"Roy." Thea's voice was distant as Roy sat alone. He looked up and saw the woman he loved looking at him with concern.

It had been 2 weeks since Slade Wilson had been defeated. Oliver was back to being CEO of Queen Consolidated and everything was slowly returning to normal.

The only thing that was left was Thea.

"Roy." Thea knelt behind him and wrapped her slender arms around his strong shoulders. "You're okay, right?"

Roy nodded. The makuda had been flushed from his system and he was making great progress in learning to use a bow from Oliver. It was only a matter of time before Roy became a master like Oliver. "Yeah," he replied, averting his eyes from the face that made his heart race, "I am now."

Thea turned his head and looked at his face, then kissed his lips lightly. Breaking apart, she smiled and said, "Good." She then sat on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck; his strong arms wrapping around her hips, he kissed her passionately.

While Roy and Thea were having alone time, Oliver was out in the field, doing recon on a possible operation within a warehouse. This was the fourth this week and Oliver was worried about that; the Dragonborn's followers were spreading like wildfire throughout the city.

He looked through his binoculars and saw the Dragonborn himself heading into the warehouse. "Dig, Felicity, Dragonborn's here," he said, getting ready to move.

"All right," Diggle replied, "I'll be there soon."

"Be careful, Ollie," Felicity pleaded.

"I will." Firing a line arrow to the warehouse roof, Oliver ziplined to the warehouse and quickly took out two armed thugs.

He silently hid in the shadows of the roofing beams and planted a remote audio device. He activated it and listened to the conversation.

"How prepared are we?" Dragonborn asked a man.

"Lord Ragnar, our forces are almost ready. Another day and we can commence with Phase Two."

"Good. Make sure that the SCPD doesn't catch wind of our operations throughout the city. If anyone catches wind…"

"Silence them."

"Good. Glad to see you remember how we work, Asbjorn. Isn't that right, Arrow?" Ragnar looked up straight at Oliver.

Oliver knew he had been spotted and tried to escape, but a dark-skinned woman shot a wave of green energy at him and he was paralyzed; he fell into the arms of a large, burly man.

"You walked right into this, Oliver Queen," Dragonborn laughed as Oliver began to lose consciousness.

"You fool."

Roy and Thea lay together in the storage room of Verdant, nude and covered only in whatever blanket/sheet-like things they could find. Thea propped herself up on one elbow and traced her finger across his broad chest. "I love you," she said.

Roy smiled and leaned up to kiss her. "I love you more," he teased and she laughed, smacking him playfully. They began to make out again when Roy's phone rang.

"Dammit. Hold on." He groped for it and looked at the caller ID. Picking it up, he said, "Hello?" His face went pale white as he heard the news. "Okay. Bye."

"What?" Thea asked when Roy turned back around. "What happened?"

"It's Oliver.

"He's disappeared."