"Well, if Prometheus wanted to push the public into a frenzy, mission accomplished." Oliver said after the team entered the bunker after dealing with a panic at an outdoor mall.
"Well, I'm guessing we're not gonna like his encore either." Curtis said, only to have Oliver look at him.
"Heh. I will stop helping." Curtis said.
"Ahem. We need to canvass the city. Curtis can coordinate. We need to help the SCPD maintain order." Oliver said.
"Hold up a sec." Rene said.
"More like back up, way up." Evelyn said.
"Yeah. Tonight's the first we're hearing of a serial killer operating in the city." Rory added.
"He calls himself Prometheus. He's the one who killed Tobias Church." Oliver finally told him.
"Did you know about this? He knew about this. Why didn't we know about this?" Rene asked John.
"You know about him now, so let's get to work." Oliver said angrily.
"These throwing star killings are some kind of message that Prometheus is sending to Oliver. He's calling him out. Sounds like-and I'm guessing- you and the other A team members have known about this a while." Rene said to John.
"Yeah. That's not insulting at all." Evelyn said.
"Evelyn, this isn't about feelings or ego. We had to vet the situation." John sahid.
"He means the "A" team had to make sure the "B" team was worthy enough for being kept in the loop." Rene said.
"All right. The only team here is team Arrow, and I actually agree with you guys, but the whole city is going nutso crazy right now, so." Curtis said.
"He's right. There's plenty of time for this later." Rory said, only to have Oliver glare at them all as he left.
Later that day, Oliver re entered the bunker, along with Roy and Laurel after getting a text from John that they had something.
"What do we have?" Oliver asked.
"You guys, uh, think you want to clear the room for us?" John asked.
"Seriously, bro?" Rene asked.
"Felicity and Curtis found something. We want to know what it is." Evelyn said.
"Yeah. We're a team, or at least we were." Rory agreed.
"Fine. What do we have?" Oliver asked, getting annoyed.
"At first, not much of anything. No links between home addresses, personal histories, favorite colors, Nada. So the victimology algorithm moved on to crazy Zodiac killer kind of stuff, like looking for anagrams in case Prometheus was sending a message in the names of the victims he's been choosing." Curtis said.
"Is he?" Oliver asked.
"Kind of. First 4 victims- Tobias Church, Sam Conahan, Peter Meld, and Gay Eked. Victims 3 and 4 were not random. We think Prometheus is using those names as anagrams to spell out other names." Curtis said.
"Okay, so what names is he spelling?" Rory asked.
"Adam Hunt, Ted Gaynor, Palmer Cokes, Sachi Beech." Curtis said and Oliver's blood ran cold, since he hadn't heard or even thought about those names in 4 years.
"Those names supposed to mean anything to us?" Rene asked.
"They do to him." Laurel said, as they all looked at Oliver.
"Care to enlighten?" Rene asked.
"Those names are on the list." Oliver said simply as he walked away.
"What the hell is the list?" Rene asked as Oliver came back with a book in his hands.
"Let me get this straight. You got a "To Kill" list, and I'm the out-of-control one?" Rene asked.
"I haven't used that list, I haven't looked at it in 4 years." Oliver said.
"Wait. 4 years? I thought there was you under the hood." Evelyn said to Roy.
"No. That was Oliver. The Hood, the Arrow, Green Arrow- all him." Roy said, looking at Oliver.
"That notebook belonged to my father, and when I was first starting out, I thought that it was my way to save the city." Oliver explained.
"Well, I think we now know the message Prometheus is trying to send." Rory said.
"What message might that be?" Oliver asked him.
"He's saying you're the serial killer." Rory said.
"Harsh, but feeling pretty accurate." Evelyn said.
"I was trying to help this city. Prometheus isn't. Before you say anything Evelyn, you all knew I was a killer when you came on board." Oliver reminded them.
"Not a serial killer. I know some of these names. You've got bankers in here, lawyers, a city councilman." Evelyn began, only to have Oliver cut her off.
"All of them deserved what they got." Laurel said.
"How can you, the daughter of a police captain, say that?" Rene asked.
"Because the Hood did more good for this city in a year then the entire SCPD, even my own dad would admit that. None of those people were good people. They were liars, thieves and killers, all of them." Laurel said.
"Why don't we give them some examples." Roy suggested.
"Ok, Ted Gaynor, guilty of murder, theft and kidnapping to start." John said.
"Martin Sommers, had ties to the Chinese Triad who almost got me killed." Laurel said.
"Edward Rasmus, he cheated people out of their entire life savings and even put a hit out on a family Laurel was representing, leading to a hitman murdering a kid's parents right in front of him and attempting to kill the kid to." Oliver said.
"Daniel Brickwell, I'm sure nearly all of you know that name. He took the Glades hostage, but even more importantly, he's the one who killed Malcolm Merlyn's and set the Undertaking in motion." Roy said.
"Isabel Rochev. Former VP of Stellmoor Industries and CEO of my family's company after she stole it from me, robbed our family of everything we had, not to mention, she was working with Slade Wilson, helping him with the Siege." Oliver said.
"Justin Claybourne, he created a TB epidemic in Lamb Valley and then ranked up the price to the cure his company produced." John said.
"Okay, you've made your point." Evelyn said.
"Good, now Curtis, you need to anagram the names on the list against Star City's population because that should point us toward Prometheus' next targets." Oliver said and Curtis nodded.