All was going good, the Arrow team was out bonding. They were hanging out at Big Belly Burger. They all ordered their usuals, there was laughter, there were arguing, there was stealing of fries. Digg and Lyla were talking baby names. Rene, Dinah, and Curtis were arguing about what was the best Star Wars movie. Thea and Laurel were gushing over a magazine of pop-stars and celebs of the week. Oliver was arguing with Felicity cause she was stealing his fries. Everything was fine, until it wasn't. They were all laughing at something Rene said when Felicitys phone went off. She got out of her chair and walked over toward the door where it was quiet.
"Hello" Felicity greets
"I'm sorry Felicity but i'm afraid I need your help" unknown voice says
"Who is this' Felicity asks
"I know you said you wanted out, but we have a situation and we need your skills" unknown voice says
Felicity looked at her family behind her. They were all obvious to her phone call. She was just about to join them when the voice spoke again.
"Let me rephrase this, you are coming with us wether you like it or not. We have men surrounding Big Belly Burger. We can do this the hard way or the easy way. A car is waiting outside for you."
Felicity hung up looked back at her family for one last time and walked out the door. When she got to the street a black SUV pulled up with tinted windows, she got in and Felicity Smoak disappeared.
30 Minutes Later
The SUV Felicity was in pulled into an empty warehouse. She knew the drill, turn the phone off and take out the battery. She hopes her family will understand.
"We packed you a bag of what you will need" the driver said before he got out and popped the trunk
Before she could speak, her car door was opened and she was looking at the one person she hoped she would never see again.
"Wilkes" Felicity said sighing loudly
"Felicity" Wilkes replies with a smile
"What's the situation" Felicity said getting out of the car
"Always to the point" Wilkes said walking over to a little set up operations area with what looks like her mission
"We have intel someone is going to be assassinated right here in Starling City. We don't know who yet, all we know is it's happening within the next 24 to 36 hours. Our intel said someone was paid thru an off shore account in the Cayman Island. We got the account info. It belongs to Charlie Rothman but we have no idea who he wants dead and why. We did background on him, he uses an escort company, he has a fixation for blondes. We have other agents that fit the bill but they are all out of the country, by the time they get here the assassination will have taken place." Wilkes finish saying
"You said you have the account info, who did Rothman pay?" Felicity said looking everything over everything they had on the boards and on the table
"The assassin hasn't taken the money yet, Rothman opened the account less then 14 hours ago and wired money into it. We have been keeping eyes on it, if it gets emptied we will know, if it gets rerouted we will know, if someone even peeks at the account we will know. But the fast way to know who is getting assassinated is asking Rothman himself." Wilkes said
"I'm guessing you already have me listed at the escort company, and that Rothman asked for me specifically" Felicity asked
"We have you as Megan Chambers." Wilkes smiles
"What else do you have on my profile, so I know before hand" Felicity asks and sees a rack of dresses and looked thru them, she grabs one and is putting it on while Wilkes answers her question
"On your profile we have born in Las Vegas, likes red wine, quiet nights listening to the sound of the city, watching the baking channel, jogging before dawn to watch the sunrise, and playing the piano" Wilkes says while pacing back and forth in front of the curtain she was changing behind
"You only got one fact that I don't do" Felicity said coming out from behind the curtain
"Which one was it" Wilkes furrows his brows curious
"I don't watch the baking channel, I don't even know how to bake, heck I don't know how to cook" Felicity said with a laugh thinking of Oliver
"Nice choice of dress" Wilkes says now getting a good look of her
Felicity is looking in the mirror, she picked the perfect dress, not only does it suit her but it is giving her courage and strength. It was a long forest green ballgown, it was showing some cleavage but not a lot. She then grabbed a pair of shoes that would go with the dress but also shoes that are easy to get out of incase she needed to run.
"Your clutch has a next generation cell phone, I.D, credit cards, lipstick that is also a tracking device, now if there is any trouble the button on the side of your phone will lead us straight to you in a matter of minutes" Wilkes listed off
"Do you happen to have my weapons" Felicity said not looking up from going thru her clutch
"End of the table in the briefcase" Wilkes points but Felicity doesn't look up to see him point
Felicity opens the briefcase and sees all her weapons. Her black hip sleeve full of carbon fiber knives, a necklace that can be used as a garrote, her gun that she can't take cause of the metal detectors, and last but not least a watch that is also a mini sonic device like Laurels canary cry.
