Ra's al Ghul comes to Starling himself to deal with the upstart Oliver Queen threatening to unravel his League of Assassins with his insolent behavior. A re-imagining of episode 3 x 9. Canon up to episode 3 x 4, "The Magician". AU after. An attempt to capture an even more sinister and dangerous Ra's al Ghul.

Felicity had gone to the bank alone, but when the waiting took much longer than expected, Oliver decided to go over there to keep her company. They couldn't imagine he would end up fighting for his life, nor predict how close they'd grow after their visit to the bank. Every story starts somewhere. COMPLETE

I could have imagined a hundred different ways to more wisely spend my Saturday evening. And yet neither would have been more likely than what I was doing now. Helping a complete stranger who had fallen on my roof, unconscious and bleeding... hurt!Oliver x OC. Marked M for violence, language, later possible mature content. Set loosely somewhere in season 2.