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Roy was on the table, unconscious as Chloe was at the computer and Diggle was cleaning up his gun. "I talked to Caitlin, the cure's not finished yet. And no mention of Rochev either." She got up on her feet and went to check in on Roy but he wasn't on the table anymore and as she turned around, she gasped. "Oh, my God, you scared the hell out of me." She then noticed the blank expression on Roy's face. "Roy? You OK?"
Jack then entered and stopped himself as he noticed how was Roy's hands trembling as he flipped the table over and the computer screens crashed. "Chloe, get away from him!"
Chloe ran towards a desk and picked up her gun as Diggle got in Roy's way as he was going upstairs. "Roy, listen—"
Roy shoved Diggle as he hit a cart and crashed on the floor.
"Diggle!" Chloe exclaimed as she rushed to him. "Are you alright?"
As soon as Diggle recovered, he and Jack rushed upstairs but Roy managed to vanish in the crowd.
Laurel's Apartment
Oliver and Sara were at the table as Henry was showing pulling the turkey out with Laurel.
"Well, not bad for… third try?" Henry asked as Laurel flushed.
"Well, at least you didn't roast it like the pancakes you tried to make for us and Tommy." Oliver added as Sara laughed out loud.
Laurel put the turkey on the table as they all sat down, eating as Oliver looked hesitantly at Laurel and Henry. "So… are you two—"
Henry and Laurel then looked at each other awkwardly for a moment as Laurel flushed more. "Well…"
"We're…"
"…Taking it slow." Henry said.
"We haven't made anything official yet." Laurel finished.
Oliver cleared his throat. "And do you remember, when you wanted to move in already? And now you, Henry—"
Laurel coughed out as she put down her glass of water. "Ollie, it's not like that."
"Look, I just needed some space after that mess with Richard." Henry explained. "And—"
Then, suddenly, Oliver's, Sara's and Henry's phones went off at the same time. "Chloe." They all said simultaneously.
Laurel then noticed the looks on their faces. "OK, I'm guessing that's not a good sign, if she calls all three of you at the same time."
Later, the Lair
Oliver, Sara and Henry entered the lair as they saw Jack and Diggle setting up the table and computers.
"What happened?" Oliver demanded.
"I don't know." Diggle breathed out. "One minute he's comatose, the next, he's flipping over computer equipment."
"It was like he was a completely different person." Chloe said, a little shaken up.
"Where do you think he's headed?" Sara asked.
"I don't know but we have to find him." Oliver decided.
"I'm calling Richard." Henry pulled out his phone.
Three years ago
"You've been a compliant dog, Richard but your ideals and Miss Lance's soft heart have cost me Turner." Cain sneered at Jack, Richard and Sara. "And for that, I'll rip the life from your dear Nicole and Riley and Henry… then Jack… then Chloe… and then I'll kill you both myself."
"This is all my fault." Sara murmured. "I'm sorry, Elian." She turned to her friend.
"We can assign blame, we need to stop him." Elian said. She attacked Cain with her daggers but Cain dodged before she could blink and the next thing she knew, she was down on the ground.
Sara tried to attack Cain but he was inhumanly fast as she was down on the ground as he raised his hands, while Richard lunged at Cain but Cain lifted Richard in the air as he started to choke out.
Present, elsewhere in Starling City
The Arrow, Canary, Richard, Henry, Jack and Diggle were searching the town.
"This is ridiculous." The Canary grumbled. "We can't just ride around all night, hoping to lay eyes on him."
"Diggle?" The Arrow called out.
"His place is clean, I don't think he's been back here." Diggle said.
"Hey, guys, you need to hear this." Chloe said. "I've been listening to the police band and you need to hear this. Four officers were just attacked by a boy in red hoodie. On 14th and Hobart."
"Roy." The Arrow and Canary said simultaneously.
"What happened here?" Richard asked the bloodied officers on the ground as one of them was holding a pole to get on his feet.
"Guy jumped us." The officer murmured. "Came out of nowhere. The dude is 'roided out or something. Crazy like."
"You liked the movie, Riley?" Sin asked as she and Riley went out from the cinema before they noticed Roy on the street. "Abercrombie! Hold up! Where have you been, man?" She asked concerned.
"Roy, are you OK?" Riley asked, noticing Roy's look.
"I went over to your place like twenty times. Thea said you skipped down." Sin said before she noticed the bruises on his knuckles. "Have you been in a fight again?" She asked.
Roy then yanked and shoved his hand, pushing Sin hard as she and Riley hit a car and he yelped.
