So, here is m spinoff story to 'Torn between Two Earth'. However, as I said in the summary, it is not necessary to read it to understand this story. If you're coming into this story for the first time with no knowledge of the parent story, basically, this takes place the day after 5x07. Oliver was told of Black Siren by Barry, went to Central City, and decided to take her back to Star City with him.

If you are coming into this story having read the parent story, well, this picks up immediately after Oliver and Laurel return to Star City.

Hope you enjoy this first chapter.

Arrow lair

Afternoon

Thea got off the elevator, looking around. Diggle was working out, throwing some punches at a punching bag while Felicity was at the computer. No sign though of the person she had come here to see.

"Thea, hey," Felicity said as she noticed her.

"Where's Ollie? Barry showed up and then he and Ollie headed out. He needs to sign some documents," Thea said.

"He's in Central City," Felicity said to Thea's shock.

"Why is he in Central City?" Thea demanded.

"Like we know. All we know is that Barry and Cisco showed up in some freaky blue portal, Barry went to see Oliver, Oliver punched both of them, said something about having a right to know, then they all left in a blue portal," Diggle said, his tone showing his disbelief at the absurdity coming out of his mouth.

Suddenly, a breach opened up in the room, startling them.

"A blue portal like that?" Thea asked weakly and Diggle nodded.

Oliver stepped out of the portal as it vanished. But it was the person who had stepped out with him that had their attention. Diggle, Thea, and Felicity paled as they stared at Laurel, but Felicity paled for a different reason than the others.

"Ollie, what is this?" Thea asked, sure she was hallucinating.

"Speedy, John, this is Dinah Laurel Lance, from Earth-2," Oliver said gently, knowing his sister and his friend were currently going through a whirlwind of emotions, just like he had when Barry had first told him.

"Earth-2?" Diggle echoed, still in a state of shock.

"Yeah, the multiverse theory? Not much of a theory," Laurel said snarkily.

Oliver shot her a pointed look before turning back to Diggle and Thea.

"It turns out there are these…parallel earths that all exist in the same space but vibrate at a different frequency. Through these portals called breaches, you can travel to these different earths," Oliver explained.

"So…you're not Laurel," Diggle said, wrapping his head around this.

"I am Laurel, just not the one you know," Laurel clarified.

"So, then, how did you get here?" Thea asked and Oliver and Laurel exchanged a glance, not sure how to broach the subject.

"Well…" Oliver trailed off, words failing him.

"To make a long story short, I was in Central City when the Particle Accelerator blew up, woke up with the power to bring down buildings with a scream. Next thing I know, I'm in some government facility being experimented on. A man freed me, freed us all. I thought he was helping us, but I see now all he did was help himself. Took us, as broken as we were, and rebuilt us back up the way he wanted, into his Metahuman army of killers," Laurel explained with a wince and Thea and Diggle understood.

"You were with that evil speedster last May," Diggle said and Laurel nodded. "Why come back?"

"She never left. Isn't that right Felicity?" Oliver shot Felicity a cold look that had her squirming.

"What are you talking about?" Diggle asked as he and Thea looked confused when Felicity didn't answer.

"Blondie there got an email from the breach guy, telling her all about me. She chose to keep it from all of you," Laurel was only too happy to explain.

"How could you keep this from us?" Thea demanded angrily, staring at Felicity in betrayed.

"She's not our Laurel. Considering that she came here with a murderous psychopath, I thought it wouldn't matter if she stayed in that cell Barry put her in," Felicity finally found her voice and attempted to justify her actions.

"And who gave you the right to make that decision Felicity?" Oliver asked dangerous as he walked up the ramp and Felicity winced at the raged filled look on his face. "You lecture me about keeping secrets, about doing things on my own. And yet here you are, doing something like this. This is like something my mother would have done Felicity. What right do you have to keep this from us? What possible reason could there be? I've been trying to wrap my head around it since Cisco told me about the email, trying to figure out what reason you had to keep this a secret. But I see now that you have no reason, at least not a good one. Get out."

"W-what?" Felicity asked stunned as Thea and Diggle were also surprised.

"I need time to think about your continued role on my team and I can't do that with you here. So get out or you will be thrown out. Your choice," Oliver said and the look in his eyes told Felicity he was more than willing to back up his words.

Felicity looked over at Diggle and Thea but while Diggle simply shot her a look that said 'go, I'll talk to him', Thea simply looked away, disgust and anger written on her face. Realizing it was a lost cause, Felicity got up and walked out, feeling defeated.

"Oliver-" Diggle began once Felicity was gone.

"Don't John," Oliver snapped as he turned around to face him. "Do not defend her to me. Because you can defend a lot of Felicity's action, a lot of the things she's done, but nothing! Nothing will ever justify her doing this! And I won't hear you try to justify it! If you want to defend her, well, you can defend her to the door."

Realizing Oliver was not in a mood to argue, Diggle wisely snapped his mouth shut. Laurel smirked as she eyed Oliver with a certain look. She had thought, when Oliver had come at Barry's request, that he was like him, but now she was beginning to realize that Oliver was far more like her. This was going to be fun.

Seeing the look on Laurel's face, Diggle almost groaned out loud. It seemed that no matter what earth she was from, Laurel Lance would always be attracted to Oliver Queen.