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From 1.01 "Pilot", on the island, Oliver had his hair and beard grown, wearing a green hood, filthy and weak.

Oliver: (voice over) "My name is Oliver Queen."

Jill had really long hair, filthy and weak.

Jill: (voice over) "I'm Jill Wright."

Jill was running through the woods, using a knife to stab into a tree and pull herself up into the branches.

Jill: (voice over from 1.01 Pilot) "I've been stranded here for six years. I've dreamt of my rescue every cold black night since then."

Oliver reached the arrows on the beach, using Jill's knife to strike up a flame, shooting a bonfire to strike up the fire.

Oliver: (voice over from 1.01 Pilot) "I've been here for five years. I have had only one thought. One goal. Survive."

From 1.01 "Pilot", on the news, the only thing that the man on the news channel could talk about was Oliver and Jill's return. "Oliver Queen is alive, along with a woman by the name of Jill Wright."

From 1.01 "Pilot", outside the Queen Mansion, Oliver and Jill were talking.

"My dad asked me to save this city," Oliver told her. "To right his wrongs. I will."

From 1.01 "Pilot", in the hideout, Oliver and Jill were talking after he stitched her wound.

"I'm not doing this just for you," Jill told him.

Oliver nodded. "You're doing this for your family."

Jill sighed, looking down, shaking her head. "I swore that I wouldn't let what happened to them happen to anyone else. And to do that, I need to put these guys in their places."

From 1.06 "Legacies", in the hideout, Oliver and Jill were training at the hideout with two metal short staffs. Oliver and shirtless. Jill was in workout clothes, including a sports bra.Oliver tried to hit her with both of his staffs in a blur of motion. Jill used both of hers to block the moves just as fast.

Jill: (voice over) "But to do that without endangering the people closest to us..."

From 1.03 "Lone Gunmen", outside the auction house, Jill/Sapphire turned around to follow the laser light up to the building across the street, glaring.

Jill: (voice over) "I have to be someone else."

From 1.06 "Legacies", in the hideout, Oliver and Jill were training at the hideout with two metal short staffs. Oliver and shirtless. Jill was in workout clothes, including a sports bra. Oliver swung both of his up over their heads, trying to come down on her. Jill raised both of hers in an X shape to block both of his.

Oliver: (voice over) "I have to be..."

From 1.01 "Pilot", in the night club's basement, Oliver/Arrow stood next to Jill/Sapphire's bedside, lowering his hood.

Oliver: (voice over) "Something else."

➣ ➣

From 1.01 'Pilot", there was a raging storm over the ocean.

Jessica: (voice over) "Previously on Sapphire Arrow."

From 1.09 "Year's End", in Jessica's Loft, Jessica turned the TV off, turning to Danny. "I don't want to think about this anymore, Danny. I just want to spend Christmas with my boyfriend." 

Danny smiled, taking the drink from Jessica, putting it down. They started to kiss.

From 1.09 "Year's End", in Thea's room, Skylar and Thea were arguing.

"Before you judge me on my romantic interests, take a look at yours," Thea told her. "You're crushing on the guy that's been teaching you how to fight and Jill's bodyguard. A guy that's little over two years older than you, and you're 17."

"I told you that I wasn't going to do anything about it because I can't," Skylar told her.

"Yet," Thea told her.

"Your words, not mine," Skylar told her. "I know my limits. Do you?"

Thea looked hurt and angry by the remark.

From 1.09 "Year's End", in the hallway of the Queen Mansion, Skylar walked away down the hallway.

Oliver was hiding on the other side of the wall, having heard everything.

From 1.09 "Year's End", in Oliver's hospital room, Oliver was lying in bed.

Walter, Thea, Skylar and Moira walked closer.

 Oliver looked at Skylar and Thea. "I heard about what you two were arguing about back home." Skylar and Thea exchanged a busted look. Skylar glanced at Justin, looking away. "And like you said, Thea, it... wasn't the best timing."

Thea sighed. "Okay, but when I was saying that, that was me being a bitch."

From 1.09 "Year's End", by their cars, Malcolm and Moira were talking by their cars.

"It's done," Malcolm told her.

"And he won't be harmed?" Moira asked.

From 1.09 "Year's End", in the elevator, Walter walked into the elevator, joining another man.

The man injected Walter in the neck with a sedative, making him lose consciousness.

Malcolm: (voice over from 1.09 Year's End) "Nor will he ever discover your involvement."

From 1.09 "Year's End", in Oliver's hospital room, Oliver and Jill were still in his hospital room.

Jill was sitting in a chair.

Oliver used a cane to walk toward the windows. "You know, Jill, when I confront somebody on the list, I tell them that they failed the city. But tonight, it was me who failed."

From 1.09 "Year's End", in the warehouse, Oliver/Arrow was searching for Malcolm/The Dark Archer, aiming his bow and arrow. The Dark Archer stepped out of hiding from behind him, shooting two arrows into his back, making him groan a scream of pain. He kicked into Oliver's back to force the arrows deeper into his wounds and to force Oliver to fall through a wooden structure, making him fall to the floor.

Malcolm tried to take Oliver's hood off.

Jill/Sapphire arrived behind the Dark Archer. She stabbed him in the shoulder with the sword, taking it out, letting him fall to the floor on his knees, spinning to kick him in the head, making him fall unconscious. She ran to Oliver's side, pulling the arrows out of his back quickly, making him scream, helping him up.

Jill: (voice over from 1.09 Year's End) "This guy, the other archer, he'll get his. And we'll give it to him."

From 1.09 "Year's End", in Oliver's hospital room, Oliver and Jill were talking.

"I think there's someone else out there," Oliver told her. "Someone who's more of a danger than the archer. And we have to take him down."

Jill nodded. "And we will. No matter how long it takes."

Oliver and Jill looked out of the windows as it began to snow outside.

➣ ➣  

Day One

Night - Burning Building 1 - Outside

A building was largely on fire.

Firefighters were doing the best they could to put the fire out.

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Inside

Danny was one of the firefighters inside, putting pieces of the fire out with his water hose.

➣ 

Outside

A firefighter looked at another. "Get that hose over to the north face or we're liable to lose the whole block." He spoke into comms. "Danny."

"Yes, Keith?" Danny asked.

Keith sighed. "Getting a little smokey out here, buddy."

➣ 

Inside

Danny was still putting the fire out. "Just clearing the upper level." He saw a man in a firefighter suit nearby. "Hey, you, over here. I can use some help. I got a hotspot." The man was named Garfield Lynns. He walked closer, spraying Danny with turpentine. "Hey! What? What the hell?"

Lynns took out a lighter, striking it, tossing it onto Danny.

Danny started to burn alive, screaming in agony, flailing to no avail.

Lynns walked away, leaving.

Danny continued to burn to death, falling to the ground.

➣ 

Queen Industrial - Basement

Oliver was shirtless, walking up to the salmon ladder.

➣ 

Flashback - 1.09 "Year's End"

Night - Warehouse

Oliver/Arrow jumped through the window, shattering it, landing on the floor inside.

