Sanctuary Secrets Sacrifice

by kayemen22

Katie and Oliver embark on a new journey together. One neither is sure they're ready for, but will face together. There was no time for mad men with neat magic tricks or secrets. How can two heroes find time to bring a life in this world while battling the criminals bold enough to come to their city? Love will be their greatest weapon...until that love is tested. Will they survive?

11. The Arrival: Part One

Chapter 11

The Arrival: Part One

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."

-Seneca

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Damian Darhk was a man who loved a good drink. He'd traveled the world, tasted some of the finest alcoholic beverages, and yet nothing ever compared to a good scotch. He looked down to the drink in his hand and gave a small smile before bringing it to his lips.

"Sir-" the drink had only touched his lips, and the moment was ruined. He turned an annoyed look to one of his soldiers. "We just got confirmation, it is happening." Darhk gave a nod. He didn't actually need a verbal confirmation, because he knew what was happening. It was as if he could feel it. It's why he was on an airplane at this moment on his way to Central City. He doesn't know why he was on an airplane, but he was.

"Do we have an ETA?" Darhk asked and his soldier gave a nod.

"We should be landing in thirty minutes." he replied, and Darhk simply gave a nod before waving the man off.

Darhk turned to look out the window, always feeling strangely comforted by the clouds surrounding him. A smile came to his lips, before once again lifting his glass and taking a sip

In all of Barry Allen's life, he never in a million years believed that one day he would be following a teenage girl around Central City. He was sure anybody watching him would think he was a pervert or something. He'd tried guessing where she was going, but she would turn down a random street or walk around a block and that just made the guessing harder. For a moment he thought she knew he was following her, and that's why this trip seemed so unpredictable. It wasn't until they reached one of the public parks did she finally stop and take a seat on bench. Barry stopped a few feet away before taking a deep breath and walking over as well. He took a seat on the bench beside her, trying to keep as much distance between them so he wouldn't scare her or anything.

He took out his cell phone in an effort to look as if he didn't even know she was there. It wasn't until he heard a sniffle from beside him, did he finally turn to her.

"Are you alright?" he asked and she glanced over to him, wiping her eyes with her hand.

"I'm fine. Just realizing how much people suck." she shook her head before turning away from him. "Stupid fake friends who use you for an internship, or parents who are so completely dysfunctional and screw up your entire existence." Arianna let out a shaky breath as she looked out to the a couple of joggers who passed by. There was a rumble of thunder from above them, and they lifted their eyes to the gray clouds. "And stupid rain." Barry let out a sigh, before looking over to the girl.

"Arianna-" the girl whipped her head to him with wide eyes. "You're probably wondering how I know your name and-" she jumped to her feet and just ran. "I should've seen that coming." Barry stood to his feet as well, glancing around to make sure the coast was clear before speeding after her.

Oliver was lost. The one thing Oliver knew for sure right now was that he couldn't be lost. His future wife, mother of his child was in labor, and at this moment he just couldn't be lost. He walked into the doors of the massive hospital and clearly asked the first nurse he saw how he could get to the labor and delivery floor. She gave him directions that included several elevators, a skywalk, a left at the elevator and then a right. At the moment he understood, but then he started walking and after a left he thinks he should've went right, and never seeing a skywalk, Oliver just knew he was lost.

"Ollie!" a voice called, and Oliver turned to see his sister with a bouquet of balloons, and large stuffed teddy bear. "What are you doing down here?"

"Trying to find Twinkie's room-" he glanced around the hall before turning back to his sister. "Tell me you know where she is."

"I do. Follow me." Thea said, continuing down the hall, and Oliver quickly followed.

It was on the elevator did Thea watch her brother whose hand nervously twitched at his side, as he stared at the increasing numbers.

"Ollie, you need to breathe." she said and Oliver glanced over to her and took a deep breath. "Good. Now have you spoken to anyone since Felicity called?"

"No, why? Is everything alright?" Thea simply laughed, just as the doors opened. "Thea, what's-" Both turned to see Laurel talking with John who turned to them as well.

"Thea, did you buy all the balloons in the gift shop?" Laurel asked looking at the things in the woman's hands. She looked over to Oliver who didn't even stop to greet them as he headed over to the nurses station.

"Oh, my brother is big ball of nerves right now." Thea chuckled before watching a nurse lead Oliver toward the patient rooms.

"Does he know?"John asked and Thea laughed with a shake of her head.

Oliver followed the nurse down the hall before spotting Ethan who was speaking to another doctor. Ethan turned spotting Oliver, and quickly went over to meet him.

"So you're excited?" Ethan asked giving the man playful punch to the shoulder.

"So this is real? Not a false alarm like before?" Oliver asked and Ethan shook his head.

"Nope. This is the day my friend. You're going to be meeting your daughter at some point today...maybe tomorrow." Oliver looked at Ethan in confusion. "We've had contractions, and she's actually dilated one centimeter at this point. But her water hasn't broken, and I told her about the possibility of this being a longer labor and she's not happy."

"Which room?"Oliver asked and Ethan pointed a thumb to the room behind him and Oliver gave a nod before heading over. He took one final deep breath before stepping inside the room, not expecting to find Katie pacing back and forth as Felicity held on to her arm and walked with her. Both stopped when Oliver walked in, instantly walking over to Katie.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" Oliver asked and Katie looked up to the man with a hard glare. He looked over to Felicity who shook her head.

"We don't ask that question in this room Oliver." Felicity replied looking over to Katie. "Do you want to lie down?" Katie shook her head, and Felicity looked back to Oliver. "She's been walking around hoping the moving speeds along the labor process."

"Which I could've done in a very nice hotel room, or at a park. But no, everyone just had to get me to the hospital, even when I told them that we didn't need to leave right away, that I could wait before I actually needed to be trapped in a hospital room, but did they listen-" Katie shook her head before pulling from Felicity's grasp and continuing to pace.

"Such a scary mommy right now." Felicity whispered over to Oliver. "With her elevated blood pressure throughout her pregnancy, Ethan wanted to bring her in just to keep an eye on her vitals. He called Charlotte, she's on a plane as we speak and should be here soon." Oliver gave a nod before pulling off his jacket. "I'm going to go call Bruce, but Ethan said to stick close to her as she walks, in case she has another contraction or loses her balance." Felicity gave the man a pat on the arm. "He also said not to get offended by anything that comes out of her mouth right now." the blonde cast one final glance toward Katie before leaving the couple.

Oliver stood there for a moment unsure how he could be helping in this moment. Katie looked over to him and rolled her eyes.

"Are you going to be an idiot or are you going to hold my hand?" Katie asked and Oliver shook his head before walking over and taking her hand as they walked. "This kid is never going to come out."

"Twinkie, it's just going to take some time, you just have to-" she squeezed his hand in that moment and stopped walking. He heard her groan, and he brought his arms around her. "Contraction?"

"Mmhm." she muttered as she laid her head on his chest and waited for the contraction to pass.

"Alright, just breathe through it." Oliver soothed, his hands rubbing her back. "That's it. It's almost over." soon the grasp she had around him loosened, and he knew it was over. He pulled back, needing to meet her eyes. "Are you alright?" the question was more for him, because in that moment his nervousness seemed to double. He stayed calm though, didn't show it because he knew in this moment she needed him to be the one to keep her together.

"I think I want to lie down now." Katie said and Oliver simply nodded before helping her over to the bed. "Did you bring me a donut this time?" Oliver had been pulling the blankets over her when she asked the question. "You said you were headed to CC Jitters again, and I asked you to bring me a donut and I specifically told you not to forget this time."

"I'm sorry Twinkie, but I-" he let out a heavy sigh before taking the seat beside the bed. "I wasn't completely honest with you this morning."

"What, you didn't go to CC Jitters?"

"I did, but not for coffee. Barry called while you were sleeping. He'd gotten a tip that someone matching Arianna's description had been stopping into the cafe for the past couple of days, so I thought I would stop in just see if was her."

"Why the hell didn't you tell me?" Katie says sitting up in the bed. "You don't know her, and she doesn't know you, if it was her-"

"It was and-" the man shook his head. "I talked to her. Told her that you were worried about her. Worried enough to fly all the way here to find her and she said she didn't ask you to and then she ran off."

"So she's still missing, that's just-" Katie dropped her face to her hands and let out deep breath. "This kid doesn't want to come out of me, because she knows how horrible a mother I am."

"Twinkie, hey-" Oliver grabbed her hand and she looked over to him. "Barry is following Arianna right now, so she's not still missing. And everything you've done for her, coming here, looking for her, only proves how great a mother you're going to be. She's just angry. Teenagers are angry, I guess."

"Are you sure Barry can handle an angry teenager?" Katie asked and Oliver simply nodded. "You're such a liar." the woman laid back on the bed and let out another deep breath. "So no donut, huh?"

She looked over to the man who smiled before placing a kiss to her lips.

"You know I think you would like some ice chips better." he replied standing to his feet, placing another kiss to her forehead.

"You know I doubt that very much." Katie replied watching the man who left the room.

The moment Oliver stepped outside of the room, he slid his hand over his face, letting out a deep breath.

"Hey." he looked up to see Ethan walking over to him. "You alright?"

"Yeah." Oliver said with a nod. "I've just been trying to prepare for this moment, and now that it's here and she's having contractions, it's kind of-"

"Scary right?" Ethan asked and Oliver nodded. "You're a tough guy. You can handle this. You have to handle this, because believe it or not my Kit is going to go nuts when it starts getting closer to the pushing part of this whole thing, and you need to be the strong one, ok?"

