Title Of Story: Second Chances
Chapter Number: 11
Chapter Name: Welcome Home

Oliver
When I arrived in Sterling City the first place I went to was The Foundry to check in on Roy and thankfully he was doing ok. He had been shot and he had a cracked rib, Diggle had to get the bullet out as it had lodged itself in his rib cage. The bullet had been taken out and Diggle had stitched up Roy and had been treating him, Diggle had also been looking in to the target and had a location for him. As Diggle didn't want to leave Roy down here unattended in case something happened because of his injury it was down to me to go and get the target.

Once I was changed into my Arrow outfit and had loaded up I left The Foundry with a secure Bluetooth line to Diggle so he can keep an eye on things. It didn't take me long to get to the location of the target, David Winifred, he was a crook who had conned the elderly into giving them his money. He had stolen thousands upon thousands off the elderly and most of them couldn't afford to heat up their homes or pay bills. After doing that to the elderly and what he did to Roy I was really going to make sure that he paid for what he did.

When I got to the location I parked my bike a little way away so that David and his henchmen couldn't hear me and then I sneaked up on the building. I got up to the roof of the building next to David's and scoped out the area, there was 2 men out front and one out the back. I grabbed a bolt and put it into the arrow, I took my aim at the one guy at the back and took a shoot. He dropped to the floor and he hadn't raised an alarm with anyone yet which meant I had time to shoot down the two out the front. I took my two shots and they both also dropped to the floor without raising an alarm.

I jumped from the roof I was on to the roof of David's building then used the stairs to go through the building "Ok Dig I'm in, what floor is he on?" I asked Dig through the comm system.

"Fourth" He replied.

Neither of us spoke as I made my way down to the stairs towards the fourth floor and once there I could hear David talking on his phone. That made it easier for me to find out what office he was in but there was three men outside guarding and I'm pretty sure there will be at least 1 man inside the office with David, I wouldn't be able to shoot down these guys without the alarm being raised. I made sure I was hidden behind a wall to block any shots coming my way in retaliation, I took three shots and hit all three targets but the last one was still conscious "Code Red!" He shouted.

"Alarm's been raised" I said to Diggle.

"Well you better get in there quick before he leaves and you lose him again… the sooner you get this done Oliver the sooner you can get back to Felicity and Madelyn" Diggle told me to motivate me into getting the guy.

I kicked the door open and aimed my bow inside, David was sitting at his desk with two heavies standing either side of his desk aiming their guns at me. David sat there just smirking at me obviously thinking that I can't hurt him but little did he know I had a very good aim and I was a lot faster to then his two heavies. I took my aim and shot down one of his heavies and before the other one had a chance to react I shot down the other guy. I loaded my bow for the third time and aimed it at David. He became worried "David Winifred you have failed this city" I stated.

"C'mon I was doing anyone any harm… it's just some money" He told me.

"People are freezing to death because they can't afford to pay their bills after you took their money. You are going to give back the money you took to everyone into account 2942935 now. If you don't I am going to shot you" I said to him and took a few steps closer to him.

"I don't have the money… it's invested" He said.

"That's a shame for you" I replied and took my shot.

Felicity
I finally arrived in Starling City. I knew the best place to find Oliver would be at the Foundry but I didn't want to bring Madelyn down there, I want to keep her away from all of this stuff. I needed to find someone who I could trust to watch her and I had the perfect person in mind, it's someone who knows she exists and someone who is also a mother and I know will make sure Madelyn is looked after for a couple of hours. I carried on driving to the apartment complex and once I parked I grabbed Madelyn and some of her things before going up to the apartment.

I knocked on the door and took a deep breath, I heard walking and then the door opened. Lyla stood there looking at me with a mix of shock, surprise, relief and happiness on her face "Thank God you're ok" She said to me and she hugged me, I hugged her back and after a few moments we pulled away from the hug and she looked down at Madelyn "And who is this gorgeous little girl?" She asked.

"This is Madelyn" I answered.

"Oliver?" She questioned me and I nodded "Do you wanna come in?" She asked.

"Thanks" I said as me and Madelyn walked into the apartment.

The three of us walked through to the living room where a much older Sara was sitting on the sofa watching some cartoon. Lyla introduced the two girls and Sara asked Madelyn if she wanted to watch cartoons with her, Madelyn looked up at me unsure but I nodded at her and Madelyn walked over to the sofa and got on it. Me and Lyla walked into the kitchen so that we could talk "Oliver has been going crazy looking for you two… I'm glad you're back" She said.

