Hey guys
So just want to let those know who have already read chapter two is I got rid of the whole Tina Boland thing back to her just being Dinah Drake since frankly, it was unneeded and overcomplicated. I just had Mia tell Oliver about her being in a mole, which is the more important reveal in a different part of the conversation.
On with the story
"Back off, she's mine" Mia says.
Rushing forward Dinah goes to swing at Mia who easily blocks it before giving a throat crushing blow to Drake, then does a sweep kick of her legs sending her down to the ground. Rene angrily moves towards Mia Queen, only for Oliver to step into his path.
Going to take a swing Rene never gets the chance as Oliver grabs his shirt before throwing Rene into a nearby wall, then gives a few punches to Rene's chest breaking ribs. As Rene gasps in pain he tries to throw a punch only it's no use since Oliver grabs his arm twisting it until a loud cracking sound occurs snapping it.
Delivering a punch to Rene's face which shatters his jaw, Oliver watches as the man slumps to the ground a broken heap of flesh.
Curtis tries to rush at Diggle only for Diggle to punch him in the face, before grabbing Curtis's back John knees him in the stomach before slamming his face into the nearby wall. Holt falls onto the floor out cold.
Felicity grabbing a nearby lamppost goes running at Mia only for Sara to have stepped in front of her daughter with kicking Smoak to the ground. Felicity tries to get up only for Sara to reach down and placing her in a chokehold.
"This is for kidnapping my daughter, joining Helix and every other thing you've ever done" Sara says coldly.
"Please no" Felicity begs "You really want to murder me in front of your daughter."
That briefly causes Sara to stop until Mia speaks
"Just one problem I don't care if she does. Besides I've killed Dinah and you once already. I grew up without parents because of you" Mia says, an ice-cold tone.
Sara with resolve once more jerks Felicity's head to the side snapping her neck then removes her hands, letting her head fall onto the ground. Looking over Sara sees Mia looking at her and no traces of seeing her as a monster, just a gaze of understanding. A look of understanding because Mia is a soldier like her parents.
"Who trained you how to fight?" Laurel as towards the younger Queen.
"I was trained by Nyssa al Ghul as soon as I could walk, I guess cause Felicity and the Ninth Circle wanted to use me as a weapon. After my training was complete Nyssa just disappeared so I think they probably killed her" Mia explains.
"I'm getting really sick of these people killing those I care about" Oliver says.
"So how exactly are we going to explain us attacking a police lieutenant?" Diggle asks.
"I think there's your answer" Laurel says pointing off to one end of the hallway.
Lyla with four ARGUS agents come walking down with meeting the group.
"Well let me guess Mia told you about these four working for the Ninth Circle" Oliver says.
"Yep and I was on my way over before she even got the hospital. Your kid's as smart as you used to be" Lyla says.
"What do you mean used to be?" Oliver asks.
"You've lost your edge over the years, especially listening to the wrong people and have got ran around by enemies whose plans you should have figured out a long time ago" Lyla says.
"She's not wrong dad" Mia replies.
"You going to stick around for a while?" Sara asks hopefully.
"No, sadly mom. I've got to get back and hopefully it will be a better future" Mia replies her voice breaking a little since she's not even used to the word being directed at the right person.
"I promise, you will" Oliver says firmly.
Looking at him "I don't… I don't want to lose either you or mom when I wake up" Mia says.
"You won't" Sara replies walking over.
Sara embraces Mia into a hug and after a moment Oliver walks over with joining them, as Mia breaks down in tears of joy, pain, and relief given it's for the first time in twenty-one years she's ever being hugged by her parents.
After several minutes eventually, the three of them break apart with Mia having wiped the tears from her eyes.
"One more thing dad no matter what, even if your identity gets exposed do not become a member of the SCPD or regardless of having your own task force. Because all it did was put you under the same restrictions and corruption for why you became a vigilante outside the law in the first place, which helped lead to Star City's fall" Mia says.
"We will make sure that does not happen" Sara replies.
"I have to ask how's William in the future?" Oliver asks.
