Forever Fearless Family

by kayemen22

How do you fight an unbeatable opponent? Someone with both physical and mental strength beyond anything ever imagined. The Demon finally makes a move leaving Starling in the middle. Blood is thicker than water, and the demon is coming for his blood. Leaving the Arrow and his team to stop him. They're going to need they're Guardian. That's if she's ready to face her past. Oliver/OC

27. Forever Fearless Family

Chapter 27

Forever, Fearless, Family

"To love means loving the unlovable.

To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable.

Faith means believing the unbelievable.

Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. "

-Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Arabic Translations

'am w 'ab."- "Mother and Father"

kunt waeadat kunt himayati-" You promised you would protect me"

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Idle time really was the devil's playhouse for one Oliver Queen. He once again found himself having to just wait and that meant his mind wouldn't shut off from the things he shouldn't be thinking about in this moment. His eyes were locked on a pen on the table in one of the private offices in the lab. He couldn't stop thinking about seeing Katie walk away from him and how he should've stopped her. He should've convinced her that he could be the one to take care her and their baby. The door to the office opened and he turned to see Felicity carrying over a mug.

"I know I said I would never, ever bring you coffee again, but the city facing a bio-weapon attack seemed like a valid exception." the blonde said sitting the mug in front of the man. "You've been in here for a while."

"Yeah, well, I'm not feeling very social at the moment."Oliver brings the mug to his lips, taking a sip.

"You know she really did freak out when she found out about the baby." Felicity said, taking the seat beside the man. "Like she stopped talking, and locked herself in her room for days before she actually talked to us about it. And it was like pulling teeth to get her to that first doctor's appointment."

"I didn't know." Oliver justified once again and Felicity just nodded. It didn't make him feel any less guilty about the fact because in all honesty he missed something he should've very well been a a part of and now he realizes he will never get that back.

"Well yeah, you weren't there, we know you didn't know. Doesn't really change everything that has happened." Felicity looked around the office, before spotting her tablet and grabbing it. "She didn't want to go to the appointment because she had this idea in her head, that for the first appointment for the baby, you would be there, holding her hand." she looked over to the man who just looked guilty. "She finally got over it and went, and we were there. All of us. We got to witness the first appearance of baby Twiver." the woman smiled down to the tablet before sliding it over to Oliver whose eyes looked onto the grainy black and white picture. He picked it up, suddenly struck with emotions he didn't expect.

"This-" he suddenly chuckled, trying his best to not cry at the sight. "This is my baby." he looked over to Felicity who watched him, trying to hold her emotions together as well. "Our baby." he looked back down to the tablet. Suddenly something registered, something he didn't expect. He knew there was a baby, could feel that importance now in his life, but at the moment seeing a picture just changed everything. Felicity has no idea how showing him this just made him reevaluate everything in his life. "I can't lose them."

"Well I don't think you will." he looked back over to the woman. "That's not how the Twiver story will go. At least I hope it doesn't. She still loves you, and I think once this is all over there won't be so many obstacles in the way to keep you from finally stepping up." the woman stood to her feet about to check the status of her search. She turned heading for the door, but stopped. " Oliver, you know I usually stay out of the Twiver love story-"she turned back to the man who looked at her with a quirked brow. "Well I try to stay out of the Twiver love story, I just have to say this. You're my friend and she's my friend and I've witnessed some very bad choices in your relationship, but for some reason I still hold on to hope for you guys. But Oliver, I think at this point in your relationship you should be learning from the past, so when I say this just know it's out of love. If you hurt her again, I promise you this bitch with wifi will destroy you." Oliver stared at the woman for a moment seeing just how serious she was, and he actually felt fear. Oliver simply nodded and the woman gave a smile before turning and finally walking back over to her computer. Oliver drops his eyes back to the tablet, making a silent promise to himself that if he ever got another chance he wouldn't mess this up. Not this.

It was the moment Felicity stepped in front of her computer, that she notices the blinking notification on her screen. She quickly clicks it, her eyes going wide at the sight of the news. She lifts her eyes, over to the office.

"Oliver!"

Soon they were all crowded around a monitor watching a story that made their hearts sink.

"As I've said before, we're still not sure the reason behind this missile attack and the SCPD has not provided any more details." the reporter moved aside, giving them a good look at the pieces of helicopter being fished out of the water. "At the moment there have been no passengers pulled from the wreck, but even if there were there is no flight manifest for the plane. There is no record of who is supposed to be on the plane, which is equally disturbing." The reporter sighed turning back to the camera. "We have a true mystery on our hands, and we'll make sure to keep you updated as we get more details." Felicity quickly flicked off the report.

"Maybe it's not her plane?"

"It is." Rick said turning and stalking from the lab. He heard footsteps behind him and turned to see Oliver. "Can I help you?"

"Where are you going?"

"I'm sure Jacob has a team already in place to search that ocean for her, when he finds something, I want to be there." Rick turned once again, but stopped and sighed. "Look if they find something, I'll let you know." with that the man turned walking onto the elevator and Oliver just stood there, his hand still wrapped around that tablet. He once again dropped his eyes to the picture and suddenly forgot how to breathe. He stumbled back against the wall, suddenly struck with image after image of Katie sitting on that helicopter when that missile struck. The thought of her being gone, just seemed so unfathomable.

Suddenly the door to the lab opened, and Felicity rushed out looking around before spotting Oliver against the wall.

"Satellite trace is back." she watched as the news didn't even stir the man. "I've got four locations." still no movement, as he stood frozen in place. "They're not dead. You know this Oliver, she doesn't just die from some missile on a plane. They saw it coming and got out before it hit."

"That's what I pray happened, but in truth it could've went either way." Oliver finally met the woman's eyes, with a sadness that nearly broke her in half. They heard the ring of the elevator and turned to see John stalking off.

"Hey, did you get my text?" Felicity asked turning to the man who nodded before glancing over to Oliver. "I'm sure-"

"Katie is not dead." John stated firmly, without doubt. Oliver and Felicity both looked to him waiting for him to continue. "I got your text and went down to the dock where they were pulling in the debris just to see if there was any news about the victims. I overheard one of the dock workers telling the cops that he saw when the hit happened, but that he also saw people jumping from the plane before it did. He and a couple of his friends ran down to shore where he assumed they would swim to, but they didn't get far because they saw a bunch of strange guys wearing all black, standing there waiting."

"Ra's." Oliver said and John nodded.

"How did he even know she was on that plane?" Felicity asked with a shake of her head.

Oliver turned to Felicity. "Call everyone, it's time we got to the locations." he turned back to John. "We're gonna find one of Ra's men and they're going to tell me where they're keeping her."

Katie's head felt heavy for some reason which made no sense. She wanted to open her eyes, but it was as if she just couldn't.

"Wake up, baby." that was her mother's voice. She could recognize it in any darkness. "You have to wake up!"

Soon she felt a callused hand slide through her hair, and she felt a warm breath against her neck.

"Wake up my dear Nura." It was yet another voice she could recognize without hesitation. "I don't want you to miss the show." Katie flicked open her eyes to see nothing but the flashing lights of caution barrels. Soon his face appeared in front of her, a sick smile looking back to her. "There you are." Katie looked down to her clothes that were damp. When she tried to move, she couldn't because her hands were tied behind back. She looked back up to the man who she couldn't keep in focus. She closed her eyes, and once again dropped her head attempting to clear the fuzziness of her brain.

"I need a doctor." her rough voice croaked as she once again blinked her eyes open to the man. "I need a doctor now."

"Aw, Nura, I've taught you how to endure pain, plus you barely have a scratch on you." he chuckled before walking over to what looked like a bridge. She heard the sound of water, and Katie glanced around realizing they were at the dam.

"Something doesn't feel right." she said, dropping her head, taking deep breaths. Something just felt off inside of her and it made her nervous.

"I doubt it would, as I destroy your precious city." he taunted. Katie looked back over to the man. "You're supposed to be safely tucked away in my fortress, and yet you returned to this dreadful place. And now I think he knows you're here."

"Who?" she asked, still trying to understand what was happening. She felt like she was in a dream, but she knew she wasn't.

"You know at this point, I would've thought someone would've told you." Ra's muttered turning back to the woman. "My greatest enemy has found his way to your city and it's because I think he knows you're here. So you see my child, the destruction of this city has more to do with you than you know, because there is no way in hell that man can ever find you." Katie lifted her eyes to meet the man, who was completely serious.

"Why do you think I was on the helicopter?" Katie asked with a shake of her head. "I was getting out of this city. I was going to be safe, until you-"

"Where ever you were being taken, would not have been safe. You may not believe this, but you have always been safest in my care, which you will stay until I find Darhk." the demon replied before turning back to look out at the waters below them. "You know what I find peculiar? How the fearless woman I created, found herself on a plane, running away from danger. You do not run."

"Well there are some instances where you have to run and you have to run fast." she muttered dropping her head, that felt too heavy to hold up. "Sometimes you have no choice." she let out another heavy sigh. "I need a doctor."

"You'll see all the healers you want, once we return home. But first it's time for this city that has taken so much, to finally get what it deserves."

The moment Rick arrived back to the ARGUS facility, he expected the craziness that he witnessed. He walked down the hall as people rushed passed him. He looked up to Jacob's office where Martin was just exiting. The moment the man saw him, he just walked over with a shake of his head.

"You're not going in there now." the man said, nudging his head for Rick to follow him. "He's armed, and the next person to walk in there without news of his daughter's retrieval will be shot."

"Is there any word on Katie?"

"Yeah, the pilot and the two soldiers assigned to her transport were all able to jump from the plane before the attack. According to them, so did Katherine. They all swam to shore where they said they spotted the league waiting for them."

"So it was Ra's who shot the missile?"

"It makes no sense, but I think he knew they would escape and when they did, they'd have her." Martin replied as they stepped onto the elevator. "So now there is a deadly virus about to be released on Starling, Damien Darhk has made an appearance, and Ra's Al Ghul is holding Katherine hostage."

"Ok, so what's the plan?" Rick asked and Martin glanced over him and just shook his head.

"You know for once I would like people to stop looking at me and expecting me to just have a plan." the man grumbled just as the doors opened and he stalked off. "Our intel somehow got screwed up, and that doesn't happen in these walls."

"Are you saying we may have a mole?" Rick asked following after the man.

"Oh, that's exactly what I'm saying." Martin opened a door, and Rick was right behind him, only now realizing they'd just walked into a interrogation viewing room. Rick walked over to the glass where he saw Amanda sitting across from a very nervous young man who couldn't even look her in her eyes. "One of our tech guys, in charge of Damien Darhk surveillance."

Amanda Waller, sat with her arms crossed, staring over to the man who was practically shaking like a leaf in front of her.

"Mr. Carver, you don't really seem like the type to converse with terrorists." the woman said and the man simply shook his head. "That's what Damien Darhk is, he's a terrorists and if he had eyes in my agency, well then I wouldn't even want to think about the type of damage he could've done. I mean a plane was shot out of the sky-"

"That wasn't him." Carver spoke quickly, looking back up to the woman and instantly kicking himself for revealing the truth he wanted to hide. "Fine yes, a couple of his guys showed up at my apartment, threatened me, my family if I didn't tell them everything they wanted to know."

"What did you tell them?"

"They wanted the location of Jacob Robins." Carver replied with a shake of his head. "I told them that he was here, always guarded and rarely ever left."

"Is that all?"

"No, they asked me why he was even still in Starling after faking his death-"

"So he knows Agent Robin's faked his death?" Waller asked and the man nodded.

"He seemed to know a lot, except for the reason Jacob was still in the city." the man sighed, looking back down the table. "I assumed he knew about her-"

"You told Darhk's people about Katie?" Amanda asked. Carver couldn't even meet her eyes and Amanda was losing her patience as she stood to her feet and walked around, sitting on the edge of the table beside the man. "What exactly did you tell him?"

"Just everything that wasn't locked under firewalls. Basic stuff-" he looked up to the woman with a shake of his head. "It all seemed harmless. Robins is always protected, and so is his daughter. What happened with that helicopter was someone else. I didn't even have that information to pass along."

"I believe you." the woman replied with a smile, before placing a comforting hand on the man's shoulder. He looked to her, suspicious of the movement, and of the woman acting very out of character. "You were a man frightened for your life, frightened for your family's life. You did what you thought you had to do."

"So...so I'm not in trouble?" Carver asked and Amanda laughed as if those were the funniest words she'd ever heard. The woman stood to her feet, before leaning forward and wrapping her hand around the man's throat.

"You brought trash into my house, Mr. Carver and now I need to see how far it extends. I wouldn't even describe what happens to you next as trouble." she released him before stalking out of the room. Rick and Martin went out as well, meeting the woman. "You have no idea the type of clean up I have to do now because of this."

"I don't get it. Darhk was in Starling, and made no moves. What was the point?" Rick asked and both Martin and Amanda looked to him.

"He made a very big move today. He let us know how close he was and we didn't even know it." Martin replied with a shake of his head before turning to Waller. "It's been confirmed the attack was Ra's Al Ghul and that Ms. Robins is now in his custody."

"Of course she is." Amanda muttered before stalking down the hall. "What's happening with the virus I was made to believe was safe and sound and not in the hands of a mad man."

"According to what we've picked up, Ra's plans to unleash the virus at four points in the city. Which points, we don't know, but from our bug over at Palmer Tech, it seems the man has developed a way to contain the virus. We've already begun transferring the data and mass producing the formula in case this gets farther than we hope."