"Hey, Sin, is this guy bothering you?" One of Sin's friends from the street asked.
"No, no, no, he's chill." Sin said quickly, trying not to make things worse. "Seriously, just step off."
"My arm…" Riley gasped as he massaged his bruised arm.
"We going to have a problem, guy?" One of the men asked.
"Seriously, just leave him alone, he's fine." Sin said quickly.
"Oh, what, you got nothing smart to say?" The man put his hand on Roy's hand as he growled and then twisted his arm, breaking his wrist as the other two men started to punch him and one of them grabbed Roy from behind but Roy grabbed his hands and threw him over his shoulder as he hit the roof of the car and then smashed another one's face through the car window as Sin covered Riley's eyes.
"Roy!" Sin exclaimed as she tried to approach Roy but he slapped her as she hit the ground.
Verdant
"Chloe's running facial recognition on traffic cameras throughout the city." Oliver told Sara as they entered the club.
"Which could take forever." Sara snapped. "We need to take Roy down now before he attacks any more people."
Before Oliver could reply, Thea approached him. "What part of 'I want nothing to do with you' are just not understanding?"
"I came here to see Sara." Oliver smiled at her."
"And what about him? He's been stalking me." Thea glanced at Diggle.
"He's protecting you." Oliver said.
"From what?" Thea demanded.
"Slade Wilson is still at large. He already tried hurting you once." Oliver reminded.
"He didn't hurt me." Thea retorted. "He told me the truth, which I know you think is a bad thing but it's actually not."
"It is if it costs me you." Oliver said.
"Your lies did that." Thea shot back. "Now, I'm going to go upstairs to the stockroom and if I get attacked by some shot glasses, I'll call 9-1-1." She whirled around and went upstairs.
Oliver approached Diggle. "Thanks for taking care of her." He whispered.
Diggle smiled. "Lucky for me, she's not as good at disappearing as you were."
Sara then noticed Sin and Riley walking slowly into the club.
"Have you seen Thea?" Sin asked.
"What happened to your eye?" Sara asked. "And your face?"
"Roy." Riley said, frightened. "He's becoming like those ghosts in Africa."
Sara then knelt to Riley and held his shoulders. "Those ghosts are gone. Remember? I won't let anything happen to you. I promised you, remember?" Riley nodded.
"Riley?" Richard asked as he entered the club as Riley rushed to him.
"Dad, I'm scared." He hugged him.
"Riley, what happened?"
"Roy… he…"
Richard then narrowed his eyes. "Tell me everything."
"I'm sorry." Sin said quietly as she looked guilty. "You were right, back during Christmas, I should have listened to you. What happened to Roy is my fault."
"I'm gonna stop him, Sin." Sara promised.
"Sara, Roy's a friend, he needs help, not a beat down." Sin protested.
Sara nodded, unconvinced. "I don't want to hurt him but if he gives me no choice left…"
"Please, don't." Sin begged.
Three years ago
"The Well has so much power to offer. You cannot defeat me, Miss Lance!" Cain snarled as he knocked Sara on the ground and she tried to kick him and hit him with her sticks but none of her attacks seemed to faze him and Jack fired at him with his gun but it didn't even affect Cain one bit. "Feel the power of the Well of Sins. Feel the weight of the sins of the world!" Around Sara then appeared apparitions of Slade Wilson, Anthony Ivo, Randall Lockley and Shado. "The Well magnifies every dark corner of your heart, every insecurity… every moment of your failure…"
"No, this isn't real." Sara whispered, fear taking her over.
"You've know nothing but failure… nothing but pain… nothing but loss… I only need to watch it rip you asunder."
"Stop! Please!" Sara begged, holding her head, not being able to take it.
"Sara!" Elian exclaimed, stabbing Cain with her knife but it didn't affect him as he hit her in the chest as she fell on the ground.
"This power is not yours to take!" Sara snarled, grabbing a dagger from the ground and stabbing Cain in his heart.
For a moment, Sara was in vast emptiness, darkness around her. "Ducra? What's going on?"
"How much are you willing to sacrifice to save the world? To save your sister? Your father? Oliver?"
"My own life." Sara said with conviction. "I'd die, if it means saving my family. My friends. That's what Ollie did. I need to do right by them."
"Then, you might win." Ducra said. "But you will not survive. If you do… your soul will forever be touched by darkness."
Present, the Lair
"We cross-referenced all of Roy's attacks and where they spotted him." Chloe said.
"Looks like he's heading east." Henry added.
