When Oliver entered Laurel's hospital room, the sight he saw broke his heart.
His beautiful girlfriend was hooked up to at least a dozen machines and she looked so deathly pale in the bed.
"Laurel." Oliver said as he walked up to her bedside.
"Hey Ollie." Laurel said weakly.
"What happened?" Oliver asked.
"I don't know. All I know is that one minute I'm in the bunker and then the next thing I know, I wake up in here." Laurel said.
"I spoke to the doctors and it doesn't look good. I mean you'll live, thank god, but." Oliver said.
"I might never walk again, yeah, I know." Laurel said.
"I'll find him Laurel, I promise. I'll find Chase and when I do, I'm not simply going to throw him in prison, I'm going to kill him." Oliver said.
"Ollie, please don't sink to his level. Yes you've killed when you had to, Ra's al Ghul, Damien Darhk, you had no choice, but please, you've come so far. Don't go back to being the hood." Laurel said.
"I'm sorry, but he forfeited his right to live when he did this to you. Being the Green Arrow means nothing if I can't keep the one person I love more than anything safe. And I failed that. It's a man's job to protect his family and I failed at that." Oliver said.
"Ollie, we're not married, so I don't think you can call me family yet." Laurel said.
"Than maybe we should change that. I was waiting for a better time to ask you this, but, Dinah Laurel Lance, will you marry me?" Oliver asked with a smile.
"You're asking me to marry you when I'm on my deathbed?" Laurel asked with a smile of her own.
"It's not your deathbed, but yes. I still didn't truly realize how much I needed you in my life until after Chase took you. Which is why I'm asking if you'll be my wife." Oliver said.
"Yes." Laurel said.
"Yes." Oliver said.
"I will marry you. Just so long as you don't mind me rolling down the aisle instead of walking down it." Laurel said.
"As long as you're coming down the aisle at all, I don't care how you come down it." Oliver said, right as the doctors entered the room.
"Excuse me Mayor Queen, we need to prep Ms. Lance for her next surgery." the doctor said.
Oliver nodded before saying "And remember, money is no issue. I will pay for her to have whatever procedures that are deemed medically safe for her to have in order for Laurel to receive the help she needs.
The doctor nodded and before they wheeled her out, Laurel said "Promise you'll be here waiting for me when I get back?"
"I have to make a statement about all this to the press, but then yes, I will be here for you as long as you want me to be." Oliver said to his fiance.
"Than I guess you won't be leaving this hospital until I do." Laurel said, remembering exactly what Oliver had told her when she first moved back to Star City.
Oliver smiled as he watched her be wheeled out of the room.
"Thank you all for coming. As you all know, earlier today, Laurel Lance was abducted by the throwing star killer known as Prometheus. Fortunately, due to the efforts of the Green Arrow and even the Flash, Ms. Lance has been rescued and returned to her family, though her condition is yet to be determined. However, Ms. Lance was able to identify her kidnapper and has provided us with it." Oliver said to the press.
"Mr. Mayor, please don't leave us on edge, who is the Throwing Star killer?" Susan Williams asked.
"The throwing star killer is none other than the former District Attorney, Adrian Chase, whose position has been terminated and as of now there I am placing a warrant on Adrian Chase's head for both the SCPD and the ACU that they are to shoot him on sight and shoot to kill, as it appears that Mr. Chase is too mentally unstable to run the risk of transporting him to prison." Oliver said as the press continued to badger him with questions.
When Laurel woke up in the hospital, she was disappointed that Oliver wasn't at her bedside this time, but instead it was her dad.
"Hey baby." Quentin said.
"Hi daddy." Laurel said groggily as she tried to sit up.
"Whoa there, take it easy, you just broke your back." Quentin said.
"Yeah, don't remind me that my days of wearing a mask are over." Laurel said as she laid back in bed.
"Laurel, I know this is tough for you, but at least you're alive. That's all I care about right now." Quentin said.
"Where's Ollie?" Laurel asked.
"Still fending off the vultures known as the press. He'll be back as soon as he can." Quentin said.
"So what happens next?" Laurel asked.
"You stay here for a few more days and a few more operations and recovery and then you're going home." Quentin said, right as Oliver entered.
"Sorry I wasn't here when you woke up like I promised." Oliver said.
"It's fine, any word on Chase?" Laurel asked.
"No, but I do have something on John." Oliver said.
"What?" Laurel asked.
"Felicity was able to get him exonerated. He's free and he's returning home full time to serve as both Spartan, and he's also volunteered to be your bodyguard, which I think is perfect." Oliver said.
"I don't need a bodyguard." Laurel said.
"Laurel, I can't always be there with you since I'm also the mayor and I think it would just make everyone else feel better if we knew you had some protection." Oliver said.
"You wouldn't feel like that if I could walk." Laurel said.
"This has nothing to do with that. And besides, Laurel, I promise you I will do everything in my power to restore your ability to walk." Oliver said.
"What about the implant in Felicity?" Quentin asked.
"I already asked about that, but apparently the damage done to Laurel's spine is too severe for the implant to help. Felicity already has Palmer tech working on upgrading it to work for Laurel." Oliver said.
"Good." Quentin said.
"Do mom and Sara know?" Laurel asked.
"I spoke with your mother last night and she promised she'd be out here as soon as she could." Quentin said.
"And Cisco and Felicity have this tech that should let them contact Sara, whenever she is, we just don't know if she'll receive it." Oliver said, right as the door burst in and Sara Lance entered the room.