AN:
Hey Guys,
I am so sorry for not updating for a long time. With my uni and job, I became so busy that I hardly got any time to write the chapters. I apologize for that. So, anyways, to make up for all the missed time, I've made this chapter quite long. And when I mean long, I seriously mean really really long. I think it's about 10 pages to be exact, so have a popcorn and enjoy reading. I hope you guys like this chapter.
So, see you next time (which I promise won't be as long as this one was)
Oh, by the way, next chapter we're heading to Triskelion, so lookout. It's going to be epic with lot of drama, and the story will finally pick up its pace. I think some of you guys know what's coming next. I've PM-ed many of you about the upcoming plot line. So without any further ado, have fun reading.
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Chapter 12 - Complications
"God damn, Barry! Do something!"
"I am. I-It's just I-I-I usually work on dead people."
"Barry!" "Please."
"All right. I can think of four possible diagnosis for what's causing his body to react this way."
"Make that three possible diagnosis. Two. Start chest compression. Got it."
"He's suffering from intravenous coagulation."
"A what?"
"His blood is unnaturally clotting.It's like maple syrup."
"You can save him, right?"
"Lucky you guys have a rat problem."
"Are you kidding? That'll kill him!"
"He dies if I don't."
"Felicity?"
"Do it!"
"But-"
"I SAID DO IT BARRY!"
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The feeling of Cold air hitting on her bare skin was one of the nice things that Felicity liked about being under the night sky. It helps her to clear her mind and think straight. But today would be one of those days that even the cold chill of the night isn't enough to calm her rapidly beating heart. She didn't know what she was doing or why she just decided to excuse herself from Barry and Diggle's presence when Oliver-the man she had learnt to love and despise at the same time- is fighting for his life. It's only been few hours since Barry had injected Oliver with the rat poison, and there has been no severe change in his condition. Felicity was trying not to panic. I'm sure he'll be alright. His body just needs some time to heal. Yeah, that's it. He'll be okay. Oh god, I really wish Nat was here. I really need one of her hugs. She thought as she rubbed her hands together in anticipation.
"Hey." A sweet voice travelled to her ears. Knowing that there is only one person who can sneak up on her without her noticing, she turned around to find her tall friend starring at her.
"Bobbie." Felicity said as she starred at the friendly eyes of her closest friend in this city. Before she knew what was happening, Felicity has already latched herself onto her friend's body.
"Woah! Are you okay? Did I miss something?" Bobbie asked in surprise as she felt Felicity sobbing on her shoulders.
"Oliver. I-I-I n-nearly lost him." Felicity sobbed. "Oh my god, I can't believe I'm actually crying." Felicity continued as she half-heartedly gave out a laugh before breaking into tears again. So much for being bi-polar.
"Hey, it's okay to cry." Bobbie said as she patted the shorter blonde agent. "There's no shame in that."
"If my father would have been here, he would be disappointed in me. " Felicity mumbled as she remembered the many times she had been punished for feeling sentiment towards others when she was in Nanda Parbat back then.
"Your father?" Bobbie noticed the word. Felicity realized what she had said and quickly un-latched herself from Bobbie.
"Rough childhood." Felicity replied before wiping her tears. "Sorry, I... I... I-I wet your jacket. I shouldn't have cried."
"It's okay. So what happened to Oliver?" Bobbie said as she put her arms around Felicity in a comforting manner. She was still sobbing but not as hard as before. Bobby figured it was the peak end of the breaking point.
"H-He... Ah.. He.." Felicity stumbled through her words before finally recounting the whole past event.
"Is he fine now?"
"Don't know. Barry said he should wake up soon, now that his vitals are down. But he was a little hesitant." Felicity explained.
"Do you want me to have a look at him?" Bobbie asked as her second major was in medical field.
"No. Barry and Diggle are there. I trust Barry. It was my fault really. My emotion just went to the peak. I'm sure Oliver will be fine." Felicity said as she sniffed.
"He will be." Bobbie assured. "Besides I thought you were rooting after that scientist now?" She teased causing Felicity to roll her eyes at her.
"Barry's nice. Really nice. A part of me wants to be with him. To get closer to him. He's the perfect boyfriend material. But it always gets ruled out by Oliver's presence. I don't know if Oliver likes me back, but if there is any chance that he likes me back, I don't want to lose it. " Felicity said as she slowly regained her composure.
