[Unnamed Island]

A woman in a green hood breathes heavily whilst running through the flush green forest, running and jumping using the low hanging branches of the trees all around her. She reaches a cliff wall and begins to climb, once on top she sprints and jumps onto the next cliff reaching a clearing, she takes a moment to look out at sea and sees what looks like to be a fishing boat. She runs to a fallen tree where she had stored her bow and arrows, she takes a special arrow covered in tar and using a knife strapped to her thigh she flicks it and the arrow is engulfed in flame; She carefully takes aim down at the shore, where a pile of logs has been placed as a marker, she gages the wind and releases the arrow. Upon impact the marker explodes in a ball of fire. The fishermen see the explosion and decide to investigate. As soon as the woman sees the lifeboat out on the water the woman races down to the shore. The fishermen are on the island walking towards the bonfire, when they see a mask, half is black and the other half is orange and faded, on a steak with an arrow through one eye. Just as the fishermen look back up they see the woman in the green hood approaching, they cautiously look at the figure when she falls to her knees and pulls down her hood, revealing a pair of blue eyes and a face covered in dirt.

The name of the island they found me on is Lian Yu. It's mandarin for "purgatory". I've been stranded here for 5 years. I've dreamt of my rescue every cold black night since then. For 5 years, I have had only one thought, one goal… survive…survive and one day return home. The island held many dangers. To live, I had to make myself more than what I was, to forge myself into a weapon. I am returning not the scared girl who was shipwrecked but the woman who will bring justice to those who have poisoned my city. My name is Sara Lance.

[Starling City 5 days later]

News Anchor:Sara Lance is alive. The Starling City resident was found by fishermen in the North China sea 5 days ago, 5 years after she was missing and presumed dead following the accident at sea which claimed "The Queen's Gambit." Sara Lance, is the daughter of local detective Quinten Lance and his wife Dinah. She was on board "The Queen's Gambit" as a guest of Oliver Queen, who before his disappearance was a regular tabloid presence and a fixture at the Starling City club scene, he is the son of Starling City billionaire Robert Queen, who was also on board but now both officially confirmed as deceased.

[5 Days Earlier – Starling Police Department]

Quinten lance is sitting at his desk reviewing notes on a crime scene, three muggers beat into submission, the oddest part was that they were armed but all of their injuries are similar to that of MMA fighters, with one big exception, these guys were dead. He continues to look through the file hoping to catch something he missed the first time when suddenly his partner runs over to his desk, "Quinten, there's a call for you that you simply have to take, NOW!"

Quinten worrying that something had happened to his daughter Laurel, quickly picked up his office phone and pressed the glowing red button. "Hello, are we speaking with a Mr. Lance of Starling city and father to Laurel Lance?" asked the woman over the phone.

Dread took over Quinten instantly thinking the worst, but he managed to speak, "Uh… Yeah that's me is there something wrong with Laurel?"

"I would not know Sir," Quinten looked at the phone in confusion but the woman simply kept talking, "I am calling you from the US Embassy in Hong Kong about your daughter Sara Lance."

This confused Quinten even more, why would the Us Embassy in Hong Kong be calling about his youngest daughter, "What about her she's been gone for 5 years now, are you saying that the boat was finally found?"

"No sir, we are calling to inform you that earlier today a fishing boat found a castaway on a deserted island and she has been confirmed to be your daughter, Sara Lance…" whatever she said next didn't register with him at all, my baby girl is alive, my Sara is alive, my little girl, thankfully his partner picked up the phone and continued the conversation with the woman while Quinten was in shock.

[CNRI – Minutes later]

Laurel Lance was busy at work on her newest case against Adam Hunt, when her cell phone went off, she looked at the I.D of the caller and saw that it was her father's partner, Hilton. She sighed in frustration thinking that her father was drunk in some bar, she answered "Hey Hilton, where's my dad this time-" she couldn't finish because what he said next shocked her, angered her, and excited her. Her sister was alive and would arrive in 5 days. Her sister was alive, she was happy, but at the same time all the pain and suffering that she had caused came back to her. Sara had left on the Queens Gambit with Laurels then boyfriend and everything around her crumbled, her parents divorced and she was never able to truly move on.

[Starling City Hospital]

Quinten is standing next to the doctor and looking through the small window on the door at his baby girl, "20% of her body is covered in scar tissue. Second-degree burns on her back and arms. X-rays show at least 12 fractures that never properly healed." The doctor told Quinten who looked at him with terror in his eyes, what had happened to his little girl, what did she have to go through?

"Has she said anything about what happened? Quinten asked even though he was afraid of what he would hear.

"No. She's barely said anything." Quinten looks at his daughter wanting to hold her once more, "Quinten I'd like you to prepare yourself. The Sara you lost…might not be the one they found." He heard the doctor but he didn't pay much attention, he wanted to hold his youngest daughter so, he opened the door and stepped inside the room. She didn't move from where she was standing looking out at the city.

"Sara, baby." Quinten says trying to suppress back tears. She slowly turns around at the sound of her name she hesitates at first but then starts heading towards her father.

The look in her eyes told him that she didn't recognize him instantly but when she did, "Daddy."

