Chapter 26
Leap of Faith
We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions,
that we'll screw up royally sometimes -
understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.
-Arianna Huffington
This was the end. It just had to be, because Katie didn't know how much further she could go. She was tired, completely exhausted and nothing had really been accomplished. Well she thinks Oliver may have been acting the entire time, but she's not sure. And given everything that she knows about the power of the league, she's not even sure she should hope for such a thing. She sat on the cold ground, her eyes looking down to a stuffed banana wearing a sombrero. She heard Flagg groan, and she looked up to see him glaring at his SAT phone before walking over to her.
"Your father has found someone to save you and apparently they will be here any minute." the man said, holding out a hand to her. She took his hand, letting him pull her to her feet.
"Just one man, we're going to need more if we're going in there to get my friends out." Katie says glancing over to the fortress.
"Well the one thing I was made clear of, was that you do not step foot in that place." Katie turned to the man in confusion. "A plane is on the way here-"
"I'm not leaving without my friends, so you can call Jacob and tell him to suck it." Katie replied with a shake of her head. "I'm not-" they suddenly heard the sound of thunder and they lifted their eyes to the sky. "What-" soon the sound of the jet in the distance made it to their eyes and they turned to see the plane flying off. "We have to move now." they once again heard the sound of thunder, and out of nowhere someone neither of them expected to see sped in front of them. "Barry?"
"Thank you for revealing my identity to-" he looked over to Rick and shook his head. "Man I do not know." he turned back to Katie, before glancing over to the fortress. "I'm can't be late, he said he would hit me if I'm late." he turned back to Katie with a slight smile. "I have to go, but I will see you soon." and without another word, the man went speeding off.
"So I guess that's the fast one." Rick said and Katie glanced back to the man in confusion. "Martin said they were sending two men. A very fast one, and a dark knight." Katie turned to the fortress with a slight smile. "Not sure what kind of code that is though, but I'm told they're getting your friends out and I'm supposed to put you on a plane-"
"I'm not leaving them." Katie says with a shake of her head. "Starling is my home too and I'm not running away from this fight." she looked back to the man. "It's time for the demon to finally end."
No one was quite sure what happened. One minute Oliver and Ra's were there, and then a vial was opened and everything else just disappeared. That's why it was even more strange as they awakened, in a fit of coughing.
"Not that I'm complaining, but shouldn't we all be dead by now?" Ray asked as the memories before this moment came rushing back to him.
"Oliver tried to kill us." Felicity stated, still remembering the unaffected man standing before them, and without even hesitation, exposed them to such a deadly virus.
"Ra's tried." Malcolm pushed himself up. "Oliver was forced to let him appear to be successful."
"So now we're back to trusting Oliver, and while we're at it, trust you, too?" John asked, still trying to clear away the disorientation of the virus.
"Yeah, because the last time I checked, you tried to make a deal with Ra's to save yourself." Laurel added glaring over to the man.
"In order for our plan to work, Ra's trust in Oliver had to be complete." Malcolm continued. "And after that plane fiasco, it wasn't. Oliver needed to demonstrate one more time his loyalty to Ra's, which explains this, and Katherine."
"Wait, Katie?" Felicity asked. "What happened to Katie?"
"Just as I told you before. She was to witness the union of Oliver and Nyssa."
"Which I guess brings us back to... why aren't we dead? Not that I'm complaining." Ray once again asked.
"Oliver... was vaccinated against the Alpha Omega virus five years ago. An associate was able to draw a version of the vaccine from his blood. A synthetic skin graft. Upon our incarceration, I was able to vaccinate each one of you cutaneously. I saved your lives." Malcolm looked around the room, waiting for words he knew would never be spoken. "I believe the words you're searching for are "thank" and "you."
"Ok. Assuming this is all some part of a brilliant double double cross or triple cross- I'm losing count- your master plan still has one major flaw, since we're still chained in a dungeon." the blonde says holding up her still chained wrists.
"Patience, Miss Smoak. All we have to do is wait." Malcolm said, annoyingly vague.
"Wait for what?" Felicity asks.
"The thunder." and as if on cue they all lifted there heads at the sound of thunder.
In the fortress, Tatsu looks down to her chained wrists, as two of the demon's assassins escort her to somewhere unknown. They all suddenly stop at what sounds like distant footsteps. Without any time to react, a small device rolls right in front of them and from it a sudden flash of light, followed by a thick cloud of smoke. Tatsu is grabbed, and pulled from the smoke, before hearing the sound of punching and kicking.
"There's a plane outside." a gravelly voice speaks, before the cuffs on her wrists are lifted and then fall to the ground. "Near the cliffs, go I'll get the others." Tatsu tries to look beyond the smoke, but can't quite put a face to her savior. The moment the smoke is cleared, he's gone. The woman stands there for a moment before turning and heading for a way out. It was time she returned back to her life.
Barry speeds inside the fortress, taking down four assassins easily, before seeing the one thing that looks out of place.
"You guys have a hot tub?" he admires the waters of the Lazarath pit. "Nice."
"I am going to design a bullet that can move as quickly as you can and hurt way worse." Barry's eyes widen as he turns a nervous smile to the gravelly voice of the man who dawns a suit he still can't quite believe. "You were late, which I didn't think was even possible."
"Well Batman, I caught a snag outside." Barry, says before speeding over to the man, as they continue down the hall.
"Stop saying Batman." Bruce says with a shake of his head. The moment Barry saw him wearing the suit, he hasn't let any moment go by without saying the name.
"I'm sorry, but this is kind of awesome. The Flash and the Batman on a mission together. This could be like a thing." Bruce turns a glare to the man. "Well awesome, besides the woman you love being held captive and I'm going to go looking." without another word the man had sped off.
Bruce knew where they were being kept, and headed down to dungeons below the fortress. The moment he spotted Barry near one of the doors, he walked a little quicker.
"Second time today someone's just outted my identity. And this time it's in front of a supervillain." Barry says looking over to Malcolm. "No offense."
"Were you waiting for something?" the voice from behind Barry startled him, before looking back to the Dark Knight.
"You're kind of fast yourself, and kind of sneaky." Barry says and Bruce took a step forward.
"You know we're still in here!" Malcolm called and they both turned back to the door.
"Oh, I got it!" Barry says before placing his speedy hands on the door and before they knew it the door was pulled from the hinges. It was Bruce who rushed in first, and Felicity's eyes lit up the moment she saw him.
"Bruce?!" the woman threw her hands around him the moment he was in reaching distance. "Shit, why do I keep doing that."
