Hi everyone. I've decided to revisit this series of mine and add a new chapter after being away from it for so long. And I hope you'll like it.

LycoX: Thanks very much for liking chapters 3 and 4, and good to know on the former being your favorite and gotcha on being the one to write the Ra's and Felicity story.

Naitch03: Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and I fully understand what you're saying and where you're coming from. And your words about Thea's emotions and mentality make sense. However even being lied to doesn't justify knowingly associating one's self with a monster and so what she did was a betrayal and, in my personal opinion, worse than what they did since lying and keeping secrets, which can be a terrible thing in and of itself depending upon the circumstances, is a far cry from aligning with a murderer.

Plus while Thea had a right to her emotions and Oliver's and Roy's way of handling their secrets with her was perhaps not the best way to go about it, she could've gone to Laurel, Walter, or Sin for support. Anyone but Malcolm even if she did not want to be around her brother and boyfriend. And if she wanted to become strong, she could've taken self-defense classes or, if she had gone to Laurel for comfort but Sara still died, then Laurel might've taken Thea as a partner to train with Ted. I still however understand and respect your opinions.

9024multiverse: Thanks, and for the ideas as well. I'll have to respectfully disagree in regards to Diaz since, due to his association with the Ninth Circle, I suspect he might've been trained by Dante, who showed himself to be tremendously skilled in my opinion. And maybe that's why he could be on par with Oliver. Plus I suspect it's possible that there were others besides the League, Talia's academy, and the Circle who trained their students in League type skills and so Diaz might've gone to one of them. However not having background regarding that was definitely a plot hole and bad writing, and I understand and respect your opinion.

Thanks for the second idea though. It makes sense. Not for this chapter since after thinking on it have decided to do something else. But I accept and will use it someday.

Correction 6: Season 5 Episode 15 Entitled "Fighting Fire With Fire

Following the mission to clear Diggle's name and bring the corrupt general who framed him to justice, Felicity was currently standing in a dark alley and waiting for Alana, her contact from the cyber hacktivist organization Helix, the group who had helped her clear Diggle's name, while twiddling with her hands. Following Alana's offer to join Helix full time, Felicity had been thinking about it and was considering joining them, but then decided to do due diligence first and research the group to see what they were about.

Having done so while being extra thorough in her research, she made her decision and was ready to give Alana her answer and why. As she waited, the other woman came up to her from behind, calling out her name in a somewhat loud and abrupt whisper and totally startling her while letting out a quick "Hi" to the young woman. Following said pleasantries, Alana began speaking.

"I am so glad you got in touch, though I am, a little surprised?", she began warmly and happily and finished with mild confusion, not having expected for Felicity to reach out to her once more but hoping this meant she was going to accept her offer, inwardly excited that the blonde might be coming to work with her.

"Yeah, me to. Well, surprised isn't, actually, the right word to describe how I am, um, feeling", Felicity replied somewhat nervously, trying not to fall into her usual tendency of babbling, while working to get her thoughts organized as she prepared herself for what she was about to say. Alana looked at her curiously.

"Hmm, what's the right word?", the other woman asked her, intrigued as to her thoughts. Felicity then took a deep breath in response and then finally gave her answer.

"After contemplating your offer, I've decided that I will be, declining your offer to come work for Helix", she said to her, totally shocking Alana and leaving her very disappointed. Felicity then continued.

"You see, at first I was considering accepting, but then I decided to do some homework on the type of work you guys do and well, um, let's just say that I'm not a fan. You see, what you guys are doing is cyberterrorism and high treason and frankly I'm not going to be a part of that.

"I used to be a hacktivist back in college and thought I was doing good, but I created an advanced and destructive hacking device and foolishly gave it to my then boyfriend who, a few years ago, used it to unleash great destruction upon this city and all because of my recklessness in creating said device and not thinking about the potential consequences of it.

"Currently however, and at this point of my life, I've decided not to continue to repeat those kinds of decisions and joining you guys would be doing exactly that. And maybe Helix was founded as a force for good and maybe you have done a lot of good in the past, besides helping Diggle and exposing a guilty man like that corrupt general, but with what you're doing now, particular in regards to how you're going about it, I'm sorry to say but your group is practically a cyberterrorist organization at this point, plain and simple.

"Furthermore, during my research, I learned that Helix has done certain things such as breaching the security of a certain government agency and possibly exposing some of their agents, not to mention moving Homeland Security drones from time to time, both of which are huge violations of National Security. And I'm sorry but I'm not going to help you commit treason and risk the lives of innocent people, even if one of those operations involve exposing a corrupt company or taking down a cartel network. And frankly I think Helix qualifies for the saying that the road to Hell is paved with good intensions.

"While I'll always be deeply grateful for helping me and the rest of Team Arrow exonerate Diggle, I'm not going to ever join your organization and for the reasons I just listed. In fact, a friend of mine told me that you should not fight fire with fire or you'd get burned and frankly, I'd prefer not to get burned. And I would also request that you never contact me again unless you see the error or your ways and leave the group. And if you do, I will report you and Helix to certain friends of mine who are connected to the government and who would love to have all in their custody. Am I clear?"

Alana, not having expected any of this, was very upset and put out upon hearing all of this and highly disappointed on not getting to work with her idol.

"Well then, sorry to have given you such an offer then and after we put our necks out to help you but fine. We'll leave you be and respect your demand", she snippily answered the blonde tech expert, and then continued. "Just know that this will be the first and last time for help and don't come crying to us for any future assistance."

And then with a huff, Alana turned on her heel and walked away while Felicity sighed to herself, positive she'd made the right decision.

Sometime in the future though, Alana would come to realize the error of her ways and leave Helix, realizing that she did not want to be a cyberterrorist and out of control hacktivist anymore, repenting, and turned herself into ARGUS, who after some jail time, let her off on a plea deal in exchange for turning Helix over to them, which she accepted. And she and Felicity would go to become good friends and use their spare time to work and prevent others, especially foolish youths, from taking the wrong oath and becoming cyberterrorists while showing them how they can better use their tech skills to help people.

A/N While I do understand why Felicity joined Helix and perhaps believed she could make a positive difference on a global scale, what she did was ultimately wrong since Helix, despite its good intentions, is clearly a cyberterrorist organization and have crossed some severe limes. And I would not be surprised if they've moved Homeland Security's drones in the past or other stuff that violated National Security.

And while this is my opinion, I can see Alana reacting like this if Felicity had rejected her offer. But I gave her redemption here since I do like her character and she did eventually leave Helix and started working for the right people instead.

For this chapter though, this Felicity makes the right decision in the very beginning and won't be committing treason this time around.