A year and half later…
She stands at the edge of the rooftop, her heart pounding as she observes part of the city below. A soft breeze picks up and pushes her hair forward, gently brushing her cheek lightly. Her eyes scan everywhere behind her mask, watching and waiting for anything out of the ordinary.
"It's quiet on this side of town." She reports. "No trace of any meta-human."
"Nothing on this end either." The Flash reports as well. "Cisco, are you sure about this meta-human?"
A moment of silence comes as the two masked vigilantes wait for a response.
"I had the location but they must have disappeared." Cisco answers the question with a little confusion.
"We'll head back and call it a night." Barry tells his friend as Felicity takes a step back from the edge.
"Guys! We have a problem!" Caitlin shouts, alarming the vigilantes.
The two vigilantes tense up and start to look around their separate locations. Felicity remains in her position as she looks out at Central City.
"What's wrong, Caitlin?" Barry quickly asks.
"We got a bank robbery on Third and Main." She informs Barry and Felicity.
"Call Joe and tell him we are on the way." The Flash loudly responds.
Once again, Felicity takes another step back and turns around as Barry arrives behind her. He smirks at Felicity, who shakes her head and gives him a small smile.
"My speed still amazes you, doesn't it?" The speedster gloats.
"Don't start." Felicity responds in annoyance.
Barry shrugs his shoulders as he walks to her, and wraps an arm around the blonde's waist. Felicity wraps an arm around his neck and he quickly takes off. They arrive at the rooftop of the bank in less than a minute. She pulls her arm back and takes a step forward. She reaches the edge and looks around for any activity, then turns to Barry.
"Cisco, can you get into the bank's security and find out what's going on?" The speedster asks his friend.
"I am working on it!" Cisco loudly responds. "Unfortunately, our genius IT-girl is out on the field."
Felicity and Barry share a wide smile as they wait for their two friends.
"Okay, got it!" The two yell in unison. "There are three men in the vault collecting the money. The other are spread throughout the lobby and a few in the halls."
"Got it." Barry responds and turns to Felicity. "I'll take care of the men in the vault. Can you handle in the ones in hall and lobby?"
"Don't worry." Felicity tells him, giving him some assurance. "I'll be fine, I promise."
Barry nods as he watches Felicity secures her mask, and smiles up at him.
"Let's get some bad guys." The blonde states as she walks away. "Cisco, can you find me a way in?"
F
A vent burst open and Felicity jumps down into the hall, landing on her feet in a kneeling position. She stands up and pulls out her kali sticks as she does so. She looks up and down the hall, but finds it empty for the present moment.
"Did you guys find anything?" Felicity whispers the question.
"One man is coming your way." Cisco is the first to answer the question. "And he is armed."
Felicity takes a deep breath and walks down the hall, and turns right as per Cisco's directions. She suddenly stops at the sight of the armed robber, as the robber sees her and raises his gun but doesn't shoot right away. Taking the chance, Felicity runs to him as fast as she can. Drawing closer, she runs up the wall and kicks the man in the head, knocking him unconscious and sending him to the floor. The automatic weapon skidding down the hall away from the robber, as Felicity regains her composure and quickly looks around her surroundings.
"Felicity, are you okay?" Caitlin quickly asks.
"I am-
Felicity doesn't finish as she quickly ducks at the sound of gunshots coming from behind her. She runs up the hall, jumping over the unconscious man and turns a corner.
"Felicity! Are you okay?!" Her two friends quickly shout questions in her ear. "That man came out of nowhere!"
"You should have seen him coming!" Caitlin yells at Cisco, which starts an argument between the two.
"Guys!" Barry calls them out. "Can we do this another time? Felicity needs to get out of there!"
"Sorry!" The two state in unison. "Felicity, keep going down the hall then take a right. It should lead you directly to the lobby."
"Thank you." Felicity responds and walks up the hall.
She turns the corner and slows down her pace, pulling out the companion of her kali sticks. She sticks close to the wall as she approaches the lobby, then stops and takes a quick look. A small group of men with guns in hand pace the lobby, looking around their surroundings. Felicity pulls her head back and pulls out a small round object from her belt.
"Barry, are you in the vault?" She asks the speedster.
"Yes." Barry answers as guns start to go off. "But I don't have much time now that they started shooting."
