A.N. Well, I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter. As stated this takes place 2 weeks after the death of Killer Croc. Starling City will be getting a new district attorney, why? You will see. Plus, Helena Bertinelli's fiancé hasn't been killed. This will be explained as the chapter. The team also gets their own vehicles as they would just use the nanite construct of their suits to glide like Shadow did to escape the police when he went after Adam Hunt. I decided they need a better way of getting around, individually and as group. So, I hope you enjoy, and I thank all of you who have read so far.
The Bertinelli Campaign
Queen Tower-CEO Office-Last Monday of September
Sean was at his desk going over paperwork, progress reports, stock options, profit margins, etc. The T.R.P. was proceeding on schedule, the out of service trains should be restored and ready for service by the 1st of October. The security cameras in the stations have been replaced with more advanced models and the graffiti has been removed and the stations repainted. New security guards, men and woman with military training and combat experience had been hired and added to each station's security office for around the clock safety. So far the project has remained within the estimated budget. Sean looked at the report on the seismic devices and the failsafe's he had order in order prevent their use as a WMD. After Dr. Rostov called Sean back two weeks ago and explained that Dr. Markov was acting a little strange when he was given orders to install the failsafe's, so asked Rostov to call and ask if I was sure this is what I wanted. Sean was adamant in his decision and told Rostov that Markov had three weeks to carry out those orders or he was fired with out severance pay and blacklisted. Rostov relayed Sean's orders and Markov got to work. Looking at the report, it showed that Markov was taking his time. He either being thorough or he is stalling. Regardless, Markov has 1 week left to finish and he knows what fate awaits him if he fails and Sean will follow through. The profit margins have shown that since Sean became CEO the profits have increased by 25% and is still climbing. Sean is pleased with all the progress that has been made and with the Foundation fundraiser in two weeks especially when the foundation director, Priscilla Dent was discovered to be the one embezzling funds from the foundation. Ms. Dent was seized by security, fired and blacklisted, and arrested by police for multiple counts of embezzlement and felony theft last Friday. The IRS was looking into her accounts for any signs of tax evasion. Her assistant, Christine McCallister was appointed as the new director.
Sean's mind now shifted to his night job with the team. Things have been going well. Laurel's training was advanced enough that tonight she will be joining Diggle and Oliver in going after another person on the list tonight. Laurel has already made her suit the same way the others did (looks the same from the show) and has named herself Black Canary in honor of her late sister's favorite bird and nickname. Sean and Dinah have been dealing with drugs dealers and gangs in the Glades which has had an impact especially with the Triad's only pipeline into the city has been cut off. Any new drug dealers and gangs were too afraid to set up shop in the Glades. Many of them either fled the city or were caught by the police. The two main criminal organizations that remain are The Bratva and The Bertinelli Syndicate, who despite their manpower and firepower pulled some of their criminal activities away from the Glades. This has led to a 15% decrease in crime in that area. This has given the good citizens in the Glades hope and the courage to stand up to the gangs. Sean smirked at that, knowing that part of Malcolm's plan was to focus crime in the Glades until he destroyed it.