"Right, I came to get ice chips." Oliver said and Ethan nodded before turning to a passing nurse.

"Ice chips for thirteen?" the nurse simply nodded and Ethan turned back to Oliver with a smile.

"What?" Oliver asked.

"Well I have a gift for you." Ethan replies folding his arms over his chest. "Both of you actually." Ethan looked over to the clock. "Alright I think I can have you missing for like five minutes before she will notice." he turned back to Oliver and nudged his head for him to follow. With a furrowed brow, Oliver followed Ethan back out to the waiting room.

"Did you tell him?" Laurel asked walking over with a smile.

"Tell me what?" Oliver asked.

"Ethan did something that was kind of stupid." John says with a shake of his head.

"But also genius." Ethan replied turning back to Oliver.

"The thing is, you two want to get married before the baby is born and Ethan may have figured out a way to help with that." Laurel said nudging Ethan's arm.

"Wait, I have to capture this moment on camera." Thea said walking over and holding up her phone. "Ok, tell him this idea everyone is so sure he's going to agree to." Oliver glanced from his sister to Ethan who pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to him. Oliver unfolded the paper, reading in confusion.

"Why am I holding a certificate saying that you're officially ordained as a mister by the Universal Life Church?" Oliver asked looking back up to Ethan who was smiling stupidly. "You want to marry me and Katie?"

"Ok, so I know how this plan sounds." Felicity said stepping forward. "And I thought it was the stupidest thing I ever heard when he said he did it, but then I thought about it. Oliver right now you and Katie can be husband and wife, and still plan for this big grand wedding later. All you have to do is ignore the fact that it will be Ethan standing between you two." Oliver turned back to Ethan, who was still smiling.

"Does Twinkie know about this?" Oliver asked, but no one said a word. "Of course not, because you all were hoping I could ask her."

"Ethan just figured you guys could do this before all the screaming started." Laurel said. "I mean Ollie, you and Katie could be married in like the next ten minutes." Oliver looked back down to the paper.

"And this is legit?" Oliver asked looking back up to the doctor who nodded.

"Absolutely. I did my research. But you and Kit already have a marriage license, and so my marrying you will be totally legal in the eyes of the law. What do you say?"

Oliver stood there for a moment letting all of this sink in, and they all watched him, waiting for an answer.

"I need to talk to Twinkie first about this." Oliver replied and Ethan simply nodded. "You're going to be there to tell her how real this is." Ethan simply nodded before turning and heading back toward the room. Oliver stopped and turned to see everyone was following them. "You guys have to wait out here."

"Fine, but no one better get married without me present in that room!" Thea ordered looking at her brother. "Or I promise you, you're not getting the awesome middle for my niece." Oliver simply shook his head before he and Ethan headed back to Katie's room.

For a man who was supposed to be dead, Jacob Robins sure did like to be outside, in the public, surrounded by people. He was smart though. Wore a brimmed hat that hid his face, sunglasses that hid his eyes. His whole life he was trained to be a ghost in plain sight, and it was something that came in handy. Jacob stood in the Central City Aquarium, watching the various aquatic creatures swim in front of him. There was a presence beside him, and he turned his head to see Martin, who wore a small smile.

"She's in labor, isn't she?" Jacob asked and Martin gave a nod, and a smile pulled at Jacob's lips as he turned back to the fish. "I'm going to be a grandpa." he shook his head, the idea still hard to believe at this point. "Is the hospital secure?" Martin didn't say anything right away, and Jacob turned to him. "Martin?"

"We have men patrolling both the inside and the outside of the hospital." Martin informed, but there was something else, and Jacob could see it. "We've just gotten word of a possible Darhk sighting in Central City." Jacob let out a heavy sigh, turning back to creatures. "We have no actual proof that he's here because of the baby."

"He has eyes on her, eyes that I can't see." Jacob replied with a shake of his head. "This entire time I thought that I could protect her from him, and yet-"

"Nothing has happened." Martin said in an attempt to reassure his boss. "Right now your daughter is safe, and so is your granddaughter and we don't even know if he's here because of her."

"He is." Jacob said with certainty. "He's seen her face to face, and the moment that happened, a connection was created between them. One neither understand right now, but I get the feeling Darhk is going to try to figure it out." Jacob turns to Martin. "Any threat to my daughter's life or my granddaughter is to be eliminated without hesitation. Keep a strong perimeter around the hospital. The moment Darhk makes an appearance, let me know." Jacob silently nodded before looking back to see a shark swim by. "I think it's time I ended this once and for all."

The last place Barry expected Arianna to run was to the police station. It only verified that he really did scare her and that was the last thing he wanted to do. He'd only walked through the doors of the station when he spotted Arianna talking with an officer Barry had never met. She turned, her eyes going wide at the sight of him.

"There he is!" she screamed pointing toward Barry, and moving to stand behind the officer. "He's like some kind of stalker pedophile, who preys on fifteen year olds-"

"Sir, I'm going to need you to stop walking and put your hands behind your head." the officer ordered, his hand now hovering above his gun. Barry sighed, before lifting his hands to the back of his head.

"My name is Barry Allen, I actually work here. I'm a forensic specialist and I was following her, only because a friend of mine, Katherine Robins is her guardian and she ran away. I was just trying to get her to talk to me so we can get her back home." The elevator doors opened and it is was only by luck that Joe had been walking off. He looked from Barry to the officer, before holding out his hands.

"Joe, thank god, could you tell this officer that I'm not a stalker-"

"Stalker pedophile!" Ari called out and Barry turned a glare toward her.

"I'm not-" he took a deep breath figuring he needed to keep his cool since the officer still held his hand over his gun. "Joe, please."

"It's alright." Joe says stepping over to the officer, before glancing over to Arianna. "You must be Arianna Locke." he looked over to the officer. "I can handle this." the officer simply nodded before heading out the door. Arianna looked from Joe to Barry.

"Look I don't know what's going on, but I just want to leave and-"

"Go where?" Joe asked. "From what I hear, you came to Central City with a friend, and then you left that friend, and now who are you here with?" Ari crossed her arms and turned away. "You may not see it, but this city is very dangerous, especially for girls your age." she rolled her eyes and the man looked over to Barry.

"Does Ms. Robins know she's here?" Joe asked and Barry shrugged.

"Uh Oliver does and I'm sure he's going to tell her, but she's kind of in labor right now. I told him I would keep an eye on her, so she doesn't disappear again." Barry replied looking over to the girl. There was another roar of thunder, and they turned to the windows to see the rain begin to fall.

"How about we go upstairs and wait out this rain, before we return you back with your guardian." Joe said and Arianna shook her head.

"That woman is nothing to me." she replied. Joe and Barry shared a look before walking the girl toward the elevator.

When Oliver and Ethan walked back into Katie's room neither one of them said anything right away. She looked over to the two men, wondering if something was happening.

"Is something wrong with the baby?" she asked and Ethan took a step forward, with a shake of his head. "Then why are you two just standing there looking weird?" she glanced over to Oliver who walked over to the other side of the bed and took her hand.

"Ethan had an idea." Oliver said, and it was a phrase Katie never thought she would hear from the man. "And it's not a bad idea." Katie looked in confusion from Oliver to Ethan. "Ethan went online and got himself ordained as a minister." Ethan shrugged with a smile. "We can get married right now." Katie turned with wide eyes to Oliver, not sure how to respond. "I know you wanted to wait until after the baby to actually plan a wedding you would like, and you can still do that, but this way, we won't have to wait to be husband and wife."

"What do you think, Kit?" Ethan asked and Katie turned away, still unable to form a cohesive thought. "Kit, I know what you're thinking, but-"

"Ethan, leave the room." Katie said suddenly turning to the man. "Right now, I need you to leave the room." Ethan glanced over to Oliver who gave a nod before turning and leaving the couple.

"Look Twinkie, if you don't want to do this now I understand, I just thought-"

"Oliver you can't marry me." Katie said suddenly, and Oliver wasn't sure how to respond to that. "You can't-" she shook her head and turned away from his eyes. "You have no idea what marrying me would mean. I mean you're already stuck with me because of this baby, but marriage, you don't have to-"

"Twinkie, what are you talking about?" Oliver asked, but Katie refused to turn to him. "I'm not stuck with you. I love you, and I want to spend my life with you, and-"

"And that would be a mistake." Katie replied turning back to the man with a shake of her head. "I'm not someone who you should marry, I'm-" she turned away, emotions taking over her body. "I'm damaged, I'm-"

"Hey." Oliver placed a hand on her cheek and she turned back to him. "Where is this coming from?" Katie didn't says anything and Oliver took a deep breath. "Is this because of Ra's? Because you see him, because Twinkie, we can get you help and-"

"I can't be helped." she replied with a dry chuckle. She turned away from his eyes. "The truth, I can't tell you the truth because the moment you find out, you'll realize how big a mistake all of this was."

