Sorry this chapter is so short, next one will be longer.

Arrow lair

Night

"We shouldn't have let him leave alone." Felicity fretted.

"When Hoss sets his mind to something, there's no talking him out of it." Rene pointed out.

Suddenly, the elevator doors opened up. They turned around, expecting to see Oliver. However, to their shock, Laurel, obviously injured, limped out. She took three steps before her eyes rolled back in her head and she fell to the floor, out cold.

Abandoned subway station

Same time

"I didn't want to believe it…but it's you," Oliver said as he stared at Roy with stunned horror, "how did this happen to you Roy? How did you become this-this thing?"

"I believe you can thank me for that." Talia said as she stepped out of the shadows.

"Talia." Oliver growled as he stared at her with pure hate while she calmly stepped up to Roy's side.

"Leave us." Tala ordered her eyes never leaving Oliver's hate filled ones.

"Yes mistress." Roy bowed before he stood up and vanished into the shadows.

"What the hell did you do to him?!" Oliver demanded once Roy was done.

"He never made it to his new address because I took him," Talia said calmly, "He bravely tried to fight it at first, refusing to give an inch, no matter how much I tortured him. You truly picked the perfect student, you would have been proud to see him so strong. But he is only human, eventually he broke. And that is where the transformation into Prometheus truly began."

"What did you do Talia?" Oliver demanded, a pit of dread settling in his stomach.

Talia smirked before tossing a small duffle bag at his feet. Cautiously, Oliver knelt down and slowly began zipping open the back. Once it was open, Oliver stared in horror as he pulled out a robotic helmet with a black tinted visor on it.

"This is-"

"An Argus reprogram helmet." Talia finished with a dark smirk.

"Lyla Michaels shut down the program and had all of them destroyed when she became director." Oliver argued.

"All but one," Talia's smirk widened, "I used this on him every day in a room filled with the drugs my father once used to reprogram new recruits for the League for several weeks until he became Prometheus. After you resisted his method, I was leaving nothing to chance." Oliver grew angrier and angrier as Talia explained.

"What about his first victims? Why do they happen to look like my team and my sister?" Oliver demanded and Talia's smirk grew a sadistic edge.

"As I said, you picked the perfect student. His will was so strong that even after he became Prometheus, he refused to kill. I drugged him with Werner Zytle's brand of Vertigo and made one of my student's fight him. I don't know what he saw, but it made him kill. After that, I had to be sure. SO I looked for individuals who resembled them, then made them his targets. He killed them without hesitation. Then, for his final test, I dressed one of my students as The Green Arrow and had them battle. Prometheus killed them." Talia said and Oliver trembled with rage.

"And Selina Kyle?" Oliver demanded.

"As I said, the first candidate refused to kill." Talia said and Oliver gapped.

"You…and Bruce?" He asked incredulously.

"I cared for him, but his services were limited by his refusal to act. His loved ones were…expendable." Talia said.

With a roar of rage, Oliver lunged at her. Talia attempted to defend herself but, with his rage filled adrenaline; Oliver easily batted her hands aside and grabbed her throat, slamming her down onto the ground.

"I should kill you right now." Oliver growled as he phone went off.

"Before you do, you might want to get that." Talia gasped.

Sneering, Oliver pulled out his phone while still holding Talia by the neck, one move and he would kill her. Seeing a video file, he opened it. He stared in horror at Roy and Thea's friend Sin being restrained, tied to a chair with tape over her mouth.

"What the hell is this?" Oliver demanded.

"Incentive. Let me go or she dies." Talia told him.

"Why her? What do you have to gain from killing her?!" Oliver demanded.

"Nothing. But you have everything to lose. Prometheus will be the one to kill her. Sara Lance will never forgive him, even if you save him. And even if she does, Roy Harper will never forgive himself." Talia mocked.

Oliver growled but knew she had him back into a corner. Wishing he could kill her right now, Oliver released her. Talia messaged her throat as the two stood up, glaring at each other.

"Let her go." Oliver demanded and Talia smirked.

