Caitlin looked up at Oliver and John. "Roy is alright and he should wake up pretty soon. He wasn't knocked out and it seems to me that he was put to sleep with some type of anesthetic mask" Caitlin reported.
"Thank goodness," John said.
"Would you mind sticking around until he wakes up?" Oliver asked Caitlin.
"Nope," Caitlin replied. "That will give me time to ask for your help". Caitlin pulled a tourniquet, a butterfly needle, and a vial out her bag and prepared to take a blood sample from Roy. "There is somebody following me," Caitlin told Oliver.
Oliver's features hardened. "Give me a physical description and I'll put an arrow through him" he grunted.
"No, there is more you need to know. I think it might be Ronnie" Caitlin said and Oliver wrinkled his forehead.
"I know this conversation is supposed to be between you two, but I am still here, so who is Ronnie?" Diggle asked.
"Ronnie Raymond was my cousin," Oliver said.
"Was?" Dig asked.
"Ronnie and I had a strained relationship at the time of his death, which was also the night Mia was born," Oliver said.
"The particle accelerator explosion," Diggle said to himself.
"Ronnie helped develop the accelerator... he was my fiance," Caitlin said softly and now Diggle understood why Oliver and Caitlin's relationship seemed to go deeper than acquaintances.
"Look" Oliver said, turning his attention back to Caitlin "I am not going to tell you that there is no way that the guy following you is Ronnie, but please, Cait, let me be the one to find out, okay, because if it is, Ronnie has been keeping his distance for a reason. If it is him, neither of us have any idea what the explosion did to him, but we do know what it did to Barry and Laurel and hundreds of other people in this city".
Caitlin nodded in agreement. "Bring Barry and Laurel with you" she urged. "If Ronnie is a meta-human, you should have meta backup. I don't believe Ronnie is dangerous, but I don't know what kind of changes have affected him or if he can control the meta-powers he may have" Caitlin said. She suddenly moves forwards and hugged Oliver and Oliver hugged her back, knowing what she was dealing with could not be easy.
Roy managed to sit up and his hand was on the back of his head. Oliver let Caitlin go and walked over Roy. "You okay?" he asked.
"I think I am. How did I get here?" Roy replied.
"What's the last thing you remember?" Oliver asked.
"Somebody. Somebody was in my room" Roy explained and Oliver had to stop himself from shuddering at the fact that Isabel was able to get into his sister's room. "The person woke me and told me that they would hurt Thea if I didn't come with them. They said if I made a sound, they would kill her".
"You couldn't fight back," Oliver asked.
"I don't know, for some reason, I didn't try," Roy said.
Dig grabbed the keys to his van. "Oliver, Roy, can I drop you back at the mansion?"
"Yeah, can you drop Cait off too?" Oliver asked and Diggle nodded.
"Star Labs please," Caitlin said.
It was just before sunrise when Roy and Oliver walked through the mansion's front door. They had had Diggle actually stop for a take-out breakfast from PJ's Pancake House. Thea was drinking a cup of Black Coffee when she saw them in the front hall. "Roy" she nearly shouted but Oliver put his finger to his lips. Roy put his take-out bag down and took Thea in his arms and he kissed her. "Don't worry! I'm fine" he said and he kissed her again.
Oliver was already upstairs and he walked into his bedroom to see Laurel sitting up in bed. "Are you okay, beautiful?" he asked her.
"Yeah," she said tiredly. "I woke up and I can't fall back asleep".
Oliver smiled and climbed into bed next to her. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her on the temple. "Would it help if I hold you and play with your hair?"
"That always helps" Laurel replied.
Both Laurel and Oliver fell back asleep for a couple of hours. Laurel felt something being placed on her chest and she opened her eyes. Moira had placed Mia on top of Laurel. She was crying. "What's wrong, baby girl?" she cooed. Laurel quickly realized that Mia needed a diaper change and she lifted her daughter up and carried her to the bathroom. When she was finished, she found Oliver sitting up in bed and smiled at him. "Oh good. Daddy's awake. Mommy has to take a shower and go to work" she said. She places Mia in Oliver's lap. William walked into his parent's bedroom.
"Morning kiddo" Oliver greeted. "Ready for school today?"
