AN – another shorty but at least its quick updates. Enjoy this little segment.

I do not own either Arrow or Thunderbirds

CHAPTER 28

Fate didn't take long to arrive. The doors burst open with a loud bang and in strode one of Slade's men. Felicity stood with a start at the noise, she kept her eyes on the orange and black masked man as it scanned the room looking for her. Cold dread flooded her as the unseeing eye sockets found her and the man strode towards her. Now scared beyond anything she had ever known she started to back up but it was all in vain the goon grabbed her before she had managed 5 steps.

He hoisted her over his shoulder in a fireman lift and headed back to the outside world. Felicity kicked her legs and pounded the back of the goon as hard as she could trying to escape but it was to no avail. When he stopped moving Felicity heard a vehicle door opening and then felt herself being thrown forward. Landing heavily on her back she heard the door slam shut and the world go black.

There were no cameras now so she didn't bother fighting but she crawled up the van and tucked herself into the corner ready for the journey to Slade. Her left hand reached into the pocket and pulled out the injection arrowhead checking it was full and ready to go, the glowing liquid made the darkness seem scarier and she quickly tucked it away into the other pocket.

As the van engine rumbled Felicity grabbed her locket and clutched it in both hands.

When the movement of the van stopped and the engine cut out she released her locked and hid it inside her coat. As the warm metal touched her skin the doors opened and light blinded Felicity. She squinted and saw a silhouette coming towards her.

"Hello Miss Smoak." The Australian voice almost paused. Felicity felt her blood run cold and she tried to move further away from the approaching figure. The resulting chuckle did not make her feel any better.

The van dropped down at the weight clambering inside, it rocked around a bit before Felicity had her arm grabbed tightly and was yanked out of her spot. She maid vain attempts to beat Slade off but it just seemed to make him laugh.

"How does it feel to be the object of affection of two men?" Slade drawled.

"N-no." She whispered.

"Now my dear, do not lie to me." His Australian tones making it sound sinister.

Felicity remained quiet and that made Slade mad. Now they were inside the oil refinery weaving between pipes and tanks to somewhere that only Slade knew.

"TELL ME!" He boomed.

Felicity trembled. "Oliver will stop you." She ground out squaring her shoulders.

Slade laughed loud. "I though you were just a fragile girl but apparently I am wrong. I see what attracts Oliver. Shall we call him let him know where you are?"

"NO!" Felicity shouted out in protest but Slade threw her to the floor and pulled out a cell phone in one hand and his Katana blade with the other. He held the blade pointed at Felicity's throat as she lay on the floor staring up at him.

He speed dialed a preset contact, holding the phone on loudspeaker he waited.

"GO." Was the first word through the phone and Felicity recognized Oliver's Arrow voice.

"You busy Kid?" Slade began, his eyes never leaving Felicity.

"It's over Slade, your army is broken." Came the instant reply.

"I pity them but once again you missed the point, I have the one you love. You are going to meet me where I say otherwise I'm going to kill her."

"No you do what you have to I'm done playing your games." Oliver replied, Felicity gulped it sounded like Oliver was leaving her after putting her into Slade's clutches.

"YOU ARE DONE when I say you're done!" Slade bellowed back his anger emerging once more. "I was surprised." He continued back to his usual less angry self. "I thought you had a thing for stronger women but now that I have met her I can see the appeal. She is quite lovely your Felicity."

The other end of the line remained silent for a few moments before Slade continued. "You will come to the oil refinery station if you want to have a choice." Then he hung up.

"It won't be long my dear before I make good on my promise and you will know for sure if Oliver really does love you." He addressed Felicity pulling back his blade and sheathing it.

"He won't do it, he won't pick just like he did with Shado and Sara." Felicity replied.

"Do NOT talk of her you did not know her." Slade shouted.

"If you had this choice Felicity between your John and Oliver who would you pick?" Slade mused.

Felicity opened her mouth in shock how did he know about John, play dumb she thought. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Do not lie to me Felicity I know all about your other activities." He smirked at her look of complete terror that idiot may have been right. "He's out there in the City right now saving people from my men."

"What?" Felicity breathed.

"Oh if Oliver had not declared his love for you my sweet this would have been going so very differently. I had a deal to capture you, torment Oliver and then hand you over once I had destroyed him. This however will be so much more meaningful."

Felicity's mind whirled why would anyone want her? "Oliver will stop you." She bit back.

"We shall see." Slade bent down and grabbed Felicity by her arm hauling her onto her feet and spinning her to face away from him. With his other arm she felt it wrap tightly around her middle. "Now we wait."

The silence following was torture, it distorted the feel of time and to Felicity it felt like days before something finally happened. Slade shifted and Felicity heard the distinctive scraping noise of a blade then she felt the cold sharp metal against her throat. Next to her ear Slade started to loudly talk. "Twitch and I open your throat, my first words to you do you remember? I do, I remember the exact moment my blade next to your neck just like my blade is next to your beloved. If only I had killed you then everything would be different." Arrow came into view bow drawn. "Drop the bow Kid."