"That's called Love, baby."
"Shut up."
"Admit it."
"Never. " Felicity playfully stuck her tongue out before changing the subject. "Anyways what are you doing here? Not that I'm glad but I didn't call you."
"Can't you tell?" Bobbie asked as she pointed towards her dress. Felicity looked down to see her friend dressed in a clubbing outfit with a jacket of course. It's Christmas time. It's bound to get a lot colder around here. "Officer Daily asked me out for a drink."
"At a club?" Felicity raised her eye-brows.
"Yeah. It turns out his idea of a drink was to get me drunk and in my bed. But you know me. I don't get drunk unless I want to." Bobbie shrugged. "Besides I only said yes so I could get some information out of him. He's up to something. Whenever someone is injected with a Miraaku, he's the one who is nowhere to be found. I'm guessing he's helping the bad guys." Felicity nodded, putting her game face back on.
"Do you think he's the one who's injecting them?"
"Nah. I'm pretty sure he's the pawn. Only recruited to keep an eye on SCPD. He's the one covering the bad guy's tracks. Do you remember the file I showed you earlier? I found it in his possession. And when I asked him about it, he said it was nothing. A small crises. Nothing important. I could instantly tell he was hiding something. So I took the liberty of snatching the file out of his hands and giving it too Lucas."
"And he didn't do anything?"
"I'm his head, darling. He's works under me." Bobbie smirked, making Felicity shake her head in pity. She feels bad for all the people working under her friend. More especially she feels pity for Officer Lance. Felicity was about to reply when she heard Diggle's voice in her ear-piece.
"Uhh.. Felicity, we need you." Felicity frowned at his distressed voice.
"Duty calls." Felicity said to Bobbie who nodded and disappeared around the alley. Wiping her last of tears, the blonde I.T girl made her way back in the arrow cave through the back door. She was greeted by Oliver suffocating Barry to death while Diggle pulled him back.
"OLIVER!" She screamed before running towards them. "What the hell are you doing?" She said, as she quickly helped Barry up and pushed Oliver's hand away.
"What the- What the hell is going on?" Oliver stumbled as he came back to his senses while Diggle held him down, in case he tried to attack Barry again.
"You were injected with a strong-acting blood coagulant." Felicity started.
"You would have stroked out, ahem, but fortunately you had a very effective blood thinner handy. Warfarin. Better known as rat poison." Barry continued as he got his breathing normal.
"Kid saved your life, Oliver." Diggle backed up while Felicity looked at Oliver in anger.
"This is the point in a lifesaving emergency where you thank the person that did the lifesaving. And Not STRANGLE him to death!" Felicity countered feeling bad for Barry. Sometimes she wonders why is she so head over heels for Oliver. Barry is a much better choice after all.
"You told him who I am." Felicity gulped. She didn't think of this.
"Yeah, I did." She replied moving closer to him, hoping he could understand her actions.
"That's not your secret to tell, Felicity. I decide who finds out my identity." Oliver argued.
"Well, we didn't have time to get your vote, what with you unconscious and dying." Felicity argued back. How could he just be angry at her like that? Barry saved his life. Actually, wait, scratch that, she would be angry too if someone close to her reveal her identity as the SHIELD's secret spy.
"What happens if he leaves here and goes right to the police?"
"He wouldn't do that." Felicity assured. She trusts Barry enough to know that he won't tell anyone. Even if he did, felicity would be there to teach him a lesson SHIELD style.
"I wouldn't do that." Barry piped up. Felicity gave him a look to be quiet. When two assassins are arguing, no civilian shouldn't interfere.
"I trust him."
"I don't!" Oliver screamed making both Barry and Diggle jump at his loud voice.
"What are you going to do, put an arrow in him?" Felicity said sarcastically.
"I am considering it." Oliver said as he moved towards Barry but only to be stopped by his I.T girl.
"Don't worry, he's kidding!" Felicity said in assurance towards Barry who looked scared out of his pants. After all, he got on the vigilante's bad side.
"How is this any different from when your mother shot you and you came to me for help?" Felicity continued, not caring that she's revealing Oliver life to a stranger.
