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"I thought that mind control stuff only happened in movies." Stanley said as Oliver filled him in on what had happened in Level 2 as they ate in the mess hall.

"It wasn't exactly mind control." Oliver said as he looked around at the armored guards stationed around. "This place seems like it's gotten a lot worse."

"They came in after you stabbed that guard. These guys are professional jerks. Less yard time, cell checks every half-hour." Stanley explained as they sat down.

"Have they been rough on you?" Oliver asked.

"Me? No way. I'm glad they're here." Stanley said, relaxing. "Brick's been pissed ever since you shut down his fight club and I'm the only one he can take it out on. If they weren't here, he'd have come after me. You totally saved me. Typical Green Arrow move."

Oliver then noticed Dunbar throwing Brick's food down on the floor. "Pick it up." Dunbar said.

"Thought Dunbar was on Brick's payroll." Oliver frowned.

"Not anymore. Ever since that fight club fiasco, Dunbar's got a slap on the wrist. Now he treats Brick like, well, you." Stanley explained.

"On your feet, 4587." Dunbar ordered as he approached Oliver.

"Speaking of…" Stanley muttered under his breath.

"Time to go." Dunbar ordered.

"Have my meal privileges been revoked?" Oliver asked sarcastically.

"I said, let's go, inmate." Dunbar insisted as he grabbed Oliver by his shoulder. "I'm not telling you again." Oliver sighed as he got up as Dunbar smirked. "That's what I thought. You have a visitor."

"I thought I didn't have any visitation." Oliver wondered.

"Well, it must be your lucky day." Dunbar said sarcastically.

Oliver entered the visitor room and was surprised to see Laurel smiling at him as he sat down and picked the receiver, wondering why did she come.

"What do you want?" Oliver asked, more surprised than annoyed.

"Try to sound a little bit more grateful, Ollie. I had to file an emergency motion just to get in here to see you and it's a good thing that I did because you look like crap." Laurel said as she picked her phone and took a picture of Oliver's face that looked beaten up. "Just need to document…"

"Hey!" Oliver protested.

"Your injuries heal really fast." Laurel noted.

"What are you doing?" Oliver demanded.

"We got the Level 2 psych records from wherever or whoever you had sneak them out of Slabside. How did you do that, by the way? No. No. Never mind, don't tell me." Laurel said before Oliver could as much as open his mouth. "It's better for your case if I don't know."

"What do you mean, my case?" Oliver asked, confused.

"Your case." Laurel repeated.

"What… are you working with Jean Loring?" Oliver demanded.

"No. I'm working with Sara." Laurel said and Oliver stared. "Now, I know what you must be thinking but… I don't know, I guess she thinks I have more of her sister than her and Quentin had thought I had and… I figured I owed you that much after what happened in the past two years. I'm not trying to replace your Laurel. But before you start condemning me, don't pretend you haven't done things you're not proud of that you wanted to make up for by trying to be a better person. I'm not doing this for myself, I'm doing this because that's what Quentin and Sara and your Laurel would have wanted. I know what I did and who I was, but that's not who I am anymore. Everyone has good and bad inside of them and you can't put people in one box or the other, ever."

Laurel hung up and Oliver stared, considering if he owed her a benefit of the doubt.

A.R.G.U.S.

"I think I know why Diaz had Silencer sent to Russia." Felicity said, looking at Sara in sympathy.

"He wanted to get revenge on Anatoly." Sara realized. She suspected as much.

"I can't get specific confirmation but the rumor on the dark web is that the entire Bratva was massacred two nights ago in Moscow, which doesn't bode well for Anatoly." Felicity said and Sara looked worried.

"I can only hope he's OK." Sara sighed before the computer beeped.

"I just got a hit." Felicity showed the footage on the screen. "Diaz and the Longbow Hunters were spotted outside a munitions plant in Orchid Bay."

"Weapons?" Sara asked.

