A/N: Fun chapter a head. Thanks to SkyeElf for helping with this chap and helping me get past writers block.
Chapter 4
Felicity woke up several hours later confused and with a stinging headache. She opened her eyes and looked around she was laying in a very comfortable bed with jet black sheets. She wonder for a moment what had woken her up and then she heard voices outside the door. They we're speaking softly, but she had always been a light sleeper.
"Really, Adam we cannot thank you enough for what you've done for our daughter." A female voice said from the other side of the door.
"Thank you Mrs. Daniels, but I did not do anything." Adams voice said sounding confused.
"Not true you seem to make her happy." A deep male voice said sounding a bit humorous.
"Yes, and any one who makes her as happy as she seemed can't be to bad." said Mrs. Daniels
"I well I..." Adams voice stammered and Felicity could tell he blushing.
Deciding that it was about she talked to her parents and that her boyfriend needed saving. Felicity pushed open the door. Three sets of eyes flew to her immediately. For a second the four of them stood there, then she found herself engulfed in the largest huge she could remember.
Her dad was on her left and her mom on her right she was squeezed between them. She felt as if the air was being pushed out of her.
"Okay I know your happy to see me, but I need to breath some time." she said.
''Felicity, we've been worried! we've been searching for you a long time!'' Mr. Daniels said
"Yes, but we did not know where he took you." Mrs. Daniels said. Adam smiled and made to walk away from the family.
''Oh, no, you're not leaving me alone, Adam. I have no memory of these people.'' Feliss tackled him to the ground.
Adam laughed. "I'm sorry Feliss I figured you all might want some time alone together." he said from pinned under her.
''No. No offense, parenting parties, but I'm not trusting anyone but Adam yet.'' She stood up, helping Adam up.
She shrugged when she looked at her parents again. Not questioning whether Adam could stay. He was going to, no matter what.
"If your sure you want me around." Adam said sounding a little apprehensive.
''No, I tackled you because it's a fun activity. Well, it is, but that was meant to be sarcastic.''
Mr. and Mrs. Daniels and Adam all chuckled. "Fair enough, if you want Adam around and he does seem to make you happy..." Mrs. Daniels said trailing off.
''She has a knack for pointing out the obvious.'' Feliss rolled her eyes.
"Don't talk to your mother like that." Mr. Daniels said calmly.
''I was talking to Adam, sir. And forgive me, I don't trust you.'' she smiled innocently.
"Why don't you trust us? We're your parents." Mrs. Daniels said looking a little hurt.
''I was locked up, tested on, made a freak and sexually abused by foul-smelling guards when the doc wasn't there.'' she looked at her nails, as if bored.
"We didn't know we were trying to find you the whole time." Mr. Daniels said
''Well, try putting yourself in my shoes. I've been violated, not even Adam knew what those guards did to me!'' she yelled, taking a step backwards. She'd suppressed the memories, but they were flooding her mind now.
"Feliss." Adam said softly giving her a hug and laying his chin on top of her head. "I'm sorry." he said so only she could hear.
''It's not your fault. I'm not ready, not ready for them to come and control me and my life.'' she answered, clutching his shirt in her fists as she allowed herself to cry. She hadn't cried in years, the feeling was alien to her.
"Feliss, don't worry I'm here." He said pulling her closer to him
She could practically feel the glare coming off Adam towards her parents.
''Why did he take me?'' she demanded from her parents over his shoulder.
"We well...we're partially responsible for bringing him down the first time." Mrs. Daniels said.
''What did you do?'' she yelled, her eyes glowing a hawk-like yellow.
"We helped our dimensions Candace form Firestorm." Mr. Daniels said simply
''So I was taken in revenge?'' she buried her face back in Adam's shirt. ''You smell nice.'' she mumbled randomly.
He laughed lightly. "Thanks I've been able to shower since we got here." he said lightly.
''You always smell nice.'' she said, refusing to let go of him. Having all the memories flood back to her, made her scared.
"Feliss, listen to me you'll be okay." he said hugging her closer. Mr. Daniels cleared his throat behind them.
She ignored them.
"Felicity, please talk to us." he said
''No.'' she said it coldly.
Felicity buried her face in Adams shirt not looking at them. "Please understand we tried to find you." her dad said
''But you didn't!" she shrieked, shaking.
