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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.

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

From 1.13 "Betrayal", in the fuselage, Slade shook Jill's hand. "Slade Wilson."

From 1.13 "Betrayal", in the fuselage, Oliver, Jill and Slade were talking.

"There's an airfield 10 clicks from here," Slade told them. "It's key off this island. I think Yao Fei sent you because he knows I cannot take the airstrip alone."

From 1.13 "Betrayal", in the hideout, Oliver, Jill, John and Justin were talking.

"You bugged my mother?" Oliver asked.

"Just listen," John told them.

Oliver took the recorder, hitting play.

Moira: (on recording) "I made it clear to him persuasively that his plans endangered the Undertaking. I didn't have to make the usual threats."

Oliver turned the recording off.

"What's the Undertaking?" Jill asked.

"I don't know," Oliver told them. "But with all this talk about threats, it can't be good." 

Oliver stood.

"What are you going to do?" Justin asked.

Oliver turned to face them, hesitating. "I need to have another chat with my mom."

➣ ➣  

Same Night - Same Scene

Night - Queen Consolidated - Moira's Office

Moira was meeting with four men, sitting at the desk. "I'll need the Unidac merger finalized by the end of the week. We're on something of a clock here."

Oliver/Arrow crashed through a building window, punching Man 1 in the face, making him fall unconscious, tackling Man 2 to the floor, punching him in the face, knocking him out.

The other two men ran out, leaving.

Moira stood, turning to run.

Oliver shot an arrow into the lamp next to her as a warning, making her stop. He walked closer, disguising his voice, aiming a bow and arrow at her. "Moira Queen, you have failed this city." Moira looked at him in shock and fear. She reached for the phone on the desk. Oliver shot an arrow into the phone, making it fall to the floor. "Stand still!"

"Please don't kill me," Moira told him.

"Do you know anything about your husband's disappearance?" Oliver asked.

"What?" Moira asked.

"Is Walter Steele still alive?" Oliver asked.

"I don't know where my husband is," Moira told him. "I swear."

"Do you know anything about the Undertaking?" Oliver asked. Moira turned to the table behind her. "I said don't move!"

Moira picked up a picture of her children, showing Oliver. "I"m--I'm a mother." She knelt to the floor. "I have a son, Oliver. And two daughters. Thea and Skylar. Please don't take me from my children. They lost their father. They can't lose me, too. Please. Whoever you are, please."

"Okay," Oliver told her, lowering his bow. "I'm not going to hurt you."

Moira dropped the picture, picking up a gun, firing three shots toward Oliver, shooting him, making him fall. She pulled out her cellphone, making a call. "This is Moira Queen." Oliver held his gunshot wound in pain. "I'm on the 39th floor. I need help. There's an intruder. Please!"

Moira hung up the phone, looking around the desk toward the place where she had shot Oliver.

He was gone now, only leaving a pool of blood.

Moira slowly stood, gasping to herself.

➣ Sapphire Arrow ➣  

Queen Consolidated - Parking Garage

Felicity walked toward her car, unlocking the doors electronically. 

➣

Felicity's Car

Felicity got into the car, closing the door. She started the engine, turning to look behind her to back out of the parking space, shocked to see Oliver/Arrow in the backseat, gasping.

"I'm not going to hurt you, Felicity," Oliver told her.

"How do you know my name?" Felicity asked.

Oliver pulled back his hood to show her who he was. "Because you know my name."

Felicity stammered in shock. "Oliver, oh... wow. You're bleeding."

"I don't need to be told that," Oliver told her.

"You need a hospital," Felicity told him.

"My--my father's old factor, in the Glades," Oliver told her.

"No, you--you need a doctor, not a steelworker," Felicity told him.

"Felicity, you have to promise me that you are going to take me to my father's factory and nowhere else," Oliver told her.

"Yeah, promise," Felicity told him. Oliver breathed heavily in pain. Felicity turned forward in her seat. "Something tells me blood stains are not covered under my lease."

➣

Queen Industrial - Basement

Jill, John and Justin were still in the hideout.

Jill was still in her suit, putting her swords and knives away into the wooden box, not wearing her mask.

Justin and John were sitting at the table, watching the news.

Man: (on TV) "So far the police are unwilling to comment, but unsubstantiated eyewitness reports claim that the Starling City the hood attacked Mrs. Queen in her office earlier tonight. She was unharmed in the assault."

Jill heard a voice behind her. "Excuse me?" Jill drew a sword from the box, turning to point the sword at the girl behind her. It was Felicity. "Can you help me? He's really heavy." She looked at Jill. "And everything about you and Oliver Queen just became so unbelievably clear."

Justin was shocked to see his sister there.

Jill realized that Oliver must have been hurt, putting the sword down, running past Felicity.

Felicity looked at Justin.

➣

Later

Jill, Justin and John had gotten Oliver inside, lying him on a table, rolling him toward the middle of the room.

Oliver was unconscious.

Jill pulled off his shirt and hood, placing them aside.

John put a cloth over Oliver's wound in his shoulder to keep pressure on it. "Oh, damn it. He just missed a carotid. It's a zone two wound." 

Justin took Felicity's hand, putting her hands over the wound for her to keep pressure on it. "Press there."

"I should have taken him to a hospital," Felicity told them.

John walked toward a medical cart, pushing it closer.

Jill walked away toward her box. "No, Felicity, that's why he asked you to bring him here. Because he knew the police would want to how and why he got that wound."

"I'm guessing how and why are Oliver Queen's least favorite questions," Felicity told them.

