So I've learned original content takes way more time to write as seasons start to close because of how massively AU it starts to get. Must remember that from now on.

Anyway, after a long day of working on this, here you all go! Evelyn has a lot to tell, Cayden's cabal quartet all get rounded up, but the Outsiders know something is up.

Enjoy!

***

Kara hovered above Star City, eyes closed, her hearing focused solely on her fiancé's city. Somewhere below her was a teenager who was possibly the reason Cayden James' son was dead, or she possibly needed their help. Ever since Slade, Malcolm, and Laurel had proven time after time that they could change after what they had done in the past, changing their legacy from bad to good, Kara couldn't think of any reason why Evelyn didn't deserve a chance like they did. She just hoped Laurel had gotten through to her like she hoped she had.

Her ears twitched, and her head shot up as she registered a familiar voice. "I hear her," she said.

"Where?" Laurel was quick to ask.

Kara turned her x-ray vision to the buildings below, narrowing her eyes as she focused on one in particular. "Five buildings down from the warehouse the bomb was previously stored at," she answered, then blinked when she saw another person approaching. "Wait . . . someone else is there, too."

Laurel cursed. "Who?"

"We can grab two in one go," Malcolm looked on the bright side.

Kara's breath hitched. "Black Canary doesn't make two."

Laurel cursed even louder.

***

Remember – as quick as you can.

Evelyn stared for five seconds at her phone before scoffing and turning it off. "Yes, ma'am," she muttered sarcastically, grabbing another wad of bills from the bin she was digging through. Satisfied she had enough, she was about to close the bin when she found something in the bottom of it. Hesitating for only a second, she timidly reached inside, took the paper, and pulled it out.

It was one of the few photos she had left, and she never knew why she had kept it. She knew why it was at the bottom, though – it was from her early time with Team Arrow, complete with the entire team from then – herself, Rene, Curtis, Rory, Oliver, Dig, and Felicity. She stared long and hard at it for a second, then clenched her jaw and put the photo in her bag next to Vincent's visor, hastily zipping it up. She slung it over her shoulder and hurried to leave, debating on whether to return to Talia or not.

The worst-case scenario turned out to happen as she rounded the corner and came face to face with someone she didn't want to see at all. She froze in her tracks, eyes wide like she was a deer in the headlights. "Vince told me everyone had a to-go bag stashed," Dinah said quietly, steel in her voice. "It took me a little while to figure out where yours was."

"Dinah," Evelyn stammered, staggering backwards. "Please – "

"You don't get to beg!" Dinah snapped, rushing towards her.

Evelyn quickly rolled to the side, running for the door. Talia it was, then, if it meant she could get away from the Canary. She almost made it to the door when Dinah grabbed her from behind; she had just enough time to cover her face as she was hurled through the window nearby.

Evelyn crashed through it, crying out in pain as shards of glass cut through her hands. She did manage to get to her feet, though, swiftly ducking underneath the frenzied swing Dinah took. That was a benefit of being shorter than her – she could duck swings like those easily. If she could just tire Dinah out . . .

No, that wasn't going to work, Evelyn realized as Dinah fought with everything, not just her staff. Evelyn was doing everything she could just to make sure Dinah didn't sweep her feet out from under her. Finally, she took a deep breath and reached up, pressing her fingers to the collar around her neck. She heard it whine as it activated, and ignoring the frantic pounding of her heart, she took a deep breath and screamed.

Dinah countered just in time with one of her own, and both were catapulted backwards as their screams met. Dinah's back hit the floor, and Evelyn slammed into the wall behind her. With a gasp of pain, Evelyn slumped to the ground, wincing as she tried to get to her knees. She froze when she felt the cool end of Dinah's staff poke her in the neck. "You can't stop me," Dinah hissed. "This ends tonight. You end tonight!"

"Please," Evelyn sobbed. "I didn't want to, I didn't!"

Dinah snarled angrily, and Evelyn closed her eyes, hearing the metahuman take a deep breath, probably intending to scream until she was dead.

In the next second, the lights above them exploded, and Evelyn heard Dinah flinch away from her. Then her own body was moving – not falling, but somehow moving. Evelyn instinctively flinched, then a grip on her tightened.

