Felicity grabbed her phone before it vibrated off the coffee table.
"Hey Curtis."
"Felicity I swear I didn't think that I hit anything but the computer is doing a weird thing."
She groaned. "Did you hit spatula?"
"I don't think so. Why what is that?"
"It begins deleting things off the computer."
"It's just flickering and...now it's frozen."
"Don't touch anything i'm on my way."
She hung up and packed the diaper bag before grabbing Scarlett from her swing.
"Do you want to go for a ride?"
Scarlett smiled cutely. She grabbed her baby wrap before heading out the door. They reached Verdant within minutes. She situated Scarlett in her wrap baby carrier before grabbing the diaper bag and heading down to the basement. She walked in and found Curtis at the computer while Evie and Rene practiced with their bamboo sticks. She sat down next to Curtis.
"Okay let's see...ah just a virus sent by a database we hacked into. I can remove it."
She began typing away. After a while Evie walked over and smiled.
"Umm not that I am not happy to see you but where is Scarlett?"
She smiled and pointed. "Asleep."
"How is that thing comfortable?"
She shrugged. "It's the first time that I've used it. So far so good."
She finished removing the virus just as Dig, Lyla, Oliver, and Laurel walked in. Oliver looked shocked to see her.
"Felicity? What are you doing here?"
"Curtis needed help removing a virus."
He looked and noticed Scarlett. "You brought the baby?"
"Everyone who normally would have watched her is here."
He made a face. "I'm not comfortable with her being down here."
Felicity looked down at the still asleep baby then back to Oliver. "She's 3 weeks old. Who is she going to tell?"
Dig chuckled and walked over. "Besides she is out cold."
Laurel smiled. "I haven't seen her in over 2 weeks. Look at how big she is."
Scarlett opened her eyes and yawned. Felicity unwrapped the carrier and handed Scarlett to Laurel. She beamed at her.
"Who is the cutest baby ever?"
Scarlett smiled. She threw her little hand out and touched Oliver's arm. He smiled and kissed her forehead.
"Okay you can stay."
Felicity took Scarlett back and watched as the others trained and then went out to see if they could track down Dove Security. It was their only lead to the hit list. Felicity put on her headset and adjusted Scarlett in her carrier. She heard Curtis.
"Hey Overwatch we have a security system here. Can you get us through?"
She started typing. "Watch me speed."
A few seconds later she nodded. "You're in."
Oliver spoke. "Can you find the main office?"
"It looks like it's on the second floor, 3rd door on your right."
Scarlett was wide awake and started making soft cooing sounds. Felicity smiled and stroked her cheek. After a while she heard Oliver again.
"Okay I have the drive in the main computer."
"Yeah I have it on the screen. I'm downloading all the content."
Evie spoke. "Someone's coming."
"I still need a minute."
Rene spoke confident. "I'll distract them."
Soon she heard from Oliver. "We're all out. We're coming in."
She had just started feeding Scarlett a bottle when they walked in. Oliver handed her the drive She passed him the baby and started looking. She sighed.
"These guys have crazy tech but they didn't install it properly. They probably didn't trust anyone to put it on."
He nodded. "So you can get in?"
She looked up with a fake hurt expression. "After all this time you still doubt me."
He chuckled and sat down. Scarlett burped and some milk spilled out of her mouth. He jerked slightly.
"Okay we have a leak."
Evie handed him the diaper bag and he quickly grabbed a burp cloth. She then looked at her watch.
"Do you guys need me? I have a test in trig tomorrow."
Oliver nodded. "Go home, all of you, get some rest."
Soon Felicity and Oliver were alone with Scarlett. Felicity stopped typing after a while.
"Woah."
"What?"
She pointed. "I found the list. It looks like these guys are hit men for hire. But the list...they were all clients of this guy."
She showed him a picture. He made a face. "What do you mean all clients?"
"All of these people hired him to do a job. Including Samantha."
"She hired a hit man?"
She typed and nodded. "She wired $2,000.00 for him to...oh. This is from 10 years ago."
Oliver looked. "She hired him to follow my mom."
She nodded. She then had an alert come through.
"That's really not good."
"What?"
"Ten people on this list are dead. Murdered by an injecting an airbubble into an artery. Kills them within minutes."
