AN:Forgot to tell you. Overwatch in my story is Digg and Felicity is Oracle. I know Oracle is Barbra Gordon, but in my story it isn't taken yet. Btw the reason Anatoly came to Oliver was also because he knew where it was but he believed Mark put the jewel there to get Oliver's attention and he wanted to see what Oliver would do. Anywho... Onward, My Archers!
"I'm sorry, what?" Thea was completely confused. She knew the Queen Vault like her own bedroom, she would have known if the lost jewel was in there. Oliver on the other hand was lost in thought. Felicity gave the youngest Queen a small smile in response.
"There was a new shipment of jewelry into the vault a couple of months ago. You haven't been in it since before the Quake. I'm guessing that that is when it was placed inside. Although how Torch got anything into your guy's vault, I am still working on that. He just got home from work so he shouldn't be expecting any visitors." Felicity continued her review of her findings to Oliver. She looked up at him hopefully. The emerald archer was still trying to figure out what to do.
After just a few moments Oliver blinked like he was suddenly coming out of a memory. He turned to Felicity with a smirk.
"Would you like to visit the Queen Vault with me tomorrow morning?" Oliver had a false cheery sound to his voice that sent Felicity on edge.
"That depends, are we going for us, or are we going for Anatoly?" Felicity knew when her archer had something up his sleeve and this was definitely one of those times. Oliver just tilted his head with a 1000 watt smile. Felicity didn't like that look. That meant that she might or might not like the outcome of the billionaire's newest plan. Or evil concoction as she liked to call them. With huff she concedes to going along with him, for now at least.
Oliver kissed her temple in thanks before turning to the team.
"Suit up. We have a thief to catch." Digg snorted but moved anyway. Tommy went to check on Roy's condition while Oliver went to suit up and Laurel sat with Felicity. The Noss siblings looked at the computer genius asking for an explanation. Felicity put her Bluetooth in and turned to face her computers before giving them one.
"Oliver has a plan for dealing with the Bratva. He needs to get the lost jewel out of the vault. He needs a reason to be in there in order for there not to be any suspicion as to what is actually happening, lest the bank look into it. Oliver isn't exactly known to visit the vault, and seeing as how the only other person with access to it is preoccupied, the only other way for us to get in there is by Oliver getting jewelry for a girlfriend. Since he hasn't had an official girlfriend since McKenna Hall, we kinda need to pretend we are together. I'm going with him because he has no one else to. Vivian, you are assumed dead, and supposed to be in Bratva custody, Laurel is with Tommy, and I doubt he would be willing to risk asking Lyla for help. Lyla is a very dangerous friend. She doesn't like Oliver that way, not gonna happen. Next logical choice is me." Oliver and Digg had returned during the explanation and Digg tensed at the mention of Lyla. With Felicity's cover for Lyla though he calmed, barely.
Oliver had shut himself off when he heard her words though. Felicity, not knowing why continued. "We will go to the vault, get the necklace, and I am guessing a piece of my choosing for the cover, and be back before noon. Everything will workout and you guys can go back to living your lives, however you live them that is."
Felicity, being the concerned partner she is, questioned Oliver's change in mood. He told her was fine and took off. Digg gave her a small reassuring smile letting her know that he would talk to Oliver. She nodded and her boys were gone. With a sigh Felicity got back on task.
Oliver was having a harder time doing so. He hated that Felicity didn't believe that he actually cared for her. She meant the world to him, he just wasn't sure how to tell her that. Diggle came up to him before he got onto his bike and just looked at him.
Sighing he responded to the unspoken lecture. "I know. I need to tell her I love her. I know I am being an idiot. Clearly I shouldn't be this apprehensive. I get it. I will talk to her tonight. I was hoping she might get at least a hint with the vault plan, but apparently I was too subtle. I will, Digg, I will. Lets just catch this guy first okay?" Oliver looked up after getting on the bike hoping that was enough to keep Diggle's disapproval at bay. The soldier huffed in exasperation but nodded anyway.
Oliver nodded back, put his helmet on and took off after turning on his comm. Following Felicity's directions without really thinking about it, Oliver got lost in thought again. Why does she think I don't care about her? I mean yes, I am not the best at showing emotion, but she has to know she means more to me than any other person does. Other than Thea but that is beside the point. Even in his head he was unsure. Before he knew it he had arrived at his destination.
Oliver parked a block away from Torch's apartment. Taking off his helmet he quickly pulled his hood up. Within minutes Diggle and him had the thief tied up. Question time. Felicity was using a new program she developed to give a polygraph over the comms. After registering a baseline, the harder questions began.
"Why did you steal from the Bratva?" The Arrow growled.
"I-I-I didn't know who I was stealing from! Honest! I was told to steal some expensive necklace, from some former billionaire and place the necklace in the vault of some other billionaire. I got paid, like, a billion dollars to do this. Everything was done over the phone or through email! I swear!" Torch was hysterical by the time he finished speaking. His hands were high in the air, and he was terrified of what the Arrow was going to do to him.
Oliver heard Felicity sigh through the comms.
"Oracle?"
"He is telling the truth. Not just the polygraph. I verified his story. Lots of emails and phone records. Even got his bank accounts. He's a hired thief. Turn him into SCPD and come home. He's not who we want." Felicity sounded so defeated that Oliver was worried. Doing as he was told he knocked Torch unconscious and let Detective Lance know. The Arrow and Overwatch headed home.
Walking into the Arrow Cave, the Arrow was met with a worried team and a worried set of siblings.
"Now what Ollie?" Vivian was the first one to speak.
With a humorless laugh, Oliver shook his head.
"Great question."
Now what indeed.
