You still pissed? Yeah sorry about that, things will become more clear in this update. I'm evil when I want to be. Anywho...onto the story Archers!

*Just before the explosion*

Roy moved further into the room, keeping his pace slow, so as not to startle it's occupant. Roy could hear the team talking through the comms. The girl in the room lifted her head just as Felicity asked him who the hostage was. With a start Roy knew who he was looking at, Vivian Noss. Before he could answer the blond though he heard a whistling sound. Moving, without hesitation, to cover Vivian roy curled in on her to protect form the explosion he knew was coming. The pressure of the heat was overwhelming at first. After a few minutes the temperature went down. Roy moved off of the girl below him. She looked up at him with terror in her eyes.

Vivian didn't speak but Roy could see the question loud and clear in her face. With a shake of his head the young archer crept around the prison looking for the entry point. Another minute had passed before he realized he couldn't hear anything. Not a single sound. Flicking his own ear, trying to make any sound register, he felt pain instead. Pulling his fingers away he say that his suit was wet, but the same color. Blood.

Shit. I must have blown my eardrums. Crap. Will I ever hear again? I hope so. Roy spent about thirty seconds on those thoughts. Next he kept looking around. Just a slight change in perspective and he caught it. Entry point for the rocket. A slender hole in the wall near the door. The door had shut, but not locked, when Roy had entered the room. Silently, he suspected at least, Vivian had moved behind him. During the explosion, the chain around her wrists had broken free of the wall.

Vivian moved towards the hole, stepping over the debris of the left wall, she moved as if to open the door when Roy stopped her with a hand on her arm. The archer moved forward slowly, using his other four senses, opening the door to check for the perpetrators. Not seeing anyone, he turned to the lost twin.
"Vivian, can you listen for any kind of movement? I can't hear a thing. If you do hear anything moving that you deem as a threat, tap me on the side the movement is, please." Roy hated to admit it but it was true. He needed help to get them out of there safely.

Vivian searched his face not really knowing how someone who couldn't hear could talk so quietly. She snapped her fingers behind her back to see any kind of reaction. Roy didn't give any, still waiting for her response to his request. With a visible sigh she nodded her consent. Sighing himself, Roy began to lead them outside to his bike. They progressed easy enough, until Vivian gripped his arm forcing him to stop entirely. Instantly tensing, the street rat nocked an arrow and made a slow scan with his eyes. Vivian hadn't given him a direction so he was searching in front of him, waiting for the others to move first.

Just as Roy was about to risk a step forward, the outside door swung open. Without waiting to see who entered, Roy released the arrow. Without his hearing he had no idea if he hit or if the arrow was caught. Vivian didn't tell which had happened either. Before he could ask though, the one who had alerted Vivian came in.

Oliver could hear the panic rising in Felicity's voice. Moving on instinct he suited up, came back for a comm and told Felicity to talk him in. Felicity had calmed upon hearing his voice though. Next thing he knew he was parking beside Roy's undamaged bike. Moving slower, he started towards the building waiting for a sound, movement, anything to alert him to another's presence. He could see smoke billowing from the back of the building, continuing forward, he hoped he wouldn't find any bodies back there. Having reached the door, he froze. It was closed with a hole in it big enough to have been an RPG shot through.

The emerald archer reached out and opened the door, standing to the left of it so as not to alert anyone inside of his position. Hearing the arrow being released made him freeze as it flew passed his face. Recognizing it instantly he smiled. Knowing that Roy was capable of firing an arrow calmed him enough to make him move inside. What he saw surprise him.

Roy was standing in the middle of the room, Bow raised, arrow nocked, hood down, blood on the sides of his face, coming form his ears. Behind him was Vivian, eyes wide with shock and a hint of fear. Roy, upon seeing his mentor, lowered his bow and let out a cry of relief. The boy then proceeded to collapse. Vivian let out a cry of shock, and Oliver shot forward to catch his protégé. Roy was unconscious in Oliver's arms when the Arrow looked up at his old friend.

"Hey. You weren't hurt in the explosion were you?" Oliver suspected not but he had to be sure. Vivian shook her head telling him that she hadn't. With a short nod, Oliver handed Vivian the bows and stood with Roy in his arms.

"Is anyone else here?" Vivian again only shook her head in response. Just as they turned toward the entrance the team's van pulled up and Diggle and Thea shot out of it. Thea had apparently returned just after Oliver left. A noise that didn't sound human escaped form her throat at the sight of her boyfriend in her brother's arms. Diggle had moved to asses the boy's condition before turning to look over the girl. Vivian was in shock and too thin for someone her size but other than that unharmed. Roy was in a much worse condition.

Diggle told Oliver to put Roy into the back of the van before he directed Vivian into the passenger seat. Oliver set him down on the floor with his head in Thea's lap. Diggle climbed in beside the couple and Oliver went to drive. Ten minutes later they were flying down the stairs to give Roy the attention he needed. Thea began pacing the length of the lair while the Noss' had a little reunion in the corner. Original Team Arrow went to work on their youngest male member. It took hours.

