Ellie Bishop: Yep. No kidding on Talia. Yep, it is. No kidding, it's just too unbelievable that Chase was able to think that far ahead every single time.

Green Hal37: Why thank you. Yeah, I haven't watched Flash season two aside from 2x06 in a while, so that's probably why I was confused there. No, but Barry and Snart didn't have a very good relationship either, it didn't stop Savitar from using him or from it messing with Barry's head, did it?

Agent N: Not yet, but soon. Honestly, I'm mixed about it. From what I've seen him in, I'm not confident he could do Wolverine justice. But I also had doubts about Grant Gustin doing the Flash, so we'll see how it goes.

Guest: In hindsight, Chase as Prometheus was obvious and predictable as hell. Chase could have been a great villain, but laziness on the writers' part ruined him. Honestly, Chase is nothing more than a rip off of Malcolm and Slade IMO. My favorite Arrowverse villains, from greatest to least, are Slade, Thawne, Malcolm, and Zoom.

Starling General Hospital

Night

Oliver and Laurel burst through the doors, finding Quentin waiting for them.

"What happened?" Oliver demanded.

"Some lowlife got him as he was coming out of the precinct. Security cameras got the whole thing but no shot of his face," Quentin explained.

"And how's Pike?" Oliver asked and Quentin sighed.

"He's comatose," Quentin said and Oliver was dismayed.

"This was Chase, had to be," Laurel said and Oliver nodded in agreement.

"What makes you say that? This isn't exactly his style," Quentin pointed out.

"I gave Pike a lead on Chase earlier tonight," Oliver explained.

"Awfully convenient that Pike gets stabbed right after," Laurel mentioned casually as they began moving down the hall.

"I thought we didn't have anything," Quentin said confused.

"A contact of Lyla's came back with something. Is Pike's family in there?" Oliver asked as they stopped outside Pike's room.

"No, but someone else is," Quentin said sarcastically.

Oliver looked inside and his blood boiled as he caught sight of Adrian standing by Pike's bedside. Oliver walked inside, Laurel right behind him as the door closed.

"Life's so fragile, isn't it? Decades of hopes and dreams then one little mistake, one moment, and it's all gone." Adrian said as he turned around to face them.

"I'm not gonna let you hurt anyone else," Oliver growled.

"Really? Because so far, you haven't been able to do much to stop me. Susan's fine by the way. Well, alive at any rate," Adrian said like they were discussing the weather rather than someone's life.

"We'll find her," Oliver growled.

"And when we do, I'm gonna take great joy in letting you get up close and personal with my Cry," Laurel said with a nasty smirk.

"You realize how impotent the two of you sound, right?" Adrian asked and Oliver snapped.

"You think this is a game?" Oliver growled as he grabbed Adrian by his shirt. "I don't feel like playing anymore."

"You don't have a choice Oliver. If you kill me, you kill Susan. And she'll be as dead as your mother, as Tommy, as Shado, as Laurel…sorry, the other Laurel," Adrian said in mock apology as he looked over at the seething Laurel before returning his gaze to Oliver. "All dead because of you. So go ahead, kill me. Let's see how much more loss you can take, because I don't think it's much. I think that you're one loss away from being completely destroyed."

Growling, Oliver let him go. As much as he wanted to, he knew that he couldn't kill Adrian without also killing Susan.

"Well, I guess we're gonna have to find another way to handle this then. Because that's the beautiful thing about all this Oliver," Adrian said and Oliver looked at him confused. "If you kill me, you'll really only be killing yourself."

Oliver froze. He highly doubted that it was coincidence that Adrian was using the same words as Gregor. With a smug, mocking smirk, Adrian walked out, leaving them alone.

"He's mocking me," Oliver growled.

"What?" Laurel asked confused.

"What he said about killing myself, a man named Gregor told me that same thing five years ago. Talia must have told him," Oliver said as he ran a hand over his face.

"He's trying to mess with your head, that's all. And we know Susan's alive now," Laurel pointed out.