"Good, do we have eyes on Ms. Robins?" Amanda asked glancing over to the man who simply shook his head.

"Our men lost her after she was taken."

"You know I believe I could really help, if I knew the whole story." Amanda said turning to the man. "Damien Darhk, he's one I really would like to capture and put away for a long time, but that's because he's a bad man, I think it's something else with Jacob. Why is he so afraid of Darhk coming in contact with his daughter?"

"Like you said Agent Waller, he's a bad man." Martin replied before turning off and continuing down the hall.

"I want you to stick close to this." Amanda turned to Rick who too felt he was missing pieces to this puzzle. "Report back to me everything you find."

"Isn't that where our troubles began?" Rick asked. "I'm not looking to burn charred bridges."

"I'm sorry Flagg, but in this agency you're not here to make friends, you're here to do a job, and Agent Robins is dancing a very fine line. He's using this agency for a mission that I'm not even sure about. If this is just him using agency resources for personal use, then I will be the one to pull the rug from under him."

"He might not be showing all of his cards, but I have to believe there's a reason for that. Jacob has dedicated his life to this agency, and I don't doubt that has changed."

"That's what you're going to prove." Amanda replied. "Find Oliver and his team. Ra's will reach out to him about Katie's location and I want you close by."

"Yes, ma'am." the man said before watching the woman turn and walk away.

Oliver stood on the roof, staring down to his city that was so close to coming to it's end, if Ra's unleashed this virus.

"I'm onsite, but I have no idea what I should be looking for around here." he heard John say and Oliver's not even sure what advice to give him. Ra's wouldn't make stopping him easy.

"Do you see anyone in a League of Assassins outfit?" Felicity asked, and he couldn't help the small smile. He really did miss his friends, while he was away. "That would be a dead giveaway." Oliver was torn from his thoughts by the sound of footsteps behind him, and he turned lifting his bow to the assailant.

"I have no weapons. And I have no virus." the assassin said with his hands up. "Ra's al Ghul awaits you on the Starling City Dam. He wishes to be in your presence as your city dies."

"And what makes him think that I won't just stay focused on saving my city?" Oliver asked.

"Because he knows of your deluded belief that you can defeat him in battle. And you know that as long as the Demon's Head lives, he will continue to threaten your home." the assassin replied before taking only a slight step forward. "Or it could be the fact that he holds the woman he's sure you'd trade this entire city for." Oliver's hand tighten around his bow, because he hated how open to the demon he was. Ra's knew his greatest weaknesses, and knew it was the strings that moved him where ever he wanted.

Katie's eyes blinked open from one of the many times she'd blacked out while tied on this dam. She looked up to the demon who stood across from her, his back to her.

"I need a doctor!" she called and he turned to face her.

"You're awake, good, your beloved should be joining us soon." the man said crouching in front of her, and reaching forward to push hair from her face. "We want you looking your best."

"I need a doctor-" she hated having to beg, especially to this man, but at this moment when she wasn't sure of what was happening to her, she would suck it up. "Please, I just-" he tilted his head, studying her with narrowed eyes. He knew her, probably better than she knew herself and if she were sitting here in front of him, begging for a doctor, then the truth had to be serious.

"Why do need a doctor, when you do not seem to physically be hurt?" he asked, watching as she turned away from his eyes. "Nura-"

"Because I jumped from a moving helicopter, hundreds of feet from the air." she turned back to the man. "I jumped into freezing water, so I may appear physically fine, but the truth could be different."

"And why do you care?" he asked and she shook her head, closing her eyes. She knew what she had to do, even though everything inside of her was telling her not to. "Nura-"

"Because I'm pregnant!" she snapped looking back to the man's eyes. "I'm carrying a baby, and you forced me out of plane by trying to kill me. So no I don't care if I'm fine, but I care if this baby is fine, I need you to get a doctor right now." he didn't speak immediately. Their eyes were locked, and Katie just wanted him to say something. She hated to admit it, but she was scared and she wanted help and she didn't care where it came from. He silently stood to his feet, and walked over to one of his assassins. Katie followed him with her eyes, and watched the whispered exchange, before the assassin walked off. The demon walked back over to her, looking down for a moment before walking back over to the edge of the dam.

Katie could feel her insides crumbling, because she was stuck. She was still a bit disoriented from the fall, and the ropes around her wrists were too tight to free herself, and even if she did get free, she knew they would come after her. Most likely catch her and it would all be for nothing. Right now she hated to admit it, but she was literally a damsel in distress and she hated every moment of it.

Ethan Mills was awakened from his sleep by his annoyingly loud pager. Apparently there was some type of emergency with some type of virus and he was needed. The man had grabbed his jacket and tossed his bag over his shoulder before opening the door and immediately coming to a halt at the sight of a man dressed completely in some sort of black ninja outfit, the only thing visible was his eyes.

"Uh, I don't make house calls." Ethan says taking a step back, and attempting to close his door, but the masked man pushed the door back. Ethan stumbled backwards looking around for some sort of weapon, but the only thing close enough was a baseball bat, which he grabbed and held up firmly. "Look guy, not sure why you're here, but I should warn you my girlfriend will kick your ass if you hurt me."

"Dr. Ethan Mills." the masked man's gravelly voice uttered. "The demon demands your presence."

"Demon? Wait-" Ethan's eyes widened. "You're with Ra's Al Ghul?" the doctor shook his head. "Look I'm not the one he should be worried about. I'm just a doctor." the masked man walked over, grabbing Ethan's arm and the doctor swung the bat only for the mask man to grabbed the bat and throw it across the room. The masked man simply pulled the doctor, ignoring as the man tried to pull away.

Katie was the first thing that caught his eye when Oliver arrived to meet Ra's. She sat on the ground, her hands tied behind her back, and her head dropped to her chest. He pushed past the assassin, dropping to Katie's side.

"Twinkie?" he placed a hand on her cheek, and she drowsily rose her head, her eyes barely open as she looked at the man. "Are you alright?" the woman's eyes once again fell closed, before dropping her head. "Twinkie-"

"Did you know the entire time?" he heard Ra's voice behind him and Oliver felt his blood run cold.

"She needs a doctor." Oliver demanded as he stood to his feet and finally faced the man.

"Do you know how much of this would've changed if I only knew." Ra's continued with a shake of his head before glancing over to Katie.

"Something is wrong, and she needs a doctor, just let her go. This has nothing to do with her."

Ra's chuckled as he turned back to the man with a shake of his head. "And yet it has everything to do with her. You still want to ignore the truth. The fact that our lives will always be intertwined because of her."

"She needs-"

"Oliver?" a frightened voice spoke, and Oliver turned to see Ethan being dragged by one of Ra's assassins. The doctor spots Katie, and pulls from the man's grasp before running to her side and quickly untying her. "Hey Kit, look at me." Oliver turned back to the demon in confusion.

"There will be a child born, that could've happened where it belonged, where she belonged." Ra's spoke glancing over to the woman, before turning back to the man. "A child that could've stood at your side as you became the leader you were meant to be." Oliver stared, not sure how to respond.

"How-"

"At this point, does it matter?" Ra's asked with a shake of his head. "But you being here now, only serves one purpose. The man who survives the sword of Ra's al Ghul shall become Ra's al Ghul."

"So you brought me here to kill you?" Oliver asks with a shake of his head.

"Either way, I am victorious. You either ascend to Ra's as I have designed, or you will die. And the last thing you will ever see is your beloved city succumbing to disease and death."

"That sounds awesome and all-" Ethan says cautiously walking near the man. "But I need to get her to a hospital."

"Is she alright?" Oliver asked turning to the doctor.

"I won't know until I get her to a hospital. Right now she's seriously disoriented, barely able to keep her eyes open, she's soaking wet and it's freezing out here." Ethan said, turning to Ra's whose eyes were still on Oliver. "She needs to be in a hospital right now."

"Nura does not leave my side, and if you were smart, you would agree." the demon says before glancing over to doctor. "Physically, is she fine?"

"Yes, but-"

"Then it's settled. Anything else she needs will be taken care of when she's taken home." Ra's stated turning back to Oliver. "Either by me, or the new Ra's Al Ghul."

"Look, I get you're like this scary dude-"

"Ethan, don't." Oliver spoke turning to the man. "Just stay close to Katie, this will be over soon." Ethan simply grumbled, before turning and walking over to Katie whose head had once again fallen to her chest.

"Don't worry Kit, I'm going to get you out-" the woman gasped, grabbing his hand as she lifts her eyes to where Oliver and Ra's stood. "Kit?"

"Ethan you need to get off of this dam." the woman said turning to the doctor. He noticed her voice seemed different. "You need to leave now."

"What are you talking about? I'm not leaving you here."

"Do you trust me?" the woman asked, the seriousness in her eyes making the man nervous. "I promise this will all end well for her." That confused the man.

"Her? Who are you talking about right now?" she simply smiled before giving his hand a gentle squeeze.

"I need you to get off of this dam, keep your head down and get to the hospital. I will be fine." Ethan still looked unsure, before glancing over to Ra's and Oliver who suddenly drew their swords. "You need to go." he turned back to the woman. "Just trust me." The doctor stood to his feet and with a deep breath Katie did the same.

"You need to be at a hospital." the man said one final time.

"And I will, once I finally do what I'm here to do. Now go." Ethan hesitated for a moment before turning and hurrying off, pulling his hood over his head. Katie turned back to where Oliver and Ra's stood, the eminent battle was about to begin and she did what no one would expect. She walked over, and both men turned to her.

"Twinkie?" she didn't say anything as she moved to separate the two men, her eyes now on the demon who seemed to study her. "Twinkie, you need to go. I will handle this." she didn't say a word as she looked over the man with a slight shake of her head.

"You made me a promise." the woman spoke letting out another deep sigh. " A promise to 'am w 'ab." she once again met the demon's eyes before reaching out and placing a hand to his cheek. "kunt waeadat kunt himayati."

"Minnah?" the man whispered as her hand slid to rest above his heart.

"Tonight we shall meet again. Tonight is where your road has brought you." the woman dropped her hand before turning to Oliver with a smile. "You have no idea how important you are to them." Oliver stood even more confused.

"What-" she placed a hand to his cheek and a breath escaped his lips and so did all confusion in this moment. "Twinkie, you need to get to a hospital." the woman simply nodded before moving around the man and rushing off. The sound of their clanking swords getting further away with every step she took. Her feet only stopped when she found herself surrounded by trees. Katie wasn't sure what happened, but when she found herself in the middle of trees, she was truly confused as to how she got there.

"I told you I would never leave you." a voice spoke from behind her, and Katie spun around to see her mother who was so beautiful in this moment. She was so bright, so illuminated and Katie just wanted to reach out and touch her. "Thanks for letting me in."

Katie silently blinked unsure if she were awake right now, or in some dream. At the moment, nothing quite made sense. It was as if someone put her in a bottle and shook her up and now she just felt all over the place.

"Don't worry, you will get better and stronger, and not even Darhk will be a match." the words seemed to suddenly echo in her ears. That's when Katie noticed how everything began spinning around her. "Never forget that." and with those words, Katie was suddenly alone, unsure if she could even take a step. She could feel the world closing in on her, disappearing around her and she really didn't want it to happen when she was surrounded by trees alone.

"Kit!" Katie turned her head, the familiar face of her friend in the distance running toward her. It's the last thing she sees before she collapses underneath her exhaustion and insanity.

For some reason, Katie found herself gnawing at her finger nails as she sat in the bright hallway waiting for someone to get her. Her eyes were drawn to the ticking clock just above the door. Soon the door opened, and she dropped her hand from her mouth and stood to her feet.

"Dr. Robins." Flagg called, being uncharacteristically formal which he warned her about, beforehand. He stepped aside, to let her in. "Please come in." Katie walked inside the conference room where Bruce and Amanda sat, their eyes going to her.

"Why do I get the feeling you were talking about me, and yet I had to wait out in the hall." Katie says before turning to Waller. "You told me I was going home. That all I had to do was answer a couple of questions, deny everything, and yet here I am."

"You want this to be easy, but it's not. Home isn't just a plane ride away." Waller said glancing over to Rick. "But it is not impossible."

"It seems like it is. You took my life away, all I want is it back." Katie replied glancing over to Bruce who stood to his feet. "I just want to go home, that's it. I'm tired of running, and of fighting."

"Robins, please trust me when I say that you're getting home. I will ensure that for you, but that only happens when there are no more things chasing after you. Right now the world thinks you're a part of some terrorists plot against America and somehow we need to convince them otherwise."

"Alright, and how do we do that?" Katie asked.

"In order to effectively convince the government of your innocence, you must be able to lie and lie convincingly." Waller stood to her feet as well and walked over to the woman. "You can't just say you're innocent, because they don't believe you. You have to give them a story. One that answers all their questions while throwing all suspicions off of you at the same time."

"And how do I do that?"

"It's not something I can just tell you. It's not something that you can memorize, but it has to be taught. So ingrained inside of you that it becomes second nature." the agent said before glancing over to Flagg. "Which is where our Mr. Flagg comes in." Katie glanced over to the man with a quirked brow. "He will train you, teach you everything you need to know about eluding enemy capture."

"How long will that take?" Katie asked turning back to the woman.

"Depends on how good a student you are." Amanda said with a slight nod.

"So I will once again be trapped in these walls?"

"No, this time I'm here." Bruce said taking a step toward the woman. "And I'm not leaving you."

