The Arrow

Part 20

The Base
Scarlet's POV

I lean on the table beside Felicity who was tracking A.R.G.U.S while I was watching Diggle and Oliver. Helping Felicity every know and then. Diggle was throwing punches at Oliver's hands which had punching gloves on them.

- I'm so sorry but the thing where when people are boxing and they're training, someone's holding something on their hands as the people training are punching it -

" You feel better?" I ask Diggle making his stop.

" I'll feel better once Oliver and I end Deadshot." He says going in for more punches. " We have to end this guy before he makes any more widows out of wives." After a few more punches he stops.

" We will." Oliver says " Diggle, we'll stop him. I promised you I'd take him down and I keep my promises but he's on another continent.

" Not anymore." Felicity says making me stand to my full height and the men turn to look at us. " I thought it'd be helpful to track A.R.G.U.S's manhunt for Floyd Lawton aka Deadshot, so I decrypted their communication logs." She turns to me. " Which means, I just hacked a federal agency."

" Good job, but that makes you a cyber- terroirs ...welcome to the club." I say

" I don't see myself fitting in at Guantanamo Bay" Felicity says

" Don't worry Felicity they don't send blonds there." Oliver says making me snort a laugh.

" She's dyes it actually." I say, she quickly turns to Oliver.

" I keep your secret." She says. A small smile pulls on Oliver's lips.

" Hey, what you find?" Diggle asks

" Deadshot is scheduled to meet with a potential client here in Starling City."

" Except the potential contract is bogus." I say

" Your friend Lyla is setting a trap for him" Felicity says. Diggle nods.

" Lawton took the bait." I finish.

" Great, I'll talk to Lyla...see if I can sus out any details." Diggle says

" Good, I've gotta have lunch with Laurel." Diggle and I look at him.

" So when did you become, uh, lunch dates with Laurel?" Diggle asks sitting on the table.

"Look we're just...We're friends."

" Friends are good." Felicity says the three of us nod at each other.

" But?" Oliver asks

" Couldn't you be friends with someone less complicated then your ex- girlfriend .... who's your ex-best friend's current girlfriend" Felicity asks

" I wear a hood and I put arrows into criminals, so when it comes to complexity" He says turning around and starting to walk away. " I grade on a curve,"

CNRI
Oliver's POV

I walk into CNRI and Tommy walks up too me.

" What are you doing here?" He asks me

" I heard what happened, I want to check up on Laurel." I answer

" You could have just called." He says irritation lacing his voice

" I met Laurel's clients and their son yesterday and I felt badly." Oliver says