"Alright, you're scaring me now." Oliver said taking a seat on the edge of the bed, and placed a hand on her belly. "What's going on?" Katie pursed her lips, not wanting the words to actually come out of her mouth. She was afraid he couldn't handle it, that he would look at her and see something else. The one thing she knew was that she couldn't marry him, couldn't tie herself to him forever without at least letting him know the truth before he took on that promise. "I need you to talk to me." Katie turned to him, the fear in her eyes now obvious to him. "Twinkie-"

"Something-" she turned away from his eyes, because she didn't want to see the moment she became something different in his eyes. "Something...I don't even know how to begin this conversation." she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She decided to start from the beginning. "I see my uncle. I see Ra's Al Ghul."

"Twinkie, I know it's scary but we can figure out why-

"He's dead." she continued with a shake of her head. "And yet somehow I can see him. I'm not sure how it's possible, but I see him and I've seen my mother and I've seen Jeremy-" she placed a hand over her eyes. "I even saw David once, and Tommy." she dropped her hand and felt tears suddenly on her cheeks. Oliver reached forward, drying her eyes with his thumb. She smiled and turned to the concern in his eyes on her. "They're not hallucinations. They're real." that's when she saw it. The confusion, mixed with concern. She could see he was trying to find the right words for this moment. "You think I'm crazy."

"I don't think-" Oliver took Katie's hands in his. "I think you've been through a lot in your life, terrible things have happened to you and seeing things that aren't real—" she turned away from him and just shook her head. "Twinkie, I-"

"I see dead people." She continued hoping he would finally see that she was serious, and that this wasn't fear or PTSD talking. "I'm not sure how, but I believe it may have been something passed to me from my mother, along with a couple of other things."

"What do you mean other things?" Oliver asked and Katie glanced over to him, before turning away and looking around and spotting the cup of ice chips. She grabbed it and looked inside of the cup, before tossing the ice up in the air, before lifting a hand.

"Stop." just as she expected they stopped in mid air. Her eyes went to the clock across from her to see the hands still ticking. She shook her head before turning to Oliver who wasn't moving either. Katie lifted a hand to touch him, but hesitated for a moment, because this would be it. The moment she could lose him forever. She turned her eyes back to the ice chips and realized she had no choice right now. He deserved to know who she was and so she placed a hand on his arm, and he looked over to her, before his eyes saw the ice just frozen there in the air.

"Did you-" he looked over to Katie who turned to him and nodded. His eyes went back to the ice, still unsure if what he was seeing was even real. He leaned in closer, reaching forward and plucking one of the ice chips and looking down to it in his palm, and he didn't know it when it happened, but he took a step back. A step away from her. She saw it, saw that look in his eyes and she had to turn away from him.

Oliver knew he should say something, knew this moment couldn't just be filled with silence, but for the life of him, he couldn't speak. Katie suddenly lifted a hand, and with a slight wave, the ice chips just fell to the floor.

"Then there's this weird light that comes out of my hands. I don't know what it does, but it's freaky." she said drying more fallen tears. "So that's it." she looked over to Oliver who still wore a look of bewilderment. He turned to her, for a second and she could've sworn she saw fear pass over his eyes and she had to turn away from him once again. She placed a hand on her chest, because she felt like she couldn't breathe.

"You need to take a minute." Katie said not daring to look over to the man. "Yeah, this is a lot. You impregnated the weird lady who can move things with her mind. You're going to need a minute." there was no movement, and so she forced herself to turn to him. "Oliver, you need to take a minute. Just go, think about what this moment means and if you want to be tied to it for the rest of your life." Right now she really wanted him to turn to her and tell her that he didn't need time. That he didn't need to step away and that he would stay with her. After a moment, he turned back to her. "You don't get to just stand there and not say anything. You need a minute so take it now." he turned away, and gave a nod before heading for the door.

Katie felt her heart breaking with every step the man took. She was shaking and she couldn't even control it. And then he went out the door, and a sob escaped her that she didn't even recognize came from her. And because she had the worst luck in the world, another contraction chose that moment to hit her.

This one was far more painful than the others, and she seemed to feel it over her entire body. She tried to breathe through it, to not think about the pain, and then she looked down to her hand, and realized no one was here to hold it. No one was here to tell her that she could do this. Katie clenched her eyes closed, and turned and grabbed the railing on the side of the bed and did the only thing she could do.

"Just breathe." she grit through her teeth.

When Oliver walked back out to the waiting room, his friends turned to him and rushed over.

"So do we have a wedding?" Felicity asked, but Oliver just sift past them and headed for the elevator that was luckily opening as he walked over. He was able to slip on avoiding any more questions from his friends. "Ok, what was that about?"

"No idea, but it's unacceptable." Ethan said walking over and pressing the button of the elevator, hoping the doors would open. Suddenly his pager went off, and he plucked it from his pants and cursed at the message. "Son of a-"

"Ethan what's wrong?" Laurel asked and Ethan looked over to her, and the others whose eyes were on him and he just shook his head before running back toward the patient rooms.

Oliver paced the small confines of the elevator, his brain unable to not see ice chips floating in the air, unable to truly grasp that it was Katie...his Twinkie that somehow did it. The doors opened and Oliver rushed off. He wasn't sure where he was going. There was a door that lead to the outside, and he headed for it, but stopped just as the doors opened and in ran Barry who was soaking wet.

Barry shook off the water from his hair, and glanced up, surprised to see Oliver standing there.

"Ollie, what are you-" he walked over to the man with a smile. "Did she have the baby?" Oliver looked over to the man still speechless, but he was able to shake his head to answer the question. "Did something happen? Is Katie alright? Is the baby alright?"

"She's-" Oliver still searched for a coherent thought, and Barry stared in worry. Oliver glanced over to Barry before turning away.

"Ollie, what-" Barry noticed the look on Oliver's face, the look of shock and he just knew what this moment was. "She told you." Oliver turned back to Barry. "She told you about-" Barry glanced around seeing that they were in an area this conversation couldn't happen. Barry turned back to Oliver who just shook his head. "She told you, and you left." Barry didn't expect her to tell him so soon, but when she did, he expected Oliver to be...Oliver. He expected him to be accepting, and calm and not run away. "Wait, your fiance is in labor, right now and you walked out on her?" Barry asked and Oliver shook his head before moving around the man out the door.

Oliver still didn't know where he was going, or even why he was getting further away from the woman about to deliver their daughter. The rain was heavy, but it was as if he didn't even feel it.

"Oliver!" Barry called after the man. "Look I respect you and I admire you, but I promise you that if you take another step I will beat the crap out of you!" Oliver stopped walking and turned back the man. "You were supposed to be surprised, supposed to not know what to say, you do not walk out on her, because despite what you believe, she didn't choose any of this. She was actually scared to death of this, of what this meant and I know for a fact the last thing she wanted to do was tell you, so if she did I have to believe she only did it because she needed to believe that you would still be there when she did."

"Barry, could you just-"

"No!" Barry snapped angrily, stalking toward the man. "You put a ring on her finger, and you got her pregnant and you were headed down an aisle to promise to stick with her for better or for worse, and now-" Barry shook his head and looked up to the sky. "Now you're standing outside in the rain, instead of holding her hand and telling her that she was going to be ok when I'm sure she's scared to death right now." Oliver looked back up to the hospital, and really thought on the man's words and he couldn't believe what he was doing. He dropped his head for a moment before turning and walking back to the hospital. The moment he walked though the doors, he saw Laurel and John running off the elevator. They rushed over to him the moment they spotted him.

"Ollie-"

"I'm sorry, I just-" Oliver shook his head. "I'm going back upstairs, I'm going back to her." he looked over to John, whose face showed an emotion he didn't want to see right now. "What's wrong?" he turned back to Laurel who he now noticed looked just as sad and scared and Oliver felt the drumming of his heart and moved around the pair onto the elevator.

The moment he stepped off the elevator, he rushed toward Katie's room, nervous at the sight of nurses swarming inside of Katie's room. He hurried over to her door, but stopped at the sight of the woman hunched over, seemingly struggling to breathe as she held an oxygen mask to her nose and mouth. Felicity and Thea stood at Katie's side, looking on helplessly, while Ethan stood on the other side of the bed.

"Hey, Kit, that's good. Breathe in and out." Ethan says rubbing the woman's back trying to calm her.

"What happened?" Oliver asked, and they turned to him. The moment Katie's eyes looked over to Oliver, one of the machines began beeping like crazy. Ethan's eyes went from the monitor, before following the woman's eyes and the moment he saw Oliver, his eyes darkened. "Twinkie-" Oliver took another step inside, and this time Ethan stepped forward to block him.

"You need to leave the room."

"Ethan, look I just need-"

"Oliver, my voice is calm right now, because yelling will only spike her blood pressure even more and cause more distress to her and the baby." Ethan glanced around at the nurses moving around the room attempting to tend to Katie. "Actually, right now I think everyone should leave." he gave a nod. "Right now this room needs to stop spinning for her, so everyone who doesn't need to be here should leave."

"I'm not leaving." Felicity stated from Katie's bedside. Ethan glanced over to her to see a look as if daring him to say otherwise.

"Neither am I." Thea replied before glancing over to her brother who still stood at the door. "No matter how much I want to kick my brother's ass right now."

"Fine, you two can stay, just keep her calm. Hold her hand." Ethan says before walking back over to Katie and leaning in closer to her. "You need to breathe. Whatever happened, I need you to remember to breathe. Remember you are a fighter and remember that this kid is counting on you to just breathe, ok?" Katie looked over to him and simply nodded. Ethan placed a kiss to her to her forehead before turning and heading for the door. He stopped in front of Oliver and gestured for him to leave. Oliver let out a huff, his eyes looking over to Katie once more before turning and stalking out of the room. Ethan followed behind him, closing the door as they left.

