Outtake 4
The Oracle
This one happens after the Outtake 3 - with Felicity and Thea bonding over their fathers, but before Oliver left for six months.
"Oliver, you have five men in the second floor. Wait for Dig…" Felicity was saying when, suddenly, her camera feed was cut, her screens blackened and she felt apprehension settle inside her stomach. "Damn, they cut the signal!" she swore under her breathe and heard Oliver hiss a curse in Russian.
"Can you turn them on?" Oliver asked and Felicity answered negatively.
"They probably cut the power…"
"I can't let them be… they have 50 hostages, Felicity!" Oliver growled back.
Felicity hissed back, a "No! It's too dangerous!" leaving her mouth.
They could hear Diggle's voice in the comm, trying to placate Oliver and stopping him from acting in a reckless way.
"I'm five minutes away!" he said and the both of them could hear his quick steps, while running through the building.
Just thirty minutes ago they had receive the information about a group of criminals taking hostages inside Starling City mall. It was almost closing time, so the number of people was way lesser than in another time of the day and the team couldn't be more thankful for that. Only Dig, Felicity and Oliver were in the Foundry at the time, and the two men left immediately to take the offenders down. Felicity had guided them through the corridors until her cameras went out and she was left standing in front of black screens with a stubborn man trying to play hero.
"I'm calling Sara!" Felicity announced and Oliver tried to dissuade her, but before she could do that, her phone started ringing and Sara's face appeared on the screen, in the next second she was hearing the other woman's voice mixed with the sounds of traffic and a car going at high velocity.
"I'm on my way. My dad received the news as well… Oliver and Diggle are there?" she asked.
"Yes, and Oliver is being a pain in the ass. Will you need Roy's help? He is with Thea, but…" Felicity said and she hated she might have to ruin their date, now that they were finally making amends after Thea found out Roy knew about Oliver's secret identity.
"No, I think we can take care of it. I really don't want to face Thea if her date is ruined because of us…" Sara said and Felicity agreed wholeheartedly.
"Did you hear it, Oliver? Sara is on her way and Diggle is one minute away from you, so hold still!" Felicity commanded.
"Felicity!" Oliver growled, but she was happy that his GPS tracker stopped moving. He could say whatever he wanted, but he still trusted her in this.
But then, all hell broke loose.
"So there is someone named Felicity in your merry group…" she heard a man's voice say through Oliver's earpiece and felt her blood run cold.
"Show yourself!" Oliver growled.
For a few moments everything was silent, until she heard the shuffle of feet and Oliver's almighty growl. The sounds of punches and kicks echoed through the lair and Felicity bit her lip, trying to stop herself from gasping when she heard the other man's fist punch Oliver. She didn't want to distract him, so she kept herself from making any noise, even when she heard the swishing of arrows through the air.
When everything quieted, she asked softly.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes! He is alive, just two arrows on the legs and knocked out." Oliver growled, and with a small click he disconnected the ear piece.
"Oliver?" Felicity called, surprised. "Oliver?! This is not funny!"
"What happened?" Diggle's voice came from the communicator and Felicity sighed.
"Oliver turned his earpiece off… Can you get him?" Felicity asked tiredly and Diggle replied affirmatively.
She could still hear her friend's steps and words and when he reached Oliver he was already engaged in a fight with the rest of the group.
Sara's grunts joined the men, her bo staff's sounds announcing her attacks and Felicity sighed when silence finally rose from their comms.
"Hey, you will be alright…" Dig said and Felicity realized he was probably talking with the victims.
She was typing furiously and finally was able of regaining control of the cameras. Whoever turned them off in the first place was no longer there or if he was, was handcuffed or knocked out on the ground. Oliver probably turned the energy on, knowing she would need that to see what was going on inside the place.
When her screen showed her the inside of the mall, she could see Diggle and Sara's frame, walking between the victims, checking on them.
"Where is Oliver?" Felicity asked, noticing his absence on the feed. She saw Diggle rising and look directly into the camera.
"He left." He answered simply and Felicity rolled her eyes. What the hell happened for him to act like that?
"Okay, but you two come back here, I need to talk to you." She said, a bit forcefully, but they knew that Oliver's actions were the one thing that was making her mad and not themselves.
"Copy that…" they answered simultaneously.
Felicity took her earpiece and almost threw it away in anger. Oliver was still coming down with all that happened with Thea, Slade and even Felicity, but he couldn't go into a dangerous place with his head out of the game. She was his eyes and ears for a damn reason! Why would he cut her out like that?
When, half an hour later, Diggle and Sara appeared, Felicity was waiting for them, calmer but still antsier than usual.
"Are you okay?" she asked, like she always did, whenever they arrived from a mission. Even if she was with them through the comms and heard everything that was happening or even saw it, she felt the need to know, to really see their expression when they answered her.
"We are fine…" Sara said, letting her body fall over a chair next to Felicity. "But you don't look so good…" Sara concluded, noticing her tense posture.
"What happened with Oliver?" Felicity asked, eyeing Dig. She knew he knew what happened, she could see his guarded posture and the way he crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"Did you hear what that man said?" Diggle asked and Felicity looked at him, confused. "When he said your name…" the man explained and the IT specialist's eyes widen.
"He left because of that?"
"He left because he put you in danger by just saying your name…" Diggle explained and Felicity rolled her eyes impatiently.
"He is too damn overprotective…" she sighed and felt her two friends move uncomfortably. "Wait! You agree with him? C'mon, how could someone find out who I am? Just by a first name?" Felicity asked, looking between Sara's uncomfortable expression and Diggle's amused one.
"Are you really asking that? You, better than anyone should know what someone might do with a name…" Dig said and Felicity scoffed.