"Although I completely do not approve of it, we have come to the agreement that your training will happen in Gotham at Wayne Manor." Amanda said. "With your name being as volatile as it is, you will remain in the manor which I am trusting Mr. Wayne and Flagg will ensure actually happens. You wanted your key home doctor, well it starts in Gotham." with that the woman gave a nod to Rick before turning and leaving the room.

Once the woman was gone, both men looked over to the Katie who they waited to actually give a reaction to this news.

"Say something Robins." Bruce said and she finally turned to him.

"So I'm going to Gotham?" she asked and the man nodded. She sighed glancing over to her new teach apparently.

"I'm going to get you home, doctor." Rick declared and Katie held his eyes for a moment before turning back to Bruce.

"I guess we should be going." the woman simply said.

The dream or memory or whatever that was ended right there and the next moment Katie opened her eyes, she saw a stream of sunlight filtering through a window across from her. She turned her head, finally realizing she was in a hospital room filled with flowers and balloons. The door to her room suddenly opened, but then quickly closed before the curtain pushed back revealing Thea.

"You're awake!" the woman said with a big smile before rushing over and sliding into the bed beside the woman, engulfing her in a tight hug. "You have no idea how freaked out I was when I heard about the helicopter and then your psycho uncle, and then you ending up here. You have way too much excitement for the woman carrying my niece or nephew." the woman pulled back, to get a good look at the woman who still looked tired. "Did I wake you? Ethan's being a hard ass about visitors and only allowing Ollie-"

"Oliver? Where-is he alright?" the woman asked, as jumbled memories of being on the dam and seeing Oliver about to fight Ra's came flooding back.

"Oh, yeah, he's fine. He was shot but it was just a flesh wound." Thea replied with a smile.

"Who shot him?"

"The cops spotted Oliver and Ra's on the dam and got some lead that they were the ones behind the virus. So they shot him and he fell off the dam, but Bruce caught him in Ray's ATOM suit. The story is beyond bizarre, but he's alive and well and out in search of a toy." Katie quirked a brow in confusion. "He didn't really say much, but I should call him. He wanted to be here when you woke up." the woman stood from the bed, just as the door once again opened, this time revealing Oliver who eyes widened at the sight of both Katie being awake and his sister who he knows isn't supposed to be in here. "Speak of the devil."

"Speedy, you promised me you'd be patient and wait until Ethan gave the go ahead for visitors." Oliver sighed, sitting a bright yellow bag down on a nearby table before walking over to Katie's side and taking her hand. "How are you feeling?" Katie silently stared at the man still trying to piece together the moments that lead her to being in this room. She looked down to his hand holding hers before looking back up to his eyes.

"I should probably give you two a minute." Thea said backing toward the door. Oliver glanced over to her as she mouthed the words, "fix it." before turning and leaving.

"Twinkie-"

"How is the baby?" she asked first and Oliver gave a nod.

"Fine, no perfect actually. Ethan ran every test under the sun when you were brought in and he didn't find anything wrong with you or the baby." Oliver said and he could see the relief instantly wash over the woman. "He said it had to be that high jump into that water that caused the disorientation. He said rest would be the best help for right now and probably being away from all the end of the world craziness as he put it. You do look better since I last saw you." Katie turned away from him, bringing a hand to rest above her stomach. "Twinkie-"

"The demon?" she asked turning once again to meet his eyes. "The virus? Did we win? I feel like I missed everything."

"You missed all the parts no one wanted you to see. We found Ra's men, stopped the virus from spreading, and Ray was able to pass along the cure to anyone who was affected, but it wasn't many." Oliver recounted before looking down to the woman's and with a smile before meeting her eyes. "And Ra's is dead. Finally gone and no longer able to control our lives anymore." Katie gave a small smile, the news of her uncles defeat bringing her untold relief. She didn't know how much she just needed him to be gone, and no longer on her heels. She knew he would always be a part of her, always in her blood, under her skin, and his voice ever so often in her ear, but now it would be she who would make sure she was always stronger. "Now we can focus on what really matters. You and me and-" she looked back to the man who slid a hand to rest above hers on her stomach. "And our baby."

"I think I missed the part where this-" he met her eyes. "You and me were just fixed. Ra's being dead, the virus being off the streets, you no longer being the next Ra's Al Ghul doesn't just magically erase the issues we still have between us."

"I know, but I just figured with all of that out of the way, then fixing this, fixing us would be that much easier." Katie shook her head as she turned away. "All I ever wanted was a life, a good life with the woman that I loved, and everything that I've done has been in an effort to making that happen."

"Not everything Oliver." she muttered glancing over to the man. "Keeping my father's secret from me, that wasn't about some happy life for us, sacrificing yourself and letting yourself be taken to prison, that wasn't going to be a happy life for you and me, and then playing the Trojan horse, and letting yourself be taken into the league." the woman shook her head at the thought. "You trusted Malcolm of all people, made questionable decisions to get Ra's to trust you-" she dryly chuckled at the next thought. "Hell you married my cousin right in front of me. So excuse me when I say that I don't believe every decision you've made has been to have a good life with me."

"Fine I will be the first to admit that I'm not perfect, that my decisions are not perfect, but when I am the one making them, at the time I choose what I think is best. Keeping the fact that your father alive from you was never meant to hurt you, but to spare the pain and anger you would feel when you found out. Going to jail seemed like the only way I could spare you and all of our friends from the rabbit hole I was going to fall into with the world knowing who I was." Oliver let out a deep sigh. "Going to Nanda Parbat was supposed to be it. I couldn't beat Ra's the traditional way of I fight and he wins. I had to make him think that he had won and only then would I be able to beat him. Telling you the truth, telling any of you the truth would've only put your lives in danger, and honestly if I had told you my plan you would've fought me tooth and nail to stop me."

"Of course I would've. Oliver, sure you got into the inner circle of the demon, learned his plan to attack Starling with the virus, but look at how much you risked for that. You could've died with any wrong move, and then what would've happened to me, to us." the woman shook her head at the fears that always haunted her while the man was away. "I felt so guilty walking away from you, leaving you in the hell I got out of and everyday I couldn't figure why I didn't do something and then I find out it was all part of some plan you and Malcolm cooked up."

"Twinkie, I'm sorry-"

"I don't want your apologies, Oliver." the woman said, tears suddenly forming in her eyes as she looked to the man. "Your apologies don't change what happened, they don't change how scared I was the moment I found out I was going to have your baby when you weren't there to tell me that we could do this, that we could raise a child and be just fine." she turned away, because despite all efforts, the tears just fell from her eyes and there was no stopping it.

"I don't know how to fix this." Oliver says, still holding her hand and glad she hasn't pulled away. "I know I've made mistakes, but I need you to believe that I want nothing more than a life with you, and our baby. I want a life, right here with my family, forever." Oliver dropped his head. "On that dam when I was fighting Ra's, all I kept thinking about was how I had to win, because I had to find you. I needed to win because this dream I was having of a wife and a kid was just at my finger tips."

"This will probably sound completely selfish, and maybe morally wrong-" Katie sighed before turning back to the man. "But you put on a hood and you put your life and every other life out there before your own. You choose to sacrifice yourself in an effort to save others, and I find that very noble of you, but as a man who is the father of my kid, I also find it very annoying. You're a hero and I really get that and what it means, but some times I want you to choose the selfish route and choose to be happy." the woman shook her head before turning away. "But you wear the hood and you shoot the arrows, and sometimes that means you have to-"

"No." Oliver spoke suddenly and the woman turned back to him. "I don't wear the hood and I don't shoot the arrows, because I can't anymore. Ra's took the Arrow identity from me and I couldn't be him even if I wanted. The truth is, whenever I was him, there was always a piece of me waiting for the next moment I saw your face, or heard your voice." Oliver gave a nod as the words just seemed to easily flow out of him without any hesitation. "And you're right, trying to be the hero and being the man who you need and who this baby needs will always mean one will always fall short and that's something I would never want, so I'm eliminating one. I think it's time I only wear one hat for a while and I want that hat to be the man who has the woman of his dreams, and whose anxiously waiting to meet his child."

"What are you saying?" Katie asked turning to the man. "You would give up the hero life for us?"

"There is nothing in this world I wouldn't do for you, but this, this isn't really much of a sacrifice. This city has more than enough masks to keep them safe, my sister being one of them." Katie quirked a brow. "Story for another time, but it's true. There's this person that I only am when I'm with you and I want to be that person all them time, if you'll come with me."

"Come with you where?"

"Well that part I don't know yet, but I think some place far away from here would be the better choice." Oliver said watching as she seemed to turn away and thought.

"You know one would think I would have this part down pact." Katie said glancing over to the man. "The part where Oliver Queen apologizes and promises of a better future where he doesn't make the same mistakes as before."

"Katie-"

"We've been here before Oliver which is why I'm not jumping at the chance to just throw caution to the wind and sail off into the sunset with you without really thinking about this." the woman slid a hand over her face because this moment wasn't easy and the answer wasn't clear. "I think I need a minute." she turned back to the man. "I need to think and I can't do that if you're right here staring at me."

"Right." Oliver says looking down to her their conjoined hands and not really wanting to pull away, but he knew he had to. And so he stood to his feet and gave the woman a nod before heading for the door, but stopped before actually leaving. "Oh, before I go, I guess I can give you something." he turned and went over to the bag he brought in and pulled out the one thing Katie didn't actually expect.

"Jose Banana." she muttered as he brought the stuffed toy over to her. "I thought I lost this at sea."

"Well you did, but I spotted this in the gift shop downstairs and just had to get it." Oliver said and watched as she looked down to the toy with a smile. "I guess I'll go out and let the others know you're doing better." she looked back up to the man and gave him a nod before watching him finally leave.

The woman looked down to the stuffed toy and sighed because for some reason she felt guilty in this moment. He was saying all the right things, and yet she was hesitant to once again just forgive and forget. She hugged the funny looking banana to her chest and simply lied back on the bed.

The moment Oliver walked back to the waiting area, he found Felicity, Bruce, Laurel, and Rick crowded around Thea who he assumed was telling them that Katie was awake. When they spotted him, they quickly turned and waited for more news.

"So is she alright for visitors?" Felicity asked stepping forward toward the man. "Because I'm this close to pulling a Thea and breaking Ethan's stupid little rule."

"You know Fee Fee, I expect more from you." said the doctor as he appeared from behind them. "And it's not a stupid rule. What happened to her was very traumatic, very strenuous and she really just needs some rest."

"Well she's awake now, so can we see her?" Felicity asked and the man sighed.

"I'm sticking to the twenty four hour no visitor rule, except for our recently released friend here." Ethan states with a nod toward Oliver. "And that's only because he's the father of her kid and she hasn't told me he couldn't stay with her. Plus you guys, you just saved a lot of people in a very short amount of time and I would assume you're probably tired and could use some rest as well. Come back in a couple of hours, get some sleep, shower because all of you really smell bad." that got the man a playful punch from the woman standing beside him. "Well of course not you Ms. Lance, you always smell like roses." the man slid a hand around her waist, pulling her closer to him and placing a kiss to the woman's cheek.

"When did this happen?" Oliver whispered to Felicity who chuckled turning to the man.

"The things you miss when you become an Assassin with the league." the woman said before nudging his side before turning back to the couple. "Alright, enough of that!"

"Alright, fine!" Ethan says pulling away from Laurel and turning back to the other. "That's the plan. Go home, get some sleep, come back in a couple of hours." he turned to Oliver. "Your job is food my friend. They're having meatloaf today, and Kit's not a fan so your job is to go get her something she will actually eat. Multiple things even, the more the better because I have no idea the last thing she's eaten-"

"Oh, a granola bar last night." Rick said and everyone turned to him. "If that helps anything."

"It's my fault. With all of this, I started lacking on my make sure Twinkie gets three meals a day." Felicity said. She appointed herself the job, and now she realizes she hasn't been doing a very good one.

"Well I'm the one who lives with her, so I'm partly blame myself." Thea sighed.

"Don't." Oliver said suddenly. He looked up to his friends with a smile. "Taking care of Twinkie, making sure she was ok and never felt alone was not your job, and when I couldn't you were all there and I want to thank you for that." they all stared at him for a moment.

"Well she's family Oliver, and that's what you do." Felicity said with a nod.

"Alright so you get the food if your time away at your little cult hasn't made you forget what type of food she likes."

"Ethan, it wasn't-" Oliver tilted his head because come to think of it, calling the league a cult wasn't so far off. The man simply shook his head and sighed. "Never mind. I will get her food, just call me if anything happens when I'm gone." the doctor simply gave a nod before watching them all file out to the elevator.

All but Laurel who intertwined her arm with his, and dropped her head to his shoulder.

"You know that goes for you too, Ms. Canary." he placed a kiss on the top of her head. "Go home, get some rest."

"You know you're extremely calm for someone who was kidnapped by assassins." Laurel said glancing up to the man, before placing a hand on his cheek. "You sure you're alright? I mean dating me, this actually may not be the only time that happens."

"You know the fact that you're a successful woman who is ridiculously hot sort of makes up for whatever danger I may be in when dating you." Ethan leans in capturing her lips in a slow kiss. The moment was suddenly interrupted by the clearing of someone's throat and the pair pulled apart to see the one person neither expected.

