AN: Hello all! So sorry I've been gone from Arrow FF for so long. I've been finishing up my first book. It is now on sale on Amazon. If you would like to check it out just search "Patriot by Martha Pruett" on Amazon and you'll find it :)

Also, if you wanna check out another FF of mine I am now writing for Flashpoint :) First story there is titled "Recall" :)

Wolfofhiddenmoons, thanks you yet again for taking a look at this chapter for me :) You are awesome!

Disclaimer: I still do not own Arrow!

"Where are you guys meeting?" Barry asked as he turned to Oliver. "I can go ahead and case the place to make sure there are no surprises waiting for us."

Oliver, Barry, Diggle, and Sara moved to a map of the city to note where they were meeting the officers and coordinate things for the teams.

Once everyone was finally suited up Felicity ensured that they were all connected through the comms, including Barry's suit thanks to a bit of frequency help from Cisco, and everyone was ready to go. They were all ready to find these guys and add them to the collection of criminals in Iron Heights!

Chapter 9 - The Meet

"Comms check." Felicity called as she took a deep breath, enjoying the smell of coffee in the mug next to her.

"Flash."

"Overwatch."

"Phoenix."

"Black Canary."

"Arsenal."

"Firestorm... I'm not late again am I?"

"Firestorm, you're right on time." Oliver smiled as he listened to everyone sound off. He couldn't believe he had so many heroes gathered tonight. "Is Gotham patched in?"

"Gotham here. We're set up and ready to go." Andrew smiled from where he sat in the Batcave. He couldn't believe they were doing this.

"Arrow Cave is ready to go too. Although, I think we need a better code name for me. Arrow Cave is a mouthful. I need something better, more intimidating..."

"Felicity, Sweetie!" Oliver said sternly, yet softly through the comms.

"See, that right there. If you were around any bad guys then they would now know that you're working with a Felicity. Great job Arrow." Felicity stated, knowing she was right.

"We'll talk about it when I get back." Oliver informed her.

"We all know you're not really going to talk about it, Arrow." Thea piped up with a laugh.

"Alright everyone, let's focus on the job ahead. Flash..." Oliver shook his head, trying not to laugh before attempting to get the group back on task.

"Already cased the place. Detectives Lance and West are on the scene, the Police Chief is on his way. No unexpected surprises." Barry reported in after making his fifth lap of the place. He was just killing time now.

"Copy. Black Canary, Overwatch, you'll join Flash and me on the roof. Everyone else stay close and wait for my signal." Oliver instructed as his and Sara's bikes skidded to a stop. They parked them in a back alley a block away from the where they were having the meeting.

Everyone moved into position and awaited the appointed time for the meeting to begin.

"So, Joe, do you enjoy working with the Flash?" Lance asked as the two detectives stood side by side on the roof, each with his hands in his pockets.

"I do actually. He's done a lot of good work bringing in the metahumans." Joe smiled. "What about you? Do you like working with the Arrow?"

"The Arrow is a good man, and a protector of my City. Why wouldn't I like working with him?" Lance smiled at the other man.

"His methods are a bit..." Joe explained.

"Brutal? There's a reason for that. The more...delicate, methods don't work with our criminals." Lance finished for him.

"Surely there's got to be another way." Joe muttered.

"There is Detective. It just took me time to find it." Oliver stated as he emerged from the shadows, Diggle and Sara close on his heels.

"Shouldn't you be..." Lance started to mention that Oliver wasn't using his voice distorter, the CCPD Detective would most likely figure out who he was now.

"Don't worry about it Detective Lance. Detective West already knows my identity." Oliver smirked at the man who now had a dumbstruck look on his face as he turned to Joe.

"You do?" Lance asked curiously.

"Yeah." Joe laughed.

Mere moments later the air around them sparked with electricity as Barry joined them on the roof.

"Flash." Detective Joe West greeted Barry with a smile.

"Where's the SCPD Chief?" Barry asked curiously, ensuring he masked his voice as Detective Lance had yet to learn his identity.

