Lian Yu
The man with Oliver shot a rabbit. "Dinner" he said pointing toward the dead rabbit.
"Come on. Hey. I got an idea why don't you let me shoot that thing and you can go pick up the bloody dead disgusting animal" Oliver asked. The man held out the bow. "What" Oliver asked.
"Try it. Breathe. Everything breathe. Breathe aim fire" the man said showing Oliver how to shoot the bow.
"Yea" Oliver said as the man handed him the bow which Oliver took. The man pulled out an arrow from his quiver and gave it to Oliver. Oliver took it from him.
"Aim that tree" the man said pointing at a tree in the distance. Oliver set up the bow as the man watched him. He picked up the bow and started to aim it. "Breathe" the man reminded Oliver. Oliver let out a little breath as he shot the arrow. It completely missed the tree. The man said something in Chinese.
"What does that mean" Oliver asked.
"You will die badly" the man answered. Oliver sighed. "Get" the man said pointing toward the direction the arrow went in. Oliver was going to argue but then looked at the man and saw that he was serious and thought better of it. Oliver handed him back the bow and walked in the direction the arrow went. Oliver found the arrow sticking out of the ground. He went to get it when all of a sudden out of nowhere he was grabbed from behind. The man who grabbed him covered his mouth with their hand. Another man came up and handcuffed Oliver's hands together. The two men bought Oliver over to a pit cage. A third man opened the cage. One of the men kicked Oliver's legs so that he fell to his knees and then threw him into the cage. They shut the cage and Oliver looked up at them.
"No wait, wait. You can't leave me here. Don't do this to me. Please" Oliver pleaded with them holding the bars of the cage. One of the men used the butt of his gun to hit Oliver's hand. Oliver let go of the bars and yelled out in pain. "Please. I didn't do anything" Oliver yelled out.
Present
Felicity and Sara had arrived back in Starling city. Laurel had texted them to get her when they came back so the headed over to hers and Tommy's apartment. They picked her up and Felicity drove them to a huge mansion. "Where are we" Laurel asked as she go tout of the car.
"Daniel Jagger's mansion. I have some business to take care of" Felicity said grabbing the box Bruce Wayne had given her from the trunk.
"What kind of business" Laurel asked.
Sara shook her head. "Don't ask Felicity anything. She won't answer" Sara said.
Felicity sighed. "I wish I could tell you guys. I truly do but there are somethings I can't tell you and some questions I can't answer" she said.
Laurel and Sara looked at each other worried. "What's going on Felicity? Are you OK" Laurel asked.
Felicity nodded her head. "I'm fine I promise. I'm involved in somethings that some people can't know anything about" Felicity said.
"Whatever it is Felicity we can help" Sara said.
"I just need you two to trust me and not ask so many questions" Felicity said. Laurel and Sara looked at each other again and thought about it.
Finally Laurel sighed and nodded. "We trust you Felicity. It's just we don't want to see you get hurt" she said.
Felicity smiled at her sister. "I promise I won't. I just have to do this" she said.
Now Sara nodded her head. "Fine but we're going with you" she said. Felicity was about to argue when Sara held up her hand. "We won't aske any questions. We'll just take you're lead" she said.
Felicity nodded at the two of them. "Thank you" she said. She started to walk up to the mansion and Laurel and Sara followed behind her. She rang the bell and the maid lead her, Laurel and Sara to the living room. They only waited about 5 minutes until Daniel Jagger walked in. He smiled at Felicity and walked over to her.
"Ms. Lance it's so nice to see you again" he said hugging her.
"These are my sisters Laurel and Sara" Felicity said introducing them.
"It's nice to meet you" Daniel said shaking Laurel and Sara's hands. He turned to Felicity. "How can I help you Ms. Lance" he asked.
"Actually I need to see Abraham" Felicity said.
Daniel frowned. "I'm afraid that's not possible" he said.
"Why not" Felicity asked.
Daniel thought for a second. "He's a little tied up right now" he said.
Felicity looked at him strangely. Then she nodded her head. "We will just wait then" she said.
Daniel shook his head. "You can't. He's not here and he won't be back until tomorrow" he said.
"I just talked to him yesterday and he didn't mention a trip" she said.
"It just came up. It was very last minute. I'll let him know you stopped by" Daniel said.
