AN – Thank you for the reviews and everyone that read the last chapter. To the GUEST reviewer I am loving the new TAG especially the latest one. I am loving the new flash and after some prompting from others Mr Barry Allen will be making an appearance in this for a brief part.
Sorry but again not proof read its that hot off the press please excuse mistakes they are my own lazyness and excitement
I do not own Arrow or Thunderbirds they are on my Christmas list :)
CHAPTER 26
"Why didn't you tell me before involving The Thunderbirds." Oliver demanded. They were back under Verdant and it looked like a storm had blown through it. Oliver had been right about being compromised, but that didn't seem to concern him as much as Felicity's ingenious idea to get a Mirakuru cure. Diggle, Lyra and Roy were watching her now waiting for her response.
"There wasn't time and I didn't want to get your hopes up just in case it wasn't possible." Felicity responded. Oliver frowned, he seemed to be deliberating whether to say more or leave it at that. "Look they only know I help you none of them know your identity and they have their own secrets to keep I'm sure yours is safe with them." Felicity tried to reason with him.
"How do you know? You are trusting them based on what a few minutes of knowing them. I don't trust them people don't act that unselfishly without reason." Oliver challenged he was feeling a little betrayed now, feelings from when he had seen Felicity after the Undertaking happened resurfaced.
"Sometimes you have to have a little faith in others even if you don't know them. Remember what Barry did? We took a leap of faith on him and he saved your life. I know it's hard for you to trust and believe in people but Oliver you trust me right?" Felicity didn't wait for an answer. "I trust them so trust in me."
"Fine." Oliver ground out before storming away.
Felicity rolled her eyes at his behavior. "You did good he will come around." Diggle tried to cheer her up.
"Thanks. I know its Slade messing with his head." Felicity said before turning away and making a start on the injection arrows.
Felicity and Roy had almost finished creating the injection arrows when the basement was invaded. Sara descended the stairs followed by a motley crew of assassins. "Sara you could have called before you invited, five, six, seven assassins into our top secret lair." She gripped the injection arrow she had on her as she stared Sara and her followers down.
"What is she doing here?" Oliver asked approaching.
"I asked her to come." Sara stepped forward addressing Oliver leading him away further into the basement.
The other woman accompanying Sara stepped forward towards Felicity introducing herself. "I am Nyssa, daughter of Ras al Ghul heir to the Demon."
"Felicity Smoak, MIT class of 09." She replied meeting the eyes of Nyssa without fear.
"I have been told that you took a bullet for Sara." She almost purred. Felicity felt shocked at the mention of what she had done, it felt like a lifetime ago now.
"It was nothing. Something I can cross of my bucket list now." She replied with a nervous cheer, Nyssa seemed more deadlier being nice than when she first descended the stairs.
"Thank you for protecting her. I am in your debt for keeping the one I care about safe." Nyssa slightly bowed her head towards Felicity.
Now even more shocked Felicity just stood staring with her mouth impersonating a fish out of water. Nyssa moved heading in the direction of where Oliver and Sara had gone. Felicity felt her feet moving, following Nyssa. "You may not want our help Mr Queen but there is little question you are in desperate need of it." She entered into their conversation catching Oliver's last sentence.
"To fight Slade we need to know his base of operations." Sara stated.
"I've been looking but he hasn't left either a paper or cyber trail unless he wanted us to find it." Felicity answered.
"Slade Wilson and Isobel Rochev are using your old office as their base of operations." Nyssa informed.
Oliver leapt into action readying to move out. Nyssa half watched him. Sara slipped next to Felicity and grabbed her wrist preventing her from moving. "So your boyfriend do you know he's got a secret." She dropped her voice to a whisper.
Felicity stiffened and she felt her heart begin to race. "John n-no he's just an astronaught and consultant for his Dad's company." Felicity tried to brush it off, but judging by the pointed look Sara gave she was not convincing anyone.
"You know who he really is. I saw him earlier in uniform, I thought I had made a mistake but I'm right." Sara tried to confirm but as she knew secret identities were a secret for a reason and she didn't want to completely spell it out. The slump in Felicity's shoulders showing defeat was answer enough. "Does he know who I am?"
Felicity quickly went to answer but Sara interrupted. "No lies, I'm not mad if he does." Felicity dropped her shoulders further.
"Sorry he guessed and I can't lie apparently. It is safe with him." Felicity apologized.
"Don't worry and hey you deserve a hero like that. I won't tell a sole about him either." Felicity spun to face Sara and wrapped her in a hug.
"Thank you." She said.
"Come on before Ollie notices. He looks ready to go." Both ladies pulled apart and set about getting ready to follow Oliver.
