Three years ago, Nanda Parbat
Oliver's eyes flew open and he looked around. He then noticed that Nyssa was in his arms. He then remembered what had happened last night, but he didn't remember falling asleep with Nyssa beside him. Maybe he had fallen asleep while she was massaging him? That could have been a possibility, but what was he supposed to do now? He couldn't just leave her room since the other assassins would see him leave and they would start to think something had been going on. Maybe he should just stay in bed with her until both of them woke up again.
Oliver debated for a long time with himself what he should do. Nyssa had now noticed he was awake but had stayed quiet and still just to see what he would end up doing. If he decided to stay she would ask him what he was doing up at this hour. It then felt like Oliver had calmed down and decided to stay with her, which she was happy with we've thought it was very unlike her to let anyone sleep in her room, but there was something about Oliver and it had been there ever since she saw him the first time, back on the island and she had to take care of him after he got hurt. Obviously, the kisses they had given each other yesterday did something about their relationship with each other and could probably now be called something more than teacher and student.
Oliver laid his head back down behind Nyssa's and tried to get back to sleep, but that was interrupted by Nyssa who turned her body to face Oliver but still staying inside his embrace. She sent him a sleepy smile and Oliver thought it was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. He found her so peaceful and beautiful at that moment and he wished it would have lasted more than a few seconds.
"Hey... What are you doing up?" Nyssa asked in a sleepy voice. Oliver tried to retract his arm that went around her, but when he tried, she put her hand on his arm telling him she wanted his arm to stay where it was, and he decided to do as she wanted.
"I... Ehm... No reason," Oliver tried to avoid having a conversation about what was going on inside his head whenever he was sleeping. Nyssa though, saw right through his bad lie and simply raised an eyebrow and looked at him. Oliver could see, by her facial expression, that she didn't take that as an answer, but he didn't say anything else unless he was needed to.
"Oliver, what is it? I know why people wake up in the middle of the night when there isn't any kind of noise. Please tell me what it is," Nyssa pressed on. She knew if there was going to be something between the two of them, there had to be a high level of trust between them. Oliver sighed by her pressing on, but he knew that it would be for the best because maybe she could even help him somehow.
"I've had nightmares ever since I couldn't find my friends back on the island. I know it has just been a couple of days, but I feel like hell for leaving them there if there was just the slightest chance that they would be alive..." Oliver explained still avoiding Nyssa's eyes. All Nyssa could do was feel sorry for him. She never intended to make him feel like that when she brought him with her to the League. She pulled him into a tight hug and buried her face in the crook of his neck. Oliver was surprised by her action, but he soon gave in and returned the hug. Three lied there for a couple of minutes before Nyssa pulled to look at Oliver again. He still had tears in his eyes, but he now had a smile on his face too.
"When you are ready to go on a mission, I promise you that we can go back to the island and take a look around to see if they are alive because if they are, they will probably still be on that island," Nyssa said, now with tears in her own eyes.
"Thank you, Nyssa. It means a lot to me," Oliver said. He now noticed how close their faces were. His gaze kept shifting to her lips. They hadn't kissed since they were on that mat and Oliver was now thinking about making it happen again. Nyssa could see that Oliver's gaze was switching between her eyes and her lips, and she actually didn't really know what she wanted Oliver to do. He was lying in her bed right now and she had never had anyone else to sleep with her before, but she was enjoying this and really wanted to see where this would go. Oliver could see her struggle in her eyes whenever his eyes met hers.
He leaned closer to her lips and their lips met each other in a kiss. It was one of the best feelings Nyssa had ever felt when she kissed him. Not the kiss in itself, but the feeling that streamed through her body when they kissed. She leaned into the kiss and she could feel her hands subconsciously wander up and around his body. She could feel Oliver stiffen every time her hands ran across one of his scars, but Nyssa took her time to really get a feel of them, so she could remember the feeling and placement of them. It seemed like Oliver was beginning to relax even though she was touching his scars and paid extra attention to them.
