Felicity was frantically tapping data into her tablet. They had arrived back upstairs to find everyone missing, and the window broken. Ray had been the first to find the message written on the mirror, and after a quick data search Felicity had found the remaining shards of Thea's phone in her pillow with the SIM card missing. SIM cards were harder to find, but she was doing everything she could to speed the process along. At the moment, Diggle, Thea, and Laurel were out on the streets searching for them. Ray was pacing at her side, back and forth back and forth.

"Have you found them yet?" This was the third time he had asked her.

"Almost, I just have to pin point the last tower-there! I found it! I found them!" She raced for her phone and dialed Diggle's number.

"Dig! I got them. They're heading towards town, on Route 23. They're moving fast, so I'm guessing they're in a truck." She listened as he phoned Laurel and told Felicity to keep watching them, and tell him if they went a different route. He was ten minutes away.

"Where are they taking them? Is this something to do with the Arrow?" Ray was panicking, leaning over her shoulder and staring at the red flashing dot. He had practically been in hysterics when he couldn't find Bennett in the apartment, but had recognized her handwriting on the mirror and that seemed to calm him a little bit. At least she hadn't been killed right away. There was still a chance.

Felicity felt the same worry for Oliver and Roy. How could this have happened? She placed her tablet on the table and turned to wrap her arms around Ray. He stayed still for just a moment, and then fell into her embrace, head leaning on hers.

"They're going to find them, Ray. She's going to be okay. They all are." Felicity wasn't sure if she believed her words, but for now it was the only comfort she could offer Ray.

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In the van, they had assigned one of the men to stay in the back with us. I guess to make sure we didn't escape, although that seemed laughable as all of our hands and feet were handcuffed. I had tried every trick in the book to get out of them, well, except for breaking my own thumb. I wasn't desperate enough for that one yet. They guys were all still paralyzed, although I could see Oliver's fingers twitching. I wondered if he would be able to get out of his handcuffs once he regained function.

I thought of Felicity, and Ray. Poor Ray. He must be frantic. I just got back, and now this. Ray had told her how amazing Felicity was. How good she was with computers and everything else technology related. But now, in a moment of panic, she wondered if that was just his love-blindness talking. Maybe she wasn't as good as he thought she was. The only other person who might know is Oliver, so she braced herself and looked in right in the eyes.

"Is Felicity as good as Ray says she is?" His eyes met hers, at first shocked, then confused. He started to open his mouth to respond, when the man with the gun came around.

"Hey! I said no talking" He walked right up to me. I forced myself to stare him down, even though every single cell in my body was screaming at me to look away and cower. I would not give him that pleasure. "How about I give you something else to do with those lips." I felt my stomach heave as his greasy lips made contact with mine. Panic and disgust washed over me, so I did the only thing I could do in these conditions. I bit down. Hard. I felt my canines burst through his lower lip as his blood filled my mouth with the taste of copper, like I had swallowed a penny. To show him that I wasn't afraid, I spat his pig's blood back in his face. The rest dribbled down my chin, into my white shirt, and I smiled my most ferocious grin. Like a cat who had just brought a dead bird to it's owner. You're welcome, asshole.

He cried in pain, and probably shock, and held his hand to his mouth. He limped back to the front of the van to get a towel, and a syringe with an opaque blue liquid in it.

"I got something real special for you." He gurgled out through his profusely bleeding lip. He raised the syringe to my neck, and I heard Roy of all people screaming "no". I tried to guess what was in the syringe that would make Roy react that way. Would it kill me? No, they would have killed me back at Thea's if they wanted me dead. The paralytic they gave the others? A sedative maybe?

But as he pressed the plunger and the liquid burned through my veins, I immediately realized what it was. A hallucinogen. I only had a few seconds to panic, my hands clenching in a feeble final attempt to get free.

"Enjoy your trip." I heard the greasy man laugh as I slipped into the nightmare awaiting me.