As for Oliver and Diggle, over the last 2 weeks they took down the Royal Flush Gang who were robbing banks and they had taken down at least 3 more people on the list. John Byrne who had engaging in human trafficking, smuggling girls and boys from United South America for cheap labor and prostitution. He was captured by them and left bound in his home for the FBI who turned him of the Interpol to be tried in international court. Those found guilty of any kind of human trafficking from another would serve their sentence in the country that they trafficked their victims out of. Justin Whicker an immigrant who ran a sex trafficking ring out of Moscow. He shared Byrne's fate and Interpol in conjunction with Russian authorities shut down his sex trafficking ring in Moscow, which in turn led to the arrest of other criminals in Russia. Last and by no means least was Adam Donner, Starling City's District Attorney. He was responsible for many criminals going free by dropping the charges after accepting bribes. He was fired and arrested for aiding and abetting felons (murders, rapists, smugglers, etc.) and is awaiting trial. The governor is appointing a new D.A., she's an attorney from Gotham City. Her name is Christina Dent, her twin brother Harvey Dent was once Gotham City's D.A. until he went mad. It turned out her brother has a split personality. One was that of the D.A. the other was a crime lord. Harvey went mad when he was injured by Mob Boss Sal Maroni at Maroni Chemical during a failed abduction on the Sal's part. This led to a concoction of chemicals to hit the left side of Harvey's face and electric sparks set that side of his face on fire. This disfigurement caused Harvey's mind to shatter and turn him into a violent criminal called Two-Face. During a skirmish with the rumored Bat of Gotham, Two-Face fell 4 stories to death ending his reign of terror. Now his twin sister is coming to Starling City. Her cousin Priscilla Dent was awaiting trial for her crimes against Queen Consolidated. The ADA will take care of that one.
Sean thought about Thea. She was doing well The Starling City Youth Rehabilitation Institute. Her grades were climbing back up and her treatment was progressing well. Sean planned on visiting her in this weekend and see how she is doing and show his support for her recovery. Moira has toned down on her need to protect image and has expressed her support for his relationship with Dinah. His relationship with Dinah was improving. They went out to dinner and made other public appearances with her on his arm. Dina for her part loved being Sean's girlfriend but she just wished the press would leave her alone. Laurel and Oliver's relationship progressed. Ever since Laurel joined the team, their relationship has strengthened. In two weeks, the club above the lair will be complete and ready to receive customers. Sean looked at the time and saw it was almost 5:00pm. It was time to get ready to go to the lair and go out on patrol.
Lair-5:45pm
The group had gathered at their table discussing the plan for tonight. Sean began "First I want to congratulate Laurel for her dedication to training and congratulate everyone else on their hard work and dedication" everyone nodded their heads in thanks. "So, Oliver and John who on the list are you dealing with tonight?" Oliver looked over at John who answers "Harold Backman, based on what we have determined from Oracle's database he is an accountant who does some illegal business for his boss, Dominic Alonzo. Alonzo owns an underground casino. Oracle display data on these two men please." Oracle projected the data on the table. John continued his briefing "As you can see from the data, Backman's actions led to extortion, murder, and kidnapping. For these reasons he is on the list. Oliver and I plan to go after both with Laurel tonight. Hopefully, by tomorrow morning these two men will be behind bars awaiting trial and that casino is shut down." Sean agreed "Yes, I approve. Dinah and I will be doing are usual patrol through the Glades. While the 5 of us are gone, I will have Oracle investigate two other people on the list. The first is Isabel Rochev not only is she one of my Father's mistresses, but she is also VP of acquisitions at Stellmoor International and given what I have heard she makes Leona Helmsley seem like a saint!" the others gasped at that, having heard about Helmsley's reputation. "I don't know the reason she is on the list, but since she is she must be dirty. Oracle is going to investigate everything about her in hopes we have evidence to pin on her." Everyone agreed "The next person is Doug Miller. He is the head of Queen Consolidated's Applied Sciences Division. He will be investigated the same way as Rochev. I believe he may be a spy for some other corporation. But who? That remains to be discovered. In time we will find out what we need and these two will be dealt with. Agreed?" "Agreed!" everyone replied, and the team moved out.
