Chapter 1-
Felicity sat in the lair, lights down low, arrow threading through her fingers, staring intently at the salmon ladder. She had been there for hours already, unable to move, practically unable to breathe.
That's how he found her. Clearly she had been crying, clearly she hadn't slept all night. But why? Last night she had hope- the worry etched on her face had been mixed with a giddy smile. Last night, Oliver Queen professed his love as one of the only 2 things he considered absolute. But last night is long gone and the broken blonde isn't even responding to her name now, what happened?
Gently, as not to make her jump while holding an arrow, no one needed to get stabbed in the near future, he placed a hand on her shoulder and nudged slightly. "Felicity."
It stung, hearing her name in such a drawn out and sad matter, wasn't what seemed wrong, it was that it wasn't his voice. It would never be his voice again. It took every bit of her strength to turn and look at him, "Digg, he's gone."
The brokenness in her voice tore his heart in two, he loved her like a little sister and when Oliver got back, he was going to kill him for breaking her heart, after everything, to finally admit his feelings and then walk out- it was too much. It broke her. but he hadn't expected it to break her like this.
"Felicity, he's not gone. He's not that easy to kill. Besides, I've seen him take out the Bratva, an army of super soldiers, take on the fastest man alive, and he killed the count without batting an eye, even after he vowed not to kill again. I heard you ask him to kill Ra's last night, and he will. He did all that before he was willing to admit he loved you, before he had you to fight for. He has never been able to lie to you, he's not going to start now. He will be back, come on, lets get you some coffee and settle your nerves."
"No Digg, he's gone." She turned and held up the arrow she had been holding so dear and revealed a piece of blood red paper, crumpled to her chest. "He's gone Digg, this arrow was embedded into my work station, pinning the note just where i would find it."
As he took the note it was the first time he noticed the arrow was black with red and black tip and tail, it was one of Nyssa's. He read the note and stumbled into the chair next to Felicity, thing's weren't going to be okay.
Roy came down the stairs louder than normal, too depressed for his trained stealthiness. as he got to the bottom on the stairs he froze at the sight, Felicity crying into John's arms, and the massive man with tears in his eyes. They made eye contact as he walked toward him and Digg simply glanced at the paper crumpled on the floor. He bent to pick it up and saw the tear stains as he read it softly to himself "Oliver Queen is dead, Ta-er al-Sahfer is avenged."
Thanks for reading, I have some theories of what will happen to the team as their leader has fallen and some ideas for the time gap. Can I just say Holy CRAP with that ending, looking forward to some craziness in January!