So, I found a little time to get some writing in, here's the next chapter. Don't expect anymore updates until after Christmas.
For Team Ra's (That's what I'm calling Olive and his new team(, the suits are as follows: Slade and Nyssa's are unchanged, Helena has hers from the show with darker shades of purple, Oliver has his League outfit from the show and Roy has a smaller version of that with some red highlights.
League hideout
Night
"Ollie, let me help. You know I can." Thea pleaded with her brother after everyone else had left.
"I know Speedy, but I need you to go back to the others," Oliver held up a hand as she opened her mouth to protest, "it's only a matter of time until Felicity figures out someone is piggybacking off her system. When that happens, I need someone on the inside to give me the Intel."
"So you don't trust them either." Thea noted and Oliver was silent.
"To a degree, I trust Laurel," Oliver said after a moment, "She's inherited her father's self righteousness and ego, as well as his narrow view of the world. But with all that said, I know if I reached out to her for help, she would give it, no strings attached and wouldn't let this interfere with whatever I needed from her. I can't say the same thing about Felicity and John. It's them I don't trust and I want you to keep an eye on them in a way I can't."
Thea didn't like it, but she saw the logic in what he was saying. It also summed up her feelings for the others as well. Laurel had once been like an older sister to her and she knew that the older woman still cared about her and wished she could've done something more to help Oliver. Diggle and Felicity had been nothing to her and from what Roy had told her, had proven themselves to be unloyal more than once.
"Alright, I'll do it." Thea finally agreed.
Arrow lair
Later
"My dad said the two officers he stationed to guard Madison were hit with something that shocked them with five thousand volts of electricity and then slit their throats for good measure." Laurel told Diggle and Felicity.
"Anything on Madison?" Diggle inquired to Felicity, who shook her head.
"No, nothing. Machin is good, I'll give him that." Felicity grumbled as Thea walked down the steps.
"But we already knew that, didn't we?" Thea asked sarcastically and they all whirled around to face her.
"Were have you been?" Diggle demanded hotly and Thea raised an eyebrow.
"I was out. Sorry I didn't check in dad." Thea said sarcastically.
"I went to the loft, found this," Laurel pulled out the paper and Thea tensed, "Thea, please tell me this is not what I think it is."
"Depends on what you think it is." Thea muttered and Laurel glared.
"Thea, is this a suicide note?! Is it?!" Laurel snarled and Thea shrugged.
"Technically, it's a 'just in case note.'" Thea said.
"How did you even find Ra's?" Diggle demanded.
"Lyla has contacts in Argus." Thea said simply and Diggle stared, stunned at his wife's role in this.
"Thea, why would you do something so stupid?!" Laurel demanded and Thea scoffed.
"Oh that's rich, coming from the woman who convinced me to sell Malcolm to Ra's." Thea snapped and Laurel flushed, realizing Thea was right, "I did exactly the same as you: I tried to avenge the death of my sibling."
"And since you're her, I',m assuming it worked?" Felicity said cautiously and Thea sighed.
"I found Ra's, he beat me. I begged him to kill me, to reunite me with my family. He told me I wasn't even worth killing. And he was right. One day, I am going to kill that bastard or he is going to kill me. But that day is not today," Thea said and the others stared at her, horrified by the younger woman's seeming disregard for her own life, "And let me be clear: Nothing you do is going to stop me. And the only reason I'm still here is because unlike you three, I am going to honor my brother's memory by continuing his crusade. And yes, it is his crusade. You may be continuing it, doesn't make it yours."
Before any of them could formulate a response, Laurel's phone rang. Digging it out, she saw it was her father and answered it.
"Daddy?" Laurel said, putting it on speaker.
"Heavy Heavy Club, 4th and Pierce." Quentin told them.
"What about it?" Laurel asked.
"It's where Lonnie Machin is holding Jessica Danforth's daughter." Quentin told them.
League hideout
Same time
"That's was Thea," Oliver said as he read the text, "Machin has Madison at Heavy Heavy Club at 4th and Pierce."
"So what's the plan?" Helena asked.
"Roy and I will deal with Machin. The rest of you...give my old team a good show." Oliver ordered and Slade and Helena smirked.
"I thought you'd never ask kid." Slade chuckled.
Star City
Later
Spartan, Black Canary, and Speedy were ridding there motorcycles towards Machin's location when they suddenly stopped as they saw three people standing in the way. The three of them got off their vehicles and faced the three people blocking them. Slade, in his Deathstroke suit, gripped his sword tightly. Next to him, Helena, in a darker version of her Huntress suit, smirked. Nyssa stood impassively, staring blankly at her former allies and friend, in Laurel's case.
"Nyssa, get out of the way." Black Canary told her friend.
"I'm sorry Laurel, I cannot do that." Nyssa said dispassionately.
"There's a girl being held captive by a maniac, we need to help her." Spartan said as he took out his pistols.
"We know. The boss is working o it." Slade said and Spartan scoffed.
"Like you or Ra's al Ghul care about innocent people." He said scornfully.
"Think what you will, but you will not get passed us." Nyssa said firmly.
