Hello Everyone. After watching the Arrow finale I had a great idea for a Oliver/Kara story. As you know in the season finale Oliver gets arrested by the FBI in exchange for the freedom of his team and he gets imprisoned in a Supermax facility. The idea behind this story after being imprisoned, Oliver through the help of some old friends manages to escape. However realizing that his friends and family will no longer be safe so long as he remains on this Earth, Oliver decides to find a new home on Earth 38 to hopefully find some redemption for his past mistakes and to make a new life for himself and his family.

To accommodate how I want this story will go I will be changing a few small things from Arrow Season 6.

In Crisis on Earth-X, rather than Oliver and Felicity having their impromptu and out of place double wedding, instead the two will allow Barry and Iris to have their moment and instead decided to amicably end things. (This is a Oliver/Kara story after all)

As a result of that breakup, Felicity will still be there for William at his times of need but more in the role of an aunt or older sister rather than a maternal role.

Also I don't how the timelines sync between Earth 1 and Earth 38 so the way I'm doing is having Earth 1 starts 1 month after Oliver's arrest and at the same time Supergirl will be at episode 3x11.

Chapter 1: Consequences

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Star City (One month after Oliver's arrest)

Two Quadrant guards were standing watch outside a warehouse on the edge of Star City when two darts came out of nowhere and slammed right into their chests. They groaned as they quickly went down falling unconscious.

Out from the shadows came Wild Dog, his arm holding his new tranquilizer gun courtesy of Felicity. "Perimeter cleared, move in." He said over the comms.

As he said this, both Mr Terrific and Black Canary emerged from their hiding place in the shadows and quickly moved towards the facility.

Over their comms Felicity spoke. "Heat signatures show that there are about 15 hostiles inside the building."

"Hopefully Diaz is one of them." Black Canary replied.

"We've been after this guy for the past month and now we finally have a lead on them. Let's make sure we don't waste it." Wild Dog added before turning to Mr Terrific. "Hey Hoss why don't we make sure of that before we jump in their? Through your balls in."

Canary suppressed a laugh as Terrific sighed. "You know they aren't my… Oh never mind." Mr Terrific pulled out his T-spheres and activated their recon mode.

With Felicity at the controls the spheres began canvassing the building looking for signs of Diaz. Eventually they reached the second floor office where they found him hunched over a laptop with a gun in his hand.

"Got him second floor office east side." Felicity informed the team just as she saw Diaz notice the sphere and shoot it. "Oh and now he knows we're here."

"Doesn't matter." John said over comms. "We have him now. We can't afford to wait any longer to take him down. Everyone move in."

And with that order the team swarmed the facility with a massive FBI support team. Gunfire erupted as both teams traded fire with each other. As Wild Dog and the agents fired their rifles at the guards, Canary and Terrific charged them from flanking sides taking down the guards as they were distracted. However they quickly had to get back into cover again as more guards arrived and started firing.

Before any of them knew what happened, an exploding arrow hit the center of the group taking them all down quickly. Diaz having emerged from the office opened fire on the Green Arrow at his perch just before he disappeared into the shadows again. He quickly began moving down to the ground floor as the last of his men covered him.

"Bring that heavy artillery up!" Diaz ordered as men with RPGs rushed into the room. The first man had already loaded his RPG and fired, the rocket screaming through the air as the agents and heroes on the ground rushed for cover. With the explosion as cover, Diaz powered up his car and blasted his way out.

The team and the ground groaned as they tried to get up as the rest of Diaz's men prepared to finish them off. However before they could a series of well-placed arrows and a flash of lightning had them on the ground before anyone could blink.

By this time the team was back on their feet. "Always nice to have a speedster on our side." Terrific commented as they all rushed the entrance Diaz had just left through.

"Yeah but he's getting away." Canary replied.

"Flash can you give Green Arrow a ride?" Felicity asked.

"Sure about that? I can handle this." Barry asked over the comms.

"I'm sure." Felicity commented.

"Alright." Barry said. Right after he said that a flash of lightning passed by the three as Flash picked up the Green Arrow and hauled him over to the road several meters in front of Diaz's car.

Just as he was in position, Green Arrow notched an arrow and fired one straight through the window however Diaz didn't stop the car and kept speeding. The next arrow then went straight through the engine block and the car started to decelerate. However Green Arrow still needed to barrel out of the way before the car hit him.

