Chapter 2 - The Damsel in Distress ******Edited******
"So, this is where Oliver and all of you do your...?" Tommy started with his hands motioning the word he's trying to say as he walked around the foundry.
"Yes, this is where we work." Felicity said firmly as this was his fifth time asking her in the last 10 minutes.
"And you're the…" He spoke again but felicity cut him off.
"Yes, Tommy." she said again in annoyance. Jeez! What is wrong with this guy? Why is it so hard for him to accept all this? Tommy Merlin finally got the idea that his repeating questions were annoying the little blonde I.T girl. So, in an effort to stay quiet, he went to one of Oliver's arrows.
On the other hand, felicity saw the flinch he gave when she had Interrupted him. She could see that he still thinks Oliver is a killer. The sadness and tension on his face clearly justified the statement. Also, his constant anger that she could see in his eyes.
Felicity, like usual, was at the foundry spending her free time updating her systems. Since Digg and Oliver were out for some business, felicity had stayed behind secretly. They don't know that the blonde I.T girl is at the Foundry. She was planning to use her time to workout at the salmon ladder when she heard the basement door open. Panicking that Oliver might be back, she had quickly put on one of Oliver's jacket that she had found lying around, to cover her sweaty body. It won't do good if he finds her hanging off the ceiling in her sweaty attire with knives in her hand. Yeah. It will totally freak him out. She thought sarcastically.
So, it was a surprise for her when she finds out that it was Tommy Merlin who had entered the foundry not Oliver Queen. And upon entering he had shot so many questions at her that she tried not to lash out at him. The guy is against the idea of Arrow. He even blamed felicity for helping Oliver do these killings. She didn't take any offence to it. She knew everyone had a different perspective on what's right and what's wrong so she couldn't blame Tommy for that. She had calmly told him that what they were doing was for the best. She told him how everyone in this city is a criminal. How Oliver doesn't need disappointment and de-motivation from his best friend. He's just trying to save people. That definitely got the playboy to shut up.
After that he didn't say anything, instead he walked out of the foundry leaving Felicity behind who huffed in annoyance. She wasn't sure if she should tell Oliver about Tommy's visit but deciding it's for the best, she kept the visit hidden. Otherwise she would have to answer questions such as why she was at the foundry when she told them she would be at her house. They were getting too overprotective with her safety.
It was a week after 'Dodger' when all the problems had started. She clearly remembered that day when Diggle had finally cornered her to take some lessons on self-defence. According to her cover, she had already perceived herself as useless when it comes to fighting infront of the boys but after what Dodger did, Oliver & Diggle are convinced that Felicity doesn't even know a 'D' in self-defence. Felicity has gotten a little snarky when she had seen that pity, helpless look in their eyes. They totally think of her as a damsel in distress. The blonde agent had a hard time controlling her emotions.
"Keep your hands up, Felicity." Diggle barked back as he aimed a punch at her. Normally, with a punch like that, she would usually duck and attack her opponent with a round-house kick but since it was Diggle who doesn't know the reality about her, she was having a pretty hard time to NOT punching him back. With every punch, he delivered, felicity had to pretend not to know anything and get hit by it, which by the way was slowly pissing her off. Since morning, the ex-solider has turned her face into a big red tomato.
"Felicity! Use your hands!" He barked again as she took another punch from him. She was reaching the last straw of her anger. "Come on, felicity. Hands UP!" He barked again as he seriously aimed a punch at her. Felicity felt her anger rise as the contact of his fist was made with her face.
She held back her cheek in pain. Oh that's it Diggle. Just because I'm letting you hit me that doesn't mean you could turn me into a big red tomato! Felicity thought in anger as she blocked his next punch quite accurately.
"That's good, felicity. But with more power. Spread your weight out." He said as he got ready to charge again. The blonde agent suddenly got an idea to get some payback for taking so many hits this morning. She saw how his feet were kept bouncing on the floor. One of his shoe lace was a little too loose. Smirking behind her hands, she stepped on the side of his foot pulling the loose lace down as he jumped to charge at her. The lace definitely stopped him from his mid-air jump before he lost his balance. Using that to her advantage, she wrapped her leg around his back foot while quickly punching him, hard, on the face before a second punch on his lower tummy causing him to fall backwards on the floor, quite loudly. She smirked as she saw the ex-solider groaning in pain.
