a chokehold.

"Didn't I tell you to not get distracted when fighting an oppenet?" Oliver said half playful, half serious. He let Roy go and Roy tilted his head to one side in agreement to what his mentor said.

"Oh, lay off the kid, Ollie. He's come a long way in the time you've been training him." Sara called to him. She put her arms abov her head to stretch, much to the protest of her shoulder. She grimaced but kept stretching.

"Thanks, Sara. You're a real one." Roy said, walking over to where his hoodie was and slipping it over his head. "How are you feeling? You took some pretty gnarly hits last night."

"Not bad. I've had worse. Besides, we got those guys in the end, so its all worth it." Sara replied. She leaned up against one of the tables and debated whetehr or not she should work out a little or rest heer shoulder. A shooting pain in her shoulder when she tried to stretch it again gave her the answer.

"Speaking of those guys last night, I have a feeling they are angry we interfered last night. Felicity, do you have any idea of who they were or where they might strike next?" Oliver asked. He too had put a shirt back on and he strode over to Felicity's workspace.

After a few swift keystrokes, she pulled up the files of the men at the drug bust last night as well as some news articles. "They're a part of a group that doesn't seem to have any official name. But they do have a leader that they call 'The Warlord'. No one has seen The Warlord in person. This group is dealing a frug of their own concoction that they call Kingdom Come. Which we stopped a distribution of last night." Felicity explained.

"If these guys are dealing a new drug, how come we haven't heard about them before?" Sara questioned.

"They sprung up maybe a few months ago and have doing most of their activity behind the scenes. These guys have only recently decied to come out into the light." Felicity responded. She tried looking up some more files on the group but she only came up with some more police reports that told her what she already knew.

"We should talk with the men arrested last night. Maybe they can help us answer some of our questions about this Warord." Oliver commanded.

"That would be an excellent plan. Except all the men arrested last night committed suicide." Felicity answered, not looking up from her computer.

Sara's mouth fell open a bit, Oliver clenched his jaw, and Roy swallowed dryly. "I'm going to go talk to Sin. She might know something." Sara said. She was already walking towards the stairs.

"I'll go talk to Lance." Olive declared.

"I'm going to stay here. I'll analyze the drug sample you gave to me last night. From there I might be able to figure out where they made this stuff and that means finding a base of operations. And I'll call Laurel and John and bring them up to speed" Felicity stated.

"What should I do?" Roy asked.

"Do you still have contacts in the Glades?" Oliver wondered. Roy nodded. "Then talk to them. Let's all report back here with what we have."

"So, how is my favorite bisexual?" Sin asked happily as Sara climbed up the stairs of the Clocktower. Even though it was partially destroyed by Slade six months ago, Sin still liked to use it as a hideout.

"How many bisexuals do you know?" Sara inquiered.

Sin counted on her fingers for a moment. "Three. Well four, one just doesn't want to admit it."

"Look, Sin, I came by because I have something kind of serious I want to ask you about." Sara took a seat on a cinderblock that was next to where Sin was perched.

"Okay, shoot."

"There's a new gang out on the streets. They're dealing a drug called Kingdom Come and are led by a guy called 'The Warlord'. I was wondering if you knew anything about it." Sara explained.

Sin nodded and stood up. She paced across the floor a few times. "I don't know anything. Not really. Its all just gossip and rumors. But I hear people talking. They say that The Warlord wants to take over the city. He's already got weapons and manpower, not to mention drugs and all that crap. Some say he's even got some cops and judges in his pocket. But its all a bunch of rumours… I doubt its true."

"Sin. It is true. Last night I stopped a large drug deal by some of The Warlord's men. All ten of the men arrested committed suicide to avoid interrogation. Whatever is happening, whatever they are planning, they are compeltly loyal to it." Sara replied.

"Holy crap." Sin breathed. Fear rushed her body. "What are and your friends going to do?"

"What we always do. We're going to stop him."

"How? You don't even know who The Warlord is." Sin asked.

"No, we don't. But we're going to have you as our eyes and ears in the Glades. Here, take this." Sara answered. She handed Sin a comm device she took from the Foundry. "It will patch you to our lair. Whenever you find something out, just press that green button there and it will patch you through. Most likely Felicity or I will answer it, but you might also get to talk to one of our other friends."

"You and your friends are trusting me to help you guys?" Sin was amazed. "Dude this is so cool! Do I get a nickname like you and the Arrow?" Sin reminded Sara of an excited little puppy.

"Not yet" Sara smirked, "But maybe someday."

"Sara, I think I misplaced that communication device I had been working on. You wouldn't happen to know where it went, would you?" Felicity asked in a tone that indicated to Sara that she knew exactly where the device was.

No one else was in the Foundry except for the two women and Sara was grateful. If Oliver found out that Sara gave Sin that comm device, he would be furious. Sara sighed and told her girlfriend the truth. "Yes, I gave it to Sin. But I'm assuming you already knew that."

"You may be able to keep secrets, just not from me. I can tell when you sneak something. You glance at me like a two year old who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar." Felicity said, turning her chair to face her girlfriend.

"I do not! I-" Sara tried arguing but Felicity interrupted her.

"I'm not mad, babe. I'm not. If you trust Sin, that's good enough for me. But, it might not be good enough for Oliver. I'm not gonna tell him because that's your responsibility. Just, next time you see Sin, give her this." Felicity explained. The woman held out a key. Sara recongnized it as a key to their apartment. "If we're going to have her as an informant, we should at least give her a place to stay. Wait. You haven't told her about Oliver being the Arrow? Have you?"

"No, babe, Sin doesn't know." Sara chuckled softly. "I'll tell Ollie soon, I promise. But for now I want to enjoy having the Foundry to myself with my beautiful girlfriend." Sara said the last sentence so seductively that it made Felicity's face immdietly go red.

"That's be nice" Felicity said into Sara's heated kiss.

*** Author's Note: So what did you guys think? Like I said before, there is no excuse for making you guys wait so long and I am so sorry about that. But I thank you for being patient. I'll try to update as quickly as possible. If you have any ideas/suggestions, please let me know! Thank you for reading! ***