Everything around her stopped, and Evelyn stumbled, almost pitching forward. "Hey," a familiar voice said, holding her by the shoulders. "It's OK, it's OK. Take a few deep breaths." Evelyn closed her eyes to stop everything from spinning, doing as she was told. "There you go," the voice said, and Evelyn's eyes flew open when she realized who was talking to her. "Evelyn?" Kara asked, looking at her in concern. "Is that better?"

Evelyn opened her mouth to respond, then closed it again. "No," she finally choked out, shaking her head wildly.

Kara's face softened, then the Kryptonian silently held out her arms. Evelyn didn't even care that just a few days ago, this woman had been her enemy; she just ran forward blindly, right into her arms, letting her tears fall again as Kara hugged her.

***

Everyone's comms went live a few minutes later. "We have Evelyn," Malcolm reported.

"Dark Archer?" Oliver frowned, hearing the tense tone Malcolm was using.

There were a few seconds of silence, then he sighed. "Dinah was about to kill her when I took out the lights for Kara to get in there."

"Damn it," Oliver gritted his teeth.

"That means the others could interfere now," Imra said.

"They aren't who I'm worried about," Oliver shook his head.

"He's right," Mon-El agreed. "There's three others that are still in the wind."

"Correction," Felicity's voice came on. "Ricardo Diaz was in the wind. Cayden's satellite just picked him up headed south."

"Oh, thank God," Winn spoke for all of them, and Slade snorted when he heard what sounded like the techie thumping his head on what had to be the table.

"I want Diaz," Alex volunteered at once.

Oliver didn't argue. "Go get him."

"Sending you the GPS coordinates now," Felicity reported.

"Martian Manhunter, Guardian, go with her," Oliver ordered. "Valor, Saturn Girl, the two of you go after Talia."

"Copy that," Mon-El nodded.

"The three of us will be ready to get Anatoli," Oliver finished, looking at Dig and Slade, both men nodding. "Overwatch, put me through to Cayden."

Cayden picked up rather quickly. "Mr. Queen, have you fulfilled my request?"

"We have Artemis," Oliver told him. "Where do we take her?"

A snort came over the line. "The last time I checked, it took more than one huntress to make up a quartet."

"Cayden, we don't have time for games!"

"Then I suggest you find my former compatriots as soon as you can."

***

Diaz was running down a dark alleyway in Star City when a figure in black stepped out in front of him. "Where do you think you're going?" Alex narrowed her eyes. "I want a rematch."

Diaz stared at her, then turned to run in the opposite direction, only to run right into a shield. As he stumbled backwards, Alex marched forward and kicked him in the shin, sending him to his knees. As J'onn landed and approached, James looked down at the fallen criminal and smirked. "Leaving town?" he asked sarcastically.

Diaz just spat on the ground in frustration as Alex grinned.

***

"Where's Kara?" Dinah growled as she stormed into her team's headquarters.

Rene looked up from trying to call her again, raising an eyebrow. "Hey, guys, I'm sorry I didn't pick up, is there anything I can help with?" he muttered, slipping his phone into his pocket.

"Kara just let Evelyn get away!" Dinah snapped. "This is not a time for jokes, Rene!"

"Wait, what?" Curtis did a double take, looking at her.

"I had her!" Dinah ranted, pacing angrily. "I had Evelyn right there, and then someone did something to the lights, and Evelyn was just gone! It had to be her!"

Rene paused, looking at Curtis. "Or J'onn," he said slowly.

"I have literally been on J'onn since you told me to," Curtis shook his head. "He wasn't anywhere near Dinah."

"J'onn's here, too?" Dinah stopped in her tracks.

"Yeah," Curtis nodded.

"Something's going on," Rene scowled.

"And we're out of the loop," Curtis narrowed his eyes. "I don't like that."

"Me, neither," Dinah agreed at once.

"So what're we gonna do about it?" Rene looked between his two teammates.

***

"And . . . there," Malcolm finished what he was doing, stepping back.

"You did me a favor," Evelyn muttered, leaning her chin on her knees, which felt slightly uncomfortable given her hands were individually cuffed to the pole behind her.

"Did I?" Malcolm asked in surprise, looking at the collar he had just disabled.

