The next few days went by rather quickly for Oliver and William. Both of them had lots of work to do with William starting all his high school class and Oliver working extremely hard to support the city council with the elections starting in the next few months.

Nyssa's week was a completely different. She had been stuck in Star City during the entire week, trying to figure out how to fix her sword. Elena had been doing some extra digging in Finiks Jurf to try and help Nyssa but she still hadn't found anything. Dakota had also been trying to help, but after he wasn't able to find anything at his base in Isfara, he called Nyssa and told her he would fly out to try and help directly.

Since she had so much free time in Star City, Nyssa had been spending most of her time down in the bunker with Katara. Lenora and Jacob were both finishing their packing so they could move into their new apartment in the city, so they were taking a few days off from the field.

While Katara would work away on random computer things that were way beyond Nyssa's understanding, she would just be working on some things for upcoming extractions for the teams back in Finiks Jurf or go out on the field with the rest of the team. With Elena's help, Nyssa had been able to keep this whole thing on the down low so some uprising didn't take place.

The warm, Thursday morning sun broke through the windows of the master bedroom, but Nyssa didn't give a single care in the world, so she just flipped to the other side so her back was to the window. When she had flipped over, she saw Oliver awake and sitting up while reading a book.

"Morning beautiful" Oliver smiled as he looked down at his wife

"Morning" Nyssa smiled back "Did you wake up earlier so you could finish that book?"

"Yeah, we still have around fifteen minutes until I need to wake William up" Oliver replied "Are you going to stay there for a bit longer?"

"I'm comfortable so I'm not going anywhere"

"Oh really?" Oliver smirked

While Nyssa was still lying on her side, Oliver wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer. Soon, Nyssa was snuggled up on Oliver's side.

"Okay, now I'm comfortable and I'm not moving" Nyssa corrected with a small laugh

"Good, because I'm not moving either"

Oliver still had his alarm set so both of them started falling back asleep. Nyssa was only half awake when she was woken by her phone vibrating on her bedside table.

"I'm going to kill whoever's calling this early in the morning" Nyssa groaned as she got up and reached for the phone. She looked at the caller ID, then picked up

"Dakota, you better have a good reason for calling at six in the morning" Nyssa groaned

"Is asking you to unlock the balcony doors a good reason to call?" Dakota asked

"Uh, why?"

"Because I'm on the roof and I need some way to get inside"

"And why are you on my roof?"

"Because I just got into the city from Isfara and I have some good news for you"

"Okay, one sec"

Nyssa hung up the phone, grabbed her sweater, then walked over to the balcony and unlocked one of the doors. As soon as she stepped outside and looked up, Dakota, who was dressed in his armor, jumped down from the roof and landed at Nyssa's side.

"Hey Sis! Long time no see!" Dakota said as pulled his sister into a hug

"Nice to see you to" Nyssa smiled as she pulled away "So what are you doing here exactly?"

"Well since there wasn't anything I could do to help from Isfara, I came here since I found something that might help out with the whole predicament"

"Really? And what's that?"

"I'm assuming you've heard of the lost library of Alexandria?"

"Yes…?"

"Well, against archeologists best interests, my men and I accidentally stumbled across it last year and we've been going through some of the things in there. The place is so large that you wouldn't be able to see everything in there with almost two lifetimes, but recently, my men confirmed that there is a whole section on supernatural occurrences. There might be something down there that could help"

"No way, you found the library?!" Nyssa asked excitedly

"Yeah, and I think a trip down there may give you some answers"

"You'd take me there so last minute?"

"Sure, I just want to see you back to your normal self"

"Okay, but Oliver, William and I are all going up to Central City this weekend. I'd have to go with you next week"

"Nonsense!" Oliver spoke up as he walked over to the twins "Nyssa, if there's an opportunity to fix this who thing, you should go"

"But what about you and William? I can't just leave you guys for the rest of the week" Nyssa stated

"Don't worry. Before we were dating, William and I were alright. We can go back to that for a day or two" Oliver reminded

"You're sure you want me gone for that long? Possibly missing the Central City trip?"

"If there could be an answer down there, then you should find it. I'll explain the whole thing to William if any questions come up"

"Wait a minute, did you guys even tell William what's going on?" Dakota asked with an eyebrow raised and a small smirk

"We didn't tell him because we don't want to raise an unnecessary panic" Oliver started "At least until we had a definite answer on what was going on"

"That's pretty slick Oliver" Dakota chuckled "So what's William going to say when he sees his uncle in the house, looking like he's about to go out and kill someone?"

