Chapter 191 - Ch: 33-34

Chapter 33

Black Arrow 33: No Tremors

Confirmed Harem Members: Talia al Ghul, China White, Helena Bertinelli, Lyla, Sara Lance(eventually), Kara Danvers(eventually), Earth-0 Daisy Johnson(Eventually), Earth-0 Natasha Romanova(Eventually), Earth 0 Laurel, Lena Luthor, 

Strong Likelyhood: Nyssa, Samantha Arias, Wonder Woman, Lady Shiva(Young Justice)

Maybe/Up for debate: Poison Ivy, McKenna Hall, Older Nora, Harley Quinn,

Can't make up my bloody mind: Imra Ardeen/Saturn Girl, Indigo(After being reprogrammed),

Not happening: Moira, Thea, Carrie Cutter, Amanda Waller, Eliza Danvers, Caitlin Snow, Isabel Rochev, Alex Danvers, Dinah Drake, Loise Lincoln aka Killer Frost, Earth 2 Laurel, Evelyn Sharp,

I would like to apologize, since I have done this before, but no Earth 2 Laurel in harem. Having 2 Laurel's is kind of redundant.

I don't have a good actor in mind for Shiva, but since she will show up here soon, just imagine her Young Justice incarnation for looks and voice.

Chapter 33 

Abandoned Warehouse in the Glades

Nathan had begun his training of Roy the best way he knew how, considering Roy had that unstable Mirakuru in him. Roy stood sullenly behind a table, slapping water out of a large bowl as Prometheus paced around the room, lazily swinging a Singapore Cane.

"Again." Prometheus ordered.

"You know, I slapped water out of a bowl yesterday." Roy said crossly. "And I slapped water out of a bowl the day before."

"You must be getting pretty good at it." The vigilante joked.

"Yeah, well, I can't wait to get attacked by a dog dish." Roy said sarcastically.

"This is how an archer builds arm strength. It's also an exercise to help someone who's got superstength learn control so they can act normal," Nathan told him.

"I'm not sure if you've been paying attention, but strength isn't my problem." Roy replied shortly.

"Like I said, controlling it is. This exercise helps you learn that. I did the same thing to learn how to control my new strength." Nathan said. "Again."

Roy snarled at the vigilante, and then drove his fist down. He punched through the bowl and the table both with ease, and when he withdrew his hand, there wasn't a scratch on it.

"And that is how you nearly killed a guy you didn't mean to and put him in the hospital last week." Prometheus pointed out.

"How'd you know about that?" Roy demanded, looking at his trembling hand. He quickly shoved it into the pocket of his hoody. "It's none of your business."

"You made it my business when you agreed to let me help you." Nathan replied harshly, and then continued in a quieter voice. "I knew someone like you. Someone injected with the Mirakuru. He was my friend, like an older brother." He said painfully. "But it warped his mind to the point where I didn't even recognize him anymore. And he became my enemy."

"Who was this guy?" Roy asked. "How come I've never heard of him? Or that Mirakuru?" Silence. "Is there anything you can tell me about him?" Roy asked in frustration.

"Yeah. It got so bad that I had to put an arrow through his eye." Nathan said coldly.

Five years ago-

Nathan and Sara were slowly making their way through the forest, using the motion tracker to find Slade.

"If I'm reading this right, then Slade is back at the cave." Nathan said, looking at the display as he walked.

"Well, why would he go back to where the graves are?" Sara wondered.

"We'll find out when we find him." Nathan said tiredly.

"And when we do, you can't tell him." Sara reminded him.

"Tell him what?" Nathan asked.

"Don't talk to me like I'm other people." Sara said, reaching out and stopping Nathan. "You've got that look on your face. The one where you blame yourself for her death." She told him.

"Because I do, Sara." Nathan said solemnly. "It should have been me."

"Don't say that, it's not true." Sara protested. "And even if it was, nothing good comes from telling Slade that in the state he is in. He's getting his emotions confused. And that makes him dangerous." She reasoned.

Nathan looked at her, annoyed because he knew she was telling the truth and that it was a bad idea to tell Slade. Then the tracker beeped twice and died. Nathan shook it, then slapped it on the side a few times, but got nothing.

"Great." He sighed in aggravation.

"You still know how to get to the cave?" Sara asked.

"Yeah. It's this way." He said, leading her onwards.

Present

Moira was headed towards the door when she saw something she didn't see very often anymore. Thea, lounging on one of the couches in the den.

"Thea? What are you doing home?" she asked, stepping into the den. "I thought you were staying at Roy's."

"Just needed a little 'me' time." She replied, glancing at the nice outfit her mother had on. "What's with the fancy-fancy?"

"Oh, I'm- I'm going out to dinner." Moira said nervously. "With Walter." She added.

Thea perked up. "Like a date?" she asked.

"Like a dinner." Moira clarified. "Truly, I don't know what the evening holds." She looked at Thea in concern. "Are you all right?" she asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine." Thea sighed. "Mostly." she added. "Uh… It's Roy. He had some trouble last week, and I don't know how to help him." She confided.

"Do you want me to stay home?" Moira asked. "I can call Walter and we can reschedule."

"Absolutely not." Thea said sternly. "If you and Walter are going to patch things up," she noted her mother's wary look. "No pressure." Thea said with a smile. "But you're going."

"It may be nothing." Moira hedged.

"Only one way to find out." Thea said with a grin.

Laurel's apartment 

Quentin knocked on the door, and as soon as she opened it he barged right in.

"No, please, Dad, come right in." Laurel said sarcastically.

Quentin looked around at the messy apartment in dismay. "Well, I guess you're going for that lived-in look."

"Can't afford a housekeeper without a job." She said wryly.

Lance noted the many empty wine bottles lining the shelves. "Got enough beverage money, I see."

"I'm going to need to crack open another bottle if we're going to fight." Laurel said, sitting back down on her couch and picking up her book.

"I didn't come here to fight." Quentin said.

"Then why are you here?" she asked. "Because I'm fine, really. In fact, I have a job interview. At Joanna's new firm." She added.

"That's good. Good." Quentin said. "But the real reason I came here is—"

"Is because you realized that you didn't reach your weekly quota of reminding me of how much I'm ruining my life?" she said sarcastically.

"It's 'cause I miss you, Laurel." Quentin said, bringing her up short. He sat down across from her. "For a long time, it was just you and me. Whatever else was going on, no matter how bad either of us was doing, we didn't disappear on each other. Because you're my family. And I miss my family." He sighed. "So how about we have dinner?" he asked. "You and me, tonight."

Laurel was silent for a moment. "I already ate." She said finally.

"Yeah." He sighed. "How about tomorrow night?" he asked hopefully.

Laurel sighed. "Sure. Dinner tomorrow." She agreed.

"Thank you." Quentin said before showing himself out.

Lair

Nathan was working out on the salmon ladder as Lyla, Helena, Natasha, Chien, and Skye watched.

"How's it going with Roy?" Lyla asked.

"Could be going better," he lunged up another notch on the ladder.

"I don't know the kid that well, but he seems to be five kinds of angry." Skye noted.

"Understatement of the week." Nathan grunted, rising another rung. "Roy was pissed off at the world before he was injected with Mirakuru."

"You say you've seen this before?" Natasha asked.

"Slade Wilson." Nathan said, lunging up another notch. "He was my mentor and friend before he and I were injected."

"Troubling use of past tense there." Skye noted.

"I tried to help him. Let's just say he was already too far gone. But I know more now, and I'm not going to make the same mistake with Roy. And if it's too much for him, I'll find a way to cure him." Nathan said as he rose on the rung again.

Warehouse 

Later

Prometheus demonstrated an exercise on a wing chun dummy as Roy watched, unimpressed. Prometheus finished and backed off. "Now you." He told his protégé. "Go slowly." Roy approached the dummy and started throwing punches at the center column. "Stop." the vigilante ordered. "This is not about learning to throw a punch. This is about learning to control your strength." He reminded Roy.

"First water slapping, now this." Roy said as he slowly started to mimic Nathan's movements. "When are you going to run out of ways to make me look stupid?!" Aggravated, he launched a devastating single punch at the dummy, knocking the top off clean. "All I'm learning is new ways to get pissed off." He said, glaring at Nathan. "And in case you haven't noticed, I'm already pretty good at that."

"There's nothing wrong with anger, Roy. Anger can be useful. But you need to learn to channel it and control it. Otherwise, it's only a weakness," Prometheus reminded him calmly.

"Like putting the hurt on guys going after the city. Let me try hitting something that'll actually hit back." Roy asked.

"Too soon." Nathan replied warily.

"Get me out there with you. One night." He begged. "All this, it would be a lot easier to take." Prometheus remained silent, considering. But Nathan ultimately shook his head, making Roy feel dejected.

"Look kid, I get where you're coming from. All the strength makes you feel invincible, that you can take on any threat that comes your way. But that isn't how it works. You can still die. And right now, your rage controls you. Until you can somewhat control it, I can't trust that you won't end up hurting innocent people that you are trying to protect."Prometheus said.

"Trust is a two-way street." Roy said, dejected and Nathan pondered what his next move concerning Roy should be.