Nyssa rolled on top of Oliver and they laid like they had done earlier, though Nyssa's hands were roaming Oliver's body a lot more than they did earlier. Without thinking, Oliver moved his hands to either side of her hips. He then realized where his hands were and held them still. He didn't want to go any further, knowing that it would be too early for them if they wanted something serious, and there was something special about Nyssa that he wanted to explore. Nyssa hummed into the kiss and pulled slightly away.
"I want you to understand that I want this to work out, whatever this is and are going to be," Oliver said. Their lips were so close that Nyssa could feel Oliver's lips move when he spoke. She kissed him again.
"I want this to work too," Nyssa replied and shifted down Oliver's body, so she could rest her head on Oliver's chest, but were still lying on top of him. Oliver couldn't help but smile, it was so sweet to see Nyssa like that, and soon enough both of them closed their eyes to get some sleep since it was still in the middle of the night. Nyssa though, made sure that Oliver fell asleep first so she knew that he would get some more sleep, than the little bit he had gotten this far.
Present
"That outfit really suits you," Oliver said as he, Nyssa and Aaila walked back into the foundry after having taken out one more of the Triad's hideouts.
"Yeah it really does," Aaila agreed and did a twirl for Oliver and Nyssa, so they could see the whole suit.
"Now you just have to make sure it doesn't become messy," Nyssa said as she put down her bow in one of the drawers. Aaila chuckled.
"Will do," Was all Aaila answered. She knew if she didn't clean it or anything, there would go a long time again before she would get anything that even looks like this one, and she didn't want a new one, ever, if she could avoid it. Then there was something that popped up in her mind. "Dad, why is it I never see you wear the Robe of Ra's AL Ghul?"
Oliver was slightly surprised by her question since he didn't think she ever thought about it. In his mind, that robe still belonged to Bruce even though it, in reality, belonged to himself. But he had been wearing it when he had met with other League members and wasn't in his assassin outfit.
"I don't know really. I feel like it still belongs to Bruce, but I have been wearing it when I have met with some of the other assassins in the League," Oliver explained.
"Oliver, that robe is yours now. Not mine," Bruce said as he came into the foundry. He had heard everything they had talked about when they walked inside, he had just waited for the right time to reveal himself.
"Father, why are you here? You said you wanted to live a peaceful life, in the time you had left," Nyssa said as she walked up to her father and gave him a brief hug, which Bruce returned.
"And that is right," Bruce answered as they pulled apart. "But I haven't really gotten the chance to ask how my 'surprise' granddaughter has been doing ever since the Ms. Waller episode," Bruce said and looked at Aaila. Aaila could feel her lips curve up into a smile. She hadn't even thought about Bruce now would be her granddad, after she got adopted, but he was, and it made her even happier to know her family was bigger than before and the fact that Bruce was acknowledging it.
"I'm actually doing fine. She shot me in the arm and the bullet went through, then Oliver used some of the water from the Lazarus Pit in the wound when we got home and now it's gone," Aaila explained with a big happy smile on her face. Bruce nodded and returned the smile. He walked up to stand a few meters from Aaila.
"I'm proud of how quick of a learner you have become. The way you wanted to offer yourself, so Ms. Queen didn't have to be taken, it was a beautiful sight," Bruce told her, but what he said only made Aaila curious and Bruce could see that, so he continued. "I had gotten a dinner invite from Moira, and I had just arrived at the mansion when I see you offer yourself instead of Ms. Queen,"
Aaila nodded at his explanation and sent him a smile. Nyssa was surprised to hear her father had been there that night since she hadn't heard about her father being invited to dinner, but Oliver didn't seem fazed by it.
"You knew?" Nyssa asked her husband in a low voice, while Bruce and Aaila were continuing their conversation.
