"Gideon, camouflage the ship." Rip instructed. Wherever the were, it was destroyed, and Sebastian would have said abandoned if it weren't for the fires burning. "This doesn't look like the type of place we want to linger out in the open."

"That looks a lot like a Palmer Tech building, but why does it have a Smoak logo on it?" Ray said.

"Wait, this is Star City." Sara said. "I thought you said the timeline was safe."

"Yeah, Star City was intact in 2016." Rip said. "This...this is 2046."

"Don't move!" a man yelled. Rip pulled out his laser gun, and Sebastian looked to see the Arrow.

"Oh, thank God." Sara said, and began walking forward.

"I said don't move." the Arrow said.

"It's me." Sara said. "It's Sara."

"Hey, Oliver, look, I know it's been a long time, but don't you remember that Rip Hunter recruited us to become legends?" Ray said.

"I've never heard of any legends." the Arrow said, and shot an arrow. This was definitely not Oliver Queen. It flew past them and exploded. Mick fired his gun, and the Arrow fired an arrow with a rope attached to it. Sebastian had seen Oliver use a similar one in the past.

"Get back!" Rip said. The group scattered, ducking behind anything they could as more arrows were fired at them. "We need to return to the ship!"

"Alright, Rip, tell us the truth." Sara said.

"You've all seen how the timeline is malleable- in flux until it is set." Rip said. "Well, this future is not set. Remember when I told you it was dangerous for any of you to know too much about your own futures? Well, the events you dread could very well come to be due to your actions to prevent them."

"You know what I think?" Mick said. "I think you think too much."

"Believe me when I tell you that the best thing for yourselves and for this mission is to make the repairs to the Waverider here in 2046 then head back to your own time and make sure that none of this ever comes to be." Rip said.

"I'm coming with you." Sara said as both she and Sebastian entered to Cargo Bay where Rip, Mick, and Snart were.

"So am I." Sebastian said.

"No, Ms. Lance you are not." Rip said. "You're too emotionally connected to the city. We've been over this."

"I'm over you." Sara said. "You got us on a mission to change the timeline for yourself. And you won't even let us look at our futures? Now, I know this city better than anyone else and you're gonna need me out there. So either I'm coming with, or we can find out if the Time Masters are as good at teaching people to fight as the league of assassins."

"I'm going to be useless when it comes to repairing the ship." Sebastian said. "I might as well go with you guys."

Rip turned and opened the door leading outside.

"This is just a potential future." Mick said. "It doesn't matter if we kill anyone here, right?"

"Well, to avoid the risk of a paradox, it's probably best to refrain from killing anyone." Rip said.

"I'm not gonna promise anything." Mick said.

"My sister's apartment used to be over here." Sara said.

"I seem to remember something about your father being a police captain." Snart said.

"Your point?" Sara asked.

"Did one hell of a job." Snart commented.

"My father and everyone else would never have let this happen...unless they were all dead." Sara said. "Palmer Tech's just two blocks up this way. Or at least it used to be."

An explosion went off to their side. "Take cover in there!" Rip said, pointing to a school bus. Sebastian ran into the bus and sat in one of the seats, as did the others.

"It's like World War Three out there." Snart said.

"It's beautiful." Mick said. Explosion and guns were going off outside.

"We need to find another route." Rip said. One of there windows were smashed, and a guy rolled off the roof of the bus. The Arrow guys was a part of the chaos, and was shot. Sara jumped up and ran off of the bus.

"Ms. Lance, don-" Rip cut himself off as Sebastian went after Sara. "Sebastian! Damn it!"

"Don't move!" the Arrow said, drawing back his bow as Sara rounded the corner. Sebastian walked up behind her. "You. You are persistent."

"I saw you get shot point blank." Sara said.

"It's high density Kevlar. Now who the hell are you two?" he asked.

"Who are you?" Sara asked.

"I'm the Green Arrow." he answered.

"Oliver Queen is the Green Arrow." Sara said. The guy put his arrow away.

"No he's not." he said. He must have had a voice modifier, because his voice wasn't as deep. "Oliver Queen is dead."

"How did Oliver die?" Sara asked.

"I don't know. No one does." the guy answered. "No one's seen him since- Well, since the Uprising."

"What the hell is the Uprising?" Sebastian asked.

"It's what people called it when- well, when all this happened." the guy said, gesturing around him. "15 years ago, he brought an army with him."

"Who brought an army?" Sara asked.

