The Return of the Queens

Chapter 7

A few days later, the team was in the bunker training. Oliver was sparring with Sara and Thea was sparring with Laurel. They had been sparring with each other so much at this point that they all knew the moves that each person had and would always know what was coming next.

"This is fun. I like how we all know what is going to be coming next." Sara said.

"Yeah that happens when you are in sync with each other. It will also help in the field." Oliver said.

"Ok, so who is next on the list?" Thea asked.

"Well there are a few people that we could go after. I was thinking that we could go after James Holder. He owns apartment buildings with faulty fire alarms, which cause people to get burned to death in his buildings." Oliver said.

"I think he sound sleezy enough. Let's go take him down." Laurel said.

When they arrived at Holder's penthouse, the team took out all of his security and then went to approach Holder. When they got to him, Green Arrow said, "James Holder, you have failed this city."

"I got off so in the eyes of the court I am innocent." Holder said.

"We are not the court. If they won't take care of you then we will." Artemis said.

The next thing they know they hear gun fire and they all see Holder fall in the pool dead. The sniper kept firing at the vigilantes until they all found cover. Green Arrow and Artemis took shots at the sniper with arrows, but they knew that they didn't hit him. Oliver then realized that he had been grazed by a bullet and he looked and saw that Sara had as well.

The team got back to the foundry and started to patch Oliver and Sara up. When they were done being patched up Oliver got lightheaded and realized that something was wrong. He looked at Thea and said, "The bullets are poisoned."

Thea ran to her case and took out some herbs and mixed them with water and took it to Oliver so that he could drink it. He passed out and then Thea took it to Sara and gave her some as well. Sara passed out as well. All the Thea and Laurel could do was wait and see if the herbs did the job.

Finally, the next morning the to poisoned heroes woke up. "Well it's about time you two woke up. I thought you were going to sleep the day away." Thea said.

"Very funny Speedy. So, what did you find out about the bullets?" Oliver asked.

"They were laced with a poison that is specific to one person. His name is Floyd Lawton aka Deadshot. He is one pretty much every law enforcement agency's most wanted lists." Thea said.

"Can you find where he is holed up in the city?" Oliver asked.

"I'm working on it." Thea said.

"Well, we do have some contacts that we can use." Oliver said.

"We are not going to mess with them Ollie. I know they helped us out, but I don't want to owe them anything." Thea said.

"I understand. If you don't find something within the next few hours, we go to talk to them. Deal?" Oliver asked.

"Fine, I just hate having to deal with them. They always make me feel uncomfortable." Thea said.

"What are you two talking about anyways?" Laurel asked.

"We have some unsavory friends that we made last year. They do favors for other favors." Thea said.

"What kind of favor are we talking here?" Sara asked.

"They usually get me to do some kind of task, like killing someone." Oliver said.

"And you Thea?" Sara asked.

"They normally want sex from me. They don't get it though. All I have to do is show them this and they back off." Thea said as she showed them her tattoo.

"What is that tattoo?" Laurel asked.

"It is the mark of a captain of the Bratva." Thea said.

"As in the Russian mob?" Laurel asked.

"Yep. I have one too." Oliver said as he showed them his tattoo as well.

"Got a hit. He is in a hotel in the Glades. Let's go get him." Thea said.

"Ok, lets go." Oliver said and they all went to the motel to stop the assassin.

When they arrived, they sneaked to Lawton's door and busted it in. There was a fire fight between the two archers and the assassin. Lawton ended up getting away, but her did leave his computer behind. When the team got back to the foundry. Thea started to look at the laptop.

"I might be able to get something off of this. We will see soon enough." Thea said.

"How did you get so good with computers?" Laurel asked.

"On our third year away, we were not on the island and I was trained in how to hack any computer." Thea said.

"Ok, the two of you will have to explain that later. Laure said and Oliver and Thea both nodded.

"Looks like the attack is going to be at someplace called the Exchange Building at some auction." Thea said.

"Ok, we need to go and get a look at this building and see what we are working with." Oliver said.

The team left to go and see what they could find out. Once they had got a feeling for what they were working with, they returned to the foundry and made a plan. There were three building with a line of sight that a sniper could use, so Thea would go to one building, Oliver to another one, and the Lance sisters would go to the last one.

When they arrived, they went their separate directions and kept their eyes open to see what they could find. They heard gun shots and they all realized that it came from the building that Oliver was in. He ran up the stairs to the floor that the shots came from and engaged the sniper. Soon the rest of the team arrived, and they surrounded Lawton.

Green Arrow and Artemis took shots at him from both sides. Artemis's arrow hit him in the back and while he was distracted with the pain Oliver shot again and it hit him in the chest, killing Lawton instantly. The team headed back to the foundry and changed into there street close and left to go home. Everyone was happy that there was one less assassin in the world.