AN: Thank you to all who have read, followed or favorite my story it means a lot. Thank you to guest readers sorry I cannot reply to you both. I'm not a massive fan of Sara hence how I am writing her a little in here but Ivo did save her and tell her mostly the truth especially where his research was involved so why shouldn't she believe anything to do with that side of things. Further on you will understand what Sara was saying about them being dangerous.

I do not own Arrow/Mutant X/or John Mayer I just wanted to try something new.

CHAPTER 5 - Bomb Shell

Oliver strolled out of his office at 9:50AM and moved over to Felicity's desk. He started to ask Felicity about his schedule for the day and rest of the week and Felicity answered his questions keeping up the pretence. She wasn't stupid he didn't want to discuss his business/lunch meetings he just wanted to be around when Adam Kane arrived.

9:55AM the elevator door dinged and Felicity looked up with a big inviting smile at the man entering the executive floor. Oliver glanced up a few seconds after Felicity and froze when he saw the face, it was the same face that he had seen the last two nights stealing the bodies.

Felicity cheerily welcomed the man, "Mr Kane good morning, I will let Mrs Queen know you have arrived." Felicity reached over her desk to the phone and lifted the handset from the receiver, Oliver came out of his thoughts and rested his hand on her shoulder stopping her movement. "I'll take Mr Kane through." He held his hand out to Adam, "Oliver Queen." Adam took the offered hand shaking firmly. "Adam Kane. You are much taller than I remember, you were this high." Adam placed his hand at waist height, "Running around playing cops and robbers."

Oliver put on his CEO smile and gestured Adam towards Moira's office. Why did he not remember this man? "I'm sorry about your father he was a good man." Adam gave his condolences but Oliver remained silent. "How is Thea she was a baby last time…" Adam was cut short by Moira's greeting. "Adam. How wonderful to see you." "Moira looking radiant as ever." Adam responded and both exchanged a kiss on each cheek. "I see you have met Oliver. He's taken over from Robert at long last." Moira commented. "He's grown into a wonderful man you should be proud." Adam replied. "Oliver Adam is an old family friend." Moira lied. Oliver nodded his acknowledgement, "I'll leave you both to reminisce." He stalked out of the room.

Felicity met Oliver's eyes as he left Moira's office and headed into his, she followed. "Are you okay?" She asked. "If I said yes would you believe me?" Oliver turned to see Felicity shake her head, he took a breath ready to explain, "He's the older one that's been stealing the bodies." Felicity's eyes widened. "And apparently an old family friend." "Oliver this really isn't looking good how would your mother know a geneticist especially one that's interested in Mirakuru?" "I will get Roy to check his contacts out in the Glades see if there's been any suspicious movements." "My programs are still running but everywhere I turn for information it's all classified."

She walked over to Oliver and placed her hand on his upper arm, "We will stop what ever is going on. My other specialty is solving mysteries." She tried to lighten his mood and was rewarded with a genuine smile. She knew how to calm him down, he lent down and placed a kiss on her head. "I'll get back to work." And she left Oliver's office returning to her desk.

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An hour later Adam emerged from Moira's office. He paused at Felicity's desk, "Miss Smoak?" He enquired. Looking up and putting on smile she replied, "Yes that's me but call me Felicity." "Felicity. Excuse my intrusion but are your parents Stacey and Daniel Smoak?" "Y..Yes." Felicity squeaked out. How does he know my parents? Oh please do not tell me this mad man saved my life. "How are they I haven't seen them for a long time, you would have been about 6 months old." Felicity remained dumb struck, "H..How do you know my parents?" "Ah I see my apologies I treated your blood condition when you were a baby."

Before Felicity could process this information Oliver had stepped out of his office. "Is everything okay out here Felicity?" She turned towards Oliver and nodded. While Felicity was responding to Oliver Adam retrieved a card from his wallet and when she returned her attention back to him he handed the card over. "If you have any problems please give me a call. I am sorry that I did not keep in better contact." He smiled sweetly then moved towards the elevator entering when it arrived. All Felicity could do was stare.

Adam had been gone for 5 minutes and Felicity still hadn't moved. She was processing. Oliver moved towards her crouching down to her level he looked into her eyes, which focused on him. "Hey. Welcome back." " He saved my life, he knew my parents. I think he knows what I am too." She blurted out all the while twirling the calling card around her fingers. Then she looked down as though just realizing the card was there, "Oliver." She stated holding the card up to eye level, "We have a lead. I'll get right on it."

"Felicity grab your tablet and come sit in the office you can have some privacy, I've only got paperwork to catch up on." Felicity nodded and stood at the same time as Oliver, she grabbed her tablet and walked with him to his office. She made herself comfortable on the sofa legs tucked under and side resting against the back of the sofa so her face was away from the door just in case. She rested the calling card on her knee and held her tablet in both hands, memorizing the information on the card.