Quinten still fighting back tears, "Oh… my beautiful girl." They hug and they both break down in tears. "I'm… I'm so sorry daddy, I-I'm so sorry…" She cries into his shoulder as he tries to comfort her a little, "It's ok, baby girl. You're home now, you're safe."

[Few Hours Later]

She looks at the city before her, it looks so familiar and yet it feels strange to be here. Her home for the past 5 years had been Lian Yu. It had turned her into a survivor, a killer, a warrior. She saw her reflection on the window and sighed, she didn't recognize herself anymore, her body was more toned than that of most athlete's, her face was hardened and no longer held the same brightness it once did.

She didn't think that the reunion with her dad would be so hard, she cried, for the first time in a long time, she actually cried, something she thought she could no longer do. They talked for a couple hours catching up but she could tell that her father sensed she wasn't the same. Oh, if he only knew how right he was, she had to lie and tell him that both Oliver and Robert had drowned when the bout sank but it was for the best. She also had to put on a mask when he revealed to her that her mother and him were no longer together, she could see the heartache but he tried to hide it from her. She wasn't surprised to find out that Laurel had refused to come today, she must be so angry at her and Oliver for betraying her. It still hurt a little but she had hurt Laurel worse.

Now, alone in her room with her thoughts she begins to strategize and plan out her mission, to cleanse this city from the corruption and crime that plagued it. This was the last request from Oliver's father that she vowed to complete.

[Car Ride Home]

She's sitting in her father's car as he talks about the cases that he's finished and the people that he's put behind bars. He thinks that she doesn't notice all his nervous ticks he has but she does, he's an addict, alcohol and his work must have been his lifeline when she was thought dead.

She looks out the window trying not to think about all the damage her decision to follow her heart had caused. Now that she was out of the hospital she could see the slow death of the city. Her city had been slowly dying in those 5 years she was gone, but now that she was back, she would see to it that the decay would not progress any further.

They pull up to her father's apartment building, it's not the quaint little house she remembers living in before the island but she knows she's the reason why everyone fled from it, her mom to Central City, Laurel got her own place, and her dad did as well. She can't help but feel guilt, shame and disgust that she is the reason this happened to her once happy family.

[CNRI]

Laurel and her friend Johanna are walking around the office, Johanna walking behind her as Laurel gets the mail, "Come on, Laurel. We're lawyers, not miracle workers. We can't win this."

Laurel turns her head, "If we can't win a class-action suit against a man who swindled hundreds of people out of their homes and life savings, then we're not fit to call ourselves a legal aid office."

"And if we go bankrupt in the process, we won't be a legal aid office. Hunt has an army of lawyers, and they're ready to bury us." Johanna replies as they make their way back to Laurels desk.

"You and I against an army. I love those odds." She replies to her friend with a grin. "Why do you hate me?" Johanna says exasperated as she turns and walks away.

Laurel scoffs as she sits down at her desk looking at a board riddled with new clippings and articles about Adam Hunt. She can faintly here a television in the background when suddenly something the anchor says catches her attention.

Anchorman: And in other news, details as to the castaway story you've all heard about…the daughter of a decorated police detective will soon become a legendary story. Jessica now has more details and the complete castaway story.

Jessica: "The Queen's Gambit" was last heard from more than 5 years ago, Ms. Lance has reportedly confirmed she was the only survivor of the accident that took the lives of 7 people, including local billionaire playboy Oliver Queen. Survived by his sister, Thea and Mother Moira Queen…

Laurel walks to the TV, picks up the remote and turns it off as everyone turns to look at her. She drops the remote on the table and proceeds to walk away, anger and sadness evident on her face.

[Quinten's Apartment – Sara's Bedroom]

After 5 years, everything that was once familiar is now unrecognizable. The face I see in the mirror is a stranger.

Sara looks at herself and at all the scars covering it. Her hood persona flashes on screen as thunder strikes.

[Flashback] Queens Gambit – 5 Years ago

Robert Queen stares at the ship radar whilst a man emerges from outside soaking wet.

"The storm's a category 2. The captain's recommending, we head back." He tells the Queen patriarch.

"All right. Inform the crew." He tells the man, who hurries off to do as told.

Oliver walks out of his room and looks at his father, "Are we in trouble?"

"One of us is." He looks at his son with a slight frown, as Sara approaches from his room, "Ollie? Where do you keep the bottle opener on this thing?" as she realizes that Robert is right there she closes her robe a little.

"I'll be there in a minute, Sarah." He replies given her a smile as she goes back into the room.

His father sighs, "You know, son, that is not going to finish well for either of them or for you."

[Present Day]

Sara is fully dressed and is staring at a photo of herself, Laurel and her father. Simpler times.

There's a knock on her door, "Sara, sweetie Merlyn dropped by to see how you're doing, do you want me to tell him to go away?"

"No daddy that's fine, he's my friend remember, even though you don't like him."

She hears him grumble but can't understand what he said, the door opens and Tommy is standing there with that Merlyn trademark smile.

"What did I tell you? Yachts suck." He chuckles

"Tommy Merlyn." She says and goes to give him a hug.

"I missed you, kid." He replies as they walk out of the room and into the living room.

