Abducted

Chapter 24 - Evidence

Mixed POV

Roy and Sara walked over to join Oliver, Felicity, and Diggle in the medical bay each trying to hold in their laughter.

"I think I just won the bet guys." Roy stated with a smug look on his face drawing the attention of everyone to him.

"What bet?" Oliver asked confused.

"The bet that you would eventually kiss Felicity." Sara supplied the answer with a huge grin on her face as she noticed Roy was slowly moving to stand behind Felicity. At least Roy remembers his rule number eight: There is no shame in hiding behind Felicity. Wonder if it will work this time?

"You bet what?" Oliver growled in his Arrow voice. He could not believe that his Team had taken bets on whether or not he would kiss Felicity. What were they thinking?

"We knew that eventually you had to give in and kiss her, we were just taking bets on how long it would take. Roy won." Diggle answered, also noting Roy's hiding behind Felicity. Kid has really taken to those lessons. At least he knows he's safe there. 

"Never bet against Felicity. She's your girl, why wouldn't you kiss her?" Roy supplied in answer to the glare Oliver was giving him.

"Roy…" Oliver started to growl when they all heard the back door open and someone descending the stairs.

As Lance descended the stairs all eyes turned to him. He had gone to the precinct to pick up a couple of things that he thought Team Arrow would like to have back. As he came to the last stair he looked around and noticed that Oliver was awake again and his Team was gathered around him. They really are just like a family.

As Lance got closer to where the Team was standing he looked closely at Oliver. The man had a small smile on his face and looked to be doing pretty good despite the fact that he had been repeatedly tortured and his heart had stopped beating all within the last few days.

"Good to see you awake again Oliver." Lance said, allowing a small smile to show on his face. "I went by the Precinct and found something that I thought you would like to have back." He set the bag that he was carrying on the table next to the computer as Oliver slowly started to walk his direction.

Oliver slowly made his way over to where Lance was setting his bag down next to Felicity's computers. He was curious as to what the detective had that belonged to them. He watched as Lance pulled his hood and jacket out of the bag and turned to hand them to him. Oliver looked to Lance with gratitude clear on his face.

"Thank you Detective. You have no idea what this hood means to me." Oliver said with emotion evident in his voice. 

"There were also some blood samples that the police were able to collect that I would suggest magically disappear." Lance said as he looked to Felicity with a smile, knowing that she had the ability to take care of everything in order to cover Oliver's tracks. "They tried to get something from the security system but it had been utterly destroyed in the escape." As he finished Felicity sat down to her computers typing as quickly as she could with her injured shoulder.

"Thank you Detective!" Oliver stated yet again reaching out to shake the man's hand. He wanted the man to know just how much he appreciated this.

"This city needs you Oliver, we need the Arrow, and in order for you to be able to help keep this city safe your identity can't be known -otherwise all the bad guys will know where to find you and those you love. If I can help keep my city safe by keeping one little secret then it's worth it." Lance said as he shook Oliver's hand.