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So the finale is divided into 3 chapters but I am now updating it daily so we will get to the ending soon and the first 2 chapters end on cliffhangers. Not gonna lie. This was my favorite episode in the entire Arrowverse. It was so awesome that I even forgave that senseless moment in the end when Oliver did not stop Chase from shooting himself when he had the chance. So 10/10 from me to it.
To Chaos Sorcerer: I liked him too in Seasons 1 and 2 but in Seasons 3 and 4, they ruined him a lot. Still liked him in the last 2 episodes of Season 5.
Chapter 29- On Lian Yu
Slade Wilson got up and asked, "What brought you back to the island?"
"Like I said", said Oliver as he started unlocking his cell with his key, "I need your help."
"What the hell's going on here?" asked an ARGUS guard as he walked inside.
"We have a problem", said Oliver as he walked towards him, "And I need you to get off the island."
"I'm not going anywhere", said the guard before gesturing to Slade and saying, "And neither is he."
"I am taking him", said Oliver, "And I am taking Digger Harkness. There's an ARGUS supply boat that is docked on the eastern shore. You take it and you go."
"I'm not abandoning my post", said the guard dutifully.
Oliver felt respect for the guard for his sense of duty but he was an obstacle right now.
"Suit yourself", said Oliver and smacked him across the face, knocking him out.
He turned to see that Slade had used the key to unlock the door and come out.
"Would you like to explain what's going on?" asked Slade.
"I'd like to talk about you for a minute", said Oliver as he realized that Slade was different, "You seem-"
"What, in possession of all my marbles?" asked Slade with a smile and Oliver nodded, "The Mirakuru wore off a long time ago, kid."
Then with remorse in his eyes, he said, "I mean, I remember everything that happened. I'm not trying to escape that, but it feels like some bad dream. Now, regardless of my sanity, why do you want to help me, after everything that I've done?"
"There is a man here on the island named Adrian Chase and an ancient organization called The Hand", said Oliver, "They're holding my friends and my family hostage, including Thea… and my son."
"Since when do you have a son?" asked Slade with a chuckle.
"Slade", said Oliver who was in no mood for casual talks, "Are you gonna help me or not?"
"I think I am stating the obvious when I'm saying that I killed your mother, and for that alone, you should have killed me", said Slade.
"Maybe what's happening now is the reason I didn't", said Oliver.
He then gave Slade a flash drive and said, "This is all the intel that I have been able to gather on your son, Joe, including his present whereabouts."
Slade seemed like he was about to break down due to the guilt inside him. The man whose mother he had killed was offering to help him find his son.
"Are you offering to help me find my son?" he asked as his voice cracked a little.
"I want us to find both of our sons", said Oliver.
He then walked towards the bag and opened it, taking out an orange and black mask. It was Slade's Deathstroke mask.
Slade stepped back on seeing it as the last time he had worn it, he had done unspeakable things. Oliver handed it to him and he looked at it for some time.
"You and me kid", he said with a gleam in his eye, "Just like old times."
Matt, Elektra, Malcolm and Nyssa stood near the shores. Matt was in his Daredevil suit minus the helmet.
They were offloading weapons from the plane.
"You know", said Elektra to Nyssa and Merlyn, "If we are going to fight side by side, you two have to at least speak with each other."
"My sword will do the talking", said Nyssa.
"I know", said Malcolm, "It's horrible."
"Pity", said Nyssa, "At least I am angry at you for a good reason. You are angry at me for disbanding the League even though it meant freeing us both."
"What do you want?" asked Malcolm, "An applause. Clapping is a little hard for me these days."
He gestured to his cybernetic hand in sarcasm.
"Oliver is back with the people he set out to find", said Matt.
Oliver walked towards them with Slade Wilson who was in his Deathstroke suit and also Digger Harkness aka Captain Boomerang who was wearing his trenchcoat with boomerangs on it.
"Have you offloaded the supplies?" Oliver asked.
"Most of them", said Matt.
"Guns and ammo are still on the plane", said Malcolm.
"By the way", said Elektra, "What do we need an RPG for?"
"Well", said Oliver, "Chase and The Hand are working together. They have Talia and her army of students, Malcolm's son, Simon Lacroix, Lonnie Machin, Evelyn Sharp and a meta-human. I have no interest in this being a fair fight."
"I agree with you", said Matt.
"Is that why you released the animals from their cages?" asked Nyssa as she eyed Slade and Harkness.
"Oh, come on, luv", Harkness said to her flirtatiously with lust in his eyes, "That is no way to start a new friendship."