"Well me and my dad were going to go get some food, do you want to come with us to catch up?" Sara asks as her father glares at Tommy.

"Sure thing." He smiles as Quinten gets up and opens the door.

[Minutes Later at a Chinese Restaurant]

"Ok. What else did you miss? Super bowl winners… Giants, Steelers, Saints, Packers, Giants again. A black president, that's new. Oh, and "Lost," they were all dead…I think." Tommy continues to inform her as she smiles, she's missed this.

Quinten looks at his daughter and before he can think about it he asks, "What was it like there?" He knows it's not a subject she wants to speak about because she tenses at the mention of the island.

"Cold." Was her only reply letting them know that her answer was final.

"Tomorrow, you and me, we're doing the city. You've got a lot to catch up on." Tommy tells her as he looks at Quinten who tries to make up for his blunder, "That sounds like a great idea. Go out and see the city."

"That sounds nice." She says with a small smile.

At that moment, a waiter trips and is about to drop a tray when thanks to Sara's quick reflexes she stops the waiter from falling and the tray from spilling over.

"Oh, I am so sorry," begins the waiter but is cut off by Sara speaking in Chinese. "Zhè bùyào dānxīn." Tommy looks at her stunned to say the least and Quinten has a similar expression.

"Wow, you speak Chinese?" tommy looks at her.

"I didn't realize you took Chinese at college, Sara." Quinten adds in.

"I did but I never had any use for it until I arrived at Hong Kong a few days ago, I'm surprised I still remember." She lied with relative ease hoping that it was believable.

"I see well I'm glad that you were able to get by with something you learned in college." Quinten replies a smile on his face.

"Yeah, me too. Um, daddy I want to rest a bit may I be excused?" Quinten looks at her, "Do you want me to take you home?"

"No, that's okay I want to walk and enjoy the city a little." She smiles the smile that Quinten can't say no to.

"Hey, don't forget about tomorrow, Sara." Sara looks back at him and smiles before she heads out.

[Sara's Bedroom]

It's raining heavily now, the window is open because she felt trapped in her room and wanted some air to breath, she had sat down next to it and didn't know when she fell asleep but she was soaking wet now.

[Flashback] Queen's Gambit – 5 Years Ago

"1, 2, 3. It's getting closer." Sara told Oliver as she timed the lightning.

Oliver smirked, "That's not very scientific."

"What would you know about science, Mr. Ivy League dropout?"

"I happen to know a lot about science. I know about fermentation. I know biology." They kiss.

"Laurel's going to kill me. Oh, she's so going to kill me."

'Your sister will never know. Come here." He throws her onto the bed and climbs on top of her.

Sara laughs but her laugh is cut off by thunder, "Ok, that one was really close." She says with a bit of fear behind her voice.

"Sarah, we're going to be fine." He kisses her to put her mind at ease.

The champagne glasses sitting on a table tilt and suddenly the cabin flips and they're thrown to opposite sides of the room. Sara screams while Oliver momentarily loses consciousness, Sara loses balance for a bit before gaining her balance and trying to make her way to Oliver, only to see him being ripped away by the ocean. "Ollie?" is all she manages to say before the ocean takes him away as he screams for her.

Sara now in the ocean herself, "Ollie!"

A crew member spots her, "Ms. Lance!"

"Ollie!" She continues to scream trying to stay above the water.

"Ms. Lance!" The crewmember screams louder, Sara turns and sees the life raft and swims towards it. "Gus," she remembers the man that had gone to warn the crew, she turns around to go back to look for Oliver but Robert stops her, "No! he's still out there!"

"He's not there." He replies with tears falling from his eyes.

"Ollie!" She screams as she sees the yacht sink.

"He's gone." Robert hugs her as they cry for Oliver.

[Present Day]

Quinten runs into his daughter's room when he hears her scream, she's having a nightmare. He tries to wake her up but she wakes up startled, disoriented and in attack mode, she flips her dad over puts her hand on his throat.

"It's just me baby, you're safe, Sara! You're Safe, wake up!" Quinten pleads with his daughter, "Sara! Wake up!"

Sara snaps to and looks down realizing she's holding onto her father's throat, she releases him and backs away toward the window. "I'm sorry. I'm so… I'm so sorry." She repeats while curling back into a ball.

"Oh, it's ok, sweetheart. It's all right, Sara. You're home. You're home."

[Sara's Room Morning]

Sara holds the Hozen she found her second year on the island, in Buddhism it symbolized reconnecting, she had kept it in the hopes that one day it would reconnect her with her family.

"A rock! That is sweet. You know, I want one of those t-shirts that says 'My friend was a castaway, and all I got was this crappy shirt.'" Tommy said as he leaned on the frame of the door.

She smiled, it felt good being around old friends. She placed the Hozen back in her drawer, it was a keepsake from the island that she treasured, it had given her hope when she believed none to be had.

"Don't let him get you into too much trouble. You just got back. Take it slow." Her father chimed in as he passed her room on the way to the kitchen.

"Ahem. The city awaits." Tommy said leading the way out, of the apartment, she waves to her dad before following suit.

