Sometimes A Surprise Is Just What You Need

Untitled Part 27

The day of the came early. Felicity and Oliver went straight the office. Oliver wanted to be there when Cooper was taken into custody. Felicity had compiled all of her evidence onto a USB drive that they would give to the SCPD. Oliver met with Barry Allen later that morning. He had always liked the kid and after speaking with him more, offered him the position of Director of IT.

As the afternoon wore on, Felicity started to think about her time at QC. She had come to enjoy working with Oliver every day. It was something she was going to miss. But the they were going to destroy the server tonight, and once that was done, then their time working together would come to an end. She wondered what that meant for them, but tried not to dwell too much on it.

When 6:00 p.m., rolled around, Felicity and Oliver gathered their things and headed to the FBI office. Everyone was meeting to go over last minute items. Oliver let Felicity start the meeting.

"Ok, so here is what will happen tonight", she said, pulling up the satellite image of the warehouse. "As soon as the first shift exits, I will enter through the south entrance with John and Lyla. Slade and Roy, I need you guys to be hyper-vigilant and let us know if you see anything that we should be alerted about. I am not expecting their routine to change, but we need to plan for the unexpected. Use code names only tonight when speaking over comms. Let's meet at the entrance to the Marina at 11:45 p.m., sharp." She looked at each person. They all had come to mean so much to her. Please keep everyone safe!, she thought.

Oliver stood, "Guys I know we have discussed this before, but I want to make this perfectly clear. Everyone stick to the plan and stay with your partner. If you get split up notify the team immediately. I cannot stress to you how dangerous this group can be. Four years ago I was working a mission in Russia and was captured by the Triad", Oliver's voice became tight at the memories.

Felicity drew in a breath of surprise. Oliver had never talked about his time in Russia. Not even to her.

Collecting himself, he looked at each person in the eye, "By the time I was rescued my whole team was dead. They showed me a body part of a team member each time they killed them." His eyes became shuttered, but Felicity could see and feel his pain.

Collecting himself, Oliver straightened and looked out over the team. "That is not going to happen again.", he said, his voice strong and hard.

"Let's all go get some rest. Meet at the rendezvous point at 11:45 p.m., ready to engage."

As everyone got up from their seats, Felicity walked over to Oliver, and placed her arms around is waist. She just hugged him. That was all he needed.

11:40 p.m. - Marina Dr.

As Oliver and Felicity rolled up to the rendezvous point, they could see the other team members congregated near John's SUV. They were all dressed similarly to Oliver and Felicity in all black with gloves and a cap. Felicity made sure to wear her computer gloves that the FBI had made specially for her. They allowed her to type but would leave no fingerprints. Pulling up, Oliver shut off the car, but leaned over to Felicity.

His eyes were filled with concern and love. "Felicity, I need you to make me a promise."

"Anything.", she said.

"Promise me that if you feel anything is off or if anything goes wrong that you will abandon the mission and get out as quick as you can. I know you trained in combat, but the thought of the Triad getting their hands on you. I don't know what I would do." Oliver leaned over pulling her forehead to his, closing his eyes as they slowly breathed in sync.

Felicity cupped his cheeks, then looked him in the eye. "Oliver I promise everything is going to be fine. And I promise. I will come back to you. I love you!"

She kissed him softly. "I love you too.", he said, before turning and exiting the car.

They approached the team and Felicity pulled out her tablet, pulling up the satellite to detect the heat sensors.

"Ok, again, use code names. And everyone.......heads on a swivel.", Oliver said.

"It's time!", Felicity said. Locking eyes with Oliver once more, she turned and headed out with John and Lyla close behind.

As each member approached the warehouse, they took up position, checking in as they did.

"Arsenal in position.", said Roy.

"Deathstroke in position.", said Slade.

"Arrow in position", said Oliver.

"Spartacus in position.", said John, looking over at Lyla with a nod.

"Black Widow in position.", said Lyla.

"Overwatch in position. Ready to move.", said Felicity as she saw the guards leaving their post. Motioning to John and Lyla with hand signals they had worked out a few days before, Felicity moved quietly toward the door to the warehouse. Typing into her tablet, she hacked the code, unlocking the doors. "Access granted. You have 10 seconds before they relock.", she said before her, John and Lyla slipped into the door.

Roy and Slade moved into position the north side of the building. Moving quickly but quietly they kept to the shadows as they still had guards on their side of the building. Oliver entered through the roof entrance, moving silently down the stairs.

Nearing the door to the server, Felicity typed into her tablet again, and heard the click of the lock. Signaling to John and Lyla, she headed into the room.

"Overwatch in.", she said before heading to the terminal. Sitting down she pulled out a cord she had in her jacket and hooked up her tablet to the server. Typing quickly her virus started to download. All of a sudden Felicity heard gunfire outside the door. Standing and drawing her gun, she whispered into her comm. "Spartacus!? Black Widow!?, are you engaged?", she asked. She heard nothing but silence. Shit!

Felicity glanced own at her virus, it was 50% done. Satisfied she, quietly crept toward the door. She could see two heat signatures on her tablet and two on the ground. The fact that neither Lyla nor John had responded was concerning. Something was not right. Suddenly she heard Oliver over the comm, "Overwatch are you out?"

Nearing the door but not wanting to respond, less the bodies outside the door were guards, Felicity slowly opened the door a crack. She could see John and Lyla both lying on the ground. That meant the two signatures were hostiles.