"Your mother shot you?" Barry spoke up causing Oliver to warn him.
"Or when you brought Dig down here when he was poisoned with curare." She continued.
"The difference is that I did my homework on both of you!" Oliver screamed. "I don't just tell people easily."
"I'm not going to tell anyone." Barry spoke again, ignoring Felicity's glare. "And you don't have to thank me, but you should thank her instead of being kind of a jerk." This definitely earned a reaction from Oliver. "Mr. Queen." Barry added as he saw the vigilante giving him a death glare. Felicity was about to retort when they heard a phone beep.
Beep. Beep. It's Oliver's phone.
"I have to go home." Oliver said as he turned towards Felicity with a tired look. Felicity was thankful for Oliver's phone. If it hadn't ringed, Barry would been caring a black eye by now. Looking at Barry, she knew he was thinking along the same lines. "That man that I fought in the bunker, he has what he needs to mass produce the serum from the island. And we have to stop him." He said as he turned to leave.
"He touched your skin when he grabbed your neck." Barry said, finally feeling the tension in the air settling down. "I was able to absorb the residual oils from his skin, which, when added to a gel-based polymer, might be able to recreate his fingerprint." Felicity felt sad when Oliver didn't even acknowledge him and left the lair.
"Never meet your heroes, right?" She said to Barry who shrugged off her question. She knew Oliver just needs some time to overcome the shock. He'll be back to normal soon enough.
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Where are you going, Dig?" Felicity asked as she saw her partner getting up to pick up his coat.
"The queen mansion. Roy needs help with a medical issue."
"What issue?" Felicity poked.
"A green arrow in his leg." Diggle answered.
"Wait, WHAT?!" Felicity. "But Why-"
"I don't know. He didn't explain much. But I have to go now." Diggle said, cutting the I.T girl off before leaving the lair. Felicity watched in defeat as Diggle disappeared out of view. Why would Oliver shoot his sister's boyfriend? Shrugging off the thought she went back to scanning the fingerprint that Barry has re-created. He wasn't in the lair anymore. Gone out to change his cloths. She knew he would come back soon enough. It was the beep from her computers that brought her back to reality. She quickly looked at the match to find a man named 'Cyrus Gold.'
"Huh... what a peculiar name." She quickly send a copy of his files to Bobbie, who would be able to find more intel on him. She was just about to run his facial features on her software when she heard multiple beeps from her phone. She looked at it to find over 100 missed calls from her friends at SHIELD. There was the pirate, Maria, Pepper, May, Nat... Well anyone who has a close relationship with her which turns out to be most of the people from Triskelion. To her surprise, Coulson also had his share in the missed calls. No doubt her cousin wanted to know about her. Maybe thats why he put Coulson up for this. Last time she remembered, Coulson was angry at her for putting him at the receiving end of Maria's anger. Felicity giggled. That was fun. She quickly deleted all their missed calls. She was in no mood to call anyone of them. Who knows how much of a shouting she's going to get for being poisoned and then ignoring their calls? She still hadn't explained herself to them. She was hoping to leave it off as long as possible. Let's just hope none of them makes an appearance here in Starling.
"Hey, I'm back." She heard Barry's voice behind her.
"Hey. Back so soon?"
"Yeah. I just talked to Joe on the phone. The captain wants me back in Central city by tonight. Plus I wanted to see the particle accelerator being turned ON." Barry said as he sat beside Felicity.
"So you're leaving soon?"
"Yeah." That's when they heard another set of footsteps enter the basement.
"Oh, Hey Dig." Felicity greeted, looking back at her partner. "How was the Queen mansion? Not too wild I assume?" She said, craning a small smile towards Diggle. She was poking at Roy's medical issue.
"He's fine." Diggle assured before turning to Barry who was by now examining Oliver's arrow and looking at his suit.
"I knew the vigilante had partners." Barry said excitedly as both Felicity and Diggle looked at each other in amusement before moving onto their stations. They knew Barry's fan girl was about to come out. "And I was right."
"You sure were." Felicity mumbled with a smile, admiring the cute scientist.
"He likes to be called the Arrow now." Diggle spoke up.
