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Later, the Lair

Later, they met with Roy and Sin, or to be more accurate, alternate versions of Roy and Sin, and it felt really strange for both Oliver and Sara that their proteges had taken up their respective monikers in Roy's version of Oliver's lair in the bunker.

"So two castaways who had been gone for ten years, stranded on a deserted island, decide to take up vigilante mantles and conveniently, the ones we put on." Roy drawled.

"And if my Chinese is correct, the island would be called 'purgatory' in English." Sin added.

"We needed an identity to work under, yours seemed to be most convenient. Sorry if the two of you have taken offense." Sara shrugged.

"What brought you to Unidac Industries?" Roy asked.

"We didn't kill those scientists, if that's what you're implying, we were actually trying to figure out who did it." Oliver said.

Roy nodded. "I believe you." Oliver and Sara raised eyebrows at him. "I've compared the arrows you use with the ones that were used to kill those people back in the lab. It doesn't match your arrows but it matches another archer in Star City. One who wears a black hood and wears a jade pendant. I've crossed paths with him before. The media call him 'The Dark Archer'. From what I've been able to gather, he used to be a member of an ancient group of killers that are supposedly a myth."

Oliver and Sara widened their eyes as they looked at each other and the pieces fell together. "The League of Assassins."

"You think that…" Sara trailed off and Oliver nodded.

Sin snorted, crossing her arms, looking intrigued. "For two castaways, you're well-informed. You know something we don't?"

"It's Malcolm Merlyn." Oliver said immediately.

Roy shook his head. "Merlyn may be crooked but he doesn't strike me as someone capable of something like this."

"Besides, we've got our own list of suspects, who may be the Dark Archer. We've ruled Merlyn out months ago." Sin said. "But whoever this Dark Archer is, he may have a partner too."

"Who?" Sara asked.

Roy pulled out a sketch of a dark-haired woman in black hood and Oliver's and Sara's eyes widened. "I haven't been able to find out much about her but she used to be a member of the League too until she left. Supposedly, she was the leader's daughter but left because she disproved of his methods."

"Nyssa…" Sara whispered.

"You know her?" Sin asked.

"We did. In a different life." Oliver said vaguely as they looked at each other. Sara's relationship with Nyssa was one of her deepest regrets too, considering how it had brought her to the darkness. Roy and Sin just looked at each other in confusion, wondering what were Oliver and Sara talking about before Oliver cleared his throat. "In any case, I think I'm gonna have my own chat with Mr. Merlyn, see what he knows."

The following morning, Queen Consolidated

With Malcolm being the deputy CEO of the company, Oliver had decided to visit him under the ruse of considering a job in the company as Malcolm gave him a tour through the offices. "We recently completed a total IT upgrade. Five-hundred miles worth of high-capacity fiber optics married to an underground server farm."

"Is something like that for Applied Sciences?" Oliver asked.

"We had a small incident there last night, very unfortunate." Malcolm said sadly and Oliver acted confused, though he already knew Malcolm was a master of deception and a skilled liar. "The police are investigating."

"Oh, that's too bad, I hope no one was hurt." Oliver said as they walked down the stairs. "Do you think it had anything to do with the, um, the dwarf… the dwarf star project?"

Malcolm looked at him in surprise. "How do you know about that?"

"Oh. The Internet. I did my research last night." Oliver chuckled and Malcolm chuckled too as he nodded.

"Well, the press coverage hasn't been particularly kind, everyone wants to make the dwarf star project out to be something sinister, but it's just an alternative energy source project, completely benign." Malcolm explained.

Oliver shrugged. "I suppose everything's a matter of interpretation."

Malcolm then accompanied him to an office area. "And here would be your office. Make yourself comfortable, familiarize yourself, if there's anything you need, just let me know." He left as Oliver sat at the computer, logging in and researching everything he could find out about the dwarf star project.