"Every time we got to where he had you trapped you had been moved. It was like the place he had you was mobile."
''Just... leave me alone, okay?''
"Felicity please." Mrs. Daniels said sadly
''No! You understand this: I was mutilated, raped, made radioactive, broken, and scarred. Forgive me if I don't believe anyone.''
"You seem to believe and trust Adam." Mr. Daniels said
She blushed. ''Well, I love him.''
"Y...you love him?" he stammered looking at her.
''Yes, sir, I do.''
"Can you at least call us mom and dad? We love you." Mrs. Daniels said
She smiled ruefully. ''I'm sorry.''
They both looked hurt at that. Adam felt bad for them, but he knew it took a lot to gain Felicity's trust. "Feliss, is there anything I can do to help you right now?" Adam asked
''Explain to them why I'm like this.'' she whispered.
"Will you stay with me while I do or do you want to leave?"
''You choose.''
"Whatever is easiest for you." he said taking her hand.
''I'll stay, for you.''
"Alright, listen to me." Adam said looking over Felicity's head to her parents and speaking in serious tone of voice.
''Yes?''
"Your daughter has a hard time trusting. She's been experimented on with every chemical mixture you can think of and somewhere along the way her memory was likely blanked."
''We know.''
"Yes, but you expect her to be however she was before you need to understand she's not the same anymore."
Mr Daniels sighed. ''We know that too, but I don't care about any of that. I just my daughter back, regardless of who she is now.''
"She'll always be your daughter, but you need to take the time to get to know her as she is now. I did."
He sighed again. ''Felicity, I'm sorry. I knew we were jumping too fast. We'll be here if you ever need us.''
"Felicity can you except that?" Adam asked her tilting her chin up so she was looking at him
She nodded, not letting go of him.
He smiled down at her. "You know I'm always here for you to right?" he asked looking her in the eye.
She nodded again, smiling a bit, hugging him again. ''I'm sorry, Adam, I'm not normally this emotional.''
Adam smiled pressing their foreheads together. "I don't mind it you deal with me when I'm in my moods." he whispered to her.
She kissed him lightly on the cheek in thanks.
"Is that my thank you?" he chuckled
''We're in a public hallway with my parents watching. I can't exactly do more.''
"I know that it was sarcasm."
''I fail.'' she laughed
"Maybe sometimes, but I love you anyway." he said taking her hand
''Let's get out of here.'' she suggested, having something else on her mind
"Where ever you want to go." he said looking at her parents. "I assume you don't want them to come?"
''Sorry, um, mum and dad...'' she blushed. she tried the words, though they were foreign, they weren't entirely unpleasant.
They smiled "Um okay then we'll just leave for now shall we?" Mrs. Daniels asked pushing her husband around the corner.
''Thank you.'' Felicity called after them. ''So, my place or yours?''
Adam had not heard her he was smiling that she had called them mom and dad. "I'm sorry Feliss what did you say?" he asked
''My place or yours?''
Adam blushed. "What...I...uh..." he stuttered
''I want to find out what snogging you feels like in the real world.''
She was being blunt.
"We did snog on the ride here." he said being just as blunt with a slight teasing tone.
''We didn't do it on a bed, though, and that's a lot of fun.''
"You do have a point."
''So?''
"Yours is closer."
''Then let's go!'' she said excitedly
She practically dragged him through the door. Once the door closed she forced him onto the bed, creeping up to him with a sneaky smile on her face
He smiled back at her propping himself up on his elbows. "I guess the sleep did you well then?"
''That obvious?" Though remembering everything they'd done. she shivered
"Hey listen to me they will never hurt you again." he said softly
''I hope so.''
"They won't I won't let them." he said pulling her closer
''Thank you.'' she said in a small voice.
"You just want to sit here?" he asked in a soft caring voice
''No.'' she said carefully.
"Then what do you want to do?" he asked
''What I said...''
"Refresh my memory." he said smiling at her.
She grinned, crawling over his body and pressed her lips to his. He pulled her closer smiling into the kiss.
She giggled, closing her eyes and pressing her body to his.
"You don't giggle often." he said separating his mouth from hers for a second.
''I'm not much of a giggler.'' she said, clutching his shirt.