"What's east?" Sara asked.
"Queen Mansion." Oliver realized.
"Maybe Roy's not too far gone." Henry added. "I mean, he remembers, where Thea used to live and…"
"Or maybe it's just a coincidence that he's moving east." Sara shot back.
Oliver cleared his throat and shot Sara a glare. "I know that Sin and Riley are involved but don't let that cloud your judgment."
Sara's phone then started to ring. "Sin."
"I found Roy."
"Well, I thought I told you to go home." Sara reminded.
"Yeah, that's where I am right now." Sin said. "And so is he."
Sara's face turned into alarmed one.
Later, clock tower
The Arrow, the Canary and Richard were looking around.
"Roy!" The Arrow called out.
"He's not here." The Canary sighed, frustrated.
Suddenly, Roy jumped down from above as the Canary hit him hard with her staff but Roy blocked and threw the staff away before grabbing her by her throat and throwing her against the wall, knocking her out. Richard tried to restrain Roy as he grabbed him from behind but Roy grabbed Richard's arms and threw him over his shoulder as Richard hit the ground.
The Arrow fired an arrow filled with Tibetan pit viper venom but Roy caught it. Frustrated, Oliver put his hood down and took off his mask. "It's Oliver." He slowly approached Roy. "It's me. What you're doing right now, it's because of Mirakuru. You're a good person, Roy. You have a conscience and a soul. I need you to use this and fight this. You can do it!" He pleaded.
Roy snarled as he tried to hit Oliver but Oliver blocked Roy's attack but the next one sent Oliver back against a support tried to attack Roy but he kicked Richard against a wall as he approached Oliver and stomped on his leg as the bones cracked and Oliver screamed out in pain.
Roy turned around and punched a hole in the floor, jumping down through it.
As Oliver got up on his feet and looked outside the window, he saw Roy drive an arrow through the chest of one of the officers, killing him.
Later, the Lair
"Some of the damage is chronic." Chloe said as she was examining the x-ray scan, while Henry was holding a camera at Oliver's leg. "The cost of vigilante business."
"I need to get back on my feet." Oliver insisted.
"A brace can do that. But it's gonna hurt." Henry warned.
"I can handle it." Oliver growled. He then mixed some herbs as Sara scowled.
"These aren't going to fix your knee."
"They'll help heal it faster."
"Where are we with facial recognition?" Oliver asked Chloe at the computer.
"Nothing."
"We need to find Roy before the police do." Oliver said.
"Because they'll kill him and we won't?" Sara demanded.
"S.T.A.R. Labs is working on a cure." Oliver turned to her, glaring.
"Which they may never come up with." Sara snapped. "And even if they do, I mean, how many people are we going to let Roy kill in the meantime?"
"She's right." Richard agreed. "Roy went too far. There may be only one way to stop him."
"OK, that's enough, both of you!" Jack snapped, to everyone's shock. "Are you two even listening to yourself?" Sara then gapped, remembering… "I get that you're feeling angry and you think that you need to stop Roy no matter what the cost but have you forgotten Africa? What happened back then?" Sara widened her eyes as she froze and Chloe's, Richard's and Henry's eyes looked solemn as Sara looked guiltily. "Sara, when I found you, you told me you wanted to be better than that. And right now, you're acting just like back then."
Sara's heart then flooded with guilt and sadness. "I'm sorry, Jack, it's just that—"
"Roy's not like Cain or Turner or Slade." Jack reminded. "Even you believed you were too far gone but you found your way back. Because I believed in you."
"Hey, none of this arguing is gonna help get him off the streets." Richard snapped. "The longer we wait, the more likely it is that things are gonna get worse."
"You're right." Sara sighed. "We don't want him dead but we can't have him out on the streets either. But we need to be ready, if things won't go our way."
"Ready for what?" Oliver asked. Sara pulled out a gun from the drawer. "What are you doing?" Oliver demanded.
"If he gives me no other choice left, the Mirakuru won't do anything against a headshot." Sara said, loading the pistol.
"Sara!" Oliver snapped angrily.
"If you can't find another way to stop him, I will." Sara glared. "Your mother's rally starts in a half an hour, I'd get dressed if I were you."
"Sara, I thought you didn't want to live that way anymore." Jack reminded.
Later, Verdant
"Oliver, where have you been?" Mark asked as he approached Oliver, who sat at the bar. "Haven't you gotten any of my calls?"
"I've been busy." Oliver said quickly. "What's wrong?"
"It's your mother." Mark said.
