After catching their bad guy Laurel and Felicity caught a ride to Central City on the train to S.T.A.R. Labs where they would be staying while fulfilling their small little mission. "So you two never told me why you are even in Central city," Barry stated as he had showed the woman to their bunkers "because, no offense, you guys hardly come to Central City and the only reason you do is to visit, but Starling City has been keeping you guys to busy for that so what made you go MIA for two days?"
Barry also the speedster spoke fast and got to the point the only reason he had met with the bird and her tech Queen was because he was in on a fake mission in Starling city. In which Laurel didn't like the fact that he was lying and she looked him up while he was in town and past all the formalities and became buddies. "Laurel?" Felicity asked as she was usually to keep their business to themselves but this is Barry's city "Karen Starr," Laurel only gave the name before continuing "we decided we should expand the team a bit more we wanted to see if she would come back to Starling city and help around that way I have some back-up out on the field."
"Nah I don't mind," Barry stated as he knew the Black Canary couldn't do it all by herself even Barry being a meta himself still couldn't do it all himself "we all need help especially out in the field that way we can have someone watching our backs."
"That is what I have told her and she finally considered someone after the seven people I showed her," Felicity stated "it took an alien to catch her interest."
"Seven?" Barry understood Laurel was a hard person to impress hell it had taken him awhile to impress her but that was a number and an alien at that? "Well eight is a lucky number yeah?"
"So do we know where she will be at tomorrow?" Laurel asked Felicity as they walked into the headquarters of Barry's domain "Right here!" Cisco piped up as Felicity had asked him to track down this Karen Starr that would hopefully join Team Canary "She lives off of Main st and Ohio Garden, apparently she is off from her day job tomorrow, and if you can't find her there I found her usual route she usually takes for her nightly escapes."
"How did you find that?" Laurel asked with a brow raised at him "If Barry isn't chasing the usual bad guy she is but she hasn't really given herself a name or put herself out there really."
Laurel nodded as she had tossed her duffle bag to the floor "Well if you don't mind Barry I am going to look for her tonight and see if I find her if not I will pay her a visit in the morning."
"Mind running patrol while you are out? If you need anything," Barry handed her a small circular ear piece that was small to the naked eye unless you got way up in the person's personal space who was wearing it. "Of course," Laurel grabbed the black duffle bag and headed for the restroom to change into her outfit for the night "Felicity be on coms!" Felicity squealed as Barry grinned and had changed into his suit and headed out as he decided he would take opposite side of the town that Canary was taking.
Laurel had been out most of the night and it was getting pretty late well not as late as Laurel usually stays out but she had gotten a few interesting turn of events. Felicity was keeping her busy along with Cisco and there was a couple times through the night that Barry popped up and helped or she would meet him half way somewhere and help. It turned out they might have not left anything to the Karen Starr that she was trying to bait out of her hiding spot so she stayed on look out from a rooftop up on Main st. "Has anyone spotted her on cams?" Laurel asked over coms "Quiet night I don't think our girl is going… wait a second," Cisco jumped as he spotted a blind going through camera's "north of Main st she's headed right for you." Laurel looked to her north as she seen a figure flying over the building which the weird wasn't knew but the flying was how was she suppose to get her attention. Then it clicked.
"Laurel don't you…" Felicity started but it was too late the Black Canary had already thrown herself off the 24 story building and it caught the girl's attention and she zoomed catching Laurel with swift "You dumbass! You are so getting it when you get back!" Felicity stated over coms and Laurel turned it off as Karen Starr brought them back onto the building "Karen Starr," Laurel stated as the girl looked well scared for a moment "don't worry I don't mean you harm I just have a few questions." The blue eyed woman's mask was off so Laurel saw it fair that she took of her own "Laurel Lance also known as…"
"Black Canary of Starling city," Karen finished for her "what are you doing in Central city?"
"I'm here for you," Laurel looked over the woman as she obviously needed a suit upgrade "I'm sure you also know I mostly work by myself in Starling city and it's actually well becoming a lot and I was hoping to recruit you…"
"You want help, my help in your city? Why me? I mean there's the Flash?"
