Another night, another name to cross off the list. Harold Bachman. Oliver would use the elevator as distraction and crash through the roof to take out the guards.. Harold Backman was mine. Once I saw the flashes of un fire through the windows of the office building I shot a zip line arrow and zip lined right through the window. I rolled and came up standing, I notched an arrow and pointed it at Bachman. Oliver came around the corner and pinned Bachman to a wall "Harold Backman" I said through my voice changer. Oliver said "You have failed this city." Bachman said "I'm only an accountant. I'm just the money." Oliver said "That money leads to extortion, kidnaping, and drugs. It's the destruction of innocent lives!" He then said "You think you scare me more than the people I work for?" I then said "No. They can deal with you. Say hello to Al Sah-her for me." I then punched him in the face and Oliver took his laptop. We then returned back to base, mission acomplished.
Felicity took a look into the laptop. Oliver instructed her to return the money to the rightful owners. Felicity brought up the laptop being proctect by algorthems. Oliver said "Really? Sso it's gonna take a while to break in." Felicity said "Days at least." I smirked "Better get started then cyberchick." Oliver looked at me oddly "We seriously call her that in the future." I shook my head "No, just trying out some names, seeing if one fits." Felicity then said "At risk of ending up with an arrow in my eye, and putting aside that I apparently don't get a name in the future which I'm telling you I am going to give you an earful later about.. Can I ask...When are you planning on making peace with Diggle." Oliver then said "He's the one who left, Felicity. I did everything I could to stop him." Fel then said "Except apologize." I sucked in through my teeth "she's got you there Ollie, There's a reason she is the brains of team arrow." He looked at me 'We are not calling ourselves that. And I made a choice that night that I can live with, if he can't then I don't need him. I need to get back to the club, Let me know when you break in. David... Do what you what" He shrugged and left. I smirked "Thats progress." Felcity 'humfted' and went to work, and I went to train.. Prepare for my fight with the Dark Archer.
Felicity then said "My god...I got it." I looked at her "What?" Felicity began running up stairs "I think I found who had Walter Kidnapped!" She then later came downstairs with Oliver, who instructed her to find the client, and then we can use them to find Walter. Oliver then said "Back trace the account, find the money and use it to find Walter." Felicity then said "After all this time do you think Walter might still really be alive?" I then said "Walter.. Is new to me. But that doesn't mean anything, he mat have just left town by the time I arrived in 2014. Don't give up hope." She nodded "Got it.. Dominic Alonzo, ring a bell?" Oliver nodded "Yeah, Alonzo rns the biggest underground casino in Starling City when he is not busy kidnapping." Felicity then said "He looks like the kind of lowlife someone would hire to kidnap Walter. How many arrow's do you two think you will have to put in him before he gives up Walter's location? Say a lot?" Oliver then said "Its not that simple, that casino has its own private army. We need to access alonzo's computer but without setting off any alarms." Felicity then said "Looks like we are going to need all the help we can get. It's too bad there's not someone else we could call" Oliver then said "That's enough, we can do this on our own." Felicity then said "Well then, looks like someone's going gambling tonight." Oliver then said "I would be made instantly in there.. Oliver Queen would not be caught dead in a place like that." I then said "How about Mr and Mrs Shuter." I placed a hand on Felicity's shoulder. Felicity then said "It works, I can count cards.. I'll win us some big cash.. And maybe information." I then looked at Oliver "and I'll watch her back." Oliver nodded 'Alright.."
"You guys ready?" Oliver asked the next night as we walked down an alley way to Alonzo's casino. I nodded "We've got this Oliver." He nodded back "Remember the plan" Felicity said "Right, the plan.. The one where we get caught cheating in an underground Casino so we can get a warning from Alanzo so I can place a bug on his computer, and hopefully it's a friendly warning and not a bullet." I nodded "Yup, thats the one." Oliver then went to his perch and Felicity walked with me, arm in arm. Oliver's voice came over coms "password is Snapdragon." I raised an eyebrow "Seriously? That is the dummiest shit I've ever heard." Felicity said nervously "Well the password could just be password.. That would be worse." I nodded "Agreed." We walked up to the gaurd and he asked "Password" I said "SnapDragon.." He motioned for us to enter
I was surprised.. There were no pat downs. This was good for me, I didn't have to explain the gauntlet I had hidden in an arm cast on my right hand... just in case we needed it. "What do you see?" Oliver asked. Felicity said "6 armed guards, 2 pitmen and a floor man." I nodded "It this gets ugly.. That may be too many with just a gauntlet." Oliver then said "That's why I'm here." Felicity then said "Thanks.. It feels really good having you inside me.. And by you I mean your voice.. And by me I mean my ear.. I'm just going to stop talking right now." I nodded "Thats good... I would very much enjoy not hearing my 'wife' taking about other men 'inside her'" She just whinced at that.
