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One night at Verdant, Roy was trying to pass through the crowd with a tray full of empty glasses as a drunken man bumped into him. "Dude, watch it." Roy warned him.
"Screw you!" The drunk spat as Roy squeezed his shoulder, causing for him to kneel down and whimper in pain and as Roy took a glance at Thea, he came to his senses and let the drunk go as Roy rushed behind the bar.
"Roy, are you OK?" Thea approached him, worried, causing for Roy to stop as he hesitantly turned to her. "Roy. What's going on? Talk to me, please."
"I… I just need some air, Thea."
"Roy, whatever's going on, we can figure this out, OK?" Thea held his hand. "Please, I'm worried about you."
"Please, just stay away." Roy begged as he turned around.
"Wait…" Thea gasped in pain as Roy squeezed her arm and as he realized what was he doing, he gasped.
"I'm sorry." Roy rushed through the door, leaving hurt and sad Thea alone.
Later, as Thea was in the office, she had a pack of ice on her arm as Oliver approached her, while she was wiping her tears. "Hey. What happened, Speedy?"
"Roy. He's been pushing me away." Thea said sadly as Oliver noticed the pack of ice on her arm as he seethed. "I don't know what's going on with him, he's being distant lately and a completely different person and he won't let me in or tell me the truth. And Mom, she…" She swallowed. "She keeps all of these secrets. I mean, doesn't it… doesn't it feel like she's still keeping something from us?"
"I don't know, Thea." Oliver said after a moment.
"You're the only one that doesn't lie to me, Ollie." Thea told him, with tears in her eyes. "You're the only one I know, who doesn't keep secrets from me." She sighed. "Just, I gotta go."
"Let me drive you." Oliver offered.
"No, I just want to be alone right now." Thea left the office as Oliver watched her sadly.
Later, Queen Consolidated
"Thank you for coming early." Zehra said gratefully as Oliver left the boardroom, where was Isabel. "I've been running out of excuses for your… other nightly activities and I'd rather if QC had avoided a PR disaster if you came here late, if at all."
"I've been busy." Oliver said.
"I understand that but this is your family company and if you at least can't keep your appearances, you will lose everything you've been working for so far. I understand the importance of your other job but it's not just your name on the line." Zehra warned. "And by the way, your mother has been waiting for you."
Oliver confronted Moira. "And how is Miss Rochev these days? Still angry that Dorothy dropped a house on her sister?" She asked sarcastically.
Oliver cleared his throat. "What are you doing here?"
"Have you heard from Thea?" Moira asked.
"No." Oliver said.
"You haven't returned any of my phone calls, so I'm left to resort to checking in person as to whether you're attending the debate tonight." Moira said.
"I told you that I would publicly support your campaign." Oliver pointed out. "Anything else?"
"It would be embarrassing for us both if you couldn't at least appear to be my son tonight." Moira said as she was about to leave.
"I have gotten pretty good at pretending to be something I'm not. I learned it from you." Oliver said coldly as Moira turned to him, looking sad as he returned to the meeting.
Later, Starling City
"Ollie, are you alright?" Laurel asked as Oliver sat next to her and Sara at the debate.
"Not really." Oliver admitted. "It's…" He stopped himself as he was listening to the moderator.
"Now we have the next in our series of video questions by Starling City voters. This one comes from… Thea Queen." He said, surprised. "OK, there must be some mistake."
The video wall behind turned on to see frightened Thea, with tears on her face, causing for Oliver to shoot up from his seat as everyone gasped.
"Help! Help! Somebody help me, please! He—" Thea cried out before a hand in black glove covered her mouth and the masked man appeared on the screen and a sign with big white letters flashed there.
"HOW MUCH IS THEA QUEEN'S LIFE WORTH TO YOU?"
Three years ago, Africa
"Dad!" Riley exclaimed as the mercenary held him as Richard, Sara and Elian stared in despair.
"You will open the gateway to the sanctuary, Mr. Dragon." An elder man with grey hair said as he stepped forward before looking at Jade. "Thank you for calling them back here, Miss Nguyen."
"You set us up?" Sara glared at Jade. "You bitch!" She was about to lunge at her but stopped herself as she noticed the red dot on her chest as one of the mercenaries aimed his rifle at her.
