I was riding around on my bike. I was wearing a white camisole and jeans with a leather jacket because it could get cold on my bike. I heard my phone going off and stopped to answer my Bluetooth headset.
"Hello?" I answered.
"My mom said to remind you to pick her up for lunch" Thea told me.
"Was I supposed to have lunch with her?" I asked. I didn't remember agreeing to that. Though, I did think I was supposed to have lunch with Laurel soon.
"She said she left you like five messages." Thea added. "Just bite the bullet and have a cob salad with the woman."
"You know sometimes you act like you're my mother." I commented before I hung up.
I pulled up to Queen Consolidated and waved at her. Suddenly, a second motorcycle showed up. This person had a gun.
"Get down!" I shouted as the driver fired. The man she was talking to was hit and Mrs. Queen fell to the ground. I ran over to her. "Mrs. Queen, are you alright?"
"I'm fine." She said as I helped her up. The man next to her looked dead. "I'm fine. I'm going to be okay."
"Call 911." I told a bystander before I started to run after the driver. Why I didn't just get back on my own bike, I didn't know. In the end, they got away. I probably should have definitely got on my bike.
I met up with Thea at the hospital. I probably should have stayed with Mrs. Queen but in the moment, I thought the best idea was to take down the shooter. Logic isn't always the first thing to come to mind when you're in a crisis. I just hoped that Thea wouldn't be too mad at me for leaving her.
"Are you okay?" I asked her. She was in a bed.
"I'm fine." She stated before she looked at Thea. "Did you call Walter?"
"I wasn't able to get a hold of him." Thea answered.
"So, the CT scan showed signs of a Grade 2 concussion." The doctor explained. I had had a concussion before, but I didn't know what Grade it was. "She can go home as long as long as someone stays with her to make sure that there are no aftereffects."
"Thank you, Doctor." Thea declared. I wondered if this was something that I could talk to my dad about or even my girlfriend. Was she my girlfriend? It was probably too soon to call her that after one date. It'd probably be best just to call her Scarlett.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have left." I apologized. "I thought you were okay."
"What were you trying to accomplish?" She asked me.
"I wanted to…get the license plate of the guy who shot at you." I lied. That probably would have been easier than outright trying to catch them.
"Well that was very foolish of you." Mrs. Queen remarked. I would have to see if I could find the person who did it.
At that point, Thea took me out into the hallway.
"Do have any idea how stupid that was? You were never going to catch a guy on a motorcycle on foot." She told me. "Not to mention, you left her hurt and scared."
"Okay, I get it. I messed up!" I explained.
"Well you're going to fix it, aren't you?" She questioned.
"Of course I am. I am going to kill this guy for attacking her." I told her.
"No, you need to let me do it." Thea stated. "No one hurts my mom."
"Thea, I am not going to let you become a killer." I replied. "Not to mention, she's your mother, so you need to stay with her."
At that point, my dad and Hilton showed up. So, he was dealing with it.
"Daddy, do you have any leads on the shooter?" I asked.
"Not yet, do you have anything?" He retorted.
"All I know is that he was wearing a helmet." I explained.
"We do know that Mrs. Queen was the target." Dad declared. "The other guy was involved in the mob. She just ended up getting caught in the crossfire."
That actually did give me a lead. I just had to see if I could connect it to any other murders or attacks. That couldn't be too hard.
That night, I went to the lair and started to kick the punching bag hard. I was mostly letting out my anger at the shooter, but also at myself for making a bad decision.
"So, do have any idea why anyone would go after Mrs. Queen?" Diggle asked me. There probably were reasons people would go after her, but no one did go after her. It was just a coincidence.
"She wasn't the target." I declared as I pointed at my monitor. "That man was. Paul Copani was trying to close a deal with her when they were shot at. Copani works for Bertinelli construction and Frank Bertinelli."
"You mean Frank Bertinelli the mob boss?" He asked.
"Yes, and Copani isn't the first member of Bertenelli's crew to be killed." I explained. "He has a lot of enemies and the best way to figure out who is targeting his organization is to get inside it."
"So, your reaction to seeing Mrs. Queen get shot at is to come up with some stupid plan to go undercover with the mob?" He asked.
"It's not a stupid plan." I argued.
"Have you ever thought about maybe just letting this one go?" He questioned. "Unless Frank Bertinelli is on that list, he's not your problem and if he is, someone taking out mobsters doesn't seem like someone doing a lot of harm to this city."
"You may be right, but the Queens are like family to me and this person made it personal." I declared.