"Yeah," Evelyn nodded. "I'm surprised you didn't just take it off."

"Don't need to if you can't reach up to turn it on," Kara shook her head, Laurel pacing restlessly.

Evelyn snorted. "Knowing Cayden James, he could probably turn it back on anyway."

"Well," Laurel walked to stand in front of her and crouched down. "Do you plan on using it on us?"

Evelyn tried to hold her gaze, then blinked and licked her lips, looking away. "No. It's not you I'm worried about."

"Yourself?" Malcolm raised an eyebrow. "It can't do anything to you, can it?"

A bitter laugh came from Evelyn. "Is that what Dinah Drake said?" she sneered, then sniffed and sat back. "Go on. Tell me what she said. I want to know how much of it she actually told you, or how much she actually got right."

"That you killed Vincent," Laurel said simply. "That's it."

Evelyn stared at her. "That's it?"

"Evelyn, Dinah lost her boyfriend," Laurel put her hand on one of Evelyn's knees. "Her story was gonna be skewered anyway. But she didn't work with Prometheus when you did. I did. I don't think that's the full story."

"Evelyn," Kara said quietly, making the dark-haired girl look up at her. "You were scared of Dinah. I heard you say you didn't want to kill Vincent. What happened?"

Evelyn swallowed hard. "I got a call to return to headquarters a bit after I left," she said slowly, eyes flickering to where Malcolm was standing behind Laurel. "That Cayden had found a traitor, and he wanted me and Talia to help break him. When I saw it was Vince . . . " She gulped. "I screamed to get him away from Dinah. I didn't mean to pin him to a stake in the wall. And then Cayden . . . he told me to find his breaking point. I didn't want to do it, then Vince begged me not to. And when I stepped back to say no . . . " She gulped and ducked her head. "He turned the collar on," he whispered.

"But you have to scream to use it," Laurel frowned.

Evelyn sniffed, looking up. "It's not just a Canary Cry. It's a shock collar, too."

Laurel's face drained of color, and Malcolm stiffened. "What?" he asked sharply.

Kara quickly hurried to Evelyn's side, peering at the collar, a grimace on her face. She reached up, and Evelyn flinched away. The pained look on Kara's face made Evelyn want to apologize, but the Kryptonian shook her head. "I'm going to take it off," she said. "And see if there's a way to disable the shock collar. Can I do that?"

"Please," Evelyn blurted out, blushing at how quickly she answered.

Kara gave her a small smile, then carefully undid the collar. As soon as it was off, Evelyn sighed in relief, slumping a bit. "I'll get this to Brainy, see if he can do something to it," she told the other two.

"If he really is a 12th-level intellect, he better be able to," Malcolm muttered.

"I didn't want to kill him," Evelyn sniffed as Kara headed out the door. "Check in my bag if you don't believe me."

Laurel nodded, standing back up to look. "What happened today?" Malcolm asked, walking forward a bit, staying a respectful distance away.

"Cayden said we'd be airlifted by the time the bomb went off," Evelyn answered as Laurel unzipped her bag to look through it. "Then we weren't, and Talia told me to be ready to leave. When I asked her if she knew about the collar being a shock collar . . . she didn't answer, she just deflected. So I got out of there as fast as I could, packed my bag as fast as I could . . . but Dinah found me before I could leave. You know the rest."

Laurel inhaled sharply, and Malcolm turned to see Laurel had pulled out one of Vincent's visors, but she was staring down at a picture she held in her hand. Malcolm peered over her shoulder, and he sighed when he saw a picture of Evelyn and Vincent together, both looking remarkably happy for being in a criminal cabal. "I'm sorry, Evelyn," Laurel whispered.

"He was always looking out for me," Evelyn ducked her head. "I was just Talia's student, Cayden just wanted me because I knew how to use a Canary Cry, and because I'm a teenager, I'm not enough for Anatoli or Diaz. He was like my older brother . . . and Cayden turned my cry into a shock collar and made me kill him."

Laurel swallowed, putting the picture down. "I believe you."

"Me, too," Malcolm nodded, turning back to Evelyn.

She side-eyed her cuffed hands. "So why am I like this?"

