"How the hell did this happen?" Sara asked Oliver after the pleasantries were exchanged.
"Our newest bad guy Prometheus kidnapped Laurel and used some sort of collar to prevent her from using her sonic scream. The collar also included some sort of failsafe that specifically targeted Laurel's spine in places that wouldn't kill, but cause irreparable damage to her body and cause severe agony." Oliver said.
"Please tell me you killed that son of a bitch." Sara said.
"I wish, but he was 10 steps ahead of us. He had cleared out right before we arrived, probably sooner. But Sara, I promise you, when I find Prometheus, he is a dead man." Oliver assured her.
"Good." Sara said.
"Sara, you're on a timeship from the future right? Isn't there some sort of tech on board that could be used to restore your sister's ability to walk?" Quentin asked.
"Yes but apparently the timeline requires that I not use it. Apparently if I do, it will create a paradox where the technology necessary is not invented at all, since it's this happening to Laurel that called for such a breakthrough." Sara said.
"Seriously, you're saying that's my impact on history, better medical technology?" Laurel asked.
"One of many. Being the Black Canary doesn't hurt either." Sara said.
"Can you at least point us in the right direction as to how to cure Laurel's paralysis?" Oliver asked.
"Reach out to Star labs. That's all I can tell you without jeopardizing the timeline. Speaking of which, I've got to go. I've got 3 psychotic time travelers to deal with." Sara said.
"Really who?" Oliver asked.
"The Reverse Flash, past Damien Darhk and present Malcolm Merlyn." Sara said.
"I knew letting Merlyn live would come back to haunt me and it has. Sara, you know that you can't kill Darhk, that pleasure is all mine, but when you see Malcolm again, don't let him leave alive." Oliver said.
"My pleasure." Sara said as she walked out of the room after giving Laurel one last hug.
"I gotta get going to. Pike wants us all on the Chase case." Quentin said regrettably.
"I'll stay with her. Let John know if anything comes up. He's in charge until Laurel gets out of the hospital." Oliver said and Quentin nodded before heading out as well.
"Ollie, you can't abandon this city as both the mayor and the Green Arrow." Laurel said.
"And I'm not going to. But I'm also not going to leave my fiance's side while she's in surgery." Oliver said.
"I like the sound of you calling me your fiance. It sounds so right." Laurel said with a weak smile.
"It really does. And to think, if I hadn't had been such an idiot 10 years ago, we might already be past that stage." Oliver said.
"Why did you act like such an idiot? I thought we were in a good place." Laurel said.
"We were. Laurel trust me, it had nothing to do with you, it was all me. Things were moving so fast and I fell so far in love with you that it terrified me, so in order to try and calm things down, I betrayed you." Oliver said.
"Was that so hard to say?" Laurel asked.
"Nope, especially since this time, I'm not terrified by how in love I am in with you, if anything, that's the one constant of my world right now. What does terrify me is the possibility of losing you. That is something that I don't think I could come back from." Oliver said.
"You won't ever lose me." Laurel said.
"Welcome home." Oliver said as he pushed Laurel into their apartment.
"I still wish you'd let me roll myself in here, since it's something I'm just going to have to get used to." Laurel said.
"Don't worry, Felicity sent Curtis to work with Cisco and Caitlin at STAR labs, I'm sure that together, they'll find a way to give you back your legs. Until then, enjoy your time off, especially since you're getting a promotion to District Attorney." Oliver said.
"Excuse me?" Laurel asked.
"With Chase being Prometheus, I need a new district attorney and you were my original first choice, so if you want the job, it's yours." Oliver said.
"I'd love it." Laurel said as Oliver crouched down and kissed her.
"I love you." Oliver said.
"I love you to." Laurel said.
"So what exactly is the deal with bed? I mean, can you still?" Oliver asked.
"Sadly not. Apparently my entire lower body is paralyzed, which includes down there and I can't do what you're thinking." Laurel said sadly.
"Just another reason to hope they move faster." Oliver said with a smile, though Laurel could tell he was disappointed.
Then Oliver's phone buzzed.
"What's up?" Laurel asked.
"It's Felicity with a Prometheus siting. John, Thea and Roy are already in pursuit, but." Oliver said.
"Go, I'll be fine here." Laurel said, though she felt sort of useless.
Felicity was currently monitoring the mission from her computers when she heard the elevator doors open.
"Laurel, did not expect to see you down here." Felicity said as she turned to see Laurel just sitting in front of the mannequins, staring at the Black Canary suit.
"We'll get you back in that suit soon Laurel, I promise." Felicity said.
"I hope so, because right now I feel useless just sitting back and doing nothing. I want to be out there, helping them, not sitting on the sidelines." Laurel said.
"I know how you feel. After my accident, I felt exactly the same way. Completely useless to the team, just because I couldn't walk anymore. But in the end I wound up finding my place on the team and I even got a codename out of it." Felicity said.
"I already have a codename. It's Black Canary, but I can't be Black Canary if I can't walk." Laurel said.
"You'll find your place on the team again. Just give it some time." Felicity said.