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Star Labs, next day

Morning

"Oliver, good to see ya man!" Cisco said jovially as Oliver and Nyssa walked inside the room.

"You to Cisco," Oliver said as he and Cisco shook hands, "you remember Nyssa."

"Mr. Ramon." Nyssa nodded politely.

"Hot assassin lady." Cisco said flirtatiously and Nyssa glared at him annoyed while Oliver smiled pat amused and part annoyed.

"Maybe we should focus on what you found Cisco." Barry said as he and Caitlin walked

"Right, sorry," Cisco said as he turn around and faced the table with the destroyed remains of Red Tornado, "from these remains, I can tell that Red Tornado was state of the art. It's nothing the military has and at first I wasn't sure who was responsible. Then I found this."

Cisco held up a computer chip, somehow perfectly intact despite the damage to Red Tornado. Barry takes it from Cisco and examines it.

"That is a remote mega-pixel mainframe, created by Lexcorp. It hasn't even been released to the public yet." Cisco explained and Oliver raises his eyebrow.

"Lexcorp, as in Lex Luthor?" Oliver asked and they turn to him.

"You know him?" Caitlin asked noticing Oliver's familiarity.

"When I was a kid, my dad and Lionel Luthor, Lex's father, were business partners on a project. Lionel would come to Starling and have meetings with my dad at my house, Lex and I would be left alone for hours. I didn't like him." Oliver admitted.

"Well, you were probably right not to. It looks like Lex has declared war on Metahumans: yesterday he paid a visit to Ray, asking him to use his power as mayor of Star City to help him hunt them down. And he had one of his representatives, Mercy Graves, try and get Captain Singh to hunt me down in exchange for military grade weapons for the anti-Metahuman task force."

"And I'm guessing both refused?" Oliver asked and Team Flash nodded, "Okay, something's going on with Lex."

"Yeah, he's a power hunger monster." Cisco said but Oliver shook his head.

"No, this kind of hatred doesn't just come from nowhere." Oliver disagreed.

"Oliver is right. One does not simply decide to exterminate an entire species overnight." Nyssa agreed.

"So what, you think something made him hate Metahumans?" Barry asked skeptically.

"There's a story here and until we find it, we won't be prepared to face Luthor." Oliver explained.

"So what do you suggest?" Caitlin asked curiously.

"I think it's time I had a chat with my old friend." Oliver said vaguely.

Star City

Same time

"She's beautiful." Quentin told Roy and Thea as he held Lian.

"Thank you Captain." Roy said thankfully as Thea smiled gratefully.

"It means a lot that you named her after Laurel. And I know that she was like a sister to you Thea so, if you'd let me, I'd like to be there for Lian." Quentin offered and the new parents exchanged glance.

"Well, her grandparents are all either dead or gone, so she could really use one." Thea shrugged.

"So congratulations Gramps." Roy teased and Quentin shook his head as he snickered.

Monastery outside Central City

Afternoon

Oliver and Nyssa walked inside the Monastery that they had been staying in once they arrived in Central City. Oliver knew from Nyssa's silence that she was not happy with his decision to go see Lex alone but she was mature enough not to say anything until they were alone in the privacy of their home. The pair walked inside the house and say Conner in one of his tutoring sessions. Nyssa softened slightly as they passed him before they continued their journey to Oliver's room. Yes, Oliver's room. While they had been in a relationship since the death of Darhk, they had not shared a bed. This was new territory for Nyssa and Oliver never asked for anything more than Nyssa was willing to give.

They neared Oliver's room, where two guards were posted. The guards stepped aside as Oliver walked over and walked inside his room, leaving the door open. Nyssa followed him inside but paused, looking out the door at the two guards.

"Leave us. We are not to be disturbed." Nyssa ordered.

The two guards bowed before departing. Nyssa made sure they gone before slamming the door. Nyssa rounded on Oliver and he was not surprised by the anger in her eyes.

"You are not going alone." Nyssa said firmly.

"Yes, I am," Oliver held up his hand to interrupt her as she open her mouth to speak, "I need you here to keep an eye on things. If I know Lex, then this is only the beginning. He won't stop until Barry is dead Nyssa. If Lex makes another move while I'm gone, I need you here to help Barry out. There's no one else here I trust to look out for Barry."

"We are supposed equals, partners in both the League and life. I should have been consulted before you made your decision." Nyssa sneered and Oliver thought on it.

"You're right. In the future, I will consult you on all decisions regarding any missions I undertake, but I have the best chance to get information on him. If he's anything like he was before the island, then I know how he thinks. No one else has that." Oliver told her and Nyssa nodded in reluctant acceptance as she was soothed by his promise.

"If you come back injured, I will not treat your wounds." Nyssa told him snidely and Oliver chuckled lightly.

"I wouldn't expect you to. You're not like Felicity and I don't expect you to be. I don't expect you to patch me up every time I get injured, otherwise I'd be in a relationship with a nurse. But I'm not; I'm in a relationship with you, Nyssa al Ghul, my partner and co-leader of the League of Heroes. I'm not trying to put you behind protective glass or order you around. I don't want a submissive partner, I want an equal, and you are an equal Nyssa." Oliver told her softly.

Nyssa, touched, smiled up at him before turning around. Oliver, confused, thought she was going to walk out as she walked towards the door, but when she reached out towards the door, instead of turning it, she locked the door. Turning back towards Oliver, Nyssa strode towards him and kissed him fiercely.

Realizing the message she was sending, Oliver pulled back and looked into her eyes for any sign of doubt or that she uncomfortable. Finding none, Oliver leaned down and their lips met once more as he wrapped his arms around her waist. Nyssa backed Oliver towards the bed, removing her shirt in the process, before forcing him back on the bed.

I apologize that this is so short and I realize that a lot of my chapters or this story have been short, I will try to make longer chapter, I just thought that the Lex/Oliver confrontation deserved a chapter focused on it. So, you know the drill, lave any thoughts or comments you may have in a review, feedback is appreciated.