Adam sipped his coffee and eyed his newspaper as he sat in his car outside a park. Whenever he was upset or angry, parks seemed to calm him and make him think clearly. The pleasant laughing of children made him think of his daughter – how he missed her and he was so close to helping her; before The Arrow got in the way.
Adam would have to take care of The Arrow eventually but family always came first. Sipping his coffee again and patting the black briefcase on the passenger seat next to him, Adam thought just how he would come into contact with his wife.

If his daughter was being stubborn then maybe his wife would be more willing to help herself and not cry that nothing was wrong with her when there clearly was! Adam was angry with Felicity for being like this, once he had dealt with his wife he would come back for her, show her that what he was doing was right for them and they could be a family again!

Adam took out his phone and dialled the number for his assistant Preston, he needed help and his most trusted friend would always come through for him.

Felicity rubbed her eyes tiredly, sleep hadn't come to her last night but she managed to go in and out of a doze. It wasn't enough and she felt horrible. Adam Ryde, her own father, was going after her mother and going to try to drug her with the same stuff he drugged his daughter with. Felicity felt a shiver surge through her at the thought of what she had been through, she rubbed her wrists where the restraints had been; she could still feel them.

Felicity got out of bed and went to the kitchen finding Sara and Oliver there drinking coffee. Sara greeted her softly and offered her a cup, Felicity took it wordlessly and drank, hoping that the coffee would revive her somewhat.

"Did you sleep?" Oliver asked Felicity

"How can I sleep now when my mother is in danger?" Felicity shot back a little more aggressively than she meant

"We'll protect her. No one is going to touch your mother Felicity" Sara promised

Felicity nodded her thanks and visibly flinched when a knock at the front door rang loudly through to the kitchen, Felicity made to go get it but Oliver held her arm and went to get it himself. Words were exchanged and Oliver came back to them with Preston in tow looking nervous and unsettled.
Felicity greeted him with a smile and a friendly hello, Preston returned her smile with his own but quickly looked down at his shoes after catching Oliver giving him a 'seriously?' look

"What're you doing here?" Oliver asked feeling uncomfortable at how easily Felicity accepted him maybe it's Stockholm syndrome? He thought offhandedly

"I just came back to see if you guys had any luck finding Adam Ryde yet or figured out what he's going to do" Preston shrugged "He is somewhere in Starling and he hasn't used any bank cards or used his ID Card in any of the hospitals or free clinics, so we know he hasn't found a new victim. Adam still wants Felicity or he'll go after her mother" Preston gave Felicity a sorry look and thought about putting a comforting hand on her shoulder but one look at Oliver told him that wasn't a good idea. Felicity turned on her heel and went to her laptop and immediately started a search for her father.

"As long as he's still in my city, Felicity isn't safe. We stick to the original plan and someone stays with her at all times until we have this sorted" Oliver put forward confidently "do you know where he was last seen?" he asked Preston

"Jackson Hotel" Preston answered straight away "but he might be gone now, I'm not sure"

"I'll put Roy on to it and have him monitor that Hotel" Sara pulled out her phone and called Roy, then called Diggle and asked him to come meet them at Felicity's

Felicity's voice called them all to her living room where she sat with her laptop being away with alerts on other criminals, they weren't her concern this time. Felicity had tracked her father's bank accounts and a sum of money was taken out to buy a plane ticket "he's getting on a plane and headed to my home town. The plane leaves in an hour" Felicity looked at Oliver with alarm in her eyes "we have to find him before he gets on that plane!"

"We will Felicity" Oliver promised "what's his location now?"

Before Felicity could respond, Preston's phone began to ring, his blood ran cold when he found it was Adam Ryde calling him "Sir?"

Preston! Adam's voice could be heard clearly I have decided to go after another candidate and it should be a lot more promising

Preston gave the other a confused look that said 'I don't know!' before answering "that's great Sir, I'm sorry that Felicity didn't work out"

Oh, I haven't given up on my daughter and I don't expect you too either. I want you to find her and bring her back to me. We'll cure them at the same time!

Felicity grabbed the phone without a second thought and spoke pleadingly into the phone "Please don't hurt my mum! We could come to an arrangement of some sort!"

"Felicity!" Oliver took hold of her arm and spoke in a harsh whisper "what are you doing?"

Felicity ignored him and continued to speak "I'll leave Starling with you, we can go wherever you want and you can test on me however many times it takes to get this right, just please leave mum alone!"

You're with Preston now?

"Yes, he can take me to you and we can all leave together"

What about your Arrow friend? I don't want Oliver Queen interrupting my work again!

"He won't come! It'll be just you, Preston and I and we can all leave together, tonight even!" Felicity was beyond the point of trying to hold back her hysteria "I promise I'll go with you!"