"We have to get you out of here." Bruce says pulling back from the woman, and glancing around the room. "Where's Robins?"
"We don't know, she-"
"Oh, she's outside." Barry says interrupting the blonde and they all turned to him. "That snag, well I bumped into her which was strange since I thought she was one of the people we needed to save, but she's just hanging out outside with some soldier looking guy."
Katie was getting impatient. The fastest person she knew just hurried inside, and she expected a speedy rescue, but still nothing.
"We can't just stand here. At some point we're going to get caught, and I can't let that happen." Rick said and Katie turned a glare to the man. "You have no idea the type of threats I have been given if you're not safely out of here soon."
"I don't need to be rescued, I just need—" she turned at the sound of footsteps, and Rick quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her back, raising his gun.
"Katie?" it was Felicity's voice and Katie quickly pushed passed the man, bringing the woman into a hug.
"I thought you were dead." Katie muttered into the woman's ear. She doesn't think she's felt more relief than this moment with knowing her friends were truly alright. She pulled from the hug, before tossing her arms around John.
"So did we." John replied before pulling from the hug, before looking over to the man behind her. "Flagg?"
"Diggle, it has been a long time." Rick said walking over to shake the man's hand. "Didn't think the next time I saw you, would be under these circumstances."
"Neither did I." John sighed.
"We still need to move." Malcolm spoke, and Katie turned to the man. "I'm glad you're alright Katherine, but it doesn't stop the virus on the way to Starling." the man moved passed them.
"So, Malcolm's here." Katie says looking over to the man before turning to the others. "I feel like there is so much I'm missing."
"You are, but he's right. We have to go." John says before following after the man to his plane.
"Are you all alright?" Katie asked, looking over Laurel, and then Ray. "First trip to Nanda Parbat, how does it feel?"
"I'm never coming back here, again." Ray says and Katie chuckled as the man walked passed her.
"I second that." Laurel added, giving Katie a pat of the shoulder as she follows them.
Katie turned to follow as well, but Felicity caught her arm.
"You're not coming back to Starling." the blonde said, and Katie turned in confusion. "I know what you're going to say, and I don't care."
"Felicity-"
"No!" the woman said firmly, before turning to the man standing silently behind Katie. "You work for Jacob, here to get her to safety."
"I am." Rick spoke taking a step forward. "I'm confused as hell, but that much I know."
"Well I don't know you, and what little I know about Jacob Robins is that he can't be trusted and with this-" Felicity turned to Katie with a smile. "I need to know my friend and her baby are truly safe."
"Felicity, what are you talking about. I'm going with you and I'm helping. Not when I'm not even sure who we're trusting right now."
"No." a new voice spoke, and Katie turned to see Bruce. She never could get use to the sight of the man dressed at the Batman. "The consensus right now is that you going to Starling is dangerous. Whether it be the virus, or Oliver turning out to be playing everyone, or the simple fact that if he isn't and then Ra's decides to hurt him, he knows there's only one pressure point to push to make him fall." Katie turned from the man, back to Felicity.
"Trust me, I feel better knowing you're there on these missions, because you help so much, but you and that kid are what's most important and we can't even give Ra's a chance to use either of you in whatever is happening." Felicity said before looking back to Bruce before placing a hand on his chest.
"I will see you soon Ms. Smoak." Bruce said, his voice no longer belonging to the dark knight, but as Bruce Wayne, the man who really doesn't want this woman to leave his sight. She gave a nod before looking to Katie for a moment and without another word, turned and rush off to find the others.
"You know I didn't really believe it, but being here and seeing it first hand, I gotta say, it's really bizarre." Rick looked over the man dressed as a bat.
"Thanks for your help Flagg, but I'll take it from here." Bruce said before turning to Katie. "I have a plane."
"He's coming with us." Katie said to the man before turning to Rick. "In the event ARGUS needs to get involved with a possible virus in Starling, you are going to be the one to tell them." she looked over to Bruce. "I don't care what you say, or how you twist it. I'm not running. I need to see that monster end. Now where is your plane."
Katie soon found herself sitting on a plane, a stuffed banana, gripped to her chest as she stared out the window. Soon Bruce, now changed plopped into the seat in front of her, but she didn't turn to him.
"This is dangerous." he spoke and she rolled her eyes.
"It's always dangerous." she replied turning to the man. "It will always be dangerous, but that does not mean I have to run away."
"No, but that kid-" Bruce whispered, with a pointed finger to her stomach and she turned back to look out the window. "That kid is reason enough to run away. This problem, is being handled, once I get you to safety, I can head to Starling and help stop this, but I don't doubt they can stop Ra's and you shouldn't either." Katie didn't say anything, and Bruce knew that this wasn't just about the demon. "This is about Oliver, isn't it?"
"No, this is about me making sure this problem is truly finished." Katie says turning back to the man. "This kid, I can't focus on this kid if I'm looking over my shoulder for the demon. I need to make sure this is really over and that I am really free of him." she looked back over to Bruce. "Trust me when I say that I will not be taking risks with this." soon Rick walked over taking the seat beside Katie with a loud sigh. "And he's here to make sure that happens."
"You have no idea how many people are going to yell at me for bringing you back to Starling." Bruce said with a shake of his head.
"I know, but in the end it won't matter, because the demon will be dead, and you get the girl." Katie replied and Bruce just gave a slight chuckle before standing to his feet and going back to tell the pilots to change course.
"So there's a kid?" Rick asked and Katie turned away from him to look back out the window. "You know what you're doing, don't you?"
"I'm surviving, Rick." Katie says.
For some reason, Katie didn't think this moment would ever happen. Coming back to Starling just seemed like a very impossible dream, and here she was. They arrived to the one place she knew the others would be meeting to think up a plan, and that was Palmer Tech. Katie stood between the two men, one looking pensively to the numbers of the elevator, while the other grips his rifle to his chest.
"Never thought I'd be teamed up with you two again." Katie says with a shake of her head when the doors finally opened. She made to step off, but Bruce caught her arm, while Rick stepped off, lifting his gun as he surveyed the floor. Katie stepped off the elevator with a shake of her head. "I have to pee." she looked over to Bruce. "Go, find the others and figure out what they've found out so far." Bruce watched the woman head over to the bathroom, that was only a few steps away before disappearing behind the door. The man simply shook his head before heading off down the hall to make sure Rick hasn't shot anyone. The moment he walked into the lab, he didn't expect to see the others along with Oliver and Nyssa. Rick had his gun pointed at Nyssa, while the woman had her bow and arrow aimed right at the man.