"She'll do fine." Oliver said.
"No, she won't." Mark insisted. "She's not using this event to rally the troops, she's using it to tell people she's dropping out of the race."
Oliver looked at Mark in shock before he limped upstairs into Thea's office. "Oliver, what happened?" Moira asked, worried.
"It's a motorcycle accident, it was stupid." Oliver said automatically as he sat on the edge of the table.
"Yes, this would be the second accident as in many weeks, if my math is correct." Moira said.
"Mom, what's happening with Thea right now isn't because you weren't spending enough time with her." Oliver pointed out.
"Well, maybe not." Moira turned to the windows, looking down at the club. "I have to do something and I'm not sure what else to do."
"Thea hates you right now because of the things that you've done." Oliver pointed out. "Terrible things. So let her see you do something good – as mayor. Mom, I know a little something about… sacrificing the people closest to me for the good of this city."
"I know." Moira said softly.
"Good." Oliver nodded as he got up.
"Oliver, I know." Moira told him with a pointed look. "I know." She said quietly as Oliver froze, looking at her in shock. "I've known since last year, I suppose. The night of the Undertaking, everything became so clear. It was pretty much the night I stopped sleeping."
"Before you say anything else—" Oliver tried to defend.
"There's nothing else to say." Moira interrupted him, holding his hands. "Nothing I need to say, except I could not be more proud."
Three years ago
Sara lunged at Cain, stabbing him through his heart with the dagger before stabbing him relentlessly, in a haze of rage.
"Sara!" Richard yelled. "Sara, stop!"
"Sara!" Jack and Richard held her hands as she looked at her bloodied hands and Jack and Henry groaned at the look of Cain's mutilated corpse.
"Oh, God…" Sara murmured, her eyes full of horror at realization of what did she do.
Present, the Lair
As Moira finished her speech, Thea went on stage in front of the cameras as Diggle looked at Oliver in alarm. "What is she doing?"
"She knows this is being televised." Oliver said. "She's sending a message to Roy, trying to draw him out. How many of those venom arrows we have?"
"About twenty." Henry counted.
"How many do you need?" Chloe asked.
"All of them. And lidocaine." Oliver snapped.
Henry handed Oliver a syringe and he jammed it into his knee, full dosage as Henry grinned.
Verdant
The gunshots rang out as the crowd panicked, while Roy rushed in, throwing a guard at the bar as Diggle and Laurel tried to get Moira out.
"Thea, we have to go now!" Diggle barked.
"No, it's Roy!" Thea yelled. "I'm not leaving him!"
"Thea, just go!" Laurel insisted.
Roy threw another gun at Diggle as they both crashed to the floor and then, Roy grabbed a metal pole, swinging it at Diggle's head, knocking him out.
"Roy!" Thea wailed, drawing his attention. "Roy, listen to me! Listen to my voice! I don't know what's going on with you but I have to believe the man I fell in love with is still inside there, somewhere. You have to fight." She insisted, nearing him as Roy's hands were shaking. "You're strong, you can fight this. Fight this!"
Roy suddenly grabbed Thea by her throat and lifted her above the floor as she choked out.
"Roy!" The Canary yelled as she entered. "Put her down."
"Don't make us do this." Richard said as he pulled out a knife.
"Please, don't. He can't control it." Thea choked out.
"That's why I don't have a choice." The Canary growled.
"Whoa! Stop!" Sin stood in front of the Canary.
"Get out of the way." The Canary ordered.
"Don't do this." Sin begged.
Roy threw Thea on the floor, turning to the Canary as she pushed Sin out of the way, kneeling as she shot Roy in the leg, causing for him to kneel down before he looked up at her. "Kill me. Please. Kill me." He begged as Sara stared, suddenly an old memory resurfacing.
"Please, don't do it!" Thea begged as the Canary closed her eyes, lowering her gun, not wanting to relive that anymore as Richard approached Roy with a dagger in his hand but the Arrow fired three injection arrows with viper venom into Roy's chest as he fell down on the ground, unconscious.
"No one dies tonight." The Arrow snarled. "Go outside." He ordered to Thea and Sin. "We'll get Roy the help he needs, I promise. Go!"
Later, the Lair
Roy was on the table, with a drip full of pit viper venom attached to him. "It should keep him sedated like with Slade, right?" Chloe asked.
"I would have killed him." Sara murmured, looking guilty as she buried her face in her hands. "I was ready to. He'd be dead right now, if you guys wouldn't have stopped me."
"But he's not, that's all that matters." Oliver assured her.
