User blog:Taw2541/How Arrow should have gone (Part 3)

How Arrow should have Gone

Season 7 (This will be Arrow's final season in my story)
 * 7 months have past since Team Arrow ran from Star City. Oliver, Laurel, and William are hiding in a cabin the woods. Felicity and Curtis are with HELIX cataloging all of Diaz's resources. Diggle, Rene, and Lyla are at ARGUS training recruits. Meanwhile, Diaz continues to run Star City but is now looking to take control over the Quadrant itself, eventually Diaz manages to gain every ounce of information about the Quadrant's personal lives and is able to threaten/blackmail them into giving him leadership. Eventually, Diaz gets word on Oliver's location and sends men after him, after Oliver and Laurel save themselves they receive message from Diggle that they are finally to return home. Oliver as the Green Arrow, attacks Diaz in his own private home; laying down his bow, Oliver and Diaz fight with Oliver managing to defeat Diaz in combat this time. Taking his bow, Oliver then escapes after grappling to the next building. (Season 1 ref) The next morning, footage of Diaz and Oliver fighting is leaked to Star City's media revealing the Oliver's bow had a hidden camera on it; where it is shown that Felicity and Curtis edited the footage of the fight to make it look like the Green Arrow easily defeated Diaz. Publicly humiliated, Diaz is stunned when he learns that Team has turned themselves into ARGUS protective custody. (These guys are clean, Felicity made sure of it)
 * It is revealed that the Team is actually operating in the field and the team in custody are disguised assets of Christopher Chance, with the "team" being publicly watched by the media and gradually those who believe that Oliver or his closest associates are vigilantes will once again have reasonable doubt. Meanwhile, after being publicly humiliated by the doctored footage is becoming obsessive and erratic do to losing his "rep". His erratic behavior becomes even greater, as ARGUS agents begin taking down and arresting all of Diaz's and the Quadrant's criminal associates due to HELIX locating them under Felicity's instructions. Becoming increasingly desperate, Diaz hires the Quadrant's top assassin, Honor Guest/The Silencer, to steal an experimental ARGUS serum based off Mirakuru that allows for temporary enhanced strength. (The Silencer is a great villain for the Black Canary, this version is mentioned to be metahuman who was performing a hit in Central City the night of the particle accelerator explosion)
 * Diaz begins putting pressure on the City forcing Team Arrow to face Diaz and his men directly. Oliver and Laurel face a strength enhanced Diaz, and they are nearly defeated by him but manage to turn the table. John, Rene, and Curtis manages to take down the Silencer. As Diaz begins taunting both Oliver and Laurel, he is suddenly killed by a mysterious archer dressed like the Green Arrow in front of them. (I did liked the idea of the former main antagonist being killed by the current main antagonist) With Diaz now dead and his criminal enterprise virtually destroyed, Star City is now free and Team Arrow resume their lives. Oliver takes over running the charity organizations that he established as mayor, Laurel barely manages to get her job back as the District Attorney, Diggle goes to being a full ARGUS agent and offers Curtis a job, Rene becomes a self-defense instructor, Felicity continues working for HELIX, and William and Zoe go back to school. However, the Team and the police must now investigate the new Green Arrow who killed Diaz.
