- John Diggle: The Scorpions? Yeah. I know 'em. But Diaz is on something different. New muscle, new crew. They're way too organized.
- Rene Ramirez: I wonder when he got himself a new crew and how he got to be the boss of it.
- Dinah Drake: And why he needs a weapons-grade 3-D printer.
- Curtis Holt: I think I have the answer to that. Drugs. High-end ones. I cross-referenced the two models that were stolen. What they have in common is their capacity to simultaneously print inert polypropylenes and soft material catalyst composites.
- Rene Ramirez: Did anyone understand a word of that?
- Felicity Smoak: You think Diaz is making Reactionware?
- Rene Ramirez: Anyone normal.
- Felicity Smoak: Slade got his happy ending? Not... like that. Ha ha.
- Oliver Queen: It's a long story. It's a... it's a sad story.
- Felicity Smoak: I'm sensing a "but".
- Oliver Queen: I learned something.
- Felicity Smoak: Hmm?
- Oliver Queen: I made the right decision to not be the Green Arrow, for William and for me.
- Joseph Wilson: You should have stayed dead.
- Slade Wilson: I heard you were in trouble, kid. So I thought I'd offer my help.
- Joseph Wilson: My old man here to save me. Last I saw, you weren't all that concerned with saving anyone.
- [pulling a gun]
- Joseph Wilson: Apple doesn't fall that far. What do you think? Patricide?
- Nylander: He's seen our operation. It makes him a liability.
- Slade Wilson: Yeah, you can have that choice, but I'll give you another one. Let me join you.
- Joseph Wilson: If I wanted a family reunion, I would've sent an invitation.
- Slade Wilson: Maybe you did, but you just haven't realized it yet, kid.
- Slade Wilson: I came all of this way to talk with you, and I will kill anybody who gets in my way because I got nothing left to lose, only you. So go ahead and make a decision.
- Joseph Wilson: [lowering his gun] I'd be lying if I said I wasn't swayed by the poetry of it all, but can I trust you?
- Slade Wilson: Trust is built upon honesty. I am sure you have a lot of questions to ask me, and I've got a lot of questions for you, Joe.
- Joseph Wilson: That's not my name anymore.
- Slade Wilson: Your mother named you something different to keep us apart.
- Joseph Wilson: Okay. Guess we got some catching up to do.
- Felicity Smoak: Curtis, you were right. The thieves were after the components of a 3-D printer.
- Rene Ramirez: Two innocent people get killed because some psycho wants to print plastic toys?
- Curtis Holt: This wasn't a consumer 3-D printer. This was military grade.
- Rene Ramirez: You're saying there's a printer that can print weapons?
- Curtis Holt: Or drones or chemicals.
- Slade Wilson: I spared your life back there.
- Oliver Queen: I know. But back there, it didn't feel like an act the same way it did with Chase back on Lian Yu.
- Slade Wilson: Because when I saw my son, I was tempted. I would've done anything to keep us together. But when you mentioned William, I realize that's not my boy. It's Kane. But what I fear is there is only one way to stop him.
- Oliver Queen: Slade, there are othere ways to deal with this that don't involve killing your son. Deep down, he's your boy, so you have to reason with him, and I swear he will listen to you.
- Slade Wilson: But I didn't tell you what happened after Lian Yu. I went home to my son, and I promised him I would stay and never leave. And I broke that promise.
- Oliver Queen: No, you broke the promise because of the Mirakuru.
- Slade Wilson: The Mirakuru faded for a while, but when it came back, it was like a storm I could not control. And that monster is what my son is trying to emulate, but it's not Mirakuru with Joe. It's anger and resentment, and I don't know how that can be redeemed.
- Oliver Queen: Well, I didn't think that you could be redeemed, but I'm here, miles from home, miles from my son, trying to help you save yours. And I can do that because I knew the man that you were before the Mirakuru. That is who your son needs to see. He needs to see his father, the man you are right now, tonight.