"I got paid to do a job. It's nothing personal." Jade shrugged.
"Where is the Essence?" The elderly man demanded. "Reiter would be pleased to have it."
"Released." Elian explained.
"Turner… you fool…" The elderly man narrowed his eyes.
"If we cannot find the Untitled and reassemble the Essence, hundreds of people will die." Elian pleaded.
Naomi's eyes were glowing. "They're near…"
"She's been exposed to the Essence." The man said. "She may help us find it."
"Look, let them go, Cain." Richard raised his hands. "They're innocent. Please. No one needs to get hurt."
Cain paused, considering before he let Henry, Riley and Chloe go. "These three may leave. But the rest will stay with us as leverage." Nicole glared at her brother as he was about to protest but sighed eventually. "You may go home and as soon as I get what I want, the rest of your friends may leave as well."
Henry turned to Chloe as they both nodded before Henry turned to Nicole and she had a pleading look in her eyes as he nodded as he neared his sister. "I promise, I'll keep him safe."
Nicole kissed him on his cheek as they were leaving before Henry neared Richard and glared at him. "This is all on you. We wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for you. If I were you, I'd run. Run, while you still can, because next time we see each other again, we're not gonna be friends anymore!"
"Henry, I'm sorry…" Richard murmured but Henry ignored him as Riley hugged Richard tightly.
"Am I gonna see you again?" Riley asked, with tears in his eyes.
"I don't know." Richard admitted.
"Riley, we should go." Chloe said after a minute as she accompanied him to a car.
Present, Queen Consolidated
In Oliver's office, Pike and Quentin were interviewing Moira, who was apparently shaken up. "Well, the video referenced a demand but no ransom." Pike said. "Which means this might not be about money."
"We're going to get her back, Moira." Quentin assured her, laying a hand on her shoulder. "I promise you, Thea's coming home."
"Now, can you think of anyone, who might want to get to you through Thea?" Pike asked.
"No one except for the families of the 503 families that died last year." Moira said.
"This isn't about the quake." Oliver muttered as Quentin looked up to him.
"How can you be so sure?" Pike asked.
"You just need to find the man in the mask!" Oliver snapped.
"Look, we're working on it." Pike assured him. "We're running down every lead."
"What are those leads?" Oliver demanded.
"Oh, God, oh, God… how could I have let this happen?" Moira sobbed out.
Oliver heard the tapping of the glass as Isabel was summoning him and he approached her. "If I hear about one more invasive press inquiry being sent to Mr. Queen or to any member of the Queen family, I will hold you personally responsible." Isabel growled down the phone.
"You're very scary." Oliver said upon approaching her as she hung up the phone. "Thank you."
"My job is to take things off your plate, now more than ever." Isabel reminded. "To that end, you remember how at today's meeting, the board nominated new officers? Voting has to take place within 24 hours. It cannot be suspended, it's an SEC thing."
"I can't think about this right now." Oliver said, frustrated.
"I know and I'm sorry but you have to." Isabel insisted. "You're the CEO and you have responsibilities…"
"Which you handle for me all the time." Oliver reminded her.
"A board vote is several orders of magnitude different from covering a missed meeting." Isabel said. "You could appoint someone CEO pro tempore." Oliver quickly wrote a note down on a pad as Isabel protested. "That's not a good idea."
"I'm appointing you." Oliver said.
"What?" Isabel asked, surprised.
"Congratulations, you're the temporary CEO." Oliver handed the note to Isabel.
"I can't." She protested.
"Please." Oliver insisted as she reluctantly took the note. "Thank you."
"Have Thea thank me, when she's back safe at home." Isabel said.
Zehra then entered. "Mr. Queen. You have a phone call. From Miss Sullivan."
Later, the Lair
"CIA is helping us and they helped us trace Thea's movements." Chloe explained. "Credit card receipts, customers list, cell phone photos, they've looked into everything. And we found a car three blocks away from here. It's registered to Slade Wilson, has a GPS, it's outside a bar on Roosevelt."
"That was easy." Jack said.
"It could be a set-up." Sara protested.
"The whole thing smells rotten." Oliver agreed. "Either Thea's there or he is. Either way, we have to go."
"I mixed this up just in case." Richard showed him an injection arrow. "League of Assassins' mixture. Tibetan pit viper venom. The most powerful sedative ever."
