Kingdom of Saviors
Disclaimer: Really? , do I have to this in every chapter? Okay fine, I don't own Arrow (but wishing to all the gods I do), only the imaginations in my head that I written here.
Author's Note:
So this is my second chapter, hope you enjoy it, and I hope I made a big sense out of it.
Thank you for the reviews, I know to some people it's not a lot, but you cannot have a hundred if you're missing one so that's a lot for me. So thank you.
Summary:
This is the first date for Oliver and Felicity and hopefully there would be next since their first won't be going so smoothly as Oliver had hope for.
Arrow Fanfiction
Characters for Arrow: Oliver Queen, Felicity Smoak, John Diggle, Sara Lance, Roy Harper, Thea Queen (additional Characters may occur in the process of the chapters)
Characters for Batman: Bruce Wayne (more Characters will b added but will be announce if they will exist in the current chapters to avoid spoilers)
Alternate Universe
CrossOver
Rating: K+
Genre: Romance/Family/Friendship/Angst
Chapter 2: The Date
Previously on Kingdom of Saviors
"Since after Slade, he gave me a new perspective in life, that with the life that I lead, I may not have the right to be with someone that I care about, but life itself is short whether you're leading a dangerous path or just living a normal life, it's too short, He made me realized that, I may not deserved to be with someone right now, but…"
"But a friend once told me, that I deserve better, so I thought, that this is the right time to have that better for me"
"But you know, after all that Slade has done, I didn't imagine that he'll be the one to make you realized that you deserve to have a life, and I didn't imagine in a million years that I have something to thank him for"
" ?" he asked arching both of his aye brows.
"Yes, and you are?" she force herself to not ramble since it would get awkward for the old man.
" sent me, he told me to give you this" he handed her a piece of envelope, she took it and gently open the envelope, inside there was a card, with silver and green linings design in front of it if you stare at it for moment you could see the vivid image of an arrow, she opens it, and almost drop her jaw when she read the letters.
At the left side of the card there was a quote,
I will love the light for it shows me the way,
yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
But the right side of the card gave her the shock,
Ms. Felicity Meghan Smoak,
Please be my date tonight.
Oliver Queen.
Oh my God!
Is this real?
The Date? His date? Me?
Her mind is almost eating her alive, she stood still and keep starring at the card she just read, can't believe what was happening, she looks up at the old man who's also starring at her waiting for her response.
"There must be a mistake, I'm sure Mr. Queen must have had a rough day, you know, made his mind a little fuzzy and got the name in here tangle up?" she smiles at him awkwardly, she didn't knew if she was making any sense since she does not understand the situation yet.
"No Ma'am, Mr. Queen told me where to go and who to deliver this package perfectly clear" then he handed another package to her, this time a big box with the same linings as the card.
"It would be best if we depart as soon as possible Ma'am, after you get change, we don't want to let Mr. Queen to wait in vain, right?" he smile at her teasingly, they both knew that Oliver is not good with waiting.
"O…kay, I'll just change, very quickly" she turns around and walk inside her apartment still confused, she got in the shower and got out of it, and she can't remember if she did it right, because her thought's is tracking back at the scenes of her and Oliver in the office talking in the phone although they were just few feet's away, the thought of him saying that he wanted to have the better, but she didn't realize that she is the one he was talking about.
Is it me?
She went to her bedroom and open the package she just receive, she knew what it was but doesn't have any idea what it looks like. Once the package was unpack she knew she was right, it was a dress, mini dress but in the right length right above the knee, it was breath taking, It was an emerald green tulle mini dress with an embellished bodice and velvet floral appliqué tied to the waist, the color was on purpose she thought.
When she wear the dress and see how it looks on her on the mirror, she couldn't believe her eyes, it's like a different woman in front of her, stunning, her skin got brighter because of the color of the dress.
Never thought that green would be my color.
Now she is ready to face Oliver Queen, and throw at him a lot of question that's been running through her mind. She steps out of her apartment made sure it was locked. She walk down back to the old man who is now opening the back door for her, she hops inside, and so as the old man, she realized that she forgot to ask him his name and remind herself to ask him when they arrive at the mansion.
