A/N: I skip over the Tockman encounter at Starling bank because it's pretty much the same as what happened Wednesday in Arrow. Except the end. Once again, this is not a normal Arrow story but I hope you all like it.
Felicity left the foundry to go home while Dig stayed to fill in Oliver and Sarah on what happened. After getting into her car, she began to cry. Her body ached, and she failed at doing the one thing she was on the team for. Instead of going home, she began driving downtown, toward the Ritz Carlton.
She was tired of being left out and weak. No more. She pulled into the valet and handed the guy her keys. She knew her frazzled look was getting weird looks as she walked into the most expensive hotel in Starling City.
She nervously walked up to the front desk. "I'm here to meet Damon Salvatore, can you call up to his room for me? Felicity Smoak."
The lady scrunched her nose at Felicity's appearance. She grabbed the phone and dialed, "Mr. Salvatore, there's a Ms. Smoak here for you."
She hung up and went to her drawer pulling out a key card. She started typing and swiped the key. "Yes, I'm sending her up now."
The lady gave her the key and directions to the room. Felicity bit her lip. What was she doing? He could be a serial killer, Felicity told herself.
She stood in front of the penthouse suite. She was internally struggling between inserting the key and running away.
"Just open the door Felicity. You can do this," She sighed.
The door opened surprising her. She jumped back and squealed in shock. Damon chuckled from the door. "I was wondering how long you would wait out here," he said.
Felicity nervously laughed. "Yeah well, I was thinking what if you're a serial killer. I could end up dead and on the news. One of those girls who falls for the attractive guy and he invites her to his room and I don't know," Felicity rambled. "So are you going to kill me?"
"You think too much," Damon smirked. "Why don't you come inside?"
She walked into the suite. And put her jacket and purse down on the couch. "This is a great room, expensive looking…must cost a lot… right so I'm here because…"
"You no longer want to be weak." Damon stood directly in front of her, his eyes piercing into her.
She nodded. "How exactly will you help with that? Not that I don't think you can do it. But I've been learning to fight for a long time now and I haven't gotten any better. I'm not very good at it…"
Damon brought his finger to her lips, shushing her. He then traced her lips and face. "You're hurt, right here," he pointed to a small burn she had on her head, probably from the fire in the foundry.
He stared into her eyes and used compulsion - "Don't be scared."
And suddenly any fear she had left her body. His eyes darkened and veins started to become black and red around his eyes. He opened his mouth and showed off his fangs before biting into his own wrist. Her eyes widened slightly as he held his wrist up to her. "Drink."
And she did. She felt her body aches go away and her energy level go from a three to a 10. It was exhilarating. The wound closed up on his wrist and on her head. A rush went through her body.
"I'm a vampire," Damon explained. "I can make you one too. You would live forever. You would be faster, stronger. You would be powerful."
The rush made her dizzy. Vampires were real. No. She couldn't believe it. Her hand went to the spot where the burn used to be. The skin was completely healed. Felicity head started spinning. "I need to sit down."
She started to fall and before she knew it Damon ran faster than humanly possible to catch her. He did. Huh. He was fast.
Oliver stood in the foundry. Most of the training and weapons had survived, but sadly none of Felicity's technology did. The computers were black from the fire. Diggle had explained to him what had happened. Most of the light bulbs fused or burst. He walked over to the computer area, Felicity's area and traced the burnt desk.
"She was pretty brave man," Diggle said from behind. "Electric fires and being outhacked – this girl grabbed a bag and stuffed it full of paperwork and external hard drives."
Oliver closed his eyes and nodded. Images of her dancing and kissing that stranger came back to him. It surprisingly hurt. "Where'd she go?"
He knew his actions with Sarah would hurt the IT girl. Her face when she walked in on the two of them was worse than Isabel. It wasn't disgust like it was with Isabel in Russia, it was plain heartbreak. His choices had yet again hurt Felicity and he didn't know how to change them. Sarah and him, they worked. Sarah was broken, like him.
"Home, I think," Dig shrugged. "Whatever's going on between the two of you, fix it."