The Glades-6:30pm
Shadow and Siren split up 30 minutes ago. Shadow was invisible walking across the rooftops in one of the nicer areas of the Glades near what was considered Bertinelli Territory. So far it had been quit until a young man in his mid to late twenties walking down the street. The direction the man was going seemed to be the apartment complex on 5th street. Suddenly a black SUV pulled up to the sidewalk near the young man. Two men in suits, one with a gun and another with bag jumped out, pressed the gun into the young man's back and placed the bag over his head. The thugs through him into the back seat and got in and drove off. Shadow fallowed them to a small warehouse in the Glades deep in Bertinelli Territory. This made Shadow realized that this young man did something to offend their boss. Shadow walked through the wall and saw as the abducted man was shoved down on a chair. His hands were bound to the armrests and the bag was pulled off his head. He came face to face with a well build muscled man, Shadow's A.I. quickly identified him as Nick Salvati, Underboss for the Bertinelli Crime Family and supposedly their top hitman. "Michael, it's good to see you" Salvati said with a smirk. Michael was pale with terror "What's going on Nick? Why am I here?" Nick came up and punched him in the face "You know the reason why! Traitor! You are snitching on the Boss and going to turn him over to the FBI. While snitches normally get stitches, you are getting capped. It's a real shame you know the Bosses daughter loved you." Nick pulled out his Walther and pressed it against Michael's head. Michael didn't try to deny it because he knew they wouldn't believe him.
Before Nick could fire his right hand (which had the gun) was sliced off by an unseen force. Nick yelled out in pain his severed hand fell on the floor. The four other thugs grabbed their weapons. One of Bertinelli's men who was there during the prison riot had called them and told the Boss what Shadow could do. Their boss assumed that Shadow shared however he did this with his team. The thugs all looked around pointing with their guns until Shadow revealed himself behind them. They opened fire on him, but the bullets just bounced off his suit. Shadow made quick work of them and untied Michael and got him out of the warehouse.
They arrived back at Michael's apartment. "You're the Shadow aren't you?" Shadow nodded "I am." Michael was in awe. He had heard Shadow and his team, but to meet one. "Thank you. I would've been killed if you hadn't been there." Shadow was about to say something when he looked around. He saw a bunch of lit candles and rose petals leading to the bedroom. "Having company over?" Shadow smirked under his hood. Michael knew he didn't set this up, it had to be his fiancé, Helena Bertinelli. Before either of them could say anything an attractive young woman with brown hair walked out of the bedroom in a slinky nightie "Michael you're here at last. Come join me for some…" she never finished her sentence as he saw an archer in black suit, and she knew that this was The Shadow. She yelped and quickly tried covered herself with her hands. She went back into the bedroom and came back out in a robe. Shadow realized that this was Helena Bertinelli. "Michael what is he doing here?" she noticed the bruise on his face "What happened?" she cried. Shadow told her everything and she looked down in shame and guilt. That's when both men realized she was the snitch. Helena explained how she and Michael were getting married and she wanted to get away from her father and the family business. She had evidence that she planned to give to the FBI and shut the criminal part of her families business down. Her father must have found her laptop at home and thought it belonged to Michael. Helena was crying as she knew her lover was almost killed because of her carelessness. Shadow's heart went out to her for he knew the pain of loss.
Shadow began planning "Here what's likely to happen. They will keep coming after you until they are taken down. So, the best option is to cause the syndicate to collapse. Ms. Bertinelli will you help my team and I do this? Under an alias I can provide a secure location until this is done." Helena and Michael went to talk. When they came back they agreed with his plan. Helena gave him a flash drive which contained copies of the files from the laptop. The couple quickly packed and Shadow use Oracle to set them up in an apartment in city and get them a new car registration and a vehicle under new names.
An Apartment Midtown-8:30pm
Helena and Michael walked into the apartment. They felt safe on the top floor and knew they has Shadow to thank for this. Shadow was waiting for them "Okay, you two should be safe here until this is over" he pulled what looked like a handheld holo communicator from Star Wars "You can use this to contact me in an emergency. When I get back to HQ I will inform the rest of the team what we are doing. Tomorrow night is when we begin, and I will come and bring you two to HQ and we'll go over what we need to do." Michael and Helena agreed, and Shadow left the couple. He head back to the Lair.