"You three have messed with some really nasty people." Barry continued with excitement in his voice. Felicity was trying not to laugh out loud. Only if Oliver was here to see his big fan... "The Doll Maker, Count Vertigo, Dodger, The Huntress."
"You were keeping score?" Felicity asked.
"Yeah." Barry admitted. Unfortunately that's the time when Oliver decided to make his appearance.
"Barry!" Felicity watched as Oliver walked up to the scientist. "The rat poison that you gave me. Are there any side effects?"
"Um, yeah, I think hallucinations, maybe." Barry stumbled, trying to think, while Felicity frowned. "And excessive sweating. Are you sweating excessively?"
"You're hallucinating?" Felicity asked getting up from her chair and walking closer to Oliver. "What are you seeing?"
"A girl named Shado that was with me on the island." The moment he said the sentence, Felicity scowled. Another girl...
"Shado. Sara. How many women were you marooned with? Are you sure this wasn't Fantasy Island?" She said bitterly before walking away in anger. Even on that island, he couldn't stay away from girls. Agh! Why am I even rooting down for him? Ignoring Barry's fangirling moment she continued her search on Cyrus Gold. She knew Diggle was looking at her. It was few seconds later when she felt his hand on her shoulders. He was trying to comfort her. Shrugging her jealousy off, she looked back at her computers.
"Found Cyrus Gold."
"Who's Cyrus Gold?" Oliver asked.
"The human weapon that left you nearly dead the other night. The kid did manage to pull his print off your neck." Diggle backed up.
"I've had facial recognition software scanning closed circuit cameras all over town. He's at the corner of Delgado and 25th right now, but we're just about to lose him."
"What else is at that intersection?" Oliver continued with his questioning.
"A parking lot, a market, a motel. Could be where he's holed up."
"I got this." Felicity looked at Diggle in worry. They both knew Oliver was in no condition to go out there alone. "Oliver why don't you let me handle this one? It's just recon." Diggle said, nodding at Felicity.
"Yeah, plus you need rest." Felicity backed up the idea.
"Fine. But I'm going as your backup." Oliver agreed, much to Felicity's displeasure.
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Barry Allen watched as the blonde I.T girl worked her way up the security cameras and contacted the secret backup that Oliver has just ordered her to do.
"So who's the backup?" He asked loudly considering its only him and Felicity in the lair.
"The SCPD." Felicity replied. "Well, a small link, that helps us from time to time I guess." Barry nodded as he experimented with some of the chemicals.
"What are you doing?" Felicity asked, turning her chair around and seeing the scientist mixing chemicals.
"Uhh, just messing around with something."
"Shouldn't you be trying to figure out what's causing Oliver's hallucinations?" She continued worriedly as she took a seat beside Barry.
"Sample's still being scanned. Shouldn't be too long." Barry pointed out just as Felicity gave a sharp nod. "You really do care about him, don't you?"
"Whaa..." The question itself caught her off guard. She knew Barry would eventually raise this issue but she didn't expected it to be now. Not when she's dead worried on Oliver's health, even though her second instinct is to beat him up.
"You and Oliver." Barry continued, this time a little slowly, giving time for felicity to sink the words. "You care about him. A lot. Don't you?" Barry asked again, while assessing the emotions on the pretty blonde. "I can see it, Felicity." It was in this moment that Felicity finally let her demur fall. She looked the other way to avoid any eye contacts.
"He takes crazy chances." She stretched. "Even when he's not hallucinating about beautiful island girls."
"The other day, when I asked if you liked Oliver-"
"I told you. I don't." Felicity replied before he could finish his sentence. Barry could clearly see that she was lying.
"And I remember. But If you did, I could see why." Barry continued, taking her response in account. "I mean he's Oliver queen. He's a billionaire by the day and saves the city by night."
"It sounds like you wanna date him." Felicity chuckled.
"Well, if I was a girl, I would." Barry joked, forcing Felicity to break into a laugh.
"What about being gay?" Felicity asked.
"Been there, done that. And it sucks." Barry replied.
"Wait, you and gay? How?"
"Just a little something from the past." Barry replied cryptically. (Glee reference. He played Sebastian Smythe in glee season 3, 4 and 5.) Suddenly the smirk on Barry's face seemed spoilt to Felicity. It was like a whole new different person starring back at her. She was sure that he was hiding something. "And if your thinking that I'm gay, I'm not. I never was and never will be. I'm 100% straight." Barry added with a smirk. Hmm.. Maybe shield's database has something on him.
