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"What did they steal, Cameron?" Oliver asked as he entered the lair, while Klein was going over the computer.

"Among other things, weapons, apparently. I mean, Kord Industries is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world and was right behind Stark back in the day, when he was the Merchant of Death." Klein explained. "And these Ghosts are… ghosts. And really good. They found your tracer, plus, there wasn't much S.H.I.E.L.D. had on them, other than they're ex-military, those who we managed to ID and they apparently use Hydra's methods."

"Digesting cyanide to avoid capture." Sara said as Klein nodded. "The League does that as well."

"What do you know about Darhk and H.I.V.E.?" Oliver asked Sara.

"From my time in the League, well, I can't say I've ever come across them but I know how do they work." Sara said. "They're well-trained, special ops and hi-tech modern gear. But who knows what is Darhk up to. But one thing is for sure, they sure are not using kid gloves anymore."

"They're escalating their attacks and people are so scared, they don't even want to leave their homes unless they want to leave Starling City." Diggle nodded.

"Shouldn't we ask the Avengers for help?" Klein suggested. "Or I could reach out to someone, who remains from S.H.I.E.L.D. that I trust."

"They're busy. And I'm not sure if we can trust your old contacts, Cameron, no offense." Matt said as Klein shrugged.

"Well, it was worth a shot." Klein said.

Later, District Attorney's office

"What happened, Laurel?" Matt asked as he entered and sensed that Laurel's heartbeat was a bit faster.

"Some weird guy just interrupted a meeting of city officials and basically announced that he was going to let the city die." Laurel explained.

"The city shouldn't give into the terrorists' demands. Who was that guy?" Matt asked.

"Whoever he was, he apparently was behind the Ghosts." Laurel said before Matt froze as he heard someone scream and someone's heartbeat stop and 'thud'.

"Someone call 9-1-1!" One of the attorneys said as District Attorney fell down as her mug of coffee was poisoned.

"What the hell?" Laurel stared as she and Matt went around the corner, noticing the dead D.A.

"Someone is targeting the city leadership." Matt realized. "That leaves Moira, your Dad and the head of emergency services."

Laurel nodded as she pulled out her phone.

SCPD

Three Ghosts breached the door, blowing it up, shooting down the officers and surrounding Quentin.

Starling General

The head of emergency services was lying on the floor with his throat slit as Diggle approached him, trying to help him.

Star City

The city controller was entering his car before he saw red dots on his chest. The Green Arrow tackled him to the ground as gunshots rang out. As Green Arrow checked in on the city controller, Green Arrow noticed that the city controller had been shot in the chest, dead.

City Hall

Moira was in her office as Ghosts were breaching in before the Canary took them down.

SCPD

"Captain Lance, you were warned." The Ghosts said before Daredevil entered, beating them up with his billy clubs and knocking them out.

"Are you alright, Captain?" Daredevil asked as Quentin nodded.

"Captain Lance, the District Attorney was pronounced dead and reports are coming in that the city controller and the head of emergency services have also been killed." One of the officers said. "They almost killed Mayor Queen."

"They almost took out the city's leadership." Daredevil realized.

"Carries on like this, there won't be a city to lead." Quentin said grimly.

Later, the Lair

"They're very precise, I'll give them that." Oliver said.

"And we need to figure out who or what else they might be targeting." Matt said.

"Uh, I think we've got bigger problems to worry about." Klein said as they turned to him. "Look, I checked into Kord Industries to see what the Ghosts stole."

"Which is what?" Sara asked, noticing the look on Klein's face.

"Cluster bombs. Hi-tech and very powerful." Klein said.

"Can you trace them?" Oliver asked.

"I can try." Klein said. "Might take a while." After few minutes, he nodded. "A truck depot outside Pennytown."

Later

"I heard about places like this." Diggle said as they observed on rafters. "Owners must have left, when the city started tanking."

"Well, our new friends seem to have found a use for it." Oliver pointed out as they saw a man with light short hair walking down the floor with the Ghosts surrounding him.

"That's Darhk." Sara said.

"Gentlemen, the world's a funny place." Darhk said. "It resists change. It fights progress. And so, the only way to move forward is to fight back. And you, men, are here today, because you understand that. But our cause is only as strong as its weakest men."

He approached his henchman, who was in charge of hijacking Kord Industries equipment and scolded him and then, touched him on his breasts as the man was paling more and more as his boss seemingly drained the life out of him.

"Oh my God…" The Canary gasped.

"What the hell is that?" Daredevil asked, horrified as he heard the man's heartbeat slowing down.

"Move!" Green Arrow said as he rappelled down as the Canary, Spartan and Daredevil engaged the Ghosts.

Daredevil jumped down from above as Spartan shot down the Ghosts and kicked another one back. Daredevil threw one of the Ghosts down and hit another one in the face, knocking him down. The Canary punched one of the Ghosts and slammed him to the ground and kicked another one back as Darhk left and Green Arrow neared the man, on whom Darhk had used his magic.