Felicity just stood there. She knew he was lying and Abraham was somewhere around here. "Right well Abraham better get back soon or I'm afraid I'll have to pull my funding into your business" she said.
Daniel looked at her shocked. "You wouldn't" he said.
"I'm afraid if I don't talk to Abraham soon I'll have no choice" Felicity said.
Daniel looked at Felicity carefully. He couldn't lose her funding. That's what was helping his business. Without Felicity's help his business would fall apart. Her couldn't let her see Abraham. She'd be pissed and might pull her funding anyway. He sighed. He would have to take her to Abraham and hope she wasn't too upset. He sighed. "Follow me" he said walking deeper into the house. Felicity, Laurel and Sara followed. He led them to the basement door which was locked. Before he opened it he turned around. "I assure you there is a logical explanation for what you are about to see" he said.
"Just open the door" Felicity said. Daniel opened the door turned on the light and led the three sisters down into the basement. When they got down there Felicity gasped at the sight in front of her. Abraham was tied to a pole in the corner of the room. It was clear he had been beating a couple times.
"What the hell did you do" Felicity asked as she ran over to Abraham. He was sitting on the floor with his eyes closed. "Abraham it's me Felicity" Felicity said untying him.
Abraham opened his eyes and smiled at Felicity. "Felicity hi. It's great to see you" he said. Felicity looked at her friend sadly. She couldn't believe what happened to him.
"What did you do to him" Laurel asked as she ran over to Felicity and her friend.
"We just had a little misunderstanding" Daniel said.
"It looks like more than a little misunderstanding. You beat the man" Sara said joining her sisters.
"Abraham these are my sisters Laurel and Sara" Felicity said.
Abraham smiled at them. "Laurel and Sara. Those are pretty names" he said.
"We're going to get you out of here" Felicity said helping him up along with Laurel and Sara.
Abraham shook his head. "I can't leave" he said.
"Why not" Laurel asked.
"I need the money. My family is depending on me" he said.
"It's OK. You can come work for me. I'll give you a job that has full benefits and everything so you can take care of your family" Felicity said. Felicity, Laurel and Sara helped Abraham up the stairs. Felicity turned to Daniel. "I want the videos from the camera. I want to see what you did to him" she said.
Daniel shook his head. "I can't do that" he said. Felicity let go of Abraham and walked up to Daniel.
"Either you let me have the tapes or the cops will get them. Our father is a detective after all" she said.
"I don't even know the code to get into the cameras" he said.
"I do" Abraham said standing up straight.
Felicity smiled. "Perfect. We'll get those tapes" she said following Abraham. He went into the security room and pulled all the tapes. He gave them to Felicity. Felicity walked past Daniel. "I will be pulling my funding immediately. You will also be hearing from the cops" she said.
"You can't do that" Daniel called out.
"You wanna bet. Have a good day Mr. Jagger" Felicity said walking away.
"So why did you need to see me" Abraham asked when him Felicity Laurel and Sara were all by the car. Laurel was on the phone calling the cops about Daniel Jagger.
"I need your help with something" Felicity said showing him the box.
Abraham stared at it shocked. "Is that…" he started to ask and Felicity nodded her head. "How did you get it" he asked.
"Mr. Wayne traveled to Afghanistan to retrieve it" she said handing him the box. "I need you to work on what's inside the box. You're one of the few people who are as smart as you are that I trust" she said.
Abraham nodded. "It will be done" he said.
Felicity smiled at him. "Thank you and I need you to be discreet about it. No one can know about it" she said.
Abraham smiled at her. "You know from our days in MIT together that I can keep a secret" he said.
Just then Felicity's phone rang. "Hello" she answered.
"Felicity thank god I finally got you" Diggle said into the phone.
"John what's wrong" Felicity asked.
"Oliver's been arrested" Diggle said.
At the police station the cops were bringing Oliver into the station while news reporters were outside waiting for them. They all ran over shoving cameras in Oliver's face as he was walked through the crowd handcuffed. Oliver just looked around. The cops thought they knew who he was. They thought he was the vigilante. The man who's been going after the criminals in the city. They brought Oliver in for processing. They took his fingerprints. They thought they had him trapped and that he had no way out but they were only half right. Oliver got his mug shot. He allowed the cops to handcuff him and bring him into the next room. When he got in there he was shocked by who he saw standing there. "Felicity" he said.