"Because someone in your little group was actually the one who killed Cayden's son," Laurel answered. "Not Oliver."

Evelyn blinked. "What?"

"The footage was altered," Laurel nodded. "Someone in Cayden's group had him assassinated."

Evelyn blanched. "Wasn't me. I had just started working with Chase at the time, I didn't even know who Cayden James was until he got me from Lian Yu."

"OK," Malcolm nodded, crouching down in front of her. "We have people going after Diaz right now. Do you know where Talia or Anatoli could be?"

Evelyn licked her lips nervously, then took a deep breath. "Anatoli would probably be able to get his own ride out of the city because of his connections. Talia . . . she'll be like a ghost. But we were supposed to meet close by the port."

"Good," Malcolm nodded. "Thank you."

Evelyn nodded timidly, curling back up against the pole. Laurel looked up at Malcolm as he walked back over, she texting on her phone. "You sound like you're trusting her."

"Getting there," Malcolm nodded.

Laurel raised an eyebrow. "Do you trust me?"

"With my life," Malcolm answered at once. "That's why I'm going out on a limb to trust Evelyn."

Laurel smiled. "Who knew I could get the magician to change his mind?"

"Well, one out of two of you getting it right," Malcolm exaggerated rolling his eyes. "I'll take it."

Laurel just laughed, sending the text. "Two down."

"Two to go," Malcolm nodded.

***

"Aha!" Winn cheered, making William jump from where he was anxiously pacing between his and Felicity's computers. "Valor, Saturn Girl, got a lead on Talia, courtesy of a little bird. Check the port."

"On our way," Mon-El answered.

"Felicity, start checking higher up," Winn added, cracking his knuckles. "Anatoli might try and get a ride of his own."

She nodded and started a new search. William fidgeted, then walked over to where Kara was watching Querl fiddle with what looked like another version of Alex's howl. "Where's my dad?" he asked quietly. "He said he'd be right back."

"I know," Kara nodded, turning to him. "And he will. It's just . . . like so many other times, things aren't going as planned tonight. It's taking a long time. But all of us working together, we're gonna get this done, and when we do, I'll make sure he comes back. He's gonna be OK." She smiled at him. "I promise."

William smiled faintly back at her. "Thank you."

Kara held out her arms, and William gave her a hug. "You don't need to thank me for looking out for my two favorite boys."

"Hey!" Winn whined from the computers.

"Need I remind you I have a fiancé and a soon-to-be stepson, Winn?" Kara tossed over her shoulder without looking.

"Yeah, they trump you, sorry," Felicity grinned at him.

"I do believe that should do it," Querl straightened, examining the collar he held.

"It's safe?" Kara asked, stepping forward.

"Yes," Querl nodded, handing it to her. "I have disabled the electric shock capabilities. Perhaps Cayden James won't realize it has been and will attempt something, and if he does so, he could be caught offguard enough to be taken out."

"Huh," Kara mused thoughtfully. "Not bad. Thanks, Brainy."

The Coluan inclined his head, accepting the praise. "Oh, oh," Felicity perked up, making Kara turn. "I've got eyes on Anatoli and a few of his friends! Looks like they got themselves a helicopter."

"Of course," Kara rolled her eyes, looking at William. "I've got to go."

"OK," William nodded, biting his lip.

"And I've got the port," Winn added. "Talia's there."

"Two birds with one stone," Felicity grinned as Kara took off. "Go Team SuperArrow."

***

Talia gritted her teeth, checking the time one last time before concluding Evelyn had either abandoned her or was too scared to show up. That was fine by her if her student was still not over Vigilante's death.

She stepped out of the shadows, heading for the boat that was at the port to take her out of Star City, when she walked smack into a shimmering wall of blue energy. She stopped in shock, turning to look around. She was completely surrounded by the wall, which turned out to be like a hamster ball . . . and she was the hamster.

"Talia al Ghul," a male voice said, and Talia turned to see two figures in combat suits walk up – one a dark-haired man with a beard in a suit of black, the other a dark-haired woman in a suit of dark purple and black, an insignia of Saturn on her belt. "Nice to finally meet you," the man gave a shark-like grin. "I think not."

The woman with him smirked, waving the hand she held outstretched. Talia glared at them in response.

