Diggle, Oliver and Tommy walked into big belly burgers to hear pop music playing over speakers. "Why don't you guys take a seat and I will grab a couple burgers and some ice for those faces" Diggle said waving at a waitress who waved back.
"Who is she? A girlfriend" Tommy asked waving at her.
"Sister in law" Diggle said glaring at Tommy.
"Right" Tommy said awkwardly. "I'm going to grab a booth" Tommy said walking away from Oliver and Diggle to find a booth.
"She's not wearing a wedding ring. Brother out of the picture" Oliver asked watching as Diggle's sister in law, Carla, talked to someone in the kitchen.
Diggle looked over at her. "Yea you can say that" he said. Carla caught a rag and started wiping down the bar. Oliver looked over at Carla as Diggle walked over to her. Oliver walked over to the booth Tommy had gotten. Diggle walked up to Carla. "Hey you" he said as he reached her.
"So sweet of you to adopt two white boys. They need a good role model" Carla said.
"That's my client Oliver Queen" Diggle said pointing toward Oliver as he sat down in the booth across from Tommy.
"Looks like you're doing a bang up job protecting him" Carla said.
Over at the booth Oliver let out a seep breath. It had been a long night. "It's unfortunate that Felicity and Laurel couldn't join us" Tommy said.
Oliver nodded. "Felicity had to get back to work. She only took a few hours off to check out that bar with us" Oliver said.
Tommy chuckled. "She works a lot. It must be a Lance sister trait. Laurel has work early in the morning and had to get home so she could get some sleep" Tommy said. Oliver looked away. "Look man about what Thea said about Felicity, she's really sorry" Tommy said.
"Tommy" Oliver said looking at his friend. "I'm not mad. I was dead and I know that was hard for her" he said.
"No, man, me and Laurel both feel like we should have done a better job helping Felicity through it. You were dead, or as it turns out, alive on a deserted island. You're my friend" Tommy said.
"I should have listened to Felicity that you were alive and never have given up on you. She was right" Tommy said.
Oliver nodded. "Trust me Felicity's always right. I've already learned that lesson" Oliver said. Him and Tommy laughed. "It's OK. I understand why you thought I was dead" Oliver said.
Over at the bar Diggle and Carla were still talking. "How dangerous is this gig anyway" Carla asked.
Diggle shrugged his shoulders. "It's a cakewalk Carla. Don't worry" he said. Carla nodded her head.
"Too late or have you forgotten this job got your brother killed because Dig I haven't. I can't" she said walking away from him. Diggle shook his head.
Back over at the booth Tommy looked at his friend. "You are being really chill about this" he said.
Oliver raised his eyebrows as his phone rang. He pulled it out of the inside of his blazer pocket. "Hello" Oliver said answering the phone. Oliver started speaking in Russian as Tommy looked at him curiously. Oliver looked at Tommy and held the phone to his chest.
"This is important business I need to take care of. Can I have a minute, please" Oliver asked as Tommy nodded his head.
"Of course. Enjoy" Tommy said getting up and walking away.
Oliver put the phone back to his ear. "So I checked out" Oliver asked.
"You did. His name is Floyd Lawton. I have address, where he stayed last time he was in Starling City. That is all" the man said over the phone.
"Let's hope he's a creature of habit. Go" Oliver said.
"1700 Broadway, Pape Motel, Room 52. You'll leave us out of this, yes? Assuming Mr. Lawton doesn't kill you first" the man said over the phone as Oliver hung up and put his phone away. Oliver got up from the booth and started to walk out of the restaurant.
"Mr. Queen where do you think you're going" Diggle asked. Oliver rolled his eyes and turned around.
"I'm not really feeling well. I was just going to head home" Oliver said. Diggle nodded.
"Good. Well I will take you home then" Diggle said walking out of the restaurant. Oliver sighed and followed behind.