The following night, I was wearing a blue business dress with a pink sash around the waist and black heels. I saw Thea coming down looking hot. Why did she have be so attractive for someone who was 17.
"So, what are we doing tonight?" She asked.
"Thea, you're supposed to be watching her." I explained. "I have to go see Frank Bertinelli to find out who is killing all of his men"
"First off, what the fuck?" She replied. "Second, if you're going to do this I want to part of this. What exactly is going to be your cover for this anyway?"
"I want to reopen the discussion that he was having with your mother." I declared. It actually was a good excuse, even if I wasn't the best person to do it.
"Well that's more reason for me to go because I own 10 percent of Queen Consolidated. It used to be five, but I supposed she got Oliver's shares when he died."
"Who is going to watch her if you're here?" I challenged.
"John." She answered.
"No." I remarked.
"I can get out of here before you and you know that it wouldn't be a good idea for me to go by myself." She stated. I shouldn't have been surprised that she was being so stubborn. She was right and I knew that it would be very awkward if I had to spend the night alone with Mrs. Queen.
"Give me five minutes to tell Diggle." I declared.
At that point, Tommy walked in.
"Hey, Speedy, I heard about your mother." He stated. I knew the door tended to be open, but couldn't he at least knock? "Is she alright?"
"Yeah, she's upstairs resting." Thea answered. "We were just about to leave."
"So, I have something that I need to tell you." Tommy remarked. "I didn't want you to find this out from someone else, but your sister and I are going to dinner as in a date."
"That's good." I told him. "My sister deserves someone like you."
She probably did. I wished that I could say more, but I had to take Thea along to my ill-conceived idea, which seemed like an even worse idea with her coming along. I just prayed that she wouldn't mess anything up.
"Oh and by the way if you hurt her, I'll kill you." I added. He didn't look amused. "I'm just kidding."
Though, he probably did have to worry about our dad doing something to him.
Soon, Thea and I were at the Bertinelli mansion. His house could almost compete with the Queens'. I hadn't told him I was bringing Thea. He answered the door.
"Mr. Bertinelli." I greeted.
"Miss Lance…and Miss Queen." He remarked. "Also, please call me Frank."
"Well in that call me Sara." I stated. "I know you're surprised that I brought Thea with me. I just thought since I don't actually have any real stake in the company, it would be a good idea to bring someone who does."
"Well thanks for agreeing to me in my home." He told us.
"My dad used to say that living rooms make the best conference rooms." Thea stated.
"I'm going to have to steal that one." Frank replied. "Come let's have some drinks, I can even prepare a virgin."
"Oh, I am not a virgin to alcohol." Thea remarked. "I'll have what she's having."
At that point, I noticed a woman with dark brown hair wearing a black dress at the top of the stairs.
"So, I have to admit that I'm surprised that you wanted to talk." He declared as he gave us our drinks. "It was my understanding that Mrs. Queen did not want our contracts. If you don't know. I want to build the new Oliver Queen Applied Science Building."
"I'm considering giving it to you." Thea replied.
"How is your mother by the way?" He asked.
"She's recuperating at home." I stated.
"Your father is a member of SCPD, isn't he?" Frank said to me.
"He is and I'll have you know that he's on the case right now." I answered. "If he finds anything out, he'll let you know."
"Paul was a good friend and a good man. Ugh, the violence in this city." Frank replied as he wiped a tear from his eye. There was a little bit of irony to him saying that.
"Well it's our home." Thea replied.
At that point, the woman from the stairs walked in and said something in Italian.
"You always end up back home." She declared. She looked sexy. If I wasn't with Scarlett, I might be interested.
"Sara, Thea, this is my daughter, Helena." Frank introduced as the two of us stood up.
"I'm going out." Helena declared.
"Take one of the guys with you." Frank ordered.
"I can take of myself." Helena replied. You know I was actually siding with him because someone was hunting down his associates, so they could go after his daughter as well.
"I wasn't asking." Frank replied. At that point, his associate interrupted saying that someone wanted to meet with him immediately. That was unfortunate.
"We can come back later." I suggested.
"No, no." He replied before looking at Helena. "Just give us a minute."
He and Helena then walked into the kitchen.
"There's something off about her." Thea whispered.
The two of them walked back out a minute later.
"Sara, Thea, something has come up, but Helena would love to take you to dinner and discuss the deal further." He suggested.
"Oh, I was hoping to talk to you." I declared. I doubted that I would be able to find anything out from her.