"What are they going to do with the explosives?" Green Arrow snarled. "Tell me!"

"They're gonna destroy Star City station…" The man said hoarsely before dying as his skin was losing color.

The police entered, shooting down the Ghosts as the vigilantes were forced to retreat as Daredevil, Green Arrow and the Canary used their grapnels and ascended above as Spartan ran away.

Later, the Lair

Klein went over the footage as he saw Darhk draining the lifeforce from one of his men.

"OK, what the hell is that?" Klein demanded. "Is that a metahuman or an Enhanced?"

"Neither. I've seen something like this before." Oliver said.

"Where?" Sara asked as everyone turned to him.

"On Lian Yu." Oliver said as everyone groaned.

"Why does everything strange with you have to revolve around the island?" Matt sighed.

"What exactly do you mean?" Diggle asked.

"That… thing Darhk used…." Oliver did gestures with his hands. "I've seen a magical idol on Lian Yu before and there was someone, who could drain lifeforce out of people because of it."

"Magic? Like Constantine?" Klein asked.

"Not… exactly." Oliver said.

"O…kay… any suggestions on how to beat magic?" Diggle asked hesitantly. "What about that…"

Oliver nodded. "I'll call him."

"Who?" Klein asked.

"Long story." Oliver said as he dialed a phone number.

"He kind of looks like Dugan." Klein pointed out.

Oliver sighed as he sat down.

"First Slade, then Ra's, now this."

"What's going on, Ollie?" Sara asked.

"When does it stop, Sara?" Oliver wondered.

"When does this madness stop?" Sara realized as Oliver nodded. "Honestly, I'm not sure there is an answer for this question."

"No matter what I do, no matter how hard we fight, this darkness keeps coming back to us." Oliver said.

"That darkness is always going to be a part of us, Oliver. There was a time I believed that too but then I realized one thing." Matt said as he entered. "It's not about darkness. It's about having the heart to fight back."

"Who told you that?" Oliver asked.

"Some good people back in New York." Matt said, remembering Father Lantom and his mother Maggie. "You don't have to embrace it. You need to rise above it."

"Train station was a bust." Diggle said as he entered.

"Wait, how are they going to blow up the station, if there's no bomb?" Klein asked as the realization hit Oliver, remembering what Fyers did.

"The bombs aren't in the station, they're bringing them in on the train." Oliver said.

Klein turned to the computer. "The reopening ceremony is rescheduled for 9:58. Right, when the Central City high speed train arrives."

"Let's go." Oliver ordered.

Later, train station

The Canary and Quentin were evacuating the station as Spartan drove on a van, while Green Arrow and Daredevil were on top of the van, jumping on the train.

One of the Ghosts opened the door as he heard the noises before the Green Arrow threw him out and both vigilantes entered.

"Situation report." Darhk called out on a radio. "Mr. Slater."

"Sorry. He had to get off at an earlier stop." Green Arrow said as he notched an arrow.

"Stop the train." Daredevil said as Darhk turned around and smiled.

"The Devil of Hell's Kitchen and the Star City vigilante." Darhk said, amused. "I won't stop the train, even if I wanted to. I destroyed the braking system 20 miles ago."

"We'll stop you." Green Arrow said, firing an arrow but Darhk raised his hand and stopped it with telekinesis as it floated midair, much to Green Arrow's and Daredevil's shock. Darhk threw the arrow back as Green Arrow dodged and fired two more arrows, with the same result as Darhk threw them back again. Green Arrow blocked the arrows with his bow as he and Daredevil engaged Darhk. Darhk blocked their blows before throwing Daredevil against a crate and slamming Green Arrow against a crate and throwing him against a pole as it broke.

"Whoo! Is that all you got?" Darhk taunted.

Green Arrow and Daredevil got up but Darhk waved his hand, throwing Daredevil away and pinning Green Arrow to the door and touching his breast as Green Arrow turned pale.

"It seems you have much in common with the Arrow. You're both dead." Darhk said, draining his life force before Darhk felt a dart hit him in the back as he trembled and fell down as Spartan lowered his gun and helped Oliver and Matt get up.

"Thanks." Matt said.

"We need to stop the train." Oliver said.

"Any ideas?" Diggle asked.

"Yeah, blow it up!" Oliver said as they jumped out and Oliver fired an explosive arrow as the train exploded, blowing up in smithereens.

Later, H.I.V.E.

"Strucker has been arrested and the Scepter is in the Avengers' hands." One of the Ghosts said as Darhk rolled up his sleeve and closed the cabinet with the idol.

"Always thought Hydra was foolish. Worshipping this… entity." Darhk said. "But at least now, there are no rivals or distractions. And the shipment?"

"It will arrive in few weeks, sir." The associate said as Darhk nodded, smirking.

"Good. With it, the vigilantes will be easy pickings."

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