Detective Queen

Disclaimer: I kinda owe this chapter's inspiration to Gotham. And to a guest reviewer, your 'Fugitive For Life' idea while nice, is a bit too cliché at this point as Police issues for the team is seriously old at this point. Who knows, maybe I'll do it but it won't be anytime soon.

Summary: To this day, Slade's still surprised by the fact his partner's a Detective for the SCPD.

"Heh, its times like these that I'm still surprised you're one of us, Kid." Detective Slade Wilson told his partner, Oliver Queen after the younger man had made a most passionate speech to get his fellow Police Officers to start acting like cops and not bow to the whims of one man. A man known for his criminal activities.

As Captain Lance's hospitilization and Don Frank Bertinelli's threat for them to step aside and allow him to act as he saw fit. Thankfully, Oliver's talk did the trick as the Glades and the regular portion of the city deserved cops that actually gave a damn. And they all knew just how pissed off Lance would be at them if they didn't do their jobs. "Really? Even after 6 years of working together?" Questioned Oliver seriously with a raised eyebrow as he turned to his partner and mentor.

Oliver had ended up choosing to become a Police Officer, followed quickly by becoming a Detective 7 years previously after having a sort of epiphany about the direction, or lack of, his life was going in. Naturally, his parents and his sister to a lesser extent hadn't been too enthused about the decision he decided to make. Even going so far as to cut him off from his trust fund and access in general to the Queen family funds to try and make him change his mind. But growing very unhappy when it didn't work as he was determined to see his decision through. To this day, he was still cut off from the family funds but Oliver didn't really care as he loved doing what he did. "Yep. Not that it stops me from bein' happy about the fact I got to be the one to mentor you."

"You goin' soft on me?"

"Hah! Never! Just sayin' is all."

"Now Oliver, you know your brother has trouble expressing himself so just be happy he's done that small bit." Came the teasing voice of one Shado Gulong.

Soon to be adding 'Queen' to the end of her name as well. Not to mention the department's Medical Examiner too. Slade harrumphed at her, causing both Shado and Oliver to grin in amusement at the grizzled veteran Detective. "I like to think I express myself just fine, thank you very much."

Shado just gave him an amused look. "If you say so. But anyway, I came to tell you two that my father asked you to stop by his business as he may have some information about who shot the Captain."

Her father, one Yao Fei Gulong, also known simply as 'The General', was something of an information broker who managed to keep his daughters out of his kind of life as he wanted better for them. So far, he had yet to be arrested due to lack of proof on anything he may have been involved in but Oliver and Shado knew it was only a matter of time. And that worried the two greatly as well. "Oh? No wanting to threaten me about treating you right once you and I are married? Despite the fact I've been doing just that since we got together?" Oliver asked his fiance skeptically.

"Well… I think that's a given by now, knowing my father."

Slade snorted at that in amusement as Oliver sighed. "Right. Well, cone on, then Slade. Let's get this over with." Muttered the man while his partner just grinned.

"Can't wait to see what kind of threat he comes up with now."

As despite the years Oliver had been dating Shado, her father had yet to run out of creative ways to threaten him where Shado was concerned if he ever hurt her. It was almost inspirational in a way. Probably more so then that Green Arrow weirdo that the Captain had a huge issue with as he felt the man's way of doing things went against the Law he so coveted. And personally, Oliver had a suspicion his sister knew who the guy really was too. "Have fun you two." Shado told the two with a smile and then kissed her soon to be husband.

"Hmm, still think we need to discuss your idea of fun."

"Maybe later."

"Ugh, you two disgust me." Grumbled Slade.

Rolling his eyes at his friend's aversion to anything romance after his wife had left him high and dry, Oliver kissed his fiance one last time and the two partners got on their way. But not before running into Laurel Lance, the District Attorney. Who wanted to know an update on where they were at with who put her father in the hospital. She was also Oliver's former girlfriend until that epiphany of his had him sit her down and have an important talk about a few things. That talk unfortunately hadn't gone too well thanks to her stubbornness and its why there had continued to be something of a stiffness in their dealings with one another. "We got a tip the General might know something, so we're gonna go and pay him a visit." Oliver told her while his partner walked on.

Not desiring to have anything to do with the never ending train wreck between the two. "Right, a tip huh?"

"Laurel..."

Holding up her hands in a defensive manner, Laurel spoke. "Sorry, sorry. Just really shaken up right now where daddy's concerned."

"And I understand that, believe me, I do. We're all pretty pissed right now but we are gonna catch the guy who did this." Promised the Detective seriously.

Something she appreciated a great deal. "Thank you."

"No problem." And with that, he was gone from the building to pay a visit to the General while Laurel began to wonder if perhaps keeping the years old animosity between them was worth it anymore.

Author's Notes: Bonus points to those who quickly realized who GA is thanks to Oliver's suspicion.