Chapter 2:
Oliver looked down at the letter once again, he had a daughter and he had no idea what to do with that fact.
It had been three days since he had received the letter and he still hadn't done a thing about it. Part of him wanted to find out who Katya was, but the other part of him the part that always kept him a coward when it came to the people he cared about told him she was better off without him.
Then there was Felicity, the letter said there was three reason why he would have received the letter and he knew it couldn't have been the first because Katya wasn't twenty one yet which left either leaving Felicity dead or missing both thoughts devastated Oliver. Felicity had asked him to find their daughter and protect her if either of those two reasons were the cause but Katya had to be twenty by now would she resent him involving himself in her life now?
Oliver slammed his hand down in frustration. Felicity had to no she could have come to him about anything right? This was his daughter after all he deserved the right to no. Why couldn't she have told him? He thought she told him everything.
Oliver looked up, he was in the lair sitting in the chair that Felicity used to occupy. They hadn't change much just updated the systems and added a few bits of equipment but otherwise it was the same.
"How could she not say anything?" Oliver spat aloud.
Diggle was the only one who knew about Felicity's letter but Oliver knew he wouldn't keep it a secret for long. In his mind the decision was easy find Katya, find Felicity and get the answers they all craved. For Oliver however it wasn't that simple he still lived a dangerous life, sure the arrow had cleaned the streets up a lot and he didn't go out on patrol as much but that didn't mean someone wouldn't hurt her to get to him. That had been the main reason he had been so afraid to let Felicity in. At first he hadn't even been aware of his feelings for her, and in the end it was Sara who had ended up pointing it out to him.
FLASHBACK:
Oliver paced back and forth as he waited for Felicity to come out of the shower. They had just come back from a mission where Felicity had needed to hack into mainframe of Starling City National bank so that they could follow the money trail of Nathan Jones a former MP who was using his connect all across the world to smuggle women into the country and straight into prostration. The police were aware of Mr Jones's work but had never been able to get enough evidence on the man to take him down for good. Felicity had tried to hack into Mr Jones records from outside of the bank but the banks defence had improved greatly since Walter took over and let left one choice and since the bank was hosting a ball to raise donations for the rebuilding of the glades it gave them the perfect opportunity to get into the bank, do what they needed to do and get out again without anyone knowing anything. Oliver hated it when Felicity went into the field, it was too dangerous and he couldn't be completely sure that he could keep her safe. In the lair she was safe but out there it wasn't and tonight had just proven his point.
At first everything was going as planned, they had arrived at the ball dance and made a show of themselves to make an appearance, Oliver even danced with Felicity. He could feel how nervous she was when he held her in his arms but he never commented knowing full well Felicity wouldn't thank him for it, but still he let things go ahead. He led her out back keeping track of guards. His objective was to get Felicity in and out safely while Sara and Roy kept guard the outside and Diggle covered for them inside. When Sara called for help Oliver left reluctantly to help, Felicity telling him she would be fine. When Oliver got to Sara he realised the problem Nathan Jones was at the ball something which they hadn't anticipated and he wasn't alone he had brought plenty of guards with him. When he and Sara were done with some of his guards he realised that Nathan himself was nowhere to be seen, he checked in with Diggle and Roy who had been having trouble of his own and no one had seen him.
"That's because he's here." Felicity voice came over the com, he heard the tremble in her voice and he moved quicker than he had ever moved in his life Sara and Roy right behind him. Oliver had not doubt Diggle would be trying to get to her also while trying to keep their cover.
When he got to the server room of the bank he watched in horror as Jones slammed her into the wall, his hands trawling her body much like the Count had. Felicity already had what looked like a split lip.
"That will teach you to touch what isn't yours." Jones spat.
It made his blood boil Oliver moved towards Jones just as shoved his mouth onto Felicity's. Oliver yanked him off her sending him flying. Felicity's eyes widened as Oliver jumped Jones punching him over and over again.
"Oliver," they all called; Sara, Roy and Diggle but it was Felicity's voice that stopped him.
"Please Oliver," she had begged.
Oliver pulled back but didn't let go of Jones.
"I got what we need to take down Jones, turns out he was keeping all his records in a safe deposit box here in the bank. That's what I was checking out when he found me." Felicity said.
Oliver hated how pale and scared she looked.
Oliver punched Jones again for making her this way.
"Oliver please don't." she begged again this time grabbing his arm.
Oliver looked at her face and all his anger left him, she needed him. Oliver dropped Jones and pulled Felicity into his arms. He held her tightly as she trembled, not doubt the adrenaline was running off. Oliver didn't let go of her even as they took her back to the lair. Felicity had been silent and the moment the car stopped she got out and practically ran into the side entrance. Oliver had caught Digs eye in the re-view mirror of the car, he was just as worried about her as Oliver himself was. They followed Felicity into the lair Roy got to the bottom of the stairs first and picked something from the floor. Roy turned to them frowning as he held up Felicity's dress in his hands.
"Is she ok?" Roy asked and Oliver shook his head.
Oliver could hear the faint sound of the shower.
"I'll go check on her." Sara said before heading over to the bathroom.
