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"Former Assistant District Attorney Adrian Chase faces multiple counts of capital murder among other charges. SCPD spokesperson Allison Rou credits the Green Arrow with bringing the man known as the Throwing Star Killer to justice."
Moira turned off the TV as she smiled at Oliver. "Well, apparently, the Green Arrow, whoever he is, is a hero once more."
"And Rene asked us to help him get a custody hearing for getting his daughter back but he missed his appointment yesterday." Matt said.
"I should go check in on him." Laurel said and was about to leave before smiling at Oliver. "Before I forget, happy birthday, Ollie." She smiled at him.
Oliver chuckled. "Thank you."
"How do you feel about celebrating them with your sister, Laurel, Sara and Tommy, just like old times?" Moira offered.
"Honestly…" Oliver sighed. "As much as I'd like to… a lot has happened for me to even think about a birthday party."
"Oliver… it's over. Give yourself some rest. You deserve to be happy." Moira held his shoulder.
"I'll think about it." Oliver said before checking his clock. "I need to go. Sara has asked me for a dinner."
Later, the Loft
Oliver neared the door but noticed it was slightly opened. Putting his guard up, Oliver cautiously entered before flipping the switch on the lights as he saw the balloons and decorations with a banner 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OLIVER!'.
"Surprise!" Moira, Sara, Laurel, Quentin, Tommy, Laurel, Thea, Roy, Ray, Anna, Diggle, Rory, Matt, Natasha, Luke, Jessica, Danny and Colleen cheered and Oliver smiled, realizing it was a birthday party for him.
Oliver let out a laugh. "I should've known you guys would do something like this."
Oliver blew the candles as Sara kissed him on his cheek. "Happy birthday, honey."
"Hope you're enjoying this, buddy." Tommy assured.
"Hey, has anyone seen Rene?" Laurel asked.
"No, why?" Jessica shook her head.
"He's missed Zoe's custody hearing and he wasn't answering my calls." Laurel explained.
"I'll come in to check in on him in his apartment, once I get the chance." Rory said.
"Look, we can check in on him tomorrow, right now we're celebrating my brother's birthday, right?" Thea said, holding Lian in her hands.
After some mingling, they all converged as Oliver raised his glass of champagne, toasting. "Thank you all so much for doing this. Cheers."
"Cheers." Everyone toasted.
"I almost forgot what it was like to celebrate a birthday." Oliver smiled.
"That's because we're usually saving the city from being destroyed this time of year." Diggle said as everyone laughed.
"This, uh, it's like summer break for you guys. What are you gonna do, huh?" Quentin said.
"Well, I'm gonna spend them with my husband and my family." Sara pulled Oliver towards her with her arm.
"Same here. With our families." Laurel nodded as she, Tommy, Moira, Roy and Thea neared them.
"How's Anatoly?" Roy asked.
"He left on a boat to Europe yesterday. He needs some time to heal, alone." Oliver said as they relaxed.
"At least you didn't lose another brother." Matt said.
"Well, let's enjoy our moments together." Ray said as he toasted with Anna.
Later, Star City
"Rene?" Rory knocked on the door. "Are you here?"
To Rory's shock, the door opened slightly. A pit of dread formed in Rory's stomach as he entered the apartment carefully and pulled out his phone.
The Loft
Oliver pulled out his phone as he saw Rory's picture flashing and answered the call. "Rory, are you and Rene—"
"Yeah, look, I'm at his place now. I think someone kidnapped him." Rory said.
"What?" Oliver demanded.
"There are signs of struggle and—"
Oliver heard a grunt and 'thud'. "Rory? Are you OK? What's going on? Rory!"
Later, Rene's apartment
Oliver, Sara and Diggle with prepared guns, Jessica and Matt entered Rene's apartment, looking around.
"Clear!" Diggle said.
"No one is here." Matt said, trying to sense someone else with his senses.
"There was struggle. Fighting." Jessica said, examining the mess.
"If Rene and Rory are missing, whoever did this must have been good." Diggle said.
"We know who's doing this. It's Chase." Oliver said grimly.
Sara nodded. "He's trying to pick us off one by one."