- Joseph Wilson: You used to be ruthless. What happened?
- Slade Wilson: What you saw was the Mirakuru.
- Joseph Wilson: Stop lying! I saw you kill before the Mirakuru. Milford Sound, that little father/son trip, the one you promised would be all about you and me. I saw what you did to that Chinese spy.
- Slade Wilson: I was on a mission for ASIS.
- Joseph Wilson: Well, here's something you don't know. Something mother never told you. I have a brother. His name is Grant. Mother didn't want him in this world. But me, I'm my father's son. I made my first kill six months after our camping trip. And I slit his throat just like you did. I wanted to be exactly like my father. Like Deathstroke.
- Slade Wilson: I am not Deathstroke anymore.
- Joseph Wilson: Then you're not my father anymore. You're just in my way.
- Joseph Wilson: Excuse the poor accommodations. I don't plan on staying in this stain of a country too long.
- Slade Wilson: Well, there's a reason why they say the money is in the muck.
- Joseph Wilson: I did bring one luxury, however.
- Slade Wilson: [Joe sets down a bottle of whiskey] Oh, there's a blast from the past. My favorite. I never realized you'd acquired a taste for it, too.
- Joseph Wilson: Like you told me, always drink good booze and only look out for yourself.
- Slade Wilson: Well, the Jackals are an unruly bunch. Must have been hard trying to keep ASIS in the dark for so long.
- Joseph Wilson: It's amazing what an agency overlooks when it's willing to leave its own men for dead.
- Slade Wilson: Heh. So what kind of operation are you planning on running here? Drugs? Weapons? Perhaps a military coup.
- Joseph Wilson: Let's call it a reassignment of resources. A lucrative one.
- Slade Wilson: What are you doing here? You should have gone home.
- Oliver Queen: I don't abandon people, even when they leave me drugged. Now, what is this reassignent of resources that your son and his men are planning?
- Slade Wilson: You overheard that.
- Oliver Queen: Just like I overheard you're planning to join his unit. Your son is dangerous, Slade.
- Slade Wilson: He's just a younger version of me.
- Oliver Queen: No. You were never a gun for hire.
- Slade Wilson: But I was a killer. Listen, kid, you'd better go home before you find yourself in trouble you can't get out of.
- Oliver Queen: I can't walk away from this. Can you?
- Slade Wilson: So what are you planning with all these explosives? I'd like to know.
- Joseph Wilson: You missed your kill shot with the soldier back there.
- Slade Wilson: Well, when I lost this eye, I lost my depth perception.
- Joseph Wilson: Most of my men think you joined me under false pretenses.
- Slade Wilson: There's nothing false about trying to find my son. But if they doubt me, then maybe I don't have your trust.
- Joseph Wilson: Of course you do, which is why I got you a little gift.
- Nylander: [entering with Oliver at gunpoint] And you told me not to worry, brother.
- Joseph Wilson: Nylander found him with my detonator. Some might see this as coincidence, but I see it as fate. It's time to collect on that debt he owes you, father.
- Slade Wilson: Oliver Queen, I've waited a very, very long time for this.
- [he knocks Oliver out]
- Joseph Wilson: An eye for an eye.
- Shado: You're lying to yourself, Slade. You know he's alive. You've always known, but still you do nothing. You know what he did to me. You know what he took from us, and yet here you are hiding like a coward. Getting weak, pathetic. Give me what you promised. Give me what you promised.
- Slade Wilson: [startling the others in the room] GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
- Shado: Not until Oliver Queen is dead.
- Slade Wilson: He is dead. He died on the Amazo.
- Shado: [turning his attention to the news report of Oliver being found alive] Listen, love, you're the only one who can avenge me. You're the only one who can make him suffer. Do you know why?
- Slade Wilson: I keep my promises.
- Slade Wilson: Years ago, I made you a promise. Do you remember? I promised that you would suffer the same way that I suffered.
- Oliver Queen: What are you doing? You are not this person anymore.
