When Oliver returned to the mansion that night, he found John waiting for him, an annoyed look on his face.
"Thank you for meeting me here Dig." Oliver said.
"Surprised you called me, since you're usually very eager to ditch me." John said and Oliver chuckled at his tone of voice.
"I actually asked you to come here so I could bring you up to speed on why I've been ditching you lately." Oliver said.
"Really." John said.
"Yep." Oliver said as he walked up to John and tapped the memory ring against his arm, having the desired effect.
"What the hell." John asked as Oliver grabbed a trash can just in time for him to puke in.
"I thought you only did that when you move at superspeed." Oliver said.
"Very funny Oliver. That was a huge shock." John said as Oliver smiled.
"So, you remember, Spartan?" Oliver asked.
"Yeah, I remember everything. Brother." John said with a smile as he regained his composure and they hugged.
"It's good to have you back at my side." Oliver said.
"Thanks. But Oliver, I'm so sorry that I wasn't there when you died." John said.
"But you brought me back. That's what matters. We're brothers John. And I need you to have my back because we are dealing with a much larger threat than we did before." Oliver said.
"What do you mean?" John asked.
"Malcolm isn't just doing an Undertaking, those guys who attacked us at the party, they were Thanatos Guild." Oliver said.
"Are you sure?" John asked.
"Positive. I guess destroying part of the city wasn't enough for Malcolm, he needed his own army to make sure it was done right." Oliver said.
"Of course he did. Oliver, you realize that is a lot more than we can handle alone." John said.
"Which is why it won't just be us. Laurel, Thea, they also remember everything and I'm going to be restoring Felicity and Roy's memories too." Oliver said and John smiled.
"Wait, Laurel remembers?" John asked.
"Yeah and we're still together. I'm going to have a talk with Felicity about that." Oliver said.
"Yeah, that'll go well." John said.
"We can hope. Because I'm not dumping Laurel for Felicity and besides, on this earth, Felicity is in a happy relationship with Tommy." Oliver said.
"Huh, so your former girlfriend is now dating Laurel's former boyfriend?" John asked.
"It's better not to think about it." Oliver said and John nodded in agreement.
"Probably. So, who else remembers what happened?" John asked.
"Not sure. Only people I know of who remember what happened are me, you, Thea, Laurel, Sara, Barry, Cisco, Kara, J'onn and Batwoman." Oliver said.
"I'm guessing Cisco is where you got that ring?" John asked.
"Yep. He'll be sending your suit along once he finishes it." Oliver said and John chuckled.
"Great. So, what's the plan in the meantime?" John asked.
"I'm going to be taking over my family's company so that I can stop it from acquiring Unidac Industries." Oliver said.
"Not only preventing Malcolm from using Queen Consolidated's Applied sciences division, but also preventing Warren Patel from having Deadshot target your family." John said and Oliver placed his hand on John's shoulder.
"How do you feel about Lawton being alive again?" Oliver asked.
"How do you know that he is?" John asked.
"I don't, but I think it's a safe bet." Oliver said.
"Honestly, considering I am planning on finishing the job he started, I really don't think I can judge him. Besides, if this earth's Lawton is anything like the old one was, then there is good in him. He was a better man than Andy ever was." John said grudgingly.
"Speaking of Andy, Sara killed his boss." Oliver said.
"Darhk's dead?" John asked.
"First thing she did in this reality was kill him. That means that even if Hive isn't defeated, they are definitely weakened." Oliver said and John nodded.
"Agreed." John said.
"Okay, now why don't you head home and I'll see you tomorrow." Oliver said and John nodded as he left the house.
The next day, Oliver couldn't believe that he was actually back in his family's company and that he was about to start taking a role in it. But things changed and so did people.
"Oliver, what a nice surprise." Walter said when he saw his stepson enter his office.
"Hey Walter, sorry I didn't make an appointment." Oliver said with a smile and Walter chuckled.
"You know you're always welcome here. This office was intended to be yours at one point." Walter reminded him.
"That's actually what I wanted to talk to you about." Oliver said.
"Okay, I'm listening." Walter said.
"I was hoping that now that I'm back, I could start taking more of a role in Queen Consolidated. Like you said, dad wanted me to run this place one day." Oliver said and Walter smiled.
