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Horror and despair surrounds the room as Diggle's eyes land on the arrow tip on Roy's chest. It didn't seem like it penetrated through his heart, but he is frozen with fear. Veronica swiftly walks towards Roy, she retrieves the test tube in his hand, her eyes land on Diggle.
"I'm afraid I must bid you adieu as my associate has waited long enough, let me leave you with a parting gift for your bravery." Veronica states as she walks towards a button near the door entryway. She presses it and a hissing sound escapes from an unwanted vent.
Veronica leaves the room then shuts the door; the grey room gives Diggle a sense of fear as the hissing noise resonates throughout the small room. Diggle's eyesight soon becomes blurry for some odd reason. He tries to rationalize what is happening in the room until he starts coughing. Roy gets up from the ground and Diggle notices that Roy's eyes are red, then panic creeps into Diggle as he knows what is happening.
"Roy, are you alright?" Diggle says as runs towards Oliver. Oliver lets out a faint cough.
"Chest kinda hurts, but I think I should be fine." Roy says as he removes the arrow tip from his chest. Roy lets out a cough then it struck Diggle that they needed to leave now.
"We need to move, she released Sarin gas in here and we need to get out now." Diggle says as he lets out a violent cough. Roy runs towards Diggle as he helps assist him with Oliver's body.
As they go to the open window, Diggle let Roy go first. Roy is hesitant as he fears Diggle might collapse from all the coughing. Diggle's stern glare makes Roy leave the room and wait on the other side for him and Oliver. Diggle uses his free hand lift Oliver's feet from the ground. He cradles Oliver in his arms then delicately tries to carry Oliver's body out of the window, Roy then grabs Oliver's body from Diggle's grip. Roy holds Oliver's body in his arm.
Roy looks at Oliver's body to see his once healthy skin look ashen and yellow, his eyes that used to show life look dull, his body feels light from the poison and his breathing is now shallow as he fights for each breath. Diggle escapes the building then closes the window to seal the gas inside.
"Do you think we're alright, Diggle?" Roy ask
"Let's hope so, fresh air should do the trick." Diggle says as he breathes in the fresh air outside.
"Diggle?" Felicity voices whispers in his ear
"Yeah, we're alright, but is there any special event happening today?" Diggle ask
"There is a gala tonight that currently has at least ten wealthy benefactors attending. It is going to be a 20 minute drive to the location, which I sent to your phones. Diggle, how is he?" Felicity ask and Diggle sighs.
"He's not looking good, Felicity." Diggle answers and silence was all he's hearing from Felicity's end.
"Felicity, I need you to think clear now. Can you call an ambulance for Oliver?" Diggle ask urgently
"Yeah, I'll do that now." Felicity says as Diggle looks at Oliver's body.
"Go…gala." Oliver mumbles incoherently
"We can't leave you here by yourself." Diggle says sternly as Oliver tints of blood escape his mouth.
"Go….leave me." Oliver mumbles again as his eyes close slowly.
"Oliver!" Roy shouts and Oliver opens his eyes wide.
Ambulance sirens resonate from the west side of the city, it provides relief to Diggle and Roy as they set Oliver gently on the ground. Trepidation takes a toll on Diggle as he sees his best friend, practically his brother fight for an ounce of air. It pains him to leave Oliver alone, but they need to save other lives. Roy bends down at looks at Oliver before he leaves and looks at the arrow end protruding from Oliver's upper left abdomen, he grabs the end of it and snaps it to look like a regular sharp tool.
"Had to remove the end of it, so they don't start thinking Arrow did this." Roy as they hear the voices of paramedics creeping closer to their destination.
Diggle and Roy sprint towards the main entrance of the building, lungs burning, they finally reach towards Diggle's car. Diggle opens the car then unlocks the doors, Roy get inside. Diggle can sense Roy's apprehension concerning Oliver's health, Diggle squeezes Roy's shoulder and smiles.
"I know this is hard for you, but we staying there would not help Oliver in any way. We will get the antidote for him, but in order to do that, we need to stop Veronica." Diggle says in a calm tone and Roy nods. Roy grabs his phone to open Felicity's message.
"It says to go straight when we leave this building then make a right." Roy orders and Diggle nods.
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The paramedics rush to reach Oliver's fragile body, once they reach him, they need to act fast. One paramedic with jet black hair assists Oliver's wound; she examines the protruding object on his left abdomen, she leaves it there until they reach the hospital. The woman goes to the first aid kit next to a another female paramedic with dark skin, she extracts isopropyl alcohol and some cotton to clean around the wound, but Oliver doesn't react. The second paramedic warps Oliver's forearm inside the blood pressure cuff, she pumps it and lets it fall. Once it's done, she reads 140 over 90, the second paramedic looks ahead to see a male paramedic bringing the gurney to lift Oliver.
"Sir, do you have a name?" The second paramedic ask as she shines a light onto Oliver's eyes, they were dilated and the white part of his eyes were turning yellow. Oliver opens his mouth, but turns to the left and vomits on the ground, the paramedic with jet black hair gets up rapidly. She was quick and notices specks of blood in Oliver's vomit.
"He has blood in his bile." The paramedic states and the second paramedic nods.
"His pupils are dilating, get here stat!" The second paramedic shouts as the male paramedic presents them the gurney. The male was built like Diggle as he easily lifted Oliver onto the gurney. They push the gurney across the concrete quickly to maybe have a chance to save him.
Once inside the ambulance, they place chest pads on Oliver's chest. They notice that his skin is yellow and ashen, which alarms the paramedic. His heart was pounding and racing, the first paramedic goes to the driver seat and starts to drive.