"I would not have it any other way." he said pressing hip lips to hers again.
''Good, because replacing me would be impossible.'' she breathed heavily
"Yes, yes it would." he said breathing heavily. "Should we stop?"
''Should we?'' she asked as he changed their position so that he was on top.
He seemed uncertain.
''What's wrong?'' she asked sounding worried.
"I don't know if we should stop or not." he said
''I don't either.''
"What do you want to do?" he asked.
She fell back on the bed, ''I don't know. I'm scared it'll hurt like they hurt me.'' she shivered again except more violently.
"Then maybe now is not the best time." he said laying down beside her.
''I agree, actually, I reckon I just need someone to show me that not everyone's like that.''
''And we're 16, there's that.'' she added after a moment of silence
"Your right Feliss." he said pulling her closer to him and gently kissing the top of her head.
She snuggled up to him, and soon drifted off into sleep again. When Adam saw she'd fallen asleep, he wanted to laugh.
Instead he yawned and drifted of as well.
Adam was woken by someone gently clearing their throat.
''Morning, Adam. Or shall I say good afternoon?''
Adam looked up and saw his dad smiling down at him and Felicity. He was dressed in civilian clothes a blue shirt and blue jeans. His green eyes glinted with humor
"Hey dad." he said tiredly
''Morning, son. Sleep well?'' he asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah..uh...what are you doing here?" he asked stammering
''I wanted to talk to you.'' He said dimply glancing
"Okay, just a second." he said sitting up and making sure Felicity was comfortably laying on her bed before looking at his dad. "Okay what do you need dad?" he asked quietly
''I don't know if you know that we witnessed the last week of your virtual life?''
"You did huh? Okay is that good or bad?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
''It's good, because we can now skip the entire awkward conversation of you and Felicity. She's welcome to stay with us, though I think you should ask her parents first.''
"Well that is good, but she's not exactly on great terms with her parents dad."
''I know that too.''
"I don know what to do about it she does not trust them."
''Give her time, Adam, be patient.''
"I just want her to be happy goodness knows she deserves it."
''I know, but she's happy with you.''
"I know I don't understand why, but I know."
''I'll talk to them, maybe ask them to move in with us...''
"Wait do we live somewhere that's big enough for that?"
''Yes, in that sense your virtual reality was wrong.'' Sergio said in a matter of fact voice
"What do you mean?" Adam asked raising an eyebrow
''Our home is always open to victims, so Isa and I ensured a larger house. In a way''
"Okay, now when you say larger?"
''We live in a mansion.'' he said simply
"We, but how and what do you mean in a way?" Adam stammered shocked. When he had lived with dad they had not been poor, but they had not been mansion rich either
''Well, we live with the Daniels', they invited us when we couldn't find a house. Also, all your friends are here.''
"So, wait this is their house?" he asked glancing around the room.
To his right were two built in closets beside the door. In front of her door against the other wall there was a white bookcase. On the bookcase there were random books of various sizes and a large teddy bear with a cowboy hat on it.
Next to the bookcase was a T.V case with a medium sized T.V inside. On top of the T.V case was a porcelain doll, in a dirty pink dress with messy brown hair it was filthy from not being touched for a long time. Beside the doll was a glass Halloween pumpkin with a large black feather in it. In front of that was a photo of Felicity and her parents in happier times.
The T.V case stood in the comer nearest the door. The wall beside it had three large windows, in front of the windows was a desk. Sitting in the desk chair was a small brown teddy bear. In another corner was her bed. The bed was black and white striped bedding.
''Yes, don't you see it? This must have been her room when she lived here.'' he pointed to a stack of books, beside the bookcase. They were all fantasy.
"No, I was kind of distracted and did not get to look around." He said evasively.
''Not surprising.'' Sergio said smirking at his son.
Adam blushed. "What do you mean by that?"
''You were distracted, is all.'' Sergio said casually.
"Yeah of course." Adam said breathing a mental sigh of relief.
''I'm certain she kept you busy too.''
"I don't know what your talking about." Adam said smoothly avoiding eye contact with his dad.
''I believe you.'' he said comically rolling his eyes.
"Sarcasm?" Adam asked as Felicity started to stir
''Yes.'' Sergio said with a smirk and a roll of his eyes
Felicity rolled around on the large bed obviously trying to find something without opening her eyes
''Feliss?'' Adam asked. She stretched out again and punched him in the nose by accident.