"Dad?" Laurel said and Ethan quickly pulled away from Laurel, and faced the man, making sure to stand a bit taller as he did. "What are you doing here?" Quentin simply turned to the man who was just kissing his daughter. "Oh, this is Ethan, Dr. Ethan Mills. He's-"

"I know who he is." Quentin interrupted the woman. "So this is why I get surprise visits from random doctors, who like to buy me coffee, and have completely random conversations." Ethan nervously laughed.

"Sir-" the man held out a hand to Quentin who didn't even flinch, so the doctor dropped his hand back to his side. "I mean captain, I'm sorry I wasn't completely honest about my intentions, but I at least wanted to get to know you and you me."

"I didn't know that." Laurel said and the man turned to her.

"Well your dad was a touchy subject, so I thought I would keep it to myself." Ethan turned back to the Captain and cleared his throat. "I just figured once you figured out we were together, you wouldn't mind. So did it work?"

"Depends on how you answer my next couple of questions."

"Dad?"

"No, it's fine. Go ahead."

"Are you Katherine Robins' doctor?" Ethan seemed surprised by the question, but gave a nod. "Is she alright?"

"She's fine, how did you know she was here?" Ethan asked, before glancing over to Laurel who simply shook her head at her father. "Am I missing something?"

"I called him earlier, just to let him know that she was here, and more than likely fine, but I assumed he'd be too busy to actually stop by." Laurel said looking over to her father with a quirked brow. "What's this about?"

"I simply want to talk to her." Quentin says before turning back to Ethan. "So is that possible doc?"

"Well, I mean she's supposed to be on a twenty four hour lock down right now." the doctor said, but then Lance quirked a brow and Ethan shook his head. "I mean if it's police business then who am I to stand in the way." the man nudged his head down the hall. "She's in four thirty four, and if possible try to keep it light." Quentin simply nodded before turning and heading down the hall.

"Were you just get intimidated by my father?" Laurel asked and Ethan turned to her with a lopsided smile.

"No, parents always hate me, especially dads. I just want this to be different." he said turning to the woman, and bringing his arms around her. "I want us to be different."

"Look at you being all sweet again." Laurel said bringing her lips to his. "What time do you get off?"

"No time soon." the man said as the woman groaned. "But I'm not busy now, if you want to sneak away to my office." the woman didn't hesitate to drag him away.

Quentin lightly knocked at the door, taking a deep breath. He heard her voice from the other side telling him to come inside, and when he walked in he didn't expect to find her out of bed, pacing, a stuffed toy gripped in her hand. She glanced over to him, but never stopped pacing.

"Am I under arrest?" she asked and the man couldn't help but chuckle, because she asked without a hint of worry, or fear at all.

"Not today, doc." the man said watching the woman move back and forth across the room. "Should you be out of bed?"

"Why do you think I'm here?" she glanced over to the man who hadn't moved very far in her room.

"You collapsed. At least that's what Laurel said. I figure it might have had something to do with you being on that dam while you watched what looked like a pretty brutal fight." Katie finally stopped and turned to the man. " You kept your head down, and I never got a good look at your face and neither did my guys, but I knew it was you. Just like I assumed a story I heard last night from a dock master about seeing a woman who matched your description, swim to shore after falling from an explosion in the sky. Said she was grabbed by some guys in weird clothes."

"Seems like you had an interesting evening."

"I figure yours was more interesting." the man replied.

"Now is when I ask again, if I'm under arrest?" the man didn't immediately reply before walking over to her and staring down to her.

"No. I'm here to ask you about Ms. Lane." Katie looked at the man in confusion. "Her editor called, said he hasn't heard from her in a while. And I haven't seen her since she along with the dozen other reporters were trying to get a story on the identity of the vigilante when Oliver was brought in."

"I haven't heard or seen from Lois which is odd seeing as David made it seem as if my father was still alive. I figured she'd be pouncing on that theory." Katie shrugged. "Or maybe she has. She's an investigative reporter, I'm sure falling off the radar isn't out of the norm for her."

"Maybe. But when the last place she's seen is in my city it becomes my responsibility to figure out exactly where she's gone." Katie simply shook her head before letting out a deep sigh and turning back to look out the window. "Are you alright?" he asked instead and she had to drop her eyes, because in that moment she was almost honest. She almost told the truth. Told him how not alright she really was. Instead she took a deep breath, building that wall that kept emotions inside, and everything else out before looking back up to the man.

"If you being here has nothing to do with a case, or some sort of law issue, I think you should go." she turned and once again began pacing. Quentin didn't move. Despite what she hoped, he really could see behind the mask she tried to hide behind.

"This is the moment I'm supposed to apologize to you." he watched as the words never even slowed her step. "Tell you how throughout all of this, the last thing I wanted was for you to be hurt. And I know it makes no sense. A couple of years back, you blew into town, and became one of my biggest annoyances." he shook his head with a light chuckle. "In the middle of too many of my cases and I was so hell bent on finding a connection between you and them. And the only thing I found was this woman who was taken from her life, by bad people who hurt her and then let her go." he looked back over to the woman who didn't stop walking, even though he really wished she would just stop and look at him. "You're not who I thought you were. I'm glad you not who I thought you were."

"So is this that moment?" she finally spoke and ghost of a smile came to the man's face.

"Nah, words won't change anything that has happened up to this point." Quentin replied with a shake of his head. "I can't take back the things I said, or the things I did. My Sara can't come back. Words don't do things like that." Katie once again stopped walking and turned to the man with a tilted head. "What?"

"I've been in this room, trying to make a decision that will not only change my life, but probably of the life of this kid that's inside of me right now." Quentin's eyes widen for a moment, before a smile pulled at his lips.

"You're gonna have a baby?"

"Apparently I am."

"And Queen is..." the man trailed, knowing the answer, but holding out hope that maybe he's wrong.

"Yeah, he's the dad." Katie replied and she saw the man visibly deflate and she couldn't help but chuckle. "And now I have to decide if I want him a part of our lives."

"Do you want some advice?" Quentin asked and Katie sighed.

"With your opinion of Oliver, I have a feeling I already know what you're going to say." Katie walked over and took a seat on the edge of the hospital bed, and let out a sigh.

"Despite my opinions of Oliver, I will say that without a doubt, I wholeheartedly believe that he loves you. That whenever the two of you are in a room together, he focuses on nothing as much as you."

"Love has never been an issue between me and Oliver. I've never questioned it." the woman shook her head as she looked down to the sombrero wearing banana in her lap. "The problem, I've questioned everything else." she looked over to Quentin who walked over and placed a kiss on the top of her head.

"I'm sure you'll make the right choice."

"Nothing I've done in the last twenty four hours has been the right choice. I got on helicopter because a man I have zero trust for told me I would be safe and I believed it. I believed him because-" the woman dropped her head. "I believed him because I stopped thinking like a soldier. I stopped thinking rationally and I didn't follow my gut." she looked up to the man and shook her head. "I just wanted to give this baby a chance at a life. So I'm not too sure of my decision making skills anymore."

"You know when I had that heart attack, and I heard everything the doctors were saying, and I heard what the specialists were saying, and I had no doubt in my mind that as soon as I was given the clear, I was going back to work and doing the job I was meant to do." Quentin glanced up and looked over to the window. "Then one night in the hospital, when she thought I was sleep, I heard Laurel crying. It broke my heart, because she was sitting there crying because she thought she lost me, or that she would lose me, and I vowed I would never do that to her again." he looked back down to Katie and placed a hand on her shoulder. "The moment you become someone's parent, your decisions stop being calculated, stop being rational. Nothing matters but your kid, so don't beat yourself up, because if I had to choose between saving the world, or saving my girls, there would never be choice."

"Sara wasn't supposed to die." Katie whispered and the man suddenly brought her into a hug.

"I know, I don't blame you for what happened." he placed another kiss to her head, before his phone suddenly rang and he groaned before pulling back and snagging the phone from his pocket.

"Let me guess, when the city was almost exposed to a deadly virus, and there's still a mysterious exploding helicopter, the Captain can't just disappear for long."

"Unfortunately, no." the man sighed before slipped his phone back into his pocket. "I have to get going, are you sure you're alright?"

"Yeah, I'm good. Thanks for-" she rolled her hand to explain their talk. "This."

"Anytime." the man replied before turning for the door, but stopped before leaving and turned back to her. "Hey, just so you know, if you ever decide to get married, to Queen or anyone, if you still want, I'd be honored to walk you down the aisle."

Katie smiled at the man. "That's good to know. Not sure about marriage anytime soon, but I'm glad when it does, I have one less thing to worry about." the man gave a nod before finally turning and leaving.

When Oliver walked back into the hospital, he didn't expect to see John sitting in the waiting area alone. The moment the man saw him, he let out a sigh before standing to his feet.

"Felicity told me Ethan was being strict with this no visitors rule, but I wanted to come and make sure she was really alright."

"She's really fine." Oliver said with a nod. "It was pretty close there for a moment, but they both stayed here." Oliver looked back up to the man and just shook his head. "We should talk."

"After everything that's happened Oliver, I'm not really in the mood to talk. I just want to see my family."

"John I-"

"Oliver I'm going to be honest with you. I don't think I can get past what happened between the two of us."

"I'm not asking you to."

John dropped his head, because despite everything the man standing in front of him was still Oliver. He knew he probably couldn't hold on to the distrust and anger easily, but for right now he wasn't interested in being forgiving.

"I'll think on it." John says before finally noticing the bags in the man's hand and the aroma of different foods coming from the bags. "What's all this" Oliver looked down to his hand and chuckled.

"Ethan said Katie might be hungry, so I went and got all of her favorites." the man sighed. "Not sure how much good it'll do after she kicked me out of her room when she woke up." he looked back up to the man. "I knew this wouldn't be easy. I know I messed up too many times to make this moment easy. What I didn't expect was a baby. I didn't expect being gravely afraid of losing either of them. So now I'm stuck, because she has no idea that she holds my life in her hands." the man let out a heavy breath as words he'd only thought, just came spilling out of his mouth.

"Right now I don't think you do anything Oliver. Right now you wait. Because in the end, it all ends the same. Katie will always be in your life whether you're together or not. Like you said, there's now a baby and that means the two of you will always be in each others life."

"I wanted to thank you for being there for her. For keeping her safe. You have no idea how grateful I am to you for that." John gave the man a nod. "Look Ethan said he'd lift the no visitor rule in a couple of hours. I'm sure that's when the others will be back."

"Right, I should go check on Lyla. She and Sara are heading back soon." Oliver gave a nod before watching the man leave.

For some reason Oliver was nervous about returning to Katie's room. He was afraid of what her decision would be. Sure whatever she chose, they would still be in each others lives, but in all honesty he only wanted one life with her and right now with no obstacles in the way, he feels that if she gives him another chance, they can really have it. When he found himself outside of her door, he didn't go in immediately. He stood there for a moment, trying to prepare himself for every possibility that could lie on the other side. When he couldn't wait any longer, he reached forward and finally walked inside.

The moment Oliver walked inside his heart dropped from his chest to his stomach. The room was empty. He placed the bags on the table before searching the room completely, realizing she really was gone. He rushed out of the room, glancing down both ends of the hall before hurrying over to the nurse's station.

"Excuse me, has the patient in four thirty four been released, I thought-" Oliver nervously glanced down the hall once again, in hopes that he would see her. He didn't want to think she was just gone and he didn't know where she was. "Where's Dr. Mills?" he turned back to he nurse. "He didn't call me and-"

"Sir." The nurse said standing to her feet. "Dr. Robins has not been released yet. She went for a walk."

"A Walk? A walk where?"

"I don't know. She isn't one of our critical patients, so her needing to stretch her legs a bit isn't something I was worried about." the nurse replied in annoyance. "Look, I'm sure she should be coming back to her room soon." Oliver growled in annoyance, turning away from the woman and stalking down the hall.

"Oliver?" a voice tore him from his search, and the man stopped turning to see Laurel and Ethan walking over to him. "What's wrong?"

"I can't find Katie. She's not in her room and that very unhelpful nurse said she went for a walk, but she doesn't know where." Oliver turned his head, needing to keep his eyes moving in case he spots her. "She just collasped and there are still people after her , and now I don't know where she is. This-"

"Hey, Oliver. She wouldn't just leave the hospital. Maybe she just needed to get out of her room for a while." Laurel replied before turning to Ethan. "You could page her right? Over the speakers."

"Yeah." Ethan replied before turning and rushing off to the nurses station. Laurel turned back to Oliver who didn't look any less anxious.

"Why don't you look around down here, and I'll go upstairs. She's been seeing an OB here and maybe she went to talk to her." Laurel said and Oliver just nodded before silently rushing off.

Laurel searched the maternity floor for just a few moments, before spotting the woman she'd been looking for. She let out a deep sigh before taking out her cell phone and sending a text to Oliver and Ethan letting them know she'd found Katie. She walked over to the woman, only noticing where they were until she walked over.

"Wow." Laurel breathes as she looks through the glass. "They're so tiny." her eyes roams across the rows of squirming babies in the nursery on the other side of the glass. "You know I still can't believe you and Oliver are really going to have a baby." she glanced over to Katie who didn't turn away from the glass. "Has to be pretty scary, right?"

"My mother killed herself, and my father lied to me for my entire life. I have zero role models to follow right now. I think it's more than pretty scary." Katie replied with a shake of her head. "I mean look at that-" she pointed to the babies. "Those little people in there need reliable, mentally sound people who aren't targets of bad guys every week."

