AN: Thank you all for sticking with me and encouraging me through 51 chapters! You are all amazing!

WolfOfHiddenMoons and Mic RiddyBanon thank you for helping out with thoughts, ideas, and beta on this chapter!

Disclaimer: I still do not own Arrow. :(


"Oh, Oliver. Felicity is looking for you upstairs." Thea told her brother as she looked around the basement. Everyone she needed to talk to was down here, all they had to do was get rid of Oliver. Thea knew that Felicity was the perfect way to get him out of the gym.

"Thanks Thea." Oliver said with a smile as he pulled his sister into a hug before heading up the stairs in search of his almost wife.

Once Oliver was out of earshot, the entire group gathered around the bench were Roy and Thea were sitting. They knew they needed to nail down a couple of last minute details and Thea had effectively made it to where they had a couple of minutes to talk freely.

"Okay guys, let's talk final details for their bachelor and bachelorette parties tomorrow." Thea started with a smile.


Chapter 51 - Patrol

Five minutes later the group in the home gym made their way up the stairs and headed to the den where they heard Oliver and Felicity talking with Moira and Walter. It sounded like they were simply finalizing wedding details and they all smiled.

"Diggle, I thought we'd go to the lair and go on patrol tonight." Oliver told his Teammate as he turned to address the group that had just come into the room.

"Sounds like a plan." Diggle commented with a smile.

"Can I come?" Barry asked, sounding like a kid in a candy store.

"To the lair yes." Oliver answered simply.

"On patrol?" Barry asked anxiously.

"We'll discuss it." Oliver answered, not giving Barry a real answer.

Diggle couldn't help the small chuckle at Oliver and Barry's discussion. He knew Oliver was probably getting on Barry's nerves just because he could.

"Let's go Oliver." Felicity rescued Barry with a hand on Oliver's arm and a smile.

Oliver turned to Felicity and gave her one of his real smiles, the ones he saved only for her.

"Okay. Mom, we'll be at the club. Just call Felicity if you need anything." Oliver told his mother.

"Be safe Oliver." Moira replied as she pulled her son into a hug. "All of you." She said as she turned to the rest of the group.

"We will mom." Thea said as she walked up to Moira and gave her a tight hug.

"Take care of your man too." Moira whispered into her daughters ears.

"I will." Thea smiled.

Team Flash and Team Arrow all left the mansion in a couple of cars for Verdant. The Teams were ready to get back to doing something useful other than simply sitting around the house with nothing to do.

Once they finally reached the lair the groups all piled out of the cars and headed inside.

"Roy, I'd like to check on your injuries once we get downstairs." Caitlin told the young man as she walked next to him into the club.

"Sure." Roy responded, already dreading the physical from the doctor.

"Sin, Thea, we are training when we get downstairs." Sara commented as she stepped between the two girls, putting an arm around each of them and flashing them a smile and leaving no room for discussion.

"Really?" Thea asked as a huge grin crossed her face.

"Really." Sara answered.

Thea turned to Roy and gave him the biggest smile he had seen in a really long time.

"You're way too excited about this." Roy commented softly to his girlfriend.

"If your training with Sara goes well then I'll work with you on the bow after my honeymoon." Oliver commented nonchalantly as he placed a hand on Felicity's lower back.

"You will?" Thea asked excitedly as she ran up to him and gave him a hug from behind.

"Yep, on one condition." Oliver answered as he turned to look at her.

"What is it?" Thea asked.

"Ask Roy, I'm sure he would be happy to tell you." Oliver smirked.

"Roy?"

"Hahaha!" Roy busted up laughing at the look on Oliver's face. Moments later he regretted the laughter as his entire chest started to hurt. "Oliver, don't make me laugh." Roy gasped.

"Roy, are you okay?" Thea asked worriedly.

"Yeah. I'm fine." Roy commented after a moment. "But you're going to be pissed when you realize what Oliver has in store for you."

"What are you talking about?" Thea asked.

"Let's go downstairs and I'll show you after Sara trains you." Roy offered with a smirk.

Sara, Diggle, Felicity, and Oliver laughed as they descended the stairs into the lair. They all knew what was in store for Thea and were all curious as to how she would take it.

After a couple of moments, and changing into workout clothes, the Teams moved to get to work. Sara, Sin, and Thea took to the training mats. Oliver went to the Salmon Ladder. Barry and Diggle stepped up to the training dummies. Cisco, Andrew, and Felicity sat down at her computers. Lastly, Caitlin and Roy went to the med area where Caitlin helped Roy strip out of his hoodie and jacket so that she could take a look at his injuries.

"How have you been feeling Roy? Really?" Caitlin asked as she started to change a couple of the bandages on his torso.

"I'm tired of people asking me that. But, I'm fine. I'm feeling a lot better." Roy replied.

