The Next Archer

Chapter 10

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Later that day

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Both Laurel and Artemis came in together, into the “Arrow Cave” laughing about something that had happened while at Rose’s Cafe. They walked in to find Oliver beating the shit out of a punching bag, and by the way he was punching, sloppy and disoriented, that he was either angry or.. well you wouldn't know until he told you.

“Oliver? whats wrong?” artemis asked but there was no response “Oliver?” Laurel said when there was no answer “ugh i cant deal with him right now i have to go meet with Ted for training, see you later Artemis, Oliver” she said then left, Diggle and Roy coming as she left.

“Oliver? Oliver.” Artemis said after waving goodbye to Laurel and approaching Oliver slowly and putting hand on his shoulder, he grabbed her and flipped her over, she landed on her back with a ‘thud’. Roy looked over with a start then over to John then over to them.

Oliver Queen looked over at Artemis was on the floor and his eyes widened before he leaned down to help her, the blonde female noticed the redness in his eyes from either fighting back tears or crying harshly. “I-im sorry… im just really on alert” he said as he pulled her to her feet.

“Its okay, but whats wrong? Where’s Felicity, she said she was going to be here today” the blonde said hoping whatever Oliver was worried about wasn't something too bad, but then again, you never see him crying unless something super bad happened.

“Felicity and i had a small….fight of a sort, or what you would call a falling out, i found out that, that Travis Lautney man that beat the living crap out of me a while back was actually a Miricuru soldier and she had decided to keep that secret form me behind my back” Oliver said crossing his arms 

“but that doesn't explain why you where crying Oliver.” Artemis said almost completely ignoring what he said about the miricuru reigning loose again, possibly maybe just a few people at the moment but there was no way they could tell at the moment, especially without Felicity here.

“listen, i told her not to come back for lying to me, i told her to leave” Oliver said crossing his arms across his chest and leaning into the cement wall and looking at the floor frowning.

“Roy, Diggle can you two please train up stairs today? Oliver and i are going to talk about some stuff… please leave now?” Artemis said looking over at the two men behind her and they nodded then grabbed their gear and went up the stairs.

Artemis sat down looking at Oliver “Lets just hope nothing too scaring happened between you that you cant work together on the case its self… yes Oliver i knew also, we didn't tell you because you where hurt at the time and we knew that you wouldn't stop until you got this man and either killed him, or got yourself killed” the blonde said after listening to his confinement and seeing his face go from super angry and hurting to worry that he blew something with Felicity, the woman he loved.

“But what do i do with felicity, i have to say sorry, but how” Oliver said looking at Artemis “Artemis i feel really bad for what i did please what do i do”

“You do what you said Oliver, say sorry, go to her house and say sorry, maybe give her some of those chocolates she loves so much” the female said looking over at the male. Oliver nodded before getting a shirt on and grabbing his stuff and then leaving, Artemis smiled as she a watched him go.