I honestly hadn't planned on bringing in any other BTVS characters, but the story seemed to call for it. I hope you like!

Chapter 35: Willow

******Where We Left Off******

Felicity's heart was beating in fear as she watched Oliver lose consciousness. When she called Buffy, it was an act of desperation. She said a silent prayer that Oliver would hang in there before Buffy arrived. However, before Buffy could return there was a flash of light. Roy and Sin jumped. Dig and Sara stood in a fighting stance while Felicity instinctively covered her eyes while throwing herself over Oliver's body protectively.

"Oops! Sorry about the light show," the redheaded woman who had suddenly appeared said apologetically.

"What the hell?" Dig asked, freaked out. "How did you get here?"

"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought Buffy would've told you. I'm Willow. I'm here to help Oliver," she said.

Both Felicity and Dig noticeably relaxed. "Oh, thank God!" Felicity exclaimed.

"Willow's here?" Thea asked as she came down the stairs. Buffy had shown her pictures of her friends and told her so many stories, so Willow was a larger than life almost mythical figure to Thea.

"Oliver's been shot," Felicity told her.

"Roy told me. Do you need help getting him to the hospital?" Thea asked. Oliver had had so many brushes with death that she didn't panic whenever he got injured now.

"Not necessary," Willow said with a smile. She stepped toward Oliver.

Roy didn't like that. "What do you think you're doing?" he demanded.

"It's okay," Sin said to him.

"Like hell it is," Roy said angrily. "This woman appeared out of nowhere! Who the hell is she?"

"She's Buffy's best friend. She's a very powerful witch," Sin explained.

Sara looked at her with interest. "Really?" she asked. "Is that how you appeared? Magic?"

"You can teleport?" Dig asked in amazement.

"How about you give her the third degree after she saves Oliver!" Felicity yelled, growing more fearful.

Willow gave her a reassuring smile as she stepped up to Oliver. Felicity moved a bit to give her access to him. "No problem. This won't take long," she said. She pushed the leather back further and removed the bandage that was over it.

"He's losing blood! What are you doing?" Felicity asked worriedly.

"It's okay. I've done this before," Willow said confidently.

"To me," Buffy said, surprising them. No one had noticed her coming into the room, not even Sara, who was annoyed at her slip.

"Hey, Buffy. It's good to see you," Willow said, holding her hand above Oliver's chest. She closed her eyes, and her hair began to change from the dark red to a white, freaking out her audience.

"Is that supposed to happen?" a nervous Dig asked.

"If she's using powerful white magic, yes. It's when it goes black that you should be worried," Buffy said.

Sin and Roy moved closer so that they could see what was happening. When the bullet began to remove itself out of Oliver's body, Roy exclaimed, "Holy shit!"

Then the bullet hole begin to heal itself. Willow caught the bullet in her hand. "There," Willow said with a smile. "He should be fine." Her hair reverted back to its red color. Her audience was more than a bit awe struck.

"How do you know internal organs weren't hit?" Dig asked suspiciously.

Willow didn't lose her smile. "I healed him. I promise. He's fine. He will be waking up soon," she said.

She moved to meet Buffy and hugged her. "It's good to see you, Buffy," she said. "I've missed you."

"Same goes," Buffy said, returning her hug. Her best friend spent most of her time overseas, but Buffy and she remained close. For Buffy, she was home. Her and Xander both. They were her family.

"Felicity?" Oliver murmured as he opened his eyes and saw her staring anxiously down at him.

"Oliver! How do you feel?" she asked, helping him sit up.

Oliver blinked, gauging his body. Something wasn't right. "I feel…strange," he admitted. He looked down at his chest, seeing no wound. His hand went to it. "How is this possible?"

A woman he didn't know was smiling at him with all his friends looking anxiously at him. "Who's that?" he asked.

"That's Willow," Felicity said. "She used her magic powers to heal the bullet wound. It seemed to work. It like literally floated out of you. Your wound healed before our eyes. It was incredible."