Felicity thanked her lucky stars she would have to ask later what happened.
PAUSE
Felicity peeked around the corner as Canary, Arrow and the League of Assassins took down the goons in Slade's office. Slade deflected everything Arrow threw at him before leaping from the window.
Sara and Nyssa were tackling Isobel and secretly Felicity was cheering inside she was getting her ass handed to her so what she deserved. Suddenly Nyssa delivered a blow to Isobel bringing her to her knees and Canary poised with her bow staff ready to deliver the final hit. Felicity's stomach turned she wanted to see her brought down from her high horse but no one deserved to die.
"SARA don't." Arrow roared and Canary hesitated before withdrawing her strike.
"Kill me, don't kill me, doesn't matter. I still beat you I took away the one thing that mattered…" Nyssa cut of Isobel abruptly from her speech, she swung her blade and sliced it through Isobel's neck sending her head rolling across the floor to land at Arrow's feet. Her body felt limply to the ground.
Arrow drew his bow aimed at Nyssa and the league followers drew on him. Felicity held her breath. "Your reticence to do what is necessary is why your city burns." Nyssa stated before walking off.
Felicity continued to watch as Arrow and Canary moved closer and started to talk she couldn't hear what they were saying so she moved closer.
"What now?" She asked as she approached.
Oliver sighed. "I don't know Felicity. I can't get close to him." He admitted. A silence drifted between them as they all slipped into their own thoughts.
"You could lour him out with a trap?" Nyssa suggested.
"He's always one step ahead nothing I do surprises him." Arrow bit back.
The comm. line sprang to life, it made Felicity jump "This is Thunderbird 1 is everything A-OK in there we saw windows shatter?" Felicity recognized who it was even without the introduction. She heard Arrow grumble.
"Fine. Go save somebody actually in danger." Arrow responded tartly.
Felicity glared at him and scolded him. "Oliver. They are trying to help."
"FAB" Came a reply before the line went silent.
"Seriously Oliver what is your problem with them they are trying to help. You did the same with Barry, do you have some issue with being out of control of peoples generosity." Felicity ranted before throwing her hands up in the air and walking away towards the elevator.
When she was out of earshot and view she lifted her locket and called through to Scott. "Calling International Rescue Thunderbird 1 from Felicity, come in." She whispered.
A few moments passed before an image of Scott appeared in her locket. He looked annoyed. "Thunderbird 1 receiving you what's the problem." He was very matter of fact and almost cold, Felicity had never know him be like that before.
"I just wanted to check you were okay. I'm sorry for how the Arrow talked to you he's just frustrated at the moment." Felicity apologized. She saw his eyes soften a little.
"Well he can be assured that we won't interfere with him anymore." He said briskly. "You on the other hand need to be careful, it was a close call earlier if I hadn't been flying past who knows what would have happened." Scott's harshness changed to worry and did she see a flash of fear cross his eyes.
"It's okay that serum Fermat made works. It'll be over soon then I think I'm going to come home for a while." Felicity didn't think about what she said she just wanted to chase away that look of worry on Scott's face. The flash of surprise was not what she had expected. DING. The elevator doors slid open. "I got to go someone's coming." She snapped shut her locket ending the transmission.
As she moved around the corner Officer Lance was rushing onto the floor. "Detective?" Felicity asked cautiously.
"Where is he, I got reports he entered the building." Felicity understood who he was referring to she started to walk through to the offices. "Why has this Wilson guy got such a mad one for the Queens?"
"I don't know good job they both got out of town." Felicity replied half distracted with her tablet that had beeped at her.
"So now they are gone he has to go after my family?" Lance asked keeping pace with Felicity. She was so distracted with her tablet she didn't register his words.
As they walked around the corner that had been concealing Felicity Lance sprung into action drawing his weapon. "What the hell is she doing here?" He asked as he sighted Nyssa down the barrel of his gun.
Sara moved forward into the line of the gun. "She's here to help." She said as she placed her hand over the gun. "Just trust me please." She pleaded.
Lance dropped his gun and holstered it. "I guess today I'll have to work with anyone that can help get my daughter back." He stated eyes never leaving Arrows.
"What?" Sara asked confused.
"One of these masked guys hit the precinct and took laurel. I – I couldn't stop him believe me I tried."
Felicity interrupted her tablet bleeping at her with a notification. "Oh we have a new big problem which considering our other problems is saying something I hacked a satellite and tasked it for thermal imaging all of Slade's men are gathering at the Tunnel."
