Chapter 5.

"For the fourth night in a row Starling City's band vigilantes has been joined by what some are starting to believe is its newest member. The so called "Little Hood Girl" has been seen the past four nights daunting an Arrow green hood and fighting alongside her elder counterparts."

"Another one." Moria shook her head as she switched the TV off and glanced at her granddaughter who had come by for a visit. "Do they honestly need a whole pack to go around wiping out gangs in the glades?"

"Maybe the older ones are training replacements." Addison shrugged. "In case they decide they don't want do the whole "save the city" thing anymore."

"Honestly I wish it would all just come to an end." Moria shook her head. "When do you go back to school?"

"Monday." Addison sighed. "I'm sure it will be a blast." Moria chuckled.

"You have your father temper, and that backfired on you last week, just make sure you keep it in check when you go back." Moria told her. "We pay good money for you to go to that school."

"I know." Addison smiled. "I promise I'll be on my best behavior when I go back."

"Good." Moria nodded. "Now I'm sorry to rush off, but I have to go meet Walter for lunch at QC."

"Its fine, Diggle is supposed to be picking me up soon, so I can go meet Aunt Thea."

"Actually I'm already here." Addie turned to the door way John Diggle had entered from. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah." Addison hugged her grandmother and told her goodbye and headed out with Diggle. "Did you see the news today?" she asked when they were both in the car.

"Your dad was watching it when I stopped by the office this morning." She caught Diggle's smile in the rearview mirror. "He's not too impressed by the nickname."

"Of course he's not." She laughed. "Too much hood, not enough Arrow. I like it though, I think it fit's."

"Doesn't sound all that intimidating though." Diggle said.

"Well then the bad guys won't know what hit them when they meet me." Addie smiled. They pulled up at Verdant moments later and Diggle got out and opened the door for her.

"Do I need to come pick you up?" he asked as she got out of the car.

"No, I think I'm just gonna hang out here until JD get out of school. We're supposed to train today." She gave him a smile.

"Okay, well call me if you need anything." She nodded and headed into the club. Thea was standing behind the bar on the phone arguing with what sounded like one of her suppliers. She smiled and waved at her niece when she saw her heading towards the bar. Addie took a seat on one of the stools and waited for Thea to get off the phone.

"Sorry about that." She said once she had hung up. "They messed up on of orders again, and I'm trying to see if they can fix it before tonight. I order us some lunch, it's back in my office if you want come to join me." The pair walked back to the office and sat down across from each other.

"So why the lunch meeting today?" Addie asked as they ate.

"You know that your school asked me to help out with the Youth of the Glades fundraiser they're doing this year?" Addie nodded. "Well they want me to through a themed teen night her at the club, and I'm trying to figure out what the theme should be. I really want to do something where they have to dress up, but I don't want masquerade and Halloween is still months away."

"What about a superhero theme." Addie smiled. "I think everyone at the school would enjoy it, especially with the new vigilante popping up on the news."

"Yeah I saw that." Thea laughed. "Congrads, by the way. I think your dad and everyone would kick out of the superhero theme, which is good because I signed them all up as chaperones."

"They're going to love you for that." Addie smirked. "The night spent at Verdant making sure not secret drug deals are going on."

"Wouldn't be the first time your dad's had to stop something like that." Thea shrugged. "The superhero theme sounds good though, as long as you're going to help me plan everything."

"Of course." Addie smiled. "What kind of Queen would I be if I wasn't helping plan the next big fundraiser."

"People would talk that's for sure." Thea teased. The rest of the afternoon was spent going over details, design invites, and choosing decorations.

Felicity sat behind her desk at QC glance at the paper she bought this morning. On the front page was an image taken from a CCTV, the headline read "Little Hood Girl." She couldn't help but smile at the thought of how excited Addison must be to finally have her own code name instead of just being Starlings newest vigilante. It did make her and Oliver a bit uneasy though having Addison on the front page and every news channel even if you couldn't see that it was her. The Arrow had no shortage of enemies and with some news outlets already hinting about her bring his daughter, they she would be a target.

