Ellie Bishop: I disagree. If Susan was planning on publishing what she knew about Oliver, she wouldn't have stupidly chosen to tip him off that she knew he was the Green Arrow. You don't get to be an ace reporter by letting someone know you're going to publish their dirty secrets. She's not stupid, despite Guggie's pathetic attempts to convince us otherwise. The only laughable thing about this entire situation was everyone acting like Susan was this imminent threat that needed to be stopped and Felicity throwing Thea under the bus. Not to mention doing what she did is a sure fire way to ensure Susan becomes an enemy to Oliver, which she briefly did. Thea and Felicity should have trusted Oliver enough to come to him with this, like he said. The fact that they didn't shows a clear lack of trust in Oliver. If you want to know what happened to Roy, you'll have to read Torn between two earths.

Guest 41: Unlikely.

Agent N: Glad you liked that. Knowing them, they'd still screw it up. Supergirl has a history and taking things from the comics and other DC shows and managing to ruin them.

City Hall

Afternoon

"Hey, what's up? You sounded spooked on the phone," Susan asked as she walked into Oliver's office, immediately noticing how on edge Oliver was as she closed the door behind her. "Is everything okay?"

"Yesterday, when you asked me if I was the Green Arrow, you told me something came up on another story you were doing," Oliver said lowly.

"Yeah," Susan said appearing confused.

"Well then why is there a whole folder on your computer full on Intel you seem to have been gathering on me?" Oliver demanded and Susan froze.

"Did you hack my computer?" Susan demanded.

"Don't try and turn this around on me. Have you been investigating me the whole time we were together?" Oliver demanded as he got to his feet, coming out from behind his desk.

The look on Susan's face was all the answer Oliver needed.

"You were," Oliver said certainly.

"Oliver, let me explain," Susan started.

"Alright Susan, explain. Explain how you have been investigating me from the start. How you've been using me. How you've been writing a story about how the mayor is secretly the Green Arrow," Oliver said, hurt and anger entering his voice.

"I admit that it started out that way. But once I got to know you, once I saw passed all the judgements I'd made and saw who you really were, I really did fall for you. And I was never going to go forward with it, I promise," Susan insisted.

Oliver stared at her long and hard as Susan shifted, wondering what was going through his head. Then, after what seemed like a million years to Susan, Oliver spoke.

"I believe you," Oliver said to her relief. "But that doesn't change anything."

"Oliver-" Susan tried to explain but Oliver had heard enough.

"Don't, just don't," Oliver said wearily, suddenly very tired. "Our whole relationship was based on a lie. You used me Susan. For years, I've surrounded myself with people who claim to care for me but over and over again, stab me in the back and take advantage of me. I won't do it anymore. It's over Susan."

"Oliver-" Susan started.

"Please, just go," Oliver said tiredly.

Oliver turned away, unable to look at her a moment longer. Susan lingered for only a moment longer before she turned and left, closing the door behind her.

Later, Quentin was in his office, going over some crime scene photos when Laurel walked in.

"Hey. Busy I see," Laurel noted as she saw the crime photos.

"Anything on Werner?" Quentin asked as he looked over at her.

"Not yet. This is personal for you, isn't it?" Laurel asked, already knowing the answer.

"Werner is my mess to clean up," Quentin insisted.

"You didn't make her turn into a criminal," Laurel assured.

"No, but the reason her rehabilitation was sort lived is because she found out about me working with Damien Darhk," Quentin admitted and Laurel nodded slowly.

"And you feel responsible," Laurel noted as he looked away. "Don't. Some people, they're just looking for an excuse. Some people are so damaged they just don't want to be saved. You can't take on everyone's sins Dad."

There was a pause between them as it dawned on them that this was the first time she'd called him that.

"How'd you get so wise?" Quentin asked and Laurel smiled sadly.

"When you commit so many sins, you know what to blame yourself for," Laurel said sadly.

Earth-2, Central City, four years ago

Afternoon

Laurel groaned as she opened her eyes, blinking as her vision came into focus. She quickly realized was in a hospital room. At first, she couldn't remember why she was there. Then it all came back to her, the news report, the blast, losing conciseness. For a moment, she simply laid there, a numb feeling spreading throughout her body. She thought she had long since made peace with Oliver's death, but it was suddenly a reopened wound, a gaping hole in her heart.

Vaguely, she was aware of a woman, a doctor or nurse, trying to talk to her as she felt a scream build up in her mouth. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore and let out all the pain and anger she was feeling out with a wail. Only this was no ordinary scream. Energy seemed to leave her mouth and the nurse or doctor was thrown back violently, going right though the wall. Laurel stared in horror as the woman's lifeless body crumpled to the floor.

City Hall

Night

Oliver was staring out the window of his office, overlooking the city when Thea walked in.

