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Twenty-five minutes had passed and Felicity had still not found any sign of Sara. "Your time is almost up Felicity. If you want lover boy to live, you better find me Sara Lance in the next five minutes," Meryln instructed becoming impatient.

"Look I need just a few extra minutes. These world wide searches can take time and if you rush them you'll miss your chance to find her," Felicity said her voice shaking. Meryln was about to respond when a loud thump came from another room. He looked at Felicity and then back towards the direction of the noise.

Sighing he said, "Wait here and don't try anything funny. I'll be back in a minute," He said picking his bow off the ground and heading out the door. After a minute she heard shouting and loud thumps. After about five minutes Roy appeared in the doorway.

"Felicity! Thank God you are safe! We were so worried about you," Roy said running over to her and giving her a big hug.

"What happened out there?" Felicity asked.

"We tracked your GPS, by the way smart move, and we snuck in here. We cut Oliver loose and all three of us ambushed him. Sadly, he took advantage of Oliver's weaker state and escaped. What in the world did he do to Oliver anyway? He looks pretty bad. He almost passed out after the fight," Roy said helping Felicity to her feet. Felicity quickly deleted any information and trace of Sara.

"Barbed arrows, let's go he needs stitches," Felicity said finishing up at the computer. Roy led her back into the room she had woken up in to find Oliver and Diggle. Diggle was holding Oliver up by his shoulders. "We need to get him to a doctor," Felicity said helping Diggle with the weight.

"No, no doctors,"Oliver mumbled shaking his head. "You can stitch me up," he said looking up to Felicity.

"Oliver you've lost a lot of blood," Felicity argued.

"I'll be fine," he said making it clear he wasn't going.

"So stubborn," Felicity mumbled as they helped him out the door.

About fifteen minutes later they arrived in the Foundry with an unconscious Oliver. Diggle and Roy lifted him up on a table and Felicity quickly found the medical supplies they keep handy in case one of them gets hurt. Felicity began disinfecting his wounds. She cleaned off all the blood surrounding the wound and wiped the wound off with alcohol wipes. Oliver groaned in pain in his sleep. One by one she began stiching his wounds. After she finished, she gently wrapped each one in gauze.

"Alright, I think he should be okay," she said giving him one last examination.

"Do you need some ice for your face?" Diggle asked staring at her. Felicity had forgotten that Meryln had slapped her and reached up to gently touch her face. Pain throbbed where her fingertips met her face.

"Yeah if you wouldn't mind," she answered truthfully. Diggle set off to go and get the bag of ice leaving Roy to watch over The Foundry. Diggle returned a few minutes later with a bag of ice, a glass of water, and some pain killers. "Thanks Diggle," she said taking the items from his hands.

"No problem, so what did Malcolm want with you guys anyways?" Diggle asked. Felicity explained the whole Sara situation to both Diggle and Roy. "Wow, I still can't believe he was alive all this time."

"Yeah, I wonder where he has been," Felicity said looking over at the still unconscious Oliver.

"He'll be fine Felicity," Diggle promised. She smiled and then let out a yawn.

"Thanks Digg," Felicity said smiling.

"Why don't you go get some rest and we will wake you if he wakes up?" Diggle suggested noticing how tired she was.

"No, I'm not tired," Felicity lied as another yawn escaped her lips.

"Felicity, he's not going anywhere and who knows how long it will be before he wakes up. Go get some sleep. You can use the bed you bought him. I'm sure he wouldn't care," Diggle urged.

She sighed and finally agreed with him. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was out like a light. Nightmares of Meryln killing Oliver filled her dreams. Meryln had his hands around her throat and was choking the life out of her. Her pleas and cries for him to stop went unnoticed. He kept shaking her and saying her name until his voice began to sound like Diggle's. Suddenly Felicity woke up. She saw Roy and Diggle both looking down at her with concern evident on both their faces. Diggle had been trying to shake her awake.

"Felicity are you all right? You kept tossing and turning in your sleep?" Diggle asked concerned.

"Yeah I'm fine, just a stupid nightmare thats all," she said brushing it off. "How long was I out?"

"About five hours, Oliver hasn't," Diggle began saying before he was interrupted by a voice in the background.

"Felicity?" Oliver's gruff voice mumbled. Felicity shot off the bed and rushed over to the table Oliver was laying on. Diggle and Roy followed.

"Oliver," Felicity whispered.

Oliver sat up painfully and looked up at Felicity's face. "Your face," he said concerned reaching over to cup the side of her face.

"Is nothing compared to what you went through," she defended. He shook his head leaving his hand around her face.

"You should have never been involved," he said unconcerned for his own self.

"Well it's a good thing he got me or else we would have never found you," Felicity countered. Oliver sighed and shook his head.

"I think Roy and I will give you two some time to talk," Diggle said noticing the tension between the two. "Glad your awake Oliver." Roy smiled and followed Diggle out the door leaving the two of them with an awkward silence.

"Did you have a nightmare?" Oliver asked meeting her gaze.

"You heard that? It was nothing Oliver trust me," she said not wanting to worry him.

"Was it about him?" Oliver continued.

Felicity sighed, "Maybe." Oliver clenched a fist and sighed breaking her gaze.

Felicity put her hand on his fist and said, "Oliver look at me." He reluctantly looked up at her. "I'm fine. Now let's change the topic. Obviously Digg and Roy gave us some time to work out other things too. Digg told me you were coming to talk to me the night you got kidnapped?"

"Yeah, but..." Oliver started trying to find the right words.

"You know the second I walked away from you I regretted it right? I almost ran back to you. But I knew that you would just try to push me away for my own safety. But you know what Oliver, being around you is the safest place I have ever been in my life. I don't give a damn about Meryln or Vertigo because I know that I have you to protect me from them. I don't want to be with someone else Oliver; I want to be with you. I love you," Felicity said wondering how she mustered the courage to say what she felt.

For a second, there was complete silence, then Oliver closed the distance between them. Oliver's lips met hers with a fiery passion. She could feel the longing he felt for her and all the love he had kept hidden to keep her safe pour out through his lips. His hand reached up to gently cup her face and he gently drew his head back, his lips just centimeters from hers. "I love you too," He whispered pulling her back in for a soft kiss.

Just then a door opened and Felicity and Oliver broke apart. Roy ran inside. "Whoa hey guys. Um sorry if I'm interrupting, but there is something outside that you need to see. "