Felicity turned around and looked at Oliver. She ran up to him and hugged him. "Oliver" she said. She pulled back and they just looked at each other and nothing else mattered. They smiled at each other.
Just then someone grabbed Felicity pulling her away from Oliver. "Hey let go of her" Oliver called out. He went to go after the man but the two cops pulled Oliver out of the room.
"Oliver" Oliver heard Felicity call. The cops just continued to walk Oliver through the station.
Back in the room with Felicity Sara walked up to Felicity and the cop. "What the hell are you doing get off her" she said pulling the cop off Felicity.
"Sorry Ms. Lance but I have very strict orders to keep Felicity and Mr. Queen away from each other" the cop said.
Felicity glared at the cop angrily. "By who" she asked.
"By me" someone answered.
Felicity and Sara looked behind them and saw their father standing there. "Dad I have to talk to Oliver. This is a mistake" Felicity said.
Quentin shook his head. "It's no mistake. Trust me. This is where Oliver belongs and you are going to stay away from him young lady" Quentin said. He looked between his two daughters. "Where's Laurel" he asked.
"She's staying with my friend Abraham until the police arrive. What do you mean this is where Oliver belongs? He hasn't done anything" Felicity said.
Quentin shook his head. "Actually he has. Show them" Quentin said to a guy behind a computer. The guy pushed a button and the video of Oliver in the stairway started playing. Felicity and Sara watched. Felicity looked at her father.
"What does this video have to do with anything" she asked.
"It proves Oliver is the vigilante" Quentin said.
"No it doesn't. You can't arrest him for this video" Felicity said.
Quentin nodded his head. "Yes I most certainly can" he said.
Felicity glared at her father. "I'm going to see him" she said turning to walk away in the direction the cops took Oliver. Before she could get too far she was grabbed by her father and dragged into his office. He shut the door and let go of her. "What do you think you are doing" Felicity asked.
"I'm keeping my daughter away from that psychopath" Quentin said.
"His name is Oliver and I'm going to see him" Felicity said moving to door but Quentin stood in front of it.
He shook his head. "You're not going anywhere near him do you understand me" he said.
"You can't keep us apart" Felicity said.
Quentin sighed in frustration. "He's dangerous Felicity" Quentin said.
"Dad this is Oliver we're talking about. He's not some masked vigilante" Felicity said.
"How do you know that island didn't change him in a negative way. Listen I honey I don't want to believe Oliver is this vigilante…" Quentin started but Felicity scoffed.
"Yes you do. You want to find any reason for Oliver to be the bad guy because you don't think he's good enough for me" she said.
"He's not and that's not what I'm doing" Quentin said.
"First of all, it's not up to you or Oliver or anyone else to decide who is or is not good enough for me. I am a grown woman and I can make my own decisions. Secondly, you're definitely trying to make Oliver look like the bad guy because you don't like him. I've seen you do the same thing with Tommy for years. You've never liked either one of them. I'm not going to let you do that to Oliver. I love him and he is the best man I know. He suffered for five years on an island and ever since he's come back he's been nothing but sweet and caring to everybody including you even though you really don't deserve it. I didn't give up on him for five years and I never will" Felicity said.
Quentin looked at his daughter who was close to tears. He hugged her. "I'm sorry baby but if Oliver is the vigilante…" Quentin started to say but Felicity pulled away from him.
"So what? Even if Oliver is the vigilante I don't care. The only reason I'm standing here right now is because of the vigilante" Felicity said opening the door.
"I know you don't want to hear this but Oliver is dangerous" Quentin said.
Felicity shook her head. "He would never hurt me" she said. She walked closer to her father. "Oliver's not going to spend anytime in prison. He was already trapped on an island for five years. He's not going be stuck behind bars. I'll see to it. I will use every contact I have and pull every string I can to make sure Oliver doesn't spend even one second behind bars. I will erase that video from existence if I have to. I don't care Oliver is getting released today. I promise you that" Felicity said walking to the door.
"Felicity…" Quentin called out. Felicity turned around and shook her head.
"Unless this about you releasing Oliver I don't want to hear it. Oh and if you want to actually do your job and arrest a real criminal try this guy" she said taking the tapes from Daniel Jagger's office and throwing them on her father's desk. She walked out of the room. She wasn't going to let Oliver go to prison even though she had a sneaking suspicion her father was right. That didn't matter. No matter what she had to do or how far she had to go Oliver was getting released today.