A/N: warning, this chapter contains a very sensitive scene. i took no joy in writing it. in fact, it was very difficult for me. sometimes stories just go down certain paths that we can't avoid because of the way characters can be. i'm sorry if this bothers anyone, but this is how it ended up going

Chapter 4

It had been weeks since I was in contact with my friends. It was mainly Oliver who kept trying to contact me. I had missed work thanks to my father's plan. I was disgusted with myself but when I had tried to leave to go to work, my father pulled a gun on me. I wanted free of this. I had to get my hands dirty. I had to kill people. Everything Team Arrow stood for, I had to go against.

My phone chimed for the thousandth time again. It was the chime I had set for Felicity so I looked at it.

"Where are you? Oliver is worried and so am I. I'm doing my best to cover for you, but there's bodies dropping all over the glades. Please loop me in so I know what we need to do."

I texted back "I'm ok. I promise. Have Oliver meet me at the warehouse down on Fifth and Mercers Park in an hour."

"Ok. Be safe. We miss you." Felicity texted back.

I gave myself enough time to ditch the idiots who my father called bodyguard and meet with Oliver. It wouldn't be hard, I could render them unconscious and leave them in an alleyway where no one would find them.

The guards finished beating on a dealer that had finally given them the money that was owed.

"Thank you for cooperating. The Count sends his regards. Kill him." I ordered.

"Wait! I gave you the money. Let me go." The dealer pleaded to me.

"You made me use force." I turned and walked away. One of the guards pulled out their gun and shot the guy. I winced at the sound.

The guards followed me. We went down the closest alley. I stopped.

"Why are we stopping?" The bigger one said.

I spun around and attacked them. They put up a fight but they were slow. I quickly took out the smaller guy. The bigger one grabbed me but couldn't hold me. I ended up on his back and put him in a sleeper hold. He went down easily. They both were out. I reached in the bigger guy's jacket and grabbed the envelope of money they had been collecting all day. I ran towards the warehouse I had told Felicity to have Oliver meet me at. It was outside of the Glades so it took some time to get there on foot.

I got there ten minutes late. Oliver was there in his Arrow gear.

"Oliver?" I asked trying to catch my breath.

"You're late." He said, taking off his hood and mask.

"Sorry about that, I had to play sleepy time with a few guys just to ditch them then run all the way here. I didn't expect it to take this long."

"What's been going on? You've missed work without calling, you haven't returned any calls or texts. The amount of Vertigo on the streets is rising."

"I know. It's because of me."

"What do you mean?" Oliver stepped towards me.

"I mean Ashton was right. My father is the Count. He's recruiting so many dealers."

"What do you mean it's because of you?"

"Oliver, believe me when I say I had no choice. My father dragged me into this. When I tried to leave to come to work the other day, he pulled a gun on me. I'm stuck in this and I can't get out on my own."

"You're the woman they keep talking about? You're pushing Vertigo?!"

"Oliver, please don't get mad. I'm asking for help. I can't go to the police. You, Felicity, Thea, and Digs need to come up with a plan to take my father down and get me out of there." I handed him the money I had taken from the guards.

"This is all the money from today. I stole it off the bodyguards my father has running around with me. They've probably woken up already and realized I'm gone and so is the money. I have to lie to my father."

Oliver realized I had no choice and no way out.

"Oliver, you need to wage war on my father."

"Go back to him, tell him you were grabbed by the Green Arrow and that you escaped before anything could be done."

"Thank you, Oliver." He grabbed me and pulled me to him in a hug.

"I'm just glad to see you're ok. We'll get you out of there. Don't worry." He kissed me.

"Come rescue me soon." We kissed again.

Oliver let me go. I went one way as Rhian and Oliver went the other as the Green Arrow.

I made my way back home. I walked into my home. The guards were there, looking like my father was about to kill them.

"What happened?" My father hissed. "These two don't remember anything. They say they were attacked but they won't say who."

"The Green Arrow attacked and took me. He was trying to get information. He took the money we had picked up too. Our day's profits are gone. I escaped though." I lowered my head.

My father got up and backhanded me. I put a hand over my burning cheek.

"Gone?!" He looked back at the guards. "You two are worthless. You're suppose to watch my daughter and you can't even do that! We're lucky she's not in Iron Heights right now and has more brains than you two combined."

"Daddy, calm down before you kill them. We were attacked from behind. There was no way they could've stopped the attack."

"Don't tell me what to do! Go to your room and I will deal with these idiots." He had grabbed my arm, leaving bruise marks and threw me towards my room.

I shut my door and sat on my bed near my window. Hours passed by with me just staring out it.

I pulled my phone out.

"I hope you guys have a plan." I texted Oliver.

"We do. Hang on, we're coming." He sent back.

I opened up a new text to Felicity. "Oliver knows where I live now, doesn't he?"