Jill walked closer with the herbs. "Yeah, well, there's also when and where, he's not too fond of."

Jill moved Felicity's hands, using the herbal mixture to sterilize the wound.

"So, if we can't bring him to the hospital..." Felicity trailed off.

Justin was going through the medical cart. "We bring the hospital to him."

Justin pulled out a blood bag.

"Is that..." Felicity trailed off.

"Yeah," Justin answered. "His blood. He stored it for a rainy day. And I say right now, it's pouring." He walked over with surgical tools. "I got it. Over there."

Felicity backed away toward Jill. "You know what you're doing?"

"Yeah," John answered. "I had some medical training in the army. I just hope it's enough." He pulled the cloth away from the wound. Felicity had to look away from the blood. "You remember playing 'Operation' when you were a kid?"

"Yes," Felicity answered. "And it never made me want to throw up."

"Hey, Felicity, listen,"Justin told her. "Trust me. He'll be fine. Oliver and Jill have both been through a lot worse than this."

Jill nodded in agreement, staring off into space.

➣

Flashback

Day - Lian Yu - Clearing

It was in the clearing on the island where the destroyed plane was, in the day.

Slade was training Jill how to use a sword. Jill slashed toward him.

Slade ducked, grabbing her arm, twisting her through the air, pushing her to the ground, sword to her throat. "Dead." Later, Slade tried to restrain Jill from behind. Jill twisted out of the hold, spinning around, putting the sword to his throat. "Getting the blade to someone's chest or throat or head is one thing. Making the final swing is another entirely." Later, Oliver and Slade were training with two staffs each. Slade tried to hit Oliver with the staffs. Oliver used both of his to block all the moves, lazy with technique. Slade hit Oliver in the face with a staff, making him fall. "How did you survive here for six months?" Oliver stood. "I know Girl Scouts who have more fight in them."

Oliver looked at Jill.

"Fighting Girl Scouts now, Slade, huh?" Jill asked.

Slade snapped his staff against Oliver's hand to make him drop the staff.

"Ow!" Oliver told him incredulously. "What the hell?"

"Listen, kids," Slade told them. "We have ten days until the supply plane lands. Ten days to turn you into at least half soldiers. So start taking it seriously."

Oliver tried to hit Slade with his other staff. Slade raised his to block the move. Oliver got in a few more hits. Slade used his staff to maneuver the staff out of Oliver's hand, hitting him in the side, making him fall.

Oliver groaned in pain, standing. "What is the point of this? These soldiers don't carry bamboo. They have guns! So what am I supposed to do if one of them jams a gun in my face, huh? Threaten them with my stick?"

Slade took out a gun, holding it toward Jill. "Jam this in my face." Jill looked from Slade to the gun. "Do it."

Jill took the gun, aiming it at Slade. Slade locked his arm around Jill's, twisting the gun out of her hand, flipping her to the ground, now aiming the gun at her.

Jill sat up. "All right. All right. You made your point."

"I give up," Oliver told them.

Slade grabbed Oliver by his collar. "There is no giving up to these guys! No crying, no buying your way out of it. You have two choices. Escape, or die." He aimed the gun at Oliver. "So choose."

"Escape," Oliver told him.

Jill stood. "Escape."

"Then let me show you how not to die," Slade told them, pushing Oliver back, lowering the gun, turning around, walking away to grab the two bamboo staffs off the ground, tossing one to Jill.

Jill caught it, trying to hit Slade. Slade raised his to block the blow.

➣ 

Fuselage

Oliver, Slade and Jill were inside the fuselage.

Slade showed them the map of the island. "Lian Yu."

"It's the name of the island, I know," Jill told them. "It's Mandarin for 'Purgatory'."

"It is?" Slade asked. "Wonderful."

Oliver pointed at the map. "Is that the air strip?"

"A.S.I.S took satellite images of the whole island," Slade told them. "This is Fyers' main camp, where Jill was held for almost a year."

"Do--do you think that's where Yao Fei is now?" Oliver asked. "'Cause we could get a message to him. We can tell him we found a way off the island."

"Forget about him," Slade told them. "This is the airstrip. And these infrared images show there are at least ten soldiers guarding the perimeter at any given time."

"Too many of them for you?" Jill asked.

"No," Slade answered. "My problem is the guy here in the tower. It's a PATC. A portable air traffic control tower. The US government set up these for disaster zones, like Thailand after the tsunami."

"So, what's the problem?" Jill asked.

"The glass is bulletproof," Slade answered. "I can't take out the tower guard with my sniper rifle. And if he suspects anything's wrong, he'll radio Fyers and we're canceled." He turned to Jill. "It'll be up to you to take him out. Up close and personal, while Oliver and I here will deal with the guards on the ground. Are you ready for that?"

"Do you think I'm ready?" Jill asked.

"What I think is there's only one supply plane every three months," Slade answered. "We leave tomorrow, or we die soon afterwards. I pick leaving." Oliver and Jill nodded. "So get some sleep. We leave at 0600." Jill walked away toward a cot, sitting down. She took out a picture of her family. "Don't worry. You'll be back with your family soon enough."

Jill whispered to herself. "No, I won't."

They laid down to get some sleep.

➣

Jill's Dream

Day - Mexico 

Jill was dreaming, walking through the park in Mexico where Jill's family had gone for the celebration.

"Wasn't the fair supposed to end at noon?" Austin asked.

"It's a day of family fun, Austin," Angela told him. "But you're old enough to make your own decisions. If you want to go, go."

