AN: thanks to all the new follows and favorites. I apologise for any mistakes. Since I posted the first chapter I've seen episodes 17 and 18. I have decided that currently the story is taking place after episode 17 but before 18. I shall be using 18's plot in this story but with my own twist something for you to look forward to. Sorry if I have confused anyone I managed to confuse myself but its all straightened out now I think.

I do not own Arrow/Mutant X/or John Mayer I just wanted to try something new.

CHAPTER 4 - Crazy World We Live In

"Oliver there are no cameras in the area I don't have a visual, you're going in blind I'm sorry." Felicity apologised. "I've got Roy. Stay on the comms." Oliver stated.

The body was dumped out in the open this time with no high vantage points. Roy was positioned opposite the Arrow's position under the cover of bushes and trees lining the car park. The Arrow was inside the abandoned building on the first level watching the scene with binoculars and waiting.

A white van containing Starling City Police Dept Crime Scene Unit arrived and started to process the scene. 20 minutes later a black van arrived and two males vacated the cab the younger one removed a stretcher from the back and preceded towards the scene with the older male leading. The lead male flashed ID at the police officer granting them entrance. He continued over to the body and started to examine it. The Crime Scene Investigator started yelling and pointing towards the body and male, Oliver tensed. There was a heated confrontation between the two resulting in the CSI being tackled and knocked unconscious followed by the police officer.

Oliver had seen enough he sprung into action leaping out of the window and sliding down a rope to the ground. As he touched down he notched his bow and fired at the younger male who had attacked the SCPD officers. As the arrow reached its intended target a perfect shoulder shot it entered the shoulder but continued through and out the other side. From this distance it was almost impossible to have the momentum for a through and through. The male remained standing showing no signs of being shot.

"Did I just see that arrow go straight through?" Roy's confused voice sounded in Oliver's ear. He drew from his quiver and notched the bow this time the young male maneuvered himself between the Arrow and the older male allowing the older male to continued bagging the body.

Arrow released another arrow but this time the young male became covered in a red netting that spread outwards from his chest to cover his entire body. The arrow struck its target but merely dropped to the ground not even penetrating this time. "Felicity there's more." The Arrow stated. Roy heard and started to bombard questions into the comms, "What's more? What the HELL was that? Is this the same group as last night?" "Roy." Oliver growled silencing Roy further.

Arrow drew from his quiver again and ran towards the duo. As he got within 30 feet he slowed his forward momentum, the older male was lifting the body onto the stretcher while the younger male held his position in-between. Frustrated that he couldn't get a clear shot he decided to try a different approach he activated the voice changer, "What are you doing with these bodies?" The older male looked up facing the Arrow, "We are trying to save the City."

Pissed now the Arrow shot back, "This is MY City to save. You're in over your head." He released the bowstring in an attempt to catch the older male peeking round the younger one. As his arm relaxed slightly the young male side shifted to hide the older male as he became covered in the red netting. The movement wasn't enough and the arrow moved passed the young male grazing the upper arm of the older male before continuing off into the distance.

Moving his arm up towards his quiver Oliver felt a hot burning sensation at his wrist followed by his arm convulsing. The convulsions continued into the rest of his body until he was no longer able to stand. He dropped to the floor thrashing around the last thing he remembered was hearing Roy's voice before everything went black.

Roy watched as the arrow traveled past the man covered in red netting but caught the man behind. He moved his eyes to watch the Arrow reach for the quiver and behind him he saw blue streaks like lightening leaving a window from the abandoned building. He froze watching as it touched the Arrows raised arm then vanish. The Arrow dropped to the ground violently convulsing spurring Roy into action. He cried out after the Arrow while running from his cover out towards the thrashing lump of green leather. The two males collecting the body were surprised by the appearance of him but he ignored them he was going to get who ever was in the building.

Hearing Roy through the comms had Felicity almost out her chair in panic she needed cameras. "Roy what's going on?" She called out but was met with no answer. "Roy!" she shouted but still nothing. John had reached her by this point and rested his hand on her shoulder. Felicity looked at John who nodded a silent question and answer between them both. "Roy what happened. Is Thea's brother okay?" She tried again hoping mentioning Thea would snap him out of it.

