Tommy just happened to go by CNRI to talk to Laurel and he overheard that one of their biggest donors was backing out and the law office would not be able to survive without them. Tommy mentioned to Laurel that he could throw a party to raise money, but she was not to thrilled with the idea, but after talking to Joanna, she decided to let Tommy do this for CNRI.

A few nights later Laurel was at the party that Tommy was throwing for her and she was thanking all of the people who had donated to CNRI when Oliver walked up to her. "This turned out really good. I am glad Tommy came up with this idea." Oliver said.

"Yeah, it did turn out well. I just wish there wasn't always some ulterior motive with Tommy." Laurel said.

"What do you mean?" Oliver asked although he already had a clue what she meant.

"Tommy has been trying to get me to go out with him for the last few weeks and I keep turning him down, but he won't stop asking." Laurel said.

"Would it be so bad to give him a chance?" Oliver asked.

"Probably not, but I don't have the time to date right now Ollie. With my job and Conner." Laurel said.

"If you want to give it a try. I can take care of Conner for the night." Oliver said.

"Thanks for the offer, but I am not really interested in Tommy in that way right now." Laurel said.

"Ok. Just know that if you want to date, I can take care of Conner." Oliver said.

"Thanks, but everything is going good right now. I don't want to mess that up." Laurel said.

"Ok, well you should probably go and mingle. I will talk to you later." Oliver said as he left to go to the bank to take down the Reston family at the bank they were robbing.

About a month later it is time for Christmas and Oliver decides that he wants to throw a Christmas party like the Queen family used to before the Gambit went down. He told his family that he would take care of everything. Thea didn't seem happy to be having a Christmas party, but the rest of the family thought that it might be a good idea to get back in the swing of things after not celebrating for the past five years.

Around this time a copycat archer was taking out people that Oliver had visited since he had been back home and become the Hood. He got an arrow from Quentin and took it to Felicity to see if she could find out where they were shipped. Once he found that out he went back to his lair and changed so that he could go and find this archer. When he got inside of the place, he found that it was rigged to blow so he got out of the building right in time.

Later that night, the Christmas party was happening at the Queen Mansion. Oliver was there greeting the guest as he saw Laurel walk in with Conner. Oliver waved them over and they went somewhere that they could have some privacy.

"Thanks for coming. It means a lot that the both of you are here." Oliver said.

"Well, it looks like everything is going well. Where is Thea?" Laurel asked.

"Who knows. I don't think she was so thrilled about the party." Oliver said.

"Well, I guess without celebrating for the past five years she might not want to celebrate because she is used to it." Laurel said.

"I guess you have a point. So, I better go and mingle with the guest. I will be back to talk to you two in a bit." Oliver said as he went to greet mor guests.

Oliver sees Thea heading up to her room with a boy and he follows them and barges into Thea's room and sends the boy home and gives Thea hell about trying to be like him back in the day.

At that time Diggle calls him and tells him that the copycat archer has stuck again and that he needs to turn on the news. Oliver did this and saw that the other archer had hostages and that he was going to kill them if the Hood didn't show up.

Oliver got to the warehouse and found his way in and he got the hostages out and he fought with the copycat. The copycat seemed to be better than Oliver was in every way. Oliver was getting beat badly then the copycat put two arrows in Oliver's back. Oliver was down but he was able to distract the archer long enough to get away. Diggle came and got him and took him to the hospital.

Later his family came to visit Oliver. "What were you doing out riding on your motorcycle when you had a party going on?" Moira asked.

"I am sorry mom. I saw that things weren't going as well as I had hoped they would, and I just needed to get out of there." Oliver said.

"Maybe I was just trying to get things back to normal to quick." Oliver said.

"It's ok sweetheart, you were trying to make things the way they used to be. I wish it had worked out, but it just wasn't the right time." Moira said.

"Thanks mom. I think they said I will be out of here by tomorrow. I will see you at home then." Oliver said and his family left so that he could get some rest.

Oliver got up and walked to the window and looked out at the city. He was thinking that he needed to get a lot better before he went up against this man again.

About six weeks later we see Oliver training down in his lair. He looks like he is back in shape and is ready to get back out in the field. He later finds out from Laurel who uses the phone that he gave to Quentin as the Hood, that one of her friend's brother was killed in a fire under mysterious circumstances. Oliver investigates and finds out there was someone going after all of the firefighters in a certain unit. He goes to the next fire and see the man who is doing the killing

and tries to stop him before he kills anyone else. Oliver is to slow to stop the man from killing the firefighter and then the man beats him, and Oliver then thinks that he might not be up to doing the job as the Hood anymore.