[Inside Tommy's Mercedes SLR]

"Your funerals blew." He told her referring to the funerals both the Queen and Lances held after they were pronounced dead.

"You didn't get lucky, did you?"

"Fish in a barrel. They were so sad…"

"No," Sara replied with a look on her face between disgust and amusement.

"And huggy." He added, "And I'm counting on another target rich environment for your welcome home bash."

"At my what?" she asked in disbelief.

"You came back from the dead. This calls for a party. You tell me where and when. I'll take care of everything. And this city's gone to crap. Ollie's dad sold his factory just in time. And why'd you want to drive through this neighborhood anyway?" he asks as Sara looks at the old factory.

"No reason." She replied

"So, what'd you miss the most, steaks at the palm, drinks at the station, meaningless sex?"

"Laurel."

"Everyone is happy you're alive. You want to see the one person who isn't?"

"She's my sister, I have to try and apologize." She shrugged as Tommy changed directions.

[CNRI Office]

"Laurel, I just got this from Hunt's lawyers. They filed a change of venue. We are now in front of Judge Grell." Johanna tells her.

"Hunt funded Grell's re-election campaign." Laurel states.

"Mm-hmm." Her friend simply nods.

"He's got Grell in his back-pocket." Laurel realizes.

"You know, it's fun being your friend. I get to say 'I told you so' a lot."

"No. Adam Hunt is not smarter than we are."

"No, he's just richer and willing to commit multiple felonies." Johanna reminded her.

"We don't need to go outside the law…" Laurel starts but her friend finishes the motto, "'to find justice.' Your dad's favorite jingle."

Laurel turns around to head to her desk when she stops, in front of her desk staring at her board filled with notes on Adam Hunt, is her younger sister.

"Hello, Laurel." She says as she turns to face her sister.

[Outside CNRI]

"You went to law school. You said you would." Sara says as they walk down the street.

"Yeah. Everyone's proud." Laurel replies, Sara can tell she is holding back her anger.

"Adam Hunt's a heavy hitter. You sure you want to get in the ring with him?" Sara continues not sure how to begin apologizing for what she has done.

"Five years and you want to talk about Adam Hunt?" Laurel stops and turns to face her sister.

"No. Not really."

"Why are you here, Sara?"

"To apologize. It was my fault. I wanted to ask you not to blame him. I was the one that said yes, I was the one that snuck onto the boat. I knew he was doing it to push you away but I still didn't care."

"For what? Falling under your spell, just like our parents? How could I possibly blame him for doing what he always did when he was scared of the future?"

"I never meant to…"

"He was my boyfriend, Sara. I couldn't be angry because he was dead. I couldn't grieve because I was so angry. That's what happens when your boyfriend dies while screwing your sister. They buried an empty coffin… because his body was at the bottom of the ocean where you left him. It should have been you."

"I know that it's too late to say this, but I'm sorry." Sara begin tears forming in her eyes.

"Yeah, I'm sorry, too. I'd hoped that you'd rot in hell a whole lot longer than 5 years." She walks away back towards CNRI, she passes Tommy, "How did you think that was going to go, Tommy?"

"About like that." He responds.

[Alleyway]

Tommy and Sara make their way back to his car. "Ok, so we took care of that. Good call. Now we can make up for lost time. If you're not too sick of fish, I suggest we find and eat Sushi all day. What do you say?" As they reach the car, a van approaches from behind and encloses them in the alleyway. "What're they doing?" Tommy asks as armed men make their way out of the van, "What the hell?" Is all Tommy can say before he drops from a tranquilizer dart shot at him.

Sara feels the dart impact her neck and quickly pulls it out, but the sedative is strong and as she falls down she sees a man come out of the backdoor of a restaurant, "Hey!" One of the men shoots him down.

[Flashback]

On the lifeboat, Gus sets up a fluorescent light above the boat. Robert gives Sara a bottle of water to drink.

"Here, Drink." He tells her.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Gus yells pointing at the bottle of water, "That's all we've got."

"If anybody's making it out of here, it's going be her. I'm so sorry, Sara. I thought I'd have more time, I never thought it'd be this soon. I'm not the man my son thought I was. I didn't build our city. I failed it. And I wasn't the only one."

[Present Day – Desolate Warehouse]

"Ms. Lance." One of the armed men spoke as they yanked the sack covering her face. "Ms. Lance! Did Mr. Queen survive that accident? I ask the questions. You give me the answers." He tasers her, "Did he make it to the island? Did he tell you anything?" he tasers her again as Sara groans from the pain but doesn't scream.

"Yes, he did." She finally replies after taking in the room, seeing only three guards and Tommy unconscious on the floor.

"What did he tell you, Ms. Lance?" She looks back at Tommy making sure he's still out of it.

"He told me I'm going to kill you." She spat as she looked up at them.

"You're delusional. You're zip-cuffed to that chair." The man running her interrogation says, as the others are laughing in amusement.

Sara lifts her hands up for them to see, "Not anymore."

The first kidnapper attacks trying to strike Sara down, she is faster and is able to use her chair as a shield, she spins around and slams the chair into the second kidnappers throat, she manages to break a leg off the chair and use it to pierce the heart of her interrogator. She noticed that the third kidnapper had raised his gun, she instinctively grabbed the man whose throat she had hit and put him in front of her just as the third man fired, riddling her shield with bullets. The third kidnapper stopped firing and decides that the better call is to run.

