We spent the next week training. Training Dig up to be ready to go into the field. Training John Diggle to become someone else.. To become something else... an Avenger... well more like Revenger. He had one mission, to bring justice to the man who killed his brother Andy Diggle. I viewed the training as something else.. Preparing him for our eventual show down with the Dark Archer.

We were doing that this very afternoon. Oliver was taking the lead on the training while I watched, leaning against the desk Felicty was working at. John was punching two hand bags that Oliver was holding saying "We need to stop this guy before he makes any more widows our of wives." Oliver said "We will,I promised I would help you take this guy down, and I keep my promises. However this guy is on another continent right now." Felicity spoke up "Not anymore.. ARGUS manhunt for Floyd Lawton AKA Deadshot, so I decrypted their communications logs. Which means I just hacked a federal Agency. Which kind of makes me a cyber-terorist, which is bad because I really don't see myself fitting in well at Guantanamo bay" Oliver then said "Don't worry Felicity they don't send blondes there" I smirked "Yup, just terrorists and failed Vigilantes." Oliver rolled his eyes, Dig asked eagerly "What did you find" "Dead shot is scheduled to meet with a potential new client here in Starling City, except the potential contract is bogus. You're friend Lyla is setting a trap for him. Lawton took the bait." Fel said. Dig nodded "Great I 'll talk to Lyla and see if I can suss out any details." Oliver nodded "Good, I got to go have lunch with Laurel." I looked at him "So when did you become lunch dates with Laurel" Oliver then said "Look we're just... just Friends." I smirked "Not what I asked Oliver." Felicity smirked "Friends are good but.. Couldn't you be friends with someone less complicated than your Ex-girlfriend, whos your ex best friend's current girlfriend?" He rolled his eyes "I wear a hood and put arrows into criminals so when it comes to complexity...I grade on a Curve." I chuckled at that. "Well I guess you guys have your dates.. And once again me and Felicity get to spend some quality time together." She shook her head "I do have a job.. You know.." I nodded "Right..." So nap time it was.

Dig returned a little later with information from Argus. Oliver walked in asking "What's this?" Felicity said "Lyla's mission profile on the trap they have set up for deadshot." Dig then said "Lawton is set to meet his new employer and his assignment tomorrow at 8PM. Only his new employer... will be an Argus agent. Lyla will then swoop in with her team and arrest him." I then said "Not unless we get him first." Dig nodded at me "I don't want this bastard arrested." Oliver then said "Then tomorrow night, we cross Floyd Lawton's name off your list." He then continued "There is something else we need to look into. Two of Laurel's clients were murdered. Their seven year old son barely escaped." Dig then said "That's terrible" Oliver then said "Edward Rasmus. The financial advisor Laurel was taking to court. May not have pulled the trigger, but he probably called in the hit. Felicity I want you to get into his corporate accounts, Phone records, anything that may link him to the killer, ok?" I then said "Woah, hold up a minute here Oliver, we've already got a mission on the go here. Multitasking could lead to failure.. Its bad enough that we are already so pre-occupied to take out the Dark Archer, but we need to focus." Oliver then said "A little boy's life hangs in the balance David, I can't turn my back on it." I then said "Or more like you won't turn your back on Laurel" Oliver then pointed at me and said "Look, any time you are willing to give up the Dark Archer's name and plan, feel free and we will take him down, until then, we do things my way, got it?" I curled my hand into a fist "Go." He turned and went and hooded up to go visit laurel. The rest of the team gave me a look, I shrugged and said softly "I can not fail this city." and stalked off myself.

The next day it turned out Laurel was coming to live at the Queen Mansion to protect herself. I did not mind. It gave me an excuse to look after her whilst still focusing on my mission. I was with Oliver when they arrived, Dig was introducing some security guards to them Dig finally said "Mr Queen, Whenever you are ready, Mr Shuter and I will take you to your next appointment. The Lawton Meeting." Oliver then said "Yes, of course. I just first have to swing by the Club and pick up my good suit. I will meet you there." I then nodded "Yes, I do also believe I left my good suit there as well. I'll accompany you Mr Queen, Mr Diggle, wait up." I then went to walk past Tommy and Laurel and then said "Mr Merlyn, Ms Lance, you will be very safe here, enjoy your stay." I gave them a smile before leaving.

Oliver and I were suiting up when Laurel began talking about sending overlays of the site to our phones, with positions Dig wanted us in. Something Oliver said caught my attention "What's that?" Fel said "I had a trojan searching the internet for anything to do with Edward Rasmus. He just booked a flight for 8:15 to Shanghai." Oliver then said "He's running." Fel then said "That's good right? If he's leaving town he won't be after laurel and the child anymore. But if you did want to stop him, looks like it's now or never." I walked over and picked up my bow saying "It's never, Dig needs us. Rasmus isn't even on the list." I said. Oliver just turned and left. He was going after Rasmus.

