Laurel was making sure her weapons were all set when she heard Oliver approach her.
"Laurel, what are you going to do to Diaz when we find him?" Oliver asked.
"That depends." Laurel said.
"On?" Oliver asked.
"Whether my father is alive or dead." Laurel said.
"Laurel, I realize that I am probably the last person who should be saying this to you, but you can't kill Diaz." Oliver said.
"What are you saying? He wouldn't be the first person I've killed." Laurel said.
"Laurel, everyone you killed, including Darhk, was under the influence of the bloodlust. You don't want to kill someone just because you can." Oliver said.
"Oliver, how can you say that, you've killed dozens of people." Laurel said.
"And everyone person I've killed wearing this hood deserved what they got, believe me, but that also means that I understand the toll killing takes on the mind and the soul. You kill Diaz and you can't bounce back from that. Laurel, you are the best of us and that's because your heart is purest. And frankly, I think that's why we need you on the team, not just for your powers or combat skills, but for your heart. You're the one who always sees the light in the darkness and encourages the rest of us not to give in to our own darkness. And that's something that I don't think should change. Me killing Diaz is one thing, I'd just be adding one more name to my ledger, but you Laurel, can you honestly tell me you can handle killing someone in cold blood?" Oliver asked.
"Did you come here to lecture me or did you have some other reason?" Laurel asked as Oliver pulled a box out from behind his back. Laurel opened it to see a new high tech collar and wrist gauntlets.
"Gift from Cisco to help you focus your canary cry and also focus your new sonic hand blasts. Get ready, Curtis almost has the location. Just promise me you'll think about what I said." Oliver said and Laurel nodded as he kissed her cheek before heading out, with Laurel following him.
"You sure this is the place?" Wild Dog asked Mr. Terrific as the team arrived at an abandoned chemical plant on the border of Pennytown that he'd determined to be Diaz's lair.
"Positive." Mr. Terrific said.
"That's a lot of ground to cover." Black Bat noted.
"So we split up and each take a floor. Radio the rest of us if you see any sign of Diaz or Quentin. Now let's move out." Green Arrow said as he kicked the door open and they charged in, guns and arrows blazing.
Black Canary was on the second highest floor in the building when she heard her father's voice.
"Laurel, is that you?" Quentin asked and Black Canary nodded as she ran up to her father.
"Dad, are you okay?" Black Canary asked.
"I'll be fine, but what about you, how'd you find me?" Quentin asked.
"Your pacemaker." Black Canary said and Quentin smiled.
"I was hoping you'd remember. Now where's everyone else?" Quentin asked.
"Searching the rest of the building for Diaz." Black Canary said as she got on the comms.
"I've got my father, making our way to the evac point. No sign of Diaz." Black Canary said.
"Copy that, we'll rendezvous with you." Green Arrow said.
"See you soon." Black Canary said.
"Not so fast Ms. Lance." Diaz said as he approached her.
"You son of a bitch." Black Canary growled.
"You know, the last time we duked it out, you only survived because your friend Deathstroke saved your life. Not gonna happen this time." Diaz said.
"You're gonna pay for what you've done Diaz. To both my father and my city." Black Canary said as she used her hand blasts to send Diaz flying back.
"I'll admit it, I didn't see that one coming." Diaz said as he charged at her, only to get knocked back by an arrow in his shoulder.
Black Canary turned to see Green Arrow standing behind her, holding up his bow.
"Canary, get Deputy Mayor Lance out of here now. Diaz is mine." Green Arrow said.
"But." Black Canary said.
"He's mine." Green Arrow said, making it clear it was not up for debate.
"Now, let's settle this like men." Diaz said as Black Canary helped her father out of the room.
"Your move Dragon." Green Arrow said as the two charged each other and fought each other, no weapons, just fist on fist until Green Arrow saw his opening, grabbed an arrow and sliced Diaz's tendons, rendering him unable to fight back.
"It's over Diaz. Your empire is destroyed, your network is gone and your hold on my city is over. You failed. But I'm not going to kill you. If only because death would be too good for you. You deserve to spend the rest of your life rotting in a cell, thinking about how your plans all went wrong." Green Arrow said as he punched Diaz out, knocking him unconscious and finally ending his threat to the city, once and for all.