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Oliver fought the drug in his system with every ounce of effort he could, but his muscles wouldn't budge. The van swung around wildly and he tried to map out where they were in his head. They seemed to be heading towards the middle of the city. He glanced at Roy, then Maseo, and finally Bennett. She was the only one of them not paralyzed and she was attempting to free her hands, to no avail. He noticed a ring of blood around her wrist, dripping down into her jacket. He fingers were also bloody, and he wondered if she had tried to scratch the men who captured her. How convenient it was though, that she showed up and a few hours later they were all kidnapped.

He was trying to do the math and figure out when the paralytic would wear off, when he heard her speaking. He looked and was shocked to see she was actually addressing him. His lips moved when he told them to, but before he could produce any words the man in black came up to her, and pressed his lips to hers. Oliver noticed Maseo tensing against his handcuffs beside him, attempting to wake up his sleeping muscles. Much to Oliver's surprise, she bit the man and spit in his face. He felt impressed by this girl, for a moment, but then the man returned with a syringe. Oliver didn't think much of it, until he noticed Roy freaking out next to him.

Upon second glance, Oliver realized what it was. A form of Mirakuru. Now she seemed scared, as if she knew what it was.

"Enjoy your trip." The man leered. A few moments later, she was unconscious. He felt a moment of pity for her. The man went to lick his wounds at the front of the van. Oliver was now able to move his wrists, and some feeling in his arms was returning. He checked that Maseo and Roy also seemed to be able to move a little better. Maybe they had a chance after all.

Suddenly, the van turned a corner sharply to the left, tires squealing. They were all sloshed around the van as they picked up speed, turning left and right too fast. What sounded like a tire exploding was soon followed by familiar noises of arrows being fired. Minutes later, the back door swung open. Diggle in his Arrow outfit seemed relieved that they were all alive. Oliver closed his eyes and hung his head. 'Thank God.' He thought to himself. They had found them somehow. Diggle stepped into the back and took out the man in black. He uncuffed Maseo first, and after finding his legs he went to check on Bennett as Diggle freed the others.

"You guys okay?" Laurel appeared with Thea close behind.

"Roy! Oliver!" She rushed to Roy's side, and he wrapped his weak arms around her.

"We need to get Bennett back to the club. Oliver, do you still have the cure?"

"The cure? What happened?" Thea looked from Roy to Oliver to Bennett.

"We'll explain on the way. Let's get out of here." Diggle released Bennett, and Maseo carried her back to the car.

Oliver still had the gut feeling that something was off with her. He didn't trust her, especially with his secret, but Roy was right. She needed their help. When they arrived at Verdant, Felicity was waiting for them downstairs. Oliver felt relieved at the sight of her, and he thought she would be relieved, too. That he was okay and unharmed. But instead she ran to Bennett with Ray close behind.

"Why is he here? Felicity?" He could hardly believe she had brought Ray here.

"Oliver, this is the worst time to tell you this, but, Ray knows. He figured it out a couple of weeks ago, but I couldn't find the right place to tell you. I'm sorry."

Oliver was furious. Another person, and of all people, Ray Palmer knowing his secret. How could she have done this to him? He tried to hide his pain as he searched through the drawers, looking for the cure for the girl that had changed everything in just one night.

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"Bennett? Benny?" Ray called to her, but she didn't respond. He knew she was alive, but he found himself checking her pulse anyway. Roy had explained to him what Mirakuru was, and briefly what it had done to him. He tried not to panic as he imagined what Bennett was going through.

Oliver angrily shuffled through them and pulled some herbs out of a bag. Crushing them up, he formed a paste that he gave to Maseo to spoon into her mouth. Shortly after, Oliver administered yet another shot, and ordered Maseo to give her another round of the sludge.

"How long will it take?" Ray pushed some of the hair out of Bennett's face. Felicity came around with a damp washcloth and wiped the dried blood and leftover paste from her mouth.

"A few hours, probably. She might wake up sooner." Oliver could really work on his bedside manner. Ray couldn't help but think that much of Oliver's discomfort was due to him. But that was a problem for another time.

"I can't believe I let this happen again. I just got her back." Felicity rubbed his back and it actually comforted him slightly.

"Where was she, Ray?" Felicity asked him softly.