"Katie, I'm sure you and Oliver-" Katie scoffed at the mention of Oliver's name and Laurel soon understood where most of the woman's reservations lied. She heard the sound of the elevator, and turned to see Oliver step off and the moment he spots them he starts toward them, only for Laurel to lift a hand. He suddenly stops and she nudged her head for him to give them a moment before he comes over. She turns back to Katie who still stares through the glass. " A part of me is upset with Oliver too. For making us think we lost him, but I know that doesn't compare to how you felt. You'd just found out you were pregnant, which is scary all in itself, but to find out that the baby's father won't be around, I can't imagine-" Laurel shook her head at the thought. They fell into silence, because this moment between the current and past loves of Oliver Queen was a bit awkward.

"I don't know if I can trust him." Katie said breaking the silence. "That's the problem. I need to be able to trust him. And not even for me." she looked over to Laurel. "For this kid, I need to know he won't hurt them the way he's hurt me." Katie turned back to the babies on the other side of the glass.

"You know when we were in high school, I really thought I was something. I was just the cop's daughter, but I some how landed one of the most popular guys in school who also turned out to be rich." Laurel stared and Katie glanced over to her with a quirked brow and Laurel chuckled. "But it was never about that, I cared about Oliver. I really loved him once upon a time. I thought we would go all the way, but he was always so-" she shook her head. "He was hesitant. I just thought he was afraid of the commitment, but then I began to suspect there was someone else."

"Well given the type of guy Oliver was, there probably was someone else. Maybe even more." Katie said with a roll of her eyes. "Where exactly is this going?"

"My point is Oliver never stuck with anything, he was kicked out of most of the colleges his father had to beg to get him in, he didn't even try to make anything of himself. Oliver just couldn't be tied to one thing except those stupid family dinners with the Robins' family." Katie turned to the woman. "Every other Friday, he would tell me his parents would force him and Thea to go to those dinners, even though he didn't really want to." the woman shook her head. "Even when we were seniors and practically adults, he was still being dragged to those dinners and he never seemed as upset about it." Laurel looked to Katie who slightly smiled as she turned away. "I think I know why that was, now. You were the other woman."

"I was the weird, fat secret friend." Katie muttered.

"No you're the first person outside of his family that Oliver has never been afraid to commit to. He went to those dinners faithfully because of you."Laurel sighed with a shake of her head. "Look none of are blind. We've seen some of things that have happened between you two and we would completely understand if diving back into that relationship is something you wouldn't want to do. Just make sure it's what you really want to do." Katie looked over to the woman for a moment before looking back to the babies. "You freaked him out when you weren't in your room."

"Well he freaked me out when he was pretending to be a psycho." Katie replied. "He's still freaking me out thinking I don't know he's hiding on the other side of that vending machine." Laurel turned to watch as Oliver revealed himself from his hiding spot and she just rolled her eyes.

"Why don't I give you two some privacy." Laurel passed Oliver who gave the woman a nod before he walked over to stand beside Katie.

Oliver looked into the nursery, suddenly struck with the realization that this was truly happening. That he and Katie were going to have a baby.

"Twinkie-" Oliver started, but heard someone walking over to them. He turned to see an older woman in a lab coat.

"You had me paged." the woman said and Katie turned to her with a slight smile. The woman turned to Oliver before holding out her hand. "I'm Doctor Baxter, Katie's OBGYN." Oliver shook the woman's hand with a smile. "And I'm guessing you're the father."

"Yeah, I-" The words didn't seem real, but they were. "I am the father." he looked over to Katie with a smile before turning back to Dr. Baxter. "Is everything alright?"

"As far as I can tell from the tests that have been run, she's fine." Baxter said looking to Katie. "I think you're here for something else."

Soon Oliver found himself sitting on a stool as he watches a nurse squeeze some weird gel on Katie's stomach. He couldn't take his eyes from the scene in front of him the moment she lifted the gown and saw the bulge of her stomach. Suddenly he was nervous, and he's not even sure why. Katie looked over to see the man's eyes studying everything happening in this moment, and she noticed the slight bounce of his knee.

"Alright." Baxter said walking into the room and walking over to the sonogram machine. She walked over taking a seat at the stool on the other side of Katie before looking up to the woman. "So no village this time?"

"No, this time it's just us." Katie replied looking over to Oliver who still looked a bit nervous. "Let's see what's going on in there." she turned back to the doctor who grabbed the wand, and placed it above her stomach. Her eyes looked at the monitor, trying to see behind the blurry images for the one thing she needed to see and soon she saw it. There was that blip on the screen that brought a smile to her face.

"Is that it?" Oliver asked and she turned to see the look of pure astonishment written all over his face as he looked at the monitor. She looked down to her hand, just now noticing his hand wrapped around it. He looked down meeting her eyes, with a wide smile. "That's our baby." he looked back up to the monitor still finding this hard to believe.

"That is your baby, Mr. Queen." Dr. Baxter replied looking at the monitor. "Heartbeat is perfect." she looked back down to Katie. "Feel better now?"

"Thanks Donna, I guess I was worrying for nothing." Katie replied and the woman just stood to her feet.

"No, I think you were worrying just enough for a first time mom." she looked over to Oliver and smiled. "Why don't I give you two a minute, and I will get some copies of these for you."

Once the doctor left, Katie turned back to Oliver who still couldn't find it in himself to stop looking at the image of their baby. He felt her eyes, and he looked down to her.

"I'm sorry, I-" he looked back up to the screen. "You have no idea how much I regret not being here every second with you when you found out. I-"

"Oliver stop talking." Katie shook her head as the room fell to silence. She pulled her gown down and brought her knees to her chest.

"What do you need?" Oliver suddenly asked and she turned to him. "Right now, this moment. It doesn't matter what it is, I will make sure it happens." Katie didn't say anything, and Oliver dropped his head. "Do you want me to leave?" he looked back up to her hoping that's not what she wanted. "Do you want us to be over?" still nothing. "Twinkie, I am prepared to do anything to make you happy, even if that means not pursuing this anymore. I just-" he shook his head before looking back over to the monitor that showed the replaying video of their baby's heart beat. "I will do anything to make this right."

"You can't." Katie sighed. "You can't just make this right. What do I need?" she thought over the question, not sure of the answer. "I don't know." she turned to Oliver, who still held on tightly to her hand. "I need to trust you. If this, us, will ever work, I need to know that if I can't trust anyone one on this earth that I can trust you."

"Let me prove it." Oliver said suddenly. "Come with me. Away from all of this ,just let me prove to you that you can trust me with your heart, and this baby. I promise you that nothing will tear me away from this. I'm not running any more from this, I'm not hesitant about this, I want all of it. So let me prove it to you." She studied him for a moment as if trying to see in his eyes, if his words were true. For the longest time she thought she knew Oliver better than anyone else, but then something happened and she just didn't recognize him. And now here she was, unsure what to believe. Her head was screaming at her to not go through this again, to count her losses and just give up this dream of a life with Oliver. Her heart was a different story. Her heart always justified all of his wrongs, and made excuses for all of his actions. She turned away, closing her eyes and letting out a deep sigh.

"Ok." she said not even quite believing it herself.

"Really?" Oliver said standing to his feet, about to pull her into hug, but she held up her hands and stopped him.

"Oliver, wait. This isn't me saying lets get back together and go back to the way things were." she took a deep breath as she met his eyes. "I once told you that I wouldn't take you back and then I did and it didn't work, again. For the longest time I thought if I only had your heart everything would be perfect but it hasn't. And it's not all your fault, I have my crap to deal with, but so do you and this can only work if we finally start dealing with it."

"I can do that."

"You say that, but facing your demons aren't that easy. I'm probably a fool for doing this again, for giving you a chance, but I have this sliver of hope that I can still have the guy and the happily ever after." Oliver took her hand in his and place a kiss to her hand.

"You will always have guy, and everyday I will give you happily ever after. That I promise you."

Richard Grayson was confused. He stood on the elevator watching the increasing numbers, as his head filled with an unexpected revelation. The doors finally opened and he didn't immediately rush out. He was actually nervous. He'd dived into the diaries of Grace Robins, and now he was finished and they didn't end the way he expected. The man looked up at the sudden whooshing sound, and the sight of something speeding past the elevator. He stepped off and turned to see a familiar face standing there. The man turned finally spotting Richard and sighed in relief.

"You're Richard, right?"

"And you're Speedy Gonzalez."

"Or Barry Allen. Barry is fine." Barry replied as the man walked over. "You here to see Felicity?" Richard shook his head before turning to the door. "Bruce?"

"Unfortunately, me and the man need to have a little talk." Richard said as he rapped a fist against the door.

"Funny, I need to talk to him as well." both Barry and Richard turned to the door awaiting for someone to open the door. They heard the sound of giggling from the other side and Richard groaned.

"He's going to be an ass because we're interrupting his time with Felicity." Richard muttered, just as the door opened and a smiling blonde appeared, tightening the bathrobe she was wearing.

"Barry?" the woman said, the smile turning to confusion as she turned to Richard. "Richard? What are you guys doing here? Please don't tell me there's another big bad that's attempting to take over the world, because we did that last night."

"No, we're actually here to talk to Bruce. Is he here?" Barry asked and Felicity nodded before stepping aside to let the men in. "I'm sorry to just pop up unannounced."

"Well I'm not." Richard says walking over and plopping on the couch. "Tell Bruce to put on his pants and come out here, because my head is about to explode if I don't tell him what I just found out."

"Oh-kay." the woman said still confused before turning and heading back to the bedroom. Barry looked down to the man who seemed really nervous as his leg bounced.

"Are you alright?" Barry asked the man and Richard looked over to him before jumping to his feet.

"I'm not alright, because I think I know something that could possibly get me killed by a dead man." Richard began pacing nervously. "I mean why the hell would I read those stupid diaries. I should've known I was going to find something I wasn't going to like, and now I did and I don't know what to do." they heard the bedroom door open and both men turned as the annoyed face of Bruce Wayne appeared. Barry was the first one to step forward and apologize.

"I'm so sorry for just popping up like this, but-" Bruce held up a hand to stop the man before he turned to Richard.

"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in Gotham and-"

"I know where I'm supposed to be right now, but I'm not because we need to talk."

"You know there's this invention called a phone-"

"Bruce will you shut the hell up for one second!" Richard snapped and that's when Felicity reappeared, now dressed, and hoping to figure out what was going on.

"Fine, what do you need to tell me?" Bruce asked, uncharacteristically calm and Richard just shook his head.

"Not here. What I have to say is big, and it's one of those things you don't pull people into because it could turn out bad." Bruce stared at the man with a quirked brow. "I need you to trust me and just-"

"What the hell did you do? Do you owe somebody because Richie I told you-" Richard shook his head.

"You know what, never mind." the man said before grabbing his book bag and tossing it over his shoulder and storming out the door. Bruce let out a deep breath before turning back to Barry.

"What I have to ask is kind of big, but it can wait." the man said before stepping aside. Felicity nudged Bruce's arm and the man simply rolled his eyes before walking from the apartment as well.

"You look kind of nervous too Barry." Felicity noticed and the man looked over to her. "What's going on?"

"I'm not sure, I just-" Barry shook his head. "I just need Bruce's help getting in contact with someone."

"Maybe I can help, who is it?" Felicity turned grabbing her laptop before walking over to sit at her couch and Barry took the seat beside her. "You have a name?"

"Yeah." Barry said turning to the woman. "Jacob Robins." Felicity pulled her hands back from the keys and turned to the man with wide eyes.

When Bruce found Richard, he was still standing outside the elevator, pushing the button in hopes that the doors would open them quicker.

"You've never been much of a drama queen Richie." Bruce said and Richard didn't even turn to him. "You're supposed to be in Gotham, you said you wanted to help and so I trusted you to be there, to be the Robin so I could be here for just a little while."

"Bruce this isn't me running away from Gotham." Richard replied finally turning to the man. "This is me here to tell you that I just found out something really fucked up and I think it's going to get even worse."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Bruce asked, and Richard simply zipped open his bag and pulled out one of the diaries. "Richard if you're about to ask me another dumb question, I swear-"

"I just have one question, and it's not that dumb." Richard flipped through the pages, before finding one and giving it to the man. "Read the last page." Bruce sighed taking the book in his hand, and letting his eyes move across the page. He finally read words he definitely didn't expect to see, and the moment he did, his mouth fell slightly open before looking back up to Richard. "Yeah, fucked up shit. Do you think it's true?"

"I don't-" Bruce shook his head, looking back down to the page, re-reading hoping that maybe he misunderstood something or misread something, but he didn't. The words couldn't be any clearer. "This-" he closed his eyes and thought about the words and realized that he could pin point exact moments that now made sense. "Richard you can not tell anyone about this."

"Why would I? I don't even want anyone to know I know this." Richard said sliding a hand through his hair. "I mean this is something you don't want to know." he looked up to the man. "That's why I told you because you know how to handle stuff like this, I mean should we tell her?"

"Absolutely not."

"Fine, do we talk to him?"

"That's not happening either." Bruce said re-reading the page once again, still finding the words unbelievable. "We do nothing. This stays between you and me. Do you understand?" he looked up to the man who gave a nod. "Good. You have no idea how dangerous this information is."

"I think I do." Richard replied taking the diary and zipping it back into his book bag. The elevator doors finally slid open and Richard stepped inside. "Doing nothing does not make this less dangerous."

"And doing something will definitely make it more dangerous and right now she can't have danger. Until I can decide what to do, it stays between you and me."