Roy had run straight past Oliver he could hear Felicity in his ear, "Roy what's going on?" He couldn't answer he was focusing on the building and whomever was inside was going to pay for taking down the Arrow. He was almost to the building when Felicity screamed in his ear this time "Roy!" He ignored her, punching out the ground floor window in front of him he jumped inside. "Roy what happened. Is Thea's brother okay?" He stopped dead in his tracks. Thea he thought picturing her in his mind, her brother Oliver. The adrenaline slowed in his system as he calmed down thinking about Thea then he remember Oliver lying outside unconscious with no protection. "OH CRAP." He mumbled as he turned and jumped back out of the window racing back to Oliver the Arrow.

As he knelt at Oliver's side he checked for a pulse and started talking to the comm. "Arrow is down, I'm bringing him back now. I think he was tasered." He lifted Oliver up over his shoulder and ran towards verdant and the Cave. The van was nowhere to be seen.

Felicity heard, "Oh crap." from Roy, it worked she'd gotten his attention back and hopefully before anyone got hurt. She gave it a few moments before asking again. As she was about to speak Roy's voice came through again directed at them this time. "Arrow is down, I'm bringing him back now. I think he was tasered."

Diggle sprung into action first he moved away from Felicity and the computer desk towards the medical chest and dragged it over to the table. He then brought over the defibrillator trolley just in case, he'd never dealt with electrical shock before but he knew it could affect the heart.

Felicity went into the computers bringing up the CCTV on the route Roy would be using, she found them a few blocks away and watched their progress. When they appeared on the camera in the back alley she withdrew back into the Cave and turned around to see Diggle waiting by the table. "They're here."

Diggle raced up the stairs 2 at a time and opened the door before Roy could get to the code panel. Roy entered and ran down the stairs so fast it looked like he was flying, Diggle following a few paces behind. Roy threw Oliver from over his shoulder catching his torso to lay him gently on the medical table.

Roy stood back catching his breath and letting Diggle do his part. Felicity stood between the medical chest and the table watching Oliver's face and waiting for John's orders.

Diggle placed his hand on Oliver's neck looking for a pulse, it was there strong and regular thank god he thought. "He's just unconscious." He stated Felicity let her breath go which she hadn't realized she'd been holding. Next John moved to Oliver's right arm he pulled the zip back on the sleeve exposing molten cotton and burnt flesh. "Felicity scissors." She dove into a draw full of different metal instruments and passed over the fabric scissors.

Diggle slid one blade along Oliver's palm up into the glove slicing the fabric up along his thumb then he peeled back the glove carefully as it exposed more of the wound until it was clear of his hand. Next he sliced up the arm of the shirt as far as the zip exposed, he carefully peeled the sleeve away from the remaining part of the burn. The burn was a circle about the size of a tennis ball on Oliver's wrist below his thumb.

"Felicity…" Diggle started to speak but before he finished she was holding out the wash bottle to clean the wound and a kidney tray. He took the bottle and tray with a nod and after placing the tray under Oliver's wrist he washed the wound. As he placed the bottle down by Oliver's thigh Felicity handed over a gel gauze pad that Diggle took and placed over the wound then wound a waterproof bandage round Oliver's arm to cover the gauze.

Once finished Dig began cleaning up while Felicity tucked the hood back from Oliver's face and removed the mask placing is on the stand. On returning she dragged her chair and sat next to him holding his hand and watching his face.

Roy removed his hoodie and stood at Felicity's side waiting patiently. Diggle finished up and found his usual place leaning against the arrow table facing Oliver and waited.

After about 5 minutes Roy started to get restless he'd never been patient and was worse with the Mirakuru in his system. He was itching to ask the questions that were racing around his head. Diggle noticed the change in Roy with a small smirk on his face he passed comment, "Spit it out man." Felicity heard Diggle and turned to look in his direction and saw Roy looking at her.

"What the hell is going on? What did he mean there are more? How did he miss a perfect shot? Two unarmed guys evaded the Arrow and since when can tasers cover over 100ft distances?" The question fell from his mouth at speed but both Felicity and John heard them all and Felicity's shoulders slumped.

Diggle pushed away from the table he was resting against and moved to Felicity seeing her posture change he knew this was not going to be easy for her. He placed a hand on her shoulders, "It will be okay I'm here. Sometimes its better to grab the tigers tail before he gets you." She chuckled the real tiger was out cold in front of her but before she could respond the usual click sounded indicating the door from Verdant was opening.

