And now Oliver and Helena initiate their plan.
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"You're going to do what Oliver?", Diggle asked his friend in surprise after what Oliver had just explained to him.
"I'm going to help Helena kill her father. He's too powerful and dangerous to be kept alive, is on my father's List, and taking him out could be the closure Helena needs", Oliver repeated himself.
"Look man you can't be serious. That woman put your mother in the hospital and has probably been risking the lives of other innocent civilians while dropping who knows how many bodies. And you're just gonna what? Go off and help her?", Diggle exclaimed, wondering what Oliver was thinking.
"Look John. Helena's not evil, only lost, and I just want to help her. And besides what I told you about Frank, he also had her fiancé murdered. He thought the man was an F.B.I. informant but it was actually Helena who was the informant. Besides if Floyd were hypothetically still alive and you saw him face to face, can you really say that you wouldn't want to take your brother's killer out no matter what?"
Dig sighed, understanding Oliver's point but still having reservations.
"Listen man, that's deep and I get it. And yeah, if it were Andy I'd probably do the same thing. But we can't just let Helena go out there and wreak havoc everywhere. You know that Oliver.
"I do know that, and that's also why I've decided to help her", the other man answered. "If I can keep her close by me then I can keep her from endangering this city or doing anything she might regret while still helping her obtain her vengeance. And what happened to my mom was an accident and this way, if all goes well, I can prevent any more accidents from happening."
Dig frowned a bit, but decided to trust Oliver's judgment.
"I sure hope you know what you're doing man", Dig said to him while patting him on the back before walking away. Oliver just grimaced.
"Me to man, me to", Oliver said to himself while getting ready for tonight.
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Oliver and Helena, currently wearing their respective Hood and Huntress uniforms, were currently sitting above a warehouse as they conducted surveillance on their first target, a prominent servant of Frank's by the name of Anthony Venza, who was also on the List. Helena had wanted to kill him as well but Oliver had talked her out of it, insisting that her father should be the only one to die.
"Remember, we wait for the exchange to happen between Venza, his people, and the other guys they're doing the exchange with and then we move in after recording evidence of it, alright?", Oliver asked her, making sure she was still on board.
"Let's do this", she answered confidently. The two vigilantes watched as Venza conducted the deal while recording it with their recording devices. Once the deal was done, they put away their devices and then moved to confront the thugs down below.
"Anthony Venza?", Oliver growled out to him while pointing an arrow at the villain, his voice modifier disguised said voice.
"You have failed this city", Helena added, picking up from where Oliver left off. The Hood and the Huntress then leapt into the crowd of thugs and engaged them, leading to an exchange of furious roundhouse kicks, punches, and hand to hand combat. Oliver also continuously fired arrows at the thugs, especially those who tried to flee the scene, but with no kill shots while Helena did the same with her crossbow, shooting some thugs in their legs while they screamed in agony as the arrows pierced them. Soon the battle wound down and all of the thugs, both Venza, his people, and the criminals he was negotiating the deal with, were all subdued and knocked unconscious.
Before leaving though, Oliver left the recording nearby and then gave an anonymous tip to the F.B.I. Oliver and Helena then watched in satisfaction, but hidden, as F.B.I. agents raided the place and took Venza and the others into custody. All in all a good night's work.
When Frank heard the news, he was completely furious by this setback. First his closest friend and main hit man Nick Salvati is found with his neck broken and now Venza is also out of the equation while a large chunk of his organization is destroyed by two vigilantes and the F.B.I.? He knew he needed to do something before he lost everything he'd worked for and built for himself over the years.
As the next few days and weeks passed, Oliver and Helena continued to target other powerful associates and servants of the latter's father while still anonymously turning everyone they took down over to the F.B.I., slowly but steadily dismantling the Bertinelli crime family and their entire organization. Helena on her part also enjoyed going home and seeing her father ranting and raging about his troubles but knew that the worst was to come for him.
After some time, the two vigilantes finally managed to destroy most of Frank's organization and remove most of his people from the board, leaving only the core members of the main portion of the crime family, along with Frank himself, and were now ready to move against the man himself. They also decided that they needed to find evidence containing the names of everyone on Frank's payroll within the city's institution so that those people could also be removed from power.
As for the couple themselves, they continued to fall more and more in love with each other and went on many romantic dates together, getting to know each other even more and really connecting. Helena did not think she could find this deep love ever again after Michael but was grateful that she had. As for Helena herself, she was eager for the final stage of their mission and when she faced her father.
"Soon Frank. Very soon", she whispered to herself while looking forward to when she'd finally confront her father face to face.
To Be Continued
A/N The next and final chapter will be the confrontation and I hope you'll like it.