"Outside of us fighting against Eden Core, he's fine and even in a relationship with Rose Wilson, Slade's daughter who got created oh this year" Mia says.
After all, Mia knows best to avoid her brother and friend's deaths are the reason Connor and her chose it was time to pull a risky move like time travel. Only Mia gets pulled out of her thoughts by somebody speaking.
"The Queens always do love causing trouble for the Wilson family, it must be a family thing" Sara quips.
"And your one to talk given you cause the Wilson family almost as much trouble," Oliver says.
"Goodbye, dad, mom and see you soon" Mia says with a smile.
Meeting her eyes "Goodbye sweetie" Sara replies.
Looking at his daughter "Goodbye Mia" Oliver says.
Pulling out a small box device Mia presses a button causing her to fade away into nothing, as she's transported through time.
"That's not something you see every day" Diggle notes.
"Okay well, I'm going to be off to go find Diaz and kill him" Laurel says.
"Not tonight you're not" Oliver says.
"And what makes you think I'm going to listen to you?" Laurel asks.
"Because it's been a long night sis, and we need our rest. We will find Diaz soon enough" Sara says.
"Did you just call me sis?" Laurel asks with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, I guess I did" Sara replies.
"You guys go see Quentin or something and let us get rid of your old teammates Oliver, along with Felicity's body" Lyla says.
"Sure" Diggle replies lightly overwhelmed by everything.
"Well, you guys go see dad. I've got to give my captain role over to somebody not named Mick Rory" Sara says.
"Are you sticking around for good this time?" Oliver asks walking over to her.
"Yeah I am Ollie, our daughter was right it's time I came home" Sara replies.
"I'm glad your back" Oliver says a light smile.
"Me too" Sara replies.
Sara merely smiles and turns around walking off down the hall with disappearing around the corner.
"Oliver, can I talk to you in private?" Diggle asks.
"Sure John" Oliver replies.
Oliver, Diggle, and Laurel all start walking down the other hallway to their right while Lyla with the ARGUS operatives starts placing the two dead members of Ninth Circle into body bags. Besides Rene and Curtis who they restrain with zip ties and a sedative, with one of the ARGUS operatives going to get two stretchers.
Meanwhile Oliver and Diggle finding a door that leads to the roof head up the stairwell access.
Roof of Star City General
As the door closes Oliver and Diggle walk out some distance onto the roof, before turning to look at each other.
"Listen I know we have had our issues this past year and despite earlier having seemingly patched things up, we really haven't. It wasn't until Felicity was revealed to be like Andy did it fully hit me" Diggle says.
Oliver merely waits until Diggle beings talking again.
"How much of a blind spot I had for Felicity and took her side, way too many times. All I've done these past years, especially these past months is put you down with judging you for everything you do. Even if it's the same dark actions I take of making me nothing more than a hypocrite. My actions have certainly not been as a brother or a friend" Diggle says guilt filled "I'm sorry man."
"Yeah, this has kind of made me wake up to on the blind spot I've been having towards both Felicity and you. So, yes, your actions have not been that of a great friend or brother these past years. However, my daughter just traveled back into the past so we could get a second chance" Oliver replies extending his hand out "I'd say let's take advantage of it and a new slate?"
"A new slate" Diggle says shaking Oliver's hand.
For a moment both men have genuine smiles on their faces as it's like a weight of darkness has been lifted, as Oliver and Diggle break off from shaking each other's hands. They both turn around with starting a causal walk towards the door.
"So, your daughter coming back from the future? That's not something you experience every day" Diggle notes.
"No, it most certainly is not. Though I'd be careful given it might be JJ who shows up next" Oliver says, a slight grin.
"I certainly hope not. Because there's only so much weirdness I can take" Diggle replies.
"Yeah, I understand that feeling" Oliver says.
"I'm still an official ARGUS agent but given your sudden lack of team members, I can always come back full time as Spartan" Diggle says.
"No, I think the problem is Dig the team has gotten too big over the years and has led to a downside ineffectiveness. I need to re discover what it's like to work with just a few people instead of an army. Besides working at ARGUS, you can keep Lyla from becoming Waller. Sometimes lines have to be crossed but not the extent Amanda crossed them" Oliver says.
