Back in the bunker, John had just finished patching Roy up.
"How you feeling?" John asked.
"Like I've been beaten within an inch of my life with a telephone book." Roy said dryly as Thea fussed over him.
"Two broken ribs, pulmonary contusion. You'll have to take it easy for a few days, Roy." John said.
"Well, that's the good part about being a fugitive. There's nowhere else I have to be." Roy pointed out.
"I could probably whip something up to help you with that." Curtis said, since Oliver had surprisingly invited them back to the bunker to patch up Dinah.
"Yeah, considering what your last invention did to John, I think you'll understand if we pass on anymore tech provided by you. But anyways, how's Anatoly?" Oliver asked.
"SCPD. We had to bolt." John answered.
"Same thing with Diaz." Oliver said as he then walked over to Dinah, who'd had her shoulder wrapped.
"How you doing?" Oliver asked.
"I'll live." Dinah said.
"You saved Thea's life tonight." Oliver said.
"Figured it was the least I could do, since like you said, my actions are responsible for your wife's death." Dinah said.
"Yes, they are." Oliver said.
"How do you do it? Be filled with such anger at people all the time and not try to seek revenge?" Dinah asked.
"Because I learned a long time ago that revenge doesn't solve anything. It just creates more problems and in the end, it doesn't change anything, all pursuing is nothing more than a waste of time and energy." Oliver said.
"No matter how much the person you'd want revenge against deserves it?" Dinah asked him.
"I realize I'm a hypocrite for saying this, but that's not your call to make. We're not criminals Dinah. We don't kill people in cold blood, at least, not anymore, I'm not going to deny I've done it before, but still, we can't be like the people we're trying to stop. We have to be better. Which means not getting so caught up by revenge that you lose sight of who's a friend and who's a foe." Oliver said and Dinah nodded.
"So, are you still mad at us?" Curtis asked.
"You killed my wife. You can't honestly expect me to just forget that right away. If you guys thought that your help tonight would make me forget that, you're wrong." Oliver said and all 3 of them put their heads down as Oliver looked over at John, who nodded.
"But, Dinah the fact that you were willing to give your life to save my sister's, it was a good first step to earning back my trust. Or well, earning it at all. I'm not saying you're welcome down here whenever you want anymore, but you won't have to worry about me taking you down the next time we cross paths in the field." Oliver said.
"Can we go back to sharing intel at the very least?" Curtis asked.
"Yes, that was one thing that I think we can all agree was useful to both teams." Oliver said and they all nodded.
"Thank you Oliver." Dinah said.
"Just don't give me a reason to come after you again, or else this time when we fight, none of you will walk away." Oliver warned as his former teammates left the bunker.
"You think it's a good idea to give them another chance after what happened with Felicity?" John asked.
"We've all made mistakes. I mean last year I accidentally killed Felicity's boyfriend, Thea killed Laurel's sister, etc." Oliver said and John and Thea both nodded in understanding.
"Anyways, what are the effects of us having the government's star witness in our protection instead of theirs?" Thea asked.
"Not as much as you would think." Oliver said.
"Oh." Thea said.
"They'll add witness tampering and obstruction to their very long list of charges." Oliver said.
"Well, you did it all for Thea." John pointed out.
"And for Roy. I would have done it for any of you guys." Oliver said, since even though it had been 2 years since Oliver had last seen Roy, he still considered him a brother in all but blood.
"I'm going to check on Laurel and her dad to see how the investigation into the SCPD is going." Oliver said as he walked out.
"Hey." Laurel said when she opened the door to find Oliver waiting on the other side.
"Hey." Oliver said.
"My dad's asleep." Laurel said.
"Oh, how's your investigation into the SCPD going?" Oliver asked.
"Slow, but we're getting there. I also think we should moving our investigation into the DA's office to." Laurel said.
"Do it." Oliver said at once.
"Already done." Laurel said.
"Great, hopefully once you get back to work, you can help speed up the action." Oliver said.
"I appreciate the optimism Ollie, but I highly doubt I'll be back in the courtroom any time soon, since I'm pretty sure the bar will see me as unfit to practice so soon after escaping captivity." Laurel said.
"Can I come in?" Oliver asked and Laurel nodded as she showed him in.
"How did you escape? I mean no offense, but you could barely stand when you showed in the SPCD. How could you escape?" Oliver asked.
"I've been trying to figure out the right way to tell you." Laurel said.
"Tell me what?" Oliver asked.
"I have powers, the same ones Dinah has. That's how I escaped." Laurel said and Oliver barely seemed surprised.
"Well, at least the Black Canary will still have a sonic scream when she gets back in the field." Oliver said.
"Yeah, I'm not sure when exactly that will be though." Laurel said.
"Hey, take your time. You don't need to rush your recovery, especially since after tonight, I think we might be making progress with my old teammates." Oliver said.
"Even though they shot your wife?" Laurel asked.
"Laurel you nearly convinced Thea to sell her soul to the devil for a chance to get rid of the man who killed Sara." Oliver reminded her.
"Fair point." Laurel conceded.
"Besides, I'm not saying I trust them, but Dinah put herself in danger to save Thea's life. I think that's worth giving them a chance to regain my trust." Oliver said.
"Speaking of tonight, how'd it go? Is Roy okay?" Laurel asked.
"He's fine, we got him out, he's staying with Thea for the time being." Oliver said and Laurel nodded.
