~ Warehouse in Starling City ~

"They're here," Sarab told Al-Sah-Him and the assassin and turned around to face Oliver's former team.

"Search them," Al-Sah-Him ordered.

"Where's my wife?" Diggle demanded as Sarab walked over and searched him first.

Al-Sah-him raised his hand and gestured someone forward. An assassin brought Lyla forward and it was clear that they had not been gentle with her.

"You son of a bitch." Diggle growled.

"Don't you dare touch me." Felicity growled at Sarab as he moved from Laurel to search her.

"Do it. Do not be fooled by her lack of physical skills, her cunning mind is her most dangerous weapon." Al-Sah-Him said and Sarab nodded.

"Oliver-" Felicity began as Sarab searched her, pulling the two pistols from her.

"Silence. I realize now that I did not love you, I loved the idea of a normal life that you represented." Al-Sah-Him said emotionlessly and Felicity looked heart-broken.

"Ollie," Laurel called and he looked over at her, his eyes softening ever so slightly as his eyes locked with hers, "is there any part of you still in there?"

"Oliver Queen is dead, he exists only in memory. He died loving you, Mahbubi." Al-Sah-Him said with the barest hint of emotion before he hardened as he turned towards Nyssa, "bind her."

Two assassins walked over to Nyssa and began to restrain her. Al-Sah-Him looked over at Lyla.

"You're free to go." He told her.

The assassin holding her untied her hands and Lyla walked over to the others and hugged her husband as the assassins led Nyssa over to them.

"Bow before the true Heir to the Demon," Sarab ordered her.

"I kneel before no one," Nyssa said stubbornly.

Two arrows fly out and pierced two assassins in the heart and they dropped dead. Everyone looked up from where the arrows had come from to see Thea aiming a bow and arrow.

A fight broke out. Nyssa took on two of the other assassins, Laurel took on the other two with a baton, while Diggle picked up a sword and began a sword fight with Al-Sah-Him and Thea jumped into the fray and began a fight with Sarab.  Laurel was beaten and Nyssa called out to her friend losing focus her opponent disarmed her and dragged Nyssa away.

After exchanging blows with swords for a minute, Sarab disarmed Thea and sent a kick to her stomach sending her to the ground Sarab turned and walked after his companions.

Diggle put up a good fight but was ultimately defeated as Al-Sah-Him's blade cut against Diggle's skin. Crying out in pain he dropped his blade. Al-Sah-Him then kicked him in his side and picked up the fallen blade raising it towards Diggle.  Felicity, Laurel, and Lyla watched with bated breath, silently praying that Oliver wouldn't do it.

"You're still Oliver, doesn't matter if the hood's green or black. You're still you!" Diggle shouted trying to reach his friend.

An arrow went throw Al-Sah-Him's forearm and everyone turned to see Thea, aiming a bow and arrow at her brother.

"Get away from him or the next one goes in your eye," Thea growled.

Al-Sah-him dropped the swords. He pulled out the arrow, dropped it with the swords, and followed after the other assassins. Everyone stared after him, their own emotions all about to erupt.

~ Nanda Parbat ~

"We need help, Malcolm," Oliver told the man as they sat across a fire.

"You were good in convincing your friends that you had allied yourself with Ra's. And I don't think I carry much credibility with them even with Katana. The only one likely to even entertain the idea is Laurel, who doesn't seem to have completely given up on you." Malcolm noted, catching the slight twitch of Oliver's lips.

"I know someone they can trust," Oliver told him.

~ Starling City ~

"Any idea what this is about?" Laurel asked as she waited with Diggle and Felicity.

"Probably nothing good," Diggle said irritably.

"This...isn't going to be easy for any of you to believe," Malcolm said as he walked inside.

"Gee, I wonder why that is," Laurel asked sarcastically.

"But it is imperative that you know the truth." Malcolm continued.

"The truth about what?" Felicity demanded.

"Oliver," Malcolm said and he had their attention, "his alliance with the league is a charade."

"Why would you even begin to play with our emotions like that?" Felicity demanded icily.

"The plan was cultivated the moment Oliver realized that he had to turn to Ra's to save Thea." Malcolm continued.

"And instead of letting us in on his plan, he trusted you?" Diggle asked skeptically.

"The man responsible for the deaths of hundreds, my sister and his best friend among them, and brainwashed Thea?" Laurel said in the same voice.

"Well, I am more skilled in the art of deception. And, excuse me for saying so; none of you are particularly skilled actors." Malcolm pointed out.

"I'm out," Diggle said as he turned to leave with Laurel and Felicity following him.

"You know how dangerous Ra's and the League are. The circle of trust had to be small." Malcolm called after them.

"Then what changed?" Laurel asked as she turned around.

"Forget it, Laurel, there's nothing he could say that could make us believe him," Diggle said angrily.

"I know. Which is why I've asked a friend of Oliver's to come and speak to you." Malcolm said.

The door opened and Team Arrow turned around. An Asian woman with hair down to her chin walked in and Laurel was struck by the look in her eyes. It was the same look she had seen in the mirror for almost eight years: it was the look of someone who had lost someone they loved very deeply.

"My name is Tatsu Yamashiro. And your city is in great danger." Tatsu told them.

"You expect us to believe her? We've never even met her. We've never met her, right?" Felicity asked Laurel.

"No, aside from when I helped Oliver recover from the wounds inflicted by Ra's al Ghul, my life has been one of isolation," Tatsu admitted.

"This is your big play Merlyn? A woman we've never even met or heard of?" Diggle asked in disbelief.

"Oliver doesn't like to talk about the past, but that is not important. My son was killed by the virus that Ra's plans to unleash upon your city." Tatsu revealed and Laurel remembered a conversation with Sarab.

"You're Maseo's wife." Laurel realized and Tatsu nodded.

"Oliver was with me when it happened. He knows the danger you all face." Tatsu explained.

"No offense Tatsu, but it's a little hard to take what you're saying seriously when you show up with him," Laurel said as she jerked her head towards Malcolm.

"I do not know your history with Malcolm Merlyn. This request comes from Oliver." Tatsu said.

"I'm not sure that's much better at the moment," Diggle muttered.

"Then you can trust me," Batman said opening the door and Team Arrow turned around.

"Batman?" Said Laurel as he walked towards Team Arrow.

"Malcolm, Is telling the truth." Batman said as he pulls out a file and hands it to Diggle, "This is everything on the bioweapon." Bruce said.

"I've arranged passage for all of us to Nanda Parbat. If you're coming, be at Ferris Air before sunrise." Malcolm said.

Team Arrow and Batman watched as Malcolm and Tatsu walked off.

"Bruce? Are you sure we can trust Malcolm?" Laurel whispers.

"No. But Malcolm the best chance we've got at saving Oliver. Ra's is one of the most dangerous men to ever walk this Earth and you'll need all the help you can get." Batman stated.