Not always as they seem 36
After dinner with Walter, Felicity had Oliver stop by the pier so she could secretly meet with her father. She had Oliver stay close by for safety reasons but so that he was also out of site. Felicity was standing on the sand when Mark appeared at her side dressed in an Armani suit. "I see you discovered my little computer virus, I am surprised you kept the antivirus all these years." he said nonchalantly making Felicity frown "You have had my attention since you arrived, Why go after Queen Consolidated? What's your end game?" she asked turning to him with pursed lips as she observed him. Mark looked down at her " My end game is for me to know and you to find out. However, Your skills on my side would be infinitely more helpful than against me." he said.
Felicity scoffed " That's all I have been to you huh? I have always been a piece on your board that you can use when you wanted and throw away when you were done. You cut corners to make sure that you always came out on top, not caring about the consequences later on. Is this the reason why Greg Peterson killed mom? Because you did something and didn't think of the consequences?!" she asked in a harsh tone.
Mark turned to her nostrils flaring "I loved your mother, but no matter what I tried to do to talk her out of it she wouldn't stop protecting you and your brother. She was against your training from the beginning and when I refused to stop your training she gave you everything in her will. Including control over all her holdings in Central City. My company needs those holdings and the only way to get them is for you to marry, I told your mother this but she had to interfere and it cost her her life." he said making Felicity's eyes widen "Mom died because she knew I would refuse to marry someone I didn't love?" she whispered out the horror evident in her voice.
Mark smirked "No she died because she locked away information that Greg Peterson wanted and refused to give it to him. The information now is useless but back then it was worth billions. By the time I found out, your mother was dead. She should've stayed out of it." he said impassively making Felicity turn to him and instantly he found himself flying to one side as she punched him. He regained his balance and turned to her with a murderous glare as his nose began to bleed, he pulled a handkerchief and brought it to his nose to stop the bleeding.
Felicity's eyes flared as she got into his space and menacingly replied "You are a wicked man who has no feelings and cares for nothing but power. Well guess what, I will tear your organization to the ground, and expose you for every crime you have had a hand in. Then when you have nothing left, I will watch as all your enemies trod upon you. There will be nothing you can do. Especially when someone I know finds you." before he could respond she spun around and walked towards the car. She got into the passenger seat and seconds later Oliver slipped into the drivers seat, looking at her with concern. "Felicity... Are you alright?" he asked after a few moments of silence. She turned to him and with a frown replied "I just declared war on my father."
Oliver looked at her with a raised eyebrow before he turned on the car and drove them back to the Queen's mansion. Felicity was silent the whole way, and when the car came to a stop she dove out of the car and ran for her room. Almost knocking Thea over in the process, she changed out of her dress and found herself in sweats and a tshirt. She put on her tennis shoes and put in her contacts. She walked out of her room only to find Oliver leaning against the nearby wall, in jeans and a t shirt, his shoes laced up. Her eyebrows shot up in question making him quietly reply "You looked like you wanted to kill something, so I figured I would help you by showing you the Queen family gym."
Felicity smiled in relief before accepting Oliver's hand and walking beside him, as he took her to the corner of the bottom floor and into a room that you could tell had been recently used. "I come in here whenever I am not at the office or at the lair." Her eyes locked on the punching bag on the far side of the room, she moved quickly towards it before her eyes scanned the room for gloves or hand wraps. She caught movement from the corner of her eye and instantly her hand shot out to catch the object flying her way. She looked down to see what she had caught and was surprised to see that they were pink kickboxing gloves. Her eyebrow raised questionably at Oliver who was just smiling with amusement.
She pulled them on as Oliver decided to explain why he had Pink kickboxing gloves "Apparently Thea took Kickboxing while I was on the island, she said she didn't like it and from what I understand quit after two weeks." he said before pulling on his own gloves. The two took turns rotating between the punching bag and the training dummies for over two hours before Felicity's anger began to wane. She turned to Oliver with an impassive face before she sighed knowing he was waiting for her to open up to him. "Mark was the reason my mom died, protecting her went against his best interests. So when my mom got on the wrong side of Greg Peterson, he did nothing! He let her get taken from my birthday party. And then had the audacity to announce his intentions for me to marry Michael Peterson a week later!"
