Thea and Roy were on their way out of the city and Thea had to admit for the first time in months, she felt happy. She was starting over, a new life, a new beginning, with the man she loved.
"Ooh, ooh, ooh I can't believe we're actually doing it." Thea said excitedly.
"Yeah. I can't believe it either." Roy agreed.
"Happily ever after." Thea said.
"Yeah. Ever after." Roy said.
"Ok. That wasn't so convincing." Thea said, concerned.
"Look, Thea. I-I'm thrilled. I just-I don't want to jinx it." Roy said.
"Ok, and since when do you believe in superstitions?" Thea asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, ever since I met your brother, I've encountered mirakuru crazed super soldiers, a league of assassins and metahumans. After all that, there isn't much I don't believe in anymore." Roy pointed out, right as something shot out their tires and sent them spinning.
"And now you might have me believing in it to." Thea said as she braced herself as the car swerved to a stop as they saw assassins surrounding them.
"You okay?" Roy asked.
"Yeah, but please tell me you have some weapons in this thing?" Thea asked, right as the assassins were shot down by different arrows as Thea and Roy got out of the car to see Nyssa standing out there.
"Follow me. Hurry!" Nyssa said.
"Nyssa, what- what is going on?" Thea demanded.
"- We need to move." Nyssa said, not answering Thea.
"- What, are there more coming?" Thea asked.
"Many more. These are the scouts." Nyssa said.
"They look like League of Assassins." Roy said.
"No. The League of Assassins was disbanded. This can't be them." Thea said.
"Nothing stays dead forever. Your father made sure of that." Nyssa said and now it started to make sense.
"Ok. Well, I-I don't care, ok? I'm-I'm sorry. This is not me anymore. I have nothing to do with this." Thea insisted, since she'd finally come to terms with her father and hearing this did not help her find closure with it.
"Like me, you are an heiress to the Demon. That is something you can never truly run from." Nyssa told her.
"We should get back to the bunker. Something tells me Oliver will be interested in this." Roy said.
"Agreed. And I'm eager to find out what sort of mess my dear old dad got me into this time." Thea grumbled.
"Are you alright?" Oliver asked as he got off the elevator into the bunker to find John, Laurel, Thea, Roy and Nyssa all standing there.
"I'm-I'm fine. I'm ok." Thea assured him.
"I'm doing pretty fine myself. Thanks for asking." Roy said.
"Nyssa you said that they didn't even make it outside the city limits yet, that's pretty bad luck even for this crowd." Laurel said.
"It's because she jinxed it." Roy said to Thea.
"Superstition played no part. And husband, I'm not sure I've told you this before, but I am sorry for your loss." Nyssa said.
"Thank you, but you need to stop calling me that. But anyways, what the hell is going on here?" Oliver said.
"Apparently my dear old dad recruited some loyalists before Nyssa disbanded the League." Thea said.
"For what purpose?" Laurel asked.
"To start his own, the Thanatos Guild. I began hearing whispers about them shortly after we all returned from Lian Yu." Nyssa answered.
"He couldn't have led for long considering he didn't leave the island." John reminded them.
"Moses never entered the holy land, and yet his legacy endured," Nyssa pointed out, "His second in command, Athena, took charge, a contemporary of mine and a rival. Her involvement alone suggests a very dark purpose at work here."
"Why would this guild attack Thea?" Oliver asked.
"Before Merlyn gave up his life, he discovered a map that leads to something ancient, powerful. I do not know what it is, but I do know that he yearned for Thea to be at his side when he unearthed it." Nyssa answered.
"It's really funny he never mentioned this." Thea said.
"Because he knew you were not ready. Athena believes Thea to either be in possession of the map or at the very least have knowledge of its whereabouts." Nyssa told her.
"Well, you have fun on your treasure hunt, ok?" Thea said, eager to get out of this while she still could.
"I told you. You cannot run from this." Nyssa told her.
"Watch me, ok? I-Roy and I are getting out of here and back to our lives." Thea insisted.
"I need your help obtaining the map. You cannot deny your father's legacy any more than I can deny mine. They will find you." Nyssa said.
"What do you want from me?" Thea asked.
"Merlyn had an associate in Star City. If he shared the map's location with anyone, it would have been with her." Nyssa said.
"You haven't spoken to her?" John asked.
"She does not care for me." Nyssa said and the way she said it made it clear to them all why.
"But she would not deny Merlyn's daughter." Nyssa then added and they all looked at Thea.
"Ok. Fine. I will go with you to talk to her. We-we will help you find your map, and then that's it. I'm done, for real this time." Thea relented, much to everyone's surprise, since she really wanted to just get this over with.