"He should be here momentarily. You're freakishly fast." Lance commented, surprised at the sudden appearance of the man in red.

"See Flash, I'm not the only one." Diggle muttered under his breath much to the amusement of everyone else on the comms.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah...I still remember the first time we met. Your fries went flying!" Barry busted up laughing. He noted the smirk on Oliver's face just before the man spoke.

"Stop horsing around. The Chief is on his way up." Oliver commented. He had been amused by the conversation, but now they had work to do.

"How do you know?" Detective West asked curiously. There was no indication that the head of the SCPD was really here so how did Oliver know?

"My hearing improved during my time away." Oliver commented with a small smile before reaching up to activate his voice distorter. The Police Chief didn't need to know his true identity yet.

"What makes you think you guys can catch them? They've been through Coast City and the Green Lantern hasn't caught them. They went through Gotham City and Batman didn't get them. They were even in Central City and Flash here didn't even get close, and he's the fastest man alive. So what makes you think you can catch them now?"

Detectives Lance and West just stared at the Police Chief with open mouths. They were surprised that the man would even question the heroes in front of him. Both men knew that if anyone could catch the criminals that they were after it would be this group gathered before them.

"We can beat them!" Oliver commented as he took a step forward. They had just spent the last hour going over the case, talking about the possible team that they were looking for and going over their method of operation. After everything that he and his Team had done for the Police Chief and Starling City the man now had the nerve to question him, again?

"What I think you've failed to realize, Sir, is that the Arrow is not alone in this. This team of criminals made one fatal mistake that will result in the end of their crime spree." Barry commented as he took a step forward and joined Oliver.

"What mistake? You're all just a bunch of people in costumes that think you can save this City, but you cant!" The Chief was angry. Angry that the duo they were after had been through three cities so far, all with heroes in them, and had yet to be caught. Now they were in his city, threatening his people.

"Their mistake was hitting Central City before coming to Starling City. Not many people are aware of it yet but the Flash and the Arrow work very closely together." Sara stepped up to join Oliver and Barry. She mentally smiled as she saw Diggle do the same. "When you mess with one you mess with the other and that gives them reason to come together, to join forces. I don't know if you're aware but every case that these two have worked together has been solved."

"You don't have to worry Captain. If anyone can stop these criminals it's the Flash and the Arrow." Diggle added his two cents.

"So you think that just you four can catch them? Can you keep more innocent people from dying?"

"No. The four of us can't. Which is why we have backup." Oliver looked over the Captains shoulder and nodded his head once. Moments later Arsenal, Phoenix, and Firestorm joined them on the roof. "We have a Team. We have those gathered here before you and more behind the scenes that work closely with us. We have connections from every city that the duo has hit so far and we have combined forces to hunt them down and put them behind bars."

"The only thing that we ask is for your police force to allow us to do our job. Share intel and help us when we need it. The only way we can catch them is by working together." Barry said. They needed SCPD on their side, to allow them to work freely within the city.

The Police Chief took a few deep breaths as he looked at the group gathered before him. He had never seen more than the Arrow and his Team together. He never realized that there were this many heroes, and that they had come to his city. Maybe, just maybe with this many people working together there would be a chance that they could catch those who were threatening his city.

"Fine. Starling City Police Department will work with you. We will share intel, if you will do the same, and will be available to you should you need our assistance. However, we expect the same from you!" The Captain finally gave in. He would give them a chance, but one screw up and they were going to wish they had never asked.

"We have always been available to help you Captain." Oliver stated simply before turning to leave. The group gathered around him turned as well and jumped off the side of the building to head back to the Lair. Oliver turned back one last time at the edge of the roof. "We'll be in touch."

Detectives Lance and West watched as the Arrow fired a grappling arrow into the building next door and swung off the roof, heading away from them. They would meet up with the group later and go over the plan of attack. Both men were proud of the fact that they got to work so closely with the men and women who had dedicated their lives to the protection of their cities. It was an honor!

AN: Once again, I am so sorry it took me so long to post this chapter! I hope you have enjoyed it and look forward to seeing your thoughts in a review! Thank you all!