Chinese restaurant 

Downtown

Moira was led over to the table where Walter was sitting, and she smiled at her ex-husband.

"Moira." Walter said pleasantly as he rose. Moira walked faster towards him, but stopped when another man rose as well.

"Ah. I didn't realize we'd have company." She said warily.

"This is Mark Frances." Walter introduced. "Mark's CFO at Kardak Holdings. We've been putting in some hours with the party's election steering committee."

"Oh." Moira said.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Mark said, shaking her hand.

"Those are words I'm not accustomed to hearing these days." Moira said with a wry smile as she took off her coat. Walter hung it on a nearby rack as she took her seat next to him.

"Oh, well." Mark was saying. "You were a lioness doing what she had to do to protect her cubs. You know, I'm not the only person in Starling who sees it that way."

"That's a comfort." Moira said.

"It's the truth. Please." He told her as they all sat down.

"Thank you." Moira said politely, then glanced over at Walter. "Well, it's unlike you to show such an interest in politics, Walter." She noted.

"It's part of my new position at the Starling National Bank." Walter said. "My Board of Directors is very concerned about the trajectory of the city."

"You mean Sebastian Blood." Moira surmised.

"Yeah." Mark agreed. "We believe that his policies will bankrupt Starling within the next eight months. Not that the average voter cares. They're all caught up in his charisma." He groused.

"And he's not running against a viable opponent." Moira noted, taking a sip of water.

"Blood's trounced every potential candidate we've focus-tested." Walter revealed.

"But we believe that he's vulnerable on regulation." Mark added.

"Even if he is, it hardly matters." Moira stated. "Banking regulations are an SEC issue. Starling City needs to use the means at a city's disposal."

Mark chuckled. "Walter said you were smart."

Moira looked at him, realization dawning over her face. "But you didn't invite me to dinner to hear my opinions. You want to hear my positions." She realized. "You want me to run against Sebastian Blood." She realized.

Glades

Quentin led Laurel to their 'dinner' destination.

"I'm starving." Laurel said before she asked, "Where are we going?"

"It's little hole in the wall right here." Quentin said, leading her to the door. He opened it for her and she walked in, but stopped dead at what she saw.

It wasn't a restaurant at all, it was an A.A. meeting.

A circle of chairs had been formed and several people were already in the space, either sitting down and conversing or grabbing some snacks off the small table that had been set up. Laurel scoffed, then turned and walked right back out.

"Laurel, wait." Lance said, reaching for her arm.

Laurel yanked it away. "Don't touch me." She snarled. "I can't believe you would do something like this." She said once they were both outside.

"Well, you wouldn't have come otherwise." Lance said.

"Well, you got that right." She shot back.

"Laurel, you need help." Quentin tried.

"Not from them." She snapped. "There is not one person in that room who knows what I have been through."

"Yeah, you're right. Some of them, they've been through worse." Lance noted. "But for better or worse, everyone in that room needs to be there, and you need to be there. You think you're the only person, who ever got fired, who ever got their lives into a mess?" he asked. "You think again, kiddo, because you're not. Now, look, we're here now. So why don't you just stay for a bit?" he pleaded quietly. "You don't have to share or talk. You just listen."

Laurel looked around for a moment, thinking. For a moment, Quentin thought she might actually stay. "I thought I made myself clear." She said finally. "I'm hungry. And now I think I'll eat alone." She said, turning and stalking off into the night as Lance watched, helpless.

Five years ago

Nathan and Sara walked into the cave, still populated with the skeletons of dead Japanese Imperial soldiers. That was all that was populating it, however, and Nathan sighed in frustration.

"He's not here." He growled.

"Where else could he be?" Sara wondered. "We already checked the plane."

"I don't know." Nathan looked around helplessly, but then something caught his attention. There were drawings on the cave wall, and they looked somewhat familiar to him. "Do you remember seeing these before?" Nathan asked her.

Sara glanced at the drawings. "I didn't really look around." She said.

"They look familiar." Nathan said, continuing to stare.

"This could be Lian Yu." Sara guessed.

"No, I mean the calculations. I've seen those before." Nathan said, wracking his brains.

"Maybe the first time you were in the cave." Sara guessed.

"I don't think so." He said. Suddenly it clicked. "Fyer's launcher."

"What?"

"Oh, there were soldiers on the island last year, and they had a missile launcher." Nathan said off-handedly."I saw one of these on the display. They're firing calculations…" then it fully dawned on him what he was seeing. "He's going to blow it up."

"Blow what up?"

"The freighter." Nathan said, bolting out of the cave. Sara followed right behind him.

Present

Verdant

Roy walked in, looking around and sighing in relief when Thea walked down the stairs towards him.

"Oh, thank God you're here, I need your help—" she started, but Roy interrupted her.

"I have to talk to you. It's important." He said urgently.

"Ok." She replied slowly. "You look stressed out, is everything ok?" she asked, worried.

"You have to leave town." He told her. "Grab your mother and your brother, if you can, and leave. It's just for a few days."

"A reason would be nice." Thea said, startled by his behavior.

"I need you to trust me, Thea." Roy said in a slightly panicked tone.

"I do." She assured him. "I just- I can't up and leave with my family without a reason." She argued reasonably.

"No, you have to." Roy said urgently.

"Roy, you're not making any sense right now." Thea said worriedly. "Would you just tell me what's going on?"

Roy grasped her by her upper arm. "Why aren't you listening to me?" he asked angrily, squeezing. "I need you to listen to me!"

Thea gasped in pain. "Roy, you're hurting me!" she exclaimed.

Roy let go like she was a piece of red-hot steel. He looked at his trembling hand in fear. "I didn't…I didn't… I didn't mean to." He stuttered as Thea looked at him in concern. "I'm sorry." He said.

"I know!" Thea called out, but Roy had already bolted out of the door.

Queen Manor

Nighttime

Walter had come to pay Moira a visit after there talk.

"Can I fix you a drink?" she asked him.

"Whatever you're having." He replied. Moira fixed him a small tumbler of scotch. "It was good to see you the other night, Moira." He began.

"It was lovely. It's been a while since I've had such a good laugh." Moira replied lightly,

"It was no joke, Moira." Water said. "Mark was telling the truth. A significant number of people in Starling City feel that your actions with Malcolm Merlyn were justified to protect your family. 43.6%, in fact." He revealed.

"You polled people about me?" Moira asked in surprised.

"Prudent course of action when vetting a potential candidate, yes." Walter noted blithely.

"1,500,000 in Starling City. I'd think you could find someone not responsible for nearly destroying it with an earthquake machine." Moira quipped.

"Not with your name recognition." Walter returned with a grin. "We need a game change candidate, Moira. And there's no one in Starling with a higher profile than you."

"Charles Manson is rather well-known, and no one is going to vote for him." Moira pointed out.

"True." Walter agreed. "Equally true, voters like redemption stories. Bill Clinton, Elliot Spitzer, Martha Stewart."

"Oh, I don't believe she ran for office." Moira said.

"But if she had, she would have won." Walter replied with a smile.

"Would have won what?"

Walter looked behind him and smiled. "Ah, Thea." He said happily, rising from his seat and giving her a hug.

"Mmm, what's going on?" Thea asked, joining them.

"I'm just convincing your mother to run for mayor." Walter told her.

Thea blinked. "Of what?"

"You see?" Moira said with a chuckle. She looked at Thea in concern. "Sweetheart, are you all right?"

Thea rolled her eyes. "You really need to stop asking that." She said, taking a seat on the love seat. "Are you serious?" she asked Walter.

"It's hard to believe, I know." Moira started.

Thea shook her head. "No. No, it's not." She said, surprising both of the adults. "Look, this is actually the first election I can vote in, and…vas a newly minted voter, I don't think it sounds that crazy."

"From out of the mouths of babes." Walter said to Moira, who actually started to consider the idea for the first time.

Glades Warehouse 

Roy walked in as Prometheus knelt in the middle of the room.

"You're late." He noted.

"I tried to get my girlfriend to leave town." Roy said. Nathan's eyes widened, and he glanced over his shoulder at the teen behind him. "But she won't."

The vigilante rose. "You cannot bring her into this." He told Roy.

"But how am I supposed to lie to her and protect her at the same time?" Roy asked. "How do you do it? How do you keep secrets from people in your life?" he demanded.

"By remembering it's the only way to keep them safe."Nathan said.

"No, keeping them safe is what keeps them safe." Roy shot back. "Telling people the truth. But you, you won't tell me anything. Not about the Mirakuru, and this other guy. And you got me slapping water and hitting dummies instead being out there, putting the hurt on the people that deserve it!"

"Roy, calm down. Everything that I've done has had a reason." Prometheus said coldly.

"No." Roy argued. "I need to protect Thea." He turned to walk off, but Prometheus grabbed him by the arm.

"She's in danger from you." Nathan reminded him. "I think you've done enough."

"Let go of me." Roy said tersely.

"Roy…"

"I said let go of me!"

"Get a grip." Prometheus ordered. "If not for yourself, then do it for Thea."

