"While many in the city are taken aback by Oliver Queen's surprising decision to enter the mayoral race, he is quickly gaining a rapid following." the reporter said and Slade growled as he turned off the tv.

"Will this be a problem for your plans?" Sebastian Blood asked Slade.

"Unlikely, the kid maybe a lot of things, but a politician is not one of them." Slade said.

"Still, you seem worried." Blood said.

"I worry because this will now give the kid cause to dig into you after you announce your candidacy. My plan requires that no one find out the truth about you." Slade said.

"And they won't. I've spent more than half my life making sure that nothing can be traced back to me." Blood said.

"They had better not, otherwise prison will be least of your worries, since your mask can always be worn by another." Slade threatened and Blood gulped.

"Of course." Blood said as he left them alone.


Now that her boyfriend was running for mayor, Laurel decided that it was time to find to another way to contribute to Team Arrow.

Which was why she was now walking into the very mental health institute Maya Resik was being held in against her will.

"Hello, how may we help you?" one of the people asked at the front desk.

"My name is Laurel Lance, I work for the District Attorney's office and I was wondering if I could have a few words with Maya Resik." Laurel asked.

"Right this way." one of the wards said as she led Laurel down the hallway into a room where a terrified woman was curled up in a corner.

"Good luck getting anything out of her." the ward said, leaving Laurel alone with Maya.

"Hello Ms. Resik. I'm here to talk to you about your nephew Sebastian." Laurel said, playing along with the narrative.

"Sebastian is the devil. He put me in here." Maya shouted.

"Something didn't seem right about his father's death, the facts didn't add up. Maybe you can help me make sense of them." Laurel said.

"I never hurt anyone. He did it all and blamed me. The only words that come out of his mouth are lies." Maya said.

"Sebastian isn't your nephew is he? He's your son and he killed his father, your husband and placed the blame on you, didn't he?" Laurel asked and Maya nodded shakily.

"Ms. Resik, you need to keep all of this quiet, for your own safety, but I think I might be able to get you out of here, but only if you do exactly what I say." Laurel said and Maya nodded hesitantly as Laurel told her what she needed.


Laurel was now at the SCPD, trying to convince her father to humor her suspicions.

"Laurel, I'm not sure what a DNA test will prove." Quentin told her.

"Dad, don't ask me why, it's complicated, but when I went over the details of the murder of Sebastian Blood's father, something didn't add up and you're the one who taught me to pursue the truth and justice. What if they got the wrong person. Just please, compare this DNA sample procured from Maya Resik to a sample from her nephew Sebastian Blood." Laurel said and Quentin sighed.

"Fine, but only because it's a dead end and I've got nothing else to do at the moment." Quentin said and Laurel smiled at her father gratefully.


To Quentin's surprise, the DNA test revealed that Maya Resik was not Blood's aunt, but in fact his mother, which made him wonder if maybe everything wasn't as it seemed with his father's murder.

"Laurel, I promise I'll look into this, but please, for both your safety and the safety of your baby, don't keep looking into this." Quentin asked and Laurel nodded.

"As long as it gets results, I'll leave it to you. Just dad, be careful." Laurel said.

"I always am." Quentin said as he kissed his daughter's forehead and watched her leave the precinct.