Chapter 7

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Bonus second chapter today, as an I'm sorry for being gone present!

"Sara's back in town." Oliver said as he entered the arrowcave the next day. "She said some anonymous tip was given to her on the internet about something she might be interested in in Starling."

Roy glanced at Artemis, who was maintaining her best innocent look. "That's surprising." he said. "Will I get to meet her?"

"Probably, if she stops by." Diggle said.

"Did she say what she was looking for?" Roy asked.

"The tip only said it was something that might interest her." Oliver said. "She's supposed to meet the person outside a Chinese restaurant in the glades."

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"I'm here. Are you sure she's going to show up?" Dinah asked over her coms.

"Positive. This is the address I gave her." Artemis responded.

"Are you sure you don't want me there?" Roy asked. "We know Sara is on the run from the league, so they are going to turn up, and there will be a battle. I don't think having you purposely injured is the best idea."

"Relax Roy." Dinah said. "I'm a metahuman, so I already heal faster. I am also used to injury, I will be fine."

"I still don't agree with this idea." Artemis agreed. "We shouldn't of come to you for ideas Dinah. You're not even considering your personal safety."

"I will be fine." she muttered. She casually looked out the window and saw her sister standing in an alleyway. "Sara's here."

"We know." Roy said. Artemis and him were looking through the cameras.

"And here is the league of assassins." Artemis announced.

Sure enough, a dozen men had dropped down around Sara, enough for her to take out, but enough to cause panic in the restaurant. As Dinah ran out, she saved someone from an arrow and let it hit her in the arm instead. She winced. That hurt. She fell down and let herself pass out from the pain. Letting it overwhelm her system was hard and went against all of the training she had learned over the years, but she succeeded and slipped into unconsciousness out.

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"Oliver, Sara called. She's coming here with Laurel, she was shot." Artemis said into the phone.

"On my way." Oliver said, and the line clicked. Suddenly Sara ran in, carrying an unconscious Dinah.

"Is she ok?" Artemis asked, getting up. Her concern wasn't fake.

"She's lost a lot of blood." Sara said, laying her on the table. Artemis and Roy automatically got to work patching up the wound. It wasn't as bad as it looked, but that had to be painful.

"What happened?" Oliver demanded as he and Diggle ran in.

"She was shot with an arrow during a fight between me and the league." Sara explained. "I left, and they're not happy."

"And Laurel got caught in the crossfire." Diggle said.

"I think the league sent that message, they ambushed me." Sara explained. Dinah started to stir.

"What do we do?" Oliver asked. "She still knows nothing about any of this or that you're alive."

As Dinah started to wake up, the wound started bleeding more vigorously again. Oliver went over and pricked her with a tranquilizer dart. She faded back into unconsciousness.

"What did you do that for?" Roy asked.

"Her waking up meant she was moving her arm, and caused it to bleed more. I want to get her arm properly treated first." Oliver said.

"You mean you want to figure out what to tell her when she wakes up." Diggle said.

"That too." Oliver admitted. Dinah started waking up again.

"What's happening?" Diggle asked. "I thought you tranqued her."

"It's not working." Oliver responded frustrated.

Artemis bit her lip. It wasn't working because of Dinah's fast metabolism. Like Barry, her scream took up a lot of calories and her consumption of them went right through most pain relievers and tranq darts. Slowly, Dinah opened her eyes. When she saw Oliver, she slipped into acting mode.

"Ollie?" she asked.

"Hey Laurel." he said. "How are you doing?"

"My arm hurts." she said, confused.

"That's normal, you were shot." Oliver said gently.

"What happened?" she asked, still acting out of it.

"There was an attack on someone across the street from you, you were caught in the crossfire." Oliver explained.

Dinah sat up slowly without complaining, and looked around. Fake realization dawned in her eyes as she looked back at Oliver. "You're the Arrow."

"You don't sound that shocked." he said.

"I was suspicious." she admitted. "I knew you better than most people before you went to the island. I was pretty sure. The person who was attacked, are they ok?" she asked.

"They're fine, they actually brought you here." Oliver told her.

"Who?" she asked. Artemis had to hand it to her, she was an amazing actor.

Oliver stepped aside to reveal a guilty looking Sara. Emotions flooded over Dinah's face, and only Artemis and Roy could see through them.

"You've been alive, this whole time, and you never told me?" she asked in a small voice.

"I got involved in something bad, I didn't want to put you in danger." Sara said.

"And you're a vigilante." Dinah said, looking her clothing over.

"I wanted to help." Sara said.

Dinah then glanced over at Diggle. "And your body guard helps you fight crime?" she asked Oliver.

"I wanted to help too." Diggle said. "Even though I took a bit of convincing."

Dinah just sat there for a minute, acting like she was taking it in. But Artemis knew she was just figuring out how to ask Oliver to let her join.

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"So, why did Dinah call us here?" Dick asked. Dinah had arranged a meeting, and now they were all once more in Dinah's kitchen.

Artemis entered with Wally, and there were a bunch of gasps, and then people hugging Wally.

"He got out during the speed force explosion in Central City." she explained.

"Welcome back." Dick told him.

"Sorry I took so long." Wally joked. "I'm living with Artemis in Starling City for the past week, and we've kept me hidden so far."

"So, just stay like that?" M'gann said. "I mean, if Artemis is ok with you living with her, then we have nothing to worry about, right?"

"Sounds good to me." Artemis said.

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"Laurel is insisting on joining our little team here." Oliver said as he entered the cave with a sigh.

"Still?" Sara asked. This had been going on for a while. Artemis just hoped Dinah would finally get through to him.

"She says she wants to help people more, and won't back down." Oliver added.

"Should she?" Artemis asked. Everyone but Roy turned and stared at her. "I mean, if she wants to, shouldn't she have a chance too? You can at least train her."

"And when she gets hurt?" Sara said accusingly.

"I'm not saying she won't get hurt. And she handled that arrow wound pretty well." Artemis pointed out. "But if she wants to help, she should have a chance. Besides, you and Sara are both experts at hand to hand combat, and Roy is getting pretty good. Besides, you trained Roy, and he's done well."

"I can't believe you approve of this." Oliver said.

"She has a point." Roy said, speaking up. "You gave me a chance. Why can't you do the same for Laurel?"

"He has a point man." Diggle said, speaking up. "You probably would've already, if you didn't have such a close personal connection to her, Sara too."

"Is everybody against me on this?" Oliver asked.

"I would agree with you," Sara started, "but they do have a valid point. If she wasn't my sister, I would've already gone to her with an offer."

"So yes, everybody is against you." Artemis summarized. "Just say yes. She'll keep on pushing until you do."

"Fine, I will bring her here tonight." Oliver decided, giving up.

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As Oliver arrived at his house, his phone rang. He saw the caller ID and sighed. "Yes." he said picking up.

"Oliver -" Laurel began to say.

"Yes, we will train you." Oliver told her, before she could ask.

"Wait really?" Laurel asked.

"Yes, meet us at the foundry tomorrow." Oliver said. Allowing her to become a vigilante felt like giving up. But knowing when to give up was a strength he needed to work on, so as much as he hated it, this was what he needed to do.

"Thank you." Laurel said, sounding relieved. "I'll be sure to be there."

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