"Yes he does. They're gearing up now. I have satellite imaging up and see you. Stay in your room."

"Thank you."

I waited there in silence. My phone vibrated.

"They're headed out now. They'll be there in about twenty minutes."

Two minutes later my father entered my room.

"Yes daddy?" I asked but he said nothing.

He came closer and grabbed my hands, he had a pair of handcuffs and cuffed me to my bed frame.

"Daddy, what are you doing? Daddy stop." I tried pulling on the cuffs. It was pointless.

"Shut up!" He punched me in the ribs, I felt one or two break. I did my best to not scream in pain.

"You're going to pay for losing that money!" He pulled my pants off of me. I tried to kick. He held me down.

"Stop moving! You're only going to make this worse upon yourself."

He touched me. I was afraid. I knew what he was about to do.

"You're too beautiful to not be enjoyed."

"Get away from me!" I tried to say with force. He ripped my shirt off of me and ripped it apart, gagging me.

"I said shut up!" He removed my panties. I tried to scream but it didn't work.

Please hurry, Oliver. I thought to myself. My father began to rape me with force. I could feel the blood running down me. I started to cry.

"You feel so good! So tight!" My father breathed in my ear.

All of a sudden, the other window of my room broke, Oliver crashing through it. I heard the front door break down and then Thea came through the bedroom door.

"Let her go!" Oliver said. An arrow pointed at my father.

My father got up off me and looked at Oliver. "You going to stop me.?" He said.

Thea looked at me then at my father. "You sick son of a bitch!" She yelled at him. He turned around and attacked her.

Oliver saw me laying there, handcuffed and covers in blood. The fight between Thea and my father went out towards the living room. Oliver lowered his bow, quivered his arrow and came over to me.

He knelt on the bed and undid the gag.

"Get me out of here." I cried to him, sobbing.

"Felicity, we need an ambulance!" He told Felicity through the coms.

"No. No ambulance. No hospital. He's going away for life, just get me out of here." I pleaded.

"Ok. Ok. No ambulance." His gloved thumb wiping tears away.

He looked at the handcuffs, trying to figure out how to free me.

"I can't hit it with an arrow, your hands are too close. I'm going to have to dislocate your thumb to get you out. It's going to hurt." He looked at me, trying to keep me calm.

"Do it, just get me out of here."

"Ok on three." I prepared myself.

"One. Tw.." I felt my thumb dislocate. I screamed in pain. Oliver slid my hand out of the cuff then relocated my thumb causing more pain. I was free from the bed frame and wrapped my arms around Oliver.

"Thank you." I hugged him. I saw one of the guards come through the door.

"Look out!" I yelled, backing away from Oliver.

He got up and quickly shot down the bodyguard.

"We need to get you out of here." Oliver said. He wrapped me up in a blanket and carried me out of the house.

"Felicity, I need you to meet me at my place." Oliver said over the com system.

Felicity must have shut off the systems after that.

"I got you, Rhian. You're going to be ok. I'm sorry I didn't make it sooner."

"You came, that's all that matters." I said to him.

He carried me all the way back to his place. When we got there, Felicity was waiting outside.

"What happened?" Felicity asked worriedly.

"She's been raped. We need to get her inside." Oliver said.

"She needs to go to a hospital."

"No, no hospital." I said quietly.

"A rape kit needs to be done, Rhian." Felicity tried to argue.

"Felicity, stop. She said no hospitals. We can deal with this here. I just need you to help me." Oliver stopped Felicity's lecture.

"Ok fine. What do you need me to do?"

"You can start by opening the door."

She opened the door for us. Oliver carried me upstairs, Felicity right behind. We got up to his room.

"Can you stand?" He asked. I nodded. He sat me down on my feet, not letting me go completely. Felicity pulled out keys to unlock the handcuffs and got them off of my wrist completely.

"Gotta love police issued handcuffs, they have a universal key." Felicity said.

"Felicity, get the tub filled. We need to get her cleaned up." Oliver said. Felicity went into Oliver's bathroom and turned the faucet on.

"Look at me, Rhian. I'm going to have to take this blanket and your bra off of you. I promise, I won't do anything. I just need to get you in the tub." I registered what was said and even nodded, but I wouldn't let go of the blanket. I was becoming fully aware of what had happened. Adrenaline wearing off. Oliver tried to take the blanket again. I refused to let go.

"Felicity, I need you in here." Felicity came back into the room.

"Help me get the blanket off of her." Oliver said.

Felicity realized what was going on with me.

"Oliver, I need you to go into the other room." Felicity said.

"I'm not leaving her."

"Oliver, if you want to help, you need to go to the other room. She needs someone she trusts right now and men is not in that category so please go into the other room."

Oliver left me there with Felicity.

"Ok, Rhian. Rhian, look at me." I looked up at Felicity.

"Hey there. It's just me and you now. No one's going to hurt you. Can I please take the blanket off you? I need to see."