"You weren't a naughty boy were you?"
"Maybe. I have quite a reputation." Barry teased while felicity looked at him with a new light.
"Okay, I give up."
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SHIELD Agent Bobbie Morse stretched her legs on her table as she kept an eye on her target. Officer Daily. He was definitely one of the bad guys. Bribery, scams, false arrests, he's behind it all. All the data that Bobbie has ever collected strictly point towards him. He's the spy for all the criminals. After all, it takes one to know one.
"Not now Lance, I'm busy" The loud voice of Lucas echoed around the office, breaking Bobbie's attention on Daily to the two old men. Lucas and Lance. Why am I not surprised? Bobbie thought as the voices got louder. Everyone in the department were used to those loud voices. Considering they only happen when something big is up.
"Human weapons?" Everyone stretched their neck for better hearing. It didn't take long before she saw her target, officer daily, inching closer to the two men to hear their conversation. She narrowed her eyes at him before she herself stood up walked towards the pair.
"Look, his name is Cyrus Gold. He's the one that broke into Queen Consolidated last week." Hmm... Cyrus gold.. Now where did I hear that name before? Bobbie wondered before she remembered the files that she had received from Felicity earlier on. "He's the one that robbed the blood bank. And he killed all those people."
"Where are you getting all this intel from?" Lucas asked. Apparently thats her Que..
"The vigilante no doubt." She said as she stood facing the two men while she felt Officer Daily lingering behind Lance. He was obviously ear-dropping.
"Oh, man, what's a matter with you? Talking to the Vigilante's what got you demoted in the first place." Lucas said offended.
"Look, we take a small squad. McCarthy and Evans from SWAT, Jones."
"And risk their lives?" Bobbie said sarcastically. This man nearly killed Oliver. A squad of pesky littler police officers isn't going to stop him.
"We can bring this guy down." Lance continued, ignoring the blonde detective.
"Hello? Are you even listening to me, Quentin?" Bobbie spoke up again, angry at being ignored. "If the vigilante himself couldn't take this guy down then how would we do it?"
"It's only one guy, Morse."
"And yet, the vigilante failed to defeat him. Don't you see there might be a big reason behind it?" Bobbie countered. She's going to kill Felicity for this. She perfectly knows that Cyrus Gold is an enhanced. A batch of old diabetic officers aren't enough to take him down. What could Oliver be thinking? It would only get the officers killed.
"He was comprised." Lance countered.
"Did you ask him why he was comprised?"
"Look, thats not the point. The point is that this guy is dangerous. If we don't bring him down, lot of people will die."
"But you can't bring him down without knowing your enemy!" Bobbie exclaimed in worry. Are they going all mad? Just heading out with no plan. "Lucas you can't agree to this."
"He's dangerous, Morse. And thats all we need to bring him down." Lance gritted at Bobbie before turning back to his friend, Lucas. "Lucas, please."
"I promised Jeannie I'd take her Christmas shopping." Lucas said making Bobbie frown. He's about to send his people to death and he's worried about his wife?
"Are really kidding me right now, Lucas? We don't even how strong this guy is?" Bobbie countered.
"Lucas, please." Lance pleaded again, ignoring Bobbie.
"Lucas! Listen to me." Bobbie started, refusing to back down. "You were there. You saw the files. You saw how he killed those mens without as much as a flicker of his wrist. Look at this." Bobbie continued as she quickly picked up her tablet and showed them the footage of When Cyrus Gold had taken the Centrifuge. It was one of Felicity's files. "He's carrying the centrifuge with bare hands. 100 tones of weight that no men can ever carry. He's clearly stronger than you think."
"You're sounding like that scientist kid." Lance scoffed.
"That scientist kid is maybe right. Look I think we should call in the special forces. They're trained and they can take this guy. Anyone from here will just end up 10 feet under the ground."
"Are you saying we're not capable of protecting this city, Bobbie?" Lucas asked, obviously offended.
"Well-I-uh-No-I I just mean he's not an ordinary criminal." Bobbie spluttered out, even though Lucas got her intentions right. They're useless against him.
