"Mike, can you drive me back to the apartment?" she asked softly. Suddenly her lack of sleep had caught up with her. "I need a catnap and then to get back to work."
"Ma'am… Felicity. Can I suggest you actually sleep for awhile?" Mike said gingerly. When Diggle had assigned him to this duty, he had done some research and thought she was going to be a spoiled rich girl. Little did he know she was a video game playing, panda shoe wearing, certified genius. You could tell she was exhausted, worried and miserable, but she was working her ass off for her stepson.
"I can't sleep Mike. I need to find Diaz, I need to make sure William is okay and I need to get my husband out of prison. Oh, and I need to separate my company from one Curtis Holt ASAP. He can go rot with the rest of the traitors! I can sleep later." Felicity said from the passenger seat of the town car. She refused to ride in the back seat for some reason and would only tell him there was bad JuJu back there.
"Felicity, you can not do all of that if you are dead on your feet. John warned me to make sure you at least laid down this morning. You don't want me to get fired do you?" Mike asked craftily. He already knew Felicity wouldn't want anyone to get in trouble for her.
"Alright, Mike. You win. I will lay down for a bit, AFTER I call and ask Jean to come over about Oliver's case and disbanding Helix." Felicity sighed.
"Disbanding Helix? What are you talking about?" Mike asked confused. She had just started the company.
"I won't work with Mr. Holt. I can't trust him and I won't risk my reputation on him." Felicity said firmly. She had been thinking about this for weeks and when he hurt John with his tech, she was done.
"But, Ma'am, that's your dream." Mike said startled.
"No, starting my own company was my dream. Which I will do, just as soon as Jean gets my name off Helix or Curtis off Helix, not sure which way that is going. William suggests Smoak Technology. What do you think?" Felicity said firmly.
"Sounds like a plan." Mike said. He had been watching a vehicle trailing them the last few blocks, but until now he hadn't been sure that it was trouble. The unmarked cruiser turned on his police lights and was attempting to pull them over.
"Stay down, Felicity. I don't like the looks of this." Mike said, pulling out his cell phone and calling John Diggle.
"Felicity looked back, pulled out her tablet and said, "Don't worry, I know who that is. Its Agent Watson. She must be having an issue and want to talk to me."
"How the hell do you know that is an FBI agent?" Owen burst out. "Digg, we are being pulled over, corner of Main and Patterson. She says it's Agent Watson. I need backup just in case."
"John, its Watson. I bugged her phone remember? I just checked, its her behind us. We are stopping now." Felicity said firmly.
John headed out to meet them, but told Mike to stop the car so they couldn't get arrested for refusing to stop. He warned Mike to watch Felicity carefully, especially given her hatred for Watson.
Agent Watson got out of her car and strode firmly to the car. Tapping on the back window, she was surprised to see Felicity not inside when the darkened window was dropped. "Where the hell is SHE!" She shouted, coming quickly to the driver's side window. "I want to know where the hell Felicity Smoak is NOW!" She roared angrily.
"Wow, Samanda, get a hold of yourself! I am right here, what seems to be the problem?" Felicity said innocently from the passenger seat.
"Ms. Smoak, we both know that Hacking is a federal crime, punishable by up to 25 years in PRISON, right?" Samanda said, spitting mad. All of her tech was acting up this morning and her accounts were hacked and even her credentials were invalidated. It had to be Felicity Smoak's fault.
"Well, of course I know that, Agent Watson. I also know that murder, bribery, blackmail and aiding and abetting a known criminal Lord is too. Did you?" Felicity taunted evenly, not breaking eye contact with the furious Agent.
Watson was furious. "What do you think you are doing? You can't get me to release your husband, he is a killer!"
"My husband is a hero, who saved this city more times than the GOVERNMENT ever even tried to do. Where the hell were you when Merlyn tried to blow up the Glades or when Slade Wilson unleashed an ARMY of super soldiers on us all? Or the even freaking better one, When the Damn Nazi's decended upon this world? Oh, that's right, SAMANDA, you were sitting safe in Quantico discussing how to stop them, right? While we were ON THE FREAKING GROUND actually stopping them!" Felicity roared. She started to get out of the car, and Mike reached over and shut the door.
"DO NOT GET OUT OF THIS VEHICLE!" He said strongly.
"Agent Watson, what is the purpose of this traffic stop today? You pulled us over, so we had better have a tail light out, been speeding or something that gives you just cause for delaying our drive." Mike said firmly. He knew he had better separate these two women before Felicity got out of the car and got arrested for assault.
"Ms. Smoak has hacked her way into government databases and banks and destroyed my credentials, my bank accounts, hell, even my car wouldn't start this morning! But I am sure, she wouldn't know anything about this right?" Samanda said smartly. She knew she couldn't prove it was Felicity, but damn it, she KNEW she had done it.
"Hmm, sounds like you got on a naughty list somewhere, Agent Watson. Dare I say you may have pissed off the wrong computer tech?" Felicity said smugly. "However, I am just a single mother now, being hunted down by the extremely dangerous killer that you refused to catch. When would I have had the time to do all it sounds like you are accusing me of?"
"We both know you are smart enough to pull this off. You had better pray you hid your tracks well, Ms. Smoak. If I find one shred of evidence, you will join your husband in Prison!" Samanda warned angrily.
"That would make the second person you put in prison wrongly, Agent Watson." Felicity retorted. "Of course, I should be worried, since you have a habit of putting the wrong person behind bars! But if this warning is all you needed, we are going to be going now. I am sure we will see you soon." Felicity rolled the window up and instructed Mike drive her home.
Mike texted Diggle saying they were free to go and headed back to the apartment. Felicity leaned her head back against the seat and wrapped her arms around herself. "You couldn't tell I was shaking, could you?" She asked suddenly, still gazing out the window.
"No Ma'am, I couldn't." Mike said shocked. She had seemed so sure and confident he had no idea she was acting.
"Felicity, please Mike. Good, I don't want her to know I am worried at all. For my plans to work, she has to think I am not scared at all." Felicity replied, still gazing out the window. "I think I am ready for that nap now though."
They made the rest of the drive in silence and went immediately inside where she quickly changed and laid down in her room after he had swept the entire apartment.