SCPD

Quentin was at his desk, filing before someone tapped on the desk and he looked up and smiled. "Hey, honey. What brings you here?"

"I've been considering a job in the force." Sara said.

Quentin blinked as he leaned onto his chair. "Oh." He chuckled in surprise. "Last I recall, you used to cause trouble, getting drunk and shoplifting and you used to think that it's naïve to believe that we don't need to go outside the law to bring justice."

Sara shrugged. "The law may not be the perfect tool in bringing justice but without law we'd have anarchy. I've learned a long time ago that you need to do your best, even if it would be much easier for you to do your worst." That was a lesson she had to learn the hard way.

"You sure about this?" Quentin asked, raising an eyebrow. "I mean, being a cop is a serious job and—"

"I'm willing to give it a shot. But if it doesn't work, I'm gonna try something else. Maybe a P.I." Sara shrugged before trying to change the subject. "Hey, I read in the news something about the attack on Unidac Industries? You won't mind if I take a look? See if you've overlooked something."

"OK. One moment." Quentin opened the file cabinet and showed Sara the file and Sara looked at the sketch of the Green Arrow and the Black Canary. "Witnesses claim that these two vigilantes were there but we don't know yet if they're responsible for the attack."

"They're not." Sara said immediately.

"What makes you think that?" Quentin asked and Sara stopped, realizing she had slipped before she took a closer look at the file.

"Uh… the edgeworks on the arrows. They don't match. It was a different archer." Sara said and Quentin considered before nodding.

"It's not the first time we've had to deal with the Dark Archer. I wouldn't be surprised if he was behind this." Quentin said as he smiled at Sara, impressed. "Maybe you'd make a good detective, honey."

"Maybe." Sara shrugged.

Later, Queen Consolidated

Malcolm was in his office, working on a report for the dwarf star project before the Green Arrow burst in through the window and ziplined, landing on Malcolm's desk and notching an arrow at Malcolm's chest. "Malcolm Merlyn, you have failed this city!"

Malcolm raised his hands, seeming genuinely terrified. "I-I-I don't know what you think I did but I—"

Suddenly, Oliver was sent to the ground as another arrow grazed his side and the Dark Archer jumped in through the window and Oliver realized that it definitely wasn't Malcolm as Malcolm yelped, while the Dark Archer kicked Oliver back. Oliver felt a familiar Déjà vu, when he had to block his strikes and the Dark Archer dodged Oliver's kick, while Oliver knocked off a piece of concrete off the pillar and threw a fletchette, distracting the Dark Archer before the Dark Archer blocked Oliver's kick.

They both exchanged blows before the Dark Archer slammed Oliver to the conference table and kneed him in the groin and Oliver felt a familiar Déjà vu again. While the Dark Archer wasn't Malcolm, he certainly was just as skilled as him, if not more as the Dark Archer grabbed Oliver and slammed him to the conference table as it collapsed under their combined weight.

Sara rushed up to the office area but stopped, when she faced a dark-haired woman in a black hood and froze, mixed feelings taking her over. "Nyssa…"

"You're not the Black Canary." Nyssa said as Sara realized that it wasn't really her former lover, but still, Nyssa aiming an arrow at Sara felt hurtful on various levels.

"Nyssa…" Sara raised her hands. "Listen, we don't have to fight. You don't have to do this, you're better than this. You don't need to listen to Merlyn."

"I swore my allegiance to Mr. Merlyn. I must fulfill my duty." Nyssa said and Sara sighed. She had suspected things would go down this way but she had hoped she could talk her down.

"Then I guess I have no choice. Sorry about this." Sara pulled out her batons and rushed at Nyssa, dodging as Nyssa fired and Nyssa blocked Sara's strikes with her bow, until they both disarmed each other of their weapons and began exchanging blows instead until Nyssa knocked Sara down.