"Oh shoot! I've got to go get William up!" Oliver realized as he scurried out of his bedroom and towards William's room

"So the library of Alexandria" Nyssa chuckled "How exactly do you just stumble across something like that because some archeologists are going to be pissed off if they find out that some assassins from Isfara found an ancient library before them"

"I don't know to be honest. We were just walking around near the remains of some old pyramids since that was a safe route to a small village and one of my men got curious and stumbled down a hole of some sort. I sent a few of my other men after him, but they didn't come back up so I went down. When I got down there, I saw what my men were all looking at, which was a ten story, underground, lost library that we were standing right in the middle of"

"And I take it you've been doing your best to protect it from a bunch of dumbasses looking for a thrill?"

"Yeah, in fact, we're building a large, but subtle, fortress around it. Eventually, we're going to move a fourth of our assassins down there"

"Wow, you guys are going hardcore" Nyssa chuckled "Can Elena and I get access?"

"I don't see why not, just don't rat us out to the archeologists in Egypt" Dakota laughed

"Don't worry, my relationship with the government officials in Egypt isn't fantastic so I doubt I could walk in there and just announce that some assassins found an international treasure"

"Thank god William started setting his alarm. He was already in the shower" Oliver said with a sigh of relief as he walked back into the bedroom "So, are you going to Alexandria?"

"I think I am" Nyssa smiled, then turned to Dakota "When can we leave?"

"We can leave within the next hour or so, if that's alright with you" Dakota replied

"Perfect, we can leave at the same time as Oliver and William" Nyssa smiled

"Where should I wait until you two are ready to go?" Dakota pitched in

"The living room is just fine. Don't be surprised if William wanders in and says hello" Nyssa replied

"And what if he asks why I'm here and dressed in this?"

"Just tell him that you're here to help me figure out a new training routine with the assassins back in Finiks Jurf or something"

"Okay then" Dakota said as he started walking out the door "Wait, do I get to stay for breakfast too?"

"Sure, but I think we're going to just end up eating toast or something" Nyssa called back as she walked into the closet to try and find her bag of armor.

Dakota shrugged his shoulders and walked into the living room. The two couches that were set up looked incredibly inviting so he took a seat on one of them. While he was waiting, he found a book set to the side that didn't have a marker in it, so he just started flipping through it. It was written in Greek, so Dakota assumed it was Nyssa's. Upon further inspection, he realized the book was a classic Greek fantasy, which was probably one that Elena recommended.

"Uncle Dakota? What are you doing here?" A teenage voice asked from behind

Dakota turned his head to the side and saw William walking into the room with his backpack thrown over his shoulder. His hair was still a bit wet from the shower, but it wasn't too noticeable.

"Hey William! I just came to see my sis. Is that alright with you?"

"Yeah, but why are you all dressed in your armor? Are you and her planning on going somewhere to stop some crooks?"

"Eventually, yes but I just got here so I still don't know all the details. I bet if you ask her, she'd be willing to tell you" Dakota replied

"Sure, I can tell him" Nyssa smiled as she walked into the room wearing her full set of armor "Your Uncle and I are going to by flying out later this morning to chase down a lead near Egypt. If what he found is true, then we get to beat up so crooks like you said"

"Egypt? That sounds fun!" William said excitedly "Wait, how long are you going to be gone and are you going to miss our trip to Central City?"

"I think we'll be gone today and part of tomorrow, so I'll be back before we leave for Central City"

"Okay then" William said as he set his backpack by the front door "So what's for breakfast?"

"Why don't we take a look because I don't have a clue" Nyssa laughed as she walked into the kitchen with William

Dakota followed the Queens into the kitchen and the three of them started cooking some toast. Oliver came in a little but later, all dressed up in his suit and a very expensive looking tie.

"Is there a special occasion at the office today?" Nyssa asked when she saw Oliver's get up

"Yeah, there's something going on with the ACU. I wasn't given any details but I figured that it must be important" Oliver replied "I see you guys went with toast"

"Yeah, apparently there's none of this type of bread in Isfara so Dakota insisted that we have toast" Nyssa laughed

"Hey, when you're away from this bread for almost a year at a time, you take it when you can get it" Dakota stated after swallowing a bite

While he was still enjoying the piece of toast, Dakota's phone started vibrating. He pulled it out of his pocket and red the message that was displayed on the screen

"I got news for you sis. The plane's ready to go" Dakota said as he got up from his seat "You ready?"

