Just a quick AN. Has anyone else seen the latest Flash episode Fury Rogue? I mean seriously, they made Laurel Lance of Earth X a bad guy to, what exactly do the writers have against her? Though I have to admit, her powers are even cooler than Black Siren's, who by the way, if you think about it, has the exact same suit as Laurel-X, which seems kind of lazy if you ask me. And one last thing that really bugged me is that Laurel X was in love with Oliver-X, just like Earth One Laurel was in love with Earth One Oliver and Earth Two Laurel was in love with Earth Two Oliver. It seems like if there's on constant in the multiverse, it's that Laurel Lance is in love with Oliver Queen, so why can't they ever get together? I mean seriously, I don't know what the show writers were thinking with all this Olicity nonsense, since it seems like on every earth where we've met the Laurel Lance of, she is in love with Oliver Queen. It seems like the writers are now trying to torture the Lauriver shippers like myself by constantly saying how Laurel's doppelgangers were in love with their world's Olivers, but for some reason, it never seemed to work.

Sorry to rant, but I just had to get that out of my system.


"So, what was so important that I had to rush to city hall?" Oliver asked Quentin as he entered his office.

"City council wants to know the statement you're prepared to make in response to Diaz kidnapping you and they want to know it all now." Quentin said and Oliver nodded as he cursed under his breath.

"Son of a bitch. It's okay, I think I've actually found a way to spin the kidnapping to my favor and more importantly, the team's favor." Oliver said as they made their way to the council chamber.

"Really how?" Quentin asked curiously.

"Just watch and listen." Oliver said as he entered the council chamber.

"Mayor Queen, it's good to have you back to us safely so soon." Councilman Kullens said.

"I'm sure it is councilman. Now Deputy Mayor Lance has informed me that you all want to know what my response is to my abduction by Ricardo Diaz, is that correct?" Oliver asked.

"That is correct mr. mayor." Councilwoman Pollard said.

"Well, my response to it is to issue a shoot to kill order for the SCPD and the Anti Crime Unit." Oliver said.

"Is that really all you plan to do in response to this act of terrorism on our city?" another councilman asked.

"No, I just thought I'd get the easier part out of the way first. Due to the events that happened 2 nights ago, I am reopening a new vote on the anti-vigilante referendum." Oliver said and as he expected, he was met by resistance.

"Mr. Mayor, the people of Star City have spoken about their point of view on vigilante. I highly doubt that anything will have changed." Councilwoman Pollard said.

"Yes well, the night of the prisoner exchange, Mr. Diaz went back on his word and after he returned me, he had his men pull their guns on me, Deputy Mayor Lance, Police Captain Drake and the only other clean cops on the force. Had it not been for the intervention of the Green Arrow and his associates, the city's leadership would have been killed and due to the reasons of why the referendum originally passed at all, my staff conducted a thorough investigation into the cops who were present at Starling Stadium back at Thanksgiving and as it turns out, none of them were actually cops. They were there by order of Cayden James in order to turn the city against the vigilantes to distract us from his agenda. And it because of the Green Arrow that I am standing here today, able to go home to my son that I am reopening a new vote, since the last one was influenced by outside forces. And like the president said about the FBI, I will not allow the resources and manpower of this city's government be used to hunt those who risk their lives everyday without so much as a paycheck or a thank you in return and are being called heroes, just like the Flash. Because now that I think about it, isn't the Flash technically a vigilante? And yet he is revered as a hero, not hunted like a criminal. So how is the Green Arrow any different. And that is final." Oliver said, making it clear that this was not up for debate before walking out, Lance right behind him.

"Are you sure you didn't take politics at any of the 4 colleges you went to, since you certainly have the talents of a politician?" Quentin asked Oliver.

"Nope. But one skill I learned those 5 years I was gone that I've found be useful is my ability to find ways to turn a situation to my advantage. How the hell do you think I stayed alive until I learned to fight." Oliver said as he patted Quentin on the arm.

"And also, I've got a new project for you and Laurel to work on now." Oliver said.

"Really, what now?" Quentin asked.

"I want you two and maybe Dinah and Curtis, since we're building trust with the others now, to start looking into the members of the city council. My gut tells me that Diaz has at least one member of the council on his payroll and I want to know which one, keep chipping away at him until he's got nothing left." Oliver said.

"Copy that." Quentin said as he walked out.


Laurel was looking over a police report when she heard her father call out her name.

"Laurel." Quentin said and Laurel smiled as she hugged her father.

"Hey dad, are you checking up on me already? I've only been on the force for 2 weeks." Laurel said.

"No, I'm here because Oliver has an assignment for us. Is Dinah in?" Quentin asked.

"In her office, why?" Laurel asked.

"Because Oliver wants her in on it to." Quentin said as they entered Dinah's office.

"What brings you down here?" Dinah asked Quentin curiously.

"Oliver wants the three of us to start looking into the members of the City Council, since he's convinced that Diaz has at least one of them on his payroll and he intends to find out who." Quentin said.

"I'll get Curtis on it." Dinah nodded understanding.

"Also, Oliver's managed to get a new vote opened on the anti vigilante referendum." Quentin said.

"Seriously? How'd he do that?" Laurel asked.

"He may not have studied politics in school, or any of the schools he went to, but he has the talent of a politician." Quentin said.