Sara blocked Nyssa's kick as she got up, blocking her punches before dodging as Nyssa attacked with her knife. Sara grappled Nyssa's arm and threw her over her shoulder and Nyssa fell over the railing of the stairwell. Sara looked down but Nyssa had vanished as Sara's blood ran cold. If this Nyssa was anything like how former lover used to be, Sara had not seen the last of her yet and she certainly was going to try something extreme to get to Sara.

Both archers had gotten up to their feet in the meantime as Oliver slammed the Dark Archer to a wall and grappled his arm as the Dark Archer threw a punch. Oliver threw the Dark Archer to the floor and started pummeling him, while Malcolm just stared in horror.

"Oh, God…" Malcolm stammered.

"Get out of here!" Oliver ordered as Malcolm ran off before Oliver subdued the Dark Archer and took off his mask and his blood ran cold upon seeing that the Dark Archer was his best friend. "Oh, no."

Tommy suddenly came to, opening his eyes and kicked Oliver in the face before he fired a grapnel arrow outside, rappelling away through the window as Oliver stared in shock. His best friend becoming the Dark Archer, well, fate seemed to like being ironic.

Later, morning, Queen Manor

"So that's your story. An archer in black hood flew in and attacked the Green Arrow and the Black Canary?" Quentin asked, interviewing Malcolm. "Who is he? Why did he do it?"

"I don't know. Find them and you ask." Malcolm said, still a bit in shock from the ordeal from last night.

"First, Applied Sciences, now the vigilantes bust heads in your own office." Hilton said as Oliver and Sara glanced at Tommy.

"What's your point, Detective?" Malcolm asked.

"I think what Dad is trying to say is that it is too big of a coincidence." Sara said.

"Obviously not. Someone is clearly targeting my father's company." Tommy denied.

"Except, the Green Arrow attacked your father." Quentin showed him the portrait. "Usually he doesn't go after decent people."

"Unless you have anything more to say, I think this conversation is over, Detective Lance. Our attorney will be in touch." Moira said.

Quentin nodded. "Certainly." He then turned to Sara and Laurel, with Sara coming to visit and Laurel checking in on the Queens.

"Daddy, can you give us a minute?" Sara asked and Quentin nodded.

"I'll be outside, sweetie." Quentin said.

"They've got a point." Tommy said as soon as the detectives left. "It's been a lot of drama for the past 24 hours. Maybe we should reconsider Oliver's and Sara's 'Welcome Home' party."

Malcolm shook his head. "No, no, no, no. It'll just look like we're trying to cover something up."

"Yeah. And I missed tequila." Oliver cracked, remembering what had happened years ago, when he returned home.

"I think we could all blow off after what we've been through lately." Sara added.

"Yeah. We could all use a break." Laurel nodded as she held Oliver's hand.

"You won't mind if I go out for some air?" Oliver asked as he got up from the couch.

"Of course." Moira nodded.

Oliver then walked down the hallway but stopped, when a familiar bearded man with an eyepatch appeared at the doorstep.

"Oliver, I'd like you to meet Slade Wilson. Former Australian Special Forces. He'll be accompanying you from now on." Moira said.

"Pleasure to meet you…" Slade offered his hand and shook it with Oliver as he smiled. "Mr. Queen." Sara then went to the entrance hall and froze in surprise upon seeing Slade but kept a straight face. "Miss Lance. Welcome home." He then turned to Quentin and Moira. "You won't mind if I give your children a ride? I think they could use a conversation with someone who had seen… his share of horrors."

Quentin and Moira glanced at each other before shrugging, thinking it wouldn't hurt.

Oliver and Sara were in the car with Slade driving as they stared at him.

"What's the matter? You look like you just saw a ghost." Slade said.

They then glanced at each other before turning to Slade. "Slade, how—"

"I'm not the real Slade, kid." Slade said before it hit them.

"Is this another test?" Oliver asked.