Jill/Sapphire jumped down to the floor inside, landing in a crouch, looking up. 

Malcolm/The Dark Archer walked closer.

➣ 

Now

Night - Queen Industrial - Basement

Oliver put the bar onto the salmon ladder, swinging to get enough momentum to move the bar and himself up to the next level, then another after that.

➣ 

Flashback - 1.09 "Year's End"

Night - Warehouse

Oliver/Arrow was searching for Malcolm/The Dark Archer, aiming his bow and arrow. Malcolm stepped out of hiding from behind him, shooting two arrows into his back, making him groan a scream of pain.

➣ 

Now

Night - Queen Industrial - Basement

Oliver was still doing the salmon ladder. All he could remember was being beaten by Malcolm, not knowing that it had actually been Malcolm.

➣ 

Later 

Oliver was swinging across a set of bars that normally Jill did.

➣ 

Flashback - 1.09 "Year's End"

Night - Warehouse

Malcolm/The Dark Archer kicked into Oliver/Arrow's back to force the arrows deeper into his wounds and to force Oliver to fall through a wooden structure, making him fall to the floor. Oliver tried to stand. Malcolm kicked him in the back, making him fall again.

➣ 

Now

Night - Queen Industrial - Basement

Oliver was still working out more fiercely than ever by doing pullups on the bars that he and Jill used to swing on.

➣ 

Flashback - 1.09 "Year's End"

Night - Warehouse

Malcolm/The Dark Archer tried to take Oliver/Arrow's hood off.

Jill/Sapphire arrived behind Malcolm. She stabbed him in the shoulder with the sword, taking it out, letting him fall to the floor on his knees, spinning to kick him in the head, making him fall unconscious.

➣ 

Now

Night - Queen Industrial - Basement

Oliver was standing on the floor, holding a tennis ball, bouncing it on the floor once. He tossed up a tennis ball, shooting an arrow toward it.

The arrow shot into the wall.

The tennis ball fell to the floor, bouncing slightly.

Jill walked toward him. "How you doing? Rehab going good?"

Oliver looked around the room. "Any news on Walter?"

"John's contact at the bureau struck out," Jill told him. "Same with Justin's guy at Interpol. They're both saying the same thing."

"Either my stepfather doesn't want to be found or someone doesn't want him to be found," Oliver told her.

"It's been six weeks, Oliver," Jill told him. "No contact from the kidnappers, no ransom demand, no proof of life. I hate to sound..."

"Jill..." Oliver trailed off, turning to her, nodding. "We both know he's more than likely dead."

Oliver started to pace.

"What do you want to do?" Jill asked.

"I don't know," Oliver told her.

"Even my contacts in the Bratva can't dig up a lead," Jill told him. "But I wasn't talking about Walter." She picked up Robert's journal. "Back at fighting weight, looks like. And last I checked, there were more than a few names to cross off in this book."

Oliver turned to face Jill. "Those people aren't going anywhere. With Walter missing, my family needs me right now."

"If that's what you want," Jill told him. "I'll take the lead on this thing."

Oliver nodded. "Thank you."

Oliver walked past her.

Jill gazed off into nothing.

➣ 

Flashback - Five Years Ago

Day - Lian Yu - Woods

Yao Fei, Edward Fyers, Jill and Oliver were in the woods on the island.

Edward was tied up.

Yao Fei held a radio toward Edward. "Tell your people to bring the plane."

"My people will be here shortly," Edward told them. "Do you not think it convenient you captured me so easily?"

Billy, in black and the mask, walked out of the treeline toward them.

Yao Fei looked at Jill and Oliver. "Go!"

"What?" Jill asked.

"Run!" Yao Fei told them, pulling the hood over his head.

Oliver brought Jill away from the fight.

Yao Fei ran toward Billy. Billy tried to slash into him with a blade. Yao Fei raised his bow to block the move, trying to kick him. Billy ducked.

Jill and Oliver were running away through the woods.

Soldiers with shotguns and rifles were aiming in the direction of Jill and Oliver, firing.

Jill and Oliver had to hide behind trees for cover, looking back, seeing Billy and the soldiers take Yao Fei away. They looked horrified.

➣ Sapphire Arrow ➣

Now

Day Two

Morning - CNRI Office 

Laurel and Jo were catching Jessica up to speed on what they were doing.

"And Judge Hinkle is ready to grant them another continuance," Jo told her. "So, I said, 'Hell, no.' This trial starts right now."

"That a girl," Laurel told her.

"Thanks," Jo told them.

Lance walked in, looking somberly sad.

Jessica saw him. "Dad. What brings you by?"

"I need to talk to you and to Jo," Lance answered.

"Is everything okay, Mr. Lance?" Jo asked.

"No," Lance answered.

Fire chief Raynes walked in, looking at them sadly.

"What's happening?" Laurel asked.

Jessica shook her head in denial. "No."

"It's Danny," Lance answered. "He was killed on duty last night."

"I'm so sorry," Raynes told them.

Jo was completely in denial. "No, no. No!"

Jessica and Jo both started to cry in despair, embracing.

Laurel looked at them sadly in shock.

➣ 

Queen Mansion - Moira's Room

Moira was sitting at her vanity dresser, looking at picture of her and Walter.

Oliver slowly walked in. "Mom?" Moira put the picture down, turning to him. "Hey."

"Hey," Moira told him.

"I stopped by the Big Belly Burger," Oliver told her. "I thought maybe you, me, Skylar and Thea, have some takeout, watch a DVD."

"Thank you, sweetheart," Moira told him. "I'm not very hungry."

Oliver nodded understandingly. "If you change your mind..."

Moira nodded.

Oliver walked out, leaving.

➣ 

Living Room

Oliver, Thea and Skylar were sitting on the couch, eating the takeout and discussing the movie Oliver watched to watch.

"We've seen the movie before," Thea told them.

"Cut me some slack," Oliver told them. "I've been gone for a while, and apparently, I missed the cinematic genius that is Zac Galafinak... is?"

"I mean, with Mom, when you and Dad disappeared," Thea told him. "She spent more and more time at home. Eventually stopped going out altogether."

"What snapped her out of it that time?" Oliver asked.

"Walter," Skylar answered. "One morning, he showed up, and, you know, when he gets all British and stern-like." Oliver and Thea smiled. Skylar adapted her best British accent. "'Moira, get dressed. We're going out for lunch.'" She spoke normally. "And, I mean, it worked."

Thea nodded in agreement. "Mm-hmm."

Skylar gazed off. "You know, I've been thinking. Maybe Walter wasn't abducted. Maybe he's having some mid-life crisis and he's with some stewardess in Bora Bora, and he's too ashamed to call home and say that he's okay. Just because we haven't heard from him doesn't mean he's... he's gone, right?"

Oliver nodded. "Right. Sky, why don't you stop worrying for a change, and think about something else?"

"Like what?" Skylar asked.

"We could talk about the fact that Oliver overheard our fight in my room at the Christmas party," Thea told her.

Oliver smiled, chuckling.

