A/N: If you would like a more detailed look at the story so far - with extra bits added you can now find it over on Archive of Our Own - under the same username/same story title. Also this is the not the last chapter, but it is the last one that I have written as I need to catch up on my Arrow/TheFlash/SuperGirl/Legends of Tomorrow watching.
Chapter 08: Save A Life
Five months later and Oliver was the Mayor of Star City, while still being a vigilante with Felicity as his support. Curtis occasionally helping Felicity and Oliver when they needed help. Thea had become the Oliver's Chief of Staff. John had left Star City and re-enrolled in the Army. Thalia was now going between Star City, Central City and Los Angeles. Nyssa had taken up residency in Los Angeles with Thalia and John Constantine.
"Hey Ollie, can I get you and Thea to pretty please leave Star City and come to Los Angeles?" Thalia asked, she wanted her brothers help with finally finding her son.
'Thalia, is something wrong?' Oliver and Thea where sitting in his office in City Hall, with Quentin standing outside ensuring that no one disturb them. They had Thalia on a video chat.
"Barry told me that he has a lead on where Ollie is," Thalia was standing in Jackson's security room in her Los Angeles house. "And, Nyssa, suggested that we need your help,"
"Wait, Barry thinks he found Ollie?" Thea spoke looking over at Oliver as she sat on his desk. "He's been looking the whole time hasn't he?"
"Yeah, I didn't tell you about going to Central City before Laurel died. It was because Barry had found something that was related to Ollie," Thalia explained, it was the first time that she had mentioned it to both of them. "I know told you that I was there, but not why,"
"You did, we'll be there come morning," Oliver told her, as he glanced at a photo of the three of them as kids.
"Wait! Lia, Oliver is trying to put together a new team," Thea grinned at Oliver as she spoke telling their sister of Oliver's plan. Thea loved telling Thalia what Oliver refused.
"Really Ollie? I can come home after this if you'd like help?" Thalia laughed, she knew how reluctant Oliver was with accepting any help at all. "I can do it as Scarlet, or myself. But first you need to help me," there it was the big sister controlling the younger siblings.
Oliver and Thea made their way to Los Angeles to help their sister. As soon as they were in Los Angeles they were greeted by Thalia, Nyssa, Jackson, Joshua and Alex. Thea wrapped her arms around Thalia, then Jackson, Joshua and Alex before stopping at Nyssa. Thalia rolled her eyes at Thea who then hugged Nyssa. Thalia hugged Oliver tightly as Alex mentioned that everyone else would meet them at the house.
"Barry, Caitlin and Cisco are meeting us at the house," Alex told them, as he motioned for them all to get in the waiting limousine. "Perks of your sister being a famous author,"
"Alex, they know this," Thalia laughed, looking at both her brother and sister as she did. "Besides, Alex we grew up in a very privileged family,"
"The Queen's are or were billionaire's," Thea stated, she knew that what Thalia had said had confused her friends. "Don't worry Lia's fortune is totally separate,"
"Josh, go," this time it was Jackson who spoke.
Once they were at the house, they made their way into what Barry had called the Scarlet lair for whatever reason he had decided. As they walked down the stairs, Oliver pulled Thalia aside as he figured there was something that she was hiding from him. She wasn't just hiding something from him, but from all of them.
"Thalia, what aren't you telling me?" Oliver questioned, Thalia just smiled at him and motioned for him to follow her down to the basement level.
"Wait for it," was all Thalia answered with a smirk as she looked at Oliver before they heard a scream. "There it is,"
"Roy! What are you doing here?" Thea screamed as soon as she saw that Roy was sitting in the basement.
"I'm kind of living with Thalia at the moment," Roy said, as he found Thea's arms wrapped around him. "You didn't tell her?"
"Nope, couldn't risk anyone finding out, plus I like seeing her surprised," Thalia smiled before Jackson and Barry grabbed their attention with a screen that showed Ollie's face. "I can't miss another birthday,"
"What have you got on him?" Oliver looked to the screen that Barry and Jackson were sitting in front of. "Lia you won't, we'll get him back,"
"Speedy, you ready to don that outfit one last time to save your nephew?" Thalia questioned looking at Thea as she spoke and then at Roy. "Don't worry Roy, Alex has something for you,"
Barry, Jackson, Caitlin and Cisco went through everything that they had discovered about where Ollie was being held. Nyssa had been able to confirm that they still believed in the League and were working for Malcolm Merlyn. Malcolm planned on keeping Ollie from his mother as torture. They had only found him because they hadn't moved recently.
"Thalia, Thea and Alex you take the roof, Barry, Nyssa, Roy take the perimeter," Oliver told them as they started to gear up, he was used to taking control, but not on her territory.
"Ollie this is my home. Besides we need to actually get to Texas first. Barry can you?" Thalia questioned, the younger man nodded and raced off ahead of them.
"How do you plan on getting us all there?" Thea questioned, raising an eyebrow at her sister who turned to John Constantine who had arrived shortly after they had been told where he was.
"Your sister plans on using me," John told them, pausing before he continued to talk. "And herself," John had a small smirk on his face as he spoke.
"Transportation spells aren't easy and generally take two people. I can get us there, Lyla said to contact her when we were done," Thalia said, she was a little surprised that she had agreed to do it in the first place.
"So, Thalia. What's your plan?" Oliver questioned, looking at Thalia as he zipped up his suit while Thalia and Thea fixed up their respective suits.