It took forever to get them to the mansion, at least that what she thought, she doesn't know if it's because of the old man's way of too much safe of driving (meaning too slow), or if it's because of her anxiety, a twenty minutes drive is too long of a wait for her, her heart started to beat fast when they enter the main gate and saw Oliver pacing back and forth in front of the main door of the mansion, she glance at the digital clock of the car and saw that it was only seven thirty, their car finally stop in front of Oliver, his full attention is now in Felicity's direction, he open the door for her and offer a hand to escort her, she takes it but still she is confuse about this new Oliver.
"Thank you Robert" he said looking back to the old man.
Seeing Oliver makes her forget what she reminds herself earlier, to ask the old man his name. Oliver escort Felicity to the dining hall, a table for two was set, actually she knew how it was set already before they even arrived at the mansion since she was the one who arrange it for him, she talked to Raisa that morning, she told her to make it simple for a dinner date, and who would expect that she'll be the one experiencing that dinner date, and now she can't stay quiet, Oliver arranged her chair and gesture his hand to the chair, letting her sit, but she didn't, he tilted his head, it's his way of questioning "why?".
"I need to ask you something" she said to him pointing at him, she glance at him for a moment but couldn't stare, she's too nervous to look at him, afraid that this might be just a mistake or a misunderstanding, she was afraid to get hurt by the person she love most, but mostly she was scared that their friendship would change just because she wanted this to happen, she desired for it to happen, but couldn't imagine in a million years that it will really happen.
"Wouldn't be you if you hadn't" he said going to the other side of the table.
"Did you hit your head or something? I mean there must have been a mistake, maybe you mistakenly write my name instead of Laurel or Sara? I mean, Are you high?" there she said it, it's not a joke but she found Oliver had a wide grin in his face, he look actually stupid, and for the first time he looks kind of an easy going, and,
He's having fun?
He walks slowly to her holding her elbow and making her sit, then he pulled his chair besides her and he let himself sit beside her.
"Felicity, I didn't made a mistake, and I'm not high" he smile looking at his finger, he was right, it would give her a shock, that's why he didn't ask her directly it would keep her rambling the entire day, he continue of what he was saying but this time he wanted to make sure he is looking right straight into her eyes, because of what he was about to say is the truth that he himself didn't realize sooner, that it was inside of him a long time ago ever since they first met.
"I know, it's.., it's been complicated"
"You are complicated Oliver" she said cutting his sentence,
"Yeah, I am, I guess, but, at first I thought that not being with someone that I truly care about is the safest decision that I ever made,"
"Yeah, and it was kind of stupid in some ways" she pouts at him, making him smile a little.
"Are you going to cut me in every line? Cause you know, we would keep doing this till the next day if you keep doing that" he ask her with a big grin in his face.
"Okay, I'll stop" she said. But he tilted his face again and arches his eyebrow disapproving.
"Promise" she promised with both of her hand in surrender gesture.
"Before I continue with what I was saying, let me show you something first" he stands up and offer his hand to her, she took it and they both stands up, he led her to the furthest part of the mansion, she may never had the chance to have a tour at the mansion but she was sure that the hallway they were walking in right now is not part of the mansion before, the new furniture's and decorations proved it, it's all brand new, when they have reach the end of the hall they enter a room with only fireplace, some bookshelves and a grand piano on it, he was still holding her hands when they walk in front of the bookshelves and he press something, then it moves to the left and shows an elevator door.
When she saw the elevator door she can't help but grin, she knew where this is going.
"An elevator" she found her voice cracking because she was forcing herself not to scream with excitement.
"Only for the best" he said leading her inside the elevator.
"Is this going up or down?" she ask curiously.
"We are going, 20 feet down"
"You build a basement in your home?" she smiles widely at him.
