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?
As always so much love to my amazing beta warehouseluver13 who is so sweet and encouraging... already talking more ideas for more stories with her
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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
The sound of brawling and fighting could be heard outside the door. Felicity smiled softly and whispered quietly. "Your family is here to save us." She felt a flutter on each side of her stomach and knew that her children had heard her.
"A bit ahead of schedule but I knew it wouldn't take long. Curious though how they found you." Darhk grinned slyly at her as he moved out of the shadows of the room.
"Trackers." she hissed at him.
"No see I figured that could be it so I had a nice little jammer created that would stop any tracking frequencies from been detected."
"Then you are a lot dumber than you think. I am a master hacker. You think I would use simple tracking frequencies like normal law enforcement agencies use? You really don't think much of my skills now do you? Must be why I was able to burn you and wipe you dry so easily. You have no idea what real power is. Not in today's world." Felicity scuffed at him, looking at his disgustingly.
Darhk was about to step up and say something to her when the door slammed open and a figure stepped in. Felicity saw the green hood and the bow and knew he had come for her. She then heard in a mechanical voice, "Let her go!"
"Oh cut the act. We all know who is under that hood. We can drop the theatrics." Darhk snapped.
"Really?" the voice questioned as the figure stayed secluded in the shadows but had the arrow on the bow always pointed at Darhk.
"I must say, I am impressed with your response time. Only about 2 and ½ hours. Fast and efficient. Now lower the bow or she gets a taste of what I did to you last time." Darhk growled as he held his hand out in front of Felicity. Felicity watched the bow and arrow waiver a bit before falling down. "Good. Nice to see you can follow instructions, Mr. Queen. Now this is how this will go. You will take one of my tablets and join me or you can say goodbye to your cute, mouthy, little blonde and the babies as well. Only seems fair that I get you since you took away not only the League but also my right hand assassin from me."
A growl grew from deep in the chest of the figure under the hood and the sudden sounds of the team nearing the space distracted Darhk enough for the figure to make his move. He shot the arrow at Darhk's foot, pinning it to the ground. Then he rushed the man and started to brutally beat on him with the bow. Felicity was still tied to the chair so she was unable to free herself and move from the room.
A few moments later, Roy and Sara burst into the room. They ran to her side and Roy pulled out a blade to cut through her ties quickly. "Lis you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm okay." Felicity noted as she rubbed her wrists, trying to ease the rope burn on them once they were free. Roy cut her feet free and they lifted her out of the chair and started for the door but Felicity stopped. "Oliver! Wait!"
"Lis it's okay. We need to get you out of here." Sara stated.
"But he can't handle Darhk's power again."
"It'll be fine. It's not what you think."
"What?" Felicity struggled to get back into the room as Sara started to pull her away, Roy clearing the way.
Felicity was outside the room when she heard Tommy's voice yell out, "Get her out! NOW!" Felicity glanced over her shoulder just in time to see Tommy stand up and take a fighting stance against Darhk, dressed in Oliver's leathers with the hood down and mask gone.
Sara hurried her down the stairs where a small group of League troops were waiting to escort them outside. She got Felicity and out to the safety of an awaiting car. She looked up and watched as Roy jumped in the driver's seat. "Roy we can't leave them here!" she cried as she looked back at the building as they pulled away.
"Lis! Listen to me. Tommy, Nyssa, Diggle, Talia and the League will handle Darhk and his men. We need to get you to the hospital. You and the babies are the most important thing right now. So please calm down."
"Where's Oliver?"
"He will meet us." Sara told her as she reactive her comm. "Eagle eye, we have the package and are in route to drop off. Arrow, Overwatch, Shadow, Ra's and troops still behind dealing with Darhk. Any word?"
"Not yet. Get package to drop off. Will keep you appraised." Lyla stated, her worry tone lacing each word.
"Will someone please tell me what is going on?!" Felicity shouted, her loud voice filling the car easily.
Roy winced, "Why did we have to draw the short straws. I hate hearing her loud voice."
