Oliver Queen had never truly been alone. He had always been attached at the hip to his best friend, Tommy Merlyn. Paparazzi had followed him for as long as he could remember. Even on the island he had others with him(Yao Fei, Slade, Shado). When he came back to Starling City, he still had his family and his best friend, but he tried to distance himself as much as he could. He just couldn't stand lying to them about who he really was now, but he had Diggle and Felicity that knew him. The real him. He was alone now though.

He had failed the city. He had failed his father. He had failed Tommy. He watched his best friend die because he had been too slow. Tommy was right when he called him a murderer. He is the reason so many have died. He could have prevented all of it, but he was too slow. He had been outwitted by Malcolm.

He ran. He ran back to the place where it all started, Lian Yu. This would be his punishment. Stuck in purgatory for his failures. There was no one left. No one but him. He was alone.