"For how long? Chase has her and I don't know how to stop him. None of this would be happening if I had listened to my instincts about Chase the moment I met him," Oliver said in guilt.

"You can't go there Ollie," Laurel said as she put a hand to the side of his face. "I know you're going out of your mind, but you can't lose yourself. Because once you do…you may never find yourself again."

Queen Mansion, Earth-2, four years ago

Night

Two guards were on duty, standing outside the front door of the mansion. Hearing the clicking of heels across the pavement, they whipped out their guns, searching for the threat. But they saw no sign of anyone.

Then, Laurel jumped down, engaging them. Quickly knocking the first one out with a hard punch to the jaw, she wrapped the second one in a choke hold and held him until he passed out from lack of oxygen. Laurel then let him fall to the ground. He wasn't her target.

Laurel then turned and walked up to the front door. Kicking it open, she walked in to see various guards, armed with guns, burst into the foyer and aimed at her. With a smirk, Laurel unleashed her Canary Cry on them.

Arrow lair

Now

"Hey, anything on Susan?" Diggle asked as Oliver and Laurel walked off the elevator.

"Not yet," Oliver said grimly.

"Well, then I have some good news," Diggle said and they gave him their full attention. "I was just about to call you. When I told her about Susan, Lyla reached out to this Oracle again. Oracle reached out to someone, a detective of some sort, and they think they may have a possible location on where Susan is being held in the video."

"She's amazing. What did you do to deserve her?" Laurel asked after a moment and Diggle shrugged.

"I ask myself that same question every day," Diggle said honestly.

"Okay, text Curtis and Rene the address. John, I need you to do something for me," Oliver said and Diggle raised an eyebrow. "If I'm gonna beat him, it's by playing his game. And I know someone who makes him vulnerable, the way Susan makes me."

Star City

Later

"This is where Prometheus is holding Susan?" Rene asked as he, Oliver, Laurel, and Curtis stood outside the seemingly abandoned building.

"It was when he shot that video. I'm reading a few dozen heat signatures," Curtis said after his T-Sphere scanned the building.

"Prometheus brought back up?" Laurel wondered.

"Or he's using decoys," Curtis pointed out.

"Either way, we need to find Susan," Oliver ordered.

"We should split up, canvas the building floor by floor," Laurel suggested and Oliver nodded.

"Wild Dog, Siren, you go together. Mr. Terrific, you're with me. You find Chase or Susan, you radio for help," Oliver said before the four of them moved out.

Once inside, Curtis pulled out his T-Spheres.

"These puppies should help our searching capabilities," he told Oliver as they flew off.

Meanwhile, Laurel kicked a door in and she and Rene moved in.

"Next time, I get to kick the door in," Rene complained.

"Aw, is the little doggie feeling left out?" Laurel teased and Rene grumbled incoherently.

Laughing at him, Laurel entered the room. Opening a door, she saw a bomb. And it was beeping.

"Get back!" Laurel shouted, tackling Rene out of the way as it went off.

Oliver and Curtis heard the sound and exchanged a look.

"Siren, Wild Dog, do you copy? What was that?" Oliver demanded.

"A bomb," Rene said as they pulled themselves to their feet.

"We're fine, but we're trapped in here," Laurel said as she saw the door was blocked by debris. "And I think the heat signatures are explosives."

"I think we can pretty much confirm that," Curtis said after scanning for it.

"We've got five minutes for search and rescue before this whole place comes down. You get Laurel and Rene out of here, I will find Susan," Oliver ordered.

Oliver walked off without waiting for a response. Oliver hadn't separated from Curtis for long when an elevator opened up. Inside was Susan, bound to a chair.

"Oliver!" Susan exclaimed as she saw him.

"Are you okay?" Oliver asked as he walked in.

"Yeah, Adrian Chase, he's-"

"I know," Oliver said as he used a flechette to cut her free. "Don't worry, I'm gonna get you out of here."

No sooner had he finished than the elevator doors closed and the elevator began moving.

