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"How did it get leaked?" Foggy wondered as he, Oliver, Sara, Misty, Quentin, Tommy, Matt and Moira met in the mayor's office.

"It's Prometheus. He sent the ACU after me as the Green Arrow, and now he's trying to get to me through you." Oliver said.

"Nobody's saying the guy isn't smart." Quentin said.

"We just need to be smarter." Tommy said. "What are we gonna do?"

"We don't have a plan yet." Sara said.

"What if we tell the truth?" Oliver suggested as everyone stared at him. "A version of the truth."

Moira raised her brows, realizing where was he going with it. "Considering Green Arrow's past actions, I gave him the benefit of the doubt."

"Pike bought it. That could work." Misty nodded.

A moment later, Adrian entered as Moira smiled at her, with Laurel and Foggy right behind her. "Can I help you, Laurel?"

"Miss Mayor." Adrian handed Moira the envelope on his hand. "My letter of resignation in which I take sole responsibility for the cover-up."

"We've tried to talk him out of it." Laurel said.

"No." Moira shook her head.

"The cover-up was my idea." Adrian insisted.

"But I approved it as the mayor." Moira said.

"And if this impeachment proceeding goes the way that I think it will, not for long." Adrian said.


"How's it going?" Oliver asked as he and Laurel talked outside, while she sighed.

"Mr. Chase has tried to offer himself up as a sacrificial lamb, despite that we've tried to talk him out of it." Laurel said. "But we declined. I'm going going to represent your mother at the impeachment."


Later, they sat in the courtroom as Moira and Laurel sat at the desk, facing the city council.

"We recently learned that Detective William Malone was murdered by the vigilante known as the Green Arrow." Kullens said. "It appears that the mayor knew some time ago and actively worked to hide the fact, even from the SCPD. Today the council considers two grave questions. Did Moira Queen's actions violate the oath she took faithfully to serve Star City, and should she therefore be removed as mayor?"

The medical examiner, who had performed the autopsy on Malone, stepped up.

"My autopsy showed that mortal injury on the deceased was consistent with the edging of the arrowheads used by the Green Arrow."

"I have here your original cause-of-death report, in which you conclude that the Green Arrow killed Malone, but this report, it was never included in the case file. Why is that?" Kullens asked.

"The D.A. came to me, and-"

"You're referring to Laurel Lance?" Pollard asked.

"That's correct." The medical examiner nodded. "She instructed me to revise the report to indicate that the Throwing Star Killer was responsible."

Kullens showed her the report. "This report, and you went ahead and signed it, even though you knew it was fake and then passed it along to the police. Is that the case?"

"Yes."

"Why? Did Miss Lance threaten you?"

"She didn't have to. She said the request came from the mayor herself."


"We had it on good authority and from the mayor herself that the Throwing Star Killer, a man we'd been calling 'Prometheus', was responsible for the murder of Detective William Malone." Quentin said.

"Did she say why this Prometheus would want to orchestrate Detective Malone's murder?" Pollard questioned.

"We… She…" Quentin took a breath. "… has a good reason to believe that Prometheus has some sort of an ongoing vendetta against the Green Arrow."

"Standing here today, do you believe what Miss Queen has told you?" Pollard asked.

"Without an ounce of doubt." Quentin said firmly.


Star City

The limo with Oliver, Sara, Moira, Laurel, Matt and Foggy was driving off as Oliver turned to Moira. "What do you think?"

"Well, my only option is to offer a scapegoat. Me. Laurel. Detective Malone or, considering that it were your arrows…"

"… me." Oliver finished.

"I don't like this but I don't have much choice, Oliver." Moira sighed. "Unless, and I don't like it, we'll have to leverage someone on the council to side with me."

Oliver stared at her incredulously. "Blackmail? I though you were done with it."

"No. Out of the question." Foggy said.

"Well, then what would you have me do?" Moira snapped.

Before the argument could continue, suddenly, the car flipped over as they crawled out, facing…

"Davos." Oliver glared.

"You accuse me of being a criminal but your mother is one. Covering up what one of your so-called heroes has done." Davos sneered.

"I'm not gonna let you kill her." Oliver said.

"Then you leave me no choice." Davos charged his Iron Fist before Matt went out, throwing one if his billy clubs at Davos's face, making him s tagger back, while Sara was helping Moira, Foggy and Laurel run.

Oliver and Matt engaged Davos, who blocked their attacks before Matt kicked him in the face, making him stagger. Oliver punched Davos, who was about to charge his Iron Fist before they heard sirens blare.

"This isn't over." Davos said as he ran off.


"Mom, are you OK?" Oliver asked as the medics checked her out.

"I'm OK." Moira assured.

"The driver's got a concussion but he didn't see either one of us attack Davos." Matt said.

"Wasn't that the whackjob that was killing gangs in Chinatown last year?" Adrian asked as he appeared.

"Yeah." Oliver nodded.

"What did he want?" Adrian wondered.

"He's a self-righteous prick. He thinks that the mayor is corrupt, so he's after her." Misty explained.

"Hope we're gonna catch him." Adrian said as he left, smirking.

