"Are you sure that you'll be okay?"
Felicity straightened her navy and red lattice print dress over her bump. "I'll be fine. I sit behind a computer."
Oliver grabbed his duffle. "Okay well at least let me drop you off."
She sighed. "Fine."
She followed him onto the elevator and out to his car. Once she was settled in the passenger seat he started driving. He glanced over and noticed how pale she was.
"Are you alright?"
She nodded and took a couple deep breaths. "I still get nauseous in a car."
"Do you need me to pull over?"
"No i'll be fine."
He nodded. A few minutes later they reached Palmer Tech. Oliver helped her out of the car and walked up to her office with her. Felicity set her purse down on the desk and sat down. She then looked at him.
"Don't you have any mayor things to do?"
He chuckled. "I just want to make sure that you are settled. Thea and Lance can handle things for me."
She rolled her eyes. "I still have 10 weeks before I go on MAT leave and 14 weeks before the baby comes. I'm fine."
Before he could add anything else Curtis walked in. He grinned.
"Welcome back boss." He set a few files on her desk. "Our latest projects, financials, and productivity."
She nodded. "Curtis you are a lifesaver."
"Don't I know it. By the way the board is here and they have the "we need to let people go" faces on."
She rolled her eyes. "We go through this every quarter and it always ends with us pulling a ground breaking project out of our asses."
Oliver smiled. "Are you sure today is the day that you want to come back?"
She smiled and stood. "I'll be fine and if I feel my blood pressure rising I will leave the room and breathe. I promise."
He sighed. "Fine." He looked at Curtis. "Watch her like a hawk, first sign of trouble call me."
He nodded. "Don't worry I won't let her out of my sight."
Felicity waved her hand. "Hello, her is right here and I am fine." She kissed his cheek without thinking. "Please go to work."
He smiled. "I'm going."
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Dig held up his hands at Evie. "Alright watch your form. You're dropping the strength in your core and loosing steam."
She nodded and threw a punch. He made a face.
"Tighter."
She had just done another set when Oliver walked in. He dropped his coat off in a chair and then started to log into his main computer. He spoke as he typed.
"Keep your feet planted."
Evie pulled back and panted. "Sorry I am a champion gymnast not boxer."
Dig laughed. "And you are a valuable member of the team. But all your skills are worth nothing if you cannot handle yourself in a fight."
She nodded and held her hands up. "Let's go again."
She did another set and had a slightly better result. When she finished Oliver stood and walked over.
"Not bad." He tossed her a bamboo stick. "Now lets see how you do with these."
He grabbed his stick and they spared off. Oliver had to admit she did better then he had anticipated. She managed to hit him hard in the gut, knocking the wind out of him. He straightened up and smiled.
"You've been practicing."
She nodded. "As much as I can. I would be practicing more if I didn't have to go to school."
Dig took a sip of water before speaking. "Hey you heard Lyla. You have to stay in school."
"I know but everyone there is so..."
Oliver handed her a water. "Juvenile?"
"Exactly."
"I get it. But you need an education. Then once you graduate we will all get off your back."
She smiled. "Not bad with the dad voice. You're going to be good at the whole parenting thing."
He chuckled. "Go shower."
Once she left Dig sat down and grinned.
"She's right you know. You have been getting better at the heart felt conversations."
Oliver sat across from him and smiled. "I don't want to screw up. When I was little I thought my dad walked on water. Turned out he didn't but still. He always could talk to Thea and I about anything. He was the person I could confide in even when I totally screwed up. I want to be that for my son or daughter."
Dig nodded. "I know you will be." He turned and started typing before adding. "If you screw up i'll put an arrow in you myself."
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Felicity set her soup bowl into the sink and was about to load the dishwasher when her phone dinged with an alarm. She looked and felt her heart sink. She grabbed her keys and ran out to her car. She drove faster then she normally would have and screeched to a halt outside Verdant. She went in the secret entrance and found Oliver, Dig, Laurel, Evie, and Curtis working on hand to hand. She ran in and sat down at the computers and immediately began typing. Oliver saw her and spoke in between punches.
"I thought you were staying home tonight?"
She didn't answer. She kept typing quickly and then she spoke to herself horrified.
"Oh my God! No! How did they...?"
Laurel walked over. "What's wrong?"
Felicity kept typing. "How did they get in? I upgrade constantly." She turned her head and yelled. "Curtis! I need you!"
He ducked one of Dig's hands and walked over. "What?"
He saw the code she was typing and his eyes widened.
"Oh shit!"
He sat down and started typing. Oliver walked over and looked over her shoulder.
"What is going on?"
She sighed. "Someone is trying to hack us. I set up an alarm on my phone in case."
Curtis spoke. "Umm they didn't try...they did."
"What!"
She wheeled her chair over to him. She looked at his screen and gasped before typing.