 * The Team soon discovers a new vigilante operating in Star City, one that has connection to Laurel. After fighting this vigilante, Laurel then comes to realize she fights very similar to her Boxing and MMA coach, Ted Grant. The soon learns that the young woman is Yolanda Montez, Ted's daughter and that she trying to find his killer as he was murdered several months ago after he moved away from Star City. Laurel wanting honor Ted, reveals her identity to Yolanda and begins training her as her student while also promising to help find Ted's killer. Yolanda eventually becomes the new Wildcat, and joins Team Arrow. (Laurel having a student of her own would help her personal growth as a character, plus by now she's been a vigilante for 4 years) (Note: Yolanda is Ted's goddaughter in the comics)
 * Felicity's begins to find challenges at HELIX, as she quickly finds herself being challenged by some of the members who loyalist to Cayden James. Eventually, Felicity finds out their is a traitor in HELIX; leaving her torn what to do as HELIX is still an illegal organization. Eventually, Felicity manages to turn the tables on the traitor by giving the traitor a choice to leave HELIX or be turn into prison; maintaining the organization numbers and gaining their loyalty. (I don't hate Felicity, I just wished she and Oliver never stayed a thing as they became to much of a focus for the show and were a toxic relationship; granted I acknowledge that Oliver and Laurel could be considered one too but they could have fixed it like i did)
 * The Crossover takes place on Earth 38 and Batwoman will take place on Earth 38. (Like others, I wanted Batwoman on Earth 38) Additionally, the show does not lead to a Crisis on Infinite Earths teaser. (COIE might be too big of crossover for the small screen) Instead of John Degan, the main antagonist is the Psycho Pirate/Roger Hayden who can manipulate and change emotions of the most powerful beings. (Psycho Pirate would offer a more psychological crossover thriller)
 * Team Arrow is continues to investigate the new Green Arrow, with Oliver eventually confronting him in person who reveals himself to be Robert Queen from Earth 2. This version survived the Queen's Gambit instead of Oliver, while on Lian Yu to defeat a crazed Slade Wilson, Robert had to use the Mirakuru on himself in order to combat Slade and eventually killed him; the added benefit allowing to operate as a vigilante despite being in his early 60s also he is obviously an fighter, archer, and tactician on par with E1 Oliver. Robert eventually returned to Starling City much sooner than Oliver did and killed Malcolm Merlyn thus preventing the Undertaking from happening. Robert eventually continued to protect Starling City, even forming his own team of Vigilantes: The Longbow Hunters. (Even in Season 7, Oliver is still being affected by his father's actions a great way to bring the show full circle would be Oliver finally confronting his father sorta and ending it from a character who was doing everything he could to honor him) (Additionally, this could re-explore Oliver's survivor's guilt and finally see what would have happened if someone else survived instead him, more interesting is if Robert succeeded in the ways where Oliver failed)
 * The Longbow Hunters are: Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger, who like his E1 counterpart is an expert martial artist but unlike him can transform into a Tiger/Human Hybrid that has increased strength, speed, and senses. Atomica/Felicity Kutler, a ruthless businesswoman who stole the technology of this world's Ray Palmer. Finally, Black Condor/Quentin Lance, who joined Robert's crusade after Robert killed Malcolm whose actions killed his world's Laurel Lance, who was on the Gambit with Oliver instead of Sara in this reality; Quentin also has Mirakuru abilities thanks to Robert's blood tranfusion. (Robert and Quentin, would be difficult for Oliver and Laurel as an antagonists as even though they are not their parents if would be difficult to fight them; additionally Arrow's best villains have a connection to Oliver this way they would be both strangers and familiar at once) Robert and his Team have arrived on Earth 1 to locate something of importance, but both Robert and Quentin have found themselves being concerned with children's doppelgangers. The Team tries to use the Mirakuru Cure from Season 2, to cure Robert and Quentin however, it does not work because they created a counter agent in their blood that prevents there powers from being removed.
 * The Birds of Prey Rise! (Note they never call refer themselves to that legal issues) Talia al Ghul resurfaces and breaks Nyssa out of her ARGUS cell with the help of the Silencer who has come into her employment since the fall of the Quadrant and Ricardo Diaz. Wanting to save Nyssa and end Talia once and for all, Laurel and Felicity call in Sara, Caitlin, Mari, and Yolanda to fight them; Oliver and the team stay behind to keep looking E2 Robert. (I wish Laurel E1 would have lead the Birds of Prey at some point but sadly it won't happen, still kinda hope for a spin off with her though) The ladies track Talia to Europe but she is well connected and hidden, that Laurel has no choice but contact the one person she knows who knows Europe's criminal underground better than anyone, Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress for help. Laurel reveals that Oliver kept tabs on Helena after Amanda Waller recruited her to the Suicide Squad and Helena eventually completed enough missions to earn a pardon, afterwards Helena went underground somewhere in Sicily. Felicity locates Helena posing as "Rosa Staton" an Elementary School English teacher. (Helena is a teacher in the comics, additionally Rosa is her mother's name and Staton was the surname of her late fiancee in the show) Laurel confronts Helena, thinking she wants revenge, Helena fights Laurel however, due to Laurel superior training and Helena not training enough to being in hiding for years is defeated by her. Laurel eventually convinces Helena to help them, with Helena locating Talia, Nyssa, Honor, and Dr. Doris Zeul; a brilliant scientist indebted to Talia.
