Ellie Bishop: Glad you liked that. Yep. The least they could've done was explain Roy's absence, because Oliver looks like an idiot for not calling him.

Agent N: Yep. Glad to hear it.

Guest 2.0: Yep, Logan does. His cameo was one of the only good things about X-Men Apocalypse.

Guest 1: Yeah, Logan is awesome; he's one of my favorite characters as well. Let's just say it won't be pretty for Robert in this chapter.

Guest 2: Exactly. If Oliver was the monster 5x17 portrayed him as, he would've killed a lot more people and wouldn't have cared whether they were innocent or not.

Arrow lair

Night

"Logan?" Laurel breathed as she stared at her old friend in shock.

"Hey kid. You look good," Logan said.

"You know him?" Oliver asked as he looked back and forth between them.

"You remember the guy I told you about, the guy who taught me how to fight?" Laurel said swallowing thickly and Oliver looked over at Logan.

"I'm Logan. Now will put the sword down? I'd really hate to make you bub," Logan said and Oliver didn't miss the implication.

"You're not helping," Laurel said as she put a hand on Oliver's hand that was holding the sword. "It's okay Ollie, it's okay."

"How'd you find this place?" Oliver demanded, not lowering the sword.

"Allen told me where to find it," Logan said, taking Oliver back.

"Allen, Barry Allen?" Oliver asked and Logan nodded.

"We were cellmates at Argus. They picked me up last year, thought I was with Zoom and threw me in a cell. Allen pulled some strings, got me out. Call him and ask if you don't believe me," Logan challenged and, after a moment, Oliver lowered the katana to his side.

"No, I believe you," Olive said and Logan smirked.

"Good. Somehow, I don't think us beating the crap out of each other is gonna go over well with her," Logan said as he glanced over at Laurel, retracting his claws. "So, looks like you two are in trouble."

"You could say that," Laurel said, still in disbelief that he was really standing in front of her.

"A man named Adrian Chase has kidnaped our friends and family. And if you're willing, we could use all the help we can get," Oliver told him.

Star City

Same time

Diggle was on the phone with Rick when he saw a woman dressed in black standing in the middle of the road.

"I'll have to call you back," Diggle said before hanging up.

Diggle narrowed his eyes, anger and hatred swelling in his chest. He pressed on the gas and went full speed ahead. However, the woman stepped aside and slashed the side of the car with a sword. Diggle lost control and his car swerved into a truck before he passed out.

Arrow lair

Same time

Oliver's phone rang and he pulled it out, seeing it was Rick.

"Flag," Oliver answered.

"I was just on the phone with Diggle and he hung up on me. He's not answering my calls," Rick said and a pit of dread began to form in Oliver's stomach.

"Where was John's last location before you lost contact?" Oliver demanded.

Star City

Later

Oliver, Laurel, and Logan drove up to the overturned car on motorcycles. But, as they got off, they found no sign of Diggle.

"John?! Damn it!" Oliver shouted in frustration.

"He was taken, by multiple people. Men and women," Logan said after taking a sniff around.

"How do you know?!" Oliver asked as he whirled on Logan.

"I can smell it," Logan said simply and Oliver simply stared.

"You can-you can smell it?" Oliver asked incredulously. "What, are you, a Meta?"

"No, I'm a Mutant," Logan said.

"What's the difference?" Oliver asked annoyed.

"A Meta is created, a Mutant is born," Logan said before sniffing around. "Your friend is alive. Hurt, but alive."

"Of course he is. If he wanted to kill them, he'd have done it by now," Oliver growled.

"Then why is Chase taking all of our friends?" Laurel demanded.

"He's goading me, trying to make me attack him," Oliver realized.

"Well, from what you've told me about this Chase, he's at least fifty moves ahead," Logan noted.

"If you attack him at City Hall, they'll think you're crazy. If you attack him as Green Arrow, we'll be public enemy number one. And Chase is under constant protection. He outplayed us," Laurel said as Oliver's phone rang. "Who is it?"