"Hey. How'd it go with Susan?" Thea asked carefully.

"She admitted it. She was investigating me the whole time. You had her pegged from the start. How could I have not seen it?" Oliver wondered.

"You give people second chances even when they don't deserve it, present company included," Thea said only half joking and Oliver smiled slightly at her attempt at lightening the mood. "People aren't always going to change Ollie. But by that same token, they won't always stab you in the back. Just look at Laurel, you gave her a second chance and she's making the most of it. Don't give up on people because you got burned."

As Oliver considered her words, the door to his office opened and Quentin walked in.

"Hey, Werner and her crew just hit the Bertinellis. Three dead, one captured. The guy they took, Enzo Russo, I'm guessing he knows where Church's depository is," Quentin explained and Oliver nodded.

"I'll see if Felicity can track his phone," Oliver ordered, already pulling out his phone and dialing.

Star City

Night

Felicity had managed to track Russo's phone to a cemetery. Although why they would be heading to a cemetery was beyond any of them.

"Thanks for letting me be here," Quentin said as he and Oliver walked the steps.

Oliver simply nodded before tapping the comms in his suit.

"Alpha Team in position," Oliver said.

"Beta Team in position," Curtis confirmed.

"On sight," Diggle confirmed.

Inside the tomb, Werner, White, and Cutter pushed open a casket and pulled out a bag full of money. They exited the tomb only to get thrown back by Laurel's sonic scream. They picked themselves up as Laurel jumped down, ready to fight as Oliver and Quentin walked into view. Cutter tried to make a run for it but Diggle fired a shot, getting a statue inches from her head. Before Cutter could do anything, Rene tackled her to the ground as he and Curtis walked into view.

"You did all this for money?! So what, you could go to the Caymans?!" Quentin demanded.

"You think this is about taking a vacation?" Werner laughed mockingly. "We're taking over; we're taking back this city."

"You and what army?" Diggle demanded and Werner smirked.

"This army!" Werner said as they heard the screech of tires as vans pulled up and armed men got out. "It's amazing the amount of loyalty money can buy. Kill them!"

As the men opened fire on them, Oliver fired an explosive arrow, which exploded, sending some of the men to their knees as Oliver fired a few regular arrows, taking them out. Diggle, Rene, and Quentin opened fire as well before Rene was hit from behind with an arrow from Cutter. As Diggle and Quentin got Rene to safety, Curtis rushed over, engaging her but was quickly thrown on his back. Cutter prepared to fire a fatal shot before Laurel used her cry to send Cutter flying back. She hit her head on a stone and was knocked out cold.

Curtis looked up to see Laurel staring at him. She simply nodded before rushing off to engage some of Werner's men. And Curtis was filled with shame, remembering how he had treated her like the enemy.

Oliver engaged White; exchanging blows with her, bow against knives when they heard the blare of police sirens. Suddenly, Pike and the SCPD were there, fiving and taking Werner's men out. As Werner and her men were rounded up, Oliver and White continued to exchange blows. Oliver pushed back, whirling his bow like an escirma stick, grabbing White and throwing her on her back to the ground. As she moved to take her knife and stab him, he kicked them out of her hands and the SCPD rushed over.

"It's over," Oliver snarled and she sneered at him.

"What I told you three years ago is true. You'll never be their hero, you'll never be accepted," White sneered.

"I'm not in it for the glory," Oliver said simply before turning and walking off, letting the police do their job.

Star City Police Department

Later

Werner was in the integration room, cuffed to the table as the door opened and Quentin walked in.

"Come to say goodbye? Clear your conscience maybe?" she asked and Quentin laughed humorlessly.

"My conscience is clear," Quentin said confidently.

"Hell it is. Look in the mirror sometime Quentin," Werner said.

"I'm shot through with flaws, no question. But at least I'm not using someone else's sins to justify my own," Quentin growled.

Quentin then turned and walked out, running into Laurel as he closed the door.

"Everything okay?" Laurel asked and he nodded.

"Yeah, I just wanted to thank you for what you said earlier. It helped," Quentin said and Laurel nodded.

"I know what it's like to be filled with horror at what you've done. Sometimes, you just need someone to help carry the load," Laurel said simply.

Central City, Earth-2, four years ago

Late afternoon

Laurel was in quarantine, something she hadn't argued against. The further away she was from everyone, the less chance she could hurt anyone. She heard the door open and she froze, not wanting to see anyone.

"Hey kid," Laurel looked up to see Logan close the door behind him.

"Get out, I don't wanna hurt you," Laurel said as softly as she could, afraid she'd set off another scream.

"No can do. You can't kill me. Trust me, I've tried," Logan said as he walked over, sitting down next to her.

"I don't know what's happening," Laurel said with a shaky breath.