"Um, yeah. I'll meet you on the roof" Nyssa replied

Dakota gave a small smile to his twin, then walked out of the kitchen, but not without taking the piece of toast he was eating. Nyssa got up from her chair and turned to see Oliver and William doing the same.

"Promise you'll be back before we leave for Central City?" William asked

"I promise" Nyssa smiled as she pulled the boy into her arms and gave him a kiss on his forehead "I love you so much, my beautiful boy"

William smiled as he was released from Nyssa's arms. Nyssa turned around and saw Oliver waiting expectantly

"Well look at you all lined up" Nyssa chuckled as she wrapped her arms around Oliver's shoulders and behind his neck. "You're expecting something, aren't you?"

"Maaaybe?" Oliver smirked as he leaned down slightly and gave his beloved wife a kiss "Come home safely, alright?"

"Anything for you beloved" Nyssa smiled as she let go of Oliver's shoulders "See you Saturday"

"Call when you can!" Oliver called as Nyssa started walking towards the bedroom balcony

"Doubt there will be reception in the middle of the desert, but I'll call eventually" Nyssa laughed

As Nyssa disappeared from Oliver's sight, she grabbed the handle of her bow that was held on the side of her hip and extended the limbs. When the bow was fully functional, Nyssa drew a black and gold arrow from her quiver and stepped on the balcony.

"Glad to see you made it up" Dakota said when he saw his sister walking towards him "Ready to go to Alexandria?"

"Sure, let's get going. I'm actually really excited to see this place"

"Good, because I know you'll love it!"

Dakota and Nyssa both put on their hoods, then shot grappling arrows into the distance. With safe passage across the city, the twins quickly made their way to the air strip, where one of the order's planes was waiting.

When they finally arrived at the air strip, Nyssa was actually surprised to see the type of plane that was waiting for them; a Dassault Falcon 900. Surprisingly, it had the order's insignia on the side, right in the open.

"Did you guys mean to make that insignia that bold?" Nyssa asked as they approached the plane

"Yeah. I like it and no one has ever given us trouble for it so we've kept it on for the past few years" Dakota replied as he approached the pilot "One way to Alexandria"

The pilot nodded, then turned around and climbed in the cockpit, followed by the co-pilot. Nyssa and Dakota also followed inside the plane and found two seats that could prove to be comfortable for the twenty hour flight. Soon enough, the private plane was in the air and flying towards Dakota's secret project.

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It was around eight o'clock when Oliver had finally got home from the office. William was having a sleep over with Jasper and Tom that night so Oliver had some time to just relax.

When he walked through the front door, the first thing he did was pour a glass of scotch to a hard day's work. The fireplace was lit, so Oliver took a seat on the couch with his drink and watched the flames flicker in the dim room.

Despite the relaxing crackling and the sharp taste of the scotch, Oliver was still lonely. Sure, Nyssa and Dakota were in the middle of Alexandria trying to find an answer to the stunt and it was a good thing, but now Oliver was regretting not going with.

After spending another few minutes by the fire, Oliver went back into his office and finished up the workload for the evening so he could walk into the office with everything completed.

By the time he finished, it was around one in the morning. Since he had already done everything necessary, Oliver went to his room and took a quick shower, then went straight to bed. Like always, it felt bigger and lonelier without his beloved with him.

-(=+=)-

Oliver had only been asleep for around four hours when he heard his phone vibrating on his bedside table. He thought it was just part of his dream so he left it be, but around a minute later, it started vibrating again. This time, Oliver reached over, picked up the phone, and read what text that had just been sent.

"Just landed in Alexandria" Read a next that Nyssa had just sent

Oliver smiled when he read the text and quickly dialed his wife's number. He waited for a few moments before someone picked up.

"I thought you would be asleep. Did I wake you up?" Nyssa asked when she picked up

"You didn't bother me if that's what you're asking" Oliver chuckled "How was the flight?"

"Long, too long. Twenty hours and half of that was spent debating with Dakota on league politics"

"And the other half?"

"Writing in that book Nazaria gave me"

"That flight does sound long. Where are you going now?"

"I have no idea. It's two in the afternoon here and it's blazing out here. Of course, it doesn't help that Dakota and I are both wearing four layers of armor and we don't have any clothes to change into" Nyssa groaned "He mentioned something about camels and I'm not entirely sure where he's going with that"

"Camels? Like you're going to be riding out into the middle of nowhere on the back of a humped, desert mammal?"

