The Emerald

Chapter 24 - Preperation

The Team really had tried to get some rest, however, it was just not meant to be. Only an hour after they arrived at the mansion, exhausted from a very busy night fighting crime, Felicity's tablet received an alert on one of David Wilson's aliases. Apparently he had just recently rented out a warehouse in the Glades. Sara and Diggle were sent to do some recon while Oliver, Roy, and Felicity looked at a couple of small leads that had come up on The Dealer.

"Apparently he's been out of the country for the last few years." Felicity explained. She was gathered around the dining room table with Oliver, Roy, and Thea as they talked about what she had finally managed to find on Roy's dad. "It looks like he traveled in from Australia. He arrived the day before he found Roy."

"Any leads on where he is or what he's been doing since he's been in town?" Roy asked curiously. They all knew why he was here and they were simply waiting until they could find a glimpse of him somewhere.

"Nothing on paper, however, I have managed to find him on a couple of private security cameras." Felicity explained as she pulled up the images on her tablet. "They aren't very clear but I'm pretty sure that's him."

"Yeah, that's him." Roy confirmed.

Thea tightened her hold on Roy's hand. He was exhausted from all the work that they had done last night. He hadn't told her much about it, but she had been watching the news with her mom and Walter last night and again this morning before the Team came back. She could also tell that having his dad back in town was really wearing on Roy. He had shared with her why he was here but they hadn't seen or heard anything from him since. Except for these images.

"Any idea where he is now?" Thea asked. "Can you find him based off of where those cameras are located?"

"No. They are two separate cameras from two different addresses and they aren't even close to each other." Felicity explained as she showed them the locations on the map.

"It looks like he really knows how to avoid being found." Oliver commented as he stood, placing a hand on Felicity's shoulder for a moment. "Roy, what do you say we go spar for a bit. I know I could use it, especially after last night."

Roy stood and followed Oliver to the basement gym and Thea stayed with Felicity at the table.

"Is he going to be okay?" Thea asked the other woman.

"He's going to be fine." Felicity encouraged. "He's just tired and worried. None of them have been able to get any real sleep and they are worried about tonight. We don't know what, or even if anything is going to happen, and that's keeping them up."

"I wish there was something I could do to help." Thea commented quietly as she looked to the door where the men had just disappeared.

"There may be something." Felicity commented as she smiled. "Do you remember when I showed you how to access security cameras and monitor their feed?" Felicity asked.

"Yeah, why?" Thea asked curiously.

"Because I think you would be the perfect person to start monitoring the Theater." Felicity said as she dragged the younger woman to the room she had been sleeping in. She pulled out a laptop and brought up the necessary programs before handing it over the Thea. "Just let me know if you need help. I'm going to go to the basement and work." Felicity disappeared through the door with a slight bounce in her step and a smile on her face.

"Yeah, sure you are!" Thea teased, knowing that Felicity was going to work more on watching her brother than actually getting any real work done. She's got a great idea though. Thea thought as she quickly followed the blonde to the basement, laptop in hand.