"How do you feel?" Thea asked in concern.

Oliver jumped from the table. "I feel fine. Actually, I feel more than fine. Aches and pains I've had for a long time are gone," he said. He looked at the stranger. "You did that? How?"

"Well, I couldn't be sure if the bullet hurt your insides, so I just did a complete healing. It's a spell I learned about five years when Xander got hurt all over," Willow said. "Xander isn't a slayer and is prone to getting hurt. It's like he has something to prove since he lost his eye. I was going to heal his eye, but he said he wanted to stay that way. Yeah, I know. It's weird, but Xander never wanted to forget what he lost battling Caleb. I think it's like a memorial to Anya, who died in the last Sunnydale battle. Xander's a bit strange." She said her entire monologue in one amazing breath.

Everyone was staring at Willow in surprise, except for Buffy, of course. Felicity grinned. "I told you there wasn't anything weird about me!" she said smugly.

"It's like Blondie has a freaky witchy redheaded sister," Roy remarked in awe.

Buffy laughed, throwing her arm around Willow. "I told you Felicity reminded me of Will," she stated.

Oliver put his own arm around Felicity. "There's no one like Felicity," he said loyally. Felicity smiled up at him.

"Ah, they are so sweet!" Willow exclaimed. "You totally called this one, Buffy. Xander told me he really liked her but knew she was taken even if the guy she liked was too dumb to see what he had."

"Not so dumb," Oliver said proudly.

"So can you stick around? I want you to meet Quentin," Buffy said.

"I can stay the night. But I left suddenly. You know how Andrew gets when I disappear without a word, though," Willow said.

"Well, you better call him," Buffy said.

"Who's Andrew? Your husband?" Dig wondered.

Willow grinned in amusement. "No, sweetie. I'm gay. Andrew is, well, I'm not sure what he is exactly. Like our mother hen, I guess," she said.

Buffy laughed. "True. He's in charge of keeping tabs on all the Scoobies," she said. Buffy's phone rang. She looked down at it. "Oh, that's Quentin. I kind of left him and didn't go to the station like I was supposed to." She answered and stepped away.

"So is the Count guy locked up or dead?" Thea inquired.

"He's in custody," Dig said.

"Good," Thea said. "I don't want any of that crap in my club."

"Oh, that's right. This is your club," Willow said eagerly. "We spent some great times in a club when we were in high school. It catered to teens. I dated the guitarists. Oz was the best."

"So you like guys, too?" Roy asked.

"Oz was special," Willow said fondly.

"Let's all go upstairs and get a drink," Thea suggested. "You can explain to us how you manage to appear in our basement when you've never been here before."

"Oh, I didn't introduce everyone," Buffy said, having ended her call and stepping back to them. "Willow, this is, of course, Felicity and Oliver. That's John Diggle—he goes by Dig most of the time. This is Thea, our new slayer. And that's Sara Lance, Quentin's daughter. That's Sin, who I've mentioned to you, and Roy, Thea's boyfriend."

"Nice to meet all of you. I feel like I know you since Buffy's told me so much about you all," Willow said with a warm smile. She reached out and grabbed Thea's hand. "Welcome, little sis. I'm sorry it took me so long to find you."

Thea didn't understand it, but there was something about the witch. She felt almost like she knew her. Her voice was familiar. It was like a forgotten dream. Are you ready to be strong?

Thea blinked. "Why does it feel like I know you?" Thea asked.

"Because Willow is the one who made you a slayer," Buffy said.

Instantly, Oliver's eyes narrowed. "What?" he asked.

"Not exactly. I activated all the potentials at the hellmouth trying to prevent it from opening," Willow explained. "I didn't realize how powerful the spell was or how it would keep going."

"So you're the reason my sister is a monster magnet now?" Oliver asked accusingly.

"She's the reason your sister can kick ass," Buffy pointed out.