"Oh my god, Diggle. I'm so sorry. Are you ok?" She asked in a fake dramatic voice. The ex-solider just grunted in response before waving her apology off.
"It's ok. I'm fine. You did good." He said while standing up. "I think we should take a break." Felicity nodded in glee. She could see her partner/ friend still rubbing his back and his jaw in pain. " Payback is a bitch, Diggle. Felicity thought as she smiled. He deserved it. Apparently, that was the last fun she ever had.
After that, they all found themselves busy with the assassination attempt on Malcom Merlin. Felicity wasn't surprised when she found out that it was the White Assassin who was hiring the hitmen to kill the CEO of Merlin global. Felicity was more shocked on the fact that the marksman that China white hired was 'Deadshot' who also killed Diggle's brother. The moment Oliver told her this news, she could see a burning fire in Diggle's eyes that she has never seen before. It was impossible to survive Oliver's deadly blows, but Deadshot did. She didn't push Diggle on the topic. Everyone had a right to keep their secrets a secret. It was his grief, and she won't interfere until he's ready to share it. That's one of the terms she has come to accept while working in here.
On the other hand, Oliver was too distraught with Tommy. Right after Deadshot had hit Mr. Merlin with a deadly poisonous bullet, Oliver was forced to reveal his identity to his best friend. From then on, they had managed to save Mr. Merlin but at the cost of Tommy's trust. It has been few week since Oliver and Tommy last talked. She knew it was taking a toll on Oliver. And that's why she didn't wanna tell Oliver about Tommy's visit to the layer. Who knows what meaning Oliver might make out of this visit. From the way, Tommy left, she was sure it wasn't a pleasant one.
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Week by week they crossed off the names of the list, while Oliver searched the connection between the diary and the gamblet to his mother. Felicity also started to get familiar with the boys' antics. Such as Oliver's tendency to get angry at every single thing, Diggle's commitment of not touching her babies when she's not there, Oliver's Salman ladder workout, the lovely feeling she sees in Oliver's eyes when Laurel is mentioned, Diggle's jokes and the Salman ladder again. Yep. That's pretty much it.
Things between Oliver and Tommy weren't still right. It was one morning when she had walked into the foundry to hear a woman say something about hacking into the FBI. Getting excited at the idea of hacking, she had expressed her help and her dying wish to hack in FBI. It wouldn't be the first time for her. But unfortunately, that didn't sit well with Oliver who instead of saying 'Oh, Hey felicity. Did you have a nice day?' Had literally barked at her to leave the room. To be honest she was a little hurt by his actions but still managed to control her emotions. In an effort to look un-effected she left the room with a small bye. For some reason, she felt like she was rejected. It kinda affected her self-esteem. She never really felt like this before. But even though she was asked to leave the room for her safety, she still lingered behind the basement's door to listen in on the conversation. The blonde IT agent had her own microphones installed in the foundry. Just in case she can keep an eye on their base and maybe sometimes use it to listen in on conversations. To be frank, it's kind of rude but she does it anyway. It's part of her spy career.
Still listening on Oliver's conversation, felicity ran a search of the strange women. She knew she had seen her somewhere but couldn't pinpoint where. When her tablet beeped, she read the article only to realise that it was Oliver's insane, crazy ex-girlfriend that Dig told her about. Helena Bertinelli. The one who was dead set on to getting her revenge from her father. It truly seemed like a personal issue to Felicity. Deciding that it's no use of interfering in their plans, she left the old warehouse and headed to Queen Consolidated to complete some of her pending work. There were some SHIELD files that she needed to redact on various criminals before she could send it back to HQ. After all the criminals, they've crossed off, she needed to put them on SHIELD's system. So, they have a record on them.
It was later in the evening when she found out that Helena was still in Starling. The stolen crossbow report was kind of obvious. She hadn't left the city as Oliver had instructed her to. Instead just after Felicity had sent a voice message to Oliver about Helena, the blonde I.T agent found the pink huntress in her I.T office with a crossbow aiming at her face.
"Hi. I don't think we had a chance to be properly introduced this morning." The huntress said sweetly with her evil smile. Felicity just stared at the women with a cold face while she held her pen tightly. She wasn't gonna take any shit from a physico path. Screw her cover.