Oliver came through his office door on the phone speaking in Russian with whoever was on the other end. After hanging up he walked over and feel back in one of the chairs in front of her desk.

"Rough phone call?" she asked glancing up at him.

"Anatoly wants to me to come visit soon and bring Addie and Tommy." Oliver sighed. "He always wants a visit after I've asked for help."

"You don't want to go?" she asked.

"Not with the kids. If Anatoly's wanting me to come to Russia then there's a job he's wanting help with. I don't want them around that. The Bratva….is so much more intense than what I do here, more brutal, more dangerous."

"I'm sure Anatoly will understand if you don't bring them." Felicity said. "Just go yourself and let him know he's welcome to come visit the kids anytime."

"I'm not even sure if I want to go, if I want to be a part of that again." He let his face fall into the palms of his hands.

"Well than tell him." Felicity shook her head. "Tell Anatoly that you don't want to be a part of that anymore, that you're afraid it'll put Tommy and Addie in more danger than they're already in. I'm sure he'd understand, he knows how protective you are of your family."

"I'm sure your right." He sighed. "I'll try and call him back later." He picked the paper up off her desk. "What are we going to do about this?"

"There's not much we can do about it Oliver." She shrugged, "It comes with the job, and as long as they don't get a shot of her face she should be fine."

"We just fought for so long to keep both her and Tommy both out of the papers and now here she is." He shook his head.

"First that isn't Addie, you of all people should know, who you are when that hood goes on is not the same person you are every day." Felicity gave him a small smile. "Second, Addie and Tommy are Queens, we can't keep them out of the papers their entire lives."

"Yeah, mom tried to keep me and Thea out of it too, but that all backfired when we began going out on our own."

"Which is why we make sure Tommy and Addie are ready for when the do encounter the photographers and reporters." Felicity told him. "And we do our best to make sure their behavior is what it should be."

"I'm glad they have you." He smiled at her. "You're the balance they need, I'm not sure they would have turned out as good as they did, if you weren't their mother." Felicity opened their mouth to speak but Diggle came into the office.

"I just dropped Addie off with Thea, she said she'll probably be there until tonight." He said. "Roy's going to pick up Tommy and Carson."

"Thanks Digg." Oliver nodded, "Have you heard anything about our new friends?"

"They're still staying pretty quiet, I think loosing Tomos may have shook them up a bit." Digg told him.

"You really think that they might be planning something still?" Felicity asked looking from one man to the other.

"Why else would they still be hanging around here?" Oliver shrugged. "We're keeping an eye on them though."

"Well the two of you have fun with that, I've got a lunch meeting at Nerth." Felicity said standing from her seat.

"I don't remember having anything planed with Jones today." Oliver glanced at her.

"He wants me to look over the new security their head of IT came up with, make sure it's worth the money he's going to have to pay out." Felicity shrugged and grabbed her bag before heading towards the door, "I should be back in an hour or two." She said before heading out of the door.

"I'm really not sure I trust that guy." Oliver said to Diggle. "Something about him just seemed off when we met."

"You're sure it has nothing to do with that fact that he's paying attention to Felicity?" Diggle asked.

"Felicity and I made our choice, we did what was best for our children. What she does now is her business." Oliver sigh stiffly. "I just don't want her to trust the wrong people."

"Felicity can take care of herself, and I think you need to trust her to able to do that." Diggle told him.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Oliver sighed as he glanced back at the door.

"Superhero's really?" JD asked as he sent a punch at Addison head, which she ducked.

"Yep," she smirked, "and you have to dress up." She kicked out at him and he grabbed her leg flipping her. Addison landed on the ground with a grunt.

"You're too easily distracted." He chuckled.

"No we've just been here for hours so I'm not trying my hardest." She smiled and took the hand he held out to her.

"Sure, sure." He pulled her to her feet. "So you gonna dress as the little hood girl?" he teased.

"No I think I'm going to go as Black Canary." She smiled. "Pay a bit of tribute to Aunt Sara. What about you?"

"I'll just have your Aunt Thea find me a costume that's about like my hood." He shrugged. "Probably wouldn't be smart to wear the real thing."

