Hello! So, it's been a hell of a month! I have exams and my own birthday and my mum's furthermore my mum's mum died about a week ago...and everything is been a downfall from there since we might have to move because without my grandma's pension paying us the apartment we currently live in we can make end meets. Plus our family's car battery gave out and my sister's and mum's computers broke so extra expeneses. And it's not stopping there i'm worried that my parents might not have the money we require in order to send me to college somewhere i want so i will be forced to study a subject i'm not that intrested in for four years if i pass the exams...So yeah it's been a month from hell!
Now that my rant is over i hope you like the following chapter! Thank you for all the support, follows, favorites and reviews!
Shoutout for Chapter 2:
Raquel489: Hey! Thank you for reviewing! I hope you like this chapter! I will upload my other Chicago Med/ Arrow stories after the exams furthermore my story called The Secret Lives i put that story in a contest on Wattpad and i'm not allowed to add chapters untill the results are out so i'm waiting on them once i get them i will update the story i have the chapter ready long time ago! Thank you for being a loyal reader and patient with my updates!
While reading this chapter i would suggest listening to the following songs;
Imagine Dragons- Nothing Left To Say/ Rocks
Imagine Dragons- Tiptoe
Naughty Boy FT Bastille - No One Is Here To Sleep
Bastille- Sleepsong
Imagine Dragons- Demons
Bastille- The Draw (A/N: BTW My favorite Song)
Bastille- Haunt
Enjoy!
House Of Smoaks
Chapter 3: I'm Sorry I'm Not Who You Thought I Was
Felicity stood and stare her Bourbon filled glass and covered her face with her hands and cried hysterically. She then stood from the couch and threw the glass on the wall.
"WHY?" She yelled loudly and then started punching the couch pillows and then threw them across the room and spiral on the floor.
She sobbed.
Then she saw the dry cutlery and especially the kitchen knives.
"No!" She scolded herself.
But then rushed to the kitchen and took the knife and sliced her upper arms and let the blood tickle down her hand as she let a sigh.
After awhile she felt dizzy and she decided to patch herself up and then took her phone and dialed Vicky's number.
"I need a shoulder to cry on." She said into the speaker and Vicky agreed.
Once she arrived Felicity opened the door and first thing Vicky witnessed was her new scars on her arm.
"You didn't, did you?" She asked rhetorically and Felicity nodded in sadness as she sobbed as Vicky hugged her.
"Sorry, what happened?" Vicky asked once she was inside the house.
"Oliver is here and he started asking questions and I shouted at him and then when I wasn't paying attention to him I took off my shirt and he was staring at my scars and started asking questions. I kept ignoring him until I shouted at him and then he whispered shocked "what" but then he saw me staring at him with a blank expression so turned and he left. To my relief but I still feel on edge. I don't want him here! He reminds me my weak days!" Felicity rambled and she cried as she fell on her knees and Vicky went down with her and hugged her tight.
"Tell him to leave." Vicky said and she sighed.
"I can't! He won't leave until I give him answers. I told him that I almost killed myself and that I was suffering from depression and all that but he doesn't feel convinced. I'm afraid that he will dig more dirt on it and while he does that he will stumble upon Connor's life. I promised no one will know….i failed him while he hasn't failed me not even once!" Felicity exclaimed.
"FELICITY MEGAN SMOAK YOU CAN DO IT! YOU HAVE A FAMILY!" Vicky said passionately back and Felicity smiled.
"How? Do you have a plan?" Felicity asked eager.
"Well I have a half plan. Which is to have Chief Boden and Hank Voight to talk to him…more like tell him to fuck off and go back to his city and to leave you alone." Vicky explained and Felicity smiled.
"I am stupid! I cut myself because of him…that is stupid! That was stupid why? Why do I allow him to bring out my weakness? I want to punch him scream at him!" Felicity yelled in rage and Vicky nodded.
"Well you can speak to him tell him that you are out of the Team and if he doesn't leave with calm words then we go with plan B, my plan. How about that?" Vicky asked serious as she folded her arms on her pj covered chest. She had no time to dress herself, she was worried about her friend.