"Look at me like that again and I'll feed you your eyes", said Nyssa as she walked up to him.
"You're not her type anyway", said Malcolm to Harkness.
"You are lucky you did not look at me like that", said Elektra to him, "I would not threaten. I would do the deed."
"All right", said Matt, "That's enough."
"Let's offload the rest of the gear", said Oliver.
Suddenly, Matt heard a whooshing sound and yelled, "Get down!"
They got down as a rocket blasted their plane to bits.
"Hoo", said Harkness with a smirk, "So much for our gear."
"There goes our ride home, kid", said Slade grimly.
"Another will come", said Matt.
Oliver, Matt, Elektra, Slade, Malcolm, Nyssa and Harkness continued moving.
Matt suddenly sniffed the air around him and said, "There are explosives here. Lots of them. On the entire island actually."
"So now we know what Chase has been doing in his free time", said Elektra.
"Why isn't he detonating them?" asked Oliver.
"He said he wants you to kill him", said Matt, "Maybe he linked a dead man switch to himself so that if you kill him, the entire island is blasted."
"I won't let him goad me into doing the deed", said Oliver.
"Even I didn't go that far", commented Slade.
Looking at his tablet, Oliver said, "The RPG that took out our plane came from over there. The call from my son originated just west of here."
"Hostages could be in either place", said Harkness.
"Or neither", said Slade, "This is a large island."
"I'll check the RPG site", said Malcolm.
"I'll accompany you", said Nyssa.
"Oh, its almost like you don't trust me, Nyssa", said Malcolm.
"No", said Nyssa, "It's exactly like I don't trust you. Especially considering what you have told me recently."
"Check it out", said Oliver, "Stay on comms."
"Why don't you accompany them?" Matt asked Elektra.
"I will", said Elektra, "We can't have them killing each other at such a time."
Elektra, Nyssa and Malcolm then went to check it.
Matt and Slade then walked in the front while Oliver and Harkness walked at the rear.
"Why does he get a weapon and I don't?" asked Digger as he gestured at Slade.
"I trust him more than you", said Oliver. Slade was like his brother before the Mirakuru. Harkness was just a psychopath who had tried to kill his friend- Lyla.
"Didn't he kill your mother?" asked Digger bluntly with a smirk.
"You listen to me very carefully", said Oliver as he gave Harkness a threatening glare and pointed his finger at him, "You help me take down Chase and The Hand, you walk. You screw with me, even a little bit, and I will put you right back into that hole."
"Just a gun is all I'm saying", said Digger.
"So you're the Devil of Star City?" asked Slade.
"Yes!" said Matt, "How do you know?"
"I get newspaper privileges", said Slade, "You are just like the kid. I see why you two get along. Thank you for being like a brother to him."
"You were like his brother too from what he has told me", said Matt, "Before the Mirakuru twisted your mind. But I know that you genuinely want redemption for your actions by helping him."
Slade nodded as Matt said, "I can hear some of my friends' heartbeats."
Slade looked to a distance and saw some familiar figures.
"Kid", he said, "I see movement."
Oliver and Harkness walked up to them.
They saw Thea, Felicity, Curtis, Susan and Samantha locked up in Fyers' old cages.
"Stay sharp", said Oliver.
The four ran over to the cages as nimbly as they could.
"Oliver! Matt!" said Felicity as everyone got up to look at them.
"Keep your voice down", commanded Slade.
"What the hell is he doing here?" asked Thea as she eyed Slade angrily.
"He just told you to keep your voice down", said Matt.
"Where's William?" Oliver asked Samantha.
"I don't know", she said, "We were separated. Oliver, what is going on?"
"Why are they unguarded?" asked Slade.
"I have a feeling I know", said Matt.
"Seems pretty obvious to me, mate", said Harkness with a smirk.
Suddenly- Talia, Evelyn and six ninjas of The Hand leapt down. As the four turned to face them, Talia and The Hand aimed their arrows at them while Evelyn aimed a gun. She was not very skilled but The Hand had taught her to block her heartbeat which is why she had not been detected by Matt.
"It's a trap", said Digger.
"Don't even think it, Oliver", said Talia as she aimed her arrow at Samantha, "Or your son loses his mother."
"Oh, and, don't worry about that gun, mate", said Digger as he took out a gun of his own, "Because Mr. Chase gave me this nice new one."
He then aimed it at Slade and said, "Along with a better offer."
"Adrian said it would be pointless to reach out to you", Evelyn said to Slade.