Jill stopped walking. "This happened."

Amy turned back to her sister. "What?"

"This happened already," Jill answered. "Which means this is a dream."

Angela walked closer. "Honey, what are you talking about?"

"This isn't real," Jill answered. "And I'm not here anymore. None of us are. I'm on the island, and you're..."

Sean stepped closer. "Jill, you're not making any sense."

Jill took a deep breath. "I know that you're gone. I know that I can't see you anymore. And I know that in order to get off the island, I have to change. I have to do something I would never do. I just don't want you to hate me."

"Hate you for what, Jill?" Sean asked.

"For turning into a killer,"Jill answered.

Amy smiled a small smile. "You won't have to become a killer, Sapphire."

Jill smiled a small smile. "You always did call me Sapphire."

"And I always will," Amy told her.

"Did it hurt, Jill?" Austin asked.

"Did what hurt?" Jill asked.

"When they killed you," Austin answered.

Jill looked around unsteadily.

Shooters were stationed around the festival in the woods, using trees and bushes for cover to be unseen, starting to shoot unendingly.

Many people were shot, falling dead.

Jill was shot in the head, a look of perpetual shock frozen on her face.

➣

Reality

Day - Lian Yu - Fuselage

Jill woke up the next morning due to Oliver shaking her.

"Rise and shine," Slade told them. Jill was embarrassed, not knowing if she had made it clear if she had been trapped in the nightmare or not, standing. Slade tossed both of them a bag. He picked up his orange and black mask, looking at it for a moment. "Come on. We're moving out." 

➣

Outside

Oliver, Jill and Slade walked out of the plane into the open, through the woods toward the destination. 

Slade stopped in front of them, holding up his fist to tell them to stop. "All clear."

"Hey, can we, um, can we rest for a second?" Oliver asked.

"We can rest on the plane," Slade told them.

They continued to walk.

"Yeah, well, really looking forward to that in-flight movie," Oliver told them. He stepped onto something, clicking something into place. "Oh, God."

Slade walked closer. "Don't move."

"Is it a mine?" Jill asked.

Slade held his hand toward her to tell her not to move, carefully laying down on the ground to wipe away the dirt and grass underneath her foot to reveal a mine. "Yeah."

"The soldiers mine the island?" Oliver asked.

"No," Slade answered. "It's probably Japanese, leftover from World War II. Still active. Impressive."

"Can you disarm it?" Jill asked.

Slade stood. "Without disarming you?" They heard footsteps and voices. "Soldiers."

Three soldiers walked closer from behind Oliver.

➣ ➣  

Oliver was still on the mine. "Can they see us?"

Slade took the bag from Oliver. "They can only see you."

Slade dragged Jill toward the cover of the woods.

"Wait," Jill told him. "Stop."

Slade pushed Jill into hiding.

Oliver was luckily still wearing the uniform of the soldiers, pulling on the ski mask.

The three soldiers walked closer.

"What are you doing so far from camp?" Soldier 1 asked.

"I got separated from my unit," Oliver told them.

"Come with us," Soldier 1 told him.

"I--I can't," Oliver told them. He pointed at the mine. "I'm kind of having a bad day, you know?"

The soldiers knelt to take a look.

Slade ran out of hiding, yelling, using his bamboo staff to hit Soldier 1 in the head, making him fall.

Jill appeared behind the two other soldiers, slashing into their backs, making them fall to the ground.

The soldiers were still alive, though weak and in great pain.

Slade knelt next to the mine, looking at Oliver. "Be still."

Slade pushed Soldier 1 onto the mine, pushing Oliver off of it quickly without setting it off. He stood.

"Thanks," Oliver told them.

Jill helped Oliver stand.

➣ 

Soldier Camp

Yao Fei walked through the camp toward a tent.

➣

Edward's Tent

Edward was sitting at a desk, working.

Yao Fei walked in.

Edward looked up. "Yao Fei. Come in. Sit." Yao Fei walked closer, sitting down. Edward stood, taking out Yao Fei's bow from a box. "Now, the first time I saw you with this contraption, I thought you looked utterly ridiculous. That is, until you took out three of my best men with it." He put the bow on the desk, sitting across from Yao Fei. "25 compound bows will be arriving on tomorrow's supply plane. I'd like you to train a few of my men on how to use them."

"Archery can take years to master," Yao Fei told him.

"Well, I trust you'll be a proficient instructor," Edward told him. "That'll be all." Yao Fei stood, turning to leave. Billy walked in, wearing the mask and black. "I hope you are steadfast in your commitment to our cause, Yao Fei. For her sake."

"I am," Yao Fei told them, walking out, leaving.

Billy looked at Edward.

➣

Cave

Slade, Oliver and Jill were in a cave for hiding at the time.

Jill was twirling twigs together to make a fire.

"Were you a Girl Scout?" Slade asked.

"Yeah," Jill answered. "What tipped you off?"

Slade looked at Oliver. "Told you I met Girl Scouts with more fight than you. We better hurry. The wolves come out at night."

"There are wolves here?" Oliver asked. "Right. Of course there are. Because what would the worst place on earth be without wolves?"

"The only thing that will keep them out is fire," Slade told them.

Jill caught the spark on a stick, lighting a pile on fire. "Then let there be light."

➣

Night - Cave

Slade was sitting in the corner of the cave.

Jill was sitting by the fire, looking at the picture of her with her family.

"You're going to wear that thing out just by looking at it," Slade told her. "Don't worry. They'll be waiting for flowers when you get back."