Roy yanked his arm free. "What the hell do you know about Thea?" he demanded. "Don't you talk about her!" Roy took a wild swing that Nathan easily sidestepped. Roy went staggering away from the vigilante, but quickly came back. Nathan ducked around the wild swings, grabbing the neck of his hoodie and twisting it, then spinning around so that he was behind Roy. He held him still for several moments, cutting off his air, before he relaxed his grip slightly.

"Are you done?" Prometheus demanded. Roy took a moment, appearing to calm himself down. But then suddenly he spun and lashed out, striking out at Nathan's chest, but Nathan caught the blow and held him there with his superior strength. Nathan then got inside Roy's guard and tripped him, causing Roy to hit the cement on his back. Roy frantically got up only to see Prometheus was gone.

"Behind you." Came a voice that Roy, in his red haze, did not immediately recognize. He turned around a punch the Vigilante in the face. Only for the vigilante to move his head to the side a bit, completely uninjured. It was then that the red haze faded and Roy noticed the mask of Prometheus being held at his side. Roy's eyes moved back up to the face of Prometheus to see the face of Nathaniel Queen.

Roy stared at him in amazement. "You're…"

"Yep." Nathan said. "I know I've been somewhat of a hardass…"

"Somewhat?" Roy scoffed.

Nathan shrugged, "Okay fine, a really big hardass. Look, the last time I tried to help someone in your condition, it didn't go very well. I thought maybe some training to control that strength would be to your benefit," Nathan stepped closer to Roy, "But something you said the other day clicked with me. Perhaps a little trust would be the better alternative for helping you."

"Last year, you saved my life." Roy told him. "And I don't mean from the guy who kidnapped me. I mean, you… you saved me. You gave me purpose." He said, gratefully. He held out his hand.

Nathan took his hand and shook it. "And if you still want in, we're just getting started."

Five years ago

Nathan and Sara ran through the forest towards the wreckage of Fyers camp. They had almost made it when they reached a small clearing.

"Slade?" Nathan called out, looking around.

But it was Sara who spotted him first. "Nate!"

Just ahead of them was Slade, who was busily reprograming the missile launcher. "Slade!"

"Get back!" he ordered.

"We know you're targeting the boat." Nathan said.

"I'm going to send that son of a bitch to the bottom of the ocean." Slade growled.

"You're going to destroy our only way off of the island! We may not get another chance!" Nathan argued.

"As long as Ivo is dead, it's worth it." Slade said manically.

"I can't let you do it." Nathan said as his eyes turned red.

Slade heard and pulled his gun. He held it on Nathan with a crazy gleam in his eyes. "Get back, or so help me, I will put you down!"

Nathan swatted the gun out of Slade's hands and pushed him up against launcher, holding him there.

"Think about Shado!" Nathan shouted.

"I am thinking about her!" Slade roared.

"There's something I have to tell you about Shado." Nathan said as Sara looked on, horrified. "It's something you deserve to know. She loved you, Slade." He continued, to Sara's relief and Slade's anguish. 

"I know, it was not the way that you wanted her to, but she loved you. And she wanted you to make it home. She wanted you to see Joe again. She wanted you to hug your son." He said as Slade started to sob. Nathan slowly rose to his feet. "I know you're angry. And I know you want revenge. So do I, but if you destroy Ivo's freighter, Shado will have died for nothing."

Slade finally relaxed and Nathan stepped back, as Slade collapsed against the launcher. He moved the gun from his left hand to his right before setting it down on the base of the launcher. "What is happening to me?" he asked shakily, looking at his trembling hand.

Nathan took the gun and held it loosely at his side. "It's the Mirakuru, Slade. It's messing with your head." He admitted. "I am not going to let you go through it on your own." He vowed.

"The man who killed Shado is still out there." Slade said, trembling with emotion. "And whether that freighter's on the bottom of the ocean or not, we're still stuck on this island."

"Not for long." Nathan said. "Because we're going to take the freighter." He declared.

Arrow Lair

Night time

Skye was sitting at the desk while Nathan was doing one handed pushups without a shirt and Natasha was working the Salmon ladder as Lyla paced the room. Helena was out handling vigilante business for the night with Chien shadowing her.

"So…the secret society gets a new member." Natasha noted as she moved up a rung. "Where is he now?"

"Home." Nathan said as he finished his set. "He's processing."

"Speaking of processing, didn't this all start because you were worried that Roy's marble collection was on the short side?" Skye asked as she made a gesture with her fingers.

"She has a point, Nathan." Lyla said. "Roy's a loose cannon. Now he knows your secret."

"You're right, and it was risk." Nathan admitted. "On the island, Sara told me that love is the most powerful emotion. Well, Roy's emotional anchor seems to be Thea. Prometheus couldn't get Roy to think about Thea." He admitted. "But Nathaniel Queen can."

Queen Manor 

Next night

Moira answered the door, welcoming Walter in.

"I was glad to receive your email." He said, stepping back into the house. "Does it portend what I'm hoping?" he asked.

"I'm going to run." She declared.

"What changed your mind?" he asked, then he realized. "Thea." he said simply.

"Hmm. She reminded me that I still owe this city." Moira said. "And I want to be remembered as something more than Malcolm Merlyn's pawn."

"As you should." Walter aid warmly.

"But you know there was another reason for my reticence." She added.

Walter nodded. "You're afraid the people will learn that Robert wasn't her biological father." He surmised.

"I managed to get through a criminal trial without the truth coming out, but political campaigns tend to be a bit more adept at extracting skeletons from closets."

"But no one else knows." Walter said.

"Someone does. My OB, Dr. Gill." She said. "There were complications when Thea was born, and I had to tell him that Robert wasn't her father. If we're going to move forward, we need to make certain that he won't be a problem for us." She said as Walter looked on in agreement.

Arrow Cave

Same Time 

Nathan led Roy down to his secret base.

"Is this the part where you kill me 'cause I know your secret?" Roy asked, only half joking.

"Do you actually think that I'd kill my sister's boyfriend?" Nathan asked.

"Well, you did shoot me in the leg." Roy pointed out. "Forgiven, by the way."

Nathan paused and turned back to Roy. "Thea." He stated. "It's still better that she doesn't know about any of this."

"I get the feeling that if I did tell her, that would be when you kill me." Roy noted.

"You should trust that instinct." Nathan said with a creepy smile.

"Ok." Roy gulped slightly. "All right. How many people know what- who you are?" he asked.

"More than I would like." Nathan said. "But these are the ones that matter." He led him into his lair. Past the display cases and rows of arrows, Nathan's partners walked up to the pair.

"Lyla Michaels, Helena Bertinelli, Daisy Johnson, Natasha Romanova." Nathan introduced.

"Does this group have a name? Like team Arrow, or something?" Roy asked, slightly overwhelmed.

"We don't call ourselves that." Nathan said quickly.

"I do. Occasionally." Skye said.

"Stop it." Nathan told her, though he knew she was teasing.

"Whatever." Roy said with a grin.

Lyla held out her hand. "Welcome aboard." She said as they shook hands. Skye, Helena, and Natasha did the same.

Before it could continue, Nathan's phone rang. He answered it, "Yeah."

"Are you near the club?" Thea asked.

Nathan sat in his chair and looked up at the ceiling. "I'm pretty close." He said. "Why?"

Up in the club, Thea glanced over at the bar, where a VERY intoxicated Laurel was happily leaning as she downed another drink. "Laurel's here. She doesn't look good." Thea told her brother.

Downstairs, Nathan dialed into the security cameras to get a view of the bar. He stared sadly at the screen as the formerly powerful attorney continued her spiral downwards.

Then, he experienced another memory flash, gripping his head.

Memory Flash

"Just shut up for once. What the hell do you know about it? It's not like you ever had a family in first place!" Sasuke shouted at Naruto. "You were alone right from the beginning! What makes you think you know anything about it, huh!? I suffer now because I had those ties! How could someone like you ever understand what it's like to lose all of that!?" Sasuke then threw Naruto off of him and tackled him back into the lake.

"It's too late for me, Naruto," Sasuke said as he fastened his headband and prepared to kill his only friend. "I can't turn back. Not ever."

Memory Flash End

Nathan grit his teeth as he pulled out his cell phone and called Constantine. "Constantine, get your British smoking ass to Starling City in one week! I'm calling in one of those favors you owe. And DO NOT try to hide from me. I will hunt you down and drag you here myself if I must!" He turned off his phone and headed upstairs after switching to civilian clothes.

Up at the bar, Laurel drunkenly leaned over and waved her arm. "Ohh! Excuse me." She said, catching the bartender's attention. "Can I get something with olives? I don't care what it is, as long as there are a lot of olives." She asked.

Nathan moved up next to her and leaned in. "How about coffee?" he suggested quietly.

"Coffee and olives? Bad combination." Laurel said, stating the obvious.

"What are you doing?" he asked as Thea walked up and took position on the other side of her.

"This is where it's happening, right? The big club?" Laurel said jovially.

"Here you go, Martini, triple olives." The bartender said, handing the drink to Laurel.

"Thanks." She said, taking it and managing not to spill it.

Thea took the drink from her hand. "Laurel, go home." She said, placing the drink back on the bar.

Laurel stared at the girl for a moment, and then laughed. "Thea Queen, telling me enough is enough. Now that is rich." She said snidely.

She sneered at her. "Fine. Bar me from your bar. That's today's theme, right? Disbarment."

