Oliver had just entered the office of Samandra Watson's superior officer, Jemma Johnson at the FBI's Star City headquarters.
"Agent Johnson, thank you for taking the time to meet with me." Oliver said as he shook the agent's hand.
"My pleasure. This is my opportunity to offer you a sincere apology for the actions of my subordinate Samandra Watson." Jemma said as they sat down on opposite sides of her desk.
"Thank you, but I'm afraid that I cannot allow Ms. Watson's actions against not only me, but also my family and loved ones, to simply slide by. I told her last November when she arrested me that I would sue her for malicious prosecution and I'm a man of my word, since now I'm also fairly certain that her entire investigation was illegal in the first place, prepare to deal with a lawsuit." Oliver said.
"Surely we can work out a deal that avoids a lawsuit." Jemma said.
"That's why we're having this meeting. I am willing to drop all charges against the FBI in exchange for two simple things." Oliver said.
"What are they?" Jemma asked.
"I want an inquiry into Watson as to why and how she was able to launch an illegal investigation after the president ordered the case against me dropped. Either that or you fire her immediately." Oliver said.
"She'll be suspended indefinitely as we launch our investigation into her." Jemma offered.
"Deal." Oliver said.
"What about your other condition?" Jemma asked.
"It's no secret that I've been in contact with the Green Arrow and this morning he provided me with this." Oliver said as he placed a drive on the desk.
"What is this?" Jemma asked.
"This is a copy of Ricardo Diaz's ledger. Every member of Star City's infrastructure that is on Diaz's payroll. For obvious reasons, I can't have him arrested by the police since he controls the police. So, if I give the FBI permission to act, you guys take every person on this list down." Oliver said.
"This would help us bring down a major crime lord, so you've got a deal Mr. Queen." Jemma said as they shook hands.
Laurel had just finished getting discharged from the Argus medbay when her phone rang and she smiled when she saw it was her dad.
"Hey dad, how are things at Norad?" Laurel asked.
"Sorry sweetheart, but daddy ran into some problems on his way to Colorado. He should've gone with the others, but no, he had to take his own car." Diaz's voice said over the phone and Laurel's blood ran cold.
"Where is my father you deluded son of a bitch?" Laurel demanded.
"Don't worry about that. Now here's what's going to happen. You're going to convince your fiance to call off his deal with FBI and leave Star City forever and then I will let your father go freely. You have one hour to make your decision." Diaz said.
"And if I refuse?" Laurel asked.
"Then you get to play role reversal with your daddy. I hope you'll make the right call." Diaz said as he hung up and Laurel could feel her heart beating a mile a minute as she tried to think of a way to save her father without leaving the city to Diaz's mercy.
"Laurel, Oliver wants us all in meeting room. Are you okay?" Slade asked as he entered the medbay and Laurel actually found herself grinning at the sight of him, something she never thought she'd do.
"Yeah, thanks to you actually." Laurel said.
"To me?" Slade asked, confused.
"I'll explain in the command center now let's move." Laurel said and Slade nodded as they headed out.
"So, the FBI is rounding up everyone on Diaz's payroll?" Rene asked and Oliver nodded.
"Great, now we just need to find Diaz so we can end this." Curtis said as Laurel and Slade joined them.
"I think I know how we can do that." Laurel said.
"How?" Oliver asked.
"Diaz somehow managed to kidnap my father and I'm willing bet that if we find my dad, we find Diaz." Laurel said.
"Okay, but how do we find your dad?" Thea asked.
"Thanks to Slade's siege 4 years ago, my dad has a heart condition, but he also has a pacemaker to help with it, which means we can use it to track him down and where we find my dad, I'm betting we'll find Diaz." Laurel said.
"Curtis, find that signal, everyone else, suit up and be ready to move out the moment we get a location on Diaz. We're ending this tonight." Oliver said and they all nodded as they dispersed.
"Hey Laurel, you sure you're okay?" Oliver asked.
"No. I mean my dad's been kidnapped by the same maniac who's been holding this city hostage for months." Laurel said.
"Diaz doesn't do anything without a reason. What did he want you to do in exchange for your dad's life?" Oliver asked.
"Call of the FBI's operation in Star City, but I wasn't willing to compromise the city's safety, even for my own father's life, because I know it's not what he'd want me to do. But now I'm worried that he'll never even have a chance to walk me down the aisle in a few weeks." Laurel said as Oliver placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, I promise you Laurel, your dad will be there to walk you down the aisle at the wedding. My parents may not be able to be there, but I'm going to make sure that both of yours are." Oliver promised her and Laurel smiled at him.
"Thank you." Laurel said as she kissed him.