"Highly unlikely, since my parents and my brother were killed in a shootout that led to me and my sister getting onto that boat," Jill told them. "The boat that was shipwrecked. I had to watch my sister be dragged away by the ocean and watch parents and brother get shot."

Slade was surprised by this. "Condolences."

Jill put the picture away. "I don't need your pity. And you don't really strike me as the type of guy who cares about what everyone else is going through, so, can we just drop it?"

"Well, everybody is in this life for themselves," Slade told them.

"Learn that at Australian spy school?" Oliver asked.

"No," Slade answered. "I learned that here. Do you remember when I told you that I had a partner?"

"Yeah," Oliver asked.

Slade looked at Jill. "Do you remember the guy who tortured you?"

"That freak show was your partner?" Jill asked.

"His name's Billy Wintergreen," Slade told them.

Jill nodded, looking away. "Oh. Okay."

"Our mission was to exfiltrate Yao Fei and to find out why Fyers and his men were so interested in him," Slade told them. "But our bird got shot out of the sky before we even saw the airstrip."

Oliver nodded. "That's where we found you."

Slade nodded. "When Fyers took us prisoner, he asked if we would join him and his men. Billy accepted Fyers' invitation. I declined. He was the godfather to my son Joe. And yet, he turned his back on me without even thinking twice about it. Everybody is in this life for themselves."

Slade stood, walking away.

Oliver and Jill exchanged a look.

 ➣

Airfield 

Slade, Oliver and Jill made their way through the woods, to the airfield, keeping low to the ground.

Slade looked at Jill, pointing at the tower. "If you let him radio camp, we're done."

Slade drew a sword, holding it toward Jill.

Jill took it. "What about the others?"

Slade looked at Oliver. "We'll worry about them." He looked at Jill. "You worry about your one."

Jill stood, walking toward the tower, hiding behind a Humvee when she saw men walking by.

Slade and Oliver split up to take care of the men.

➣

Now

Night - Queen Industrial - Basement

Oliver was still critical, attached to a machine.

His heart seemed to be beating better.

John was carefully stitching his wound closed.

Justin was sterilizing it.

"Good job," Felicity told them. "I think."

"His heart rate's elevated, but at least the bleeding stopped," John told them.

Justin put things down, turning to Felicity. "Thanks for your help. You kept your head on."

"Well, I always wondered how I'd react if I found my boss shot and bleeding inside my car," Felicity told them. "Not that I helped because he's my boss. I'd help anyone who was shot and bleeding in my car."

"I was thinking all of this would be more of a shock," John told her.

Felicity hid a smile.

"What, are you saying you called this all along?" Jill asked.

Felicity shook her head. "I'm not saying anything." She looked at Justin. "Except that you seemed to be bringing me more and more cases as a police consultant, but sometimes, these guys would tag along. And you seemed to be spending a lot of time with your new friends here."

"Well, what I told you about each case was true," Justin told her. "You helped us get the answers we needed to take out the bad guys that needed to be taken out. Without you, we never would have found them."

"But why come to me?" Felicity asked.

"Because even we need help sometimes," Justin answered. "And you're my sister, which means I trust you. And I trust you enough to know that you wouldn't betray a secret like this."

Felicity nodded.

Jill sighed, turning away, sitting at Oliver's bedside, looking at his unconscious form, hoping he was okay.

After everything, there was no way that a gunshot wound was going to stop him.

➣ ➣  

Flashback

Night - Lian Yu - Airfield 

Oliver and Slade were fighting with the ten men on the ground, shooting when necessary.

Jill was still hiding so she could try and sneak up to the tower, coming out of hiding to walk toward it.

A soldier stood in her way.

Slade shot him with a silenced gunshot, killing him.

Jill took cover once again.

A soldier walked down the stairs of the tower.

Slade shot him, killing him.

The soldier fell down the steps, dropping his gun.

A soldier appeared behind Oliver, trying to punch him. Oliver ducked, grabbing the gun from him, hitting him in the head with the gun, making him fall.

Jill walked up the stairs to the tower.

Slade ran out of bullets, slashing into three soldiers with his blade, killing them.

➣

Tower

Jill quietly walked into the tower with the sword. The soldier saw her, standing, pushing away from the table. Jill tried to slash into him. The soldier ducked, circling around her, punching her in the face, making her drop the sword, drawing his gun, aiming it at her. Jill grabbed his wrist, pushing his hand away while still keeping hold of him, turning to twist the gun out of his grasp, turning to face him, aiming the gun at him.

➣

Now

Night - Queen Industrial - Basement

Oliver's heart rate was getting worse, making the machine beep. He was shaking.

Jill stood instantly, holding him down.

Felicity walked closer worriedly. "What's happening?"

"There's a syringe labeled Ativan," John told her. "It should stop the seizure. Go."

Felicity went to get the syringe.

John helped me hold Oliver down.

The monitor flatlined.

Jill looked at the monitor in denial. "His heart stopped."

"I'm calling 911," Felicity told them.

"No," Justin told her. "Wait. You can't."

Justin rolled the defibrillator closer.

"You know how to use one of those?" Felicity asked.

"We are about to find out," Justin told them, picking up the shock pads, putting them to Oliver's chest.

"You didn't say clear," Felicity told him. There was a charge, but no shock. "I heard a charge. That's good news."

"How's that?" John asked.

Felicity worked over the machine. "It means it might not be the machine. It could be the wiring."

Felicity started to fix the wiring.

"Come one, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on," Jill told her.