"Well as Thea speaks for her family, my daughter speaks for mine." Frank told us. I had a feeling that it was going to be a very awkward dinner.
"Helena, it's such a treat to see you tonight." The restaurant owner declared. That was him sucking up to her like he thought she would tell her daddy if she had a bad experience. I wondered if any of the guys I dated thought that of me. "You'll tell your father…hello from us?"
"Of course." Helena declared before they left. "So, Thea, I heard about your mother's accident? Is she okay?"
"She'll be fine." Thea declared as we looked over the menu. They had dishes I had never even heard of before. I hoped I wouldn't order something that I didn't like.
"I'm glad." Helena stated. I didn't know why, but the way she said sounded strange. "So why would you want to go into business with my father? I know you both know who he is and how he made his money."
"You don't approve of your father's work?" I asked her.
"We share a name and that name defines us whether we like it or not." Helena explained. "You've already made judgments about me and I've already made judgments about you two."
"What are your judgments based on my name?" I questioned. I always wondered what people thought of me in regards to my family.
"Your father is in SCPD and your sister is an rising star attorney." Helena explained.
"And I'm Lindsay Lohan's younger sister." Thea declared. "I'm pretty sure that she turned out okay, so I can live with that."
"There is one thing that I want to know. I know you were alone on the island, but was there ever a day when you were happy to be away from everything?" Helena questioned.
"The only days I was happy to be away were the days on the boat." I declared. "No, I always wanted to go back, even though I couldn't."
We were the last ones to leave the restaurant. I knew they wouldn't kick us out. I wanted to leave a little while but Thea had a hunch. She wouldn't tell me what it was because she didn't want to be wrong. I was glad that I wasn't alone with her because then Scarlett might find out about it, even though I didn't even know if we were exclusive. For all I knew, she was on a date. I really hoped she wasn't.
"So, what did you really miss the most?" Helena questioned.
"That's easy. I missed my family. I missed my sister. I missed my dad. I missed my mom, even though I haven't seen her much."
"Where did you get that cross?" Thea asked as I noticed the cross around her neck.
"It was a gift from my fiancé." Helena declared.
"So, you're engaged then?" I questioned. I assumed it was to man because the mob was about tradition.
"You can't be engaged to a dead man." She retorted. At that point, my phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hey, it's Dig. Mrs. Queen is asleep." He explained. "Also something's come up and the two of you need to get out of there."
"We need to go. We need to check on Thea's mother." I responded before we hastily exited.
Once outside, I called back and put it on speaker so Thea could hear.
"So, why did we need to leave now?" I questioned.
"Well I did some research. Frank Bertinelli's enforcer has been visiting people that owe the mob protection money and has put four people in the hospital." Diggle explained.
"How did you have time to do this?" Thea asked.
"We're not trying to take down the whole mob." I told him.
"Sara, these are innocent people getting hurt and if you don't stop him, the poor bastard that owns Russo's is gonna be next." He declared.
"Wait, that's wear we are right now." I stated. "Thea and I were here with Helena."
"You two were supposed to undercover not having a threesome." He replied.
"We didn't exactly have a choice." Thea pointed out.
"He's here." I declared before hanging up. I turned to Thea "You need to hide."
"I can help you." She remarked.
"Even if that was true, you don't have a costume or a weapon." I explained. "We can talk about this later, but right now I need to do this alone."
I went into the restaurant and shot out the power.
"Run!" I told the Russos. Shots started to be fired before the mysterious assassin showed up. I started to fight before I realized that I was fighting another woman. That must have been what Thea's hunch was. I broke the helmet and sure enough, it was Helena.
From there, the two of us went to talk to Diggle at the house.
"I don't understand. Why is she targeting her family?" I questioned.
"What if her fiancé was killed by her father?" Thea surmised. "The point is we need to take her down. And this time I mean we. I don't care if I have to buy something from the costume store, I am going to help you."
"Okay, let's do it." I agreed. "But if we don't do this the right way, we could wind up on Bertinelli's hit list, not to mention her father could have her killed."
"We could kill her instead?" Thea suggested.
"If we have to kill her, I need to be the one to do it." I declared. I then looked her cold in the eye. "I am not going to let you become a killer. Whenever you take your first life, it changes you. I was forced into a position where I had no choice, but I'm not going to let you do that."
The following day, I heard a knock at the door. I was surprised to see my father.
"What were you and Thea doing at Russo's last night with Helena Bertinelli?" He asked.
"We were having dinner. We were representing the company on a business deal and she was representing her father's." I explained.