I went to the meeting place and got into position saying on comms "Dig.. This is Ghost in Hood position, waiting contact." I then perched, waiting. A possible target got the argus agents to begin to act, but they stood down. I noticed a red light reflect briefly to my right and moved into action, jumping down from my perch, twisting and firing an arrow just as Deadshot fired, killing an agent. I landed and rolled backward, notching another arrow and firing at where I had been, hoping he had been near me.. Dig fired a full bullets. I ran to the first person down, took a reading of his vitals, he was dead. I twisted around to make sure dig was alright and he was gone, probably going for the stairs. I ran after him, Before I got to him I ran right into Lawton, who looked at me for a second. I notched an arrow and fired, he dodged it and shot at me, I dove down the flight of stairs, rolled, came up kneeling, twisted and fired another arrow. He jumped over it, landing beside me and hit me. I got to my feet and engaged in hand to hand combat with him. I knocked the guns from his hand and ejected a wrist blade, dashing forward and going to jab it into his chest, he twisted last second and jabbed a hand in my side. Two gun shots went off. I gasped in pain and was kicked to the floor. Lawton said "So you were the Blue Arrow... I must admit I expected more.. You are nothing more than a Ghost after all." He then turned and ran. I groaned and tried to get up, this sending waves of fresh pain in my gut. I knew I had to move.. Otherwise I would be caught. Turned to footsteps coming down the stairs and ejected the wrist blade again, ready to defend myself, noticing a hint of blood of deadshot's as I did this.. I must have nicked him.. The guy coming down the steps was Dig, he launched into action explaining "David!" He helped me to my feet and we did our best to covertly exit the situation.

Once back at the foundry Dig and Felicity first dug the bullets out of my gut and patched me up, and then Felicity went to work on stitching up Dig's forehead. I was drinking some nectar when Oliver walked down the stairs. "What happened?" He asked, Diggle responded "You didn't show, things didn't go well." Oliver then said "Rasmus was skipping town..and I had to re-prioritize." Diggle then said "Well thanks to your new priorities, four agents are dead, Oliver. Deadshot is in the wind again, David and I got our asses beaten separately, David almost died!" I then said "I am fine, But Oliver had you shown up, we would have ended this maniac once and for all. I would have noticed him from my perch and could have taken the shot. Rasmus.. Was not worth that. I warned you Oliver, we were taking on too much.. And now look at us. You need to get your head out of your ass and focus on your team and your primary mission.. Or you may find both of those a failure!" Oliver then said "I needed to make a choice, Taylor was depending on me!"Diggle then said "This was never about the kid Oliver! This was about Laurel. Always Laurel.. And you chose her! Always her. I'm starting to think I backed the wrong Vigilante.. At least David seems to know what he's doing." He then pushed past Oliver and left. Felicity left too. Oliver just looked at me and said "Anything else you would like to say about how I am leading this team, David?" I shrugged and said "Start listening to them. You say you trust me, yet you defy everything I tell you and warn you about. One day you will deal with a less experienced me and you will get to impart the very knowledge I am trying to impart on you, in him. Yet the version of me you are dealing with now.. Has more experience than you do. You have almost 6 years.. I have over almost 900." He then just shook his head and turned around, to go willow in his own thoughts.

Dig and I sat in silence in the foundry the next day. I had the calender on my phone open, staring at the date.. The undertaking was less than a month away...and we were no closer to stopping Merlyn. It killed me not being able to say anything.. To talk to anyone about how I was feeling.. About what I wanted to do.. And it infuriated me that Oliver didn't take me at my word for a lot. His actions.. His failures.. Would be my failures.. And my failure would mean the death of thousands.. And my own death by Oliver's hand. Oliver's voice said "I hoped you two would be here.. I want us to get back on the same page." Diggle then said "Oliver, we're not even in the same book.. All of us. Not anymore." I then said " We all have separate missions. Yours is Laurel and your list. Mine is the Undertaking, Felicity's is Walter Steele.. And Dig's is Deadshot. We aren't acting like a team.. All we are doing is getting in eachother's way." Oliver then said "I just did what I thought I had to.." Diggle then said "Just like I'm doing what I have to. We're done. David.. If you need me, I'll help you. But not him." Oliver then said "Don't do this." Diggle replied "All you have to stop me going out that door is an arrow." I sighed and looked down "And it looks like we are doomed to fail." The Team was fractured.. And with Dig gone.. Our chances of winning just went down into single didgets. Oliver looked at me and said deadly quietly "Lets get the Dark Archer." I looked up and said softly "I don't like our chances now." Oliver then said "You will like them better when you hear I am listening to you now. Everything will be your call." I shook my head "You're the boss." He shook his head back "No. You said before.. Partners. I have not treated you like one yet. It's about time I do." I nodded slowly and said "Lets go get this son of a bitch." Malcolm Merlyn.. We are coming for you.