One minute she's looking down the barrel of a gun, the next she's standing directly behind Oliver. Oliver, who has an arrow pointed directly at…John Diggle. "Dig?" Felicity exhales, relieved. Oliver slowly lowers his bow as John lowers his gun. "What are you doing here?" Felicity asks Diggle quizzically. Diggle, still looking at Oliver with a weary expression answers "You where late. I tried calling and you didn't pick up. Considering everything that's happened in past twenty-four hours, I had a bad feeling. Plus you're rarely away from your phone" Diggle says looking at her. For about five seconds, no one moves. Well, this was going to be interesting. She couldn't tell who was going to break the ice first. Diggle just looked at Oliver. Waiting. Finally Oliver started "John" he said nodding in Diggles direction. "Seriously? That's it? That's all you're going to say? Oliver we've been looking everywhere for you! " Diggle stated aggressively. He wasn't mad Felicity decided. He just seemed on edge. Like he knew…why. ARGUS. Lyla got the information they needed. Which meant Diggle probably knew someone was after her. Which explained his rash decision to rush over here with a gun because she was five minutes late to dinner. "I know" Oliver seriously. "I should have figured that would be the first thing you and Felicity did as soon as I asked her not too," Oliver added throwing Felicity a glare in the process. Okay now that a gun wasn't being directly pointed at her, she had some time to process her and Oliver's conversation. This dangerous person that had pissed off the league of assassins had a hit list. And she was on it. What the hell had she done? Besides hacking into federal databases and helping the heroes of the city catch bad guys, she couldn't think of anything. The only explanation was someone finding out how she spent her nights. Great. This is exactly what she needed. She looked at Oliver. "Who's after me?" she asked softly. She could tell by the look on his face he didn't want to do this. He didn't want to explain. He didn't want to scare her. Well it was too late for that. Withholding information now was only going to endanger her more. And infuriate her. Oliver sighed, "He goes by the alias Damien Darhk. He has a very long history with the league. Ra's has been looking for him for a while now. He's been right here. Right in Starling the whole time." Oliver was telling her the small facts, the ones that he could easily explain. "Okay. So what does he have to do with me? I mean is he a criminal that you've put away? Is he someone that Dig, Thea, or Laurel has put away in the past year? Did he find out that I'm the IT girl behind the scenes? What exactly is his motive for coming after me?" She asks Oliver racking her brain, trying to make sense of it all. This is when she notices Diggle looking at the floor. He knows. Everyone knows except her. Wonderful. "Diggle who is coming after me?" she demands, knowing he won't have any trouble telling her the truth. He looks at her and she can tell she was wrong about the trouble part. He looks at Oliver saying, "You gotta tell her man. She has a right to know. You can't protect her from this all by yourself. Let her help protect herself" Diggle explains. Oliver looks pained. Like he's about to tell her he ran over her dog. If she even had a dog. Felicity can't help but think back to similar situation when she had to tell him that Malcolm Merlyn was Thea's father. She didn't want to be the one that had to tell him. But he deserved to know. Just like she deserves to know why this psycho is after her. He's the one who has to shatter her world this time. "Felicity you didn't do anything wrong. This isn't because of anything you did. You have to understand that. This is over some old feud between Damian Darhk and Ra's Al Ghul." He gently grabs her shoulders looking right at her. "Nothing is going to happen to you. I will not let that happen. That's why I'm here. As soon as I found out who Damian Dark was after, I took over the mission. I volunteered. I wanted to make sure the league never found out. I wanted to make sure they never found out about you." He was looking at her intensely. Willing her to understand was he was saying. He was obviously still leaving stuff out. What couldn't the league find out about her? She'd already had a very strong worded confrontation with Ra's Al Ghul himself. She's been to Nanda Parbat. She could never forget. Especially since it's where Oliver and her finally gave into their feelings for each other. Okay so the league was after Damian Dark, who was after her. Oliver said the league could never find out about Felicity being the one Damian was after. She's never even met a Damian Dark. Which wasn't all that surprising considering that name was definitely made up. None of this was making sense. "Why. Is. He. After. Me. Oliver." Felicity stated slowly, putting emphasis on each word. Why was Damian targeting her? Oliver's piercing blue eyes looked down at her. His hands were still on her shoulders. He looked at her reluctantly and finally said, "Because he needs you. He believes that you're the only one who can help him get what he wants. He doesn't want anyone else's help. He doesn't want to kill you; he wants to be reunited with you. He wants to only trust you, his family. Felicity, Damian Darhk's real name is Jackson Smoak.
