Chaos

She had just finished taping the last box and labeling it, wiping her brow. This was it, she was saying goodbye to Boston for a while. She was excited and terrified at the same time. The wedding was fastly approaching, Nick still hadn't proposed, which frustrated her and she never brought it up. They continued their nightly talks, something she actually looked forward to everyday. Nick walked in and smiled down at her.

"Last box?" he asked, offering her his hand to help her stand up.

"Yes, thank you," she said taking his hand and standing up.

"Alright then, cars loaded up are you ready?"

"Yep, let's hit the road."

He led her to the car and soon they were on the road to the airport. Once they were in the air he sat down next to her, she put her book down to focus all of her attention on him. Her green eyes sparkled through her glasses, the hint of honey around the rim of the iris of her eyes were truly spectacular.

"Hope?"

"Yes."

"I bought a house for us to live in, you know for after the wedding. I hope that's okay, I have the men doing some work on it now so when we come home from the honeymoon, it'll be ready for us."

"Oh, that was totally unexpected."

"It's a nice size, five bedrooms, six bathrooms and it's perfect at least your mom said it was."

"I trust her and I trust you."

He leaned over and kissed her on the lips. She blushed, this was another new step in their relationship. Before him she had only kissed Ian, who was a horrible compared to Nick. Internally she was still freaking out about everything but he soon would be her husband, till death do they part. The rest of the flight the couple laughed and talked more. He was happy to be marrying such a beautiful and smart woman. At one point he looked over to find her asleep. He slowly removed her glasses and got her comfortable. He made his way over to Sara who was smiling at him.

"Seems like we're doing this more often than not," she said smiling.

"I know," he said getting comfortable.

"How you holding up kid?"

"Better than before."

"That's good. You guys seem to be getting closer?"

"Yeah, I'm constantly learning something new about her and I'm sure she is also. I'm still scared shitless though. We're both young and I don't want to screw anything up."

"I know, you'll be fine. Felicity and Oliver met two weeks before their wedding and he was training to be Pahkan. So trust me, you're getting off pretty easy. Just as long as you always put her first you'll be fine. Now, get some rest it's going to be a crazy week."

Nick went back to his seat and soon fell asleep. He was dreaming of Hope, sitting in a swing, their son in her lap, he was giggling and she was smiling. 'Higher mama," the little boy said 'Okay hold on tight,' she said swinging them higher. He saw the little boy squeal when his eyes landed on him, 'DADDY!' He awoke with a start, she was still asleep next to him. He could see that as his life and he wanted it more than he ever thought he could.

Once they landed they were soon their way to the Queen Mansion. When they arrived ,Tanja was there to greet them everyone else was at the high school for another sports game Jonathan was participating in. The kid was in every sport he could be in, football, baseball and lacrosse. He enjoyed it and she knew her father enjoyed watching him too.

"I'm going to go and get settled and freshened up. I'll be down in a few minutes," she said running up the stairs. He smiled as he watched her blonde curls bounce.

"Nick, hello my boy. How was your flight?" Tanja asked in Russian.

"Very good, I even got a nap in," he replied in Russian following her into the kitchen.

"Are you hungry?"

"Maybe for a little snack?"

"Coming right up."

He sat at the breakfast bar as he watched the older woman still run around the kitchen. A few minutes later Hope came in and kissed him on the lips.

"What was that for?" he asked dazed and confused.

"The roses in m room, they're gorgeous. Thank you."

"I didn't buy you roses. Tanja?" he asked standing up, a feeling of uneasiness filled him.

"There were no roses when I put her fresh sheets on the bed this morning." In a flash he pulled his gun and shoved Hope towards Tanja.

"Go hide," he said rushing out of the room to her bedroom. There must've been at least four dozen roses in a variety of color all around her room. After searching he found her bedroom balcony door was slightly open. He searched some more and found a note on her pillow.

YOU ARE MINE.

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MINE.

I WILL HAVE YOU!

His blood was boiling after reading that, that man was in his fiancés bedroom. A noise behind him had him quickly turning on his heel to see Sara and Roy observing the scene. He handed Sara the note and kept looking around her room. He found a small black square, a camera, how long had that been there, not to mention she was just in the room and had changed and showered by the wetness of her hair.

"Camera?" Roy asked.

"Yes," Nick answered through gritted teeth.

"Her rooms compromised, do not touch anything else," Sara said. "Roy find out where that came from. Nick go and get your girl."

He ran downstairs, his heartbeat was the only sound he could hear. Until he found her he knew he was going to be in overdrive. As soon as she saw him she ran into his arms. He held her tight, his senses filled with the tropical smell of her hair. His heart rate slowed as he pulled her back. Her hazel eyes were big, he knew she was scared.

"You're okay, I promise."

After a thorough sweep of her room they found a total of twenty three microscopic cameras. Felicity was livid, she had used her loud voice enough that the men flinched. She would find out what SOB had done this, Oliver stood there remembering the man who sent for Hope.

"He has already seen all of her. He will have her, he will make you watch as she cries out."

"Felicity, you won't find anything, these have been here a while, since that man. God it all makes sense now. "

"I have another one," Roy called out from the bathroom.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Felicity said through gritted turning on Oliver.

