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Chapter 21 – Aspirins

Mixed POV

Moira watched in horror as Oliver's heart stopped beating. His Team rushed around, grabbing the crash cart that was sitting nearby and proceeded to try to shock Oliver's heart, trying to get it beating again. It took three attempts before she heard the beep on the monitor again. She let go of the breath that she didn't realize she was holding. I wonder how many times they have had to do that. It seemed like they knew exactly what they were doing.

Felicity could not keep in the cry of relief as Oliver's heart started beating again. "You have got to stop doing this to us Oliver." She said quietly to the sleeping man as she sat down in her chair again. Her shoulder was hurting more and more the longer she sat here.

Diggle could see that Felicity was in quite a lot of pain from her shoulder. The punch to Laurel hadn'thelped either. He walked over to where the medicine was kept and, having selected something, he carried a small bottle over to Felicity. He handed her a couple of pills and a bottle of water.

"Aspirins." Diggle replied when he saw the look of confusion on her face. "For the shoulder until we can take care of it for you." Felicity smiled at him as she took the pills that he handed her with a small nod of thanks.

Diggle turned back to Sara and Oliver just as she was finishing up with the wrist that had not already been bandaged.

"What all are his injuries John?" Sara asked knowing that Diggle was the best man to give her the list of everything that could be wrong with Oliver.

"Well other than the back he has burns on his torso and back from a generator, his left shoulder has been dislocated twice but don't worry about that I've taken care of it, he has several cracked or broken ribs, he took an arrow to his right shoulder, a bullet in his side, as well as some cuts across his chest and torso, not to mention the doses of Vertigo and curare." Diggle listed. His friend and partner had been through a lot the last couple of days.

"Wow, okay. Roy, please grab the herbs from the chest and mix up a pretty good batch of tea for him, once he wakes up he's going to have a killer headache. Johnyou take care of the bullet wound and the shoulder and I'll take the cuts. Once that is done I'll help you tape up the ribs." Sara gave out the commands quickly before turning to get back to work. The Team didn't question anything as they all turned to do their own jobs.

"Roy, go ahead and make two extra cups of tea while you're at it." Diggle told the younger man, knowing that both he and Moira could do with a cup each to help get rid of any lasting effects of the drugs. He then turned back to Oliver and started to redo the stitches in his side from the bullet wound that had come out from him hanging from the chains as well as from the fight. He was impressed with how well Felicity had done the first time. He then moved to Oliver's shoulder where he cleaned and stitched up that wound as well while Sara took care of the cuts on Oliver's chest.

Lance looked on as Sara and Diggle worked on Oliver. It seemed like they had done this several times before and again he was in awe of the Team. Words could not describe right now the intense pride he had for his daughter and what she had become. Sure, she was different than when she left but she was better for it. Lance was happy that she had found a home, a family, here with Oliver and his Team.

Roy came back over to the medical area with two steaming cups of tea. "Who gets the extras?" He asked Diggle.

"Mrs. Queen needs one and I get the other. They will help with any lasting effects that you have from the Vertigo." Diggle finished as he turned to Moira, explaining what it was for.

"What is this?" Moira asked as she smelled the tea, it smelled awful.

"It's some herbs Oliver brought from the Island. It helps with anything." Diggle responded as he helped Sara sit Oliver up enough to wrap his ribs. As soon as they were finished they laid him back down carefully before turning to the rest of the group.

"Sorry you guys had to wait on us before getting any medical attention, but Oliver clearly needed it more than anyone. Felicity, you're next." Sara said as she washed her hands before putting on new gloves and pulling out the supplies that she would need to patch up Felicity's shoulder.

"There is a bathroom in the back with a shower and between Oliver, Sara, Felicity, and I we should have enough changes of clothes for everyone. I would suggest everyone cleans up while we keep taking care of injuries. Laurel, you go first so that we can take care of those cuts as soon as we are done here." Diggle stated as he turned to the medical supplies to pull out a sling for Felicity's arm.

