Teamwork

Chapter 34 - Treatment

When Sara and Nyssa came back to the lair they found Thea, Sara's Dad, and Laurel sitting quietly over by Felicity's computers. The girls had obviously been crying and Sara wasn't surprised as she knew what kind of shape Oliver was in when they finally got him out. Felicity was sitting in her chair by the medical table. She was sitting up by Oliver's head, clearly trying to stay out of the way and yet still be as close to him as she could be. Roy and Diggle were carefully cleaning Oliver's wounds so that they could stitch him back up. She noticed that they had already started an IV for a blood transfusion and was glad that they were finally getting him some needed blood.

Lance noticed her first and simply gave her a questioning look. Sara gave him a slight nod to let him know that yes, everything had been taken care of. He gave a small smile in return before turning back to watch the guys patch up Oliver. The next person to notice them was Laurel. As soon as she saw her sister she stood and ran over to her, wrapping her in a tight hug. Sara resisted the urge to wince as Laurel hugged her tight, putting pressure on her bruises. She knew that her sister simply needed reassurance that she was indeed okay. Finally they pulled apart and Laurel returned to her seat. Thea never even looked away from Oliver and Sara didn't blame her. Seeing Oliver like this had to be a major shock for the young woman.

Felicity had heard Sara and Nyssa return to the lair and glanced up briefly when Laurel went to hug her sister, however, her attention was quickly brought back to the man in front of her. She was so intent on Oliver that she failed to notice, yet again, that someone was next to her until she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Felicity." Sara said quietly, trying not to startle the other blonde too much after she had jumped at her hand on her shoulder. "Let me look at your shoulder." She said quietly.

"Why?" Felicity asked, confused as to what her shoulder had to do with anything. It wasn't like she was hurt or anything.

"Your tattoo." Sara stated simply. The look on Felicity's face would have caused her to laugh if the situation was different. The other woman's expression was comical as she finally remembered that she was now sporting a tattoo.

"What is it?" Felicity asked, suddenly curious as to what Slade had decided to give her.

Instead of answering Felicity Sara instead went and brought a mirror over so that Felicity could see for herself. She helped the other woman carefully remove Nyssa's jacket and then held the mirror so that Felicity could see. As soon as the other woman saw the tattoo in the mirror her mouth formed an 'O' and her eyes grew wide as she recognized it.

"Oliver's dragon." Felicity whispered quietly to no one in particular. She had always liked that particular tattoo. She viewed dragons as beautiful yet deadly creatures when provoked, much like Oliver. "It's...amazing." She reached over her shoulder to touch it and winced slightly, it still stung a bit.

"You need to let me disinfect it for you." Sara said as she set down the mirror.

"Oh, okay." Felicity said, thankful that Sara knew what to do since she didn't. She had never had a tattoo before. She turned back to Oliver and watched as Roy and Diggle were carefully putting stitches into Oliver's back, again. It was only a couple of minutes later when Sara told her that she was done.

"I cleaned it and put some Vaseline on it." Sara said as she put her supplies away. "Keep applying Vaseline to it periodically. It will help the skin to heal properly."

"Thank you." Felicity replied quietly, completely focused on Oliver again, tuning out everything and everyone else in the lair. It would be another couple of hours before she stopped to truly think about her new tattoo and what Oliver's reaction would be to it.