Oliver had gone home and was only there for five minutes then headed to his lair and got suited up to go after Floyd Lawton. He arrived at his apartment building wearing his hood and stood outside Lawton's door. He kicked open the door and Floyd Lawton looked up at him. Oliver shot an arrow toward Lawton as he moved out of the way at the right second. The arrow went into the back of Lawton's chair instead. Lawton jumped behind the bed. He stuck his head up and started shooting at the vigilante as Oliver moved out of the way behind the doorway in the hallway. Lawton loaded more bullets as Oliver quickly shot another arrow which missed Lawton completely. Oliver shot another arrow at Lawton while he lifted mattress to shield himself. It worked as the arrow got stuck in the mattress. Lawton started shooting at Oliver again as he hid behind the doorway once again. Lawton jumped out the window. Oliver heard the window smash and slowly looked to see what happened. He saw that Lawton jumped out the window and ran over to the window. He was going to load an arrow but he saw that Lawton was gone. Oliver looked around outside the window for him until he heard sirens in the distance. Oliver walked back into the room, unplugged the laptop, took it and ran out of the room.
The next morning Felicity was getting ready for work when there was a knock on her door. She went and opened the door and saw Laurel and Sara standing on the other side. "What are you two doing here" Felicity asked letting her two sisters in her apartment.
"We just wanted to make sure you were Ok after everything that happened last night" Laurel said.
Sara nodded her head. "Have you talked to Oliver" she asked.
Felicity shook her head. "Not yet but I plan to after work" she said. Felicity's phone beeped. She looked at it. It was a news report.
"Is everything OK" Sara asked.
"There was an explosion at Ace Chemicals but Superman's managed to resolve the situation" Felicity said.
Laurel smiled. "You should show that to Tommy. He'd go on and on about how great Superman is and how Star City needs our own Superman" she said laughing. Her two sisters laughed with her.
Felicity smiled at her sisters. "I have to get to the office. I will call you two after I talk to Oliver" she said. They both nodded.
Across the city a couple hours later, Oliver walked into Smoakin' Lance tech with the laptop he got from Floyd Lawton's apartment. He needed the information off the laptop and Felicity could definitely get it off for him. Plus he knew he could trust her. He wouldn't have involved Felicity if he had any choice in the matter but unfortunately he didn't. He walked up to the front desk. "Hello my name is Oliver Queen and I'm here to see Ms. Lance" Oliver said smiling at the woman sitting behind the desk.
The woman looked at her computer. "I don't see an appointment here for you Mr. Queen" the woman said.
Oliver nodded. "Trust me Ms. Lance will want to see me" he said.
"Just give me one minute" the woman said smiling at him. She picked up the phone on the desk and dialed a number. "Ms. Lance, Mr. Queen is here to see you" she said into the phone.
"Send him up" Felicity said back into the phone.
The woman hung up the phone and looked at Oliver. "Follow me" the woman said getting up.
Oliver followed the woman to Felicity's office. The woman knocked on the door. "Ms. Lance, Mr. Queen is here" she said.
Felicity nodded. "Thank you Brittany. You can let him in" Felicity said.
Brittany turned to Oliver. "You can come in" she said.
Oliver walked into the office. "Thank you" he said as Brittany left the office closing the door behind her. Oliver cleared his throat. "Hi Felicity. I thought I should come over for a visit after last night" he said.
"Of course. I'm glad you came Oliver" she said.
"I just wanted to let you know that I'm not mad about what Thea said. I know I left without us really getting a chance to talk about it but that was because of the fight not because of what Thea said" Oliver said.
Felicity nodded her head. "Right but I also had to leave to come to the office so we wouldn't have been able to talk anyway but we can talk right now while I'm looking for…" she said stopping herself. She shook her head. "You didn't com here to hear me babble. That will end in 3, 2, 1" Felicity said.
Oliver smiled at Felicity. He always found her babbling to be cute. "I'm having some trouble with my computer and I figured I'd come see the smartest person I know to help me" he said putting the laptop on her desk. Felicity pulled her chair closer to get a better look at it. "I was at my coffee shop surfing the web and I spilled a latte on it" Oliver said.
"Really" Felicity asked.
"Yea" Oliver answered back.
"These look like bullet holes" Felicity said pointing at the bullet holes in the laptop.
Oliver let out a soft laugh. "You know my coffee shop is in a bad neighborhood" he said. Felicity looked at him unsure. She knew he was lying. She was always able to tell when he was lying. Oliver put on his trademark Felicity smile that he always put on around her. "If there is anything that you can salvage from it I would really appreciate it" Oliver said.
"One more question where'd you get the laptop? I've never seen it before" Felicity asked.
"I just bought it" he said.
Felicity nodded. "OK then" she said. She knew he was lying.
