John drove Oliver, Thea and Jill to the court hearing for Moira, opening the door for them.
Reporters walked closer, shouting over each other.
"Mr. Queen, what are your mother's chances?" a man asked.
"Is she on suicide watch?" a woman asked.
"Mr. Queen, can you give us any comment?" a man asked.
John led Thea, Oliver and Jill through the crowd.
Laurel and Adam Donner were watching from in front of the courthouse.
"It's not fair," Laurel told him. "They're not the ones on trial."
"That won't stop Jean Loring from using them as props to drum up sympathy," Donner told her.
"You don't seem overly concerned," Laurel told him.
"She confessed to being an accomplice on live television," Donner told her.
"She also said that Malcolm Merlyn coerced her," Laurel told him. Donner smirked. "You have something, don't you? I thought I was your co-counsel, Adam. If you're holding a trump card, don't you think maybe you should share it with me?"
"It's going to be a good trial," Donner told her. "Come on. Let's get inside."
Donner walked away, leaving Laurel alone to think.
John, Thea, Oliver and Jill walked up the steps.
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Flashback
Oliver and Jill were forced to be on the island once again, walking with Sara, the captain, Ivo and a few soldiers toward the plane hideout.
"You don't have to do this," Jill told them.
"Ivo says we do," Sara told them. "Your friends are a danger to his men."
The captain looked at the men. "Go. Quick and quiet."
The men started to walk.
Oliver shouted out. "Slade! Shado! Run!"
The captain punched Oliver in the face.
Jill struggled against the man holding her back. "Stop!"
The men fired at the plane hideout.
The captain walked toward the plane, looking inside. "There's no one here."
Oliver and Jill sighed in relief.
"They must have moved on from their position," Ivo told them. "Chargers are placed. Here's the detonator. Make sure they have no place to return to." He handed the detonator to the captain. "Go." The captain walked away. Ivo looked at Oliver and Jill. "And you two. Now you're going to take us to the graves. Let's go." Two men dragged Jill and Oliver along. "Let's get clear."
The men walked away.
Shado and Slade came out from hiding from inside the plane hideout.
"Did you find the detonator?" Slade asked.
Shado was holding the detonator. "Yes." She was able to stop the timer before it exploded. "We were lucky."
"I was lucky," Slade told her. "You were good."
"Either way..." Shado trailed off, standing. "They have Oliver and Jill. I'm going after them."
"Not alone," Slade told her.
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