"So just Sara and maybe Black Siren backing you up?" Diggle replies.
"Yes" Oliver says.
"Your call man, after all, you are the leader of the team. I'll see what I can do on pulling some strings behind the scenes to make sure Agent Watson never returns to Star City" Diggle says.
"Thanks. Although right now my bigger concern is finding and stopping Diaz for good" Oliver replies.
Years in the future in an expensive bedroom apartment
Awakening with a gasp Mia bolts up in bed looking around to find a place she doesn't realize, then it dawns on her that she must have succeeded in changing the future.
Glancing over Mia see the alarm clock reading 9:00 AM before looking out the window to see Star City in the bright morning sun as not the wasteland it was, but a beautiful city full of life.
Of course, Mia also notices she's now wearing just a gray shirt and a pair of underwear, with examining her hand a silver ring on her left hand's middle finger as well. However, that sets some dread for obvious reasons then hearing a voice from her right.
"Yeah, that startled me some as well, of course, I'm glad it was you I woke up to" a male voice says.
Turning Mia notices John Diggle Jr. or as she knew him better by Connor Hawke standing in the doorway dressed in a black T-shirt and jeans. Also, her boyfriend in the previous timeline which looks like that remains.
"How are you even here? With the changed future and all?" Mia asks while slipping out of bed and pulling on a pair of black pants laying on the floor.
"When Rip used that device to send you back, well he stuck me into another one that would preserve me until the timeline got changed allowing us to merge with our current selves. Rip figured no reason I shouldn't get a chance to experience a better future as well after fighting so hard to make it work" Connor says, "You know if it had worked."
"Right" Mia says, "Did you get two memories running inside your head?"
"Nope. I've mostly had to rely on digging up information and a few phone calls to our still alive family members, which was awkward" Connor replies.
"Obviously. Well, what has changed on the most obvious details" Mia says walking over.
Glancing down "I can see your still lack of wearing shoes has not changed much" Connor says.
"Nope and I doubt it will" Mia replies then the realization sinks in "Given we have merged with our new timeline selves in a way, we have killed them."
"Yeah" Connor says grimly.
"I'm hoping that at least we are not living in The Glades with the rest of Star City still having fallen apart" Mia says leaning back against the door frame.
"No both have risen up with The Glades actually got massively better from the bills Mayor Lance he passed along with once your father got Palmer Tech back with renaming it Queen Industries and massively helping in rebuilding the Glades. Better homes, jobs, etc." Connor says.
"Guessing vigilantes are not as hated?" Mia asks.
"No. Given the major pusher for anti-vigilantes was councilwoman Emily Pollard was taken down by the Green Arrow plus his team at the same time Rico Diaz did and revealed to be part of Diaz's operations. Plus, all the other corrupt police officers, city council and the rest all getting arrested at the same time killed the anti-vigilante bill" Connor replies.
"So, Star City has been mostly peaceful for the past twenty years?" Mia asks.
"Yeah it's peaceful as any city is of there's still a low street crime and after you left the past the Green Arrow, White Canary and Black Siren plus aided by Mayor Quentin Lance really helped clean up Star City from the corruption" Connor says.
"I guess after some years nobody wants to go mess around in a hero's a city knowing they will get stopped" Mia says.
"Yeah, Green Arrow has been active on rare occasions of when help is needed. It's the same for Central City although Barry Allen has actually come back from the disappearance in 2024, some months later to reunite with his daughter and wife who unlike in the original timeline is not Iris West. It's Caitlin Snow" Connor replies.
Nodding "Do we still have the anti-metahuman problems?" Mia asks.
"The timeline changes got rid of the anti-meta-human act, from what little I understood but still some problems. However, ARGUS is not the evil organization it was given no Ninth Circle around to manipulate it" Connor says.
"Good and well we will always have problems of some kind. How about my parents and William?" Mia asks.
