Thea and Roy had both been making remarkable strides in their training, since they'd discovered that it was adrenaline that triggered her powers and caused the transformation and they'd also discovered that Thea didn't need to fully transform into her icy form to use her powers.

Anyways, tonight Oliver was planning on taking out a different enemy. One from his past that he intended to take down now rather than wait for him to ruin his life again.

"So, who are we going after tonight?" Laurel asked after she, John, Thea and Roy gathered in front of Oliver at Winn's computer station.

"Tonight, we're taking down the Scorpions." Oliver said as he had Winn pull up images of the notorious crime gang.

"The Scorpions. But they're one of the biggest organized criminal gangs in the city." Laurel said.

"I know. And so far, the authorities have been unsuccessful in dealing with them." Oliver said.

"They don't have enough evidence to go on." Laurel said weakly.

"No, the Scorpions are just taking advantage of the corruption in the court system." Oliver said.

"Even so, no one knows where the scorpions are based out of." John said.

"Fortunately, I have contacts in the Bratva that were able to get us that location." Oliver said.

"The Bratva?" Thea asked.

"The Russian Mob." Roy explained.

"How do you have contacts with the Russian mob?" Thea asked.

"I saved the new Bratva Pakhan's life and also became a captain of it. Long story I'll tell you later." Oliver said and Thea sighed.

"Still, shouldn't we wait for Sara to get back from Central City to do this?" Laurel asked, not sure if taking on the Scorpions is the best move.

"I understand if you guys are hesitant about going after a criminal enterprise instead of a single person, but protecting this city means doing more than just taking down the one percenters. We need to start branching out and helping everyone in this city by doing things like this. Especially because of this new product I've gotten word of the Scorpions selling." Oliver said as he brought up images of a familiar product.

"That's Vertigo." Thea said.

"You know it?" Laurel asked.

"In my less then responsible days. Never used it, but I knew people who did. Most of them wound up either in the hospital or morgue." Thea said.

"Same here." Roy said.

"And the cops have no information on the Vertigo supplier. Hopefully by taking down the Scorpions, we can help them out with that. Get a dangerous drug off the streets." Oliver said.

"Okay then, so it's just the three of us?" Laurel asked, referring to herself, Oliver and John.

"No, I think that our recruits are ready for some field action. Besides, this way we can see if Thea can control her powers in actual field situation." Oliver said and Thea and Roy both grinned, since they were getting tired of always sitting on the sidelines.

"You sure that's a good idea?" Laurel asked.

"The best training they can get is actual experience. Besides, going up against the Scorpions, we're going to need all the fire power we can get to take them down." Oliver said.

"You mean Ice power in my case." Thea said and Oliver rolled his eyes.

"Yes Thea. Ice power. Now, Winn, are they ready?" Oliver asked and Winn nodded as he moved over to where the suits were on display and he pressed a button and two more suits appeared on display on the both sides of the display. Next to John's suit was a red version of Oliver's suit. Next to the White Canary suit was a suit that was made up of an icy blue jacket, black pants and heels and the belt with a snowflake insignia on it.

"Nice." Thea said, since it was clear which suit was her's.

"Remember your training and try not to die." Oliver said.

"Excellent advice." Thea said.

"Okay suit up. We're gonna go do some recon and then we'll make an actual plan." Oliver said and they all nodded in agreement as they moved to suit up.