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November 21st
Noise!
There was so much noise!
This wasn’t her scene!
She wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her. Her best friend, Lena. They were like sisters, always there for each other. But now, she was all alone because of him.
She often asked herself why he had done it.
That was why she was here.
Verdant. Oliver Queen and Tommy Merlyn’s club.
Two weeks ago, Lena wanted to go out, but Felicity wasn't feeling well so she declined her best friend's offer and stayed home.
A decision she would regret for the rest of her life.
That night, she would always remember
That night, she got a call from the cops.
They had found her best friend's body.
She was dead. She was murdered.
And it was none other than Oliver Queen's fault.
***
November 7th
Felicity was laying down on her bed when she got a text from her best friend.
LENA - Hey girl, wanna go out tonight? Need to tell you something important.
FELICITY - Let me guess, you have a new boyfriend?
LENA - No I don’t have a NEW boyfriend, I’m sill with Brad.
FELICITY - SHOCKING. I thought his name was Brian? And why did I never see him ?
LENA - I’m being serious here Fel, I really need to tell you something important.
Felicity wasn’t feeling well that day. She didn’t want to say no to her best friend but she also didn’t want to go out. She was pretty sure that what her best friend needed to tell her wasn’t as important as she seemed to make her believe. So she texted her back telling her she would see her tomorrow for lunch. She didn’t get any reply. At four in the morning she got a call. Her best friend was dead, no, she was murdered. Felicity sat in her bed, trying to breathe. Lena, her best friend, her sister was murdered.
The next morning, Felicity went to Starling City General Hospital.
She was requested there to identify the body. Lena didn’t have any family, her parents abandoned her when she was a baby and she was raised by her aunt who died when she was 18. That’s when she met felicity at MIT and they immediately became friends.
She was greeted by a doctor and a Detective Quentin Lance. She didn’t pay much attention to them, all she wanted was to see her best friend. The doctor leaded her to a door, and opened it.
There was a body laying on a table. She approached it and the doctor lifted the sheet that covered Lena’s naked body. Her best friend, she was dead. She couldn’t look away. The doctor was speaking to her but she couldn’t hear, she was fixated by the dead form of Lena in front of her. When she heard the word pregnant though, she lifted her head immediately. Pregnant. Who was pregnant? she thought. It couldn't be Lena...
The doctor put his hand on Felicity's shoulder and said :“Your friend Lena was six weeks pregnant, do you know who might be the father?”
That wasn’t possible. Lena would've told her if she was…
“Are you sure she was pregnant?” The doctor nodded and tears fell form Felicity eyes.
Her dead best friend was pregnant and she didn’t tell her. Where was her boyfriend anyway, Brad, Brian or whatever his name was. Why wasn't he here? Anger went through her! How could she hide something like this from her! She was her best frien, her sister for God's sake! Then she felt guilt. Maybe that was what Lena had wanted to tell her last night. Maybe that was the important thing she needed to discuss with Felicity. And she ignored her. She wasn't there for her.
She couldn’t take it anymore, she fell on her knees and cried.
Five minutes passed or maybe ten, she didn't know. When Felicity looked up, she wasn’t in the room where her dead best friend was, she was sitting in a chair in a corridor. She didn’t remember how she got here.
In front of her, Detective Lance was staring at her. He had questions, she could tell. Shaking her head she wiped her tears with her hand.
“Where did you find her? Why was she killed? Lena didn’t deserve to die! Please tell me you know who did this?” she asked with pleading eyes.
“Miss Smoak, Lena was found in the glades, near a nightclub Verdant and…”
“Verdant, you mean Oliver Queen’s nightclub? Why would Lena be near Verdant?”
Usually when they went out, to party it was never near this club. Her father had always told her to stay away from the Queens and the Merlyns but she had no idea why.
She was conviced that it was because they were rich and they were literally the ones who owned Starling City but now that she thought of the way her dad had talked about the Queens especially Oliver, she wondered if it was the only reason.