"That'll give us an advantage." Oliver approved before turning to Roy. "But you are going to give us another."
"Are you sure you want me to go?" Roy asked, unsure.
"Are you angry?" Oliver asked as Roy nodded. "Use that rage."
"Well, you're just always telling me to hold back." Roy protested.
"Not tonight." Oliver said.
Three years ago
"This place is unbelievable." Cain walked down the courtyard as he saw the marketplace of the ancient city.
"How dare you enter the sanctuary?" Ducra snarled as she approached Cain and his men, alongside with Richard, Sara, Jack, Naomi, Elian and Nicole.
"Greetings, Elder One." Cain bowed before Ducra.
"Mother." Elian knelt down. "These people have come to aid us in finding the Untitled and stopping the Essence from spreading."
"In exchange for what?" Ducra sneered. "We've seen this type before over the centuries, my dear. You seek our source of immortality. The Lazarus pit."
"Isn't that a fair bargain?" Cain asked. "You need all the help you can get."
"Whether you deserve it or not, depends on your intentions." Ducra glared. "Where are the Untitled?"
"They have vanished, mother." Elian said. "But I'm worried they might appear again."
Ducra stared at her new allies hesitantly. "Very well, you may help us. But whether you can earn the pit is yet to be decided."
Present, Starling City
The Arrow, Canary, Richard and Roy entered an abandoned building as they spotted Slade sitting on an old chair, smoking a cigar. "Where is she, Slade?" The Arrow demanded as Slade got up, not answering, with a smirk on his face, while the vigilantes circled him.
"The man asked you a question." Roy snapped as he punched Slade hard in the chin as his head whipped but didn't affect him otherwise at all.
"Where is she?" The Arrow growled again.
"What are you gonna do, kid? Kill me?" Slade taunted as he neared them. "Then, who would tell you… where your beloved Thea is?"
They stared at each other for a moment before the Arrow finally spoke up. "Call Detective Lance. Tell him to come down here."
"What? Why?" Roy asked, confused.
"To arrest Slade Wilson." The Arrow said before he fired an injection arrow with the viper venom at Slade as he slumped back in the chair, unconscious.
Later, SCPD
"Did he tell you where Thea is?" Oliver asked Quentin as he shook his head.
"Miss Queen, thank you for coming." Westberg said as he alongside Pike approached her.
"This doesn't make any sense, Slade Wilson is a friend." Moira murmured.
"And he's been in Costa Rica for the past seventy-two hours." Pike said as Oliver and Quentin stared at him.
"He can provide flight manifests, phone records, even some videos, so he couldn't have taken your daughter."
"If he didn't, then why did you arrest him?" Moira demanded.
"We didn't." Westberg replied before he and Pike glared at Quentin.
"He was apprehended by the vigilante, who then contacted Officer Lance." Pike added. "We need to talk, Quentin." He dragged him aside as Oliver snuck into the interrogation room, where was Slade sitting at the table.
"They're calling you 'Deathstroke'." Oliver began.
"It's a bit flamboyant. I like it." Slade smirked.
"How did you get off the island?" Oliver inquired.
"That is your first question?" Slade asked, surprised.
"Well, you've made it pretty clear that you're not going to tell me where my sister is, so, yeah. That's my first question." Oliver told him.
"I swam. But it wasn't without obstacles. The rip current dragged me under. The rocks on the reef cut up my flesh to the bone. But the Mirakuru, it regenerated everything." He pointed to his eyepatch. "Except this."
Oliver sighed before leaning onto the table, gazing at Slade heatedly. "You know, it's just the two of us in here, so why don't we try being honest? Why are you doing this?
"You know why." Slade sneered.
"It was five years ago." Oliver shot back.
"It was yesterday." Slade retorted. "Oh, I tried to let go of the island… but it's still got a hold on me. And if that hood that you wear every night is any indication, it's still got a hold of you, kid."
"She never did anything to you." Oliver said. "I did. Shado is dead because of a choice that I made. So, punish me. Blame me." He begged. "But Thea… you want me to beg? Is that what this all about? Because I'm begging. Just, please… please, tell me, where she is."