"Bruce, please tell me your plane is super fast and you've dropped Katie off at some super secure safe house before coming here?" Felicity asked walking over to the man who looked over to her with a nervous smile. "Bruce!"
"Look I get everyone here wants to keep her safe, but you're forgetting one thing." Bruce says turning to Oliver who looks very different since he last saw the man. "It's not your choice what she does with her life. That's been happening for far too long, and it's time you let her do the one thing she's been really good at."
"Where is she?" Oliver asked, but Bruce wasn't too quick with an answer. He was still on the fence about trusting the man, especially after all of this.
"You want me to tell you that, after working with Malcolm, working with Nyssa, putting all these people in danger-"
"Bruce-" Felicity took a step forward when she noticed the men getting dangerously close to each other. She grabbed Bruce's arm, and pulled them away from each other.
"They were never in any real danger, I made sure of that." Oliver shook his head because he knew how it all looked. Knew the distrust was justified, and if the situation were reversed he'd probably feel the same. "I did what I had to do to make sure he could never hurt us again. Could never hurt her again."
"How did that work out for you?" they all turned to see Katie standing there, her eyes on Oliver. "What you did was stupid, and it was reckless and it alienated you from everyone who loves you."
"I did what I did to keep you safe." Oliver says trying to move to her, but Bruce moved to once again block him and Oliver released an annoyed sigh.
"I'm not safe." Katie said suddenly. "None of us are, and what you did, didn't change that." Oliver turned away, with a shake of his head. "And right now, none of it matters because it's done. Right now we need to focus on what hasn't happened yet." she looked around to the others. "If Oliver is here, it means his initial plan to stop this from happening didn't work. That means we need a step two."
"Laurel went to talk to her father, to let the SCPD know what's going on. Ray is trying to find a way to counteract the virus-" Oliver said before turning to Felicity. "See if there is anything you can find on Ra's location." he turned to where Rick and Nyssa still had weapons pointed at each other. "I don't know what this is, but we don't have time for it."
"Soldier boy holds a grudge." Nyssa taunted.
"I do, but I usually shoot holes in my grudges." Rick replied.
"Rick, you need to inform ARGUS of what is going on. You can flirt with Nyssa when her husband isn't around." Katie replies and Oliver turns to her wanting so badly to just apologize until she forgives him, but he knows that's not an option. "Rick, go." the man hesitantly dropped his gun and Nyssa did the same with her bow. He grabbed his phone and ducked out of the lab. "Right now I can't be in this room with you-" she pointed to Nyssa before turning to Malcolm. "And you, so if you're fighting for our team, then go out on the streets, see if Ra's has made any moves." both turned to Oliver who gave a nod, and the pair left as well. Katie stood there for a moment, looking over to where Bruce still stands in front of Oliver, not letting him near her and right now she doesn't even know if she wants him to. She closed her eyes, taking in a deep breath still gripping that stuffed banana in her hand.
"Hey." John says walking over to her. She opens her eyes and looks over to the man. "Are you alright?"
"Probably not." she replies turning back to Oliver with a shake of her head. "I just need to lie down or something. My head is just all over the place." she turned back to John. "Just find me when you have answers about anything." the man simply gave a nod before the woman turned leaving the lab. Oliver once again tried to move past the man, but Bruce wasn't letting it happen.
"You're angry with me, all of you are and I completely understand." Oliver said looking over to John and Felicity. "And I'm sorry that it happened like this, Katie is right. There is no changing what happened, all I can do is apologize."
"We're way beyond sorries." John replies, still unable to want to be in the room with this man after what he did to his wide. "But we get it. Bigger picture. Ra's wants to unleash a deadly virus on this city, and we're here, ready to help stop it."
"And that's what happens now." Bruce adds as Oliver turns to him. "We find out how to stop Ra's, that's it. That woman walking out of here only means she's not ready to talk to you, and you don't talk to her until she does." Oliver simply clenched his jaw, but decided that in this moment Bruce was right. He didn't want to upset her, and so he would wait until she wanted to talk to him. Oliver simply turned and walked over to the other side of the lab. Bruce lets out a sigh before walking over to stand beside Felicity, sliding a hand along her back as she drops her head to his shoulder.
"If this gets too far, I'm getting you out of this city." Bruce says to the woman who lifts her head and turns to him.
"You know when this is all over, I wouldn't be completely turned off to the idea of a vacation." Felicity said and Bruce smiled before placing a kiss to her lips. "With a beach, and drinks with little umbrellas."
"Done." Bruce replied with a nod before glancing around with a deep breath. "I'm almost afraid to suggest this, but Wayne Enterprises has been developing potential counteracting elements that may help Ray with developing a way to neutralize the virus." she turned back to the woman who smiled at the man.
"He's in the chemical lab next door and be nice." Felicity said and the man simply sighed.
"I'm always nice." Bruce muttered before turning and heading out of the lab.
Katie found herself pacing in Felicity's office. She did lie down, closed her eyes and everything, hoping to clear some of the craziness, but it didn't help and so she began pacing.
"You still do that annoying pacing thing?" a voice spoke from the door, but she didn't stop or even spare the man a glance. "I called in couple of favors, see if there's anything we can do about this virus, I just have to wait for them to call me back. Your father on the other hand has threatened to hang me up by my ankles for not getting you as far away from this city as possible." still not a word as she paced back and forth. "What are you thinking?"
"Ra's has hated this city before me, before Oliver. It was the place that stole his sister. It's where she chose to live instead of being with him."
"You think he's had this planned for a while."
"I think he needed a logical reason to finally seek out his revenge for this city. Because avenging it for his sister's death meant he was that person he was not supposed to be. Avenging the death of a disloyal member of his family meant he actually had feeling for her and he couldn't let that happen. We created this reason, this whole chain of events lead Ra's to the moment he's wanted for a long time."
"How does that help stop him?" Rick asked and Katie shook her head and stopped.
"It doesn't. Understanding the monster doesn't necessarily mean you can stop him. Right now if these really are emotions that are guiding him, then that's how we beat him. We have to wait for him to make a mistake, which he doesn't do often." she let out another sigh as she ran a hand across her tired eyes.
"When's the last time you slept?" Rick asked and the woman shook her head before walking over to stand by the window. "Or ate or I don't know, stopped and breathed."
"There isn't any time-"
"When you're carrying a child, you make time." Rick replies and Katie whips around to him. "Doctor."
"You're still annoying."
"Yeah, but you still think I'm cute." Rick replied before looking out into the hall. "I'm going to find you some food." he looked back over to her. "Just take this time to rest." with that the man turned and left her alone. Katie turned to looked back out to the night city that always seemed to still be bright. She let her hand slide across her stomach, as she dropped her head against the glass.