My plane leaves in an hour. I'm in a Café right now, meet me on the roof of the Jackson Hotel with Preston

"I will Father" Felicity did her best to ignore Oliver's death glare "we'll see you soon"

Oliver grabbed the phone as soon as Felicity hung up and felt like smashing it to the ground, he was furious that Felicity would do something like this and he would not lose her to Adam Ryde again! He vented his frustrations to her, the Team and to Preston for not stopping her from talking to Adam

"Oliver, don't take this out on Preston, this was my plan!" Felicity pulled Preston away from Oliver

"Offering yourself to Adam again, subjecting yourself to possibly a whole life time of being experimented on and you–"

"Preston and I came up with this: we offer me up to Adam and take the cure"

Oliver waited for Felicity to continue with her plan but when she wouldn't he nearly yelled at her again "that's it? That's your plan? Just take the cure away from Adam and then what? He'll just let you go? He isn't going to let you leave quietly!"

"I didn't say it was well thought out!" Felicity shot back "maybe you could offer some suggestions?!"

"I just…Felicity I can't…" Oliver ran a hand through his hair "I can't be here, I need some air" he took a deep breath and stormed out of Felicity's house, Digg went after him, being the only one who might be able to talk to Oliver when he was this angry.

Felicity could feel her heart breaking slightly, she hated seeing Oliver so angry and knowing that it was her fault made everything ten times worse. Sara and Roy started to get talk about adding to Felicity's clearly unfinished plan until they came to something where they could all be involved and that would minimise the chances of either Felicity or Preston getting hurt.

"Oliver!" John ran after Oliver who was half way down the street "wait up!"

"Not now Dig! Don't even talk to me right now!" I will not lose her again! I can't let her go through with this!

"Just come back to the house and we can talk about this" Digg offered "we can add on to Felicity's plan so no one will get hurt"

"I can't let Felicity go through with this! I can't use her as bait again! I WON'T!" Oliver roared and didn't care who heard him at this point "how can you be Okay with this?!"

"I'm not okay with it but we need to go back and talk it out and come up with a better plan than what Felicity has" John knew that Oliver agree with him on that and was happy with Oliver nodded and slowly walked back to Felicity's, deliberately dragging his feet on the ground not wanting to hear anything any of them said.

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Once Oliver was filled in by Sara and Roy on the new plan, Oliver looked at his watch "we only have half an hour until we have to meet Adam" he sighed and went to Felicity's room, she needed to know that he was going along with this; albeit reluctantly.

Oliver knocked on her bedroom door, Felicity answered it quietly and stepped aside to let him in "Uh oh" she shut the door behind him "you got angry face again"

"Yes" Oliver looked down at his shoes before sitting down on the edge of her bed "I do. Felicity, don't you trust me?"

"Oliver…what?" his question caught her off guard "Yes I trust you"

"Then why didn't you tell me that you were offering yourself up to Adam and going behind my back again? Because you're certainly giving me reasons not to trust you recently"

"Oliver I…I only did this to keep you safe! I thought that if I sorted this out myself then you wouldn't have to get hurt"

"We're partners, we're in this together! And I can't just stand by and let you do this"

Felicity stepped forward, knelt down in front of him and took his hand in hers "Sara and Roy have come up with…the other half of the plan, we have it all sorted out. We are a team and we'll work this out; nothing is going to happen to me" her voice was soft and he knew she was trying her best to convince him

"What if it does and you get hurt?"

"I'll be with Preston and Sara, Roy, Diggle and you will be on the side out of sight in case something happens"

"Felicity, I still don't feel that this is the right–" Oliver tried to get his feelings out but Felicity quickly cut him off

"You think I agreed with ever single plan of yours when we first started this whole thing? No! But I trusted you to figure out and do the right thing, sure I hated you coming home bruised and battered but I stitched you up and we tried again the next day!" Felicity nearly didn't feel Oliver's hand leave her own and cup her cheek as she continued talking "I am with you until the city is safe and all of this is over" unconsciously, Felicity shuffled closer to Oliver and her voice became thick with an intensity that scared her "and I would like to think that I can expect the same of you!"

If Felicity was going to continue, the rest of her sentence was blanked completely from her mind as Oliver closed the air between them and seized her lips hungrily with his own. If Oliver wasn't going to be able to tell her his feelings he was damn well going to show them instead.
Oliver pulled Felicity closer to him and deepened the already passionate kiss, the hand that cupped her cheek wound its way into her hair as he slowly broke away "I trust you Felicity. I will go along with this but know that if I catch the slightest hint that something is wrong I will not hesitate to do whatever I must to get you out of there"

Felicity knew that he meant he would kill for her, like he did with The Count, but now that this was her father they were dealing with…it all became much deeper. Felicity kissed him softly again before standing up "Come on, let's get this over with" so we can finish what we started her eyes flashed with an intense need but she pushed it down and went out to meet the rest of Team Arrow and begin the, hopefully quick, meeting with Adam Ryde.

A/N: I'm sorry that this took too long. My friends troubles are sorted but mine are not over and I'm not sure how long they will last. Writing is helping me escape and I am so happy to read all of your comments and reviews. Keep them coming!

A/N2: Some of you were wondering why I haven't yet included Felicity's mother. I

did include her into this story in an early draft but as time went on and the chapters took on a mind of their own I felt that it was too late and too cliché to bring her in. I feel that this story only has two more chapters in it until it's finished.

Don't worry I have plenty more ideas for Arrow fanfictions. Maybe a Roy/Felicity thing? Or another Olicity story…involving horses?!

Read and Review! Let me know what you think!