"1) This is Flash's city, 2) You are the closest thing that I will accept and I didn't even take half of the other ones that I had to choose from and it would be nice to have someone else on the team as well, so what do you say?"
"I'm up for it," to say that karen was excited was an understatement, the Black Canary, her idol had asked her to join her crusade "so when do we.." Karen was cut off by Laurel's beeper and the Canary turned on her ear piece "Overwatch?"
"We have a murder back in Starling city and a new vigilante…"
"Send me an address."
"You are going back to Starling? What about Karen?"
"She's with me," Laurel looked over the younger hero "tell Cisco to start making another suit I will send her over when she leaves me at Starling I expect the both of you back with my things tomorrow."
"Copy, see you tomorrow Canary." Overwatch of course would still stay on coms but there was no real reason Laurel would need her unless for backup "You up for Starling?" Karen nodded and it wasn't long, they made it in a record time with Karen's timing to the exact location and Karen went back to Central city to get a kevlar suit. As she had gotten there she scoped out the area "To the left," Overwatch came over coms "and then take a right this hood guy shouldn't be too far from you." Black Canary went towards the directions as she jumped from rooftop to rooftop before her feet hit the pavement of a building across from a party going on in another. Laurel heard wizzing and as she turned she caught sight of an arrow and caught it although it managed to nick her skin "So I was going to give you a chance to explain yourself but you just nicked my fucking face,"Laurel threw the arrow on the ground and now both bodies were running as they met in a heated dance trading blow after blow except the hood guy had begun to slow down "getting tired?" The Black Canary instigated as she swept the hood's feet from underneath him "You must be holding back, huh?" She asked as he got up "What are you doing in my city murdering people? Did you not know who was protecting this city?"
The hood got up on his feet as the masked female interrogated him and of course he knew because she was either being spoken of her mother or Thea or by people on the streets all she heard of was about the masked woman. "Of course I heard about you," he spit blood onto the pavement "but I also have a mission, a mission to rid the parasitic people of Starling city, and I have a whole list of people."
"Did you know the man you killed had a child on the way? No, of course not you didn't bother to ask did you? If you happened to ask you would know or if you managed to do this another way without killing a man with an unborn child on the way then I would have not minded you in my city. I do mind. You are murdering in my city and I don't appreciate it all really so if I have to keep you on a short leash I will or throw you in jail which I can make that happen as well."
"Over my dead body." Although before he could make another move screaming came from beside them and both dashed and jumped off the high building to make it onto the other. There was one thing they could agree on, is saving people, even though they weren't currently seeing eye to eye at the moment. Once everything had cleared the Hood had disappeared and Black Canary seemed to have either a friend or foe in her town the good thing was she had stuck a tracker on his outfit.
"Trackers gone," Felicity stated which just pissed off Laurel and as she returned to headquarters she had thrown her throwing knife at the mannequins head that was right beside Felicity making the blonde squeal "so no question about it you are pissed huh?"
"Of course," she put up her smaller accessories that was strapped to her leg "did you manage to get anything?"
"From the conversation? He's got a black list other than that no but I put together the corrupt politicians list and we can see who can be his next target." Laurel knew it wasn't much yet it was a start "Our newest recruit?"
"Getting packed and a suit from Cisco so she should be here tomorrow afternoon at the latest and with a identity change at that as well." Felicity looked at Laurel's confused face "Karen figured since she would be running around with the most notorious vigilante that she should make a name change for her family's safety as she knew the cons of this job as well."
"Makes sense," Laurel was a bit offended then again it was the girl thinking about the safety of her family even though it would mean losing the last name she shared with them "what about last name?"
"Smoak," Felicity stated "she would need an alibi or something to start her off or give her a reason for coming so we made up a story."
"Which is?"
"Adoptive sister from out of town that decided to come and work in the city as she had gotten tired of being out in the country?"
"Self explanatory so she really thought this out, huh?"
"Yup," Felicity popped the P in yup as they began to pack up for the night and head home "also we are meeting up for lunch tomorrow so try not to be later."