"I hope this is the right move, because Bruce once she finds out the truth, then there's no coming back. She will hate you." Richard let out a heavy sigh. "I just got back into her good graces, and I just know she's going to hate me all over again."

"Richard, nothing has happened yet. I want you to take those diaries home and lock them away. No one will find this out." Richard simply pressed one of the elevator button, and waited for the doors to finally close.

Bruce couldn't move for a few moments, because even though the words weren't in front of him, they still played in his head, over and over again. Now he had to walk back into Felicity's apartment and decide if this was something he was going to keep from her as well. Just when they were starting on a clean slate. The man took a final deep breath before walking back into the apartment to see Felicity with a dark glare aimed at the man in front of her.

"What's going on?" Bruce asked and they both turned to him.

"Barry is here to ask you to set up a meeting between him and Jacob, but he refuses to tell me why." Felicity turned back to the speedster who sighed as he took a step toward Bruce.

"I'm not here to make any trouble, I just need to talk to him." Bruce looked at the man for a moment before turning to Felicity.

"Could you give us a moment?"

"Bruce if this is about Katie, then-"

"Felicity, I know and I will figure out what's going on, but for now, me and Barry just need to talk." the woman simply huffed before storming back to her bedroom and slamming the door behind her. "This is definitely not how I planned this day going."

"I'm sorry Bruce, I just didn't know what else to do. I found out something from Wells or whoever the hell he is and I need to bring it to Jacob."

"Does what you have to tell him have anything to do with Damian Darhk?" Bruce asked and Barry looked back confused, but shook his head.

"No, and I have no idea who that is. Look I don't want to get you involved, because if you're involved, then Felicity gets involved and then somehow Katie gets involved, when I don't even know if what he said is true." Barry shook his head as he turned away from the man. "It makes absolutely no sense, and yet I can't shake the feeling that it might be true." the man turned back to Bruce and shrugged. "I just don't want to start something big if I don't have to."

"Ok." Bruce replied and Barry wasn't completely sure what he was saying.

"Ok, what?"

"Ok, I'll set up the meeting."Bruce turned grabbing his jacket. "Just let me attempt to explain this to Felicity."

"Good luck."

Oliver and Katie stared at the doctor in front of them, looking down to the IPad in his hands, awaiting for him to give any news on how Katie and the baby were doing.

"There are two people in this room who can kill you and make it look like you just never existed." Katie finally spoke and the man lifted his eyes to her. "Just tell me I'm fine and that I can be released."

"Fine." Ethan says walking over and taking a seat on the edge of her bed in front of her. "The truth is, when you were brought in your blood pressure was through the roof, you were extremely dehydrated, suffering from what I believe were the precursors to shock-" the man pointed to her shoulder. "Your shoulder hurts right now because I believe you pulled a muscle when you fell from the helicopter. But right now, after your rest and eating, and getting fluids, yes you are fine." Katie stared at the man because the news should've been happy news and yet he had that serious doctor look that she hated.

"You want me to stay-"

"A couple of days Kit. That's all I want. I mean the kind of trauma you've gone through, there is no telling what could just pop up days from now, weeks from now. I want a couple of weeks of observation." Ethan waited for her to say something, as her eyes looked down to the stuffed toy in her lap. "Which you're not going to give me, because you're stubborn."

"No, I'm not going to give it to you because I think I'm going to be my own second opinion." Katie looked up before taking the man's hand. "It's time I stepped away from this. From trying to understand the decisions of my parents, from trying to run a company and help keep a city from being exposed by deadly viruses." Ethan glanced over to Oliver who hadn't said a word.

"You know you have some say in this too." Ethan tried to get at least one ally in the room. "That kid is part yours, and I have the feeling that if your against this then we can gang up on her and force her to see things our way."

"I have known this woman too long, to feel that will ever work." Oliver replied looking over to Katie. "You want her to rest, to take it easy and I can promise you that is what will happen." he turned back to Ethan who sighed. "Ethan, I get you're worried, but trust me when I say that I will make sure she is alright." Ethan turned back to Katie who narrowed her eyes at the man. "Plus where ever we go there will be doctors and-"

"Where ever you go?" Ethan glanced between the couple, before turning to Katie. "You're leaving Starling?"

"For a while, I guess." Katie replied and the doctor stood to his feet. "Ethan-"

"This doesn't make me happy, so I'm going to go for a walk." the man didn't wait for a reply before stalking out of the room.

"So prepare for that reaction at least two more times." Katie said turning to Oliver who dropped his head to her shoulder. "And I get the feeling at least one person is going to hit you."

"I should head to the loft to get you some clothes." Oliver said standing to his feet. "Was there anything you needed before I left?" Katie just shook her head. "You sure, because I could-"

"I'm good, I think there's enough food here to feed an army, and I should probably make some calls to Ray, and Lucius so they know what's going on." Katie replied and Oliver simply gave a nod before heading to the door but he stopped and looked back to her. "I will be here when you get back." the man gave her a soft smile before turning and finally leaving.

Rick Flagg was a man who usually knew what he was fighting for. The moment he got tangled up with ARGUS and Amanda Waller, all of that just went out of the window. The man looked up to the wall clock that hung on the wall of Waller's office, waiting for the woman to finally arrive. His mind suddenly drifted to a time he wasn't even sure he wanted to remember.

Flagg zipped up the suit case, before bringing it to the floor. He pulled on his jacket before tossing his back pack over his shoulder and finally walking out of his room. He didn't expect her to be waiting there.

"Agent Waller?" the man said in confusion as he glanced down the hall. "Was I supposed to know you were coming?" he turned back to the woman who lightly chuckled.

"Agent Flagg, I wanted to talk to you before your flight."the woman glanced down to her watch. "So this won't take long." he looked back up to the man. "I just wanted to make sure you understood how important your mission is."

"I get her ready to tell the lie that will save her life and get her home." Rick said and the woman folded her arms over her chest. "You mean the other mission." the man let out a sigh, dropping his head.

"I know this mission makes no sense-"

"She's a doctor." he looked back to the woman. "She's some rich doctor from some big city and you want to make her what? An agent? Because I have to tell you, I don't think she'll go for that."

"The truth agent Flagg is that I'm not making her anything. I'm bringing out something she was born with. Something I think her father knew about, which is why he's the one who got this ball rolling."

"He's also the one who made it clear that she was supposed to be home at this point."

"And she would've been if under the slightest bit of pressure, she didn't make herself look guilty and run. She is not ready for that step, so we will get her ready. Right now I need you to trust me, and do as I say because you may not see it, but I do." the woman turned and headed for the elevator. "You more than anyone should know that sometimes, we're more than just the titles bestowed upon us." and with that the woman stepped onto the elevator, leaving the man with her words.

The door behind Flagg opened, and then closed, pulling the man from his thoughts. He turned to see Amanda walk around, and take a seat behind her desk.

"Do you have anything for me?" Amanda asked looking up to the man who looked exhausted.

"Sorry, I was too busy trying to help prevent a national crisis." Rick replied with a shrug of his shoulder. "There was no sign of Jacob or Martin near Katie during her retrieval. Ra's contacted her doctor friend, who showed up and was able to get her to a hospital. At this point there is no known information about why Jacob seems to want his daughter and Damian Darhk away from each other."

"Or maybe there is and you just didn't go looking for it."

"Maybe I didn't." Flagg shrugged before standing to his feet. "This thing between you and Jacob, I don't want to be in the middle of it. If you want something from him, then ask him. If he refuses, then go above his head-" the woman opened her mouth to speak, but the man continued. "That's right, you are above his head. The truth Waller was he was once a senior agent, he was once your boss, but then he retired, and after he retired, he faked his death. You're in charge now so act like it , and stop trying to put me in the middle of it." The woman stood to her feet and the man sighed. "Ma'am."

"Ms. Moone has finished her examinations, and you are able to see her now." Waller replied and the man gave her a nod before turning toward the door. "And Mr. Flagg, I am the boss, so every mission I give to you, I demand results. This will be your pass, and you should count yourself lucky, because I don't give passes."

"Yes ma'am." with that the man turned and finally left the woman who dropped to her seat.

She looked at her phone for a moment before picking it up and dialing.

"Yes, Robins, where is he?" there was some excuse about the man being busy and she let out a heavy sigh. "I didn't ask you what he was doing, I asked you for his location...no what do you mean you can't give me his location, do you know who I-" the woman slammed the phone back to the receiver with a low growl. "It is time I took my kingdom back Jacob, and that means finally cutting off one of the heads of this two headed beast."

Ethan returned to Katie's room, clipboard in hand. The moment he walked in, he found her standing near the window. He glanced around the room, noticing that Oliver wasn't here and thought maybe this was a chance to try to get through to her.

"I thought this place would be swarming with people to see you right now." Ethan said and Katie chuckled, looking over her shoulder to the man.

"Oliver called, told them I was being released, so everyone is going to be giving us our farewells tonight before we leave."

"Tonight." the man said with a shake of his head. "That's really soon, Kit. I mean he just came back from his little cult and now you're leaving town with the guy." Katie turned to the man with a quirked eyebrow. "You know I care about your well being more than my own sometimes, and I've seen what the whole Twiver thing does to you. First he leaves because he can't be in a relationship, then he breaks up with you because he has to focus on being the hero, I mean then I found out he married your scary cousin who always looks like she's going to break me in half every time she looks at me."

"Did you think I needed a recap of the shitty moments of me and Oliver's relationship?" Katie asked.

"No, but I just wanted you to really think about this before you just run off to who knows where with this guy who has done nothing to prove that he can be dependable or trustworthy. It's just this guy has this way of getting into your head, saying all the right things and I know everyone is rooting for the great reunion of Twinkie and Liver, but I just want what's best for you and that kid." Katie shook her head before turning back to look out the window once again.

"I have two choices, I can either hold onto everything bad that has happened between me and Oliver, blame him for everything, and hate him forever or I can choose to be happy." she turned back to her friend. "And I have no doubt Oliver did any of those things to hurt me. Not even that bull shit league wedding to my cousin. But that's all I got. Be happy or not be happy, so yes a lot of shit happened between us, decisions were made, some smart, some not so much, but as I see it, it all happened to get me right here, carrying this child."

"I also get that you don't want to do this alone, so you'll forgive pretty much of anything so you don't have to."

"Well that's where you're wrong, Dr. Mills. I haven't forgiven anything. What I'm doing is giving Oliver the chance to prove he deserves to be forgiven." Katie walked over placing her hands on the sides of the man's face. "Please don't worry about me, because I understand what I'm signing up for and if it blows up in my face, I will beat him up or have someone beat him up." the man narrowed his eyes for a moment, before letting out a sigh and bringing the woman into a hug.

"This seriously better be a vacation. You better come back or I will stalk you."

Katie laughed before placing a kiss to the man's cheek, and pulling from the hug. "You know I thought Laurel would end this ridiculous obsession you have with me." the man chuckled with a shake of his head.

"Nothing and no one will ever come between me and my Kit Kat, the best doctors this place will ever see." Ethan held up a clip board. "Well this is what you want. You know where to sign." Katie took the clipboard and pen. "Where's Oliver?"

"Went to get me clothes so I don't have to walk out in a hospital gown." Katie began filling out the release forms.

"You know I doubt there would be many complaints about that." the man laughed and Katie simply pushed him. "I'll be back to see you out, call me if you need me." the man stalked out into the hall, letting out another huff, only stopping when he sees someone he's not supposed to see leaning against the wall wearing a baseball cap, and sunglasses and looking as conspicuous as ever. "Do you want to die? Because you, being here with this ridiculous disguise can only end in death."

"The boss sent me since you weren't answering any of his calls, plus I was just excited to get a job that didn't have me sitting around a bunch of crazy people in those stupid PTSD meetings." the man glanced down both ends of the hall. "He wants you to call with her status and if you were able to convince her not to leave Starling."

"I wasn't." Ethan replied with a shake of his head. "And I'm not too upset about it. She really does need rest and I don't really think she'll get here."

"Your job isn't to think Doc, now if you don't mind actually giving a call to the boss." the man replied with a nod before straightening the baseball cap over his head and turning and walking away. Ethan let out a sigh, because he knew he was going to have to make a very unpleasant phone call.

Thea Queen stood at the door as she watched her brother place clothes in a suitcase, and she couldn't even pretend not to be a little upset. Oliver glanced over to her, noticing the expression on her face and let out a sigh.

"Thea please don't be upset about this."

"Why shouldn't I be upset. You just came back and I made the assumption that maybe I would at least get to spend some time with you after your little Dr. Jeckyll and Hyde return." she walked over to take a seat on the bed glancing into the suitcase where there really were a lot of clothes.

"Thea, tell me, when Katie told you Roy was still alive, why did you pack up everything to find him?" Thea shook her head at the question because she knew the same reason she left was the same reason her brother and Katie were leaving too. "You wanted a chance at a real life away from all of the craziness that happens here. That's what we want." the man zipped up the suitcase, and placed it beside the other one that sat beside him. "Plus me and Katie, we're no where near being alright, there's still things we have to get through which I think can happen if we take some time away from Starling for a while."

"How long is a while?" Thea asked and Oliver sighed looking over to his sister before taking a seat beside her. "Like will I even see my niece or nephew on this love journey you're about to go on?" Oliver chuckled before bringing his arms around his sister.