"I don't think so. If you want to find her, you best start looking." Talia said as she turned around and began walking away.

"Where's Laurel? You told me if I figured out who Prometheus is, you would let her go." Oliver said and Talia paused.

"I have already released her. She should be back at your base of operations by now." Talia said before she walked off.

Arrow lair

Later

Laurel groaned as she regained consciousness. Blinking, she sat up but winced, her hand going to her injured side. Immediately, Team Arrow was crowding around her.

"Laurel honey, are you alright?" Quentin asked worriedly and she gave him a look. "Right, stupid question."

"Laurel, what did Talia do to you?" Nyssa asked not sure she wanted to know what her sister had done to her best friend.

"A lot," Laurel said after a moment, "where's Ollie?"

"Talia wanted him to figure out who Prometheus is and he did. Then he told Prometheus to 'meet me at the place where it all began' and took off." Felicity explained.

"Did he tell any of you what he had figured out?" Laurel asked only for everyone to shake their heads.

"No. He seemed…freaked." Rory said after a moment.

"In all the years I have known him; I have never seen Ollie that spooked." Diggle mentioned and Laurel frowned in concern.

The elevator doors opened and they all turned to see Oliver walk into the room. He seemed completely defeated, a look no one had ever seen him wear, even after Thea had died. However, once his eyes zeroed in on Laurel, he seemed to shake it off and rushed over to her.

"Laurel," Oliver pushed everyone aside until he reached her, "is you alright? Did Talia hurt you?"

"No and yes. Who is he Ollie?" Laurel demanded, determined to get to the point, considering what Talia had done to her just so Oliver would figure out who her pet serial killer was.

Oliver sighed and suddenly, they saw the defeated man again. Oliver opened and closed his mouth several times, trying to find the words, when suddenly a beep went off.

"What's happening Felicity?" Oliver demanded going into soldier mode as Felicity rushed to the computers.

"It's a video, it seems to be being broadcast to the entire city," Felicity said before she saw it and her eyes widened, "Uh, I think you guys might want to get over here."

The others quickly gathered around the computers and stared in shock at the video that was on the screen. A young woman that most of Team Arrow recognized as Sin was being restrained by Prometheus, who held a sword to her neck. And in front of them, playing the part of the mastermind was Talia.

"Good evening people of Star City," Talia said politely, "my name is Talia al Ghul. Most of you know my friend as The Throwing Star Killer, but his name is Prometheus. We are all that remains of a once proud society that was led by my father, Ra's al Ghul. We are here in star City to get revenge for his death on his killer, Star City's very own Green Arrow, who we are currently at war with. Green Arrow, I now speak directly to you.

"I am going to call a seventy two hour cease fire between us. No more blood need be spilt, no innocents caught in the crossfire of our war. If you surrender yourself to me. If not-"

Talia stopped and looked over at Prometheus. This seemed to be some sort of signal, as Prometheus then started to move his sword. Sin started gasping, gurgling as blood dripped down her neck. Prometheus lifted his blood stained sword up into the air before dropping Sin's body to the floor. Everyone stared in shock as Talia continued.

"Then every other innocent bystander caught in the crossfire, there blood is on your hands. As I said, you have seventy four hours to make your decision. But first, I think the people of Star City deserve to know the man behind the mask who has been terrorizing their city." Talia began and Oliver's eyes widened in horror.

"No, Talia, don't!" Oliver shouted as they all looked at him in confusion but Oliver could do nothing but watch.

Prometheus replaced his sword in his sheath on his back before reaching for his mask. Everyone's confusion turned to shock and horror as the mask was pulled off to reveal the face of Roy Harper.

"This is Roy Harper, formerly Star City's Arrow," Talia stated the obvious, "when this city turned its back on him, believing he had committed crimes he did not commit, he decided instead of protecting it, he would see this city brought to its knees. Goodbye Star City, hope that Green arrow makes the right choice…for your sake."

The feed was cut and everyone turned to Oliver, waiting for an explanation.

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