Sara goes over to check on Tommy to make sure there's a pulse, before running off after the third kidnapper. She runs through the warehouses with relative ease thanks to her time running in the dense forests of Lian Yu. The kidnapper turns around trying to hit her but she is always just a little bit ahead.

She finally manages to get in front of the kidnapper cutting off his escape route, she strikes to stun him than locks onto his head from behind, "You killed that man." She whispers into his ear.

"You don't have to do this." He pleads trying to save his life.

"Yes, I do. Nobody can know my secret." Sara says before snapping his neck and effectively killing him.

[SCPD]

"So, that's your story. Someone in a green hood flew in and single-handedly took out 3 armed kidnappers. I mean, who are they? Why would they do that?" Asks the detective questioning her and Tommy.

"I don't know. Find them and you can ask." Replies Sara with a shrug.

"Yeah. What about you?" the detective turns to Tommy, "You see the hood person?"

"I saw… just movement. Everything blurry. I was kind of out of it." He admits.

"One day back, and already somebody's gunning for you." The detective looks at Sara, "Your dad will be worried, try to keep safe for his sake."

"Were you able to identify the men?" Tommy asks after a moment of silence passes.

"Scrubbed identities, untraceable weapons. These were pros." Hilton says.

"Yeah. Well, they probably figured your father would pay a king's ransom to get you back. After all, a parent would do anything to keep their child safe." The detective tells Tommy.

"Well he would be wrong on that account, detective." Tommy replies.

"If either of us can think of anything else, we'll be in touch." Sara says as she looks at detective Hilton with a warm smile.

[Outside of the Precinct]

Moira Queen is talking with a very upset Quinten as Tommy and Sara walk over to them. Sara stops in front of the Queen matriarch and can't help but look down, "I'm sorry about Ollie, and Robert, I tried to look for them but I couldn't find them." She begins to cry as the three look on not sure how to comfort her.

Moira finally moves and hugs Sara close, "It's okay, Sara, you should have never had to live through those five year. It was our boat that dammed you to that island for five years. I'm the one that's sorry." Both women are crying in each other arms.

"If there is anything you ever need just know that we'll be there for you." Moira said with a sad look on her eyes. "I came down to see how you were holding up after Quinten told me what had happened, we couldn't protect you from the boat but we can protect you now." She pointed to a tall, well-built black man, in a black suit.

"Sara, I want to introduce you to, John Diggle. He'll be accompanying you from now on." Moira added as Mr. Diggle stepped up.

"You don't have to do that, Mrs. Queen," Sara began but her father cut in, "Don't fight her on this, Sara, she is determined to keep you safe because that's what he would have wanted." He tried to hide his anger especially since Moira was trying to help but it was hard for him, in his eyes it was Oliver's fault he had lost his little girl for five years.

"But I don't need a babysitter." Sara insisted.

"Darling, please, you were kidnapped. I understand, you don't want to, but this is something I need to know that you are safe." Quinten added and Sara just nodded knowing that she had lost the argument with the two parents.

[In the car, Provided by Moira]

"So…What do I call you?" Sara asked.

"Diggle's good. Dig if you want." He said looking at the rearview mirror to make sure there were no threats visible.

"You're ex-military?

"Yes, mam. 105th airborne out of Kandahar, retired. Been in the private sector a little more than 4 years now. I don't want there to be any confusion, Ms. Lance. My ability to keep you from harm will outweigh your comfort. Do we have an agreement?" There is no response, "Mam?"

Diggle hears the door open and then close as a car honks, he looks behind to see that Sara is gone. He slams on the break, "Mam!" He gets out and looks into the back to find that Sara is gone.

Sara walks through the slums to reaches Oliver's father old factory, she throws her bags over and scales the fence after them. She enters the abandoned factory and after inspecting it she got to work building a lair.

As she is working out, and completing her setup she thinks to herself, the abduction was unexpected. It forced me to move up my plans, but what I told the police was true. Someone in the green hood was there in that warehouse, and they are just beginning.

In the background, she has a television tuned to the local news channel,

Anchor: The suit alleges that Hunt committed multiple acts of fraud and theft against the city's underprivileged. Laurel Lance, an attorney for the city necessary…

She continues to prepare her arrows and checking her bow, Adam Hunt…his crimes go deeper than fraud and theft, but he's been able to bully, bribe, or kill anyone who's gotten into his way. He hasn't met me yet.

[Parking Lot]

Hunt, two body guard and another man make their way to his limo, "You remind Grell I put him on the bench, I can take him off. I will turn him into a cautionary tale." Hunt tells the third man who nods in response, "Yes, Mr. Hunt."

"And this attorney Laurel Lance…you said she wasn't going to be a problem anymore. I told you to fix that situation." Hunt stops walking and turns towards the third man, "Why are you still here?" the man simple leaves.

An arrow flies through the parking lot hitting the lights and causing the rest to go out, during the confusion another arrow flies out and hits one of the guards in the shoulder knocking him down "Unh!" The other guard moves hunt into the limo, "Get in the car!" closing the door, before firing where he believes the arrows are coming from.