"That would never happen. I think we would be hunted down by quite a few people if that ever happened." Oliver placed a kiss to his sister's cheek. "You're going to be fine."

"No babies better be born, and no one married if I'm not present. Promise me."

"Thea, I have to go." Oliver replied pulling from the hug and standing to his feet and Thea noticed he didn't actually make her the promise. "Twinkie can be very impatient and we'll see you later when we come back here." the man glanced down to his watch, before grabbing the small bag on the floor that held a change of clothes for Katie and heading out down the stairs.

"Oliver Queen, you better promise me!" Thea called after him, watching just as he opened the door and stopped looking at someone she couldn't see. She hurried down the stairs, and stood at his side. "Who are you?"

"Someone who's leaving." Oliver answered before glancing over to his sister. "We'll see you later." he placed a kiss to her cheek before walking out of the loft, and heading down to the elevator. "You should leave Martin."

"You can't just take her from Starling." Martin said rushing forward to catch up to the man. "She needs more than just you to keep her safe. Jacob-"

"She got on a plane sent by Jacob that was blown from the sky!" Oliver glared at the man. "So excuse me if I don't look to him on ways to keep her safe. I will take care of her, I will keep her and my child safe without Jacob's help." The elevator doors opened and Oliver turned and stepped inside. "Tell him we don't need his help anymore. He's done enough."

Martin didn't get a chance to reply as the door suddenly closed. The man let out a heavy sigh, before pulling out his cell phone and dialing the one number he didn't want to dial. The moment he heard the line answer he decided to just get it over with.

"He refused. They still plan on leaving."

"If that's how they want it to go then fine, let them leave, but I want eyes on them at every point." Jacob said before abruptly ending the call.

Martin pulled the phone from his ear, ,turning and noticing Thea standing at her door watching him. He reached forward and pressing the button for the elevator.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Martin and your brother was right, I am leaving." the man turned toward the elevator in hopes the woman will drop it and just go back into her loft.

"Martin. You're the one who helped Roy. Do you know where he is?" Thea asked and Martin simply glanced over his shoulder to the woman.

"I do, but I get the feeling there's a reason you don't. Roy wanted you to come home, to be who you really are. To live as Thea Queen. You should accept that." Martin looked back to the elevator as the doors opened.

"You should probably stay away from my brother and Katie." Martin simply let out a chuckle before disappearing onto the elevator.

It seemed as if the moment Oliver called his friends and told them that he and Katie would be leaving, timed just rushed to that moment.

Soon Felicity, John, Laurel and Thea all stood in Thea's loft that night. Felicity and Thea stood trying to convince the man not to take Katie and leave, but it was proving to be no use .

"Oliver, I get needing to reestablish your lives, but does that really have to happen out of Starling." Felicity asked and Oliver just shook his head, wishing Katie would hurry with her shower. "I mean I feel like we're gonna miss so much with our baby Twiver."

"She's right, we still have to find out if it's a boy or girl, we have to feel the first kick-" Thea added and Oliver just continued to shake his head. "You have no idea how much we really don't want you guys to go."

"You guys are being so dramatic." Laurel sighed from where she and John stood just watching the entertaining pair. "They're adults who want to get away for a while, so just accept it."

"Or this is all some terrible trick and we're being forced away to keep all of you safe." came the familiar voice of Katie walking down the stairs.

"You're not helping."Oliver commented as he walked over to her, but he was pushed out of the way by Felicity who engulfed the woman in a hug.

"Smoaks, I'm fine."

"You were in a helicopter that was blown from the sky and your psychotic uncle kidnapped you. Let me just hug you for a sec, please."

While the girls all said their goodbyes to Katie, John slipped over to Oliver.

"I figure I should probably give this back to you." John said slyly slipping a ring from his pocket. Oliver took it, glad the women on the other side of the room didn't notice the exchange. "I figure a trip like this, you might need it." Oliver turned slightly looking down to the engagement ring he gave his friend to keep safe for him and a smile tugged at his lips.

"Not sure how or when, but I think at some point I will." Oliver said glancing over to John who simply gave a nod before walking over to Katie as well.

"You're not going to make me feel bad too, are you?" Katie asked as John pulled her into a hug.

"Nah, I figure this would probably happen." the man whispered. "It's the Twiver way."

"Do you think I'm making a mistake?" the woman pulled back to meet his eyes. "After all of this, do think pretending that it never happened is a mistake?"

"Do you plan on pretending that it didn't happen?" John asked and Katie let out a sigh and shook her head. "Then I think what you're doing is choosing to move forward. Do you think that is a mistake?"

"The rational part of my brain is telling me I am."

"And the irrational part of your brain?"

"Saying the same thing actually." the woman chuckled with a shake of her head. "My head is the one I'm listening to right now, and maybe that was the mistake I've made and continue to make."

"I will tell you what I know. Despite my feelings toward Oliver at the moment, I think this is that moment you two can finally be free of everything and finally focus on your family."

"Living by the three "F's" I guess." Katie muttered and John looked at her in confusion. Katie chuckled to her self. "My mom would have this saying, whenever I was having a bad day, she would tell me that as a Robins I should only be concerned with three things and if I did everything would be alright."

"And what was that?"

"The first was attempting to live forever because if you could figure out that secret then you could figure out anything. The second was always being fearless, or at least making it seem as if you were. Because if nothing seemed to hurt you, then the bad things in the world wouldn't try. And last making sure you always found yourself surrounded by your family because then, nothing could ever be too hard because there were others who would share the weight of the world with you. She called it the three F's."

"Forever, Fearless, Family." John replied and Katie gave a nod. "Seems like good advice."

"Ollie!" they turned at the whiny voice of Thea Queen who was hugging her brother. "Don't do this."

"I think it's bandage time." John said and Katie laughed turning back to the man. "Take care of that kid."

"Take care of yours, and the lady on her way back here." Katie replied before walking over to Oliver who was currently attempting to pull his sister off of him. "Speedy, I promise to call everyday."

"Not enough." came the woman's muffled voice.

"Video call every week." Katie suggested.

"It won't be the same." Thea pulled herself from her brother, only to turned and bring Katie into a tight hug. "I understand why you have to do this, but I still don't like it."

"What if I promised you Twiver baby naming rights?" Katie said and Thea quickly pulled back to eye the woman.

"Seriously, like I could name the baby?"

"Well I think that's something we should probably discuss." Oliver said taking a step forward and giving Katie a look hoping she could see how much he didn't like the idea. "I mean, right, we should probably talk about letting my sister name our kid, our first kid."

"I agree with Oliver." Felicity said appearing at his side. "Mostly because if she gets baby Twiver naming rights, then I would like some sort of input as well. Maybe godmother, or-"

"Ok, the kid doesn't even have fingers yet so before we get ahead of ourselves, all I meant was the middle name." Katie said turning back to Thea. "A sensible middle name, one that Oliver and I can decline if it gets weird."

"You know what I'll take it and it will be the best damn middle name you've ever heard." Thea replied with a bright smile.

"You know we should probably get going." Oliver said and Katie gave a smile before looking back to Thea. "We will call all of you when we get to where ever we're going."

It seemed Katie had only blinked, and soon they were sitting on a private plane, a gift from Bruce, high above the clouds.

Katie kept her eyes out the window, looking down to the clouds and the setting sun. She felt eyes and turned to see Oliver in the seat across from her, with a wide smile as he watched her.

"You're being weird."

"I've always been a little weird, I thought it was something you liked." Oliver replied and Katie shook her head with a light smile. "So I have a question."

"As long as it's not a marriage proposal, then ask me anything." she looked over to the man who sighed, and the smile fell from her lips. "Liver-"

"I know, I get it. We're not there yet." the man gave a nod. "But I hope at some point we will be."

"I hope so too." Katie said with a smile before turning back to look out the window. "What did you want to ask me?"

"Two things. One why haven't we kissed yet?" Katie chuckled turning back to the man. "And two, do you really hate my hair cut?"

"Well to answer your first question, before I kiss you, I have to do some research about League of Assassin weddings and how legit that whole thing was, because I am not a homewrecker, and I refuse for us to be kissing cousins."

"Twinkie, I doubt that woman had any real authority to actually marry me and Nyssa."

"Hey, the internet officiates people in five minutes." Katie says turning away in thought. "Do you think the fortress had internet? Like a wifi password you had to fight to get." she turned back to Oliver who shook his head in laughter.

"I'm not married to Nyssa." Oliver said simply and Katie sighed. "There is only one woman who I would like to marry, and I will wait for as long as necessary until that day happens." Katie folded her arms over her chest as she silently watched the man for a few moments. "What are you thinking?"

"I'll tell you later, Liver." the woman brought her eyes back to the clouds, a smile pulling at her lips. "And no, I don't hate your hair cut." the woman glanced over to the man for a second before rolling her eyes. "It was a last attempt to get in your head. I thought it breezed by you, but apparently it didn't. Did I get in your head, Mr. Queen?"

"You're always in my head doctor." Oliver replied with a slight smile. "You're the voice in my head that keeps me here."

"You really want that kiss don't you, Mr. sweet talker?" the man couldn't help but laugh. "You know I think I might make you work for it." that caused the man to stop laughing. "I'm going to make you earn it." the man stared at her for a moment before a smile pulled at his lips.

"Alright." he gave the woman a nod. "Challenge accepted."

Martin rushed into Jacob's office expecting to immediately recount the information he knew the man was waiting for, but the moment he stepped foot into the office he was stunned to silence. He watched as Jacob ground the remnants of the cigarette into the astray on his desk. Martin tilted his head noticing that it wasn't the first.

"I thought you quit smoking ages ago." Martin commented. Jacob's eyes looked up to the man, not even a glimmer of humor in his eyes. Martin cleared his throat before continuing. "We were able to follow Oliver and Katie to the airfield. They got on Bruce's plane, and are now up in the air."

"Where are they going?" Jacob asked standing to his feet and stretching his arm in front of him before stretching his neck. He glanced over to Martin who chose to look down to his feet. "You have no idea where they're going, do you?" Martin lifted his eyes and Jacob just burst into laughter. "Martin let me tell you about my day."

"Sir, I understand-"

"You understand nothing!" Jacob snapped walking around his desk to stand in front of the man. "You understand nothing, because I haven't told my story yet." Martin gave the man a nod and waited for him to continue. "I ordered a plane, told no one of it's destination because that was my plan to get my daughter and her unborn child out of a death ridden city. I was going to prove to my daughter that I always have her best interests at heart above everything else, and you know what happened?" Jacob took a dangerous step closer to Martin. "A man who should not have even known about that plane, was able to get a plane of his own, and able to shoot missiles from his plane to the plane my daughter was on."

"Sir, we are doing everything-"

"That's just it Martin, everything is not enough! My daughter was this close-" Jacob closed his eyes and shook his head and couldn't help but return to the moment the information came in about the attack and the entire hour of thinking his daughter was dead. He stopped breathing. He felt his chest tighten and he felt his throat constrict because in that hour he'd lost the only person he had left in this world.

"We were unable to hack the plane's GPS system. Mr. Wayne has upgraded his cyber security." Martin said and Jacob dropped his head. "Look sir, I really don't believe this is a bad thing. I mean getting her out of Starling was the plan."

"The plan was to be controlled. I was to know where she was so I could make sure nothing harmed her and now I can't."

"No, now you don't have to." Martin replied and Jacob looked back over to the man. "Whether you want to believe it or not, Mr. Queen has proven to be a formidable opponent to some of the most dangerous men we've ever known and he finds a way to come out the other end. I have no doubt that your daughter's safety will even be in question with him at her side."

"You have so much faith in a man you barely even like." Jacob shook his head before walking around and grabbing his blazer and pulling it on. "I am going to trust you. I am going to trust him." Jacob looked over to the man. "Because if anything happens to her, I promise you, you and Mr. Queen will face someone far more dangerous than anyone you've ever come across." Jacob brushed passed the man, who quickly followed. "Are they in the conference room?"

"They are." Martin replied trying to keep in pace with the man. "I haven't told them much of what's happened recently. I didn't want to scare them off."

"You know I thought we chose them because they weren't easily scared." Jacob glanced over to the man who simply shrugged. "You better not make me regret this sit."

"Well we agreed there were way too many holes in this agency, and drafting some outside help was the best option." they both turned to the conference room door and sighed. "Even if it is the most unexpected help ever."

"Unexpected could be what we need I guess." Jacob said before finally opening the door and walking inside. Two sets of eyes turned to him, and an immediate gasp followed from one of them. "You have questions. Well probably not you Mr. Harper. Me and you go way back."

"Yeah, so far back I wish I could forget." Roy said with a shake of his head before looking over to the woman who still stared wide eyed and mouth gaped as she looked at Jacob. "You guys didn't tell her she was here to meet a dead guy." Jacob and Roy turned to Martin who simply shrugged.

"Seeing is better than believing and Ms. Lane wouldn't believe nothing she couldn't see." Martin said walking over to the woman. "Ms. Lane, remember there is a job at hand."

"Right." the woman tried to shake away the shock before glancing over to Martin. "You require my service in exchange for a story."

"Story?" Jacob asked and Martin glanced over to his boss. "What story?"

"We'll get into that later." Martin said before walking around the large table, grabbing the remote and flicking on the monitor. "But now it's time for why we're all here." they all moved in closer when suddenly a picture appeared on the screen. "Your mission, should you choose to accept it."

"Who is this?" Lois asked.

"Damien Dhark." Jacob replied his eyes fixed on the image of the man.