"I'm Helena Bretinelli."
"Felicity Smoak" the blond agent said while she logged out of her IPad which had some of her SHIELD files open. Unfortunately, the huntress didn't miss Felicity's little movement. She saw the SHIELD's logo before the screen went blank.
"You know I've seen that bird symbol somewhere. Just can't remember where?" Helena said cocking her eye brows up in a perfect arch.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Felicity said straightaway. Helena smiled and shook her head.
"You're too smart for your own good. You might want to notch that down a little."
"My smartness is the only thing I have. So, forgive me, if it's a threat to your little huntress attire." Felicity said casually finally releasing a breadth as she sat down on her chair. She was 100% sure that Helena knew who's she's messing with. The way Helena's eyes went wide at the symbol, it was a dead giveaway that the huntress recognised it. So being her Agent self wouldn't change anything.
"Huntress. I like the name." Helena said as she put her crossbow down and took a seat near Felicity. Some issues are solved better when you're sitting down. "I thought you were Oliver's little pet. Maybe a girlfriend in future if you play your cards right." That sentence caught Felicity off guard. She looked at the women beside her in shock.
"Oh..I...I'm..not..we're..not..he...I mean..." Felicity stumbled. Helena laughed at her.
"It's hard to resist his charms." Felicity finally stopped speaking before releasing a sigh.
"What do you want Helena?" The blonde agent asked finally.
"You're help"
"Tracking your father?"
"Yep."
"What if I say no?"
"Then your little bird secret comes out."
"Go head. No-one is going to believe you." Felicity said.
"I really thought you were going to fall for this." Helena replied. Was that sarcasm I heard?
"Why would I?" Felicity scoffed. "Don't judge a book by its cover, Helena."
"I'm not judging you."
"Get to business, Huntress. I don't have time." Felicity said as she faced her computer screen.
"Like I said before. I need you to hack into the FBI to locate my father's location." Helena said seriously.
"And like I said before, No. I'm not going to do anything for you." Felicity repeated again in her cold voice.
"You might want to re-think on that." Helena threatened as she pointed her crossbow at Felicity's head. She was getting tired of the unnecessary talks. To Helena's surprise, Felicity didn't even flinch at the cold contact of the arrow.
"You're messing with the wrong person, Helena. I thought you know the true meaning of the Bird symbol." Felicity said slowly turning around to face Helena. The huntress scowled as her suspicions were confirmed about the blonde girl. She doesn't want any trouble on her back, especially with the people the blonde is associated with. On the other hand, Felicity inwardly smirked as she saw Helena's scowl. She was sure that Helena knew the true power of SHIELD. Looks like Helena must have tumbled upon SHIELD somehow. She watched as Helena weighted her pros and cons. It was at that moment when Helena's cell phone vibrated inside her pocket on her long coat. Felicity saw a smirk spread over Helena's face. Uh-oh this doesn't look good.
"Never mind. One of my helpers found it for me." Felicity lost her smile at this but she didn't show it. "Thank you for being so generous." Helena said sarcastically. Felicity sprung up from her chair as she saw the huntress leaving.
"If you already had someone, then why did you come to me?" She questioned.
"You were my back up. In case he failed. His records aren't that exemplary as yours." Did she just hear a villain complementing her?
"Who was it? Who helped you?" Felicity asked in surprise.
Helena smirked before looking up at the blonde girl.
"Someone you used to know." She said before disappearing out the window. Someone I used to know? Who could that be? Felicity thought in confusion. Keeping that thought at bay, she heard a car screeching along the road as it parked itself outside QC and saw Oliver coming out of it. She remembered her call she made before. Forgetting about the whole hostage scene she had planned, she sat on her chair in worry as Oliver entered her cabin.
"Felicity."
"She's gone. I'm sorry. She knows where her father is." Felicity said in worry, telling him the half-truth.
"It's fine. It's not your fault." Oliver assured as he caressed her face with his hand. At his touch, she felt little tingles in her tummy. Like butterflies jumping around. Felicity could see worry in his eyes. She even saw traces of his protective side that she has never seen before. Yes, towards his family, but not really towards her. They heard footsteps coming from outside while Oliver got ready to throw a knife at the intruder.
"STOP! It's me. I got your call." Diggle came in with his gun in his one hand and the other up in the air.
