The Emerald

Chapter 22 - Rendezvous

Detective Lance walked into the Chief's office with a steaming cup of coffee five minutes before they were expecting to hear from Team Arrow. Lance was giddy now that they could openly work together and he hoped that the Chief would see how valuable this partnership was by the end of this case. Right now it seemed like the Chief wasn't too happy with the Arrow and Lance knew that the only way Oliver could gain the man's trust was to bring this guy down before anyone got hurt.

"Detective, any word from the Arrow?" The Chief of Police asked as Lance entered his office.

"Not yet." Lance answered as he took a seat in one of the two chairs in front of the man's desk.

"Will we actually hear from him?" The Chief asked skeptically.

Just as Lance was about to answer the Chief his phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and gave the Chief a pointed look as he answered the phone and put it on speaker.

"Detective Lance."

"Detective, we have a plan. Meet me at the normal rendezvous point." The Arrow instructed.

"We can be there in ten minutes." Lance commented, both for the Arrow's benefit as well as that of the Chief sitting in front of him. The Arrow hung up before either man had a chance to say anything else.

"Is he always that rude?" The Chief asked as he stood and grabbed his jacket.

"No, not rude." Lance answered as the two men walked out of the office together. "Just to the point. There's no reason to waste time on pleasantries when the city is in danger."

"Well, we'll see. Right now I just want to bring this guy in without any bloodshed."

"So does he sir, so does he." Lance commented as the two men got into the Chief's car and headed to meet the Arrow and his Team.

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Oliver hung up the phone and turned to his Team. He noted that Roy was strapping on his quiver, Sara was adjusting her blonde wig, and Diggle was holstering his weapon. Apparently his Team was ready for action. He smiled as he realized that they were always ready to help protect the city. He never had to ask.

"Take this with you." Felicity told Oliver as she handed him a tablet. "You break it and I'll hurt you. Just so you know. It has a military grade case on it so you shouldn't be able to break it, but please don't try. I've uploaded all the documents that you will need to it. I also have remote access so if you need anything else, or I find anything, I can send it straight to you. Here is a flash drive with the information as well. Give it to Detective Lance so the SCPD will have a copy of what you have there. Oh, and Oliver, I love you!" Felicity finally stopped long enough to take in a deep breath and smile.

"I love you too Felicity." Oliver said as he leaned down and gave the blonde a gentle kiss. "We'll be back soon."

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Lance and the Chief pulled up to the building where they were to meet the Arrow in silence. Lance was still excited to actually be able to work with the Arrow and not get in trouble for it. He was also anxious for the Chief to see just what Team Arrow could do and how well they work together as a unit.

"Are you sure this is the right place?" The Chief asked curiously.

I'm sure." Lance answered encouragingly as he walked to the stairs that led to the roof.

"How long are we going to have to wait for him to show up?" The Chief asked, slightly winded from walking up several flights of stairs.

"He's probably already here." Lance answered as they reached the landing that marked the halfway point of their climb.