Chapter 4

Demolition

And

Children

Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here. As for a Guest asking me about what I would prefer instead when it came to season 4's ending, yeah, I wouldn't mind a personal reflection type thing since happy endings can't ALWAYS be a thing. This is a comic book tv show after all. I think Diggle's already had his big 'not thinking straight' moment when it came to attacking Ruve Adams. And Lyla would probably throw his ass in a dark cold cell for the rest of his life if he cheated like a dumbass. I don't think he would even admit to Carly that he killed Andy since she doesn't even know he's alive. Especially if he wanted to protect her and AJ's memory of the guy.

Nora will probably become a cliché revenge seeker in the future as this is the CW after all. Also, good guess on future chapter titles but come on now, do I really seem THAT cliché? I think bringing back Laurel in the future would cheapen the post death experience. I mean its bad enough that Marvel and DC barely have any kind of respect for the dead aside from maybe Bruce Wayne's parents, Uncle Ben, and Gwen Stacy. But that's just me. Anyways… On with the show!

March 23rd, 2016

As late March hit, the war showed no signs of stopping anytime soon. At one point, Darhk had gone after Oliver's son William after the man had the good Mayor discreetly followed a few times to Central City. Darhk had even sent a team known as Demolition after Quentin due to the good Captain's betrayal of him. Almost killing him and the others in the process and allowing for Donna Smoak to learn of certain truths as Laurel had thought it'd be a good idea to hide the woman down in the Bunker until the Demolition Team had been stopped. Oliver hadn't been exactly happy about it but knew it was for the best and was glad Felicity's mother had taken it better then he thought she would. Donna even loudly proclaimed of how proud she was of her daughter for using her skills in a way that was beneficial rather then harmful compared to her father. Samantha showing up a day later after the Demolition Team was finally taken care of in a panic only served to bring forth an info bomb for certain team members.

Mostly Quentin and Laurel considering the timing of William's conception. And after a small freak out of Laurel's in her apartment with her dad, the vigilante lawyer got on with helping find her ex's son. Which brought in both Constantine and Vixen. Constantine proved to be an annoyance to Vixen considering his cheesy pick up lines but was at least handy in telling her more information about her necklace and its powers. With the two's magical powers involved, Oliver and the team were able to get William safely back and Constantine would even set up a spell that would keep anyone from being able to focus on any harmful planning involving the young boy. Thus making it so that him and Samantha wouldn't have to leave Central City for a more safer life. Oliver was fairly happy with the fact that he didn't even have to hide who he was from his son.

Well, that he's the boy's father anyway. As telling him he's the Green Arrow probably would have been a bad idea. While Vixen had to return back home, Constantine wound up staying since they needed a magic user on their side considering Darhk and all. Quentin's description of the source of Darhk's power had Oliver later rubbing his face in irritation as he had thought that thing was safely in ARGUS custody. Even Waller had thought so too until it was shown that they had a fake in their custody and giving more than one person the unfortunate realization that it seemed HIVE had managed to infiltrate them at some point without them even realizing it. Constantine swore to Oliver that if they managed to get ahold of the nuisance, he'd be taking the thing to a nice little hidey hole of his that even Darhk would have trouble finding and gaining access too. Cupid showing up would further Waller's determination to root out any suspected HIVE involvement at ARGUS since her being in Star and her spine explosive being deactivated shouldn't have been a thing.

Her going after high profile couples had Oliver enlisting Laurel's aid in tricking the unstable woman to come after them. And while it had only been a plan to draw her out, the emotional aspect of it felt entirely too real for both of them considering their pasts. Not to mention the fact Laurel had been a form of support for him due to Felicity's comatose state. After the success of capturing Cupid, Oliver faced another propaganda attack by Ruve in her quest to see him thrown out of office. Something that finally made Oliver fed up enough to ask Curtis to find anything he could that they could use against her, such as proof of her connections with Damien Darhk. A task that was further helped by an ARGUS tech who had her own ax to grind when it came to Ruve. Once the evidence had been gathered, Oliver had a commercial made with him starring in it and exposed every single detail there was to know about Ruve.

Forcing her to go underground as she could no longer be in public and making Darhk retaliate by destroying an orphanage and making the children there only temporarily homeless thanks to the fact that Oliver made use of the family home to give them somewhere to live until their orphanage could be re-built. Which only further prompted Darhk to attack again and this time, it ended up costing the lives of over twenty Bratva soldiers. Serving to greatly infuriate the organization and making them crack down even harder against Ghost operatives. Anatoly had even suggested making Andy Diggle a prime example of Darhk's mechinations even though the man himself had been more than willing to work for the HIVE magic user without the use of the mind controlling pill. A suggestion that had brought about a big argument between Oliver and John Diggle, an argument that would see Anatoly's suggestion put to the side as Carly and AJ did not need that kind of thing being out in the open like that.

Though Andy would find himself a guest of ARGUS' special prison out at Lian Yu in order to keep any HIVE allies from freeing or allowing him to cause more problems from within. Little did any of them know that things were about to pick up in a pretty big way very soon.

Author's Notes: Cause the constant excuse of Matt Ryan's Constantine being conveniently in Hell can only be believable for so long.