"Or I could at least tell him that his city needs him and that I am fine, that I have family here. That would ease his mind and leave." Felicity said suggestively as both girls stood up from the living room ground
"What is keeping him from coming back again? You want him to leave and not disturb you or Connor, right?" Vicky asked as she sat on the arm chair and Felicity sat opposite her on the couch.
"No, not like that. I want him to be my friend but I don't want him to tell me that I need to be in the Team. The Team shows me the darkness the world has and I can't bare it. I need light, the light makes me sick." Felicity tried to explain.
"Yes, but you what if he doesn't let it go? I'm not pressuring you or anything just ask questions in case those problems arise." Vicky asked wisely.
"What are you trying to say?." Felicity asked confused.
"If it comes to it, would you tell him and the rest Team your journey with depression and your mother and ease them by saying you are okay?" Vicky asked as she studied Felicity thoughtful face.
"No. I wouldn't let it come to I don't want them to see me as weak Felicity." Felicity said in a guilty manner.
"You are not weak! You are strong enough to realize that you have depression and ask for help. Okay, so now call Oliver and ask him to meet up in the morning or whenever you don't have a shift at House 51." Vicky said with authority but a yawn cut her act causing Felicity to chuckle but Vicky's challenging eyes that made Felicity nod in agreement.
"Thank you, I need a friend who knows about the Arrow for days like this. I hope I won't experience anything similar any time soon." Felicity said thankful hugging Vicky and then both girls headed to the bedroom and fall asleep. Vicky texted Tia to drop by Felicity house once she wakes up for breakfast before school and then turned around and stare at the city lights of Chicago and sighed with a small smile as her eyes closed.
Chicago, a hotel room:
Oliver talked via Skype with Diggs and Sara as he explained to them what had happened in Felicity's apartment.
"She has scars? How come and I never saw them while I stitched her up when she took a bullet for me?" Sara asked puzzled and Oliver sighed as he rubbed his hands on his face while shrugged.
"Maybe she put on makeup?" Diggs suggested dumbly.
And the team arrow laughed a little.
Diggs was right she used to cover them with makeup.
Chicago: The Next Day
Felicity, Tia and Vicky smiled as they sat on a booth at the dinner across her home just then Connor rushed in since it was snowing and took off his hood and gloves.
"Good morning, ladies! How are we?" Connor smiled charmingly as he sat down and Tia smiled at Felicity and wiggled her eyebrows while Felicity furrowed her eyebrows and shook her head no murmuring the exact word. Tia just smirked and cleared her throat.
"So, you must be Connor, Felicity's boyfriend right?" Tia said smirking and smirked even more when Connor was caught off guard and looked between Tia and Felicity while Vicky chuckled.
"Um…no…I'm her boy friend…the friend away from the boy…Anyways, what did you guys ordered?" Connor stuttered and Tia chuckled as she handed him the menu. Vicky just smiled as Felicity palmed faced herself.
"Well, I'll have the pizza and an orange juice." Connor decided and went to place his order.
"Okay what was that about, Tia!" Vicky scolded her daughter but she couldn't hold her smile.
"Come on! Don't tell me that his eye candy doesn't have the hots for this eye candy?" Tia exclaimed as she pointed Connor and then Felicity who tried to act busy on her phone but she was blushing.
"I don't have the hots for him! I have the hots for Peter Mills." Felicity declared once she showed the picture to Tia and Vicky.
"Okay, I rest my case! He is cute too!" Tia said once Connor arrived with his order at hand.
"Why you rest your case?" Connor asked confused.
"Felicity has a date with a co-worker." Tia said smiling and Vicky sighed.
"Excuse my daughter she is a gossip girl." Vicky apologized for Tia.
"It's okay, my sister was like that at her age. And Felicity I thought dating your co-worker was against CFD regulations." Connor said smiling as he took a bite from his pizza.
"It is but not if your boyfriend is in Squad 3 and you're Truck 81." Felicity said smirking and Connor nodded.
"So where are you two love birds are going?" Tia asked interested and Vicky rolled her eyes.
"Tia, sweets, isn't time for you to catch the bus to school?" Vicky said smiling tightly and Tia checked her phone and cursed as she realized that the bus had three minutes before stopping from the local bus stop.
