Oliver moved through the bunker and opened the trunk, pulling out his own book. Both books held the same names. They were identical. Felicity recounted the information she had gathered to Oliver. He nodded and grabbed his bow.
"We'll stay here and man the coms for you. We Dr. Wells isn't expecting us back till late tomorrow." Caitlyn said.
"Thank you Caitlyn." Oliver said.
"Oh Felicity i have and idea on what to call you two. It's really great." Cisco said. "Just for when you are out in the field." he said. "Sapphire blade. Oliver can be the Green Arrow"
"That's fine Cisco but when i am down here i am Overwatch." Felicity said. "Oliver may not like code names but they are necessary."
Oliver and Felicity left. She gripped his waist as they rode on the bike, toward the building that held unknown mysteries. She swung her legs off the bike and hopped down. Following Oliver, up the stairs and to the door. It was an easy lock to pick. The door swung open and Oliver peered in.
There in the building was the wreckage of the Queen's Gambit, the boat that was supposedly never found. It had been sitting here for years. Oliver tensed. The Gambit had been found. He surmised then that it was not an accident that the Gambit had gone down. His mother had known. She had known that it would go down. Who was she working with.
"Arrow." Felicity said, easily moving into the codenames. "Look, do you know this symbol?" she was holding a light to the wall.
"Merlyn Global, Malcolm Merlyn is working with my Mother. His name is on the list." Oliver said.
"We Need to know what they are planning." Felicity said. "We need to go now." she spun leaving the building hoping Oliver would follow her.
"Cisco. Caitlyn, we found the Gambit." Felicity said over the Coms.
"What? They said that it was never found." Caitlyn said.
She was just about to answer when she heard the sirens, Oliver was behind her. The voice echoed in the quiet of the night.
"Freeze put your hands up" the sharp voice said. Oliver knocked the Arrow on his bow and fired up grabbing Felicity's waist they were lifted up onto the roof of a neighboring building. They ducked low waiting.
In the weeks that followed Oliver and Tommy got the Club going, renovated it and made it into a club. They decided to call it Verdant, which Felicity found funny. Walter had asked Felicity to come back to QC as head of the IT department, which she gladly accepted. Moira continued to ignore Felicity. Thea and Felicity became close.
Together Oliver and Felicity began to work on crossing off the names from the list in the books, while investigating the Gambit and why it was in Starling City, not at the bottom of the Ocean. It had been moved from the building shortly after they had discovered it.
Felicity was waiting for Oliver at Verdant one day when Laurel showed up. She was leaning against the bar talking to Tommy when Laurel arrived. Tommy and Laurel were dancing around their feelings for one another.
"Tommy" Laurel said not really noticing Felicity.
"Hi Laurel. I don't think you've meet Felicity." Tommy said motioning to Felicity. Laurel glanced over at the now blonde women.
"Hi, I've heard a lot about you from Tommy, Oliver and Thea." Felicity said smiling. Oliver had been taking evidence to Laurel as the Green Arrow, to put the people they were catching away.
"Your the one that came back from the Island with Oliver." her voice was dead as she addressed Felicity.
"I was on the Island with him yes."
"You got to come home, you who no one knows is home when my sister is dead. She should have made it to the island." Laurel was angry.
"What? I did not choose to go to the island. There were days that I wish I hadn't been there" Felicity said, her brows furrowed in a frown.
"Yea you had it so hard, being on the island with Oliver, coming back and being part of the wealthiest family in Starling that is so hard. I'm surprised you did not come home with a kid to trap him even more"
Tommy froze, Felicity tensed, her fingers gripping the strap of her bag. The anger and sadness radiated through her.
"Laurel, you shouldn't" Tommy started.
"You know nothing of our time on the Island. It was horrid. The things we went through. I get that you are angry about Sara, Oliver told me all about it, but that has nothing to do with me. I was taken from my home and put on that Island for reasons i don't know. The baby, we lost him. He did because the island was dangerous and we did not have a lot of food, i fell he was born not breathing, and too early to survive. So do not think you know everything and are the only one hurting."
Laurel tried not to react. What Felicity had said shook her. She was angry, about Sara and her mom, both left, her dad threw himself into his work. She looked to Tommy, who had sympathy in his eyes, he had know about the baby. Oliver pushed passed Laurel to go to Felicity, who was seething with anger.
"Laurel you need to go. Now" Oliver said turning to face her. His eyes were angry.
"I'm sorry Oliver, I'm just angry and i don't.." Laurel started.
"It doesn't give you the right to say those things to her, you don't know her. You don't know what we had to do to survive not go." his town was final. Tommy, took her arm and lead her from Verdant.
A/N hey, this is a little longer than normal. I did not have Felicity stay for the convo, with Tommy and Thea because i wanted this to happen. I felt like this was a good 'wake up' for laurel, to show her that Oliver is not the same and things are not always as they seem. I am not going into detail about everything in season 1 i am trying to hit the major point. So if i do not explain something right away keep reading cause i probably will later.RR LilKaari