Liar- 9:45pm
Sean arrived back and found the rest of the team there. Noticing he returned they gathered at the table. Sean asked "Oliver, John, and Laurel how did your night go?" Laurel spoke up "Backman and his boss Alonzo have been arrested. All the evidence to incriminate them and shut down the casino." Sean smiled "Good work all three of you. Dinah how about you?" The team turned to Dinah "I managed to stop 12 muggings and 2 attempted rapes." Everyone gave nods of approval. Then everyone turned to Sean "Well I have some good news. I saved the fiancé of Helena Bertinelli tonight." Sean went on to explain what happened. Frank Bertinelli believed that his future son-in-law was snitching on him after finding a laptop with evidence against his business. It turned out the laptop belonged his daughter Helena. The others looked shocked to hear this. Sean explained that Helena wanted to get away from the family business and start fresh. That wasn't going to happen until her father's syndicate was gone. "She gave me this flash drive that has the data from her laptop and tomorrow night I'm going to bring her here, so she tell where we need to hit" their jaws dropped "I know that seems absurd. But let's not forget this is an opportunity to take down the Italian Mob in this city, plus several the Bertinelli Crime Family are on this list including Frank Bertinelli." Sean saw understanding on their faces. Sean mentally smiled he knew this would through a bigger wrench in Malcolm's plan to level the Glades. "When we come back tomorrow night I will use the Anywhere Key to get to the apartment and bring Ms. Bertinelli here. She will not know the location."
Everyone agreed and left. John left for his apartment while Oliver and Laurel went to his place to have some fun. Sean wasn't ready to leave yet. He was about to ask Oracle for progress report on Rochev and Miller when Dinah cleared her throat getting his attention "Sean when are you going to tell Oliver about Malcom? You brother needs to know the truth." Sean sighed "I know Dinah. It's just not easy to tell your twin brother that his best friend's father, who is also our godfather not only tried to killer our father but is also planning to use seismic devices to level an entire district of a city that our family founded. The consolidation of crime in said district is also his doing also." Sean looked at her and saw the compassion and sympathy in her eyes. "I can't begin to imagine that level of betrayal Sean, but the longer you wait the harder it's going to be when you do tell him, and he is going to be angry that you told me when you almost 5 and half years to tell him." Dinah hoped her words got through to him and seeing him hang head she knew her words got through to him. "Okay Dinah, when this campaign against the Bertinelli Syndicate is over I will tell him." Dinah looked him in the eye "Okay Sean, but if you don't I will." Sean narrowed his eyes at her ultimatum and realized she wasn't bluffing. "Agreed. Oracle what's the progress on Rochev and Miller?" Sean asked. "I have located Rochev. She is in Olympic, Washington at her apartment. I have found numerous discrepancies in her financial records and the shifty dealings at Stellmoor International. This evidence is enough to bring the FBI down upon them and her for tax evasion and fraud" Oracle said "As for Dr. Miller I'm still compiling evidence and will send it to your office computer tomorrow morning. Is that acceptable, Sir?" Oracle asked. "Yes Oracle that will be just fine" he turned to Dinah "Are you ready to go?" Dinah nodded and smirked "Yeah, lets go back to the apartment at the tower and just like Oliver and Laurel we can do a little dance. You know make a little love. Well pretty much get down tonight. What do you say stud?" Sean picked her up bridal style and took her to his car and they drove off to the tower.
Queen Tower-Apartment-Few Hours Later
Dinah and Sean laid in the bed after 10 rounds of hot fun. Both were out of breath and had sweat glistening their bodies. Dinah turned her head to look at Sean. Seeing his sated look, she smirked "Did you enjoy that stud?" Sean looked over and saw her smirk and replied, "Did you sexy siren?" Dinah responded teasingly "Did you hear complaints from me?" Sean smirked "No if anything I heard, "More", "Harder", "Faster", and "Deeper"! Dinah blushed at her veraciousness. Sean looked over at the clock seeing the time "I would suggest another round but given the time we should get some sleep." Dinah nodded in agreement and cuddled up to him laying her head on his chest over his heart. Sean smiled knowing it was her favorite sleeping position. Seeing her eyes getting heavy he pulled the sheet over their bodies and turned the lights out. Feeling her gentle breathing as she slept on his chest made him realize he wanted to stay like this forever. The realization hit him like a ton of bricks. He was slowly falling in love with Dinah, and he loved the feeling. Sean relaxed and drifted off to sleep.