"Humped desert mammal? Is that what you Americans are calling them these days?" Nyssa laughed "Speak of the devil, three assassins just came with five camels. Looks like we are riding them"

"You have to send a picture to William and I. He's at a sleepover with Tom and Jasper, but I think he will love it"

"I'll go ahead and do that" Nyssa smiled "I guess I'll call when I'm back in range"

"Fair deal. Love you, Nys"

"Love you too husband"

"Is everything alright with Oliver and the city?" Dakota asked as he approached his sister when she hung up the phone

"Yeah, just checking in and making sure everything's going alright" Nyssa replied "So are we going to be riding those to the library?"

"Yeah, do you know how to ride a horse?"

"Yeah, I actually have one back in Finiks Jurf"

"Perfect! This is just like riding a horse, but you don't have to steer or anything. One of my assassins will lead the way and from there, the others just follow. All you have to do is sit for the ride"

Dakota led Nyssa over to one of the camels. All of them had saddles on their backs that were decorated with navy blue and gold accents, which were considered league colors. The assassin that was handling the closest camel gave a gentle tug on the reins and the giant mammal lowered itself to it's knees so someone could climb on it's back.

"Just go ahead and make yourself comfortable. The camel will do the rest of the work" Dakota explained

"Okay, but can you do me a favor?"

"Depends"

"Once I'm up on the camel, can you take a picture, then hand my phone back? Oliver and William want proof that I'm doing something cool"

"Sure, I'm great with photos" Dakota laughed "Now get on the camel!"

Nyssa handed Dakota her phone, then climbed on the back of the camel. It felt strange at first, but once the camel was off of its knees and standing straight up, all the awkwardness seemed to fade away. Dakota stepped back a few feet, near the other camels, and flipped Nyssa's camera so he could take something like a selfie.

Dakota positioned himself so it looked like he was the main focus while Nyssa was more of a background while on top of the camel.

"Okay! On the count of three!" Dakota laughed as he gave a big smile to the camera

Dakota couldn't see it coming, but one of the camels that was being held to the side was coming closer to the shot. As soon as Dakota hit two, the camel's snout was in the shot and when he took the picture, the camel had its tongue running against the side of Dakota's face, giving him a sloppy kiss.

"Oh my god! That felt nasty!" Dakota groaned as he pushed the camel away "I hope that's a good photo because if that's not, then I don't know what is"

Nyssa took her phone from Dakota and looked at the picture. In the background, Nyssa was sitting on her camel and looked like she was dying of laughter while Dakota was in the front and looked a bit cross-eyed as a camel tongue dragged across the side of his face.

Nyssa was trying to hold back a laugh as she sent the picture to her two boys with the caption 'Just down here in Alexandria riding camels with Dakota. Hope this is what you meant by fun William'.

"Alright! Everything's all set and ready to go! Shall we head to the library?" Dakota asked as he rode a camel to Nyssa's side

"Yeah, let's get going before another camel gives you a nice, big lick" Nyssa laughed "Did you get that slime wiped off your face?"

"Thankfully, yes. Someone offered me some water and a piece of cloth or something. I have never been more excited to wash the side of my face before" Dakota said as they started riding into the sandy desert

"So how long of a ride is it until we get to the library?"

"Usually, it's taken us anywhere from four to seven hours. It really depends on the weather. Based on what we have now, I'm guessing around five and a half at best since it's going to be getting dark soon"

"Let the fun unfold! How hot is it out here?!"

"Uuhh, I think it's around ninety seven right now"

"Kill me now! I'm not a hot weather person!" Nyssa groaned "I grew up in the Tibetan mountains, not Tajikistan like you did!"

"Pfft, you'll get used to it eventually" Dakota laughed

"You better pray on your life that I do, or else you are going to be one miserable man" Nyssa teased

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Several sand and sweat filled hours later, the fleet of five camels and their riders rode over another sand dune. When they got to the top, Nyssa looked over her camel's head and saw a two story sandstone building in the middle of the desert. There was something like a courtyard around it, making it look nicer in general.

"Alright! We're here!" Dakota announced

"And the library is underneath our feet?" Nyssa asked

"Yeah, we just pass the camels back to these guys and head on down"

"And how exactly do you get down there?"

"Uhh, there are….several different ways, none of them involving stairs of sorts"

"This ought to be interesting"

Nyssa and Dakota's camels each knelt down to the sand ground and let their riders off. Since both twins had riding experience, they were each able to get back to walking normally. Dakota led Nyssa into the building, where he was greeted by several of his assassins. One of them greeted Dakota in the Tajiki language, then led him and Nyssa down a hallway to a huge, metal door that looked like it could withstand a nuke. Dakota went over to a keypad and typed in an incredibly long code, then a small click sounded from the door.