As Green Arrow approached the car, FBI cars with sirens flashing came out as well and stopped right in front of the now defunct escape vehicle. Out of the lead car came Agent Samandra Watson and she and her agents wasted no time in dragging Diaz out the car kicking and screaming before shoving him in the back of their van.

As the last of her agents reentered their vehicles she turned to the Green Arrow and said. "We'll take him from here, Mr Diggle."

Diggle, donned as the Green Arrow nodded his head and the FBI agent as he notched a grappling arrow and glided away from the scene.

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A.R.G.U.S. Building, Star City

An hour later the team had regrouped at A.R.G.U.S. in a special room set aside for the team. The entire team was present, relaxing or stretching after the long night as Diggle entered the room.

"Nice work everyone. Diaz is down and out for the count and Watson assured me that he will be going away for a long time." Diggle said as he took a seat at one of the chairs.

"Sure wish we'd gotten to him before we had to go to Watson." Dinah sighed. "Speaking of her, how are things going to go from here on out regarding her?"

"Watson's agreed to allow us to continue our work protecting the city with .U.S.'s backing. So long as we don't intentionally drop bodies she'll stay clear." Diggle answered.

Just then a flash of lightning came as Barry super sped his way into A.R.G.U.S. snacking on a candy bar. "Wow guys that was actually kinda fun tonight. I mean I have to admit I was a little worried that I'd be bored just taking on mooks after beating DeVoe and his Enlightenment but this was actually kinda fun." Barry took another bite of his candy bar. "So who wants to go out and get drinks to celebrate?"

However as Barry looked over at the team, it was clear that none of them looked as enthusiastic about this as he did.

"Sorry Hoss but I got a date with my daughter tonight." Rene said as he left the room.

Dinah followed quickly. "And I have to get back to the SCPD. Rebuilding an entire police force is a difficult and all consuming job."

And finally Curtis got up as well. "Yeah plus Nick and I already have a date and I'm very late." He immediately rushed out of the room leaving Barry, Diggle and Felicity alone.

"Was it something I said?" Barry asked jokingly.

"Don't worry about it man." Diggle said. "They're all still just trying to get used to the team without Oliver around. They'll come around."

"Speaking of Oliver, I heard about what happened. Any luck getting him released?" Barry asked.

Felicity typed a few things into her computer and pulled up their electronic case. "We've been searching for anything that can get Oliver out without compromising the deal he made with Watson. Jean Loring and I have been working on this for the past month."

"Any luck?" Barry asked.

"Not much man. Oliver's in a Supermax built to hold people like him and Lyla and I haven't been making any luck getting any additional support in helping get him released." Diggle answered.

"What about the President? Oliver helped fight off the Dominator Invasion plus the Earth Xers and I remember you told me that around the time I fought Zoom Oliver stopped the world from being nuked by Darhk. Isn't that enough to get him pardoned?" Barry asked.

"We tried that but since Oliver surrendered himself voluntarily and admitted that he was the Green Arrow, the President can't do anything to pardon him." Felicity answered getting more upset with each word. "Why the hell would he do that?!" She screamed as she slammed her hands onto the keyboard.

Diggle put his hands on her shoulders and gave them a soft squeeze and a kiss on the top of her head before taking Barry out of the room. "How's Felicity handling this?" Barry asked once they were out of earshot.

"It's not easy for her. Even if they weren't together anymore she still cares about him and none of us wanted Oliver to sacrifice himself for us. Plus being stuck in A.R.G.U.S. protective custody 24/7 isn't easy on anyone." Diggle sighed. "Just like Oliver to make such a sacrifice for us."

"That's Oliver for you." Barry said sighing. "Always putting the needs of others before himself."

Diggle nodded as he heard a sob from the room. Turning around he saw Felicity crying at her desk.

"I should go now but if you need any help you can call me." Barry said as he moved to exit.

"Hey Bar. Thanks for letting me finish Diaz. The Green Arrow began the fight with him. It felt good for the Green Arrow to finish it." Diggle said.

Barry nodded, put his mask back in place and sped out of the building. Diggle returned to the room and pulled Felicity into a hug. "Don't worry Felicity. We'll get him back."

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Slabside Maximum Security Prison

For Oliver, most days in Supermax were the same. 23 hours a day in a small cell with three meals a day and a lot of time by himself to work out and maybe one hour outside if there were no fights that day. Somehow the news about him being the Green Arrow had gotten into the population at Supermax before he had even arrived. Now every inmate especially those he had taken down wanted a piece of Oliver.