***

Anatoli grumbled in annoyance as he walked across the building rooftop towards where the helicopter would land. "Next I come back to city, I hope it is ash," he declared, shielding his eyes from the spotlight shining down from the helicopter.

He heard a metal thwack, then an explosion triggered just a few feet away. Shortly after, both of his guards went down with arrows in their shoulders. The helicopter flying above veered off rapidly, and Anatoli swallowed, drawing a gun and circling. "Kapiushon!" he shouted. "Show yourself!"

A gunshot went off, and Anatoli yelped as his gun was knocked out of his hand. He hissed in pain, wringing his hand out, then looked up when footsteps approached. "City is about to become crater," he scowled as Oliver walked up. "You want to put me in prison? Fine. Just out of town, please."

"The bomb's not going off, Anatoli," Oliver growled. "Because I'm going to deliver Cayden James the truth: you."

"You have finally snapped," Anatoli narrowed his eyes. "Took a few more years longer than I expected."

"You set me up," Oliver accused. "The photo, the doctored video."

"I already told you, that was not me," Anatoli shook his head.

Oliver huffed, looking slightly past him. "Well, forgive me if I don't want to take you at your word."

Anatoli turned to see what he had and was just in time to see a gauntleted fist swing at his head. He crumbled like a sack of bricks to the ground, unconscious, and Slade looked down at the Russian. "That felt satisfying."

"That's why I wanted to do that," Oliver grumbled.

On the next level above them, Dig held in a snort as he listened to the two, choosing to speak into his comms instead. "Overwatch, Telle, Brainy, we got him."

***

"Valor and Saturn Girl just checked in," Winn said as he pushed away from his computer. "They've got Talia."

"And Wolf, Guardian, and Martian Manhunter got Diaz," Felicity added. "With Supergirl, Dark Archer, and Siren on Evelyn, that makes us four for four."

William was twirling one of his dad's arrows in his hand when Thea walked up and sighed. "William, give that to me," she ordered.

William offered it back with a sigh, and Thea took it, joining the techs. "Call James," Oliver ordered, and William perked up when he heard his father's voice.

A cold voice came through the comms next, making William listen attentively. "I was beginning to think you'd forgotten about me."

"We have all four," Oliver said. "Where do you want them?"

"Meet me at the abandoned theater on Jefferson Avenue," Cayden answered.

"I'm on it," Felicity turned around.

"Perhaps I can go aid them," Querl turned around. "It is always possible Cayden has them meet right by the bomb."

"Could you disarm it?" Felicity asked hopefully. The look Querl gave her made William bite his finger to avoid laughing ridiculously hard; he didn't know such an intense bitch face was possible. "Right," Felicity cleared her throat, turning around. "12th-level intellect from the 31st century disarming a 21st century bomb. Why did I even ask?"

"I'll tell Quentin what's going on," Thea pulled out her phone.

"I'll get in touch with Siren and Dark Archer," Winn volunteered.

"I will inform Valor and Saturn Girl," Querl nodded, turning and leaving as he put on his Legion Ring.

"And that leaves me with the Earth-38ers," Felicity picked up her phone.

William watched the four of them move around, then saw Querl leave for the theater. As soon as the Coluan was gone, William went over to his backpack, slung it over his shoulder, and hurried up the stairs to get to the theater as well.

He had to get to his dad and Kara.

***

"You gotta be kidding me," Rene stared at Curtis's screen in shock.

"I don't think technology can kid like this," Curtis shook his head, equally stunned as he looked at the satellite images he had picked up all over Star City. "What are they doing?"

"Diaz, Anatoli, Talia, Evelyn . . . " Dinah gritted her teeth as she looked at images of Team Arrow rounding up Cayden's cabal. "But where's Cayden?"

"That's a good question," Curtis tapped on his keyboard. "But given that they are all headed the same place . . . I think he is . . . here."

Rene's eyebrows shot up as Curtis showed them. "Really? That old theater?"

"That's where they're all going," Curtis nodded.

"I can't believe it," Dinah shook her head in disgust. "They're working with Cayden James?"

"Come on, they can't be that stupid," Rene snorted.

