"So, how's the turnout been?" Oliver asked Laurel.

"It's been exceptional. I honestly thought that most people would be more concerned with typical Thanksgiving things, like tearing each other down at the grocery store for last minute food, but instead, here they are." Laurel said as John approached them.

"Hello agent Diggle." Oliver said.

"Hey Oliver. Just thought you guys should know that I will be bringing a plus one tonight." John said.

"Lyla?" Oliver asked.

"Yeah, we're working things out." John said and Oliver smiled.

"I'm for you John." Oliver said.

"Thanks man." John said with a smile, right as his phone went off.

"Okay looks like I might have to take a raincheck." John said.

"What is it?" Oliver asked.

"Not sure, but Lyla's asking me to bring you to." John said.

Oliver looked at his wife apologetically, but she just nodded.

"Go, you can't exactly turn away the director of Argus." Laurel said.

"I promise whatever it is, we'll have it handled in time for dinner tonight." Oliver said and Laurel smiled.

"Don't make promises you're not sure you can keep Ollie." Laurel said.

"Come on man, let's go." John said and Oliver nodded.

"Okay, what's going on?" Oliver asked as he and John entered Argus HQ to find Lyla waiting for them.

"Sorry to do this on a holiday." Lyla said.

"Just tell us what's going on?" John asked.

"Late last night, an Argus prison facility was breached." Lyla said.

"Any idea what the motive was?" Oliver asked.

"I'm guessing that it was the cyber hacktivist organization Helix, since the only prisoner missing is their leader, Cayden James." Lyla said and Oliver silently cursed, since he should've known he'd forgotten about that last rogue in his gallery.

"Who?" John asked.

"One of the most dangerous hackers in the world. We caught him trying to take down the Argus firewalls. If he'd done that, he could've used it as a backdoor into the DEO." Lyla said.

"Was he at least being held in accordance with usual procedures?" John asked.

"He was. We held him in a normal prison, not a black ops site. His cell however was specially designed to keep him from hacking his way out." Lyla said.

"How?" John asked.

"The cell door was laced with Nth metal and entire wing was set with an EMP generator rigged to go off if any unauthorized access is detected." Lyla said and John sighed in relief and Oliver did so inwardly as well, since Cayden's original incarceration had caused some real tension in John and Lyla's marriage before.

"Do you have a way we can track him?" Oliver asked.

"Whoever took him disabled his tracker, but fortunately, there is another way we can track him." Lyla said.

"How?" John asked.

"When Cayden was arrested, as an added precaution, Alex had a microchip implanted in him that shut him out of any technology he tried to use if he started hacking again and it would broadcast his location to us." Lyla said.

"You sure that's not going too far?" John asked.

"It wasn't my call and sometimes it is necessary to go to lengths like this to protect people." Lyla said.

"I know you may not like hearing this John, but I agree with Lyla. Sometimes the ends justify the means." Oliver said.

"Maybe." John said, though he still looked uncomfortable with this.

"Lyla, is there anything we can do at this moment?" Oliver asked.

"No, I mainly called you both here to make you aware of the situation." Lyla said.

"So then, I guess that gives all of us enough time to go home and change for thanksgiving dinner tonight." Oliver said as he checked the time.

"Good idea. Might as well enjoy the holiday while we can." John agreed and Lyla nodded.

"See you there Oliver." Lyla said and Oliver nodded as he headed out.