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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.