"Try again," Felicity told them.

Justin put the pads to Oliver's chest, shocking him. When that time didn't work, he tried again.

Oliver's heart started to beat again.

Jill sighed in relief, closing her eyes.

John looked at Felicity. "What the hell did you do?"

"I've been building computers since I was seven," Felicity told them. "Wires are wires." Justin put the pads down, hanging his head. "What do we do now?"

"Pray we don't have a heart attack ourselves," Justin answered.

Jill looked at Oliver worriedly, placing a hand on his chest.

➣

Flashback

Night - Lian Yu - Tower

Jill still had the gun aimed at the soldier.

"Getting the gun is one thing," the soldier told her. "Do you have what it takes to pull the trigger?"

Oliver walked in.

Jill considered for a moment, shaking her head. "No." She hit the soldier in the head with the butt of the gun, making him fall unconscious. "I'm not a killer like you."

Jill looked up to see Oliver.

"Slade said to take him out," Oliver told her.

"I don't care," Jill told him. "I don't wanna be killer. And if we leave tonight, if we can go home, then I don't have to become one." Oliver was understanding and sympathetic. "Why are you up here?"

Slade walked in. "I sent him to check in. I didn't think you had it in you. I'll be back."

"Where are you going?" Oliver asked.

"To make sure that everything is clear," Slade answered. "Stay here, keep the door locked. Don't let anybody in except for me. You got that?"

"Yeah," Jill answered.

They heard a man's voice on the soldier's radio on the table. "Island Tower Skyhawk. 801 Foxtrot, we are 700 kilometers southeast of your position. ETA, three hours, 22 minutes, over."

Slade took the radio receiver. He spoke into the radio. "Island Tower, Skyhawk 801 Foxtrot. Acknowledged." There was no answer. "Skyhawk 801 Foxtrot. Acknowledged."

"Of all the creatures that breathe and move upon the earth," the man told them.

"What is that?" Oliver asked.

"It's a challenge code," Slade answered. "They're trying to verify our identity." He spoke into the radio. "Skyhawk 801 Foxtrot. Please repeat."

"Of all the creatures that breathe and move upon the earth," the man told them.

"Wait," Jill told them.

"What?" Oliver asked.

"Wait, I know this," Jill told them. "I know this. It's a book from college."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Slade asked.

"A quote, from 'The Odyssey'," Jill answered. "'Of all the creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing--nothing is bred that is weaker than man'."

"Are you sure about this?" Slade asked. "Because if you're wrong, this plane will turn around."

Jill nodded. "Yes, yes. I'm positive. Nothing is bred that is weaker than man. Say it."

Slade spoke into the radio. "Nothing is bred that is weaker than man."

"Roger that," the man told them. "See you in a few hours. Out."

Jill sighed in relief, closing her eyes.

Oliver looked at Jill, stunned and impressed. "'The Odyssey'."

"Yeah," Jill answered. "It's, uh, well, it's a story about a guy who's trying to get home, so...."

Slade placed down the receiver, looking at them. "Well, after a few days at Langstughl, airbase, you'll be on your way home."

"But you sound like you're not coming with us," Oliver told him.

"I'll be coming with you," Slade told them. "After I radio in an airstrike on this location. I'm going to send Fyers and all his men straight back to hell."

Oliver and Jill were shocked.

➣ ➣  

Slade was about to leave the tower.

"Wait," Oliver told him. "You can't blow up the island. Yao Fei is still out there."

Slade walked closer. "He is not my concern."

"Really?" Jill asked. "He's the only reason you came here. Rescuing him was your mission."

"Well, the mission has changed," Slade told them. "Edward Fyers is a mercenary and he is not on this island by mistake. He has plans for me and both of you that involve Yao Fei. And whatever they are, they must end."

"Yao Fei saved our lives," Oliver told him.

"That is your debt to repay, not mine," Slade told them. Oliver started to walk away. Slade grabbed his arm. "Where are you going?"

Oliver pulled his arm from his grasp. "All my life, all that I've ever thought about is myself. I took my family for granted. I betrayed people that I loved. And I'm not going to be that person anymore. I can't leave Yao Fei here to die. I won't."

"The plane leaves in three hours," Slade told them. "If you and your friend are not on it, I am going to leave without you."

"You do what you have to do," Jill told him, walking past them, out of the tower.

Oliver started to follow, turning back to Slade. "If we don't make it back in time... and you get out of here... I want you to call my family. Call my family."

Slade nodded. "Sure, kid."

Oliver walked out, leaving.

➣ 

Outside

Jill was already well on her way off of the airstrip, through the woods.

Oliver ran to catch up to her.

➣

Now

Night - Queen Industrial - Basement

The monitor was once again flatlining.

John walked closer. "He's going into cardiac arrest again."

"No," Jill told them. "The leads just came loose." She fixed the leads on his chest, sighing in frustration and worry. "It's less stressful when he's jumping off rooftops."

Felicity chuckled. She saw Oliver's bow, picking it up. "This bow has put arrows in quite a few people."

Felicity pretended to take aim.

"Yeah, bad people," John told her.

"That doesn't bother you?" Felicity asked, putting the bow down, looking at Jill. "'Cause... and I mean this in a good way. But you just don't seem like the girl that would kill for the justice that you seek. I mean, the girl in blue... you... you've never killed anyone in Starling City. But the hood has."

