Green Arrow was standing in front of the wreckage of what was once CNRI, standing in front of Prometheus.
He lowered his hood and mask as he looked at Prometheus.
"I know who you are." Oliver said simply.
One week earlier
Oliver and Laurel had just entered the venue Thea had selected for Oliver's mayoral Christmas party.
"Thea, this party is incredible." Laurel said to Thea.
"Thanks well, I needed something to do while you were all out fighting aliens." Thea said.
"Still not apologizing for that." Oliver said as he hugged his sister.
"Well, anyways, besides, I am the daughter of Moira Queen, planning a kick ass Christmas party is in my blood." Thea said with a smile.
"Where's your date?" Laurel asked.
"Enjoying the last Christmas he has to get drunk before he becomes a father." Thea said and Oliver rolled his eyes in amusement.
"Something tells me that's not what he's really doing and why you'd believe that is beyond me." Oliver said as a waitress arrived with a tray of champagne and offered it to them and Oliver took one and was surprised when Thea didn't take one.
"Did you develop a hatred for champagne while we were in Central City?" Oliver asked her.
"No, but I read that it's not a good idea to consume alcohol while in my current condition." Thea said and Oliver smiled at her.
"You're really taking this whole pregnancy thing seriously, I'm impressed Speedy." Laurel said.
"Hey, I'm a changed woman. But what is that?" Thea asked as she took a look at Laurel's newest accessory.
"Ollie gave it to me." Laurel said as she showed off her new necklace, which was gold disk on it that had a black bird on it.
"Is that a bird?" Thea asked.
"It's a canary. A black canary." Oliver said.
"Seems appropriate." Thea said.
"Thank you." Laurel said.
"I know how you're able to afford the loft, but even on a mayor's salary, that necklace looks a bit out of your price range." Thea said as she took a closer look at Laurel's necklace.
"Well, it helps to have a girlfriend with a law degree." Oliver said.
"Excuse me?" Thea asked.
"In my free time, I've been working on case to get back what Isabel Rochev stole from you guys, minus the company of course, since you don't need it, but I've been working on recovering your other assets, particularly your bank accounts and I've finally succeeded in getting it passed, all of your bank accounts have been returned to you." Laurel said.
"Still, it must've mostly been depleted by now." Thea said.
"That's what I thought until around the same time, I discovered that dad had more secrets than we thought, including secret bank accounts." Oliver said.
"What do you mean secret bank accounts?" Thea asked.
"Apparently Dad was paranoid that I'd do something like that if I ever took over the the company, because he had about 60 million dollars worth bank transfers made into accounts that he kept completely off the books and untouched." Oliver said.
"Isn't that illegal?" Thea asked.
"No, actually, all the accounts were legal and even documented, your father just didn't have them tied to the rest of your assets. Actually pretty smart." Laurel said.
"So all of the money is legal then?" Thea asked.
"Yep and Thea, you have your inheritance from Malcolm, so you don't need it." Oliver said.
"Relax, I know, I'm just making sure, since it is my job to keep the mayor from doing anything that could get him impeached." Thea said.
"And I appreciate that Thea, but right now, I have a speech to give." Oliver said as he walked over to the podium.
"Happy holidays. Everyone, thank you so much for coming. My favorite Christmas movie is "Die Hard." It's true. My second favorite Christmas movie is "It's a Wonderful Life," and, uh, I was very lucky to be able to rewatch that movie last week. It reminded me how much work I still have to do, how much work all of us still have to do, and it inspired me to recommit myself to making our city, our home a better and a safer place. Cheers." Oliver said as he raised his glass.
Later on that night, Oliver and Laurel showed up at Starling General to see Curtis in a hospital bed.
"Curtis, are you alright?" Oliver asked.
"I'm great. Just a little banged up like I always am when I get into street fights with muggers." Curtis said.
"It wasn't a mugger. It was a serial killer, the Throwing Star Killer. I thought you had the anti-crime unit taking care of this." Paul said.
"We do, Paul, and we're working very hard to catch him, I promise." Oliver assured him.