The Lair-6:00pm-Next Day
The team had gathered and were ready to receive their guests. Shadow began "I'm going to contact Ms. Bertinelli" he initiated the transmission in a few seconds an avatar of Helena Bertinelli appeared "Ms. Bertinelli are you ready?" Helena replied "Yes, we are ready." "Good I will come and get you two standby" Shadow replied. Using the Anywhere Key Shadow arrived in their apartment shocking them "How did you do that?!" they asked in unison Shadow smirked "Magic, please follow me." The couple did and found themselves in the lair and they were in awe at what they saw. What impressed them the most was the computer system, especially after Shadow explained that Oracle makes Skynet look like the first computer ever made. Shadow introduced the other members of his team, and everyone gathered at the table.
Helena began explaining where her father's operations where and who were his lieutenants. She explained how Bertinelli Construction was one of the fronts for the Syndicate and was known for cutting corners and bribing building inspectors. A restaurant called Little Italy had a VIP Room where top members met, and they were taking protection money from them as well. Her father also rented a portion of Starling City Docks from Queen Consolidated. It's from there that goods, people, and drugs were brought into the city. Helena explained that her father has an arrangement with the Director of Queen Shipping Jefferson Stevens. Stevens make the shipments look legal and her father pays him handsomely.
Shadow began to strategize. The plan was to hit certain parts of Bertinelli's business forcing him to split his manpower all the Oracle will hack into his systems to find further information. With that they will be able to deliver an airtight case when they hit their targets and let the police pick them up. On the last night they will hit that section of the docks to cut off the pipeline by sea and get Jefferson Stevens arrested. It's Tuesday night, with a push they can have this finished on Friday night. The group agreed and thus began The Bertinelli Campaign. Shadow took the couple back to their apartment midtown and rejoined the group. Pulling up a holographic display of the city in the Holo Room. The team found 5 targets that they can hit tonight. A sweatshop in the middle of the Glades. A drug storage warehouse in the southern sector. A brothel in the northern sector. A meth lab in the eastern sector. A warehouse with illegal weapons in the western sector.
As the leader Shadow picked who went where. Since the brothel had the least guards, Black Canary will hit there. Arrow hits the meth lab. Siren hits the sweatshop. Spartan hits the drug storage. Shadow hits the illegal weapons. The team agreed and moved out. "Hold on everyone, I have a surprise for all of you" Shadow said. He handed each one of them a briefcase. He saw the confusion on their faces. He motion for them to follow him. He led them outside behind the club. Shadow put his own briefcase down and stood back. "We need a better means of transportation for us to get around, so I had Oracle conjure these to my specifications. These briefcases can become either a car, a motorcycle, a plane, a helicopter, a boat, and a submarine. They possess all the best features combined from across the Cosmos. Made from Cosmic Metal and the tires are made of Cosmic Rubber which has the same indestructible properties of the metal so the tires can't be punctured or worn out. The vehicles won't be affected by normal weir and tear. They also can becum invisible and intangible like our suits, the engines don't make a sound while running and is powered by the molecules around it."
Shadow pressed a button on his watch and his briefcase transformed into his vehicle of choice a car (it's the Batmobile from Batwoman tv series) Shadow explained it has the best features of every version of the Batmobile, Gadget Mobile, James Bond cars, Men in Black, etc. Everyone was impressed and thanked him. Siren chose a motorcycle as did Canary and Arrow. Spartan chose a sports car. The team got in or on their new vehicles and headed off toward their targets.
