My Name is Thea Queen, I Am the Arrow

Dodger pt. 2

Author's Note: just wrapping up the Dodger episode. there will be a flashback chapter posted tomorrow so come back for that and don't miss out! Just a heads up, this is really long!!!

"And here I thought you gave up crime fighting." McKenna teases as I walk up to her.

"What?" I asks.

"Well. The business with Oliver, I figured you'd stay out of police precincts." McKenna adds.

"Yeah, I, I saw you om the news and I realized that I never properly thanked you for everything that you did, so thank you." I smile softy at her.

McKenna grins and goes back down to looking at the boxes of files.

"So you got promoted." I continue.

"Major crimes." McKenna nods.

"Wow! That's awesome, McKenna." I congratulate her.

"And they assigned me to the Dodger case. He extorts people into stealing for him." McKenna adds.

"How's that going?" I ask.

"Slow. Give me a second, Thea." McKenna says as she walks off.

Once she's out of sight, I reach for her phone and place the bug inside. When she comes back we smile at each other, our eyes staring into each other. I break away first and she goes back to looking at her files.

"It was nice seeing you the last time I saw you." I sigh.

"Yeah. It's good seeing you, too. I want to say they were like old times, but my old times were with your brother, they weren't exactly PG either. The fun times, I should say. Something I have been lacking recently." McKenna says.

"So how about dinner? Not now. I could um-, I want to take you-, I'd like to-. Would you like to have dinner with me, McKenna? I don't know if you heard I was on a deserted island for 5 years and I have little to no practice-." I stutter out nervously.

"Well, well, dinner would be nice. In fact, I can make myself free tonight." McKenna offers with a smile.

"I'll grab you at eight?" I offer.

"That's perfect." She nods.

"Yeah, yeah it is." I grin before walking off.

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'Lance.'

'Sergeant, it's Detective Hall. I have an update on the Dodger case. A body was found in an art gallery shot point-blank. There were three other men, all rendered unconscious by a highly forced electric current to the heart.'

'Same MO as that guard at the museum. You got an ID on the vic?'

'His name is Cass Derenick.'

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"Pause. Who's Cass Derenick?" I order as I start walking around.

"Uh, 'arrest, possession of stolen goods. Arrest, conspiracy. Conviction, attempted sale of stolen goods.'" Felicity reads aloud from the computer.

"This guy's a fence. The Dodger's looking to unload the Sherwood Ruby." John explains from beside Felicity.

"Which means he'll be in the market for a new fence one he hasn't, you know, killed." Felicity adds.

"So we find the fence and we find the Dodger." I sigh as I turn to address the two.

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"You okay? You've been staring at the mirror for a long time." Oliver asks carefully as he pokes his head through my bedroom door.

"I, uh, have a date tonight. Contrary to popular opinion, I do have a life." I say.