"Laurel, the last time I put on the Green Arrow suit, I nearly destroyed what was left of this team." John said.

"Look, I know that you're worried you might think that you're a better Green Arrow than Oliver, but right now, it's the best plan, since you've worn the hood before and you've already established yourself as Green Arrow, so hopefully, people won't tell the difference. We have to protect both Oliver as the mayor and as the Green Arrow." Laurel said.

"You think I can handle it?" John asked.

"I think that Oliver and I will kick your ass if you can't." Laurel said.

"Fair enough." John said as Laurel's phone buzzed with the location of the exchange.

"That's my dad, it's show time." Laurel said as they moved towards their suits, but John didn't grab Spartan.


Quentin was standing in the alley Diaz had requested with Dinah, a few other cops and Anatoly, still in cuffs.

"I knew it would only be a matter of time before Diaz would come for me." Anatoly said.

"Don't push your luck." Dinah growled.


Green Arrow and Black Canary were overlooking the alley from one of the surrounding buildings when they heard footsteps behind them.

They turned to see Wild Dog and Mr. Terrific walk up behind them.

"What are you two doing here?" Green Arrow asked.

"Dinah asked us to provide a little extra backup in case things go south with the exchange." Mr. Terrific said.

"You mean when, not if." Black Canary said and Wild Dog nodded.

"Didn't think you'd be putting those threads on again." Wild Dog said to Green Arrow.

"It's temporary until we save Oliver. He just got the feds off his back, this way we can keep them off his back." Green Arrow said and they nodded as they overlooked the exchange as vans arrived.


"Well, well, so nice you could show up." Diaz said as he got out of the van with his men and Oliver with a hood over his head.

"Well, we had a deal." Quentin said.

"Hand over Anatoly and you'll get your mayor back." Diaz said.

"Nice try, I did enough of these as a cop to know to be cautious. Show me that's really the mayor and then we'll give you your man." Quentin said.

"Smart move." Diaz said as he gestured to his men to remove the hood to reveal a beaten Oliver Queen.

"Now, Anatoly." Diaz said.

"We exchange prisoners at the same time. Need to make sure you don't go back on your word." Dinah said as she pushed Anatoly forward.

"Agreed." Diaz said as his men pushed Oliver forward as the two sides exchanged prisoners.

"Are you okay?" Dinah asked Oliver.

"You shouldn't have done that." Oliver said.

"We had to get you back to your boy." Dinah said.

"Okay, you have your man, now get out of here." Quentin said, expecting to be double crossed and Diaz did not disappoint.

"Yeah, about that, it just occurred to me that now I have the mayor, deputy mayor and a police captain at my mercy. That's just too big of an opportunity to pass up." Diaz said as his men aimed their guns at them, only to have an arrow embed itself into the ground with a cable attached to it which Green Arrow, Black Canary, Wild Dog and Mr. Terrific slid down.

"I have to admit, I've missed that." Terrific said.

"I see you were more prepared than expected." Diaz said as Green Arrow aimed the Green Monster at him.

"One warning, get lost or get hurt. Your call." Green Arrow said.

"I choose option C. Kill them all." Diaz said as his men open fired and caused everyone to take cover.

"Black Canary, time to sing." Green Arrow said and Black Canary nodded as she used her canary cry to send Diaz's men flying back as Green Arrow fired arrows, Wild Dog fired his guns and Mr. Terrific threw his t-spheres as the cops also fired until Diaz decided that they'd had enough losses and to get out before more cops arrived and they were outnumbered.


After Diaz departed, so did the vigilantes and Quentin called for an ambulance to get Oliver to a hospital to have his injuries treated, despite Oliver's objections that he was fine, and now Laurel was driving William to Starling General.

Oliver was currently sitting in a hospital bed when the door to his room opened and he smiled when he watched his son an girlfriend enter the room.

"Dad." William said eagerly as he ran up to his father and hugged him, causing Oliver to wince in pain a bit.

"Whoa, easy there buddy. Those ribs are pretty sore." Oliver said as he rubbed his son's back.

"Sorry, I'm just excited that you're back." William said and Oliver smiled.

"So am I." Oliver said.

"What did the doctor say?" Laurel asked.

"Still waiting on the final test results." Oliver said as Dr. Schwartz entered.

"And they just came in." Dr. Schwartz said.

"Well, how bad is it doc." Oliver asked.

"Surprisingly, these are not the worst injuries I've ever treated you for. However, you have 3 cracked ribs, a concussion and your right hand is pretty badly busted, it'll heal, but it'll take time. I recommend taking it easy and no arrow shooting for at least week to give your hand time to recover properly." Dr. Schwartz said.

"And I'm assuming that's a doctor's order, not a recommendation." Oliver asked.

"Pretty much. Besides, your understudy had things under control tonight if what I heard was right." Dr. Schwartz said.

"Thank you doctor. We'll make sure he doesn't get himself killed any sooner than you deem it medically appropriate." Laurel said.

"Thank you." Dr. Schwartz said.

"Can you at least tell me when I can get out of the hospital. I hate these places." Oliver said and Dr. Schwartz smiled.

"We're keeping you here overnight for observation, but barring any complications, you should be free to go tomorrow." Dr. Schwartz said and Oliver nodded as she walked out.

"Well, I guess I'm gonna be staying over for the week to make sure you don't do anything stupid." Laurel said.

"Laurel, you might as well just move in considering how often you stay over." Oliver said.

"Is that you asking me to move in?" Laurel asked.

"I think it's a good idea and dad's right, considering how often you stay over, you might as well move in." William said and Laurel smiled.

"Okay, I guess I'm moving in with you guys. My dad's couch is getting uncomfortable anyways." Laurel said.