Skylar groaned, closing her eyes. "Oh, no."

"Yes," Oliver told her. "I never got over the fact that I overheard you two talking about you crushing on your self-defense class instructor, AKA Jill's bodyguard, AKA, one of my new best friends."

"Oh, that's so not funny," Skylar told him.

"Sure it is," Thea told her.

"Can we please just start the movie?" Skylar asked.

"No, I think this movie would be more entertaining," Thea told her.

"What movie?" Skylar asked.

"The cute romantic comedy from the styling of Skylar Queen and Justin Smoak," Thea answered.

"Oh, come on," Skylar told her. "It's not that funny."

"It is when I get to tease you with it," Thea told her. Oliver chuckled. Skylar leaned back further into her seat like she was cowering away from the subject with the bowl of popcorn in front of her. Oliver smiled, shaking his head. "Come on, Sky. You're literally days away from turning eighteen. Stop stressing about it."

"It even matter if he thinks I'm just a little typical schoolgirl with a schoolgirl crush," Skylar told them.

Oliver gave her a skeptical look. "Skylar. You lost your father and brother and the first thing you turn to is a way to release your anger and worry by letting it out in bursts of violence and self-defense. You're no typical schoolgirl with a schoolgirl crush." He lowered his voice to nearly a whisper. "And I happen to have it on good authority that he doesn't think that of you."

"Yeah?" Skylar asked sarcastically. "Probably because he thinks nothing of me."

"No, he does," Oliver told her. "I might have given him a brotherly warning about it, though."

"Which means you threatened him to stay away from me," Skylar told him. "Perfect."

Oliver and Thea laughed.

"I just don't want you to get hurt," Oliver told her.

"Yeah, well, he's the one who's teaching me to not get hurt again," Skylar told them. "You two always say that I'm the smartest out of us. The wisest."

"You are," Thea told her. "I mean, Ollie's always broken the rules in a very bad way. And now I'm unintentionally following his footsteps. You're the one that's always in control with a heart of gold."

"Yeah, well, that heart of gold just leads to too much heartbreak," Skylar told them. She looked at Oliver. "When you disappeared, when I thought you died, even though I kept telling people that you weren't dead, a little part of me kept telling me that you were. And I didn't want to feel anything. Sometimes I still don't. Like now. With Walter disappearing."

Oliver wrapped an arm around Skylar in a hug. "It's normal, Skylar. But don't stop caring, Sky. Don't stop feeling. Because that part of you that cares too much might save a lot of us."

Oliver, Skylar and Thea smiled small smiles.

➣ 

Queen Industrial - Basement

Jill was getting suited up in the hideout, watching the news.

Woman: (on TV)"So, what strikes me is that these two vigilantes were actually making a difference. In the four months that the hood and the girl in the blue were active together, assaults were down, muggings down. The murder rate dropped by 16%. So, in a very quantifiable way, these vigilantes had been a positive force in this city. And for these past six weeks, the girl in the blue with the swords is still out there, doing what they do, just less open about what she does. But where has the hood been for that time period?"

➣ 

Laurel's Apartment

Laurel walked in.

Tommy was sitting on the couch, standing. "Hey."

They kissed, sitting down.

Laurel grabbed something from the table. "What's this?"

Tommy took it away from her. "It's nothing."

"It's nothing?" Laurel repeated playfully, taking the paper from him, reading aloud. "'Reasons I deserve a drawer.'"

"Okay, we're going to table this for a less tragedy-filled day," Tommy told her.

"Yeah, and besides, I don't think we're there yet," Laurel told him. There was a knock on the door. "I should probably get that."

Tommy nodded. "All right."

Laurel stood, walking toward the door, opening it.

Jessica was outside. "I need your help."

"Jess, come in," Laurel told her. Jessica walked in. Laurel looked at her in concern, pulling her sister into her arms. They embraced for a moment, pulling away. "I'm so sorry."

Tommy stood, walking closer. "Jessica." 

Jessica sighed shakily. "Hi, Tommy."

"Are you okay?" Tommy asked.

"I've had about enough of that question today," Jessica told them. "Can we just sit down?"

"Yeah, of course," Tommy answered.

Tommy and Laurel sat on the couch.

Jessica sat in the chair across from them, going through her bag. "I, um... I don't think what happened to Danny was an accident. I think he might have been murdered." 

Tommy and Laurel exchanged a look, sighing. 

"Jess, when Sara died, I did all this research to find an answer for why the boat went down," Laurel told her. "I needed to believe that it wasn't just an accident."

Jessica shook her head. "That is not what I am doing, Laurel." She pulled a file out of her bag. "I once handled a case for a clerk in the coroner's office. He passed me a copy of the incident report." Laurel took the file. "Said that Danny's turnout coat was doused in turpentine. But I checked, and the plant owner said that there wasn't any in the factory. A turnout's supposed to withstand temperatures in excess of 500 degrees. But the coroner said that the fire did not exceed 250. How did Danny burn hotter than the fire that supposedly killed him?"

Tommy and Laurel knew that she was right.

"You should talk to your dad about this," Tommy told them.

Jessica sighed. "He's not gonna believe me. He's just gonna think that I'm sick with grief. That's why I came to you. And I don't blame you if you think that, too."

Laurel took Jessica's hand in hers, looking at her reassuringly. "Hey. I believe you. And you and I are gonna talk to him about this. Okay?"

Jessica nodded.

➣ 

Police Precinct

Laurel, Jessica and Lance were talking about the fire.

"Jessie, I'm sorry," Lance told her. "But Danny, a fireman, died fighting a fire. I'm not sure I see the crime."

"We did some digging," Laurel told him. "Last week, another firefighter, Leo Barnes, was killed in action, same circumstances." They walked toward their desks. "Traces of turpentine, and ignition temperatures hotter than the actual fire. Do you think that you could talk to the fire marshal? You know, encourage him to pursue this? He's your friend, Dad."

"Well, the fire department has its own investigative unit," Lance told them. "They don't answer to the police. And the police can't find any leads without working with them. And to do all of this would take at least weeks to determine if there is foul play."

"I can do more on my own in half the time," Jessica told them, turning away.

Lance stopped her, placing his hands on her shoulders comfortingly. "Listen, Jessie. I'm sorry, honey. I'm so sorry. There's not a lot we can do this end. I just don't want you to drive yourself crazy with this, or do anything rash. Okay?"

Jessica barely nodded, gazing off. "Yeah."

Lance pulled her into his arms. Jessica could barely return the embrace or feel it.

Laurel watched them sadly.

➣ 

Night - Street - Car 

Jessica was sitting in her car alone in the silence, gazing off, tears in her eyes. She took a deep breath, listening to the police radio.

Man: (on radio) "Guy phoned in a tip about seeing the girl in blue over at the Unidac Office. Repeat, female vigilante at Unidac office." 

Jessica started her car, driving away.

➣ 

Unidac Office

Jill/Sapphire was watching a man return funds to the underprivileged he had stolen from, holding a knife to his head like she would hurt him, but she was never going to.

