So, this is the epilogue to THE DAR(H)K WAR. When I started this in May, I honestly didn't think I'd get so much support from the followers, so I hereby thank you for loyally following my story and helping me to write this until the very and I am very grateful. And I would also like to acknowledge and thank Stand with Ward and Queen for consultation with writing the epilogue.

Have fun and I hope you have enjoyed the story until the end.

Disclaimer: I do not own DC Comics or the CW TV shows Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow or any other characters or elements pertaining to the mentioned franchises.

Waverider

"I… I don't know what to say." Ray whispered.

"Now that the world knew who I was, I couldn't stay around anymore. They'd all be looking for me and no one would be safe." Oliver explained.

"You could have changed your identity…" Ray tried.

"That's exactly what Roy did last year and how did that turn out?" Oliver argued and Ray nodded. "But we did stay around for a little while, at least to say goodbyes and to... have some closure with those who we loved."

Present, a few weeks after the revelation of the Green Arrow, a church outside Star City

Henry and Sara rushed down the corridor of the church as she turned to him, readjusting his shirt. "Button up, OK?"

"Damn, thanks." Henry said as he readjusted Sara's hair. "Look, about what we did—"

"We'll talk about that later. Now, no one can see us and remember our excuse?" Sara asked and Henry nodded.

Diggle and Roy were helping Oliver adjusting his suit as he finished knotting the tie.

"You look like a proper gentleman, Oliver." Quentin smiled as Roy whistled and gave him thumbs up. "I would have left the city hall for you and Laurel but since you are a wanted man…"

"A private ceremony is good enough anyway, Mr. Mayor." Oliver chuckled.

"Official ceremony won't be until August, so until then, it's still 'Quentin' for you, Oliver."

Henry then burst in, adjusting his tie as his shirt was wet because of sweat.

"You're a little late." Roy said.

"Bad traffic." Henry said, wiping the sweat off his face.

Thea, Tatsu and Barbara were helping Laurel with her dress as she admired herself in the mirror as Sara burst in, adjusting her dress.

"You're a little late." Barbara said.

"Bad traffic." Sara panted out.

Roy, Quentin, Lyla, Tatsu, Barbara, Bruce, Barry, Caitlin, Cisco, Henry and Sara, who smiled at each other, Kara, Nicole and Nyssa were watching as Thea was accompanying Laurel down the aisle as her Maid of Honor, while Diggle was taking his place at Oliver's side as his Best Man as the priest opened the bible.

"We have gathered here today to witness the holy union of Oliver Jonas Queen and Dinah Laurel Lance. Two souls, who have known each other their entire life." The priest turned to Oliver. "Now, Oliver Queen, if you may repeat after me. I, Oliver Queen, take you, Laurel Lance, as my lawful wife…"

"I, Oliver Queen, take you, Laurel Lance, as my lawful wife…"

"To be loyal to you and be by your side, in sickness and health, in good and bad, no matter what…"

"To be loyal to you and be by your side, in sickness and health, in good and bad, no matter what…"

"Until death do us apart."

"Until death do us apart." Oliver finished as the priest turned his attention to Laurel.

"Now, Laurel Lance, if you may repeat after me. I, Laurel Lance, take you, Oliver Queen as my lawful husband…"

"I, Laurel Lance, take you, Oliver Queen as my lawful husband…"

"To be loyal to you and be by your side, in sickness and health, in good and bad, no matter what…"

"To be loyal to you and be by your side, in sickness and health, in good and bad, no matter what…"

"Until death do us apart."

"Until death do us apart." Laurel finished as the priest closed the bible.

"You may kiss the bride."

The crowd applauded as Oliver and Laurel kissed each other.

Helena was watching the ceremony through the goggles before driving away on the bike. "I just wish you were there too, Grayson."

Tommy was watching in the distance, smiling happily as Talia approached him.

"You won't go there? I'm sure Oliver would be glad that you are visiting them."

"I could ask the same thing about why aren't you there for Bruce." Tommy drawled. "I'm too damaged, Talia. Honestly, I'm surprised you don't want to avenge your father."