 * Eventually, the Birds face Talia and her allies where Sara is captured as she is trying get to through to Nyssa. Studying Talia's hideout, Caitlin discover that Talia has experimental samples of Mirakuru which she acquired by drawing blood from Slade Wilson in order to extract former samples from his body, however the Mirakuru 2.0. effects each subject differently. It is revealed that Talia plans to remake the League of Assassins in her image, with each member having Mirakuru abilities as well being personally trained by Talia herself. The Birds find Talia again as Sara sent out a distress signal while trying to escape. Mari and Yolanda take on Dr. Zeul now calling her "Giganta" who injected herself with the serum allowing her to increase her size and strength exponentially, Caitlin as Killer Frost and Helena face the Silencer, and Sara & Laurel face Nyssa & Talia. (The Lance sisters vs the Al Ghul sisters, who wouldn't want to see that) Mari and Yolanda manage to defeat Giganta and the Silencer escapes Caitlin and Helena. Talia and Nyssa manage to gain the advantage against the Canaries, until it is revealed that Nyssa has been playing Talia showing that Sara's earlier attempts to reach her former lover where successful. Surprised, Nyssa stabs Talia in the heart with her sword and leaves her to die before revealing Nyssa states she waited to do this as revenge for everything her sister put her through. (Leaving Talia's fate ambiguous is best just in case people want her in the future on other shows) The Birds eventually go their separate ways, with Nyssa and Sara kiss goodbye. Laurel gives Nyssa a dimensional travel device to Earth 38, where Laurel informs her that the League of Assassins and Nyssa herself do not exist allowing her to start anew; the friends and honorary sisters hug goodbye before Nyssa goes to her new home. (I think Nyssa would fit right in home on Earth 38, I also think she might do well in a relationship with Alex Danvers or Kate Kane)
 * Curtis eventually leaves the Team for DC like in season 7.
 * Felicity's interactions with Birds of Prey inspire her to turn HELIX into a legitimate organization thus establishing Smoak Technologies. During the company's grand opening, the Longbow Hunters kidnap Felicity allowing Atomica to briefly take her place in order to access HELIX's vast connections to find what they are looking for. Meantime, John and Rene faces Turner, Robert faces Oliver, and Laurel faces Quentin; with the two trying to appeal to their father's doppelgangers with Laurel on partially succeeding with Quentin. Eventually, Atomica leaves as do the rest of the Hunters but eventually learn were they are going to next: Lian Yu.
 * Oliver, Laurel, and John arrive at Lian Yu leaving Rene, Felicity, and Yolanda to protect Star City, eventually they discover what the Hunters have been looking for: The Arrow Totem. The Arrow Totem is an ancient artifact from Earth Two that was transported to Earth 1 on Lian Yu years ago with the Longbow Hunters been trying to locate which Earth the Totem was sent too. Back at the cave, the team learns that the Totem has the power to see various immediate and possible futures and the Longbow Hunters have been using the Totem to predict future crimes and then prevent them through any means necessary. This causes the Team to become divided over using the Totem and whether or not it should be destroyed, with Laurel and Felicity against it and Rene and Yolanda being for it, while Oliver remains unsure and John staying out of it as he can see both the positives and negatives of using this weapon. (The topic of predictive justice always is a tricky argument)
 * As Oliver tries to come to a decision over what to do with the Arrow Totem, the Longbow Hunters infiltrate and attack the Arrow Cave; as they steal the totem, Robert kicks Oliver in the chest sending him flying across the room and he receives a head injury. As Oliver wakes up in the hospital it is revealed that the head injury along with traumatic events of the last 12 years of his caused Oliver to develop Dissociative Amnesia (Google It), becoming the man he was before getting on the Queen's Gambit or specifically before cheating on Laurel. (She could have a few things left to say to that Oliver) As the Team tries to get Oliver to remember them, as Laurel is the only one he remembers, Oliver is surprised by the life he leads now especially learning his parents and Tommy are dead, he has a son, he was mayor, and that he is a vigilante hero. (Watching Oliver interact with everyone he knows now and as person he used to be would interesting if not hilarious) Gradually, Laurel decides to have Oliver suit up as the Green Arrow to jog his memory and he gradually remembers everything he has done and been through the last 12 years. Back to normal, Oliver apologizes for his behavior as he promised he never behave that way again; however, realizing how much he has changed over the years if he was denied that chance if someone used the Arrow Totem's knowledge to kill him he'd never become this person. (Oliver from time-to-time thinks he has never changed so him going through something like this would make him realize this finally; plus it would really show Amell's acting chops)