"I guess" William yawn. Oliver stood up. With Mia in one arm, Oliver picked William up in the other and carried them to the kitchen Oliver heated up breakfast for William and himself and then Laurel's. Laurel came downstairs when she was ready for work. "Look, mom, daddy got us breakfast from PJs" William shouted.
"That was really nice of your daddy, wasn't it?" Laurel said.
"Yeah, it was" William beamed. Laurel leaned in and pecked Oliver's lips.
She fed Mia while she ate. William finished breakfast and Oliver took him upstairs to get him ready for school.
Shortly after Laurel left, the doorbell rang and it was Barry and Felicity. Oliver agreed to let Barry and Felicity spend the day at the mansion helping him with Mia since Felicity was through her first trimester and the expecting parents were hoping to get some practice. As Barry and Felicity were settling in, Roy came down the stairs, lugging two large suitcases.
"Where are you going?" Oliver asked curiously.
"Given what happened last night" Roy began, "I don't want to be in this city until we are ready to end Slade Wilson and I don't think Thea should be either. So I am taking her on a vacation in the islands".
"You can afford that?" Oliver said, raising his eyebrows.
"Barely," Roy said. "It costs basically all my savings, but keeping Thea safe is the most important thing to me".
"Me too" Oliver agreed. 'I'll reimburse you for the trip. I just want you to worry about my sister".
"Seriously?" questioned Roy and Oliver nodded. Roy suddenly jumped forwards and hugged Oliver. Oliver actually hugged back.
Thea came downstairs lugging a smaller bag. "Aw, cute," she said and Roy pulled away and smiled at Thea.
"You look stunning," he said. "You ready to leave?"
"I have to say goodbye to my mom and Ollie," she said. Thea walked over to Oliver and hugged him and kissed his cheek.
"I'll see you soon, Speedy. Have fun" Oliver said.
"I will," Thea said.
"Mom is in the driveway, about to leave herself, you better go. I love you" Oliver said.
"I love you too," Thea said and Oliver went to get the door for his sister and her boyfriend.
Felicity had Mia in her arms and was gently rocking her.
"She is getting so much better," Barry remarked.
"Yeah, Laurel, the doctor, and I were all surprised that she responded so well to the weening process. The doctor gives her a small amount of oxycodone once a week but we should be reducing soon and by then the time she is six months, she'll be completely clean" Oliver said.
"That's great news" Barry beamed.
"It's great" Felicity agreed. "Are you guys worried at all though? About the effects of Laurel using during the pregnancy".
"Uh I told Laurel we'll cross that bridge when we get there," Oliver said. "What about you Felicity, how is the baby treating you?"
"This has been a better and easier experience than I expected. My mom has been wonderful" Felicity shared.
"I know that I have said this, but I am happy for you. And not "happy for you" the way I was when Tommy and Laurel were together. No, I'm really thrilled that two of the best people I know are gonna be parents" Oliver said and Felicity smiled and she carefully hugged Oliver without crushing Mia.
Mia started to cry and Felicity was rocking her. "Check her diaper" Oliver instructed.
"Clean" Felicity said a moment later.
"She could be hungry" Barry suggested.
"I'll go heat up some milk," said Oliver.
Oliver returned to see Mia was really crying hard and he sighed. "I think withdrawal is hitting her again," he said and took the baby girl from Felicity. He held her against his chest and moved very slowly from side to side until she stopped crying.
That night, Green Arrow, Black Canary, and The Flash were out on the streets looking for any signs of Ronnie Raymond. Felicity was watching Mia and William at the mansion, while also quarterbacking the team.
"I can't believe that Ronnie could be alive," Laurel said. "What will you do if he is?" she asked Oliver.
"Make sure he returns home" Oliver grumbled.
"So you're still not gonna want a relationship?" she asked.
"Ronnie made it pretty clear that he wants nothing to do with our family" Oliver replied.
Barry zipped around looking for any evidence that Ronnie could be wandering around lost in the city when his Star labs comm came to life. "Barry," Cisco said.
"What's up?" asked Barry.
"There is a meta attack and they need The Flash at the Starling City "Ledded Goh" warehouse" Cisco said.
Barry nodded and he zipped away, leaving Green Arrow and Black Canary confused.
