I did not expect this to get this big! I was literally thinking a two or three chapter story! I told myself I wasn't going to do another long one after What's Important, and yet here we are! I do not see an ending close at hand people! Hit me with anything you'd like to see here, and I'll do my best to include it! You will be seeing Tommy, Roy, Diggle and Lyla in the next chapter for sure! Not positive on who else! Happy reading!

Chapter Six

Overcome

Felicity sighed as she searched through her closet for a top to go with the black slacks she had chosen for her date with Oliver. She tried not to stop and think about the fact that she was going on a date with Oliver in just over an hour. If she did, she stopped functioning and had to convince herself that she wasn't in a dream. That it really was happening. Felicity shook her head as she realized she was doing it again. She finally decided on a white draped top. With a final check in the mirror to be sure leaving her hair down was the right option, Felicity headed into the kitchen to get a glass of wine. She was hoping that would calm her down. She paused as she made her way to the kitchen, a strange sensation at the back of her neck making her feel as though she was being watched. Felicity shook off the feeling and told herself it was the nerves. She was leaning against the counter in the kitchen, about to take her first relaxing sip of wine, when the sound of shattering glass reached her ears and the wine glass exploded in her hand.

Felicity shrieked as she reflexively covered her face. She looked down at her hand and the glass around her in shock. Before she could process what happened, something whizzed by her face and landed next to her head with a dull thwack. Felicity's eyes flickered to the right to see a black arrow sticking out of the wall next to her. Her eyes widened as she looked to the left and saw that her balcony door had been shattered. Even as she saw who she knew to be the Dark Archer, she was grabbing her cell phone and hitting the speed dial for Oliver while turning and sprinting back for her room. She slammed the door and backed behind her bed, looking for a weapon as she heard Oliver's voice coming from her phone. Before she could put the phone to her ear to respond, she heard another dull thud hit her bedroom door.

Felicity shrieked involuntarily and then heard Oliver's voice get louder from her phone. Just as she put it to her ear to tell him she needed help her door blew inward. Felicity knew then what had happened as the Dark Archer strode into her room. He had put an explosive tipped arrow into her door. She should know, she had recently had some made for Oliver. The man in black stood in her doorway and silently tilted his head at her. Oliver was now screaming through Felicity's phone. So much was going on at once, all Felicity could think of was getting away. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her open bedroom window. The fire escape attached to the side of her apartment building was rickety, but it was certainly better than the alternative. Before the Dark Archer could stop her, Felicity dove head first through the window.

She hit the landing of the fire escape with a thud that caused several metal clanking noises. Felicity had no time to think about how ungracefully she had fallen, or the bumps and bruises she was bound to have as a result. She pushed herself up and grabbed the rusted out railing, throwing herself down the stairs, her cell phone left forgotten on the landing of the fire escape. She pushed herself to go faster when she heard the sound of boots landing above her. The archer had come out onto the fire escape.

Felicity felt her breath sawing in and out of her lungs as she pushed herself harder down the steps. Through all the chaos, all she could think was that she really needed to get a new apartment that was on the ground floor. All of her thoughts jumbled together when a figure thudded against the railing next to her, causing her to reel back. Apparently the archer had tired of chasing her down the steps and jumped down the side. Felicity backed herself against the brick wall of her apartment building. As the man stepped onto the landing, standing across from her and nocking an arrow, all Felicity could think was how close to the pavement she was. She had come so close. She clenched her eyes in fear, but also in anger. Anger that she had gotten this far, this close, only to be killed on a rusty fire escape. In the pouring rain on top of that. Felicity shook her head as she straightened her spine and faced the Dark Archer head on with dignity. Just as he was releasing his arrow, the sound of a motorcycle coming down the alley pulled both of their attentions. The arrow released as the archer turned to see who was interrupting them as Felicity moved to make her escape.

What happened next seemed like it lasted a lifetime. Like everything was moving in slow motion. Felicity felt herself focusing in fragments. Pain. Arrow. Oliver. Safe. Run.

Oliver was on his way to Felicity's when his phone lit up with her picture. He couldn't help the smile that lit his face as he answered.
"Hey. I'm just on my way to pick you up." He frowned as he didn't hear anything from Felicity.

"Felicity?" Oliver asked in concern. Concern that quickly turned to fear as he heard a shriek.

"Felicity! What's happening?!" Oliver shouted as he pushed his bike to go faster. The sound of an explosion and another scream from Felicity had Oliver's heart stopping in his chest. He urged the bike even faster. He had to get to her. Oliver continued yelling Felicity's name. He heard what sounded like metal scraping, and then the most terrifying sound of all. Silence.

The last remaining minutes it took to get to Felicity's apartment felt like a lifetime but finally he was coming into the alley. Instinct had him looking up and when he did, his throat closed and his whole body went numb. Felicity was leaning against the brick wall on the second landing of the fire escape. She was sliding down it, leaving a trail of blood behind her. A black arrow sticking obscenely from her left shoulder. Rage overtook Oliver as he found himself launching onto the fire escape at the Dark Archer. He roared in devastation as he tackled the archer into the wall. The Dark Archer had weapons and didn't hesitate to use them, not only to defend himself, but to go after Oliver with everything he had. The battle raged on for what felt like hours before the Archer launched himself off the landing of the fire escape. He shot an arrow with a relay line attached and had himself on the roof of the building before Oliver could even think about stopping him.

Without hesitation, Oliver whipped around.

"Felcity!"