The Return of the Queens

Chapter 35

Later that week Constantine came back to work on the three that have the tattoos. Oliver was in a better place this time around because he had gotten used to the idea that he was going to have children and that made him happy. Laurel did the same as she did the first time, as did Thea.

"I will come back one more time to work on this with y'all and then you should be ready to go." Constantine said.

"Thanks for your help. Let us know if we can ever do anything for you." Oliver said and Constantine nodded as he left the bunker.

"So, the rest of the team is out on patrol. Should we go and join them?" Thea asked.

"No, let's let them do their things for the night. We will get back out there tomorrow. Anyways, when is your first debate now that you have an opponent Laurel?" Oliver asked.

"They set it up for next week. I guess I should start preparing for it." Laurel said.

"Let me know if you need any help." Thea said and Laurel nodded as she went to sit at a table and start making notes so that she could prepare for the debate.

"Let's go get some training Speedy. I think we are going to need it." Oliver said.

"Yeah, they say that Darhk was in line to become Ras Al Ghul, but he lost out to the current Ras. So, he must be a good fighter even without his powers." Thea said.

"I had heard something similar to that. He will be tough to beat but I think we will be ok. We just need to train and be ready for him." Oliver said as they got to their training.

Not long after the rest of the team got back to the bunker. "Well, it looks like everyone is happy. Must have been a slow night out there." Oliver said.

"Yeah, not much was going on out there tonight. That is why we are back so early." Sara said.

"Well get some training in and then you can go home." Thea said as she and Oliver went back to sparring.

The next day Laurel was in her office when she got a call. She answered the phone and found out that it was her opponent calling. "Mrs. Queen, my name is Ruve Adams, and I was just calling to wish you luck in the debate next week." Ruve said.

"Thanks, and it is nice to finally meet you. I wish you luck as well. Hopefully whoever wins the race will make Star City into the city that it once was before all of these attacks started over the last couple of years." Laurel said.

"I hope so too. So, what made you get into politics? I know that you are a well-respected lawyer. Why decide to run for mayor?" Ruve asked.

"It was my husbands' idea actually. He knows how compassionate I can be and when the mayor job become open, he suggested that I run." Laurel said.

"Your husband must be a good man, because jobs like mayor can be very commanding and time consuming." Ruve said.

"He is very understanding, and he is used to me working all the time. He says wall the time that I am a workaholic." Laurel said.

"I had heard that about you as well. Anyways, I just wanted to call and wish you luck. Goodbye Mrs. Queen." Ruve said.

"Good luck to you as well Miss Adams." Laurel said and then she hung up.

Laurel then picked up her cell phone and call Felicity. "Hey Felicity, I need you to check out my competition, Ruve Adams. She just called me, and something just seemed off about her." Laurel said.

"I will get back to you as soon as possible with that information." Felicity said.

"Thanks. Talk to you later." Laurel said as she hung up.

A couple of hours later Felicity called back and she gave Laurel the information that she had on Ruve Adams. "Ruve Adams doesn't seem to exist before a few months ago. I looked a little deeper into this and I found out that she changed her last name." Felicity said.

"So, who is she really?" Laurel asked.

"That unfortunately is the bad news that I have. She was known as Ruve Darhk as of a few months ago. Looks like she is trying to get control of this city for her husband to do whatever it is that he is looking to do." Felicity said.

"Looks that way. Look into the both of them and see if you can find any illegal activity on them and then we can use that to our advantage." Laurel said.

"I will get I will get to work on that and see what I can find. What do you want me to do if I find anything?" Felicity asked.

"Just show it to Ollie and me for now. We will decide what to do with it later." Laurel said.

"Ok, sounds good." Felicity said as she hung up and got to work on finding information about the Darhk's.

Laurel was sitting in her office thinking about how this could be an early end to Darhk and whatever he had planned if this worked out right. She heard a knock at her office door and looked up to see a young man standing there who she assumed was there to interview for the campaign manager's job, being as it was now vacant because of Adrian Chase being Prometheus.

"Come in. You must be Alex. I wish you would have come in for the job the first time. That would have stopped me from hiring Mr. Chase. This is pretty much just a formality. I have seen your work and I am impressed." Laurel said.

"I am glad you feel that way because I am very excited to work with you. You stand for everything I like to see in a candidate." Alex said.

"That sounds good. So, when can you start?" Laurel asked.