Any day Oliver didn't face a shiv from some opportunistic prisoner trying to settle the score was a good day for Oliver. However as more time past, the stress was getting to him. If he wasn't in his cell mulling about his many mistakes and decisions over the years he was on edge around every prisoner or guard he passed wondering if they would be the next one to try and kill him.

At the current moment Oliver was waiting in the highly secured visitors area for Jean Loring, his lawyer to arrive.

Oliver heard the distinct buzzing sound and looked up to see his long time attorney Jean Loring walk past security and move to sit at his table. "Oliver, how are you doing?"

"Well I'm stuck in a highly secured prison in a cell all day trying to avoid getting killed any time I walk out of my cell." Oliver replied without skipping a beat.

Jean took a second to let that sink in before she continued. "Oliver, Felicity and I have been working constantly to try and find some loophole for you to go through to get you out of here and we are making progress…"

"How's William?" Oliver asked.

Jean stopped speaking and cleared her throat. "He's working through it. A.R.G.U.S. is keeping him and everyone else safe. He wants to believe that you're coming back but everyday that passes without you in it makes him feel like the chance is much less likely."

"Jean, be honest with me. What are our chances?" Oliver asked.

She sighed. "Not great. We still haven't found any loophole for you to travel through and even the idea of a pardon is off the table because of your confession on live TV. I'm sorry I wish there was more that I could promise you."

Oliver took a deep breath, closed his eyes and took stock of what she said. He knew that his deal with Watson and this life sentence wasn't something that would be easily removed but now he truly believed that there was no way out of this. Silently accepting his fate, Oliver opened his eyes and said. "Thank you for trying Jean. I do appreciate you giving it your best."

"Olive there might still be a chance to get you out of here." Jean said.

"I think we both know that isn't the case." Oliver replied. "You did all you could but I think it's time we both accept the truth that I'm going to spend the rest of my life here."

Jean and Oliver both sighed and a moment of silence passed between them. Finally Oliver spoke. "Can you tell William that I love him? And that I'm proud of him?"

Jean made a silent nod and stood up. "You can tell him yourself. Next time I come here I'll make sure to bring him."

Oliver nodded as she left and the guard returned to bring Oliver back to his cell. On his way there he saw a disturbingly familiar face pass by, Danny Brickwell being escorted to his own cell.

He gave a very disturbing smile to the former vigilante. "I'm gonna enjoy killin you kid! I'm gonna make the Arrow bleed!" He yelled as the guards worked to keep him contained.

Oliver's expression hardened as he was escorted back to his cell and the door sealed behind him. Oliver took a deep breath and tried to calm himself. Brickwell wouldn't be the first person in Slabside that had tried to kill him. Dropping a vigilante into a supermax surrounded by people he probably was involved in arresting. They might as well have dropped him in the Lion's Den.

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Gotham City

In a small motel in downtown Gotham, Roy, Thea and Nyssa were loading up their arrows after another successful mission against the Thanatos Guild. Despite having not yet located the three Lazarus Pits that Malcolm had found, the trio had successfully managed to attack and eliminate half a dozen different Guild facilities and safe houses, compromising the Guild's ability to fight back and search for the Pits as well.

Thea was pleased for the chance to continue practicing her combat skills since it also kept her mind from what had happened to her brother. A week ago Felicity had managed to contact her and inform her about her brother sacrificing himself to protect the team from prosecution.

At first she was angry and wanted to break Ollie out of jail until Nyssa and Roy managed to calm her down. Neither of them were pleased with the outcome of Oliver's Green Arrow investigation but they all knew Oliver had made his decision and there was no changing it now.

As Thea finished packing up her gear, she sighed loudly and fell flat on the bed behind her. Nyssa quickly noticed Thea's bad attitude and silently signaled Roy to take a break and comfort his girlfriend.

Roy took the hint and went over to the bed laying down next to Thea gripping her hands in his. "Hey, you want to talk?"

Thea sighed loudly again. "Not sure it will do much good."

Roy slid closer to her. "Give it a shot. See what happens."

"What the hell was Ollie thinking?" Thea asked her voice close to breaking. "He's already had to give up so much in this life. Why would he willingly give himself up?"

"I think you know why. Oliver wanted to protect everyone. Just like he always does." Roy answered.

A tear slid down Thea's cheek. "He's always been doing that. Always putting others before himself."

"Your brother is an honorable man Thea." Nyssa spoke. "Despite everything that he suffered he was still willing to give up everything to protect his family and his city. He deserves better than he got."

