"Ready to do this Felicity?" Asked Oliver still not sure about this whole plan. He was scared about putting Felicity in harm's way but there was no other way. However he didn't think he would feel so strongly against it, Felicity could handle it plus Diggle was right behind her. Clearly slipping up when he had admitted he loved Felicity had been a mistake on his part. He had opened the door for love and now it just wouldn't shut, no matter how hard Oliver tried. After their moment on the island Oliver and Felicity hadn't talked anymore of their feelings but every little touch, every little stare since then had meant so much more than before. Oliver shook his head, as if to clear it and focus on the task at hand. To track down the mass murderer group who was dropping boddies like there was no tomorrow, that's all that mattered, the city had to come first.
"Felicity stood at the entrance to the most criminal filled strip club, and was wearing a green figure hugging dress that cut a little bit above the knee, and man did she look beautiful yet insanely sexy. Oliver quickly shook away the thoughts he was having. They were dangerous, him and Felicity were friends and partners but that's all they could ever be.
"Ready as I will ever be to seduce a drug lord, and prostitute king so that I can sneak him a tracking device, to lead us to the Poisoined group to find where this drug is being cooked up, I'm just peachy with that thought, oh god and now I made myself even more nervous, actually no I will be strong, so yeah I think I'm ready, I mean how can a person really know if they are ready until they are actually doing something, but then again..."
"Fe-li-city." Oliver warned to try to calm her down and to stop her babbling. It was cute, and he loved it but right now she had to calm
"I know, I know and calming down in 3, 2, 1..." she took a deep breath and answered bravely, or as bravely as she could manage. "Ready"
She walked right into the club head held high, her body faking all the confidence that wasn't really there.
"Right Diggle she's in, you can follow now." Oliver instructed through his ear com.
"Right behind you Felicity." Come the reply.
Then suddenly a shot was fired. Felicity come to a sudden stop in the middle of the club to analyse the situation, as soon as she realised what was going on, she tried to move but she couldn't she was stuck in place. Her mind shouting at her body to leave and move, yet her body ignored it. Felicity had just walked into a middle of a rivalry gang shooting.
"Felicity, talk to me." Yet no reply come. Oliver's mind started to spin. He had heard the shots but neither Diggle nor Felicity were replying to their com's.
"Felicity, talk to me or I swear to god I will barge into that club and shoot arrows at every moving thing in my way until I get to you." Oliver's voice sounded more panicked then he would've liked it to be. Once again no reply come.
"Oliver made his way from down the roof and broke the clubs door into two with an arrow.
"Oliver, help, please. Never forget I love you, I always have and always will."Come Felicity's voice through the com, and that was the last thing Oliver heard before he saw his girl fall to the floor.