The Return of the Queens

The next morning Laurel wakes up and sees that Oliver is still sleeping. She still can't believe that she was now engaged to the love of her life. She needed to start planning the wedding because everyone would be expecting them to have a big wedding. That really wasn't her style though. She would just want something simple and with not a lot of people there. Just family and friends.

She looked over and Oliver again and saw that he was starting to wake up. "I thought about going to make us both breakfast, but you know that I can't cook." Laurel said.

"No offense babe, but you are right about that." Oliver said and Laurel hit him with her pillow.

"So, how about we get started on planning the wedding before we have to go and patrol tonight, since neither of us has to work today." Oliver said.

"I like that. So, do you have any preferences? Anything that you really want for the wedding?" Laurel asked.

"I will marry you anytime, anywhere. You just have to say the word." Oliver said.

"So, if I decided that I wanted to elope, you would do that?" Laurel asked.

"I just wanted to be married to you. I don't care how." Oliver said.

"Well, we have some time to think about it. Let's set a date first then we can start planning the rest." Laurel said.

"So, are we looking at a long engagement or what?" Oliver asked.

"Oh, hell no. We had to wait long enough with you gone for five years. We wasted enough time. I want to do this as soon as possible." Laurel said.

"So, are we talking about six months, or sooner?" Oliver asked.

"Sooner. If we weren't expected to have a decent sized wedding I would say let's elope." Laurel said.

"Look, you know I don't care what other people think. I will go off with you right now and say the hell with what everyone else thinks." Oliver said.

"Are you sure? I know that everyone will expect you to have a big wedding because you are a Queen." Laurel said.

"That's the fun of it. Everyone is expecting one thing and we can go do something that will throw them all off. You know how I love the media and all of these rich douche bags that my parents used to be friends with." Oliver said sarcastically.

"I know what I want to do. It might sound weird, but I like the idea." Laurel said.

"What do you want to do?" Oliver asked.

"We go to one of the islands in the Caribbean and we get married. We will invite Thea and Sara to be our witnesses and that is all we need." Laurel said.

"I like that idea. When do you have in mind, so that we can set this up?" Oliver asked.

"How about in a month? I have some time that I need to take off anyways. I am sure Barbara can handle things. If she runs into some trouble hopefully Roy will have some better experience by then, so he will be able to help her out." Laurel said.

"I think a month would work and yeah I need to get to work on Roy. I think we all should go talk to him tonight." Oliver said and Laurel nodded.

Later that night the team was in the lair and getting dressed to go out on patrol. "So, what is the plan for tonight other than patrolling?" Thea asked.

"We are going to all go and have a talk with Roy Harper and see if he is interested in joining the team." Oliver said.

"Ok, I want to see what this guy is all about before we go out recruiting him." Thea said.

Felicity pulled up the file on Roy Harper and saw that he had been charged with theft, but other than that he appeared to be a good guy. He just had to do what he had to do to survive.

"Looks good. Let's go and get us a new recruit." Thea said as the team got ready to leave the lair.

Roy Harper was walking down the streets in the Glades wondering how he was going to get food to feed himself. He knew that he was going to have to steal something so that he could get some money. Before he could think anymore about it something landed in front of him. He looked and saw that it was the Green Arrow. Then he saw that Artemis, Black Canary, White Canary and Batgirl were surrounding him on all sides.

"I didn't do anything. I was just on my way home." Roy said.

"We are not here to hurt you Roy. We want to help you." Green Arrow said.

"Help me with what? I don't even know you." Roy said.

"We know that you are a good kid who has had to do some bad things to make it. We want to help you by letting you be on our team and we will also help you find a job." Black Canary said.

"Why would you do that though? I am a criminal." Roy said.

"We believe in giving second chance to people who deserve them, and we think you deserve that chance." Artemis said.

"If you want, you can come with us tonight and someone will start you training." Green Arrow said.

"I don't have anywhere else to be, so yeah, I'm in." Roy said.

"Good. Now we will be taking you to our lair. Once we are there, you will need to decide what kind of vigilante you want to be. You can go with being a archer like me, or you can choose something else as your weapon." Artemis said.

"When will I know who you really are?" Roy said.

"In order to build trust, we will let you know that tonight, if we see that you are committed to the team. If we see otherwise, you will never find out." Green Arrow said.

The team went back to the lair with Roy. He was looking around the place in awe. "So, lets see what you got kid." Green Arrow said as he led Roy to a mat.

They sparred for a little while. Green Arrow could see that Roy had talent as a fighter. He needed some work, but he was pretty good. "Ok, have you decided on your weapon yet?" Artemis asked.

"Yeah, I want to be an archer like you and Green Arrow." Roy said.

"Sounds good. Come back tomorrow night and we will start your training. When we see that you are ready, we will get you a suit and you can then go out in the field." Green Arrow said.

"Ok, I will be here. What about your identities though?" Roy asked.

"A deal is a deal. We see you are committed so we will now show you who we are." Green Arrow said.

As the heroes began taking off their masks and hoods and wigs, Roy looked at them in awe. He saw Oliver and Thea Queen, along with Laurel and Sara Lance. He didn't know the other girl, but she looked to be around his age.

"Ok, so I know of the Queens and Lances. Who are you?" Roy asked.

"I am Barbara Gordon. I am from Gotham. I moved a while back." Barbara said.

"Well, it is nice to meet y'all. I will be back tomorrow ready to work." Roy said and the rest of the team nodded and decided that nothing was really going on tonight, so they decided to call it a night.