Russia
Night
After getting a hit on Oliver, Diggle, Felicity, and a team of Argus operativess moved out. They tracked him to what seemed like a criminal underworld meeting place. They moved out, looking around until they finally saw him. Oliver had his back to them, appearing deep in conversation with Roy. They pair were surrounded by Helena, Cisco, Sin, and a man in a trench coat neither Diggle nor Felicity recognized.
"Oliver!" Diggle called out and Oliver looked over at him, appearing neither surprised nor interested that they were there. "Put your hands up, you're under arrested."
"Under arrest?" Oliver repeated. "That's funny John, I don't feel under arrest. How about you Roy?"
"No, not really. Not even a little bit," Roy said, not moving from where he sat on the hood of a car.
"Give it a minute, it'll sink in," Diggle sneered.
"We didn't kill those operatives Dig, that was a man called Drakon," Roy told him.
"Like I'd believe anything that comes out of your mouth. You're so brainwashed you'll believe anything he says," Diggle sneered as he glared at Oliver.
"There's no reasoning with him Roy. He's blinded by his rage and petty vengeance," Oliver said calmly and Diggle sneered.
"That's funny, coming from the man who kidnapped my wife and left our daughter unsupervised," Diggle sneered and Oliver shook his head.
"The fact you still haven't figured out why me doing that was a necessary evil says far more about you than it does about me. I was wrong about you John. We were all wrong about you," Oliver said gesturing to the others.
"You can blame Oliver all you want, he's not the one who made us fugitives," Cisco snapped and a look of remorse briefly crossed Diggle's face before it vanished.
"You made your choice when you signed on with him," Diggle said, gesturing to Oliver. "Now, put your hands up."
"Your first mistake was coming after us. Your second…is thinking you're back in Starling City. In case you haven't noticed, this is Russia John," Oliver told him.
Diggle snarled and took a step forward. Immediately, all the seemingly innocent people standing by took out a gun and aimed it at Diggle, Felicity, and the operatives. Diggle paused, assessing the situation and quickly realized Oliver had played him in order to get them all here. He couldn't make a move without starting a fire fight and a lot of people would get hurt if that happened. Diggle glowered at Oliver, who simply stared back at him calmly.
"This isn't over Oliver," Diggle promised before storming off, taking Felicity and the operatives with him.
"I know," Oliver said sadly but Diggle had already walked out of hearing range by this point.
Diggle, Felicity, and The operatives got in the cars and left. None of them had seen the blur of movement as they neared the cars.
"The tracer's in place," Barry said as he sped in front of the others.
Cisco pulled out a phone and pushed a button. A map of the city came on the screen with a green dot.
"Got 'em. Can I get a booyah?" Cisco quipped and Helena smirked.
"I like you kid," Helena told him.
Abandoned building
Later
"It's impossible Ollie," Barry told Oliver after Roy had taken another test run around the track. "Only way we're getting this done is if we have invisible cars."
"Exactly. And what cars are invisible at a police station?" Oliver asked and it only took Barry a moment to get it.
"Police cruisers," Barry said and Olivier nodded.
"Exactly. Roy, Helena, Barry, we're taking a drive," Olivier said as he began to walk out.
An hour later, Barry sped inside a police station and turned off the alarms before letting the other three in through the front door.
"Never thought I'd be doing this," Barry admitted as they walked inside.
"Yeah, you're really moving up in the criminal underworld pal," Roy said jokingly as he pat Barry on the shoulder.
"Enough, let's get in and get out of here," Oliver ordered. "Barry, make sure they can't find out it was us. Don't want Drakon to find out what we're planning, do we?"
Russia, next day
Afternoon
Thea was at the market, picking some things up for dinner when someone grabbed her from behind and pulled her behind a corner.
"Do not move," Anatoli whispered in her ear. "You are being followed."
She did not understand what he meant until three men burst in, shouting in Russian.
"Drakon's men. His information network let him know you were here. We must go, now," Anatoli told her as he let her go. "If you want to get out alive, you must come with me, now."
Thea hesitated, but only for a moment. Maybe it was the look in his eyes, maybe it was the pregnancy hormones clouding her judgement, but in this moment, she trusted him. So she nodded, following him as he led her out of the market, the pair invisible to Drakon's men.
Abandoned building
Later in the afternoon
Everyone looked up as Thea walked back in. However, it was the man accompanying her that had Oliver and Roy's attention.
"What the hell is he doing here Thea?" Roy demanded as Oliver walked up to them.
"Drakon's men, they followed me to the market. Anatoli, he got me out of there. He saved my life," Thea said and there was silence in the building.
"You hungry Anatoli?" Oliver asked randomly.
"Yes," Anatoli said and Olivier nodded.
"Good. Cisco was just about to make dinner. Stay, we have somethings we need to talk about," Olivier said and Anatoli nodded.
"So we do," Anatoli said and everyone exchanged uneasy glances, the tension between the two men obvious to everyone in the room.
I know, still not a very long chapter, but the next one will make up for it, as the next few chapters will be full of action.