"I'm going to have to talk to your daddy, aren't I?" she muttered to herself.
Oliver wanted answers. He needed a next move, something to get him moving and out of his head. At the moment all he could do was wait, and because of that, his thoughts ventured to the woman who didn't even want to be in the same room as him.
"I'm going get some air." John said over to Felicity who gave the man a nod before turning back to her computer. Once the man was gone, Oliver glanced over to Felicity who was still busy away typing.
"So you and Bruce?" Oliver asked and Felicity glanced up to the man with a quirked brow.
"Is this small talk?" Felicity asked, dropping her eyes back to her monitor. "Because no amount of small can totally erase what has been some really fucked up past couple of weeks."
"I know, I just-" Oliver shook his head before walking over to stand behind the computer. "I did what I had-"
"We've had this conversation already Oliver. You did the heroic thing, and no one faults you for your choices, but us-" she looked back up to the man. "The people who've been here from the start, your family, the fact that we didn't get included in the entire plan, that's what we still hold against you."
"I'm sorry, I wanted to protect you, in case this all went bad, I didn't want you anywhere near it. I wanted you all to be able to live your lives, I didn't-"
"You didn't think you'd be back?" Felicity shook her head at the man. "You thought you'd die in some final mission to destroy Ra's."
"If he was gone, the world would be a better place."
"Yeah, and if you were gone, your child would never know who their father was." the woman said, looking back to her computer, still searching for any signs of the demon. She glanced back up to the man, his eyes on the door and she knew where he wanted to go. "You were gone and she thought she would have to do this all alone. I mean we were there, in her face telling her that she would always have us, and I think she got it, but we weren't you." the man looked back to his friend. "When this is all over, you're going to have to show her you are."
"I need to go for a walk." Oliver said already heading for the door.
"Someone may hit you for that walk!" Felicity called after the man who didn't even reply.
Oliver scanned the halls, and the surrounding offices until he spotted her pacing back and forth in Felicity's office. A smile came to his lips, because no matter how much time has passed, some things will always be the same. He took a deep breath, before walking over and walking into the office. The moment he did, the woman stopped and turned to him, taking a slight step back which he both noticed and hated at the same time.
"I'm sorry." They were the first words out of his mouth, and she simply shook her head before walking over to look out the window, instead of looking at him. "I know you hate apologies, I know you probably hate hearing my apologies since I say it so often, but I need you to know it's true." she didn't say anything, and didn't even glance in his direction.
"Is there any news about where Ra's is, or what's his next move gonna be?" Katie asked and Oliver shook his head, because if she wouldn't talk to him, he wasn't sure how to even begin trying to fix this.
"Not yet." Oliver replied and Katie wordlessly nodded. The silence filled the room, and Oliver wasn't sure what to do or what to say, so he decided to just ask. "How do I fix this?" the question caused her to finally turn to him.
"Your plan to stop this all from happening, to stop Ra's on that plane before he came to Starling, did you see yourself surviving that?" Katie asked and the man didn't immediately reply. "I keep picturing this situation in my head. It's you and Nyssa and the demon, and maybe a few more of his assassins. You try some half ass attempt to overpower him, to somehow beat him and in the end I see you dead and I think you knew that."
"I wanted it over. I didn't want to even give him a chance to come after you or find out about our-" his eyes glanced down to the stuffed banana in her hand. "I would risk everything to make sure the both of you are safe, even my life." Oliver declared honestly before taking another step forward.
"I don't know." Katie said suddenly with a slight shake of her head. "I don't know how to fix this." she met the mans eyes. "When I left you there, I thought for sure that I could fix this, that I could figure out a way to get you out of the hell that I had escaped, because that was my job, I was your Guardian." she turned away from the man, looking back out the window. "And no matter which way I looked at it, there was no way for me to get you out. It was you who had to do it, and then I saw you on that roof—" she turned back to the man. "You are a very good actor, because even I believed every word. I just knew I lost you, and with you went everything I hoped, every moment I wished for, every dream I had for our future. I saw you on that roof and I accepted that you were gone and that you took a part of me with you." she took a deep breath as emotions she didn't want to feel right now were just tearing at her insides. "I accepted that you were gone, and now I have to accept that you're not which seems to be equally hard because there's all the lying and deceit and kidnapping our friends that I have to take into account. And the thing is, we were kind of broken before all of this happened, so I don't know what you want me to say. I still need to wrap my head around a couple of things, and until I do, I think the topic of us, you and me, will probably have to wait until there's no longer a bio weapon in the hands of a crazy person. When you have news, send someone to get me, but until then I don't want to just be in a room with you." She let out another breath and she waited for him to say something, to react in someway.
Oliver stood there screaming in his head to say something. Anything. He needed her to understand why he did this, and he desperately just wanted her to forgive him. That was the one thing he knew would be too much to ask for so soon, but he just needed some kind of reassurance that when all of this was over, he would have his life back. Right now he didn't have a leg to stand on, and he couldn't blame anyone but himself.
"I don't know how to fix this, but I refuse to believe that it can't be fixed. I will find a way." with those words, the man simply nodded before turning back to the door and she realized there was just one moment she just couldn't let go.
"Oliver-" the man stopped walking and quickly turned around. "When you left, you took a lot with you, but there's one thing I want to have." she walked over to stand in front of the man and a small smile came to her lips. "Oliver, I'm pregnant." she watched a smile come to his face in that moment and how she could see all the emotions play over his face. "We're going to have a baby." Oliver opened his mouth to reply, but soon the door behind them opened and they realized they weren't alone anymore.
"I got food." came the voice of Rick Flagg. Katie turned to the man who held a variety of vending machine snacks.
"I should get back to see if anyone has found anything." Oliver said glancing over to Rick before turning back to Katie. "I'm going to fix this." he gave another no before turning and leaving the office.
"Good talk?" Rick asked and Katie turned to the man before looking down to the food in his arms. She saw a granola bar, and grabbed it before walking over and taking the seat at Felicity's desk.
Jacob sat in his office, eyes closed just processing the information that was just given to him. Ra's Al Ghul had a bio weapon he thought had been destroyed, and now he was planning to release it in Starling where his daughter and unborn grandchild were currently. He suddenly heard the door to his office open and he sighed.
"I said I wanted to be alone, what part of that don't you understand?" Jacob asked opening his eyes and looking over to Martin who looked worried. "What is it?"
"His name has popped up sir." Martin said and Jacob looked in confusion. "Damien Darhk has been sited as checking into The Essex in Starling."