"To me, he is. Lance, ready the force. And It's your turn to call Jeanie and tell her I'm not taking her shopping." Lucas ordered making Lance smile and Bobbie scowl.
"But Lucas-"
"No-more discussion on this, Bobby. Don't worry we'll be fine." Lucas assured her.
"Atleast take me with you." Bobbie said quickly. Maybe that way she could help them survive.
"No. You stay here. I need you here. Come on, lance." Bobbie watched in anger as both Lucas and lance walked out on her with officer daily following them.
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"Yes, yes.. I-I get it. Bobbie. Yes...ye-... But its for back up. You know he can't be out there. I-I didn't... Bob... No. Is he okay?..Y-yes, i'll handle it. Okay, bye." Felicity huffed in annoyance as she cut the call from Bobbie. Apparently her partner was angry at the fact that Oliver managed to convince Lance to send out a team to hunt Cyrus Gold, knowing that he's an enhanced and a small squad of diabetic men isn't going to stop him.
"Is everything alright?" She heard Barry's voice beside her.
"Yeah, we have to get back to the lair." She said as she quickly threw her half-eaten big belly burger in the bin before pulling the scientist back to her car. "Something came up." Barry nodded as he quickly put on a belt before being whisked away by Felicity's crazy driving.
"Wow, Ahh.. I-I-I t-think you should slow down a little." He said in worry as he saw Felicity taking sharp turns and twists on the road.
"No time for that, Barry. We have to get back."
"When did you learn to drive like that?" He asked her again as he gripped the door's handle with a death grip while Felicity increased the speed.
"Uhh.. Hobby. My-My cousin taught me. He loves cars." She lied. Soon enough Barry could feel his big belly burger in his throat as Felicity made the last turn and parked the car.
"I think I'm going to hurl." Barry said as he emptied his content, not noticing that Felicity was already inside the club.
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"Just promise me, you'll be back?" Felicity said the words as she hugged Oliver before he could disappear off to fight the enhanced, Cyrus Gold. They had got a lead on him through Detective Lance's near death experience.
"I promise." His words were quiet but she still heard them. She nodded before moving to the side, allowing the vigilante to pass her. It turns out the backup they send out was a failed attempt to capture Gold. With his enhanced abilities, Gold took out nearly all the SCPD unit that went after him. Everyone except Lance. She feels bad that Detective Lance is now spending his time in the hospital rather than at the SCPD precinct. Not to mention that now it's up to her team to stand against this enhanced. It's a good thing she had stationed Bobbie behind Oliver, in case if something goes wrong. Besides, Felicity herself is monitoring the whole mission. Anything wrong, she will be the first one to react.
"Do you think he'll be able to overcome his fears?" Barry asked her quietly as soon as Oliver left. "You know, his hallucinations?" She turned around to face the scientist who was also ready to leave for Central City with his bags in his hands. It's his time to leave now. She hoped he doesn't get fired from his job.
"I believe in him, Barry. Besides, you said it yourself, its all in his head. There is one thing I know about Oliver and that is that he never lets his fears come between him and saving his city. He's strong. I know he is."
"She's right, kid." Diggle spoke up. He was ears-dropping on their conversation. "Oliver has gone through very dark times that no-one should ever go through. Having secrets, the guilt, feeling like the whole world's burden is on your shoulders, knowing that you had spend a part of your life being the monster... is hard. And sometimes the ghosts of your past will always come back. It's up to you to figure them out."
"Sometimes running away from your past is very hard, Barry." Felicity continued. "You can never outrun it. It will always come back to bite you back. Just remember that." The scientist smiled before nodding. Something tells him that he should remember this. What can he say? It's a good hero advice.
"I will." Barry replied just as Diggle shook his hands.
"It was nice meeting you, Barry."
"You too, ."
"Call me john." And with that the ex-solider left the lair to give some alone time to the two nerds. Felicity had to hide her blush as Diggle gave her the 'go' sign. She was not going to kiss
Barry, if that's what Diggle meant. She already made it clear to Barry that she has a thing for Oliver. Besides, He's leaving and it's best not to get attached.
"I-I have to go now. I hope Oliver will be fine." Barry started.
"He will be, don't worry." Barry nodded just as he picked up his bag and turned to leave. "Barry?"
