THIS IS ANOTHER SHORT CHAPTER BUT VERY RELEVANT WE WILL SEE THE KEEPER AGAIN.
Oliver and Felicity had to leave the hospital after a call from Roy. For a few weeks, Team Arrow had been chasing a man who went by the name the Keeper; he would kidnap married couples, newlyweds to be more specific. The newlyweds would always show up 24 hours later but when asked from the police about their captor, none of the 9 couples which had been taken ever revealed what they had gone through. However they were presented with what looked like, being administered electric shocks. Sometimes the groom showed some injuries, such as black eye or some broken ribs from kicks. The police had started to get frustrated with the lack of information couples revealed, they had never mentioned how and why they had been administered those injuries, they just said that they were in love and that's all that mattered. Felicity had come up unsuccessful with searches, she too would get frustrated that there were no leads and they had nothing to go on.
When they arrived in the foundry Roy mentioned that yet another couple had been taken, showing similar injuries, they didn't reveal anything except the facility they were held at but the police search at the place had come up inconclusive. Team Arrow had decided to go check it for themselves, however Felicity mentioned that the building had its on mainframe and without her being at least 10 feet from the building she could not help guide them. Oliver had reluctantly agreed for her to join them making her promise to stay in the Van.
When the team arrived, Oliver ordered Roy to check the basement area, whilst he and Laurel searched through the first floor. Felicity had informed them the building was empty and she has hacking the server. She told them that she had found files on the couples that had been taken but it didn't give away anything about why, who he was and why the couples would always come back, seemingly unhurt. Felicity told them over the comms that it showed that he had a personal laptop with him where he kept more detailed files but she could not hack it unless she was on the laptop herself or inserted a USB to copy the files.
Roy was still sweeping the basement, when all of a sudden the comms went dead, as the team uncontrollable called for one another, no responses were given. Oliver and Laurel were on the first floor they stood still in an empty room with glass flooring, where you could see directly into the basement. Felicity's laptop began to indicate that there was a timer set for the flooring to open where Laurel and Oliver were. She couldn't reach them over the comms and she couldn't hack into it to set the timer off. She got out of the van and ran towards the building, she had to warn them, if the glass flooring opens they would fall and who knew how deep the distance to the basement was, they could die she kept thinking.
Oliver was listening, he was watching ever corner of the room they were in "Something is wrong" he clenched his teeth together; Laurel began to look around, unsure of what he meant. He looked at the flooring, it was making a buzzing noise, and he noticed that the flooring had a door like frame indicating it could open. He ran to Laurel, "Hold on to me" he screeched, as Laurel put one hand around his neck and the other underneath the arm he place high, about to shoot and arrow to the ceiling to get them out of there. Just before he could shoot the air, he heard clicks, running clicks, Felicity appeared.
"Oliver, the ground" she ran towards them, as the floor began to open, Oliver shoots the arrow and with his free hand grabs on to Felicity's wrist. The ground opens and the three of them are in the air. Due to the weight Oliver couldn't get his bow to pull them up, they swung on the rope, Laurel clenched on his neck, hanging loosely and Felicity gripping his wrist as he did the same. He could feel how tight Felicity's grip was as her nails had begun to dig into him. Both girls screamed.
"Ollie I'm slipping" cried Laurel attempting to adjust herself tighter around his neck and her legs hung loosely.
"Laurel hold on tight ok, Felicity, I've got you don't look down ok" he growled.
"Too late" that's all Felicity could do, she couldn't see the basement, it was dark which meant it could be deep and they would all crumble to their death. "Did I ever mention I'm afraid of heights" she added, as she gulped.
"Felicity hold on" Oliver was trying to reassure her, the bow wouldn't work, the rope was not pulling the up, he was frustrated, looking up he realised the rope was slowly beginning to tear. The rope tore slightly and dropped them slightly lower, as the girls screamed, Oliver was finding it difficult to hold on, with Laurel wrapped around him and his other hand preoccupied. He wrapped his hand around the rope, thinking he could keep wrapping it and pulling them up, he was wrong the rope tore again slightly lowering them some more. Sweat began to drip down his face. "ROY" he screamed. "ROY, ROY" hoping the youngster would hear and get to them. The rope tore again, lowering them, it was a matter of time before it snapped and they would all fall.
Felicity watched Oliver as he struggled; she knew the rope would eventually snap because of the weight, he watched as Laurel hung loosely around his neck, she could tell he was in pain from Laurel tugging his neck. He couldn't pull his neck back to look up at the rope. She looked down, it was deep she thought, maybe not that deep, they may survive the fall she thought. Or they could die, she couldn't stop her mind, it was working overtime, thinking of all possible outcomes. Felicity looked up and met Oliver's eyes. Since they first met each other they have been able to have conversations just by looking at each other's eyes, it was one of the qualities about him and about them that she loved. She knew that she would never be able to do that with anyone else ever.
Oliver looked into her eyes, they could have a conversation, no words were needed, he loved that about her, he could read her like a book and she could read him, cover to cover, he knew. Looking into her blue eyes he knew, he knew.
"Felicity don't you dare" she looked up at him and smiled, he could see she was holding back tears. "FELICITY NO" he screamed at her. But all she did was smile.
"It's ok, this isn't your fault Oliver" she let go of his wrist, he held on to hers, no he was not letting her go, but she was slipping, he couldn't hold on to her.
She screamed as she started to fall, he could see her waving her hands as her body fell.
"FELICIIIIIITTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"