We then went to a cards table where she sat down and offered up some money to play. The group looked at me and I held out my wrist "It's my good hand, I trust the missus though" I kissed the top of her head. She looked up at me and smiled "Lets win some money honey." We then played multiple hands of jackpot.. Winning tons of money. I noticed one of the goons coming over to us and had to hide a smile.. We had been made. Perfect. The guard asked "Will you two come with me." I looked at him "Is there a problem sir?" He just said "Now!" Felicity said "Well since you asked so nicely." We then got escorted to the managers office where Felicity kept running her mouth "Oh look, there's the bathroom, I should have known the manager's office would be right down the hall from the bathroom." I then said sweetly "Hunny dear, You're babbling again." She looked at me and said "Well maybe having two large men behind me is making me nervous dear" I then said "Don't worry my love, even with one hand down I would not let anyone harm you." We were then escorted into the office, Mr Alonzo told us to "Have a seat." Felicity did, and I stood behind her, making sure to block the guard's view of her as she planted the device. "What are your names" Felicity then said "Megan" I then said "Percy." He nodded "Well Megan and Percy, do you know what the term 86 comes from." Felicity then said "As it happens, I do. It's from the prohibition. There was a.. illegal Casino, not like this one. Located at 86 bedford street in new york and... god you know what, I'm just going to stop talking." Alonzo aid "And now it means to ban someone who is cheating, you are 86-ed. Leave your chips and go." I raised an eyebrow but said "Thank you so much sir.. I will make sure she does NOT do this again." Alonzo smiled slightly "Feel free to punish your woman any way you wish sir, good day. Oh and Megan.. The thing about card counters.. They sometimes work.. With a partner.. And not the decoy of a husband." I raised an eyebrow as he reached into out ears and pulled out our coms and smashed them. "Oh you are not going to like to meet our partner." I said. Alonzo grabbed Felicity and the big man tackled me. I rolled back and came up standing, ejecting the wrist blade and it cut the cast. I then smashed it over the desk, breaking it. The guard pulled the gun on me and I twist kicked it out of his hand. I then luned forward and drove the blade into the mans neck, killing him. I turned and Alonzo had a gun trained on Felicity's head.
I stood there, trying to form a plan when Oliver burst into the room. He fired an arrow at Alonzo, narrowly missing. Alonzo said "I heard you never miss." Oliver then said "I don't" It exploded and he dropped Felicity. I rushed forward and grabbed her, pulling her away from Oliver as he pushed Alonzo up against the wall. "WHERE IS WALTER STEELE?!" Oliver asked. Alonzo said "What? What are you talking about huh?" Oliver then said "6 months ago, you had him kidnapped!" Alonzo said "I didn't ask any questions.. It was just a job" Oliver then said "Last chance. Where is he?" Alonzo replied "Bellow ground" Oliver then said "You're lying." Alonzo replied "I'm not. I delivered him and they killed him I heard the gunshot. He's dead." I looked down, my blade re-tracting back into the gauntlet. "We need to get out of here" I said softly. And we did. Defeated.
Oliver went to tell his mother, I went suited up and went to Merlyn Global, to find some proof of Walter's death.. He had to be behind it, Walter was investigating the undertaking. I was on a roof top and watched as Moria ran into the office. This was news to me. I figured she had something to do with the Undertaking, nothing to do with Walter's kidnapping. I notched a bug arrow and prepared to fire it when I noticed an arrow sprout out of the wall beside the window. I peered over the edge of the building and saw Oliver. He must have suspected his mother. I laid low and listened through the coms as Malcolm declared Walter alive and that the undertaking was ready. I knew we should be happy for Walter, but I was fearful as the undertaking was upon on. I also felt sorry for Oliver as he was finding out his mother was now one of his enemies. I noticed Oliver leave and figured it was best we didn't leave evidence of us knowing of the undertaking. I leapt from the roof, notching an arrow and waiting until I got the perfect angle and shot. The arrow nicked Oliver's knocking it from the wall. I then twisted and fired a graple rope arrow and swung to saftey.. Making my way make to the Foundry.
I walked in to Oliver and Felicity already there, Oliver looked defeated, and I couldn't blame him as Oliver was telling Felicity to pull up Malcolm Merlyn's phone records "Malcolm Merlyn, why would he kidnap Walter." I then said "Because Walter got too close to Malcolm's undertaking." I then looked at Oliver, who just focused on finding Walter, who was in Bludhaven. "Two guys at every enterence." Felicity finished saying. I said "And two Vigilante's" Oliver then said "One guy on the roof." Felicity then pointed out "And no other roof's in the area, you want to get on that roof you will have to jump off of something.. Or David will have to fly." I shook my head "Too risky, With nothing to jump off of my powers would be known." Oliver then said darkly "I've got something."
That something was a Cargo plane. Oliver and I jumped from the plan and dove. We pulled our cutes at the same time. When in position I cut my chute strings with Kveykva and dropped down, kicking the vguard up top off the roof, killing him. Oliver landed beside me and we made our way into the building. Once inside we began to fight the guards in hand to hand, knocking them out with ease. Oliver made no comments or communicated no plans.. But that was okay, I was used to watching my own back and adapting to situations. More guards began to rush us so I knew we were made. Oliver did not care, We began to fire arrows as they ran towards us to allow us the breathing room. We watched eachother's back, switching sides often to keep our enemies on their toes. Finally we had cleared out the re-enforcements. There was no celebarating, no smiles. Just anger on Oliver's side.
Finally we reached the door with Walter. The door was opened and inside laid Walter, defeated. Oliver said with a voice changer "Mr Steele." I then said "Walter Steele." He rolled over "Whats happening, what's going on?" He asked. Oliver said "You're going home." We then escorted him out of the building. Finally.. Walter Steele was free. One small victory to call our own.
I waited in the foundry as Oliver greeted Walter officially at Starling General Hospital. I knew Oliver was angry.. I knew he knew that Malcolm was behind it all. He would be angry with me since I knew. I knew it all. I could have stopped the undertaking months ago when Malcolm Merlyn's life was in danger and I didn't for the stupid timeline. A fight was about to ensue between us.. One I didn't want to be a part of.. And one I knew I was in the wrong. Would Oliver forgive and forget.. Or would I be back to square one for earning the team's trust? Only time would tell.