Sara came bounding down the stairs until she spotted Oliver on the table and stopped dead, "What happened?" She growled out sounding an awful lot like Oliver's Arrow voice. Roy went to speak and Diggle jumped in first, "We had another Mirakuru rejected body and he encountered the same group but this time they had backup and more tricks. He's okay they tasered him he's unconscious and has a small burn on the contact point but he'll be fine when he wakes."

"Felic…" Roy began but before he continued the blonde in question spoke up. "I was about to explain to Roy what we are up against, well as much information as I know which isn't a lot but its something and something is better than nothing especially about a foe and yes I'm babbling and stalling I'll stop in 3…2…1" She looked up at John and he moved away allowing her to get to her computers. Roy and Sara were looking completely confused they knew they were missing something.

With her back to everyone Felicity started her story again filling in the rest of the team, this was not exactly how she imagined telling them but better out than in. "Oliver saw some unusual behaviour from that blonde woman last night and when he confided in me I realized why she may have had the upper hand. When I was a baby I was sick and to save my life my parents opted for a new treatment, which did save me but made me different to other people. Now Oliver told me the woman's eyes changed colour for a second and I'm guessing something weird happened tonight too."

"Yeah the young guy the arrow went straight through him first off then the second one hit but fell to the floor like he was Kevlar his body changed into a red netting pattern just before the arrow struck." Roy explained. Sara's mouth was falling open in surprise this was not going well. "I think I can explain a little further Roy but your not loosing your marbles not that I'm saying you actually have them but if you did they are all there. Sorry babbling again, can you all stand by the mats please I… there is something you need to see and you need to not freak out."

Sara moved towards the mats not taking her eyes from Felicity and Roy followed completely dumfounded. Dig brought up the rear and stopped alongside the computer desk he wanted front row viewing of their faces. When Sara and Roy stopped and faced Felicity she took a breath then touched the keyboard in front of her and entered the system. Her eyes took on the glowing static pattern and Roy was the only one to react "Holy S**t". His comment brought her back into the room and she saw the shock on his face but it was Sara's expression that had her completely confused she had no expression at all.

"What the hell!" Roy exclaimed. "Your eyes. Wait are you an x-man please tell me there not real." "She's a new mutant." Sara stated in a monotone attracting everyone's attention. For once Felicity was lost for words how the hell did Sara know what she was, oh my gosh she might be one too that would seriously explain the expert assassin skills she has.

Before Felicity could formulate a response Oliver groaned. The mobile members of the team moved towards the medical area and the now stirring Oliver. Oliver pushed himself up swinging his legs off the side of the table into a sitting position, a small wince escaped as he stretched the skin on his burnt wrist. Looking at Roy he croaked, "What happened?"

Felicity slipped away and retrieved a bottle of water for Oliver while Roy reported what had happened, "As you moved towards your quiver something like a taser was shot from the building behind you. It was like blue lightening then it hit you and you went down. I tried to get who ever it was but…" Roy didn't know how to finish he'd lost control again and it was Felicity that had brought him back.

"I told him to bring you back." Felicity stepped in she knew Roy had lost it but Oliver didn't need to know just yet there were enough problems at the moment to deal with. "You let them go." Oliver started to argue but Felicity was having none of it. "They took you down did you want them doing the same to Roy? What if they realized he had survive the Mirakuru. Then there's the dilemma your out in the open unconscious did you want to still be there when SCPD arrived I'm sure Detective Lance would love to know Oliver Queen and Arrow are one and the same." Oliver went to try and argue but Dig stepped in this time "You know he did the right thing Oliver."

Sara had been staring at Felicity the entire time and as Felicity handed the bottle of water over to Oliver he noticed, "Did I miss something?" The previous discussion now forgotten Oliver looked between Felicity and Sara. Felicity looked over her shoulder to see Sara watching her and blushed, "I filled them in." She stated. Shocked flashed across Oliver's face before he reached forward and grabbed Felicity's hand, "Are you okay?" he asked. Before she could reply Oliver turned his attention to Sara, "Stop staring Sara it's still Felicity she hasn't changed."