Nathan blinked in surprise. "Laurel, are you being disbarred?" he asked in shock.

"Yeah, looks like my law career's over." She said. Suddenly she was smiling again. "But you know what? Maybe Thea here can hire me as a waitress." She said sarcastically. Thea looked at her, unimpressed. Then Laurel turned to Nathan. "Or, Nate, I could come be your secretary."

"Okay, that's it, I'm taking you home." Nathan said as he swept Laurel off her feet and carried her out to his car.

Laurel's apartment

Nathan carried Laurel into her apartment. "Okay, let me down." Laurel demanded as he opened the door for her. He let her down and she immediately went for the booze and drugs. Nathan, still reeling from his memory flash closed the door behind him and marched after her, not noticing his eyes had become red with slit pupils.

Laurel reached a half full bottle of wine and was about to take a swig when Nathan took the bottle from her hand and threw it against the wall, shattering it and spilling what was left.

"What the hell, Nathan!? That bottle cost me 50 dollars!" Laurel drunkenly demanded, when he turned to her and she saw his unnatural eyes.

Nathan calmed down enough to turn his eyes back to normal and gripped Laurel's arms roughly and made her look him in eye. "This has gotten out of hand and it's time to stop. Laurel, I respected your wishes to grieve for Tommy alone and have some but if this is where it leads, I'm done with it!"

"Look at yourself!" Nathan said as he forced her look at the mirror. Her lips were thinning, her eyes were listless, and her hair was limp. She looked and felt dead inside. Nathan turned her back to him. "You are slowly killing yourself with this addiction! I'm sorry that I haven't been there for you. I should never have left you alone, but I'm here now. And I swear to god, you are going to get help and get over this, starting with the next AA meeting. You are going to it, even if I have to drag you there kicking and screaming!"

Laurel's world started to spin before she could respond and soon, the spinning became too much. She collapsed in his arms as he looked her over before calling and ambulance.

Black Prometheus 34: Heir to the Demon

QC

At Queen Consolidated, Nathan was in a meeting about his mother's announcement for the Starling City Mayoral office. They were using his boardroom where Moira, Thea, Walter and Moira's advisor, Mark Francis were meeting about what to do.

"A successful Mayoral campaign isn't about polling, it isn't about fundraising, or hot button issues. It's about connecting with people. That's why right after we announce tomorrow, Moira, I want to get you in front of as many cameras as possible. Morning shows, talk shows—"

"Mark, I want to help rebuild the city, not pander to it." Moira told him.

"It's not pandering mom, it's campaigning." Nathan told her.

"Let the people get to know the real Moira Queen, and they are going to fall in love with you." Mark said.

"Speaking from experience, this man knows what he's taking about, Moira." Walter said as Moira smiled.

After the meeting was over, he then got a call on his phone from his clone he stationed to watch Laurel.

"What is it?" Nathan asked.

"Laurel's awake." The disguised clone said.

Hospital

At the hospital, Laurel was in a room she was taken after she fell unconscious last night. She was sitting on a hospital bed as her father and mother were next to her. Nathan had stayed with her as long as he could last night, but he had to leave real quick to handle that meeting with his mom's campaign. They heard a knock on the door and Nathan walked in.

"Nathan." Mrs. Lance said.

"Mrs. Lance." Nathan said with a smile as she hugged him.

"I came back as soon as I heard." Mrs. Lance said.

"Thanks helping her." Mr. Lance said as he awkwardly shook Nathan's hand.

"Hey. How are you feeling?" Nathan asked Laurel.

"I've been better." Laurel said.

"Don't worry, baby. We're going to get you all the help you need. There's a great rehab right outside of Starling, they got a bed waiting for you—"

"Dad, I already told you. I didn't OD. I didn't take any pills last night. I swear." Laurel said.

'No, but you were drunk.' Nathan thought.

Then a nursed walked in. "Laurel. The Doctor wants to check your eye."

"What happened to her eye?" Nathan asked.

"Minor subconjuctival hemorrhaging. Probably from hitting her head when she lost consciousness. After the exam, we can discharge her." The nurse said.

Nathan then walked up to her. "You feel better, ok." Nathan said as he saw her eye, seeing the orange specks in her lovely green iris.

"Thank you." She replied as Nathan kissed her head. He whispered to her, "You're not off the hook yet. But we'll talk more when your better, okay?" Nathan got up and left Laurel with her parents, considering that maybe she had finally gone too far and she needed to get back under control.

Prometheus Lair

Back at the Prometheus cave, Nathan arrived to see Helena, Skye, Lyla, and Natasha watching Sara do the Salmon Ladder exercise. "She's been doing that for like an hour." Skye said as Sara finished and dropped down and grabbed a towel.

"You saw Laurel. Is she going to be ok?" Sara asked.

"She'll be okay." Nathan told her.

"Hey, thanks for calling me. And I never did ask you—how did you find me?" Sara asked.

"You really think I would let you slip through my fingers a 3rd time?" Nathan asked rhetorically and Sara looked at him for a moment.

"I should get going." Sara said as she walked over to pack her stuff.

"So that's it? You're back in town for 24 hours, now you're going to run away again?" Nathan asked.

"The League of Assassins is still after me, Nate. And staying in town would only put my family at risk." Sara said. "I only came back because Laurel was in trouble."

"Well, she's still in trouble, Sara. Your entire family needs you." Nathan said, before he looked at her in the eyes, "And so do I."

"I can't stay." Sara said as she turned away, continuing to get her stuff.

"Natasha, do me a favor and dig up a copy of Laurel's blood work from the hospital, please." Naruto said.

"Sure, what are we looking for?" Natasha asked.

"I saw something suspicious in Laurel's eyes and I just want to make sure I'm not imagining it." Nathan said.

Then the special phone vibrated as she saw it was McKenna. "McKenna Hall," Lyla said as she handed Nathan the phone.

"Hello, Detective." Nathan said.

"Put my daughter on." Lance said, as he somehow got the phone from McKenna, again. As Nathan walked up to Sara who nodded no, not wanting her dad to know she was back. "I know she's there."

Nathan then handed Sara the phone and talked to her dad. She left to go meet him soon, and Lyla came up with something on a tablet to show Nathan. "What is this, Lyla?" Nathan asked.

"Earlier this morning, an ARGUS alert was tripped at the airport. Given who she is, I figured you would want to see." Lyla played the video for Nathan and he was annoyed. After it finished, Nathan handed it back to her and picked up his gear.

"Nate, what is it?" Helena asked.

"The League's back in the city." Nathan said as he got dressed in his Prometheus. "And before you say anything, these are not grunts like last time. This one is a high ranking member of the League, Helena. I don't want you fighting them. You are not ready for the Heir to the Demon. Not yet."

Later

Sara was then walked down a lonely street under the bridge as the Prometheus watched her from afar, to make sure she was safe…well more of Nathan looking out for her. Then a league member descended from the bridge using a cloth ladder as Prometheus drew a arrow ready to fire. The league member landed in front of Sara with a dagger in her hand. The member then removed the hood to reveal she was a woman, and slowly walked up to Sara.

Nathan was about to let the arrow fly when the woman then pulled Sara close and kissed her as Sara kissed back. Nathan lowered his bow in surprise. 'Well, I certainly was not expecting that. Suddenly, the Heirs reason for being here make a lot more sense.'

Sara and the woman then separated from the kiss as the woman smiled at Sara. "I've had better greetings." The woman said.

"I'm sorry, I did—I didn't know what you were going to do." Sara said.

"To be honest, neither did I." The woman said as she sheathed her dagger.

"Yeah, we should talk." Sara said.

"Of course. Do you need permission from your boyfriend?" The woman said as they turned to see the Prometheus standing there. "I am Nyssa. Daughter of Ra's al Ghul. Heir to the Demon."

"I know who you are, Warith al Ghul. What are you doing in my city?" Prometheus demanded.

"Sara swore her allegiance to the League of Assassins. It's time for her to return home." Nyssa said.

"Perhaps you didn't get the message when I said all League members found in my city will be killed on sight." Nathan said menacingly.

"It is not up you. And if I were you, I'd be more worried about my friend." Nyssa said as Nathan merely sidestepped and grabbed the sword that had come down, holding it there. He turned around, to see a League Member wearing what looked like an Anbu Mask from his life as Naruto. The was similar to the one Haku wore, but it had the red marking's of Hashirama Senju's Sage Mode on it, and the image of a coiling Chinese dragon.

"Fool." Prometheus said, "It's useless to defy me." Nathan reached behind with his other arm and threw the assassin over his shoulder, though she landed on her feet. Pulling out his own chokuto, he blocked a strike from her that came at a speed that most normal humans don't possess. Naruto parried a stab to his face, and then he got back in the swing of things as they parried each other several times, before they locked blades.

Nathan then pushed her off of him and she swung her sword at his face, who blocked it and then parried it, then kicked at her head as she ducked, but then missed as Naruto kicked her in the side with his other leg and kicked her away. Al-Tannin recovered in midair and landed in crouch, like a coiled dragon waiting to strike. Naruto assumed his own stance as they were about to continue their dance of death.