"Definitely not." The pair turned to the stairs where the adults coming down. Oliver walked over to his daughter.

"You had to say superheroes didn't you." He shook his head.

"I thought it was a great idea." She smiled. "And Aunt Thea loved it."

"Aunt Thea like to torture me." Oliver chuckled. "I suppose we'll all just have to suffer through now."

"Yep, cause I'm working and you guys all get to chaperon." Roy smirked, "And don't bother arguing it won't do you any good."

"I'll be on security so no costume for me." Diggle smiled.

"I feel like you should at least get a mask." Felicity teased.

"No, that's fine, don't need one." Diggle laughed.

"How about we just get ready to head out and discus costume choices later?" Oliver asked looking around the group.

"Whatever you say boss." Roy chuckled and the group separated to go change. The rest of the night was spent with Roy, JD, and Addison patrolling the Glades while Diggle and Oliver went to get surveillance on the Welsh. Felicity was stationed at her computer attempting to keep an eye on them all and worry as she always did.

"There's a store break in about three streets over from you guys, Arsenal." Felicity said after a moment. "It's going to take SCPD at least fifteen minutes to respond."

"We can be there in less than five." Roy's voice came over the com and then she could hear the three of them running through backstreets and alleys.

"Roy, JD keep her safe." Oliver's voice sounded.

"Keep your mind on your job." Felicity warned. "The Little Hood girl can handle herself." She heard him huff and rolled her eyes as she turned back to the screens. She watched the trio fight the would be robbers, flinching when one knocked Addison to the ground. Her daughter jumped right back up though and came at her attacked with a vengeance. They had the group of thieves tied up and we're gone by the time the cops pulled up. A few hours later and everyone was heading back to the Foundry. Felicity went straight to her daughter when she came down the stairs.

"You okay?" she asked looking over her. "I saw you go down."

"I'm fine just a few scratches." Addison smiled at her. "He was a bit stronger than I anticipated."

"She's getting tougher by the night." Roy said with a smirk. "Pretty soon she won't need back up."

"Addie will always need back up." Oliver shot back causing Addie to role her eyes.

"Any news on our Welsh friends tonight?" JD asked.

"Nope," Diggle shook his head, "they're still being quiet and laying low."

"They took a big hit when we took out Tomos." Roy crossed his arms over his chest. "Maybe they're having to regroup."

"Either way we're keeping an eye on them." Oliver said. "Felicity can you keep a trace on their surveillance footage?"

"Don't insult my skills." She said moving back to her computer. "I'll have the recordings from their CCTV's save to my hard drive. We'll be able to view it all we come back here tomorrow."

"Thank you," Oliver gave her a small smile. "We're done for the night, everyone go home and get some rest."

Monday morning brought the end of Addison suspension and she walked into Starling Prep with JD by her side. Her parents had already giving her the talk about not letting whatever the others might be saying get to her today, and that if she got in trouble again that would be the end of her nights as the Little Hood Girl. Luckily everyone seemed to have forgotten about the fight, everyone except Ava of course.

"Of course the Queen is back already." She sneered when Addie and JD walked past her on their way into the classroom. "The school can't afford to lose the money her family brings in." she and her friends laughed.

"Enough ladies." The teacher said as he walked into the classroom. "Welcome back Ms. Queen, I hope your time away served you well."

"Yes sir." She nodded.

"Alright then, let's get class started." He turned to the board and class began. The rest of the day went smoothly. Lunch was spent with JD and her mother was in the car waiting for her when she got out.

"Good first day back?" Felicity asked as the pair headed to the elementary school.

"Other than a few snide comments everything went well." Addison smiled at her mother. "It was actually somewhat nice to be back, I was getting tired of being dragged to the office and sent on errands with grandma every day."

"You do realize that's the life you have to look forward to in a couple years, right?" Felicity glanced at her.

"Don't remind me." She sighed. "I don't know how you and daddy do it, it's so boring."

"All part of growing up Addie." Felicity laughed. "That's probably part of the reason we enjoy our night job so much." They picked Tommy and Carson up and the car was filled with noise as the young boys went into a full description of their day.