Slade stared for a moment. "Hmm, that must have been hard for you to say. Thea… well, Thea's—"
Westberg entered, interrupting him and looked surprised to see Oliver. "Mr. Queen? Who the hell let you in here?" He approached Slade and undid the cuffs. "Mr. Wilson, you're free to go, with the department's deepest apologies."
Slade got up, rubbing his wrists. "No need, Chief. An innocent girl's life hangs in the balance. You need to follow every lead possible."
"Well, still, you should know that Officer Lance is facing some very serious charges." Pike told him.
"Well, don't pursue them on my behalf. I'm not one to hold a grudge." Slade shot Oliver a nasty grin before leaving the room.
Elsewhere in Starling City
"Tracker on his car is on." Chloe said. "Roy, he's coming up on your position."
"Got him." Roy said as he watched the car from a corner of the street.
"He's on Warner's now."
"I see him, heading north." Diggle said as he followed Slade down the intersection before a black SUV cut him off. "Damn it, I lost him!"
"Don't worry, I still got him. Sara, head towards Downey Street."
Sara, Jack and Henry drove on their bikes but as they looked at the window, they noticed it was empty. "Negative. Negative, it's not him!"
"What?!" Chloe exclaimed. "What the… he's cloned the tracker's signal! Roy! You need to hurry!" Roy kept running down the street as at the intersection, a car bumped him and he looked around frantically for Slade's car. "Roy, do you still have him? Roy!"
Later, the Lair
"What are we gonna do now?" Chloe asked.
"Wait for Oliver. Figure out what our next move will be." Diggle said.
"Wait for him to tell us, you mean." Roy snapped. "We can't do anything without King Queen's permission."
"You're out of line, Roy." Diggle retorted.
"Alright, let's all just calm down here." Sara intervened. "Slade outplayed us, it happens."
"No, it only happened because the police let Slade go – after we turned him in because Oliver told us to." Roy shot back.
"And what other choice we had?" Henry asked, frustrated.
"The three of you are ex-CIA." Roy glared at Henry, Chloe and Jack. "He's an international assassin." He turned to Richard. "You're a vigilante." He then turned to Sara. "And he's Special Forces." He gave a final glare to Diggle. "Between all of us, we could have gotten answers out of him instead of turning him in to the police." He sneered.
"OK, calm down." Jack intervened.
"Roy, Slade's a former A.S.I.S. agent before the Mirakuru, he wouldn't have broken, no matter how hard we tried." Sara protested.
"Of course, you two are always right." Roy scoffed. "Every call Oliver Queen and Sara Lance make, is the right one."
"I think you're just blaming Oliver because you lost Slade." Sara pointed out.
"Well, of course, you'd take his side, you're screwing him." Roy sneered as Sara shot up from the chair, glaring at Roy and the phrase 'if looks could kill' came to mind.
"Roy William Harper!" Chloe exclaimed. "That was out of line!"
Roy glowered as he left the lair.
Later, Queen Manor
Moira was in the lounge, looking sadly at an old photo of Thea as Oliver asked the policemen to give them some privacy before approaching his mother. "Do you remember how she loved that color? Your father would buy her boxes of crayons by the truckload. She could never get enough. She'd draw on the walls. And I could never get angry because it was just so adorable." She said tearfully.
"You should try to get some sleep." Oliver told her as he turned around, about to leave the room.
"Is my baby still alive?" Moira murmured as Oliver turned to her.
"What?"
"Is my baby still alive?" Moira repeated a bit louder.
Oliver paused for a moment. "Yes."
"I woke up every day for five years the mother who lost her son. I… I can't… I can't endure it again." She turned to him. "And now you hate me and you have every justification."
"Now is not the time." Oliver told her.
"Yes. It is." Moira said. "It is exactly the time. I've told you that these lies were to keep our family safe; to keep us all together but that was the biggest lie of all. And I told it to you, to Thea, to myself. Because I was too weak to face any kind of truth."
"What's happening now isn't your fault." Oliver assured her.
Moira put the picture back on the table. "From the moment your children are born, you worry what the world might do to them. But you never stop to think what you might do to them. That we could be our own worst enemy."
Three years ago
"You are worried about your friends, right?" Elian asked as Sara was in her quarters, staring at the forest from the balcony.
"I can't put them into danger." Sara said. "I never asked for any of this to happen."
"You cannot take on the sins of others." Elian held her hand. "You are not responsible for everyone."