"Glen the driver will bring you to the gala" Wilkes instructed
Felicity starts walking over to the SUV but stops. At the last second thinking of something.
"I almost forgot, am I operating solo sense you didn't give me comms?"Felicity asks
"Click the crown of your watch, it will pop the inside open revealing both comms and earplugs incase you need to use your sonic device thingy" Wilkes said while looking at a big screen tv that came out of nowhere with camera feeds of the place she is going to
"Thank you" Felicity said while sliding into the car
10 Minutes Later
"Glen" Felicity said looking to the driver
"Yes Mrs. Smoak"
"Can you pull over please" Felicity said not looking at him but at her hands
"Yes Ma'am" Glen pulled over
Felicity got out of the car, got behind it and puked. Hopefully her stomach will settle down. The last time she was doing this she lost a very close friend. She didn't hear Glen get out of the car all she saw was a water bottle entering her peripheral vision.
"Thank you" Felicity said rinsing her mouth out then taking a sip of water
"Your welcome, I think I have some gum or a mint in the center console in the car" Glen said
"Thanks I'll just be a minute" Felicity said taking another sip
"Whenever your ready, we still have a few more minutes we are a little bit early" Glen said then walked away and got back in the car
Felicity took a few more deep breathes. Turned around and got back into the car.
Back at Big Belly Burger
It took about 2 minutes for everyone to notice Felicity was missing.
"Where'd Felicity go" Rene asked looking toward the door to Big Belly Burger
"She was just there" Oliver said getting up fast having one of his weird feelings
"I'll call her" Digg said
"Thats weird, hold on let me put it on speaker" Digg said then turned his phone on speaker phone
"By now you guys have noticed I'm missing, long story short my past has come back to haunt me again. This time I went willingly. This is something I have to do alone. Please don't look for me. I have programed the computers to email you all individually if I don't make it. If I make it back I'll explain everything. Please know that I Love you all." Felicity left the message if anyone called her
"What do we do, ignore her and find her or do what she told us not to do" Rene asked first cutting the silence
"For now we wait, we all know by now Felicity has erased all footage of her anywhere. If she needs help she knows where we will be. We just have to trust her to take care of herself." Oliver said sighing hoping he's right
Back to Felicity
The car just pulled up to the Gala. Felicity took one final deep breathe before her door was opened by the valet working the event. Before she was half way out of the car Glen said something.
"Let me know when you're done, I'll come pick you up" Glen said but she knew what he really meant to say was 'I have comms too, you give me the word, i'll come in hot'.
"Stay close, I won't be long" She replied back
She walked up the steps. Waiting in line to go inside, it seems they were checking purses, and I.D's if you were on the list. She was about to be next.
"Name please" Head of Security asked
"Megan Chambers" Felicity replied back
"I don't see your name ma'am"
"I'm Charlie Rothman's plus one" Felicity said back with a flirty smile
The Head of Security uses what seems to be comms system to make sure, Felicity really is Rothman's plus one.
"My apologizes ma'am, Have a great evening" Head of Security said
"By any chance is Charlie here" Felicity asked after handed back her I.D
"He's inside ma'am"
"Thank you" Felicity said then walked up the remaining stairs and through the doors to the Gala
She could feel a lot of eyes on her. She gathered all the strength she had, lifted her head up and walked to the bar.
"Scotch, make it a double please" Felicity said then got a weird look from the bartender
"Wouldn't have pegged me for a scotch drinker" Felicity asked when he was pouring her drink
"No, I wouldn't have" the smiling bartender said then placed her drink in front of her
"Thank you" Felicity said with a smile back then started walking away looking for her mark
"Megan, your right on time" Charlie Rothman said from behind her
"Technically I'm late, Head of Security stopped me at the door. I definitely needed a drink after that debacle. I figured you'd either find me or I'd find you. Seems like you found me" Felicity said flirty
"I did find you, and might I say you look gorgeous" Rothman said looking Felicity up and down
"Thank you, and might I say I do love a man in a suit" Felicity said batting her eyes
They were talking for a few minutes when he took Felicity's glass out of her hand and took her hand going toward the dance floor. The song was a fast beat. They were both doing twists, turns, dips, their footwork was amazing. But while dancing Felicity got the feeling like something was gonna happen. Her spy senses were always right. Before anything could happen she improvised. She whispered something very sexy and very Felicity like in Rothman's ear.
