Arrow.
Summary: "Well I am in Starling City, a place that has so many secretes and I know most of them. So Liss you going to keep lying to me", said Maria. Who had been standing in front of her desk on the executive floor outside her boss's office.
A/N: I do not own the Arrow characters.
Chapter 2.
Maria, Nyssa and Ra's were up early and had breakfast together. One of the guards came towards Ra's with a file and some information on Oliver Queen that Maria might be interested in and so gave the file to Maria but gave the other to Nyssa. Maria had gone back to her room to read the file and change out of her sparring clothes that she wore before breakfast. What she read about Oliver Queen was interesting and a little worrisome as she saw Isobel Robev starting to dwindle the Queen fortune and gaining control of his family company.
While Maria had been reading Oliver's file Ra's and Nyssa were reading Amanda's file and realised that is was indeed loyal but something was troubling about Amanda's history and when they looked closer realised that she was Maria's daughter from before the family was killed. "Well father, it looks like we found more family but why did Maria keep this from us?" asked Nyssa. When Ra's looked at Amanda's birth certificate and found Thomas Merlyn's name down as the father he was glad that Malcom knew nothing of his son's child and that his son along with Maria and her parents went to great lengths to protect her from him now it makes sense why Maria made her VP of the Family company because she is family. "Nyssa, your cousin and aunt and Uncle along with Amanda's biological father went to great lengths to protect her from Malcom Merlyn because Thomas Merlyn is her father", said Ra's.
While Nyssa and Ra's were talking they did not notice Maria enter the room to see if they were ready to leave and herd their conversation , "I was hoping that I would be able to explain but I can't the only thing I can tell you is that I loved Tommy at the time and loved him even more when he helped me break the news to my parents and when he explain his non-existent relationship with his father we all agreed that giving Amanda up for adoption was the best option. So, I sent an encrypted e-mail to Felicity and got her to find a good family for my daughter and so here we are, now we are running late for that meeting with Mr. Queen", said Maria and went to the limo waiting for them to come but not ask questions. While this was happening at the safe house Amanda had been in contact with her family and agreed to ask for time off so that she could spend time with them. Something bugged her the minute Maria came back from the dead and her parents and daughter were worried what this meant for them.
Meanwhile, Felicity, John & Oliver were at the office waiting for Maria to arrive. After they got back to the office yesterday, Oliver explained to the board that Miss Jones would be taking over the negations but that was all Oliver was willing to say and the board of directors agreed to not to question Robert's son on what he had up his sleeve but Miss Robvch was not happy and she let be known by everyone in the room that she would be the one to meet with Miss Jones and not Mr Queen. Oliver saw Felicity send an email quickly to her friend as heads up, hopefully she got the message. Then Isobel rounded on Felicity and told her that the company no longer needed her and Felicity got up out of her seat and punched Isobel in the face in front of the board and she had told Isobel that the company was not hers and never will be hers and told everyone in the room that she had become Mr Queen's friend first and that was the reason she got the position of his EA because he knew no-one better to do the job or anyone trustworthy apart from her because of the fact that she had shown her loyalty to the company and her trust to Robert Queen's son a lot better than the gossips and some of the board members in the room.
The board decided not to sell any more of their shares and decided to trust Oliver and his EA to do something remarkable. That was yesterday and not today as Oliver was looking out the window of his office he felt proud of Felicity and happy that she didn't need him to defend herself. "Oliver, you need to go over the papers you would like Miss Jones to look at when she arrives, plus stop thinking about yesterday", said Felicity and put the papers on the desk and headed towards the door to get to her desk. "Felicity, please I am really proud of what you said and did yesterday but try leaving the punching to me and Digg ok", said Oliver as he had moved around his desk and caught Felicity by the elbow and turned her to face him and took a minute to gently touch her hand where it was wrapped. Felicity nodded her head in answer to his statement. Oliver kissed her hand and gave her that smile he only reserved for her and then let her get back to her desk so that she can greet her old friend with a smile. Felicity goes back to her desk as does Oliver when Digg walks in to make sure that the office and conference room isn't bugged by Isobel so that she can know what is going on.
