Disclaimer: I do not own Arrow or any of the characters in the show. wish I did
AN: just FYI Felicity is a meta-human and I borrowed a meta-power from Smallvile. It will make itself known in the next chapter. Anyone want to venture a guess. This chapter is also a little sad so sorry in advance.
6:00 am
Felicity's apartment.
Felicity woke up in a cold sweat, memories of her past resurfacing. Fyers and Felicity walked into a tent where the Mercenaries put two prisoners they found. They were both men about 6" feet, "Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wintergreen have you made a decision?" Fyers asked. "No, I will not join you Fyers." Wilson said, "Pity we could've used you." Fyers stated then looked at Wintergreen " I will join you.", "Traitor!" Wilson yelled Felicity flinched. Fyers made a gesture to the guards and they untied Wintergreen. And they walked out leaving Fyers and Felicity, and Wilson. Fyers faced Felicity then the tied up man "Kill him." he said and walked out. Felicity faced the tied up man "What's your name?" she asked brushing her black hair over her shoulder. "Slade." he answered in an Australian accent, she nodded then walked behind him and cut him loose. He got up and lumbed over her, she handed him her gun "get out of here." she said. "why are you helping me?" Slade asked, Felicity shrugged "You're cute and my moral compass might not always point due north so I'm trying to do good when I can." she responded, Slade smirked leaned down gave her quick kiss and left gun a blazing.
Her alarm brought her back to the present. Felicity got up and went to her closet and dressed in the special pants suit her Father gave her before he left. She doesn't like the plan her Father came up with, but she has no say so. She gathered her things, pulled her ponytail tighter and left for work
Queen Consolidated
8:00 am
She walked into the office turned on her computer sat down and got to work. Someone rapped on her door frame, she looked up it was Oliver "Yes Oliver what can I do for you." she said. "You ready for that meeting?" Oliver asked, "Yes" she answered grabbing her tablet and following him to the meeting.
As the meeting progressed Felicity kept checking her tablets watch, Isabel was complaining about the bid on the R&D department. Isabel stopped talking when a crash came through the window, men dressed in black surrounded the table. One of the men fired up into the air causing everyone to start screaming. Diggle started to fight some of the board members even Isabel were fighting. A gun shot rang out, some of the men fled the ones not incapacitated, "Everybody okay?" Oliver asked everyone responded but Felicity. She touched her left lower abdomen, she looked up and met Isabel's eyes. Isabel's eyes went to were Felicity's hand was and they widened "Oliver!" Isabel yelled. "What Isabel?" Oliver asked, She pointed to Felicity he looked just in time to see her bring up her left hand and saw blood. Then watched her fall to the ground "Felicity!" was the last thing she heard before she passed out.
Starling City Hospital
10:30 AM.
Felicity was in and out of consciousness when she was being loaded into the ambulance she looked to her right and saw Quentin Lance 'That's weird' she thought and passed out. She had woken up again being wheeled into the hospital "She's losing a lot of blood!" someone yelled, "Sit your can't go any further." Someone added. "Shit!" she heard, "What is it doctor." someone said "the bullet hit her spine." the doctor said then Felicity passed out.
Felicity woke up in a hospital room an hour later with a man she doesn't know with her. She looked at him "Hello." he said, "Hello." she responded. "Your Father's Doctor did a good job. You can't walk." he said, "How?" she asked. "They did something to your nerves down there. Your Father will give you the remote to turn them on so you can use them." he said getting up "When?" she demanded "Soon." he said and left. The Doctor and Officer Lance came in, "Is Oliver throwing a fit cause he can't come in." she asked, "Yes, to the point we sent him home." the doctor said. "Oh Ms. Smoak, where is your phone?" Officer Lance asked, "In my bag." she indicated to the chair. He got her phone "speed dial 1" she told him as he left the room. "You were told" the doctor asked, "Yes." "Good you will be staying overnight then released tomorrow." he stated "yes sir." she said as he left. Lance came back in and handed her, her phone "So, What's wrong?" he asked. "I can't walk. bullet hit my spine. waist down I'm paralyzed."Felicity answered with tears forming in her eyes. "Things will get better." Lance told her. Her phone went off she looked at it. It was Oliver she ignored it and Diggle's call as well.
Starling City Hospital
10:00 pm
Felicity's room
Officer Lance was just outside her door. "He's going to make me suffer for a week." she said to herself. She tried to mover her toes it didn't work, she tried to move her foot it didn't work, she couldn't even lift her legs or feel them. She lifted up her shirt and saw a scar on her left lower abdomen which there is probably a matching one on her back. She heard noises outside her window ' I'm on the 6th floor' she thought.
Her window opened and someone came through, someone wearing a green hood and a compact bow and arrows on his back. He stopped at the side of her bed "Felicity." he said in his distorted voice. "Don't talk to me in your Arrow voice!" she snapped tears coming back. He reached up and turned it off, "Felicity." Oliver's voice said. She turned away from him, he reached for her. "Don't." she said brokenly "What's wrong? You ignored my call." He asked. She looked at him tears running down her face "Look at me." she yelled throwing back the covers and lifting her shirt showing him the scar. " The bullet hit my spine. I can't walk anymore. I'm useless to you!" she cried yelled then looked away from him. She felt the bed dip then arms around her waist. The arms helped her lay down, she gets pulled close to a solid chest and a chin on the top of her head. "You are not useless to me, or Diggle. We will figure out how to work with what happened. And we will find the people responsible for what happened to you." Oliver whispered to her. She started to shake from crying, "You're not useless." he whispered again. She cried harder and it was not for the reason Oliver thinks it is about.