"Got to go! Have a nice day, mum, Felicity and Connor! It was nice meeting you!" Tia said as she rushed to gather her things and coffee and threw a smile before running out of the shop and to the bus stop.
"You're daughter is seventeen and you are…what 30?" Connor asked calculating at Vicky who sighed.
"I'm 37 and I had her when I was twenty years old." Vicky said cutting her omelet and eating a piece of it.
"Okay can we focus on the fact that Oliver is town? I want him out of here because I feel like a caged animal and guilty because I saw how broken he was when you died!" Felicity whispered in worry and the adults sighed.
"I avoid him as much as I can and keep my head down. In the mean time you speak to him try to get him to leave before he digs deeper and finds down." Connor said and everyone nodded as they continue eating the playful atmosphere was gone, vanished.
"Okay I call him…um…what about tomorrow." Felicity said in displeasure.
"Okay, let me tell you, if he finds out about me I won't blame you. You didn't say "Hey, Ollie Tommy is alive!" Wow! I had to call myself Tommy very long time!" Connor said serious as he looked at his friend and then Vicky who smiled.
"I wanted to apologize for kidnapping you back in Hong Kong." Vicky said and Connor laughed and smiled.
"Already forgotten, Vicky." Connor said smiling.
"You know that they forced me to help them. They threatened my daughter and my fellow Navy soldiers who were held hostage." Vicky explained and Connor smiled.
"I wasn't aware of it but I understand now." Connor said serious and then looked at his watch.
"And I have to go!" Connor rushed and everyone suddenly seemed to wake up and they rushed to their works.
Felicity put on her ear phones and then started walking to her car and once she arrived at the car and climbed inside it and drove off.
"Hey!" She smiled as Shay who was getting home from the night shift.
"Oh! Hey! How are you?" Shay asked as she smiled and her whole face light up.
"Um…been better. Holding on. How are you? How are Kevinson and Avella?" Felicity answered and then remembered her injured colleague and his wife and Shay's health.
"Um…I'm fine. Tired but I'll survive. Anyways, once your shift is done Kelly, me and some other firefighters are dropping by the hospital to see how he is, wanna join?" Shay asked with a smile and Felicity nodded excited but didn't get to answer because the bells went off and both girls bid quickly their goodbyes and Felicity rushed to get ready.
The day was normal no major fires so they were on cleaning and drill duties. Once her shift was done she met with the others firefighters outside Med and smiled as she saw Peter waiting for her there with flowers and a get-well-teddy bear. He smiled and pecked her cheek as she rubbed her back and then all of them walked inside.
Unknown to Felicity Oliver had been watching her since he studied the footage of the high school shooting and saw the number 51 on her jacket and then Googled the firehouse and got the address and went to speak with her but chickened out and just sat there and observed.
Like a stalker.
Felicity walked into the room smiling as she saw Kevinson and Avella watching TV.
"Afternoon, Henry and Avella!" Felicity said smiling and her smile got wider once she saw their smiles.
"Oh! Megan!" Avella cried from happiness as she rushed to hug her.
"I heard what happened to you! How are you? It must have been terrible!" Avella gushed in worry as she checked her childhood friend.
Avella Kevinson (nee Faychild) had been neighbors to Felicity and Samantha for years and she had tried to befriend Felicity but Felicity ignored her until she saw something that she shouldn't;
Flashback:
Avella had just returned from karate practice and she was climbing the stairs of her porch when she heard glass breaking and she got curious so she went to investigate and saw from the kitchen window a woman was holding a plate and a five year old was crying as the girl around twelve stood there with her head down looking ashamed.
"I CAN'T HANDLE YOU! SHE SHITS ALL THE TIME AND SMELLS AND YOU ARE DOING NOTHING! HER SHIT'S SMELL CHASE THE CUSTOMERS AWAY, YOU LITTLE BITCH! SHE IS YOUR RESPONSIBILLITY! AND YOU IF EVER HEAR YOU CALL ME I WILL BEAT BLACK AND BLUE, GOT THAT? SHE WILL PAY FOR YOUR MISTAKES!" The woman yelled as she threw the plate at the five year old baby who kept on crying and chewing her thumb as blood tickled her from her head to her cheeks as the plate hit her sensitive head.
