Oliver and Laurel were currently attending a gala for the mayor when suddenly, some very familiar figures burst in.
"The Hoods. But how, I thought that with the Undertaking stopped, they would have had no reason to be formed." Laurel said.
"I don't know. But find cover." Oliver said.
"No way I'm sitting this out." Laurel said.
"You are if you care about not only Jasmine, but also the kid you're currently pregnant with." Oliver reminded her, since Laurel was starting to get pregnancy brain.
"Right." Laurel said.
"And while you're at it, call in the cavalry. They should be out Slade hunting as we speak." Oliver said and Laurel nodded as she went for cover to make the phone.
"Mayor Altman, you have failed this city. Crime continues to run rampant in the Glades while your administration continues to simply just turn a blind eye to it. But no longer. We are the Hoods and we will be heard." the leader said as shot the mayor point blank in the chest.
Before the Hoods could react, the windows shattered as Spartan, Arsenal and Speedy dove in.
"Stand down or get knocked down. Your call." Spartan said as he aimed his gun and Speedy and Arsenal aimed their bows.
"I see you're short by one. Where's your friend in green. He get scared?" the lead Hood asked.
"More like he didn't want to bother wasting his time with thugs like you." Speedy said and Oliver chuckled.
"Well, maybe this will get his attention." the leader said as he chucked a grenade, only to have Arsenal fire an arrow at it to cause it to go off while still in their.
"Last chance, stand down." Spartan said.
"Yeah, last time I checked, we still have the advantage. 4 on 3. Open fire." the leader said as he and his troops began firing at people.
"Protect the civilians." Spartan said as the 3 scattered.
"Maybe we should've brought Green Arrow." Speedy said.
"We can handle this." Spartan said as they took the offensive.
"What happened here?" Quentin asked as he checked in with Oliver and Laurel as the police scoped out the scene after the rest of the team had taken the Hoods into custody.
"Not really sure what they were after, but we were here for a gala for the mayor when those Hoods burst in. Not sure how the vigilantes knew where to go, but they took care of things." Laurel said.
"So, the Green Arrow made an appearance." Quentin asked.
"No, actually, it was just his partners, I guess he was preoccupied with something else." Oliver said.
"Well, I guess it's good thing this city has more than one mask protecting it." Quentin said and Oliver nodded.
"Laurel, how's the baby?" Quentin asked.
"Fine, I'm just glad that mostly no one was hurt." Laurel said.
"Except for the mayor you mean." Quentin said and Laurel nodded.
"So, who's going to run the city in the meantime?" Oliver asked.
"The Deputy Mayor until official elections can be held." Quentin said and Oliver nodded.
"Well, there was one positive of tonight." Thea said as they all, Laurel included, sat in the lair.
"What positive?" Laurel asked.
"Now we have a chance to put Ollie back in the mayor's office where he belongs." Thea said.
"She has a point. Oliver, you were by far the best mayor Star CIty ever had, not to mention, it's most effective one." John said.
"Well, I certainly wouldn't mind getting married to a mayor." Laurel said, looking at him.
"How exactly are we going to get people to take a reformed playboy seriously?" Oliver asked.
"You managed to do it once before. Besides, you'll make a much better candidate than Sebastian Blood and it will make it seem legit for us to start looking for skeletons in his closet." Laurel said.
"Okay then, now I just have to convince my parents to fund the campaign." Oliver said, since he had to admit, he missed the political ring a bit.
"If not, I'm sure Tommy could be persuaded, at least until you prove you're serious about this." Thea said.
"You always find a way to convince me Speedy." Oliver said.
"It's something that will make you a great lawyer someday." Laurel said with a grin, since Thea had been making great strides in her internship at CNRI.
"Thanks Laurel." Thea said with a grin.