"What's happening?" Susan asked as she got to her feet.

"Chase is controlling the elevator. Susan, we need to get you out of here, this building is going to explode," Oliver warned her.

"What about-"

"Chase wants me, you're no longer his target," Oliver assured her.

"I was gonna say what about you?" Susan asked.

"I'm gonna finish this," Oliver said darkly. "Take the elevator upstairs, get to safety."

Oliver walked off, the elevator doors closing behind him automatically. Oliver rounded the corner and came face to face with Prometheus.

"Hello Oliver," he said in his disguised voice.

Curtis rounded the corner and came upon the blocked door.

"Can you guys hear me in there?" Curtis asked.

"Yeah, just waiting on that rescue," Rene said sarcastically.

"Good, step back," Curtis ordered.

Rene and Laurel did so and the T-Spheres broke through the debris.

Prometheus pulled off his hood and mask to reveal the face of Adrian Chase. "I'm glad Talia told you. I prefer it this way, face to face. There's an honestly to it."

"Well honestly, I'm gonna keep us both here until this building comes down on top of us," Oliver promised.

"Then you'd be dead," Adrian pointed out.

"So would you!" Oliver sneered and Adrian smirked.

"Really? Do you really think I'd let that happen Oliver?" Adrian pulled out a small device and pushed a button, Oliver had a feeling the bombs were disarmed. "Remember, I'm always ten steps ahead of you."

"If that were true, you probably would have seen this coming," Oliver told him.

Adrian was confused until Spartan came around the corner, Doris with him. Adrian stared in shock as his wife looked at him in horror.

"Adrian," she breathed.

"You shouldn't be here," Adrian told her.

"How else was I supposed to find out the truth? You killed all those people!" She said in disgust.

"It's not that simple," Adrian defended.

"You killed them, it's simple. I know baby, this can't be you. It isn't," She said tearfully as she walked over to him, taking his face in her hands.

Adrian seemed to break, taking her into his arms as he ran a hand through her hair.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," Adrian glared at Oliver, accusation on his face. "Why did you make her come here?"

"To get you to stop," Doris said as she stepped back. "You have to stop. You have to turn yourself in."

"I can't," Adrian said immediately.

"You have to. Whatever you're doing, it's over," She told him.

"You'd tell the police?" Adrian asked.

"No, you tell them," Doris said and he sighed.

"You're right. I'm sorry; I'll take care of this," Adrian assured her.

There was the sound of metal piercing flesh and the two vigilantes watched in horror as a bloodied knife fell to the floor. Doris stumbled back, shock and pain written across her face, a small wound seeping blood on her stomach.

"John!" Oliver cried.

Spartan grabbed her, taking off as Oliver and Adrian rushed each other. They exchanged blows, flipping each other over; they got to their feet, throwing their weapons to the floor before rushing each other, preferring a physical fight. Oliver tackled Adrian to the floor, sending a series of punches to Adrian's face but Adrian blocked him before shoving him off of him. The two jumped to their feet and Oliver tackled Adrian again, breaking through a large wooden board as they continued to exchange blows.

"What the hell?" Rene asked as Diggle came out, carrying Doris.

"Curtis, call an ambulance. Rene, go inside, help Oliver now!" Diggle shouted and neither needed to be told twice. "Where's Laurel?"

"She wouldn't leave without Oliver," Curtis said as he dialed.

Oliver threw Adrian onto a wooden table, and Adrian grabbed him, dragging him down with him. The table broke under their combined weight and they both fell to the floor. They both stood up, stumbling as they glared at each other, Adrian smirking with his bloodied face.

"I told you Oliver, I'm not gonna kill you and you can't kill me," Adrian told him and Oliver sneered.

"Yes Adrian, I can!" Oliver shouted.

They then heard a Canary Cry and someone hit the wall. The pair turned around to see Talia getting off the floor, Laurel standing in front of her.

"Talia," Oliver growled.

"She was about to shoot you with this," Laurel said as she picked up the tranq arrow off the floor.