"Maybe." Felicity said.

"Thanks. I'll take it from here. Good job, Felicity." Sara said as he left.

Later, Star City

"Keep your eyes opened." Sara warned as Roy, dressed as the Green Arrow and Nyssa were on rooftops.

"Area's clear." Roy said.

"No signs of the Silencer." Rene said as he looked around.

"According to the tracker, she's inside." Sara said as they entered the munitions plant and saw crates stored around, until all sounds were drowned out and they realized it was Silencer behind it and they approached a crate and carefully opened it to reveal Anatoly, who looked bruised and like if he had been through severe torture until Dinah, the SCPD, Diggle and A.R.G.U.S. strike team entered.

They pulled Anatoly out of the crate and Felicity found Silencer's muter and turned it off before they widened their eyes to see what else was inside the crate.

"Bomb!" Sara yelled.

"Go, go, move, move, move, move!" Diggle ordered as they ran out before the warehouse exploded.

Later, A.R.G.U.S.

"A.R.G.U.S. has been tracking Diaz ever since he slaughtered the Bratva in Russia. The SCPD was responding to a munitions plant break-in, so, please, tell me, Sara, how the hell did you end up in the middle of my op?" Diggle demanded.

"If you need to know, we caught Silencer at the CDC and tried to get some information out of her, when that didn't work, we cut her loose and planted a tracker on her. Diaz must have found it and set up a trap for us." Sara said.

"Why didn't you tell us that you got her?" Diggle demanded.

Sara scoffed. "What would you have done, arrested her and interrogated her? She's an assassin feared even by the League itself, not even the SCPD or A.R.G.U.S. would've gotten anything useful out of her."

"Why didn't you tell us what you're doing, Roy?" Diggle asked, turning to Roy.

"Is that a serious question?" Roy scoffed. "Have you looked around? Pollard focuses more on her own image and trying to make the SCPD look good with vigilantism being outlawed." He turned to Dinah. "I get and respect that you're trying to do things by-the-book but in the past six months, I was the only one who has been able to make an actual difference in the city."

"So you resort to torture and interrogation?" Dinah demanded.

"Look, can we switch our focus back to the psycho who just tried to blow you guys up?" Felicity exploded.

"Sounds like a good idea." Anatoly said in agreement.

"First, ground rules. No one who isn't from this Earth." Diggle said coldly to Laurel.

"Wait. You're kicking me out?" Laurel demanded incredulously.

"Dig, come on…" Sara grumbled.

"Well, John has a point, you are the D.A., you could've been exposed tonight and I think there's no need to risk that again." Dinah said. "Look, it's not that we don't appreciate your help, but right now, there's nothing you can do, Laurel."

Dinah then turned hesitantly to Roy. "Are you gonna arrest me, Captain?" Roy asked sarcastically.

"I didn't see the Green Arrow tonight, so I can't." Dinah said and Roy nodded.

"If you want Diaz down as much as us, you can work with us. You don't have to do this alone." Diggle offered and Roy scoffed.

"You can't be serious. You all turned your backs on Oliver, when he needed you guys the most and you of all people don't get to ask for my help!" Roy sneered as he pointed at Diggle accusingly. "You bought drugs from Diaz and provided him the money he needed to buy off the city officials until he took complete control over the city and the police force and then you whined to Oliver about you being a better Green Arrow than he could ever be, when you would've saved a psychopath, who had no regards towards getting innocent caught into crossfire, over millions of innocents and the same goes for you. You turned your backs on him." He turned to Dinah with cold glare as they both winced in shame. "Look, you want my help to take down Diaz, fine, but don't expect that things are fine between us or that I'll put a smile on my face out there after that crap you pulled on Oliver last year." He finished coldly and left, leaving them silent.

"Well… he has a point. We all turned our backs on Oliver." Rene noted and Dinah, Curtis and Diggle had the decency to look ashamed.