"Your parents got married a year after you left and are quite happy. William from what I gather never did leave to live with his grandparents in this new timeline, and met Rose Wilson growing up" Connor says.
"How about us?" Mia asks.
"Well it was similar for your brother and Rose of growing up and spending time together, our other selves began dating much earlier in our teens. Apparently, our other selves got engaged two months ago" Connor says.
"Good and well I don't see much reason to change it. Do you?" Mia asks lightly smiling.
"Nope" Connor replies, grinning.
"Anything else?" Mia asks.
"Uh, Quentin Lance died peacefully in bed some years back. Your father has trimmed his beard into a goatee. And our parents are downstairs since they know we are different well they want to see us" Connor says.
"Right, last time I saw dad and mom was after the hospital fight with those snowflakes. They are probably expecting the daughter they've grown up raising, not me" Mia says, uneasy.
"Hey, you're their daughter they are going to love you no matter what. Just like mine do, okay? Besides I'll be with you along with Rose and William who are down there as well" Connor says, "And hey I was scared to when first seeing my parents walk through that door."
"Okay, thank you" Mia says regaining her composer "Well this is what we risked everything for a second chance of our parents not failing and a better future. Let's go live it."
Hope you all enjoyed this finale chapter and let me know what you think if you want.
First, the whole Oliver joins the SCPD thing and the rest of his team follows, in season 7, even if they have their own task force like established in the Training Day episode? Is so dumb because they are now under the same red tape restrictions every other cop is and there's a reason why Oliver became a vigilante working outside the law in the first place, given the law was not enough due to corruption and red tape.
Plus, this whole Team Arrow working for SCPD is seems to be one more way the writers can trash Oliver's first year back as The Hood of "Oh now he's doing things the right way" crap in the show.
In the past handful of seasons, the writers are trying to find increasing ways to make Oliver's first year back into something to be constantly hated on, or a failure.
Along with Oliver too, from the serial killer monster thing in season 5 with The List being just an excuse to now Oliver's working alongside the SCPD it's finally the right way, plus everything else they've done.
Honestly, I'm so sick of this nonstop hating on Oliver's first year back and in the show itself because all anybody does is talk about how Oliver did nothing right his first year back, was this evil person and so forth.
Dear showrunners from Guggenheim, Mericle and now Beth Schwartz this season you hate so much, let me make this clear. If not for season 1 being a success not only would Arrow have not gotten this far, there would be no Arrowverse.
In a recent interview Beth did she pretty much said they would love if they could continue the stories of Mia Smoak, and William Clayton even though Arrow is ending so yeah, the people who run the Arrowverse are no doubt kicking around a series with the 2040 Team Arrow crew.
I'd say no shocker there since it really the flash forwards seem to be like a back-door pilot from the start anyway.
Really if they are destroying everything Oliver worked for just to have a possible chance of a cheap spin-off featuring Mia Smoak, and the others make this even way worse.
I'm not sure why but I kind of find the idea of William Queen/Rose Wilson relationship to be an appealing idea.
Oh, in Legends of Tomorrow season 1 episode 6 in Star City 2046 is Connor Hawke and John Diggle Jr. are the same person.
However, in Arrow despite Sara Diggle being changed into John Jr. in the recent season 7 for some reason they made JJ and Connor Hawke two different people. Only Connor Hawke is played by the same actor who played him in the 2046 episode.
Apparently, Connor Hawke is Ben Turner's son to in the show, who dies at some point since in the 2040 flash forwards he got adopted by Diggle and Lyla.
Yeah, I just decided to ignore all that and for simplicity sake go back to John Jr. and Connor being the same person.
I kept the romantic relationship that was hinted at in the flash forwards between Mia and Connor however, with making it a lot more explicitly obvious in this.
One reason why I did make Felicity a complete villain is the set up in early season 7 flash forwards for Felicity becoming a full out villain, only they did a backtrack for bait and switch of her just infiltrating Eden Core. Yeah is so disappointing but not surprising either.
Anyway, this story is done, and the future is way better off with our original heroes semi-retired, the cities cleaned up, etc.
Until next time