"I did." another voice answered. The Arrow quickly loaded his bow and aimed it. Sebastian looked behind him to see a man in a gray mask that only had one eye hole.

"No. It's not possible." Sara said, and pulled out her swords. "How did you get off of Lian Yu?" When she got no answer, she said, "Say something, damn it."

"Ms. Lance, Mr. Smythe, who is this?" Rip asked as he joined the three and drew his laser gun.

"Somebody very dangerous." Sara answered.

"Then now is not the right time for me to say it- but please remind me later to tell you that I told you so."

"How are you still alive, Slade?" Sara asked.

"Slade." the masked man said, and laughed. "That's a name I haven't heard in a long time." He removed his mask. "How do you know my father? He called you Ms. Lance. Any relation to the late Captain Lance? If so, you must have heard stories about my father."

"I knew your father." Sara said. "He was insane. Seems to run in the family."

"I'm going to enjoy killing you. Or we will."

A bunch of men in similar masks to his came from all directions.

"Okay, bad idea." Arrow said. "Come on."

He shot an arrow, and all three grabbed onto him, being pulled up by the arrow.

"Slade had a son?" Sara asked.

"Look, Oliver tried." Arrow said. "He tried to raise an army against Deathstroke, but...everyone just wanted to evacuate. How can you save a city that doesn't want to be saved?"

"A moment." Rip said, and he pulled Sara aside. He spoke to her a moment, then came back. "We're very grateful for your assistance, but we really must be moving along to Smoak Technologies."

"What for?" the Arrow asked. "That place has been cleared out for years. But a lot of Felicity Smoak's projects got relocated."

"Where?" Sara asked.

"Come on."

"You didn't say that Felicity's equipment would be here." Sara said. The four were in the elevator going into Oliver's old base of operations.

"Well, where else would you think it'd be?" Arrow asked. The elevator stopped and the doors slid open, creaking slightly. The room was in great need of some attention. Layers of dust coated almost everything, and smashed pieces of various things lay around. Cobwebs hung from anything not covered in plastic.

"Mr. Queen's base of operations appears to have seen better days." Rip said.

"Yeah, well...the place got attacked after Grant Wilson outed Queen as the Green Arrow." Arrow said. Sara's flashlight landed on the display cases for costumes, where the glass had been shattered.

"Let's just find what we're looking for and get out of here." Sara said.

Sebastian continued to look around, when a voice startled him.

"Whoever's there, get out!"

Sebastian could hear the others draw their weapons.

"I said get out!" the person said. "Whoever you are, get out."

Oliver Queen stepped out, holding a gun. Oliver looked much older, which was to be expected, but he was missing an arm.

"Oliver?" Sara said. Oliver lowered his gun.

"Hello, Sara. Sebastian." he said. "Long time, no see."

"Is that-" Rip asked.

"Oliver Queen." Arrow said. As Oliver walked towards them.

"Everyone thinks you're dead." Sara said.

"They're not wrong." Oliver said. "Put the arrow down, John. You're embarrassing yourself."

"John?" Rip asked as John lowered the arrow.

"John Diggle Jr." Oliver said.

John took off his mask. "My dad is dead because I couldn't save him." he said. "I don't deserve his name. I'm Connor Hawke."

"So you won't take his name, but it's alright to parade around in someone else's outfit?" Oliver asked.

"Well, someone has to, because last time I checked, you were dead." Connor said. "Everyone thought you were dead. I've been trying to hold this city by myself because I thought you were gone."

"What happened to you?" Sara asked. "To Laurel, to my dad...Felicity-"

"They're gone." Oliver said. "All of them."

"What do you mean?" Sara asked. "Ollie-"

"Gone." Oliver said. "What do you want me to say, Sara. 30 years ago, you and Ray hopped on a spaceship, and you never came back."

"We will." Sara said.

"I don't want to say that...things would have ended differently if you and Ray had been here, but..." Oliver said.

"But if we were, it could've made the difference." Sara said. Oliver turned and began to walk away.

"You thought I was dead." Oliver said. "What are you doing here?"

"We were looking for a Neuromorphic Prototype that Felicity Smoak was working on." Rip said. Oliver turned back around.

"Felicity left after everything that happened." Oliver said. "Everything that her company was working on is being kept in a warehouse on Adams and O'Neil. Entry code is 4587."

"Thank you, Mr.-" Rip was cut off by Oliver as he walked away.

"You found your way in, find your way out."

"Thank you for agreeing to accompany us, Mr. Diggle." Rip said.

