Chapter 22

Laurel was currently in the bunker, practicing her powers.

Right now she was actually doing a similar exercise to what Oliver used to do to train. The tennis ball launcher kept firing balls and each time it did, Laurel impaled each one with an ice dagger, pinning each ball to the wall.

"Impressive." Oliver said as he watched his girlfriend train.

"Thanks, I never understood why you and Thea do this, but now I can tell, it really helps with aim." Laurel said as she fired another dagger right into the wall.

"Why do I get the feeling that this is more about you venting your frustrations then about you practicing your powers?" Oliver asked.

"Because you know me. The judge keeps stonewalling me with Roy. No matter how much evidence I provide, she refuses to even reduce his sentence. I'm running out of ideas on what to do short of letting Khione talk to her." Laurel said as Oliver placed his hands on her arms.

"No, believe me, that is one line you do not want to cross." Oliver said.

"Ollie, how can you say that considering how many times you've employed the same tactics on countless other people." Laurel asked.

"Because every time I did that, I was chipping away at another piece of my humanity. Plus, you know that's not how Roy would want to be freed. He'd want to be free the right way. Not because of threats." Oliver reminded her.

"I hate it when you're right." Laurel said as she looked down.

"Hey, I know you. You are more than just Khione. You are Laurel Lance and you never give up, you always find a way. And if there is a way to help Roy, you will find it. You just need to find the right place to look." Oliver said and Laurel smiled at him.

"How is it that you always know what to say?" Laurel asked.

"I guess it's a gift." Oliver said as they kissed before hearing Felicity cough to get their attention and they turned to see an awkward look on her face.

"Don't me to interrupt, but I just thought you'd like to know that I have an update on our Adrian Chase." Felicity said.

"Did you find him?" Oliver asked.

"No, facial recognition is no help to us considering we don't have an image of the man to put in it." Felicity said.

"Can't you pull an image from his social media accounts?" Laurel asked.

"If he had any yes, but he doesn't. No facebook, no instagram, no snapchat, no twitter, he doesn't even have a myspace page." Felicity said.

"So, what exactly do you have that I need to see?" Oliver asked skeptically.

"Since I can't find Chase, I decided to look into the next best thing, his mother." Felicity said, getting Oliver's attention.

"What about her?" Oliver asked.

"Well, I looked into the records of Clayborne's divorce and I think I've got a lead on Chase's mother, who was Clayborne's mistress." Felicity said.

"Okay, why do I get the feeling that there's a but coming?" Laurel asked.

"It turns that Clayborne had more than one mistress. I think I've got a lead on which one was Chase's mother, but I still need time to make sure I'm right." Felicity said.

"Okay, keep working." Oliver said and Felicity nodded as she went back to her station.

"You do realize that she interrupted us basically to say that she's got nothing right?" Laurel asked.

"Pretty much. Something tells me that we should take this someplace with fewer prying eyes." Oliver said and Laurel nodded her agreement.

"So, should we go to your apartment or mine?" Laurel asked.

"Well since Thea also lives in your apartment, probably best we go to mine." Oliver said and Laurel nodded as they walked out of the bunker.

Thea was currently watching TV in her apartment when her phone started ringing.

"Thea Queen speaking." Thea said as she answered.

"Hi Thea." Nora Darhk's voice said from over the phone.

"Nora, is everything alright?" Thea asked.

"Yeah, but I was wondering if you could visit the orphanage again soon?" Nora asked and Thea smiled.

"I'll come by on my lunch break tomorrow. I'll even bring you some real food." Thea said with a smile as she heard Nora giggle on the other side of the call.

"And then maybe we could talk more about me coming to live with you?" Nora asked, taking Thea aback.

"Of course. My friend's the DA, she can easily push the paperwork through if you're genuinely interested." Thea said, however, she grew concerned when Nora didn't answer. In fact, all she heard was a dial tone.

Thea immediately grabbed her purse and her keys before she headed to her car to find out what was going on now with Nora, since she was the one good Darhk and she intended to make sure she stayed that way.

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