Oliver's shoulders sagged. "Let's go check on her." It's all he could do. There was something between Sarah and him. It was easy to deal with and she didn't need protecting like Felicity.
With all the deadly mayhem, Oliver knows that if push comes to shove, Sara can fend for herself, whereas with Felicity, he would need to always look over his shoulder. He doesn't know if he's willing to open himself up to having feelings for her. Sarah was easier. Simple.
Oliver and Diggle knocked at Felicity's apartment door. It was already the afternoon. "Felicity," Oliver knocked again, louder this time. "Open up."
After a few minutes of no noise, Oliver started to get worried. He called her cell but it went straight to voicemail. He knocked again. "Open the door before I break in."
Dig chuckled. He pulled out his key chain and picked the one that had an "F" engraved in it. He unlocked the door and let Oliver in. "Using a key seemed easier than breaking down the door."
Oliver's jaw tensed. "She gave you a key?"
"In case of emergencies. We're all she's got."
Oliver felt weird stepping into the apartment. He'd never been there before. It was small and cozy. Overall, clean. No signs of a break-in. Dig walked toward what Oliver was guessing to be her bedroom. Her bathroom door was open and some dirty clothes were thrown on the floor. His eyes were drawn to some green lacy underwear thrown aside. Diggle knocked on the closed bedroom door before opening it. Her bed was made and didn't look slept in.
"She didn't come home, I guess," Diggle said looking around for signs of Felicity.
Oliver began pacing. He pulled out his phone and called her again. "Shit, where is she?"
She walked up the stairs of her apartment complex and wondered if she made the right decision.
She had fainted. Stupidly. Damon had caught her and when she was back to consciousness, he explained everything there was to know about being a vampire.
"So I'd have to drink blood?" she asked with a look of disgust on her face.
Damon smiled. "Babe, it's not as bad as it seems. You'll love it. You don't have to kill people either. You can drink and make them forget."
"Make them forget?"
"Compulsion – you can control other people's minds with eye contact, erase memories or alter them. Go into people's dreams," Damon passed her a glass of champagne he poured. "Put it in the pro list."
"Can you read minds too?" Felicity asked, blushing at all the dirty thoughts she's had about him.
"Nope," Damon drank all of his drink in one sip. "You seem like the type of person who would be making a pro/con list to becoming a vampire."
He scooted close to her and cupped her face. "The only con is the blood. I can help with that – controlling that."
She nodded. "So how do I, become a vampire…"
Damon smirked. "The first step is done – you have vampire blood in your system. The second… well Felicity, you were right. You have to die."
Felicity squeaked. "I'm not sure. I need time. To think about it."
He kissed her. "Okay. I'll be here, for about a week. The vampire blood will only be in your system for 24 hours."
She nodded and closed her eyes. "Are you going to make me forget?" She leaned into his arms.
Damon shook his head no. "I hear you hate secrets and lies."
She let out a small smile. "Why are you offering this to me? Why me?"
"You don't see it, do you?" Damon asked her. "I don't know who this guy is who has made you so insecure about yourself – but you're captivating Felicity."
She blushed. "No… I'm not… I'm nerdy…"
Damon grabbed the elastic band, snapping it and her hair fell. "You walked into that dive bar and the way you ordered your drink, the way you held yourself… you had every guy in that bar was wishing he was me."
She leaned over and captured his lips her hers. "Fascinated you enough for you to be distracted from you ex-girlfriend, but you're still in love with her."
"You're very perceptive," Damon kissed her again. "You're still in love with the idiot who doesn't notice you."
He kissed her neck causing her to moan. "I promise I'm better in bed though."
"Hmmm," Felicity moaned. "Cocky much?"
"Very much. It's almost 11 a.m. Didn't you say you needed to be somewhere?"
Felicity jumped up with a start. "Shit. I've got to go. Let me think about the – you know – sucking blood vampire thing. Another thing I never thought I'd say."
He slipped her coat over her arms. "You know it doesn't mean becoming a monster."