"She's heading towards the safe house where her father is being kept at." Felicity said again. Oliver nodded at her before running out of the cabin. Luckily that night, Oliver reached just on time to stop Helena from murdering her father. Unfortunately, she escaped when she shot a female police officer... In one way or another, felicity was glad that the huntress was out of the city and didn't blurt out her connections to SHIELD. Because that probably would have caused some problems with Felicity's cover.
As she went to bed that night, she thought about the person who helped Helena. And how she used to know the person. It was a tricky piece of information. Felicity knew so many people that it could have been anyone. The blonde agent was cursing at the huntress for not being pacific about the identity.
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Over the next few days, felicity slowly left the topic un-touched. She would dwell on it when the next time Helena shows up in town. She knew the huntress would come back to get her revenge. So, it was better for the agent to wait.
Two weeks after Helena's escape, felicity woke up one afternoon to find noises coming from her living room. She suddenly felt her warning bells ring in her head as she pulled out a gun from under her bed. She could literally hear, that someone was shuffling through the newspapers. Keeping her gun pointed infront of her, she took a small peak at her living room. She instantly relaxed as she saw her best friend, Maria Hill, sitting on her red couch having Tea... Wait hold on. Tea? Maria never liked tea. She hated it. Then why is she...?
"Oh Hey fee, you look shine and bright. Your coffee is on your left. And... When did you start liking the billionaire? I thought they weren't your types." Her friend said suddenly in a loud voice, holding up the Star-Gossip's magazine with Oliver's face plastered on the front. Felicity just looked at her in shock and staggered a bit.
"What the hell are you doing here, Maria?" Felicity blurted out. Maria Hill looked up at her childhood friend with her crystal blue eyes.
"I thought you missed me?" She said with a frown. There was something else too. Maybe sarcasm?
"I did and I love you for that. But you shouldn't have come here. You have no idea what you just did. My apartment is heavily guarded by Oliver. If he finds out, you're here, what am I going to tell him?" Felicity said in worry as she quickly closed all her blinds. It was still near evening right now. She will have to go to the Foundry soon enough. They had to locate a person named 'The Savior'. It was after few seconds when she realised what she had said. Maria didn't know about Oliver or his vigilante avatar.
"Uh.. I..I mean Oliver isn't...he's not.. I wasn't.." Felicity stumbled before whispering a small 'Sorry' as she saw her friend's pissed off face. Maria starred at her friend for few minutes, daring felicity to say something, before sighing and shaking her head.
"Look, Fee. I'm not angry. I was just a little concerned." Maria breathed out her words slowly.
"I'm sorry. I should have told you. It's just the whole vigilante thing happened so quickly that I didn't get time. My life right now is all over the place. I hardly get time to relax. I thought Fury must have told you, but then I figured he wasn't a guy who shared secrets." Felicity said in defeat. Maria looked at her friend sadly before hugging her.
"Don't worry... I accept your apology. Being an agent is hard. By the way, it was Fury who informed me of your mission. I would have been here earlier but things were a little out of the place in Mexico and New York. They still are." Maria said as she let of go Felicity.
"You mean the things with IMF?" Felicity questioned. Maria nodded in response as felicity waited for her friend to tell her more stuff about the situation but she didn't. Maria felt a little guilty that she can't tell felicity much about the situation. It wouldn't sit well with Felicity's cousin if he finds out that his beloved cousin gets involved in his problems. She could literally see Felicity's eyes begging for more Intel.
"Is everything alright?" Felicity asked again as she didn't receive a reply she was hoping for.
"Yeah, everything's fine." Maria smiled before holding up the magazine again. "So… Oliver Queen?"
Felicity instantly felt her cheeks heat up.
"He's nothing. Just my boss and crime partner." felicity said quickly as she tried to cover her cheeks with her hands as she turned around towards the kitchen.
"Really?" Maria smirked.
"Yes." Felicity repeating clearly knowing what her friend was thinking. "And since when did you started drinking Tea?" She said to change the subject.
"It's on my cover. I got used to it." After preparing some coffee, Felicity grabbed a seat next to her best friend.
"Not that I'm complaining, but why are you really here?" Felicity asked nicely. As far as Felicity was aware, Maria was already undercover in New York. She has been stuck there for the last 5 years now. That's quite a long Op for an agent.
