Slade seemed to have developed a flair for the dramatic. Dark warehouse, white screens hanging with curtains like a little theater. One chair sat in the middle of the room, the man himself sitting in it.

Oliver, Sarah and Roy stood around, weapons drawn.

Oliver felt cold. Two of his loved ones have been kidnapped. He hasn't slept well in almost two weeks, the nightmares. Like the one has was living.

First Felicity two weeks ago, and now his sister. Oliver gritted his teeth, his frustration and anger overwhelming him. Learning about Waller's suicide squad. Helena getting out and holding Laurel hostage, Slade coming to his house, talking to his mother and Thea. Isabel using Thea's kidnapping to gain control of the company. To top it all off, Slade kidnaps Thea.

He drew back the bow, waiting. He heard Dig say that Thea was safe in police custody, but no sign of Felicity. Slade wanted them for something else.

Felicity. Oliver's heart felt cold.

Without her optimism, her guidance, he felt lost. Her advice kept his relationships better, it was still so hard to act normally around people. She never asked much about him, sometimes leaving him alone with his thoughts, other times bothering him till he talked to her. Seeing her empty desk at work destroyed him. Spending almost every night in her townhome, waiting for any signs of her were agonizing.

Then the phone call, his mom frantic that Thea was gone. Isabel using the situation to take over the company. All because of this man in front of him. Decisions he'd made, but all influenced by Slade's quest for vengeance.

He tightened his grip on the arrow, waiting for Slade to twitch his lip.

Slade just smiled. "I know that your sister is safe and sound. Oh, excuse me, half-sister." Oliver growled, Slade just smiled.

"I am enjoying teaching you this lesson Oliver. Did you think that I would just attack your sister?" Slade shrugged, sitting back. "No matter where your mother or sister goes, or who they're with I could always hurt them. Or did you forget that I have what you care about the most."

Oliver tightened the grip on the bow. Roy and Sarah tensed on either side of him.

Slade smiled. "I can tell you haven't. She's feisty I'll give you that."

"What do you mean?" Oliver ground out.

"Your hacker is quite good, trying to block access to your lair from me. Very strong willed. But I find that physicality is better in getting what you want." Slade sat in the chair, "You may have noticed that your communication has been muted." He pressed a button and a projector clicked on, showing an overview of the lair.

All three watched in horror as the door to the lair came into view. The camera turned, showing Felicity approaching the lair door. She typed in the code, and stepped in, trying to shut the door behind her. The camera got closer, and pulled the door away from her, and Felicity fell backwards. One of the other men pulled out a gun, and held it at her. She held her hands up, and they slowly came down the staircase. Dig came into view holding his gun up from the computer station. He yelled, but the cameraman had another one of the men grab Felicity, holding the gun to her head

Oliver's heart pounded in his ears, his blood boiling as he watched the mirakiru laced man tightened his grip on his Felicity. Felicity fought back as hard as she could, but the man just gripped around her throat, and squeezed.

Digg shot the two men, but it had no effect. Suddenly another man stepped out of the shadows, and grabbed Dig. They watched in horror as the man broke Digg's arm to subdue him. Dig fell to his knees, the pain radiating through his body.

The camera turned to the man holding Felicity, having taken his hand off her throat, he now ran his hands up and down her arms, and bit her shoulder, making her scream out in terror and pain. Sarah growled at the same time Oliver did.

"Lot of fight left in her." Roy took a step towards Slade, his fists clenching tightly. Slade shook his head. "Patience Mr. Harper, it's not over yet."

They watched as Dig struggled, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free. Oliver read his lips, watching him beg them to let Felicity go.

Oliver's heart pounded hard. He knew that he had failed them. He had failed her.

The guy holding Felicity reared back in pain as she bit his hand, loosening his grip on her. Sarah had a small smile, but it was short lived. The camera turned to the table nearby, and picked up one of the knives Sarah used.

Sarah gasped, "No." Slade smiled.

Oliver gritted his teeth, Roy's knuckles were white. The camera walked to Felicity, who had tears running down her face. It circled around her, the operator's hand, holding the blade. Slowly, the camera got closer to her, running the blade down her left arm, a line of red following in its wake.

"You'll pay for that." Oliver growled at Slade. Suddenly, the man used the blunt edge of the knife to hit her on the head, more blood flowed from the wound. Felicity's mouth was open, screaming in the silence. Digg was bleeding, kneeling on the floor begging them to let her go. The three of them couldn't move, couldn't do anything but watch as the men committed the final crime of injustice to their light. The guy dragged the knife across her other arm, and along her side. The man holding her whispered something in her ear, to which Felicity said 'Never.'

Oliver's heart clenched. He regretted so much about his life in that moment. The main regret was not letting Felicity in where he wanted her in his life. Now all he could do was watch in horror as she was tortured. The man nodded, and the blade was quickly sticking out of her in her side.

"NO!" they all yelled.

Then the man threw Felicity into her beloved computers, which flew over the table, and she landed in a pile of them.

The sound of it was echoing through the room they were in.

All that Oliver heard was Felicity's scream, Digg's scream and the audible snap that came from Felicity when she landed on the floor with her babies. Oliver's breathing stopped until he saw Felicity's chest rising and falling slowly. The men quickly left, the camera catching Dig as he made his way over to Felicity. He saw Digg's tears, heard the harsh breathing of his as the men left the lair.

He knew what happened. His heart ached, his blood boiled, all he saw was red. He knew Slade had broken Felicity, he broke her physically. And it was all his fault.

"Going to kill me kid?"

Oliver looked at Slade, the image of Felicity lying broken over his head, Slade was smiling. Oliver pulled the arrow back further, knowing Felicity and Tommy would forgive him.

"This time you'll stay dead."