"We started archery in gym today." Tommy said with a giant smile on his face.

"We get to do it for a whole two weeks, just like the Arrow." Carson added. "It's kind of not fair though because Tommy's been practicing with Uncle Oliver."

"I'm sure if you asked Uncle Oliver would teach you to Carson." Felicity told him.

"Really? You think he would?" Carson grinned.

"I'm sure he would." Addie said turning to face her younger cousin. "That's one of dad's favorite things."

"I'll ask him at dinner this weekend." Conner nodded.

"Then we'll be just like Arrow ad Arsenal." Tommy highfived his cousin. "Mr. Lance was at our school today." Tommy said looking in his mother's direction.

"Was he?" Felicity looked at him through the rearview mirror.

"Yeah, he was talking to us about the police department and stranger danger." Tommy nodded. "I told him I didn't have to worry about that because Diggle's always there when I need him."

"Well it's still good to remember not to go with anyone you don't know, Diggle may not always be able to get to you."

"Yeah I guess." He shrugged. When they arrived at the house the boys attempted to make a run for Tommy's room, but Felicity caught before they reached the hallway first.

"You both know the rules, homework first then you can go play." She said turning them towards the kitchen table. "What about you Addie? Homework?"

"Yes," she sighed. "Some of the teachers decided to give me extra credit so the suspension won't hurt my GPA quite as much."

"Good, go get to work on it." Felicity smiled and gave her a nudge toward the kitchen. "I'm going to go upstairs and change, make sure the boys get started on their work." Addison nodded and headed to the kitchen while her mom walked upstairs. The boys were at the table chatting away with their homework in front of them.

"You guys are supposed to be working." Addie said as she sat down. They sighed and Carson picked up his pencil while Tommy turned to look at his sister.

"Do you think mommy would get mad if I asked daddy to come to career day with me, instead of her?" he asked. "Cause I want daddy to come but I don't want to hurt her feelings."

"I don't think mom would mind." Addie smiled at him. "She went with me to career day when I was little, so it's daddy's turn anyway. Once you finish your homework you'll have to see if mom will let you call and ask him." He nodded and then they both started on their homework.

An hour later they had finished and Carson and Tommy had taken off to his room while Addison when to find her mother. Felicity was in her office checking last minute emails for the day when he daughter found her. Addie walked over and sat in the chair in front of the desk.

"Tommy want's dad to come to career day." Addie told her. "He was afraid you'd be mad that he wasn't asking you."

"I think it's a good idea for your dad to go. He was a bit crushed when you didn't ask him when you were in Tommy's grade. I'll let him call and ask after Aunt Thea comes to get Carson later."

"To bad dad can't go to career day as the Arrow, those kids would flip out." Addie laughed.

"Tommy definitely would." Felicity smiled. "These boys are going to freak out when they're finally old enough to find out about Team Arrow. All these superhero's being part of their family."

"They'd be ready to go right ahead and jump into the family business, two little mini-hoods running around Starling City fighting crime.'' Addie smiled and her mother laughed.

"Come on let's go start dinner. Aunt Thea said she'd probably be late getting Carson today." Felicity stood from her chair and the two headed back down to the kitchen.

The next day after school Addison was picked up by Thea so the two could start planning the charity event at Verdant. Addison loved planning parties and she really loved planning them with her Aunt Thea. Thea like to go over the top when she did things, if she was throwing a superhero party it was going to be the biggest and best superhero party Starling had ever seen.

"I've already got a caterer set up and ready to go." Thea said as they walked from shop to shop in downtown Starling. "We just need to figure out what we're going to do as far as decorations go."

"I think we should look at some old school superhero comics." Addie told her. "Make spot lights look like signals for hero's, set up the VIP lounges to look like lairs. It'll be awesome and the kids from my school will love it."

"Sounds good t—" Thea was cut off by a car skidding to a stop next to them, two large men got out and grabbed for them.

"Ms. Queen, Ms. Harper you'll be coming with us." One of them said as they we're shoved in the back of the car.