That was when the twelve year old girl had enough and picked her head up and looked at the woman with so much fury as she raised her hand and punched her.
"YOU ARE OUR MOTHER, YOU BITCH! ACT LIKE IT FOR ONCE AND STOP THINKING OF YOURSELF AND ONLY YOURSELF, YOU DIRTY GOOD FOR NOTHING WHORE!" The twelve year old girl yelled as tears of fury run down her eyes but Avella could see the satisfaction she got when she saw the blood running from the older woman's mouth and the shocked expression.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME?" The older woman yelled in fury as she grabbed the twelve year old by the neck and pinned her on the wall and started chocking her.
The five year old stayed in her corner crying as she yelled for the woman to stop.
"MOMMA STOP! LICITY! LET HER GO!"
"YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU FILTHY BRAT!" The woman yelled as she let go of the twelve year old girl and walked to the five year old and kicked it.
The twelve year old who was trying to catch her breath screamed no once she saw the older woman kick again and again the little girl.
"YOU CRAZY!?" She yelled as she marched and pushed the older woman away from the five year old that cried and pleaded for her to stop as she coughed blood.
The older woman punched the older girl and the girl's head was crushed on the mirror and the mirror broke but Avella saw her taking a piece of the broken mirror and walked towards the woman who went back kicking the child.
"I said stop!" She said calmly as pointed the broken mirror on the woman's throat but the woman grabbed her by the hair and threw her towards the sink. Avella gasped in shock and terror as the older girl laid unconscious and the five year old kept crying as she coughed blood and cried. The five year old girl cried and crawled with fear away from the woman when she saw her coming towards her.
Avella knew she had to do something quick so she broke the door down and rushed towards the mad woman and punched the woman and then kicked her which end up having her knocked out.
Once she was down Avella called the ambulance and made sure the twelve year old was breathing as she held the five year old in her arms until the ambulance showed up.
The paramedics asked what had happened but the twelve year old who came back said that some kids were beating her and her sister up and they had broken into their house and beat their mother.
Avella was shocked as to why the girl had lied. The next day Avella confront her but Felicity told her their story so Avella kept it a secret.
That is how a weird friendship developed but Felicity never thought of them as friends until she realized that they were friends for a decade.
End Of Flashback.
She smiled as she accepted the hug.
"I've been awesome how are you and Henry?" She asked kindly as Avella smiled at her oldest friend.
"We are fighting. Why don't you ask him yourself?" Avella said as they walked towards Henry who kept watching the news.
"Hey, Henry! I'm glad you didn't die!" Felicity said and he laughed.
"Well I'll get to torture you for the years to come!" Henry said laughing as Felicity hugged him and he hugged her back.
Felicity gave hell to Henry once he started dating Avella but he won her over once he explained to her how he felt about her.
She spent a few hours with them and the rest of the firefighters in Henry's room but once visiting hours were done Avella walked Felicity to her car where Peter was waiting.
Oliver was outside the hospital waiting to see if Felicity would come out but what he saw wasn't what he expected.
"He is waiting for you in the car, mister Rhodes." The chauffer said as he pointed the limo where Cornelius was waiting for Conner.
"What the fuck?" Oliver mumbled once he saw his not so dead best friend.
"What's up dad?" Conner asked worried once he got in.
"Okay, so you know how it will soon be Claire's birthday, right?" Cornelius said as he gave a file to his son.
"Um…yeah I know. Me and the rest of the gang planned to have a surprise party at Molly's. What do you have in mind?" Conner asked slightly confused and then opened the file seeing four tickets to Ireland.
"I don't understand." Conner said confused.
"Well, there are tickets to Ireland, what is not to understand, Tommy?" Cornelius asked his son barely containing himself from laughing. Connor looked at him with raised eyebrows no one had called him by his first name in years.
"Well, you know that your mum was from Ireland and how much she wanted you two to get to meet her family, I arrange you guys do just that. Furthermore, I hinted to Russell that him and Asher should convince Claire to do the wedding in Ireland with Elizabeth's family and me of course but it think they would love to see you guys, they have years to do so." Cornelius said smiling as a few tears slipped his eyes.
