Previously:
Movement a few rooms down caught his attention. He pulled out his binoculars and focused on the scuffle. The lights went off before he could get a proper look. Springing to his feet he made his way to the roof top.
He entered the hospital through the roof access, via the helipad. The alarm went off when he smashed his way through the security doors. He took the fire escape, leaping over the rails, dropping a floor at a time until he reached her floor. He pushed through two sets of swinging doors before reaching the ward. With his arrow loaded and aimed he burst through the door.
"What is it?...Are you ok?" Felicity heart rate sped up as he stood still before her.
He nodded once and blinked as his eyes tore her room apart.
"Oliver" she whispered trying to sit up. She knew with the alarm that sounded in the distance and The Arrows presence in her room that security would not be far behind.
Oliver turned around when he noticed the concern look on her face had transformed into a frown. He followed her eyes saw what she had seen; her guards were not at her door.
"You need to get out of here, security will be here soon" she said urgently pushing him away. "Ow" she protested as she slowly leaned back, her back and shoulder aching from the movement.
"You're coming with me, you're not safe here" he said closing the door.
"What is it? Is the triad? They are here aren't they?" she said as she slid the blanket off her legs
"Triad?" he asked unhooking her from the machines.
"Chien Na Wei. I googled … so to speak…"
"China White" he growled
They could hear the footsteps approaching. "We have to move now" he urged her
The guards opened the door and found an empty bed.
"Who was in this room?" they asked.
"Smoak" answered the Nurse. "Arrow wound to the upper left back".
Dig met them on the ambulance maintenance bay at the rear of the hospital. They remained out of sight until they had clear passage. Oliver carried her to the car and briefly watched them leave before heading the other way.
"How is she Digg?" Asked Oliver, his footsteps pounded heavy on the foundry's metal staircase. They had arrived first, The Arrow keeping his distance to make sure they weren't followed.
"She is the cats mother, unless you are referring to me, who is not a she, well I am but since I am sitting right here…what was my point ?" She looked at Oliver confused.
He glanced at Digg who tried and failed to hide a chuckle. He had given her oxycodone for the pain which further lowered her verbal filter.
With his attention back to his obviously high partner he asked her gently "So you're not in pain?"
"I am super… Digg gave me an aspirin" She explained giving him an exaggerated wink as she gestured air quotes on the word "aspirin."
"Ok in that case I think you need to lay down for a little bit. You need to rest ok?." he said
She shook her head "I feel fine"
"Felicity" he tried to sway her. If he had his way she would be wrapped in bubble-wrap and resting in some sort of intensive care unit
"Oliver, we've got to stop China!" she paused and then laughed "…Not the country the person, also is it just me or is her name a little racist?" she scoffed, her eyes becoming heavy.
"Felicity" his smirk and this thumb softly stroking her cheek counteracted the effects of his firm warning tone.
"Fine but only if you sleep with me" she tugged on his shirt. "… even you need rest...can't be easy being green…" she slurred as her words trailed off and her eyes closed. She swayed forward and rested her forehead on his shoulder.
"I've got you" he whispered as he carried her to the nearby cot. She looked tired and felt cold, he wondered if perhaps they should have taken her to Central City Hospital instead.
He placed his jacket over her blanket for extra warmth and sat staring at her for a moment.
"Oliver what happened?" asked Diggle, his voice pulling Oliver out of his thoughts.
"Today at the hospital there were two men looking for Chien Na Wei, the name rang a bell but I couldn't put my finger on it. Felicity ran a search and Chien Na Wei is known to us as China White."
"Triad" said Digg
Oliver nodded. "We need to stop them before they find her" he took a deep breath in.
"What do they want with Felicity?"
"I don't know, I just know that she is here with us because we caught a break, they were at the hospital Digg."
"Marc? Andrews?" asked Digg.
Oliver shook his head.
Digg called them on his cell, when both numbers went to message back he slammed down is phone. The triad were not known for failing. "Oliver, what did you see exactly? Did you see China White?"
"No…" he frowned
"What if they weren't after Felicity?"
"What are you thinking Digg?"
"Isabel is still an inpatient. Maybe Isabel has something China wants, or maybe she hired China"
Oliver sat down at Felicity's desk. Digg stood next to him.
"Other than The Arrow, no other reports about the hospital tonight" muttered Oliver
"Lance?" offered Digg
Oliver reached for his phone and called Detective Lance.
"Is she ok?" asked Lance straight away
"You heard about the hospital" said The Arrow
"A report came through of a suspected kidnapping. They are looking at you for it"
"She was in danger. The Triad were at the hospital, I got to her first."
Lance exhaled loudly. "It would go a long way if we heard from her"
"Tomorrow morning, she is resting now. Anything else happen tonight at the hospital?"
"You mean Rochev?"
"Yes" said the Arrow, his brows narrowed as he turned to face Digg.
"Also missing, you want to tell me what happened there?"
"That wasn't me." Said The Arrow
"Triad?" asked Detective Lance
"No proof yet… Detective, keep me posted. I need Felicity safe."
"Look after her, I will let you know the moment I hear anything."
"The Triad took Rochev?" asked Digg
Oliver nodded.
"Why?"
Oliver shrugged and ran his fingers through his hair. They were missing something. A connection they weren't seeing.
Revenge was the connection. Felicity had managed to capture China's best men, her comrades. She had barely escaped Felicity's trap alive.
China preferred green paper payments but in her experience trading favours could also be quite lucrative.
She posed as a patient to gain access to Isabel's ward, her men entered as visitors. Once visiting hours were enforced and the main doors closed, they hid and waited.
China's luck had finally changed; later that night they would find out it was The Arrow, at the time though they only knew that someone had unwittingly provided them with a distraction. With only one guard to deal with and the medical staff all preoccupied with the entry alarm, they were in and out before anyone knew it.
Isabel was easily convinced. She suspected Felicity and The Arrow were behind her abduction and the elevator ordeal. Felicity had the Tech know how and Isabel wrongfully assumed The Arrow was the guts behind the idea.
She wasn't helping China, she was scratching her once itch, now obsession. She had wanted to take that smug look off Felicity's face for almost a year now. With nothing left to lose Isabel listened to China, her eyes darker then the now black corners of her cold heart.
"I'll do it" were the only words Isabel spoke that night.
