Sara's Decision

Chapter 42

The next day the team was in the bunker waiting for Laurel to get done with her workday and then come down to the bunker so that they could discuss their plans for the night. They were surprised when the door to the elevator opened and Tommy walked in with Laurel.

"Not that it isn't good to see you Tommy, but what are you doing here?" Oliver asked.

"Well, we have news that we wanted to share with all of you and we also had something else that we wanted to talk about. Let's start with what we need to talk to the team about first." Laurel said.

"Ok, so what's up?" Sara asked.

"I want to join the team in some capacity. I know that I am not able to fight. I just feel out of touch with all of my friends because y'all have this life and I am not a part of it." Tommy said.

"I think we can find you something to do. Why don't you take a seat next to Barbara and she can teach you how to hack and that way you can do that kind of stuff in case she ever needs a night off." Oliver said and Tommy nodded.

"Ok, now that is settled what was the other things about some news that you needed to tell us?" Thea asked.

Laurel looked at Tommy and he nodded, and Laurel turned to the group and held up her left hand. "Tommy and I got engaged last night." Laurel said.

"I am so happy for you Sis. There is nothing like it. Trust me." Sara said and then the rest of the team came up and congratulated Tommy and Laurel.

"Ok, so what is the plan for tonight?" Laurel asked.

"Looks like it is a slow night. We will just go out on patrol right now and if anything comes up Barbara and Tommy will let us know." Oliver said.

"Let's suit up then." Sara said and everyone went to suit up.

The team had been out for several hours and they hadn't had much to do except for a bank robbery and busting up a few drug sells. They all went back to the bunker and decided to train for a while before going home.

The next day was Quentin's first debate for mayor and Thea was going to help him prepare. Quentin had asked Thea to be his campaign manager since Sara had told him that she was good at that kind of stuff in the old timeline. Sara had also told her father that is he won, he should hire Thea as his Deputy Mayor or Chief of Staff.

The debate seemed to have gone well for Quentin, but they were not sure if they made up any ground in the polls though. The next stop for the day was to go to the bay and help the group of people that were there to clean it up.

Oliver, Sara, Thea, Laurel, and Tommy were all there to help as well. They were all very surprised when Damian Darhk walked up to the group and asked to speak to Quentin alone.

"I would like to put myself behind you in your campaign. After the debate, it looks like you made up some ground. I would like to discuss some policies with you though." Darhk said.

"Well, Mr. Darhk, I am listening." Quentin said.

"Ok, I would like you to stop working on cleaning up the bay. I am using some of the plant life in it to help make the world a cleaner place. I would also like you to stop the new railroad tracks from being completed. I just don't think that it is in the best interest of the city." Darhk said.

"You bring up some good points, but if I stopped everything that you want me to, it will cause a decline in the number of people that visit our city, and what is best for the city is what I am interested in." Quentin said.

Darhk didn't look very happy with this answer. "I will give you some time to thank about it. Once you have made a decision, be sure to call me." Darhk said as he gave Quentin a business card with his number on it.

Quentin walked back over to the team and told them what the conversation was about. Sara then told them all what would probably happen once Quentin turned down Darhk's offer.

"So, what do you think I should do?" Quentin asked.

"You need to do what you would do, as if we were not being threatened daddy." Sara said.

"Ok, I will turn down his offer. What will happen next?" Quentin asked.

"He will most likely attack the Christmas party. He will most likely try to take me and Laurel hostage, but we will have a plan for that. That will be when we take him down." Sara said.

"Ok, so we just have to be the bait is what you are saying?" Laurel asked.

"Yep. Is that ok with you?" Sara asked.

"Yeah, it is. He won't be able to use his powers against us anyways." Laurel said.

"Exactly. So, let's go get prepared for this and make sure we have everything lined up the way we want it. He will never know what hit him." Sara said as they all headed to the bunker.

"Ok, so what's the plan?" Emiko asked.

"The campaign Christmas Party is in two days. Darhk will probably come there to threaten dad and he will most likely take Laurel and I hostage. Once that happens everyone else will come back here and suit up. Laurel and I will have trackers on so that you will know where we are at all times. Once you come after us, you will free us from where he has locked us up. You will need to work fast though, because he will be gassing us. If worse comes to worse, Laurel will use her cry to break the glass. After that, we take down Darhk." Sara said.

"Sounds like a plan. What about Ruve though?" Thea asked.

"She will either run once we take Darhk down or she will stay around to try and run this city into the ground. I am seriously thinking that she will run though. We will see when everything happens, and then we will make plans for that if we need to." Oliver said and everyone nodded since they now had a plan to take down Darhk.