"How is your breathing?" Caitlin asked.

"It's fine as long as people don't make me laugh." Roy answered with a smile.

"Yeah, I can imagine that would hurt." Caitlin smiled. She carefully checked his ribs and back to make sure his ribs were still in all the right places. As she looked at the bruising on his back she couldn't help but ask. "How did you get this big bruise across your back? It looks older than the rest."

"Do you remember the explosion just after the concert at the Starling City Theater?" Roy asked as he looked at the young doctor.

"Yes. You and Oliver helped rescue the Chief of Police and Detective Lance that night." Caitlin answered softly. She saw Andrew turn his attention to them and wondered if he knew what really happened that night.

"I was pinned under a beam when the second explosion went off in the office that the Detective and Chief were. A beam landed across my back and gave me a lovely bruise where my quiver sat." Roy explained. "It doesn't really hurt anymore. At least not compared to everything else."

"Well, you're going to have bruises for quite a while, but I'm happy to say that you are well on your way to a full recovery." Caitlin offered a small smile before helping Roy back into his shirt, hoodie, and sling.

"Caitlin?" Roy asked quietly as she turned to clean up.

"Yes Roy?"

"How long do I have to wear the sling?" Roy asked.

"Depends on why you are asking." Caitlin commented with raised eyebrows.

"I just..." Roy swallowed. He wanted to make sure it wasn't pure selfishness driving his question. "I don't want to be in a sling at the wedding." Roy whispered. "I don't want to ruin their pictures."

Caitlin offered Roy a small smile. She felt bad for the young man who had been through so much lately.

"I'll tell you what. You can go without the sling for the ceremony and pictures." Caitlin answered just as softly as Roy had spoken. "Once that is all over we'll reassess and see how you are feeling. If your shoulder hurts the sling goes back on for the reception. Does that sound okay?"

"Thank you!" Roy answered sincerely. He was thankful that she was so understanding.

Both teams spent the day training, playing around, and just getting to know each other better. Team Arrow and Flash had worked together before, but this was the first time they actually had to sit down and just talk.

At dusk Nyssa and Maseo came to the lair.

"Oliver, Sara and I have been discussing your upcoming honeymoon and I have a proposition for you." Nyssa said to the other archer. "As most of your trained team will be away or is injured I would like to offer the services of myself and Maseo. We will willingly watch over your city starting the night of your wedding until you return from your honeymoon."

"Nyssa..." Oliver started to respond.

"We promise not to take a life unless absolutely necessary." Nyssa commented, knowing what he was going to argue.

"Oliver, think about it. The Arrow can't just disappear the same time Oliver Queen does." Sara commented. She had talked to Nyssa at length about this and really felt like it was the right course of action.

"Thank you Nyssa." Oliver answered after a moment of silence, and a look to Diggle and Felicity. He couldn't say that it was his first option, but his first option currently had a sling and several injuries. He had hoped that Roy and Sara could hold the fort down, but now he needed to be willing to trust others with the job until Roy was healed enough to join back in the fight for the city.

"We'll only be a phone call away if you guys need us for anything." Barry commented with a smile. "I can get here pretty quick if you need help."

"Thank you Barry." Sara said with a smile as she looked to the young speedster.

"I can stick around until you guys get back and help out here in the lair." Andrew said quietly from his seat next to Felicity.

"Are you sure?" Roy asked as his eyes met Andrews.

"Yeah. It won't take long for Felicity to run me through things here. Besides." Andrew smirked at Roy. "Someone's gotta stick around to make sure you don't do anything stupid."

Everyone laughed at the mock look of hurt on Roy's face at that comment. Each person knew how right Andrew was as Roy was more like Oliver than either man would admit.

"Okay, well since we are mixing things up at the end of the week, I'd like Nyssa and Maseo to join us on patrol tonight." Oliver commented as he stood behind Felicity and put a gentle hand on her shoulder. "Andrew you can sit here and watch and learn from Felicity."

"Cisco and I will stay here in case any assistance is needed." Caitlin commented as she sent Cisco a knowing look. She knew he had a project in mind and this would be the perfect time for him to get it done.

"I guess I don't get a choice on what I do, do I?" Roy asked, already knowing the answer.

A resounding chorus of "NO!" echoed around the lair causing Roy to chuckle.

"Thought so." Roy smiled. "That's okay, I have a lesson for Thea." He commented with a glimmer of amusement in his eyes as he met Oliver's gaze. His mentor smiled as well and gave a small laugh.

"Sin, I have an errand for you to run for me tonight." Sara told the younger woman softly. Sin smiled back at her, knowing exactly what needed done and nodded her head to let Sara knew she would take care of it.

"Okay. Digg, let's suit up." Oliver turned to his partner. Diggle smiled at him as he turned to the case that held his Overwatch gear.