"I'm not here to test you. I'm here to warn you." Slade said. "What you saw last night, it's your worst fears and deepest regrets and greatest failures unraveling. They may try to tear you both up. If you're able to move past and rise above them, you might be able to reverse what the Anti-Life had done."

"And if not?" Sara asked.

"Then you'll be trapped within your greatest failures forever." Slade said grimly. "But I think you two should prepare yourselves for a party. So how about we go find you fancy suits?"

Later, Verdant

Oliver and Sara were attending the 'Welcome Home' party, with the music echoing throughout the nightclub and Oliver just stared, while Sara turned to him. "It's strange. There was a time, when I would've enjoyed myself but now it's…"

"…lavishing and flamboyant for your taste?" Sara asked and Oliver nodded before he turned around and caught a cork that was about to hit him in the face, when Tommy was opening a champagne bottle.

"Sorry!" Tommy called.

"It's OK!" Oliver assured as he turned, not noticing Tommy's eyes narrow.

"What's the matter? I thought you'd be enjoying the party tonight?" Laurel asked as she approached Oliver, seeing how he was not… his usual playboy self.

"Sorry. I guess my mind's still on the island." Oliver said.

"Well, why don't we try to dance. See if we can bring your mind here?" Laurel held his hand and dragged him to the dancefloor. Oliver tried to enjoy himself and he was able to at the very least put a smile on his face and feign enjoying the party. "You see, you need to take your mind off the island."

Oliver smiled. "You always know how to lift my spirits."

"Guess I still know you well enough, huh?" Laurel asked as she wrapped her arms around his neck and Oliver took a breath. He knew she wasn't real and this wouldn't change anything but… still… he needed to let it out.

"Laurel, even in my darkest days, when I was gone, you were my light in the dark. The only thing that kept me going. Whatever had gone between us… I never would've made it home, if not for my hope of seeing you again." Oliver said and Laurel smiled, feeling touched.

"You're here now. That's all that matters." Laurel assured as she kissed him before Oliver saw Tommy sneaking out of the club.

"So, you and Tommy never…" Oliver trailed off.

"What? No." Laurel shook her head. "I mean… he was there for me after you disappeared but…" She sighed. "Honestly, he reminded me too much of you and I couldn't bring myself to commit myself to someone else. Deep down I kept hoping you would come back one day." She smiled at Oliver, caressing his cheek.

"Sorry, can you give me a moment? I need to talk with Tommy." Oliver said as he left, seeing Tommy sneak out. Sara was about to follow them but was blocked by some partygoers.

In the car park, Tommy was about to enter his car but stopped upon sensing Oliver's presence. "Wow. That Lian Yu must have been one hell of a place… Oliver." He turned around to face Oliver. "So, were you and Sara ever really gone? Because it looks like you've been running around in a certain green hood and her in a black leather jacket."

"Like you've been around in a black one?" Oliver countered.

Tommy shook his head. "Ah, Ollie, you never should've gotten yourself involved into this."

Oliver suddenly felt a sting on his neck and he pulled out a dart before passing out.

Later

When Oliver came to, he felt cold water splashing him, being dumped on him by one of Tommy's henchmen before they left him with Tommy and Oliver was hanging on chains in a storage area and he groaned. Another Déjà vu.

"So I've been thinking it over and you really were in Lian Yu, because if you had been here, you would've been protecting our sister." Tommy said as Oliver stared at him, while Tommy mused. "So the question is, why are you running around in the Green Arrow's hood and Sara in the Black Canary's black jacket?"

"Why are you doing this, Tommy?" Oliver asked. "This isn't you."

"This is who I've always been!" Tommy exploded as he circled around Oliver like a shark around its prey and Oliver couldn't help but see the reflection with his confrontation with Malcolm the first time around. "The Green Arrow and the Black Canary are running around, jumping on the rooftops, thinking that they are saving this city, when nothing can save it. You don't understand the cancer that has taken over this city."

