Authors Note: Hey Guys, this is a fast update but I was having fun writing it and it's stopping me from actually doing any actual school work.
I'm honestly not too sure where this is headed; I'm just going for the ride. I have a few ideas I want to do though. Anyway enjoy! And thanks for the reviews/follows I really, really do appreciate it!
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Arrow, but I don't.
Oliver Queen always knew how to make an entrance, today was no difference. He smoothly managed to land on the beach for the third time in his life.
One of his partners in crime, Dig landed only a couple feet away from him. His other partner was missing. They had a team searching for her back in Starling City including Laurel, Quentin and even Sara once she returned but only Dig and he had come to the island. The rest of team stayed in Starling to help revive the city after the up rise, with Slade missing, Blood and Isabel dead everything has kind of died down but there still was work to be done.
The island was their last hope to find the bubbly blond and Oliver couldn't shake this feeling that for the past couple of weeks he has just been following the same dead-end street. Felicity was dead, stop looking. He refused to just give up on her though, which led him to returning to his hell.
"Where do we start?" Dig turned to Oliver waiting for orders. Even though the three of them are a team, when it comes to the island Dig lets Oliver pull full leverage considering.
"We will start at the plane." Oliver stated matter-of-factly making it obvious that he had thought about it previous.
Truthfully, Oliver really did not know what he was doing. Whenever he thought of Felicity he just imagined the car crash, the torture Slade could be putting her through, her being scared and confused and worse of all when his mind reached the darkest area, her lifeless body. He had to force himself to snap out of it, trying to control the stabbing feeling in his stomach and emptiness he has felt since she has been missing.
They begin their mission, heading off towards the direction of the plane.
"At least we have an idea that it is only Felicity and Slade on this island, between the two of us we can figure how to stop Slade." Dig said, unsure if he is trying to reassure himself or Oliver into what they are about to face. Oliver wasn't the only one that has felt the emptiness.
"First time I was on this island, I thought I was alone. I soon found out there were a full ruthless army and army base plus people like Slade, Shado and Fen Yao. Don't assume anything"
This was the most Dig had ever heard Oliver talk about the island so he didn't press on. Dig understood; don't ask him about his ghosts, he won't ask about yours.
The continued the rest of the walk in silence.
Felicity jumps when she hears Slade walks into the cave, she was half drifting in and out of consciousness. Sleep was really a privilege here on the island; Felicity could now see why Oliver still even struggles to sleep at home.
As the days went on, Slade was quiet and hardly often left her side. He always kept an eye on her even though he liked to remind Felicity, on several occasions, that if she ever tried to escape there would be nowhere for her to go, he will find her.
It wasn't until he wanted her to do something like eat or drink, after all he needed her to be his own little voodoo doll for Oliver, she would ask him questions about his time on the island and about his vendetta against Oliver. She needed all the answers she should get if there were any hope of getting off this island.
This particular day she was feeling particularly ill, she hadn't eaten in days and Slade was getting angry.
"I don't want to eat." She didn't even beg, or scream or anything similar to that. She just stated it matter-of-factly in her defeated whisper that she has adopted. Slade just stared at her, he wasn't taking any nonsense. "Eat."
Slade admitted to himself that this girl was different, and he struggled to control her into his plans. He was the master of manipulation and mind games but when it came to Felicity Smoak it was different. It was because she wasn't scared, or she acted like she wasn't, he couldn't read her. Everyone who met him was scared of Slade, and they would fall for their orders but Felicity just seemed like she didn't care, as if she adamantly knew that the Arrow would come.
"No," It came out more like a sigh but Slade caught the word floating from her mouth.
He smacked her right across the face. A yelp from Felicity echoed around the cave, her nose starting to bleed.
She sat in silence bar the small sounds of her tears. "Was it the Mirakuru?"
Slade just stared at her. Not answering.
"Was it the Mirakuru or have you always been evil?" She made her question clearer, she really needed to know.
"Other people are evil Ms Smoak, I simply give them what they deserve. It's justice, she's told me so."
"Who has?"
"Her." Slade frustrated scream echoed, his arm extended pointing to the back of cave.
She stared at the darkness, nothing but crumbling rocks to be seen.