Dr Adam Kane Phd, MSc, BSc (Hons)

Phone: 06957 926472

Email:

Felicity entered her tablet, she tried tracing the mobile number first but it was a burner so a dead end. Next she tried hacking the email account but the firewall was something unusual, the code continually fluctuated so she couldn't obtain a pattern to crack. It looked like waves washing over the ocean but with computer code and she couldn't focus on it.

She returned to the office and placed the tablet on the sofa and picked up the card thinking. She flipped it around in her fingers as she had done previously the card was very plain, no patterns or colour. Felicity moved her head to glance at Oliver when the blank side of the card glimmered. She stood heading over to the window and twisted the card back and forth.

There appeared to be a shiny film creating a pattern, "Oliver a pencil, do you have a pencil?" He rummaged in his top draw until he found one. Felicity was next to him as he offered the pencil and she took it, leaning towards the table placed the card down and began to shade in the back of the card. A word appeared on the card and both sets of eyes widened.

"What's a Mutant X?" Oliver asked. "I don't know. Hold on I'll get my tablet." She replied heading over to the sofa with Oliver in tow. She sat down with her back to the back of the sofa and Oliver sat beside her. As she picked up her tablet he watched as her eyes changed to static. The eyes really didn't bother him if anything he thought Felicity more beautiful with them even though her Ice blue irises took his breath away.

Oliver reached over to tuck a strand of hair from Felicity's face but as his finger brushed along her ear he found the office had disappeared and he was in a different room. He was now standing and Felicity was no longer beside him. The walls were like circuit boards and wires with flashing and moving lights. Within the room space there were images and words moving around things like news reports, blogs, artist drawings. This must be Felicity's search on Mutant X he thought, incredible. Oliver finally looked to the floor and saw Felicity lying on her back looking up into the room with a puzzled expression on her face. He crouched down at her side to move that same strand of hair that had gotten him in here in the first place and he was back in his office.

"Felicity." Oliver whispered. Her blue eyes returned and she focused on his face. "You saw." She stated smiling brightly. "I didn't know that was possible." Oliver enveloped her in a huge hug, when this is all over I think its time I told her the truth about my 5 years missing he thought.

"I couldn't find any solid leads only blog posts, speculations, hearsay and proxy blue news reports on strange occurrences. From the brief glance I had Mutant X seem to help new mutants especially against the GSA not sure who that is but I'll find out. Adam must be part of them maybe the leader? Oliver there is something else, when I found out about Thea's paternity her medical records indicated a complication after birth I don't believe in coincidences but do you think Adam was involved?"

Oliver stood, "One way to find out." He replied as he stormed out of his office to Moira's. Felicity texted Diggle to be ready to leave, if this went badly Oliver would need to go calm down. She rescheduled all of his afternoon appointments as a precaution.

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Oliver waltzed into his mother's office, she was on the phone and as she saw who it was that had entered she gave her apologies and said her good byes to the caller hanging up. "Oliver, what do I owe the pleasure." "Adam Kane you said he's a family friend. He said he hadn't seen Thea and me since I was 10 and she was a baby that doesn't seem like much of a family friend 18 years of no contact. How do you really know him mother?" Oliver demanded.

Moira's posture stiffened and her face turned cold and calculated, that EA of his has been nosing around again I think she needs to learn the concept of privacy she thought. "Oliver Thea was poorly when she was born. It was a hard time on your father and me, Dr Kane was a regular on the ward we got to know him during our time there. "

"No more lies Dr Adam Kane." Oliver exaggerated the Dr part, "Is not a medical practitioner he's a geneticist. What did he do to Thea?!" He demanded. Moira flinched at the harshness in Oliver's voice. "She had gene-therapy to alleviate her epilepsy. As soon as she was born the lights triggered seizures that barely stopped. Dr Kane's treatment completely removed the condition. Oliver." Moira dropped her voice to a threatening tone now, "Keep Miss Smoak out of our family's private life."

Oliver saw a red his anger took over his mouth, "Thea is my family, my sister, I will protect her anyway necessary. Felicity may work for me but we are partners therefore any threat against her is a threat against me too mother." Oliver ground out before storming from her office. "Why on earth does he have to keep dragging up the past." She muttered to herself.

Felicity was packed and ready to leave, hers and Oliver's computers shut down and Diggle stood next to her both waiting for Oliver. The sight eased Oliver's anger but he still needed to vent. The three of them headed into the elevator and left QC.

AN: a little short filler piece after the last long chapter. Hmm I wonder if Thea will be a new mutant like Felicity or one of the few that weren't affected. Who likes Felicity on undercover missions? Review if you want to see Felicity go undercover. Other reviews are welcome and help me keep writing