"Alright. This is hard to explain." Oliver said to Sara after she'd changed out of her dress.
"Well, start trying." Sara said.
"We think-we think we're in some sort of shared hallucination." Oliver said.
"What? That's crazy. I mean, not as crazy as me knowing Kung Fu, but it is definitely up there." Sara said.
"That wasn't Kung Fu. That was Jete Kune Do, and I think that you learned it in a spot called Nanda Parbat." Oliver said.
"Nothing you are saying is making sense. None of this makes sense." Sara denied.
"All right, Sara. What is the last thing you remember?" Oliver asked.
"I don't know." Sara said.
"I mean, before you came here yesterday. What is the last thing that you remember? You remembered something. Come on. Sara, come on, concentrate, Concentrate." Oliver told her and suddenly he could tell by the look on Sara's face that she believed him.
"There was a fight. It was 5 of us, and then- and then we were taken." Sara said.
"Taken where?" John asked.
"I don't know." Sara said.
"Well, all right. There were 5 of us. Who were the other two?" Oliver asked.
"Ray Palmer and-and Roy." Sara said.
"I mean, if this is some kind of dream or shared hallucination, then how do we wake up?" John asked.
"By getting out of here. The Smoak Technologies building. Maybe the reason why that place seems so strange is because that's the way we get out of here Wherever here is." Oliver theorized.
After convincing Ray and Roy about that they were in some kind of hallucination, the 5 of them all met outside the mansion.
"Have you explained to Ray what we have to do?" Oliver asked Sara, who nodded.
"Yeah. Apparently, we have to get to an office tower that my non-fiance doesn't own, which is a little strange. All that coming from a guy who's been having memories that he's able to shrink and travels through time." Ray said.
"Well, whatever we're doing, we have to do it fast because whatever the Dominators have done to us, they would have built in safeguards. They're probably manifestations from our memories designed to keep us here." Oliver said and no sooner had he said it then five figures appeared.
Deathstroke, Damien Darhk, Malcolm Merlyn dressed as the Dark Archer, a Ghost and one of Slade's soldier.
"One for each of us. The person we despise the most." Oliver said as he immediately moved to confront Slade.
"I've been looking forward to this kid." Slade said as he and Oliver once again resumed their dance.
"This won't satisfy nearly as much as killing your sister." Darhk said to Sara, who, despite knowing that Laurel was alive and well back in the real world, that didn't stop her from wanting to kill Darhk.
John engaged the Ghost, Roy took on Malcolm and Ray one of Slade's soldiers.
Most of them were able to put down their enemies rather easily, though John got a little banged up during the fight, but Oliver and Slade will still embroiled in their fight.
"This time I'm gonna take more than just your eye." Oliver said as Roy tossed him Malcolm's bow and an arrow, which Oliver then used to shoot Slade's other eye.
"We need to move now." Sara said as they all moved out, but Oliver took one last moment to look at Deathstroke's dead body before saying "I'm sorry." And then he followed the others.
After they arrived at Smoak Technologies, the five of them began to look around.
"So what now?" Roy asked.
"Guys, I don't think that belongs there." Oliver said, pointing out a swirling green vortex.
"Ok. That's either the way out of here, or we got to click our heels together 3 times and say, "There's no place like home." Ray said.
"And if that doesn't work?" Sara asked.
"It has to work. He's running out of time." Roy said, referring to John.
"Come on." Ray said as he, Sara, Roy and John all went through the portal and Oliver was about to follow when he heard voices from behind him and turned to see holograms of some of the people he'd lost. Tommy, his mother, his father, Shado and Akio.
"You're never without me, my beautiful boy. There's nothing else to say except I could not be more proud of you." his mother's voice said.
"You honor the dead by fighting, and you are not done fighting!" he heard Felicity said.
"I know I called you a murderer, but you are not. You are a hero." Oliver heard Tommy say.
"I know who you are in your bones, Oliver, and that person doesn't give up!" Laurel's voice told him.
"This is your responsibility now." Oliver heard his dad say and after that, Oliver finally managed to make himself leave this world.
After escaping from the Dominator mothership via a dropship, Oliver and the others still thought they were done for when suddenly the Waverider appeared out of nowhere, pulled their ship aboard with it's tractor beam and suddenly the jumped out.
After they got out of the ship, they found Nate Heywood waiting for them outside the cargo hold.
"Oliver Nice clothes. Shopping at Alien Gap?" Nate joked as they left the cargo bay.
"Not funny." Oliver said.
"Well, lucky for you guys, the Waverider has a machine that replicates old clothes and weapons. Hi. I'm Nate Heywood." Nate said, mostly for Roy and John's benefit.
"Hi. Roy, and-and this is exactly twice as many spaceships as I ever thought I'd be on." Roy said.
"Well, actually, it's a time ship." Sara corrected.
"How'd you find us?" Oliver asked.
"I didn't. Your nerd army back on Earth did." Nate explained.
"I'm gonna take Dig to the med bay, have Gideon fix him up." Sara said.
"Whoever Gideon is." John said.
"Oh get out!" Roy said as they reached the bridge.
"Thanks for the save." Oliver said to Nate.
"No problem." Nate said.
"Except for all of our other problems." Ray said.
"Like what, Ray?" Oliver asked.
"After we woke up, I got a look at the tech the Dominators were using to keep us under. They're using a neuromorphic interface similar to how I manipulate the atom suit." Ray said.
"And-and wait. What does that mean?" Roy asked.
"I-I think the shared hallucination was to keep our minds occupied while the Dominators" Ray said.
"While the Dominators what?" Oliver asked.
"Well, while they probed our subconscious. I'm guessing looking for Intel. Wait. Maybe they didn't choose us at random. Maybe they chose us because we couldn't fight back." Ray said.
"Because none of you are metahumans." Nate realized and Ray nodded.
"Bigger question- what Intel were they after? What is their plan?" Oliver said.
"Klic-clac-to Nick-lava shack-too." Gesundheit. It's what one of the Dominators said to another. Heh. Sounds like the beginning of a not-so-funny joke, but, Gideon." Ray asked.
"Translating." a woman's voice said.
"Did you ever think that our lives would really get this weird?" Roy asked Oliver who just smiled.
"The phrase loosely translates to "We are nearing completion of the weapon."" Gideon said.
"What weapon?" Nate asked.
"I'm afraid I have no idea, but I'm tracking the Dominator mothership you escaped from, and it appears to be on a direct course for Earth." Gideon said, much to everyone's 'delight'.