"Enough! Al-Tannin, stand down!" Nyssa shouted as Al-Tannin looked at Nyssa, as if annoyed that her superior was stopping her bout. Al-Tannin then stood back and sheathed her sword.

"Nyssa…please, would you give us a moment?" Sara asked.

"Take your time. Good-byes are never easy. Is that why I didn't get one?" Nyssa asked as she then signaled Al-Tannin. "Come." Nyssa said as they walked away.

"I can explain." Sara said to Nathan.

"You don't have to. But you're not leaving. Not ever again."Prometheus said.

"Then trust me." Sara said as she saw he was keeping his eye on Tannin, "Don't worry. Al-Tannin won't attack unless Nyssa allows her. She wouldn't dare disobey an order from her."

"It's not that. She seems familiar, but I can't put my finger on it." Prometheus said as he saw her leave with Nyssa and Tannin.

Sara and Nyssa

Back with Sara, she and Nyssa were walking near the docks with Tannin walking behind them and keeping an eye on Nyssa.

"You're different." Nyssa said.

"I'm still me." Sara said.

"The Sara I know wouldn't have betrayed us and fled Nanda Parbat under cover of darkness." Nyssa said.

"I didn't have a choice, the earthquake—I needed to see my family, make sure they were safe." Sara said.

"And so they are. Now come home." Nyssa said.

"I can't. Look, I can't go back, Nyssa. I don't have much of a soul left in me, but what is left can't take the killing anymore." Sara said.

"You swore an oath. My father sent me here to make sure you honor it. One way or another." Nyssa said.

"We both know the real reason why you came here." Sara said as Nyssa smiled and held Sara's hand.

"When I found you, you were starving, and alone, simply waiting to die. The League took you in…nursed you back to health. The only reason you're alive today is because of me." Nyssa said.

"Hey, I wasn't with you because you saved me. I was with you because I loved you." Sara said.

"But not anymore." Nyssa said as tears began to form.

"Ra's listens to you. And you can ask him to release me." Sara said.

"My father has never released anyone from the league." Nyssa scoffed.

"He released Malcolm Merlyn." Sara said.

"An action he and the citizens of Starling almost came to regret." Nyssa said as Sara held Nyssa's cheek and hugged her close.

"Do what you have to." Sara said. Nyssa then reached for her dagger and tried to kill her then and there but she couldn't do it so she and Tannin left.

Arrow Lair

Back at the cave, Nathan dropped down from the salmon ladder before moving on to swinging a sledgehammer on a large tire.

"It's been two hours and she should have gotten back in touch with me by now." Nathan said as he walked over to Skye. "Skye. Skye!" Nathan shouted as she jumped in shock.

"What?!" Skye shouted as Nathan looked at her weird. "Sorry. What?"

"Everything okay?" Nathan asked in concern as he walked over to her.

"Uh, yeah, I'm fine. Its just…personal stuff happening up here." Skye said, pointing to her head. They then heard the door to the cave open and Sara walked in.

"The league is never going to let me go. At least if I'm halfway around the world, then I can keep my family safe." Sara said as she got her bag ready.

"Don't be so sure about that. I have that copy of Laurel's blood work you asked for, Nathan. She tested negative for drugs." Natasha said.

"Then, why did she collapse?" Sara asked.

"Because they found traces of snake venom in her blood. Tibetan pit viper venom." Natasha said as Sara took the file and looked over it.

"I fucking knew it." Naruto groaned to himself.

"Wait, so Laurel didn't OD?" Skye asked.

"She was poisoned." Sara said.

"She was poisoned by Nyssa, who did it to draw you back here. And it worked." Nathan growled said.

"My family's in danger." Sara said.

"They got to Laurel first, now they'll try for the rest of your family. We need to go." Naruto said as they both suited up to head to the hospital.

Laurel's Hospital Room

Speaking of, in Laurel's hospital room, Laurel was sound asleep while her mother was looking over her. She went to fill her glass of water but the pitcher was empty. She walked out of the room and went to the water cooler to fill up the pitcher. But she was then grabbed from behind and smothered with a rag by the same man who poisoned Laurel.

The man then took Mrs. Lance from the hallway and to the parking lot where Nyssa and Al-Tannin were waiting in a truck. They put her in the back and drove away as the Prometheus and Sara arrived and trailed behind.

Nyssa then went to the back of the truck and used her bow to fire arrows at the vigilantes, aiming for Nate's bike. Prometheus drew his chokuto and deflected and slashed the arrows that were being shot at them. Nathan held out his fist and clenched it, blue energy coating the wheels of the van, slowly grinding it to a halt. The van halted to a hard stop, while Nate took a hard turn, scraping the side of the pavement as he brought his bike to halt a few feet from the truck.

"Go get your mother." Nathan said as he fired a shot from his bow, killing the driver. Sara pulled out her staff and ran up to the truck, only for Nyssa to step out and the two began fighting.

Nathan then blocked a sword strike from Al-Tannin. He forced her away and swung at her head, only for her to parry him. Nathan tried an uppercut to knock Al-Tannin's sword out of her hands, but the assassin deflected the blade, and spun to regain position. Nathan brought his sword down on Al-Tannin's with one hand, which was blocked, before spinning around, his twirling sword meeting Al-Tannin's two times, before Nathan finished his spin and sliced at Al-Tannin's chest, which was blocked. Nathan swiped at Al-Tannin's legs, which was parried, before swinging to decapitate the assassin, though Al-Tannin managed to block it, and force Nathan's blade to the side. Al-Tannin stabbed at Nathan's chest and Nathan parried her. Al-Tannin grabbed Nathan's free hand before she brought her blade down. Nathan brought his blade up and defended himself in the awkward position. Nathan grabbed Al-Tannin and threw her over his shoulder to force her off of him and allowing Nathan to regain his position.

They struck at each other several times, their swords causing sparks to fly everywhere. 'This Assassin is starting to annoy me.'Nathan thought as his eyes turned red and began using Mirakuru level's of strength, jumping into the air after he tripped the assassin and bringing his fist down where her head was. His fist should have gone through her head, but something odd happened.

She caught him. She caught his fist in her hand. And then she pulled out a dagger and sliced his throat from ear to ear. Overcome with shock as he bled a river of blood from his sliced throat, he put his hand on his wound to give his healing time to fix it, only for Al-Tannin to stab him with his own Chokuto in the chest. Not letting up, the female assassin stabbed her Kris through his upper back, severing his spine, then sliced his eyes open with her dagger, causing him to shout in in pain as his concentration was broken, and the blue energy on the wheels of the truck vanished.

Al-Tannin pulled her Kris out of Nathan's back, before running over to truck and taking the driver seat. Nyssa, seeing this, then punched Sara in the face and kicking her to the ground before rushing back to the van, and since Nathan was incapacitated they got away. "NOOOOOO!" Sara shouted as she saw Nyssa get away with her mother.

Prometheus Lair

Sara helped Nathan down to his lair, to the surprise of Natasha, Skye, Lyla and Helena.

"Oh my god, Nate!" Helena said in shock as she and Lyla took him from Sara's hands.

"What happened to you?" Lyla said in concern.

"I'll tell you in a minute. But I need to sit down first." Nathan said as his throat, spine, and chest were healed up, but he still couldn't see. The girls helped him to his chair and Lyla pulled off his mask, to see the blood around his eyes.

"Let me see him," Sara said as she pushed the other out of the way and looked at his eyes. "Your eyes are back for the most part, but you will still need a bit before you can see again."

Sara let his face go and took a few steps. "I'm kinda surprised. You didn't used to heal this fast."

"Some things have happened since then. Made me even stronger." Nathan breathed.

"Not to break the trip down memory lane, but what happened?" Natasha asked.

"They took Sara's mother. We managed to catch up to them and I used my new powers to stop the van. I killed the driver and Sara fought Nyssa. Then I fought the one in the dragon mask. Al-Tannin. She was good, and after an intense fight, I managed to trip her up. I would've killed her but she caught my fist. My fist, while I was using Mirakuru levels of strength. She then sliced my throat open, stabbed me in the heart with my own sword, severed my spine with her sword, and then cut my eyes open. Suffice to say, I couldn't keep up my concentration on my powers with all that."

"That shouldn't be possible, right? You said," Skye almost mentioned Slade but stopped and reframed her next words, "You said you got rid of all the Mirakuru right? She couldn't possibly have Mirakuru or is she some kind of alien?"

"I have no way of knowing. I was lucky she didn't kill me. She could have. I won't let her get the drop on me like that again." Nathan vowed before he chuckled sheepishly. "Now, Lyla, Helena, could you both please get my clothes and help back to our apartment? I'd rather recover at home." So the two ladies did just that while Sara went to go find her father and inform him of the bad news.

Hospital

Back at the hospital, Officer Lance walked out to the back of the hospital where his daughter said that mom was taken. Mr. Lanced walked out of the back door of the hospital as Sara ran up to him and hugged him.

"Dad, it's my fault, I'm so sorry." Sara said.

"The assassin group that you're apart of, they took your mother." Lance said.

"Not exactly." Sara said.

"Well, what exactly?" Lance asked.

"A woman. Nyssa, she's an important figure in the league. And she poisoned Laurel. She took mom." Sara said.