"I don't care," Dinah shook her head, grabbing her staff. "That's where Evelyn's going to be. That's where I'm going, too."

She was almost to the exit when she heard the scraping of Curtis's chair and the sound of footsteps behind her. "Then we're coming, too!" Curtis stated, Rene grabbing his mask from the table as he followed.

***

"Here," Kara landed on the sidewalk as Malcolm and Laurel escorted Evelyn to the van they drove. "One Canary Cry sans electric shock."

Evelyn stared at the cry in surprise. "You really did that?"

"Well, Brainy did," Kara shrugged, walking up to her. "The thing is, do I put it on or not?"

Evelyn held up her cuffed hands. "Not like I'd be able to turn it on, right?"

Kara pursed her lips. "Here's my question. When this is over and done, are you going to go back to being on the wrong side of the law with Talia, or would you like a way out? That depends on whether you get this back or not."

Evelyn chewed her lip, then took a deep breath. "My shatterpoint was when Cayden made me kill Vince and my teacher knew about it. I'm not going back to either of them."

Laurel smiled proudly, and Kara nodded, reaching up to put the cry around Evelyn's neck. "Brainy actually had a rather nice idea," she began to say, only to freeze. "Wait . . . " Her face drained of color. "Oh, my God."

"Almas?" Malcolm frowned.

"I'll meet you there!" Kara took off down the street, then leapt up into the sky.

The three remaining looked up and watched her go, then Malcolm and Laurel exchanged uneasy looks. "That can't be good."

***

"Brainy," Oliver blinked in surprise as he, Dig, and Slade approached the theater with Anatoli, arriving just in time to see Querl land, clad in his Legion suit. "Didn't know you were coming."

"It occurred to me that you said, and I quote, 'all hands on deck,'" Querl answered, putting his fingers together in the upside down triangle shape he seemed to favor as they walked inside. "I believe it would be best for me to be here. After all, there is a 97.9403% chance Cayden James has his thermobaric bomb here."

Oliver took a deep breath, then nodded. "Thank you."

Querl nodded in acknowledgment as they stepped into the theater. Sure enough, Cayden was on the stage, standing with the bomb as they walked in. "Prodigious timing, gentlemen," he said. "It's almost midnight."

"We're not here to play games, Cayden," Oliver growled.

"And yet here you are," he countered, eyeing Anatoli with distrust. "And what of Mr. Diaz, Ms. Sharp, and Ms. al Ghul?"

"They'll be here," Dig answered.

Cayden nodded, then raised an eyebrow and turned towards the other side of the theater. "And what of this young man?" he asked, and Oliver almost got whiplash turning around to see William hesitantly walk in, putting his backpack in the seats. "I don't believe your son was invited, Oliver."

Oliver swallowed hard, rushing to William, Slade stepping forward to take Oliver's place on Anatoli's other side, opposite Dig. "What are you doing here?" Oliver demanded quietly, fear lacing his tone.

"I want to be with you and Kara," William swallowed, looking up at him. "I'm scared."

"William, just listen to me," Oliver began.

"It's just like on the island," William interrupted, making Oliver pause. "Kara just barely saved us. I lost my mom when it seemed like it was safe. Now that it's this dangerous . . . I don't want to lose you. Either of you, even if Kara's invulnerable." Cayden opened his mouth to remark on that, but a sharp head turn from Slade in his direction made him think otherwise, even though he was the one standing closest to the bomb. "Please," William begged. "I want to stay with you."

Oliver swallowed, too. "Come here," he whispered, holding out an arm. "Come here." William hugged him immediately, and Oliver's arm went around him, holding him close. He took a deep breath, then spoke out loud. "Kara? Come here."

A second passed, then there was a gust of air blowing sheets and trash everywhere. "Oh, my God," Kara's eyes were wide as she ran past Slade, Dig, and Querl to get to Oliver and William. "I told you – !"

"I know what you told me," William interrupted, ducking his head. "But I want to be with the two of you."

Kara gulped, looking at Oliver. He nodded in response, and Kara took a deep breath, nodding as well. "I'm just glad you're OK," she whispered.

Cayden watched the three of them, then stepped down off the stage. "It's all right."