"It's Connor." he corrected. "It's not like I needed to stick around Oliver Queen for anything."

Sebastian split off from Rip and Sara, searching for the tech they needed. Sebastian had no luck before an explosion went off. He swore under his breath, and headed in the direction of the noise. Connor was already attacking the men. Sara and Rip had gotten there moments before Sebastian. He joined the fight.

"There's too many of them!" Connor yelled. A minute later, Mick and Snart showed up, taking out many of the men with their guns.

"Gentlemen, your timing is exemplary." Rip said.

"Where's Connor?" Sara asked. Rip picked up Connor's bow.

"He's been taken." he said.

"These are Grant Wilson's men." Sara said.

"The guy with the half face and the body armor has a real mad-on for the kid in the hoodie." Mick said.

"Can I have a word?" Rip said to Sara. The two walked off.

"Now that we rescued them, let's have that chat." Mick said, then he and Snart also walked off, leaving Sebastian on his own. He was alerted as he heard a thud, and his head snapped in the direction to see Mick unconscious.

"What the hell?" Sebastian said.

"What happened to him?" Rip asked as he and Sara rejoined them.

"Difference of opinion." Snart said.

"Right." Rip said. He held a small black case in the air. "We need to get this and Mr. Rory back to the Waverider."

"Where's Mr. Rory?" Stein asked as Sebastian, Rip, Sara, and Snart walked onto the bridge.

"Sleeping it off." Snart answered.

"We have the Neuromorphic prototype." Rip said as Sebastian sat in one of the seats. "Any luck with the ship's engines?"

"Yeah, it's all good." Jax said.

"Is there something wrong Ms. Lance?" Stein asked.

"Well, all my friends and family are dead, except for Oliver Queen, who happens to be dead inside and missing his left arm."

"Sara, I have told you-" Rip was cut off by Sara.

"That this is just a potential future and that it's all gonna go back when we return to 2016- if we return." she said. "But what if we don't? We all know Carter's not coming back. It's not like we have the safest line of work."

"I think if Sara wants to stay and help that then we should." Jax said. "I mean, that's what we signed up for: to be heroes."

"I agree with Jefferson." Stein said.

"Yes, of course you both do, because neither of you understand the pitfalls of changing the timeline." Rip said. "Meddling with the future is arguably more dangerous than changing the past because it is still in flux."

"Your wife and son's deaths are in the future." Sara said with a shrug. "You want us to change that."

"Do not play that card with me." Rip said.

"So what?" Sara said. "Are you only willing to risk the timeline if it's your own family?"

"I am not just trying to save my family and I'm not just trying to save one city, but the entire world." Rip said. "I'm not being selfish, Sara."

"That's funny." Sebastian said. "Because why didn't you seem to care about Savage taking over the world before he killed your family. Sure, saving the world is an incentive, but you truly only care about saving your family."

When Rip didn't reply, Sara said, "Go to hell."

"Most likely." Rip said. "If you want to go and save Mr. Hawke, then be my guest. I'll keep the ship here for one hour, then we're leaving. With you on board or without."

Sebastian walked out with the rest of the group into the ongoing battle. Rip had sent them out to help Sara, and within minutes, they'd taken down most of Grant Wilson's men.

"Where's Mr. Queen?" Rip asked.

"Cowards! All!" Mick yelled as the remaining men ran.

"Oliver?" Ray asked as the approached the vigilante.

"It's good to see you again, Ray. Kendra." Oliver said. "Thanks for the assist."

"So, who's that?" Kendra asked, referring to Grant, who Oliver had knocked out.

"His name is Grant Wilson." Oliver answered. "Once upon a time, his father, Slade, tried to ruin my life."

"That's not a nice family." Ray said. Oliver sighed.

"That's good shooting, John." he said. Conner walked up the couple of steps and handed Oliver his bow.

"It's Connor." he said. Oliver took the bow.

"Either way, it's Green Arrow." Oliver said.

"Alright, Gideon." Rip said, walking onto the bridge. "Let's see if these repairs that Martin, Ray, and Jax made are up to scratch."

"As far as I can tell, Ms. Saunders did most of the work, while the two gentlemen competed for-"

"Just get us out of here, please, Gideon." Stein cut her off.

"So, where to next, Captain?" Stein asked after they had all taken their seats.

"Well, the beauty of this mission is that the real question is not where, but when." Rip said. "In which case, I suggest that we next hit Savage when he least expects it."