"Yes?" It didn't take even a second for Barry to reply.
"Thank you for everything." Felicity said quietly, thinking of him understanding her feelings for Oliver. She knows how hard it must be for him to see her rooting down for Oliver.
"Its all fine. Like I said, I have experience with someone who doesn't see you the same way." The scientist replied before looking at his watch. "I better go."
"I hope you get what you deserve, Barry." Felicity smiled. "Now, Hurry Up. And call me when you get there." Felicity said aloud as the scientist left the lair with a small smile. "I'll miss you."
"Mee too." She heard Barry scream before a bang of the door and then silence... until her phone started ringing. She looked at the ID before picking up.
"Hey-"
"You're an IDIOT, Felicity! You should have kissed him!" Felicity held the phone away from her ears as she heard Bobby's loud voice.
"Wha- Who?"
"Barry, you idiot. Gosh, I could literally see the tension between you two."
"I thought you were angry with me? And wait- You were watching me?" Felicity asked in shock as she looked around the lair for any cameras. "Oh no, did you seriously bugged the arrow cave?"
"Is that what you call it?"
"Yaa.. wht-..I... Shouldn't you be keeping an eye on Oliver?" Felicity asked, shrugging off the 'watching' part. Honestly, it's very creepy for Felicity to have her friend watching on her love life.
"Oh shit, Forgot about that. Woops." And with that the line went dead. Felicity huffed and looked at the screens. She could see Bobbie's red tracking dot was quickly making its way toward Oliver's coordinates. Let's hope she gets there on time.
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"Thank god your Alive!" Felicity exclaimed as she attacked Oliver's god like body into a hug. "That was a close call, Oliver! Even with all the backup I sent behind you." She said, not realizing the words she just uttered out.
"Backup?" The confused voice of Oliver snapped her moment. "What backup?"
"Uhh... I-I uh I M-mean.." Felicity left the sentence hang as she continued to think of an excuse. "DIG! I-I mean Diggle! He was keeping a watch from outside, right? He was the backup. You know... our ex-solider - AKA your personal bodyguard and driver..huh?" Felicity finished with a slight smile, mentally slapping herself for slipping up.
"Right." Oliver nodded, not too convincingly before looking around the layer, just as Diggle also entered the said place. "Where's Barry?"
"Oh he's gone. I mean not gone gone but gone as in he caught a train back to central city. His day job was at risk." Felicity informed.
"The kid left you a Christmas present, Oliver" Diggle pointed out as he draped his coat over felicity's chair. The gift itself was sealed inside a red box, sitting on one of the tables behind felicity. Just then, felicity's phone started ringing. It was Barry.
"Who is it?" Oliver asked with raised eye-brows as he saw a small smile appear on his IT girl.
"I should take this." Felicity said, ignoring Oliver's question. In seconds she moved away to talk to the said person. Oliver could somehow tell that it's that scientist kid, Barry Allen.
"Why is she smiling?" Oliver grunted as he saw the blonde giggling while Diggle shared a small laugh, fully knowing what's been going on inside Oliver's head.
"Maybe because it's Barry." Diggle teased, clearly enjoying the view. "You know... Barry. Felicity. Such two good names that go together so easily." Oliver instantly gave him the stink eye, forcing him to break into a laugh.
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Sure you don't." Having enough of Diggle silliness, Oliver decided to walk away a little further from the blonde, before signalling Diggle to do the same.
"I need to talk to you." Oliver said with tension filled voice. As they walked a little further away from felicity, Diggle's laugh has calmed down to a small smile but soon, it was replaced with a frown as he realized the serious look on Oliver's face. "There was someone following me."
"Wh-who?"
"A blonde women. About 5'10. Armed with two battle staves and a gun."
"A women? Why would she be following you?"
"I don't know. But all the way through tonight she was tailing me like a shadow. If it wasn't for the ear-com disruption, I would have never seen her." Oliver said remembering the exact movement he had felt when she was following him. "I think she knew that I was aware of her following me. Her shadowing became more noticeable by the time I reached the compound where Gold was."
"How come I didn't see her? I was there too." Diggle wondered.
"You took a different route, remember?"
"So she was just following you? That's it?" Diggle asked sceptically.