"Thanks.. I erm… I don't want to intrude but I need to ask you a favour if I could" I asked her.

"Of course" She replied.

"Would you be able to watch Madelyn for me for a couple of hours. I'm going to go to the Foundry and see Oliver… he came and saw me in Vegas but he doesn't know that I'm here now" I told her "I want him to know that me and Madelyn are back and we're back for good" I said to her.

"That's no problem… I'll keep an eye on her" She said "Has she had anything to eat yet?" She asked.

"Thank you, no she hasn't" I replied.

"I'll make her something, does she eat pasta?" She asked.

"Yes" I answered "I know I have no right just showing up here after being away for so long and ask for favours but there wasn't anyone I could trust" I explained to Lyla.

"Honestly Felicity it's fine… Now go and get your man, she'll be fine here I promise" She told me.

Once I explained to Madelyn I needed to go and get her daddy for her she was more then willing to stay with Lyla and Sara. She seems to have taken to Sara already and the two of them seemed to be getting along just fine, I told Madelyn I loved her and placed a kiss on the top of her head and thanked Lyla once again before leaving. It was strange being back in Starling City after being away for so long but it's even stranger that it feels like I was never even gone.

I got to the Foundry and noted that Oliver hadn't changed the code to get down there, I will have to tell him off for that, I walked down the stairs. I was making a lot of noise in my heels but I wasn't expecting Diggle to be facing me with a gun pointed at me. When he saw it was me he lowered the gun "What are you doing here?" He asked in disbelief.

"I'm here to not let Oliver damn Queen slip throw my fingers again" I replied with a smile on my face.

Diggle walked over to me and the two of us hugged, it felt nice to see Diggle again and get one of his big brother protective hugs… I've missed them "I have missed you… it's a good thing you're back because those computers of yours were about to become friendly with my gun" He told me.

"I missed you too" I replied.

"So… where is she?" He asked and I knew he was talking about Madelyn.

"She's with Lyla" I answered "I made a promise to myself that if I came back here then I wouldn't let Madelyn get involved with the Arrow stuff. She's going to be kept away and she's not going to know of the bad people that run around here" I told him.

"At least the both of you are ok… I can't wait to meet her" He said.

"She's amazing" I replied "I heard what happened to Roy… is he ok?" I asked.

"I've stitched him up and done what I can, he's in the back out of the way so he can rest properly but I don't think he'll mind if I wake him up for you" He told me.

"No. Let him rest" I said.

"You know when Oliver was driving back here I was on the Bluetooth to him and all he could talk about was you and Madelyn. He knows he messed up and he knows it's going to take a lot for things to be ok again but I'm glad the two of you are trying. He loves the both of you a lot and I know he'll make sure you're both taken care of" Diggle explained to me and I couldn't stop the tears that welled up in my eyes then fell down my cheeks.

"There was never anyone after Oliver. I think part of me was waiting for him to show up again" I told him.

There was a loud bang and I recognised the bang as the door opening and closing meaning that Oliver was back. He walked down the stairs in silence but stopped when he saw me standing there in the Foundry "I'll give you two a minute" Diggle said and I assume he went to check on Roy.

"What are you doing here?" Oliver asked in shock.

"I'm coming home so we can be a family" I replied.

"You're coming back?" He questioned.

"Well actually I have moved back already. Ray is letting me and Madelyn use the company apartment and he has given me my old job back at Queen Consolidated" I explained to him.

"Where's Madelyn?" He asked.

"She's with Lyla… I didn't want to bring her down here" I answered.

"Can we go see her? I miss her" He stated.

"Diggle probably wants to go home to his family so why don't the two of you go and I'll stay, keep an eye on Roy" I suggested.

"No need… I'm awake" Roy's voice said "Good to have you back home" He told me.

I walked over to Roy and hugged him gently "I missed you" I told him and then stepped away.

"You two go get Madelyn and I'll take Roy home" Diggle said.

"I wanna meet Madelyn too" Roy argued with Diggle.

"Ok then… we'll all go" Diggle replied.

The four of us left the Foundry (once Oliver had changed of course) and then we all took the drive to Diggle's apartment. He opened the door for us and we all walked in through to the living room where Madelyn was sitting on the sofa with Sara playing with some dolls. Lyla popped her head out from the kitchen and greeted us all "Daddy!" Madelyn called out excitedly and jumped off the sofa.

"Hello beautiful" Oliver said as he picked up his daughter and hugged her.

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