"She was gone, for two years. She was originally in Russia, then I lost contact with her. I thought she was dead, but then I got that call and found out she was in London. Before that, she was found in Iran. But I have no idea where she was before Iran or what happened to her. She won't talk about it." His voice caught and he had to stop. Felicity seemed to understand, and laid her head on his shoulder.

"How did you find us, Felicity?" Roy asked her while Thea sat in his lap.

"Umm, she didn't tell you guys?" Felicity looked at them. They all seemed confused, so she took that as a no. "She wrote on the mirror that she had Thea's phone, but we found the broken pieces hidden in the bedroom. She pulled out the SIM card and I guess she has it in her pocket somewhere. That's how I was able to find you guys so quickly." Ray squeezed Bennett's hand then, thankful she was always quick to think on her feet. If she hadn't of done that, they could all be dead by now. Ray noticed Oliver glaring behind them, but his face of steel seemed to crack momentarily as he heard Felicity's story. That's right, Oliver. Bennett very well might have saved your life.

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Gasping for breath, I awoke on a steel table. The lights were so bright I couldn't even see where I was. My hands and feet were no longer bound, so I rolled myself onto the floor in hopes that I might be able to run, or at least crawl, away. I felt a hand on my back, another on my arm, and tried to roll them off. But they were too strong, and I was still trying to recover from all the horrible things I just lived through. I remembered being injected with the hallucinogen and I could still feel it's remnants clouding my brain and making my muscles move slowly. I didn't stand a chance against these men.

I was so tired. Tired from the drug, tired from the pain, tired of fighting. Would it be so bad, if I gave up now?

In the distance I thought I heard someone calling my name. Someone that sounded like Ray. My brain must be trying to soothe me, prepare me for the horror that was soon to come. My slow moving brain realized I was crying, still gasping for air. A horrible sound escaped my mouth. Something between a moan and wail. God, I was so tired.

I wasn't sure how much time had passed. I was in the in between. It might have been minutes, or maybe hours. But suddenly the lights didn't seem that bright anymore, and I felt arms around me. Soft, strong arms that were familiar. They weren't trying to hurt me, they were trying to soothe me. I blinked a few times, eyes burning. And looked down at the hands squeezing mine. They were Ray's, I even opened them to make sure. Painfully turning my head, I found myself sitting in his lap on the floor in a very strange room.

"I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. Please, I'm so sorry, Ray." My throat closed and my eyes stung as a few tears loosened themselves. I couldn't believe what I had done to him. Let him feel like he might loose me again, after everything. He cried too, and I tried to wipe away the tears.

Looking around the room, I saw Oliver, Maseo, Diggle, and Laurel hovering around us. Behind Ray was Felicity, her hand covering her mouth.

"Felicity, you found us."

"Of course I did. Thanks to you, Bennett." She came to hug me, and I welcomed the comfort. "Where did you put it, the SIM card?" She looked at my jacket, like she thought it might have pockets with the card inside.

"Oh, I, uh, I swallowed it. I wasn't sure if they were going to search me or not. I wanted to be sure there was a chance you could find us." I blushed. They did actually search me, but admitting I swallowed a SIM card out loud makes it sound ridiculous.

"You swallowed the SIM card?" Maseo looked at me in shock, and what I hoped wasn't horror. I nodded my head and he looked at Oliver. I braved a glance at him, hoping he'd give me some form of sympathy.

"That's why you asked about Felicity? You wanted to know if she could find us through the card?" I couldn't tell if Oliver was angry. But I simply nodded again.

"I didn't want to say what I had done, in case they dumped me somewhere and left y'all alone." That seemed to surprise him. He ran a hand through his hair, and then walked up the stairs. Maseo following soon after.

Diggle came over and kneeled next to me. He wrapped both of his hands around one of mine, and thanked me for saving his friends. I smiled and squeezed his hand.

"Of course." I felt tired then, like my body had been filled with rocks.

"Ray, I'm so tired." My eyes were already closing. I felt my hands go limp at my sides.

"It's okay, Ben. Sleep. We'll be home when you wake up."

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