"What, to get you to come back to the league?" Lance asked.

"To get me to come back to her." Sara said.

"Oh." Lance said as he understood her meaning. Then Sara's phone went off and Sara saw it was Nyssa.

"Nyssa, I am begging you, don't do this." Sara said.

"I tried to warn you, but you wouldn't listen. I thought it would be instructive for you to know what it feels like to suddenly lose someone you love. To have them ripped from your life without warning." Nyssa said.

"You do not want to hurt my mother." Sara said.

"You're right. I don't. You have one day, Al Taer Sahfer. Make the right choice." Nyssa said as she hung up.

"We have 24 hours." Sara said.

"Ok, Laurel's inside, she's losing her mind, I got to go. Keep me updated." Lance said as he walked back in.

Sara returned to the Prometheus cave as Skye and Natasha had been hard at work trying to find anything that could help find Nyssa and Al-Tannin, while Nathan recovered his eyesight at home with Lyla and Helena to keep him company.

"Did you guys find anything?" Sara asked.

"We researched the poison Nyssa used on Miss Lance." Natasha said.

"Luckily for us, Tibetan Pit Viper venom is surprisingly difficult to transport. It starts losing its potency the moment it leaves the fangs." Skye said.

"So it was bought locally?" Sara asked.

"Not bought, stolen." Natasha said.

"From where?" Sara asked.

"The zoo. A local break in. The perps didn't steal anything, so the cops chalked it up to a bunch of kids looking for a thrill." Natasha said.

"I pulled up the Zoo CCTV footage from the night of the break-in. I caught a plate. The car's a rental. Address is in the Glades." Skye said.

"Don't even think about going after the assassin without back up." Natasha said as she suited up.

"You wanna back me up?" Sara asked.

"With Nate out of commission for a while, I think he would feel better knowing the best female assassin in the world that isn't a part of the League of Assassin's is backing you up." Natasha said as Sara saw her point.

With Sara and her dad

Sara was waiting in an alley as her father drove up and got out of his car. "So what exactly is the plan here?" Lance asked.

"We wait. Prometheus's associate will lead him right to us." Sara said as Lance nodded.

"You know, you never did tell me how you joined up with Prometheus in the first place. Where did you two even meet?" Lance asked.

"Vigilante club." Sara said as Lance exhaled and chuckled.

"Same old Sara. Well, not exactly the same." Lance said.

"I loved her, dad." Sara said. "Are you upset?"

"Honestly, Sara, to think what you've been through these past six years. The pain, the loneliness…I'm just happy to hear you had someone that cared for you." Lance said as Sara smiled. She then heard the sound of a fabric unfold and saw the league member use the cloth rope to descend from a roof and into the alley as a masked Black Widow followed.

Sara drew her bo staff while Natasha pulled out twin shock baton's and backed her up as the league member used a sword and dagger combo. The league member thrusts his sword at Sara who blocked the strike with her bo staff and then Natasha swung at his head with his bow but the league member ducked. The league member then did a spin kick at Natasha's head but Natasha ducked as Sara then blocked a dagger stab and then kicked him in the side but he stepped to the side to avoid it. The League member spun around, blocking and striking at the two vigilantes while Sara and Natasha worked in tandem to fight against him. Sara got punched across the face and knocked away as Natasha then blocked a sword slash. She then kicked the League member in the chest as he spun and got sucker punched by Officer Lance with a right cross and knocked on his back.

"What's the matter, they didn't teach you about right crosses in assassin school?!" Lance shouted.

Sara then grabbed the league member, choked the league member using her bo staff and then ripped off his hood. "Where is Nyssa?!" Sara yelled.

"Tell me where my wife is!" Lance shouted as the league member spoke Arabic. "What the hell is he saying?!"

"He's praying." Sara said as the league member then pulled out a vial and drank it. "No don't!" Sara shouted but it was too late as the man drank the vial empty and fell over dead.

"You son of a bitch!" Lance shouted as Natasha picked up the empty vial.

"It's over, detective. He's gone." Natasha said through the voice filter in her holographic mask as Lance exhaled in frustration and Sara comforted him.

Moira's announcement

The next day

The next morning, Nathan, Lyla, Helena and Skye were at the announcement rally for Moira's start of her mayoral campaign. Moira was talking to Thea while Skye and Nathan were hanging out as Lyla walked up to them. Skye were a bit pre-occupied and conflicted if she should tell Nathan something important.

"How's Sara holding up?" Lyla asked Nathan.

"Not well. And I need you to pick up the trail on Nyssa, because Mrs. Lance is running out of time." Nathan said, his anger at allowing this to happen burning him up inside.

"I'm on it." Lyla said as she walked away and Moira walked up to Nathan.

"Nathan. Ms. Johnson." Moira said as she greeted them and Skye didn't really pay them much attention as Moira hugged her son. "Oh, well, I haven't been this nervous since my wedding day. Both of them."

"Moira it's time." Mark said. "Nathan, are you ready to introduce your mother?"

"With pride." Nathan said as Moira kissed her son on the cheek. Skye turned away, uncomfortable, which didn't go unnoticed by Nathan.

"Skye…what's is going on with you?" Nathan asked as Moira walked up to the stand.

"And don't say—" "Nothing." "Don't say nothing." Nathan said to her. "The truth, please."

Skye felt conflicted as Nathan squeezed her hand in comfort. "You might have noticed I talk a lot." Skye said.

"It has not escaped my attention." Nathan said.

"You also may have noticed that I don't talk a lot about my family." Skye said.

"I have also noticed that." Nathan said.

"I barely remember anything about them. But what I do remember…how much it hurt when they were taken from me. And just the thought of losing someone that important to me again…"

"Hey." Nathan said as he comforted Skye. "You're not going to lose me. Whatever it is that's bothering you…is it about your family?"

"No. It's about yours. Like I said, I've discovered something that might change your mind," Skye said.

Cemetery

With Sara, she was in the graveyard at the grave that was placed there when she was thought dead. Then her phone went off and she answered it to hear Nyssa.

"Time's up. Have you made your decision?" Nyssa asked.

"Let my mother go. And I will return with you to Nanda Parbat." Sara said as Nyssa let loose a sigh of happiness.

"You're doing the right thing, Sara. For both of us." Nyssa said as she hung up.

Sara looked at her grave and then took a vial out of her pocket and looked at it…and then called her dad. Speaking of her dad, he was with Laurel at her apartment. She was a wreck, still crying at her mother's kidnapping and no one knew where she was. Mr. Lance walked out of the kitchen carrying a cup of tea to help her.

"Here you go, sweetie. Is there anything else I can get you?" Mr. Lance asked.

"My mother." Laurel said, wiping the tears from her eyes as Mr. Lance decided to tell her.

"Laurel, there's something I got to tell you. It's about your sister." Mr. Lance said as Laurel looked at him.

"What about her?" Laurel asked but before Lance could speak, his phone went off.

He took it out and saw it was Sara so get got up to answer it. "Hello?"

"Dad, I found mom. Meet me at the Lower Boat yard in 30 minutes, and come alone. Don't tell the Prometheus or his associates." Sara said.

"Copy that." Lance said as he hung up and then looked at Laurel. "I got to go."

"What about Sara, Dad?" Laurel asked as Lance got his coat.

"I'll explain everything later, all right? Just sit tight." Lance said as he left and Laurel got up, thinking he got something on where her mom could be and wouldn't sit tight.

Back at the conference

Back with Nathan, after hearing the revelation that Skye told him, pondered it for a moment before smiling at Skye, to let her know he was fine, which alleviated some of her worry. Walter was at the podium speaking to the crowd.

"I say this with confidence. Because the Moira Queen that I know is more than a successful CEO and philanthropist. She is a loving mother who has devoted her life to raising three wonderful children. Just to tell you how special she is, I'd like to welcome her son. CEO of Queen Consolidated, Mr. Nathan Queen." Walter said as everyone clapped and looked Nathan.

Nathan walked up to the podium. Lyla then arrived and stood beside Helena and Skye. Nathan stood at the podium as he exhaled in relief. "Thank you." Nathan said as he tried to figure out what to say. "Well, I'm here today to say a few words about Moira Queen. I bet many of you think that you know her, because you read about her in the press, or you saw her on TV. But I can promise you, You don't know my mother. You don't know her like I do. And you don't know what she's capable of when it comes to helping the people of Starling City." Nathan said as Moira smiled.

"Ladies and gentlemen…my mother, Moira Queen." Nathan said as everyone clapped and Nathan went to his mother and hugged her, he whispered into his ear. "I know the true about Thea."

Moira then went to the podium and put on her public face and smiled. "Thank you! Thank you, Starling City!"

Stuff

After the announcement, Nathan, Helena, Lyla and Skye went back to the Prometheus cave to talk to Sara, as he hadn't heard from her and was getting concerned.

"Sara!" Nathan called out but she wasn't there and Skye noticed the vial of Snake Venom was gone.

"The Snake Venom, it's gone." Skye said.

"Sara found Nyssa." Helena said.

"And she's going to poison her?" Skye asked.

"No, she isn't." Nathan said as he realized what she was planning, "She's gonna poison herself, in the hopes that her death will allow her family will be spared. Activate her tracer, now!"

