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Diggle was thrown on his back, the shadow man on top of him. It shrieked inhumanly at Diggle as he tried unsuccessfully to get it off him. Laurel and Thea sprang into action, grabbing the shadow man by either arm and yanking it off Diggle. The shadow man flies away from them and then, to everyone's shock, a sword went through the shadow man's chest. It shrieked in pain before the sword was removed and it went down.

"Well, that was exciting." Slade said as he put his sword away.

"Wait, you can see us?" Laurel asked surprised.

"Yes." Slade nodded.

"So wait, are you him?" Thea asked surprised.

"No. I am a guardian of sorts; I am a representation of the Slade Wilson that Oliver once knew. I defend against any attacks that target Oliver's mind." Slade explained.

"What was that thing?" Diggle demanded.

"You are looking for Oliver. There are forces in here that don't want that to happen, that was one of them. Now hurry along, you need to find him." Slade told them.

Not needing to be told twice, the three walked out the door. As they did, the scene changed. They were on a mountain and Oliver and Ra's al Ghul, both shirtless, were fighting with swords. Oliver wasn't doing very well, as Ra's kicked him to the ground. Oliver quickly jumped back up and reentered the fight however Ra's made a flesh wound on his wrist. Oliver cried out in pain before whirling around and crossing blades with Ra's once more. Hover, Ra's quickly gained the upper hand once more and held his sword at Oliver's throat.

"You should take pride," Ra's said as he led Oliver over to the edge, "you lasted longer than most."

A few feet away from the cliff, Oliver knocked the sword out of Ra's hand and it went over the cliff. Oliver tried to bring his sword down but Ra's quickly got of the way. Ra's stood up and grabbed Oliver's blade before elbowing Oliver in the throat. Ra's then snatched Oliver's sword out of his hand hit Oliver in the side with the sword, forcing Oliver to his knees.

"Don't be afraid my son," Ra's said as he stood over Oliver, "eventually, death comes for us all, we can only evade it for so long. Consider this an honorable exit."

Ra's then plunged the sword into Oliver's chest. Thea screamed in horror, Laurel gasped and Diggle felt like he was just punched in the gut. He also felt the extreme guilt as he realized what jerks he, Felicity, and Roy had been to Oliver about working with Malcolm when he know saw there really was no other option. Ra's said something in Arabic before kicking Oliver off the cliff. Ra's then plunged the sword into the side of the mountain and walked off. The trio was too stunned to react, simply staring in shock.

"My god…is this why he went missing around Christmas?" Thea asked.

"Yeah. He made light of it but…" Diggle trailed off.

"We-we should keep moving," Laurel trying to get her emotions under control, "he's not here. And we don't want to run into anymore of those creatures."

Nodding silently, the trio started to walk away from the scene when the scene changed once more. They were on a rooftop, Oliver and Malcolm were fighting. Oliver was on his knees as Malcolm had him in a chokehold.

"Don't worry, your mother and sister will join you soon." Malcolm hissed in Oliver's ear. This was obviously the wrong thing to say, as Oliver found and arrow near him. Oliver, after some effort and, to Laurel and Thea's shock, stabbed it completely through him and into Malcolm. Malcolm cried out in pain as he let Oliver go as Oliver continued to push the arrow into Malcolm.

"Thank you for teaching me what I'm fighting for," Oliver said as he stood up shakily, "but my father taught me how."

As Malcolm attempted to stand up, Oliver slugged him in the face, sending him to the ground. Laurel smirked at this as Memory-Diggle walked up next to Oliver. Oliver breathed heavily for a moment, his breathing the only sound on the rooftop.

"It's over." Oliver said and Malcolm laughed haughtily.

"If I've learned anything in my years as a successful business man, it's…redundancy." Malcolm said before he fell face first onto the roof.

"Felicity…there's another device, there's two of them." Oliver said grimly.

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, they saw the destruction in The Glades as the device went off. As Thea, Diggle, and Laurel walked up next to Oliver and Memory-Diggle, there was a flash as the scene changed.

Oliver, Moira, and Memory-Thea were in a clearing, all bound. Slade was there, behind Moira and Memory-Thea.

"No, not this." Thea pleaded as she realized what was about to happen.

"Let me make the right choice now. Kill me," Oliver said and Moira and Thea immediately protested, "Kill me, please!"

"I am killing you Oliver. Only more slowly than you imagine." Slade said as he took out a pistol.

"No, please." Oliver begged.

"Choose." Slade ordered.

"No." Oliver begged.

"Choose." Slade repeated more firmly.

"Don't." Oliver begged.

"Choose!" Slade roared.

"No! No!" Oliver said.

Moira started to rise and had everyone's attention. Thea started to whimper and Laurel put a hand on her shoulder, hoping to offer comfort.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Oliver asked.

"There's only one way this night can end." Moira said tearfully.

"No." Memory-Thea begged.

"We both know that," Moira said as she turned around and faced Slade, "don't we, Mr. Wilson?"

"Mom." Oliver begged.

"Both my children will live." Moira began.

"Mom what are you doing?" Thea asked tearfully.

"Thea I love you," Moira said as Slade raised the pistol and aimed at Moira's head, "close your eyes baby!"

"No!" Oliver shouted.

"You possess true courage," Slade lowered the gun and turned away from Moira, "I am truly sorry…that you did not pass that on to your son."

Slade whirled and stabbed a sword through Moira's chest. Both Theas cried out and Oliver fell on his side. Slade removed the sword and Moira fell to the ground, her eyes glassy. Laurel wrapped Thea in a hug, the younger woman sobbing hysterically as Diggle lowered his head. None of them noticed until Diggle raised his head that the scene had changed once more.

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