 * Heading to Earth 2 with Cisco's help, the team goes to E2 Starling City, trying to locate the Longbow Hunter's hideout, the Team get acquainted with Earth 2. John discovers he was killed in Afghanistan saving his brother Andy who is alive and still with Carly and AJ, Felicity sees just exactly what a ruthless businesswoman she is on E2, and Oliver meets this world's Thea Queen. (different actress, who is Robert's biological daughter) Starling City is much different than E1, as due to the Hunters using the totem it is relatively peaceful, however, its citizens live in fear of being of being arrested by SCPD or killed by the city's vigilantes; in laments terms Starling City is a fascist police state. Finding the Hunters, the Team gives the totem to Felicity in order for her to find away to destroy it but the Longbow Hunters eventually capture Laurel and hold her hostage in exchange for the Totem.
 * While being held captive by the Hunters, Laurel start showing signs of being sick and Quentin calls in the Earth 2 version of Sara Lance, who is a nurse in this reality, estranged from Quentin do to disapproving of his methods, and is stunned to see the E1 version of her sister. (I've always suspected that Sara went to school to become a nurse, since she wanted to be a doctor as a kid and this would be a consolation career for her) Felicity is able to figure out a method to destroy the Arrow Totem but it requires Laurel to do so, having figured out the Totem's complicated frequency, Felicity modifies Laurel's anti-power dampener collar to better focus on that complicated frequency and then by using her Cry at full power will successfully destroy it. However, Robert contacts Oliver and has Laurel reveal to him and the team that she is pregnant. Panicking and worried for her safety, the Team agrees to the Hunter's terms and meet to exchange the Totem. However, a fight insures and eventually Laurel manages to arm herself with the collar and destroy the Totem eventually ending the Longbow's fanatic rule in Starling.
 * Leaving Earth 2, however, the Robert and the Hunters enraged over losing the Totem following them looking to make them pay for taking away the "peace" they brought to their city; with the exception of Quentin who has become more concern with Laurel and increasingly worried about the erratic behavior of his teammates. With the two teams warring against each other eventually the teams are worn down leaving just Oliver and Robert. Oliver eventually brings Robert to an abandon building after leading him their from the rooftop, where the two fight. Oliver activates a prepared sedative gas that slows Robert down and makes him sluggish. Surprising Robert with a sword and stronger armor in his suit to deal with Robert's enhanced strength, Oliver eventually breaks Robert's bow forcing him to use two arrows as improvised knives. Although the fight is close, Robert eventually defeats Oliver once his enhanced abilities slowing start returning. As Robert holds Oliver at arrow point, Oliver finally makes peace with his survivor's guilt and now truly believes that he was meant to survive Lian Yu as although he was not perfect and made many mistakes, having seen what his father might have been, he is glad he survived so that he could become a better a man who inspire heroes who are better than him. As Robert is about to kill Oliver, Quentin arrives and kills Robert with special bullets that inhibit his healing and saves Oliver.
 * Felicity having killed her doppelganger, Quentin leaves with Ben Turner intending to place him on his world's STAR labs and hopes find a way make up for the damage he and the Longbow Hunters did to Starling City and reconnect to his other daughter; but not before wishing Oliver and Laurel good luck with their baby and saying goodbye.
 * In the epilogue, Oliver and many recurring cast members, Team Arrow, the Legends, Team Flash, and more all arrive at the hospital were Laurel gives birth to her and Oliver's daughter, Dinah Olivia "Livy" Lance-Queen. (Based off their daughter from the Kingdom Come Novel)In a brief Flash Forward, we see William and Livy as adults operating as the new Green Arrow and Black Canary respectively. (Flash Forwards as a whole in Season 7 have concern me but a brief tease would ok)