"Actually, your statement could really help. Detective Malone is just outside if you'd feel comfortable answering a few questions." Laurel said and Paul nodded as he walked out.
"Nice to see your training is paying off after all." Oliver said.
"Prometheus. He attacked me as, well, me." Curtis said and Oliver and Laurel both knew what that meant.
"So he knows you're Mr. Terrific. Yeah, which means he probably knows." Curtis drawled out.
"He knows that I'm the Green Arrow." Oliver said and Curtis nodded.
"Oliver, this is getting serious." Laurel said.
"Agreed. Curtis, you rest up, we need you in top form and I will order an armed guard here if you try to leave, but the rest of us need to meet in the base and prepare to make our next move." Oliver said and Laurel nodded as they headed out.
"So Prometheus knows that Curtis is Mr. Terrific, even though he never leaves the bunker, he knows you're the Green Arrow, which means that." Evelyn said.
"Yeah, it means that he most likely knows who the rest of you are." Oliver said.
"How is Curtis by the way?" John asked.
"Better now that the Dycloseral's out of his system. Prometheus injected him with it when he attacked him." Laurel said.
"Dycloseral. Now why does that ring a bell?" John asked sarcastically, looking at Oliver.
"Because 4 years ago, the Hood took down Justin Claybourne, the CEO of the pharmaceutical company that manufactures it." Roy said and all eyes turned to Oliver.
"By took him down, you mean killed, right?" Evelyn asked.
"Yeah. Is that going to be a problem Evelyn?" Oliver asked.
"No." Evelyn said.
"Are you lying?" Oliver asked.
"Maybe." Evelyn admitted.
"Uh, can you guys give us a minute?" Oliver asked and the others nodded before leaving him and Evelyn alone.
"Evelyn, I know you met with Prometheus." Oliver said.
"How did you know?" Evelyn asked.
"Did you honestly think I wouldn't keep an eye on you after how you reacted to finding out to finding out about my past?" Oliver asked and Evelyn had to give him that.
"Why didn't you rat me out?" Evelyn asked.
"Because I know that deep down, you are a good person who just made some bad choices and I can relate to that. But Evelyn, I'm giving you a chance to make up for your mistakes. What do you know about Prometheus?" Oliver asked.
"Why should I listen to you when you're nothing but a hypocrite?" Evelyn asked.
"Because that doesn't justify risking the lives of everyone else on this team and their loved ones. If anything, it makes you just as bad as the man who killed your parents." Oliver said and while he knew that was a low blow, he also knew it needed to be said as his words had the necessary effect on Evelyn.
"You're right. I can't believe I let myself get so caught up in anger that I lost sight of who I was." Evelyn said.
"Hey, I've been there, believe me I have. But what's done is done and all we can do now is move forward. And you can start moving forward by telling me everything you know about and told Prometheus." Oliver said.
"I don't know much about him, he never took off his mask in front of me, but I told him about Roy, Curtis, Rene and Rory. Somehow he already knew about you, Laurel, John, even your sister and Laurel's dad." Evelyn said and that Oliver's attention.
"What?" Oliver asked.
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how he knows about you guys, I mean you, I'm sure Church told him, but the rest of them, the most I could guess is that he pieced Laurel being the Black Canary together, but as for John, Thea and Quentin, I have no idea." Evelyn said.
"Just another reason for us to figure out who the hell he is under his mask." Oliver said.
"Oliver, I have a suggestion on how to do that." Evelyn said.
"I'm listening." Oliver said.
"What if I become your spy inside. Prometheus already believes I've turned on you and you know I can be a very convincing actress when I need to be." Evelyn said.
"I don't know Evelyn, sounds risky." Oliver said.
"Please. Oliver, I made this mess, I need to clean it up." Evelyn said.
"Okay, but I'm not letting you go in unprepared. If you even begin to think that Prometheus is on to you, you pull the ripcord, I already have enough deaths on my conscience without adding you to the list." Oliver said and Evelyn nodded.