- Slade Wilson: What I am is a father reunited with my son. I made him a promise, too, and I'm not going to break it again.
- Oliver Queen: We made each other a promise, Slade, to save our sons. To save Joe, to save William.
- Joseph Wilson: He has a son. I'll make sure he suffers, too.
- Oliver Queen: [circling behind him, Slade raises his sword] Slade.
- Joseph Wilson: Do it.
- Oliver Queen: Slade! Slade!
- [with a down stroke, Slade cuts his bonds, and Oliver overpowers Joe]
- Oliver Queen: That was a little too convincing.
- Nylander: [after Slade and Oliver escape] I'll send out the dogs.
- Joseph Wilson: We've got the op. That's where they'll be.
- Nylander: You sure?
- Joseph Wilson: That my father would try to stop us? That's what fathers do. And that's why I'm gonna kill him.
- Joseph Wilson: Where are we?
- Nylander: All charges are set.
- [offering him the detonator]
- Nylander: Feels like it should be you.
- Joseph Wilson: I hired you to pull the trigger.
- [to his men]
- Joseph Wilson: Move out. Get to a safe distance. Semtex makes for a pretty big bang.
- Nylander: You're not coming with?
- Joseph Wilson: I want a good view.
- Nylander: You're crazy. I love it! Don't forget what you said the Semtex, huh?
- Joseph Wilson: "Trust begins with honesty." That's what you said to me, but you lied!
- Slade Wilson: You know life is not that simple, Joe.
- Joseph Wilson: That's not my name. And how could you forgive Oliver Queen after what he did to you?
- Slade Wilson: Because he forgave me for far worse; sins that I have to carry to the grave. A curse I didn't want to pass on to you. All of this anger and resentment, it's time to bring it to an end, son.
- Joseph Wilson: No. This is just the beginning.
- Oliver Queen: I spoke with our friend, the warden. The Jackals are in custody, and he is very relieved. You all right?
- Slade Wilson: My son... he saw me kill a man before the Mirakuru, before Deathstroke. He followed in my path, Oliver.
- Oliver Queen: No, don't blame youself, Slade. It doesn't help.
- Slade Wilson: You know why I do. "Never give up on family." That's what you told me. It's time for you to go home.
- Oliver Queen: Where will you go?
- Slade Wilson: I'm gonna keep searching for my son, both of them. I can't give up.
- Oliver Queen: You ever need my help again, you don't hesitate to ask.
- Slade Wilson: You have your own son to protect. I'm not gonna put that at risk again. You've seen what can happen.
- [they shake hands]
- Slade Wilson: Thank you, kid.
- Curtis Holt: I, for one, am incredibly offended.
- John Diggle: And you have every right to be, Curtis.
- Curtis Holt: That you didn't come to me first for help treating you. I mean, I... I created a chip to help a woman walk, people.
- Dinah Drake: He's got a point, John. It might be time to outsource this little problem.
- John Diggle: You waiting on a special apology? Because you deserve one.
- Dinah Drake: No. I'm just waiting to make sure you're okay.
- John Diggle: Really?
- Dinah Drake: Really.
- John Diggle: Well, I'm gonna give you one, anyway. Dinah, I lied to you, and I'm sorry, but I'll make you one more promise: there'll be no more secrets between you and me.
- Dinah Drake: No more secrets.
- Dinah Drake: Sorry I missed the fun. Anyone want to catch me up?
- John Diggle: Break-in, Cadmus Tech.
- Dinah Drake: You're thinking Cayden James?
- Curtis Holt: That's what we were assuming, but this crew doesn't look like the type he ususally runs with.
- Dinah Drake: That would track with some new street chatter SCPD's been hearing lately.
- Rene Ramirez: What kind of chatter?
- Dinah Drake: New player. No idea what his game is. All we have is a street name: Dragon.
- Felicity Smoak: Dragon. Heh. That's colorful.
- John Diggle: Tomorrow's problem. Why don't we all get some rack time, hit this fresh in the morning?