Something rolled on the floor and Oliver looked down to see an explosive by his feet. As it started beeping, he raced over and tackled Laurel out of the way before it went off. Debris fell, separating them from Chase and Talia.

"I don't suppose that trapped them?" Laurel said as Oliver helped her to her feet.

"What do you think?" Oliver asked sarcastically.

Arrow lair

Lair

"Wow, so this is your secret base," Susan asked as she looked around.

"We call it the Arrow cave…or at least I do," Curtis said and Oliver repressed his annoyance.

"So…what happens now," Susan asked as the doors opened.

"You come with me Ms. Williams," Rick Flag said as he stepped out of the elevator.

"Susan, this is Rick Flag, he's director of a government organization called Argus. He's a friend," Oliver said as he made the introductions.

"Ms. Williams, it's not safe for you in Star City. Until Adrian Chase is caught or killed, you will be placed into protective custody," Rick explained to her.

"But…my job," Susan protested.

"Susan, The only reason you aren't dead is because Adrian wanted to use you against me. It's safer for you to go with Rick," Oliver pleaded and, after a moment, Susan nodded.

"Thank you for coming for me," Susan said and Oliver nodded. "And…I'm sorry about what happened between us."

"Me to," Oliver said with a tight smile.

Rick led Susan out and the elevator doors closed behind them.

"So, what happened with Doris?" Oliver asked as he turned around to face Diggle.

"I got off the phone with Quentin, she passed away on the way to Starling General," Diggle said and there was a moment of silence in the lair. "Of course, Chase is pinning it on the Green Arrow."

"Of course," Oliver said sarcastically.

"Okay, so obviously, Chase and Talia wanted to kidnap you. Why though?" Rene asked.

"I don't know. But Argus didn't find any sign of either Chase or Talia in the room where the explosive went off, not that I expected them to. Who knows what he'll do next," Oliver said grimly.

QueenMansion, Earth-2, four years ago

Night

Laurel unleashed her scream at the firing guards. She knocked several of them into the walls or stairs, knocking them out. As she walked deeper into the house, the guards still standing firing at her. Laurel easily dodged the bullets and rushed forward, knocking out the last guards with a few blows. She was only here to kill one person.

Laurel climbed the stairs and walked down the hall, looking for the room. A man burst forward, attempting to strike her. But Laurel screamed, using her powers to send him flying on his back. A she walked closer, she saw that it was Robert Queen.

"Hey Robert, long time," Laurel told his unconscious form as a young woman rounded the corner, staring.

"Laurel?" Thea Queen gapped and Laurel looked up at her.

"Hey Speedy," Laurel said, a genuine smile crossing her face.

"What-what are you doing?" Thea asked fearfully.

"I'm here for your mother," Laurel said simply.

"Laurel," Laurel turned around, seeing Moira standing behind her, terror on her face. "Please, don't hurt my daughter.

"I would never hurt Thea," Laurel said honestly as she walked forward. "You on the other hand."

Laurel slugged her, hard, knocking her out.

"What are you gonna do with them?" Thea asked fearfully.

"Your father, nothing. Your mother, that depends on what her answers to my questions are," Laurel said.

"What questions?" Thea asked wearily.

"About why she sold me to Hydra," Laurel said to Thea's shock.

Unspecified location

Afternoon

A boy with dark hair was getting off a bus as a man watched. As the boy started to walk home, the man approached him.

"William," Adrian called.

"My name is Mathew," William Clayton lied as he walked passed Adrian.

"But it used to be William right? When you and your mother left Central City," Adrian said and William stopped.

"You know my mom?" William questioned as he turned around to face Adrian.

"Actually, I know your father…and he knew mine," Adrian told him ominously and William began to get a very bad feeling about this man.

I think we all know which detective Oracle reached out to. *Wink*

So, I probably wouldn't be able to do the 'confession' without making it a copy and paste of what I did in my now deleted story Sara's aberration, so instead of doing that, we're just going to get right to the end.