"Then I guess we're doing things the hard way." Speedy said as she notched an arrow.
"It looks that way, doesn't it?" Helena said as she raised her cross bow.
In a warehouse a few miles away, Machin was talking out some tools as Madison whimpered fearfully, terror coursing through her. Then an arrow flew out, hit the open door of a cabinet Machin was pulling things out of. Machin turned around to see Oliver and Roy jumped down, the pair pulling out their swords and cutting Madison's binds. At Oliver's nod, Roy grabbed the girl and raced away to get her to safety.
"I was in the middle of something." Machin said annoyed.
"And now you're in the middle of something else." Oliver said as he aimed his bow at Machin.
Machin sneered as he turned on the blow torch in his hand. Oliver backed away from the flame as it was turned off and Machin was gone.
A few miles away, the fight was not going in Team Arrow's favor. Slade slammed Spartan down and kicked his gun away, leaving him helpless as Slade put a sword to his neck.
"Don't forget who taught the kid how to fight. And you don't hold a candle to him." Slade said before pulling his sword back, knocked Diggle's helmet off and slugged him, knocking him out.
"Nyssa, please, don't do this!" Laurel pleaded as she and Nyssa fought.
"I am sorry my friend," Nyssa grabbed her arm and disarmed her, throwing Laurel on the ground, "but we are now on opposite sides once more."
Laurel attempted to sweep Nyssa's feet out from under her but Nyssa, anticipating this, jumped up to avoid this. She jumped on top of Laurel, quickly restraining er.
"I am sorry my freed." Nyssa repeated before punching her, hard enough to knock Laurel out.
Thea and Helena, who had both been playing the part of two people fighting up to know, saw this and Thea nodded to Helena. Helena surged his fist forward and landed one of Thea. Thea fell back, appearing to be unconscious so Felicity wouldn't see anything off from the traffic cams.
At the warehouse, Oliver was walking around, his bow drawn as he looked around for Machin. Feeling someone behind him, Oliver whirled around, kneeing Machin in the stomach. Machin stumbled back, barely managing to dodge as Oliver fired an arrow at him. Machin brought up his Kamas and the two fought, Kamas against bow. Oliver managed to get a kick in, sending Machin stumbling back. Oliver pilled out his sword and stalked over. Whirling with his bow, he used it to knock the Kamas out of Machin's hand. With Machin ow defenseless, Oliver whirled around with his sword and stabbed Machin through the chest. Pulling the blood stained weapon out of Machin's chest, Oliver stepped back as Machin fell to his knees. Machin looked up at him, flashing a sadistic smile with blood stained teeth before falling to the floor as his blood began to pour out of him.
Star City Police Department
Later
"Maison described the people who saved her as two people dressed in black with bows and swords," Quentin said as he walked up to Laurel, "something you want to tell me?"
"The League of Assassins is back." Laurel admitted and Quentin sighed.
"Great, just great. And what do they want?" Quentin demanded.
"I wish I knew." Laurel told him.
League hideout
Same time
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Thea asked as she walked in to see Roy, nursing a scotch.
"Been better. You pack quiet a punch." Roy noted and Thea winced.
"Sorry." Thea said but Roy waved her off.
"Eh, I had it coming." Roy shrugged.
"So where is everyone?" Thea asked as she sat down next to him.
"Nyssa's in the shower, Oliver's on the phone, not sure where Slade and Helena are." Roy said and Thea noted, a thoughtful look in her eyes.
"Can I ask you something?" Thea said suddenly and Roy looked at her curiously. "How can you...trust Slade after what he did?"
"Because I get it," Roy said and she looked at him confused, "you don't understand what Mirakuru does to you. How it twists your mind, turns everything good about you until you become someone you don't even recognize anymore. Takes your most precious relationships and perverts them. The Slade that killed your mom, that's not the man Oliver knew, just like it wasn't me who killed that police officer or you who killed Sara. We understand it, but it doesn't change anything. We still have to live with what we did."
Thea looked away from him, a thoughtful look on her face. That was how Oliver found them when he walked in.
"Thea, I'm glad you're here," Oliver said, causing his sister to look up, "Roy, could you give us the room for a minute?"
"Sure, I'm gonna go see if the shower's free." Roy stood up and walked off.
"What is it Ollie?" Thea asked as Oliver took Roy's seat.
"I have a confession to make," Oliver said and Thea raised an eyebrow, "when R's offered to use the Lazarus Pit to bring you back to life, Malcolm warned me there would be consequences. That you'd be...changed."
"So, my aggression out in the field..." Thea realized what he was saying.
"Is a side effect of the pit. Nyssa said that because you used the pit, you will be drawn to kill the one who killed you." Oliver said and Thea looked at him sharply.
"But Ra's is dead!" Thea exclaimed and Oliver nodded grimly.
"Yes, he is. But I think I've found another way," Oliver said and Thea waited for him to continue, "an old friend of mine, Tatsu Yamishiro, told me of a secret order who guards an elixir that should counter act the side effects of the pit. Tell Laurel, John, and Felicity whatever story you want, we're going on a trip."
