It had been a couple of weeks since the team had taken down Isabel Rochev. They had taken down some of the more dangerous people on the list while waiting for Slade to make a move. Moira had decided to run for Mayor of Starling city, which had surprised both of her children.
"So, mom is really running for Mayor. I never thought I would see the day." Thea said.
"Yeah, I know it is surprising, but I think if she wins, she might actually do a good job." Oliver said.
"I think you are right. She does have a mind for that sort of stuff. She knows how to spin stuff to look good for everyone. So, I guess it is no surprise she would be good at politics." Thea said.
"Ok, well we might as well help her out. Let's get Barbara to look into anything that might cause mom problems in her campaign, like any secrets she might have hidden." Oliver said and Thea nodded as they walked into the lair.
"Barbara, what are you working on right now?" Oliver asked.
"Mostly just watching the news to make sure nothing is happening that could use the teams help." Barbara said.
"Ok, I want you to look into my mother's past so that we can find any secrets that she might have so that we can get out in front of them before someone in the opposing campaign comes across them." Oliver said.
"You got it. I will let you know what I find." Barbara said.
Oliver and Thea changed into their workout clothes and began to spar. It looked like Thea was keeping up with Oliver pretty well. She even got a couple of hits in on him. When they were done sparring Oliver looked at Thea and said, "I have a gift for you."
"What is it?" Thea asked.
"Come with me." Oliver said as the two siblings went into the other room where the team changes and he pulled out a box.
"What is this, Ollie?" Thea asked.
"Open it and find out." Oliver said.
Thea opened the box and said "Oh my God. Is this my suit? Why is it blue?"
"Well you always look good in blue and I was going to give you red, but I think being that Roy always wears the red hoodie, he would want the red." Oliver said.
"I do look good in blue, don't I? Oh, and I have to admit, Roy does look good in red." Thea said.
At that point in time Sara and Laurel enter the lair and saw Oliver and Thea in the changing room with Thea holding up her new suit.
"Looks like we have a new member of the team in the field when we go out again." Sara said.
"Yeah, she gave me a run for my money in our sparring session today, so I do believe she is ready." Oliver said.
"Welcome to the team, Speedy." Laurel said.
"Can I at least get another name but Speedy?" Thea said.
"It is probably best. People do know that we call you Speedy all the time." Sara said.
"Well, if I remember correctly, before you finally gave up about being could Speedy in the future, you wanted to be called Red Arrow. We could always call you Blue Arrow." Sara said.
"I think I will go with that. I mean Ollie is the Green Arrow, so why not be Blue Arrow." Thea said.
"I like it. So, Laurel I think we are just training today so when Roy gets in, I want you to spar with him." Oliver said.
"Ok, but I will train with her until Roy arrives." Sara said as they both got on the mat and started to spar.
Oliver and Thea went to see what Barbara had found on their mother. They saw that she was still hard at work looking for information, but she already had a few things written down.
"What have you got so far?" Oliver asked.
"Well I see where your mother wrote a check out to a Samantha Clayton seven years ago and there is also something about your father that might can be used against her." Barbara said.
"What is it about our father?" Thea asked because she still considered Robert to be her father because he raised her.
"Looks like he had another family. He has a daughter with another woman, and it looks like your mother made your father disown them." Barbara said.
"Sounds like something our mother would do. Do you have an address for what could be our sister?" Thea asked.
"I have it right here." Barbara said as she gave a piece of paper to Thea.
"And who is this Samantha Clayton?" Thea asked.
"I can answer that one. I slept with her when I was in college. She got pregnant and then lost the baby. At least that is what she told me. Now it looks like that was a lie because I believe our mother paid her off." Oliver said.
"So, I might be an aunt?" Thea said.
"It is a very good possibility, Thea." Oliver said.
"So, do we confront mom with this information, or do we go and fix her mistakes?" Thea asked.
"Being that mom can't be trusted. We do this ourselves." Oliver said.
"So, what do we do first?" Thea said.
"We go to see our sister." Oliver said and Thea nodded as they told the Lance sisters they would be back in a little while.
They walked to the address that Barbara had given them and knocked on the door. When the door opened there was a woman who was standing there that was no older than their mother.
"Ms. Adachi, do you mind if we come in and talk to you and your daughter?" Oliver asked.
"I know who you are. I will listen to what you have to say though." Ms. Adachi said.
"Thank you." Thea said as they were led into the sitting room.
Emiko entered the room when her mother called her, and she looked at the Queens and asked, "Why have you come here?"
"We are just finding out about you. Our parents kept you a secret from us. We have finally found out what kind of a person our mother is, so we looked into her and we found out that she kept us from you for all of these years." Oliver said.
"So, what do you want to do about this?" Emiko asked.
"We would like to get to know you. I have always wanted a sister. We pretty much have nothing to do with our mother anymore, so she won't be a problem." Thea said.
"I have always wanted a sister as well. I just wanted to be included as a member of your family." Emiko said.
"Now you will be if you will let us. We want to be a part of your life." Oliver said.
"Thank you. That is all I ever wanted." Emiko said.
"Well welcome to the family. Both of you are welcome at our place anytime." Thea said.
"You are much better people than your parents were. I will be happy that my daughter is family with you." Ms. Adachi said.
"We are happy as well." Oliver said.
"Mom, do you mind if I talk to them in private?" Emiko asked and Ms. Adachi nodded and left the room.
"I have to tell you both something and you might want nothing to do with me once I tell you." Emiko said.
"What is it?" Oliver asked.
"I am a member of a group called the Ninth Circle. I joined them because I was mad that dad abandoned me, and I thought they could be my family. Now that you are here, I would like to get away from them, but they are too powerful and the only way you leave is if you die. I don't know what to do." Emiko said.
"Can you fight?" Oliver asked.
"I am pretty much the head of the group now because of skills in fighting. They don't let anyone out though. Not even their leader." Emiko said.
"What is their stance on money. I can pay for your freedom." Oliver said.
"That might work. They do like their money. As long as I do not interfere with their business that should work." Emiko said.
"Get in touch with them and see what they say." Oliver said and Emiko made the call.
Emiko came back a few minutes later and said, "They said that if I could pay the five million dollars then I am free."
"Not a problem. We will get it to you tomorrow. We will even make sure that you have back up when you go to the meeting." Oliver said.
"Thank you both. I have always wanted to know the two of you and now that I do, it is beyond my wildest dreams how great you two are." Emiko said.
"Oh, we have our bad qualities. We just try to use our best qualities as much as possible. We will be back with the money tomorrow, so set up the meet and we will get you out of this hopefully as soon as tomorrow." Oliver said and then they left to go round up five million dollars.
A/N: This will not be the end of the Ninth Circle. I am just getting Emiko out of their grasp for now.
