"Where are they?" Thea Queen shrieked as she ran into the waiting room of Starling City General with all the grace of a hurricane.
She came to an abrupt stop in front of the nurse's desk and scream again, "My brother and sister! I need to know where they are!"
The nurse, already with a weary look on her face, sighed heavily, "Miss, I can't tell you anything until you tell me who you are."
Thea's face fell into a disgruntled look. Her mouth gaped open, and then she snapped it shut, "You don't know who I am? Are you kidding me? I'm Thea Queen, and I demand to know where my brother and sister are!"
She slammed her hand onto the counter, and the nurse rolled her eyes. Thea caught her action and sighed, quickly brushing a few tears from her eyes. As much as Thea could act like a spoiled heiress, she had lived with the constant fear that something might happen to her brother and he would go missing again. And then when they had all finally filled her in on his alter ego right before he married Felicity, that anxiety had only gotten worse.
So this nurse would have to forgive Thea for her reaction.
Thea leaned against the counter, and lowered her voice, "Please. I need to know what happened to them. I was on the phone with them when it happened," and here Thea was horrified to find that her voice cracked and tears started to fall onto the paperwork behind the desk.
The nurse looked up from her computer, and this time, instead of looking at Thea with annoyance, her eyes were filled with sadness for the young woman.
"Queen, you said?" she asked, and Thea nodded her head vehemently.
"Are they okay?" Thea asked softly.
But before the nurse could answer, another voice cut in.
"Thea?"
The woman turned quickly, and upon seeing John Diggle, her brother's best friend and protector, she ran and threw herself into his arms.
"It's Ollie and Felicity!" she cried, "They were in an accident!"
Diggle tightened his arms around her in a hug, "I know."
Thea pulled away, and stared up at the man, "You know?"
"I just got back from the impound lot. I was looking at their car," Diggle started to say.
"Why weren't you there?" Thea shrieked, needing someone to blame, "You could have protected them! None of this would have happened!"
Thea started hitting Diggle's chest with her bunched up fists. Diggle sighed; it didn't hurt, and he knew Thea was trying to work out her anger and fear.
After a minute, Thea stopped and dropped her hands to her side. She looked exhausted, and Diggle gently grasped her elbow and led her to sit in one of the uncomfortable waiting chairs.
Once sitting, Thea cradled her head in her hands, "Why did this happen to them? How could Ollie have gotten them into an accident?"
Diggle shook his head. He had looked over every inch of their totaled car, wondering if it had been an attempt to harm the Arrow. He had been wrong. Every bit of damage to that car had been the cause of an accident, not a deliberate hit.
At Diggle's side, Thea gasped, "What if it was me?"
Diggle raised an eyebrow, "You?"
"Me! I was on the phone with them, what if I distracted them?" More tears began sliding down Thea's cheek, and Diggle immediately felt sorry for her.
"Thea, I don't think this was your fault. You know your brother, if he had seen that car, he would have done everything in his power to avoid it."
Thea's shoulders slumped, "I don't even know how they are. I never found out."
Diggle patted her shoulder, "Stay here. I'll find out."
Thea looked up at him with a small smile, "Thank you."
Diggle nodded before getting up and walking to the nurse's station. He wanted to find out what had happened to his friends too, but he also wanted to keep Thea protected for as long as possible if the news was really bad.
The nurse, who had seen him deal with Thea, was already prepared with her answer, "I know you're with Ms. Queen. I don't know your relation to her, but I will let you know as much as I can."
"Thank you," Diggle replied honestly.
"Don't thank me yet," the nurse said, "I don't know that much."
"Please, what ever you know, is more than we do," Diggle said, crossing his bulky arms over his chest.
"They, Mr and Mrs. Queen, came in just under an hour ago. Both of them were unconscious. The doctor's whisked them away, and that's really all I know," the nurse, her nameplate identifying her as Peggy, said.
Diggle nodded, "So now we have to wait for a doctor to come out."
It wasn't a question, more of a statement of fact.
Peggy nodded, "I'm afraid so."
Diggle nodded, set his jaw and walked back to sit with Thea.
She immediately pounced, "So! What happened? Are the okay?"
Diggle shrugged, "The nurse doesn't know much. We just have to wait."