"Unknown number," Oliver frowned before accepting the call.

"Hello? Hello? Somebody help me. Please help me."

Oliver stared in horror at the sight of his son, William, on the phone, looking completely terrified.

"Ollie, who is that?" Laurel asked, noticing his reaction.

"My son. That's my son," Oliver said once he found his voice.

"Since when do you have a son?" Laurel asked in shock.

"I sent him and his mother into hiding last year. Chase must have found them," Oliver realized in horror.

"Okay, Chase has your friends, he has your son. There are no good options here Queen. What do you wanna do?" Logan asked.

Queen Mansion, Earth-2

Night

"What do you mean you killed Ollie?" Thea asked, looking like she was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

"He's your son. How could you kill him?" Moira asked looking to be in complete shock.

"We both made it to the life boat. But there wasn't enough food and water for the both of us. We drifted for days, Oliver kept going on about how he was going to get back to you," Robert said as he looked over at the shocked Laurel. "How he was going to propose to you once he came back. I realized then he would never survive. So I decided to put him out of his misery. I made it quick, he didn't suffer."

"How could do that? He was your own son!" Laurel suddenly roared once she found her voice.

"I did it so that he would be spared the pain of starvation," Robert insisted.

"No, you did it so you'd have a better chance of survival," Moira said once she found her voice, looking at her husband with disgust and hate on her face.

Thea suddenly keeled over, vomiting onto the floor. Laurel instinctively knelt down next to her, stroking her back, trying to comfort her as much as herself.

"How could you…how could you?" Thea looked up at Robert, betrayal in her eyes.

Star City

Now

"Quite an escort," Adrian noted from the back of the police cruiser he was in.

"Green Arrow could be anywhere," the officer sitting next to him pointed out.

"Who do you think is under that hood? Department's gotta have a theory," Adrian said casually.

Before the officer could answer, the first cruiser swerved out of control, sparks coming off it as Oliver, dressed in his suit, jumped down and began engaging the officers as they got out.

"Don't lose that Kevlar," the officer told Adrian before getting out of the cruiser.

The officer forced Adrian to sit down, back against the car, as she opened fire on Oliver. Oliver dodged the bullets as a sonic scream forced the other officers on the backs. Oliver fired, getting another officer as, with a roar, Logan was suddenly there, whirling his claws. Logan cut through the guns before kicking the officers.

"Go, now!" one of the officers told Adrian.

Adrian didn't need to be told twice, getting up and running out of the line of fire. Something Logan noticed.

"Go, we'll hold them off! You get Chase!" Logan told Oliver.

Oliver nodded at him and took off running after Adrian while Laurel and Logan fought side by side for the first time in years.

"Feels like old times, doesn't it?" Logan said and Laurel smiled.

Adrian was making an escape through some tall grass when an arrow nicked his shoulder. Adrian turned around as Oliver grabbed him by the shirt.

"Where is my son?!" Oliver snarled.

"No, that's not how this is gonna work Oliver! You're gonna let me go, because if you don't, my friends have orders to kill yours if they don't hear from me by a certain time after you get the video. So what's it gonna be Ollie?" Adrian taunted him.

After a moment, Oliver released Adrian.

"Why would you involve William? That's my boy. He's an innocent in all this," Oliver said brokenly.

"So was my wife man, but you involved her. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Everyone you care about, everyone in your orbit suffers," Adrian turned to go before pausing, looking back at Oliver with a smirk. "See you on the boat."

Oliver looked after him, watching as Adrian disappeared into the night.

Argus base

Later

"I hit Adrian with a tracer arrow, should help us track him," Oliver said as he, Laurel, and Logan followed after Rick.

"We can only hope. We need all the help we can get," Rick said.

"You know, if I wasn't so aware of the fact that I could kill you with a scream, I'd be insulted," Laurel snarked and Rick smiled grimly.

"Your ego is what I need you to keep in check Ms. Lance," Rick said and Laurel tensed.

"Why? What did you do?" Laurel demanded.

