Sometimes A Surprise Is Just What You Need

Untitled Part 28

Felicity knew she needed to get John and Lyla out of there, but also knew there were two hostiles outside the door. She could hear Oliver calling her name into the comm, but if she spoke it would take away her advantage of surprise. Felicity pulled the safety on her gun, and quickly opened the door, scanning the hallway, she quickly put two bullets into the first hostile before being grabbed by the second. She turned quickly moving her body so she was underneath his chin, and shoved her elbow into his chest, before spinning and cold-cocking him with her gun. He fell to the floor. She quickly spoke into her comm.

"This is Overwatch, Spartacus and Black Widow are down, I need back-up immediately." She hurried over to John and Lyla. Luckily she could not see any blood and they both seemed to be breathing so they must just be knocked out. Thank you!!

When Felicity had not answered him on the comms, Oliver had grown angry and panicked. Shit! Why wasn't she answering?

Slade and Roy had been listening and immediately headed toward the south side of the building as Oliver headed down from the room.

Just as they arrived, Oliver looked up to see one of the Triad pulling a gun and aiming it at Felicity. Before he could reach her he heard the gun fire, and watched in horror as she went down. Running up, Oliver immediately engaged the guard, moving quickly he got him into a headlock and with no hesitation snapped his neck. Roy and Slade had come running up as they saw Oliver fighting the guard and headed straight for Felicity, John and Lyla.

Oliver threw the guard down and hurried over to the group.

"We have to get out of here!", he yelled. Slade and Roy each grabbed John and Lyla, while Oliver picked up Felicity. All he could see was blood and his mind flashed back to his torture, to the men and women whose lives were lost. But this was no ordinary woman. This was his Felicity.

They rushed out of the building just making it down the street when they heard sirens going off. The Triad knew they had been breached. But before the could move another foot, the building all of a sudden exploded. Oliver, Roy and Slade all looked back in wonder as the entire building went up in flames. Not wanting to hang around, they immediately headed back to their vehicles. John and Lyla had started to wake when the building exploded and walked with Roy and Slade's help.

Oliver gently laid Felicity in the back of Diggle's SUV. His eyes blurring with unshed tears as he started to look at Felicity. Where was she shot? Why was she not waking up?

John and Lyla hurried over to their side. John spoke gently to Oliver, "Let me take a look man." He knew Oliver was too upset to be thinking straight.

Oliver stepped back, running his hands through his hair, agitated.

"Oliver we need to get her to the med bay back at the office. It looks like a through and through, but I need to get it cleaned up to see the extent of the damage." Diggle looked at Oliver.

Nodding, Oliver looked at Lyla, "Lyla, can you drive my car back? I want to ride with Felicity. I can hold her so she doesn't jostle around too much."

Lyla smiled softly nodding, the worry in her eyes clearly evident. She took his keys and headed to his car while Roy and Slade went to theirs. Diggle ran around to the driver's side starting the SUV while Oliver settled in the back holding Felicity firmly to his chest. Please wake up!!

Hurrying into the building Oliver carried Felicity to the med bay and gently payed her down. John followed closely behind, the rest of the team arriving quickly. As John examined Felicity's wound, Oliver turned to Lyla, needing to get his mind on something else. "Lyla, what happened?", he asked, urgently.

"We are not sure", she said looking at the group slightly confused. "John was guarding the door to the server room while I waited at the door leading outside. Suddenly we were exchanging gunfire with two guards. As we exchanged gunfire, a third guy came out of the blue and knocked John out. I could not get to him, and before I knew what was happening, everything went black." She gently rubbed the back of her head.

John cleaned up Felicity's wound, stitching each side cleanly before covering them with gauze. Oliver walked over as he was removing his sterilization gloves. "Well I was right. It was a through and through Oliver. I just can't figure out why she is not waking up." Lyla walked over to his side, putting her arm around his waist. Oliver moved to her side, taking her hand.

Roy walked over and gently touched her cheek, "She is so pale", he looked at Oliver. "She is like my sister Oliver. We can't lose her", he said.

Slade walked over and placed a hand on Roy's shoulder, looking down at Felicity. "She is a fighter. She will pull through this. But we have to figure out why she is not waking up." He looked at Diggle curiously.

"Did her wound look funny to you Diggle? Was there any discoloration?"

"Like what?", Diggle asked, walking over to Slade.

"Was there any discoloration around the wound? A slight green tint?"

Diggle frowned. Then immediately moved to her side, pulling back the gauze slightly. "You mean like that?" He pointed to a slight green tinge around the edge of the wound.

"Shit!!", Slade gasped. He looked at Diggle then Oliver. "I think the bullet was laced with a drug."

Oliver immediately moved to Slade, his face hardening. "What do you mean Slade? Have you seen this before?"

"Once when I was on a mission on an island in South China called Lian Yu. At the time I was working for A.R.G.U.S. We were sent in to retrieve a drug that was being manufactured there called vertigo."

Diggle looked at Oliver, not sure what to do. "That would explain why she is not waking up."

Oliver was growing desperate, "What do you know about this drug Slade?"

Slade looked down, trying to remember everything he could. "It causes hallucinations. It takes about 24 hrs, to run it's course."

Oliver, swallowed, and asked the question that he dreaded the answer to, "Is it deadly?"