"Of course! You'll come with too right? That is why there are four tickets." Conner agreed but his dead shook his head no.
"The fourth is for you to bring Robyn with you. I heard that things get serious between you two and you'll need a plus one." His dad said smiling with love at his son who had years to talk to but for the past two years this void had been filled with weekends passing them together.
"Thank you dad. Oh! One question; why did my change her name to Rebecca? Did something happened and she needed to hide?" Connor asked worried and his dad sighed.
"No, just the press wouldn't leave her alone and especially since we broke up so she forged a new ID but once Malcolm got married a circle started again less vicious than the one with me but she couldn't handle it so she return to Chicago contact me and we talked. That night she had brought you with her and I think you know what happened next…It's hard to forget." Cornelius said hesitantly as he held Connor's gaze which had started to tear up.
"And I dragged her name to the mud but being irresponsible." Connor mumbled darkly as Cornelius reached to hug him and then Connor broke down.
"Well don't look at it like that, son. Look as fun stories to be told at bars and lessons that should be learnt and later taught to your children. You did mistakes and you learnt from them and you will teach them to your children." Cornelius said wisely as he held his son who sobbed.
He seemed so vulnerable that broke Cornelius heart as to how much his son was affected by everything yet how well he wore that mask of calmness and faced the outside world.
His step dad was a mass murderer and psychopath, his mum was depressed with low confidence and he was unable to be affectionate since he was burnt by love when Elizabeth left him and he struggled to raise Claire by himself so he did what he had vowed not to do…he allowed nannies to raise his daughter.
He was raised by nannies and he hated that he had no proper relationship with his parents he vowed that when the time comes he would be a great dad that would put his father into same.
He failed to keep that promise. He missed out on Claire's milestones and Connor's.
"Dad, thank you!" Connor said once he calmed down.
"You're welcome. Now back to work mister!" Cornelius joked and Connor laughed.
"I like how you final digest the fact I'm a doctor and haven't got into business management." Conner said smiling and Cornelius smiled and nodded and Connor grinned back as he exited the limo and with a smile and lighter posture walked back into the hospital.
Oliver just gaped at the whole thing until an African American girl dressed as a nurse walked up to him also known as April Saxton.
"Excuse me, sir? Can we help you?" April asked kindly but Oliver saw the glint in her eyes that told him that she was ready for anything.
"Um…no. I better go." Oliver said shortly and as he walked away he heard April's sarcastic comment;
"I thought so"
Oliver went to his hotel trying to understand why he saw Tommy walking in and out of a limo.
"I'm telling you, Laurel I saw him!" Oliver exclaimed for the second time around after he called her telling her that he saw Tommy.
"Oliver is there any chance Tommy might have a twin?" Diggs asked half joking and half serious.
"No Diggs. As far as I know." Oliver said tired as he laid in bed.
On the other side of the town Connor worked on while he saw something that made him smile.
There were two sisters who were hurt in a car crush but the older sister kept being by her sister's side singing her a lullaby and telling her stories refusing treatment so her sister won't understand that their parents were dead.
The girl had a broken hand and ribs but her sister had a head trauma and broke both her legs and arms since she was thrown off the windshield from the impact.
"She won't accept anything." Doctor Manning said frustrated as Connor and her had their coffee in the roof.
" I think we should bring the only person who can help us, bring Felicity back." Natalie said suggestively and Connor sighed as Natalie smirked.
"Why everyone thinks I'm in love with Felicity?" Connor said laughing and Natalie sighed dramatically.
"You know they are both eye candies and you are going to make eye candy babies." Natalie said smirking.
"Oh! My God! We haven't started dating yet you and Vicky's daughter have been talking about our babies!" Connor said laughing and Natalie nodded sarcastically as she walked away and Connor texted Felicity.
Felicity was driving home and when she saw the message and groaned and did a U turn to the hospital.
She marched up into the hospital and soon she was accompanied by Erin, Jay, Natalie and Connor who debriefed her on the case and she remembered Brett and Dawson told her about.
"Okay, let me work my magic." Felicity said smiling and laughed.
She walked inside and talked soon the girl walked up to her with the girl.