"Oh, fury gave me few days off. So, I thought I should come here and spend my time with you." Felicity smiled at this. "Besides, you're my guide for the next two weeks."
"I would love too. But since you will be staying with me, there are some ground rules we need to set." The blonde girl squeaked out as she sipped her coffee. Maria raised her eye-brows in question.
"Ground rules? You're not planning to be my mother, are you? Cause that would not end well." Maria said jokingly. Felicity did a fake gasp.
"Why can't I be your mother? You need some rules to keep you at bay young lady." Felicity said in a motherly tone, but ended up laughing in the end.
"Yes, mum." Maria said sarcastically as she looked through the magazine.
"Ok, 1. Under no circumstances, don't follow me when I leave this room for few hours." Felicity said firmly as she saw Maria smirking. "I'm serious, Maria, I swear if Oliver finds you anywhere near the foundry, he'll get suspicious." Regardless of this, Maria still kept her smirk up. I knew this was a bad idea. Felicity thought in worry.
"2. Don't interfere with the Arrow business and 3. You & me clubbing every second night."
"Clubbing?" Felicity nodded in response. "I'm in." From then on, both the agents never stopped talking until it was time for Felicity to leave.
"Ok, the fridge is stocked up so you can eat whatever you want. You already know where other things are and these are extra pairs of house keys." Felicity repeated for the fifth time as she handed the apartment's keys to Maria. "Don't loose them, Maria. I swear, if you loose them..."
"Jeez, calm down women. I get it. This is not the first time I'm staying with you."
"You're every time is you're first time for me." Maria stuck her tongue at her best friend.
"I'll be back in few hours, and please try & keep this place clean. " felicity said again as she left the apartment. Unknown to her, Maria was a little too eager to ruin her friend's 'Ground Rules'.
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Felicity felt useless for the first time. She couldn't stop a crazy-minded vigilante from killing an innocent man. She felt angry at herself. Angry at the fact that she couldn't trace the signal on time. The district attorney of starling city was dead due to her. Even Oliver's peace talk wasn't enough for her to convince that she let an innocent man die. In her agent life, she has killed so many people. People that were involved in some kind of illegal stuff. She had maimed them, betrayed them, lied to them, killed them. Even though she's done all that, her humanity was still there. And that's what makes her guilty about all this.
She watched as Oliver retired for the night. Whether he say it not, the death of the attorney had affected him too. It had affected everyone. Felicity knew that Oliver wasn't the guy who would share his worries or grief with anyone. So, to see him a little affected by the death was a big thing for someone who doesn't even show a trace of emotion. Oliver and her aren't any different to be honest. They both have faced grief and hardship in their lives. Same goes for Diggle who has done three tours in Afghanistan. They've killed people and lost people. Faced things that no-one should ever face. All the scars she had seen on his body earlier, proves that he knows the pain and torture of this life. It was only their purposes that were keeping them from going insane. It makes it hard for them to share their emotions.
She huffed in annoyance before setting herself on her chair. The foundry was empty. Oliver and Diggle had already left the place while Felicity stayed behind to get some alone time. She wasn't exactly ready to see Maria yet. Tonight's event left her a little down. She was just about to re-play the Internet footage is when she heard the basement door open and then a voice that she recognised in an instant.
"Ohhhh... So, this is the arrow cave?" Maria's voice bounced around the layer as she came down the stairs, swaying from side to side. "Nice. I like it." Felicity just grabbed her head in response. Way to ruin my alone time M.
"What happened to rule number 1?" Felicity screeched at her friend.
"Oh… I think I ate number 1 as a pie. Sorry I didn't leave you some." Maria said sarcastically before examining the arrows. Felicity didn't stop her friend from touching Oliver's things. She knew Maria was stubborn.
"These arrows look quite sharp." Maria observed as she tried bending the arrow head. Felicity stared at her friend weirdly. What the hell is she doing?
"M, what are you doing?"
"Just checking if they're strong or not." Her friend squeaked before she heard a loud 'snap'. Felicity suddenly whipped her head around to look at the broken arrow that her friend had now just broken. Uh-oh... Oliver is not going to like this.
"M!" Felicity screamed in worry. "What did you?"
"Whoops!"
"M!"