"He said "he has already seen all of her. He will have her, he will make you watch as she cries out." Felicity gasped, her left hand covering her mouth. "I'll kill him with my bare hands Felicity, I swear it. The rest of you, not a word to Hope. I don't need her more traumatized than she already is."

"Yes Pahkan," they said in unison.

"Leave us," he said, everyone left leaving both Felicity and Oliver alone. "Felicity, I am going to make him pay. I swear it."

"This is horrible Oliver, our little girl, he's seen her when she was at her most vulnerable. I want to kill him myself."

"Hey, you leave that to me okay? Trust me?"

"Always."

"That's my girl. Now, let's get out of here. Have one of your crew trace where these came from. I need you safe too. This bastard won't stop until he gets what he wants."

Hope and Nick lay in the grass staring at the clouds, something she always loved doing as a child and now as an adult it still brought great comfort to her. It was also a break from the drama unfolding inside the house behind them, a break from the wedding that was fastly approaching. Right now, it was jus the two of them against the world.

"Hope?" he spoke up.

"Yeah Nick."

"I'm not going to let anything happen to you, you know that right?"

"I know," she said barely above a whisper. "I trust you with all my heart."

"That's my girl. Well, you will be my girl officially in a few days."
"I kow, I'm not as scared as I was before but still, hesistant."

"You're still thinking I'm a closet serial killer? I thought we were odne with that one."

"Maybe?" she squeaked. He lenaed over her, his face hovered hers.

"Hope Dearden Queen, I swear to you I'm not a closet serial killer planning on killing you. Contrary to popular believf I pon on staying with you until the day I die, do you understand?"

"Yes, you look funny upside down," she giggled. He leaned down giving her what she called a 'Spiderman kiss'. A small moan escaped her mouth making him smile. "You're relaly good at that."

"Only with you," he said with a wink.

They stared at each other for what felt like minutes. The sound of doors opening and people calling their names had him up and helping her up. A stray leaf caught in her hair had him facing her, he removed it, blushing as his hand lingered a little longer than it should. Her father and mother were walking down to them, hand in hand. They walked up to the new couple, Oliver observing the two of them, carefully.

"Anything?" Nick asked.

"Nothing. The roomsclear, are you guys hungry?" Oliver asked. Nick looked confused but after meeting his future father-in-law's eyes he let it go.

"Starving," Hope said.

"Well then, lets get something to eat," Felicity said taking her daughters hand as they walked back to the house. Leaving Nick and Oliver behind.

"What is it?" Nick asked loud enough for Oliver to hear.

"Twenty four cameras, including one in her shower.

"I'll fucking kill him myself."
"I know, Hope knows nothing, keep it that way."
"Yes sir."

"We'll discuss more later."

They went inside where Tanja had finished placing dishes on the table. They ate having light conversation, halfway through dinner an alert went off on Felicity's phone. Her brow furrowed, she placed her napkin on the table as she looked at the alert.

"What is it?" Oliver asked.

"Breach in the network, I need to head downstairs."
"Do you need help?" Hope asked.

"No, I'll be fine."

"Nick, go with her please," Oliver asked.

"He doesn't," she stopped speaking when Oliver gave her the 'do not argue with me look'. "Let's go Nick."

This left Oliver and Hope alone to finish their meal. He decided he would take this opportunity to reconnect with his daughter. It had been a while since they had a daddy-daughter date.

"Hey Hope, how about we have a daddy-daughter date night? Popcorn, movies and maybe some candy?"

"That sounds great, we haven't done that in a while. Go and put on your jammies and I'll put mine on and we'll meet in the entertainment room in ten, deal?"
"Deal," he said. She squealed and took off running upstairs.

"HOPE DEARDEN QUEEN NO RUNNING!" her mother's loud voice filled the house. She froze on the steps and looked back at her dad, who just shrugged his shoulders. Hope shook her head and walked the rest of the way.

True to their word they were each dressed in the jammies. He allowed her to pick a movie, knowing she would either pick Beauty & the Beast or a History movie. She settled on Beauty & the Beast. After putting it in she settled in next to him, his arm pulling her in closer.

"Beauty & the Beast, huh?" he asked kissing the top of her head.

"I figured it'd be good. It was the first movie I remember from our daddy-daughter dates. Since, I figured this might be the last one for a while."

"Yeah, popcorn?" he asked leaning the bowl towards her.

"Of course."

They enjoyed the movie and he caught her singing along and mouthing the words, something she had done she was a toddler. Right about when "Be our guest" came on, Oliver heard what he swore was a gun shot. He paused the movie, putting a finger to his mouth shushing her, listening to the sounds around him. The window to the entertainment shattered as an explosion filled their ears.

In a moment, Oliver had the two of them up and running, a gun in his right hand and his daughters hand in the other. The arm blared throughout the house. His thoughts were to get her to safety, knowing Felicity was safe in the now locked down server room. Her thoughts were of Nick and that they were coming to get her. Oliver shot an intruder and they continued to try and get to the safe room.

He saw one of the men shoot Roy with a tranq dart. Around the corner they were blocked, their guns drawn, Hope cried out. Oliver looked down and back to see she had been hit by two tranq darts. He felt the prick on his skin, she fell first and then he did. The last thing he saw were Hope's eyes flutter close and the sound of boots.

A/N: Okay….so a bit longer but that's it for now. Let me know what you guys think J