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Star City
The Green Arrow threw a Ghost off a roof and kicked another one down the stairwell before he slammed another one to the wall. "Tell me where to find Damien Darhk!"
"Where's Darhk?" Daredevil demanded as a Ghost was hanging on a rope tied to his leg off the edge of the roof.
"Tell me where's Darhk!" The Canary snarled as she kicked a Ghost in the abdomen and neared the blade to his neck.
"I don't know, I swear to God!" The Ghost cried out in fear.
"Swear to me!" The Canary snarled.
Later, the Lair
"Nothing?" Ray asked as Oliver, Sara, Diggle and Matt entered.
"Not even the Ghosts have any idea where he is." Matt said, frustrated.
"But we got a satphone off one of them." Diggle handed Ray a phone he had taken from one of the Ghosts as Ray nodded.
"I'll see what I can find." Ray said.
"No, Darhk's not stupid and he's not a common thug, he would have anticipated that and even if he hadn't, we'd be just wasting time that we don't have." Matt protested.
"Please, tell us you have something useful from the hotline." Sara said hopefully as she turned to Klein.
"Asides from how many bored people apparently live in Star City, no." Klein shook his head as Oliver sighed in frustration and wiped his face.
"Oliver, I know what you're thinking." Matt said, sensing how agitated Oliver was. In his place, he probably would feel the same. "This isn't your fault."
"It is my fault! I'm the one, who outed Darhk." Oliver snapped.
"If I recall it correctly, it was a team call." Diggle pointed out before he saw the look in Oliver's eyes. "But something else is bothering you. What is it?"
"Darhk knows who we are. At least that I'm the Green Arrow, Sara is the Canary and Matt is Daredevil." Oliver said, much to Klein's, Ray's and Diggle's shock.
"How?" Diggle demanded.
"Darhk's not stupid and he has almost the same resources as the League. I wouldn't be surprised if he would be able to figure us all out." Sara drawled.
"What are we going to do?" Klein wondered.
"I… might have an idea." Oliver said. "But you're not gonna like it."
Later, Star City
Oliver, Sara and Matt were in a park, waiting until they heard Darhk's voice as they both turned around.
"I was surprised to get your call. And on one of our secure phones, no less." Darhk said as he approached the. "You are more than you seem. Green Arrow. The Canary. Devil of Hell's Kitchen."
"How do you know who we are?" Matt demanded and Darhk chuckled.
"Please. I was someone, who had been chosen as the next Ra's al Ghul. You really think the three of you can outwit me?" Darhk smirked, as if the answer was obvious.
"You took our friends to make a point. You've made it." Oliver said.
"No. Not yet, I haven't." Darhk said.
"Let's make a trade. Our friends for us." Matt said and Darhk considered.
The Lair
"They're on the move." Klein said.
"How do we know Darhk won't find a tracker on them?" Diggle asked.
"He wouldn't. I injected them with nanites that Felicity injected me with, when the Fake Arrow shot me." Ray said.
"And it's not like Darhk can find that on them." Diggle realized.
"We're gonna need backup." Klein said as he approached the computer. "Hey, it's Klein. We need your help in Star City, now."
Elsewhere
Oliver, Sara and Matt were horrified to notice that Foggy, Quentin, Laurel and Tommy were in some kind of a chamber before the Ghosts restrained them as they were about to attack Darhk.
"We had a deal!" Oliver shouted.
"Well, I think if you replay our conversation in your minds, our bargain was only at best implied. Even so, bad guy, remember?" Darhk pointed at himself.
"Matt!" Foggy yelled, banging on the glass as he, Quentin, Tommy and Laurel were panicking, looking for a way out.
"I swear to God, I'm gonna kill you!" Sara snarled as the Ghosts held her back, while she tried to lunge at Darhk, while Matt remembered losing his father, Elektra and Karen.
"As long as everyone in your lives is still alive, you have something to fight for, that is what I'm going to take away from you." Darhk said.
Suddenly, some plastic embedded itself onto the glass as it shattered as the Atom, Bobbi, Hunter, May and the Punisher entered with Logan, Steele and Captain America.