Roy continued. "Plus I know Felicity and the Team wont just leave him there. I bet they're working on a plan to get Oliver released right now."

This seemed to calm her down. Thea smiled and snuggled herself into Roy's embrace enjoying the sweet aroma coming from his body.

However their romantic moment was violently interrupted by the door to their motel slamming open and three well-armed men bursting through. Nyssa waste a second as she threw a dart straight at the lead intruder. He dropped his gun screaming in pain as the knife shot through his hand and his reaction distracted the other two as they tried to line up their shots.

In this moment, Thea and Roy dove from the bed towards their attackers. Thea went after one of the men and started by knocking his gun out of his hands before slamming her leg into the man's shin making him rile in pain as he fell to his knees. As he fell down, Thea threw her body onto the man with her legs wrapped around his neck slowly dragging the man into unconsciousness.

Meanwhile Roy was engaging the other of the three attackers blocking the man's attempt to pistol-whip him. Roy got his grip on the man's pistol and pulled the man's arm back twisting his wrist as he ripped the weapon out of his hands. He then smashed the gun onto the man's head knocking him out cold.

Nyssa by the end of the fight grabbed the man with the knife in his hand and pushed him on the ground getting a rough grip on the man's bleeding hand. "Who sent you? Athena?"

"I don't know any Athena bitch!" The man spat at Nyssa prompting the former assassins to tighten her grip on the man's bleeding hand making him scream in agony.

"Wait I know who he is." Roy answered as both women looked at him waiting for his answered. "He's one of the cops who roughed me up for Oliver's trial. He's one of Diaz's cops."

Nyssa then turned her attention to the former cop as he continued to look at her defiantly. "The boss wanted payback for what that crazy vigilante did to his city. Told us to find you and kill you."

As Nyssa continued to interrogate the crooked cop, Thea turned her attention to the window and as she looked out onto the street she saw two more cars filled with dirty cops show up outside clearly moving to reinforce their fallen friends. "Heads up you two, we got company."

"We have to go." Roy replied. "And we can't just leave him here."

"Got that solved." Thea answered as she smashed her fist into the cop's face knocking him out in one blow.

Nyssa and Roy both looked at her with a smile of approval. The Team then waited till the cops got to the door before sliding out the window and onto the dark streets. They then disabled the cars of the cops before speeding away in their own vehicle leaving the dirty cops behind with several wounded and no prize.

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Star City Docks

Black Siren aka Laurel Lance of Earth 2 had been hiding out in the docks of Star City for the past two weeks after having to leave Quentin's place for fear of discovery. Even with the FBI allowing her to leave free albeit reluctantly, Laurel had several of Diaz's former associates and Quadrant soldiers hounding her daily all of them wanting payback for her betrayal. Laurel had briefly considered appealing to Team Arrow for help but ever since Sara Lance had left Star City and Oliver had been arrested, Laurel wasn't sure that the team would be willing to give her the protection she needed.

She was pulled from her brief rest by the sound of metal banging in the distance. Over the silence she would hear voices echoing. "You idiot!" The first voice, male said. "We're trying to be stealthy here!"

"Hey I didn't see the damn thing. It's so freaking dark in here man!" The second voice also male said.

"Any sign of that crazy bitch Diaz wants us to whack here?" the first voice asked.

"Friend of mine works at the docks. Swears to me he saw some hot blonde broad come and go from here a few days ago. Only that Lance bitch would be crazy enough to pull that." The second voice answered.

Laurel contemplated fighting these idiots but her voice was still raw from the last group of goons that tried to take a shot at her so she instead took off from her hiding place before the goons got too close. Unfortunately one of them saw her and started firing at her with one of his rounds nicking her in the shoulder.

She groaned as she felt the pain from the shot set in as she lay down at a new hiding spot. "Come on out baby!" The second man said loudly. "We just wanna have some fun princess!" The man continued both men barely suppressing their laughter.

"Yeah sweetie come on out!" The first man said making kissing sounds with his mouth. "We aren't gonna hurt you… much…"

At this point Laurel was getting pissed. She was not going to get taken out by catcalling pricks like these two assholes. Summoning the last of her strength, Laurel turned to face the two men and let out a massive sonic scream. Both men were sent flying into the wall so hard that Laurel wouldn't have been surprised if they died.

However she was starting to feel weak, as her eyelids got heavy. Summoning some final reserves of strength, she took the car keys from her downed attackers and began to walk away from the docks and to the car her attackers left behind. She turned on the car and began driving to the nearest free clinic. She had to get this bullet out of her shoulder.

