The time was 12:15. Lunch time. Alice, William, Nora, and Trixie got their food from the cafeteria and sat at an empty table in the corner.

"Great. Meatloaf." Alice groaned, picking at her food.

"Hey, it's not that bad." William said, taking a bite.

"Then why is it purple?" Trixie asked. "I doubt that's just food coloring."

"Eh, it's okay." Nora said. As they continued eating, Jackson and two of his friends casually strutted over to their table.

"Well, look who it is." Jackson sneered. "The mayor's son is hanging around with the witch, Barclay's niece, and the girl who's friends with Satan himself."

"Jack, I swear to God, I'm only going to say this once." William said, standing up. "Stop bothering us, or we won't be responsible for what will happen."

"'We'?" Jackson asked. "What, is your little witch friend going to do a magic trick on us?"

"That's it." Alice exclaimed, grabbing Jackson's arm and forcing his head onto the table, not unlike how a cop would press a criminal's face against the hood of his car. One of his friends drew his fist back to hit Alice, but it was caught by William.

"Now listen here, asshole." Alice whispered in Jackson's ear. "You're going to apologize to Nora. Then you're going to turn around and leave. If you call Nora a witch again, or if you harass any of us again, I will break every bone in your arm. Got that?"

"Yes." Jackson squeaked. As Alice released him, the boy made a beeline back to his own table, quickly followed by his friends.

"I think he wet himself." William said, looking at the floor. "Nice one Alice."

"Thanks guys." Nora said, grinning. "That was entertaining in the least." Alice and William began laughing and eating their lunch, when all of a sudden, a loud explosion was heard, causing everyone in the cafeteria to duck.

"What the Hell was that?" William asked, as a voice was heard over the PA system.

"Students of Star City Middle School." Someone was heard saying. "This is your new principal speaking. You're old one can't be bothered right now, because she currently has a bullet in his skull!" Nora's eyes widened.

"I know who that is." Nora whispered.

"Anyway, in about five minutes, I'm going to blow up this dump!" The voice continued. "And if anyone is thinking they can escape, don't bother: I've wired the doors to give you a little shock if you try and escape. Now, you might be asking, why am I doing this? Well, I lost my rationality a long time ago."

"Who is it?" Alice asked.

"Lonnie Machin." Both William and Nora said.

"My dad fought him a few times in 2016." William explained.

"And he kidnapped my mother and I-twice." Nora added. "Then he killed my mother."

"We need to stop him." William declared, opening his backpack, revealing he had several small arrows with him. He then took out a small black object from the bag, and pressing a button, it unfolded into a full length bow.

"You brought that in with you?" Alice asked, looking around. Hopefully, no one saw them at the moment.

"Yes." William admitted. "It was supposed to be for exact situations like this."

"Should've packed a hood." Trixie suggested.

"Way ahead of you." William said, taking out a blue hoodie. "Stand back, guys." William drew back the bow, aiming for the doors, and let the arrow fly, having used one with an explosive tip. The bomb arrow went off, destroying the doors.

"Everyone, get out of here!" William shouted, using a voice modulator he "borrowed" from his father. The kids began scrambling out, while Alice, Trixie, Nora, and William made their way to the principal's office. Nora stopped, seeing that Jackson was somehow pinned under a piece of rubble from the explosion.

"Someone, help…" Jackson called out, while kids ran past him. "Please." Nora stretched out her hand, focusing on the rubble, and using her magic, lifted it off Jackson and tossed it to the side. Alice went over and helped him up, before ordering him to go outside like everyone else. William and Alice kicked down the door to the office, being met by a man with burn marks on his face and wearing a red jacket.

"Aw, so glad you could come to the party!" Machin said. "It's going to be a blast!" Machin took out a flame thrower, attempting to burn the two. As Alice and William rolled out of the way, Nora used her magic to block the fire from burning her alive, before making a fist and crushing the weapon. Unfazed, Anarky took out his electric baton, extending it and fighting Alice and William at the same time. Alice rolled and dodged, while William used his bow to block incoming attacks. Seeing an opening, Alice kicked Machin in the back of the leg, and William hit him in the face with his bow and threw the batons out of the room. Still refusing to be beaten, Machin pulled out a pair of kamas from his jacket, and slashed at William, causing the archer to step back. Trixie stepped in, taking out her own demon daggers, and fought Anarky one on one, causing sparks to fly every time their blades clashed. Machin slashed downward with both kamas, forcing Trixie to lock blades. While Machin kept pushing down, Trixie kicked out, catching him in the stomach and disarming him. While he was momentarily down, William shot him with a rope arrow, tying him up for the moment.