"No judgement here, the second I saw you I wanted you all to myself" Rothman said back
"Wanna sneak off. I'm starving and not for food, if you know what I mean" Felicity was hoping he would then she can drug him and get him outside in the car
"Lets go" Rothman said with a smirk bigger than ever
"My driver is right outside" Felicity said
"I can always have him take a break, I don't know about you but I won't make it to your place or mine" Felicity said then started walking faster than him to her driver who was by the car
"Tonight is the best night of my life" Rothman said at a whisper but Felicity heard it
Felicity was talking to the driver 'I just need you to get out of the car for 45 seconds maybe a minute, then get back in the car. That should give me enough time to drug him' 'Yes ma'am'
Glen got out said he was feeling restless, said he was gonna go for a walk and walked away but not too far. Felicity stood next to the car with the back door open licking her lips making him want her right there. They got in the car, being manly he said ladies first. Felicity didn't mind sense that would give her time to get one of her knifes out and cut him. All her victims or perpetrators didn't know that when they were cut they were drugged. All her knives are coated in a mixture of benzodiazepines, depressants and temazepam, that puts you right to sleep in seconds.
"Unzip me" Felicity said with her back to him
He unzipped her dress, Felicity turned around and placed her hand in his hip. She then leaned in raising her other hand to his neck pulling him closer to her. As she planted a kiss on him she pressed lightly on the hand with the knife and at the same time she bit his lip. It's like a slide of hand he's more focused on her biting him than his neck. He's also too focused on her to notice he's been drugged until he feels weak and tired. He tried to open the door and leave but Felicity clicked the child's lock before getting in. The only way to open it was on the outside. He finally passed out. Felicity moved to the front seat of the car and turned the engine on. It was the signal for Glen to get back in the car. He got in the car and smirked.
"What" Felicity said looking at him smile
"Wilkes was right, your deadly" Glen said then put the car in drive and drove off to the warehouse
"He should know, I drugged him too" Felicity said smiling
"Oh my god, you probably shouldn't have told me that, now he's never gonna hear the end of it from me. This is too good" Glen said thinking of new things to tease Wilkes about
12 Minutes Later
Glen and Felicity got back to the warehouse with Rothman in the backseat still unconscious.
Glen couldn't hold it in any longer. He got out of the car and started laughing, like full on stomach hurting laughing so hard. Wilkes comes striding over curious. From what he sees, it's something he doesn't want to know. But he's gonna find out sooner rather than later.
"So I hear you got taken down by Miss Smoak. So how did it feel to be taken down by a woman. No offense Felicity" Glen said
"Non taken Glen, If anything I was impressed. He lasted longer than anyone else with my mixture of drugs in his system. Usually it takes a few seconds before they pass out but he lasted a full minute" Felicity said slyly looking to Glen first then Wilkes
"Quick question Wilkes, Did it hurt your ego when she took you down?" Glen asked
"Thanks Felicity" Wilkes said giving her a glare
"Happy to help in any way I can" Felicity said moving to the vanity to change out of the dress
While she was changing the boys were setting Rothman up in a mini improvised interrogation room. Still unconscious from Felicity's drugs going through his system still. Felicity was at the makeshift computer station when they came back in the main warehouse. She was typing something either of them didn't understood besides Felicity. To them is was another language, but to her it was her back door to the foundry in the Arrow cave. She was making sure the automatic message she set up was opened and seen. It was so she switched gears and did a deep dive on a sleeping Rothman in the other room. She found a few odd things. She found a few years that are blank, as in he had no social media, no public citing's, no withdraws from his bank accounts plural, no filing of taxes, no hospital visits, none whatsoever. She found that oddly unsettling. She was leaning back in the chair with a look on her face. Which Wilkes saw.
"What's that face for" Wilkes asks
"There's a gap in his timeline, between 2009 and the ending of 2011. No records of anything. I have this funny feeling and not a good one." Felicity said while looking in the direction of the room Rothman was in.
"We don't have time to research everything about him, the assassination could happen any minute" Wilkes said sighing
"It would help if there was more than the three of us, some looking into Rothman, some with deep contacts to any knowledge of assassinations anytime soon." Felicity said shyly looking anywhere but Wilkes
Wilkes started getting a headache cause he knew what Felicity meant by that and it was never good.