"Although given this turn of events", said Talia as she eyed Slade, "Perhaps you've changed your mind."
"What's it gonna be Slade?" said Harkness as he did not take his gun off him, "Care to side with the winners?"
When Slade didn't reply, he repeated, "What's it gonna be, mate?"
Pointing to Oliver, Slade said, "Put a gun to his head."
As Matt and Oliver looked at him, he said, "Sorry kid. But there's no giving up to these guys."
Oliver recognized those words and realized Slade's intentions. Matt realized it too due to his senses.
Talia and Evelyn smirked at how events had turned out for the heroes.
Oliver put his bow down while Evelyn walked over to him and put her gun to his head while Talia kept her arrow at Samantha to prevent Matt from making a move.
Slade then walked over to Harkness who lowered his gun and said, "I assumed you'd want to be on the winning side."
Slade said to him, "Assumption, is the mother, of all failures!"
Slade then punched Digger on the face, making him stagger. As Evelyn was distracted, Oliver grabbed her hand and flipped her to the ground behind him, using the first move he had learnt from Slade.
Talia fired her arrow at Samantha. Matt flipped in the air and hit the arrow with his club, sending it flying off to a random direction, like when Stick had fired at the little Black Sky.
Digger punched Slade repeatedly on the chest but his armor protected him from the damage. Slade blocked a punch, hit him on the elbow, grabbed him by the back of the head and threw him to the ground.
Oliver picked up his bow and put a hand to his quiver, Talia doing the same. Matt readied his club. The Hand was about to fire their arrows when two of them were hit in the back with arrows. They fell down dead. Merlyn and Nyssa lowered their bows from a distance.
Before the other ninjas could react, Elektra decapitated one of them and cut off another's hand before stabbing him in the chest. She ripped out her sword and sliced the throat of the third. The fourth one was disemboweled.
Nyssa and Malcolm aimed their arrows at Talia and Digger who had got up.
"Sister!" yelled Nyssa at Talia.
Talia and Digger exchanged a look before the former threw a flashbang grenade on the ground. It blinded everyone and Matt couldn't react in time so when the smoke cleared, the two were gone.
They opened the cages.
"You ok?" Malcolm asked Thea.
"Go to hell", she said.
"I'll take that as a yes", he said.
"Oliver!" said Susan as she hugged him and he hugged back.
Slade lead Evelyn to a cage and locked her in it.
"You have been left behind", he said, "You should choose your friends more wisely."
"Where is everyone else?" asked Oliver.
"Not sure", said Curtis, "Chase and The Hand split us up into groups when we got here."
"I'm pretty sure what they intend to do with Danny", said Matt.
"We're gonna talk about that, right?" asked Felicity as she pointed at Slade.
"Yes", said Oliver, "We're gonna talk about that? Right now, we need to focus on finding the others."
He then walked towards Evelyn and asked, "Where are they?"
"I wish I knew", she said, "So that I could tell you all to go screw yourselves."
"You hate him for being a killer", said Matt, "Even though he did it only when it was necessary. You have sided with a man and an organization that kill innocents without any remorse. So you're far worse than him. You're a hypocrite."
Evelyn glared at him angrily but he wasn't affected.
"Why did Chase split up all the hostages?" asked Merlyn.
"Why does Chase do anything?" she asked back, "So far, he hasn't laid out a single hoop that you could keep yourself from jumping through. Maybe leaving me here was part of the plan."
"You keep telling yourself that, bitch!" said Elektra.
Matt glanced at her and said, "Jessica rubbing off too much on you?"
"Pretty much", she said with a smirk.
"How did Chase get you here?" Oliver asked everyone.
"A plane", said Felicity.
"You think you can find your way back to it?" asked Matt.
"Yeah, probably", said Curtis, "But-"
"Malcolm", said Oliver, "Can you fly a plane?"
"If it is anything like the 3 Gulfstreams I used to have", said Malcolm, "Then yes. But I think I want to meet my son."
"We will get him", said Oliver, "And we will arrange for you to talk to him. I promise! Get everyone to the mainland and then come right back for us. You will meet him then."
Malcolm nodded at that, satisfied at the arrangement.
"But we can't leave you here, Oliver", said Susan to him.
"I need to focus", said Oliver, "And for that, I need to get you out of harm's way."
Turning to Evelyn he said, "And despite my better instincts, when this is all over, I will come back for you."
"When this is all over", she said, "You'll be dead."
Matt scoffed and said, "There is no hope for her."