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Central City, West-Allen Residence

When Barry got back to his shared home with Iris, he found Cisco at the TV playing video games with William, Oliver's son. As part of the deal with A.R.G.U.S. William was allowed to take trips to the homes of Oliver's old allies and stay with them in order to maintain some semblance of a normal life.

Barry had to admit that when he looks at William he does indeed see quite a bit of Oliver in the boy. The first of William's trip had been awkward since he had just lost his father to prison however in subsequent visits, Barry noticed that William had picked up Oliver's ability to adapt to changing circumstances quickly especially when he learned that both Barry and Cisco were gamers. After that he noticed a change in William's mood. He still worried about his dad but he seemed a lot happier than when they had first arrived.

Barry walked into the kitchen to see Iris multitasking on both one of her stories on her laptop and dinner on the stove. "Sure that's a good idea Iris?" Barry asked jokingly.

"Hey I made not be a speedster Bar but remember I was the one who taught you how to multitask." Iris joked back at him. "Besides its better than getting my butt kicked by William and Cisco at Halo."

Barry stifled a laugh. "You tried gaming against Cisco?"

"Yeah, you know I wanted William to feel more comfortable here and instead I gave him a round with an easy opponent." Iris said while typing on her computer while her eyes darted back to the dinner.

"Here let me take over dinner. You get back to you story." Barry offered and Iris allowed her husband to take a place at the stove while she took a seat at the bar.

Iris worked for less than a minute before she spoke to Barry in a whispered tone. "Hey how's Team Arrow doing today? I know they asked you for their help taking down their yearly super villain."

Barry replied in equally whispered tones. "They're surviving just like Oliver taught them to. They say they're hopeful for Oliver's release."

Iris sighed. "You know as well as me that the odds for that aren't great. Oliver made a deal with the devil. Those are hard things to walk back."

Barry silently nodded as Cisco yelled. "ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?! HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT SHOT?!"

William laughed at Cisco's outburst playfully slugging him in the shoulder. "What can I say, Eagle eyes over here."

Barry and Iris laughed as well. "Come on Cisco you should have known that would happen taking on the son of the Green Arrow."

Everyone continued laughing until they noticed that William wasn't. Iris got up from her bar stool and sat herself next to the boy on the couch wrapping her arms around him. "You ok William?" She asked.

"I-I'm fine." He answered. "You know I'm just worried about my dad. I just want to see him again."

"Your dad's the toughest man I've ever seen." Cisco said. "I'm sure he'll be fine."

Barry moved to sit on the opposite side of William. "Plus I'm sure your dad feels the same way about seeing you as well. I know you'll get the chance to be with him again."

William smiled and allowed himself to be pulled into a double hug by the West-Allens. Silently Barry hoped that he wasn't unintentionally lying to him.

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Keystone City

Slade had finally done it. He had found his lost son Grant Wilson and he couldn't be happier. Unlike Joe, Grant had been very eager to see his father and the two of them had spent that past several weeks bonding. That was at least until Slade heard the news about what had happened to Oliver back in Star City. It was then that Slade chose to tell his son about the complicated relationship he had with Oliver and how despite everything Slade had down, the two men still considered each other brothers.

After telling Grant of the story Slade confessed to his son that he wasn't sure how he could continue to help Oliver anymore. Grant had then convinced Slade to at least look into Oliver's situation and then see what could be done. The idea turned out to be a good one as Slade had just discovered a disturbing piece of news.

"You're sure about this?" Slade asked on the phone.

"I'm very sure Slade." The man on the other side of the phone replied. "It seems that Diaz has indeed put a price on Mr. Queen's head. And apparently the news has also reached Slabside Prison. If your friend wasn't a target before he arrived in Supermax he definitely is now with that price on his head."

"Damn." Slade exclaimed. "Thanks for the intel Chase. I owe you one."

"Damn right you do." The man said as Slade ended the call.

Meanwhile Grant walked back into his Dad's room having heard the tail end of that call. "What happened Dad?"

"Nothing good." Slade answered. "You remember my friend Oliver?"

"The one in prison right? What about him?" Grant asked.

"Looks like he's in more trouble than I thought. Turns out his enemy put a price on his head. And since he's sitting in Supermax he's gonna be a sitting duck for those killers." Slade replied.

"So what are we gonna do about it dad?" Grant asked as he lifted an open duffle bag onto the bed, the bag holding Slade's armor and weapons.

