Laurel Lance opened her eyes for the first time in about a year as she heard her sister Sara say "I can't believe this is actually happening. I've dreamed about this for so long."
"Sara, she's waking up." Laurel than heard Ray Palmer said as she sat up and took her first deep breath in over a year.
"Laurel." Sara said as Laurel took a minute to get her bearings.
"Where am I?" Laurel asked.
"You're in the medbay on the Waverider. You're safe." Sara said.
"How did I get here?" Laurel asked.
"What's the last thing you remember?" Ray asked.
"I remember talking to Oliver in the hospital and then suddenly it got hard for me to breathe and then the world went dark." Laurel said.
"Laurel, a year ago, you died from embolism caused by Damien Darhk stabbing you." Sara said as gently as possible.
"Than how am I alive? I thought that Lazarus pit was destroyed?" Laurel asked, confused.
"It is, but Sara found another way to bring you back and she didn't even mean to do it." Ray said.
"What are you talking about?" Laurel asked.
"It turns out that all that crap about Jesus is true because apparently the spear that was used to stab his side exists and so does his blood. Long story, but the gist of it is, that spear was given the power to rewrite reality and I used it, mainly just intending to depower the spear, but I guess it can read subconscious desires, since it brought you back." Sara said.
"This is a lot to process." Laurel said.
"I gave you the same gift you gave me Laurel. I gave you a second chance." Sara said as she hugged Laurel.
"Sara, thank you for that, but I think we both know that I don't belong on this ship. There are other people who need me, whole city's worth of them." Laurel said.
"Which is why it's lucky for you that we're making a stop in 2017 Star City. We're dropping Malcolm Merlyn's sorry ass off there to." Sara said.
"Why the hell is Malcolm Merlyn on this ship?" Laurel asked curiously.
"He was working with Damien Darhk and Eobard Thawne on their own little time traveling escapade to to get the spear and rewrite reality themselves." Ray said.
"Really, well then, I'll be sure to tell Oliver that when I get back." Laurel said.
"Captain, we have arrived in Star City, June 5th, 2017." Gideon's voice said over the PA system.
"Thank you Gideon." Sara said.
"June 2017?" Laurel asked.
"That's the current date for Oliver's present. I thought it'd be the best time for you to tell him you're not dead anymore." Sara explained.
Laurel nodded before hugging her sister again and saying "Wish me luck."
"Good luck. And don't worry about being spotted by anyone else. We landed right on top of the bunker, you should be able to slip in undetected." Sara assured her.
"Thanks, but do you have any real clothes I could wear?" Laurel said, looking down at the hospital gown she was wearing when she died.
"Yeah, come on." Sara said with a smile.
"Well, Prometheus is finally down for the count." Oliver said as he and John entered the bunker.
"Yeah, now we can focus on other problems like Vigilante, the Bratva, and what is perhaps the worst of them, Helix, especially since Felicity is with them." John said.
"Felicity's with who now?" a familiar voice said and Oliver and John turned to see a very alive looking Laurel Lance standing in front of her suit.
Rather than looking pleased and shocked like Laurel had expected them to, Oliver and John both took fighting stances.
"John call Lyla and find out exactly why we weren't alerted that Black Siren escaped her cage." Oliver said and John nodded as he dug out his phone and dialed.
"Ollie, what's going on here? I thought you'd be a bit happier to see that I wasn't dead." Laurel asked, confused.
"I would be if weren't for the fact that the last person I saw with your face tried to kill me." Oliver said.
"Okay, will someone please bring me up to speed on what's happened since I died?" Laurel asked.
"I'd like to know that to. I just got off the phone with Lyla and she said that Black Siren is still in her cage." John said.
"If you're really our Laurel Lance, tell me exactly what you said to me about what I meant to you when you were on your deathbed." Oliver said.
Laurel nodded and in a heartbeat she said "Ollie, I know that I am not the love of your life But you will always be the love of mine."
Oliver felt his heart start beating several miles a minute as he relaxed and walked up to Laurel.
"Oliver, are you sure it's her?" John asked.
"Only our Laurel would know that." Oliver said and John immediately relaxed.
"Uh John, can you go call Lance and tell him to come over here. I have some things I need to talk to Laurel about in private." Oliver asked and John nodded as he walked away and Oliver and Laurel moved to sit down.
"I think I'll wait until your dad gets here to let you explain this miracle, but for right now, there's something I need to tell you about what you said about me before you died." Oliver said.
"And what is that?" Laurel asked, not bothering to hope.
"That you were wrong when you said you weren't the love of my life. It's always been you and always has been. No other relationship I've been has lasted simply because the woman was not you." Oliver said.
Laurel had to stop tears from coming to her eyes as she asked "Then why were you with Sara and then Felicity, for so long?"
"2 main reasons. The first one was out of respect for Tommy's memory, since you said we couldn't be together." Oliver said.
"Which was stupid of me. And what was the other reason?" Laurel asked.
"After all the pain I've caused you over the years, I didn't think, I didn't feel like I deserved your love and you deserve so much more than mine." Oliver said.
"That's not up to you to decide. I can decide who's love I deserve and who deserves mine and it has always been you. I love you Oliver Queen." Laurel said.
"And I love you Laurel Lance." Oliver said as they kissed for the first time in 4 years.