"He came into the room, where I had killed every guard there was, and I asked him for the location for A.R.G.U.S. so I could go get her. He offered his help, but I refused it too. Sorry I didn't tell you," Oliver replied and looked at his wife. She could see he hadn't intended on keeping her in the dark, but it had somehow slipped in all of the mess that night, but she wasn't mad at him, because she understood that he was under a lot of pressure that night and he had probably done something suitable for poor A.R.G.U.S. when he arrived there.
"I'm just happy that everything went fine anyway," Nyssa said and accepted Oliver's apology. Oliver and Nyssa turned their attention back to Bruce since it was unlike him to be in the foundry, especially now that he had given the mantle of being Ra's to Oliver. Bruce noticed they shifted their attention back to him so he decided to reveal the lay one of his reasons to be there.
"I wanted to check up on dear Aaila, but unfortunately it wasn't the only reason why I have come here... Ms. Waller went to visit me yesterday. I would have her right there but she had some insurance. Anyway, she told me that I should try and convince you three to leave Starling City so she could get a job in saving the world. What she means about saving the world, I don't know, but I know you shouldn't leave before she understands what the League is capable of," Bruce explained to the three of them.
Nyssa was angry that Amanda Waller had visited her father now that he had retired. Aaila still remembered her little event at the A.R.G.U.S. facility's she didn't want to repeat that. Oliver, on the other hand, didn't have any kind of reaction. He just stood there and looked at Bruce. Nyssa saw that he did not react, and she didn't know whether she should be concerned about what he was planning to do or if she should help him. The way Oliver reacted was an indicator that he was furious, and the three people waiting for his reaction knew that. Oliver wasn't one to take it lightly when someone told him to do something, especially when he had shown that person that they shouldn't mess with him and they were targeting his family.
"I will let you know when we threaten Waller again," Oliver said and looked at Bruce, who nodded at Oliver's response. He knew shouldn't push Oliver right now. "We should all get some rest. Ray will be coming tomorrow and help with the pipes," He continued and looked at all three. Oliver went to the back of the foundry and changed into his normal clothes. He came back dressed and ready to go back home to get some sleep, but neither Nyssa nor Aaila were to go. They were just about to get changed. They had a small talk with Bruce about how Oliver was reacting, and now Bruce had left to get some sleep too.
"I'll be in the car," Oliver said and walked towards the exit. Nyssa and Aaila looked in the direction where he disappeared. They were just waiting for the moment where Oliver's calm demeanor would slip, and hell would be released.
He had reached the car and pulled out his phone to make a phone call.
"Oliver, do you know what time it is?" Roy asked as a rhetorical question.
"Yeah, I know... Sorry about that, but I need you to do something for me," Oliver told him.
"Yeah, sure. What is it?" Roy asked sleepy, but still much more awake now that Oliver had asked him to do something, which hadn't happened before.
"I need you to watch Thea more now than ever. I believe A.R.G.U.S. is going to make a play again soon… They found Nyssa's father and asked him to tell me to leave town, so when I don't leave, I want to make sure everyone in my family is safe. That includes you too," Oliver explained to Rot. Roy was happy that Oliver saw him as family, so he was happy about that, but it was mixed feelings since A.R.G.U.S. was mentioned.
"I can definitely do that. Should I explain it to her when she wakes up?" Roy asked, looking down at the sleeping Thea beside him.
"You can do that. I won't tell my mother nor Walter, but I take it you are at the mansion most of the time, so I will know if something happens?" Oliver asked, well knowing they were at the mansion, and in Thea's bed right now.
"Yeah, of course, Oliver," Roy said.
"Good. Now, get some sleep, so you are ready for the next few days. Goodnight," Oliver said and hung up the phone. He looked to the side and saw Nyssa and Aaila coming out from the foundry, dressed in their normal clothes. They got in the car and the three of them drove home.
The next morning, around eleven, am, Oliver had gotten a call from Ray telling him that he would be there in a couple of minutes. After they had hung up, Oliver went to tell Aaila that, so she had a chance to get dressed, if she wasn't already. He walked inside her bedroom and saw her lying on the bed, still under the covers, on her phone.