"She's ready to be examined." Felicity said smiling victoriously and Connor laughed as he showed thumbs up at her and she winked.
"You know you should totally go study Psychology!" Jay said as they walked to her car.
"I'll think about it." Felicity said as she climbed inside her car.
She drove to her apartment and saw Oliver sitting in her couch with a photo album at hand.
"Of for fuck's sake, Oliver! You call before you break an entering on a friend's house!" Felicity yelled caught off guard.
"Everything about you is a lie. How can I call you my friend?" Oliver said sadly and Felicity groaned.
"Oh! You melodramatic Queen! People have right to keep secrets!" Felicity exclaimed tiredly as she slumped on the couch.
Oliver was shocked from her outburst and looked at her.
"How long did you know Tommy?" Oliver asked her and Felicity sighed and looked at him dead in the eyes;
"Long before you were marooned in Lian Yu." She answered truthfully and Oliver saw the dark look she had. The story wasn't pretty and he thought right.
Flashback:
Avella, Felicity and Samantha were taken to Lakeshore Hospital while another ambulance and a police car followed behind. The second ambulance contained the drunken woman, Felicity's and Samantha's mum.
Felicity had a broken neck and a hand while Samantha had broken ribs and her left hand and a very serious concussion.
Avella had some cuts and bruises nothing compared to what her new found friends had gone through. She had just gave her statement to the police telling them the lie she and Felicity with Samantha had agreed on.
So now both girls sat in the waiting room chairs and spoke amongst themselves when suddenly a boy around the same age and a girl around the same age of Samantha sat next to them. The boy was crying while the little girl tried to sooth the boy.
"Are you okay?" Felicity said worried at the boy when she saw him. Her eyes saw cuts and bruises same kind a kid would have if he was abused at home.
"No, my step dad…he…he is an asshole!" The boy cried as the little girl hugged him.
"I want to return back home!" The boy cried and Felicity with Avella hugged him.
"My mum is a bitch." Felicity said and the boy looked at her with sympathy.
"Let's make a pact! We stick together from now on!" Avella said serious but the little girl said;
"But you don't know us. We might not live near you."
"Who cares? No kid deserves to be abused or bullied! My name is Avella and this is Felicity and that girl in the room is Samantha, Felicity's sister." Avella said with determination and the boy and the girl looked at her and wiped his tears and tried to smile.
"I'm Tommy and this is Claire my sister." He said and then Avella took a piece of paper from her bag and wrote down her house's number and then Felicity told her phone number then she gave the pen to Tommy and wrote the number once the phone numbers were exchanged the kids shared a smile and separated.
The next day the met at Tommy's local park and together walked to the hospital to visit Samantha while they exchanged stories.
"My mum is completely blind to his vicious ways! If I disagree with him he says "Let's go teach you fencing" then he beats me with punches and kicks. Then brings the doctor to fix me up so mum won't notice but this time wasn't the same…he hired someone to beat me while I was returning from my friend's, Oliver, house. I knew I had to do something so I called dad from a landline and asked his help when he showed up I was unconscious I woke up in the car. Mum won't believe me! I know dad isn't saint but he doesn't beat kids!" Tommy yelled in anger as he helped Avella and Felicity clean her house from the broken things the fight with her mother left behind.
"I know how it feels." Felicity spoke in sadness.
"I wish I could do something…going to the police will cost Samantha a stable future and someone who loves her, like me. I can bare abuse for her." Felicity said sadly as she picked up a broken mirror and looked her reflection.
"I will be here for both of you. I'll try." Avella promised and the kids looked each other from the opposite places in the room.
A friendship was formed after that.
End of flashback:
"What is the story, Felicity?" Oliver asked worried and Felicity stood up and went to get a drink.
"Want some?" She offered him but Oliver refused and looked at her expectantly.
"It's not entirely my story to tell, Oliver." Felicity reminded him and Oliver laughed sarcastically.
"Oh! Yeah! It's Tommy's too but Tommy is dead, right?" Oliver asked rhetorically and Felicity froze in her spot holding her drink and having his back at him.
"Yes, he is. But I'm not going to tell you because he made me promise secrecy." Felicity lied.