"I got that he was a bad guy and all, but what are we supposed to be doing?" Roy asked.

"We want you to find him. He was able to slip into Starling undetected and I don't like that." Jacob said with a shake of his before glancing over to Roy. "He was too close, and that can't happen again."

"Why us?" Lois asked and the men turned to her. "I'm just a reporter and he-" she glanced over to Roy. "Pretended to be the Arrow and then faked his death. I'm not sure what qualifies him to be here."

"Ms. Lane I know both of you very well, know your strengths, know your weaknesses." Jacob looked between the pair. "Right now I stand in a facility that houses numerous highly qualified agents who could probably do this job in their sleep, but there's only one problem." Jacob glanced up to the ceiling. "I don't trust any of them." he looked back down to Lois. "Ms. Lane, you have proven to be a phenomenal reporter, investigator, and that's exactly what you will need to locate Dhark." Jacob glanced over to Roy with a smile. "And you Mr. Harper have a range of skills that I believe will help get you out of tough situations. The two of you are here because I need people I can trust, because catching Dhark, finding him is the most important thing to me right now."

"Why?" Lois asked and the man sighed before he was interrupted by Martin's ringing phone. Martin glanced over to Jacob as he answered. His brow furrowed as he listened to someone before ending the call.

"Sir." Martin said turning to Jacob. "You apparently have a meeting."

"With?"

"Your other recent team. Apparently they have questions about some things learned from Wells." Jacob let out another heavy sigh before turning back to Lois and Roy.

"I know being here probably doesn't make much sense, but I promise you, stopping this man will save numerous lives. I appreciate your help and so does your country." and with that the man turned and left. Lois and Roy turned back to the image on the screen, of a blonde man with sunglasses talking on a cell phone, a cup of coffee to his lips.

"He doesn't look too dangerous." Lois commented and Martin let out a snort.

"That man will be the most dangerous man either of you will ever come across." Martin toss some files on the table.

"What is this, information on Dhark?" Lois asked picking up one of the folders.

"No, those are the table of contents." Martin said before walking over and opened the door on the other side of the room and pushing it open. Lois and Roy walked in and saw boxes piled on top each other, filling the room. "This is the early nineties. The rest is upstairs." Lois and Roy just stared with wide eyes. "You guys should get to it."

Jacob walked into his office, not sure what he was about to walk into, but he figured his day couldn't get any worse.

"Bruce, Mr. Allen. I have to say I didn't expect to see the two of you." Jacob walked around, taking a seat behind his desk. "I figure our last mission together would be our last." he looked between the two men. "Once again, I would like to thank you and-"

"I would save the thank yous until after we talk." Bruce said before glancing over to Barry, who had to stop himself from staring at Jacob. He turned to Bruce, suddenly confused at the nod the man gave him.

"Wait, you want me to ask?" Barry asked. "I sort of thought you would take the lead on this, I mean you two have a history and I'm just-"

"Barry!"

"Fine!" Barry turned back to Jacob who simply watched in confusion. "As you know Dr. Harrison Wells was the reverse Flash and it turns out he wasn't who we all thought he was."

"I'm not sure what this about."

"Wells let something slip, something I don't think he wanted me to know." Barry glanced over to Bruce who just gave him another nod. Barry took a deep breath before turning back to Jacob. "He said he planned to finally beat me by drawing energy from the pure blood methuman that would've helped tip the scales between us." Jacob sat up a bit straighter in his seat. "Jacob-"

"Before you say what you're about to say, how about you don't." Jacob stood to his feet and glanced over to Bruce. "You know better than this."

"Do I, Jacob?" Bruce asked. "Because I'm finding out more and more everyday. I thought I knew what this was all about. Bosnia, the League, ARGUS. But I didn't. You were working something else, weren't you?"

"You know what, you have no right to walk in here and judge me."

"No one is judging you sir, we just came here for the truth." Barry said and Jacob turned back to him.

"Truth." Jacob chuckled up himself. "You have no idea what the truth could do, the type of hell the truth could bring before she's ready for it."

"Ready?" Bruce asked with a shake of his head. "So it's true?" Jacob just shook his head and Bruce let out a sigh. "We should go Barry."

"Go, I thought we came here for answers." Barry glanced between the men.

"Yeah, and I was foolish enough to believe that he would just give them." Bruce replied looking over to the man. "I don't know what you're planning, but whatever it is, in the end you will lose her and you won't be able to get her back."

"I believe that could be said for everyone in this room." Jacob replied looking between the men. "You didn't come here for answers, because you already have all the answers you need. You came here because you wanted someone to do what you can't. And I'm telling you that I won't. Not yet. It isn't time."

"Mr. Robins, Katie deserves to know what she is." Barry said and Jacob glanced over to the man and nodded.

"And she will. At some point this secret won't be hidden from her, I don't believe it can. At some point she will see the truth, but for right now I'm going to let her enjoy her last moments of normal. And I think we can all agree that she deserves that, don't we?"

The room fell in silence, no one able to argue against that.

Richard Grayson was supposed to be on a plane right now, headed back to Gotham, but his head was a wreck and he needed to clear it out and nothing could do that better than a cold, stiff drink. He downed the remnants of his glass and twirled a finger toward the bartender for another drink.

"Rough day." a soft voice said from beside him and the man turned, and the moment he did he felt as if he were staring death right in the face.

"You could say that." Richard said clearing his throat, and turning to the bartender as he poured his drink. "Funny running into you here Agent Waller. Do you come here often?" he turned back to the woman with a carefree smile hoping the illusion of a man without a beyond fucked up secret wouldn't show too much.

"I've actually never been here before." Amanda said glancing around the dark bar before turning back to the man. "I'm actually here to see you."

"Really? Is this another one of those missions you give me, that's set up for me to fail, because I hate those missions." Richard drank the rest of his drink before slapping the glass to the bar and tossing down a few bills. "I still haven't gotten over you making me feel like crap for getting her thrown in prison." the man stood to his feet, grabbing his back pack and tossing it around his shoulder. "This has been fun, but lets never do this again." Richard walked passed the woman out the door, only stopping when two large men appeared in front of him. "Guys, we don't know each other, but I'm fully prepared to drunk fight you, right now."

"This night doesn't have to get violent unless you want it to." Amanda said from behind them, just as a black SUV pulled up beside them. "Let's go for a ride."

Richard's knee bounced the entire time he sat in the car beside the woman, his eyes out the window.

"What the hell is this?" he said turning to the woman. "I can't be here?"

"You abruptly left Gotham, spoke with Bruce and then proceeded to the bar." Amanda said, closely watching the man.

"Are you following me?" the man glanced angrily around the car. "I want to get out." Richard grabbed his back pack and turned his head. "Hey, stop the car!"

"Why did you come back to Starling, Mr. Grayson?" Amanda asked, almost bored at the outburst.

"That's none of your damn business!" Richard turned his head again to the driver. "Stop the car!" suddenly he felt the bag was pulled from his lap, and he turned to see Amanda pulling it from him. He was about to take it back, but the goon sitting beside her pulled out a gun and aimed it right at him. "Give me back my bag!"

"There aren't clothes in this bag, and I noticed how heavy it was when you picked it up at the bar." Amanda unzipped the bag, peeking inside and furrowing her brow before glancing over to the man. "Books."

"Yep, just books, now give it—" she reached inside taking out one of the book and flipping it open. "Don't—"

"This is a diary." Amanda said flipping through the pages before seeing a name. "This is Grace Robins' diary." she looked back up to Richard. "You read something, didn't you?"

"There's nothing there, now give them back." he reached for the book, but she pulled away as she continued to flip through the pages.

"You do know that I will find out what is in this book, and the entire time have you locked in a hole." Amanda looked back up to the man. "Tell me what you read." Richard shook his head, as he turned away from the woman. "Mr. Grayson—"

"This isn't supposed to happen." he muttered looking back to the woman. "What I read will only hurt someone I care about, so please just let this go. It has nothing to do with you." Amanda looked at him for a moment before turning to her agent beside her.

"Shoot him."

"Wait! What!" Richard looked over to the man who gave a nod. "You can't just—"

"Actually I can Mr. Grayson. You don't get it do you?" she shook her head. "You thought you could hide something, but you can't. It's in my hand, and if you really want to keep this safe then you have to let me help you." the man turned to her. "We are on the same side."

"I don't know what side you're on, Waller." the man shook his head before turning back to the gun being pointed at him.

"I can have these books combed through. That's more eyes, more chances for this to get out. Right now this information can be contained right here."

"What, me you and chachi here. I don't think so." Richard said and Amanda gave a nod.

"Stop the car!" she called and soon the car slowed before pulling to the side of the road. "Give us a minute." the Agent gave a nod, before holstering his gun and stepping out of the car. The driver did as well, leaving Amanda and Richard alone. "Alright Mr. Grayson, I'm all ears."

"This information will only lead to pain, and shouldn't be used in some kind of plot-"

"I am a federal agent. My soul purpose is the security of this nation. If these have to do with Grace, then I'm sure it has to do with Jacob."

"So this is a power play?"

"Richard, the truth is I'm getting impatient. So this is what I can do. I can put you in hole, put Bruce in a hole, put everyone you love in a deep, dark hole and turn their lives into a living hell. This is your chance at preventing that." Richard shook his head, turning to look out the window as it suddenly began to rain. "You know what, I don't have time. Icwill have a team read them and-"

"This stays between us." Richard replied, his voice dangerously low. He knew what he had to do. He could feel the pit in his stomach, the nagging feeling in the back of his head telling him this was a bad idea. The woman sitting in front of him was the devil, but he knew he had no choice right now.

"What did you read?"

Richard closed his eyes, letting out a heavy sigh before looking back up to the woman. "Jacob Robins isn't Katie's father." For the first time ever, Richard saw surprise wash over the woman's face.

"Do you know who is?"

"You won't believe me." the man shook his head as he looked down to the book in Amanda's hand. "According to Grace Katie's father is the man she met years ago. Her brother's enemy and a man who she once thought was good, but turned out to have a darkness inside of him that she'd never seen before. She realized it too late, and was already pregnant." Richard sat back in his seat and just shook his head.

"Damian Dhark is Katie's father." Amanda said suddenly and Richard turned back to her, but didn't say anything. Those words silenced the air between them.

Those words were the beginning to the end.

And they both knew it.

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Author's notes

The beginning of the end! I have to agree. I can't believe it's over. What did you think?

Review Replies:

ImsebastianstanButter: At the moment, they are fine. But with the life of a hero, that can change in the blink of an eye.

Adela: Why thank you, very much! They found her and once again all is well with the world...for the moment.

kuppcake: A very bitter reunion. And I know Katie finds herself in the most craziest situations. And I don't doubt Oliver probably feels the exact same way and will probably be looking for that bubble.

rockyroyal,dr: Yes,Barry had to speed through and capture our hearts with his witty humor and his ability to annoy Bruce. I loved that mini Justice league moment. And it wasn't much, but from this chapter we see a trust building between Bruce and Barry. Brucity have a special place in my heart, so I love their moments together. And I agree with you. That moment, though small was very big. It was the first real conversation between them, without any masks or lies. We saw distrust between them, something that still isn't gone even after this chapter. I really wanted to have her moment where she finally told Oliver about the baby. And I'm sorry, but I love my cliffhangers. This one kind of ended with a major one, right?

I can't believe it's really over. It's always bitter sweet to come to the final chapter, but there is more to come. I want to give special thanks to everyone who tagged along this journey. I appreciate everyone who added this story to your alert list and actually wanted to see how this story played out in the end. I hope you liked it, because I loved it. This story is my escape, and I'm glad you all get to come along with me. I can't end this story without giving a shout out to all my readers who left kind words. I love reading all of your reviews and I hope you keep them coming in the future. Now I haven't started the next installment just yet, but while writing it, I plan on posting little snippets of the Katie and Oliver's lover journey and the craziness that is sure to follow, so watch out for that!

Once again, thanks you all!

Wait, there is a sneak peek...

Katie knew the reason she couldn't sleep, knew what had her brain still spinning. She stood on the balcony of the loft, and looked out to the city lights and sighed. She learned to breathe the moment she left this city, and now she was back and all the nerves just came rushing back. Her hand slid the her belly as she felt the not so gentle kicks of someone else not getting any sleep tonight. Katie let out a deep sigh before turning and heading back inside deciding that maybe a snack will help. She headed for the kitchen, but stopped when she thought she heard someone outside the door. This was one of those moments Oliver would tell her to call him so he could be the one to check it out. A part of her knew she should, but another part of her figured she also might just be hearing things. She walked over to the door, and looked out the peep hole and just as she thought, no one was there.

"This place is already driving you crazy." she muttered before turning and heading for the kitchen. Suddenly the sound of something sliding under the door stopped her and she looked down to the white envelope now in front of her. It was yet another moment, she's sure Oliver would tell her to find him so he can be the one to determine what was happening. She shook her head before walking over and picking up the envelope, opening it and staring in confusion at the contents.

"Twinkie?" she looks up to see Oliver walk out, his voice still filled with sleep as he looks to the woman. "What's that?" she looks back to the envelope before suddenly feeling her throat start to constrict. The envelope falls from her hands, as she brings her hands around her throat trying and failing catch the air to her lungs. "Twinkie!" Oliver runs over to her as she nearly collapses to the floor. "What-" he looks over to the envelope, now able to see black rose pedals that had fallen from the envelope.