"How would he do that? He's under constant surveillance in A.R.G.U.S. in a glass cell." Diggle questioned.
"Unless he had help." Matt said.
"Well, I hate to say this but what if this was Chase's plan all along?" Diggle pointed out. "Get himself caught, lull us to sleep…"
"…and make us lower our guard." Sara nodded before she pulled out some black dart. "I've seen League use this. This was Talia al Ghul." She sighed. "We need to get everyone else to safety before she gets to them."
"Considering that we haven't found Ward yet, we can assume he's working with Chase too." Matt said. "We need to find the others, get them somewhere safe."
"There's an A.R.G.U.S. safehouse across town." Diggle said.
"OK, you get them there and meet us at the bunker." Oliver nodded as he walked off.
"Where are you going?" Sara asked.
"To talk to Chase." Oliver said.
Laurel's apartment
Tommy was watching TV, with Laurel sleeping at his shoulder but neither one of them noticed Joe Wilson and Lady Deathstrike sneaking up on them.
SCPD
Quentin was driving out from the precinct but stopped as he faced Warner and Jade and a woman with golden brown hair, who had attacked Oliver and Anatoly earlier.
"Surprised to see me, Quentin?" Warner smirked.
A.R.G.U.S.
Adrian smirked at hearing footsteps as he turned around.
"Where are they?" Oliver demanded. "Adrian, where are they?!"
"Who?" Adrian asked mockingly.
"You know damn—"
"'You know damn well who!' You're right. I do know, just like I know your every move while it seems like you know none of mine." Adrian smirked.
"Tell me where they are." Oliver growled.
"Or what? We've already established that you think you won't kill me. Kind of weakens your leverage." Adrian taunted.
"I'm gonna find them, and I'm gonna get them back." Oliver sneered as he turned around.
"Is that what you came here to tell me, or are you just wasting time?" Adrian mocked as Oliver left and Adrian smirked. "See you later."
Later, the Lair
"How did it go with Chase?" Diggle asked as Oliver entered.
"He's not gonna budge." Oliver said. "Tell Lyla to get my family to safety and check in on Laurel and Tommy too."
Chikara Dojo
Danny and Colleen were sparring before they were surrounded by ninjas, accompanied by Davos.
"Hello, Danny." Davos smirked.
"So now you're working with Chase? How the mighty have fallen." Colleen sneered.
"I do what I have to do. This is a punishment for abandoning K'un-Lun and being with that Hand whore." Davos sneered.
Danny and Colleen were about to attack but Maki entered, throwing darts that knocked them both out.
A.R.G.U.S. safehouse
Moira, Thea and Lian were in the safehouse and one of the guards attempted to call out on a radio before they all heard high-pitch sound and the guard was sent flying back with a sonic scream as a woman with golden brown hair entered with Cutter.
"Well, well, well, look who we have here?" Dinah smirked.
Queen Manor
"You need to get Thea and Lian out of here. Somewhere where Chase can't find you." Sara said.
"Don't need to tell me twice." Roy said. "She's not answering my calls. I should check in on—"
They stopped, their instincts turning on as they dodged the darts flying toward them and four ninjas entered.
"Talia's students." Sara realized.
Sara threw towards Roy a stick as she picked her own, engaging them as the students pulled out their swords. Roy and Sara blocked their strikes before Sara threw one of them down, while Roy slammed one of them to a wall and knocked him out. As the first ninja was about to get up, Sara kicked him in the face and dodged, when the other ninja attacked but Sara got him in chokehold and snapped his neck before Roy pinned the last one to the ground and Sara pulled out a knife, nearing her knife to his throat. "Who sent you?!"
Diggle's apartment
"Lyla? Alex?" Diggle burst in. "Lyla?"
Suddenly, he felt sting on his neck before everything blurred.
A.R.G.U.S.
Oliver walked into Adrian's cell and punched him, hard, causing for Adrian to spit out blood, leaving a stain on the glass wall before Oliver threw Adrian down and aimed a gun at his forehead.