"Have a seat" Felicity said.
Oliver pulled a chair next to Felicity. "Thank you for doing this. I really appreciate it" he said.
Felicity smiled at him. "Of course. It should only take a minute" she said.
Oliver nodded. "Right" he said. Felicity plugged the laptop into her computer and started typing something into her keyboard. Oliver sat and waited when something on Felicity's desk caught his eye. He moved some of her papers over and saw a sketch of him as the vigilante on her desk. He picked it up and looked at it. "What is this" Oliver asked holding up the sketch.
Felicity looked over at Oliver shocked. She sighed. "It's a sketch of the vigilante that I stole from my father" she said.
"Why do you have it" Oliver asked.
Felicity quickly took the photo out of Oliver's hands. "Let's just focus on your problem OK" she said.
Oliver gave Felicity a stern look. "Felicity" he said seriously. Felicity let out a deep breath and turned to look at Oliver.
"I just want to find him" Felicity said.
"Why" Oliver asked.
"He's saved my life twice and I don't think he's this criminal that everyone says he is" she said.
Oliver shook his head. "He's dangerous. Both of the times you've been around him you almost died" he said.
"I didn't though because he was there. I also seem to remember him saving yours, Tommy's and Laurel's lives too when you first came home" she said.
Oliver nodded. "He did. I just want you to be careful. Even if he won't hurt you the people he goes after will. I don't want anything to happen to you" he said.
Felicity nodded. "I'll be careful. I promise. I have to find him Oliver. I have to let him know that not everyone in this city thinks he's a criminal" she said. Hearing Felicity talk this way made Oliver smile. Even when she didn't know it was him she still believed in him. Just then Felicity's computer beeped. Her and Oliver turned to look at it. "Looks like blueprints" Felicity said.
"Do you know what of" Oliver asked.
"The exchange building" Felicity said turning to look at Oliver.
"Never heard of it" he said.
"It's where the Unidac industries auction is scheduled to take place" Felicity said. Oliver looked at her confused. "I thought you said you just bought this laptop. Why do you have these blueprints on your laptop" Felicity asked.
"Yes I did just buy it" Oliver said nodding his head. "I bought it used" he said.
Felicity put her hand on Oliver's hand. "Whatever's going on you can tell me. You know that right" Felicity said. Oliver looked at Felicity feeling like crap. He wanted to tell her the truth so bad but he knew how she would react. She would want to help him and wouldn't just sit at home while he went out trying to help the city. He wouldn't be able to live with himself if something happened to her because of him and the life he led. He knew she would never reveal his secret to anyone and he couldn't have her lying to everyone in her life. Felicity could never know.
"I know I can tell you anything. There's nothing going on. I promise. I just wanted to know what was on the laptop I just bought" he said smiling at her.
Felicity nodded knowing Oliver was lying to her but she decided to drop it. "Does this have anything to do with the drama going on in your family right now" Felicity asked.
"What" Oliver asked.
"Walter marrying Moira" Felicity said. Oliver looked at her confused again. He had no idea what she was talking about. "Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet" she said.
Oliver let out a little laugh. "Come on Felicity. You know I've never been good at Shakespeare" he said.
Felicity nodded. "Yea I know. I had to basically right your paper on Hamlet in college" she said laughing. Oliver gave her a serious look. "OK. Anyway, Walter's trying to buy Unidac industries and you just bought a company laptop associated with one of the guys he's competing against" Felicity said.
"Floyd Lawton" Oliver answered.
"No" Felicity said. Oliver turned to her. "Warren Patel" Felicity said pointing to the blueprints on her computer. Oliver looked over at them. "Who's Floyd Lawton" Felicity asked.
"He is an employee of Mr. Patel, evidently" Oliver answered. Felicity looked at the blueprints carefully. Why did Oliver have them? Oliver looked at Felicity then at the blueprints studying them. It looked like the exchange building was surrounded by three towers with eye lines into the building. Lawton would be able to get his kill shot off from virtually anywhere. Oliver thought for a moment. He knew he wasn't going to be able to cover the area or protect all of Deadshot's targets alone. He was going to need help.
"Oliver are you OK" Felicity asked snapping Oliver out of his thoughts.
Oliver looked at her and smiled. "Yea I'm fine" he said getting up. "Thank you" he said.