The man was terrified. "Please, don't hurt me."

"Just keep going," Jill told him in annoyance.

The man finished. "There. The money transfer's finished. Now are we done? I have a wife and kids, you know. And I don't want..."

The man turned to see that Jill was already gone.

➣ 

Outside

Jill/Sapphire jumped out of a window, seeing a police car driving closer, running down an alley where no one was, trying to get away from the scene.

Jessica was standing behind her with a gun raised. "Wait." Jill stopped with her back to Jessica. Jessica lowered her gun. "I need your help."

Jill was confused.

➣➣  

Jill/Sapphire and Jessica were talking.

Jill disguised her voice. "You said this was important?"

Jessica hesitated, stepping closer, holstering her gun. "Danny de la Vega. He died last night fighting a fire. The police and fire department say that he died in the line of duty. But I think he was murdered."

"So you're asking a vigilante to find a killer," Jill told her.

"My boyfriend," Jessica told her. Jill looked at her in surprise. "I have to do something, because no one else is doing anything." Jessica took out the file from her bag, walking closer, holding it toward her. "Take a look at the file. If Danny de a Vega and Leo Barnes were murdered, then we have to bring their killer to justice."

Jill looked at her sympathetically, walking closer, lowering her gaze so she wouldn't look at her eyes, taking the file from her. "I'll look into it. I'm sorry for your loss."

Jill walked away, leaving.

Jessica sighed heavily.

➣ 

Queen Industrial - Basement

Oliver was in the hideout, working out, hitting a device over and over again, shirtless once again.

John and Justin were helping him.

Jill walked closer. "You need to rotate your hips, Oliver. That's where the power comes from. It's not just your arms, even if they're the size of bowling balls." Oliver, Justin and John turned to face her, walking closer. "Jessica reached out to the girl in blue last night."

"Really?" John asked. "Thought that the daughter of a cop and a detective herself wouldn't be interested in helping a vigilante."

Jill showed them the file. "Actually..." She walked closer, putting the file down. "She wants me to help her. She thinks somebody's killing firemen. One of them being her boyfriend, Danny de la Vega."

Oliver sighed, concerned. "Danny?" Jill nodded. "Oh, no. She's been with him since high school."

"So, that explains why she would break her own restrictions about the law when she's desperate to bring his potential killer to justice," Justin told them, walking closer. "She mentioned something to me about it, too." He took the file from the table, looking through it. "It looks all in the job. Seems pretty thin."

"Will you look into it?" Oliver asked.

"Yeah," Justin answered. Jill turned to her box to put her swords and knives away, taking off her Sapphire jacket, putting it away. "I have a friend who has a friend in the fire investigating department. I'll reach out."

"Let me know what you find," Jill told him.

"Got it," Justin told them, walking out, leaving.

John nodded, walking out, leaving.

Oliver turned to go back to his exercise.

"You think you've gotten yourself up enough?" Jill asked. "Don't feel like getting back into the game?" Oliver didn't answer. "You know, Oliver, you've been spending a lot of time around here lately. I thought after six weeks, you'd be anxious to suit up."

They heard men upstairs.

"Let me see what's going on upstairs in the club," Oliver told her, walking away.

Jill sighed, nodding.

➣ 

Upstairs

Oliver walked in, finding Tommy a man in the main part of the building where they were planning to build the club. He looked at Tommy. "You know, I do realize that it's difficult for you to manage my nightclub, what with there not being an actual nightclub here."

Tommy turned to face him. "Yeah, I just took the liberty of yelling at our contractor. I told him if we didn't see any real progress, we were going to bring someone else in to finish the job."

"Good," Oliver told him. "How's Jessica?"

"She is hanging in there," Tommy answered. "Thanks." Jill walked in, no longer suited up. "Oh, Jill, bartender, good, you're here." Jill walked closer. "I have something I wanted to bring up to the both of you. I was thinking that we could throw a fundraiser for the fire department. Raise some money for the families, the loved ones of the victims."

"That's a great idea," Jill told him.

"We could do it here," Tommy told them. "We could keep the overhead low, make sure we maximize the proceeds to the firemen."

Oliver looked at Tommy in amusement. "Who are you? Where's my friend Tommy Merlyn? The guy who once rented out a pro football stadium so that he could play strip kickball with models."

Tommy smiled. "That guy needed a swift kick in his lazy ass." Jill smirked, nodding, looking away. They returned serious. "But Danny and I were somewhat good friends, and Jess needs this. The families, too."

Jill nodded. "I couldn't agree more."

➣ 

Day Two

Morning - Police Precinct

Jessica was sitting at her desk, looking tired and unkempt, working through it.

Lance stood next to her, concerned about his daughter. "Jess, you really should take some time off."

"You know, I seem to recall when Sara died, you hit the books pretty hard," Jessica told him. "And the bottle."

"I am not exactly the best example for healthy grieving," Lance told her. "I heard last night that you let the girl in blue get away. What, were you hoping that she could help you with this case?"

"No one else would," Jessica told him.

Lance sighed in frustration and worry. "Jessie, the girl's a killer."

"No, she's not," Jessica told him. "She's never dropped a body."

"That we know of," Lance told her.

Jessica looked up defensively. "When Sara died, if someone could have done something to give you even just a little bit of closure, don't you wish that they would have done it?"

"If it meant breaking the law, lying to the people closest to them... no," Lance told her.

"I didn't lie," Jessica told him. "But if you want to bust me, out me for going to her for help, do it." She stood. "Otherwise, stay out of the way."

Jessica walked away, leaving.

Lance was incredibly worried and concerned about her, though he was frustrated that her grief sent her to do this.

➣ 

Queen Mansion - Foyer

Oliver walked in.

He heard Moira's voice. "Surely there are contingencies for these types of situations." He walked toward the living room. "Bring someone over from our London office, perhaps."

➣ 

Living Room

Moira was meeting with a man named Ned Foster while Skylar and Thea watched, in their school uniforms.

"It's not solely a matter of the day to day operations," Ned told her. "We have accountants and the vice presidents to do that. It's about perception. Public confidence."

"Ned, the company will be fine," Moira told him.

"I don't mean to be indelicate, but this is the second time in five years that the CEO of Queen Consolidated has vanished under mysterious circumstances," Ned told her.

Moira stood. "I don't need you to remind me of that."

Ned sighed, standing. "The last thing I want to do is upset you."

"Well, then you should consider this visit doubly disappointing," Moira told him. "Good day."

Ned walked out, leaving.

Oliver sighed. "Who was that?"

"Ned Foster," Moira answered. "The COO of the company."

"He wants Mom to take Walter's place," Thea explained.

"He says that the company's stock price has been damaged by Walter's absence, and my stepping in would help settle the board," Moira told them. "But I told him that I needed to be at home, for my family."

"Mom, Thea, Ollie and I are fine," Skylar told her. "We can manage here without you. This sounds like something everyone needs you to do."

"Well, maybe I don't care what everyone needs," Moira told them, walking out, leaving.

Thea and Skylar watched her go worriedly.