"Sometimes, I find that hard to believe." Sara said guiltily as Elian smiled at her. "You're a good friend, you know that?" The atmosphere became tense as Elian and Sara stared at each other, as each other saw the pain and guilt in the eyes of the other one.
"My lady, our scouts have spotted the Untitled in the nearby valley." The monk panted out as he rushed in.
Sara, Jack, Richard, Elian and Jade were driving the car down the road as Elian pulled out an amulet, while they entered a small town. "They're here." She said as the amulet shined.
Sara frowned, confused. "Then, why aren't these people—"
"Because the Untitled have blended in with the people. Unnoticed. We must find them before they infect this town."
Present, the Lair
Roy was about to leave as he ran out of patience. "Hey, where are you going?" Sara asked.
"Well, sitting around here isn't helping Thea now, is it?" Roy snapped.
Diggle and Jack walked up next to Sara, both of them discreetly reaching for their guns.
"I know you think that this is the Mirakuru but it's not. I'm right and you know I am, so, why don't you get out of my way." Roy said impatiently.
"Calm down, Roy." Chloe said. "Thea wouldn't want you to go out there like that."
Diggle laid his hand on Roy's shoulder. "She's right, now, let's just—"
Roy slammed Diggle on a table.
"Roy!" Henry shouted as Diggle groaned.
Then, an injecting arrow hit the light next to Roy's head as Roy turned to see Sara, holding a bow and aiming another arrow with the pit viper venom at him and Jack and Henry were aiming their guns at him. "Next one goes into your chest. Let him go." She warned.
Roy glared at Sara before Oliver burst in. "Let him go!" He shouted at Roy angrily as Roy let go of Diggle. "What the hell's going on here?"
"I'm fine." Roy snapped. "That's what's going on. Thea, she's out there, hurt or worse, because of one person. And that is not Slade Wilson."
"Roy—"
"I believed in you." Roy said angrily. "There's nothing left for me here." He moved past Oliver and went upstairs before Oliver's phone rang.
"Zehra, look, now's not the best—" He stopped himself as his face was turned into a one of pure of shock.
Later, Queen Consolidated
"I'm sorry, Ollie, Walter and I tried to stall her as much as we could." Zehra explained quickly.
"It's not your fault." Oliver quickly waltzed past her as he burst into the boardroom as the guard tried to stop him.
"I'm sorry, Miss Rochev, but he was very… insistent."
"Can you give us the room, please?" Isabel asked the board members.
Oliver waited for them to leave before speaking up. "Isabel, what have you done?"
"Me? Very little." Isabel taunted. "You're the one, who made this possible, when you made me CEO. I know it was only temporary, but it gave me the authority I needed to call an emergency board meeting. As of thirty minutes ago, your company belongs to me. The directors unanimously made my appointment permanent. I'd say they lost faith in your leadership but that would imply there was any." She smirked. "Maybe you should have focused a little less on your… evening activities."
Then it hit Oliver like a truck. "Slade. You're working with him."
"With." Isabel corrected. "He knew planting me in your family's business would draw you back to Starling City. Truth be told, I was skeptical but—"
Oliver grabbed her by her throat and slammed her to the wall. "Why are you doing this?!"
"I think it's sad you don't know." Isabel whispered. "The sins of the father are the sins of the son." She grabbed him by his neck but he threw her on the floor before they both got up on their feet, staring at each other for a moment before she tried to kick him but Oliver blocked her attack and slammed her against the table, grabbing her by her throat.
"You're gonna tell me, where my sister is, or I am going to kill you." Oliver hissed. "Where is she?!" He snarled.
"He's holding her at a storage depot just outside the city limits. Tosca Cartage."
"How do I know you're not lying?!" Oliver demanded.
Isabel laughed. "It's cute how you think this isn't all playing out exactly how he wants it to." Oliver let her go as he was about to leave. "And he wants you to come alone." She added, stopping him. "If he even smells your partners, he will gut sweet little Thea like a trout."
Oliver glared at Isabel hatefully before leaving the room quickly.
Later, the Lair
"At least let us surround the perimeter." Diggle said as Oliver was gearing up.
"No, Isabel was very clear, I come alone or Thea dies." Oliver said.
