TW: Glad to hear it. Yep, it's a very Slade move.

Starling City

Night

Steve caught his shield on the return as Natasha opened fire on Batroc, who dodged easily before returning fire. As Natasha dodged, Wanda threw a blast of energy at Batroc but he again jumped, this time all the way up in the air, the blast completely missing him. Then, before Wanda could conjure a shield to stop him, Batroc fired, getting her in the shoulder. Wanda went down, clenching her injured shoulder as Steve clenched his shield, Batroc landing gracefully on his feet, smirking at Steve.

"Nat, take care of her, I'll deal with him," Steve ordered.

Natasha nodded, rushing over to Wanda, trying to stop the bleeding as Steve rushed Batroc, the two super soldiers beginning to trade blows.


Down below, in the tunnels, Logan helped Oliver to his feet, the archer had been knocked down by the falling rubble.

"Not bad," Logan noted as Oliver picked up his bow.

"That was only a small part of Slade's forces. And judging by the fact that we haven't heard any big explosions, something went wrong," Oliver noted uneasily.

"Well we better go meet up with them. I think I smell a way out, this way," Logan said, gesturing for Oliver to follow him.

Steve used his shield, blocking one of Batroc's punches. There was a loud 'clang before Steve pushed Batroc back, ducking as the mercenary tried to send a kick his way. Steve then sent a kick to Batroc's chest, sending him stumbling back. Before the mercenary could strike back, a car plowed into him, sending Batroc flying. In the car, Felicity stared at Batroc's unmoving form on the ground.

"He was a bad guy, right? I didn't misread that?" Felicity asked as Steve lowered his shield, placing it on his back.

"Yeah, you did fine Felicity," Steve assured her.

Steve then ran back towards Natasha and Wanda, Natasha trying to stop the bleeding.

"We need to get her somewhere that we can patch her up," Natasha said and Steve nodded.

Picking up Wanda bridal style, the three Avengers headed over to the car, quickly getting inside.

"Uh, guys?" Felicity called out and they looked over, stunned to see Batroc getting back up.

"Get us out of here, now," Natasha ordered and Felicity didn't need to be told twice, pushing the break and leaving in reverse.

Starling City Police Department

Same time

It was chaos in the precinct. Quentin was thrown across the room as a few other officers engaged the Mirakuru Solider. The bullets seemed to have no effect on him as he threw the officers aside like they weighed nothing. Quentin watched in horror before he saw the Storage and Weapons room nearby, a plan forming in his mind.

Quentin pulled himself to his feet and rushed inside. Once he found what he was looking for, he grabbed it and reemerged moments later. Quentin jumped on the Soldier's back, pulling him off the cop he was beating while at the same time dropping a few things into the collar of his jacket. The soldier threw Quentin once again, and he hit another doorframe hard and began crawling out of the room.

"Get out! Get out!" Quentin cried, looking down at the pins around his fingers.

Hearing something falling to the floor; the Solider looked down at his feet. He saw three grenades just before they were went off, killing him and shattering the windows.

Former SHIELD base

Same time

Thea was looking around in bewilderment, wondering what those alarms were when she heard movement behind her. She turned around, staring in horror at Isabel ripping the IV out of her arm and getting to her feet.

"Surprised I'm awake?" Isabel asked with a smirk. "That Viper Venom might keep your boyfriend down, but the Mirakuru I was injected with was a bit more…refined. Slade would like a word with you."

Terrified, Thea turned and ran, running down the hall as fast as her legs could carry her. Isabel merely laughed at Thea's attempts to get away before running as fast as she could after her.

Starling City

Same time

Laurel ran down the hall, trying desperately to get away. The DA's office was ransacked by these men in mask, one of them going after her. She'd already seen three of her coworkers brutally killed, and if she didn't get away, she was next.

She rounded a corner but froze, seeing it was a dead end. She turned around fearfully as the Mirakuru Soldier stalked towards her. Laurel was sure she was going to die when a loud sonic screech pieced the air, shattering all the windows. Laurel held her ears, trying to block out the sound as Sam flew in through the window, using his wings to whack the Mirakuru Solider in the face. As the Mirakuru Soldier stumbled back, Sam grabbed him, turning on his jet pack and flying towards the now shattered window, pushing the soldier out. They watched him fall to the street below before Sara rushed over, dressed in her Canary outfit.

"Come on, we need to go," Sara said as Laurel stared at her, seemingly in a trance. "Laurel, we need to go."

"Sara," Laurel said, surprising her sister before Laurel pulled her into a tight hug.

"Hate to break this up, but we need to go, now. That won't keep him down for long," Sam pointed out and Sara nodded.