Leaving Oliver pacing back and forth.
After half an hour Sara comes out looking grim.
"Is she ok?" Oliver repeats Roy's earlier question.
None of them had moved, Diggle had been cleaning his gun, Roy was practicing his aim and Oliver had been pacing, but they all stop as Sara comes out and they wait for her to answer.
Sara shook her head and Oliver slams his hand down on desk.
"We should have been there." Oliver yells.
"I should have been there." He corrects himself, it was his job to get her in and out of there safely not theirs but he couldn't even do that right.
"Oliver it wasn't your fault you did what any of us would have done." Diggle argued.
Oliver shook his head.
"Then why does it feel like it is?" Oliver growled in frustration.
The room feel silent.
"Because you're in love with her." Sara spoke softly.
Oliver's eyes darted to Sara, he opened his mouth to tell her she was wrong put she put her hand out to stop him.
"Come on Oliver you can't be that blind." She said.
Oliver took a deep breath and Sara smiled sadly.
"I've seen the way you look at her, how all she has to do to make you smile is to look at you. You laugh with her Ollie, I mean really laugh." Sara explained.
"She's my friend." Oliver argued weakly.
Sara laughed softly.
"Digs your friend I don't see you touch Dig the way you touch Felicity." Sara pointed out.
"That's different …" Oliver tried but he knew that she was right. Sometimes he touched Felicity just to tell himself that there was good out there. Sometimes he touched her to reassure himself she was real. It often baffled him how someone that remarkable could be so real.
Sara shook her head.
"We can all see it Ollie why can't you?" she asked.
Oliver looked over Roy as if looking for someone else to agree with him.
"She is the only one you listen too." Roy pointed out.
Oliver shook his head before looking over at Diggle.
"You went after the huntress only when she went after Felicity." Diggle comment.
"Helena had gone too far." Oliver argued.
Diggle smiled sadly.
"You killed the Count." Diggle said.
"He was going to kill her." Oliver argued.
"But you shot three arrows Oliver. Three. Even after Thea nearly died because of his drug you let him live but the moment Felicity life was in danger you kill him and not just with one arrow Oliver. Three arrows." Diggle reminded him.
Oliver cringed at that thought, he closed his eyes trying to rid his mind of the memories of her tied to the chair. He knew Diggle had a point but the moment the Count put that syringe to her neck Oliver had never been more afraid, his anger got the better of him and he shot and kept shooting till he couldn't shoot anymore.
He looked back at Sara.
"You. Love. Her." Sara said making every one of those words clear.
Oliver could see those times he simply smiled because on her, she was his light. The only thing good he had. Roy was right, he listened to her because she kept him grounded, she keep the little good that remained in him alive.
Oliver face softened.
"I'm sorry." He mumbled to Sara.
Sara shook her head.
"You did nothing wrong Ollie." She said sincerely.
She looked towards the bathroom door the shower had stopped.
"Go, tell her how you feel." Sara instructed.
Oliver shook his head. Just because he could finally see it didn't mean he was going anything about it. Felicity was safer without him.
"No, she is safer if she doesn't no." Oliver said adamantly.
"Don't you think that's her choice to make?" Diggle pointed out.
Oliver shrugged and opened his mouth to answer when the bathroom door opened and Felicity stepped out.
"You ok?" Oliver asked.
Felicity smiled sadly and nodded.
"I'm fine." She lied.
Oliver sighed. She may not be fine in this moment but she will be, because he would make sure of it.
END OF FLASHBACK
Oliver sighed heavily. There had been so many times that he had let Felicity down. Not just Felicity but pretty much everyone he care about and he wasn't about to do that to his daughter.
Oliver folder up the letter and placed it back in his pocket, he would wait till Felicity's next letter but for now Katya was better off without him.
Katya Queen slammed her hand down in frustration.
"Dam it." She screamed in frustration.
She had been at it for days but her computer system just wasn't good enough, she needed something better.
Tears prickled her eyes.
She was running out of options.
The screen saver came on to the screen of her laptop, it was a picture of her and her mother when she was about 7. It had been just the two of them her entire life. Her mother had been her strength, her rock though all the ups and downs that life had to throw at them and now her mother needed her and she was failing big time.
Katya knew something had been off with her mother for months but she had been so busy with school she ignored it.
"I am so sorry mum." Katya cried.
The screen changed again and a picture of her mother came up the screen with three man and two women. Her mother said this was her family Uncle Diggle, Aunty Sara, Aunty Thea, Uncle Roy and her father Oliver Queen. She hadn't met them and none of the new about her but her mother said all she had to do was go to them and they would help her.
Her mother's words pieced her mind.
"If anything happens to me go to them, they'll keep you safe." Her mother told her.
Katya looked at the picture once more. They looked happy. Her mother looked happy it was so rarely that her mother ever smiled like that. It seemed almost like something was constantly missing from her mother's life.
Right now being safe was the last thing on her mind, all she cared about was finding her mother. But Oliver Queen was also the arrow at least that's what her mother told her, he had to have a better system. If she could get access to it maybe she stood a chance on finding her mother.
Mind made up, Katya picked up her keys. It was about time she met her father.
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