"Here, I'll show you where to find everything." Roy said as he led Laurel to the back of the lair.

Felicity was extremely happy when they finished patching her shoulder. It didn't hurt as much as it originally did which was probably due to the aspirins that Diggle had given her. As soon as Laurel finished in the bathroom she went to clean herself up with an order from Sara to call her if she needed anything.

Diggle and Sara finished patching everyone up. Laurel only needed a few stitches on a couple of her cuts, Lance just needed his ribs taped up as the rest were just bruises, Walter would get some salve for his burns before they bandaged them up right after he got back from talking to Thea. Moira and Diggle each got some tea to ward off any lasting effects from the Vertigo and the curare and Diggle also received a line of stitches to the cut on his chest. All in all, theyall had got off pretty easily in the endas Felicity and Oliver were the only ones with serious injuries.

Once Moira had a chance to clean up she pulled up an extra chair near to Oliver and kept vigil over her son, willing him to wake up. Seeing him lay there, fighting for his life, made her wonder how many times he had been injured, how badly, and how it was that he kept bouncing back so quickly. She watched as Felicity pulled her chair right next to Oliver, placed her hand in his and softly talked to him. She couldn't hear what was being said but clearly the blonde cared for her son. She had seen the signs over and over again and wondered when they would finally realize that they cared for each other.

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Mixed POV

Upstairs Walter walked into the club to look for Thea. He knew that she would be here, she was always here. He had thankfully been able to change into at least a clean shirt and he had noticed a shower downstairs when he was changing so hopefully he would get a shower soon, however, Thea was more important right now.

Walter could tell the minute Thea saw him coming. She almost dropped the bottle that she was holding before running into his arms.

"Walter, you're okay!" Thea said with a sob. "I was so worried that something bad had happened to you! Do you know if they found my Mom and Oliver?"

"Thea, let's go somewhere a bit more quiet so we can talk." Walter said calmly, directing her to the club office. Once inside he continued with his explanation. "Your Mom and Oliver are all fine. So are Lance and Laurel. We were all taken together. Everyone is out and safe. They are all undergoing medical treatment right now but will be heading to the mansion as soon as possible."

"I want to see them!" Thea stated, clearly worried for her family.

"You can't right now sweetheart. Finish up here tonight and I will call you when we are able to leave for the mansion. Okay." Walter stated. He wanted her to know that they were fine, but didn't need her downstairs right now. Sharing Oliver's secret was not his call and if she saw them now then his cover would be blown.

As Thea was getting ready to argue again Walter saw Roy coming up the stairs. He was thankful that he had backup.

"Thea, what's going on?" Roy asked, doing a very good job of sounding like he had no clue.

"They've been found. Everyone's been found Roy and they won't let me go see Mom and Ollie." Thea cried into her boyfriend's shoulder.

"I'm sure it's just so that they can make sure everyone's okay before they send them home is all. Come on, let's get back to the club. I'm sure Walter will call us as soon as we can meet up with them." Roy said rubbing her back to try and get Thea to calm down.

"Okay, you call me as soon as I can see them!" Thea demanded as she looked at Walter.

"I will, I promise." Walter said, thankful that she had finally let it go. He turned to head back downstairs after Roy and Thea walked away.

When Walter got to the bottom of the stairs he smiled. He saw Moira and Felicity sitting next to Oliver, who was thankfully still alive, Diggle and Sara were talking quietly in the corner, and Lance and Laurel were sitting near the computers. Everyone seemed to be getting along, for now anyway.

"Walter, why don't you freshen up in the bathroom back there and then we will take care of your burns." Diggle said, pointing to the bathroom that Walter had seen in the back of the lair. "I laid out a couple sets of clothes, not sure what will fit best."

"Thank you." Walter said as he went to freshen up.

When he returned Diggle tended to the burns from the tazer before they all sat down to a dinner of Big Belly Burger that Sara had brought in while he was cleaning up. They all enjoyed the peace and quiet of a good meal, waiting for Oliver to wake up.

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