Arrow

"So, you're a meta now?" Oliver asked Laurel on the drive home.

"Yeah, you could say that. But anyways, how are you doing with Darhk and what happened to Nyssa?" Laurel asked.

"I mean, she was never my favorite person in the world, especially after she held Thea's life hostage, but she was still my friend and in some regards, my wife. I mean I never loved her, but still, she was a sister in arms. And I can't help but think that maybe if I'd killed Darhk back when I had the chance, that maybe she'd still be alive today." Oliver said.

"You can't blame yourself for that. You said it yourself that Darhk was Ra's greatest enemy and since you killed him, Nyssa was the closest thing to Ra's Darhk was ever going to get." Laurel said.

"I don't blame myself for what happened to Nyssa anymore. I know it's not my fault. But it is my responsibility. Just as it is my responsibility to kill Darhk just like he killed her. Just like I killed Ra's." Oliver said darkly.

"Oliver, you can't think like that. You said that what you learned to defeat Darhk only works if you can channel the light." Laurel said and Oliver looked at her.

"I can't stop thinking about what ifs." Oliver said.

"What do you mean?" Laurel asked.

"What if Nyssa hadn't been the one Darhk killed? What if he'd killed John, or Thea, or your dad or Felicity, or you? Nyssa was a friend, but not a close one. But what if Darhk had killed someone who was close to me. He already crippled Felicity and abducted my son and took someone from me. I know I swore to Tommy that I'd never kill again, but I've already broken that vow once last year when I killed Ra's. But it was keeping that vow, taking the moral high ground that got Nyssa killed. So if that is where this path leads, then I'm done with it." Oliver said.

"What are you saying?" Laurel asked.

"I'm saying that I took up this crusade to help people. But over the past few years, I've been doing that with one hand tied behind my back, the only exception being with Ra's. But if we're going to stop Darhk and Hive, I'm done with that. I'm not gonna hold back, I'm not going to show him mercy. I'm going to do what I should've done from the beginning. Next time we go up against Hive, I'm not going to hold back anything. Even without his magic, Darhk is a former member of the League of Assassins. He will not hesitate to kill anyone who gets in his way. And neither can I. So, I'm going to kill him. And any more of his followers that try to stop me." Oliver said.

"Oliver, that is not the way." Laurel protested.

"I know, but we are at this point because I didn't kill Darhk when I had the chance. I'm not making that mistake again." Oliver said.

"I'm not saying you shouldn't kill Darhk. I still think you should've done that when I found out he was blackmailing my dad. But I'm saying that you shouldn't stoop to his levels to beat him. We have to win this fight by being better than our enemies. Otherwise, we're just as much monsters as they are." Laurel said and Oliver smiled.

"How is it that even when things look their darkest, you still manage to find a way to bring back some light?" Oliver asked.

"I guess that's my other super power." Laurel said with a smile as they looked at each other, but before the moment could really be set, it was ruined by a phone call, snapping them out of it.

"Hello?" Oliver asked as he listened to the other end of the call.

After a few minutes of listening, he sighed and said "Laurel and I are already on our way back, we'll rendezvous with you."

"What was that about?" Laurel asked.

"John was being an idiot and went after Andy, which led to him being tagged with a tracker and now Hive is attacking them." Oliver said.

"Good thing we brought our work clothes." Laurel said.

Flash

Back in Central City, Barry and Thea were speeding through the accelerator, with Barry trying to teach Thea the ways of the Speed force.

"Well, you learned how to stop, that's a good sign." Barry said with a grin as he and Thea came out of the accelerator.

"Very funny Barry. But seriously, this is awesome. I finally get why you love running so much." Thea said with a grin.

"Well, something tells me that once Cisco finishes your new suit, you're going to be getting a lot of field training in during this metapocalypse thing." Barry said as they explosions outside.

"Speaking of which." Thea said.

"Yeah, I'd better go." Barry said as he sped out of the room and Thea looked after him, silently wishing Cisco would hurry up with her suit.

"Okay, how does Barry afford this much food?" Thea asked as she finished her 6th burger after her workout.