"That's not true." Sara said. "I wanted to kill Roy."
"Hey, Sara, don't." Jack assured her, holding her shoulders. "I know what you're thinking but don't. You're not a monster. You're a good person, who's been through terrible things. And while it might have tainted you, as long as there are people, who care about you, you're never truly lost."
"I've spent six years in the darkness." Sara said.
"But you found your way back." Jack reminded. "Remember, I told you that you don't have to live that way anymore."
"I don't want to but… it all keeps dredging up…" Sara's eyes were getting wet.
"It's gonna be OK, Sara." Jack hugged her.
"Hey, where's Richard?" Chloe asked.
Later, Fyff's House
Nicole was entering Richard's room as she found a letter on the table.
"Nicole, Sara, by the time you find this, I will have left Starling City.
I've almost pushed Sara over the edge again and it made me realize that I've turned her into who she is now. And she's been trying to be better than that and she can't do that with me in her life. Or in yours. I've brought this darkness upon all of you and it's my responsibility to get it away from you. But I can't do that, while being around you, Riley or anyone else.
You, Hank, Sara, Riley, Jack and Chloe are the most important things in this world to me, Nicks. And that's why I have to let you go and you need to let me go. Because as long as I'm near any of you, that darkness is going to follow me and infect your lives. And I can't put you all through that again. Not after what happened in Africa.
So, this is goodbye.
But remember that no matter where we are, whether it is just a few steps away from each other or halfway across the world, you'll always be with me and you'll always be my family.
With love,
Richard
P.S. Make sure that Sara doesn't go down the road she did three years ago. Because you're her family as much as you are mine."
Nicole's tears were getting wet as she read the letter.
Three years ago
"I… I…" Sara whispered, still in shock as the monks buried Cain's corpse.
"We're here for you." Jack assured her as he, Richard and Sara were leaving the sanctuary before Elian and the monks stopped them at the entrance.
"My mother's gone now… and the Untitled are banished."
"What are you going to do?" Sara asked.
"Rebuild the sanctuary." Elian said. "The All-Caste needs to rise again and restore the balance of the world to how it's supposed to be. Will you join me?"
"I'd like to but… I think I've had enough of crazy for a while now." Sara smiled.
"That seems fair. But the offer is still open, Sara." Elian said as they shook hands. "Goodbye, my friend."
"Goodbye, Elian."
"My lady, with Ducra's death, what happens now?" One of the monks asked.
"Lady Talia needs to know what happened." Elian ordered. "The Untitled have been released. And the Well of Sins has been spoiled. Everyone affected by the pit here may have already been affected. Send a messenger to her now."
"She's in Russia, seeking her former student." The monk said.
"That needs to wait."
"What you did doesn't make you a monster." Jack assured Sara as they were driving down the road with Richard to the camp of mercenaries.
"Where's Cain?" One of the mercenaries demanded.
"Gone." Richard said. "I will take responsibility."
Sara and Jack tensed, not looking forward to what would happen.
Present, Starling City
"You knew about Roy." Thea glared at Oliver as they, alongside with Moira were in the limo.
"What?" Oliver asked, surprised.
"That's why you had your bodyguard stalking me." Thea continued. "Somehow, you knew what was going on with him."
"I'm just trying to protect you." Oliver sighed.
"By not telling me the truth." Thea pointed out. "Just like with Malcolm Merlyn. You know, the two of you; you think you're protecting me by lying and keeping secrets. But that's what's actually hurting me."
"You're absolutely right." Moira agreed, to her surprise. "We need to turn a new page.
"It's not going to be simple. Or easy." Thea argued.
"I know." Moira admitted. "If the truth were easy for me, we wouldn't be in this situation. But to start… there's something about Malcolm that you and Oliver need to know." She took a breath. "Malcolm…"
Suddenly, a crash was heard and the next thing either of them knew, glass shards flew before everything went black.
As Oliver woke up, he saw Moira and Thea restrained in front of him as Slade stood behind them, just like five years ago with Shado, Sara and Ivo.
"I was dead the last time you were offered this choice." Slade growled as he approached Oliver, who was vainly trying to free himself from his restraints.
"What's happening?" Thea sobbed, frightened.
"I often wonder how you look…" Slade knelt in front of Oliver. "When he pointed the gun at Shado… and took her from me."
"You psychopath." Oliver snarled. "Shado… Shado wasn't yours!"
"No, she was yours." Slade shot back. "Until you chose another woman over her."
"That's not what happened!" Oliver snapped.