"Oh," Thea slumped back into her chair, "What am I supposed to tell the babies? I mean, obviously Ollie and Felicity are not coming home tonight. And then they're going to wake up in the morning and their mom and dad won't be there. And I know what that's like, and I don't want them to feel that way."
Diggle felt like a horrible person for the laughter that bubbled out of his mouth. Thea turned sharply and glared at the man.
"Are you really laughing at me? This is unbelievable!"
"Do you realize how much you just sounded like Felicity there? The babbling was spot on," Diggle smiled.
Thea laughed lightly when she realized he was right, "I guess I've been hanging out with her too much. The nervous babble is rubbing off on me, who knew?"
Diggle could see that Thea was on the verge of tears again, so he pulled her in for another hug.
Thea sighed, "I hope they're okay, Dig."
"Me too, Thea. Me too."
By the time a doctor came out to find Oliver and felicity's family, Thea was passed out again, tucked next to Roy, who, after leaving the kids with Moira, had joined his fiancée and Diggle at the hospital. The tow of them had put up a good fight against sleep, but after spending several hours watching their niece and nephew, sleep won.
Diggle saw the doctor before the doctor saw him. He tucked his jacket closer around Thea, and headed over to the doctor.
"John Diggle, friend of the Queens," Diggle said, sticking his hand out to shake the doctor's.
"Mr. Diggle," the doctor shook his hand, "I'm afraid I can't tell you anything about Mr and Mrs. Queen, since you aren't family."
Diggle let out an annoyed noise, and gestured to Thea, "That's his sister. It's been a long night for her, and I don't want her to hear the news from someone who isn't close to her."
The doctor frowned, clearly conflicted, "I don't like to do this, but your name is in the Queens' file. I'm not going to have a choice in this, am I?"
Diggle raised his eyebrow and crossed his arms, saying nothing.
The doctor sighed, "Mr and Mrs. Queen will both make full recoveries. The accident took a toll on both of their bodies, but the injuries are nothing time won't fix."
Diggle sighed, "Can we see them?"
The doctor shook his head, "I'm afraid not. For one thing, it's after two in the morning, and for another, we have them both extremely medicated on pain killers. They are both asleep, and will hopefully be asleep for several more hours, that way their bodies can get a start on repairing."
Diggle nodded, "I understand. They will be awake later."
If the doctor noticed that Diggle had actually commanded him, he didn't let on, "Yes. We anticipate the pain killers to start wearing off around noon. You may all come back then, and if they are ready for visitors…"
"We'll be back," Diggle said, before thanking the doctor and heading back over to Thea and Roy.
Roy was the first to wake up, and whispering so he wouldn't wake Thea, asked, "They okay?"
Diggle nodded, "Not much detail, but they're gonna be fine. We can come back later and see them."
"How's he going to deal with, you know?" Roy asked, gently nudging Thea awake.
"Same as he always does," Diggle responded.
At Roy's raised eyebrow, Diggle clarified, "With Felicity by his side."
Thea crinkled her nose, "Well that was sufficiently sappy. I'm going to assume that you found something out?"
Roy and Diggle nodded.
"Well?" Thea crossed her arms and pouted. Roy wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"They're gonna be fine, Thea. We can visit later."
"Oh," Thea smiled, "Good."
The trio made their way out of the hospital, Thea's hand gripped in Roy's and Diggle walking just a step behind, an old protection habit.
The dropped Thea at her car first, and as the thin brunette climbed into the front seat, she said, "Someone has to call mom, and let her know. Oh, and Felicity's parents have to know too!"
"I'll take care of it. Drive safely, Thea. We don't need to make a Queen ward in Starling General," Diggle smiled.
Roy rolled his eyes, "Isn't it a little soon to be making jokes?"
"Sorry," Diggle replied, not sorry at all.
"I just want tonight over," Thea muttered, "We still have to tell the kids too."
Roy and Diggle shared a look, that wouldn't be a task either of them was looking forward to.
A/N: OH MY GOD! The response to last chapter was so overwhelming. Thank you for favoriting, following, and reviewing. I woke up to literally 50 emails alerting me to everything. Thank you, thank you, thank you =)
As a show of my appreciation, chapter 2 is up a few hours earlier than I thought it would be. This one's 5, almost 6, pages. As opposed to last chapter's 2. I really hope you guys like this one as much as you liked the first. Please leave me some reviews =)
Oh, and don't worry...Oliver and Felicity (and their kids!) will be in the next chapter.