"Roy!"
"Right. Okay fine." Roy grinned then filled her bin on the plan and how each person had a role to play on it as they traveled to the hospital.
"So how are we explaining you two dropping me off at the hospital? If it was the Green Arrow that saved me, then you two can't go rushing in with me." Felicity pointed out.
Sara grinned, loving that her friend was already thinking ahead. "We aren't. He is."
They pulled into an alleyway about a block from hospital, to find a police cruiser idling there and Oliver paced in front of it. As soon as he heard the car pull in, his eyes leapt up and locked with hers. He rushed to the side of the car and pulled the car door open before Roy had even put it in park. "Sweetheart? Oh thank god!" Oliver pulled Felicity out of the car quickly, both of them struggling to free her from her seat belt. He wrapped her up in his arms and felt her start to sob as her fear and joy overpowered her. "Sweetheart. It's okay. You're okay. You're here. I'm here. You're safe. I love you. I love you so much."
"I love you too. So much." Oliver kissed her sweetly as more tears streamed down her cheeks at his words.
"You okay? Did he hurt you?" Felicity shook her head then buried it into his chest as she wrapped her arms around his waist. "Come on. Let's get you to the hospital and get you checked out." Oliver turned to help her into the back of Lance's cruiser.
Lance was holding the door open for them. "Hey there Sweetie. Don't worry bout a thing. Thea has your mom and Connor at the hospital. They are waiting for ya. I have them already in a private room. Thea just called to say Dr. Carmichael is there and has everything waiting on us. Let's see how those two are doing in there shall we?" Felicity nodded as she fought back a sob and then stepped up and slid into the seat, Oliver following right behind her. Lance closed the door and looked up at Roy and Sara. "I'll see you all at the hospital as soon as you're done." The two masked heroes nodded towards him then climbed back into their car to head back towards the team and help anyway they could. Lance watched them pull away and said a silent prayer that they would all be safe before getting into the car and driving off, with Oliver sheltering his quivering wife in his arms in the back seat.
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"Yes, which way to Felicity Queen's room?" Roy asked as he walked up to the nurse's station. He had let her go with Oliver and Lance nearly 2 hours ago and was nervous to hear what they had found out.
"May I ask who you are?" the nurse asked without even looking up from the pile of paperwork in front of her.
"Family." A deep voice added from nearby. Roy looked up to see Oliver standing in the hallway.
Roy ran up and hugged him. A moment later he realized what he had done and he pulled back, sighed, coughed then tried to compose himself. "How is she?"
"A bit shaken and scared but okay."
"And… um… the… the babies?" Roy stammered, afraid to hear what the answer could be.
"Healthy and happy. They all asleep right now. Felicity crashed pretty quickly. Natalie wants to keep her overnight just to be safe. Run a few more tests in the morning to make sure all is good."
Roy breathed a deep sigh of relief as he grasped at his chest, as if helping to restart his heart. "Good. That's good. I just… I was worried."
"I know. We all were. Thank you. For everything. Felicity told me what you and Sara did for her. I know how hard it was to leave them behind."
"Yeah but she was what was important. Getting her to safety and here so we could make sure they were all safe."
Oliver smiled down at his one time apprentice, proud of just how far he had come from the angry thug he once was. "Well I was just heading back. Needed a cup of coffee. Lance is in there with her as well as Donna, Connor and Thea. Lance also has this floor shut down. Police protection for a prized witness." Oliver shrugged. "Heading that way?"
"Yeah. I just wanted to make sure Blondie was good and the twins were okay." Roy smiled.
"Well come on. I know Speedy will like seeing you. Then you can tell us all what happened with Darhk."
"Sure. The rest are at the Bunker, cleaning up. They should be here soon. I came here as soon as I could." The two men started to walk down the hall and towards a room that had two police officers posted outside it. "Lance isn't playing around." Roy noted as he glanced around and saw that every room on the floor was empty and dark.