Not long after Digg does the security sweep for bugs in his office, conference room and Felicity's desk that Maria and her Uncle and Cousin arrive on time which makes Felicity smile. When they arrive at Felicity's desk Maria speaks "Well I am in Starling City, a place that has so many secrets and I know most of them. So Liss you going to keep lying to me", said Maria who smiles as does Felicity but says nothing and greets them. "Good Morning Miss Jones and family please follow me Mr Queen is waiting, and Maria I know your talented but now is not the time for catch up", says Felicity with a smile while she shows them into the conference room where Oliver and Digg are waiting. When they arrive, Felicity goes tense when she sees Oliver with a bag of listening devices in his hand and Isobel with security behind her, but she goes to Oliver's side and with the touch of her hand on his arm he relaxes and looks in her direction and sees Miss Jones and her family waiting to be greeted and shown to their seats. "Good Morning, Miss Jones and family, I apologise for Miss Robev is not supposed to be here this morning and thinks that she should have me escorted, along with Miss Smoke and Mr Diggle out of my father's company", said Oliver and before anyone could stop her Felicity grabbed the guard's baton and hit Isobel on the head with it and Oliver just smiled. Felicity handed back the Baton to the guard closet to her and showed Maria and her family to their seats. Felicity who was shaking was escorted to her seat by Oliver and Digg gave her a glass of water to calm her down. "Thanks Digg, Oliver your meeting, you need to give Maria the papers that you had drawn up for her", said Felicity who had calmed down once she was safe with Oliver by her side and so the meeting got back on track.
"Well let me introduce you to my Uncle and Cousin Ra's and Nyssa Al Ghul, and don't be shocked but I must warn you Malcom Merlyn is alive and the League does not like betrayal among its ranks. I know that you are this city's symbol of hope and I would ask that you allow us the privilege of hunting down Malcom and dealing with him as we see fit to do so, you probably noticed Amanda's similar features to your best friend Tommy Merlyn as she is his daughter and I am her mother. Now that I have told you some of my history why were you at my company yesterday", said Maria who was waiting for Oliver to speak but looked at Felicity but saw her attention was on Oliver. Felicity and Oliver have a silent conversation with their eyes and he agrees with her to trust them. "Miss Jones, I will trust you and your family to do what you need to in regards to Malcom because I do not want that man near my sister Thea. I found out recently that Malcom is Thea's biological father he will use her against me my mother and you and yes I am the Arrow, I became the Arrow to honner my best friend who died in the destruction of the Glades it is with sadness that he never got to see his daughter become the person she is today plus we were at your company yesterday to see if you would like to invest in Queen Consolated, I was not there to buy anything from your company , I would like you to buy Stellmore's shares from Miss Robev so that I can kick her out, the papers are in front of you", said Oliver who stood up along with Felicity and was about to walk away when Ra's speaks, "Mr Queen you tell us about your sister and your best friend and you are protective of Miss Smoke but yet you tell us nothing about yourself or your time on that island you came back from".
Oliver goes visibly tense and stiff and Felicity is at his side to calm him down Maria senses that her uncle wants to know about his time on Lin Yu and sees that Nyssa is intrigued about this also but Oliver Queen does not answer her Uncle and walks out with Digg at his side and Felicity rounds on her uncle with the deadliest glare ever seen since she has known her. "With all due respect Mr Al Ghul Oliver does not want to talk about his time on Lin Yu in broad daylight he has enough nightmares and guilt to live with and does not want to relive what he went through, you will respect his privacy and deal with that monster Malcom Merlyn and leave us alone, forgive me Maria but Oliver has not asked you any more questions about your past and he never knew about our friendship till yesterday after we left your office and spoke at my house, I would apricate it if you read the papers in front of you and let me know by the end of the day of your decision", said Felicity and walked out of the conference room and back to her desk. Oliver was waiting at her desk for her and they both headed to a sealed off area and Digg waits outside for them.
A/N: What do you think? Should I continue or stop and not to post again. Please your reviews are welcome.