A/N I loved this week's episode but I thought there should have been a bit more when Felicity puts the hurt on her ex. I wrote this really quickly and I'm not completely happy with it, but here it is. And no, I sadly still own nothing.
Aftermath
Oliver locked eyes with Felicity when Cooper pulled her from her chair as he aimed an arrow at her ex's head. They both knew he would break his vow not to kill in order to keep her safe. He had proven that to her with Count Vertigo. Felicity was crying, but she was calming quickly as she looked at him. He could almost feel her pulling strength from him. The second Cooper put the gun to her head Oliver watched as she did exactly what Digg had taught her to do. He was so proud of her in that moment, until she threw the gun. If she had not just been kidnapped and threatened by her ex he would have felt like rolling his eyes when she threw the gun. That was going to be her next lesson, what to do after you disarm the bad guy.
Felicity wrapped her mother in her arms the moment she had her free. As terrifying as it was it was easier to be in danger without her mother to think about too. She looked up to see Oliver nod at her. She looked him in the eyes and nodded back before returning all her attention to hugging her mom. She took advantage of the lull to think of all the excuses she might need when her mom started asking questions. Soon, she heard Oliver talk quietly into his comm with his voice distorter still on before leaving the room, and her mom never noticed. Felicity looked up to see Cooper's hands were zip tied even though he was still out.
Donna pulled away from her daughter with pride shining in her eyes. "You were amazing. Where did you learn to do that?"
"Self-defense lessons. I figured I might need it someday. I guess I was right," Felicity responded with excuse number one.
Donna looked around the empty building and noticed Cooper tied up. "Was that the Arrow guy I keep hearing about on the news? Where did he go? And how did he know we were in trouble?"
Felicity blinked at her mother trying to remember excuse number two. "Yeah, that was him. I heard he just disappears when no one is looking. It was your watch. I used its wifi to send an alarm to SCPD, and I'm sure the armored car driver sent an SOS too. So I'm sure that's how he knew we were here. He was listening to SCPD, or maybe the armored car company or something."
Donna could always tell when her daughter was not completely honest with her. "Yeah, sure. But why do I get the feeling there is more to it than that?"
Felicity was saved from having to come up with excuse number three by the sirens. She had indeed sent a message to SCPD to cover up the message she had first sent to Oliver. She knew there would be even more questions if her first message was discovered, but she was better than that. Still she knew there would be plenty of questions for both her and her mom. So she wrapped an arm around her mother again and waited for the police to do their job. It did not take as long as she thought it would to answer all their questions. She decided she would call Detective, no, Captain Lance tomorrow and ask him if there was anything else they needed from her, but she would not volunteer to so any cyber work.
When there were no more questions to be answered, Felicity turned to her mother and the police officer taking her statement. "Mom, let's go home. Officer, could you give us a ride?"
Donna looked at her with surprise. She rarely saw her daughter be so bold, and on the heels of knocking a guy out with his own gun! She smiled and hugged her once more, needing to be reminded that she was safe and whole. It was time to get to know this new, stronger woman her daughter had become.
A/N I thought about keeping this going with another scene back at Felicity's house, but I liked where this ended and decided it did not need more. I am not, however, opposed to writing that scene. If you want it you have to let me know. For now though, I am going to mark this as complete.