Slabside Maximum Security Prison

Oliver was in his cell, when he saw Felton and the guards open Stanley's cell.

"Let's go, inmate." Felton said.

"What? Where?" Stanley asked, confused.

"Oh, you're going to the hole, permanently." Felton said.

"Hey, what's going on?" Oliver asked as the guards were dragging Stanley out and down the corridor.

"Officer Dunbar was killed last night and this little bastard was the last one seen with him." Felton explained.

"What? I didn't kill anybody. It wasn't me!" Stanley protested.

"Wait. How do you know it was him?" Oliver called out.

"Oliver, it wasn't me, I swear! It must have been Brick! He set me up!" Stanley cried out as they dragged him away. "Oliver! Oliver!"

Oliver entered the mess hall and approached Brick's table.

"Look who just got out of the loony bin. You learn any life lessons in there?" Brick asked sarcastically.

"Maybe those doctors helped get your head on straight." Sampson drawled.

"Tell me what you know about Dunbar's murder." Oliver demanded.

"Sounds like you're accusing us of something." Turner said with a warning tone.

"I heard the poor chap got stabbed eight times. Messy way to go." Brick said sarcastically.

"You and he had a falling out, Brick." Oliver gave Brick a pointed look.

"Maybe we did, and maybe we didn't." Brick shrugged.

"Maybe an innocent man is rotting in the hole in your place." Oliver growled.

"There are no innocent men in here, Queen. You should know that." Brick pointed out.

"Brick, Stanley didn't kill that guard." Oliver noted.

"Well, I guess he's got nothing to worry about. The truth will set him free." Brick said as he got up before Oliver grabbed him by his arm. "Go ahead. Then you can join your friend in the hole."

Brick was about to leave, when Oliver spoke up as Brick turned to him. "Hey, Brick. If you or anyone in your crew had something to do with this, I'll find out."

A.R.G.U.S.

"Meet Pyotr Roslov. Former KGB, lots of deep scary ties to the Russian military." Curtis said as he showed the profile on the screen.

"Oh. He looks like a real charmer." Felicity said.

"He is not. Pyotr and I were associates at KGB but we had a… disagreement." Anatoly explained.

"Then why did Diaz have you call him?" Dinah wondered.

"Diaz wants to buy some kind of very powerful weapon from him. He wants to destroy Oliver Queen by destroying what he loves, his city." Anatoly said.

"That's why Diaz was trying to steal the directed energy weapon." Curtis said.

"And the chemicals in the CDC." Sara nodded.

"We find out where Diaz is going to attack, we take him down." Roy said.

"We find out what Roslov sold him and you're gonna help us." Felicity said, turning to Anatoly.

"No, no, no, no. Pyotr can smell a rat." Anatoly shook his head.

"Anatoly, we will help you." Diggle assured.

"I played hero once before and Diaz killed all my brothers as a punishment. Never again." Anatoly protested.

"Ollie was your brother too. Anatoly, please…" Sara pleaded. "He'd want you to stop Diaz."

"Look, all you need to do is to talk with Roslov for a few minutes and get close to his computer with my digital sniffer, I'll take care of the rest." Felicity said as she showed Anatoly a small rectangular device.

"I understand you're afraid, but we can protect you." Sara assured and Anatoly considered before he nodded.

Later, Star City

Anatoly, wearing a suit and Sara, wearing a dress, approached a guard as Anatoly spoke up in Russian. "Tell your boss the 'KGBeast' is here to see him."

A moment later, Roslov went out, not looking happy to see Anatoly. "Anatoly Knyazev. The balls on you… showing your face at my door." He then held Anatoly's shoulder in sympathy. "I'm sorry about the Bratva. Come, let us drink to their memory. And your girlfriend can come in."

Sara put on a fake smile as she and Anatoly followed Roslov into the warehouse.

"I suppose I owe you a debt of gratitude for sending the Dragon my way, Knyazev." Roslov said.