"FELICITY STOP LYING TO ME! I KNOW THAT TOMMY IS ALIVE! I SAW HIM OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL!" Oliver yelled angrily at her and Felicity let her drink on the counter and turn to him.
"Were you following me?" Felicity asked calmly but Oliver could see she was slowly getting pissed.
"Yes." Oliver said and then Felicity exploded.
"OLIVER GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY APARTMENT AND MY CITY! DON'T MAKE ME DO SOMETHING WE BOTH GOING TO REGRET!" Felicity yelled with buildup anger which made Oliver flinch back.
"YOUR CITY? I THOUGHT STARLING CITY WAS YOUR CITY!" Oliver yelled angrily and Felicity laughed at his accusation.
"A person can have many cities that consider them his or her home, Oliver. Just leave and don't come back." Felicity said calmly as she open the door for him and waited till he was out of her apartment to text Connor that Oliver knew.
"SHIT! FUCK FUCK!" Connor exclaimed in the elevator once he received her message he was going down to the morgue since Nina had paged him.
"Nina?" He called and found her crying.
"What happened?" He asked worried as he saw his colleague slash ex-college roommate.
"I was getting ready to go to work when I saw who I was supposed to examine…it's Doctor Daniels, our professor! He was murdered. Will's brother, Jay, said that it was a breaking. His whole family is dead, Connor!" Nina sobbed as Connor's phone left his grip and stood there frozen as he saw the dead body from the window of the morgue. Nina hugged him and only then tears started falling down.
"I called Vicky and Goodwin. They knew him…I think Doctor Daniels was Vicky's.." Nina said sobbing but he was cut by Vicky's voice finishing Nina's sentence.
"He was my foster dad." Vicky said with tears as Connor extended his hand welcoming her in a group hug.
He tried to imagine how they must look to someone on the outside who didn't know what had happened. Comical.
"He…he protected Tia from ARGUS all those years and now he is dead… Who killed him?" Vicky cried and Connor shrugged.
"We don't know." Nina said and then she saw Goodwin with Jay and Erin looking at them with sadness.
"My condolences, Doctor Rhodes, Doctor Shore and Doctor Glass." Mrs. Goodwin said with sadness.
"Thank you." Connor said with sad smile.
"Doctor Glass, there is a woman by the name Lyla Diggles is asking for you upstairs." Mrs. Goodwin said as she tried not to show that she is sad.
"Okay? What am I supposed to do?" Vicky asked slightly afraid but cover it acting as she didn't care but if you knew her you could see the fear deep in her eyes that ARGUS was back to force to be Amanda.
"She wants to talk to you." Mrs. Goodwin said and Vicky sighed as she wiped her tears away and walked in the elevator.
Once she was in the lobby of the hospital she saw Lyla and a bunch of ARGUS men.
"Yes?" Vicky said as she folded protectively her arms on her chest.
"We know that Doctor Daniels was killed yesterday night and I thought ARGUS owed you to avenge your dad's death. So, whatever you need we are here. It's the least I can do to repay you for all of things the old ARGUS did to you and your daughter, Tia." Lyla said sincerely and icky raised her eyebrows.
"Um…thank you Lyla but CPD has it covered." Vicky said serious and tried to walk away.
"Come on, Vicky! Please, let me help you! You saved my son when he was in danger why can't I help you?" Lyla pleaded and Vicky froze in her steps.
"That was you, the Vicky you, not Amanda you. I know it!" Lyla pleaded and Vicky sighed and nodded.
"Okay but CPD does the investigation!" Vicky said serious and Lyla nodded smiling in relief.
The night went by with Lyla being introduced to Connor and helped in the investigation, she, Connor and Vicky were in the morgue when Nina performed the autopsy and they saw the arrow marks.
"Were there any arrows in the crime scene?" Nina asked confused at Lyla and she nodded showing them the evidence bag and Connor sighed.
"Those arrows belong to the…" Connor started saying but didn't have time to finish since Vicky finished for him.
"To the Dark Archer or else known as Malcolm Merlyn." Vicky hissed angrily and Connor hung his head in shame.
"I know where he is." Suddenly Felicity's voice scared them as she was with Will.
