Author's note: yay! It seems I am back on a schedule again! Today I have 5 chapters for you to enjoy... we are nearing the end of this story... I am thinking a short add on afterwards covering the holidays and the birth of the twins... what do you think?

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Disclosure: I own nothing of Arrow but I will be filling up my supply of mint chip in preparation of the return Wednesday

"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Sara asked as she stepped forward in her Canary suit. Nyssa and Talia were standing behind her in their League robes.

Tommy huffed an uneasy breath. "Guess we'll find out." Tommy grabbed Oliver's quiver and placed it on his back then gathered up his bow.

"Can you even use that thing?" Roy asked, slipping his mask into place.

Tommy quickly drew an arrow from the quiver, set it and released it. It zipped just past Roy's head and embedded itself in a nearby column, dead center of the column. The team watched this happen and gasped. "I may have gained my old memories back but my new ones are still intact. Any more questions?"

"Yeah. Did you have to slap a bowl of water to learn how to do that or was that just me?" Roy laughed, trying to settle to nerves that had grown inside of him.

Diggle rolled his eyes then shook his head. "Okay. SCPD will be waiting for our call so as soon as she is free and Darhk is controlled, we call it in. And Tommy, no killing unless required. We play this by Oliver's rules."

"You can't tell me that if Oliver were here instead of me, Darhk would live through the night."

"Fine. We play it by Felicity's rules. Kill only when necessary. Darhk is bad but we don't need to fall to his level. Then he still wins." Tommy nodded and agreed silently. Then the team started to make their way out, Lyla left to man the comms.

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"You sure about this?" Lance asked as he stepped outside his office and shut the door.

Oliver nodded. Thea was sitting in the office with Connor crying in her arms and Donna pacing inside the small space. Laurel was standing next to Oliver. "Tommy's right. I need my face out there. I need the press to know I'm in here waiting on word from my wife's kidnappers. If I was out there then Darhk could say I was the Green Arrow and the suspension would follow me everywhere. Bad guys would start targeting my family to punish or stop me. I need to show them once and for all I'm not him. Even if I really am. For their safety."

"Okay. Well I heard from the team. They are all set and heading to the site. We should hear something soon."

"Then let's get this over with." Oliver growled as he stepped around to the front of the precinct. He stood in the middle of the office, desks with busy officers surrounding him. He cleared his throat and called the attention of the small group of press gathered there to his presence. "About two hours ago, on a secluded road outside Starling, my wife Felicity Queen was kidnapped. Her limo was seized upon, her bodyguard shot twice. She was held at gunpoint and demanded to leave the limo. I know this because I was on the phone with her. I heard every moment." Oliver stopped for a moment to gain control over his emotions. "Her bodyguard is currently undergoing surgery at Starling General. I just ask that whoever took her remembers that she is pregnant. With twins. It is a delicate time so please take care. I am willing to give whatever demands are asked to see the safe return of my wife and unborn children. Please. Give me back my wife." Overcome with emotions, Oliver stepped away as he heard shouting from the press corp, questions and statements about Felicity, the twins, their conditions, information on the kidnappers. Lance stepped in and started fielding the questions as best as he could while Laurel took Oliver back to Lance's office.

"The team will get her back. She'll be fine. You'll see."

"But what about the twins? We could lose them." Oliver whispered as he finally spoke a fear he had inside him since the first day he found out she was pregnant. Knowing his child was inside Felicity meant the world to both of them. When they found out there were two, they were even more happy. But if they lost them, what would that mean for them? Could they recover from that pain? That guilt?

Laurel stopped and pulled him to look at her. "Oliver, look at me." When Oliver raised his head to gaze at her, her eyes were burning with determination. "Don't think about that. That won't happen. The team won't allow it. We will get them all back, safely. And those two angels will come into this world and will be surrounded by so much love, they will never miss out on anything. Trust me. Trust your team. Your friends. Your family. We're not giving them up without a hell of a fight."

"Thanks Laurel." Oliver smiled a watery grin at her then started for the office again. Laurel stayed outside and watched as Oliver stepped in and sat down. He pulled Connor into his lap and hugged the small boy tightly into his chest.

"How's he doing?" Lance asked as he stepped up beside his daughter.

"Blaming himself and punishing himself already. I'm scared of what will happen if we don't get them all back safely tonight." Laurel whispered to her dad.

"I know Baby Girl. I don't want anything to happen to them either." Lance stated as he looked through the glass at Donna, who was currently wrapped in a hug with Thea; trying to ease her pain.

"How did today go so wrong so fast? It was great all day at the spa. We all laughed and had fun and now… could those really be the last memories we have with her?"

"No!" Lance huffed firmly. "The team will get her back. Her and the babies will be safe and we will have lots of other days filled with happy memories with them all. So just hold on to that hope. That's what she would want right now. What she would say. She was always best at seeing the hope in the worst of times. Now we need to do that for her." Lance hugged her daughter into his side, wanting to take away her pain over her lost friend.

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"Comm check. In position?" Tommy asked into the mic on the front of Oliver's leathers. The suit was a bit loose but otherwise fit fine. Tommy was having a bit of difficulty with the mask and had decided that once they knew it was just Darhk, he would remove it.

"Canary and Shadow in position." Sara noted over the comms.

"Overwatch and Arsenal in position." Diggle added.

"Ra's and the League awaiting commands." Talia spoke as Tommy saw the last of the League members moving into position across him. He was on the ground in an alley across the street from the building Felicity's signal was coming from.

Tommy breathed one last breath then ordered, "Okay. Eagle eyes walk us in."

"There are several doors to enter through. One on the west for Overwatch and Arsenal. One on the East for Canary and Shadow and the main one on the north. Ra's and troops take that one. There is also a skylight window on the roof for Arrow to come through. I have disabled all power and utilities to the block as well as checked for any generators. None found so you are all in the dark. I ran a night vision scan on the building. Shows a lot of men inside. There are two levels to the building. I think Darhk has the package in a back room near the South on the top floor."

"Good to know. Overwatch, Arsenal, Canary and Shadow get in and take down any men you need to while making you way to that room. Ra's and troops will be in charge of dealing with the men for the most part. Just make it to that room as fast as you can. I will head that way immediately. Radio silence from here out, Eagle eyes."

"Good luck and come back safe. All of you." with that Lyla signed off.

Tommy took one last breath then pulled and released a grappling arrow. Time to end this.