"Ouch what was that for?" he asked
She opened her eyes. ''Oh, gosh, I'm so sorry!''
Adam backed away clutching his nose checking to see if it was broken.
She laughed, though she reached over and kissed the top of his nose.
"What were you looking for?" he asked
''That.'' she pointed to something behind him. It was brown teddy bear.
He handed it to her. "Did you want to punch him to?"
''No, this is Snorey.''
"Snorey?" Adam asked sitting down on the other end of the bed.
''He was the one thing I could remember when I was with Doof. Listen.'' she punched the bear, and mechanical snoring came from the bear.
"Oh I did not know that." he said staring at her.
''It's embarrassing.'' she said blushing a light red
"I think it's interesting." Adam said genuinely. He had never expected her to like stuffed animals.
''I'm fond of a stuffed animal, it's not something I'm proud of.''
"It's okay Feliss lots of people are fond of stuffed animals."
''Oh, Mr GC, I didn't see you!'' Felicity said finally looking at the other occupant of the room.
He chuckled "Don't mind me I was just talking to Adam before you woke.
''Oh... Well, it's good to meet you for real.'' she smiled
"You as well, I hope your relaxed?"
''Surprisingly, yes.''
"Good I have to go there's a meeting I have to be at with Candace and your parents." he said standing up
''What do we do?''
"You rest or look around the house." he said opening the door.
''Okay.'' she jumped up, in a better mood than before.
"You seem happier." Adam said as his father closed the door.
''I had a very nice dream.''
"Want to share?" he asked
''It entailed missing your upper garment.''
Adam blushed a very dark shade of red.
''And any dream where that happens is a happy dream.''
"Oh really so these dreams happen often?" he asked smirking
''Not often enough.'' she sighed dreamily.
"In the room you know." Adam said snapping her out of a daydream
''Oh, goody, you're here!'' she smiled, jumping on him in an attempt to remove his shirt.
"What are you doing?" he gasped out.
''Taking off your shirt.'' she said as if it had been the most obvious thing in the world.
"I meant why?" he asked
''Why not?''
"I was just surprised is all." he said fighting to keep his shirt
She sighed, giving up. ''Fine.''
He sighed with relief dropping his guard. "Sorry to disappoint you Feliss."
''I was kidding anyways.'' she winked at him.
"Your a great actress." he said wrapping his arms around her waist from behind.
''Thank you. I do try.''
"Well you succeed."
''Win!''
He chuckled "So now what?"
''We explore!'' she exclaimed dramatically.
"According to dad this place is huge and yours." he mumbled the last word
''WHAT?'' she didn't miss it.
"This place belongs to your parents and you. AND it's big enough to hold all of us."
She smiled uncertainly. ''Yay?'' she said confused.
"Yeah, why do you sound unexcited."
''I'm just...uncertain.'' she said after a slight pause.
"Uncertain about what?" he asked gently.
''Everything.''
"Want to expand on that?" he asked
''My parents, your parent, your sister, the house.''
"Its a lot to take in huh?"
''Yeah. But how are you feeling?''
"Confused and worried." he said honestly.
She leaned against him. ''Go on.''
"I don't know what to do for the first time in my life I'm lost."
''Then just talk.''
"I mean Vanessa is still here and one of the people I trusted above all others stabbed me in the back. I just don't know my place in the world anymore."
'''You'll find it.'' she said certainly
"You sound so sure." he said dropping down onto the bed rubbing his eyes.
''I am sure.'' she shrugged her thin frame, leaning back on the bed.
"How? I've never been this lost before." he said walking over to sit by her.
''Because I know you, and you'll make it work.''
"You have more faith in me than I do." he said laying his head in her lap.
''Someone has to.'' He felt slightly better knowing she believed in him.
"Glad it's you." he said smiling up at her.
''Me too.'' she kissed his forehead.
"Let's go explore." he said after a few minutes of comfortable silence.
''Yes!''
He held his hand out to her. "Then what are we waiting for?"
''For grass to grow, probably.'' she took his hand.
"Nah takes to long." he smirked
She laughed again, pulling him with her.
A/N: There will be action next chapter. In the meantime please review