"Alright! Are you ready to see the lost library of Alexandria?" Dakota asked excitedly?"

"Yeah, let's go for it!" Nyssa said excitedly

The two assassins that were standing guard at the doors each pulled one back, revealing a large, supported hole in the ground. Hanging from the ceiling, there was a metal ring held in place that looked like it could hold a few hundred pounds.

"So to avoid damaging the library, we created a way of getting down that involves using a harness but the problem is that we only have one, so we'll have to go down together. I'll wear the harness and if you're cool with hold on to my shoulder or something, it could really speed things up" Dakota explained as he was handed the harness and some cable

"Whatever will get us down there faster is fine with me. I'm just excited to see this place" Nyssa replied

Dakota finished putting on the harness, then the cable was secured in place with a pulley system. Soon, the older twin was standing at the edge of the hole with the harness on, looking like he was ready to jump. Nyssa walked over to his left side and wrapped her right arm around her brother's shoulder. To give a little extra support, Dakota wrapped his left arm around Nyssa's waist so she wouldn't fall down ten stories while they were descending.

"Are you ready?" Dakota asked with a smirk

"Sure, just don't drop me or I'll be really pissed" Nyssa warned

Dakota let out a little laugh as he let his toes slip over the edge, bringing him and Nyssa down into the hole. The assassin on the main floor of the building slowly lowered them down into the dark and narrow hole. It got pitch black for a minute and the air started to get really hot, but soon enough, they emerged from the hole and the twins could start to see the light that was being used to illuminate the library.

The library was ten stories, as Nyssa counted on their way down. They were being lowered towards the center of the library, which had a couple pools of water for decoration that kind of looked like the pools in Finiks Jurf. Around the perimeter the center was where the different stories of the library started. Each had an area that looked like a long, stretched out balcony before the endless shelves of books started. There weren't any bridges going across the center, which made the whole place look nicer and more natural.

After around four minutes of slowly descending, both Dakota and Nyssa's feet touched the sandstone ground. Dakota let go of Nyssa, then undid his harness. He let it hang freely, then gave two quick and forceful tugs to the cable. As soon as he let go, the cable and harness started retracting back up into the air.

"Welcome to the lost library of Alexandria, sis!" Dakota said excitedly

"It's absolutely stunning, but how is this place so….bright? We're underground and it should be pitch dark, should it not?"

"It should, but some of our own scientists made some types of lamp that provide a very natural light that was intended to use for farming in Isfara when the weather turned to crap, but they also work really well in here for lightening the place up"

"Well it makes the whole place look like a beautiful garden" Nyssa commented "So where do we start?"

"Ah! Follow me, my good twin!" Dakota teased as he led Nyssa down a pathway through some shelves.

The two of them took some turns down corridors, hallways, and through some shelves until they reached a large rook, which was separated from the rest.

"This room contains all the books concerning supernatural occurrences, powers, gods and their legends, and other mythical things. If we're going to find something, it will be in here" Dakota started "In fact, let me start up here"

There was a ladder leaning up against one of the shelves, so Dakota climbed up it and started reading the spines. Soon, he was passing down several books to Nyssa and then, to speed up the pace, Dakota started tossing them down without looking. Nyssa was doing just fine with catching them at first, until Dakota sped it up. She had to start running after the books before they touched the ground, almost like a game. A couple of times, they dropped on her foot and on her head, but it didn't stop her from picking them up and moving to the next ones.

"Alright, I think we should stop there" Dakota said as he looked down to see his sister standing by a stack of around thirty books

"You think?" Nyssa questioned with a laugh

Dakota smiled as he took half the stack from her and sat up against the shelf with her. The two of them started reading through the pages and if Nyssa or him found anything useful, they had brought down large notebooks record all the information inside of.

They had been working for the past four hours before tiredness started to come over both of them. Dakota was the first to fall asleep, with his head against the shelf and his book still open in his lap. Nyssa followed shortly after, but decided to at least get comfortable. Nyssa marked her spot in the book she was reading, then moved to lay out on her back.

When she was comfortable, Nyssa had a great view of the high ceilings above her, as well as the thousands of books that lined the shelves in that one room alone.

"This is going to be some task…" Nyssa muttered as she followed in Dakota's footsteps and drifted to sleep.