Oliver was suddenly filled with dread and horror as the realization suddenly dawned onto him as he slowly turned to Tommy. "Oh, my God, this is the Undertaking. You… stole the dwarf star particles because you want to destroy the Glades to get vengeance for Thea."

Tommy's eyes narrowed. "How could you know that?" He grabbed Oliver by his chin as they were locked in heated stares. "What happened to you on that island?"

"What happened to you, while I was on the island?" Oliver countered.

Tommy let go, as he circled around Oliver again. "While you were gone, this city has been rotting. It can't be saved!"

"That's not true, Tommy." Oliver shook his head. "I have seen Starling City come back from darker moments than this. It can be redeemed. You can be redeemed." Especially, since Oliver had reached him before. He could do it again.

"You don't understand what I've seen. You don't know how I found our sister." Tommy said hurtfully as Oliver saw the pain reflect in his eyes and shivered, realizing this may very well could have happened to the real Thea if Oliver had never come back. "Every time I close my eyes, I see her body lying there, cold on a dirty floor. So I swore that I would get vengeance on the Glades for what it did to Thea and I am not going to let her down, not again!"

"That's not gonna make you feel better, Tommy." Oliver pleaded.

"I don't care about feeling better. I just want the Glades to suffer." Tommy said coldly.

"You're a better man than this." Oliver insisted.

"That was a different me." Tommy sneered before he turned around, walking away. "Goodbye, Oliver."

As soon as Tommy left, Oliver started climbing up the chains, just like the last time until he reached the pipe on which he was hanging and let go as the sudden weight caused for the pipe to break. Remembering what happened next, Oliver waited under the stairwell used the chains on the shackles to knock out a guard coming down the stairs before waiting behind the door as another guard entered until the guard was knocked out by Sara as she entered with Slade, who was cleaning his sword. "Hey."

"How'd you find me?" Oliver asked, surprised to see her.

"I remembered what you and Dig told me happened, when you tried to stop Malcolm's Undertaking." Sara said and Oliver nodded.

"Yeah, well, it's not the only history that's repeating itself." Oliver said as Sara looked confused. "Tommy's planning his very own Undertaking."

"With Nyssa working for him." Sara realized. "So… if we stop them…"

"…we can get a piece of Life Equation and get out of here." Oliver finished.

"Correct. You undo your greatest failures here, you're one step closer to bringing everyone home." Slade said.

"So, what would Tommy do next, if he wanted to destroy the Glades with a dwarf-star-powered weapon of mass destruction?" Sara questioned.

"He'd put it where Thea died. Poetic justice." Oliver said, panting out. "We need to stop him."

"OK, how are we gonna figure out where Thea died?" Sara asked.

Slade chuckled. "You do realize you're not the only vigilantes in this city, do you?"

Oliver's and Sara's eyes widened, realizing who was Slade talking about.

Later, the Lair

"We need your help." Oliver said as he entered with Sara.

"What's going on?" Roy asked.

"Short version, Tommy Merlyn is the Dark Archer and he's planning on destroying the Glades tonight with a dwarf-star-powered earthquake machine." Sara summed up as Roy and Sin stared in shock.

"You're kidding me." Sin said.

"I wouldn't joke about something like this." Sara said.

"Why would Merlyn—"

"He's blaming the Glades for what happened to Thea." Oliver said and Roy sighed, feeling himself deflate as Oliver turned to him, seeing the guilty look in his eyes. "You knew my sister, didn't you?"

"Yeah." Roy nodded, looking sad. "When you were gone…" He turned to Oliver. "I tried to help her clean up her act. She wouldn't listen. I felt like I failed her, so I vowed to make sure that what happened to her, wouldn't happen to anyone again. That's why I became a vigilante. What happened to her was my fault."

"You did the best you could. Trust me, blaming yourself never helps." Oliver assured, holding Roy by his shoulder.

"If you'd want to destroy an entire neighborhood, how would you do it?" Sin asked.

"I'd use an earthquake device." Sara said.

