AN- My predictions based on the storyline in place, the spoilers for the finale, and my Olicity beating heart. No beta reader yet so all mistakes are mine, thought the characters sadly are not.
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Felicity's mouth dropped as she saw the determination in Oliver's face, the desperate plea in his eyes for the cure to work as his jaw was set tight, unsure if he was making the right choice. She could see the inner struggle, but she also heard what Waller had said. In the split second after he plunged the blue liquid into Roy's chest her mouth opened and the words flew out without her knowledge. She lovingly put a hand on his shoulder and told him with conviction she didn't know she still had, "There was no choice to make."
He turned to her, hand reaching up to cup her cheek, but before she knew it he had thrown her behind him, one arm wrapped around her holding her close to his body like a backwards hug. The rest of his body readily set into a defensive stance, ready to attack if needed. She peaked past his shoulder to see what threat had set him off- Roy was sitting straight up, fully alert, glaring at Oliver. When he spoke she couldn't help but let out a laugh.
"What the hell Oliver- that hurt! If Slade wasn't a psycho and you weren't my girlfriend's brother I'd probably punch you in the face. Oh shit! Thea! I let her see me with that stupid skank, she's never going to talk to me again. And I had this crazy dream that she was telling me I should just kill her and put us both out of our memories- I, I, oh no! In my dream I choked her, and I hit Sin and I kicked your ass too. Oh shit- I hurt you in my dream too Felicity- wait, Felicity what the hell happened to your head, did I do that? Was my dream not a dream? Why the hell are you laughing?"
Oliver just glanced back, wondering the same thing as Felicity caught her breath- "I'm laughing because your alive, you aren't a crazy psychopath- sorry by the way, that wasn't a dream and no, you didn't do this to me, Slade and Isabitch did this with their flunkies. Thea is okay, physically anyway" she winced at the thought and sent an apologetic look towards Oliver, "and most of all I am laughing because apparently you have no brain to mouth filter anymore either, and apparently when we get down to the wire my reaction to stress is laughing, answer your questions?"
Just as Roy was about to speak Felicity's phone rang again, as did Digg's. They both excused themselves to answer while Oliver reluctantly released his hold on Felicity and walked closer to Roy. He began to explain that there were 20 Mirikuru soldiers now, including Isabel Rochev, and that he had been unconscious for over a week. They had a cure and the only way to test it was on him. As he finished up he grabbed an arrow and looked at Roy with apologies spewing from his glistening blue eyes, "I have to test that it really worked, that we can stop these guys," Roy just held out his left arm, still trying to wrap his head around everything he had heard in the last few minutes- as Oliver sliced a small, shallow cut over his forearm the searing pain was a relief. Instead of anger he felt pain and remorse, as the blood dripped down his arm, not showing any sign of his quick healing all he could think about was "Thea."
The word barely passed his lips as an escaped breath. He locked eyes with Oliver and continued, "Thea, Felicity said she was okay physically, what happened, is she really okay? Did I hurt her, where is she? Will she ever forgive me?"
Oliver grabbed a towel to press against his cut to stop the bleeding, "your healing isn't still super human, what about the strength, can you still lift..." He paused to look around to see what he could use as a test but it was a long enough pause for Roy to take action. He easily picked up Oliver by the shirt, one handed, and as he put him back down he pulled him close,"Yeah, the strength is still there- and I have control over the anger, but I will still punch you if you don't tell me about Thea." To his surprise, the growled words did not make Oliver angry, but rather he looked broken.
Oliver stepped away, not being able to look Roy in the face. "8 days ago you were in a rage, you were choking the life out of Thea and I shot you with 3 arrows to knock you out. That night," the emotion was think in his voice making it hard to continue and completely throwing Roy through a loop as he was not used to this softer side of Oliver. "That night she tried to call me out on knowing a head of time that you were dangerous, but before I knew it Slade had captured the 3 of us, me Thea and my mom, and said I had to choose who would die. I threw myself at his Mercy, but my mother was strong and brave, she protected us both and stood up to Slade. He stabbed her through the heart right in front of us. Thea thinks you went nuts, had to watch our mother die knowing it was my fault since she now knows Slade was on the island, and Isabel bankrupted us including taking Verdant from Thea. The only good news is that all hell is breaking loose in this city and she got the hell out of here this morning!"
Roy, Diggle, and Felicity were now staring at Oliver, no one knowing quite what to say as Oliver's phone rang, he looked down and couldn't seem to help but allow a broken smile to grace the corners of his mouth for just a moment- "Its Thea."
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AN- This will hopefully be done before the final episode airs- it will be multiple chapters but I don't know how many- I'm looking to resolve all charter story lines by the end of the battle.
please review- what issues do you want to see resolved and would you like to read more?