"I put 5 passwords on that file."
Oliver looked at them. "Okay tell us what to do."
She looked at him horrified. "I...I can't fix it. They already know."
"Who knows what?"
She stood and looked at him. "After what happened with Darhk, I put the files you gave me in a secret folder that only I had access to."
"And?"
"And they got it. I don't know how I upgrade constantly and I came up with the passwords..."
He grabbed her arms and spoke calmly. "What file?"
She looked at him ashamed. "William's. Someone knows where they are."
He looked terrified. "Wha...who?"
Curtis chimed in. "They are using over a dozen proxies there is no way to trace them."
Oliver began pacing. Diggle looked at him.
"Call Samantha and we will get them here."
He nodded and grabbed his phone. Evie sat down and looked at Felicity who was trying to trace the proxies.
"Who is William?"
Felicity didn't answer so Laurel did.
"William is Oliver's son."
Evie looked at Oliver stunned but didn't say anything. Laurel continued.
"Damien Darhk tried to use William to get to Oliver before so Oliver placed William and his mother Samantha into hiding so that no one could use them again. Only a handful of people know that William is Oliver's son."
Evie was quiet for a minute then looked at Diggle. "Tell me what I can do?"
"Go grab Thea and Rene out of the club. We need all hands on deck. Laurel call Barry we may need him."
She nodded and stepped out. Felicity had tears falling down her face. John walked over to her and sat down.
"Felicity this was not your fault."
She didn't look up from her computer. "Oliver wanted the information in the system in case something ever happened to him...I told him it would be safe."
Curtis looked at her. "I think I found something."
She went over to him and looked. "What do you have?"
He showed her. "They weren't just looking at that file they were looking at several files all with the same two passwords."
Felicity looked and was surprised. "I know that code."
She moved him and began typing away. Oliver came back in with Laurel, Thea, Rene, and Evie at his heels. Laurel spoke to Diggle.
"Barry is going to get them. Samantha hasn't seen or heard anything strange."
Thea looked at Oliver. "You are bringing them here?"
"It's the safest place I know."
Felicity was still typing away. Curtis looked.
"Are you going to fill me in?"
They both noticed something on the screen. Felicity gasped.
"The Black Queen! The Black Queen!"
She stood up and ran up the stairs. Everyone looked confused. Evie spoke to Curtis.
"What was all that about?"
He sat down. "The signature on this code..."
She looked curious. "Hackers have signatures?"
"Yeah it's a message within the code. It's our way of telling other hackers hey this one was me. The signature in this code is The Black Queen."
"Do you know who that is?"
"No but I think it's safe to say Felicity does."
Felicity ran back in with her personal laptop. Oliver looked at her.
"Who is The Black Queen?"
She looked up. "I am."
He looked at her confused. "What?"
She spoke quickly. "When I was at MIT in the hacktivist group, I was know in hacker circles as The Black Queen. There is only one person who knew that."
"Who?"
She swallowed nervous. "The Calculator."
He suddenly understood. "Can you stop him?"
"I don't know who he is working for. I'm sorry but he is...better then me. I still don't know how or why he is doing this."
Evie sighed and punched a desk. "Okay I am willing to help here but I need to know who we are dealing with."
Felicity sighed. "My dad is known as The Calculator. He is a genius hacker. His real name is Noah Kuttler."
Diggle looked at her. "See if you can get him to come to the table."
She sighed. "After what happened last time..."
Dig put his hand on her shoulder. "No matter how mad you two may get at eachother, that is your dad. There is no stronger bond then a parent and child."
She nodded. "I'll try."
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She sent her dad a coded message and invited him to lunch. It didn't take long for him to reply. She was about to leave when Oliver received a call from Barry. He gave a sigh of relief when he hung up.
"Barry has them. They're safe and will be here in a few minutes."
Felicity nodded. She grabbed her bag and was about to leave when Thea saw the look on her face.
"Are you okay?"
Felicity sighed. "This is all my fault."
"No it's not. Whoever your dad is working for is at fault."
She grabbed Thea's arm and pulled her into a corner. "The other files they got into...they were all mine."
Her eyes widened. "What?"
"My transcripts, medical records, resume, even my code's."
"But who would want that?"
"I don't know. But I bet my dad does."
Thea nodded and hugged her. "Please be careful. First sign of trouble call me."
"Thanks Speedy."
Thea watched Felicity walk up the stairs before she walked over to Oliver and wacked him in the head. He winced and looked at her.
"What was that for?"
Thea rolled her eyes. "Look I know you are not good at feelings but Felicity is beating herself up over this. And she is meeting with her father and you know they don't have the best history."
He sighed. "I know she is but I also know that she won't believe anyone if they tell her it isn't her fault."
Dig nodded. "He is right."
Thea sighed. "Should we have sent her alone?"
