Author's note: yay! It seems I am back on a schedule again! Today I have 5 chapters for you to enjoy... we are nearing the end of this story... I am thinking a short add on afterwards covering the holidays and the birth of the twins... what do you think?

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Disclosure: I own nothing of Arrow but I will be filling up my supply of mint chip in preparation of the return Wednesday

"Just a few more minutes until we are there, Mrs. Queen." Darren smiled at her through the rearview mirror.

"Thank you Darren but what have I said about calling me that?"

"Sorry Mrs. Felicity. Habit." Darren chuckled.

"So can you tell me where we are heading?" Darren shook his head. "Not even a hint?!"

"Mr. Queen told me not to divulge any details. You know how he is."

"That I do." Felicity smiled as she glanced back down at the flowers in her lap. Suddenly the car started to slow down. She glanced up to see what was wrong. "Darren is everything okay?"

"Not sure. Stay in the car." Darren's tone was harsh but serious. He pulled to a stop and studied the car that was blocking the road ahead of them. He released his seat belt and checked to make sure his side arm was at the ready, before climbing out of the limo. He shut the door behind him just in time to see the driver's door on the other car fly open and a gun aimed at him. When he moved to draw his weapon, a popping sound rang free and a burning sensation could now be felt in his side. He clutched at his side and fell to the ground, still pulling the gun at his side. He felt another burning sensation as another bullet was fired and entered his shoulder. The force from it threw him to the ground and his gun slid away from him. He waited as he counted his breaths, thinking they would be his last, until he saw a blonde figure standing over him. The man moved to the back of the limo and pulled the door open. That was when Darren heard a high pitch scream come from Felicity.

"Thought you were safe with your guards and mansion and Hooded husband. Well now we will see how safe you are!" The blonde man hissed as he pulled on Felicity's arm, trying to remove her from the limo. But she fought him. She pulled back and tried to scurry away through the other side. Until he pulled his gun and aimed it at her belly. "Come easy or they are the first to die!"

Felicity considered the man's words for a moment then climbed out of the limo, his free hand grasping her wrist instantly. "You will pay for this!" she snapped. "He will make sure of it."

"That's my plan. I want him there. To see as you draw your last breath and know that I took all his happiness away. I took his light. Then he will know what true darkness is." the man growled as he began to drag her to the car in the road.

Just as they passed Darren, Felicity looked down at the man bleeding out and let out a soft sob for him. He tried to reach up for her but his body was failing him. The blonde man aimed his gun at Darren but Felicity pulled at it, not wanting another person time die for her. The blonde man forgot about the bullet riddled bodyguard as he tried to restrain his small but fiery blonde hostage. He pulled her to the car, pushed her inside and sped off, leaving Darren bleeding out on the road beside the limo.

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Oliver was pacing. He was excited. He couldn't wait to see Felicity. He knew she would be a bit upset over him sending Darren and the limo, not to mention the invite and dress. But he wanted to always woo the woman who stole his heart away every morning. He wanted her to know, without question, that she was not only loved but desired by him as well. He needed to show her that.

He checked the room one final time. The table was set and the candles lit. Everything looked perfect. He had come up with the idea halfway through the day and Raisa was kind enough to watch the kids while he and Tommy set it all up. They were going to spend the night at his father's old cabin, located just outside of Starling on the lakeshore. His father would retreat here when the pressures of QC got to be too much. In the later years, Oliver had come to find out that this was where his father liked to take his mistresses. Oliver had the entire place redecorated and refurbished to fit their needs and tastes when he had received the property back. He hadn't told Felicity about it. He wanted it to be a surprise. Their own getaway spot. So that whenever life in the city got to be too much, they could get away for a few hours and remind each other of what was truly important. Their love.

He looked out the back doors and saw the lake. He started to picture himself there with her. And their kids. Showing them how to swim and fish and enjoying life as a family. Oliver had never truly allowed those thoughts into his mind until Felicity entered his world. At first he never really thought he wanted a family. Then the island happened and his mission and he felt he didn't deserve one. Who could love such a monster? But Felicity showed him that there were not only people capable of loving him, but willing to; openly and happily. His heart jumped at the idea of all the times his family would spend in this very spot.

He was just about to check the time again when his phone rang. He glanced down to see Felicity's smiling face and answered immediately. "Hey Sweetheart I know you mad but…"

He was cut off by the sound of gunfire. "Oliver? Baby?"

"Felicity? What's wrong? What's going on?"

"He found me!" Was all he heard from her. Her tone was laced with sadness and fear. He could hear the tears already rolled down her cheeks. The phone fell to the floor of the limo and his listened, helplessly, as the woman he loved was taken. His unborn children's lives threatened in order for her to submit to her kidnapper. As soon as he heard the male voice on the other side of the line, Oliver's blood heated. Darhk. Somehow he had not only slipped the surveillance the team had on him but he also discovered their plans for the day and was now taking Felicity away from him.

As soon as he heard a car peel out and pull away, Oliver acted quickly. He regretfully disconnected the call with Felicity's phone and called Diggle.

"Hey Man! How's it going?"

"Darhk has Felicity!"

"What?!"

