Kara Danvers

Kara tapped her glasses against her palm, waiting for Oliver to finish his call, then walked over to where Slade was leaning against the car, staring at something on his phone. She looked over his shoulder, her face softening when she saw Slade with a teenage boy who looked just like him. "Is that Joe?" she asked quietly.

"From Milford Sound," Slade confirmed.

Kara put her arm through his, leaning against him. "You'll find him again," she said confidently. "And when you do, all you need to do is ask, and I'll be right there with you."

"And that means the world to me, little one," Slade smiled, kissing the top of her head, making Kara smile more.

Slade swallowed and looked down. Alex squeezed his arm and leaned against him.

"Thank you," Oliver said, and the two of them turned, Malcolm looking up as he closed the trunk of the car. "I spoke with our friend, the warden," Oliver smirked. "The Jackals are in custody, and he is very relieved."

"Good riddance," Malcolm folded his arms. "Hope to never have to deal with him again."

Oliver nodded in agreement, then turned to Slade. "You all right?"

"My son," Slade took a deep breath. "He saw me kill a man before the mirakuru, before Deathstroke. He followed in my path."

"No," Oliver immediately shook his head. "Don't blame yourself, Slade. It doesn't help."

"You know why I do," Slade sighed. "Never give up on family. That's what you told me."

"And it's going to stay that way," Malcolm assured him. "I thought all I had left of mine was Thea. Now we've all got each other. We're not giving up on you."

"Thanks, wizard," Deathstroke said.

"Magician," Dark Archer said, without thinking.

They both froze, and everyone burst out laughing.

"Never thought I'd be able to say this without wanting to punch him, but Malcolm's right," Oliver agreed. "No matter what you decide to do, Slade, we're behind you."

Slade nodded. "I'm gonna keep searching for my son," he said. "Both of them. I can't give up."

"You ever need our help again, you don't hesitate to ask," Oliver told him.

Slade tilted his head. "You assume I'm going to leave again right away."

"You're coming back?" Oliver said in pleasant surprise.

Oliver blinked, not expecting that. "I'm sorry, come again?" Malcolm asked, a grin starting to form on his face.

"It took me months of looking through your intel, kid, to even find the beginning of a trail of Joe's whereabouts," Slade told him. "Now that Joe knows I'm looking, he'll do whatever he can to try and make sure I don't find him again. And I don't know where to even begin with Grant. It could take me months more to find them again." He smirked. "Where better to start looking for family than where the rest of it is?"

"You're kidding," Oliver started to grin as well.

"You're coming back to Star City?" Kara's eyes lit up in delight.

"Nearing two months was far too long," Slade nodded, looking at her, smiling. "Too long to stay away from the family I know I have. In my brothers, and my sister." He turned back to Oliver and Malcolm, both of whom were grinning widely. "Unless that's a problem with any of you?"

"No arguments from me," Oliver shook his head at once.

"None here," Malcolm agreed.

"Yes!" Kara cheered, hugging Slade tightly. "Yes!"

Slade laughed, hugging her back, Kara burying her face in his neck, smiling widely. Finally, they would all be together again. Kara sighed happily, then paused, remembering something. "Wait," she turned to Malcolm, Slade keeping his arm around her. "Why were you so happy earlier?"

"What?" Malcolm blinked.

"Back on the catwalks, you seemed smug about something."

"Oh," Oliver grinned. "He punched Nylander."

Oliver laughed at Malcolm's smug look. Rebecca and Laurel rolled their eyes.

"They look really similar when they do that," Sara said, regarding Laurel and Rebecca.

"Finally," Malcolm rolled his eyes. "Guy had it coming."

Slade and Kara burst out laughing, Malcolm grinning as the four of them walked back to the car, ready to head home.

John Diggle

Lyla looked up from the TV when Dig walked into the house. "Hey," she said. "I just saw a news report of a lab explosion. Looks like you took down his operation with plenty of collateral damage."

"Yeah, well, that part was all Diaz," Dig told her. "He was willing to blow up the works, kill all of his men."

"Sometimes I just want to punch the living daylights out of Diaz."

"Yeah... same."

"So you didn't mean to destroy the drugs," Lyla raised an eyebrow.

"Uh, I planned to take as much as I could carry," Dig confessed, crouching next to the couch. "When I realized I was losing the very thing that would allow me to put on that hood, I wanted to run straight into the explosion."

"Johnny," Lyla breathed.

"I was a hypocrite," Dig shook his head. "And I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry," Lyla reached out, stroking his cheek. "Be safe. Be OK."

"I'm trying," Dig whispered, kissing her. The sound of a door opening made him look past Lyla, and he smiled when J.J. walked out of his room. "Hey," he smiled, standing up. "Come here, you!" J.J. ran to him, and Dig picked him up. "I missed you."

"I missed you, Dad," J.J. told him back, leaning his head on his shoulder.

Dig sat down on the couch, J.J. in his lap, and Lyla curled up with her two boys. "I have one more stop tonight," Dig told her. "There are some other people who deserve an apology, and an explanation."

"OK," Lyla nodded, kissing the top of his head.

Laurel Lance

Laurel was flipping through video footage when she heard the door to the loft open. She looked up, surprised, then smirked when she saw Malcolm enter. "Well, I was beginning to wonder if you'd ever make it back," he began, only to freeze when she saw who entered behind him.

"I did," Malcolm put his bag on the floor. "Just didn't come back alone."