Curtis spoke. "The café she chose has surveillance cameras. I'll be watching her the whole time."
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Trying to calm her nerves Felicity listened to rap music on her way to the café. It was a trick of Diggle's but it did work. When she walked in she was calmer then she had been. She ordered a chamomile tea and sat down in the back. She looked at her phone and read a text from Curtis.
We have eyes on you slap the table if you need us to come in.
She felt reassured. She hadn't been there long when someone put their hand on her shoulder.
"Overwatch."
She smiled slightly. "Calculator."
He sat down across from her smiling. "So who is watching over you? Curtis? Oliver? Oh wait Oliver is too busy over with his first child. He isn't even concerned over his new one."
Felicity shifted and put a hand directly over her bmp protecting it. A move that was noticed by Curtis. He turned and looked at Oliver who was trying to make sure William and Samantha were okay. He sighed and looked at Evie.
"Suit up Felicity may need you."
She looked at the screen. "She looks fine."
"See how she is sitting? She is feeling vulnerable."
Evie nodded and started pulling on her gear. Felicity meanwhile, was trying not to freak out.
"Why did you hack that file?"
Noah smiled. "When you were a little girl I had asked you mom if I could take you for a night. She agreed. You were maybe five or six. Anyways you saw this little bird on the side of the road and you jumped out of my car and ran to help it. I was terrified that you had broken something when you jumped. But you were so concerned about the little bird. I grabbed it in my jacket and we took it back to my apartment. You stayed up all night with it and when it was better you released it."
Felicity had a tear in her eye. "Why are you telling me this?"
Noah leaned in. "You can not save everyone Overwatch."
He slipped something under his daughter's hand. He then stood and smiled.
"Say hi to your mother for me."
Felicity cocked a brow and looked at what her dad had given her. A flash drive. Curtis was equally confused. He felt it best to interrupt Oliver even though he was having a moment with his son.
"Umm just so I am clear, is Noah Kuttler a good guy or a bad guy?"
Oliver stepped away from William and looked at Curtis. "Depends. Is she okay?"
"Yeah he just handed her something."
"Can you see what?"
"No she slipped it in her bag."
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Felicity plugged the flashdrive into her laptop and started typing. She then was stunned. It was a hit list and William wasn't on it, Samantha was. She started to drive back to the bunker when she was hit with a sharp pain in her stomach. She gasped and the car swerved. She straightened the wheel but the pain hit again and went back into her spine. She let go of the steering wheel and felt the car spinning. She ended up crashing into a tree. After that it was a blur of flashing lights and nurses.
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William was walking around looking at everything. Oliver and Samantha agreed to tell him that Oliver was The Green Arrow but not that he was his father. He pointed to the main system.
"What's that?"
Oliver smiled. "That is the main system. It filters all our programs and files. Felicity could tell you more about it."
Curtis walked over. "Umm speaking of Felicity..."
Oliver snapped to attention. "What's wrong?"
"I just heard it over the monitor she was in a car accident."
Diggle stood. "What?"
"There is something else, I didn't notice it at first but I looked over the footage of their meeting..."
Evie looked at him. "Curtis, land your plane."
"I think Felicity's dad put something in her drink."
Oliver took a deep breath. "I'm heading to the hospital you send the footage to me."
Dig followed him. "I'll drive."
Oliver looked at Thea and saw her concern. "Please stay her and look after William and Samantha. I will call if...if it's bad."
"Be careful."
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Felicity was getting her blood pressure read when Oliver rushed in. He saw her and ran over.
"Felicity!"
She sighed. "I'm fine."
He looked at the nurse for confirmation.
"She is stable. Only a few cuts and bruises."
He nodded and waited for the nurse to walk away before he flagged Dig over and spoke to her.
"What happened?"
She shrugged. "I don't remember much."
Diggle spoke. "Do you remember having coffee with your dad?"
She nodded. "He handed me a flash drive." She looked up at Oliver unsure. "Did I look at it?"
He grabbed her bag and looked through it. "There is no flash in here."
She looked shocked. "What? No he handed me a red flash drive."
"I believe you but it's not here." He grabbed his phone and hit a link from Curtis. "When he went back through the footage Curtis found this."
Felicity watched. When she reached down and looked at her stomach her dad took out a dropper and put something into her cup. She looked at him horrified.
"What did he give me?"
Before Oliver could say anything the er doctor walked over. He spoke quickly.
"Miss. Smoak, it appears you experienced a spike in temperature. That could have caused you to become disoriented. But it also seemed to have caused temporary fetal distress. But you both seem fine now. I am going to discharge you but I would advise you to stay home and rest for a few days and to have someone keep an eye on you."
She nodded. "Thank you Dr."
He walked away and Felicity looked at Oliver angry.
"He...he tried to hurt our baby."
Oliver grabbed her hand. "I promise you nothing will happen to you both."
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