Chapter 13: epilogue

It had been two months since Slade's attack on the city. The city still lay in ruins and the green arrow was missing in action, just like after the undertaking.

This time, instead of looking for a vigilante to blame, the police, district attorney, and temporary all worked together to repair the city. The mastermind of the attacks had been captured and was ready to face trial. The acting district attorney, Laurel Lance, had officially brought charges against Isobel Rochev, Slade Wilson, and Sebastian Blood 3 days after the tragic siege against the city. As the only surviving member of the trio, Isobel was being charged with everything. The trial was being moved up as soon as possible. Laurel was proud of her accomplishments within the first weeks of becoming the district attorney. The only thing she was more proud of was swearing in the new police commissioner, Quentin Lance.

Commissioner Lance was appointed as the emergency replacement by his fellow police officers, his greatest supporter being Lt. Pike. Lance was credited with the arrest of Rochev and, according to Pike, coordinating with the arrow in order to bring down Wilson once and for all.

Oliver Queen was reinstated as CEO of Queen consolidated. The initial hit to QC stock after the events of the attack rebounded quickly and prices soared once word got out that Queen had been working with police and star labs to create a serum to counteract the drugs in the super soldiers systems.

He took the job back with a few adjustments. He had brought Walter Steel back on board as the CFO, As Starling National had been destroyed in the battle. Thea Queen was now a Jr Vice President while learning to run the family business, and Felicity Smoak had been promoted to the head of the applied sciences and IT departments. Oliver would continue to be the face of the company, but had stepped back in his everyday duties so that Thea and Walter were taking the reigns of the company and doing the brunt of the work.

The shares of QC that had been owned by Stellmore International had been confiscated and sold, all proceeds going to rebuild the city. Oliver managed to keep control of 55% of the stock another 5% being bought through a trust fund in Thea's name she had not previously known about, and another 20% had been purchased by a shell corporation, Sagitarius. The last 20% had been sold off to the highest bidder, no one receiving more than 1 or 2% of the shares.

The personal wealth of the Queen family was redrawn into a new trust, and as a sign of solidarity with the people of Starling, Oliver sold the mansion and donated the proceeds to help rebuild the glades. He purchased a small house near Verdant where Roy, who now ran verdant, and Thea lived. Just a few blocks away, a bit closer to QC, Oliver purchased a penthouse apartment overlooking the glades for himself. He insisted that Felicity move into the building as well, who begrudgingly agreed to live in the 3 bedroom apartment beneath the penthouse as a signing bonus with her promotion.

The green arrow had not been seen since that night, but the Canary was still watching out for the city from her clock tower. Sara Lance became the assistant manager of Verdant, working with Roy daily. She also hired Sin as a bartender.

The national guard was still patrolling the city, attempting to keep the peace and assist in cleaning up the streets of debris.

Felicity and Oliver were still acting awkward toward one another, neither one willing to take that kiss from the hospital any further, or willing to put it behind them. They were both consumed with finding Digg. All they had been able to decipher so far was that He was alive and being held in special team force X. They would work together to find him, and then they could have their happily ever after.

AN- sorry for any typos, posting this with 1 minute until show time.

What did you think? What did you think of the finale?

Also- originally I wanted to write that Ollie would have to choose between Felicity and Connor, or that they would get together in this episode but then he would find out about Conner and it would stop them from having a relationship... any thoughts?

PS- I really like Diggle's character and I only went that direction with him on this story because of spoiler on season 3 episode 1 dealing with Diggle's betrayal... Couldn't turn him into a bad guy though, thought it would be interesting to see deadshot and dark archer as almost good guys. That spoiler has been taken down, so I don't know if it was real or not.