Chapter 2
»You're still awake« Emma was surprised when she returned to the apartment she and her sis shared. Normally Felicity was already in her room.
»Yes, I am« Felicity said not taking her eyes of her laptop. Emma threw her keys on a table, took off her shoes and jacket and sat down next to her.
»What are you doing?« she asked taking a look at the screen.
»Oliver Queen asked me to, let's say, find some information in the hospital's server. It's quite frightening how easy people could find out about my tonsillectomy. However, I did some research on the unidentified poison that killed the men at the docks about which they reported yesterday and I found nothing. Can you imagine how this makes me feel?« For Felicity this new feeling of failure was still unbelievable.
»Okay IT girl, I really don't think you should continue those favors for« Emma nearly said Arrow »I mean for your boss. It's too dangerous.«
»Says the woman that has been seen at the private office of some police detective who had been shot with a green arrow.«
»No, says the woman that wants to protect you. I told you I've found him like this. I've never seen the green hooded guy.« She has been telling this lie for nearly a year now.
»And I told you I cover my tracks when I hack some server or whatever.« That was the end of the discussion. Emma knew no matter what she said her sister wouldn't listen and Felicity knew that Emma wouldn't tell her the whole truth. Even though she already knew so much.
The next days were quiet. Quiet because Emma and Felicity didn't talk much. Too quiet because no new signs of the phantom appeared. It was dark when Emma was walking along a side street. The awaiting of the following developments was slowly driving her crazy. She needed to go outside. Deep in thought about the last year she only walked. Now that she kept the secret for so long it seemed so hard to reveal it to Felicity. Thinking of all alternatives to find a solution her heart nearly stopped beating when her phone was ringing. It was Oliver.
»He just now killed on more person. I'm chasing him. Where are you?« he asked. She heard him driving his motorcycle. She told him her location so he could tell her which way to take therewith they had a bigger chance to catch him this time. Emma put an earpiece in to keep the connection to Oliver and at the same time follow his instructions.
»Damn it! He clambered a fence« Oliver told Emma who heard the engine of the motorcycle going silent. Oliver climbed up a building and grabbed his arrow. He followed his target a lot of floors higher. In the darkness the black clothes weren't apparent.
»He's gonna run into your arms soon« Oliver prophesied. They were going to force the phantom into a deadlock. Closer and closer they were to the end of the street where it was going to meet with the one Emma was running down with her gun loaded. Only a few more meters. Emma was arriving between the dark buildings and suddenly Oliver didn't anyone but her. He vanished. Emma looked around her when Oliver was coming down from the roof.
»Where is he?« she asked out of breath.
»Gone« Oliver said through gritted teeth. He kicked a dustbin. Emma tried to catch breath when something on the ground was occurring her. She went over and picked it up.
»What's that?« She showed Oliver the piece of paper which read:
Tomorrow. Sunset. Here.