"Yeah. He isn't taking any chances this time. The only other patient on this floor is Darren, who got out of surgery and is stable. They are waiting for him to wake up to be sure but they think he will make a full recovery. Lance has Darhk in solitary confinement as well. 3 officers he trusts watching him at all times. Darhk won't be getting away. Unless he uses his powers."
"No need to worry about that." Roy mumbled as they stepped into the room. He looked up to see Lis laid out on the bed, Connor wrapped up in her arms and asleep next to her. Felicity seemed at peace. She pried her eyes open at the sound of someone coming in.
"Sweetheart, when did you wake up?"
"Just a couple minutes ago. Harper got cold and Tommy didn't like Connor laying right next to him so we shifted him to my other side. They all seem happy now." Felicity whispered and smiled down at her son in her arms then at her belly as she guided one hand over it. She looked up and saw Roy standing beside Oliver. "Hey there, Scarecrow."
"Hey Blondie." Roy chuckled softly and whispered as he leaned in and kissed her cheek. "You guys all good?"
"Oh yeah. Soft bed, full bellies, warm blankets and our family around us. We're all happy." Felicity smiled up at him.
Roy smiled back. "Good. Well the team said they will be here shortly. They're all getting cleaned up. I came here straight away."
"Everything okay?"
"Yeah. Few bruises and cuts but nothing major."
"And Darhk."
"Handled. Handed over to police custody about 30 minutes ago."
"So what happened?" Felicity asked, needing to ensure that the latest bad guy in their lives wouldn't come back to harm them.
"After we dropped you off, Sara and I went back to help out. Talia and the League had most of his forces wiped out so Sara started helping Nyssa finish them off. I went back up to find Tommy and Dig battling Darhk. I watched him try to… um… whammy Dig. When he went down, I went to help but Tommy ordered me to get Dig out and make sure he was okay. Seems that Darhk hit him but only enough to stun the big guy. So I pulled him out the room and was tending to him when I heard chanting coming out the room. Seems Tommy had gotten that relic that Constantine had found and learned how to use it. He said a spell of some kind and when Darhk tried to whammy him, Tommy was able to use the relic against him and zap Darhk with his own power. Tommy stunned him enough to knock him out. By then, the League and Talia and the girls were finished with Darhk's men so we loaded Darhk up in the car and took him back to the Bunker, leaving the men for the SCPD. Constantine performed a ritual and removed Darhk's powers from him. Turns out it had something to do with his blood so he had to sever the bond. He said the powers are now stored in a talisman that Talia said she will take with her to Nanda Parbat and protect. The League is already on their way back."
"So he is powerless?"
Roy nodded. "Yep. Kinda freaky thing to watch it get done but he is toast. And now that you're safe, Laurel is building a huge case against him for kidnapping and attempted murder and all. Darhk is going away for a long time."
"Too bad he knows about all of us." Oliver groaned, not liking that someone outside their circle knew their secret and could use it against them at anytime.
Roy grinned a bit brighter. "Maybe not so much. Seems Constantine didn't mind popping into the dude's head a bit for us. He worked a bit of magic and Darhk doesn't remember your face under the hood. He said he replaced it with a much scarier sight so Darhk will be terrified of the man in green for quite some time to come."
Oliver gapped at the thought of what his friend did for him. He knew that Constantine hated altering people's thoughts and memories because it took a lot of power to do so.
"Didn't even think that was possible but I was brought back to life in a magical hot tub so who am I to say that is weird?" Thea giggled as she stepped beside Roy, who threw his arm around her shoulder.
Felicity took a deep breath then smiled. "Sweetheart, is everything okay?" Oliver glanced at her.
"Of course. My family is here and safe. Our city is safe again and this time there wasn't any damage done or anyone hurt or killed. I'm happy." Felicity smiled up at him as she took his hand in hers.
Oliver leaned down and pressed a kiss to her forehead before resting his against hers. "I love you, Felicity Meghan Queen. More today than ever before." Oliver whispered against her lips and a gentle smile crossed his face.