"Oh, I'm pleased your dealings with Mr. Diaz were, uh, profitable." Anatoly said.

"Oh. Yes. Very profitable." Roslov said. "Speaking of, you need 4K TV, sarin gas? All fall of truck, I swear."

"You need to get to that computer." Felicity said over the comms.

"Honey, I'm thirsty, can we have a drink?" Sara said.

"Pyotr, why don't we sit down and offer my dear some good vodka?" Anatoly smiled.

"Of course." Roslov said as they sat down at his desk and he pulled out a bottle of vodka and three glasses.

"On rocks, please." Anatoly said and Roslov left, leaving them alone.

"OK, stay put for a minute." Felicity said as she was downloading the data.

Sara's instincts turned on as she heard someone entering. "Stay here."

Sara got up and hid in the shadows as she noticed Roslov's thugs entering and was discreetly knocking them out before Roslov returned as Sara quickly returned as well.

"Sorry, I was looking for the bathroom. You know, women problems." Sara giggled.

Anatoly sighed. "Forgive me, Pyotr, losing Bratva was very painful. The pain taught me to see all the pain that I have inflicted. I'm hoping that you can see it in your heart to forgive me."

Roslov shook his hand with Anatoly before his eyes narrowed and pulled the sniffer out of Anatoly's jacket. "A snake may shed its skin, but it is still a snake."

Anatoly paled, realizing Roslov had caught him as he backed away in fear and Roslov snapped his fingers but was surprised to see that his men had not shown up.

"Yeah, your guys are taking a little nap." Sara smirked before Roslov pulled out his gun but Sara quickly disarmed him as she grabbed him by his wrist and hit him in the face with the butt of his gun, knocking him out as she reached for her comms. "Felicity, you got it?"

"Yeah, got it." Felicity said.

Slabside Maximum Security Prison

Oliver and the inmates were walking down the stairs before the prisoners started to fight and the guards tried to break up the fight and Oliver used the distraction to sneak into the solitary confinement as he opened the window to Stanley's cell and Stanley got up, looking bruised and bloodied.

"Hey, you OK?" Oliver asked.

"The guards, they took turns hitting me. They think I killed their friend." Stanley explained.

"Stanley, did they say why?" Oliver asked.

"They haven't even found the murder weapon. Dunbar's a jerk but I would never hurt him, I would never hurt anyone." Stanley said, terrified. "Oliver, if they pin this on me, I'm gonna be in here forever."

"Hey. I'm not gonna let that happen." Oliver assured.

"I heard that it happened in the shower." Stanley explained.

"OK." Oliver nodded.

"But that doesn't even make sense because I wasn't even close to there when that guy…" Stanley did a gesture of stabbing as he turned to Oliver pleadingly. "I know if anyone can find out what really happened, it's the Green Arrow."

"Just sit tight, OK?" Oliver assured and Stanley nodded as Oliver closed the window.

Oliver entered the shower area and looked around as he then found a loose tile in the wall and opened it to reveal a hidden compartment, in which was hidden a makeshift knife as Oliver touched it with his sleeves to make sure his fingerprints weren't on it and Oliver examined the knife and then shook his head, unsurprised at who was the culprit. "Of course."

Later, A.R.G.U.S.

"What did Diaz buy?" Sara asked.

"Say hello to BetaB-500." Felicity said, showing the blueprints of an explosive.

"Yeah, that's a top-of-the-line aerial explosive, razor-thin precision, able to cut through concrete like nothing." Diggle said.

"And Diaz has two of them. That makes twice as many potential targets." Sara grumbled.

"Felicity, keep working on that hard drive. Prepare for mass evac of Star City." Diggle ordered.

Slabside Maximum Security Prison

Oliver entered the mess hall and approached Turner. "Why did you do it, Turner?"

"What the hell are you talking about?" Turner demanded.

"Why'd you kill Dunbar?" Oliver demanded.