"Can I talk to you for a second?" Thea asked Oliver.
"Yeah", said Oliver as they walked to a distance.
"What the hell are you doing?" she asked him.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Slade Wilson and Malcolm Merlyn", she said, "I mean we are orphans because of them. And now I am told that he has a psychopathic son working with Chase and The Hand."
"Thea", said Oliver, "You know what I am up against here."
'Then why are you sending Curtis and I away?" she asked.
"Because I need the two of you to keep Felicity, Susan and Samantha safe", said Oliver, "We need to get them off this island."
"Curtis can handle it", said Thea.
"I understand you don't want to go with Malcolm", said Oliver.
"Damn right I don't", she said.
"And we do not want to rely on Slade Wilson", he said and she looked at him, "There's nothing about the situation that's ideal, Thea. But I need your help, Speedy."
After some hesitation, Thea nodded and said, "Ok."
"Ok", he said.
"My sister and Harkness fled into the forest", said Nyssa as she returned, "But I can track them."
"They might lead us back to the rest of the hostages", said Slade.
"They're our friends and we don't need your help", said Felicity.
"Really?" asked Matt incredulously, "Because I think we do. This is not the time to bring up past conflicts. All right, Felicity?"
After some hesitation, she nodded.
"Get them to the plane", Oliver said to Malcolm, "Make sure everyone stays safe."
Malcolm nodded while Oliver gave Felicity and Curtis comms, "Comms. Just in case something goes wrong."
"You mean "when", right?" said Curtis.
Oliver gave Felicity a tablet and said, "Detailed imagery of the satellite. Matt says there are bombs all over. Again, just in case."
Susan walked over to him and gave him a passionate kiss.
"What was that for?" he asked.
"Just in case", she said.
"We will get through this", he assured her.
"You do not know that for sure", she said, "I didn't want to regret not kissing you."
The two hugged and she walked away.
Turning to Malcolm, Thea, Curtis, Felicity, Susan and Samantha, Matt said, "Keep each other safe."
They nodded and left.
"Nice place", said Quentin sarcastically as he looked around in the temple as him and John, both in chains, were lead to a cell by Black Siren and some students of Talia, "This place got a Big Belly Burger too?"
"Before the Chinese turned Lian Yu into a prison", said Laurel, "It was a holy retreat."
"And now you're using it for payback for a guy you barely know on a guy you barely know", said John.
"Chase freed me", said Laurel, "I don't owe Oliver Queen a thing."
She lead them into the cell where Roy, Rene and Dinah were trying to break free but failing.
"Roy! Rene! Dinah!" said John as he looked at them.
"John!" said Dinah as she got up.
"Quentin!" said Roy.
"You all right, Hoss?" Rene asked both of them.
"All right, now everyone calm down", said Siren, "You will get all the time to catch up."
The students of Talia chained the two along with Roy, Rene and Dinah and left.
Black Siren gave them a wink and left too.
"I assume you already tried your sonic scream", John said to Dinah.
"Sonic dampener", she said, "I can't even whistle."
"Oliver and Matt will get us out of here", said Roy with confidence.
"Yeah?" asked Quentin, "What makes you think they even know we're here? And where's Danny?"
They wondered what they had done to him.
"The trail has gone cold", said Nyssa, "My sister knew we would follow. I can find it again."
"Do it", said Oliver.
"I'll accompany you", said Elektra as Nyssa nodded.
"Go", said Matt and both of them walked away.
"So you married Ra' al Ghul's daughter?" asked Slade with a chuckle.
"Uh", said Oliver, "Nyssa talks too much."
"She hasn't explained your beef with Chase", said Slade.
"My past is coming back to haunt me", said Oliver.
"Seems to be a recurring theme with you, kid", said Slade.
"I don't know why", said Oliver.
"It's not really complicated", said Slade as he looked at Oliver, "You suffer from survivor's guilt. You can't get over the death of your father."
"Adrian Chase has nothing to do with my father", protested Oliver.
"Kid, when it comes to you", said Slade, "Everything has to do with your father. You and I are not dissimilar. We are both haunted by our pasts and the only way to bury that ghost is by forgiving yourself."
"Forgiving myself for what?" asked Oliver.
"You blame yourself for your father's suicide", said Slade, "And everything that has gone wrong ever since. You need to forgive yourself for your sins."
"You say that like its easy", scoffed Oliver.
"It's the hardest thing in the world", said Slade.
In that moment, Oliver realized that this was the Slade he had met on the island. The Slade he had thought of as a brother.