Jill sighed, looking down. "When we were on the island, there were... soldiers there. Bad guys. They killed. They tortured. In order to survive, we had to turn into completely different people. And, yes, to get free, to stay alive, we had to take a few lives of the people that were trying to put us down. I never liked hurting people before. So I definitely didn't like it when I had to kill. It was something I never wanted to do again. But it changed Oliver. It twinged his soul in darkness. And I know that I can be dark. But I remember what my family wanted more for me. They wanted me to be bright and good. And this probably wasn't what they were expecting, but..." Felicity smiled a small smile. John chuckled a little. Justin looked at her sympathetically. "Doing this with Oliver... doing what we do... it feels good to do some good."

"And that's worth all the collateral damage?" Felicity asked.

"Unfortunately, there are always casualties when you're fighting a war," Justin told them.

John nodded in agreement.

Jill turned to look at Oliver's unconscious body.

➣ 

Flashback

Morning - Lian Yu - Soldier Camp

Oliver and Jill got to the outer edges of the main camp, hiding behind two cars when two soldiers walked by.

Jill kept a lookout behind them.

Oliver walked toward the camp, hiding behind a truck, seeing soldiers get off a vehicle and walk away.

Yao Fei walked into a tent.

Oliver made sure no one was watching, running into the tent.

➣

Tent

Yao Fei was sitting at the table, looking at a map. He looked at Oliver, standing. "How did you..."

"Come on, let's go," Oliver told him. "We'll explain on the way."

"Stupid boy," Yao Fei told him. "You should never have come back here."

"We found Slade Wilson and he has a way off the island, but we have to go right now," Oliver told him.

"No," Yao Fei told him. "No!"

"What?" Oliver asked. "What do you mean, no? This is our chance. What--what reason could you possibly have for staying here?"

"Not what," Yao Fei told him. "Who."

Edward walked in.

Yao Fei acted quickly, punching Oliver in the face, making him fall.

"Ah, Mr. Queen, I think it's past time you left this island," Edward told him. "Permanently."

Billy, in the mask and suit, walked in.

Oliver closed his eyes.

➣ ➣ 

Airfield - Tower

Slade was still in the tower, speaking over the radio.

"Island tower, this is Seahawk 801 Foxtrot," the man told him. "We are 5,000 feet and holding, over."

Slade spoke into the radio. "Skyhawk 801 Foxtrot. This is island tower. You're clear to land."

"Roger that," the man told him.

Slade checked his watch, getting worried despite himself.

➣

Soldier Camp

Jill was still hiding on the outer edge of the camp, peaking around the car she was hiding to see a circle gathered around Oliver, and that Oliver's hands were tied behind his back.

"Simply to satisfy my own curiosity, why aren't you already dead?" Edward asked. "Certainly Jillian couldn't have made sure that you've survived this long."

"I guess Jill's more durable and capable than you think," Oliver told him.

"Still, you return for Yao Fei," Edward told him. "So, you're either a fool, or is it possible you now think yourself a hero?"

"I'm not a hero," Oliver told him.

"Of course not," Edward told him. "It's not possible to be a hero when there's nobody worth of saving."

"Is this what you want?" Oliver asked. "Did you want me to fight him again?"

"Oh, no, Mr. Queen," Edward answered. "That's where you're mistaken. This is not a match. It's an execution."

"I'm sorry," Yao Fei told him.

Oliver turned to face Billy. "It's Wintergreen, right? Billy Wintergreen?" Billy backhand punched Oliver in the face. "I know all about you. I know you work for the Australian government. And that you used to fight for your country. You used to stand for something!" Billy punched Oliver repeatedly in the face, chest and stomach, making him fall to his knees. Oliver stood. Billy punched him in the face, making him fall, gripping his throat. "Whatever he's paying you, I'll triple it."

There was an explosion from nearby the car that Jill had been hiding.

Everyone looked in that direction.

Billy let Oliver go.

Jill was taking cover behind another car, firing her gun into the soldiers, making them fall.

Edward spoke into his radio. "How many of them are there?"

Soldiers started to take fire.

Jill hid behind the car for cover.

Oliver ran behind another car for cover.

There were more explosions that took out most of the soldiers.

Slade walked toward Billy.

"Slade," Bill told him. "Come back to die?"

Slade and Billy drew drew swords. Slade slashed toward him. Billy ducked, trying to stab him. Slade backed away enough to make him miss, trying to stab him. Billy pushed his arm away. Slade spun to slash toward him. Billy ducked. Slade punched him in the face. Billy stood, slashing toward him. Slade ducked. They tried the same move, ending up blocking each other.

"Was it so easy to betray me, Billy?" Slade asked. Billy slashed toward him. Slade ducked. They tried the same move, blocking each other. Billy kicked him in the leg, spinning to try and slash into him. Slade ducked. Billy kicked him in the chest, making him fall. He ran closer to try and stab him. Slade sat up, punching Billy in the stomach, then in the leg, making him fall to his knees, grabbing his arm, punching him in the face four times. "You know, Billy..." He picked up his sword. "You always had a good kick."

Slade stabbed Billy in the chest, killing him, letting him fall.

Jill ran toward Oliver's hiding place, using her sword to cut Oliver's ropes, freeing him.

Slade turned to face them. He was suddenly shot in the leg and arm, falling to the ground.

Edward was the one firing the gun.

Jill stood, firing her gun toward Edward.

Edward ducked behind the car he was standing next to for cover.

Oliver ran to Slade, helping him stand. "Come on, come on." Jill ran out of ammunition, throwing the gun aside, running toward Oliver and Slade. "Come on, come on."