"You placed a tracer on her?" Lyla asked as Skye went to the computer.

"How do you think I found her?" Nathan said as went to his trunk and pulled out the pouch of island herbs. He then held it out to Helena, "Back me up on this."

"I thought you were afraid of me fighting them." Helena said.

"I was, and I still am. But I will need someone to administer to the antidote to Sara while I fight them." Nathan said Helena took the herbs.

With Nyssa

With Nyssa and Al-Tannin, they were in an abandoned warehouse near the docks where they were holding Mrs. Lance hostage. Al-Tannin stood watch as Nyssa walked up to Mrs. Lance, who was tied up to a chair and cut her ropes.

"They're coming for you now." Nyssa said as they heard the door to the warehouse burst open.

"Dinah! Move away from her! Move away!" Lance shouted as he pointed his gun at Nyssa who stepped back as Dinah ran over to Quentin. "It's all right. It's all right." He said as he comforted her and then Dinah saw something she couldn't believe.

"Sara?" Dinah asked as Sara slowly walked up to her mother as her mother cupped her cheek.

"It's me, mom. It's me." Sara said as Dinah gasped, feeling that Sara was real and hugged her tight.

"Oh, my baby!" Dinah shouted.

"I love you so much, mom. I have to go." Sara said as she tried to walk away but her mother held onto her hand.

"What? What are you doing?" Dinah asked as Quentin began to pull her away.

"Dad, get mom out of here!" Sara said as Quentin pulled her away.

"What?!" Dinah shouted. "NO!"

Sara then walked forward but fell to her knees after a few steps. Nyssa ran to Sara as Al-Tannin went to her side to see what was happening. Nyssa looked at Sara and saw the discoloration in her eye. "You took the poison." Nyssa said. "No! NOO!"

"I won't go back. I can't take the killing anymore. It needs to end. If I have to die, so be it," Sara said to Nyssa as Mr. Lance ran back into the warehouse, hearing the screams. Nyssa then put Sara on the ground and stood up as Mr. and Mrs. Lance ran to their daughter.

"Sara! Delta Charlie 52 to Central, need back up at the Lower Boat yards. Ambulance, paramedics." Lance said over his radio as he and Dinah looked over Sara.

"If you want to be with your family so badly, they can join you in eternity." Nyssa told them as Lance took out his gun and pointed it at Nyssa's face.

"You get the hell away from my daughter." Lance told him as Nyssa grabbed the gun, smacked his arm out of the way and punched him across the face, sending him to the ground.

She then pulled out a knife from her pouch and raised it up but then it was knocked out of her hand by an arrow. She and Al-Tannin turned to see Prometheus standing near the other exit.

"Either Sara lives or you both die. Make your choice."Prometheus said as he unleashed a hail of shuriken at the two but Nyssa back flipped onto the table and grabbed her bow while Al-Tannin dodged them and ran at Prometheus. The real Prometheus came out of the shadows and grabbed Al-Tannin.

"Let's take this somewhere else." He said as he threw her through a portal that went to the streets outside. Prometheus threw another shuriken at Al-Tannin while Al-Tannin deflected them with her sword as she got up.

Prometheus drew his chokuto's and charged at Al-Tannin, as she jumped over him and slashed at his back but he blocked the sword. He shot out his leg to kick at her head but she ducked and kicked his leg out from under him, but Prometheus dove forward and forward rolled back to his feet. He then stabbed his sword down at Al-Tannin, but she rolled out of the way and his sword stabbed into the ground. Al-Tannin slashed the sword, hitting it hard as Prometheus used the momentum to spin his katana into reverse grip and slash at Al-Tannin's head but she blocked it and kicked him back.

Al-Tannin then kicked Prometheus in the head but he ducked and the two engaged in a heated sword fight with neither one letting up an inch. Al-Tannin would make on close slice at Prometheus's head while Prometheus who narrowly slash Al-Tannin in the side, both warriors weren't letting up. Al-Tannin then managed to knock one of Prometheus's sword out of his hand, leaving him with just one as Prometheus fought Al-Tannin sword for sword. Al-Tannin then made a wide swing at Prometheus's shoulder as Prometheus raised his sword up to block it and also raised his free arm up, locking Al-Tannin's sword with his sword and locking it in one of the blades on his gauntlet. The two glared at each other as their swords were locked, as Prometheus then pushed his sword and arm closer, closing the distance between him and Al-Tannin. He then pushed his sword and arm out, knocking Al-Tannin's sword away.

Al-Tannin then punched Prometheus in the face three times with her Mirakuru Strength, kicked him in the stomach and then elbowed him in the back. She then threw out a kick to his head but Prometheus grabbed her leg with his full powers activated and threw her over his shoulder and 10 feet away as she tumbled on the ground. While the real Prometheus was fighting Al-Tannin, Prometheus's clone was fighting Nyssa in an archery duel.

With Nyssa

Nyssa had her compound bow ready as she climbed up some of the old boat scaffolds as she saw the Prometheus at the far side of the room, atop one of the old construction platforms. Nyssa fired an arrow while Prometheus just moved his head back to dodge it. He returned fire and she moved forward to avoid. He then fired another that she ducked under and she her own shot at his head that he dodged. He then fired three arrow's in rapid succession that she dodged.

Prometheus fired another at Nyssa, who was sliding down a rope and shot at her but she dodged it. Prometheus then jumped to the ground as Nyssa aimed an arrow at his heart.

"Nyssa, stop this ridiculous fight. With every moment you waste my time fighting me, Sara draws closer to deaths door. Do you really want the woman you claimed to love to die, you fool?" Prometheus said.

"Worry more about saving yourself." Nyssa said as she fired an arrow at him that he smacked away with his bow.

He then swung at Nyssa's head as she ducked and blocked a punch. Nyssa then swung her bow at Prometheus who blocked it with his bow, but then Nyssa punched his wrist and took hold of his bow and threw it away. Prometheus grabbed her arm and punched her in the face before delivering a swift kick to her gut that knocked the air out of her and sent her flying several feet away.

Nyssa tried to get up despite the pain, but Prometheus kneed her in the guts, causing her more pain, then kicked her in the shin, left leg, and face, knocking her to the ground. He slammed his foot into her face as she lay on the ground, knocking her onto her back.

"Don't kid yourself, Warith al Ghul. You couldn't kill me even on my worse day." Prometheus said as he pulled her to her feet before lifting her in the air and choked her with both hands, Nyssa gasping for air and struggling to breath.

"I hope Talia will forgive me for killing her little sister." The clone said and Nyssa didn't really register it.

"Don't kill her. Please." The clone heard as he saw Sara, helped by Helena, slowly walk up to them.

"Sara…" the clone said as he let Nyssa go as she tried to catch her breath. The clone ran up to Sara and hugged her for the real Nathan after he saw her eyes were normal and Helena confirmed she gave Sara the antidote, glad she wasn't dead as Nyssa looked at Sara. "No more killing. Nyssa, please." Sara said to Nyssa. Nyssa, her heart broken from Sara choosing someone else over her, couldn't find the strength to refuse her any further.

"Al Taer Sahfer. In the name of Ra's al Ghul…I release you." Nyssa said with a heavy heart.

Nyssa then left as Prometheus heard the police sirens and went to check on the real Nathan. Speaking of which, he was fighting Al-Tannin fist to fist as Nathan wasn't letting up and was slowly gaining the edge. Al-Tannin threw out a punch that Prometheus grabbed. Al-Tannin threw out another punch with her other hand and he grabbed that punch too. He then began to squeeze and twist her arms, forcing Al-Tannin to her knees in pain. Prometheus then punched her across the face sending her to the ground, as she then responded with a punch at his gut, which he knocked away. He then grabbed her arm and covered her in his blue energy to immobilize her and punched her hard in the face, that he sent her flying, whilst also shattering her mask.

Nathan leapt into the air as Al-Tannin rose to her feet, her mask broken and falling off her face, his hand clenched into a fist as he prepared to end her, but as he came down, he finally recognized why she was so familiar to him. And so he landed in front of her and pulled his own mask off, before pulling her own hood off, to his great shock. It was the face of his first and greatest love.

Shado Gulong.

"That's not possible. You're dead. You died in my arms 5 years ago." Nathan said in shock.

"I am as real as you are, Baobei," Shado said to him as she rose to her feet.

"But you-" Nathan said as he couldn't make sense of the Shado he knew, and the one before him.

"I can't explain now. I have orders I must follow." Shado said as she pulled Nathan in for a kiss. Too stunned to do anything, he just let her slip her tongue into his mouth before she pulled back, and was pleased that she left him speechless for a change. "I've missed you so much. I wish I could stay, but I can't. Just know that everything will be made clear soon."

With that, Shado disappeared into the night as Nathan was left reeling from the fact something else he thought was real, wasn't.

Queen Mansion

Back at the Queen Mansion, Moira was watching the news coverage of her press conference on her new mayoral campaign. "Because Starling City is our city. And starting today, we are going to take it back." The played that part of her press conference as Moira just watched and had a drink as Nathan walked into the living room. Moira saw him, turned off the T.V and stood up.

"I know we need to talk." Moira said.

"No, you need to listen." Nathan said.