"Hey. You missed." Comes the voice of the hood disguised by the modifier.

The hood shoots another arrow hitting the second guard, "Unh!" followed by another, "Unh!" everything grows quiet.

Another arrow is fired shattering the passenger window and lodging itself into the seat next to Hunt. He turns to look at it when he is suddenly dragged out, "Unh!"

"What? What? Just… just tell me what you want." Hunt pleads with the vigilante who has an arrow aimed at his heart.

"You're going to transfer $40 million into Starling City bank account 1141 by 10 P.M. tomorrow night." The masked voice tells him.

"Or what?" Hunt replies sounding a bit more like himself.

"Or I'm going to take it, and you won't like how." She responds as she turns around and walks away.

"If I see you again, you're dead!" Hunt yells after having regained his courage no that the vigilante was far away. The hooded figure makes a quick turn and fires an arrow that flies by hunt and shatters a hole into the rear windshield like a bullet. A stunned Hunt stares at it and then back to where the vigilante was only to see that no one was there anymore.

[Hunt Multinational]

Quinten and his partner make their way out of the elevator and head into Hunt's office. "They were wearing a hood, a green hood, and they had a bow and arrow." The two detectives look at each other, the vigilante that had saved Sara and Tommy. Taking the looks on the detectives as disbelief Hunt becomes impatient, "What, you don't believe me?"

He turns around and grabs an arrow that was sitting on his desk and shows it to them, "That maniac put two of my men in the hospital."

Hilton takes the arrow and examines it, "Well, thanks for your statement. We'll put out an APB on… Robin Hood?" Quinten replies not really sure if he believes Hunt's account.

"Hey, pal. I'm not some grocer who got taken for his register. I go to the front of the line. Now he said he would be back here by 10 P.M. Make sure you're here first. You can coordinate with Mr. Drakon, my new head of security." Hunt finishes and walks back to his desk.

"All right. Well, uh, thanks for your time." They head back towards the elevator, "It looks like Sara was telling the truth after all, we have a vigilante on our hands."

"Yeah. Well, it wouldn't be the first time we've had one. This hooded person comes looking for trouble, they'll find it." With that the doors close.

[Outside Lance's Apartment]

Sara was getting ready for the party Tommy was having for her and as she walked out of the door, Diggle waited outside leaning on the wall, hands crossed.

She gave him a small grin as he began to follow her. They reached the car that Moira had given Diggle to move Sara around. He opened the door for her and let her get in before getting in the back with her, "Put on your seat belt, mam. Wouldn't want you to miss your party." Sara smiles in disbelief as another man gets into the driver's seat and starts the car.

[Sara's Welcome Home Party]

Sara arrives at the party, as she walks down the steps she takes out her phone and checks the timer, 9:07 pm, 53 minutes left for Adam Hunt to comply or face the hood again. Tommy sees her and ushers her in as he signals the DJ to stop the music.

"Everybody, hey! Woman-of-the-hour!" The crowd cheers, "Whoo! And, gentlemen, please behave yourselves, she just got back."

Sara walks up to the stage with the DJ, "Thank you very much, everybody!"

Tommy approaches with shots in his hands, "Sara, Sara, Sara, Sara!" He chants as Tommy hands her a shot.

She looks out to the crowd as she takes the shot from Tommy, "I missed Tequila!" She downs the shot as the crowd cheers.

[Hunt Multinational]

Hunt is standing by his office window looking down at the building below playing loud music into the night. "What the hell's going on out there?" He asks his guards as they prepare themselves for the vigilante.

"It's across the street. Party for the girl that got rescued off that island… Sara Lance." Drakon tells his employer.

[Sara's Welcome Home Party]

Sara sees Thea talking to some sketchy guy, "Hey. Does he wipe for you, too?" tommy asks as he looks at Diggle, "Now by my rough estimate, you have not had sex in 1,839 days. As your wingman, I highly recommend Bruno Vega." Sara smiles lightly.

"Which one is he?" She asks.

"The one who looks like the dude from 'Twilight.' He looks like your type."

"What's 'Twilight'?" Sara asks confused.

"You're so better off not knowing." Tommy tells her as Sara sees Thea pay the guy for some drugs.

"Back in a minute." Sara says as she moves towards Thea, Diggle sees her move and follows at a distance.

Sara grabs Thea aside, "Sara, hey! This party is sick."

"Who let you in here?"

"I believe it was somebody who said, 'Right this way, Miss Queen.'"

"Well, you shouldn't be here."

"Uh, I'm not 12 anymore."

"No. You're 17."

"Sara, I-I love you, but you can't come back here and judge me, especially for being just like you."

"I know that it couldn't have been easy for you especially when you lost both Ollie and your father."

"My brother and my father died. I went to their funerals."

"I know." Sara says with a sad look in her eyes.

"No, you don't. My mother had Walter, and I had no one. Everyone acts like it's cool, let's forget about the last 5 years. Well, I can't, just like Laurel can't forget that you betrayed her. For me, it's kind of permanently in there, so I'm sorry if I turned out some major disappointment, but this—me, is the best I could do with what I had to work with." Thea turns around and walks away, "Let's bounce."