The Glades-5 different areas- concurrently
All five members of the team arrived at their targets at the same time. While four of them met light resistance. The two warehouses' had a larger number of guards. Spartan and Shadow had their work cut out for them. In the end however they emerged victories. All the guards were out cold and a bonus 6 of Bertinelli's lieutenants (3 per warehouse) had been captured. All were bound on at all 5 sites and all the evidence needed to lock them away was there. Oracle sent a tip off to the police and showed the team that all of them that the police were on their way. Each member of the team sped away from their targets back to the lair knowing that they had struck a major blow to the Italian Mob in Starling.
Bertinelli Warehouse-Western Sector of the Glades
Dets. Lance and Hilton walked into the building and what they saw shocked them. "Damn! Shadow and his team sure struck at many targets tonight" Hilton said, and Lance nodded "Yeah your right Hilton. This was a coordinated all right. I mean 5 places in the Glades at once and they all belong to the Bertinelli Syndicate. The Shadow and his team are going after the Italian Mob." Hilton looked around the warehouse and saw C.S.I.'s open crates and tagging the weapons inside as evidence. "Quintin there has to millions of dollars in smuggled weapons here and probably the same amount at that drug warehouse. The innocent people in that illegal sweatshop, brothel, and meth lab are all being looked after. To top it all off we have 6 of Bertinelli's lieutenants and all the evidence for an air-tight case against all the goons who have been arrested a well." Lance looked around "As much as I hate to admit it without Shadow and his team this never would have happened. I am grateful that they left it to us to pick them up. That means the police get to be part of the glory of dealing with people we have wanted to deal with for a long time. I just hope they succeed in dealing with Bertinelli. If they don't kill him, and we get him in that courtroom I will be happy." Hilton agreed with and the detectives went about surveying the crime scene.
The Lair-10:00pm
Shadow called Helena on the communicator and informed her that the team hit 5 areas in the Glades that were part of her father's business. Helena was ecstatic, she knew her father would be furious. Spartan told her he captured 3 of his lieutenants at the drug warehouse and Shadow got 3 more at the weapons warehouse. Helena's smile grew when she heard that. If everything continues at this rate her father will be defeated on Friday and she will be free to live a happy life with her fiancé. Shadow explained that the dock and her father's house will be the last targets. Helena agreed and looked forward to hearing from them later. Shadow bid her good night and turned to the team "Good work all of you. We have struck a serious blow to Starling's Italian Mafia tonight and like Helena stated at this rate we should be finished Friday night." The whole team agreed. Spartan asked "Sean you said vehicles possess all the best features from every vehicle from the Cosmos? Sean nodded "Well where are the weapons and other defenses stowed then?" Sean smiled "That's a good question John. Like our suits and Oracle our vehicles are Techno-Mystical Hybrids. All the weapons and other features are stored in a pocket dimension. So, when we need it we use the neural interface will work in conjunction with the tactical module in the vehicle's computer, even on the motorcycles, and the appropriate feature will be selected and manifested from the pocket dimension." Everyone was impressed at Sean's ingenuity. Laurel asked, "So what about Doug Miller, did you get the evidence on him?" Sean replied, "Yes, Miller was fired and blacklisted for corporate espionage this morning. Some of the malicious software that Oracle removed was planted by him. He was caught trying to upload more. So, I fired and blacklisted his ass. Come Friday night so will Jefferson Stevens for aiding and abetting criminal activity." Oliver nodded his head in agreement. The team left the lair and went to their homes for the night.