Despite the fact that Felicity and her father didn't get along, she had listened to him and had stayed away from Oliver Queen. And Lena did the same, at least that' was what she thought until now.
“Do you know Oliver Queen?” the detective asked, breaking her from her thoughts.
“No, I don’t know Mister Queen, it’s just… we don’t go near his club like ever and I’m just trying to understand why she…”
“Mister Queen is dangerous.” he interrupted her. “He’s a very dangerous man, and if she was found near his club I bet this son of bitch and his crew have something to do with it.”
She looked at him surprised by the hatred she heard in his voice. But then she remembered. His daughter Laurel, gorgeous Laurel, a beautiful tall brunette had been engaged to Tommy Merlyn until she had been… killed.
What if her best friend was involved with Oliver or Tommy. What if she was killed for the same reason Laurel was…
“Have you found her boyfriend. His name is Brad.”
“I thought she was your best friend…”
“She is!”
“Well Miss Smoak, I'm sorry to tell you that she didn't have any boyfriend named Brad. We went through her cellphone and there were no texts nor calls with this Brad but we did find out that almost every day she was calling someone, the contact name appeared to be a OJQ. And like I said before, she was found near Verdant and Oliver’s middle name is Jonas!”
After few more questions, Detective Lance handed her his card and told her she could go home.
All the way to her apartment she couldn’t stop thinking about Lance’s words.
Oliver Queen was dangerous.
Oliver's middle name was Jonas.
Her father telling her to stay away from Oliver.
This couldn’t be coincidence, could it?
***
November 11th
Detective Lance and his partner came to see her at her apartment.
She was expecting them to tell her they knew who killed Lena and why but instead they said that her death was a mystery hinting again the involvement of Oliver Queen.
“I'm very sorry for your loss Miss Smoak , but you should know when a Queen or a Merlyn are involved on something, the police can't do anything. As you may know those two families are in charge of this city.”
This couldn't be happening! Her best friend was murdered and the cops just told her they couldn't do anything! She sat on her couch, head on her knees and cried. That’s what she has been doing since the day she discovered Lena was dead.
***
November 18th
It was a rainy day when Felicity’s father called. She did not have the best of relationship with Noah Kuttler. She saw him once or twice a month and that was it.
They had a lot in common especially their love for computers but they couldn’t seem to stand each other.
“Felicity, I heard what had happened to your best friend and I’m so sorry.”
He sounded sincere, but there was a weird emotion in his voice she couldn't described
“Yeah, thank you dad.” she didn’t know what else to say.
“I've always warned you to stay away from Queen! Your best friend didn’t and now she's gone.”
What the hell was he talking about? She was confused by his words. Did he know something?
“What are you talking about dad? Why are you saying this? You didn't even know Lena, you met her, what twice! Stop saying stupid things. And why would you think Oliver Queen of all people did this?”
She was angry at her father. How could he call her and tell her things she herself hadn't known about Lena. That was it, she thought. That was what was bothering her.
Felicity believed she and her best friend had no secret to each other.But obviously, she was wrong.
“Lena was sleeping with Oliver Queen.” Her father spoke, in a calm voice. No that wasn’t possible. Felicity had always told Lena to stay away from The Queens and...
Without another word, Felicity hung up on her father.
She needed to check something.
Felicity walked to her bedroom, took her computer and came back to the living room.
She started typing and typing. She hacked the streets camera where Lena’s body was found but she didn't find anything. Whith a deep sigh, she then checked the security camera just outside Verdant.
After a few seconds, a gasp left her mouth.
On the screen she could see her best friend Lena talking with someone.
A tall blond man. This man was Oliver Queen. She reconigzed him from some magazines. But then, suddenly, the recording stopped.
Emotions went trough her, sadness, guilt, confusion and anger.
Anger against her best friend for not trusting her.
Anger against detective Lance who couldn't do anything.
Anger against her father for telling her the truth about Lena’s whereabouts.
And rage against Oliver Queen for killing her best friend.
She needed to dig into Queen’s life.
She needed to know everything about him.
She needed to confront him.
She needed to make him pay.