"Nathan, I only lied to Thea to protect her from Malcolm." Moira said.

"Look I don't care about Thea not being my full sister. It doesn't change anything. What I am mad about, is the fact that you didn't tell that I have daughter!" Nathan shouted at her.

"What are you talking about?" Moira asked.

"Samantha Arias," Nathan said as Moira was shocked. "I met her again recently. And I suspected her child's parentage since she had my eyes and was old enough to be mine, and one dna test later, I find out she is. Tell me, do I have other bastard children running around? Does Oliver? Was he even my real brother? Any other half-siblings you wanna mention, mother?" Moira didn't answer. Whether that meant any of it was true, was another matter entirely.

"I will keep up appearances for Thea's sake. Publicly I will continue to support your campaign. But privately…This won't keep us apart forever but right now, I cannot bear to look at you, mother." Nathan said sadly as he walked away.

"Nathan! Nathan!" Moira shouted as she watched Nathan leave. Nathan couldn't deal with this right now. He needed some quiet time.

With Sara

Back with Sara, she and her family were at Laurel's apartment as Dinah was ecstatic about having her youngest daughter back home. Quentin was extremely happy to have her back as well and done with the League of Assassins. They then saw Laurel slowly walk into the room and get a glass of wine.

"I know you have a lot of questions." Sara said to Laurel.

"Nope." Laurel said.

"How could you not have any questions?" Sara asked.

"Because I already know all of the answers to them. How could you still be alive; where have you been all this time? Why didn't you call us? And the answer to all of them….is because it's Sara." Laurel said.

"Baby, don't do this—" "Dad, I swear, if you say one more word." Laurel said, stopping her father from speaking.

"Laurel, look. I know you're angry. And you have every right to be. But please don't take this out on dad. If you need someone to blame, blame me." Sara said.

"I do blame you, Sara. Every single thing that's gone wrong in our lives is your fault. You got on that stupid boat with my boy friend. You didn't call us to tell us that you were still alive, even though it probably would have saved Mom and Dad's marriage. And you brought some crazy assassin into Starling City who nearly killed mom and who poisoned me. You. You stole my whole life away from me. Now get out." Laurel told her.

"Laurel." "Get out." Laurel said as tears began to form in Sara's eyes. Sara then grabbed her jacket and walked to the door. She opened it, but then looked back at Laurel.

"I'm sorry." Sara said.

"I SAID GET OUT!" Laurel shouted as she threw her glass at the door as Sara left.

Nanda Parbat

In Nanda Parbat, home of the League of Assassins, Nyssa and Shado returned to the Assassin headquarters after the confrontation with the Prometheus, as well as Nyssa's release of Sara from her position in the League. The two walked through the large complex that was the home and training ground for the League of Assassins, as the other members of the League bowed as they walked in. The two then walked into one of the large rooms of the compound, where there was a very large pool of water that seemed to be the center of attention in the room. There was a border put up around the water that showed the outline of a man lying in the water.

"Father." Nyssa said as she and Shado took a knee.

"My daughter. I assume that arriving by yourself and Al-Tannin, that Al Taer Sahfer is dead." Ra's said.

"No. I freed her from her oath in the League." Nyssa said as Ra's stood up and put a robe on as he then went behind a dresser to change.

"You freed her when my orders were to bring her back or kill her?" Ra's asked.

"I did what I thought was necessary. Al Taer Sahfer will not betray the League like Malcolm Merlyn did." Nyssa said as Ra's put on his clothes.

"That will be all, my daughter." Ra's said as Nyssa got up and left while Al-Tannin stayed put. "Shado, I assume the fact that you arrive in your current state, that young Nathaniel Queen knows the truth about you."

"He knows that I am alive, but not of our connection, my Lord." Shado said, bowing her head in deference.

"And how has his skill grown?" Ra's asked. SHado told him how he handled himself and Ra's was very pleased to hear it. "Good…" Ra's said privately to himself.

"If it pleases the demon head, I can return there at once to further test his skill." Shado said.

"That will not be necessary. Our paths will cross soon enough. You will see him again in time, granddaughter." Ra's said as he sheathed his sword as he thought, "We shall see if you have what it takes to take my place, Nathaniel Queen."

Starling City

Back at Starling, Nathan was in the Prometheus cave, training with a training dummy, letting some of his anger towards his mother and Shado out, striking the dummy very hard for a human. Meanwhile, his clones were keeping his girlfriends entertained. Nathan then stopped as he saw Sara walk down the stairs into the cave.

"You've been crying." Nathan said, noticing her eyes.

"Yeah, I was happy to know I still could." Sara said.

"Are you ok?" Nathan asked.

"Well, Laurel wasn't as thrilled to see me as you thought." Sara said.

"Give her time. Believe me, she wasn't as thrilled to see me either, but she'll come around." Nathan said as he punched the dummy very hard.

"I gave her six years." Sara said as Nathan punched the dummy hard again.

"I gave her five and she was still pissed at me when I first came back." Nathan said as he punched the dummy again really hard.

"What exactly are you taking out on that dummy?" Sara asked.

"So many things that I thought were real…aren't, and it infuriates me." Nathan sighed.

"I guess it's going around." Sara said.

"So what do you plan to do now?" Nathan asked.

"I don't know." Sara said. "What about you?"

"I'm not sure." Nathan said.

"I do know one thing: I'm finally home." Sara said as Nathan pulled her close to him, not willing to let her go again. Sara accepted his advances and two kissed each other.

Lemon

The two of them passionately kissed each other, their tongues battling it out for dominance as Nathan helped her out of her jacket. They continued their war of the tongues as both removed their shirts, their scarred upper torso's a testament to what they had endured over the years. Nathan won their little duel as his tongue explored Sara's mouth and he continued to passionately kiss her. He needed this so much right now. He needed to feel that something from his past was still real. Between Slade, his daughter, and now Shado, he felt like he was being pulled apart at the seems.

"Let's continue this in my bed. I always wanted our first time to be there anyway." Nathan said as he gathered the clothes they had taken off and they walked through a blue portal, coming out inside his bedroom.

"You've got some explaining to do handsome." Sara teased.

"I'll tell you later. Lets get back to what we were doing," Nathan said as they both lost the rest of their clothes leaving them completely naked. Nathan guided them to the bed and he sat against the back of the bed as she moved between his legs. He looked down to see Sara topping him off and he groaned as he felt her tongue swirl around his entire length.

Sara kept licking and sucking and the marvelous piece of meat. She had trouble taking it all since it was so big. So she put as much as she could in her mouth without gagging and with one hand pumped and stroked the rest while the other cupped and massaged his big sack.

Nathan groaned as his hips rose from the bed and he fired off his seed into Sara's mouth. Sara drunk it all as she savored the flavor. Once she cleaned him she looked up and flicked her blonde hair back.

Sara crawled up his body licking, kissing and sucking all the way. Their lips met and they kissed for a bit then Sara moved and lowered her cunt down to Nathan's face. Nathan wasted no time and grabbed Sara's hips and slammed her pussy over his mouth and began devouring her like she was an endless supply of his favorite food.

Sara moaned loudly as she felt Nathan's tongue wiggle inside her. She combed her fingers through his spiky hair, gripping it tightly as she grinded her hips against his face.

Nathan licked, sucked and ate greedily all that Sara had to offer. She tasted divine, that was for sure. He used his front teeth to scrape against her clit, which only made Sara grind her cunt even more into Nathan's face.

"OH God. So fucking good" Sara murmured as her free hand held on to the headboard to keep steady.

Nathan began sucking hard and this caused Sara to come hard. She doused Nathan with her juices that he lapped up. When she finally removed herself from his face his entire face was covered.

"Let me clean that up for you" Sara said with a smile.

She then began licking up her own juices and sharing them with Nathan in tongue kisses. Once Nathan was clean, Nathan pushed Sara down and rolled over on top of her. He looked her in the eyes and kissed her before pushing his meat into her tight cunt. Nathan hissed feeling the tight wet heat envelop him while Sara felt such fulfillment at finally having the man of her dreams inside of her.

Once Nathan was able to fit all of himself in he stayed there for a few moments, "Fuck me" Sara growled breaking the kiss.

Nathan smirk as he began rocking back and forth removing a quarter of his member from Sara then pushing the quarter back in. He started slow with Sara due to what he suspected happened to her after the Battle on the Amazo, but Sara didn't seem to want that. She grabbed Nathan and pulled his face towards hers.

"Don't hold back on me! I've wanted this for ever since I've known you. Fuck me!" Sara growled

Nathan nodded and began thrusting into his fellow blonde harder and faster than before. This pleased Sara and as a reward she pulled Nathan into another kiss. They made out as Nathan kept pumping in and out of her. Sara's hands roamed Nathan's body settling on his back as her nails scraped across.

Nathan didn't mind this as he focused on the job. He did move his head away from Sara and began lavishing her tits with his mouth. Sara moaned from this and held his head there.

Faster, harder they went as sweat covered their bodies while they kept at it. Never stopping at all. With a final thrust Nathan spewed his load into Sara as she had already come twice already. The two laid there panting hard before they kissed each other sloppily again and they started back up, continuing to make love well into the morning.

Lemon end