No, absolutely not. There was no way this was happening. Her father had abandoned her when she was seven. First of all, there was no way he was involved with The League of Assassins. Jackson Smoak was never known for following rules and had a few run ins with the law, but there was no way he was involved with the league. Second, the probability of him being in Starling was astronomical. The father that had abandoned her nineteen years ago ended up in the same large city as her? She needed to sit down. Now. She withdrew herself from under Oliver's grasp and went and sat on her couch. Running her fingers through her hair. Millions of questions and emotions were spinning in her head. Finally Oliver walked over to her. "I know this is a lot to take it, but Felicity I promise nothing is going to happen to you. I am working on a plan right now to make sure Damian stays away and the league never finds out you're identity. We'll figure something out. We always do." He looked at her reassuringly. Diggle walked over sitting down next to her and smiled. "He's right Felicity. We've handled worse than this. It's not just Oliver who's looking out for you. You've got me, Lyla, Thea, and Laurel as well. We'll come up with a plan and make sure you're safe. He looks at Oliver, "Are you the only league member in Starling?" Oliver finally taking his eyes off Felicity answered "No. They didn't trust me to come back to Starling alone. There are a few league members with me, looking for information regarding Darhk. I'm trying to lead them astray and say I'm going after leads when I leave them. I'm starting to run out of ideas and excuses. We need to think fast." He looks back down at Felicity stating "I can't be away for too long or they're going to start to get suspicious, if they aren't already. I need to go." Diggle stood up immediately looking at her. "You're staying with Lyla and I tonight. No arguments. You'll be safe there with Lyla and I to protect you." No arguments? Yeah right. Diggle honestly should have known better. "Diggle you can't have someone with a target painted on their back stay with you. You have a baby! I am not going to be responsible for something happening to Sara, or you and Lyla for that matter. I'll be fine. Oliver will be with the other league members and Darhk has yet to try anything. I'll be fine until something gets figured out." Oliver looked right at her, "Absolutely not. I'm sure Darhk has some idea the league is coming after him by now. He might try something." Oliver looked at her for a few more beats then looked at Diggle. "You and I can take turns watching her place. You take the first shift and I'll come back as soon as I can. I won't be able to use anything to communicate. It's too risky. I'll do my best to get here as soon as I can." Diggle nodded, agreeing with his plan. "Sounds good. Let me call Lyla and let her know what's going on. He walked out onto Felicity's porch with cell phone in hand. Felicity watched as Diggle walked out of her living room. She stood up and walked over to Oliver. "Talk about a crazy twenty-four hours." She mumbled mostly to herself. Oliver smiled sympathetically. "Hey." He said softly. "Everything is going to be fine. I'm going to go meet back up with the league and find out what they know. I doubt they've made any progress since I've seen them last. Darhk has been very good at not indicating you're the one he's after. They're not going to find out about you." She looked up into eyes and despite the craziness that was her life today, she realized just how much she missed him. She missed him so much. Not just him, but also they're team dynamic. She missed Team Arrow. "I have one more question." She moved even closer to him. They were very close now. It would be so easy to kiss him. But she couldn't. She needed answers. She also had a feeling that if she did kiss him, it would be very hard to stop. Oliver's brow furrowed as he looked back at her. "Why does it matter that I'm Darhks daughter? I mean I know that him and Ra's have history, but why do I matter to Ra's?" Felicity whispered. Oliver licked his lips, looking away. Just then Diggle walked in announcing, "Just talked to Lyla. She said she'll probably run some food over in a little bit since it's already prepared." Oliver looked away from Diggle and back to Felicity. He placed both hands firmly on her shoulders and kissed her forehead. Looking back down at her he whispered, "I promise to answer the rest of your questions next time I see you. I have to go. Be safe." He looked her right in the eyes and waited a few moments before walking over to Diggle and shaking his hand saying, "I'll be back as soon as I can. Thank you Dig." Diggle just nodded replying, "Of course." Oliver took one more look at Felicity and walked out the door, leaving Diggle and Felicity to watch the door close behind him.