Felicity smiled at him. "Of course anytime" she said.
Oliver leaned down and kissed her. "I'll see you later" he said. She nodded her head. "I love you" he said.
"I love you too" Felicity said. Oliver left the office and Felicity picked up the sketch and a photo she had of her and Oliver on her desk. She looked between the two pictures. It couldn't be possible, could it? She looked at the photo of her and Oliver a from their graduation. He had his arms wrapped around her and was smiling up at her. "What happened to you on that island? Who did you become" she asked to herself. She looked at the sketch again. Something had been different about Oliver ever since he returned from the island. Maybe this was it. Could Oliver Queen, the love of her life, actually be this hooded vigilante?
That night, Laurel and Tommy arrived at the police station waiting for Quentin to get off work. They were going to have a family dinner. Rebecca was already with Donna. Both Tommy and Quentin promised they would try to get along with each other for Laurel and Becca's sake. That was why once a week they were having a family dinner. Tonight was the night. They saw Quentin approaching them. "Hello Laurel" Quentin said hugging Laurel. He looked over at Tommy. "Tommy" he said.
Tommy nodded to him. "Quentin" he replied back.
"Are you ready for our family dinner" Laurel asked.
"In just a minute. I just have to drop these papers off then I'll be ready to leave" Quentin said.
Laurel looked up at her father. "Donna told us to make sure you actually leave on time tonight. She said you've been doing a lot of overtime the last few nights" Laurel said.
Quentin nodded. "I've been trying to get this masked vigilante off the streets" he said.
"Well you know what would help with that. Having a full stomach. Donna and Becca are waiting for you Quentin" Tommy said.
Laurel nodded. "Tommy's right. Let's just have a good dinner without any talk of the vigilante" Laurel said.
Quentin nodded. "Let me just drop these papers off" he said. Laurel and Tommy waited as Quentin dropped the papers off and then they walked with him into the parking lot. As they were walking Quentin to his car he was grabbed from behind and pinned down onto it.
Laurel and Tommy looked and saw that it was the vigilante. "Let go of him" Laurel yelled running up to the vigilante.
"I'm not going to hurt him. I just need his help" Oliver said disguising his voice so no one knew it was him.
Tommy pulled Laurel behind him. "His help with what" he asked.
"You son of a bitch" Quentin said as he struggled against the vigilante who had him pinned down with one hand and his arm twisted behind his back with the other.
"Detective, quiet" Oliver said.
"It isn't exactly the smartest move attacking a cop outside of a police precent" Laurel said.
"I'm not going to hurt him. I just need him to listen" Oliver said.
"You've got a pair on you, pulling this" Quentin said.
"Floyd Lawton's the one targeting the buyers interested in Unidac industries. Interpol calls him Deadshot because he never misses. You can look this up after I go" Oliver said.
"Yea stop chasing you I suppose" Quentin said as Oliver twisted his arm harder.
"All we have to do is yell and you'll be surrounded" Tommy said.
"I wouldn't" Oliver said looking over at Tommy while still holding down Quentin. He turned back to Quentin. "Warren Patel hired Lawton" Oliver said. Quentin listened to what the vigilante was saying. "I can't be sure who they're targeting. It might be all the buyers and I can't protect them in a space that big. I need your help" Oliver said.
"Yea professional help" Quentin said.
"You're crazy" Laurel yelled out.
"Lawton laces his bullets with curare. Tell your man to wear Kevlar" Oliver said ignoring Laurel.
"I'll tell them to shoot you…"Quentin started to say as the vigilante let go of him. Laurel and Tommy watched the vigilante put a laptop on the car. He shot an arrow into the car. They watched the vigilante shoot an arrow and zip up to a roof. Quentin stood up straight and looked around shocked that the vigilante let him go.
"Dad" Laurel yelled running into her father's arms. He hugged her. "Are you OK" she asked. He nodded his head.
"I'm fine" he said. He looked down at the laptop the vigilante left on the car.
"What the hell was that about" Tommy asked.
Quentin shook his head. "I don't know but I'm going to find out" he said. Tommy looked from his wife and father in law to the laptop on the car. Tommy knew whatever was on that laptop had to be important. He wanted to know what it was so that he could protect Laurel, Rebecca, and even Quentin from whatever was on that laptop.