The Return of the Queens

Chapter 11

That night they decided not to take Tommy to their lair, so Oliver told him to meet them at warehouse on the edge of the Glades the next night to talk about what all needed to happen before he was an official member of the team.

"So, I am not automatically on the team then?" Tommy asked.

"Sorry man, but we need to train you more and you will also be on probation for a while before you can be officially on the team." Oliver said.

"I don't understand. You let Sara and Laurel right on the team from the beginning. Why not me?" Tommy asked.

"Because we have to make sure that all of your father's ways are out of your system before you can be on this team. We do things differently than Malcolm did." Thea said.

"Ok, so for what my dad did, I am getting punished. That doesn't sound right." Tommy said.

"Tommy you were there with him so you obviously agreed with him at some point and we can't have a person like that on our team." Oliver said.

"Can you honestly tell me that if your mother was killed in the glades and no one stopped to help her that you wouldn't do the same thing we were about to do?" Tommy asked.

"No, we wouldn't. We would just go after the one person that did it. Not a whole part of the city." Thea said.

"But they are all dirty. They needed to be dealt with." Tommy said.

"Tommy, take a few days to think about this. If you change your way of thinking, we will talk. As of right now, you can't be on our team because you are to set on destroying the Glades, and a member of our team will not do something like that." Thea said.

"Seriously, you don't want me on your team because I think the city would be better without the Glades. You've killed. I mean look at my father." Tommy said.

"Your father killed our parents, so it was only fair." Thea said.

"What do you mean he killed your parents? They died on the Gambit." Tommy said.

"Tommy, your dad sabotaged the Gambit because my parents were about to turn on your undertaking." Oliver said.

"How do you know this?" Tommy asked.

"First of all, our parents told us about the undertaking and second, we were not always on the island and we had the Gambit salvaged last year. There was a sign of a bomb being on board." Oliver said.

"So, here's the deal Tommy. You want on the team you will do things our way. If you can't do that then we can't let you join us. The choice is yours." Thea said as she and Oliver left Tommy alone to think.

The Queen siblings went back to the lair to meet with the Lance sisters. When they entered the lair, they saw that Laurel and Sara were sparring. The sisters stopped when they realized that Oliver and Thea were back. "So, how did your talk with Tommy go?" Laurel asked.

"Not as well as I had hoped. As of right now he is too much like Malcolm to let him join the team." Oliver said.

"That's weird. I would have thought that Tommy would have been against something like that and just followed because he wanted to please his father." Sara said.

"You're not the only one who thought that. Obviously, he is not the same guy we knew before we left on the Gambit." Thea said.

"So, what do we do now? He might try to complete his father's work." Laurel said.

"We keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't do something that he will regret. I just hope he doesn't do something that makes us do something that we will regret as well." Oliver said.

"So, lets all head home for the night. We need to get some sleep because Thea and I have to be here early to make sure everything is setup for the club tomorrow night." Oliver said and they all headed out.

"Oh Sara, where will you be tonight?" Laurel asked.

"What do you mean? I am going to my apartment." Sara said.

"Don't play stupid with me sis. I know you have been staying with Thea a lot lately." Laurel said.

"She just didn't want to be alone at night, so I stay with her." Sara said.

"Please. We know what y'all are doing. It's not like y'all are quiet." Laurel said.

"Your one to talk. I hear you every night." Sara said.

"Never was a secret that Ollie and I were having sex though." Laurel said with a smile.

"Ok, yes, I will be at the mansion tonight." Sara said.

"You know, you might as well sell your apartment like I did if you are going to be staying at the mansion." Laurel said.

"I might look into that. But for now, I like having a place in case I don't want to be at the mansion." Sara said.

"Do what you want. It is your choice. See you in a little while then." Laure said as she went and got in her car to go to the mansion.

The next day Oliver and Thea were at the club getting it ready for that night when suddenly an arrow about hit Thea. Oliver turned to see that it was Tommy who was in his dark archer suit aiming at them.

"What the hell are you doing Tommy?" Oliver asked.

"I have to finish my father's work and I can't do that with you two alive." Tommy said.

"In that case, you can try to kill us, but you will not be able to." Thea said as Tommy shot another arrow at her.

This time Thea caught the arrow and charged at Tommy before he had a chance to fire another on. She knocked him to the ground and kept punching him until he was unconscious.

"What do we do with him now?" Thea asked.

"I guess we could turn him over to ARGUS. They could always use a new member to the Suicide Squad." Oliver said as he picked up his phone and called Waller to make the arrangements to have Tommy picked up.