"You're crazy. There is nobody there, I know my glasses are scratched but I can still-"
It was enough to grab her by the throat, squeezing his large hard around it. Felicity was struggling for breath, scratching the hand that trapped her. She was going to die, she knew it. Why didn't you just stop talking?
Her eyelids started dropping, ready to give up when suddenly the tight grip disappeared. As she panted for air she realised there was a beeping noise coming from Slade's equipment in the corner, and Slade rushing over towards it.
A large grin spread his face. "It looks like our audience has arrived."
Felicity finally started to eat; looks like she was going to need her energy.
Once they realised that Slade definitely was not keeping Felicity at the plane, they decided to set up camp and use it as their base.
Oliver had been quiet for some time as he sat down to start a fire. Digg recognized the expression on his face.
"She's alive, Oliver, I know she is." Digg reassured him
"-but what if she's hurt?" Oliver quickly retorted "I would never forgive myself. This is my fault, my own mother died because of me; my sister has nothing because of me and now Felicity?"
His eyes glistened with trapped tears, remorse paining his face as he blamed himself.
"I didn't think he would touch her, I could have protected her."
Digg understood, he felt the same way.
"Why was she driving? Why did she move from her hidden position?" Oliver looked up, she must have told Dig through the comm when he was disconnected.
"She went to get the cure from S.T.A.R labs, Cisco called whilst we were on the mission."
"But the cure didn't work; you saw the effect it had on the other men,"
"She didn't know that at the time, Oliver."
The two men just stared at the fire, thinking.
"What if she still has it? She'll use it on Slade." Oliver started the sentence out slowly but soon jumped to his feet and started to gather his things "And there will be no way to sedate him and control him on the island, there's nothing like S.T.A.R labs here."
Dig was now up and moving, following Oliver's train of thought. "If she uses it…" Dig's words just trail off, he can't say it.
"I have a feeling we might be too late, we have to find her."
Felicity pretended to be asleep as she worked with the cure under her blanket that Slade was so kind to give her. She made sure the full antidote was in the syringe, which she stole from Slade trunk whilst he was hunting one night, it was the syringes he used for the Mirakuru serum.
The girl also made sure that there were no Mirakuru serums in the trunk, considering he would just inject himself again.
To say she was nervous would be an understatement but she just thought of Oliver and Dig. They were here. On the island, coming for her to bring her back home, like she knew they would. Felicity got up, her movements noticed by Wilson who just watched her. The syringe hidden up her jacket sleeve, which by the way was going to cost a bomb to get dry cleaned. Not now Felicity
She took a deep breath and began.
"Slade, can we not come to some sort of an agreement?" She said as she slowly advanced towards him. The fact that her voice was clearer, almost back to normal was something that didn't go amiss by Slade.
"And what agreement would that be, Ms Smoak?" He stood up his tall, large stature a stark contrast to the blond.
"I'm sure you really don't want to hurt me, I mean I've never done anything to hurt to you or even upset you, except for the fact I helped Oliver track you down and try and stop you, oh and I also helped in trying to kill your brigade of crazy man-monster thing-y's" Felicity stopped, seeing Slade's face "Right, totally not helping." She squeezed her eyes shut and clenched her fist.
God, she was really nervous. What happened to the playing the cool, calm and collected card? She was meant to be the girl that wasn't afraid and not this babbling lunatic.
"Soo… anyway Oliver is on the island now so you can just get him and let me go? The old arrow through the eye and what not, that is what he did to you right? Considering the.." She flailed her hand in the air in front of her face trying to find the right word. "..Look."
This made Slade chuckle, it was the first time Felicity had seen him laugh and it scared her.
"You would never let that happen to-"
Stab. Felicity totally panicked and stabbed the cure right into his neck. The slight smile that was on Wilson's face not a second earlier was gone "You stupid, stupid girl." His voice was ragged, like his throat was closing up.
Felicity went to run, to go find Oliver and Dig and leave this awful place behind but Slade was too fast in wrapping his arm around her back, trapping her.
It was then she felt the stab of her own as Slade pulled something from his belt and plunged it into her side.
Her eyes began to burn.
I know a bit nasty way to leave it but I hope you enjoyed it anyway! Again, let me know what you think, I love hearing it.