Slade smiled at his son. "I'm going to save my friend."

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Slabside Maximum Security Prison

As Oliver was escorted back to his cell he felt incredibly on edge. On the walk back he had encountered several people that the Green Arrow had taken down over the years; Lonnie Machine/Anarky the pyromaniac with a stalker obsession with Thea, Simon Lacroix/Komodo, an earlier suspect in Sara Lance's first murder and Cyrus Vanch, a psychotic and ruthless criminal from Oliver's Hood days who had kidnapped Laurel Lance five years ago. Oliver had also seen Danny Brickwell today as well.

All of those men had beefs with Oliver for taking them down and now that they were all in the same prison together. Oliver knew they would all try and kill him if given the chance.

However waiting for his old enemies to strike him was grating him. In the old days he might have hunted them down before they could strike but now such actions would put him in solitary for weeks like the last time. Max security was hard but in solitary with no one else in a dark room with the only activity to look forward to being the food delivery was excruciating. So instead Oliver waited.

In the end however he didn't have to wait long. His adrenaline spiked when he heard an alarm sound and a small fire on the upper levels of high security wing. Oliver knew Machin was responsible for this especially since as the guards went to deal with the fire, several cells opened including his own. Then all hell broke loose.

Prisoners sped out of their cells either making a break for the exits or heading over towards Oliver weapons in hand.

Two prisoners Oliver couldn't identify charged him shivs in hand. Oliver twisted their wrists and disarmed them before knocking them out and taking their weapons. However by then all of Oliver's old enemies that he had seen today were moving to surround him.

Knowing the odds of survival were slim, Oliver bolted from the fight towards the staircase and up to the next level. Two prisoners tried to stop him but Oliver just jammed his shiv into their legs before continuing onward.

Brickwell meanwhile had gotten himself to rally with his crew and started barking out orders. "Simon, block his escape, Vanch, take care of the guards, Machin, start blasting us holes out of here!"

And they all complied. Simon quickly found himself between Oliver and an exit to another section of the prison while Vanch and his goons started killing the guards as they tried to restore order and Machin started setting off a series of improvised explosives around the wing blasting holes to other sections of the prison leading them criminals to escape.

Oliver wasn't a hero anymore but he wasn't about to let all those guards die. As Simon lunged at him with a metal rod, Oliver grabbed it in his hands and pulled it away and smashed Simon's head with it before bolting off to stopping Vanch from killing more guards.

By the time Oliver got to Vanch there were only three guards still alive. However Vanch's back was to Oliver and even with a warning from Brick, he wasn't fast enough to stop Oliver from pushing him down to the ground level.

Oliver turned to one of the surviving guards. "Is there a way to a more secure area?"

"Best way out is through that hole Machine just made. Will take us to Maximum security, most of the guards will be there." The guard answered.

"Go I'll cover you." Oliver ordered to the surprise of the guards but they moved once the shock wore off.

As Brick as his men were trying to get Simon, Vanch and his men back into the fight they had left the hole completely unguarded as the guards slipped by and into more secured areas.

However as Oliver was about to pass the hole Machine turned around and saw him. He then threw the last of his improvised explosives at the wall above the hole causing the hole to collapse and leave Oliver trapped.

Oliver turned around to see his Brick, Machin, Vanch and Simon along with about a half a dozen of their goons all armed and itching for payback.

"It's your fault we're here Green Arrow." Brick said menacingly. "Time for some good old fashioned revenge."

Oliver barely had time to defend himself as everyone charged him at once. Olive focused most of his attention on blocking the shivs and metal bars that were being swung at him however as the fight dragged on he was getting tired and eventually Machin managed to make contact with his shiv.

Oliver was so stunned by the blade entering his side that he was unable to stop Brick from landing a hard kick to his chest. The kick pushed Oliver back into the wall were he felt a massive amount of pain in his stomach.

Looking down Oliver saw that a stick of rebar was sticking out of his gut. Apparently Brick's kick had sent him slamming into a piece of rebar that had been jarred loose during the fight.

Oliver could feel himself loosing consciousness as he pulled himself loose from the rebar and fell to the ground. As he tried to pull himself up, Brick and the others started getting closer to Olive prepared to finish him off when he heard the distinct clang of a grenade hitting the ground behind his approaching enemies.

Everyone turned just as the flash grenade went off blinding and deafening everyone in the room especially Brick and his crew. Just before Oliver passed out he heard a familiar voice speaking to him. "Come on kid, let's get you out of here."

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