"That sounds sufficiently terrifying."
She nodded. "Oliver if this guy is really after Samantha...he's going to find her eventually."
He sighed. "I know."
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A few days later Felicity was trying to finish folding laundry when someone knocked on the door. She glanced at the clock. It was 10 o'clock at night. She answered it and found William.
"Hey William. Where is your mom?"
He looked up at her upset. "I...I ran away."
"Why?"
"Can I come in?"
Felicity moved to the side and he walked in and sat down on the couch. She sat down next to him and he spoke quietly.
"Oliver came over to the house when they thought I was asleep. I heard he and my mom talking and...and he said that I was his son."
She stayed quiet. He looked at her desperate.
"Is it true? Please tell me if it is true."
She sighed. "I think you need to ask your mom."
He stood. "I knew it. I knew it!" He started to pace. "Why wouldn't they tell me?"
She was about to answer when her phone rang. It was Thea.
"Hey Thea."
She sounded stressed. "Hey can you come to the bunker? William is missing and Samantha and Ollie are freaking out."
She sighed. "No need. He's here."
"What?! I'm putting you on speaker."
Felicity looked at William. "Hey why don't you grab a snack from the kitchen and we can talk."
He nodded and walked away. Thea came back on.
"Felicity, William is with you?"
Samantha's voice rang through. "Is he okay?"
"Yeah he's fine. He just showed up here a minute ago."
Samantha spoke to someone else. "Why would he do this? He has never run away before."
Felicity hesitated before speaking. "He...he heard you and Oliver talking. He knows."
Oliver spoke. "Knows what?"
"Oliver...he knows."
It was quiet for a minute and then Oliver spoke.
"We're on our way over."
She set her phone down just as William walked out with a bowl of popcorn. He set it on the table and saw her face.
"They're coming?"
She nodded. He sat down and sighed.
"Why...did he just not want me?"
Felicity sat down. "Your...Oliver didn't know you existed until last year."
"My mom never told him?"
"Your mom told him that she never had you."
"Why would she do that?"
"I think she was trying to protect you. Oliver wasn't the nicest guy back them. He was kinda selfish. He has been through a lot and that has turned him into the man he is today."
William nodded. "Do you think he would have been there if he had known?"
She was quiet for a minute and finally nodded. "I think he would have."
Before he could ask anything else Samantha and Oliver rushed in. Samantha gave a sigh of relief.
"William."
She went to hug him but he moved back. Felicity looked at them and stood.
"I'm going to go check on Scarlett."
She walked up the stairs and Oliver looked at his son.
"William you can not just run away like that."
He looked between them. "Why did you two lie to me?"
Samantha sighed and sat down. "When I found out that I was pregnant with you...I thought that things would be better if I did things by myself. Then Oliver went missing and I figured it was better that you never knew."
"But why didn't you tell me when he started coming around?"
She grabbed his hand. "I...I didn't want you to be disappointed if he left again."
Oliver sat down and spoke to him. "I was not the most reliable person back then. Your mom did the right thing."
He seemed to be processing all of it. "So...does this make Scarlett my sister?"
Oliver smiled. "Your half sister."
William looked at his mom. "I'm not mad but...I need to be here for Scarlett. She needs someone to protect her."
Samantha laughed. "Well we ill be staying here a bit longer then I thought. That is what Oliver came to talk to me about. he enrolled you in school and I found an apartment for us."
He nodded and then looked at Oliver. "Would it be okay if I stayed with you some times?"
Oliver looked at Samantha and she nodded. "Sure."
When Felicity walked back downstairs she had Scarlett. She walked into the kitchen and began heating up some pumped breastmilk under some hot water. She then adjusted Scarlett and gave her the bottle. She started sipping it quickly. When Felicity stepped out into the living room William was hugging Oliver. She almost cried. Scarlett decided to burp loudly breaking the silence. William turned and walked over smiling. He grabbed Scarlett's hand and she smiled around her bottle. She then decided to go back to her meal and started sucking again quickly. William laughed.
"Are you hungry?"
Felicity looked at Oliver who nodded that everything was fine.
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"Have you seen my briefcase?"
Felicity looked and yelled back. "By the couch!"