"He is right, Oliver", said Matt, "I blamed myself for my father's death too. But recently, I have let it go, because of Elektra's return. It was almost impossible, but I did it. You need to do that too."
"If the three of you are done relaxing", said Nyssa as she returned with Elektra, "We've picked up the trail."
"Come with us", said Elektra.
The three then followed them. Oliver thought about Slade's and Matt's words very carefully.
"You know", said Malcolm to Thea as they walked behind Felicity, Curtis, Susan and Samantha, "I travelled halfway across the world to save you. I thought that it would at least entitle me to a conversation."
"Yeah? Well", said Thea, "It doesn't. And you never told me that you had a psychopathic son on the lose."
"I did not think he would be a problem for us", argued Merlyn, "And did it ever occur to you that I am here because I'm your father?"
"No", said Thea with a smirk, "You're not. We are nothing to each other. Don't you ever understand that?"
She suddenly heard a click under her feet.
Malcolm now looked at her in concern.
Felicity, Curtis, Susan and Samantha turned back.
"Thea", said Curtis, "You all right?"
"No", said Malcolm, "She's not. She just activated a landmine."
Everyone looked at the landmine underneath her foot.
"Oh, my God!" gasped Susan in horror.
"Don't move", said Malcolm as he knelt down.
After checking the landmine, he said, "The trigger's rusted over."
"That's-that's good, right?" asked Thea as she stammered, "That's-that's a good sign?"
"No, that's really bad news", said Curtis, "It means we can't disarm it."
"Somebody needs to do something", said a concerned Samantha.
"Thea", said Malcolm, "On the count of 3, take your foot off the mine."
"No", protested Felicity, "That will blow us all up."
"I'm gonna take her place", said Merlyn.
"That's crazy", said Samantha.
"You're not the first person to call him that", said Felicity to her.
"I will just find some boulder around here", said Curtis.
"No!" said Malcolm, "We don't have that kind of time!"
Turning to Thea, he said, "Thea!"
"No, ok", she said stubbornly, "No one is doing this, ok?"
"Ok, ok", said Malcolm as he stood up, "It's all right. All right. Heh. I forgot how stubborn you could be."
He then pushed her off the mine and quickly put his foot on it. By some miracle, it did not go off for the split second.
Turning to Thea, he said, "Thank you for reminding me."
"What the hell are you doing?" asked an angered Thea as she got up.
"I'm gonna take care of them", said Malcolm, "Disarm the mine, and then I'll catch up to you."
Felicity then asked, "And how are you gonna do that with one foot planted on the-"
"He's not going to", said Thea in realization as Malcolm looked at her, "No, ok. If you think you need to prove something to me, you don't. Ok? You've proved it."
"I'm not trying to prove anything", said Malcolm, "I have wronged you a lot, my child. I have manipulated you and used you for my own means. But recent events have made me realize that I do love you. I want to make up for that. Now I only want to protect you."
"You don't have to", protested Thea, "I didn't ask for you to."
"A child doesn't have to ask", said Malcolm soflty.
"Don't do this, Ok?" said Thea as a small lump formed in her throat.
"You may not think of me as your father, Thea", said Malcolm with a fatherly smile, "But you will always be my daughter."
Before Thea could protest, a boomerang came flying and embedded itself into a nearby tree. Digger Harkness was approaching.
"All right, go. Quick!" said Merlyn to everyone, "Get her out of here. Go! Quick!"
"This is insane!" protested Thea as Felicity and Curtis pulled her away.
"Go!" commanded Merlyn and they were all off.
Digger and the students of Talia with him stopped on seeing Merlyn.
"Welcome gentlemen", said Merlyn with a smirk.
"Go after the rest", Harkness said to the men.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you", said Malcolm.
"Well", said Digger as he stopped near him, "You don't seem too bright. Just standing out here in the open like this. What kind of ass-backwards strategy is that?"
With a smirk, Merlyn said, "Let me show you."
Thea, Felicity, Curtis, Susan and Samantha continued running. Suddenly, there was a huge explosion behind them. They turned to look at it.
Thea now felt sad for some reason even she couldn't tell. She missed the man who had manipulated her, made her kill Sara, killed her father and made her mother's life a hell. Maybe in spite of all that, there was some humanity deep down inside him which hadn't come out till now.
You think I would kill Malcolm without him meeting his son? Well I don't think so.
The next chapter has some Iron Fist in it.
Jessica and Luke are coming- with a surprise.
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