"He's in Starling?!" Jacob asked angrily standing to his feet. "I thought our intel last put him halfway across the world, and now you're telling me he's in the same city as my daughter."
"The intel has not been verified, there have not been any sightings, all we have is a room purchased under his name." Martin said, and Jacob shook his head before turning away. "What do you want us do? Should we wait?" Jacob glanced over to the man and sighed.
"No, get her out of there." Jacob replied and Martin let out a deep sigh.
"And when she asks the reason?"
"Tell her that I'm saving her life. That at the moment we can't tell her anything else, but the safest route is to get her as far away from that city as possible."
"She's not going to—"
"I don't care what she wants right now. If it really is him, she's already way too close. We don't know what he knows and if he finds her then everything I've done to this point will be for nothing. Call Flagg, tell him he has a new mission and he better follow it this time or I will have his ass." Martin simply gave a nod before turning and heading out of the office. Jacob stood there for a moment, more information he just couldn't handle once again thrown at him and he just slams a fist to his desk sending papers flying about.
Bruce was sure he was probably in the most awkward situation he'd ever been in as he sat behind a monitor, glancing over to Ray who was on the other side of the lab. There was a ding from his computer and he opened the filed he'd just received.
"Alright, the download is complete and I'm going to run it against your data." Bruce said, only getting a muttered response from the man. "Did you need any help with anything?"
"I'm good." was the simply response. There was no anger in the man's voice, or animosity at all, but Bruce worked with plenty of passive aggressive people to know the tone.
"Alright, I will see if Felicity needs any help." Bruce stands to his feet, figuring he should get out of this moment while he still could. He didn't get far before he was stopped.
"If you hurt her, I will hurt you." Ray said suddenly, and a smile came to Bruce's face as he turned to the man. "I'm serious."
"I know you are, but it's not the first time I've heard it. First it was Oliver, then John pulled me to the side once and then it was Katie, and she was worse than the guys because she has this look-" Bruce shook his head before looking back to the man. "I know how rare second chances are Ray, so I will try extra hard to make sure I don't mess this up. Look I'm sorry if you-"
"Felicity is special. Like really special and this, sure it hurt, but I just want her to be happy and I've never seen her light up as much as when you're in the room. Make sure you don't need any more chances because no matter where you are, or the time of day, always remember I can fly."
"Flying isn't as cool as you think it is." Bruce said with a shake of his head as he turned for the door.
"You know it's always the people who can't fly who say things like that!"
Malcolm and Nyssa returned back to the lab, finding no sign of Ra's in Starling whatsoever. It was Felicity who came across something interesting that caught Malcolm's attention.
"Wait, go back. The top floor of the Essex is closed." Malcolm said and everyone seemed a bit confused as they turned to him.
"My father doesn't frequent hotels." Nyssa commented.
"According to internal emails, the floor was shut down for a Damien Darhk. A name like that has to be an alias." Felicity reads from the file.
"Damien Darhk is in Starling City." Oliver says turning to Nyssa who too is a bit shocked.
"My father's most bitter enemy."
"That's why Ra's hasn't released the virus. He wants to use it to kill Damien Darhk. This was never just about my ascension. Ra's wants to take out his Nemesis." Oliver states, knowing this just has to be the demon's plan.
"Looks like you weren't the only one with a hidden agenda." John says and Oliver looks over to him and sighs.
"This can work for us. Ra's wants Damien. So we give him Damien. We trade Damien for the virus."
"That is remarkably ruthless and cold-blooded." Malcolm says but nods. "I approve." they look over as the door to the lab opens and in walks Bruce.
"Do we have something?" the man asks.
"Damien Darhk is in Starling." Oliver says and Bruce turns to the man with a quirked brow before turning to Nyssa.
"Why?" Bruce asks before looking around the room for an answer. "Of all the days in the year, why is Damien Darhk in Starling, right now?"
"Doesn't matter, we grab Darhk and use him to get the virus away from Ra's." Oliver replies and Bruce shakes his head because this doesn't seem right.
"I need to make a call." Bruce said before turning and leaving the lab.
"I think I want to find out what that was about." Felicity said before rushing after the man. As she moved down the hall, she suddenly heard yelling and she moved quicker because she recognized the voice.
"No, you're going to tell me now!" Katie snapped angrily, arms folded against her chest.
Felicity rushed inside, where Rick and Bruce stood in front of the woman who didn't look happy at all.
"What's going on?" Felicity asked, walking in to the office.
"Oh, Rick here is telling me that I need to leave this minute for my safety, but I don't get a reason and he expects me to just hop, skip and jump."
"That's right!" the man snapped angrily, taking a step forward, "You have no idea what's going on out there, and I would not be standing here right now telling you the danger you're in right now if I wasn't serious." Katie shook her head before turning away from the man. "I know leaving your friends is the last thing you want to do right now, but your father-"
"Is a liar!" Katie snapped turning back to the man. She looked over to Bruce with a shake of her head. "He wants me out of Starling, so he makes up some story to manipulate the situation and move me where he wants me. I mean we don't even know why this Damien guy is in Starling and it could have nothing to do with me."
"Or it could have everything to do with you." Bruce took a step toward the woman. "I mean, Damien was an enemy of Ra's, but we're forgetting someone else who was there." Katie looked at the man for a moment before it struck her.
"You think this has to do with my mother?" Bruce nodded and Katie sighed before turning back to Rick.
"Look your father didn't give me a reason for the move, but he did tell me that this was something that needed to happen to ensure your safety. He's feels very strongly that your life is in serious danger right now and he is willing to go to any length to get you out of this building." Flagg said and Katie shook her head before walking over to stand by the window.
"He's not giving me a choice." she muttered. Her hand slid across her stomach, letting out a heavy sigh as she tries to go over this entire situation in her head. She doesn't know Damien Darhk, doesn't know why her father seems worried about him, she doesn't even know what could make him worst then Ra's Al Ghul. A couple of months ago none of it would've matter, because any problem that came her way, she faced it head on without hesitation, usually. It was because death wasn't something she was truly afraid of. Of course she didn't want to die, but with the things that have happened in her life, and the fact that she would wear a mask and try to stop bad guys, death was always inevitable versus feared. Now it just wasn't her life that she was in control of. There was this kid inside of her, needing her to do her very best to stay healthy and safe so they could make it to the world. That had to mean that Katie would have to do some things she just didn't like. With another breath she turned back to the others and gave a nod.
"When?"
"A plane will be here in ten minutes." Katie turned away once again, closing her eyes as she slides her fingers through her hair. Ten minutes was soon. Like really soon. She was going to be on a plane to who knows where, for who knows how long and she was supposed to be alright with it because it all meant her baby would be alright.