"I didn't kill that guard." Turner protested.

"Your blade says you did." Oliver said as Felton and the guards approached Turner. "Guards found prints on it."

"Turner, you're going to the hole. And this time, you're never coming out." Felton said as the guards picked Turner up.

"You did this?" Turner glared at Oliver as the guards were dragging him away. "Wait. You got the wrong guy. You got the wrong guy! I didn't do this!"

Later, A.R.G.U.S.

"You know, sometimes I wish I had stayed with Ollie. Maybe I could've made sure things would not have fallen apart between you two." Sara said as she entered Anatoly's room.

"Regret. Guilt. These are demons you choose to live with, a trade you make to get what you want." Anatoly said.

"Why did you turn your back on him?" Sara asked.

Anatoly sighed. "Somewhere along the line I had forgotten who I was and became worse than this man Oliver and I were trying to stop. And Oliver stopped at nothing to take him down, no matter the cost."

Sara considered.

"Felicity, any leads on Diaz?" Sara asked as she entered the lab.

"Maybe. Diaz calls himself 'The Dragon'. And what is a statement worthy of a dragon?" Felicity asked.

"A huge fire." Sara realized.

"Exactly. I ran an algorithm cross-referencing the BetaB-500 and the manufacturer's specifications." Felicity said as she showed the blueprints. "Turns out that this model is a new version where you can attach it to a pipe."

"For instance, a pipe underground filled with gas." Curtis said.

Felicity then showed them a picture of Star City natural gas plant.

"Gas plant. That building's totally fireproof." Diggle noted.

"Can't say the same for the rest of Star City." Sara said.

"If Diaz sets off the bombs, a whole river of gas underneath the city goes up on flames, literally." Felicity explained.

"OK. A.R.G.U.S. will continue the evac. We'll handle the bombs." Diggle ordered.

"Dig, what about—" Sara started.

"Yeah, call the whole team and Roy, we're gonna need all the help we can get on this one."

Later, Star City natural gas plant

"I miss good old days when bomb could be turned off by computer, far away, in a dark warehouse." Anatoly grumbled as they walked down the service tunnels.

"Yeah. These are not those types of bombs and since we're on the topic of freaking out, the bombs are linked, which means we can't disarm one without detonating the other." Felicity said, carrying a tablet.

"Which means we have to disarm them at the exact same time." Curtis said.

"It's like the world's worst trust fall." Rene grumbled as they found one of the bombs.

"Oh, I was hoping it would look less scary in person. Wishful thinking." Curtis muttered under his breath.

"Bogey number one is attached to the main pipeline leading straight into Star City." Diggle said over his comms.

"We got eyes on the second bomb." Dinah said.

"The timer's started counting down." Sara said as she looked at the bomb.

"Mine too." Curtis said.

Felicity plugged her tablet into the bomb. "This timer was activated manually."

"Diaz is here." Sara realized.

"Dinah, Sara, meet me outside." Diggle ordered. "Anatoly, Rene…"

"We'll keep an eye on the bomb squad." Rene nodded.

"Curtis, each device is linked by its own crypto-key. We decrypt the passcodes, and then we input them at the exact same time." Felicity said.

"Yeah, I'm gonna need a little bit more time on my end, you got the easy bomb." Curtis grumbled.

"We do not have more time. When can we run?" Anatoly asked, terrified.

"Not now." Felicity said.

Curtis paled as he pulled out a phone plugged to the bomb. "Guys. We have a problem. My little bundle of joy came with a backup detonator. Cell phone transmitter."

"Can you remove it?" Felicity asked.

"Not if we don't want to set it off." Curtis said.

"We can't input those passcodes until we have that master phone. Once Diaz realizes that the timers have been stopped…" Felicity started.

"…he blows us up with phone call. Festive." Anatoly finished.

"Diaz must have that phone, Rene, meet me outside." Sara ordered.