"Absolutely. Your mother will be very pleased when I tell her." Walter said.
"I'm not taking charge in the company yet, since I still have some stuff to learn and I was hoping I could shadow you." Oliver said.
"Of course. The board will be very pleased." Walter said and Oliver nodded.
"Yeah, I doubt that. After all, I don't exactly have a college degree." Oliver said.
"You know, you could change that." Walter said.
"I know. But I lost so much time with my family over the past five years. I missed my son's birth. I don't want to leave again for school and miss so much more." Oliver said as Walter got up from his desk and placed his hand on Oliver's shoulder.
"You're a good man Oliver. But there is such a thing as online classes." Walter said.
"Thanks, but I'm good. After all, the CEOs of other successful companies never got a college degree." Oliver said and Walter chuckled.
"True. Anyways, why don't you start next monday. It'll give me time to get an office ready for you, since you won't be getting this one until you're ready to take over the company." Walter said and Oliver nodded.
"Thank you." Oliver said as he moved to leave the office, but not the building, since he needed to make a stop in the IT department. He still couldn't believe that anyone at this company had decided to waste Felicity's skills by stuffing her in IT. When he took over, he was definitely going to promote her to R&D.
Oliver smiled when he entered IT and walked up towards the familiar cubicle and sure enough, she was there.
"Felicity." Oliver said.
"Mr. Queen. How can I help you?" Felicity asked.
"Please Felicity, you can call me Oliver." Oliver said as he then proceeded to restore her memories the same way he had John's.
"Whoa, that was a rush." Felicity said as she shook off her headache.
"Yeah sorry about the headache, Barry said it was an unavoidable side effect." Oliver said as Felicity gained her bearings.
"Great. Although how did I go from running my own company to be reduced back to an IT girl?" Felicity asked and Oliver rolled his eyes.
"You'll get back there." Oliver said.
"Oliver, we need to talk. In private." Felicity said, since they both knew that they needed to have an awkward conversation.
"I know. Come on." Oliver said as he led her out of the cubicle and into an empty office.
"Felicity, we can't be together." Oliver said, causing Felicity to blink in surprise.
"Wow, I was about to say the same thing to you." Felicity said.
"Really. What changed?" Oliver asked.
"You left me in that cabin. I realized that we were never really on the same page and everytime we started to get on, something happens that sends to opposite ends of the book again." Felicity said.
"You know I was never trying to hurt you." Oliver said.
"And you didn't. But Oliver, I think we both know that I was always your second choice. And I want to be with someone who doesn't see me as a consolation prize." Felicity said.
"I know. I was about to say something similar to you. I never meant to make you feel like you were second best." Oliver said.
"But you did. But at least now I know. And besides, in this reality, William is your kid with your first choice. I could never ask you to give that up. Besides, I think I might have my own chance at a happy ending with Tommy." Felicity said.
"I'm glad to hear that." Oliver said.
"So, you mentioned Barry and John, who else do I need to know about?" Felicity asked.
"Sara, Laurel, Thea, Cisco, Batwoman, Kara and J'onn are the only ones I'm aware of, though last night Sara was recruited by the legends, so there's a good chance they know." Oliver said.
"Anyone else from our team?" Felicity asked.
"Roy." Oliver said.
"Maybe you should consider waking Tommy up to, so that way maybe we can use him as a spy in Tempest." Felicity said.
"Maybe, but I should run that by Laurel for the same reason I talked to her before I woke you up." Oliver said and Felicity nodded.
"I understand that, I just think it would be easier to be in a relationship with him if I wasn't keeping secrets from him." Felicity said and Oliver nodded.
"Stop by the foundry after work today. You can get set up while we wait for Cisco to rebuild the bunker, though this time will be under Queen Consolidated." Oliver said.
"Really, does that mean that you're working here now?" Felicity asked.
"Yes and I intend to do a better job than I did last time." Oliver said.
"Well you have the added advantage of knowing better than to trust Isabel Rochev, so that should help." Felicity said.
"Yeah and I promise that once I take over, I will promote you from IT to a more prominent position." Oliver promised.
"Good, but we should probably get out of here before people start to talk." Felicity said.
"Yep." Oliver agreed as they walked out of the office, both of them feeling better now that they'd cleared the air between them.