"She's going to be all right," Oliver told them.

Thea and Skylar didn't look convinced.

➣ 

Queen Industrial - Basement

Jill, John and Justin were talking in the hideout.

"Eyewitnesses place a '72 Ford pick up at the scene of Danny de la Vega's fire," John told them.

"Okay," Jill told him.

"Stagg chemical lit up ten minutes ago," Justin told her. "I hacked into Stagg's video security feeds. Parked right on the street running along the plant."

"Same pickup?" Jill asked.

"The gear in the car," John told her. "Are you sure that Oliver's not up to being the man in the hood?"

"He just needs some time," Jill told him. "Defeated by the other archer isn't something that Oliver's used to. But by the time someone made a call to the police station and looked for someone to listen, one of those firemen could be dead. The people might not be able to get ahold of the hood tonight, but they're gonna get the girl in blue."

Jill walked past John and Justin toward her suit and the box with her swords and knives.

➣ 

Flashback - Five Years Ago

Day - Lian Yu - Woods

Jill and Oliver were in the woods on the island.

Oliver was making a fire to warm themselves up.

Jill had water for the both of them. She heard twigs snapping behind her, turning around to look over her shoulder.

Oliver noticed. "What?"

Jill looked at Oliver, placing a finger over her lips, pointing behind her.

Oliver put out the fire, picking up a knife from the ground.

Jill and Oliver stood, walking away from the clearing.

A soldier walked into the clearing, seeing the remnants of the fire. He spoke into a radio. "I have contact. Two clicks southwest."

Jill and Oliver were hiding behind separate trees, looking over their shoulders toward the soldier.

➣ 

Now

Night - Burning Building 2 - Outside

It was after dark at a building that had went up in flames.

Firefighters were doing their best to put the flames out.

A firefighter spoke through his radio. "Portable one to Deputy Chief Seven. All clear of civilians."

Man: (on radio)"Copy that. Bail out and wait for second-in companies."

➣ 

Inside

The firefighter was walking through the building, away from any flames.

Lynns popped up next to the firefighter, hitting him in the head, making him fall over a railing.

The firefighter held on as tight as he could to the railing so he wouldn't fall to the flames below. "Who are you?"

Jill/Sapphire jumped down from the rafters, grabbing pushing the suited man away from the railing, pulling the firefighter up to the railing to where he could stand on his own and wouldn't fall. Lynns ran toward Jill , pushing her away from the railing. Jill turned to him, punching him in the face that was guarded by a mask, kicking him in the stomach, then the leg, making him fall to his knees. Lynns drew an ax, swinging it toward her. Jill used her sword to block the move. Lynns kicked Jill in the leg, standing. JIll saw a firefly tattoo on his right hand. Lynns threw a bomb toward her. Jill used her sword to hit the bomb away, making it fall to the floor, ducking for cover.

The bomb exploded behind them.

Jill looked behind her to see that Lynns had disappeared. She lowered her head, sighing heavily.

➣ ➣

Burning Building 2 - Outside 

The building was no longer on fire.

The fireman that Jill had saved was being comforted, cared for and congratulated by the other firemen.

"It was her," the fireman told them. "The girl in blue. She saved me."

Jill/Sapphire was watching from the building rooftop across the street.

➣ 

Flashback - Five Years Ago

Day - Lian Yu - Woods

Oliver and Jill were still hiding in the woods behind separate trees.

The soldier was still looking for them.

Oliver was holding the knife in a shaky hand.

The soldier came very close to the tree where Jill was hiding, firing.

Jill ducked behind the other side of the tree so she wouldn't get shot.

Oliver ran toward the soldier, tackling him away from Jill, making him drop the gun. The soldier gripped Oliver by his throat, pushing him against the tree. Oliver tried to stab him with the knife. The soldier twisted Oliver's wrist to make him drop it. Oliver pushed him back over a ridge in the clearing next to them, making them fall down a hill to the river.

The man landed on a rock.

Oliver fell into the water.

Jill stood at the top of the hill, looking down toward them.

➣ 

Now

Night - Queen Industrial - Basement

Jill was changed back into her normal clothes.

Oliver was training yet again, shirtless, hitting the dummy over and over and over again, taking out his frustrations and concerns.

"I found something out," Jill told him. "There's a scar on his right wrist from a severe burn and a tattoo of a firefly."

Oliver turned to face Jill. "All the men in engine company 15 had firefly tattoos. Any one of them could be the killer. What do you want me to do with this information?"

Jill sighed. "I'll tell you what not to do. Not leave anyone on their own with a murderer who burns people alive. Guy had bombs, Oliver. Almost made me lose the firefighter at that building tonight, and nearly took me out. And he wasn't trying to kill that time. He just used the bomb as a distraction to get the hell out."

"We can't right every wrong in this city," Oliver told her.

"No, I get that, Oliver," Jill told him. "But I might need a little backup with this one."

Oliver turned to face Jill. "I'm not back to 100%." Jill tilted her head skeptically, trying to punch him. Oliver caught her wrist. Jill punched his arm to back him let go, punching him in the face with the other, grabbing his arm, twisting it behind his back, pushing him face first against the desk. Oliver twisted free, having hold of the arm that her had used to keep him restrained, spinning Jill to face the other direction, pushing her face first against the wall, standing directly behind her. "What did that prove?"

"That your problem isn't physical," Jill answered.

Oliver sighed, letting her go, taking a few steps back. "I never said I had a problem."

Jill turned to face him. "You didn't have to, Oliver. But this guy, the other archer, he got in your head, he took something from you."

"That's enough," Oliver told her.

Jill leaned back against the wall. "He took whatever's in your heart that lets you jump off buildings and take down bad guys."

"Thank you for the analysis," Oliver told her.

"You can avoid, me, Oliver, avoid Justin, avoid John, avoid this, as long as you want," Jill told him. "But until you're ready to take a hold of the fear that's in you, you might as well let that archer kill you."

"If I remember correctly, you're the one that saved my life," Oliver told her. "He would have killed me if you hadn't stepped in."

Jill shook her head. "Wrong. You kept fighting him because that's what you do. But if you stop because you were beaten, then why fight at all?"

Oliver was affected and conflicted, looking down. His phone vibrated. He took it out, looking at the screen. "Text from Tommy." 

Jill nodded, looking down. 

Oliver turned away.

 "I need to run an errand for the benefit at the firemen's station," Jill told him. "But maybe while you're going at it with the training again, you can let me know if you still want to be a vigilante or just a nightclub owner."

Oliver sighed.

Jill nodded, walking out, leaving.

➣ 

Day Three

Morning - Fire Department - Outside

Jessica was walking up to the fire department.

Jill walked toward her. "Hey."

"What are you doing here?" Jessica asked.

"Tommy and Oliver sent me over to make sure the guest list for the firemen's gala was accurate," Jill answered.

Jessica nodded awkwardly, pretty much void of emotion. "They's been working very hard on that. It's very generous of you, Jill."

"It's truly not," Jill told her. "Are you here following a lead?"