"Where is Oliver?" she asked.
"He's-" Katie turned to Felicity, who wiped a stray tear from her eye. "He's about to leave. He wants to try to trade Darhk for the virus. He figures Ra's wants to hurt him more than Starling." Katie shook her head at the thought of that going anywhere near as planned.
"It's not going to work." she said looking over to the woman. "He's scrambling to some how beat Ra's by outsmarting him, but the demon is always five steps ahead, looking back and just laughing at us." she once again turned away.
"You should probably tell him that." Felicity said really trying to to keep it together at the moment and not think about her best friend disappearing off the face of the earth. Katie turned to the woman and simply nodded before turning to Flagg.
"I will go, but I need to talk to Jacob before I step on that plane." Rick gave a firm nod before pulling out his phone and slipping out of the office.
With one final deep breath, Katie headed out of the office as well, and headed for the lab.
The moment she walked in, she noticed Oliver, Malcolm and Nyssa preparing to leave. His eyes looked up meeting her eyes, and he could see it. Something wasn't right and there was no hesitation when he walked over to her.
"I know now is not a good time, since you and-" she looked over to Nyssa and Malcolm and sighed. "Your little league team are about to try to trap a ghost." she turned back to the man and shrugged. "But this can't wait."
"Oliver." Malcolm called, and Oliver didn't even turn his eyes from the woman in front of him. "We should be going."
"What's wrong?" Oliver asked, as if no one else was even in the room.
"Damien Darhk apparently isn't just an enemy of Ra's, he may be an enemy of my mother and given my luck, he's probably in Starling because of me." she chuckled dryly attempting to not let out her true feelings. "Because when there is one mad man here to unleash a deadly virus on the city, of course there's another lurking about to try to hurt me personally." Katie dropped her head sliding a hand across her face.
"Hey." Oliver placed his hands on Katie's shoulders and she backed away from his touch and it felt like a kick to the gut. Oliver sighed because he wasn't sure how to comfort her if she wouldn't let him. "Look I need you to know that despite everything that has happened, everything I have done, nothing ranks higher in my life then keeping you and-" his eyes looked to her mid section and sighed. "You and our baby safe." he looked back up to her eyes. "I will let no harm-"
"Safe, like really safe for me and this kid means not being in Starling right now." Katie said dropping her head. "At least that's what everyone keeps saying. Especially Jacob who seems to think me as far away from this city is what's best."
"Wait, where-" Oliver shook his head because he knew he should be focusing on the demon, and this Damien guy, but the woman he loves just walked in and said that she was leaving. "Jacob, since when do you care what Jacob thinks?"
"Since I may be the sole focus of another madman." Katie replied looking back up to the man. "I can't just go out there and fight this."
"Who said you had to? I will-"
"Oliver-"
"Just give me one minute!" Oliver snapped turning a glare to Malcolm who looked equally annoyed. Oliver sighed turning back to Katie. "Look I can't imagine where your head went when I left and you found out about the baby and I promise that if I could change that I would. But I can't. All I can do is prove to you everyday how present I am with you and our baby. And part of that means, I will protect you from anything that comes at you without hesitation, you just have to trust me." Katie felt the tears in her eyes and she knew she couldn't stop them from falling.
"Yesterday-" she swallowed the lump in her throat. "Yesterday I just knew I was going to be a single mother. I accepted that. You were gone and everything we had was gone and now you want me to trust you after all of that?" Oliver looked at her for a moment, but nodded.
"Yes I do, because deep down I know you can feel it. I'm right here and I'm not going to leave you ever again. That is a promise I will never break."
"Oliver, I'm sorry and I understand this is very personal moment for the two of you, but we have to get to the Essex before Ra's does." Malcolm once again tried to get Oliver back on the mission at hand. Oliver didn't even make any acknowledgment at the man's words as he continued to look at Katie, waiting for her to say something.
"I think it's time I finally see what your promises really are Oliver. Empty. So no I'm not sure if I should trust Jacob or if I should believe anything he says, but right now I can't be the center of some madman's plot and I can't trust you to make sure that doesn't happen, so right now I have to go." she glanced over to the impatient eyes of Nyssa and Malcolm. "And you should go on this mission that I don't think will work-" she turned back to Oliver. "Look it's too easy, but I know you, you have to see it through to the end, so do it, come back and stop trying to outsmart that monster and finally end him."
"What's the point if when all of this is over, I don't have you?" Oliver asked the question that made Katie drop her head. She stood here crying in front of the man, showing more emotion than she really wanted to and he didn't see half of what his words actually did to her.
"You fight because when you live there is always hope." Katie said lifting her eyes back to the man. "So right now, you stop trying to be Oliver and you stop trying to be the Arrow and you become the man who stops fighting to die. You fight to live." the door to the lab pushed open and Katie turned to Rick who simply gave a nod, signaling that the plane was here. "I guess that's my cue-" she turned back to Oliver, drying her eyes with her hands before looking back to him. "Where ever I go I will contact you to let you know that I am alright, and safe." she looked over to John who gave her a nod. "All of you. You have no idea how much I hate leaving you here to this fight that I feel partially responsible for." she looked to Oliver and sighed. "This happens way too often, so I'm not going to pull this out any longer." she turned and headed for the door, but for the life of her she just couldn't walk out. "You know-" she turned back to the man. "You're asshole, and you're an idiot and I really do hate your hair cut, but I love you. Forever." with that she turned around, leaving the man who felt his heart breaking with every step she took away from him.
"Oliver-"
Oliver finally turned to Malcolm, before stalking over and grabbing his bow and quiver of arrows before finally turning to the man.
"Let's go."
Katie stood on the elevator between Felicity and Rick as they rode up to the roof. Felicity subtly took Katie's hand, and dropped her head to Katie's shoulder.
"You know, you getting out of Starling was the big plan, but now that it's happening, I really don't want it to." Felicity whispered. "I like it better when we're all together."
"So do I." Katie replies turning to the woman. "I am going to miss you Smoaks."
"I'm going to miss you too." Felicity replied, trying and failing to hold in her tears. "You keep that baby safe, understand."
"Absolutely." soon the doors to roof opened and there was a helicopter waiting for them. Katie turned to Felicity and brought her arms around her in a hug. She pulled from the hug, placing a hand on Felicity's cheek. "When this is over, you are going to let Bruce take you away and you are going to smile and laugh all the time. I will see you later, Smoaks."
"See you later, Twinkie." Katie laughed pulling the woman into one final hug before turning to Rick who already had a phone in his hand that he held out to her. She brought the phone to her ear, before looking over to the plane.
