"Athena's group of assassins-found them." John said as he approached the Queen siblings.

"Where are they?" Oliver asked.

"Star City gas plant." Alena said.

"They can cut off the city's entire supply." John said.

"Or worse, they could blow it up." Alena said.

"Why? It's not their M.O." John asked.

"It is if they're using the plant to leverage us into giving up the map." Oliver said.

"Clearly, Athena doesn't know you very well." Laurel said.

"Yeah? Well, too bad. It's not Ollie's choice. It's mine." Thea said.

"You can't give in to them." Oliver said.

"I can't let them hold the city hostage, ok? This is still my home. So what, am I going alone?" Thea asked.


"Sledgehammer, do you have eyes on the Guild?" Green Arrow asked.

"No, not yet, but I'm reading a frequency spike, which means they just activated a bomb." Sledgehammer said.

"Athena's way of putting pressure on our negotiation." Nyssa said.

"Let's fan out and find the bomb." Green Arrow said.

"Multiple heat signatures, guys. They got you surrounded." Sledgehammer said.

"Head on a swivel." Spartan said.

"Well, where are the new assassins?" Black Canary asked.

"Everywhere." Nyssa said as they split up.

"You want your map so bad? Come out. Let's talk." Speedy called out as Athena walked out.

"Perhaps your father taught you some sense after all, but you are mistaken if you think that all we want is the map. The map is meaningless without spilling your blood." Athena said as an arrow whizzed by.

"You're really starting to piss me off." Speedy growled.

"Your father spoke often about you. He was always ashamed of your weakness." Athena said.

"Don't forget, guys. We still have a bomb situation." Sledgehammer said.

"There's always a bomb situation." Black Canary grumbled.

"I can trace the frequency root of the detonator. It's 17 feet to your right." Sledgehammer said.

"Lead the way." Arsenal said as he followed her instructions while the others fanned out to deal with any additional assassins on site.

"Merlyn said he tried to teach you to be strong. Clearly he failed." Athena said to Speedy.

"I'm not my father." Speedy said.


Green Arrow and Black Canary were dealing with some of Athena's assassins when suddenly, Black Canary went a little crazy as she lashed out and and became a literal beast in battle as she began striking them down without mercy, without restraint and at last, Green Arrow knew how she was still alive and he also knew that he needed to get in touch with Sara soon.

"Laurel, calm down. They're finished." He said as he finally got her to snap out of it.

"What did I do?" Black Canary asked.

"I'll explain later." Green Arrow promised as they headed over to Athena.


"This isn't working." Arsenal said over the comms.

"I know. It's a collapsible circuit." Sledgehammer said.

"I can freeze it. I've done it before." Arsenal asked.

"No. No. It's a Mercury switch. That will definitely set it off." Sledgehammer said.

"What do I do?" Arsenal asked.

"You can short-circuit it." Sledgehammer said.

"You know, I'm kind of out of electricity arrows right now at the moment, Alena." Arsenal said.

"Green Arrow." Sledgehammer said.

"On its way!" he grunted as he took a break from his current opponent as he pulled out an electricity arrow and fired it straight into Arsenal's hand.

"Got it." Arsenal said as he used it to short out the bomb.

"Whoo! Nice work." Alena said.

"Thea!" Arsenal then called out to Speedy who was on the floor, getting her ass whooped by Athena.

"You have lost. It's as clear as your imminent death." Athena said.

"You don't know what you're talking about." Speedy said.

"I know that you bleed. I win." Athena gloated, right as Speedy whipped up and stabbed her in the gut.

"Didn't Malcolm teach you not to gloat until you've actually made sure you're opponent is beaten?" Speedy asked as Athena crumbled to the ground and Nyssa ran up to her.

"Are you all right?" Nyssa asked her.

"Learned a few tricks from Merlyn. Wait. Where did she go?" Speedy asked as she noticed Athena was gone.

"That woman is hard to kill. Were you really going to burn it?" Nyssa asked.

"To ashes." Speedy confirmed as the others joined them.

"The other assassins either fled, or they're wrapped up." Green Arrow said.

"I really didn't miss those guys." Spartan said.

"Neither did I." Black Canary agreed.

"Speedy, the map." Green Arrow said, pointing at the parchment in her hand.

"They were being literal. They needed your blood to spill." Nyssa said as they saw Speedy's blood causing writing to appear on the parchment.

"Let's get back to base." Green Arrow said as they headed out.