The Return of the Queens

Chapter 31

The night before Laurel had checked with some of her contacts from CNRI and the DA's office to see if they knew where Prometheus was hiding. They didn't give her much so now she was sitting at her desk in her campaign office trying to think of what she was going to do tonight to find Oliver. She was brought out of her thoughts by a knock on the door.

"Good morning Mrs. Queen. Is there anything that you need me for at the moment." Chase asked.

"All I need right now is for you to go over the schedule with me." Laurel said.

"Ok, so this afternoon you are going to meet with all of the top people in the SCFD and SCPD. Until then you are free for today." Chase said.

"Ok, sounds good. I will meet up with you right before I leave to go to those meetings. Thank you for keeping this stuff straight for me." Laurel said and Chase nodded and left the room.

Laurel got back to thinking about how she was going to find Oliver tonight. She would get Felicity to hack into the SCPD files and find their best CI's and then she would go and ask them if they knew anything about the whereabouts of Prometheus or the Green Arrow.

Laurel then picked up her phone and called Felicity. "Hey, I need you to hack into the SCPD and find the CI's and I will use that list to hopefully find Ollie." Laurel said.

"I'm on it. I will have the list for you when you get here tonight." Felicity said.

"Thanks." Laurel said as she hung up.

Later on, that afternoon, Laurel was meeting with the SCFD and she was talking through her points of what she was going to do to help out the department. All in all, everything went well as far as she could tell. Chase even thought she did a good job.

They then went to the SCPD and she did the same thing by telling them what she was going to do for them and hopefully that would be able to help them keep the city safe.

After that meeting, she went back to the office for a while before she decided to call it a night. Laurel made her way over to the old lair and she saw that the team was there waiting for her. "Why do you need the list of CIs from the SCPD?" Thea asked.

"I thought it would give us some people to ask questions. Some of them might know something." Laurel said.

"You might be right. Let's see what we have here." Thea said as they all walked over to the computer.

"Oh. I got that information that Oliver wanted me to look up yesterday. I think you were right to think something might be off with this guy. He didn't exist until a couple of years ago. I will be able to find his real identity though. His name is Simon Morrison, and he is the son of Justin Clayborne." Felicity said.

"Ok, so he probably is the one who has Ollie. What else do we know about this guy?" Laurel asked.

"He has a wife. I can get you an address if you want." Felicity said.

"That would be nice. Thanks." Laurel said as she waited for the address. Once she had it, she went to change into her suit and left.

"I don't like the way that this is going. I think we need to keep an eye on her." Thea said.

"Just let it play out for a while. Like we said the other night, only the unexpected is going to stop this guy." Sara said and Thea nodded because she knew she was right.

Laurel knew that Chase's wife wouldn't know where Chase was keeping Oliver, so she decided to check in with some of the best CI's on the list first. She had actually broken some bone in some of the guys trying to get answers.

Then another thought came to her mind. The Bratva. She knew that they always seemed to know where to find people. She went to the garage that Oliver had told her about and used her scream to break the doors so that she could enter. When she got into the building something the men attacked her. Laurel started beating them all with her bow staff and once they were down, she tied them all up. She went to the one that she thought was the head of the group and she asked, "Where can I find Prometheus? You know everything that goes on in this city. So, I know you know where he is." Laurel said.

"I will not tell you anything vigilante." Alexi said.

Laurel used her bow staff to hit the man in his knee causing it to dislocate and making the man scream out in pain. "You want to try that again?" Laurel asked.

"I will never tell you anything bitch." Alexi said.

Laurel then did the same with Alexi's other knee. "I can do this all night. I know you don't want me to break all of your bone, now do you?" Laurel asked.

"Go to hell." Alexi said as Laurel grabbed the man's ankle and dislocated it. The man looked like he was about to pass out from the pain.

"Ok, Ok. I will tell you what you want to know. Prometheus has an apartment. It is at 25th and main. Third floor room 7. That is all I know." Alexi said.

"Thanks very much for your help." Laurel said and then she knocked the man out.

She knew that she might need some leverage here so now she was going to Chase's how to get his wife. If Chase had a hostage she might as well have one too. Laurel broke into the house and knocked Mrs. Chase out and tied her up and picked her up so that they could make their way to Prometheus's apartment.

When Laurel got there, she got Mrs. Chase and carried her on her shoulder until she got to the door. She used her scream to knock the door down and Prometheus looked really surprised that someone had found him so quickly.

"How did you find me so soon. I was expecting at least another day." Prometheus said.

"People tend to tell you things when you beat the shit out of them." Laurel said.

Prometheus took off his make and said, "There was no reason to bring my wife into this. She has nothing to do with this."

"You kidnapped my husband, so I only thought it was fair." Laurel said as she put the tied-up Mrs. Chase in the floor.

"Now you will pay for that mistake." Chase said as he attacked Laurel.

It was a pretty even fight although Chase seemed to be a little bit stronger, but Laurel was quicker, and she was finally able to get a hit on his knee with her bow staff that caused it to crack and Chase dropped to the floor. Laurel had thought about killing the man, but she realized that she might have already dirtied up her reputation to where people would look at her differently now. She wouldn't make it worse by killing Chase. She knocked him out and tied him up. She then turned on her comms and said, "Felicity, send a message to Waller telling her that we either need Chase delivered to our Lian Yu prison or she can have another member for her squad. 25th and main, floor 3 room 7."

"On it. So, is everything ok?" Felicity asked.

"Yeah, everything is fine. I will be back with Oliver soon." Laurel said as she went to untie Oliver and they waited for Waller's people to show up so that Chase didn't somehow escape.

Back at the lair Sara and Thea were talking. "I am worried about what this did to Laurel. I don't know what she did to find her information, but I am pretty sure it wasn't good." Sara said.

"I don't know either, but I know I would probably do the same thing if this had happened to you." Thea said.

"Ditto." Sara said.

"So, we can't go too hard on her then." Thea said.

"No, I guess not." Sara said.

Not long later Oliver and Laurel walked into the lair and they could tell that Oliver had been beaten and it was probably going to take a few days to a week for him to heel up enough to go back in the field.

"I am so glad that you are alright." Thea said as she was going to hug her brother but thought better of it.

"Yeah, I am fine. Just a little beat up. Nothing a few days off won't help." Oliver said.

"Well, that's good. Why don't you and Laurel go home and relax, and we will watch out for the city for the rest of the night." Thea said and Oliver and Laurel both nodded as they left the lair.