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"THWACK!"
Felicity only flinches the first dozen times now. She pats herself on the back in her head. Sara and Roy are sparring while Oliver and John look on. When Sara bests the younger man she hoots and Roy groans.
Felicity watches as Oliver, shirtless as always, walks over to Sara and kisses her with eyes full of pride. They talk softly to one another. Felicity looks away and wills herself not to cry. She goes back to her coding. It will take her mind off the couple. Oliver said he couldn't be with someone he really cares about, and she now knows that was just a line. Felicity foolishly thought he meant her or that he didn't use lines on her. Idiot.
John walks over to her desk and rests his hand on her shoulder giving her a tiny squeeze. John knows about her crush on Oliver and he suspects this is upsetting her. A better person could be totally happy for her two friends, and she tries really hard to be that person. Felicity fails more than she succeeds in her head. She hopes to the world she seems totally fine with the man she has a crush on and told her she wouldn't lose him being with the girl he ran away with. She sighs. She's been through worse she can deal with this.
She's lost in her thoughts when she hears Oliver and Sara say their goodnights.John has moved back to the mats. Oliver must have given the team the night off while she was in la la land. She waves goodbye and watches as Oliver slings his arm over Sara's shoulder.
Felicity reminds herself Sara is her friend, too. Sure, she is a friend who knew how Felicity felt and didn't really care. Then again, Felicity knew Sara didn't care that her own sister was dating Oliver when they ran off together. Felicity sets up her search for the night and stands.
"I'm going to call it. I am going to go home, order some food, take a bath and binge some tv." She says brightly. "John, isn't Lyla due in tonight? Go home...spend time with your ex-wife." She laughs lightly. "Roy, go get drunk or something."
Roy and John both look at her with sympathy. Thank goodness neither says anything to her. Felicity grabs her stuff and heads out the back entrance. She pauses when she sees Oliver and Sara kissing by his bike. They are too caught up in each other to notice her.
Felicity walks to her car and climbs in. She calls in a food order, starts her car and heads for home. This is her life. This is the life she chose. It is her own stupid fault for letting her thoughts of Oliver turn into a crush. Sure, he is a hero and wants to save the world...then there is that incredible body. Still, she knew better, in her head. Her heart not so much.
Felicity arrives home just in time to see her food delivery. She runs over and pays the delivery kid. She heads into her apartment and something is wrong. She can feel it...
Felicity sets the food down. She grabs her panic button just in case. It is in one hand and her phone in the other. She tries Oliver....no answer. Of course not. She hits the next emergency number and John picks up. She can barely hear him. She slides the phone back in her pocket.
"Hello! Is someone in here? The Super didn't say he would be in---ohmygod."
Felicity looks into the eye (he has only one now) of her worst nightmare, "You?"
"Me." He says in that deep voice.
She closes her eyes, willing him to be a bad dream before she opens them again. He is still in her living room, in front of her fireplace bathed in the light.
"Why?"
He chuckles, "YOU know....I am the one Oliver Queen is looking for...I've been biding my time then I found out you work for him AND his hero complex 'the Hood'...two birds, one stone as the Americans say."
"You know Oliver?"
The captain ignores her question, "You're blonde now."
"You're down an eye..." She retorts.
He laughs again and turns back to her fireplace where her pictures are lined up on the mantel. Then he looks to the one over the fireplace, "Robin Hood? I guarantee the Kid is no Robin Hood, Felicity."
She swallows, "If you want me then take me. Leave him alone."
He turns to her, "We both know I want you and we both know I will take you. The best part is Oliver will be helpless...and it will break him."
She snorts, "I am just another woman in his life. His secretary during the day and tech support at night."
Slade looks at her like she's grown a second head, "Delusional girl."
"How do you know Oliver? What is he to you?"
The Captain laughs, "To him, I am Slade Wilson."
Felicity feels the blood drain from her face as she remembers everything Oliver and Sara have said about him: he has a super drug in him that makes him stronger and more deadly than a mere human. He wants revenge because Oliver played some role in the death of the woman Slade loved.
She adds her own note: The Captain, her worst nightmare, is the same man of Oliver's nightmares. Well, one of them.
He steps closer to her. He rubs his hand through her hair, "Taking you for just a bit will destroy him....taking you away forever will kill him."
Felicity feels something jab her in the arm, she pushes the panic button/tracker then the world goes blank........