"Ray will be here in a couple of minutes. Maybe you want to get dressed," Oliver told her and sent her a smile. Oliver was about to walk back out of the room when Aaila asked him something.
"Dad, what is going to happen with this Waller-situation?" She asked while getting out of bed and started towards her closet. Oliver turned back around to see Aaila, close to naked, walking towards her closet.
"Right now, I am figuring it out. If she does anything before, I have made a reasonable plan, then I go to A.R.G.U.S. and kill them all," Oliver said looking into Aaila's eyes.
"And you don't want any backup?" She asked. She had stopped walking towards her closet when he had given her an answer and now, she was really curious about what was going on inside his head.
"I think I will take Nyssa with me… I know you want to go too, but I don't think you should witness mass murder just yet," Oliver explained to her. Aaila understood that. After all, she was only sixteen and even though she had killed close to a hundred people now, she understood that Oliver was a bit protective of her.
"I understand… Please just don't think I am a little kid anymore," She said and gave Oliver a look that told him that he had to make her happy about that.
"I don't, but even I haven't done mass murder by that size if that is going to happen, and I won't risk anything with you," Oliver explained as he had walked to standby the doorframe of her closet.
"Thank you," Aaila started, she then heard the doorbell ring. Ray was here. "I should probably get dressed,"
Oliver nodded and walked downstairs to greet Ray. When he got down, Nyssa and Ray were already talking about how Ray's love life was going. Aaila was looking at different more classy outfits she might wear today, but she was going to train with Roy today, so she ended up picking a pair of white yoga pants, and a white sports bra, with a light grey crop-top hoodie on top. Then she could take off her hoodie when she was getting too hot, but it would still be comfortable to wear. The hoodie was an idea she had gotten from Thea, who had told her that it would be a bit more appropriate than just a sports bra when she wasn't training. Aaila knew that she wasn't always wearing something everyone else would, but she had gotten used to not care if anyone saw a lot of her skin, though she would only let Nyssa and Oliver see her naked, or at least very close to.
Just as Aaila had dressed and walked out of the closet, she was met with Ray standing in her room.
"I hope it was okay I just walked in to get started?" Ray asked, hoping it was okay with Aaila. Nyssa had told him it was okay, but he would rather have Aaila tell him, instead of Nyssa, since it wasn't her room.
"Yeah of course it is, Ray," Aaila told him. She could he was a little bit unsure if it had been okay with her, but in reality, she didn't really care. Yes, it was her room and she appreciated Ray was thinking about her before just entering her room, but on the other side, she couldn't wait to have a shower in her own bathroom again. She knew Nyssa and Oliver knew what she was doing in her showers, so she was looking forward to being able to do that without there was a chance they would hear her. Of course, there was always the possibility that they could be waiting for her in her room, but it was highly unlikely, since they knew what she was doing in her showers, so she wasn't concerned about that at all.
"Great! I will get to work then," Ray said and walked inside the bathroom. He was carrying a small bag his right hand, which Aaila figured would be his tools, but there was something she didn't exactly know.
"How do you know where the problem is?" She asked curious about how he would know that. Ray opened his bag and placed it on the floor and opened it.
"It's just something I can feel," Was all he answered, but when he looked at Aaila, he could see that she didn't believe him, so he continued. "You know I'm good with computers, so I hacked into the plans over your apartment, and downloaded everything about this place, and from there I could tell it was something technology that needed an update, even though this place was build just a couple of years back,"
Aaila looked surprised when she realized he just had a small laptop in his bag and started typing away.
"So, you don't even have to cut in anything?" Aaila asked surprised that her problem wasn't bigger of a problem.
"Nope. Now, I have started the update, and we can go downstairs while we wait, then I will get a message on my watch when it is done" Ray explained and stood from the floor. Aaila nodded and followed Ray out when he walked past her.