"Considering that he's my kid, Speedy, Roy and I will go in. Ollie you do the roof you know because you're so great at that," Thalia paused noticing that Caitlin and Cisco were staring at her. "My son was named after Oliver, we call him both Ollie and Junior,"
Moments later and Thalia and John were working on transporting them to Texas to where Barry was watching Thalia's son Ollie playing again. Caitlin and Cisco stayed with Jackson and Joshua to monitor their movements, Jackson and Felicity had hacked into satellite and gotten a direct feed of the house that Thalia's son was being held in. Barry kept pacing the perimeter as that was all Thalia would allow for him to do, he may have been fast but Thalia didn't want him endangering her son.
"Barry, I can see you down there. Stay outside!" Thalia exclaimed she was going into the building via the roof, while Thea and Roy went via the doors.
"How are you even seeing me?" Barry questioned, still running as Thalia climbed in one of the windows. "Thalia?"
"A little something that Constantine gave me," Thalia spoke quietly before she talked with everyone else. "T, Roy, Ollie?"
"Lia, all clear on the ground floor, but I hear something in the basement," Thea answered, Nyssa entered the same way that Thea had and made quietly made her way downstairs while Roy and Thalia searched the upper levels. "I'm heading down, I'll signal if I find something," Thea spoke in hushed tones as Thalia and Roy met on the middle level and were welcomed by armed guards which they quickly dispersed.
"Now would be a great time for one of you to join in," Thalia stated as she and Roy fought some of the ex-league of assassins members that had continued to follow Malcolm after the death of Ra's al Ghul and the disassembly from Nyssa.
Oliver took the opportunity to get into the house, while Barry continued to check the perimeter to make sure that there was no unwanted visitors. Within minutes Thalia, Oliver and Roy had joined Thea and Nyssa in the basement and were dispersing the remaining members.
"Baby, close yours eyes," Thalia told him as they continued the fighting, they wanted to make sure that Ollie was safe. He didn't need to see what his mother, aunts and uncle were capable of doing.
"Okay," Ollie closed his eyes tightly as Thalia signalled for Barry to run in and grab her son and meet them on the roof. Barry raced in and grabbed Ollie making sure the young boy held on and ran to the roof.
Thalia knew that if Ollie kept his eyes closed that he wouldn't be sick when he opened his eyes on the roof. Once he was safe Thalia and Nyssa motioned for everyone to clear out of the basement. They were about to do something that she hadn't done in a long time. Thea and Roy did as Thalia and Nyssa said, while Oliver made his way half way up the basement stairs stopping just in time to witness Thalia snapping ones neck while simultaneously throwing her dagger at another's heart. Oliver had never seen his sister kill anyone, and didn't know exactly what she was capable of doing.
As soon as Nyssa and Thalia were certain that everyone was taken care of they re-grouped with the others and Ollie ran to his mother and wrapped his arms around her tightly. Thalia smiled and kissed the top his head before Ollie looked up at his mother and then saw that they weren't alone. Ollie turned around and inched closer to his mother, but as soon as Thea spoke he ran over to her.
"Aunt T!" Ollie grinned and ran over to Thea who pulled her mask and hood off as her nephew stopped in front of her. "I knew that was you and Aunt Nyssa," Ollie noticed Nyssa standing off to the side.
"Hey munchkin," Thea hugged Ollie, who then stuck close to her as he looked at who was there.
"Lyla, we've got him," Thalia had, had Jackson patch her through to Lyla so that she knew what was going on.
'Is your boy in one piece?' Lyla questioned as she and Diggle flew to Texas, they had already started to fly there before they received the phone call.
"Yeah, he's in one piece. He knows Speedy is his aunt, and I think he's just figured out who Ollie is," Thalia told her, as she crouched down to Ollie's height. "Hey kiddo, this is your uncle Ollie," Thalia smiled at him as Oliver removed his hood and mask.
"Mom, is he like you and Aunty T?" Ollie questioned, wrapping his arms tightly around his mother again. Thalia kissed the top of his head and nodded.
"He is," Thalia laughed standing up and scooping him up in her arms. "They didn't hurt you did they?"
"No, I think they were scared of something," Ollie answered, his arms still wrapped around his mother.
"Scared of what?" Oliver questioned, looking at his nephew and then at both of his sisters. Oliver walked over to Thalia and her son with his mask in hand.
"I don't know, mommy is he going to ask me lots of questions?" Ollie looked at his Uncle and then up at his mother as he spoke.
"No, he's not darling boy, he's going to wait until we get home," Thalia smiled at her son as they waited on the roof, and looked at Oliver and rolled her eyes at him he should have known better than to ask questions.
"That's good, I don't like a lot of questions," Ollie told her and glared at his uncle in the process causing Thea and Thalia to both laugh. The two Oliver's were more alike than they had realised.
Thea and Thalia looked at one another laughing as Lyla and John arrived at lowered a ladder at which point Thalia made sure that that Ollie was holding on to Oliver as tightly as he could as she trusted her brother to get him into the plane safely. Once everyone was safely on the plane including Barry who Thalia had decided didn't need to run back to Central City.
"I've organised for everyone to stay at the house, we have plenty of room," Thalia stated, she wasn't ready for everyone to go back to their every day lives just yet.
"But Thalia, I have a city to run!" Oliver sighed exasperatedly, Thalia put her hand on her hips and Ollie started to laugh and looked at his uncle.
"Do what my mommy says," Ollie grinned he had a cheeky smile that looked a lot like Oliver's. "Tell me more about the Green Arrow, please?"