"Let me help you understand. I am not gonna kill you. I am never going to give you the satisfaction of being the man that you think I am." Oliver sneered as Adrian smiled. "You're never getting out of here. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever. Do you understand?"
"No, I don't, but only because you're wrong." Adrian chuckled madly. "I told you, Oliver, everyone in your orbit suffers as the price for your sins. And the only way to keep them from paying it is to let me go."
"No." Oliver snarled as he got up and walked off. "I'm gonna find another way."
"Find it quick. They're transferring me and my friends to Idaho tonight." Adrian grunted as he stood up as Oliver walked out, the door closing behind him. "And once that happens, this offer's off the table. And I don't want to see that happen, Oliver. Like I told you, I think you're one or two more losses away from getting destroyed. Who would that be, I wonder? Your mother? Thea? Or Sara? Roy? Matt? Maybe someone else."
Adrian chuckled insanely, like he knew something Oliver didn't. Oliver scowled at him before turning and walking off. Oliver's phone rang as he answered Sara's call.
"Ollie, we have a problem, Chase tried to take—"
"I know." Oliver said.
"I couldn't reach out to your Mom, Thea, Dad, Tommy, Laurel, Dig, Lyla or Danny and Colleen. And Anna called me, she said Ray's not at their place. Who knows who else is Chase after?" Sara said.
Star City
"We're gonna find them, Matt." Natasha said, assuring him as they were about to drive check in on Tommy and Laurel but then the car swerved as they faced a blonde woman with a rifle.
"Yelena." Natasha realized.
They went out and took cover as Yelena fired. "Natalia. This is going to go one of these two ways. You come with me… or your friends die." She said in Russian. "By now you know that they've been missing."
"Damn it." Natasha groaned.
"What is it? What did she say?" Matt asked.
"I come with her… or they'll die. They have them." Natasha said.
"You can't give into her." Matt protested.
"I have to." Natasha said as she kissed him. "I love you."
"I love you too." Matt said.
Natasha went out, speaking in Russian with her hands up. "I'll go with you but leave Matt alone. This is between you and me, Yelena."
"I have orders to take you. Not him." Yelena said.
"Don't do anything, Matt. Be happy… and for what it's worth… let me go." Natasha said as she went out with her hands up. "I'm coming."
She neared Yelena, who knocked her out before the Jackals restrained Natasha.
"Kill him." Yelena ordered. One of the Jackals pulled out a grenade launcher and the explosion of the car sent Matt flying back, dazing him. Due to his ears ringing, there was nothing he could do as they took Natasha away.
A.R.G.U.S.
Oliver and Sara seethed as soon as he got Matt's and Roy's calls, while the U.S. marshals and A.R.G.U.S. agents were taking Adrian, Bullseye, Mary and the Longbow Hunters away. He felt broken that Adrian was leveraging him into freeing him but he would not give Adrian the satisfaction of being in control.
"You're not pulling my strings anymore, Adrian." Oliver sneered.
"At least you admit that I have been. Hey, but just so that we're clear... the moment I get on that transfer chopper, my friends have orders to kill yours." Adrian taunted.
"We'll see about that." Sara said.
Adrian was around a corner before he gave them one more nasty smirk. "I think you're about to get a phone call."
Oliver wondered what did Adrian mean as he left before his phone rang and he answered the call to see terrified William on the screen. "Hello? Hello. Somebody help me. Please help me. Please. Please."
Oliver and Sara rushed into the garage and stole weapons from the armory before stealing a car, following the transport.
The marshals were at the airport, about to take Adrian, Bullseye, Mary and the Longbow Hunters into the chopper before an explosion went off behind them. Oliver, Sara, Logan and Matt, who had followed them, engaged the marshals, knocking them out.
Oliver fired an explosive arrow, knocking down Adrian and his associates and their his escort, while Sara and Matt knocked out the marshals and Roy and Frank came to help, shooting down non-fatally the marshals but Bullseye, Mary and the Longbow Hunters weren't showing much restraint towards them, much to Oliver's, Sara's, Logan's, Matt's and Frank's disgust.
Bear pulled the pilot out of the chopper and snapped his neck as the villains got onboard and Adrian was about to get in before he turned around, smirking.
