The Rise of Artemis

Chapter 19

The next day Oliver was getting everything ready for the club to open that night when his phone rang. It was an unknown number, so he didn't know who it was, but he had a guess about who it could be.

"Hello." Oliver said as he answered the phone.

"Oliver, this is Emiko. I have thought about the offer that you and Thea made to me yesterday and I am willing to take you up on the offer. I would love to get to know you two better." Emiko said.

"That's great. I would say that we could all meet up and get some dinner tonight, but I have to be at the club, so if you want, you can come here and hang out with us. Thea helps me run the place, so we will both be here." Oliver said.

"Ok. I will see you tonight. Goodbye Oliver." Emiko said as she hung up her phone.

Oliver couldn't help but smile. He was glad to get to know his other sister and he knew Thea would be as well. He thought about it for a few minutes and then he got back to work so that things were in order for the night ahead.

. . .

That night the team met up in the bunker before some of them headed up into the club and the others went out on patrol. Oliver, Thea, and Laurel made their way up to the club so that they could meet with Emiko, who was going to arrive in a few minutes.

"So, it looks like things went well with your talk with your other sister yesterday." Laurel said.

"Yeah, it looks that way for now. I just hope we don't mess this up." Oliver said.

"You won't. That is why you have me here. Everything will be fine." Laurel said.

"Yeah Ollie. Have a little bit of faith." Thea said with a smile.

"I will try. Oh look. There she is." Oliver said and the other two looked toward the door and saw Emiko entering the club.

The three of them walked over to the door to make sure that Emiko didn't have to pay since she was family. "She is family. You can let her in." Oliver said to the bouncer and he nodded letting Emiko in.

"Thanks for the invite. I don't do this very often, so this isn't exactly my scene." Emiko said.

"It's not really mine anymore either. After the island I just wasn't into the party atmosphere anymore, but it does bring in a lot of money, so I put up with it." Oliver said.

Laurel then walked forward and introduced herself. "Hey. I'm Laurel, Oliver's girlfriend." Laurel said.

"Nice to meet you Laurel. I'm Emiko." Emiko said.

"It is nice to meet you as well." Laurel said.

"How about we go upstairs and get a private table, that way we can talk without being interrupted." Thea said and they all nodded in agreement as they made their way up to the next level of the club.

"I am sorry I am so nervous here. I just never thought I would get to meet you two. Your mother made it perfectly clear that I was never going to be included in your family." Emiko said.

"Our mother doesn't speak for us as much as she wishes she did. She will just have to live with this or we can cause her some problems." Thea said.

"How is that, Speedy?" Laurel asked.

"When dad died everything was supposed to be passed down to Oliver and I. The fortune, the business, all of it. Of course, I had no power until I turned 18, but I just didn't bring it up because everything was going so well with the family, but if she tries to pull something, Oliver and I can take everything from her." Thea said.

"I don't want you to have problems with your mother because of me." Emiko said.

"It wouldn't be because of you. It is time that someone put her in her place. We have the power to do that now, if it gets to that point." Oliver said.

"I never thought that you two would include me in your family so quickly. I don't know what to say." Emiko said with tears in her eyes.

"You don't have to say anything. All you have to do is let us be there for you." Oliver said and Emiko nodded.

"Thank you." Emiko said.

"I think I am going to go and dance. Emiko, why don't you join me." Thea said and Emiko nodded as both of the women got up and made their way downstairs to the dance floor.

Oliver and Laurel watched as Thea and Emiko looked to be laughing and having fun with each other while they were dancing. Laurel looked over at Oliver and smiled because of the smile she saw on his face. She didn't get to see that as much since he got home from his five years away, but she still loved to see it like she used to though.

"It looks like she and Thea are going to have a tight bond." Laurel said.

"Yeah it does. I need to find something that the two of us can do together as well. I just don't think that this kind of dancing is something that a brother and sister should be doing together." Oliver said with a smile and Laurel couldn't help but laugh at the image that she now had in her head.

"That might be a little weird, you grinding on your sister." Laurel said, still laughing.

"It would be. So, what do you want to do? Just sit here and watch?" Oliver asked.

"That is fine with me. You know I was never really much for this kind of dancing anyway. If something slow comes on, maybe we can go down though." Laurel said.

"Sounds good to me. Let's just watch my two sisters have fun and possibly get something to laugh at in the process." Oliver said as they both turned their attention back to the dance floor to watch the two sisters dancing.