"A little too sci-fi, don't you think?" Sin shrugged.

"Well, the dwarf star particles could make for a very powerful weapon." Roy said as he typed away on the computer. "If it goes off, I think I can pinpoint its approximate location."

"If I wanted revenge for what happened with Thea, I'd place the machine where my sister had died. Poetic justice." Oliver said.

"That's where Tommy's gonna be." Sara added.

"4587 Burke. The Glades' drug dealers den." Sin read from the file.

"Suit up." Oliver and Roy said in unison as they smiled at each other.

Later, the Glades

Oliver, Sara, Roy and Sin were in their vigilante outfits, with Slade donning his Deathstroke suit, entering the dealer den. "Tommy and Nyssa could be anywhere inside. Start on the ground floor. Work our way up."

Armed thugs appeared as Oliver and Roy notched arrows and fired, while Sara and Sin engaged them, pulling out their batons and Slade pulled out his sword. These people were just street-level lowlifes, who were no match for the vigilantes as they took them down quickly. With Roy and Sin disposing of the thugs and Slade aiding them, Oliver and Sara were working their way up and were impressed by the dynamic between Roy and Sin, realizing they were a great vigilante duo.

Roy dodged as two thugs attacked with their clubs and blocked with his bow before he knocked one of them out and slammed another one to the wall. Sin ducked as one of the thugs attacked with his chain and it was wrapped around Sin's stick before she pulled and slammed him to the ground. Slade just cut his way through the thugs with his sword with ferocity and ruthlessness.

As Oliver and Sara were working their way up, they faced off with Nyssa, who aimed an arrow.

"I got this. You stop Tommy." Sara said.

Sara rushed at Nyssa, blocking an arrow with her batons, before Nyssa blocked with her bow as Sara attacked, while Oliver moved past them. Sara dodged as Nyssa aimed at her head and jumped back, when Nyssa pulled out her dagger, aiming at Sara's chest.

Oliver got up and at the door, he dodged, when Tommy fired an arrow, as they faced off, with Tommy once again wearing his Dark Archer suit.

"You don't have to do this." Tommy said.

"I was thinking the same thing. This is not what Thea would've wanted." Oliver countered.

Tommy snorted. "That's funny. You know what she used to say?"

"The dead don't want anything." Oliver said, echoing her words.

"It's one of the benefits of being dead." Tommy finished and reached for the console of the device.

"Tommy…" Oliver started, when Tommy pressed a button as the countdown started.

Oliver fired an arrow but Tommy dodged, while notching his own arrow as they rushed at each other, shooting arrows and Oliver felt another Déjà vu, facing off with the Dark Archer, only this time, it was his best friend, than the man, who had been like a surrogate uncle to him.

Sara and Nyssa crossed their weapons before Sara dodged and kicked Nyssa in the leg, forcing her on her knees. Nyssa blocked Sara's kick and pulled out her sword and Sara dodged, when Nyssa scratched her neck before Nyssa slammed Sara to a wall, while Sara disarmed her of her bow but had the blade to her neck.

As Oliver and Tommy neared each other, Oliver slid down to avoid as Tommy swung his bow and raised his own to block Tommy's strikes as Oliver got up before he grabbed Tommy and threw him away. Tommy flipped and caught the arrow that Oliver fired, inches away from his face before it exploded in sparks and Tommy yelped as he was sent to the ground.

Sara pushed Nyssa away and ducked before Nyssa could cut Sara's head off. Sara used her batons to block as Nyssa again attacked before Sara knocked her sword off her hand and kicked her in the chest, sending her staggering back. As Sara attacked again, Nyssa grabbed Sara's arms as they both struggled before they fell to the ground, with Nyssa disarming Sara but Sara then wrapped her legs around Nyssa's neck and grappled her arm, choking her.

Tommy had gotten up to his feet in the meantime, pulling out a sword and Oliver dodged, when Tommy attempted to stab him. Tommy ducked to avoid Oliver's blow and kicked him in the leg, staggering Oliver back.