Felicity doesn't respond but takes a deep breath and presses the button on the object, and throws it into the lobby. She watches the object roll closer to the group of men and listens to the object beep. Smoke begins to fill the lobby, alarming the robbers as they start to look around in a panic state. Taking advantage, Felicity runs into the lobby and takes down the first man she comes in contact with. She disarms the man and knocks him unconscious, and quickly turns to the next as the man falls to the floor. The man across from her starts to shot, she quickly ducks as the next man falls. The masked blonde takes a chance and stands up, and runs to the gunman. She kicks the gun of his hand and stand up, as she swings her kali stick at him and hits in the head. The gunman collapses to the floor as she takes on the last gunman, elbowing him in the chest and disarming him. Holding onto man's arm, she elbows him in the face then the gut. Barry enters the lobby to see the last man drop to the floor. Felicity turns around to see Barry smiling at her.
"I guess you don't need my help." Barry pokes fun.
Felicity rolls her eyes behind her mask as a response, with the police sirens following. The two masked vigilantes turn at the flash of red and blue lights flooding the lobby.
"Guys! The police are there!" Cisco informs them loudly.
"We know!" Barry and Felicity respond back in unison as he walks to her side.
Joe and Eddie enter the bank with guns raised. The two detectives stop and look around the unconscious men on the floor. Eddie looks at the men and up at the vigilantes in surprise. Joe stands beside his partner with his gun down, and a big smile on his face.
"There are three more in the vault, detective." Barry tells a still shock Eddie. "Sorry to ruin your night."
Felicity smiles as she wraps an arm around Barry's shoulder, as he warps an arm around her waist then speeds off. Eddie lowers his gun and turns to his partner, who slaps him on the back and laughs as he walks towards the vault.
"Come on." Joe tells him.
FS
Barry speeds into Joe West's home and stops in the foyer, the front door closing behind him.
"I'm here!" The speedster announces.
"You're late." A voice responds from above.
Barry looks up and finds Joe walking down the stairs with a baby in his arms. The speedster smiles as his foster father and the babbling baby.
"There isn't food on the table." Barry points out as they walk into the dining room. "I thought you were making breakfast."
"I was but Felicity wanted to cook, so I let her." Joe responds with a smile.
"Uh, maybe I should go and pick something up." The speedster suggest with concern.
"That's mean." Felicity responds as she walks into the dining room, with a plate of pancakes in her hands. "I didn't try anything complicated. I made chocolate chip pancakes."
Joe smiles at Barry and walks to the table, and places the baby into his own chair. Barry joins them as Felicity sits down and Barry takes a few.
"So what made you want to make breakfast?" Barry questions as he pours syrup on his pancakes.
"I am trying to be a better cook." The blonde confesses. "I don't want to eat take out for the rest of my life. Plus, what kind of mother would I be if Tommy doesn't eat right?"
"She's got a good point, Barry." Joe pipes up, leading small pieces of pancake to the baby.
Barry smiles at the two then fills his mouth with pancakes. The small group eats in comfortable silence, making brief conversations. In amidst of their silence, their phones go off. Joe looks at Felicity and Barry picks up their phones at the same time.
"I thought we agreed no phones on the table." Joe exasperates.
Felicity looks at her phone and quickly stands up.
"I am sorry Joe, but I have to take this." Felicity tells the detective and leaves the room.
Joe turns to Barry, who is already on his feet.
"Where are you going?" Joe questions his foster son.
"Living room." Barry answers. "Cisco texted me. He said I should watch the news."
The speedster walks out of the room. Joe sighs and puts his utensils down, and looks to the baby.
"No one ever listens to me." He tells the baby as he stands up. "Maybe you'll listen to me when you're older."
Tommy babbles excitedly as Joe picks him up, and walks to the living room to join Barry. The two enter the room as Ray Palmer starts talking to the press on a local channel on the television.
"…I am stepping down as CEO of Queen Consolidated. With my resignation, I have asked Oliver Queen to return and take back his family's company."
Joe shifts the baby in his arms and Barry slowly sits on the couch, as Oliver walks into the center of the camera.
"Thank you Mr. Palmer." Oliver tells Ray and looks to the press. "I am very happy to have my family's company and to work alongside Mr. Palmer."
"He doesn't look happy to me." Joe comments at Oliver's expression and Barry quiets him.
Felicity quietly and slowly approaches the entrance to the living room, just in time to see Oliver.
"Mr. Palmer and I have decided to work together to help this city, and bring it back to life." Oliver announces and the crown applauds.
Barry stands up and turns off the TV as the camera returns to the reporter. He turns around and freezes at Felicity's surprised presence.
"Felicity, I-
The speedster stops at Felicity's facial expression that makes his heart beat faster.
"What's wrong?" He quickly asks with concern as he stands up.
"It's Lyla." Felicity answers quietly. "She says she needs help."
Starling City
Oliver looks ups from the paperwork on his desk to find his friend and bodyguard, John Diggle walking into his office.