"Where's the bomb?" William yelled with his voice modulator on.

"You won't find it." Anarky taunted. "I'll never tell you!"

"You sure?" Alice asked, opening the principal's desk.

"How did you-?" William asked.

"Occam's Razor." Alice explained. "Something my aunt taught me- sometimes the most obvious answer is the correct one. Can you get Felicity to shut this down with a hacking arrow?"

"Overwatch." William corrected, nudging his head in Anarky's direction. "And she and dad are on a date in Bludhaven, or at least that's what I heard. We're on our own."

"I can get it." Trixie said. "My mom taught me how to disarm a bomb one time when she was working." Trixie took a look at the bomb. Surprisingly, it was a lot similar to a bomb that Chloe had defused while working on a case with Lucifer and a woman that was possessed by Abel's soul, the brother of Cain.

"So, what, you gonna cut all the wires and hope for the best?" Alice joked.

"God no." Trixie rolled her eyes. "Stupid movies. I have to disconnect the trigger, then carefully remove the blasting cap, then toss it as far as I can."

"Wait, what about us?" Nora asked. "Wouldn't the cap still explode?"

"If the cap goes off and it's away from the charge, it'll be harmless." Trixie explained, before taking a screwdriver and carefully removing a side of the box. Espinoza then used one of her daggers to quickly cut the wire to the trigger, and taking the blasting cap, threw it out the door, which exploded in a small poof.

"You think this is over?" Anarky asked, silently cutting his bonds with a knife. "I'll stop at nothing to kill you and everyone you love."

"You won't get the chance." William said. "You're not going to hurt anyone ever again."

"You should know by now, this is Star City. You can't save everyone." Machin said. "Not even the ones closest to you." The words struck Alice to the core, but she didn't let it be known to the rest of her friends.

"Shut up." William said.

"Or what?" Anarky retorted. "Do you know what happened to the Green Arrow's last sidekick? She got shanked with an arrow by Damien Darhk." William and Nora gave each other a sideways glance, before glaring at Machin.

"We said shut up." Nora threatened, her hands clenching.

"Nah, this is getting quite fun." Anarky said. "Don't even get me started on you. You know, it's kinda funny, because the first time I went after you and your mother, the Green Arrow sent me."

"You're lying." Alice said.

"I lie about a lot of things, but this isn't one of them." Machin countered. "The Green Arrow set me free, and told me to kidnap you."

"That is not true!" Nora yelled. "He told you to find and kill my father, not go after his family!"

"Call it what you want." Machin shrugged. "But hey, third time's the charm, right?" With that, Machin broke free of his bonds, and threw the knife at Nora. Thinking quickly, Nora held up her hand, stopping the knife.

"Nora, wait-" Alice tried to say, but without a second thought, Nora sent the knife flying back at Machin, striking him directly in the heart. Just then, a vigilante with a green hood walked into the room.

"Hey Dad." William said, turning off the voice modulator and handing it back to Oliver. "How'd you get here?"

"Felicity got an alert from Quentin. What happened?" Oliver asked, taking off his hood. "Are you all okay?"

"We're fine." Alice said. "The bomb is disabled. Machin's dead though."

"He tried to kill you and everyone in the school." Oliver reasoned. "C'mon, your teachers are hysterical out there."

"Hang on." Trixie said, looking through the security footage and deleting key moments. "This way, no one knows you're the Green Arrow, or the fact that William snuck in a bow."

"Another trick you learned from your mother?" Alice asked.

"Common sense." Trixie replied. Oliver nodded, putting his hood back on, and leading the kids back outside with the rest of the students. As the kids joined Mrs. Adams, Jackson approached Nora and Alice.

"Thank you for saving me." Jackson said. "I promise I'll be nicer to you."

"Just keep what happened between us, okay?" Alice asked. "The less people who know what we can do, the better." Jackson nodded, before joining his friends. While Alice, Nora, and Trixie were talking amongst themselves, Oliver and William spoke privately with Quentin Lance.

"Machin came back?" Lance asked, almost not believing it. "I thought you killed him."

"No, but he's dead now." Oliver said. "Make sure the SCPD doesn't know what exactly happened. We don't need anymore attention drawn to my son or his friends."

"Will do, Oliver." Quentin said, shaking the Green Arrow's hand and leaving. Soon afterwards, Diggle came by to pick up William, Trixie, Alice, and Nora, while Oliver left via motorcycle and wearing his suit, and they regrouped in the Arrow Cave.