Laurel understood once they walked into the control room. Standing by a computer, looking awkward and a little afraid, was Felicity Smoak.

"Hi Oliver," Felicity said awkwardly, looking at Oliver's blank face.

"No," Laurel said immediately.

"Ms. Lance-" Rick started.

"No!" Laurel shouted, looking over at Oliver. "You know what she did Ollie. She betrayed, you gave her another chance, and she betrayed you again! She can't be trusted!"

"I agree," Rick said, surprising all of them. "While Ms. Smoak's abilities are unquestionably valuable, her stability, or lack of, makes her a liability. Which is why I have taken precautions."

At this, Felicity held up one of her hands to show a silver bracelet was on it.

"That piece of tech is a monitor so to speak. She can only access what I give her access to. Should she violate the terms of this arrangement in anyway, it has a failsafe which will inject her with a sedative and she'll be back in her cell in no time at all," Rick said.

"I know you don't trust me, but I want to help. I want to make things right," Felicity said and Oliver regarded her for a moment.

"Well, I guess I'll work with anyone who can help me get my son back," Oliver said.

"You can't be serious?" Laurel said as she stared at him in shock.

"I don't trust her and I will never trust her again, but she's the one most familiar with how the tracer arrows work. She'll be able to track Chase. But just so we're clear, this doesn't change anything," Oliver warned and Felicity nodded.

"I understand," Felicity said sadly as she turned and started working.

"I can believe this," Laurel grumbled and Oliver sighed.

"I know, okay?" Oliver turned to her, taking her face in his hands. "I don't like it either. But I'm willing to do anything to save our friends. Are you?"

Laurel yanked away, grumbling as she stormed off but Oliver knew he had won the argument. She just need time to cool down.

"Director Flag, there's a woman outside. She claims to have been invited by Mr. Queen," an operative said as he walked over to Rick.

"Send her up, show her here," Rick ordered and the operative nodded as he walked off.

"You called in back up?" Logan asked as he looked over at Oliver.

"Chase is working with at least Talia al Ghul, Liza Werner, China White, Carrie Cutter, a Metahuman, and possibly Evelyn Sharp. We need all the help we can get," Olive said simply.

After a few moments, the operative returned with an exotic looking woman.

"Husband," Nyssa al Ghul said as she greeted Oliver.

"Husband?" Laurel asked, looking over at Oliver.

"It's a long story," Oliver said with a sigh. "Thank you for coming Nyssa."

"Of course. And this must be Laurel Lance of Earth-2," Nyssa said as she looked over at Laurel. "I am Nyssa al Ghul."

"Laurel," Laurel greeted.

"I'm James, but you can call me Logan. Everyone does," Logan said and Nyssa nodded.

"Who are we up against?" Nyssa asked as she looked over at Oliver.

"Adrian Chase. He's been trained by your sister, who's also working with him," Oliver said and Nyssa was visibly surprised. "I wanted to tell you in person."

As Nyssa processed this news, Felicity spoke up.

"Okay, I think I found him," Felicity said and Oliver walked over to her, looking over her shoulder at the screen.

"He went to an abandoned airfield west of the city and hijacked a plane," Oliver noted as he saw the data. "The plane then flew out over the coast, banked southerly twelve degrees, which means…"

"Ollie? What is it?" Laurel asked as Oliver trailed off.

"I know where they're going," Oliver said as he looked over at Rick. "That favor I asked you?"

"Already done. We just have to wait for the call," Rick said to the confusion of everyone else.

"Okay, what the hell are you two talking about?" Logan demanded.

Bludhaven

Same time

An Argus operative walked into a bar, looking around. Spotting a man in a booth, the operative walked over, sitting on the other side.

"If Argus thinks I'm going back, forget it," the man said, putting a hand on the gun in his jacket.

"Relax Castle, I'm not here to bring you in," the operative said and Frank paused. "I'm here to set up a conversation."

