"Come on she's this way!" The group followed Thea through a thick expanse of trees. There lay Samantha sprawled across the ground, a broken tree on top of her torso and leg. Quentin was at one end of it desperately trying to move it off her. "Help me get this thing off her! Dammit" Quentin looked over to them and yelled.

"Mom! Mom!" William yelled, half limping-half running towards her.

Oliver grabbed him before he could get to far. "Let go of me! I need to help her!" He screamed at him, furiously pulling away as hard as he could.

"Hey hey hey hey look at me!" Oliver said firmly. "Go and stand with Felicity. We will get her out of there but we can't risk anyone else getting hurt."

"But Oliver I can't just-"

"William!" Felicity grabbed his shoulders and turned him towards her "If you want to save your mom you have to trust and let us do our job. Come over here out of the way. Please. Do it for your mom."

After a second he walked over to the side with Felicity.

"John, Quentin, and I will pull upward from this side." Oliver and Diggle ran over and took positions beside Quentin. "Thea when you see the slightest gap, get her out of there."

"On three. One. Two. Three!" All three men strained to lift the heavy log off of Samantha. "I've got a gap!" Thea screamed as she furiously pulled samantha to safety. "She's clear we're good!" Thea yelled again.

The three men let the log down and rushed to Samantha. "She's unconscious but still breathing." Thea said.

"John check her out, you've got the most medical experience."

"She's definitely gotten a few broken ribs and a concussion . After a minute or two of inspection. "But she's breathing so that's a plus."

Oliver looked over at William, who was still standing beside Felicity. Tears in his eyes. "Come on over buddy. Come see your mom." Even before Oliver had finished half his sentence William had ran over and crouched beside his mom, burying his head in her side.

Oliver looked over to Thea. "Do you mind?" He gestured to William with a raise of his eye.

"I'd be happy to." Thea nodded in understanding and knelt beside William.

"John can you do anything about her ribs right now? I can carry her to the boat but I don't want her getting any worse.

"I'll see what I can do." John promised, walking over to the women.

"So what's this about a boat? Because if you haven't noticed all our other escape attempts went so swell." Quentin said sarcastically.

"We found, Rene, Curtis, and Dinah. I sent them all back to canvas it. Besides, William and I took it here, it should be fine."

"We still need to find Nyssa and Slade." Felicity commented.

"If I know slade he'll find us, Nyssa is probably with him. We should head back to the boat and get Samantha some medical attention."

"Whatever we do let's hurry it up. I don't want anymore of those damn bombs to go off." Quinten said.

"John! You ready?" Oliver asked the man who looked up from helping Samantha.

John walked over to Oliver, leaving Thea and William with Samantha. "I got her ribs secure for now but William won't leave her side and his ankle isn't getting any better with all this walking."

"Can you handle carrying William?" He asked the man.

John nodded.

"William, buddy." Oliver walked over to the boy and knelt down next to him. "We're gonna need you to stay off that leg. John can carry you back to the boat. I'll take your mom. You'll be right beside her the entire time. Will that be ok?"

After a second William nodded his head in approval. "John crouched beside the boy. "Hop on. It's gonna be a rough ride." William slowly got onto John's back, not taking his eyes off his mom the entire time.

Oliver gathered Samantha in his powerful arms. The two men rose at the same time.

"Thea can you run point? Quinten in the back. I don't want us getting surprised. Felicity keep trying the comms." Oliver gave orders. "Let's move out.

After another hour long walk the group finally reached the boat. Curtis, Dinah and Rene sat on the side of it, eagerly awaiting their return. Surprisingly slade and Nyssa came out of the small room inside of it, both looking newly patched up.

"Is that everyone?" Slade asked.

Oliver said nothing as he sat samantha on a blanket Dinah quickly laid out on the boat. John let William down beside her.

"We've got everyone." Oliver stated. Looking around and taking a mental head count.

"Good cause an argus plane is five minutes out." Curtis explained. "I got the ship's radio to work and they happened to be in range.

"Probably my wife looking out for us." Diggle reasoned, smiling.

Soon a plane was spotted in the distance. "Let's go home." Oliver whispered.

Three hours later Team Arrow plus Slade and Nyssa were recuperating in an argus safehouse near Star City, conversing amongst themselves, all of them awaiting news of Samantha's ongoing surgery

Everyone scored bruises, cuts, and scrapes. William's ankle was in a small cast, Dinah's arm in a sling.

William sat with his head in his knees, worried sick over her. Oliver sat beside him, an arm over his shoulders trying to console the boy. "She's gonna be fine." Oliver tried to assure him but William seemed to be in another world. Lyla came walking up to the two, a worried look on her face.

"Any news?" Oliver asked as the Director came up to him. William's head jerked up at any mention of news about his mother.

"Something went wrong during surgery. We've got her stable at the moment but i'm afraid she in a coma. The doctors are trying to find out why." She explained.

"Can I see her?" William said quietly. He didn't have the heart or energy to say much else.

Lyla nodded her head and motioned for him to follow her.

"You want me to come with you?"

William shook his head no as Oliver thought he might. "Well i'll be here if you need me. I won't leave you, I promise."

"I'll never leave you." Oliver whispered to himself as the boy and Lyla walked away.