"Let's go!" Diggle said with a smile.

Oliver, Sara, Sin, Nyssa, Maseo, and Diggle all left to start their patrol of the city. Each decked out in their respective leathers. Felicity sat down with Andrew and walked him through each program that she used, what it was for, and how her security system worked. Caitlin and Cisco retired to a back corner of the lair and began to work on a project, one they obviously didn't want anyone seeing.

"I guess that leaves us to get to work." Roy smiled as he turned to Thea.

"What are we going to train on?" Thea asked as she turned to Roy and placed her hands gently on his arms, pulling him close. "You can't spar."

"We're not sparring." Roy smirked. "Come over here."

The couple walked over to Roy's case of weapons. Someone had ensured that all his gear was returned to it's rightful place and Roy decided he would have to thank whoever had looked out for his stuff.

"Here, draw my bow." Roy commented as he handed Thea his red bow from the case. He caught the others in the lair watching him, curious what he was doing and how this would turn out for him.

Thea smiled as she held Roy's bow. It felt natural, like it belonged in her hands all along. She shifted it to her left hand and held the string with her right. She then attempted to draw the string back, however, she wasn't strong enough to draw it to its anchor point.

"Before you really train on how to shoot the bow, or even hit anything for that matter, you need to be able to draw the bow to its full anchor point. Until you can do that there is no use in Oliver training you on how to shoot." Roy commented after a moment. He took his bow and returned it to its rightful place in the case. He then turned and took her hand and walked slowly across the lair.

"We're going to work on building up your strength so that when Oliver is ready to train you, you are ready as well." Roy said as he stopped next to a table with a big bowl on it.

"How are we going to do that?" Thea asked curiously.

"We start by filling this bowl with water." Roy answered, attempting to hold a straight face.

"Okay?" Thea said as she went to fill the bowl with water.

As Thea walked away, Felicity met Roy's eyes and almost busted up laughing. It's probably better he's the one telling her this as she would probably hit anyone else. At least she can't hit Roy since he's still injured. Felicity thought as Thea came back into view.

Once the bowl was filled Thea turned to Roy in anticipation. She was curious what the bowl of water was for, however, she was more excited about training to think too long about it.

"Okay Thea, this is where the real work begins." Roy commented. He directed her to stand in front of him. "Make sure you have a strong base." Roy directed with a smirk as she spread her feet a bit and looked like she was ready to his something. "Now, raise you right arm with your elbow level with your shoulder and your palm flat." Roy directed. "Now, here's the most important part." Roy almost whispered in Thea's ear.

Felicity was doing all she could not to bust up laughing. Thea looked like she was ready to murder someone and Roy sounded like he was seducing her by talking so softly and in Thea's ear. Felicity was thankful she had the audio from the lair being transmitted to the earpieces that the Team in the field wore. Oliver was getting a pretty good laugh out of this. She could only imagine what he would do when he got back and she showed him the video of it. She glanced at Andrew and noticed that he was curious exactly where this was going.

"Now in one quick move, keeping your palm flat..." Roy instructed as he backed up a couple of steps. "Slap the water as hard as you can."

Thea did as instructed without even thinking. As soon as her hand made contact with the water it shot out of the bowl and doused her. She couldn't help the small scream of surprise as she was now soaked in water. She turned at the sound of Roy's laughter behind her.

"Harper!" Thea yelled.

"Hey! Can't hit me! Injured remember!" Roy said defensively as he raised his left hand to try and keep her from coming after him.

"What was that for?!" Thea yelled.

"Training." Roy said evenly. "The motion of you slapping the water will help build your strength in that arm. Trust me, it works." Roy explained, not missing the laughter filling the room. Thea looked like she was about to explode in anger.

"How would you know?" Thea asked, voice still raised. "Did Oliver put you up to this?"

"I know because I had to do the same thing." Roy explained as he stepped up to her, placing his left hand on her arm gently, hoping she had calmed down. "Oliver did it too when he learned how to shoot. It may seem unconventional but it works. If you don't believe me then tell me how you think I am able to now draw my bow to it's full anchor point so easily."

Thea listened to what Roy was saying. Maybe he was right, maybe this was the best way.

Andrew, Felicity, Caitlin, and Cisco all watched the couple and watched the myriad of emotions cross Thea's face. Each person wondered if she would go for it, or if she would call Roy a liar and walk away.

"So, you're saying that slapping a bowl of water is going to help me shoot a bow?" Thea finally asked after a minute of silent staring at Roy.

"Yes." Roy answered simply.

"Fine, I'll slap the stupid water." Thea said as she turned around to face the bowl again. "But, if I find out you're making this up..." She tuned back and pinned Roy with a glare. "There will be no place on earth you can hide from me. Injured or not!"


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