Oliver tensed, then pulled back, putting a hand on William's shoulder. "Stay with Kara," he ordered.

William nodded, and Oliver released him. William shuffled immediately to Kara, who put her hands protectively on his shoulders, holding tight as Cayden examined William. "This started with my son," he said. "Yours should be here for the end. It's a beautiful symmetry, don't you think?"

"He has nothing to do with this," Oliver hissed.

"I don't disagree," Cayden admitted. "But it appears your son has other plans." He looked past Oliver to William, who tensed. "Hello, William. My name is Cayden James."

"You're the guy who wants to blow up the city," William frowned.

"I suppose," Cayden shrugged as Querl slowly started to move towards the bomb. "It's a long story. And it concerns my own son."

"Where is he?" William asked.

Cayden paused. "Passed away, I'm afraid."

"It's a little late," a male voice piped up, and Querl quickly stood in place as Cayden turned. "And you probably won't believe me, but my condolences."

"Ah," Cayden eyed the newcomers as Oliver nodded to the incoming trio. "Ms. al Ghul. Welcome."

"I don't feel very welcome," Talia deadpanned, eyeing Anatoli in cuffs similar to hers, stopping when Mon-El gripped her arm.

"And your new friends, Oliver," Cayden tilted his head. "I don't recognize them."

"You wouldn't," Kara spoke up. "They're with me."

"Yes, I suppose Saturn would give it away," Cayden examined Imra's belt. "What do I call the two of you?"

"Nice try," Mon-El snorted. "Valor."

"Saturn Girl," Imra offered her codename.

"No real names," Cayden frowned. "A pity."

"We're not here to be friends," Mon-El scoffed. "You won't get them."

"Two down," Cayden looked between Anatoli and Talia. "Just two to go."

***

Malcolm put the van in park, looking up at the old theater. "I don't like this," he finally said.

"What don't you like?" Laurel looked at him as she undid her seatbelt. "Bringing Cayden James his 'friends,' bringing Evelyn here, or the fact we're walking right into a room that could end up being a ticking time bomb?"

"Yes," Malcolm gave her a look.

Laurel sighed, sitting straight. "We'll get out of this, Malcolm." She looked behind them to where Evelyn was sitting in the back, fiddling with her fingers. "We all will." Malcolm looked back as well, then Laurel took a deep breath. "The picture with her and Vincent . . . that wasn't the only photo she had."

"What else did she have?" Malcolm raised an eyebrow.

"Team Arrow before Evelyn betrayed the team," Laurel answered quietly. "She didn't do this, Malcolm."

"I know she didn't," Malcolm assured her. "If anyone's making it out of that theater with the slightest chance to redeem themselves, it's her."

"Agreed," Laurel nodded, opening her door.

Malcolm did the same on his end, and Laurel opened the back of the van. Evelyn looked up and swallowed. "This is it?"

"Yeah," Laurel nodded, holding out her hand. Evelyn held up her arms, and Laurel grasped her forearm, hauling her up and out of the van as Malcolm scanned the area. "You're not the one who has to be worried, though," Laurel told her. "It's whoever was really behind this."

Evelyn licked her lips. "And I really have a chance to get out of this?"

"You do," Laurel nodded. "Believe me, if Malcolm, Slade, and I had the chance to, you can get one, too." A small smile formed on Evelyn's face, and Laurel counted it as a win. "How does it look?" she asked Malcolm. She saw him frowning in one direction, and Laurel tensed, following his gaze. "Malcolm?"

He finally turned back around. "Thought I saw something," he muttered. "But we're clear. Let's go."

Laurel nodded, she and Evelyn following Malcolm into the theater.

***

"Another chance, my ass," Dinah growled as she listened through the bug Curtis had set up on the entrance to the theater.

"I've got four alien signatures in the building, one matches Supergirl's," Curtis reported. "Seven human signatures, others approaching."

"What the hell is going on in there?" Rene muttered.

"Whatever it is, they clearly plan on letting Evelyn walk scot free," Dinah seethed. "I guess if Cayden James doesn't kill her, I sure as hell am gonna take my shot."

***

Well, um, Dinah . . . you may run into a problem with that.

I want the final part to be up by the end of MLK weekend, so keep an eye out!