Arrow: Leagues at War

Chapter 45: Oliver

"Slow down!" I say.
Wally takes a deep breath and starts over.

"Are you sure that's what she said?" Nyssa asks. Wally nods.

"And how can I trust you?" Nyssa asks.

"He's fine Nyssa. He's a friend." I say.

"Look, I don't know what's going on, and with all the weapons here, I'm too scared to ask, but Artemis is in trouble." Wally says.

"Artemis is fine. Her cover hasn't been blown." Nyssa says.

"But it's only a matter of time. My father can sniff out a rat. He'll find out." Jade says.

"Artemis is convincing, I do not doubt she can trick Slade." Nyssa says.

"Slade? Like Slade Wilson as in Death Stroke?" Wally asks.

Jade nods.

"He's your dad?"

Jade nods again.

"Remind me not to piss you off." Wally says as Barry steps out of the elevator.

"Sorry I'm late." He says.

"That's very ironic coming from the fastest man alive." Thea says.

Jade smiles. "Good one." She says as she and Thea fist-bump.

"Barry, Slade Wilson is her dad." Wally says pointing to Jade.

"I know." Barry says.

"He sucks and is the worst person alive. Don't me me started on my mother." Jade says.

"Who's your mother?" Wally asks.

Jade shakes her head. "Let's just say I have major parent issues."

"Wally, can you go back upstairs?" I ask.

"What? Why?" Wally asks as he looks at me. Barry looks at him. "Fine." Wally says as he heads for the elevator.

"Good kid, but he needs to stay away from Artemis." I mumble.

Barry stifles a laugh, pretending to cough.

"Anyways, if Artemis is correct, then Talia plans on taking the city." I say as I spread out a map of the city. "In her second message to Wally, she mentioned some of the places where Talia's army will focus on. Those places are marked on the map."

"It looks like every public area in the city, plus banks, hospitals, and City Hall." Thea says.

"It'll be a massacre." Jade says.

"Only is she gets away with it, and she won't." Diggle assures.

"Did you talk to Lyla?" I ask, glancing at him.

Diggle nods. "Argus can't help much, but she said she can send some people, evacuate the city is needed."

"It might be. Where is she?" Felicity asks.

"In a secure area at Argus." Diggle says.

"Um, we should position everyone at the most populated target areas. Try to protect as many people as we can." Jade says.

"Good idea." Barry says as he leans over the map.

"I can run some quick calculations and see who should go where." Felicity offers.

"Good idea." I say.

"We'll need weapons. I can take care of that." Jade says.

"Good, but we're still short on people." I say.

"Well maybe I can help." Roy says as he walks over.

"What are you doing here?" I ask in surprise.

"I may have called him." Laurel says with a shrug.

"Yeah, told me everything. Where's the brat? I wanna give her a piece of my mind." Roy says.

"Artemis is still on our side, she's playing the enemy to get information, like the information that the city will be turned into a war zone in less than two days." I say.

"I might have forgot that part, I was in a hurry." Laurel says.

I roll my eyes. "Anyways, Nyssa, is Merlyn still on your side?" I ask.

She nods. "I have him on standby, he'll either go protect Nanda Parbot, or help us defend the city." She says.

"I think, and I can't believe I'm saying this, Merlyn should be here helping defend the city." I say.

"Very well, I shall send one of my lieutenants back." Nyssa says.

I nod. "Good, and remember, no killing unless necessary." I say.

"Oliver this is war, there will be casualties, if it's not them, it'll be us." Jade says.

"I know, but still, try to minimize the killing." I say.

"I will tell my army to start preparing for battle. I can have them go into groups of four, protect the areas we can't." Nyssa says.

"And when will we pull Artemis out?" Laurel asks looking at Nyssa.

"I don't know. She will most likely contact me when she is ready, if not then I don't know." Nyssa says.

I look down at the table and see Jade's hands are shaking. I nudge Diggle and nod towards Jade. He nods.

"Are we all clear on what needs to be done?" I ask.

Heads nod.

"Good." I say. "Let's suit up."