Felicity stared at the Arrow his bow drawn and pointed fight at her, no not completely at her but Slade she was shielding him. The blade moved even closer to her neck and she tried to back away from it losing sight of Arrow in the process. She grunted in discomfort.

She heard clinking noises and the blade relaxed slightly, as she dropped her head she watched as Arrow crouched lowering his bow to the floor. Then she heard footsteps and struggling coming from behind. She tried to turn to see who it was but guessed it had to be Laurel.

"Yes countless nights dreaming of taking from you all that you took from me."

"By killing the woman I love. Like you loved Shado." Oliver said.

"Yes." Slade whispered.

"You see her don't you. What does she look like in your madness Slade?" Oliver demanded. Felicity felt Slade's grip loosen and suddenly the ground was rushing up to meet her and she was pushed to her knees. She cried out in discomfort. "What does she say to you? I remember her being beautiful, young, kind. She would be horrified by what you have done in her name."

"What I have done? What I have done is what you lacked the courage to do, to fight for her, so when her body." Slade had moved around Felicity carefully dragging his blade around her neck until it rested against the back. She looked to Oliver panic flooding her system, he was goading Slade and it wasn't looking promising that she was going to get out of this alive. "Lies at you feet, her blood wet against your skin, then you will know how I feel." Slade screamed in anger reliving that moment on Lian Yu when he had found Shado.

""I already know how you feel, I know what its like to hate to want revenge." Oliver calmly replied he met Felicity's eyes and subtly nodded, hoping it conveyed his meaning of get ready. "And now I know how it feels to see my enemy so distracted that he doesn't see the danger right in front of him."

Slade looked to Oliver confused at his words, he moved around the back of Felicity waiting for an attack from Oliver he was the only one there that had the potential to take him on. His blade had moved away from Felicity and he hadn't noticed.

Felicity felt the blade move away and at Oliver's words she rose from her knees and her hand slid into her pocket grasping the injection arrowhead. She waitied a moment for Oliver's words to sink in and she glanced over he shoulder to see where Slade was. Throwing all of her weight into it she swung her arm behind her and imbedded the arrow into Slade's neck. After a second she pulled it out and moved out of the way.

Slade dropped to his knees then there was a gunshot from behind. Felicity spun around to see Laurel attacking a masked goon that dropped to the ground easily. Past him stood Sara.

"Get them out of here!" Arrow shouted. Felicity felt her feet spring to life and she moved quickly towards Sara with Laurel in front. Sara took Laurels arm and led them away.

They turned right and went to head down that way, after a few paces Sara stopped suddenly Felicity almost ran into her. She guided Laurel behind her trying to shield both women. In front of them stood a bald dark skinned man, he was dressed in black that appeared to have bright gold embroidery down the middle of the chest, and about the waist it looked like he had a towel wrapped around him.

"I require Felicity Smoak, hand her over." The oriental voice asked politely and Felicity felt her blood run cold. Jeff and John had both told her in detail about the Hood after that disastrous introduction to the Tracy family. This was him ever since Slade had mentioned knowing that John was out in the City her gut had been screaming at her but she had ignored it thinking it was because of the blade at her throat.

"Not happening." Canary said. Laurel stepped forward then to be inline with Canary.

"Oh but you will willingly." He sneered. His eyes started to glow.

Felicity dropped her gaze away from his face and whispered to her current protectors. "Don't look at his eyes." But it was too late. Neither of them replied to her, instead they stepped aside.

The man started to walk forward. "Very good." Felicity looked around for anything to defend herself with. "I don't think so." The voice continued and Felicity felt herself unable to move as though she had been grabbed in a large hand. In surprise she looked up and found the man next to her his glowing eyes menacing.

"You and I have business together, from your actions I imagine you know who I am." He said. Felicity felt herself nod.

"Good instructions are so boring. You are going to help me get what I want and deserve."

"Never." She spat instinctively.

"SILENCE!" He roared and Felicity had the urge to close her mouth and keep it closed. Her mind screamed to speak but her mouth would not.

"Now you two." He said glancing first at Laurel and then Canary. "You will remain here until I am out of the building." Then he turned his glowing eyes to Felicity. "You will follow me." He spun on the spot and walked away. Felicity's body responded against her will.

Three steps forward and the man stopped and Felicity stopped the same instant. "Remove any technological devices you have." Without hesitation her body removed her watch, phone and locket. Inside Felicity screamed and shouted as the locket went over her head a small part of her collapsed in grief it was her ever-constant connection to John and she was losing it. When the clatter of it reaching the floor hit her hears she gave up struggling her heart was breaking.

She felt tears sliding down her face and her vision blurred. The bald mans face quirked into a split second smile before he turned and confidently strode away all the while Felicity felt her body responding to his command to follow against her own will.

AN – Please please review they are like magic in an email and I have loved the ones so far. Another chapter is well underway as I have well and truly caught the muse bug once more.