"You're welcome," Willow said with a wink.

Oliver began to reply and Felicity pinched his side to silence him. Now was not the time to appear ungrateful to the witch who'd saved his life.

"How about that drink?" Dig suggested, trying to ward off an argument.

"I have to go to the precinct and finish giving that report. I'll bring Quentin back with me, though," Buffy said. She looked at Thea. "You will keep Willow entertained?"

"Of course," Thea said.

They all went up the stairs. Except for Oliver, who tugged Felicity's hand. "Wait a minute," he said to her.

"Are you sure you're okay?" she asked anxiously.

"I just want hold you a minute," he said, hugging her to him. He'd been risking his life for so long that it was second nature. Now, however, he had more to lose than ever.

"I was so scared," Felicity admitted, her head on his chest.

"If the worst ever happens, I want you to know that every minute I spent on the island was worth it," Oliver said.

Felicity pulled back, frowning. "What does that mean?" she asked.

"If one day I die in the field, I want you to know that I don't have any regrets. Meeting you and loving you made every bad thing worth it," he said before he kissed her.

******The Next Day******

Buffy was having lunch with Willow, Quentin, and Sara when she got a text message. She read it and blinked. "Oh my God. The jury just acquitted Oliver's mother!" she exclaimed.

"What?" Quentin asked in shock. "No way!" He pulled out his phone to call someone.

"Felicity just texted me. She's there with Oliver," Buffy explained.

"That's great news!" Willow said.

"It's great that another rich, privileged mass murderer gets off? I don't think so!" Quentin fumed.

"Did she actually kill anyone?" Willow asked, frowning.

"She was involved romantically with Merlyn at some point. Laurel uncovered that during her cross-examine. She was in no real danger. She was complicit in letting her company build a weapon of mass destruction. She blew the whistle only when it was too late to stop him," Quentin listed. She was just trying to cover her own ass."

"I'm glad for Oliver. He's lost enough," Sara said, defending her friend.

Quentin glared, but before he could reply, his phone rang. "Lance," he said. He listened to the caller. "Was anyone hurt?"

When he hung up, Buffy asked, "What's going on?"

"Queen Consolidated's Applied Science Division was broken into. Two guards were killed," Lance said.

"You should get Felicity looking at the footage. Don't they keep a lot of cameras up?" Buffy said.

"Anyone can look at cameras. We use Felicity for the harder stuff," Lance said. "Sorry, to cut lunch short, but Captain wants me talking to Queen since I know him personally."

"Good news day with some bad," Willow commented, frowning.

"That seems to be the norm here," Buffy said.

After Quentin made it to Applied Science division, he was surprised that the Captain had put him in charge of the team there. However, he did his work and eventually Oliver showed up. Felicity was with him.

"Oh, I'm off today," Felicity said, looking guilty when she spotted Quentin, who had lifted an inquiring eye at her appearance there since he hadn't called her. "I was with Oliver in court when he got the news."

"Yes, I heard your mother got off," Quentin said sourly.

"We were a bit surprised," Oliver acknowledged. "But pleased."

"Yeah, I bet," Quentin said bitterly. However, he didn't waste time. "Looks like a forklift was used to pry off these doors." The entrance door had been ripped away. "Like a full frontal assault."

"Did our cameras catch anything?" Oliver asked.

"Only one man was spotted on camera, so the others with him must've come in later," Quentin said.

"No, it was just one man," a voice behind them said.

"Who are you?" Quentin asked.

The young man held up an ID. "I'm Barry Allen from science division in Central City's police department. My boss sent me here to investigate," he said, giving them a nervous smile.

Felicity gave the newcomer a bright smile. He looked a little lost. "Hi, Barry, I'm Felicity," she said with a wave.

Barry gave her a grateful smile. "Hi," he said.

Oliver frowned as he saw looked at the newcomer with suspicion.

*****To Be Continued*****

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