"It was an honorable death and besides, my sister has rightful claim to it. I've wanted Bruce to be by my side so many times… but… he's always said 'no'. He never would have accepted. Father would never have allowed me to become the Demon's Head if Bruce did not accept. I had to forge my own path."

"So do I." Tommy nodded. "Tommy Merlyn is dead. And Prometheus died with the Green Arrow."

"Then maybe, if you're neither of those things…" She turned to him. "You need to become someone else… something else… I can help you find your path."

Tommy looked at her, intrigued. "I'm listening."

"I'm putting together a team." Bruce offered to Barry and Kara as they looked at him, considering. "A team of individuals with unique set of skills and abilities. People, who are strong enough to protect the world from such threats as Damien Darhk or the League of Assassins."

"I'm in." Barry said instantly.

"I… I'm from another Earth…" Kara said timidly. "But… if you need me, I'll be there."

He turned to Sara, who shook her head. "I'm already in another team." She declined politely.

"My offer is still on the table anyway."

A week later, a cabin in the countryside

"I have to go, Laurel." Oliver said as he packed up. "There'll always be someone looking for me."

"We should have had our honeymoon in Cabo." Laurel sighed. "Then it would take a while for them to find you."

"I'll see you again, honey." He kissed her as he walked away with his duffel bag, picking up the GPS with the coordinates Rip had given him as he remembered what Rip had said about not killing Prometheus before it all clicked. Rip knew who Prometheus was and he knew that the only way to win was to give his identity up…

He clenched his fists as he drove away on his bike to the outskirts of Star City, about to have a chat with Rip as he called Sara.

Henry's House, Star City

Sara finished packing as Henry looked at her sadly at the door. "Do you really have to go?"

Sara sighed as she neared him. "Look, Henry, these last few weeks were fine but honestly, I have my own team to look after and I just don't see how this would work out between us."

Henry stared at her, measuring as he nodded, conceding. "I understand. But, still, it was worth it while it lasted." Sara smirked as she neared him and they kissed each other. "But I hope we can still be friends and that you'll visit me."

"No promises but Legends are never late." Sara said as she walked to the door with her bag.

Waverider

"And that was it." Oliver finished.

Ray stared at Oliver and Sara before absorbing it all. "Wow. This… it's one thing to learn about it from the Gideon and Rip but learning it from you in person… OK. You know, if you want, we could use the Waverider so that you could visit everyone once in every while." He said as he saw the wedding ring on Oliver's finger.

"And how did Laurel and everyone go on after I left?" Oliver asked.

Suddenly, the ship started to quake before Ray could speak up.

"What was that?" Oliver asked, startled.

"An aberration." Rip said as he rushed in.

"I have detected the aberration in New York, 1942. An explosion of a nuclear device caused for the World War II to be fought a lot longer."

The screen turned on as Oliver and Sara groaned. "You gotta be kidding me. I just ended him!"

"Well, you whooped his ass before, Oliver, you can do it again." Ray quipped as he saw Damien Darhk on the screen.

"Wanna join the Legends?" Sara smirked as Oliver chuckled.

Present, Star City, District Attorney's office, five months later

Laurel was at the desk, business as usual before her phone rang as she picked it up. "Hello?"

"Miss Lance, there's an unscheduled visitor outside. A Henry Fyff."

"Let him in." Laurel said as a minute later, Henry entered with his bag as she hugged him. "Hey."

"Hi, Laurel. How have you been?" Henry laughed.

"Fine. What are you doing here?"

"Got a few weeks off, so I figured a friendly visit would be nice."

"Yeah." Laurel said as she offered him a glass of water. "So, what's been going on?"

"Ah, it's all a little quiet now that one of the biggest terrorists ever is dead." Henry shrugged.

"And have you—"

Henry knew instantly the question she was about to ask as he shook his head. "No, we haven't found Tommy yet but I'll let you know if we have something. How's your Dad doing anyway, Miss Queen?"

"Legally, I'm still Lance and Ollie is dead technically." Laurel shrugged.