Oliver parried Tommy's sword with his bow before disarming him of his sword. Tommy grabbed Oliver's bow, disarming him before kicking him in the back as Oliver rolled away. Oliver got up and grabbed Tommy's leg as Tommy attempted to kick him and knocked him down. Oliver then dodged as Tommy attacked Oliver with his own bow and knocked it off his hand.

They both got up and Tommy blocked Oliver's punches before Oliver landed a powerful kick to Tommy's chest, staggering him back. Oliver rushed at Tommy and did a Hurricanrana, knocking him down and finished him off by repeatedly pummeling him in the face.

Much to Nyssa's surprise as she was losing breath, Sara let go as they both got up and Sara took a breath. "I don't want to kill you, Nyssa. This doesn't have to be this way."

"I swore my oath to Thomas Merlyn. Either I kill you or you kill me." Nyssa panted out.

"No." Sara shook her head. "You think that because you grew up in the League, your life is defined by their ways but part of you knows that it's not all you are." She breathed out. "I know what it's like. Dedicating your life and mind to someone dark and twisted you don't stop to think that what you're doing is wrong.

But somewhere along the way, you realize you are losing your soul in the process with each life you take until you become someone you realize you don't want to be and you don't even recognize anymore. I think a part of you knows that what you and Merlyn are doing is wrong. If I'm wrong…" She handed Nyssa her sword. "Kill me. But ask yourself, is this really what you want? Because I don't want to live in the darkness anymore."

Nyssa held the hilt of the sword and raised it, seemingly about to execute Sara…

Oliver got up as he turned to the device, with Tommy panting out as he took off his mask. "You can't! It's encrypted by my personal code. You'll never break it in time."

Oliver turned to Tommy. "But you can." He neared Tommy, who stared up at him in consideration. "I know how devastating it must have been to lose Thea because we're only as good as the people we have in our lives. I've lost people too, Tommy. I've lost people closer to me than I could possibly explain to you." He reminisced about Robert, Shado, Sara, Moira, Diggle and everyone else he had lost.

"Every one of those losses brings with it a choice between darkness and light. Make the right choice. Are you gonna kill thousands of innocent people, or are you gonna be the man I know you can be?" Oliver asked as Tommy got up to his feet.

Nyssa dropped the sword as tears filled her eyes. "Who I am outside my duty?"

Sara offered a hand. "It's never too late to find out."

Nyssa considered before she took Sara's hand.

Much to Oliver's surprise, Tommy limped towards the device and typed in the code as the device turned off as he smiled at Oliver. "That was a pretty good speech."

Oliver and Sara observed from a distance as Tommy was being apprehended by the SCPD as Roy and Sin approached them. "Cool. I mean what you did."

"Where's the assassin?" Roy asked.

Oliver and Sara looked at each other before lying. "She got away."

Roy and Sin shrugged. "Win some, lose some. We'll get her next time." Roy then extended his hand as Oliver shook it, while Sara did the same. "Look, I wasn't sure about you two at first but… thank you. We couldn't have done this without you. You plan on sticking around? We make a pretty good team, don't you think?"

"Team Arrow? Sounds cool." Sin chuckled as Oliver and Sara chuckled too.

"Roy, as much as we'd like to, we can't stay. There are other people that need us and we've been gone for too long." Oliver said. "But I think this city is in pretty good hands."

"Look after each other. Both of you." Sara said. "You never know what may happen if you lose sight of each other even for a moment."

They embraced each other in a companionship-like hug before parting ways as Nyssa appeared from the shadows. "I'm surprised you didn't attempt to take me in."

"Because I know that you can be better than this. You can forge your own path." Sara said as Nyssa considered.

"What makes you think I can do that?" Nyssa questioned.

"Because I know you." Sara said, offering her hand and Nyssa considered before shaking it.