Before he could answer the elevator door opens and he got off of it and she follows, what she saw was just stunning as the dress, their new lair is 20 feet underground of the Queen Mansion, the new lair is pretty much the same but more organized, she looks at her left and saw the training ground, some punching bags, wooden dummies and the salmon ladder arranged accordingly in one corner, at the right corner is the locker room with wide archway that you can totally see the inside there is 2 glass doors inside that she assumes is the shower room. She then walks straight to the other corners of the room, at the other one is what looks like a Lab it has a divider that separates it with the other area, inside there was a table that could only be in a forensic lab, and some cabinets that holds all the medical staff and besides it seems to be a hospital bed, her eyes widen in sight of it and she pointed it out and looks at Oliver in question,
"Well, you always says that you don't like the sight of any of us in the metal table, cause it looks like a"
"Morgue table, Yes I remember that" she bit her lip and continue scanning the second lair, she then walks in at the last corner where the Target practice at, it has a metal divider, for safety purposes she guess, but what caught her attention is the center of the room, it's her place, it also had a divider but this one have smaller ones that surrounds it, it has the biggest area around the room, she now have five monitors and have the best computer she ever had, her chair is now much comfortable than the last one, and in that area also had two sofa chair in front of the monitors 3 feet away from it, it's like her own haven.
She sits at her new chair turns to face Oliver who had his arms cross and leaning in at the divider,
"Now, this is the best date I ever had" she crosses her legs and put her arms on top of the arm chair and leans in.
"No, we're just getting started" he walk towards her and offer her his hand again, she took it, and they walk out of the lair and back to the dining area, he only let's go of her hand when he needed to grab something or needed to walk further away from her when he's reaching something, they both sit down, and Raisa walks in with two wine glass and a red wine set on a tray, she serves them and put the two glass wine on each of their sides,
"Dinner will be served shortly" she said and glance at Oliver and give him a smile, he smile back at her and reply "thank you Raisa" then he turn his gaze back to Felicity.
"I believe that you have a lot of questions" he told her,
"Yeah about that, I understand now that there is a meaning behind this date, it was actually your way of telling me that the second lair is up and running again and…" she was cut by his hand gesture telling her to stop,
"I didn't ask you to come here to just show you that, it was a second agenda" he told her starring right into her eyes,
"oh, then what's your first?" her heart started to beat fast again she was calming herself by scratching and touching her fingernails.
"My first agenda? , What it looks like, to ask you on a dinner date." He started to look at the glass of wine on front of him, he doesn't know where it would lead them but he wanted it to happen, she is the closes haven he ever had.
"Like what I was saying earlier, my thought before had change, the situation with Slade put me in a lot of perspective, I realized that I'd rather be with someone that I truly care about than losing that opportunity to have a life because some lunatic or in some circumstances the life itself took it from me" his eyes glows with hope and faith.
"I am ashamed that you knew how I was before the island, and how I am with my relationships"
"oh, I knew all about it very well" she grins at him making it easy for him to speak, she always does that, she can tell when he was having trouble with words, he smiles at her and continue,
"But what if, what I said that night was how I truly felt?" that was the only time he ask her a question,
"What are you talking about?" she knew what he was talking about she just wanted to make sure she was right.
"Felicity.." before he can continue they heard a gunshots outside the dining area, he stands up immediately and grab her hand, the gunshots was getting louder and before he see what was going on he wanted to make sure she was safe, they run through the same hallway they just walk on earlier but before they could reach the same bookshelves, they were stop by a blackout and shadows walking straight towards them, he immediately shield her using his body, whatever this shadow want he'll never have a chance to hurt Felicity, It was a vow.
"Oliver Queen" a deep voice said, and then his figure coming to life from the shadows comes out, a man in a bat cape come out, his is much bigger and taller than Oliver, Felicity grabs Oliver's hand, she is still at his back, he hold her hands tightly hoping that she understand that she's safe in his side.
"Who are you?" he was using his arrow voice involuntarily. He was so frustrated not having a weapon at that moment.
"I believe that you are the Vigilante of this City, and I need your help"
Another Authors note: (hope you won't get annoyed by this)
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Link for felicity's dress, I do not own the image, I only put it for inspiration to describe felicity's dress, it is an Elie Saab mini dress. : imanager/image_manager_ ?imageid=1467597
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