CHAPTER 33

Felicity felt a pulling sensation, she tried to ignore it and return to the blackness but with her waking senses pain also followed. Her head began to throb and her side pulled and felt like a hot poker every time she breathed.

"Wake up Miss Smoak time is running out and it would be a shame to return you to the Thunderbirds in such good condition." He taunted.

Felicity recalled what had happened, the Hood had taken her to threaten John and his family into handing over their Thunderbirds. She had denied knowing them as best she could then tried to deny doing what ever the Hood commanded of her which had resulted in her being shot and then he stopped her from breathing. He had no control over he if she didn't look him in the eye.

Carefully she moved her hands back over the wound, it was still bleeding, and she applied pressure hissing at the pain.

"Ahh you are awake. Excellent."

"Bite me." Felicity answered sarcastically.

"Such disobedience needs to be dealt with, you are very much like the Tracy family and it will be such a pleasure breaking you." The evil dripped from every word.

Felicity screwed her eyes up tighter she was not going to let this guy win.

"I see there are ways of making you open your eyes."

Felicity tensed at the words what was he going to do now. The room was quiet except for soft footsteps that grew closer to her. Without warning a heavy pressure rested on her hands and forced her into the floor, the pain that followed caused a scream to erupt and she tried to wriggle away but it caused more pain.

"Open your eyes and the pain stops." The voice sounded like it was having fun.

The pulling sensation Felicity had felt earlier seemed to grow in strength, it felt like it was trying to take her away from this nightmare.

The pressure increased and shocked Felicity at the intensity she involuntarily opened her eyes and looked straight into the glowing manic eyes of the Hood.

"Stop fighting." He commanded and her body relaxed to the ground. The pain was screaming at her and she could feel it but that was all she had become separated from her body and it no longer responded to her.

"Let me in to your thoughts." He demanded.

Felicity felt panic, no she would not let that happen. He had taken her, he had harmed her and remove her control but he was not going to take away her mind too.

She forced with all of her will to close her eyes but nothing happened. She could feel him trying to almost enter her head and she pushed with all the strength she had to keep him back. It was a hard fight between who's will was stronger but she knew she could win – that she had to win – for John.

She pictured him sitting on the floor in Thunderbird 5 after she first scared him. The look of shock and disbelief on his face had made her heart flutter but she hadn't taken notice until after everything had been over.

Next she remembered him walking out on stage at the conference she couldn't believe it of all the coincidences in the world that could have happened to her it would be her blonde rescuer.

She replayed the night under the stars with him and the morning when they woke up together had been the best feeling in the world.

Then she remembered the feeling of almost losing John and using her ability to save him it had been the most terrifying time nothing mattered except saving John.

The Hood pushed against her again, "You cannot stop me." He roared.

Felicity felt herself under immense pressure, I need to fight the Hood is not going to hurt John again.

The pulling started to move Felicity away from the Hood's pressure. It suddenly reminded her of how it felt when she cyber merges the pull of her conscious from her mind into the technology but it confused her because she wasn't touching anything that had any ounce of technology in it.

The relief from the Hood's pressure convinced her to let the pulling carry her away, hopefully it would keep her safe until she could do something more.

When the pulling stopped everything was black, Felicity could still feel her pain and the Hood but it felt miles away exactly like when she was cyber merged. Worried that the Hood might be able to follow her she imagined closing herself off from the world and it worked there was no sound, light or feeling just her mind's voice and memories.

AN – hope these 2 chapters are alright for you all the plan is to have another one up before the 25th of December as my Christmas present to you all for being along for this ride for so long. Please send me your own little presents in the form of reviews which will ensure that you do get another chapter before Christmas (does the blackmail work?)