"He's right. Dig's outside in a truck, waiting to get us out. Let's go," Sara said before the three of them began heading out of the building.


"All those comments I made about your nose? I take them all back," Oliver said as he and Logan walked the streets.

"They always make fun of the nose before they…"

Logan trailed off as they came upon a hill, overlooking the city. They stared, horrified, at the burning city, sirens heard as Slade's men ran wild.

"Shit," Logan summed up what they were both thinking.

At that moment, the car pulled up and Steve and Felicity got out.

"You two all right?" Steve asked.

"Considering the city, we're doing just fine," Logan pointed out.

"You?" Oliver inquired.

"Georges Batroc attacked us," Steve said and Oliver raised an eyebrow.

"The Mercenary you fought before the Uprising?" Steve nodded at Oliver's question.

"He's working with Slade, who injected him with the Mirakuru."

"I hit him with a car and he got back up," Felicity said, still in disbelief.

"Wanda's been shot, Nat's trying to patch her up right now," Steve said, to Oliver's alarm.

"She okay?" Logan asked, sniffing the air and smelling the blood.

"Nat stopped the bleeding, she's trying to get the bullet out," Steve said as Natasha came out of the van.

"Already did, I put a bandage on her shoulder but we need to get back to base, stitch her up," Natasha said as they looked out at the city. "Slade's army."

"There are at least fifty men, plus Batroc, all like him," Oliver said darkly. "And we have no way to stop them."

"We might," Felicity said and he turned to her. "STAR Labs called. They have a cure. There's a courier en route."

"Where is it?" Oliver demanded.

Felicity pulled out her phone and dialed the number Cisco had given her. After a few rings, a man's gasping voice answered. "Hello?"

"Hey, it's Felicity Smoak," She said, putting him on speaker. "Where are you?"


"Fourth Street, I think," The man said as he crawled out of his overturned car. "I don't know what happened. A guy in a hockey mask came out of nowhere and attacked my truck. Please help me."


"Stay where you are," Oliver ordered.

"I can't move even if I wanted to," The man said. "I think my leg's broken."

"I have your phone pinged, we're on our way," Felicity promised.

Queen Consolidated

Same time

In Oliver's former office, Slade and Batroc listened from the bug Slade had placed in Oliver's system before Slade looked at Batroc.

"You have a chance for redemption. Find him, and I will double for payment," Slade ordered.

Batroc nodded before he turned and walked out of the room, heading towards the elevator.

Former SHIELD base

Same time

Lyla and Fury pulled out guns, gesturing to Kurt.

"Get Moira out of here, we'll hold them off," Lyla ordered.

"I'm not leaving without my daughter," Moira argued.

"Guys, we've got a problem!" Thea shouted as she ran into the room.

Before they could even ask, Isabel raced into the room and caught Thea, grabbing her by her neck and slamming her back first against the wall.

"Where are you going, Thea? We were just getting to know each other," Isabel asked with a dark smile.

"Let her go," Fury demanded as he and Lyla trained their guns on her.

"What are you gonna do if I don't? You can't shoot me without shooting little Thea," Isabel said with a mockingly laugh.

At that moment, two Mirakuru soldier burst into the room.

"Take care of them," Isabell ordered, gesturing towards Fury and Lyla. "But don't kill them, Slade wants Oliver to know what happened."

The soldiers moved towards the pair, who opened fire but the bullets seemed to have no effect. Kurt teleported, trying to get to Thea but, the moment he appeared, Isabel back handed him, sending him into a wall hard enough to knock him out.

The soldiers stalked towards Lyla and Fury, who tried to retreat but it was no use. With a punch to both of them, the two agents were sent flying, crashing into a wall and being knocked out.

"Good. Now, take her to where the other one is," Isabel ordered, dropping Thea to the floor.

"NO!"

As the soldiers started towards Thea, Moira rushed towards her daughter but Isabel was suddenly there, grabbing Moira by the throat.

"I don't think so. When the night is over, you will have lost both your children. But don't worry, you won't live long enough to be apart for long," Isabel mocked as the Mirakuru soldiers picked Thea up, even as she fought them.

Moira was then dropped to the floor before Isabel kicked her hard enough to knock her out. With a smirk, she led the Mirakuru soldiers and Thea out the door.

And things get worse and worse for our heroes.

It always seemed to me that Slade's ultimate plan was to have Thea there when he killed Laurel, revealing Oliver's secret to her before he killed her too. Not only was the train station attacked, the Mirakuru Soldier was sitting right next to her and moved to get Thea upon seeing her, not to mention the other Mirakuru Soldier trying to grab her later in the episode. And it would be a very Slade like thing to do, 'corrupting' Oliver and Thea's relationship before killing Thea as a massive 'screw you' to Oliver.