"I was on shift when I got a text from Diggs telling me to return and that Malcolm was back. Did you know that Thea was his biological daughter? I didn't. Anyways, he is in Starling City. I say we catch his bastard." Felicity rambled and Connor nodded as Will went by Nina's side and hugged her as she broke down.
"Let's do this. I have to say a few things to him." Connor said angry.
Starling City:
Oliver marched inside the Foundry and stopped dead on his track when he saw a very much alive Malcolm Merlyn, Sara and Laurel with Diggs waiting for him as if they started an intervention.
"How you are alive Malcolm?" Oliver grumbled as he tossed his back to the side and Malcolm sighed.
"I'm here for my daughter Thea, as you know." Malcolm said cockily and Oliver laughed.
"Oh! I thought you learnt about Tommy..." Oliver said laughing darkly as he sat on the stool where he sharpened his arrows.
"Tommy? What he has to do with this, he is six feet under." Malcolm stated confused and Oliver sighed and rubbed his face.
"I don't know, Malcolm." Oliver said tiredly and then looked at Sara and Laurel.
"We didn't say anything." Laurel said serious as she raised her hands in surrender.
"You don't have to." A voice said from the entrance and a very much alive Tommy Merlyn stood dressed in doctor's scrubs and Felicity stood next to him dressed in her firefighter's attire and next to them stood Detective Lance.
"Tommy? Felicity?" Malcolm asked shocked as he stumbled back from the shock.
"Dad? What are you doing here?" Laurel asked worried and Detective Lance sighed but Tommy stopped him.
"He is helping us contact an investigation to the murder of my professor and mentor Doctor James Daniels he was killed by black arrows in a breaking along with his family and who has black arrow other than Malcolm Merlyn himself?" Tommy said angrily.
"You have to destroy everything in my life, didn't you? You drove mum to suicide and then made up this ridiculous story that she was shot in the Glades and then leveled the Glades as a payback for what they did! Abused me and made me think it was my fault! But you didn't manage to do one thing; you didn't manage to break me! I was lucky enough to know Felicity and Avella to help me through it and teach me how to stand up for myself, you killed a very good friend's dad and for this you'll pay! Chicago style!" Tommy yelled to the man before him as he marched up to him and punched him.
"CONNOR!" Felicity yelled in worry and he turned to her.
"It's okay. I won't beat him or kill him. It's Amanda's kill. I just do my part. I hope you feel comfortable in the Cage. I hear today will be an exceptional cold night for Chicago's standards." Tommy said with hatred as he walked away leaving a shocked Team Arrow and Lyla who showed up a few seconds before his speech ended and arrested Malcolm and dragged him out.
"Amanda says thank you." Tommy said to Lyla in hushed voice she nodded as they drove off with destination to Chicago District 21.
"Tommy!" Laurel yelled as she rushed to him but Felicity stepped before her.
"Let it go." She said protectively and with an icy glare and made Laurel gape at her and then saw Tommy climbed into the black SUV.
"It's not fair! I need to speak to him! Explain myself!" Laurel cried as Felicity looked at her.
"You can't have the whole pie and the dog satisfied, Laurel, didn't your mother teach your privilege ass that? Or were you too long amongst royalty that you forgot the struggles of real life?" Felicity asked cockily allowing her old habits slip in.
From inside the car Tommy, Claire, Vicky with Tia and Nina with Will watched the scene.
The Laurel raised her hand to slap Felicity but Felicity's instinct kicked in and grabbed her hand twisted and Judo flipped her to the ground and then pressed the heel of her boot on her neck while she applied pressure to her hand twisting it further.
Everyone who knew her as the IT girl from Las Vegas gasped in shock and horror while those who knew the true Felicity chuckled and smiled in approval.
"The fuck?" Laurel coughed and yelled at Felicity who smirked as she walked away.
"That was so cool! Can you teach me, pretty please?" Tia exclaimed in amazement once Felicity climbed in the black SUV.
"Yes, during your summer vacations." Felicity said smiling from the review mirror and drove off with destination to Chicago, to home.
So? Did you like this chapter? I'm sorry for any mistakes i didn't detect because i lost the correct chapter i had written because my computer crushed...anyways once i have time aka after the exams i will check it again.
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