I let her grab the blanket and pull it off.

"Ok thank you. Wow that's a lot of blood. Ok, Rhian, I need to take your bra off so we can get you cleaned up." There was blood smeared all over me. It was even in my hair.

She walked behind me and unclasped my bra, sliding it off.

"Ok thank you. Now we gotta go get in the tub. Come on, you're ok."

She led me into the bathroom and helped me into the tub. I tried to sit down, my broken ribs causing a lot of pain. I screamed. I was able to sit down with Felicity's help. It hurt to breathe, but it was nothing compared to actually moving more than just walking. There was bruising starting to show from where I was hit.

"Ribs broken." i said. It hurt to talk.

"I know. Let's get you cleaned up then we can get those ribs taken care of. I promise." Felicity said, grabbing a washcloth and getting it wet. I nodded.

Felicity started cleaning the blood off of me, taking care to be gentle. She talked to me about the mundane things at work, mainly tech things going on there. She had a way of bringing me back from my own thoughts.

"Thank you." I said.

"You're welcome. Oliver's worried."

"I know."

"Let's get the blood out of your hair." she smiled at me. She helped me lay back to get my hair wet, the blood coming out of it. The water was a shade of pinkish red. Felicity helped me back up.

"The tub's going to stain." I said.

"I'm sure it's not the first time." Felicity responded. "Come on, let's get you out of here." Felicity stood up and held her hand out. I grabbed it and she helped me up, I was doing my best to not scream in pain.

"I know, I know." Felicity said. She helped me out of the tub and wrapped me in a towel. "Let me see on what we can do for clothes for you." She walked out of the bathroom. I saw Thea in Oliver's bedroom. Her and Felicity talked.

Felicity came back in a little bit later with some clothes. "They're Thea's, but they'll fit you. Don't worry, she hasn't worn any of them yet and said you can have them."

They were black pajama pants and a matching shirt. There was also underwear that was my size. All still had tags on them. Felicity cut all the tags off and had me put them on.

"Do I want to know how much Thea spent on basic PJs?" I asked.

"No, not really. I don't even want to know and I saw the prices on the tags when cutting them off." Felicity had that look she has whenever she came across something expensive.

We headed back to Oliver's room and she had me sit down on Oliver's bed.

"Can Oliver come back in now?" She asked me.

"Yes." I replied.

She went to get Oliver. He came in, out of his Arrow gear and in normal clothes.

"Are you ok?" He asked, closing the distance between the door and his bed.

"Yes." I said. "I'm sorry about earlier.

"Don't be. It's a traumatic experience, if you didn't act like that, then I would've worried."

"She's got a few broken ribs. I need you to look at them." Felicity said, sounding worried.

Oliver sat down by me.

"Can I see?" He asked. I looked at Felicity. She nodded. I raised my shirt up so he could see the bruising from where my father had hit and broken my ribs. He touched the bruising, I screamed in pain.

"Felicity, there's a first aid kit in the bathroom, get it for me." Oliver looked at Felicity. She went to get it.

"You're going to be ok. We need to wrap your ribs and you need something for the pain. However, you really need a doctor to look at it to make sure there's not more serious damage." Oliver tried to reassure me.

"I don't want to go to a hospital." I said.

"Then the doctor will come to you. I just texted Caitlin. She's on her way." Felicity smiled. She handed the kit to Oliver. He sat it on the bed and opened it, pulling out an elastic bandage, unrolling it and wrapping it around me, making it tight.

"How's that?" He asked after he finished.

"Well, I still hurt, but it helps." I looked at him. He had so much worry in his eyes. Felicity handed me some painkillers and a glass of water. I took them.

"Get some rest til Caitlin gets here." Oliver stood up and helped me lay down on his bed. He went and laid on the floor near the window, Felicity handed him a pillow and a blanket. They still cared about each other even if they didn't love each other. Felicity crawled into bed beside me.

"Remember the sleepovers we used to have?" She asked me.

"You mean where your mom would buy us all sorts of junk food and let us stay up all night watching movies and talking about boys and who we had a crush on?" I said back.

"Yeah. I miss those. Mom only let us have them because it was the only time she says we acted like two normal girls instead of talking about things that would go over her head."

"Remember that epic pillow fight? We ruined all the pillows in the house but your mom was laughing so much she couldn't even get mad at us."

"I know! She has video of that, you know."

"She does? Oh my gosh, Felicity, those were the good days."

"We didn't live here in Star City though plus you were thirteen and I was sixteen."

"Then me and my father moved here and away from you." I frowned.

"But I came here and got a job as the world's most over-qualified IT girl."

"And We both ended up meeting Oliver."

"And we both met Oliver." Felicity grabbed my hand. I'm not sure if Oliver had heard our entire conversation, but if he did, I'm sure he was thinking we were two crazy girls in his bed. We slept, waiting on Caitlin to arrive.