"I thought Slade's men were set on destroying the City." Lance said
"A.R.G.U.S is going to level the City to stop them from getting out. Its what Slade's planning on he knows Waller's tactics." Arrow added turning to face Nyssa.
"Fortunately with Slade's men attempting to leave via the tunnel all of our targets will be grouped in the same place." Nyssa joined in to the discussion.
"We need to take it gather your men." He ordered Nyssa. She turned and started to leave.
Lance strode forward. "What about Laurel, he must have taken her for a reason."
"I know what it is." Arrow stated. "But the City comes first." He turned his back on Lance.
"This is my daughter." He pleased to the Arrow. Turning to Sara, "Your sister. You cant just leave her like this." He shouted.
"Look I know you said your trying a new way and I respect that but Slade Wilson and his men are monsters and monsters they need to be destroyed. You killed before tonight I suggest you get back in the habit." Lance stormed away when he didn't get a reaction from the Arrow. Sara followed her father.
Felicity moved forward. "He's wrong."
Turning at her words Arrow closed the gape between them. "He's right. I've lost everything because I'm fighting Slade with one arm tied behind my back. The man murdered my mother. I have to kill him."
"You told me you had a choice all those years ago. You could have cured Slade but you chose to kill him. This isn't happening because you're not willing to be a killer but because you were one."
"You're right that's how it started and that's how it has to end." He argued. "It's the only move he's left for me I can't cure him, capture him, I can't even outthink him."
"Then don't, just make him outthink you." He was about to argue but her words struck a cord and he hesitated an idea forming in his head.
"Come with me." He said grabbing her hand and leading her to the elevator.
"Where are we going?" She questioned confused at his sudden change in direction.
"Somewhere just trust me okay?" He said turning to face her once more.
"Alright, I trust you."
PAUSE
They had whizzed through the City on the Ducati bike. Felicity clung to Oliver with a death grip, she now realized that riding in Thunderbird 1 has been less of a death-defying task than now.
When the bike finally slowed Felicity opened her eyes and saw the Queen Mansion lit up to the side of them. They were moving up the driveway. Once the bike came to a stop Oliver had to remove her death grip from around him and help her down, then he helped her remove his helmet.
Before her mind could catch up he started leading her towards the main door. He opened the door and walked in Felicity followed her mouth and brain finally working. "Oliver what are we doing here? The whole City is falling apart." She demanded as she watched him shut the door.
"I know." He quietly said resting a hand on her shoulder and directing her further into his old home. He signed, "You need to stay here." He gently ordered.
Felicity spun at the words breaking Oliver's hold on her and turning to face him. "WHAT! Why? You can't ask me to…"
He cut her off. "I'm not asking. I will come and get you when this is all over." He started to walk away.
"No!"
"Felicity."
"No not unless you tell me why?" She demanded following him.
"Because I need you to be safe." His tone took on an authoritative edge.
"I don't want to be safe." She argued her mind remembering John, Alan and Gordon filthy from their work in the City. "I want to be with you and the others unsafe." She grabbed his arm.
"I can't let that happen."
"Oliver." Felicity grabbed his arm making him look at her and not walk away. "You're not making any sense." She pleaded with him.
"Slade took Laurel because he wants to kill the woman I love." He replied watching her face for a reaction.
Not understanding what he was talking about Felicity felt herself get impatient. "I know so?"
"So he took the wrong woman." Oliver continued quickly never removing his focus from her.
Felicity stalled her brain whiplashing at the information. Since when had they been a thing, she cared for him yes and she had crushed on him right up until John had come into her life, this was an unexpected – "oh" She breathed. As her brain had been processing Oliver had taken her free hand and slid something small and smooth into it that had a sharp point at the one end. He was making Slade outthink him she was a Trojan horse.
Suddenly Oliver was closing the distance between them and then his lips met hers. No, no, no this cannot be happening her heart screamed at her, but her head knew she needed to do this to help Oliver defeat Slade. She gripped his arm harder and under Oliver's encouragement deepened the kiss, all the while she cursed Oliver and prayed that John would forgive her.
It was over in seconds and slowly Oliver drew away, Felicity tried to hide the betrayal she felt at being used and look like the besotted lover she should be. Once he was out of reach Oliver turned and promptly left the room without another look back. Felicity choked out the breath she had been holding and tried not to break down she now had a job to do and it would mean the survival of the City.
Carefully Felicity lifted her hand and slid it inside her jacket pocket to conceal the injection arrowhead Oliver had given her, all the while she slowly walked to the stairs and heavily sat down on the bottom step to wait for her fate.
AN – Sorry its short but wait for it… please be nice and send me a review they all mean the world to me and help me keep writing.