He calls Laurel back and gives her the information that he had found on the case and told her to give it to the police. Oliver decides that he wants to through a party for a fundraiser for the fire department. He goes to get a list of people to invites from the fire department and he sees Laurel there cleaning out Joanna's brother's locker. They then go and ask the chief some questions and then they leave.

Laurel calls the Hood and say, "I found out some information. There was a fire back a couple years ago and there was a man who burned up because he wouldn't come out when the chief said."

"Give the information to the police and tell them what to look for. If you think this man is somehow still alive, they should be able to stop him. Goodbye Laurel." Oliver said as he hung up.

The night of the party, Oliver and Laurel again went to ask the chief some questions. A man in a firemen's uniform walked up to them and they saw that it was a man who had been severely burned. This man was the man they had been questioning the chief about. Oliver got Laurel out of there and he went to change into his suit, and he came back up and saved the chief but then the man burned himself before Oliver had a chance to stop him. There was a lot of damage now to his club so that would definitely push the opening back.

A week later Thea approaches Oliver with a concern of hers. "Oliver, I think mom is have an affair with Mr. Merlyn." Thea said.

"I don't think so Thea. Mom wouldn't do that to Walter." Oliver said.

"Well, something is going on with them and I don't know what it is." Thea said.

"I am sure it is nothing. Anyways, I think you should be more worried about your party tonight." Oliver said.

Later that night Thea is having a good time at her party when she sees her mom talking to Malcolm and she walks up to confront her mother. "I knew you were having an affair with Mr. Merlyn. How could you do this to Walter?" Thea asked.

"Thea, it is not what you think. We were just having a conversation." Moira said.

"I don't believe you." Thea said as she left the mansion and went on a drive in her new car. She ended up taking some Vertigo and crashed. She was sent to the hospital and was arrested for having drugs in her system.

When Thea goes to court, she has already signed a plea deal, but the judge doesn't except it and she is told that she will have to go to trial as an adult. Oliver decides to find the person who makes the drugs. In order to do this, he goes and makes a call to the bratva to find out who this man is. He then goes and talks to one of his old friends, McKenna Hall who is a detective now. He gets a copy of the file on the man known as the Count and is going to use it as a peace offering to the man when he met him with the Bratva.

The meeting was set up with the Bratva and the Count. Somehow the police found out about the meeting and cause everyone to have to scramble to get out of the parking garage. In the scramble, Oliver was injected with the Vertigo and he was having symptoms of an overdose. Oliver got a sample of the Vertigo and was able to find out where it was being made. Diggle wouldn't let Oliver go out as the Hood while still showing symptoms of an overdose with his bow and arrows, so he said, "I don't need a bow and arrows to stop this man." Oliver said as he suited up but didn't take his bow and arrows.

Oliver got to the warehouse where the Count was making Vertigo and he found off all of the Count's guards. When he got to the Count the police burst into the room. Oliver uses the Count as a shield so that he will not get shot.

Quentin tried to get the Hood to stand down. "Let go of the man and put your hand behind your head." Quentin said.

Instead of doing that, Oliver injected the Count with the Vertigo and it cause brain damage in the man. This was a distraction so that Oliver was able to get away.

Laurel had gone to Quentin to ask him for help with Thea. "Dad can you do something to help Thea? She is just a young kid who made a mistake." Laurel said.

"She is 18. She is an adult now and she should know better." Quentin said.

"Don't punish her because you are still mad at Oliver. You are better than that." Laurel said.

Quentin sighed and said, "I will talk to some of my contacts and see if I can get something done."

"Thanks dad." Laurel said.

Laurel later went to give Oliver and Thea the news. "Ok, so I got Thea a deal. She has to do community service with me at CNRI and she will have two years of probation." Laurel said.

"Sorry, but I have no desire to be for you." Thea said.

"Thea, it is either this or you go to trial. They know you had the drug in your system so you will be found guilty and go to jail." Oliver said.

After thinking about it that way Thea said, "Ok, I will take the deal."

Thea left the room and Olive turned to Laurel and said, "Thanks for doing this. You didn't have to."

"You are all my family. I would do anything for any of you. You just have to ask." Laurel said.

"Thanks." Oliver said and Laurel left the mansion.

"Well, it looks like Ollie isn't the best archer or fighter in the city anymore." Thea said.

"Luckily he will have help this time around." Sara said.

"Yes, he will." Laurel said.

"Thanks for getting me out of that drug charge. I am going to make sure that doesn't happen in the future though." Thea said to Laurel.

"Good, although Tommy has been trying to straighten you out for years." Laurel said.

"I know. I just didn't think I could get into that much trouble." Thea said.

"Well, at least you learned your lesson." Tommy said.