"How did Davos get out?" Colleen whispered to Misty.

"Remember the breakout few weeks ago? Looks like Prometheus unintentionally cut Davos loose too." Misty said.

"We need to find him before he hurts someone else too." Oliver said.


On a nearby rooftop, Davos was meditating as behind him appeared Prometheus. Davos dodged as Prometheus threw a shuriken.

"Oliver Queen and his loved ones are mine." Prometheus said.

"They're not." Davos glared as he charged his Iron Fist and rushed at Prometheus, who dodged and kicked him in the face as Davos staggered back. Davos attacked again but Prometheus kicked him in the leg and slammed him to the ground, pinning him down.

"I will make you an offer now, Davos. Do you want revenge on Danny Rand and his friends? Show them that you're better than them? I can show you how to make them suffer, as much as you suffered by losing K'un-Lun and denying you your legacy. What do you say?" Prometheus offered and Davos considered.

"What do you plan?" Davos asked as Prometheus got up, putting down his mask and hood, revealing the face of Adrian Chase.

"I know how your people work. You've come to the highest point in the city to meditate and think of your next step. I can offer you one." Adrian said. After listening to his offer, Davos left as Adrian pulled out his phone and dialed 9-1-1. "Yes. I'd like to report a sighting of Davos. This is Assistant District Attorney Chase."


Later, City Hall

"Any clues on Davos?" Moira asked.

"Few minutes ago, the police shot him down." Laurel said. "Adrian called me. And as for the impeachment, they don't believe that Malone was set up. I hate to say it but…"

"…we need to offer up a sacrificial lamb." Moira realized. "I need to throw someone under the bus. Either Detective Malone or Laurel."

"Can't you just tell them that Prometheus set the Green Arrow up?" Foggy argued.

"We have no proof of that. The bows he had prepared to kill Malone are gone." Moira pointed out.

"The council will not let you testify, so you need to address the public." Oliver said as they all turned to him.

"You want me to call a press conference?" Moira asked.

"Yeah." Oliver nodded. "We owe them the truth, let's give them the truth."

"Who are we going to throw under the bus?" Matt wondered.

"Me." Oliver said.


Later

Moira went out to address the public as she approached the stand with mics prepared.

"Good evening, everyone." Moira said. "I would like to thank the city council for conducting these hearings with honesty and integrity. I only wish that I could have done the same with regards to the Green Arrow's involvement in the death of Detective William Malone. I swore to run the office with honesty and transparency and I swore never to resolve to dirty politics or underhanded tactics again. And in the spirit of that transparency, I realize that I owe everyone an explanation as to why I covered up the circumstances of his death.

I did it in a misguided attempt to protect everyone from the news that the Green Arrow, the hero, into which we had placed our trust and faith, had become a cop killer, and I didn't think we could afford to lose another hero."

Moira felt like swallowing a lemon as she let the words out. "But the truth is that the Green Arrow has gone rogue and it is our duty to bring him to justice and make him answer for his crimes. Green Arrow is no hero. He is what is keeping Star City from being the best that it can be. Thank you."

Moira left as the reporters kept asking questions.


"I'm sorry." Moira said as Oliver accompanied her into the office.

"You don't have to apologize." Oliver assured. "You did what had to be done."

Suddenly, Oliver's phone went off as he answered the call. "Misty?"

"Oliver. We have a problem." Misty said and Oliver groaned.

"Another one?" Oliver demanded.

"I'm at the crime scene. One of Bratva's car shops. They're dead. All of them." Misty said.

Oliver's blood ran cold. "Was it Prometheus?"

"I don't know. But the wounds are from blade cuts or some red darts." Misty said and Oliver's eyes widened.


In a darkened room, Anatoly was restrained to a chair as Prometheus circled around him, taking off his mask to reveal Adrian's face. "You killed my brothers. All of them. What do you want?"

"To give a message to Oliver." Prometheus said as he pulled out his sword and Anatoly paled.


Quite frankly, they all must have been complete morons in 5x15-16, if they were unable to figure out here that Chase is Prometheus before Talia revealed it to Oliver. Chase takes away the Vigilante tech from Dinah and not long after that, Prometheus attacks Vigilante and then Chase reports that he had spotted the Vigilante. Quiet convenient, don't you think? It makes the whole Team Arrow look like useless idiots, if they were unable to put it all together.

Plus, there was a really narrow list of suspects who must have been behind the leak and Oliver and Team Arrow must have been completely brain-dead not to put it together and not to see what was in front of them the whole time, considering how often did Oliver, Quentin, Thea and Rene interact with Chase.

So, I've done some changes, hope you liked them. Hope you liked Davos in place of Vigilante and hope my reasoning with him joining Team Prometheus makes sense. In comic books, Davos did join Hydra to get revenge on Danny and while I think that Davos means well deep down and can be reached, which probably could have been explored if the Netflix MCU shows had not been cancelled, it would make more sense here if Davos would do whatever he felt was necessary to get revenge on Danny. And now Chase has faked Davos's death and he has joined Team Prometheus to get revenge on Danny and his friends.

So, what do you guys think?

Please review and let me know if you have enjoyed this and want for me to continue.