"Has he been visiting you?" Henry asked.

"Last week, he and Sara looked like they've aged ten years."

"Oh." Henry said dryly. "How's Quentin doing?"

"Dad's got a handle of the whole mayor thing, surprisingly."

"And Dig? Thea? Roy?"

"They've been looking for a new team. For example, there's some crazy kid with guns wearing a hockey mask, frankly, he's making a mess out there."

"Wild Dog?" Henry asked as Laurel nodded. "I've read the news."

Then she noticed that in Henry's bag was a bunch of folders and then it all clicked. "But you're here for more, are you? This isn't just a friendly visit."

Henry shrugged. "Guilty as charged."

"I already told Bruce I'm not joining this league he's—"

"This isn't coming from Bruce, this is coming from me, Lyla and Barbara." Henry interrupted her. "We've been assembling a smaller team of individuals. Slade is an individual asset of A.R.G.U.S. but we've been thinking a little bigger. This is all the intel I have from Mercy." He said the name with a hint of venom handed her a bunch of dossiers as Laurel eyeballed them. All of them females. "A strike task force, willing to strike the minor threats that Bruce's team might overlook, given that they will be focused on more major threats. Barbara and Tatsu have already said 'yes'—"

"But Helena?" Laurel raised her brows. "Are you sure about this?"

"Wasn't my idea. I was outvoted." Henry shrugged.

Laurel sighed. "Of course. Look, I—"

"You can't tell me that you don't miss being the Black Canary. I know Dig and his team got it but—"

"I… I need to think about this." Laurel said, putting one of Henry's folders in her desk as he nodded, while taking the rest of them back in his bag.

"Sure. I understand." Both of them stood up and hugged each other as they kissed each other on their cheeks as Henry was walking away before Laurel spoke up, causing for him to stop.

"What's the team you're forming called anyway?"

"Officially we haven't named it yet but I've been thinking 'Birds of Prey'." Henry said. "What do you think?"

"I like it." Laurel chuckled.

Star City

The apprentice knelt down, sweat all over his body as Talia breathed out.

"You've come a long way. I think you're almost ready."

The apprentice smirked as he got up on his feet. "It's time for me to become someone else. Something else."

"This city deserves a fiercer legend than Oliver ever could have been. I think he'd be proud of you."

"You sure you don't want revenge?" The apprentice asked dryly.

"No…" Talia shook her head. "I'm… done and tired of… death… maybe it's time to grow old, die an ordinary death, have a meaningful life…"

"You sure you don't want to find Bruce?"

"This city needs to be rebuilt. And I will help."

"Very well, Miss Tate." The apprentice said as he approached the crate, where was the black outfit, katana, bow and arrows.

A tall, muscular man in leather jacket was checking on his men, manufacturing the drugs as suddenly, an explosive arrow stuck from the floor, sending him to the ground as the men fired at the shadow of a hooded man with bow and quiver, running away but they were swiftly taken down by it because of it's inhuman speed before the shadow took on it's leader and despite some difficulty, the leader was knocked down on the floor as the hooded man spoke up.

"Derek Sampson, you have failed this city!"

"Changing the colors now, huh, Queen?" Sampson asked sarcastically.

"I'm not Oliver Queen."

"Then who the heck are you supposed to be?"

Sampson looked into the face of the man in the black hood as his eyes were covered in shadow.

"My name… is… Merlyn!" The man said said and the next thing Sampson saw was a fist nearing his face before everything turned pitch black.

Before anyone asks, I don't know if I will be writing a sequel. At first, in my head I had planned sequels with Tommy Merlyn as the new guardian of Star City involved, one with Legends of Tomorrow, involving Oliver and one with Birds of Prey but I wouldn't even know where would they go and I will be too busy with college probably to even try to write them anyway but if anyone is up to the challenge, feel free to PM me and consult me.

I hope you have enjoyed this story from the beginning to the end and see you soon with another story hopefully and once again I would like to thank Stand with Ward and Queen for help with writing the epilogue.

Please review and let me know if you have enjoyed the story to its end.

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