Starling City Docks-Friday Night
Over the last two nights Bertinelli's operations had been hit hard. All but one of the Lieutenants have been arrested and Helena's father has pulled all his thugs to either his house or the portion of the docks he was renting from Queen consolidated. Tonight, is the big showdown Siren and Shadow target the docks, while Arrow leads the others to Bertinelli's house to capture the Big Boss and what is left of the goons. The moment the attacks begin Helena will send a tip to the FBI while Oracle send to a tip about Jefferson Stevens' criminal activities. Shadow and Siren arrived at the docks in his car under cloak. Shadow brought up a tactical display on the windshield. Viewing the data on the map there was 50 guards, Underboss Salvati, and about 40 containers on the docks which upon examination was revealed to have illegal weapons, drugs, and misc. materials. All together there had to be about $250 million in black market goods in those containers. Siren and Shadow looked at one another "Siren we must stay on target tonight. Should both parts of the team succeed we will only have the Bratva to drive out after this." Siren nodded "I understand Shadow. This is a big deal. The moment Arrow and the others are in position we all attack our targets at the same time just like we all agreed upon. I just want to remind you of what we agreed about after this is over." Shadow took a deep breath "I know, and I will follow through in the morning. Oliver doesn't need to know tonight." Siren agreed. A beep came on their comms "Arrow to Shadow we're in position." Shadow opened the channel "Copy that Arrow, so are we. Let's do this!" All members acknowledged and initiated the attack.
Once they were down of the docks Siren and Shadow split up. Shadow decloaked and fired an arrow in the middle of a group of oil drums. 3 seconds later he willed the arrow to detonate causing a massive explosion. The shrapnel pierced several of the guards and some of the flaming oil got on them. Screams of agony could be heard as the fire illuminated the dock area. The goons saw Shadow and opened fire on him. As always it didn't do anything. Shadow fired arrow after arrow, that he willed to inject a sedative into the goons knock each of them out. Siren was in one of the offices, she decloaked and blasted them with her siren cry. The men fell to ground covering their ears in agony. She then spilt her staff in two and started to bash her opponents. Salvati came outside and saw Shadow "YOU! I owe you one for cutting off my hand!" Salvati showed his right hand which now had a hook. Seeing that caused Shadow to smirk "Oh! A hook! Are you Captain Codfish now? Be sure you Never Smile at the Crocodile Captain." Hearing Shadow's jab enraged Salvati. He charged at Shadow yelling "I'm going to gut you alive and that'll show you who's the codfish!" Salvati brought his hook down on his opponent, but it shattered on Shadow's suit. Shadow then punched him in the face and Salvati stumbled backwards. The two men engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Shadow had to admit Salvati was good, but he just wasn't good enough. Shadow a sedative in aerosol form to appear in his right hand and blew it in his opponent's face, knocking Salvati out. In another 20 minutes all the goons were down. Shadow and Siren went back to his car and drove off as they heard police sirens in the distance.
Bertinelli House-Concurrently
Arrow, Black Canary, and Spartan quickly dispatched and bound the guards outside. They repeated inside the mansion until they reached Bertinelli's office. Sitting at the desk was Boss Frank Bertinelli surrounded by 20 guards. Frank eyes turn to slits at the intruders "So it has come to this. You 5 have destroyed everything my grandfather, my father, and I built. You have ruined my families legacy." The three vigilantes looked at each other and then looked at Frank. Canary jabbed "We would say sorry but were not." The other two smirked and the three charged at the guards. After about 15 minutes the 21 men in the room were out and bound. The three left the mansion quickly hearing the sirens in the distance. As Spartan drove Arrow looked at his watch it was almost 8:30pm. They had completed this mission in less than 2 and half hours.
The Liar-8:50pm
The team had returned. Shadow contacted Helena and let her know everything went as planned. She was pleased, now she and her fiancé can start their new life together in peace. "Thank you. All of you. I promise to make Bertinelli construction and the other front companies legitimate businesses. I will clean up my family name and we no longer synanons with crime." Spartan spoke "That's good Ms. Bertinelli. I believe I speak for all of us when I say we wish you well." Everyone in the lair nodded in agreement. They said their goodbyes and the transmission ended. Shadow turned to the group "Okay, not only are the police and FBI apprehending the targets we hit tonight, but SCPD will be arresting Stevens at his home. Excellent work everyone." The team disengaged their suits and were leaving to go home when Sean cleared his throat getting their attention "Oliver, Laurel, and John can you all come by the apartment at Queen Tower tomorrow morning. We need to talk." Oliver was confused "What about?" "I will tell you all in the morning. Okay?" Sean asked. The team agreed.
