Previously:
Her life for the life of Oliver and Digg, for the life of everyone they protected.
She held her head high still blocking out the loud noise coming out of Slades mouth. She watched his face contort and his veins protrude as his anger spilt over. He should be angry she thought, you don't just get to kill her and get away with it. Oliver would now have a way to stop him, to end this endless nightmare and to live.
Diggle, Roy and Sara set a parameter around the location she was being held. Oliver entered through the side door that had been left slightly ajar. He checked to see if there were any nasty surprises of the explosive kind. When it was clear he moved towards the first closed door and then the next door and the next, until he reached the end of the hall and was sure he finally found her.
He found her bruised and battered, every bit the cliché except she didn't cry or scream. No, she stood fierce, a convincing façade only he could see through. She faced the door, he wondered if she knew that she was being watched. The camera feed displayed on a large LCD just outside the four walls that trapped her.
She looked fearless. He knew her better than most and she knew that she would have to work hard to save him from this, so she faced the door ready for whatever came through it, uncharacteristically still… she remained impassive.
He unlocked the door and she stepped back, her eyes wide and wild.
"Did you get him? Please tell me you got him?" she asked
"Not yet, you first." He beckoned her to move towards him. He eyes scanned her for wounds and he felt his stomach revolt at the sight of every bruise, cut and abrasion.
"Me..I am fine, Oliver just go this might be your only chance!" She tried to reason with him.
"Felicity" was all he needed to say, she knew that any further words on this matter would fall on deaf ears.
Her eyes grew wider still as they left his and looked beyond him.
"Oliver" she gasped as Slade appeared.
The Arrow spun around so quickly, her eyes missed the details. She blinked and he was outside and she was locked in.
She ran to the door just in time to see an arrow head perforate the wall, she yelped jumping back. Without thought her index finger rose to her eardrum "Digg" she said desperately before dropping her hand as she remembered that she didn't have her comms in.
Frustrated she ran back to the door. "Oliver" she screamed slamming her hand hard against the door. Wildly she looked around, desperate for a way out. She wanted to help him, she hoped it all went to plan but the 'if' factor ratio was too high for her liking. If he had the serum…If he let the others help him. If the serum even worked ….if Slade didn't kill him first.
He had locked her in to keep her safe; he had acted on instinct, no time for careful deliberation. Even if there were, there was nothing to mull over. He would be happy to hear her protest his actions at a later, safer, time. Right now he needed her out of Slade's reach.
Slade's intentions were clear; there was no reasoning with a mad man. He and Sara had come to terms with the loss of his friend years ago when they tried to save him but instead sentenced him to this life. Oliver's mind could accept it, he had lived through incomprehensible nightmares, but his heart held hope. He hoped that if released from the poison that corrupted Slade's heart and mind that he wouldn't' be forced to hurt the man that saved him all those years ago.
If being hunted by someone that once fought to save you was not irony enough there was Felicity. The woman Slade treated so brutally, the one he was willing to kill so easily, she was the very one that had found a way to give Slade a chance to return to the light.
She had thought to seek out another way, a way to unburden his soul and live again. While she sought only to save his life, he looked only to end hers.
With a quiver full of chances Oliver flexed every mental & physical muscle not only for his own survival but also for Slade Wilson's. With Felicity out of harm's way he was free to focus.
They fought like the beautiful weapons that hateful island had created. Every move they made was capable of casting a sentence of life or death. The Arrow knew that to last he could not allow Slade to grab hold of him.
Wilson's strength was unmatched but The Arrow had always been that little bit, vital bit, quicker. They danced through the violent blows of death, Slade was unmerciful, his vision tunnelled and fortunately Oliver was wise enough to exploit that.
"You say you are doing this for Shado? You didn't know her at all if you think she would approve of this bloodshed."
"Don't you dare speak her name, YOU let your die, YOU sacrificed her life for YOUR OWN happiness" with hatred in his eyes Slade yelled back.
"Shado would be horrified at all you have done in her name" roared The Arrow.
"What I have done? I have only done what you failed to do. I have the courage and the conviction to fight for her, to avenge her." Slade's voice rasped through his throat.
His eyes began to flood as he stood there defending his actions, his anger merging with his sadness as he ached for his beloved Shado.
A spray of arrows hit the back of his armour. He spun around to find Sara firing at him. The arrows ricocheted, dropping to the ground unable to fulfil their mission. The Arrow took The Canary's attack as a welcomed distraction to get closer but Slade predicted his move and spun around in time to throw a blade through The Arrows arm.
"Is this all you got kid?'
Thrown back with the force of the knife The Arrow pulled the knife out of his arm. Roy stepped in eager to thank Slade for his part in infecting him with the Mirikuru.
Although Roy matched his strength, Slade out skilled him with experience. A few mind-bending manoeuvres was all it took before Slade had him on the floor with a sword against his throat.
Ready to end him he raised the sword above his head. Roy eyes widened as the tip of the blade grew larger. He closed his eyes and saw Thea.
The Arrow pulled Roy up, Digg had charged at Slade unexpectedly knocking him to the ground. Roy looked to Oliver and nodded in gratitude. Two of Death Stroke's Mirikuru made Soldiers entered the far end of the building.
Still gripping Roy with tight fists he ordered him to get Felicity out of here. Roy nodded and left The Arrow, The Canary and Digg to fight Slade and his men. Slade had other plans; he was prepared to lose this battle in order to win the war so he made his escape after ordering his men to kill Sara.
They were strong but they were untrained. The Arrow and The Canary had them buckling to their knees and Diggle was on hand to inject them. They watched as the men twitched and gasped for air, finally turning so pale they thought them dead.
Oliver kneeled down and felt for a pulse. "They are alive…" he said
He quickly called Caitlin and gave her the location of the men and she assured him they would be taken care of. "As in cured not killed" she corrected herself much like Felicity would.
"Where is Roy?" asked Diggle
"He got Felicity out" said Oliver.
"No I didn't" said Roy as he walked towards them. They all turned around but Oliver stalked towards him.
"Where is she?" demanded Oliver
Eyes wide and full of concern Roy replied "You are not going to like it" he shook his head and continued "When I got there the door was wide open. I ran outside and saw her on the back of a bike with your bad ass phyco ex"
Oliver looked confused but Sara didn't miss a beat "Helena"
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PS: Don't you love how Felicity has become such a force to be reckoned with on the show - Go Team Arrow!