"Perhaps it is time to move forward. I'm not sure where it will lead me, though." Nyssa stared at the city.

"That's the point, figuring out who you are. No one knows the future, Nyssa." Oliver said and Nyssa nodded before she shook Oliver's hand. "Good luck, Nyssa."

"Farewell." Nyssa smiled before she walked off and Sara stared at her former lover.

"Sometimes I wish I had been able to convince her sooner that she doesn't need to be defined by her father." Sara said.

"It's not too late." Oliver noted before they stared at each other. "What the…"

"Ollie…" Sara started before they both faded away in a glow of light.

Barry groaned as he came to, looking around to see that he was in S.T.A.R. Labs.

"Barry." Barry turned his head to see his father, staring in disbelief. "What is it, slugger? You look like you just saw a ghost."

Barry then remembered, what Eddie had told him before he heard Cisco's voice on P.A. "Barry! Get to the Cortex, now!"

Barry rushed up and saw on the monitors Thawne, wearing the face of Harrison Wells, outside S.T.A.R. Labs as he realized what it was.

Barry rushed outside S.T.A.R. Labs, facing Thawne.

"Well, I heard your prison transfer didn't go so well. I'm so sorry." Thawne smirked.

"All a part of your plan, I assume?" Barry asked.

"Actually, that didn't factor into my plan at all. But I'm impressed, you went to such great lengths to keep those people from harm. Ever the hero, huh, Barry?" Thawne smirked.

"You've hurt enough people." Barry said.

"I know. You see me as the villain, but, Barry, if you were to look back, look back carefully at everything I've done, every wheel I have set in motion, you would realize I have only done what I had to do." Thawne countered. "Nothing more. Nothing less."

"And the particle accelerator? How does that fit into your grand plan?" Barry demanded.

"Well, why don't you go inside? Let me show you." Thawne offered.

"You know, I just learned the hard way not to trust the bad guy." Barry said bitterly.

"And yet, I've shown you, time and time again, you can't beat me, Barry." Thawne said. Suddenly, from above descended Firestorm as Thawne laughed. "Wow. You brought yourself a friend." Next to Barry descended Oliver, now wearing a uniform of the League of Assassins. "Welcome, Mr. Queen." Thawne greeted.

"Hope we're not too late." Oliver said.

"You're just in time." Barry smirked. "I don't care how fast you are, you can't fight all three of us at the same time."

"Oh, I can't?" Thawne said smugly. "Trust me. This… this is gonna be fun." Thawne pulled out his ring, putting on his Reverse-Flash suit as Barry put on his mask, Oliver notched an arrow and Ronnie lighted up his flames but then, much to their shock, another speedster sped in, wearing a black suit and having blue lightning.

"Surprise." Zoom said with a demonic voice as Barry, Oliver and Ronnie stared. Well, none of them certainly saw this coming.

Hope you liked Nyssa added into the mix. I think that how the relationship between Sara and Nyssa had gone and them being Ra's prisoners in a manner of speaking could also be considered Sara's greatest failure and I thought Sara reaching Nyssa could be considered trying to fix one of her deepest regrets.

As for Sara and the SCPD, I've read some fics before, where Sara was working as a cop.

Originally, I was going to add Diggle too, the likeable version where he was Oliver's guide but ultimately decided not to, since I just couldn't bring myself to add him after all that crap he had done throughout the show. I still plan to write Felicity and Diggle and make them their more likeable selves but frankly, it gets hard to bring myself sometimes to add Diggle at all, with Felicity, I admit I've softened around her but I just couldn't find a fitting role for her here but I hope Slade here works. Well, it wasn't the real Slade obviously but hope you liked it.

And with Oliver and Sara passing their test, we're going to now see how the other heroes are faring. And here comes Barry's test, hope you'll like what I have prepared for him.

So, what do you guys think about it?

Please review and let me know if you are enjoying this so far and want for me to continue.