Everyone left, as Sean and Dinah were driving back to the tower Sean's cell rang. It was the police asking him to come to the station. Sean drove to SCPD. When he got inside he was met by Dets. Lance and Hilton, they let him know they arrested on of his employees, Jefferson Stevens for renting a portion of Starling City Docks to the Bertinelli Syndicate, who used it to smuggle illegal contraband into the city. Stevens took bribes from Boss Frank to turn a blind eye to their smuggling operation. Sean asked to be taken to see him. They took him to see Stevens who was in the interrogation room. Stevens pleaded his innocence, but the evidence against him was overwhelming. Stevens looked to Sean for help only to receive a glare "Stevens this evidence proves that you are guilty of aiding and abetting a smuggling operation. I know this is not a good time, but your fired and blacklisted." Stevens was shocked and begged Sean for help, but he was ignored. Sean thanked the detectives for letting him know about this and left the station.
Sean and Dinah crawled into bed and went to sleep after they got back to the tower, knowing what tomorrow will bring.
Queen Tower-8:30am
Sean and Dinah were dressed and eating breakfast/watching the news.
The morning anchorman was explaining the events of last night.
"Good morning Starling. It seems are friendly neighborhood vigilantes have struck again. Last night at the Starling City Docks and at Bertinelli Manor. Over the past 4 nights the team of vigilantes had struck several businesses and warehouses belonging to the Bertinelli Syndicate. This has to several arrests and as of last night the last of the criminal elements of the Bertinelli family was arrested. Our police and FBI sources have confirmed the airtight cases against everyone who was arrested. In addition, Jefferson Stevens the director of Queen Shipping was arrested last night for bribery/ aiding and abetting the Bertinelli smuggling operation. He was fired and blacklisted personally by Sean Queen himself at the SCPD station last night. With all this evidence complied against them, the new D.A. Christina Dent will be prosecuting them to the fullest extent of the law. With the fall of the Italian mob and the Chinese Triad's pipeline into city being cut off this leaves only the Bratva as the only organized criminal organization in the city. What this means for city? No one really knows only time will tell. I will now turn you over to our weather team."
The couple just smiled at each other knowing the teams actions were having the desired impact. The elevator dinged and the rest of the team came in. Sean turned off the tv and had everyone gather in the sitting area. Sean began "You three are wondering why I asked you here. Well as you all know by now is that the Gambit was sabotaged, and my father shot himself in the head so Oliver and I could live. What you don't know is the night before while Oliver was sleeping I spoke with my father about who would have the most motive to do that and he gave me a name and the reason" Oliver, Laurel, and John all looked at him shocked. Oliver spoke up "Sean why didn't you tell me sooner?" Sean sighed "Because I was still coming to grips with it myself. I mean it was easier to tell Dinah because she doesn't know this person personally. Dad told me he was part of a secret group called Tempest. Tempest was consolidating crime in the Glades and using the people on the list to do it. The purpose was to get rid of crime in a peaceful and justful way. But the person founded the group got impatient with the progress. So, he decided to destroy the Glades with seismic devices that would generate earthquakes. Then the people on the list would be milked dry to fund the rebuilding and then they would all be killed. It was that turn that made Dad back out and vow to do whatever he could to stop. This is the reason why the Gambit was sabotaged it was a hit on dad, but Sara, Oliver, and me weren't supposed to be there." Oliver and the other two were horrified or in Oliver's case furious as well. He looked at his brother "Who did this Sean?" Sean looked at his brother and then at the other two and said a name that horrified Laurel and Oliver "Malcolm Merlyn did this" Sean said.
A.N. Well there's chapter 11. I hope you all like the Bertinelli campaign and now only the Bratva is left as the major known power in the Starling Criminal Underworld. More of Oliver and Laurel's reaction to Sean's revelation will be revealed next chapter. Please review and give me your opinions.