"She helped me with Cyrus Gold. And with other men."
"And?" Diggle urged, wanting to know the catch.
"I don't know, Diggle. The way she was fighting, it seemed trained and advanced. Especially that instrument she used. It let out a blue energy wave that knocked everyone off their feet."
"And I'm guessing that you've seen this before?" Diggle interrupted, noticing the lack of surprise in Oliver's voice. A small nod from the arrow confirmed his suspicions. "The Island?"
"Not exactly.. Let just hope that I'm wrong." Oliver breathed out, not wanting to relive his old island memories.
"Come on Oliver, you need to be honest with me here." Diggle said irritably. "If we're dealing something from your past then you should fill us in."
"Diggle, If I'm right about this, that women will be one of the dangerous people we will ever encounter." Oliver explained. "Let's just gather all the evidence first." Diggle nodded, not too heartily.
"Okay, I'll put Felicity on her tal-."
"NO." Oliver said as he quickly held Diggle's arm. "You need to keep her out of this, Diggle." Oliver whispered as he saw Felicity heading this way.
"Yo, everything's good? I-uh I heard you shout." Felicity asked the two boys who were petrified in their position.
"Everything's good." Oliver said casually, still holding on to Diggle's arm.
"Um, Okay. So, I have to go and help a friend. I'll see you guys later?" She asked. Both Oliver and Diggle nodded just as felicity left the liar. Instantly Diggle pulled his arm away from Oliver's grip and looked at him with a glare.
"What's this about, Oliver?" Diggle gritted out angrily.
"That women.. She mentioned Felicity when she was talking on her ear-com. It sounded like she wanted to kill her for something Felicity did." Oliver said, not really sure what the blonde exactly said but the words 'kill' and 'felicity' points towards his conclusion.
"Your saying-"
"That Amanda and Anatoly may not be the only ones who wants to kill Felicity." Oliver said with worry slipping into his voice.
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"I am going to kill you one day if you keep barging in without a warning, felicity." Bobbie stated with closed eyes just after Felicity barged into her apartment. Unfortunately for the tall blonde, her friend didn't take any of her words in account.
"Oh my god, are you okay?" Felicity started worriedly, not taking heed to her partner's words. In seconds, Bobbie, who was nursing her red arm found Felicity hoovering over her like a mother hen.
"I'm fine, Shortie. Just a small scratch." That's when Bobbie felt a sharp pain on her arm. "Owww!"
"What the hell were you thinking?!" Felicity exclaimed as she slapped Bobbie's arm again. "I told you to shadow Oliver and not to engage until it was necessary but, you not only exposed yourself but you also broke your arm."
"Hey, its not broken!" Bobbie said stubbornly as she tried to stood up but stopped as she felt pain coming from her arm. Okay, maybe it is broken.
"Yeah that's right, it's broken Morse. The sooner you accept it, the sooner you will heal." Felicity retorted, clearly not liking the events that happened today.
"First of all, my arm is not broken, it's just swollen because of Gold's enhanced strength and second most of all, your precious Oliver was being used as a rag doll by Gold, so I did what I had to do." Bobbie defended before bandaging the wound. Felicity poked her tongue at the blonde agent before slumping next to Bobbie.
"Sorry. I Guess I over-reacted."
"You think!"
"Shut up." Felicity snapped before giving a playful slap to her friend.
"How's the situation on your side?" Bobbie asked after few minutes of silence.
"Bad. Oliver hasn't said a word about you. Maybe he'll tell us when I get back, since I technically left him 5 minutes after he came back."
"Maybe." Bobbie nodded before checking her phone. "Oh Shoot!" Bobbie exclaimed, snapping Felicity out of her train of thoughts.
"What? What is it?"
"Fury!"
"What about him?"
"He wants us back at Triskelion for updates."
"WHAT? We can't just leave." Felicity exclaimed. "Well, you can but I can't. Oliver has this bad habit of keeping tabs."
"Oh come on, Felicity. You're just saying that because you don't want to face Fury's wrath."
"And Maria's." Felicity added. "And May's. And Coulson's. And -"
"Okay I get the point." Bobbie stopped her. "But we still have to go. And trust me, it's better to face them all now rather than later." Bobbie said before clapping Felicity in the back.
"Ugh!"