"Come on, let's go!" Matt ordered as he, Oliver, Sara, Ray, Bobbi, Hunter, May and Frank accompanied Foggy, Tommy, Quentin and Laurel, while Darhk was on the run before they entered the prison area and the alarms went off as the prisoners went out.
"Oh, come on." Bobbi groaned.
"Here we go again." Hunter muttered as they engaged the prisoners.
"We got this! Get them out of here! We're gonna take this place down!" May ordered.
Oliver, Sara, Ray and Matt accompanied Foggy, Tommy, Quentin and Laurel.
Darhk and his associates were about to leave before they faced Captain America, Logan and John Steele.
"We've got some unfinished business." Steele said.
"You insult my friend by looking like him." Captain America said.
"What can I say? Handsome." Darhk quipped.
Steve threw his shield but Darhk waved his hand, as the shield embedded itself onto a wall. Logan roared, lunging at Darhk and impaling him on his claws but Darhk was unfazed as he pushed Logan back. Logan and Darhk traded blows, Darhk dodged as Logan's claws scratched his neck and Darhk punched Logan, making him stagger. Logan swung his claws but Darhk caught Logan's arm and kicked him back. Logan scratched Darhk's shirt but Darhk dodged before knocking Logan down.
Steve rushed at Darhk as they traded blows. Steve dodged Darhk's kick before throwing a punch. Darhk grabbed Steve's arm before pinning him to the wall. Steve kneed Darhk, who grunted but Darhk slammed him again to the wall before Steve pushed forward as Darhk fell down and rolled back to recover as Steve dodged his kick.
"Incoming!" Steele shouted. Logan and Steve dodged as Darhk caught the RPG that Steele fired from his rifle. "Bang."
The explosion caught Darhk off-guard, sending him to the ground but as the smoke lifted, Darhk was gone.
"Shouldn't we go after him?" Steele asked.
"We don't have time, this place is about to go sky high." Steve said as they fled while the facility exploded.
Later, the Lair
"How are they doing?" Oliver asked as Matt and Sara entered.
"A bit shaken up but nothing permanent." Matt said, much to Oliver's relief. "Lyla had tripled the guards, they should be safe."
"Now that Darhk knows who you are, what should we do?" Diggle asked.
"We find a way to kill him." Oliver said. "I called Constantine, he might help. I've seen the magic he uses, before."
"That should help us find a way to put that son of a bitch down for good." Steve said.
"Oh, look, Cap said a bad word." Logan quipped as Steele chuckled, while Steve rolled his eyes and everyone else snickered.
"We'll see how we can help but we've been busy with chasing down Hydra's remnants and finding Loki's scepter." Steve explained.
"Thanks." Oliver said.
Diggle approached Andy, who was in his cell.
"What do you want?" Andy asked.
"Talk." Diggle explained.
"I thought you gave up on that." Andy shrugged.
"I did. Until we met your cult leader, Damien Darhk." Diggle said.
"It's not a cult." Andy argued.
"I met his people, regular people, honest people, I'm thinking, so brainwashed, they are willing to die for him." Diggle pointed out. "Cult."
"Yeah, think what you want to think. It's a free country. For now." Andy said ominously as he turned to Diggle.
"This isn't you, Andy." Diggle pleaded, trying to reach the man, who his brother had been once. "The man I knew pulled me out of dark waters, told me to keep going, when I didn't see a point."
"What you didn't see, what you failed to see, is the man I really am." Andy said as he got up, nothing but cold, emotionless eyes on his face. "Right in front of you. The whole time."
"So, my brother is a ghost?" Diggle questioned. "Fine. I'll treat you like a ghost." Diggle glared at Andy as he walked away, knowing now for certain, that the good man his brother had once been, was dead.
Star City
Moira was sad that Oliver did not attend lighting the Christmas tree in the city but she did not really blame him but as she entered her limo and it drove away, it was ambushed by Ghosts in SUVs, that went out and opened fire, killing her chauffer as Moira passed out from the injuries.
The Loft
"Merry Christmas and happy birthday." Oliver said as he and Sara were on the bed, taking off their clothes and making out before Sara's phone went off as she answered her call.
"Yeah, Dad?" Sara asked and her face shattered before she looked at Oliver grimly, who felt a pit of dread form in his stomach, realizing that something bad had happened.
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