Once the group of friends are a distance away they stop, "You have the fun dip?"

Thea looks in her purse, "Yeah. It's right—No. I… I must have dropped it." She tells them after looking through her purse and finding it empty.

Sara looks on and then turns around, heads for the trashcan and throws the drugs away, she looks up to see give her an approving smile. She turns back to head to where Tommy is but bumps into her sister.

"Oh! Oh. You're here." She says with surprise in her voice.

"Tommy. He made the point that we're sisters and that we shouldn't leave things the way we left them. Is there someplace quieter that we could go?" Laurel asks her sister.

"Yeah." She says as she leads Laurel to the second floor.

"I'm sorry about saying that you should have been the one who died. That was wrong."

"If I could trade places with him, I would."

"No, I'm happy you're alive. I just wish he was alive as well, so I could let go of the anger and grief. Anyway, about Ollie… there's something that I've been afraid to ask, but I need to know."

"Ok." Sara says quietly.

"When he died…did he suffer?" She asks afraid of hearing the answer but still needing to know.

Sara has a quick flashback to when the ocean took Ollie away, "No."

"I still think about him every day. I think about him being alive and him coming to apologize to me." Laurels confides to her younger sister.

"I think about him, too. Especially his carefree smile." Sara responds as she thinks about the goofy smile Ollie would shine to get out of trouble.

"I guess we at least have one thing in common then. I can't believe I'm going to say this, but…If you need someone to talk to about what happened to you, I'm here. Or if you just want to talk about that idiot," Laurel looks at her sister with tears forming in her eyes, Sara goes and hugs her sister letting her cry on her shoulder. Her phone goes off signaling the deadline but she remains with her sister.

"You should get that, something could be wrong." Laurel speaks when she calms down a little.

"If I check it I'll have to go and you're more important." Sara says as laurel gives her a sad smile, "No, it's okay, I had a long day so I'm heading home. I'll call you so we can go get lunch another time alright?"

Sara nods in agreement and heads off to a service exist after she sees Laurel leave, she checks her phone, Hunt did not comply.

"Something I can help you with, mam?" Comes the voice of Diggle behind her, great just what she needed.

"I just wanted a second to myself."

"I would believe you, Ms. Lance, if you weren't so full of crap. Party's this way." He motions to the side doors.

Sara tries to open one, "It's locked." Diggle goes to check and when he turns his back to Sara she puts him in a sleeper hold, immobilizing him.

[Hunt Multinational]

"You two cover the elevator. Hang back and be ready. Stay in the corners and stay alert." Drakon yells to the guards as he closes the office doors and locks them. "It's past 10:00. He's never getting in here." He assures his employer.

"All's clear." Lance tells his partner.

"Yeah." Replies Hilton

While they look around the building and block the entrances, an arrow strikes the outside wall and grips onto the wall forming a zip-line.

Moments later the lights on the floor leading to Hunt's office turn off, the elevator chimes and the doors open, the two guards closest aim their guns but before they can fire two arrows shoot out, two perfect hits, the guards are dead, and before the bodies fall, the hood rushes out, hits one of the guards with the bow breaking their nose. The hood turns around and sweeps the feet of another, knocking two arrows and releasing them into the last two standing guard. The hood turns and fires an arrow at the guard who was still holding his bloody nose, taking him out. With the last guard standing the hood forces them towards the office doors.

Inside the office, the last two guards, Drakon and Hunt hear the commotion outside and then it's quiet once more, only the techno music from across the street can be heard. The guard standing in front of the doors, ready's his gun when a figure comes crashing through, the guard fires upon seeing the man, realizing to late that it's one of their own, and in that instant an arrow fly's through and impales him in the heart dropping him, the hood steps through the door and using the bow as a staff attacks the last guard hiding behind the door until one last hit to the head knocks them out.

The hood knocks an arrow and fires at Hunt, missing by inches and lodging itself to the wall behind. "You missed." Hisses Hunt glaring at the hood.

"Really?" The hood said rather amused. In that moment Drakon came forth and engaged the vigilante, punches worth thrown and with the size difference Drakon appeared to have the upper hand until he tried to stab the hood, who just grabbed his wrist and threw him to the ground and pummeled him, but in doing so Drakon landed near a fallen guard's gun.

During this time, Hunt raced out of his office and made a call, "He's here!" Meanwhile down below Lance and Hilton got the call, "All units, converge! All units, converge!"

The hood followed Drakon's eyes and in an instant rushed for cover as Drakon picked up the gun, as the hood dived for cover she threw a dart at Drakon as he fired, a bullet hit the hood just as the dart hits Drakon in the heart dropping him instantly. The hood is on the floor revealing the face of Sara Lance with grease covering her eyes like a mask.

In the hall, Quinten is ordering his men around as they get ready to breach the office, "Go right, go right. On me." As the officers get closer the hood comes to and removes the bullet from her bulletproof vest underneath her get-up. "Lay down your weapons, or we will open fire!" Sara quickly pulls the hood back over her eyes and grabs her bow, "I repeat, lay down your weapons." Before they are able to fire the hood fires an arrow and disarms the officers in front, she runs towards the opposite window while Quinten and Hilton fire upon seeing her, just as she jumps through the window and onto the night.