"Well, not wanting to underestimate your computer skills, but I'm damn good at what I do…" Felicity replied with a smug smile and Sara chuckled.
"You know what?" Sara asked. "We should get you a code name, something to use during missions…" she suggested and Felicity turned to eye with a smile.
"See? That's why the world should be ruled by women! We get stuff done!" Felicity said and Diggle laughed.
"Poor Oliver, I really don't want to imagine your pillow talks…" Dig said and Felicity giggled, making the other two cringe. "That was not what I was talking about…" the man tried to correct himself, but it only made Felicity laugh even more.
"So, what should we call you?" Sara said, trying to bring the conversation into safer waters. "Dig is Riffle, Roy is Arsenal, I'm Canary and Oliver is The Arrow… All of it have a deep meaning to what we are…"
"What about Whiz?" a voice suddenly asked and they turned around to see Roy walking down the stairs.
"What about your date with Thea?" Felicity asked and the boy smiled.
"We are taking it slow, now. I took her home and she really hugged me for the first time in ages…" he said dreamily. Remembering that it was not only Felicity in there, he shook his head to get rid of those thoughts.
"Whiz?" Sara wondered.
"Yes, she is always inside our ears…" Roy replied and Diggle chuckled.
"No…" Felicity said.
"What about… computer whiz?" Roy tried again and Felicity scoffed at him.
"Stop with the whiz, okay?"
"Well, you can see everything, and do pretty much everything… what about The Goddess…" Roy suggested and Diggle exploded with laughter.
"Do you really want to call Felicity that in front of Oliver?" the other man asked and Roy blushed.
"Yeah, not such a good idea…"
"No, you are kind of right…" Sara said suddenly.
"What?" three different voices asked and she smiled at them.
"Not the last part, but about what Felicity does… she can almost see the future with all her knowledge… what if we call her The Oracle?" Sara replied with an excited voice.
"I like that…" Felicity said, with a smile.
"I still like the Whiz, but that is not so bad…" Roy replied with a snort at the look Felicity sent him.
"That's actually very truthful…" Dig said with an approving smile.
Felicity sat there with a smile on her smile, thinking about her new code name when her phone suddenly ringed. Oliver's tone, Come Home from One Republic, started echoeing through the lair, and Felicity's arm stretched quickly to grab it, but Sara was quicker.
"This is The Oracle's personal number, what can we do for you?" she said, putting the call on speaker. Roy sneakered under his breath.
"What?" Oliver's voice was surprised and shocked.
"This is The Oracle's personal number. She is waiting for your request of her almighty powers…" Sara answered again and Diggle laughed out loud.
"That's not funny, Sara. Where is Felicity?" Oliver growled and Sara laughed. Apparently the sound of their amusement wasn't helping his mood.
Felicity rolled her eyes at them, trying to suppress her own laugh and took the phone from Sara, turning the speaker off.
"Oliver…" she said, softly, walking away so her friends couldn't hear her conversation.
"What is going on in there?" he asked, his voice still baffled, but softer now that he was talking to her.
"Well, they told me why you left so suddenly, and Sara came up with the idea of a code name for me, so you don't have to say my name while in a mission, even if I really like how you say my name, not only in a mission, but everywhere… I mean, there are some occasions where I specially enjoy you saying it, but I'm getting out of track, so… Can you stop being a jerk and come back already?" Felicity asked and she heard his low chuckle.
"I'm on my way, actually. I just needed a little bit for myself… I put you in danger in there, because I was reckless… I should know better than that…" Oliver said, and Felicity could hear the sound of his bike speeding through Starling's streets.
"I'm not going to discuss with you the highly improbability of anyone knowing who I am through my first name, now if you said Felicity Smoak, now that would be a bigger issue… Maybe I had to change my name…" Felicity said.
For a few moments Oliver was suddenly silent and she heard him whisper something too low for her to hear.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing…" he replied and Felicity knew he was lying. Why would he lie, that was something that she couldn't understand, but, oh well, he was Oliver Queen… he was known for acting a bit out of it sometimes...
His bike stopped and she heard him walking. A few minutes later the door of the foundry opened and she saw him disconnecting his earpiece.
"So, did you already meet our Oracle?" Sara asked and Oliver squeezed her hand.
"Thank you…" he said and the woman smiled back.
"Anytime…" she replied, while Oliver walked towards Felicity.
She kissed him softly and when they parted, punched him in the arm.
"Jerk…" she scoffed, before walking towards her table and grabbing her things.
"I propose we call it a night and go home…" she said and everyone sighed in relieve.
Oliver walked with her to her car, sneaking kisses here and there, until he had her pressed against her car's door and was kissing her deeply and sensually.
"You don't have to worry that much about me… I'm tougher than I look…" Felicity said when he parted from her lips.
"I know… but I hate seeing you in danger… and that's not because you are a woman…" he said quickly, noticing her angry stare. "It's because I love you… and seeing you get hurt… you were already too much hurt through your life… you deserve better than that…" he sighed against her neck and Felicity felt her heart hammer inside her chest.
"Sometimes you are such a moron and then you go and say stuff like that… it's not fair you know? You probably ruined the entire male race for me… just don't say that do Dig and Roy…" Felicity said with a wide smile.
"Well, I can't say I'm sad, it's not really in my best interest to let you think there's someone out there that you should be with, you know?" Oliver said and Felicity saw his boyish smile, the one that she had only seen a handful of times making an appearance.
Felicity smiled back, before turning around and opening her door.
"See you tomorrow…" she said, opening her window to give him a last kiss.
After Felicity's lights disappeared in the night, Oliver pocketed his hands and sighed.
"Felicity Queen has a nice ring…" he said, before turning around and entering Verdant once again.