- Joseph Wilson: Slight change in plans, gentlemen. 40% of our Semtex was compromised during transfer. Conveniently, however, the Kasnian army is doing some transferring of its own. I'm gonna take a small team to intercept.
- Nylander: Does this jeopardize our timeline?
- Joseph Wilson: Not with the infamous Deathstroke backing me up. What do you say, father? Interested in showing us how it's done?
- Slade Wilson: As long as your dogs can keep up. I'll go pack some gear.
- [flashback to six years earlier]
- Slade Wilson: [training with Joe] Keep varying your pace.
- Joseph Wilson: My pace is fine, old man.
- Slade Wilson: So you say.
- [throwing him to the ground]
- Slade Wilson: Dead. Come on. Get up.
- Joseph Wilson: How are you better with one eye than I am with two?
- Slade Wilson: You must learn to move with your mind, not your eyes. Come on, let's go again.
- Rene Ramirez: Hey, anybody in the mood to stress eat?
- Felicity Smoak: Always. What you got?
- Dinah Drake: Quadruple cheese. Must be serious.
- Rene Ramirez: What's going on here?
- John Diggle: Trying to get a line on this Dragon guy, find out what he and his crew are up to.
- Felicity Smoak: [her computer buzzes] Well, at least we know where they are. Just got a security alert; Palmer Tech, bio division.
- John Diggle: Good. Suit up. Stay sharp. Remember, these guys aren't afraid of dropping bodies.
- Felicity Smoak: I ran facial recognition over John's body cam footage. Meet Ricardo Diaz and his extensive criminal record. Does anyone want to guess what his street name is?
- [silence]
- Felicity Smoak: Anyone want to guess?
- [another silence]
- Felicity Smoak: You guys are no fun. His street name is Dragon.
- Dinah Drake: This jerkward's been out of prison less than a month. He's already racked up a body count.
- Rene Ramirez: This guy was doing double jolts of life plus one.
- Curtis Holt: What's that?
- Dinah Drake: Life without parole.
- Rene Ramirez: What's he doing walking around?
- Felicity Smoak: State Supreme Court overturned his convicitions due to technicalities. But before he was on the inside, he was running with a group called the Scorpions in the Glades.
- Felicity Smoak: With this equipment, Diaz cuts out the middle man. He can make designer drugs more cheaply and efficiently than anyone else on the street.
- John Diggle: Yeah, well, the hell he is. Whatever science experiment he's got going on, we're shutting it down.
- Felicity Smoak: Curtis, let's work up a location for Diaz's operation.
- Curtis Holt: He doesn't show up on traffic cams. He doesn't leave a paper trail. Ricardo Diaz is good.
- Felicity Smoak: How's the research on his old associates going?
- Rene Ramirez: It's going lousy. Everybody mentioned in his arrest records is either missing or dead.
- Dinah Drake: Explains why no one's willing to talk to the department about Dragon.
- John Diggle: The moment I hesitated, even as the flames grew closer... that was my rock bottom. I should've told you all about the tremor from the beginning. I'm truly sorry I didn't.
- Rene Ramirez: So you're saying the tremor started before Black Siren showed her face in Star City?
- John Diggle: Yes. And that's why, Rene, I owe you the biggest apology of all. You should've known what was going on before we ever got to that bridge, man. My pride almost got you killed. I betrayed your trust, put your lives in danger. All I can ask is that you forgive me, but I understand if you can't.
- Rene Ramirez: Well, getting shot wasn't great, but if I'm counting the times you've saved my life against the times you almost got me killed, you're still ahead.
- Curtis Holt: So, have you already had an electromyogram? Wait. What am I talking about? We need to start off with an NCV test first.
- John Diggle: Curtis, it's been a long night. Is there any way we can do this in the morning?
- Curtis Holt: Sure thing. It would be my honor. It would be my pleasure.
- Rene Ramirez: [fake cough] Kiss ass.