"Are you sure you don't want to get back in the field? After all, you're certainly acting like it." Dinah asked as she and Laurel sparred.
"I'm sure. Right now I want to try and get a sense of normal again before I put the mask back on. Besides, from what I hear, they got the whole sonic scream element down with you." Laurel said as she she knocked Dinah down.
"I get that Oliver wanted you to train me, but why are you being so tough? I mean, we're just sparring?" Dinah asked.
"Because if you're going out in the field, than you have to be prepared for anything, including friends turning into foes. That's why I'm being so tough on you, so I'll know if you have it in you to take down a teammate if they get mind controlled or pulled a Felicity or an Evelyn, depending on who you think is a bigger traitor." Laurel explained.
"Than maybe you should train Curtis to." Rene said as he entered the bunker with John.
"Pass, from what I hear, since Felicity's departure, Curtis mainly stays in here." Laurel said.
"That's because someone needs to run back end for missions and as the only guy here with tech experience, that kind of falls to me." Curtis said as he also entered the bunker.
"So, where's our fearless leader?" John asked.
"At city hall with Thea. Apparently she wants her job back." Laurel said with a smile.
"Okay, a year ago Oliver spent more time down here than he did at city hall. Now he's actually doing his job as mayor, changed?" Curtis asked.
"What changed is that a year ago the only people in this bunker were you, Oliver and Felicity. Now Oliver has a real team again, which means that he can actually afford to work his job." John said, right as Oliver entered.
"And right now that job is dealing with our latest psychopaths." Oliver said, placing photos of 3 men and one girl, all of whom were wearing very familiar masks.
"So, we're dealing with the bad guys you haven't killed yet. Dark Archer, Deathstroke, Artemis and Vigilante." John said.
"Well Malcolm's probably the one who assembled this little goon squad. I guess he got fond of having a team." Laurel said.
"While I agree that Merlyn is responsible for this little team up, what are you talking about? I thought Merlyn always preferred to work alone?" Oliver asked.
"After I was revived on the Waverider, Sara told me that the reason she and her team were tracking down the spear of destiny was to stop a legion of villains from getting it and I'll give you one guess on who one of those villains was." Laurel said.
"So that's where Merlyn's been. But how could he time travel?" John asked.
"It's easy considering he was working with Damien Darhk's past self and the Reverse Flash." Laurel said.
"I'll get more information about that later, but it sounds like Merlyn got a bug for teamwork and is now forming his own little entourage of despicable lowlifes." Oliver said.
"I think that's giving them too much credit, but Oliver, you can't deny that up against enemies like Merlyn or Slade, we're understaffed, considering Slade nearly killed you and Thea the last time you locked horns. And now they've got Evelyn, who knows every tactic of this team and Thea's refusing to suit up and Laurel isn't ready to suit up. We need more backup." John said.
"Agreed, which is why it pays to have the daughter of the demon owing me a favor." Oliver said.
"What did you have Nyssa do?" Laurel asked her boyfriend.
"Relax, just making one of her father's many wrongs right and bringing an old player back into the game." Oliver said with a smile.
"Nyssa still has League connections?" John asked.
"Our man should be back here by the end of the week." Oliver said with a smile.