"What are you doing here?" Oliver quickly asks. "I thought you were staying home with Lyla and Sara."
"That was the plan but Lyla kicked me out." Diggle answers the question. "She told me that I would drive her crazy just watching her."
The archer smiles at his friend and his new found situation. John looks around the office than at Oliver, who is now standing in front of the large window overlooking the city.
"Did you ever think Palmer would give you your family's company back?" The bodyguard questions the archer.
Oliver turns and looks at his friend with a happy expression.
"No I didn't." He responds honestly. "I honestly believed that I had lost my family's company for good."
"Some things are not always lost for good." John comments with a familiar expression.
Oliver studies his friend, understanding the meaning of her friend's words and immediately Felicity pops into his head. Stopping away from the window, he shakes his head of any thought of Felicity and looks at Diggle.
"Dig, it's almost been two years and we haven't found Felicity." Oliver reminds his friend. "Felicity is not coming back."
John shakes his head, taking a few steps towards Oliver.
"We are talking about Felicity, Oliver! She's a computer genius, of course we can't find her." Diggle exclaims. "But it doesn't mean that she's gone forever. Felicity will come home."
"How can you be sure?" The CEO questions his friend.
"Because I know Felicity." The bodyguard states confidently. "Starling is her home. You, Oliver Queen are her home."
Oliver nods his head at his friend's words and returns to work.
OQ
"Lyla is sending us some help." Diggle announces to the group.
Oliver looks up at the announcement and Roy raises an eyebrow with curiosity. Caitlin and Cisco share a look, both of them sure of the help that is coming.
"What kind of help?" Roy is the first to ask.
"She didn't go into detail." The bodyguard answers the question. "Lyla only said that this person could help us find this crazy bastard fast."
"Can we trust this person?" Oliver questions, looking at his friend with concern.
"I don't know." Diggle confesses. "Barry is bringing them here."
Oliver nods his head in response and quietly walks away. Cisco and Caitlin look at on another once more and share an expression of concern of what is coming, and then turns back to Team Arrow. Cisco's eyes wonder around the foundry and rest on the stairs. He sits up at the sound the foundry door closing and smiles at the sight of Barry and Felicity, their help.
"Thank God!" The engineer exclaims loudly and with arms in the air. "You're here!"
Caitlin smiles and stands up as the two climb down the remainder of the stairs and walk over to them. Caitlin and Felicity share a hug as Team Arrow walks over and stops, their eyes on the blonde. She pulls apart from the scientist and turns to her old team. Felicity takes a step forward and smiles at them.
"Hey you guys." She greets them, her smile a little wider.
Not wasting another minute, Diggle is the first to walk over to her and give her a hug. Roy follows him as Oliver stays behind and stares at the blonde, as Diggle pulls away and Roy goes in for a hug.
"What are you doing here?" Roy asks the blonde as they pull away from one another. "Not that you can't be here, that's not what I mean. We are just surprise to see you, since it's been awhile."
"Thanks Roy." Felicity replies. "I am actually here to help you guys. Lyla called me and said you guys were having trouble finding this guy. She said something about boomerangs but I think I heard her wrong."
"Captain Boomerang!" Cisco shouts the name of the new villain, making Felicity laugh a little.
"How did she find you?" Oliver finally speaks up, gaining everyone's attention as he takes a step forward.
Felicity turns and faces the archer.
"I hacked into an ARGUS satellite a week ago." She tells him without blinking. "I was helping Barry and Cisco track a meta-human. I've been away from a computer for awhile, so I was a bit rusty."
"So what are you doing here?" He continues to question her as if she is hostile.
"Lyla called me and told me you guys need help." The blonde answers, getting a little frustrated. "She told me about this guy and that you are having a hard time finding him, I told her I would help. I didn't think it was problem."
Oliver looks at her silently then sighs after a moment passes.
"It's not." He responds. "Can you find this guy? Or are you still rusty?"
The foundry grows silent, no one moving and their eyes on the couple.
"I can find him." She tells him, angry. "Do you think you can catch him?"
The tension escalates as everyone remains silent and still, both teams afraid to move or make a sound.
"Just find him and I will do my part." Oliver tells her, walking away. "Roy, Barry lets go!"
Felicity turns and watches Barry and the second archer follow Oliver. She turns to look at her friend, the former solider who shakes his head and smiles.
"It's liked you never left." He comments and follows the other heroes.
Felicity exits the elevator and walks down the familiar hallways, ignoring the stares and whispers of former co-workers. She walks into a small room and passes the young woman at the desk, who quickly jumps her feet when she sees Felicity. She knocks on the open door as Ray Palmer looks up, and watches her sit down across from him.
