The Emerald

Chapter 19 - The Warehouse

Oliver, Roy, and Sara ran down the stairs to the lair with Felicity close behind. As Oliver flew over the last few steps he started to talk to Diggle who had beat them there.

"What do you have Digg?" Oliver asked as he grabbed his suit from the case in order to change and get out on the streets as quickly as possible.

"We have three targets." Diggle explained as he finished readying his weapons for the mission that was about to start. "One of them is a David Wilson. He's been on the SCPD radar for several years after he blew up a high school five years ago. He's working with two teenagers. The security footage shows them just starting to load stuff into a large black van. If we want to catch them before they get too far then we have to get moving!"

"Felicity..." Oliver started to give instructions before his fiancé cut him off.

"I'm pulling up all of the security feeds from the warehouse." Felicity told the Team. "I'll also work up what I can on the three targets." She explained as she was already typing furiously at her computers.

"Roy, there's one last present for you in the garage." Oliver commented as he tossed Roy, who was now fully suited up as well, a set of keys before he moved quickly to the stairs and his waiting bike. "Try not to crash it!"

"Oliver!" Felicity called as she turned to watch the Team run up the stairs. "I love you! Come back to me!"

Oliver turned briefly, long enough for Felicity to see that he heard her and to smile, letting her know that he would always come back to her.

"You got me my own Ducati?" Roy asked as Sara and Oliver mounted two of the now three bikes in their hidden garage. "Awesome!"

"Let's go kid!" Oliver said as he gunned his own bike and peeled out of the alley, heading to the warehouse at top speed.

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"What do we have officer?" Lance asked as soon as he stepped out of his vehicle. It felt good being able to ask questions and investigate again.

"There are three targets inside." The officer told Lance.

"Why haven't we gone in yet?" Lance demanded. There was no good reason to not go in unless there was either an explosive device, or hostages.

"They're holding three security guards hostage." The office informed him. "There is nothing we can do until a negotiator gets here. The one in charge has threatened to kill them if SCPD goes in."

"Well luckily we won't have to." Lance told the young officer. He heard the familiar sounds of Oliver's and Sara's bikes coming down the road and knew that they would soon have the help that they needed.

"What do you mean?" The officer asked him.

"The Arrow is going to help us out on this one." Lance said with a smile as he saw not two, but three bikes come into view. He briefly wondered how the Team had made it here so quickly, even with a stop at the lair, before realizing that that would be a mystery he would probably never solve.

"The Arrow? Aren't we supposed to arrest him if we can catch him?" The officer asked.

"No Officer, we are now working with the Arrow and his Team. Detective Lance will coordinate with them from now on." The Police Chief said as he walked up beside the other two. He had come to the scene as soon as he heard what was going on as he had suspected that the Arrow would show up. Hewanted to make sure that the first case the SCPD and the Arrow worked together, willingly, went smoothly and that he hadn't made a mistake in calling off the hunt for the man in green. He turned as three motorcycles came skidding to a stop a few feet from them.