"Look, Ethan I get what you're trying to do-"

"We're still too close to her door." Ethan interrupted before pointing toward a room across the hall. Ethan walked around the man, who let out a frustrated groan before turning and following the man into the empty room.

"Ethan, what happened, I was just there and she was-"

"She had a panic attack. No, she had a contraction, followed by a panic attack." Ethan said looking over to the man with a shake of his head. "Wait, I know, she told you that she cheated on you."

"What, no, I just-"

"She killed somebody, somebody close to you and she just told you about it, right?"

"Ethan, will you just stop."

"I just thought it common courtesy to at least figure out why I'm going to beat the shit out of you, before I actually do."

"Ethan-"

"You know I knew it. I knew you couldn't hack it. You went crazy, joined a cult and then tried to come back as if you could fall back into a role you knew you weren't ready for."

"Ethan, just stop, I'm sorry, I-"

"You're going to want to stop talking because if you're talking when I punch you, there's a chance you could lose some teeth, and that won't be a good look for you," Ethan replied taking another step toward the man. "You walked out of the room of your pregnant fiance when she needed you the most."

"I know and I feel horrible, but-" without warning Ethan threw a punch, but Oliver caught the man's wrist. "Ethan, stop it, I don't want to hurt you, but you're-" Ethan bent his arm, and Oliver's grasp loosened allowing Ethan to grab Oliver arm with his other hand and forcing it behind his back. With a bit of force, Ethan shoved Oliver to the floor, about to grab him again, but he stopped himself.

Oliver sat on the floor, looking up to Ethan obviously shocked that he was able to get him down. Oliver knew his head wasn't in a fight, knew he was too distracted to outsmart anybody right now. He was also a bit surprised at Ethan's moves, not expecting such a carefully orchestrated move from the doctor.

"You're not going back in that room." Ethan said after a moment, his chest heaving as he tried to catch his breath.

"I need to see her, to talk to her and explain to her-"

"Why you decided that walking away from her was easy for you to do."

"That's just it!" Oliver snapped standing to his feet. "You have no idea what happened in that room, I just-" he shook his head. "I needed a minute, I needed one minute and then I came back-" Oliver let out a ragged breath. "I came back, and I need to talk to her, I need to tell her that I am here, I need to tell her that I'm not going anywhere."

"But you did. You walked away from her, so no, you're not going back into that room, unless she asks and right now, I doubt that will ever happen. You want to stay here, fine, you will wait in the waiting room."

"Ethan-"

"You're not married, so you have no legal right to be here, which means the moment I want to get security to toss your ass out, I will. You will wait in the waiting room, and if I were you I would try my hardest to steer clear of me." Ethan moved around the man, and stepped out the door, only to find John, Laurel and Barry standing outside there. "I need to see where Charlotte is. If dilation is going to continue to be this slow, we may have to consider a cesarean." Ethan pulled out his phone before stalking off. Their eyes turned back to the door as Oliver walked out, stretching his now sore arm.

"So how long have you been training Ethan?" Oliver asked looking to Laurel who looked at the man in confusion.

"What, I'm not-"

"What happened?" John asked instead, and Oliver glanced over to the man, and just shook his head.

"Guys, I get you're worried, but with this, this one time, it's just not your business." Oliver moved around him, glancing over to Katie's door, before turning back to his friends who stood as if waiting for him to say something more. "Guys seriously, we just need-" Oliver's words were cut off by the lights above them flicking off and then coming back on.

"I think I saw on the news that this storm was going to be bad." John muttered.

"The hospital has a back up generator, right?" Laurel asked looking over to John.

"Yeah, I'm going to go talk to somebody about it." John replied glancing over to Laurel who gave the man a nod. John turned back to Oliver. "Punch him if he tries to go in there before she asks for him." John ignored the glare Oliver sent him as he headed down the hall.

"I think I'm going to go find Ethan. Oliver, just don't go in there right now." Laurel said, sending one final dirty look toward Oliver before moving around him.

"Now everyone hates me." Oliver muttered turning to Barry who didn't say a word.

"I'm sorry is this the part when I'm supposed to comfort you and tell you that you're wrong, because I'm just not." Barry replied walking over to a nearby window to look out at the rain.

"Barry-" Oliver said and Barry turned to the man. "I need to get in that room. She can't think I just walked out on her." Barry opened his mouth, and Oliver already knew what he was going to say. "And I know I walked out, but I needed a minute." Oliver shook his head before glancing over to the door. "She just told me-"

"Did she tell you that she has a kid with some guy from college that she didn't tell about?" Barry asked and Oliver whipped around back to the man, and that's when he realized he'd forgotten. That with everything that was happening, he forgot about Samantha and William, and the promise he made not to tell anyone that William was his son. Barry let out a sigh before turning away. "I'm sorry, that wasn't fair, I just-" he looked back over to the man. "When the person who expects everyone to leave her, tells you to leave, you don't." Oliver shook his head and turned away. "What she told you, it doesn't change who she is. It doesn't change the person you fell in love with it." Oliver nodded, once again glancing back to Katie's door.

"I need to talk to her." Oliver said once again, before turning back to Barry, who looked hesitant to help him. "You're right, I get it. I messed up again, and I need to fix this, because I won't be able to live with myself if I miss the birth of my daughter. I can't live with my self if that woman-" he looked over to the door once again. "That woman I would very much like to spend everyday of my life with can't be sitting in that room thinking she lost me." Oliver turned back to Barry. "Please-"

"Fine, I will talk to her. Just stay-" the lights once again flickered off above them and they lifted their eyes in confusion. "Just stay close." the lights flicked back on and Barry and Oliver shared a look before Barry headed off toward Katie's room.

Laurel headed in the direction she saw Ethan go. It didn't take long for her to find the man hidden away down an empty hall. He had his phone pressed to his ear, so he didn't even hear as she walked over.

"No, he came back. I'm not sure what happened in that room, but he came back." Ethan muttered with a sigh. "At the moment she's calm, but I doubt she will be once she finds out this place might not be as safe as we hoped."

"Wait, what?" Laurel spoke startling the man who turned with wide eyes. "Who is on the phone?"

"I have to call you back." Ethan said suddenly before ending the call and slipping the phone into his pocket. "Hey Laur, has eavesdropping become a thing for you?"

"Ethan, tell me who was on the phone?" Laurel asked once again, her voice leaving no room for anything but the truth, but the man in front of her was trained for situations just like this.

"It was Charlotte. I was just filling her in. Anything else you need to know?"

"Yeah, just one." Laurel replied walking over to stand in front of the man. She doesn't know how he could forget that easily who she was. How she spent years in courtrooms, pinpointing the moment a lie is tossed in front of her and how every time it angered her. "Why did you just lie to me?"

"Laur, I-" Laurel closed the very narrow distance between her and the man, just so he could see the seriousness in her eyes when she spoke her next words. The move made him nervous, but he didn't...wouldn't show it.

"You're going to tell me who was on the phone." And just like that, Ethan knew this day wasn't going to end the way he wanted.

Barry lightly knocked on the door, and nervously waited. Soon the door whipped opened, and appeared a very angry Thea, who seemed to soften the moment she saw Barry.

"Oh, it's you. I thought you were Oliver." Thea said before stepping aside to let the man inside. Barry's eyes went over to Katie who laid curled in the bed, her back to them.

"Is she alright?" Barry whispered back to Thea who shook her head.

"She's sad, and angry and she hasn't said a word. The only sound that comes from her is the pained moans of a contraction." Thea shook her head as she looked over to the woman. "I'm seriously going to kick his ass."

"I think there's a line developing." Barry replied before walking over to stand beside Felicity who sat beside Katie, holding the woman's hand. "Hey." Katie glanced up to him, her eyes red and puffy from obvious crying. "I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault Oliver chose to be an ass at the wrong possible moment." Felicity replied, pushing some hair from Katie's face. "It doesn't matter right now, because we're here, and we're going to be here every step of the way." They heard the sound of thunder, and the lights once again flickered.

"It happened again." Thea said before looking over to Felicity. "Do you think the power is going to go out?"

"If it does, I'm sure they have a back up generator." Felicity said, trying to keep her voice calm and even before sending a scowl Thea's way. "Everything will be fine."

"Right." Thea replied walking over and rubbing a hand along Katie's back. Her eyes turned to one of the many machines Katie was now hooked up to, the one that monitored the baby's heart beat. "But if they don't-" Thea said turning back to Felicity. "And if the power goes out, and so does these machines, how will they know how the baby's doing?" Thea turned back to the monitor and shook her head. "I think I am going to get some answers, but I'll be right back." she placed a kiss on top of Katie's head before turning and heading out the door.

Thea had only stepped outside the door before she spotted her brother across the hall looking utterly sad and pathetic, and yet the glare on her face was unwaivering.

"Speedy-" the woman held up a hand for him to stop talking.

"I don't want to talk to you right now, and I'm afraid if I do, you're going to be meeting your kid with a back eye." Thea stalked off, leaving Oliver standing there to wallow in his guilt.

Felicity glanced over to one of the monitors, hoping the worry Thea just stirred inside of her didn't show too much on her face.

"They probably have batteries, right?" Felicity whispered over to Barry. "In situations where the power goes completely out, they makes sure there's an alternative power source." she turned back to Katie, and slid a hand along her belly. "They have plans for such situations."