"Hi." She greets her boss and friend.
"Hey." Palmer responds with an eyebrow raised in curiosity at her unusual behavior. "Rough night?"
Felicity nods in answer to the question, as she looks at the paperwork on the desk.
"I am sorry if I am interrupting." The blonde tells him. "I know you have a company to run but I thought I stop by, and let you know I am in town."
"I am just looking over some numbers." He responds with a smile. "I also heard that you were in town."
Felicity stares at him, confused at his statement.
"Don't worry, I am not stalking you." Ray quickly tells her. "Cisco called and said you guys would be in town. I figured you would come by and maybe look at the new office space in the new the building. Because let me tell you, the new office is bigger than yours and why the face?"
"What face?" She asks innocently. "I am not making a face."
"Yes, you are." Palmer points out and points at her face. "It's that face you get when I either something is wrong or you already the answer to my question, which I haven't even ask yet. Can I assume you're not staying?"
"I don't know yet. I haven't made any decision." Felicity honestly tells him. "But if I do decided to stay, you will be the first to know."
"Thank you." He responds with a hopeful smile.
Behind Felicity, the secretary stands at the door and knocks on it, catching Ray's attention. Ray spins around to look at his secretary.
"I am sorry to interrupt Mr. Palmer, but you ask me to remind you about your meeting." The secretary informs him. "It's in five minutes."
"Thank you." He responds and turns back at Felicity. "Walk with me?"
Felicity nods her head in agreement. She walks to the door as Ray gathers his files and meets her at the door, and together, leaves his office. Once outside in the hall, Ray starts firing questions.
"So how crazy and dangerous was the bad guy?" He asks with curiosity.
"Crazy and dangerous as all the others, but a little bit crazier." Felicity answers. "Nothing I can't handle."
"I don't doubt that but you need to be careful." Her boss cautions her. "Oh and it's ready. I managed to finish the computer upgrades last night. I thought you would like to check it out, I know Cisco will."
"Of course Cisco is going to test it out." Felicity responds with a smile. "He is like a kid at Christmas."
Ray smiles at the blonde and looks up they are quickly ambush by a businessman, who shouts the CEO's name from up the hall. The two stop and Felicity quickly steps aside as Ray starts to talk to the other men. Felicity looks around as the elevators doors open, and Oliver Queen and John Diggle walk out. Catching the bodyguard's eye and she walks over to them as they step off the elevator.
"Hey." Felicity greets them with a small smile.
"Hi." Diggle returns the greeting with a hint of confusion. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to visit Ray." She answers the question and points to the CEO. "I would you ask you the same question but Ray gave Oliver his company back, so I am going to stop talking now."
"You know Ray?" Oliver questions "How?"
"There you guys are!" Ray yells in joy and grabs everyone's attention, and stops Felicity from answering. "I am glad to see you two. Maybe you guys can convince Felicity to stay in Starling. I tried luring her with a new office but I don't think that is going to work."
What new office?" Oliver questions again with a hint of anger.
"Oh, Felicity's new office, she is my vice-president. Didn't she tell you?" Ray informs them as he glances at his watch, and back up. "I am sorry but I have to go."
They nod as he starts walking and turns to look at Felicity only.
"I will talk to you later!" Ray shouts at her. "Dinner later!"
Felicity nods her head, smiling at him.
"And bring Tommy!" He adds and turns his back on them, and walks away.
Her smile slowly faces as she turns back to Oliver and Diggle, who both have looks at her in confusion.
"You know what I have to go." She tells them, quickly picking up on their confusion. ""I have a lot of things to go. I will see you guys around."
Felicity turns and walks away, and getting on the first available elevator.
F
"This is awesome!" Cisco shouts with excitement at the new system. "This set up is so much nicer than the one at STARS lab."
Barry and Felicity share a smile between themselves as they listen to Cisco through their earpieces.
"This programming is way better." The engineer exclaims in joy.
"Cisco, please focus." Barry tells his friend. "We need to find some bad guys, you know help Oliver with the cleaning without him noticing."
"Okay, my bad." Cisco responds as he types away, looking at various camera feeds. "Bank robbery downtown, Main Street and Magnolia Avenue. There are two of them, which the Flash can handle by himself."
Felicity rolls her eyes behind her mask as Barry smiles at her.
"Just go." She tells him and he speeds off without another word.
She starts walking around the building's edge, looking out at Starling for any sign of trouble. She stops, her eyes glued to a familiar individual.
"Felicity?" Cisco calls her name with concern. "Are you there?"