"That's if you don't mind a third roommate," Slade smiled.

Laurel walked over, staring at him, before punching him in the arm. "Not if it's you," she pointed in his face before giving him a quick hug. "Welcome back, Slade."

"Now we can annoy him together," Black Siren laughed.

"Rude!" Dark Archer whined at her.

Slade patted her on the back. "It's good to be back, Laurel."

William Clayton/Oliver Queen

"I'm gonna win!" William grinned.

"Nope!" Alex leaned forward, both frantically using their controllers, Thea laughing as she watched from the table behind them, munching on a bowl of popcorn. "Oh, I almost got you! Come on!" She groaned when William beat her. "Gah!"

"I still haven't beat him," Alex said glumly, making Will grin triumphantly.

"Yes!" William whooped. "Yes, yes, yes, yes!"

"Rematch?" Alex pointed at him. "Rematch."

"All right," William agreed.

"I got you on this one," Alex grumbled.

All three turned when the door to the loft opened, and Kara smiled as she walked in, Oliver behind her. "Hey, guys!" she greeted.

"Hey!" came the chorus of greetings from inside, William quickly pausing the game.

"Hi," Oliver smiled as well.

"OK, come here," Kara dropped her bag, holding her arms out.

William immediately ran over to give her a hug. "I'm glad you guys are back," he told them.

Oliver chuckled, bending down to hug him tightly, too. "It's good to be back, buddy."

"So what happened with Slade?" William asked.

"Well," Kara and Oliver exchanged glances before Kara nodded. "He found his son," she answered.

"Didn't go how he expected, but now he has double the kids to look for!" Rose said sarcastically. Deathstroke rolled his eyes, and she smiled, leaning against him.

"That's good," William smiled.

"Welcome back, guys," Alex smiled, giving Kara a hug.

"Thanks," Kara hugged her.

"Hey, Speedy," Oliver hugged Thea.

"Hey, Ollie," she smiled. "You just missed William completely destroying Alex."

"Hey!" Alex protested as William grinned proudly. "I'm used to stopping aliens, not playing videogames!"

"That's why I always win," Kara said.

"No, you win because if you don't you break the controller," Alex said.

"That is not my fault!" Kara whined.

"It is definitely your fault!" Alex said. "You are the worst loser I've ever met!"

Kara pouted and hid her face in Oliver's shoulder. "That's not true."

"So, what else did we miss?" Oliver raised an eyebrow.

"Well, Raisa made me clean my room," William began.

"Good," Oliver nodded.

"Alex, Aunt Thea, and I ate ice cream for dinner – " Oliver gave Thea a look, and Kara raised an eyebrow at Alex; Thea held up her hands in surrender as Alex shrugged. "And I got an A on my science project," William finished with a grin.

"You got an A?" Oliver asked, turning to William.

"Yeah," he nodded, grinning.

"That's fantastic!" Oliver grinned back. "Is it here? Can I see it?"

"Yeah, sure," William nodded. "It's a bottle rocket. Went 300 feet, the farthest in the whole school."

"Cool," Ruby told William.

"Thanks!" William said.

"That's amazing," Kara smiled widely.

"I'll go get it," William headed for his bedroom.

"All right," Oliver nodded.

When William was gone, Alex pointed to Thea. "The ice cream for dinner was her idea."

"Alex! You traitor!"

"Hey, it was Rocky Road, so the nuts should count as protein," Thea defended herself.

"Exactly!"

"But they don't."

"Well, they should!"

"It's good to see both of you here," Oliver smiled. "Especially you, Alex, you didn't need to be here."

"Well, another Earth is the best distance I can get right now from my problems, so it's fine," Alex shrugged.

"So, Slade got his happy ending?" Thea raised an eyebrow.

Kara sighed, closing her eyes. "It's a long story," she said. "It's a . . . it's a sad story."

"Oh, no," Alex closed her eyes.

"But?" Thea prompted.

"I learned something," Oliver said. "I made the right decision to not be the Green Arrow, for William and for me." He smiled, putting an arm around Kara. "And at the end of the day, it's my family that comes first. Which is why you two are the first to know, after Laurel . . . Slade came back to Star City with us."

"He did?" Alex's eyes lit up.

"He did," Kara nodded eagerly.

"Oh, my God," Thea started to smile, too. "That's good, right?"

"That's wonderful," Kara nodded.

"We talked about going out for drinks later, after William's gone to sleep," Oliver added. "After Kasnia, all four of us need one. And considering – in Malcolm's words – a mayor and former vigilante, a sword-swinging maniac, the former Demon's Head, and an invincible alien spent over twelve hours together on a direct flight from Kasnia back here . . . yeah, we need drinks."

"Do you know how much WHINING was on that trip!" Ollie said. "I have 3 kids and I still haven't heard that much whining since."

"We'll be there," Thea smiled.

"Totally," Alex agreed.

William poked his head back in, showing his rocket. "If we can go up to the roof, I can show you how it works."

"Uh, yes, please!" Kara nodded, grinning.

"Yes," Oliver agreed, smiling, taking his girlfriend's hand and following his son out of the loft, their sisters right behind them. Malcolm, Laurel, and now Slade were not that far away, either.

It was good to have the entire family back together.

"We've got like, 2 or 3 more video sets until we end for the day," Laurel told everyone. "And then Rebecca will take me to where she hid the couches."