"Well they're going to wish they had when Thea talks to them." Barry replied and Felicity lifted her head and groaned.

"She's going to yell more than help the situation." Felicity said before bringing a hand to Katie's cheek. "I am going to make sure this hospital doesn't try to deliver this baby in the dark. I will be right back." Felicity turned to Barry who looked over to her. "Barry, you're going to sit in this seat." Felicity stood to her feet, never letting Katie's hand go. Barry gave a nod before sliding into Felicity's chair. "And you're going to hold her hand." Felicity lowered her and Katie's connected hand, and slowly slid Katie's hand to Barry. "You don't leave this room unless someone is with her who will hold her hand, ok?"

"Ok." Barry replied making sure his grasp on Katie's hand was firm, but comforting.

"Alright, I'll be back before you know it." Felicity replied before her high heeled feet rushed out the door.

Once she was gone, Barry looked down to the woman, who seemed to be avoiding his eyes.

"I didn't think you were going to tell him." Barry said suddenly, but the woman didn't give a reaction. "I'm so proud of you. What you did was brave, and I admire you being honest with him. I thought-" he dropped his eyes to hers, but she still wouldn't look at him. "I really thought he was the type of guy who could just take that his fiance has awesome abilities and just be ok with it." he thought he would at least get a smirk, but still nothing. "He's here now. Outside of this room, and I'm sure not even the jaws of life will move him at this point." Barry glanced over to the door and sighed. "I'm not defending him, because what he did was really a shitty thing to do. I mean I'm pretty sure there's a line of people just waiting to catch him alone in an alley somewhere." the man looked back down to Katie and tilted his head hoping he could pull her from her silence. "Look I'm fine here, holding your hand and I can stay for as long as you want me here."

The room fell into silence, and Barry simply held onto Katie's hand.

"He could barely look at me." Katie said, her whispered voice seeming louder in the quiet room. Barry looked down to her, and this time she looked back at him. "I expect a look of confusion, or disgust, but I didn't expect him not to be able to barely look at me." she felt a tear stream down her cheek. "I spent the majority of my life thinking Oliver Queen never completely saw me, Then I was on his lawn, and I stepped on John's foot and he turned around and his eyes looked at mine, and saw me." Barry reached forward to wipe the tears from her eyes. "Ever since, Oliver Queen has never been in the same room with me, and not looked at me. We've actually had conversations about it. Me telling him to stop with the staring because at some point someone will notice and he says he doesn't care." a small chuckle escaped her lips. "He says he has to look at me, has to see that I'm really there and that I'm really his. And then I was in a room with him, and he didn't look at me...he couldn't look at me."

"He doesn't have to come in here. You don't have to talk to him. Like I said, what he did was a shitty thing to do and no one would blame you for -"

"Tell him to come in here." she replied turning and sitting up in the bed. Barry looked unsure if that was the right thing to do. He assumed he'd have do a little more convincing before she'd even consider being in the same room with him again.

"Are you sure, it's just the last time you saw him a bunch of these machines you're hooked up to were very loud." Barry glanced from the door, back to Katie. "I don't think they're supposed to be loud."

"I'm fine." Katie replied wiping away any stray tears. "He gets to react to this. This is something you react to, and he has the right. He may want to ask me questions, I probably won't be able to answer any of them, but he gets to ask."

"So you're going to forgive him."

"I don't want to, but I forget that he's human. I forget that sometimes he's can't just take the hits and keep it all together, all the time. He gets to react, I mean I wished to hell he didn't walk out of here, but I guess if the situation was reverse, I can't say that I wouldn't have done the same thing. But for right now-" Katie placed her hands on her stomach. "A child is about to be ripped from my uterus, and he did this to me, so he will come in this room." she turned to Barry and gave the man a nod. "Get him in here."

"Fine!" Barry jumped to his feet, and started for the door.

"Wait!" Barry quickly stopped. "I thought you were watching Ari. She's not missing again, is she?"

"Oh, no." Barry shook his head. "She's at the CCPD with Joe. Me and her didn't really kick it off. She thinks I'm like a stalker-" Katie looked at him in confusion. "It's a long story, but she's safe with Joe. He's actually raised a teenage girl, so I'm hoping he can get through all anger she's hiding behind. I was going to head back just to check in though." Katie gave the man a nod before he headed out the door.

He closed the door behind, and turned only to be rushed by Oliver who was in his face before he knew it.

"How is she? Is she alright? Is the baby alright? Please tell me the baby is alright, because I wouldn't be able to live with myself-" Oliver let out nervous sigh before shaking his head. "My daughter has to be alright. Twinkie has to be alright, they just-" he looked back over to Barry. "Why the hell aren't you saying anything?!"

"Oliver, you need to breathe." Barry says placing a hand on Oliver's shoulder. "Katie is fine. The baby is fine. She's connected to a bunch of monitors in there right now, but they're all saying that they both are alright." Oliver let out another sigh, this one filled with relief.

"Thank you, thank you so much, I-"

"She wants you to go in there." Barry's words seemed to take Oliver by surprise. "Like she sent me out here to tell you to go in there."

"Really?" Oliver asked and Barry gave the man a nod. "Ok, I'll just-"

"Oliver-" Oliver looked back to him. "You screwed up once today, one more time and I will just step out of the way and just watch everyone wack you like a pinata."

"Don't worry, I'm not going to screw up." Oliver walked around the man to going inside Katie's room. When he stepped into the room, and saw her connected to so many monitors he had to force himself not to freak out. A loud thumping sound came from one of the monitors and Oliver turned with wide eyes. Katie followed his eyes and just shook her head.

"That's the fetal monitor." she said and Oliver turned back. "It's monitoring the baby's heart rate. It's kind of loud, but you want to hear it, because when you hear it, you know she's still in there moving around."

"Twinkie, I'm sorry." Oliver says walking over to her bedside. "I feel absolutely horrible for walking out of this room, For not being supportive and-" he let out a heavy sigh. "I tell you all the time that you can talk to me, that anything you say I will listen to and then you told me-" he shook his head. "I didn't listen. I did the one thing I promised you I wouldn't do, and for that I'm so sorry. Of course I'm here for you, I will always be here for you. We will figure whatever this is out, together." Oliver waited for a response, but she didn't say anything. "Twinkie-" Katie turned away from him, and laid back on the bed. "Twinkie-"

"The day I found out I was pregnant, I still cried myself to sleep because I thought I had lost you. I imagined on the day I went into labor, you weren't going to be there, but then you came back." she shook her head as she turned away. "And that fear that I would have to do this all alone was gone. And then you walked out of my room when I told you that I-" she sighed. "I don't know what I am. Walking away is a normal reaction when you hear something so unexpected that you can't even believe it." she turned back to the man. "From the man who has seen and heard his share of weird, I expected- oh! " That moment, there was another contraction. Katie groaned as she turned away from the man, clenching her eyes closed in hopes that it would just pass.

"Twinkie, just breathe, just-" he reached forward to take her hand, but she pulled it away.

"No, just—ahh!" the wave of pain continued, and Katie felt every ounce of it. Oliver stood and watched helplessly, wanting to comfort her in some way. He looked down to her hand that now clenched the blanket and he shook his head before grabbing her hand. "Oliver, don't just-"

"Right now I'm holding your hand!" Oliver said and Katie opened her eyes to meet his to see his intense gaze on her. "I'm right here Twinkie, and you will never have to do this alone. Now keep breathing." Katie turned away, letting out a deep breath. There was a knock at the door, but Katie nor Oliver turned to see who it was. The door opened, and it was Ethan who seemed surprised to see Oliver standing there holding Katie's hand.

"I thought I told you that you're not allowed back in here!" Ethan snapped angrily. "You need to go, you-"

"Ethan!" Oliver snapped angrily turning to the man. "Right now, this moment, she's having a contraction. And she's going to have another later, and another, and I plan on being here for every one of them." he felt her hand loosen it's grasp, before she fell back on the bed. "That's was great, you did great."

"Kit, I can call security right now and have him tossed out of this hospital." Ethan says walking over to Katie's side.

"Ethan, will you just-

"Tell me what's happening with Charlotte." Katie said, turning to Ethan who let out a sigh. "Ethan-"

"Her plane was forced to land because of the storm." Ethan replied and Katie sighed, placing her hand over her eyes. "Hey we're still alright. There is an OB at the hospital who Char says is more than capable of delivering this baby. Apparently he's an old friend of hers that just transferred from Coast City."

"Coast City?" Katie and Oliver asked looking over to the doctor, just as another knock came from the door. They all turned to see another face they did not expect.

"Zach?" Katie said as the doctor walked into the room.

"You know Dr. Flemmings?" Ethan asked and Katie looked over to the man and nodded.

"Yeah we go all the way back to medical school." Zach said walking over to stand beside Katie, giving the woman a smile. He looked over to Oliver, giving the man a nod. "Mr. Queen nice to see you again." Oliver reached over to shake the man's hand.

"Uh, yeah, you too. So you're going to be the one who delivers the baby?"

"It would seem so." Zach replied with a shrug before looking down to Katie. "So I hear you have a stubborn little girl who takes after her mother."

There was a vibration sound in the air and they turned to Ethan who pulled out his phone and let out a sigh.