"I'm actually here because I told Joanna that I would clear Danny's fireman closet," Jessica answered.

"Well, I'll be sure to attend the fireman gala tonight," Jill told her. They walked toward the station. "So, do you want to talk about it?" Jessica sighed heavily. "I heard about your boyfriend. From Oliver, and from Tommy. And they told me that you've been distant and introverted. And I get it. Believe me, I do. But I never talked to anyone, and it was tearing me apart. The only reason that I never talked to anyone was because I didn't have anyone to talk to."

"I know," Jessica told her. "I know about your family. And you barely know anyone in Starling City."

"But you have people here that care about you, and that you can talk to," Jill told her. "I just... You helped me with Helena Bertinelli. You told me to stay away from her, and you were right to tell me that. And you saved my life one time. I feel like I owe you. You said that you wanted to give me an actual friend that was less dangerous than a mob moss's daughter. I want someone to be there for you."

Jessica was surprised by this, nodding. "Thank you." She slowly stopped walking. "I met him freshman year." Jill turned to face her. "We were lab partners. And then when more assignments came, he would always request to be my partner. We started talking about what we wanted to do when we grew up. We both wanted to save lives, even if it meant risking ours. We knew the dangers, and we knew the risks, but we wanted to help people. And I have been trying to prepare myself for finding out that he was gone since we graduated and studied to be fireman and police detective, but..."

"You can never prepare yourself for something like that," Jill finished.

"We didn't take things slow," Jessica told her. "I closed my eyes, and I jumped, and he did, too. And it didn't spook either of us like it would do to others. It made us closer. It felt like he was a mirror of me. And now that he's gone, it feels like a piece of me is, too. You know?"

Jill nodded. "Yeah."

Jessica was embarrassed for letting all of this out, taking a deep breath. "I'm sorry. I don't know why I'm saying all of this. I barely know you."

"Sometimes it's easier to talk about these things to almost-strangers than it is with the people closest to you," Jill told her.

Jessica nodded. "Yeah. That's what they say, right? I guess it's true. I have to get inside."

Jessica walked inside.

Jill watched her go, sighing.

➣ 

Queen Industrial - Basement

Jill was the one working out in a sports bra and yoga leggings, her hair pulled back into a ponytail. She was getting up to the bars in the ceiling, swinging from bar to bar, pulling herself up over the bar, letting herself circle around it.

Oliver, Justin and John walked in.

"And here I thought that 24/7 fitness was Oliver's thing," John told her.

Jill jumped down from the bars, sighing, thinking, troubled.

 "What?" Oliver asked.

"What do you mean, 'what'?" Jill asked.

Oliver tilted his head. "You know what. Whatever's going on in your head."

"It's not what's going on in my head," Jill told them. "It's what's going on in Jessica's. I ran into her at the fire station while I was getting the guest list for the gala accurate. She's in a lot of pain. She's angry. She's willing to do anything to get this guy who killed her boyfriend, and I'm worried that it'll get her hurt or killed."

"Well, you're lucky that I did more digging on the firefly tattoo you saw," Justin told her, showing them a picture of the firefly unit. "That station house was shut down a few years back. All the guys went to different companies, but four of these men are now dead. Three of them died within the last six weeks, except for this man right here." Jill walked closer. Justin pointed out the man. "Garfield Lynns. He died two years ago in the Modell Tower tragedy."

"What was the Modell Tower?" Jill asked.

"It's a building that was destroyed here in Starling seven years ago," John answered. "It was 22 stories of glass and steel. Except, it turned out that the construction company who built it used substandard materials to save themselves a few bucks. It was nowhere near the structural code."

"Gas line blew," Oliver told her. "There was a fire."

"Yeah," John agreed. "Melted right through the stanchions. Whole damn thing came down."

"Bad day," Oliver told her.

"34 civilians and six firemen died," Justin told her.

"All right," Jill told them. "What do you want me to do with this information?"

Oliver used her words from earlier against her now. "I'll tell you what not to do. Not leave anyone on their own with a murderer who burns people alive. I'm back in, Jill. For Jessica."

Jill smirked barely, nodding. "For Jessica."

➣ 

Flashback - Five Years Ago

Day - Lian Yu - Woods

Oliver was still in the river that he had fallen into while he had fallen downhill, facedown in the water where he seemed to be unconscious.

The soldier was on the ground nearby, starting to get up.

Jill was standing next to him with a large, sturdy and heavy tree branch, hitting the uniformed man over the head hard enough to make him fall unconscious. She saw Oliver's knife on the ground, picking it up. She jumped into the river, swimming toward Oliver, pulling him up so he could breathe, swimming to the edge of the river, pulling him out of the water, placing him on the ground. She looked at him worriedly, as he didn't wake up, and he didn't seem to be breathing.

➣➣  

Now

Night - Queen Mansion - Moira's Room 

Moira was sitting on her bed, wearing a robe, going through pictures.

Thea and Skylar walked in.

"We have so many old photos," Moira told them. "I really should have them scanned in."

"Well, that's an incredibly ambitious plan," Skylar told her. "Which will have to wait."

"Why?" Moira asked.

"Because we're going to go out," Thea answered. "To dinner or to a movie or shopping. Anything to get you out of the house."

"Oh, no, girls," Moira told them. "I'm just too tired."

"Really?" Thea asked. "That's... pretty amazing, considering you've been in bed all day."

"Please don't presume to think that you know what I'm going through," Moira told them.

"We do know," Skylar told her. "We lost Dad, too. We're worried about Walter, too. But I don't get to worry about him, because I'm busy worrying about you."

"I never asked you to do that, Skylar," Moira told her.

"Right," Thea told her. "'Cause you don't ask Sky or me to do anything anymore. You don't ask us to do our homework or to be home at a decent hour. I mean, you basically stopped being our parent."

Moira turned to face them. "Well, how's this? Don't talk to your mother like that, Thea."

"Maybe you should start acting like our mother," Thea told her. "So we don't have to act like yours."

Thea walked out, leaving.

Moira turned back to bed.

Skylar sighed worriedly in concern.

➣ 

Queen Industrial - Basement

Oliver and Jill were sitting at the desk,finding out everything they could about this Garfield Lynns/Firefly.

John was pacing behind them.

Justin was sitting nearby.

"The first firefly to die, his name was Garfield Lynns," Oliver told them.

"Well, being dead kind of rules him out as a murder suspect, right?" John asked, chuckling, sitting down.

Justin sighed. "I know Jill's talked to you before, Oliver, but I didn't. And I'm sorry. I've been there." Oliver and Jill turned in their seats to face them. "I know what it's like to stare death in the face and... be the one who blinks."

"That's not it," Oliver told them. "I've..." He sighed. "I've been close to death. On the island... more times than I can remember, and I never feared it. 'Cause it was survival or not. But when that archer almost killed me... when I... stared death in the face then, I thought about all the people that I've let into my life since I've been back. My family, Laurel, Tommy." He looked at Jill. "You. And that made me afraid. Afraid of what would happen to those people if they lost me. Again. And for the first time in so long, it wasn't just about my survival, but what my death would do to those around me."

