Title Of Story: Second Chances
Chapter Number: 14
Chapter Name: Taken

Felicity
It's been a couple of weeks since me and Oliver confronted Ray and things have been quiet. Ray had taken the cameras out of the house with the promise that Oliver is there to keep me and Madelyn safe, which of course he is. As if Oliver would let anything happen to either of us, he is constantly with us when I'm not at work and for the time being we have taken Madelyn out of day care. The reason for doing that was because we didn't want anyone sneakily taking her from there, you hear about it all the time, Oliver was with her all day and never left her side. Madelyn didn't mind that, she loved being around her daddy all the time… he was her most favourite person in the whole wide world. She latches to Oliver and never wants him to leave and I feel guilty because he had just been in her life in the first place then she wouldn't be worried about him leaving and never seeing her again.

When I wasn't at home with over protective Oliver I was at work where Ray had a very close eye on me. He had even put three armed security personnel on my floor and no one could come into my office without an appointment (apart from Ray obviously). I was flattered that he went to all this effort to keep me safe at work but it wasn't me that I was worried about, it was Madelyn. As long as she was safe then I didn't care what happened to me. I know that if anything did happen to me then Oliver would take care of her and I didn't need to worry about that.

Ray was now paying Diggle to be my own personal bodyguard. There was an argument at first because Diggle didn't want to be paid but as Lila pointed out, they needed the money and he hadn't been paid for work for a while since Oliver went broke. As well as having three armed security guards I have Diggle sitting in my office, I feel much safer knowing that Diggle is there with me. He was like a big brother to me and I know he would never willingly let anything happen to me, Oliver was also glad about the choice. Diggle drives me to and from work as well as sitting in my office with me all day, I was very safe.

Lila and Ray was looking into who could be behind everything but so far they couldn't find anything. Ray had passed over all the information that he had and has said that he hasn't been offered anymore money for my death. This is absolutely ridiculous and the more I think about it the more I regret my decision to come back her, I wanted to go back to Vegas. Me and Oliver have argued about going back and he said he wanted us here surrounded by people who could protect us. I just wanted to go back to how things were "Penny for your thoughts" Diggle's voice said to me pulling me from my thoughts.

"Just thinking about all this craziness" I told me.

Diggle moved from the chair near the door of the office to the chair opposite me and he took a seat. He smiled softly at me making me smile softly back "I know you're in a tough place and Oliver has told me about the arguments, you wanting to go back to Vegas" He said to me and I sighed "Running isn't the answer here Felicity… you need to front this out and be around the people that can look after and make sure you and Madelyn are safe" He said to me.

"We were safe in Vegas. I never had one problem there, not even a nasty neighbour. I come back here and five minutes later I'm being told that I have a hit out on me and there are cameras in my apartment" I explained to him irritated "I'm sick of this" I added and tried to blink back the tears.

Diggle was about to reply when his phone started ringing loudly in his pocket "Excuse me" He said and stood from the chair. He stepped outside of the office and I watched as he answered the phone and within seconds his face changed. Something was wrong, he looked at me alarmed and then he turned his back to me so I couldn't see him. Something was really wrong.

I jumped out of my chair and walked out of the office just as Diggle hung up the phone "What's going on? I can tell by your face that something's wrong" I stated.

"Sit down" He told me and I shook my head "Felicity I need you to sit down" He said but this time it was more of a demand then a request. I didn't move so Diggle put his hand on the small of my back and escorted me back into the office. He sat me down on the chair that he had previously sat on and he took a deep breath "You can't freak out" He said.

"Tell me" I demanded.

"Someone broke into your apartment, shot Oliver and took Madelyn" He said.

"What? How? He was supposed to look after her!" I shouted and stood up from the chair and started walking out of the office towards the elevator "We took her out of day care to stop this happening" I stated angrily as the elevator doors opened.

"Oliver didn't let her go easy. He's been beaten pretty bad and shot" Diggle said.

"Is he ok?" I asked quietly feeling guilty for blaming him.

"He will be" He replied.

When I got to my apartment I saw Lila sitting with Oliver on the sofa, he had his shirt off and it was clear he had been shot in the shoulder. As soon as Oliver heard the door close he turned around and I saw his face, covered in dried blood and bruises. As soon as I saw Oliver I rushed over to him and he brought me into his arms, I let the tears I was trying to hold in loose and Oliver hugged me tighter. I pulled back a little and stared at him "How could this happen?" I asked and I saw the look of shame and guilt on his face "I… I need my baby back" I told him.

"Don't you worry. I will get her back, if it's the last thing I do" He promised me and placed a kiss on the top of my head.

"Let me make you some tea" Lila said.

"I don't want tea… I want to know how we're trying to get my daughter back" I demanded looking at everyone in the room.

"Ray has got his security detail out there looking for her, Diggle is going out there now but we needed you here safe first and we have Lance out there looking for her with his finest men. I am also going out there to get her back" Lila told me and I nodded at her "I know you're worried Felicity and you have every right to be, just please don't do anything silly because we are going to get her back" She added.

"I'm going out there too" Oliver stated.

"No" I told him.

"What do you mean no?" He questioned "That's our daughter out there" He told me.

"I'm well aware of that Oliver but I am not sitting her on my own! You can't leave me here alone at a time like this" I said to him. He looked over at Diggle and Diggle gave him a brief nod "Please Oliver, don't leave me" I begged.

"Fine" He replied angrily.

"Look we're gonna go, we will call you the second we know something" Diggle said.

When Lila and Diggle left I looked over at Oliver who was still sitting on the sofa with his head in his hands looking… like a little boy. He was obviously feeling guilty about what happened and he needed to know that I didn't blame him, he got shot trying to save her "Oliver please don't feel guilty, I don't blame you for this and I don't think you should blame yourself either" I told him and grabbed his hand but he took his harshly out of mine "Please Oliver" I begged.

"She was in my arms" He stated "I had her and we were almost at the door when he shot me, I feel to the floor but I still had hold of her. He came and ripped her away from me, she called out for me and begged me to help her…. I couldn't" He said and I saw a tear slip down his face.

I wrapped my arms around Oliver but he didn't move or react to my movement he just sat there, silently crying as I held him "We'll get her back Oliver" I told him but there was a small part of me that didn't quite believe it, only because I watch the news and I know that we only have 48 hours to find her. After children are taken they are normally kept for 48 hours maximum before the police start searching for a body, I think Oliver knew that too and that's why he was so worried.

"I couldn't help her" He said to me and I grabbed him tighter.

"We'll get her back" I repeated.

"When we do I want to move from here… It's not safe here for us" He told me.

"Ok" I replied.

"We'll go back to Vegas if that's what you want" He said to me and I nodded, I placed a kiss on his cheek and the two of us sat there crying as we waited for news on our baby girl.

Hello all! I'm not entirely happy with this chapter and I promise that the next chapter will be much better. I have to say that I'm very sad because I didn't get many reviews for the last chapter like I have for previous chapters... I know you can be really good at sending reviews, so if you could review please I would be very grateful. Thank you all for reading the chapter I really appreciate it; follow, favourite and review. If you haven't already then please check out my other story Saviour.