All sounds were drowned out as Diaz climbed down from the ladder and dodged, when Diggle fired and Diggle rolled away as Diaz sprayed around with his flamethrower before they exchanged blows.

Dinah approached with her gun before Sara tackled her down as Bear threw his shield and Dinah dodged as the shield embedded itself onto a nearby fuse box and it exploded in sparks, blinding Dinah as Red and Bear and Silencer showed up.

Dinah dodged Silencer's kick as they exchanged blows before Sara tackled Silencer to the ground as the sound returned. Dinah fired at the barrels as they exploded, knocking them all down.

Rene exchanged blows with Silencer until she scratched him in the chest with her knife and kicked him, staggering him back and Bear grabbed Rene, throwing him away and Rene bounced off a fence before Bear threw him down on the ground, while Sara and Nyssa dodged as Red fired darts before they exchanged blows.

"We cannot wait any longer, they're gonna come through!" Curtis panicked.

"OK. On three. 1, 2, 3, type." Felicity said as they punched in the code at the same time and disarmed the bombs. "Now we run."

Curtis and Felicity unplugged their tablets and ran off.

Diaz picked his master phone and noticed that the bombs had been disarmed. "Impressive. But it's pointless."

Before Diaz could detonate the bombs, an arrow shot the phone off his hand and he looked up.

"Impossible." Diaz said, staring in disbelief at the Green Arrow.

The Green Arrow jumped down and engaged Diaz, blocking his kicks as they exchanged blows before Green Arrow hit Diaz in the chest with the bow and kicked him. Diaz grabbed Green Arrow by his arm but the Green Arrow flipped on the canister and hit Diaz in the face before Diggle rushed in, kicking Diaz and punching him in the face, knocking him out.

Realizing that it was over, Red fired a dart on the ground as it exploded, blinding them all as the Longbow Hunters retreated, while Diaz was on the ground, unconscious.

Later, A.R.G.U.S.

"Thank you, Anatoly." Sara said as they shook hands.

"Let's hope I'll find some safety on the beach." Anatoly joked. "And what about Oliver?"

"Laurel made deal with the FBI. Oliver for Diaz. He'll be a free man soon." Sara said.

Anatoly smiled at Sara. "I'm sure Oliver would be proud of us both. Take care, Sara."

They hugged each other before parting ways.

Slabside Maximum Security Prison

Stanley had returned to mess hall, sitting across Oliver.

"How did you do it? I mean, I knew the Green Arrow was good but I didn't think he was that good?" Stanley asked.

"Stanley, I'm just glad you're OK." Oliver assured.

"OK? I'm great! I was this close to be stuck in here for the rest of my life. If you hadn't found Turner's blade, it would have been all over for me." Stanley said.

Oliver eyed Stanley suspiciously. "How did you know it was Turner's blade?"

"What do you mean?" Stanley asked, confused.

"You were in the hole, Stanley. So, how'd you know it was Turner's blade?"

"I guess I must have heard it somewhere." Stanley shrugged but Oliver's eyes narrowed, realizing that Stanley was lying and started to wonder if he had been wrong about his friend all along.

What Felicity did, was stupid, since she easily could've gotten Anatoly killed and you remember the digital sniffer she used to download the list of everyone on Diaz's payroll in 6x23? Would've worked much better than Anatoly plugging in a flash drive into Roslov's laptop.

I'll be honest, there easily could've been something between Oliver and Earth-2 Laurel, if not for the crap we got in Seasons 5-6 and Black Siren constantly flip-flopping sides, despite that it would most likely be a rebound on both sides and they would both probably just be trying to replace the people they had lost but I myself found Oliver giving Laurel the cold shoulder the whole season just annoying, with Emiko, it was more or less again Oliver's blind spot or his family, but Oliver's neutral to hostile attitude to Laurel, considering Quentin's interactions with her, really annoyed me and them reconciling was quite lazily written IMO.

So, what do you guys think?

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