"Well, you got it backwards, Oliver," Justin told him. "You think the people you let in are taking your edge. I think it gives you one. Maybe a stronger one. You can stare down death with something to live for or not. Something to live for... is better."

Oliver seemed to agree.

Jill knew that she agreed, but it was hard to let someone in after everything that had happened. She took a deep breath, returning to the task at hand. "All the men in the unit had an alibi for Danny's murder. The guy that I fought had a firefly tattoo and his arm was severely burned."

"Okay," John told her. "I don't see where you're going with this."

Jill turned to the computer. "The Modell Tower fire. Some of the bodies were so badly burned, they couldn't even be ID'd off dental records. What if Garfield Lynns didn't die, but was just presumed dead?"

Jill looked at John, Justin and Oliver.

Oliver took this seriously, considering.

➣ 

Verdant (Club above Hideout)

(Song:) World On Fire - The Royal Concept 

The fundraiser for the fire department was in the new and improved club.

Everyone was in casual formal attire.

Skylar walked into the fundraiser.

Tommy and Laurel stood on the dance floor, kissing.

"You know, ironically, if we get any more people in here, we're going to violate the fire code," Tommy told her.

Laurel laughed. "We're good on drawer-gate, right?"

"All good," Tommy answered.

They smiled, kissing.

Jill was standing at the bar, pouring drinks for everyone as the bartender. She took off her ruffle cardigan, placing it on the bar.

Fireman Chief Raynes stood nearby.

Oliver walked closer.

Jill poured the Raynes another drink. "Chief Raynes."

"Hi," Raynes told her. "Jill Wright, isn't it?"

"Yes, sir," Jill answered.

"This is spectacular," Raynes told her. Jessica walked closer. "The Starling City Firemen's Relief Association can't thank either of you or Tommy Merlyn enough."

"You guys are the real heroes," Oliver told him. "Like at the Modell Tower fire."

"I've been reading up on that," Jill told them.

"Oh, yeah?" Raynes asked.

"Garfield Lynns was the first man to die in your unit," Oliver told him. "Now, they recovered his coat in the wreckage, but they never found his body?"

Jessica looked at them in confusion.

"You always interrogate your club's guests, Mr. Queen?" Raynes asked.

"Why?" Oliver asked. "Do you feel like you're being interrogated?"

Jessica looked at Raynes. "There's more to the Modell Tower fire than people know about, isn't there?"

"I've been doing this a long time, and I've never seen a fire like that," Raynes told them. "It's like some monster out of a science fiction movie. I radioed for my men to get the hell out of there. But Lynns, he wouldn't go. Begged me to send the unit back in. But I wouldn't do it. I couldn't. God help me, I left him to burn. But I can't bring him back."

"You don't have to," Jill told him. "He is back."

"What the hell you talking about?" Raynes asked.

"Garfield Lynns killed Danny," Jessica realized. "And the other men on your unit."

"There's no way he could have survived that fire," Raynes told them.

"You'd be surprised the power revenge can give you," Oliver told him.

"You're insane," Raynes told them. "Gar did not make it out of that building."

Jessica looked behind them to see a man in a fireman's uniform walking closer. Lynns.

(Song Ends)

"Just like you won't make it out of this one," Lynns told them, throwing a bomb up into the rafters, making it explode.

Fire spread.

Pieces of rafters fell down around them.

Everyone screamed.

Lynns took off his helmet, revealing burns in his skin.

Oliver and Jill looked at him guardedly.

Jessica looked at him in shock, not knowing how to react to the first sight of her boyfriend's killer.

➣➣  

Justin was leading scrambling people out of the club, including Thea and Skylar. "Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!"

John was leading scrambling people out of the club, including Tommy and Laurel. "Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!"

"Gar, what the hell are you doing?" Raynes asked.

Lynns took a nozzle out of his pouch, looking at Oliver, Jill and Jessica. "Run."

"Go!" Oliver told them.

Oliver and Jill ran off.

Garfield sprayed Raynes with turpentine.

Oliver and Jill reached the back of the club to go downstairs to get suited up, running downstairs.

Jessica drew her gun, aiming at Lynns. "You don't want to do this."

"Yes, I do," Lynns told her. "You know how long it takes for your skin to melt? I do. From experience."

"I told you to get out of there," Raynes told him.

"And I told you that we could save the building," Lynns told him. "But you got scared. You lost your nerve. You... left me in there to die."

"But you didn't die," Jessica told him. "You got out."

"I was pulled from the wreckage," Lynns told them. "Listed as a John Doe in the burn unit, in a coma for months." He looked at Raynes. "When I woke up and saw what was left of who I was... I only had one thought. To leave you as alone as you left me."

"You didn't have to kill anyone," Jessica told him. 

"They left me to die!" Lynns told her.

"You made it out!" Jessica told him. "That's more the people you've killed can say."

"I'm sorry about your boyfriend," Lynns told her. "But he was as much of a killer as this guy is. The only reason you haven't taken a shot is because you know you'll set off an explosion and kill us all." 

Lynns took out a lighter, throwing it toward Raynes.

Oliver/Arrow shot an arrow into the lighter, making it fall away from Raynes to the floor to save him. "Go!"

Jessica lowered her gun, grabbing Raynes, starting to run away with him. 

A beam fell over to the floor above them, knocking them both down, making them both fall. 

Jill/Sapphire drew her sword, walking toward Lynns. "It's over."

"I'm not afraid to die," Lynns told them.

"I know," Jill told him, lowering the sword. "You're afraid to live. Let me get you out of here, Lynns. Let me get you out."

"Thanks," Lynns told her. "But I'm already burned."

"Lynns, don't do it," Jill told him.

Lynns hit a button on a bomb in his vest.

Oliver shot a wire into the ceiling above, swinging toward Jill, grabbing her, pulling her up from the floor up into the ceiling, just as the bomb exploded below them where it would have taken both Jill and Lynns out.

Jessica was on the floor after being knocked down, watching the flames.

➣➣  

Day Four 

Morning - Queen Mansion - Living Room

Oliver, Thea and Skylar were watching the news.

Thea and Skylar were sitting on the couch, in their school uniforms.

Woman: (on TV) "Eyewitnesses contend that numerous lives would have been lost if not for the timely intervention of the vigilantes. While the hood had made sure everyone escaped the fire, the girl and blue had tried to talk down the arsonist, tried to save him as well, as he was seeking revenge against Chief Raynes. She, too, would have been killed, if the hood hadn't literally swooped in and saved her. But these were not the actions of vigilantes. What's been described are the actions of heroes."

Oliver smiled, turning off the TV.

"What's got you all smiley?" Thea asked. "Your new club's a briquette."

"It was under construction before," Oliver told them. "Now it's more under construction."

Skylar tilted her head in acknowledgement.

Moira walked in, dressed for work. "Good morning."

Skylar stood. "Sharp suit, Mom. Not used to seeing you without your bedroom wrapped around you."

"Well, I could hardly go to the office in my pajamas," Moira told them. "I'm taking Walter's position at the office."