➣

Woods

Oliver and Jill helped Slade into the woods.

A soldier ran closer, aiming a gun at them. Jill grabbed the gun, spinning to twist his arm behind his back, with her back to his, taking the gun from his grasp, flipping him to the ground.

Slade smirked, impressed.

Oliver was a little stunned.

Jill aimed the gun at the soldier, but unable to kill him, hit him in the head with the butt of the gun, making him fall unconscious.

The airplane flew above them, up into the sky.

"There goes our ride," Slade told them.

Jill lowered the gun to her side, sighing.

➣ ➣  

Fuselage

Jill and Oliver had taken Slade back to the fuselage, struggling to take the bullets out of his arm and leg.

Slade was groaning and screaming, hands tied behind his back so he didn't struggle.

They managed to get the bullets out.

"Wow," Oliver told them.

Slade gasped for breath. "I'm impressed. You didn't puke."

"I swallowed it," Oliver told them, putting his hand to his mouth, coughing.

"You can untie me now," Slade told them.

Jill cut Slade free. "Why'd you want us to tie you up in the first place?"

"A man in pain is unreliable," Slade answered. "I was afraid I might kill you. Thanks."

Oliver chuckled, shaking his head. "It's just..."

Jill looked at him in confusion. "What?"

Oliver smiled. "I'm trapped on an island and my only friends are named Jill and Wilson. So..."

Jill walked toward the table, putting her sword down. "What now?"

"We hope the fireworks show set Fyers back, maybe enough for those who hired him in the first place to call things off," Slade answered.

"Hired him?" Oliver repeated.

Slade stood. "Well, Fyers is a merc. He follows the money. So, he's on this island under someone's employ."

"Then what do we do?" Oliver asked.

"We have to make sure that none of us die on this godforsaken island," Slade answered.

"I thought you said if we didn't get on the plane... we weren't going to make it," Oliver told him.

"Well, those kids that I trained, they would never have made it," Slade told them. "The two of you? You might just have a chance."

Oliver smirked slightly, nodding.

Jill nodded.

➣

Night - Soldier Camp

Edward was walking along, on the phone. "Yep, it's Fyers."

A man's voice was on the other line. "Satellites showed multiple heat blooms on the island. What the hell is happening there?"

"There was a complication," Edward answered.

"Slade Wilson?" the man asked.

"And a few new friends," Edward answered. "I'm handling it."

"Well, handle it better," the man told him. "I've worked too hard and planned for too long to have complications arise so close to the end."

"I assure you, it won't happen again," Edward told him.

"What about Yao Fei?" the man asked.

"I've ensured his cooperation," Edward answered.

"Good," the man told him. 'Paid you a lot of money, Fyers. I expect a return on my investment."

Edward hung up.

Yao Fei walked closer. "You sent for me."

"I'm a man of my word," Edward told him. "You made the right call today, turning in your young castaway. And for that, I'll grant you five minutes."

➣

Tent

Yao Fei walked in.

His daughter, Shado, was inside, lying on the ground weakly as if having been tortured, tied up.

Yao Fei walked closer worriedly. "Shado? Shado." He knelt next to her. "Shado!"

Shado sat up, speaking Mandarin, or simplified Chinese. "Ba? [Dad?]"

Shado sat up, starting to cry.

Yao Fei spoke in the native language. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

Shado spoke in the native language. "Father, what's happening?"

"Shh, shh, shh," Yao Fei told her. "It will be over soon."

Shado calmed herself down, nodding in understanding. They embraced.

Shado had the same tattoo on her shoulder that Oliver and Jill did.

➣

Now

Night - Queen Industrial - Basement

Oliver was still on the table, finally waking up.

Jill looked at him in relief.

Justin, John and Felicity walked closer from behind them.

"I guess I didn't die," Oliver told them. "Again." John shook his head, looking away. "Cool."

Justin sighed.

Jill smiled a small smile.

➣

Later

Oliver and Jill were no longer suited up.

Jill was in her clothes from the day.

Oliver was still shirtless, sitting up, sitting up, looking at his bullet wound through a hand held mirror. "It's not that bad. So how am I going to explain this one?"

"Hickey gone wrong?" John asked.

Oliver tilted his head, pulling on a hoodie, wincing at the pain.

Felicity was sitting at the new computer setup that Felicity had brought in. "The police collected a sample of your blood at Queen Consolidated. I just hacked the crime lab and ordered the sample destroyed. Oops." She chuckled, turning her chair to face them. Oliver looked at the new computer set up. "I hope it's all right." Felicity stood. "Your system looked like it was from the '80s, and not the good part of the '80s. Like Madonna and, well, legwarmers."

"It's a lot of work," Justin told her. "Does that mean you're in?"

"You mean in as in I'm going to join your crusade?" Felicity asked.

"Well, you're practically an honorary member of the team already," Oliver told her.

Felicity nodded. "Hmm. That's what Justin said." She hesitated, shaking her head. "No."

"Then why'd you upgrade the system?" Oliver asked.

"First, because seeing a network that poorly set up hurts me," Felicity answered. "In my soul. And second... I want to find Walter."

"My stepfather," Oliver told her.

Felicity nodded. "He was nice to me. And Mr. Diggle told me that the notebook you use to fight crime is the same notebook that got Walter abducted." Oliver looked from John, Justin and Jill to Felicity. "I'll help you rescue him, but that's it. Then I want to go back to my boring life of being an I.T. girl. That's my offer."

"Okay," Justin told her.