"It is what happened! It is!" Slade snapped back. "She told me!" He pointed behind himself at nothingness as Oliver stared.
"What do you mean, 'she'?" Oliver asked. "There's nobody three!"
"Slade…" Moira's eyes widened in realization. "You were on the island. With Oliver!"
"I thought I had known true despair. Until I met your son." Slade walked past them. "I trusted him to make the right choice.
"Let me make the right choice now. Kill me." Oliver begged as Thea and Moira both cried. "Choose me, please!"
"I am killing you, Oliver." Slade said as he pulled out a pistol. "Only more slowly than you would like.
"Don't." Oliver begged.
"Choose." Slade snarled.
"Don't—"
"CHOOSE!" Slade roared as Thea sobbed.
"I swear to God, I am going to kill you!" Oliver snarled as Slade aimed at Thea's head. "No! No!"
"No." Moira got up on her feet.
"No!" Thea wailed as she looked at her mother in realization.
"There's only one way this night can end." Moira said.
"No!" Thea begged.
"And we both know that. Don't we, Mr. Wilson?" Moira faced Slade.
"Mom! Please, don't!" Oliver yelled, trying to free himself from the restraints.
"Both my children will live." Moira said.
"Mom! What are you doing?!" Thea sobbed.
"Thea, I love you." Moira said with tears in her eyes. "Close your eyes, baby!"
Slade aimed the gun at her head.
"No!" Oliver yelled.
"You possess true courage." Slade put the gun back in the pocket. "I am truly sorry… you did not pass that onto your son." He pulled out his sword, whirled around and stabbed Moira through her heart.
"Noooo!" Thea screamed, bursting into tears as Slade pulled his sword and Moira's lifeless body slumped on the ground as Oliver fell over his side, crushed, while staring into Moira's dead eyes.
"There is still one person, who has to die before this can end." Slade cut Thea's restraints as she crawled to her mother, sobbing as Slade walked away.
Three years ago, Africa
Richard was on the edge of valley as the mercenaries stood in front of him.
"Richard Dragon, you have betrayed the Longbow Hunters and because of you, our leader is dead. By our code, you have been sentenced to death. Any last words?"
"I did what I had to do to protect the world. No one should possess such power, not even Reiter or Mr. Cain. The only thing I regret, is that my family and my friends were involved." Richard said, looking apologetically at Sara and Nicole.
The mercenaries nodded as Richard knelt down. "May you find your peace in death that you couldn't find in life."
One of them stabbed Richard through his chest with a sword as Sara and Nicole screamed, sobbing as Richard gasped, coughing out blood before he fell off the cliff into the river as one of the mercenaries approached restrained Jack, Sara and Nicole.
"All debts have been paid. We have no quarrel with you. It would be best if our paths won't cross ever again."
A few days after they made a private funeral for Richard, Sara was at the airport with Jack, Barbara and Nicole.
"What do you mean, you're not going with us back to the States?" Barbara asked.
"It's… I can't." Sara said, looking guilty. "You didn't see what happened. I killed people… I mutilated Cain because I wanted him to suffer… that's not who Laurel or Dad deserve."
"Sara, we can fix this." Jack pleaded.
"I need to find my own path, Jack." Sara said. "You're my best friend… and that's why you deserve better. I can't let that darkness consume you like it did me… Richard and Naomi. It... I..."
Jack dragged Sara aside. "Hey, I know what you're thinking but you're not a monster." He held her shoulders.
"I wanted him to suffer." Sara whispered.
"I get why you felt the way you did but if you were a monster, you would have enjoyed it." Jack said. "Tell me, did mutilating Cain make you feel better?"
Sara looked at him, taking a breath. "I thought it would at the time... but now, I'm not so sure."
"Hold on to that doubt." Jack nodded. "That means you're still human. You're a good person, who was forced to do terrible things. And you can find your way back from it."
"But I can't let you follow me where I go." Sara said. "They still need you."
Jack sighed, realizing that he wouldn't talk her out of it. "You know…" He smiled. "There's something Naomi made. A sonic emitter." He handed Sara a small metallic ball. "Just for reminder. Never forget us."
"Never." Sara hugged Jack, Barbara and Nicole tightly before they went to the terminal and she saw the plane fly away. Then, she entered a taxi outside the airport.
"Where to?"
"South." Sara said.
This is the end of Sara's flashback storyline in this story. I will ready her next storyline in the sequel and no, I will not kill her off like in the show. But a small spoiler: by the end of this story, she will stop being the Canary.
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