"What changed your mind?" Oliver asked.

"Not what," Moira told him. "Who." She looked at Skylar and Thea. "My daughters." Oliver looked at Skylar and Thea in surprise. "My family. And I promise you, Walter will get back to us. I will keep looking for him and I will find him. And I'll see you for dinner."

Thea nodded. "Mm-hmm."

Moira walked out, leaving.

Oliver turned to face Skylar and Thea, seeing that Skylar still looked worried. "What?"

"Just feeling the whiplash," Skylar answered. "She went from shut-in to chairman pretty fast."

"Sounds like you got through to her," Oliver told them.

"Yeah, I guess," Thea told them.

Skylar sighed.

➣ 

CNRI Office

Jessica, Laurel and Jo were at Jo's desk.

Jo was packing up her things. "It'll just be for a few months. My mom, she's taking it so hard."

"Whatever you have to do to take care of your family," Laurel told her.

"Before I forget..." Jo trailed off, taking out a box, opening it, turning to Jessica. "Danny's badge." She handed it to Jessica. "My mom was hoping maybe you would want it. And if you don't, maybe you could find a way to get it to you know... them. As a thank you. I don't care what anyone has to say. They really are guardian angels."

Jessica sighed heavily, nodding, closing the box with the badge. "I'll find a way to get it to them."

Jo and Jessica embraced for a long moment, mourning the death of Danny, pulling away.

Jo turned to Laurel. "I'm going to miss you."

Laurel embraced Jo for a moment. "Yeah."

They pulled away.

Lance walked in from behind Jessica and Laurel.

Jo took her box of things. 

"Hey," Lance told her. "You look after yourself, all right?"

Jo nodded. "I will."

"Good," Lance told her. Jo walked out, leaving. Lance turned to Jessica and Laurel, though they still had their backs to him. "So, Joanna's taking a leave of absence, huh?"

Laurel turned to face him. "She has to go be with her family."

"Yeah, well, family's important," Lance told them.

Jessica sighed, turning to face him. "I already apologized, Dad."

"It's my turn," Lance told her. "After what happened last night, maybe it's a good thing you got the vigilantes involved. They saved your life last night. You were right, Jessie. It was murder. And no one in the precinct wanted to believe that it was because we just wanted to think you were grieving. And I'm so sorry, baby girl. I may not agree with these guys's methods, but they've got a habit of putting themselves between danger and my daughters. And that's not something I can argue with. Come here."

Lance and Laurel embraced Jessica, holding her close comfortingly.

➣ 

Queen Industrial - Basement

Jill was hanging upside down from the bars in the hideout, in workout clothes.

Oliver walked in with the box with Danny's badge. "Good thing the fire didn't spread to down here."

Jill reached up to grab the bar, lowering her legs down, jumping down to the floor. "It's one of the benefits of concrete and steel construction." She looked at the box. "What is that?"

"This is Danny de la Vega's fireman's badge," Oliver answered Jill looked at him curiously, walking closer. "Jessica somehow knew to send a signal through the security street cams by where she asked you for help outside the burning building. Danny's family wanted to see if she agreed to get this to us for a thank you for finding justice for his death, and for saving Jessica's life."

"Did you give her the phone for us to call her or for her to call us the next time she needs help?" Jill asked.

"Yeah," Oliver answered. "And surprisingly, she was more okay with taking it than I thought she would be, as a cop."

Jill nodded. "That's because we helped her with finding justice for her boyfriend's killer."

"Yeah," Oliver agreed sadly. He sighed, walking closer. "Thank you."

Jill looked at him. "What for?"

"You know what for," Oliver told her.

Jill smirked slightly, nodding. "So, what's next? More training?"

Oliver smirked, shaking his head. "No." He held up his father's book. "We go hunting."

Oliver turned away.

Jill smiled a small smile, relieved to see him back in the game.

➣ 

Flashback - Five Years Ago

Jill was still kneeling next to Oliver at riverside, giving him CPR to wake him up. "Come on. Come on, Oliver." She sighed, hitting his chest more frantically. Oliver finally woke up, gasping, coughing up water. Jill's breath caught in surprise and relief. She sighed. "Thank God." Oliver coughed roughly. Jill helped him sit up. "You're okay. Scared the hell out of me, but you're okay."

Oliver sighed, trying to catch his breath. "How long was I out?"

"A while," Jill answered.

Oliver remembered the uniformed man, looking around worriedly. "What about--"

"He's down," Jill answered. "He was trying to drown you. I had to do something." She pulled out keys and a map of the island from the man's pockets. "But I did find these while I was trying to find something to help you wake up. I'm not that good at CPR, as you can see."

(Song:) Without a Word - Birdy

Oliver took a few deep breaths. "You saved me."

Jill nodded, looking at him seriously, softly. "I can't do this without you."

 ➣

Now

Night - Jessica's Loft 

Jessica was sitting down, drinking from a glass of alcohol. She was tired and unkempt. She finished her glass, standing, walking toward the table to refill the glass. She stopped, putting the glass down, starting to cry.  She looked over everything on the table in front of her, smashing a bunch of glass candle holders on the table, swiping the wreckage to the floor. She backed away from the table, toward a chair, sitting down, breathing heavily, running her shaking hands through her hair, continuing to cry.

(Song Ends)

➣➣

1.11 "Trust But Verify" Trailer 

From 1.11 "Trust But Verify", in flashback on the island, Jill put a map away so it didn't get ruined by the rain, standing. "This is hell."

From 1.11 "Trust But Verify", in the IT department, Felicity was sitting at her desk, eating Chinese food.

Justin walked in.

"And here I was beginning to think my days of being Justice Smoak's personal computer geek were coming to an end," Felicity told him. "Justice. Justin. See what I did there?"

"Is that your way of saying 'hi'?" Justin asked.

From 1.11 "Trust But Verify", in the street, a man in a black identity-concealing suit walked toward a truck with a gun.

John: (voice over from 1.11 Trust But Verify) "Ted Gaynor was my commanding officer."

From 1.11 "Trust But Verify", in the hideout, Oliver, Jill, Justin and John were talking.

Jill turned to John in surprise. She showed him Robert's journal. "But Gaynor's on the list."

IN THE LIST

From 1.11 "Trust But Verify", in a warehouse, Ted Gaynor aimed a gun.

John: (voice over from 1.11 Trust But Verify) "This guy saved my life."

From 1.11 "Trust But Verify", in the hideout, Oliver, Jill, Justin and John were talking.

"We could be wrong," Jill told them. "But the list isn't."

WE TRUST

From 1.11 "Trust But Verify", in Ted's office, Oliver/Arrow aimed his bow and arrow at Ted.

John aimed a gun at Oliver. "Put the bow down."

From 1.11 "Trust But Verify", in a convertible, Thea had crashed against a tree, unconscious in the driver's seat.

From 1.11 "Trust But Verify", in the Queen Mansion, there was a raging party going on for Skylar's 18th birthday.

➣ Sapphire Arrow ➣