Oliver observed her expressions as saw she was ready to cry he moved to embrace her, when she spun around a knife appearing out of no where and flying in his direction making him duck. He looked in the direction of the knife and found it deeply embedded in the center of the punching bag. He cautiously turned towards Felicity to see a tear slide down the porcelain skin of her cheek. He approached her and pulled her into a hug as he whispered "Shh, everything will be fine." Felicity although comforted by his words, knew that things wouldn't be fine for a while. That night Felicity had nightmares of her mothers death, each time seeing her father laughing and herself powerless to do anything as she died over and over.
The next morning Felicity got up and went for a run around the mansion, her eyes constantly scanning her surroundings as she went. As she passed the front gate she tensed sensing a presence move behind her, she continued to jog as she listened to the footsteps following her. Upon recognizing the fall of footsteps, she slightly turned to see Jacob casually jogging beside her. "So you met with father, however, when I said you should meet with him I didn't think you were going to threaten him. Do you think that is wise?" he asked coming to a stop as Felicity did.
Felicity surveyed the area before spotting a bench near by and leading him over to it, she sat down and with a deep breath replied "Brother, I have to tell you something but you have to promise not to interrupt and to keep your mind open." Jacob observed her expression and after a moment of hesitation he mutely nodded, promising not to interrupt. "Dad knew that Greg Peterson had mom killed, he could've stopped it but it wasn't in his best interest. He told me so last night, what he didn't count on was that mom changed her will and everything he wanted went to me, that's why I was always in his favor. That is ... Until I fell in love with his second. He has manipulated us our entire lives, down to Emily leaving you back in senior year... He threatened to kill her brother and father while they were off fighting in Iraq."
Jacob looked at her with the most horrified expression as he stuttered "He could've saved m..mom? He threatened Em!?" he finished with anger forming in his expression, he jumped to his feet and begun pacing around. "How could he do that to her!? He loved her more than either of us.. This makes no sense. And to threaten Em and her family... Thats going too far." He aid with a deadly tone, Felicity gave him a sad smile before replying "I agree, which is why I am going to take down his organizations. He will be at the mercy of his enemies and we won't interfere after that. He has put me in danger with the league, they want to take me and make me join the league of assassins! If you had more training they would be after you to!"
Jacob looked at her with wide eyes and asked "Ra's al Ghul knows about you?" She mutely nodded making him run a hand through his hair in helplessness. "That's it, I can't help him anymore... He didn't protect mom when she needed him to, and he put you in the worst type of danger possible. What can I do to help you Felicity?" he asked with desperation evident upon his face. Felicity bit her lip and cautiously replied "You can get in touch with Katana and the other two. They received their training from Drake Johnson as well... And they need to be informed. Then you can help me by staying nearby, the Peterson's have in fact named my their prime target to get back at Dad and even worse is that I had been feeling weird every since they kidnapped me a few days ago."
Jacob immediately nodded before pulling out his phone and texting those she told him to. Suddenly Oliver came casually walking out of the mansion, waking straight towards them with his eyes locked on Jacob. "Jacob." he acknowledged with pursed lips. Jacob equally acknowledged him with a similar greeting "Good morning Mr. Queen." Oliver turned to Felicity with a hint of concern and asked "Is everything alright here?" Felicity knew the silent meaning behind his words and instantly put a calming hand to his shoulder and replied "Everything is great, my brother is on our side now." Oliver raised an eyebrow and observed Jacob's demeanor looking for anything that would give him the impression that her brother was lying, but to his surprise couldn't find anything. Oliver held out his hand and with a smile said "Welcome to the team."
-Authors Note- I am so so so sorry for not updating sooner! I just had to get this chapter to my satisfaction. Please review! Thank you for reading and stay tuned for the next chapter!