Oliver and Talia were neck in neck in combat, both of them being superior with their skills.
"It's foolish of you to be believe that you can beat me Oliver." Talia said as they heard 2 sonic screams hit each other.
"Sounds like the real Laurel just had a conversation with her knockoff." Rene said as he and the others took out Talia's warriors with ease and Laurel, the real Laurel approached them with her doppelganger in meta dampening cuffs and now they were all watching Oliver and Talia's final battle.
"Tell me where my son is." Oliver demanded.
"There's only way you'll that information and that's if you can actually beat me." Talia said as they continued up a stairwell, blade on bow.
"You act as though you think I can't." Oliver said.
"You cannot. I am the former heir to the demon." Talia told him, just to have Oliver smirk at her as he caught her blade with his bow and then disarmed her, reminding him of when he was in a similar situation 2 years ago.
"I shouldn't have to remind you that I killed Ra's al Ghul. You may have been heir to the demon, but I AM THE DEMON!" Oliver shouted that last part as he used Talia's own weapon knock her over the banister and onto the floor before he jumped down to Talia's level and held her at her own sword point.
"I had your father in a very similar position 2 years ago and I killed him at his own insistence. His last words were that he chose me well. I'd recommend your last words being where the hell my son is." Oliver said, only to hear the sound of a blade fitting flesh.
Oliver turned to see the source, which was all the time Talia needed to escape.
But Oliver didn't care so much about that as he did as he watched Slade Wilson fall to one of Talia's men, who clearly would've killed Oliver if Slade hadn't taken the blow.
Oliver's vision went red with anger and he fired 3 arrows into the student, killing him effectively before running to Slade's side.
"Slade, stay with me." Oliver told him.
"It's too late for me kid." Slade gasped as he coughed up some blood.
"You're not clocking out on me." Oliver insisted.
"It's my time kid. At least I'm dying as myself, and not as the lunatic I once was." Slade said.
"Why did you take that blow?" Oliver asked him.
"To make amends for killing your mother. It only seemed right that I died the same way she did." Slade wheezed.
"Don't talk like that. We'll get you help." Oliver tried and everyone was surprised at how much Oliver cared for Slade.
"No, I'm going out with honor." Slade insisted and Oliver knew why he wanted to die.
"Tell Shado I said hello and that I'm sorry." Oliver said.
"I just hope I'll be able to see her. But Oliver, I want you to promise me something." Slade said.
"Name it." Oliver said.
"After you get off this island, I want you to find my son Joe and tell him that I died with honor. Promise you'll tell him I died as the man I was the last time he saw me." Slade said.
"I will, I promise. I'll get you the send off you deserve." Oliver promised him.
"My fight has ended. Now it's time for you to finish yours." Slade said as his breathing stilled and his eye went blank.
Oliver closed his own eyes in grief before closing Slade's eye.
"Oliver, you were right. He really was on our side." John said.
"Laurel, get the others back to the ship and get the hell of this rock." Oliver said.
"What about you?" Laurel asked.
"I'm going after Talia. She is not getting off this island." Oliver said firmly as he rose and ran out.
"What do we do with him?" Rene asked of Slade's body.
"We leave him here for now. He'll only hinder us." Nyssa said and the others nodded as they left the chamber as well.
Sorry for the short chapter, but it felt appropriate to leave it here. Please review.