Ellie Bishop: Yep, Frank's really grown since we saw him in Torn between two earths. Yep, Logan's does hold a lot more meaning. Yep.

Agent N: Glad you liked that. Yep.

Guest 1: No, it won't be connected to my version of Crisis.

Guest 2: Glad to hear it.

Lian Yu

Early afternoon

Thea, Curtis, and Samantha looked up as Barry sped back in.

"Get on the plane, now. We need to leave, I can fly this thing," Barry ordered.

"Wait, what about the others?" Thea asked.

"Clint and Roy are leading them back to the plane we used to get here, we need to go," Barry ordered.

"What about William?" Samantha asked frantically.

"We haven't found him yet," Barry said gently and Samantha paled. "Oliver is going after Chase now; he'll lead Oliver to William. Right now, we need to go."

"I'm not going without William!" Samantha snapped, moving to run into the forever.

However, in a blur of movement, she suddenly found herself inside the plane, strapped in.

"The only place you're going is off this island," Barry said as Curtis and Thea, who was still carrying JJ, walked inside. "Strap in guys, we're getting out of here."

Halfway across the island, Roy and Clint led the others to the Argus plane they had borrowed from Rick. Logan was being supported by Slade and Frank, his body still not having recovered from Dinah's attack.

"You can heal from a bomb just fine, but a scream takes you down," Clint said amused and Logan glared at him.

"Yeah, just wait until we're off this island Hawk boy," Logan growled.

"Okay, that's enough. We're here," Roy said as they arrived at the plane.

Back with the others, Barry had encountered a problem.

"What do you mean the plane won't start?" Thea snapped.

"Chase must have sabotaged it," Barry said, unbuckling himself and standing up. "I'm gonna have to take you guys over to the others, we'll have to go with them. I'll run you two at a time over to the plane. Samantha, Curtis, you two are first."

"Shouldn't you take Thea and JJ first?" Curtis asked as they all unbuckled.

"So Samantha can try and make a break for it?" Barry asked sarcastically and Samantha had the sense to look a little sheepish. "Come on, we don't have time to waste."

Barry grabbed Curtis and Samantha and sped out. Across the island, the others stopped and stared as Barry arrived with Curtis and Samantha. Curtis immediately kneeled over and vomited, causing Barry to wince apologetically.

"Sorry," Barry said before looking at the others. "Be right back."

Barry sped away and, several seconds later, he reappeared with Thea and JJ.

"JJ!" Lyla shouted as she rushed to her son, Diggle right behind her.

At the sight of his parents, JJ let out a happy sequel and reached for them. A relieved Thea handed JJ over to his parents. As Lyla and Diggle fawned over to their son, reassuring themselves that he was alright, Thea spotted Roy.

"Roy," Thea breathed and he smiled awkwardly.

"Hey Thea," Roy said, not quite sure what else to say.

Almost before she realized what she was doing, Thea raced over to him and pulled him down into a kiss. Although surprised, Roy wrapped his arms around her and returned the kiss. They held each other with desperation, as though they would never let go. However, Thea quickly pulled back as her brain caught up with her.

"I'm sorry. If you're seeing someone-" Thea started.

"I'm not," Roy quickly assured her. "I didn't take your advice. No wife, no kids, and I really, really, hate minivans."

"As touching as this is, we need to get on this plane, now," Clint ordered.

At the shores of Lian Yu, Oliver emerged from the forest to see Adrian on the docks in a boat. With a smirk, Adrian started the boat and started driving off. Eyes narrowing in determination, Oliver raced onto the dock, keeping pace with Adrian's boat. Oliver jumped, grabbing the rails of the helm before climbing onto the top of the boat and jumping on top of Adrian, slamming him into the rails.

"WHERE'S WILLIAM?!" Oliver snarled, slugging Adrian for good measure.

Back on the island, the majority of the group had gotten on the Argus plane, Clint in the pilot seat.

"Get on here Barry, we're about to take off," Clint called out as he saw Barry hadn't boarded.

"You guys go. I'm gonna go help Oliver," Barry said before speeding off.

"That kid better not make Wanda a single mother," Clint muttered before looking out at the only other person not on board. "Wilson, get your ass in here or you're getting left behind."

"I'm not going anywhere without Oliver," Slade said in a voice that left no room for argument. "I abandoned him once, but not again. Never again."

Slade then turned and walked off, disappearing into the forest before Clint could argue.

"WHERE. IS. WILLIAM?!" Oliver demanded, puncturing each word with a punch to Adrian's face.

"You really love that kid don't you?" Adrian noted and Oliver glowered at him.

Oliver grabbed him by the shoulder and threw him towards the steering wheel. Adrian hit the wheel and seemed to deactivate the autopilot, as the boat pulled to a stop.

"For an absentee father, your devotion is impressive," Adrian exhaled as Oliver reached back into his quiver. "Here you are, all worried about your kid, when everyone else you care about is on an island about to get blown sky high."

"My friends and my team can take care of themselves," Oliver growled.

"By using my plane to escape, right?" Adrian smirked and Oliver began to feel a pit form in his stomach.

"Curtis, do you read me?" Oliver asked, tapping the comms piece in his sit.

"Yeah, I read you," Curtis said, his voice a little gruff due to vomiting.

"Are you getting off the island okay?" Oliver demanded.

"Yeah, Chase sabotaged the plane, but Barry got us to the plane he came here on. We're heading off, but Barry and Slade didn't come with us. They wouldn't leave you," Curtis said and Oliver froze.

"Well, not like I imagined it, but still, this works out perfectly," Adrian said as he opened the door to the engine room.

Adrian pulled out William and Oliver instinctively notched an arrow, taking aim at Adrian.

"Let him go," Oliver growled in a low voice.

"Even if you had a shot, you've already told me that you won't kill me. Or have circumstances finally changed?" Adrian mocked and Oliver's grip on his bow tightened as Adrian ran a hand through the terrified William's hair, grabbing a fist full and tugging on it roughly. "If I die, Barry and Slade die and the others will likely get caught in the explosion, plane or not. But if you don't kill me, I kill him."

"You son of a bitch," Oliver said his voice breaking.

"William…or everyone else. Your choice, right now. Either way, it proves me right. Either way, it's exactly like I told you. Everyone around you, everything you touch dies," Adrian snarled insanely.

Suddenly, there was an explosion of water behind them. Oliver and Adrian looked behind them as something moving fast came up nearing the boat. Oliver saw a blur of red on the water and his shoulders relaxed slightly. Barry jumped into the boat and there was a whirl of movement. Suddenly, Adrian was tied up, on his knees, and Barry had William in his arms. Oliver suddenly dropped to his knees, rushing to William.

"Are you alright? Did he hurt you? You all right?" Oliver said, overcome with relief as William nodded to his rapidly fired questions.

"He's gonna be fine," Adrian began as Oliver kept his son in a fierce embrace.

"Don't you talk to him! Don't even look at him!" Oliver snarled angrily before Barry slugged Adrian, knocking him out.

"That felt good. I see why you like doing that," Barry said and Oliver laughed, simply enjoying the relief.

"It's over. It's over," Oliver said as he tapped the comms piece in his suit. "We won guys…we won."

The cliffhanger at the end of season five was stupid, a publicity stunt o keep people interested, and perfectly avoidably except Oliver stands there like an idiot instead of reacting when Adrian pulls out a gun, despite the fact that Oliver has two opportunities to stop him.