"He ambushed Darren and the limo. I think Darren is down. I'm not sure. She called me and I heard him take her. I'm heading back to town now. I need you at the Bunker. Check on Felicity's tracker. I need to know where she is." Oliver heard a beep on his phone and looked down to see Darren calling him. "That's Darren. I'll find out how bad he is and get him taken care of. Find Felicity!" Oliver ordered the hung up. He pressed his phone's screen to connect to Darren and was about to speak when he was cut off.

"Mrs. Queen has been taken. I'm shot. Bleeding out." Darren muttered in between gasps of air.

"I know. Felicity called me when it started. I heard most of it. How bad are you?"

"Shot in the gut and shoulder. Not good."

"Hang on. I'll get help to you as fast as possible. I'm heading your way now." Oliver ordered as he blew out the candles on the dinner table and grabbed his keys. He ran for the front door and gave one last look over his shoulders at what could have been a romantic night. Please don't let me lose her. Them.

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"What have we got?" Oliver barked as he ran into the Bunker. The last hour he had spent waiting on an ambulance with Darren and making sure he was set before heading back into town to meet up with the team. Diggle had text him repeatedly with any new developments.

"Well her tracker is jammed somehow. Not sure how. We have been scouring the CCTV feeds and any cameras in the area for signs of her or Darhk. We have the satellites searching for them as well."

"Dig, they have to be here somewhere. We have to find them. Find her."

"We will."

Just then the elevator opened and Sara and Nyssa came rushing in. "Ollie, I'm so sorry. I have no idea how he slipped past us."

"Doesn't matter. We just need to find her." Oliver growled, not looking for excuses right now.

"Have you checked her trackers?"

"Blocked. Can't get a signal."

"Even her barbell?" Sara asked as she stepped up to the computer's bay.

Oliver turned and glanced at her confused. "Barbell?"

Sara looked back at him. "Well yeah. She's wearing the arrow barbell I gave her for her birthday right?"

"Never takes it off. Why?"

Sara huffed a short laugh. "Well that was why it was so hard to find. I had to find someone who could create a tracker small enough to fit in the little heart on it and have it not traceable unless you have a special login and program. I gave the info about it to Lis when I gave her the earring." Sara grabbed for the mouse and keyboard, forcing Diggle to move away. She opened the program on the computer and logged in. A few breaths later, the screen filled with a map of the city and a red blinking dot on the center of the screen. "You have to love how devoted to you and tech your wife is." Sara snickered.

Oliver looked at the screen and breathed his first sigh of relief since the call from Felicity came through. He would get her back. Before thinking, Oliver turned and went to grab his bow.

"Ollie, you can't do that!" Sara called after him as he went to gather up his suit and leave.

"Why not?! He has my wife! My pregnant wife! My family!"

"I know but…"

"He needs to pay."

Sara saw the anger and the pain in his eyes but she also saw the fear. "And he will but what would Lis tell you to do right now?"

"Plan. Play it smart." Oliver sighed.

"So that's what we do." Tommy called out as he entered the space. "It would look a bit suspicious if Felicity went missing, her bodyguard shot and placed in the hospital, and not an hour later her husband has disappeared and the Green Arrow is rescuing her. That's Darhk's play. He wants to out you. Show the city who you are." Tommy stated as he stepped back onto the platform for the first time since regaining his memories. "Ollie, Sara's right. You can't go out there. Not as anything but Oliver Queen. SCPD has been notified of the kidnapping and that you were at the scene when they carted off Darren. You need to stay in the public eye right now."

"So I just sit back and let that psycho hold my wife hostage?!"

"Yes. You worry. You stress. You hold a press conference and plead for her safe return. Offer a reward. Be a normal rich but worried husband and father. Don't mention Darhk. We will help the SCPD track him down and find her and get her back to you."

"How?"

"Well you said that the city knows that the Green Arrow works with SCPD on special cases right?" Oliver nodded, still not sure how that mattered in this moment. "Well then he helps get her back."

"But you just said…"

"Ollie, I'm going to take your place. You guys ruined Darhk's main business, his illegal one. So he wants to stop you and what better way to do that than to pull you out of the shadows and show the world who you really are. You need a way to show them that you aren't the Green Arrow. That will stop Darhk's plan. What better way to do that than to have another Arrow in your place."

"Tommy, I couldn't…"

Tommy walked up to Oliver and placed his hands on his best friend's shoulders. He could feel the tension and strain the man had placed on them already. "You didn't. For You and Lis and those kids, I would go through hell itself. Now you go to the precinct. Lance and Laurel are already waiting for you there. We have this taken care of." Oliver nodded solemnly. "We'll bring them home safe to you. I promise."

"Thank you." Oliver whispered as he smiled sadly up at his lifelong friend.

"Speedy, go with him. The Queens need to look like a supportive family right now. Your brother needs you." Tommy ordered over Oliver's shoulder.

"What about my other brother?" Thea snapped. She didn't want to abandon the team right now.

Tommy looked at her and saw the fear in her eyes. "I'll be fine. I have the team and the League behind me. Ollie needs you and so does Lis. As soon as we have her, I will get her to the hospital. I need you to call her doctor and have her meet us there so she can check on Lis and the babies. Please? Donna and Connor will need you too." Thea saw his logic and agreed then stepped up to Oliver and wrapped her arms around his waist as they walked out of the Bunker.

"So where do I change?" Tommy clapped his hands together, drawing the attention of everyone left in the Bunker.