"I'm going to let you guys get caught up on what's happening, and I will be in the hall." Ethan replied placing a hand on Katie's shoulder. "The moment you want him gone, let me know an I will make it happen." he looked over to Oliver and slightly shook his head before turning and walking back to the hall.

The moment Ethan stepped on the other side of the door, he found Laurel talking to John, Felicity and Thea. When they heard the door, they all turned their eyes on him, the distrust very clear on their faces.

"I guess we should talk." Ethan said, before turning and walking down the hall, the others behind him.

They ended up in an empty doctor's lounge. They all filed into the room, and John made sure to close the door behind them. "Before you guys start-"

"At what point did you think you got to speak during this whole thing?" Thea asked taking a step toward the doctor. "You lied to all of us. This whole time."

"Ok first of all, I've never lied to you." Ethan says turning to Laurel who stood, arms folded, as she glared at him. "Laur, I know what you think you heard, but-"

"Who do you work for?" John asked, his voice hard, and Ethan turned to him before dropping his head. "Ethan-"

"Jacob Robins." Ethan replied lifting his head, hating the looks on their faces right now.

"How long?" Felicity asked and Ethan turned to her with a shake of his head. "The whole time, right? You wormed your way into her life, into our lives, made us trust you and care about you and this whole time you were working for the man who took away her life." Felicity shook her head before walking over to stand by the window.

"What was the play?" John asked and Ethan sighed before folding his arms over his chest. "Were you just a spy?" Ethan didn't answer the question, and so John took a couple steps forward, bringing him and the doctor dangerously close. "I'm going to need you to start talking."

"No." Ethan replied with a shake of his head. "Because this, finding out that I have a secret employer isn't what's important right now. What is important is the fact that I've just been informed that Damian Darhk may be in Central City."

"What?" Felicity turned back to the man. "Are you sure?"

"No one's sure, but when a lot of people are saying the same thing, then we're more inclined to believe it."

"We." Laurel said and Ethan turned to her. "As in you and your boss?"

"Laur-"

"Just don't." Laurel snapped before turning back to the others. "I'm heading downstairs, see if there's anything out of the ordinary happening down there."

"I'll go with you." John said before turning back to Felicity. "Have you spoken to anyone about the lights?"

"I've tried, but everyone is too busy to stop and talk to me." Felicity replied in frustration. "But everyone I've spoken to seems nervous."

"Alright, why don't you and Thea try to find someone to tell you what's happening with power in this place. Let them know you may be able to help." John said and Felicity and Thea gave a nod. "Where did Barry go?"

"You know I think I saw him earlier down the hall. Should we tell him that maybe we should get the CCPD involved?" Thea asked .

"At this point we're not even sure if anything is wrong, but maybe he can at least give them a heads up." John turned back to Ethan. "You're going to call your boss, get the full story, tell us what we're dealing with and then you come directly to me. Under no circumstance does this get to Katie and Oliver."

"Wait, you want us to keep this from them?" Felicity asked. "This is their lives, and if they're in danger-"

"Right, if." John replied. "Right now they are in a whole other world. One that focuses on the safe arrival of their child, and believe me when I say all their energy will be needed for that. So before we worry them, before we remind them that they live in a world with Damian Darhk, we are going to get the facts first." Everyone gave a nod, before John turned back to Ethan. "And you go no where near them. You're sticking with me."

"I'm her doctor. I get everyone's upset about this, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm-"

"There's a new doctor now. Right now he will take care of them and you will go no where near her. You've been lying to us this whole time, so the trust we had for you is gone, and once they find out, I'm pretty sure they will agree. So unless you're absolutely needed, you will keep your distance from them."

"I agree." Laurel said, before pushing past the man out of the room. Felicity and Thea, looked over to the doctor once more, with a scowl before turning to leave as well.

"John you have to believe me, this is not what you think it is."

"I don't know what to think this is Ethan, because you chose to not tell anyone." John shook his head before walking over to glance out the window. The storm only seemed to be getting worse, making the day's luck feeling that much suckier. "Call Jacob, or Martin or whoever you answer to." John turned back to the doctor. "I need to know everything that's happening."

Oliver and Katie stared at the OB in silence for a few moments, when he said something neither wanted to hear right now.

"What do you mean you can't move me?" Katie asked and Zach let out a sigh. "If I'm not dilating fast enough, then we need to do a cesarean, and we can't do that here because the power seems to be going in and out and that means no one with a scalpel is doing anything to me." Katie closed her eyes and let out a deep breath. "I need to get to a hospital with lights that stay on." she looked back over to the doctor. "You need to get me out of this hospital."

"That just it. This storm is getting worse before it gets better. Law enforcement is advising everyone to stay off the roads because it's just too dangerous. Right now her heart rate is fine, so that means she's taking her time. We still have time, ok."

"Do you know anything about what's happening with the power here?" Oliver asked and Zach shook his head.

"I think they have someone checking out the generator to make sure it kicks in if we lose the main power. I'm not sure of the status, but I can find out." he replied before looking back over to Katie. "Hey Doc," she lifted her eyes over to the man. "Everything is going to be fine. I got you, ok."

"Ok." Katie replied before Zach, gave them a nod before turning and leaving. "Oliver-" she turned to the man. "You need to get me to a different hospital."

"Twinkie, you heard what he just said. Right now the roads are too dangerous." Katie turned away, pulling her hand from his grasp before turning her back to the man. "Twinkie, I'm sorry-"

"Oliver don't," Katie said, refusing to turn back to him. Oliver sighed, sitting back in the chair, his eyes looking over to the woman. The room filled with silence, was broken when Katie once again spoke. "Do you want to know why I told you?" Oliver sat up in his seat to look to the woman. "All of this was happening. Things I didn't understand, things that were scaring me and then I remembered you saying that I didn't get to be scared and you not know about it." she finally turned to his intense blue eyes that focused on nothing but her in this moment. "I told you because that promise of this ring-" she lifted her hand, and looked over to the diamond engagement ring. "This promise means forever. It's like a key to a door that we have no idea what's on the other side. What we have is each other and we walk through it together. It's just I knew something that was going to be in our forever." she looked up, his eyes still right on her. "And I couldn't let you walk through that door without letting you know what our forever could mean. So-" she reached for the ring on her finger, but Oliver quickly placed his hand above hers to stop her. "Oliver, just listen ok. I know you. I know you're the honorable guy who takes care of his responsibilities and who always tries to do the right thing that makes everyone happy, and I'm here telling you that you didn't sign up for this. That whatever is happening to me doesn't have to happen to you. We can be fine, we can raise this little girl with all the love in the world as...as friends and I would understand, I would-"

"Twinkie, stop talking." Oliver interrupted the woman, before slipping the ring from her hand and sliding it back on to her finger. "I'm not here because of some obligation, I'm here because I'm in love with you. I'm here because I'm signing up for you. All of you. So you don't have to be scared, because I'm never leaving you."

"For better or for worse?"

"For all of it." Oliver brought a hand to the woman's cheek. "I'm sorry I ever made you doubt that." the man leaned forward, bringing his lips to hers, but she pulled back instead. Oliver let out a sigh as he looked up to her eyes. "Twinkie-"

"I just wanted a nice smooth labor and this is anything but smooth."

"Right now you need to stay calm, relax. We're going to get through this." there was a strike of thunder, and they both looked up when the lights once again flickered off, and then flickered back on. Oliver felt Katie's grasp on his hand tighten, and he looked back to her. "We're going to be alright."

The sound of the rain against the car, brought a ghost of a smile to Damian's face. Minnah loved the rain. There were quite a few times she would run out into it in the middle of the night and just dance around. That was a long time ago. They were both young, and foolish and unaware of how the world worked. She believed that they could just be happy, and he believed only power could bring his happiness.

Damian's eyes glanced out the window as the rain fell heavily. He looked across the street to the massive hospital, unsure why he hasn't gone inside yet. Well actually that wasn't true. He knew why he hadn't moved. He was still searching for a logical reason. A reason that would lead him to this hospital just because of news that a woman he barely knows was in labor.

His head suddenly shot up to his driver, whose door suddenly opened and in an instant, a bullet was shot into his head. Darhk simply stared as his driver was shoved from behind the wheel before a stranger took his place.

"Of all the cars in this city, you chose the completely wrong one." Darhk sighed as he looked to the back of the man's head.

"No-" the familiar voice spoke, and a smile broke out across Darhk's face when the man turned to him. "This is exactly where I'm supposed to be."

"Martin, you know you surprise me!" Darhk said with a laugh. "I had this idea of who you were, and the guy who blows somebody's brains out without hesitation just wasn't it. You're wasted on Jacob. He doesn't appreciate you. You should work for me."

"Tempting offer, but I have this whole no working for egomaniacs rule when it comes to professions." Martin replies just as the door opposite Damian opens and another face appears that makes the man just burst into laughter."

"This is-" Darhk laughed, barely able to make a complete sentence. "This is priceless." he wipes away a fake tear as he glanced over to Jacob Robins who now sat beside him. "You're looking well there Jake. That curse was some of my best work."

"Drive, Martin." Jacob ordered, and soon the engine cranked and the car was moving. "I warned you." he turned back to Damian with a shake of his head. "I explicitly warned you to stay away from my daughter, and yet you didn't listen." Darhk tsked as he turned to look out the window.

"You bore me Jacob." Darhk glanced over to the man and just shook his head. "I mean of all the men in this world Minnah could've chose-" the man sighed. "You're weak. Maybe that's what it was. She'd been surrounded by powerful men her entire life, maybe finding you was like a breath a fresh air." he turned back out to look out the window.

