"Mysterious Smoak"
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters; those belong to their original creators. The way it's all stringed together is of my making. No profit is being made out of this (*sigh* unfortunately).
While the chapters in this story can be seen as separate entries, they all have the same backstory in common. Think of it as each chapter being a "what if" moment for the characters yet with all chapters sharing the same backstory.
Backstory:
- Felicity meets the Winchesters in 2012 (reality; 2011-2012 / verse; 2012-2013) = S9 (verse; 2015-2016)
- Timeline of "Arrow" is pushed forward by 2 years so the ages are the same (therefore Oliver was shipwrecked in 2009 and saved in 2014) = S2 (2015-2016)
Ages: (see first chapter)
REASON why this is listed under "Arrow" only: because of Felicity.
Chapter Summary: [Tag on to 2x14] Felicity takes advantage of the alone time in the Foundry to brush up on her training...with some help from a dear friend.
Inspiration: I just couldn't help myself!
Spoiler(s): everything up to ep. 9x14 ("Captives") for Supernatural and everything up to ep. 2x14 ("Time of Death") for Arrow
Time Frame: When the team is at Sara's welcome back party (before Oliver gets the call from Felicity).
A/N: At the end to avoid additional spoilers. Not beta-ed.
*SPN*Arrow*SPN*Arrow*SPN*
"Solo Sparring Session (Pt.1)"
It was Felicity's turn at the Foundry while the rest of the team attended Sara's welcome home party. It seemed like everyone else had a reasonable public connection to Oliver except for her. Diggle could go because he was Oliver's bodyguard, even though the billionaire didn't need one. Roy could go because he was Thea's date to the party and Sara…well, the party's for her so she had to go.
But Felicity…she was left alone in the basement. And she hated it.
Pushing that depressing thought aside, with no workable hits from the skeleton key searches, Felicity decided to change into her workout gear and train while she had the alone time.
Before she got to work, she grabbed her tablet and her Bluetooth piece (which she quickly connected and placed in her ear) before she typed in a few commands into her tablet. After a few short clicks, Felicity was staring at Dean Winchester thanks to the video chat she just started up.
"You rang?" Dean greeted with a smirk and she noticed that he was in his bedroom back in the Kansas Bunker. He loved that bedroom.
Felicity bit her lower lip, "I was hoping that you'd be free to run another session with me."
Shortly after Felicity had met Dean at MIT a couple of years ago (she was a student, he was passing through for a visit), he started training her in self-defense. At first it was just the basics so that she could actually protect herself if anything happened to her but as things escalated around them, the lessons intensified with him teaching her more tricks and manoeuvres that helped her gain the advantage. Whenever he was in town, they would have their sessions together but after she got her degree, time just wouldn't allow her to keep up the training and things were rapidly picking up for Dean so much so that he couldn't visit her as much. Once she moved to Starling City, the training just stopped as she was overwhelmed with the move and getting settled. It was only after Diggle tried to train her did she realize that she had to pick up the old habit again and with her new access to a few technological advances (thanks to being a part of Team Arrow), Felicity figured out a way for Dean to help her train without him actually being there with her.
Video chats and surveillance cameras were the key.
Which is how they were going to have their session now; Dean was going to talk her through some drills while he monitored the surveillance footage to keep an eye on her form, footwork and technique. They didn't do this often but it seemed to work out for them so far. And if this were any other night, Felicity would just run the drills by herself but she didn't want to be alone. At least this way, she technically wasn't.
"It looks like your suited up. Let's put you to work." Dean declared before they both moved around their respective spaces. Dean had moved to place his laptop onto the desk in his room while Felicity moved to stand the tablet up on the metal table near the wooden dummy. A few codes were typed in on both ends before Dean was granted access to the cameras (without the duel sequence placement, he wouldn't have access). He made the appropriate adjustments before he had many camera angles of Felicity at the wooden dummy.
And Dean didn't hesitate to give her the first drill sequence.
Their night was filled with small talk, training criticism and research checks (the only times that she took a break).
It was impressive how she could multitask like she could. Instead of it hindering her, it was helping her. By allowing her to keep a conversation with him while doing the drills and taking his pointers into consideration, he was preparing her for the real world because in a real fight, there will be distractions everywhere and she needed to learn how to take in her surroundings and use that information to her advantage. He had too much experience in his youth where he focused on one thing only to be blindsided by a move he would have seen coming if he had paid attention to everything around him. He was taking mistakes that he had learned over the years and he was teaching her how to avoid making them.
But somehow along the way in her session, she had revealed why she truly wanted a video session with him and it angered him that she felt like she did; doubtful, insecure, unwanted, expendable. It was another moment where he wished that he could be beside her instead of being all the way across the country.
*SPN*Arrow*SPN*Arrow*SPN*
A/N #1: And there you have it! In my head, Felicity is no slouch in defense yet she's been so focused on computers that her former skills have diminished over time. I mean, we've only see her train with Diggle once on the show so I'm assuming after that "failure", Felicity has figured out other ways to train in a way that suits her (and not the guys). So what did you think? Please leave a review!
A/N #2: I just want to thank you readers for giving these snapshots an opportunity. I'm doing these as I try to get a feel for these Arrow characters since this is technically my first time writing them (while Supernatural, well I've been writing for it since the beginning). So again, thanks and stay tuned!
Originally Published: March 1, 2014 (Happy 36th Birthday Jensen Ackles!)