Sara neared him. "Ollie, this is another one of Slade's games and unless—"
"No! What I can't do, Sara, is nothing!" Oliver snapped. "What would you do, if it were Laurel, or your father, or your mother?! I will not get dragged into the same debate over and over again!"
"Oliver, you can't expect that Slade will honestly hold up his end of the bargain." Chloe said.
"I don't have a choice." Oliver whispered. "I'm sorry… but I have to do this alone." He stormed off.
"Oliver!" Jack yelled.
"Ollie!" Sara and Henry wailed.
Tosca Cartage
The Arrow entered the facility as he faced three masked men with guns as he swiftly took them down before engaging more masked men and shooting them down before he saw an empty chair in the middle of the room, realizing he had been played. "Ollie, we have another problem." Henry called out. "Slade intercepted a prison transport with Iron Heights inmates. And you won't believe it but Thea's safe. She just walked into the precinct five minutes ago, safe and sound."
Later, SCPD
Oliver burst in, with Sara and Diggle already waiting there for him. "Thea?" He asked quickly.
"She's fine. No injuries. He didn't touch her." Diggle assured him.
"He wasn't there. He had a lot of men, hired guns, he wasn't there!" Oliver exploded.
"Because he was busy elsewhere." Sara said dryly.
"Iron Heights reopened a wing damaged in the quake." Diggle explained. "There was a prisoner transfer. Slade hijacked it. Soldiers for his army." He guessed.
"Oliver!" Moira called out as she ran to him and they entered the interrogation room, where Thea was standing at the wall.
"Oh, thank God." Oliver said, relieved.
"Oh, my baby!" Moira cried, kissing her on the forehead but strangely, Thea didn't move a bit.
"What?" Oliver stepped back warily.
"He told me." Thea said. "Mr. Wilson. He told me your secret." She glared at Oliver as he backed away in shock. "How you've been lying to me for years." Oliver froze. "How could you not tell me Malcolm Merlyn was my father?!" She demanded. "I believed in you."
Thea rushed to the door, ignoring them both.
"We were trying to keep you safe." Oliver said.
Thea looked at him in disgust. "Do you have any idea, who you sound like? You sound just like her." She stormed out of the room, leaving there Oliver and Moira devastated.
Three years ago, Africa
Sara and everyone else blended in with the customers as Sara and Elian neared the counter, talking to the bartender. "Two beers, please."
Then, one man approached her and Sara rolled her eyes, knowing exactly what was about to happen. "Hey, what you pretty ladies doing here alone? Would you mind extra seats next to you?"
"No, thank you." Sara declined as Elian was reaching for her dagger, while the man grabbed her by her arm and the next thing he knew, he was down on the floor with a broken nose as Elian glared.
"Have I given you permission to touch me, or my friend?" She sneered.
"Hey!" A policeman shouted as he cuffed Sara and Elian and dragged them outside. "You two shouldn't be causing trouble here."
Elian pulled out a copper dagger as she stabbed the policeman in the throat. "And your kin shouldn't be trying to devour the entire city, Untitled."
The policeman laughed viciously as his wound healed and eyes glowed red. "This was very unwise, Elian."
"Your brethren should return back to the Essence and not bother these people." Elian glared.
"Once I kill you and your friend, I will devour the entire city! You should have left me alone!" From the policeman's hands were growing claws as he attacked them both and Sara blocked with her batons before Jade kicked the policeman back.
"Is this a private party or can I join?"
Present, the Lair
Diggle, Sara, Chloe, Jack, Henry and Richard were waiting for Oliver, as he entered the lair, tired. "What are you, guys, doing here?"
"Where else would we be?" Diggle asked.
"Roy was right." Oliver leaned onto the table. "At every turn, I had made the wrong decision. With him, with… the company and… and with Thea." He swallowed. "I was so focused on what Slade might do to me, that it never occurred to me what I could do to myself. I am my own worst enemy."
"That's Slade talking, Oliver, don't let him get into your head." Diggle reasoned.
"I can't keep him out of my head, Diggle!" Oliver exploded. "I can't… I can't stop him from doing anything."
"Yes, you can." Chloe assured him.
"What makes you so sure?" Oliver asked.
"Because we've got your back, at every step." Henry said. "What's the next step, Ollie?"
Oliver considered. "Now we fight back."
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