"Yeah." Felicity responds quietly as she slowly kneels down, a loose strand of hair dangling.
She watches silently as Laurel Lance walks into the alley next to the bar, and pulls a ski mask on. A door bangs open and a man staggers out, Laurel grabs a nearby pipe as she walks towards the man. The lawyer stops before the drunken man.
"I heard you like to hit women. How about women who hit back?" Laurel shots as she wings the pope and hits the man.
The man staggers back from the blow and quickly sobers up, and grabs the pipe before it hits him again. The man pulls the pipe from Laurel's hand and hits her with the object. Laurel falls to the floor in pain; the man takes a step towards her and stands over her.
"Why don't you hit back?" The man yells at the lawyer, kicking her in the gut.
Felicity jumps off the roof and begins to climb down the steel staircase.
"Cisco, you got my location?" Felicity asks as she climbs down.
"Yeah, I do." Cisco responds quickly.
"You might want to call the police and the ambulance." She tells him. "Laurel Lance is injured."
"Got it!" He responds and went to work.
Felicity jumps off the edge of the building, landing on the steel stairs and sliding down. She lands in shadows, behind Laurel as the man turns and starts to walk away.
"Running away?" Felicity asks the man through her voice distorter.
The man spins around, a smile slowly appearing on his face, as he looks Felicity over.
"Let me guess, you want a go too?" The man gloats.
"Not really." She responds calmly and uncaring. "I don't waste my time with jerks."
Angry at her response, the man runs at her as she moves in front of Laurel. Felicity quickly pulls out a kali stick and blocks his punch, and kicks him backwards. She walks to him and spins, elbowing him in the guy then hits him in the face, knocking him unconsciousness. The man falls to the ground as Felicity walks back to Laurel and kneels down, and quickly checks the lawyer over.
"Felicity, the police have arrived." Cisco informs her.
Felicity looks down the alley at the flashing red and blue lights, as Laurel opens up her eyes and grabs Felicity's hand. The blonde turns back to the lawyer.
"Sara?" Laurel whispers but loud enough for Felicity to hear.
"Felicity, get out of there now!" The engineer shouts in Felicity's ear.
The blonde stands up, pulling away from Laurel and running to the shadows, disappearing.
FS
Felicity leans forward and grabs a toy, and places the object in front of the seven-month old. The baby grabs the toy and starts to play with the toy. Caitlin walks into the living room and sits down as the blond looks up.
"He is so big." Caitlin comments with a smile.
"I know." The mother responds. "Everyday he seems to be getting bigger."
"He also looks like his dad." The doctor tells her as they look at one another.
Felicity looks down at her son and back up at her friend.
"I know, he also has a lot of his dad in him." Felicity states. "Which means it will be an adventure."
Caitlin smiles as the front door burst open and Barry and Cisco walks in, with boxes of pizza in their hands.
"We brought food!" Cisco announces, catching the two women's attention.
"And wine!" Ray Palmer adds, walking behind the engineer.
"Thank God!" Caitlin exclaims in relief as she stands up.
Felicity smiles and slowly gets up, grabbing her son at the same time as she finally stands up. Outside the town house and out on the streets, a certain masked vigilante waves his bike through cars and streets. He turns into an empty alley and parks his bike, and turns it off. He climbs off the bike and walks to come up to a steel staircase, and quickly climbs up. He reaches the roof of the building and walks across the root, to his teammate. Roy stands up and looks at the older archer.
"She's been home all evening, Caitlin has been with her." Roy informs him. "Barry, Cisco and Ray just got there."
Oliver nods and kneels down, his eyes on the window.
"If she finds out that you're spying on her, she'll be furious." The young archer tells his mentor.
"It doesn't matter." Oliver responds lowly.
"I thought it would matter since we're talking about Felicity." Roy states.
Oliver ignores him and continues to look at the window. Roy sighs and turns his attention to the window to find Felicity in view with a baby in her arms. Oliver tenses up as he watches the mother and baby interact, as Ray Palmer joins them. He watches them closely, Felicity smiling as Ray talks and holds the baby's hand. Nodding her head, she shifts the baby and leans towards Ray, who pulls him into his arms. The CEO kisses the baby and Oliver is on his feet, and walking away. Roy turns to Oliver walk away.
"Oliver!" He shouts but Oliver Queen keeps walking.
Felicity looks out the window as Ray walks away, and finds only darkness. Barry walks over to her and looks out the window briefly, then turns to Felicity.
"Is something wrong?" The speedster asks with a little worry.
She smiles at her friend.
"Nothing." Felicity answers the question. "Everything is good."