The operative reached inside his pocket and pulled out a phone. He dialed a number and held it out to Frank. Frank took it and saw it was a video call. After a moment, Oliver's face appeared on the screen.

"Queen," Frank said blankly.

"Hello Frank. I need your help," Oliver said taking Frank back. "Prometheus, the Throwing Star Killer, he's kidnaped my friends and family, including my son."

"You have a son?" Frank asked softly and Oliver nodded.

"Frank, please, I-"

"I'll do it," Frank said, surprising Oliver. "No father should ever have to lose a son."

"Thank you," Oliver said gratefully. "Go with the operative with you, he'll take you to an airfield where we'll meet you."

The call ended and Frank handed the phone back to the stunned again.

"What are you waiting for, an invitation? Let's go," Frank said as he got to his feet.

Plane, next day

Morning

Oliver was sure he was in the middle of a bad joke. He was driving a plane, Laurel in the copilot chair, as Nyssa, Logan, and Frank all stood behind them.

"How did Chase know about this place?" Frank asked.

"Better question is how'd they know how to find it?" Logan wondered.

"Talia," Oliver said and Nyssa looked away. "She researched me, probably told Chase everything. And even if she didn't, considering the news reports, Chase only had to look on a map to find out where I was stranded."

"Ironic," Nyssa said and they looked at her. "When I was a little girl, my father told me to visit this place. It's where I found Sara."

"It must be difficult for you, coming back here," Laurel said as she looked over at Oliver.

"In some ways. In others…in others, it feels like coming home," Oliver said as he circled the island of Lian Yu.

Queen Mansion, Earth-2, four years ago

Night

"So, what are you going to do now Laurel?" Moira said as Laurel circled them.

"As much as I hate you Moira…I get it. You did what you thought you had to to protect Thea. I can't be angry about that," Laurel said before she whirled on Robert. "But I can absolutely be angry at you!"

"I did what I had to do," Robert said.

"No, you did what you wanted to do, because that's who you are. You look out for yourself, always have. You killed Ollie; because you knew only one of you would survive. You chose yourself over him. And now, you're gonna pay for that," Laurel said darkly.

Laurel screamed, unleashing her sonic cry. The chair Robert was sitting in shattered as he was thrown back. They heard the sounds of his bones being shattered and he fell to the floor, his neck hanging at an impossible angle as he stared without seeing.

Lian Yu

Now

Diggle had the bag removed from his head. Blinking at the sudden light, he looked around, seeing Thea, Quentin, and Curtis, the four of them chained together.

"You guys alright?" Diggle asked.

"Fine, a little north of pissed off through," Quentin said.

"Lyla, JJ, where are they?" Diggle asked frantically.

"Wait Chase took them to?" Curtis asked horrified at the thought of a child being brought into this.

"Relax," Adrian drawled as he walked over, escorted by Cutter and White as well as some of Talia's students. "Enjoy the weather."

"Where are my wife and son?!" Diggle exploded, trying to lung for him but was pulled down by the chains around his hand, tying him to the others.

"Relax John, you'll be seeing them soon enough," Adrian promised as one of Talia's students put a sword to Diggle's neck.

"Why are we here?" Thea demanded.

"So you recognize this place. Good," Adrian said before he turned and stalked off.

"Oliver's gonna come for us!" Thea shouted as his retreating form.

"Counting on it sis," Adrian tossed back.

"Chase is using us as bait to draw Oliver out," Diggle growled.

"Odds aren't exactly in his favor," Quentin pointed out.

"Ollie's faced worse odds than this," Thea argued.

"Yeah, with the help of you, John, Felicity, Roy and Laurel, the rest of us," Curtis pointed out.

"Curtis is right Thea. Oliver can't do this alone," Diggle said glumly.

At the same time, in the underground Argus prison on the island, Oliver opened a door. He walked in, carrying a large duffle bag. He dropped the bag onto the floor before walking up to the cell door, sighing.

"I need your help," Oliver said after a moment and the man in the cell chuckled.

"Hey kid. I'm glad you came back."

And now we're in the endgame.