Oliver came out of his room and gave a sigh of relief. "Thank you. I have thee plans for the low income housing in there."
"Do you really think it will happen before the holidays?"
"I hope so. I increased the budget a bit so that it would."
She walked over and straightened his tie and smiled. "Breathe. You'll do great."
He smiled. "I hope so."
Scarlett started to whine from her bouncer on the floor. He smiled and grabbed her.
"Are you going to wish me luck?"
She gave him a little grin. Felicity slipped a burp cloth onto his shoulder and stroked her daughter's cheek.
"Just so you don't leave Daddy your good luck mark."
He chuckled and kissed the baby's cheek. "I wish I could take you with me." He handed her back to Felicity and grinned. "What is on your list for the day?"
She smiled. "Well my day is just as exciting. I'm going to feed Scarlett her breakfast, start some laundry, go to the grocery store so we have food for us, and if I feel particularly daring i'll take a nap with Scarlett."
He chuckled. "Wow you are living on the edge."
"Well I think Overwatch could use some action."
"I thought we agreed that while you were on MAT leave so is Overwatch?"
"But i'm so bored."
Scarlett made a face and Felicity groaned.
"Any chance you want to change this?"
He smiled. "You know I would but I am going to be late."
She rolled her eyes. "Have a good day."
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Felicity walked into the bunker and started setting things up. Soon after she arrived Evie walked in and looked around surprised.
"Does Oliver know that you are doing this?"
She smiled. "Are you going to tell him?"
"Nope."
She took off her jacket and went over to the punching bag. Felicity stepped back and admired her work. She had set up a pack n play as well as a small changing table. She had Scarlett's essentials and some toys for her. She had even put a padded play mat down so Scarlett could play on the floor. She set a big grey baby gate around it to close it off. She laid Scarlett down in the pack n play so she could take a nap. Oliver walked in talking to Thea.
"What I do not understand is how we are going to convince him that I am dead?"
Thea shrugged. "Put a look a like body in the morgue?"
He sighed and noticed Felicity at the computers. He then looked in the corner and spoke.
"Felicity. Why is there a nursery in the bunker?"
She didn't glance up from the computer. "Well I wanted to update the system and I can't leave Scarlett since I didn't pump last night."
"And that required all of this?"
She looked up. "Whether you like it or not both of her parents are vigilantes as are all of her babysitters. So she will be around this. Would you rather her be in a safe and secure area or playing with your arrows?"
He sighed. "Okay you may have a point."
He walked over and rubbed the baby's back. Felicity looked at him.
"So what is this I hear about you faking your death?"
He looked up and met her eyes. "There is a hit out on me."
"You Oliver Queen or you Green Arrow?"
"The Green Arrow. But I think I have a way to spin it."
"What do you mean?"
He stepped over the gate and started pacing. "What if they just think they killed the green arrow. I mean they don't know who is under the hood."
Thea made a face. "So you want to send someone else to their death?"
"No I want to send someone who is already dead."
Evie turned and threw him a grossed out look. "You want to take a corpse, put it in your suit and let some freak with a gun shoot it?"
He nodded. "Exactly."
Felicity nodded. "Good plan except for one little thing."
"What's that?"
"How do we make them think the person is alive?"
He gave her a big grin. "That is where you come in."
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"This is the worse idea I think we have ever had."
Felicity looked up at Dig. "Hey you have to admit these are pretty cool. Besides I have been wanting to test it for months now."
Oliver carried in a corpse with Rene. Thea looked at it and made a face.
"I have to admit he does kinda look like you."
Oliver looked at them. "I was shocked at how close. Plus he has been shot before so the scars look pretty similar to mine."
Felicity stood and grinned. "Tell me I am awesome."
"Depends on what you have."
She showed him some metal coiled cast. "These hook onto his legs and arms while this one goes up his back and neck."
Evie looked highly impressed. "So you can make it look like he's walking?"
"Yup and this goes by his throat so you can talk for him."
Oliver nodded. "And it will all go into the suit?"
"Yeah. I've made a few adjustments so that they were covered."
He and Dig dressed the corpse and then tested Felicity's device. She grinned.
"Haha!"
The corpse stood on its own and walked around the room. Oliver grinned.
"Okay, you do rock."
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