"No idea, but one of the perks of being a speedster is that you can eat all you want without getting fat." Cisco said.

"Yeah, I'm still getting used to this who speedster diet thing." Thea said as to their surprise, Caitlin entered the lab.

"Caitlin." Cisco said as he ran up to her and helped her sit down, only to see her in tears.

"Hey, are you okay?" Cisco asked.

"I think it will be a long time before I use the term okay again." Caitlin said as she noticed Thea.

"Thea, you're here?" Caitlin asked.

"To help and to learn." Thea said.

"Wait, what does that mean?" Caitlin asked.

"During our experiment to give Barry his speed back, Thea was struck by the dark matter and it gave her speed to." Cisco explained.

"Interesting." Caitlin said as Barry entered the room with Iris and they then ran up to Caitlin as Henry joined them and began treating her.

"Oh my gosh, Caitlin." Barry said as he ran up to her.

"She's in shock, a little dehydrated and malnourished, but she should be fine." Henry said.

"How'd you escape?" Thea asked.

"He let me go. I didn't think he was going to, I thought it was a trap." Caitlin said as she looked at Barry.

"He told me you were dead." she said.

"I'm not. I'm right here. We're all here, together." Barry assured her.

"Snow. Jay's not here. You're safe." Harry said.

"He's gonna overrun the city. You can't stop him." Caitlin said to Barry.

"Yes, we can. Listen to me, he's not going to succeed. We've got this. This is our Earth." Barry said confidently.

"You don't know that. You don't know what he is capable of." Caitlin said.

"I know from being in the Speed Force that the universe is with us, not Zoom. And if the universe is with us, how could we possibly lose? Right, guys?" Barry asked.

"Yeah, yeah, right." Cisco said.

"You've been through a lot. You should get some rest, come on." Barry said as he helped her out.

"You were in the Speed Force?" Caitlin asked.

"I when you were gone. It's hard to explain, but we tried to get my powers back and when the dark matter lightning, the same combination that gave Thea speed." Barry said as he did his best to explain it to her.

Arrow

After stopping Darhk and proving that he could resist his magic, Team Arrow regrouped back in the bunker.

"So, Laurel is a meta now?" John asked.

"Yeah, so's Thea, but since she's a speedster like Barry is now, we decided it would be best if she stayed in Central City so Barry could teach her how to use her powers." Laurel said.

"Anyways, John, what the hell were you thinking going after Hive by yourself?" Oliver asked.

"They upped their game. Ask Lance." John said, making Laurel's blood run cold.

"What happened to my dad?" Laurel asked.

"He and I were meeting at his place to discuss possible hiding places Hive could be using for when you got back, when Hive burst in, knocked me out and kidnapped him. He successfully baited me into going after him and that led to tonight's who problem with Darhk." John said.

"Okay, well while that doesn't make it better, it does explain things. Now, what exactly did Darhk take?" Oliver asked, looking over at Lyla.

"Rubicon. I had it moved from the vaults at Argus to a subdermal implant in my wrist. How Darhk knew about that is beyond me." Lyla said.

"What is Rubicon?" Oliver asked.

"It's failsafe to stop any country, including ours, from launching a nuclear missile." Lyla said.

"Why would Darhk want to stop the launch of nukes?" Laurel asked.

"With the right work, Rubicon could be corrupted, so that instead of preventing nukes." Lyla said.

"Darhk would control the world's entire nuclear stockpile." Oliver said and Lyla said.

"But why. I mean, I know Darhk's crazy, but to launch all the nukes on earth, that would kill him to." Laurel said.

"Unless he wants to rebuild. Andy told me that Genesis was coming." John said.

"The old testament, the book of genesis." Lyla said and John nodded.

"God wanted to give the world a do over so he destroyed it." John said.

"With a flood." Oliver said.

"Okay, so Rubicon is Darhk's flood, but the question is, what is he planning on using as his Ark?" Laurel asked.

"That's what we need to find out. And I think we're going to have to force Felicity to come back to do it." Oliver said.