"Okay, for one that would be business suicide and I seriously hope no deal was made." He remarked. "Second, as your father, I don't want you anywhere near her. Her family is bad news and I've already lost you once. I can't lose you again."
"Daddy, I'm not into her or anything." I declared. "I've actually started seeing Detective Bowman."
"You're going out with someone who tried to put you in jail?" He asked in confusion.
"Actually, your partner tried to put me in jail." I pointed out. "She just replaced him, Not to mention she saved my life."
"Well I hope you know what you're doing." He declared.
Later that night, we got a lead on Helena's location. She was in the cemetery.
"I don't want to attack her while she's visiting her fiancé's grave." I declared. It just seemed pretty low.
"Okay, that would be pretty wrong." Thea agreed. "We'll give her this one free pass, but next time we find her, we need to take her down. Sara, I get it. You've never dealt with a hot woman before, but she is dangerous. It doesn't matter why she turned to a life of crime. The important part is we can't let her get away."
"Helena just got kidnapped by her father's men." Diggle told us. Part of me wanted to just let the situation resolve itself but that would be a bad idea. I couldn't just let them kill her because it wouldn't feel like justice.
"Well, looks like we have to save her." I retorted. I turned to Thea. "If we let them deal with her, she won't get justice. As a matter of fact, she's more useful alive. We might be able to convince her to testify against her father because I'm sure the police would love to put him away."
"If she doesn't, what do we do?" She asked.
"As long as we can put her away, that's all that matters." I pointed out. "Actually, I'm going at this alone. Going against just Helena is one thing, but you are not ready to take on multiple armed men."
"Fine." She agreed. I could tell that she wasn't happy about it, but she also understood that I cared about her safety more than anything.
I went to the warehouse where they were holding her. They were talking about how they knew she was the one killing the other family members. You know if she wanted revenge on her father, why not just kill him first. Wanting him to suffer was probably more pleasing, but it wasn't smart. Considering that she lived with him, she could easily do it. It definitely wouldn't have gotten her into this mess.
Nevertheless, I had to save her. I had a mission. I would snipe out the guards and then I would go for the enforcer. It turned out that Helena's fiancé planned on turning Frank in. Frank would go down for his crimes. I wasn't planning on this, but he would go down and I wouldn't be upset to do it. Of course, the family ran deep, it wouldn't all fall at once. I knew more than a few things about the mob from my time in the Bratva. I even knew how to take it down. I would get Helena to give me everyone's names.
I shot out the other men before I made my entrance. You know it's never a good idea to bring a gun to an arrow fight. You would think that people like Deadshot, who was a much better marksman than this guy could tell him that.
"It's going to take more than some Robin Hood wannabe to take me down." He declared.
"Robin Hood wishes that he was as good as me." I declared. "By the way, thanks for admitting to cold-blooded murder. It makes it so much easier for me to do this."
I shot him in the chest, just like he admitted to doing to Helena's fiancé.
"You saved me." Helena declared. "Thank you, Sara."
"I didn't save you. I'm turning you in." I declared. "You're going to tell SCPD everything necessary to put your father and his men away and you're going to jail as well, you'll probably get a lighter sentence for giving everyone up."
"You've killed people too." She pointed out.
"It's been for the good of others, not some revenge plot. I can't let someone like you be free." I declared. "Not to mention, you hurt my friend's mom. I've already called the police to pick you up."
I headed off as soon as I could. I was still close enough to see the action. I watched Scarlett take her away. I knew that the two of us would need to get dinner soon.
"So, do you think that I did the right thing by not killing her?" I asked Thea and Diggle once I was back at the hideout.
"You couldn't have brought down the Bertinelli crime family if you killed her." Diggle pointed out. "I say you add his name to your list and cross it off."
"Oh my God." Thea remarked as she looked at her phone.
"What?" I asked in concern.
"I just got a text from Walter. He's coming home and he can't wait to see us." She declared. "We need to go like now."
Thea and I sat in the backseat as Diggle drove.
"You know I really wish that I could have been there with you." She told me.
"It really wasn't too much fun. Taking down some of the arrogant big wigs, that can be fun, but this was just sad. I just hope that Helena decides to do the right thing." I explained as I looked down.
"Well you did the right thing. I still want you to train me though." She stated.
"We'll see." I told her. "Let's just go home."
So, I decided to cut the Helena stuff short. I originally was going to recast her, but I decided to cut it short. I was also going to have Thea date her, but I decided against that as well. I haven't decided whether I'm going to skip the next episode or come up with something original. Please don't forget to review.