Thea had become exhausted and took up Felicity's chair to wait. Tommy was crouching in front of her, attempting to keep her calm while Laurel started the process of feeding Vivian again. It had taken three hours before Roy had received all the medical attention they could give him. Oliver and Felicity began to clean up the station and Roy and Diggle played bad cop...er, surgeon.

Thea was silent during their conversation, Tommy actually asked what Thea wanted to know. Roy was going to be okay. The shrapnel tore both his eardrums and tore up his abdomen. It didn't pierce any vital organs but it did cause him to nearly bleed out. The flames didn't reach the injured, but the smoke did. They both had minor cases of smoke inhalation. The shock wave blew into Roy's side breaking three ribs and fracturing four. Given a few months he should be okay.

"IF he takes it easy and doesn't make his ribs any worse, Roy will be just fine Thea." Digg wanted to make sure that Thea knew that she wasn't going to lose her boyfriend. Thea nodded in response and got up to sit by his side till he woke up. Digg turned to the rest of the team to see what they were doing. Oliver had Vivian sitting down and was talking to her to see if she knew anything about the lost jewel.

"Viv, it is the reason you were taken. Are you sure you don't remember anything about it?" Oliver was trying to be patient but Felicity was getting nowhere in her searches and they were coming up on their deadline. Vivian was deep in thought but she shook her head no.

"I'm trying Ollie. We were in Russia, but I don't know about the lost jewel. It looks familiar. I typically am the thief of our operations so I would know if we stole that. We didn't." Vivian was getting more and more frustrated with herself, Oliver could see it. Placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder he stood to move away when Brian spoke up.

"What happens if we don't find it in time?" Oliver glanced at the youngest Noss and was frozen in the boy's gaze. His eyes were full of terror and pain. They were such big brown eyes that Oliver thought he was looking at a fawn for a moment. The archer gave Brian a small reassuring smile.

"Don't worry about it buddy. You and your family are safe, my team will deal with the Bratva." Brian nodded but still was worried. The rest of the team was gathered around Felicity at the computers. She was flying through her windows, her hands like a blur on the keyboard. She was getting more and more frustrated as time went on. Felicity knew she was the only one who could find it and it was pissing her off that she couldn't. Tommy had gone to Laurel's side when Thea went to Roy's and Digg was standing on the resident hacker's right side. Oliver joined him and just watched his partner work.

His IT girl let out a growl after just five minutes of this. With a small tilt of his head he asked her what was wrong. She responded by shifting in her seat and moving closer to her desk. Oliver got the message loud and clear. He backed away with a smirk, pulling lightly on Digg's arm to get him to follow. With a jerk of his head, the couple followed suit. They moved over to the training mats.

"Felicity hates having people watch her work, too much stress. Why don't you guys head home and rest. All that can be done now is wait. I will stay with them to keep an eye on Roy, and to help the siblings settle in for the night. Felicity and I will probably be staying here as well." Oliver knew that this might not work on Digg but his best friend nodded and took the lawyer's hand to lead her home. Digg, as predicted, smirked and moved to grab the escrima sticks. Tossing a pair to Oliver he got into a battle stance.

"You honestly thought I would leave you alone with them? Not a chance." Digg looked at him with a smirk and mischief dancing in his eyes. The look the archer was getting from the soldier was making Oliver nervous. Oliver was agitated with the Noss family yes, but did that warrant what Digg was doing? Oh, Oliver sure as hell hoped not.

Felicity let out a breath she didn't know she was holding when the four moved away from her. She really hated an audience when she was under this much stress. Continuing her work she actually began to make more sense without them around her. When she heard the door shut she knew someone went home, then when she heard the sounds of the boys training she knew her boys were still with her. As the minutes turned into hours the sounds faded into the background.

For about two hours, this process continued. The boys trained, she researched, Thea sat with Roy while he was unconscious, and the Noss brothers were talking while the middle child slept propped against her twin. The team's definition of a peaceful night. That was, until Felicity let out a cry of triumph and threw her fist in the air.

All other noises stopped except of course for the equipment hooked up to Roy. Arrow and Overwatch moved to her side in seconds. Felicity was smiling delightedly, and her eyes were alight.

"I know who stole the jewel and I know where they and it are. A man named Dominic Torch stole the jewel. He is at his home here in Starling. The jewel however is in a vault at Starling National. Not just any vault either." Felicity brought up the info about the jewels location. Oliver let out a cry of shock when he saw it. Digg just raised his eyebrows. The Noss', all awake, look at the screen in disbelief.

Thea, having not moved, was still in the dark. "Who's vault Felicity?"

Felicity turned to the youngest Queen.

"The Queen Vault."

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Plot twist. Sorry couldn't help myself. So sorry for the late update. Hope this made up for it. Review? *peeks from hiding spot hopefully*