"Chase!" Oliver snarled, grabbing Adrian by his jacket.
"Thanks for the assist, pal." Adrian smirked.
"Where is my son?!" Oliver demanded.
"No, no. That wasn't the deal, Oliver. That wasn't the deal. I said, you let me go and I'd keep your loved ones safe. But I'm not gone yet." Adrian said and Oliver stared at him in despair.
"Why did you involve William? That's my boy. He's an innocent." Oliver said brokenly.
"So was my wife, man. But you involved her." Adrian said. "I already told you, Oliver, everyone that you care about, suffers. Everyone." He got into the chopper before giving Oliver one last nasty grin. "I'll see you on the boat."
Adrian closed the door as the chopper took off, while Oliver stared in despair.
Rick Flag and Colonel Steve Trevor were helping track down the chopper as Oliver, Sara and Matt were in the briefing room.
"Chase's helicopter landed at Dawn Valley, Utah. Then five minutes later, this aircraft took off from the same field at a vector of 2-7-0." Oliver said.
"But that would take him back here." Sara said, not understanding.
"We're still trying to figure out what is he up to." Rick said.
"We're gonna get them back, Oliver." Roy assured as Oliver went over the footage from the safehouses and their homes.
Oliver sighed. "Chase is working with the Longbow Hunters, Talia al Ghul and her students, Grant Ward, Lonnie Machin, Simon Lacroix, Mary Walker, Yelena Belova and that other metahuman, Slade's son and the Jackals, Lady Deathstrike, Carrie Cutter and Liza Warner at the very least. We're going to need…"
"…help."
They turned around to face Steve in his Captain America suit and John Steele.
"Nat called before she got grabbed." Steve said. "And you never leave a fellow soldier alone, Oliver."
"So, what's been going on?" Steele asked.
"My sister is involved. And whenever she is involved, trouble follows." Nyssa said upon entering, smiling at Sara. "Beloved."
"Nyssa." Sara nodded.
Later
Oliver, Sara, Matt, Steve, Steele, Logan, Nyssa, Roy, Jessica, Luke and Frank flew towards the island as they stared at Lian Yu.
"How did Chase even find out about this place?" Logan wondered.
"Talia." Oliver explained as Nyssa sighed, realizing it made sense. "She researched me, probably told Chase everything."
"Remember this place, beloved?" Nyssa asked and Sara sighed.
"I wish I didn't." Sara said.
Moira, Thea, Diggle, Laurel, Quentin, Tommy, Danny, Colleen, Rene, Rory, Natasha, Ray and other people Oliver cared about were in chains as they looked around.
"Where are we? What's going on?" Diggle demanded.
"Relax, enjoy the weather." Adrian said casually as he approached them and they all shot him nasty looks.
Diggle got up, glaring. "Where's my wife, you son of a—" He was pinned down, when Talia's students aimed their swords at him, forcing him to calm down.
Natasha looked around, recognizing the place. "This is Lian Yu."
"So you recognize this place." Adrian smirked. "That's good."
Adrian walked off as they all glared at him.
"Oliver is gonna come for us!" Thea yelled.
"Yeah, I'm counting on it, sis!" Adrian called back.
"Can you get out?" Danny asked as he tried to summon his chi, while turning to Colleen.
"No… I feel dizzy…" Colleen said.
"Drugs." Danny realized.
"Damn it, Chase is using us as bait, he wants to draw Oliver out." Diggle groaned.
"He's gonna need one hell of a backup." Quentin said.
"There's one thing I know about Oliver. He's never alone." Diggle said.
Yup, I had Nat kidnapped too, mainly for Matt to get bigger incentive later and considering how often on odds Nat and Yelena are in comic books, I wouldn't put Yelena kidnapping Nat past her. If the chapter feels rushed, well, there were a lot of people that Chase had kidnapped and I just didn't feel like describing all the abductions here, so if there's someone close to Oliver, Sara and Matt that I had forgotten that got grabbed too from Aragorn II Elessar's notes, let's just say they got kidnapped off-screen, so to speak.
So, what do you guys think?
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