Chapter 8 for you
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Felicity was sitting at her desk in the QC office. It was quiet, since Oliver was in a meeting with Isabel and important business partners. The IT girl had a smile on her face. Oliver had been incredible. He hadn't left her alone and it had been even better than the evening before the whole Sara disaster. But there was a difference; now she and Oliver were together. Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak. And one day maybe even Felicity Queen. The thought made her smile again. Mmhhh… what would their babies look like? Felicity opened her web browser and searched for a baby generator. Suddenly the screen turned black.
"Damn, what's wrong now?" she cursed, hitting the enter key. The screen came to life again, startling her. It showed a photo of her and her father.
"That can't be…" Felicity's fingers flew across the keyboard. William Tockman had hacked into the QC system, he was that brilliant. She tried to block him. Luckily he had only managed to hack into her computer, not the whole network. A countdown appeared superimposed over the picture of her and her father.
10…..Felicity tried to locate him
9…..she tried to lock him out
8…..7…..6…..5…..4…..
3…..another message appeared on the screen. Let's see if you're better than your old dad
2…..time's running out
1…..BOOOM!
Felicity cried out when her computer exploded. She raised her arms protectively in front of her face, but to no avail.
Oliver heard the explosion and came running out of the conference room. Smoke and the smell of burnt plastic rose into his nose as he made his way over to Felicity's desk. Normally it took only a few steps, but the smoke and the feeling of panic that blossomed in his chest, it felt more like miles.
Felicity was crouched behind her desk, pressing her trembling body as tightly as possible against the wall. Oliver's heart almost stopped at the sight of her and the small cuts on her face. As soon as he reached her, he grabbed her hand to pull her up. Felicity cried out in pain and Oliver quickly let go again, picking her up in his arms without a word. He had to get her to safety as quickly as possible.
As he carried her out of the office, firemen and security had already arrived and were evacuating the conference room. Oliver carried Felicity into the stairwell. Despite her protests that she was okay, he didn't put her down until they had reached the ground floor lobby.
"Felicity, what happened?" Oliver asked gently.
"He hacked into my computer and then…." Felicity stopped for a second. "Then everything exploded."
Oliver took a closer look at her. "We need a paramedic.
"Show me your arm" he said, still in that soft, gentle tone.
Felicity carefully raised her right hand and held it out to him, grimacing in pain. She had tried to protect her face from the worst of the blast and it showed.
"Damn," Oliver cursed. Felicity's hand and wrist were covered in burns and full of splinters. It would take months before she would be able to type – or do pretty much anything else – again without pain.
The paramedics hurried over to them. Oliver reluctantly moved aside. His pulse was still racing and he had no idea what had happened and why Felicity's computer had gone up in flames. His only thought had been to get her safely out of the office.
"Oliver!" the CEO heard a voice call out behind him. He turned around and saw Diggle hurrying towards him. "What happened? The head of QC security called me that a bomb had exploded?"
Oliver spoke to Diggle but his eyes immediately went back to Felicity when a small whimper came over her lips. "Tockman apparently hacked into our system, but I have no idea about the explosion. I was in a meeting, there was a loud bang, I ran out and saw our office filled with smoke."
Diggle's eyes went over to Felicity. The paramedics were crowded around her, her eyes were glassy, but she tried to put on a brave front.
"How is she?" the bodyguard asked.
"Mostly okay, I think, but she has burns on her hand and wrist."
"No, please, that's not necessary. Oliver!" Felicity called out Oliver immediately went over to her and the doctor addressed him. "Mr. Queen, please talk to your employee. We need to take her to the hospital, we have no way to get the splinters out and treat the burns here."
Oliver looked at his girlfriend. He knew about her fear of hospitals. Kneeling in front of her, he tried to convince her. "Felicity, the doctor is right, they need to properly treat your hand and they can't do that right here."
Felicity looked at him with big eyes, shy and frightened. It reminded him of the picture with her and her father. "Can you come with me?"
Oliver grinned at her and caressed the uninjured side of her face. "Of course. I'm not going to leave you alone." He looked at the doctor. "Can I go in the ambulance with Ms. Smoak?"
"Of course, Mr. Queen, that's no problem."
Oliver nodded his thanks and went over to Diggle. "John, could you take care of things here and find out what caused the explosion? Felicity isn't quite up to answering those questions right now."
"I will, Oliver. I'll let you know when I find anything."
"Thanks."
Diggle walked over to Felicity. He looked at her hand and was shocked at the severity of the injuries. At least second if not third degree burns. He placed a gentle kiss on her forehead and whispered something in her ear. A smile appeared on her lips and she pressed Diggle's hand with her good one.
Oliver watched the whole scene and realized just how close they had become in the last two years. They had been through so much together – life and death, grief and pain, but also victories. These two people were more than just his friends, they had become his family. Diggle was like a brother and Felicity was the woman he loved.
"Mr. Queen, we're ready." The voice of the doctor jolted Oliver out of his thoughts.