"Is this all some lie cooked up to get me on a plane and sent to where ever you want me?"
"Sunshine, there isn't a lot of time now, and I really never wanted this moment to happen. I thought we had a handle on this Damien Darhk situation, but it would seem we don't and now there's nothing we can do now but get you out of this city."
"Why would Damien Darhk want to hurt me?"
"It's a long story, one I promise to tell you. What I can say is that we've dedicated our lives to making sure that man doesn't get anywhere near you. It's why-" the man sighed, because doing this now, on the phone was not how he planed it. "In the event that everything went wrong and you did come in contact with the man, I wanted you ready to face him. But now, there's just too much at risk to allow that to happen. Please just get on the plane, let me help you."
Katie eyed the plane for a moment, still unsure what the right choice was, which she hated. There is only one thing she's sure of and that's keeping her baby safe and so that means she'll do whatever she has to.
"Fine, but if this is some sort of sick game, I will find you and shoot you and this time you won't be wearing a vest." she ended the call, before handing the phone back to Rick and heading over to the plane.
Katie climbed into the the helicopter, her eyes going to the two armed soldiers already inside. She took one of the free seats, strapping herself in before looking over to Rick who wasn't making any moves to get inside.
"You're not coming?!" she yelled over the loud propellers.
"I'm sorry Bird, but apparently I'm supposed to cut ties here!" the man said looking between both men. "You make sure she gets to where ever she's supposed to go without a scratch, or I promise you, I'll find both of you and make everyday of your life an endless hell." he turned back to Katie. "Don't worry, you're gonna be alright."
"No, I'm depending on my father to save me, which he didn't want, but now-" the woman shook her head before turning back to him. "This doesn't feel right!"
"It will never feel right, but you're doing this for your kid!" the man replied and Katie simply nodded. This was a decision she wasn't sure of, but she had to at least try if it meant keeping her baby safe. "Alright." the man slapped the side of the copter, before stepping back and watching it lift up into the sky and fly away.
"Do you know where she's going?!" Rick turned to see Felicity, still standing there, her eyes on the helicopter as it got further away. She dropped her eyes back to the man waiting for an answer. "You don't, do you?"
"I do know that Jacob Robins loves his daughter." Rick replied as he walked over to the woman.
"Yeah, I've heard about the kind of love Jacob has." Felicity replied with a shake of her head. She glanced back to the man. "I should get back inside to see how close the others are."
This plan needed to work. Over and over again, those words played in Oliver's head, because he believed nothing more in this moment. He needed to find Damien Darhk, trade his life for the virus so all of this could be over. So he could get his life back with the woman he loved and a baby he never even thought was possible. He could see all of his dreams coming true, but he could only get to them if he climbed out of this hell. It's why he didn't hesitate in crashing through the window of the hotel room, and aiming his arrow at the man standing in front of a mirror fixing his tie.
"Damien Darhk."
"You know, the hotel's going to bill me for that window." the man didn't seem scared, or even surprised by Oliver's sudden appearance.
"Turn around!"
"This is bold, even for Ra's."
"Ra's al Ghul wants you dead. He's planning a bioweapon to take you out."
"Well, that's a considerable amount of work to go to." the man replied finally turning to Oliver. "Ra's certainly must want Mr. Darhk off the board. We assumed he didn't even care about the girl." he noticed how surprised Oliver looked at the realization that he wasn't Damien. "Oh, you seem surprised. Mr. Darhk left Starling the moment he learned of Ra's' intention. He's a patient man, and figures he has all the time in the world to get what he wants. It's amusing the Demon's Head thinks he can catch my employer unaware." the man's phone suddenly vibrates, and Oliver's bow straightens. "It's just my phone." the man only had time to answer the call, before an arrow shot through the window, right into his chest. Oliver quickly came to the window, aiming his bow when suddenly a voice he should've know would follow.
"Hello, Al Sah-him." Oliver turned his eyes to the phone where Ra's voice came. "Apparently both our plans did not go as we'd hoped."
"I'm going to find you." Oliver stated firmly.
"It was a bold gambit, hoping to leverage Mr. Darhk, but one which had done you no good. I set in motion the death of your city 10 minutes ago. The Alpha Omega shall be disseminated by means of four vessels. Four instruments of death. And I doubt that you and your friends will have time to stop all of them. Unlike you, Oliver Queen, I'm a man of my word. And I swore that you would see your city perish. Now if you would excuse me, I must deal with another thorn in my side, that's not even supposed to be here."
The line ended and Oliver stood there confused for a couple of moments, before turning and rushing out of the door. The moment he returned to the lab, he only had questions."
"John, Malcolm and Nyssa are on their way back, what happened with Darhk?" Felicity asked first.
"He was already gone." Oliver said with a shake of his head before turning to Rick who was still there. "What are you doing here? Why aren't you with her?"
"Wasn't the plan. Jacob doesn't really like me, and I was only here because she trusted me enough to stay with her. But he's right, the less people who know her location, the better."
"Unless there are more people who know about it than we think." Oliver said rushing over to Felicity. "Is there a way to locate Katie?"
"No, I think that's kind of been the point though." Felicity replied looking at the man in confusion. "I have been keeping tabs on the air marshals, making sure nothing crazy is happening, but there hasn't been any chatter yet. And there's nothing on the news. What do you think is going on?"
"Something Ra's said, I just thought-" Oliver shook his head because he wasn't sure of anything anymore. "Look, Ra's plans to release the virus at four points across the city."
"I worked out a containment system that can safely neutralize the virus, if we can get our hands on it." Ray commented from his computer behind Felicity.
"Well, we need four of them, and a way to spread the inoculant if this gets out of control." Oliver replied and the man simply nodded.
"I scrubbed through all the information that Malcolm gave us on the Hong Kong attack five years ago. The Alpha Omega virus gave off a low level emission from its RNA, almost like radiation." Felicity informed the man simply sighed ..
"If you can hack the keyhole hexagon satellite, you can tune the quad-band to search for it... Which you've been doing for the last five minutes." Ray added, but turned away at the sudden realization.
"We need probable locations where he would release the virus as soon as you can get them." Oliver replied and Felicity nodded before looking back down to her computer. Soon the door to the lab opened, and in walked Bruce. "Have you heard anything about Katie?"
"No, I tried talking to Jacob, but he's keeping this really low key. But I'm sure once this all blows over, we'll know more. What happened with Darhk?"
"He was gone. The man I found was only a cut out."
"Did he say anything about why he was here?"