"Do you really know what she is?" She demanded before anyone could answer she continued. "People like Ivo made her, she's dangerous Oliver." That made Oliver's blood boil his rage took over and he leapt from the table and stalked towards Sara who stood her ground. "I don't care this is Felicity were talking about the one that keeps us together, she took a bullet for you. She wouldn't hurt a fly how the hell is she dangerous. And as for Ivo he was a madman I doubt he…"

Felicity cut him off, "Sara does have a point I am dangerous I could be a cyber terrorist well if I got caught hacking I would be charged as one and well frankly I could take all your money in 60 seconds flat. Dangerous is a perception I'm no vigilante or assassin but I can do some serious digital damage. When I looking into what I was there was a distinct lack of information it was either not there or classified. Before you say it it's classified beyond the pentagon believe me I've tried I can't even access who performed the treatment I had. All I managed to gather is I was not the only one and the results varied. Sara what did Ivo tell you, what do you know about what I am?"

Sara relaxed maybe Felicity wasn't like what Ivo had told her. Oliver relented in his stalking position seeing Sara's stance relax and stepped back to be next to Felicity. "Ivo was looking for the Mirakuru because of his wife but he discovered its existence after working for a DNA research company Genomex. He didn't tell me much more but I read all of his research and they had done DNA splicing with animal DNA and other compounds. Ivo was trying to splice a plant DNA to create regeneration qualities in people to prevent injuries but he hadn't found an effective combination. One thing he did say was that the results of the work at Genomex, they classed them as new mutants not human, were dangerous and causing havoc across the world with their abilities after escaping."

Everyone remained silent unsure what more to say. Felicity now had 2 more leads to look into about her past hopefully she would find something to help with the current mission.

"Sara can you remember any details that might indicate who's taking the bodies? Someone who worked with or for him?" Oliver asked. "No Ivo was the only one assigned, but his papers were published with an additional name. I remember asking him who he was and he'd said it was his boss. I can't remember the name." Sara turned her back on the group, "I need to get back my break is over, Roy are you coming I think Thea might like help stocking the bar."

Both of them left leaving an eerie silence. "Dig you might as well have an early night I don't think there will be much more going on now." Oliver gave Diggle a manly shoulder pat before Dig grabbed his jacket and headed up the stairs. "You know where I am if you need me and keep me posted." Diggle shouted back as he slipped through the door.

Felicity moved over to her computers, "I'm just going to have a quick search and set up some programs then we can go home too." "Alright." Oliver replied, "I'll get showered." Felicity sat in her chair and laid her hands on the keyboard moving into the systems.

Search Parameters: Anthony Ino

Results: Doctor of Chemistry, Graduated at University of Toronto, published research non-allergic cat.

Felicity opened up the research scanning through the article but there was only Ivo's name and his university professor. Curiously she jumped to the reference page and scanned through the list of materials. One name stood out Dr A Kane, Feline genome. If she believed in coincidences this would be one, what are the chances of two people having the same name. She started a new search.

Search Parameters: Adam Kane

Results: Professor of Molecular Genetics, Classified information.

Felicity tried to find anything surrounding the name Adam Kane and Molecular Genetics but it just kept coming up Classified and she was unable to bypass the blocks the were walls deeper than a nuclear bomb bunker.

Just then Felicity's phone started to buzz and the chorus to John Mayer – Assassin started playing. She came out from the computers and answered the phone on speaker Oliver was nowhere to be seen. "Adam." Sara shouted through the phone "Adam Kane, I'm sure that's the name." Felicity could hear the clubs music behind Sara's words she must be calling from the bar.

Oliver emerged from the bathroom and looked at Felicity her face white and worried. "What's Wrong?" Sara heard Oliver's question, "What's going on?" "I found a Professor of Molecular Genetics called Adam Kane in a piece of Ivo's work. Potentially our guy BUT there is an Adam Kane booked to meet Moira tomorrow at 10AM." She stated. Oliver's mouth dropped open a little.

AN: If you have made it to the end thank you for reading I know it was a long chapter but hopefully things are going to move along quite fast now. I apologise if how I've tied details in have errors please let me know and I can alter them but trying hard to make it gel. Also I'm trying my best with the genetic details but it's been a while since I studied it at uni and my memory is rusty. Reviews are much appreciated let me know if you like the story so far