Felicity grinned. "I'm thinking about it. What's her name? The girl?"
Damon stopped moving. "Elena... And your boy?"
"Oliver, Oliver Queen."
She needed a shower and to change clothes before she went back to the foundry. She also needed to grab her computer and tablet.
She opened her apartment door and immediately heard — "Shit, where is she?"
"I don't know…" Dig said helplessly.
Felicity smiled. They were worried about her. She walked into her open apartment. "Hello?"
Diggle and Oliver came out of her room. "Oh thank god, where did you go?" Dig asked in a worried tone.
She shrugged. "I was walking…around…lost track of time I guess."
"And why is your phone off," Oliver growled out in anger.
"It's dead."
"I heard what happened in the lair…and saw it" Oliver said in soft tone.
Felicity closed her eyes and remembered being out-hacked. "No worries. I'm going to shower and change. I'll bring in my computer and tablet in a couple of hours and we'll catch him."
"Now if you guys can excuse me…" Felicity used her hands to usher them out.
Oliver looked wary. "Are you sure you're okay?"
Felicity sighed. "Yes. I'm a big girl. I can handle a little fire. I'll replace all the servers over this next week."
"Felicity," Diggle said softly, knowing a lot was bothering her. Felicity closed her eyes.
"I'm fine. I got out-hacked. Sometime you guys get beat too – it happens. We'll find him and we'll stop him," Felicity said sternly. "Now. Please Leave."
Both men left quietly and she shut the door behind them. Felicity slid down to the floor.
"Are you actually thinking of doing this? Becoming a vampire? She asked herself, taking in a deep breath.
She shook her head. "Don't be crazy Felicity. You weren't meant to walk on the dark side. It girl. Girl Friday. That's all."
And now she was talking to herself.
Felicity walked into the foundry hours later, showered, rested and ready to find this guy. Tonight was Sarah's welcome home party. She had helped Oliver plan it all week – because of her executive assistant job. She saw that Roy was the only one downstairs training.
"You're getting better at controlling the anger," Felicity said putting her stuff down. She surveyed the damage to her servers. She opened up her computer and began researching Tockman's next moves.
Roy hit the punching again and groaned. "I'm trying, but it's hard. Sometimes I just want to break something."
Felicity paused and looked solemnly at the frustrated man in front of her. "Oh Roy, we all feel that way. The only difference is you can break everything."
"I have an idea," Roy said grabbing a towel and wiping off the sweat. "To catch Tockman I mean."
Felicity's eyes went to Roy's abs. "Ok, Abercrombie, put on a shirt and tell me your idea."
Roy grinned and grabbed a shirt off the table. "So what if we bait him with Oliver's money? Cash specifically?"
Felicity's eyes widened. "It could work… Let me just let Oliver know." She called Oliver and told him the plan. Tockman would definitely rob Oliver Queen's money from a bank. No questions asked.
It was supposed be an easy mission. Liquidated the money, put it in Starling City Bank and stake it out. They didn't even need Roy – so Diggle, Oliver, Sarah and she went. They would be in and out of there in no time and Sarah could still make it to her party. Felicity went to hack the system and check on Tockman.
What Felicity didn't count on was locking a signal. Her and Sarah went after him.
Sarah didn't see the gun. Felicity did. Tockman was ready to shoot. "Watch out!" She pushed her out of the way and the bullet hit her instead. Blood started seeping through her shirt.
She pressed the button causing Tockman's phone to explode and him to knock out. Sarah came running over to her. "Oh my god… Felicity…"
Sarah sounded worried. Felicity's eyes started to close. She got one glance at where the bullet hit. Her chest. Crap.
Sarah started to yell into the communicator to Oliver – telling him to come quickly. She was dying, she knew that. If she had the energy she would have laughed. They all though she was dying, but it was only hour 17 with vampire blood in her system – she would come back. Or at least she hoped she would.
Looks like it wasn't a decision she had to make. The decision was made for her. She was going to die and she was going to come back as a vampire.
A/N: Review please.
