At the sight of what had once been a safe house, now there was only a flaming pile of debris. Dragon approached, looking around for any sign of Oliver or Bobbi but didn't find any.

"Oliver? Bobbi?" he called out.

Hearing a pained grunt, Dragon's head whipped to the side, trying to locate the source. Walking a few feet away, Dragon found Oliver on the ground. His clothes burned in several places, barely conscious. But he was alive. Dragon knelt down, throwing Oliver's arm over his shoulder as he helped Oliver stand. Walking further into the debris, he looked around for Bobbi, realizing the two had to have been near each other.

It didn't take him long to find her. She was in worse shape than Oliver, out cold, blood on her face, and a red stain on her suit in the stomach area.

Kovar's house, next day

Morning

"No remains were found sir," one of Kovar's men informed him as Kovar sat at his desk, looking displeased.

"Then he is still alive," Kovar said with certainty.

"Sir, with all due respect, how is it possible Oliver Queen survived the attack?" his man asked.

"I am beginning to realize that nothing is impossible with him," Kovar said grimly. "Contact Gregor, tell him to find Oliver Queen at all costs."

Russia

Later in the morning

Oliver groaned as he came to, pain shooting through his back and arms. As he opened his eyes, he saw that he was in a room he didn't recognize. It was a mostly barren room with white walls, paint peeling off. As he sat up, a voice to the left of him spoke up.

"How are you feeling?"

Oliver looked over to see Dragon nearby, sitting in a chair.

"What happened?" Oliver said almost immediately.

"Kovar. I was just getting back when the safe house blew. He found out somehow and tried to take us out, I only avoided getting caught up in it because I was out," Dragon explained.

"Bobbi, where's Bobbi?" Oliver asked alarmed as it all came back to him.

"She's in worse shape than you, she's still getting checked out," Dragon explained.

"I thought you said we didn't have any other SHIELD agents in Russia," Oliver said.

"We don't. This clinic is run by a woman Bobbi saved some months back. She didn't ask too many questions when I showed up with you two," Dragon explained.

"Where is she?" Oliver demanded as he got out of bed, shaking off the pain in his back and arms.

"Oliver, you've got third degree burns on your back and arms, take it easy," Dragon said as he tried to make Oliver sit back in bed but Oliver violently pushed him away.

"I'll take it easy once I see Bobbi," Oliver snapped.

Before the situation could escalate the door to the room opened and a dark haired woman walked in. She paused upon seeing Oliver out of bed.

"You have bad burns. You should not be out of bed," she scolded in accented English.

"He's a little worried about Lindsey," Dragon said smoothly and she nodded.

"She is still unconscious but will make a full recovery," she said and the knot in Oliver's stomach loosened.

But it did not disappear. But there was another reason for his worry. And at that moment, he did not care if Dragon knew or not.

"And the baby?" Oliver demanded.

Dragon was clearly taken back by this but Oliver paid him no mind. The woman looked at him sadly, a pit of dread forming in Oliver's stomach as he saw the answer on her face.

"I am sorry. Whatever happened…Lindsey miscarried," she said kindly.

Oliver sat down on the bed, feeling numb to everything. Oliver was vaguely aware of the woman walking out of the room and Dragon opening and closing his mouth several times but said nothing. For the first time, it seemed Dagon had no idea what to say.

Dragon's phone suddenly rang. Pulling it out, he muttered an excuse and walked out of the room, leaving Oliver alone with his thoughts.

Out in the hall, Dragon answered the phone.

"You have news Knyazev?"

"Gregor has declared Oliver a traitor and that he is to be brought in to face Bratva justice. Dead or alive, it does not matter," Anatoly explained and Dragon grimaced. "What has happened?"

"Kovar tried to take out Oliver last night. It didn't work," Dragon quickly assured Anatoly. "But Kovar must be getting desperate and so he's putting pressure on Gregor to find Oliver."

"Things are coming to dangerous head," Anatoly noted grimly.

"Yeah, they are. But I think I have a lead, one that could expose Gregor. Call all the Bratva Captains you trust for a meeting tonight. Oliver will meet you here," Dragon said before hanging up.

Dragon reentered Oliver's room, finding Oliver in the exact same position he was in when he left. He paused, trying to find the words before speaking again.

"I won't pretend to know how you're feeling. I've never lost a child," Dragon finally said.

"I had barely even been able to wrap my head around the idea and now…now it's gone," Oliver said lowly.

"And the man responsible is still out there," Dragon said and Oliver looked up at him. "My lead panned out. Gregor gets over sixty thousand rubles from Kovar each month in exchange for his services. But Gregor is careful, so it won't show up on his bank accounts. But it will show up on Kovar's."

"So how do we prove it?" Oliver asked after a moment.

"That's the tricky part. Kovar is even more careful. Nothing short of breaking into his house to find the information on his computer will get us the Intel we need," Dragon said and Oliver stared at him incredulously for a moment.

"So, your suggestion is to break into the house of the guy who wants us dead and download the information we need of his computer, is that right?" Oliver said after a moment.

"It sounds crazy, I know. But there's no other way Oliver. All that anger, all that grief you're feeling, I need you to channel it all at Kovar. What do you say Oliver? You have it in you?" Dragon asked and Oliver tightened his hands into fists.

"Yeah…I have it in me," Oliver said with a dark look on his face.

This chapter wasn't as long as I had originally hoped but the shift from that last scene to the next one felt rushed and snoopy, so the next chapter, as a result, will be longer than I thought.

As some of you probably expected, Oliver and Bobbi's baby tragically died from Kovar's attack. This is going to serve as the first moment that is going to push Oliver towards the direction of the man we first met in the pilot.