"Ok. Sorry. I'm sorry. I was just testing them. They aren't that strong. Your cousin's arrows are much better." Maria stated as a fact.
"I don't care whose arrows are better!" Felicity said in disbelief as she tried to stick the arrow head with a glue. "Oliver counts his arrows. If he misses one or seen one of his arrow is broken, who knows what he'll do." Felicity said as she panicked.
"Relax Fee... He's not going to murder you." Maria said slowly as she held Felicity's shoulder to calm her down. "And why are you sticking it with a glue? It will break again when the pressure is applied to it."
"That's the point. That way it will be his fault." Felicity retorted as she placed the glue-stuck arrow back in the racks. Maria looked at the arrow and giggled.
"It still looks a bit wonky to me." Felicity also agreed with her friend as she looked closely at the arrow. She was about to fix it when she saw her friend trying Oliver's hood.
"Look Fee, I'm the Arrow. Felicity Smoak, you have failed this city," Maria said loudly before giggling. Ok, something is definitely wrong with her.
"M, are you ok?" Felicity said slowly as she came near her friend before a smell hit her nose. "M, did you drink? Are you drunk?" Maria nodded and then shook her head before giggling. Oh god, she's definitely drunk. That explains the swaying.
"Come on, let's get you home." Felicity made a move to usher Maria out but her friend moved back few spaces.
"NO! I want to be the Arrow." Maria screamed before grabbing Oliver's bow.
"M, put that bow down this instant." Felicity replied firmly. Drunk Maria is definitely getting out of control.
"NO!" Her friend screamed.
"Maria Christina Hill, put that bow down instantly, young lady. You're in big trouble!" Felicity said in a firm motherly tone. Her friend just smirked in response before swinging the bow around widely, as it knocked down few arrow displays and other things. Felicity cursed at her friend. How is she going to clean this mess up?
"I'm Oliver Queen. The world's biggest idiot and coffee drinker." Felicity looked at her weird friend in shock. That's when Maria had accidentally knocked the bow in Felicity's computers. This definitely enraged the blonde before she harshly pulled the bow from Maria's hand.
"Hey!" Maria started but stopped as she found herself being pulled out of the foundry by Felicity who stuffed her Friend inside the car. Pulling her keys out, she started the car before driving her and Maria back to their apartment.
"Sleep." Felicity ordered as she tucked Maria inside the bed before getting on her side of the bed and falling into a deep slumber. Unknown to Felicity, she had forgotten to take off the green hood that Maria was still wearing. Maria smiled as she clutched the sides of the green hood with her hands before closing her eyes and falling to sleep.
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"Felicity, why does my hood smell like a mini bar?" Oliver asked her just as he was getting ready to head down to Starling City's subway stops. They've managed to figure out that the 'Savior' was using the old subways to travel around the city while also doing his 'justice'.
Felicity stopped typing at that comment. She can't just say she found the hood on her friend's head this morning.
"Uhh... I don't know Oliver. It's you're hood. You have the bad habit of drinking." Felicity lied as she pretended to focus on her work. Oliver stared at his I.T girl angrily before putting the hood on and walking out of the Foundry.
"What was that about?" Diggle asked her as he pulled out the coms so Oliver wouldn't hear.
"Long story."
"Come on, tell me." Dig urged. Felicity gave out a sigh before telling him a lie about how she has gotten drunk and messed up the whole place.
"Does Oliver know about this?"
"No... Definitely not. He's suspicious though. He knows something happened here last night. But he hasn't questioned it yet. Please promise me, you won't tell him?" Diggle laughed at the blonde I.T girl before nodding his head.
"I won't. So, what else did you do? Apart from taking his hood home." Dig asked her in interest.
"I don't know. I don't remember much." Felicity said trying to be realistic. "Just that I had Oliver's hood over me when I woke up this morning with a deadly headache." The ex-solider nodded.
"I saw some things on the floor when I came to the layer this morning. I picked it up before Oliver could notice."
"Thanks"
"No problem" that's when they heard Oliver's screaming voice on their coms.
"DIG! My arrow just broke. All I found was white glue and the arrow head in my hands when I tried to pull it. What the hell is happening?" Oliver screamed in frustration.
"Whoops!" Felicity giggled as she looked at Diggle who gave her 'you-did-this?" look. Felicity nodded in response as she covered her giggles with her hand.