"It's not just you kid," Logan said and she looked over at him. "Something's happening in the city, people suddenly have powers they can't explain. No one knows why, but people are calling them Metahumans."

"I'm scared Logan," Laurel said with a shuttering breath.

"Don't," Logan as he wrapped an arm around her. "Whatever is going on with you, we'll face it together. I will be there every second of every day until you don't need me to be anymore."

City Hall

Now

"Hey, saw you on the news," Thea said as Oliver walked in. "Green Arrow saves the day again."

"Yeah. Who knew I would be better at being the Green Arrow than Oliver Queen?" Oliver said in what sounded like a joke but they both knew that he was perfectly serious.

"Do you think Susan will publish that story?" Thea asked what she had been wondering since she saw the computer files.

"No," Oliver said confidently. "She said she doesn't plan to and I believe her. But I think I'll be keeping a close eye on her from now on."

Before the conversation could continue, Oliver's phone rang. He pulled it out and frowned, not recognizing the number. Still, he answered it.

"Hello?" he answered cautiously.

"Oliver," familiar voice said and Oliver nearly dropped the phone.

"Roy, is that you?" Oliver asked hoarsely and Thea started.

"Yeah, it's me. Really me, I'm me," Roy said with a shuttering breath.

"Hold on Roy, Thea's here. I'm gonna put you on speaker," Oliver said before lowering the phone and putting it on speaker phone.

"Roy, are you okay?" Thea asked as she got to her feet.

"No, I'm not okay. I'm me but…this isn't like the Mirakuru. I remember everything I did. And worse, I remember liking it. God," Roy said dismayed and the siblings could imagine Roy putting a hand to his head.

"Roy, where are you?" Oliver asked.

"At Star Labs," Roy said with a shuttering breath.

"Okay, I'm gonna take a few days off and head down, come see you," Thea said and Oliver nodded in agreement.

"No," Roy said immediately. "Thea, I love you, but this isn't something you can help me with, either of you. I know you guys want to help me…but this is something I have to do on my own."

"We get it Roy," Oliver said as he and Thea exchanged a glance. "Just take care of yourself. And when you're ready, call us. We'd like to see you."

"Yeah. Take care of yourselves," Roy said before they heard the click of Roy hanging up, leaving them staring at the phone, concern for Roy filling them.

Star City

Same time

Werner, White, and Cutter were in the back of a police transport, on the way to Iron Heights, when suddenly, they heard what sounded like a screech and the vehicle was hit with something. The transport swerved, skidding to a stop violently. The drivers got out and the three women heard the sounds of gun shots before it was all quiet out there, save for the sound of footsteps approaching the back of the transport. They heard the scream again and, in a blast of sparks, the door opened to reveal a woman in a black trench coat, boots, and a red shirt with black hair and dark eyes.

"Hello ladies. Looks like you could use some help," Dinah said with a smirk.

City Hall, next day

Morning

Oliver was in his office, signing a document when Thea burst in.

"We have a problem Ollie," Thea said, turning on the TV to a local news station.

"If you're just joining us, early this morning, we received a video that has stunning ramifications. Take a look," a reporter said before it showed the video.

Oliver paled as he saw 'Prometheus' hit by a Canary Cry. He and Laurel approached the body and took off his mask to reveal the duck tapped face of Billy Malone.

"It seems that Billy Malone, who had been captured by The Throwing Star Killer, was staged so the Green Arrow and his Team would kill him. Considering Malone was said to have died from a car accident, it appears that someone covered the true nature of Malone's death up," the reporter said.

"You undersold this Speedy," Oliver said as he got to his feet. "This isn't a problem, this is a disaster. We've officially became the SCPD's most wanted."

Honestly, I've heard the argument that Susan was going to expose Oliver but honestly, it makes no sense when you stop to think about it. I have no doubt at the start of their relationship, she would have. But let's actually stop and think about what Susan knew for a moment. Despite what Guggenheim the misogynist tried to convince us, Susan was not stupid. She knew Oliver was the Green Arrow, and she knew Oliver was a member of the Bratva, she probably also figured out that Oliver was The Hood. Point is, she knew Oliver was a dangerous man and was connected to other dangerous people. If she was going to expose him, tipping him off to that fact makes no sense, if for no other reason than it would potentially put her life at risk.

But, with that said, I don't think Oliver would have continued the relationship if written properly. While the relationship wasn't that bad and I could have seen it come to something under different writers, Susan was still using him the whole time. Their relationship was based on a lie. The only reason Oliver brushes this off in the show is because, as I said a few chapters ago, he is used to betrayal of trust from the people close to him. The only people who have never abused his trust and betrayed him are Roy and Barry.

Was anyone else annoyed by how nerfed China White was in the final fight? Seriously, she gets taken out by one bullet to the shoulder? Really?

Stay safe from the Coronavirus everyone.