"Tell me you saw that." Hilton says as they move to the window, to reveal the hood zip-lining down to the building across the street.

[Sara's Homecoming Party]

"Ok. Let's go. Move. Cut it. Search the building roof to basement. Find him! Starling City police! The party's over, kids." As the cops enter the crowd boo's and hollers at them.

Tommy walks up to the detectives, "Oh, Mr. Merlyn. Imagine my shock at finding you here. Did you roofie anyone special tonight, huh?" Quinten asks as Tommy looks struck by the accusation.

"Daddy? What are you doing here?" Sara asks as she walks up to him to hug him.

"Well, there was an incident at Adam Hunt's building tonight," He explains before turning to Tommy, "You know anything about that?"

"Who's Adam Hunt, daddy?"

"He's a millionaire bottom feeder, and I'm kind of surprised you aren't friends." He says as he looks at Tommy.

"Dad, please stop being like this, he hasn't done anything to you."

"Yeah, okay. Well, he just got attacked by the person with the hood, the same person that saved you guys the other day, I'm guessing." Quinten says trying to hold his tongue for his daughter's sake.

"Ok. Let's go, partner, let's leave them to their celebration."

"Yeah, alright. Take care of yourself sweetie I'll see you at home."

"Okay daddy, bye." She smiles and waits for them to leave, before she turns to the crowd, "It's way too quiet in here! This is a party!"

"Some coincidence, I mean, you asking to have your party here, and Hunt getting robbed right next door and by the same person who rescued us at the warehouse." Tommy says thinking about the coincidences.

"If I were you, Tommy, I'd just be glad you're alive." Sara replies trying to stop him from prying any further into the matter.

"What-h-happened to you on that island?" he stammers, for the first-time Tommy can see that this Sara is not the same one that left.

"A lot." She responds as she heads back into the crowd.

[Hunt Multinational Next Day]

"What the hell are you talking about? $40 million doesn't just up and vanish! Untraceable?! It is $40 million! Find it!" Hunt screams into the phone as he makes his way back to his desk as workers are cleaning up the mess caused by the hood. "How did he do it?" Hunt says aloud as he sinks into his chair, never noticing that the arrow on the wall had a small device attached to it and it was blinking a green light.

[The Lair]

Sara is sitting at a table with computers running two programs simultaneously, one had worked on transferring the money from Hunt off to an offshore account so it couldn't be traced, while on the other one the money was being redistributed to the victims of Hunt.

[Flashback]

"There's not enough for all of us. Save your strength. You can survive this, make it home, make it better, help me right my wrongs, but you got to live through this first. You hear me, Sara? You hear me?"

"Just rest, Mr. Queen." Sara says tiredly. Robert kisses her forehead, pulls out a gun and aims it at Gus, "No!" Robert fires and Gus goes over into the ocean.

"Mr. Queen?!" Sara fully wakes up startled as she sees him point the gun to his head, "Survive." Those are the last words he says before pulling the trigger, "No!" Sara screams in utter and complete shock.

[CNRI]

"If hypothetically $50,000 magically appeared in your bank account, it might be best for you not to speak about it…to anyone… Ever. God, bless you, too." She hangs up with a look of amazement, just then her coworker Johanna walk up behind her, "I just got a very grateful phone call from one of our clients against Adam Hunt."

"Me, too. Heh. It looks like Starling City has a guardian angel. By the way, your cute friend's here." Johanna says as she moves away. Laurel turns around to see Tommy standing there. They go out for a walk.

"You left the party pretty quick last night, even after I made sure the bar was stocked with Pinot Noir." Tommy starts the conversation after a bit of silence.

"It wasn't really my scene." A little white lie, the truth was she was a little emotional with her talk with Sara and needed time to think.

"I thought maybe you and Sara went mano-a-mano again. I saw you two head out."

"There's nothing between Sara and I, not anymore, we're trying to patch things up but it may be awhile."

"I'm glad you took my advice on the matter, just keep us on the wraps for now."

"I wouldn't exactly characterize us as an 'us,' Tommy."

"Then what would you call it?"

"A lapse." Laurel says with a smirk.

"That's quite a few lapses… your place, my place, my place again."

"Oh, come on, Merlyn. We both know that you're not a one-girl type of guy."

"Depends on the girl."

"I have to go back to work."

"Dinah Laurel Lance always trying to save the world." Tommy says as Laurel turns back, "Hey. If I don't try and save it, who will?"

As the two have this exchange, on top of a fire escape is a figure crouched down looking down at them.

The island changed me. But those close to me have no idea how much. There are many more names on the list, those who rule my city through intimidation and fear. Every last one of them will wish I had died on that island.

[Dark Garden Behind a Mansion]

Walking down the steps to the garden a man speaks to the figure waiting for him, "The police failed to identify the men I hired to kidnap Sara, and they never will." He stops at the bottom, "Should we arrange another abduction?"

"No. There are other ways of finding out what Ms. Lance knows." The woman turns around to reveal her to be, Moira Queen.