"Is that what you have to tell yourself?" Jacob asked and Darhk just chuckled. "Because the truth is, you just weren't what she wanted. You lost her, and getting close to my daughter won't change that."

"I'm just curious." Darhk turned back to the man. "I wanna see how much of her mother she truly inherited. And I have to say, its much more than I expected. I mean she survived the rose. Nobody survives the rose. I've actually been reading up on her. She's survived a lot actually. That kind of power shouldn't be wasted."

"You're pathetic." Jacob muttered with a shake of his head. Darhk turned to the man fully, a suddenly tension appearing in his jaw. "Your entire life has been a failure. You tried to be Ra's Al Ghul, and you failed, you tried to have a life with Grace, and you failed at that too. Now you're running some evil underground operation in Star City, and I'd bet my life you're going to fail at that too."

"Wow, your code name had to be pot back in the day." Damian said. "Because that's just the failure calling the failure a failure. Let's not forget who between us wasn't able to keep Minnah alive." this time Jacob chuckled before reaching inside his jacket and pulling out his gun, aiming it right at the man across from him.

"I know about Ruvé, and Nora. I know that you think you have this life with this tightly wrapped bow that no one can get through, but you're wrong." The car suddenly stopped, but Damian kept his eyes on Jacob. "I have the ability to ruin you, to ruin everything you thought you knew."

"Then why haven't you?" Darhk asked tilting his head slightly. "I have heard stories of the infamous Jacob Robins, the cold, calculated agent and I am the man you see threatening your daughter. Why am I not dead yet?" Jacob didn't say anything, and Damian chuckled before lifting his hand and with just a flick of his wrist caused Jacob to turned the gun on himself, slipping the barrel into his mouth. "Want to know my theory?" the man heard movement from the driver's seat. "Your boss' life is on a thread Martin, I'd tread lightly if I were you." he turned back to Jacob. "Now where was I? Right! Do you want to know my theory?" Damian slid closer to Jacob, reaching into the man's jacket and smiling at the feel of a picture in his pocket. He pulled it out and as it expected, looked down to the small picture of Jacob with Minnah and a young Katherine. "You can't kill me because there is something that links me to your daughter." Darhk turned back to Jacob who couldn't speak with the barrel of the gun still in his mouth. "You know what it is, don't you?" Darhk stared, before reaching forward the taking the gun from Jacob, "What is it?"

"Go to hell." Jacob hissed and Damian simply laughed with a shake of his head before looking back down to the picture.

"You don't get it Jake. Whatever this is, it's distracting me." Darhk turned back to Jacob and shrugged. "And I don't have time for distractions. As you are well aware, I am a busy man. But look at me. I'm in Central City. There's no reason for me to be in Central City but here I am. Along with a couple of my guys who've already infiltrated the hospital and are mere inches from Dr. Robins, but here I am and I don't know why." Damian shook his head as he slid back over to look out at the rain and sighed. "I don't like it and the only option I see of ridding myself of this distraction is killing our dear Katherine, and the child in case this thing is hereditary." he looked back over to the man. "I just want to get back to me, you know."

"If you go near my daughter, I will-"

"Stop pretending that this is a fair fight Jake, because that's what truly makes you pathetic. You know who I am, know what I can do, and you also know that you can't stop me, so stop with the threats, stop trying to scare me. You can't beat me." with that he turned opening the door.

"You could've killed me too." Jacob said and Damian stopped and glanced over to the man. "Countless times, and yet here I am."

"And you think that's because I don't want to?" Darhk asked with a laugh. "Aw, that's cute. No you're alive because I want take everything that causes your heart to beat, that brings air to your lungs before finally putting you out of your misery. I think that starts with the good doctor." with that the man stood from the car, and Martin glanced over to the side mirror to see the car pull up behind them and for Darhk to step inside.

"What now?" Martin asked before turning back to Jacob. "How do we stop him?" Jacob looked down to the gun in his lap before glancing over to Martin. "Sir, we need to make a move and-"

"He's right." Jacob admits with a slight shake of his head. He turns to look out the window. "I can't beat him."

"Sir-"

"I thought I could shield her from the truth, but I just can't."

"Sir, that man just threatened to kill your daughter and your grand child. We don't have time for you to just give up. There is still a fight and we can-"

"You're not paying attention, Martin." Jacob turned back to the man. "Damian Darhk will not kill Katherine. I've never been afraid of that."

"Then what are you afraid of?"

"Him realizing the reason he won't."

John and Laurel traveled down to the first floor, heading down the hall toward the security office. Laurel glanced back to Ethan who shook his head as he pulled his phone from his ear.

"Still no answer." the doctor said. "Look I get the feeling if Darhk is in town, then Jacob is a little too busy to take my calls."

"No, you're his daughter's doctor." John says glancing back to the man. "If he's not taking your calls then something's wrong." he looked over to Laurel who simply shook her head. "You're ok?"

"I'm ecstatic." Laurel muttered, her voice cold. "Let's just stop a bad guy so I can get the hell out of here."

John spotted the security office up ahead, and quickened his step, but stopped when he smelled the familiar scent of blood. He tossed out an arm to stop Laurel, before reaching into his waist band and pulling free his gun. John slowly pushed open the door, his eyes going wide at the sight of two security guards hunched over, blood seeping from their chest. Ethan moved forward, quickly checking for a pulse from either man, but there was none. He looked back over to John and Laurel and just shook his head.

"This is bad. This means they're inside." Ethan says standing to his feet. "They're too close."

"He's right." Laurel said turning to John. "I think now is the time we finally tell Oliver what's going on." the woman shook her head before rushing out of the room.

Thea Queen rarely paced, but at the moment as she waited inside the office of the Dean of Medicine, she could do nothing but pace.

"This is ridiculous." Thea said, and Felicity shook rolled her eyes and she looked down to her cell phone. "We've been waiting for like ever."

"It's been fifteen minutes, Thea. I'm sure she's on her way." Felicity replied, before cursing under her breath. "Damnit."

"What's wrong?" Thea asked walking over to Felicity's side and looking down to her phone.

"Cisco says he's unable to access surveillance here." Felicity replied with a shake of her head. "He's being blocked by a very tight firewall." Felicity lifted her head and closed her eyes to think. "The only way to get access is for me to go directly to the security office and disable the firewall manually."

"You can do that?" Felicity turned to the woman, the obvious offense written all over her face. "Right, you're Felicity Smoak." the door suddenly opened and both women turned as an older woman rushed inside, her eyes down to her phone before glancing up.

"How can I help you?" she asked before looking back down to her phone and groaning before typing something.

"Dr. Slater, we're just here wondering about the status of the current electrical issues." Felicity said standing to her feet. "You see our friend-"

"My future sister in-law." Thea clarified. "She's upstairs, in labor and-" the Dean still hadn't looked up and so Thea reached forward and took the phone from her hands causing the woman to finally look up. "We need to be sure all those machines making sure her and the baby healthy don't just cut off."

"Ms. Queen-" the Dean held out her hand and Thea handed her back her phone. "Ms. Smoak, at the moment our back up generator is functioning properly. So all monitors will continue to function." Dr. Slater looked between Felicity and Thea who still looked hesitant to believe her. "Look, the moment Dr Robins was brought into this hospital, I have been personally keeping tabs on her care. It is my job to ensure every patient receives the top level of care possible, and I've dedicated my career to ensuring that happens." Dr. Slater glanced down to her phone and sighed. "Right now my ER is bursting at the seams with accident victims because of this storm." she looked back to the women. "I need to ensure we're fully stocked and capable of handling the amount of people about come here. I have to go."

"Thanks for your time." Felicity said before she and Thea finally left. The two women headed toward the elevator. "Ok, I feel reassured." she looked over to Thea who just shook her head. "You don't?"

"About the power? Sure, but there's still the whole Damian Darhk issue that still worries me." The doors to the elevator finally opened and the women stepped on, just as Felicity's phone rang.

"It's John." Felicity quickly answered, turning to Thea with wide eyes at the news of the dead security guards.

Katie was once again standing, hoping to help speed along the labor process. Oliver stood close by, gently rubbing her back as she stood by the bed. There was a knock at the door, and Oliver turned his head to see Laurel walk in.

"Hey,-" she glanced over to Katie who looked completely exhausted. "Hi, sorry to come in here like this. This is probably the worse timing ever, but I need to talk to you." Laurel nudged her head toward the door. "Outside."

"That's not happening right now, Laurel." Oliver says turning back to Katie, when he heard the woman groan. He grabbed her waist to keep her steady. "Just breathe." Katie's breathing quickened as she hunched over the bed even more , unable to stop the pained moan from escaping her lips. "Almost there, keep breathing."

Laurel stood uncomfortably at the door, unsure if she should leave or not. She decided to stay because Oliver definitely needed to know what was going on outside this room.

"That's it, it's over. You did great." Oliver says placing a kiss to Katie' head before glancing back to still see Laurel standing there. "Laurel you should wait outside with the others."

"I would love nothing more than to do that, but Oliver I seriously need to talk to you outside." Laurel once again said, and this time Oliver could see the seriousness in her eyes. "Right now." Oliver turned back to Katie, his hand continuing to massage her back and he just shook his head.