"Not really, just that when he realized Ra's was in Starling he left. But he did say that he was a patient man and how he didn't even think Ra's cared about the girl." Oliver shook his head because he didn't like not knowing what this was about. It was all just something else that could come at Katie which he didn't want to happen. "Look if Darhk isn't here then-"
"There's still a virus here." Rick said from his spot against the wall. "A very deadly virus, so I doubt Jacob's gonna be interested in bringing his kid back to this city."
"Why are you still here?" Oliver asked suddenly realizing that there was no point from the solider to still be hanging around. "If your only purpose here was to protect her, and she isn't here, then why are you still standing here?" Flagg shook his head before pushing himself from the wall.
"Because the hardest thing she's done today was leaving all of you and I thought if I stuck around, I could be some help, but if you want me to go then-"
"He's our link to ARGUS." Felicity said from her spot at her computer, still typing away. "They have a wide range of influence that can hack into the cities surveillance and track any suspicious person, I don't know, maybe walking around with a deadly virus in their pocket. Plus this city is big Oliver, we're going to need all the help we can get."
Once upon a time, Oliver's word usually meant something, but now they could see past it. Felicity was right, they were going to need all the people they could to find this virus. Right now he wanted to know where Katie was. With a shake of his head, the man turned and stalked into the lab's office.
Katie kept her eyes closed for the ride, her hands gripped around a stuffed banana unsure why it seemed to calm her. She couldn't shake the feeling that leaving her friends wasn't the best choice and trusting her father was a horrible decision. Suddenly the sound of beeping snaps her from her thoughts, and she opens her eyes to see the soldiers sitting with her looking out the window.
"What's going on?" Katie asked into the headset. The beeping only multiplied, and made her that much nervous. One of the soldiers opened a container, and pulled out backpacks, handing one to the other soldier and one to Katie. Once in her hands, Katie noticed that he'd just handed her a parachute. Katie looked over to the man with wide eyes. "What the hell is this, what's going on?"
"Someone has locked onto our GPS." the pilot informed and Katie looked over to the man before she turned to look out the window as well, and she could've sworn she saw something in the distance. She heard the pilot speaking, but she couldn't really hear as her eyes looked down to the pack in her lap. There was a long, blaring beeping sound and Katie lifted her eyes. "We have an incoming missile!" he turned his eyes to them. "We have to jump!" The back pack was pulled from Katie's lap by one of the soldiers, who grabbed her arm and pulled it around her, before strapping it on.
"Can you swim?" he asked, but Katie didn't answer. Actually this moment was so surreal that it was as if she couldn't answer. "Hey!" Katie looked up meeting his eyes. "We're going to be alright!" without another word the man turned sliding open the door, looking down to the dark waters beneath them. He heard the sound of a distant aircraft and knew they didn't have much time. "We have to jump now." he turned back to Katie. "Can you swim?" Katie just wordlessly nodded. "Good, because it's time." he unbuckled Katie from her seat and took her hand, pulling her toward the door. They both lifted their eyes, now able to see the jet in the distance and before either of them could speak they saw the missile eject from the plane and head straight for them.
Author's notes
Sorry to just leave it there, but I just had to. I love me some cliff hangers. So what did you think? We saw a very different side to our favorite Twiver couple. They're starting incorporate a baby into their decision making and for Katie that meant choosing her love for her child over another promise from Oliver. But I bet she's probably gonna regret that.
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ImsebastianstanButter : I know, I can't wait for baby Twiver to make his or her appearance. And I definitely can't wait to see our Twiver parenting. I just hope everything falls in to place for that to happen...and you know like a missile doesn't just end it before it begins.
Adela: Don't cry! I know it was kind of sad. I just want all the craziness over so I can write fluffy Twiver again, but I just can't see that happening until at least the demon is finally caught. Yes, that mini Justice League joke was everything. Maybe and I mean maybe I could fit in a league plot line. Don't quote me on that!
Guest: Why thank you! You have no idea how much that means to me. I started writing this story completely nervous about doing something different with an already awesome show. I'm glad you and everyone here seems to like it.
Taffdog19943: So whatcha think? Lots of things happened in this chapter. We finally found out the center of Jacob's madness for trying to turn his daughter in to a soldier. Damien Darhk will have a big part to play in that story line and I will reveal just why in the next chapter.
rockyroyal,dr :Ethan and Katie are one of my favorite pairs to write, because they are so fun together. Ethan is great, I like how much he knows Katie, and how close he's gotten in the time since they met. But no one is perfect...we're gonna see a side of Ethan nobody expected in the next chapter. Ah, the wedding. I debated over and over again with that scene and I finally decided make Katie present for it, put her right in the front where she had to witness it all. And I know that sounds mean, but I wanted Ra's to see the plan he thought would break her just blow up in his face. I needed to to stand right there without an ounce of emotions showing even though it was killing her on the inside. That was the strongest moment I think I could've written for her. The moment the man she loves marries someone else right in front of her, and she doesn't even bat an eye. I liked the Nyssa/Katie allies thing too, but I think some things are gonna be hard to get over, including her cousin marrying the man she loves and father of her child. Ra's has a weakness, and Katie knows it and we're gonna see that again next chapter. Sometimes to beat the monster you have to get in their head. So how did you like your flash moment? I know it was brief, but we're gonna see Barry again. I don't want to give too much away, but Barry has found out something very surprising and he's not sure who to tell.
Guest :Yes I just had to pay homage. I'm so excited about the impending movie. I mean I had The Flash and The Batman. I had to have Barry just throw out the idea.
Once again thank you very much for sticking this out with me! Next chapter is the last for this story and I can't believe it's coming to an end. As always I would like to give special shout outs to everyone who has added this story to your fav and follow alerts, it was a great decision because I promise you won't expect how this story ends. And I can't end any chapter without giving all the virtual hugs and cookies to my wonderful reviewers. I always like reading your thoughts, so please keep them coming!
And now for your sneak peek...
"Maybe it's not her plane?"
"It is." Rick said turning and stalking from the lab. He heard footsteps behind him and turned to see Oliver. "Can I help you?"
"Where are you going?"
"I'm sure Jacob has a team already in place to search that ocean for her, when he finds something, I want to be there." Rick turned once again, but stopped and sighed. "Look if they find something, I'll let you know." with that the man turned walking onto the elevator and Oliver just stood there, his hand still wrapped around that tablet. He once again dropped his eyes to picture and suddenly forgot how to breathe. He stumbled back against the wall, suddenly struck with image after image of Katie sitting on that helicopter when that missile struck. The thought of her being gone, just seemed so unfathomable.