"So, I've been meaning to ask..." Felicity trailed off. "Is there a bathroom? 'Cause I've had to pee since I got here."

Jill chuckled. "It's upstairs to the left."

"Great," Felicity told them, starting to walk past.

Oliver turned after her. "Felicity..." Felicity turned back. Oliver shook her hand. "Thank you."

Felicity smiled nervously, awkwardly, nodding. "Yeah."

Justin embraced Felicity, kissing her on the head.

Felicity smiled a small smile, returning the embrace, pulling away. She walked upstairs.

"I know you don't want to hurt my sister and you didn't have any choice in telling her who you really were, but we're asking her to get involved in some pretty dangerous stuff," Justin told them.

"We can protect her," Jill told them.

"How?" John asked. "Oliver's mother just shot him, Jill. You can't even keep yourselves safe."

"She was scared," Oliver told them. "She was defending herself."

"Or, she was hiding something," John told them. "Like maybe her involvement in Walter's disappearance, or worse."

"Diggle, we don't always know why people do what they do," Oliver told him. "But what I do know is that when I was standing in her office with an arrow aimed at her heart, she begged me to spare her, all on the behalf of me and Thea and Skylar. Now, I've taken down a lot of bad people. None of them brought up their kids."

"Oliver, she had the list," John told him. "Now she may not be in charge of whatever 'it' is, but she's definitely involved."

"Involved in what?" Oliver asked. "We don't even know what 'it' is, and until we do, she is off limits. Am I clear?"

"Yes," Jill answered. Oliver sat down. "But, Oliver, are you saying this because you truly believe she's innocent? Or because you don't want to face the fact that your mother might be guilty?"

Oliver didn't answer, looking down, very conflicted.

Jill looked at him sympathetically, turning around, walking upstairs.

They didn't want to think that Moira was guilty of something. But they knew that something was going on, and she was involved. They just wished they knew what.

➣

Day Two

Morning - Queen Mansion - Foyer

Oliver and Jill walked in.

He heard Moira's voice from the other room. "6'1", and a deep voice."

➣

Living Room

Oliver and Jill walked in, seeing Moira and Lance sitting on the couch, with Skylar and Thea standing nearby.

"Hey," Jill told them. Moira, Lance, Skylar and Thea looked at them. "What's going on?"

"Where have you been?" Skylar asked. "We've been calling you two all night."

"We were at the club," Oliver answered. "We get zero reception in there."

Moira and Lance stood.

"Maybe it's time you invest in a land line," Thea told them.

Skylar gave her an annoyed look. "Thea."

"Moira was attacked last night," Lance told them. "By the hood."

"What?" Jill asked.

"He came after me at the office," Moira told them.

"Did he hurt you?" Oliver asked. "Are you okay?"

"Actually, she hurt him," Lance answered. "She shot him point blank with a gun hidden in her office."

"That should help with your investigation," Jill told them. "Did you get any evidence, like a blood sample, or..."

"There was a screw-up at the lab," Lance told them.

Jill pretended to be frustrated. "That's too bad."

Lance nodded. "Hmm. We'll be in touch."

"Thank you," Moira told him.

"Yeah," Lance agreed, walking out, leaving.

Skylar looked at Moira. "Are you okay?"

"Yes, sweetheart," Moira answered. They embraced. "I was so scared."

"I'm just glad you're okay," Skylar told her.

"I thought he was going to kill me," Moira told them.

Moira and Skylar pulled away.

"Hey," Oliver told her. "I promise you, he's never going to bother you again."

Oliver looked at Jill.

Jill sighed, nodding in agreement. She walked toward Thea and Skylar, holding them to calm them down about their mother's brush with the hood.

Oliver and Moira embraced, watching as Jill comforted Thea and Skylar.

➣ ➣  

1.15 "Dodger" Trailer

From 1.15 "Dodger", in a bank, three men aimed their guns at another man.

Justin: (voice over from 1.15 Dodger) "They call him the Dodger."

From 1.15 "Dodger", in the bank, a man was in the process of stealing a diamond.

Justin: (voice over from 1.15 Dodger) "Because he avoids getting his hands dirty."

From 1.15 "Dodger", in the parking garage of the bank, the man made off with the diamond.

Justin: (voice over from 1.15 Dodger) "Puts a bomb collar on their necks."

From 1.15 "Dodger", in a party, Jill, Oliver, Justin, John and Felicity stood together.

Felicity was wearing a bomb collar around her neck. "I think I have a problem."

"Stay calm," Jill told her.

From 1.15 "Dodger", on the road, Oliver was driving.

Jill was in the backseat looking at Oliver. "Eyes on the road."

Oliver nodded. "Okay."

Jill started to get changed into her Sapphire suit and boots instead of the black lace dress and high heels.

Dodger: (voice over from 1.15 Dodger) "You touch one hair on my head, she looses hers."

From 1.15 "Dodger", in an alley, Oliver started to maneuver the Dodger into an alley with the car.

Jill/Sapphire climbed out of the window of the car, sitting on the windowsill, throwing a knife into the Dodger's tire, making it pop and the car pull over.

From 1.15 "Dodger", in the alley, Oliver and Jill/Sapphire were talking.

"Well, you did get to do something," Jill told him, walking closer, smirking. "Everyone needs a good driver."

Jill walked past Oliver.

Oliver scoffed slightly, shaking his head.

John, Felicity and Justin were in an empty room at the party.

"Oh, no, she didn't," John told them.

Justin chuckled. "I think she did."

Felicity smiled.

➣ Sapphire Arrow ➣