"No." he replied looking back over to the woman. "Whatever it is, you need to handle it without me. I'm not leaving my family." Laurel stood there for a moment in surprise before giving the man a nod, turning and finally leaving.

"If that was important, you should-"

"Absolutely nothing in this world is more important than this." Oliver said and Katie turned to face him. She looked at him for a moment, before placing a hand on his cheek. "I'm sorry."

"I know." she replied before dropping her head to his chest. Oliver brought his arms around her, and placed a kiss on top of her head. "I'm-" the woman closed her eyes and said the one thing she's been afraid to say. "Oliver, I'm scared." Oliver tightened his embrace around the woman, before pulling back and looking down to the woman.

"I know, but we're going to get through this-" Katie gasped as she gripped the man's arms, and both their eyes looked down to the floor at the suddenly appearing puddle. "Your water just broke." they both looked back up, meeting each other's eyes.

"My water just broke." she repeated, as Oliver lowered her to sit. She looked back up to Oliver with a smile. "Liver, she's coming." Oliver returned the smile, totally consumed with nervousness and happiness in this moment.

"I'm going-" he turned, grabbing the call button, and pressing it.

"Everything alright?!" came the voice of the nurse from the speaker.

"Uh, her water just broke." Oliver replied, before dropping his head to Katie's. It was this moment both felt how much their lives were about to change.

John stood near one of the windows, his eyes out as the rain fell heavily. The truth was, he was nervous and really wasn't sure what the next move should be.

"Still nothing." Ethan said and John turned to the man who shook his head. "Something is wrong." both turned at the sight of impending footsteps to see Laurel who didn't look happy.

"He wouldn't even talk to me." Laurel exclaimed in frustration. "He told me that whatever was happening, that we needed to handle it without him. Can you believe that?"

"Actually I can." John replied and Laurel scoffed. "Oliver and Katie are about to have a baby, I don't blame him for choosing to be there for that moment."

"Yeah, well it doesn't change the fact that people are dead, and more that likely it's because Katie is here." Laurel said with a shake of her head. "Because when shits about to hit the fan, it's always Twinkie who is in the middle of it."

"That's not fair." Ethan countered and Laurel turned a glare to him. "Hey, I get you hate me right now, but what's happening is not her fault."

"You say that as if you know what's going on." John said folding his arms over his chest, and staring down to the man.

"Look I don't know much about anything. I'm just a doctor who-"

"Who was hired to worm your way into Katie's life?" Laurel asked.

"No, actually I was assigned to be there." Ethan sighed turning back to John who simply shook his head.

"You work for ARGUS." it was a statement that Ethan didn't even have to corroborate. "So Lyla-"

"Don't do that." Ethan interrupted. "I'm the one who-" Ethan's phone suddenly rang and he glanced down to see Martin's number. He glanced back up to John who nudged his head for him to answer it.

"Sir, hi, I've been calling, what-" Ethan dropped his head as he listened to Martin's instructions. "Are you sure?"

"What is he saying?" Laurel asked and Ethan met her eyes. "Ethan-"

"Yes, sir." Ethan ended the call before looking up to the waiting eyes of Laurel and John.

"What did he say?" John asked and Ethan let out a sigh.

"He said everything is fine." John and Laurel glanced at the doctor in confusion.

"What does that mean?" Laurel asked and Ethan just shook his head .

"It's means everything's fine." Ethan replied before turning at the sigh of Dr. Flemming running down the hall. "Hey! What's going on?"

"The dam has finally fallen!" Zach called over to the man as he continued his jog to Katie's room.

"What does that mean?" Laurel asked and Ethan glanced over to her with a smile.

"Her water broke." Ethan glanced up to see the doctor getting further and further away. "Hopefully this means we get a baby soon."

Felicity and Thea stood a few feet away from the security office as they watched the Dean along with the police moving about attempting to figure out what happened. Dr. Slater glanced down the hall, spotting the two women before walking over.

"The two of you shouldn't be here." the doctor said glancing back to the crime scene.

"What happened down here?" Thea asked, even though John had filled them in earlier about the two dead security guards.

"Nothing I can discuss with the public." the woman replied turning back to the two women. "You two should head back up to maternity floor. The hospital is about to be put on lock down which will not allow for much movement through the hospital."

"Wait, so that means everyone on the outside can't get in and the people on the inside are trapped in here?" Felicity asked, sharing a look with Thea.

"That's usually how lock downs work." Dr. Slater replied. "Look it's just a precaution the police would like to take and I agree." the doctor turned and nudged her head to one of the officers. "Officer Hadley, could you escort Ms. Smoak and Ms. Queen to their floor?" the officer nodded before turning to the women.

"Thank you doctor." Felicity replied before turning and following after the officer. Thea linked arms with Felicity and leaned into whisper.

"I thought you needed to use that computer to access the surveillance video?" Felicity glanced over to the woman.

"Yeah, but all those police officers over there make that extremely difficult, don't you think?" Felicity replied with a shake of her head.

"Well then what now?" Thea asked and Felicity turned a look of annoyance to the woman.

"Just let me think."

Oliver sat nervously at Katie's side, keeping a firm grasp on her hand as Dr. Flemmings examined her. They waited for the doctor to say something, but he'd been silent for a while.

"Alright!" Zach said standing from the stool and looking between Oliver and Katie. "So we're at four centimeters, which is awesome. We're trucking right along which is great."

"Why do I feel like there's a but somewhere in that sentence?" Katie asked and Zach continued to smile, but kept they could see the seriousness behind his eyes.

"At the moment we're going to have to do a natural birth, so that means' we will have to wait until you get to nine centimeters."

"Well what if there's fetal distress, what if-"

"We are not going to worry about what ifs right now. At the moment both you and the baby have steady vitals, and I am comfortable with taking this all the way with you." the man replied before glancing over to Oliver. "Look I don't want you guys to worry about anything right now, but legally for your own safety I have to advise not to leave this room unless instructed my a member of the staff or law enforcement."

"Law enforcement, what the hell is going on?" Oliver asked and Zach simply shook his head.

"Look I haven't been given all the details, but what I do know is that the right people are here handling the situation, so I really just need you to rest assured that everything is alright, and just stay calm." he turned to Katie with a smile. "Especially you mom. Your blood pressure is steady, but there have been spikes, and those spikes worry me. So I need you to relax-" he glanced over to Oliver. "And you're going to make sure that happens." Oliver simply gave a nod. "I'm going to stop in later, but if you need anything just hit the nurse call button, and someone will be right in." the doctor gave a nod before turning and leaving.

"Why do I get the feeling you should've talked to Laurel." Katie said glancing over to the man who simply shook his head.

"It wouldn't change anything because I'm not leaving your side." the man replied placing a kiss on top of the woman's head. "I'm sure the others are handling what ever this is." There was a sudden roar of thunder that seemed to coincide with a another flicker of the lights, only this time the lights didn't come back on.

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Author's notes

Because the arrival of the newest Queen can't be without a little action...

Review Replies

Taffdog19943: Yes, it's finally happening! And it's a two parter so go on to the next chapter for the final introduction to Baby Twiver.

kuppcake: The fight was horrible. And taking off the right for Katie is when she feels they're not fulfilling that promise to each other. For her, it's this secret she's been scared to death to tell Oliver, the secret she finally told him. She pulled the ring once more, but this time Oliver stopped her. The whole Samantha thing was harsh, the promise was very over protective mama bear of her, and Oliver went along with it...but what if he didn't?

ImsebastianstanButter: Yes, and the excitement will continue. Nothing about this birth is going as planned, but with Twiver, nothing ever does.

Helena: I totally get what you're seeing. I think the last chapter the breakup was actually Katie breaking up because of both of them. Because they were in this relationship still keeping secrets. Both of them. She found herself not even completely angry with Oliver, because she couldn't when she held a secret probably bigger than a secret son. Something that is still ingrained in Katie is that running solves her problems. That she's better alone, that no one can get hurt or she can't get hurt, because of her, if she's not with them. That's why I really like the conversation between Barry and Oliver. ("When the person who expects everyone to leave her, tells you to leave, you don't.) Oliver's reaction was totally normal, totally understandable, and he truly just needed a moment to wrap his head around the fact that Katie...his Twinkie, had strange abilities. When he came back attempting to reconcile, she once again tried to give him an out, trying to save him so to speak. So sorry for the paragraph and all, but I just wanted to show a different picture I probably didn't make clear in the story.

Adela: Thank you very much! I felt that conversation was the absolute worst possible case scenario, the one they portrayed in the show. But we will also see the conversation in a different way in the next chapter, so go check it out

rockyroyal,dr: I really wanted this search for Ari to be like where's waldo. She's all over the place, but Twinkie is up for the job . Oh, they are flashbacks of Katie's missing years. There's still the background story of the things that has happened to Katie that lead to her back home, and it truly is a lot of twists and turns that we're now seeing has landed in Bel Reeve with Dr Krane and Dr. Harleen Quinn. I'm glad you're paying attention because they are important. Barry was the first choice for the confidante for both Katie and Oliver. Someone they both go to to reveal secrets that they should be sharing with each other. It's Katie who realized it, during the fight scene, realizing that something "Wasn't right" with them because they were too scare to talk to each other about the big important stuff.

Thanks to all for following along with this story and it's unpredictable updates. I'm glad you're truly interested in the story to put up with my crap. I'll try to do better. Sometimes there's just not enough minutes in a day.

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