Misplaced Memory (An Arrow Fanfic) [UNDER EDITING]

chapter 8

Oliver stood next to Felicity watching the painting. He didn't knew what to say or what to do. He just stood there. Felicity noticed the awkwardness between them and didn't wanted it be this way for now. So she turned her head towards him and looked him in the eyes.

"So..," she began "You do not have a secret crush on me don't you?" She didn't knew why she asked it, but she had a feeling he was more interested in her than he gave away. Oliver was shocked from her question and didn't knew what to say. She could see it when he lied to her, it didn't matter how hard he tried, she always got him to tell the truth.

"Well, i'm really interested in the fact that you haven't asked about your family while the only got half an hour left, i think there is something you're not telling us," Oliver first just wanted to avoid the question but realised he was right. She was scary calm for someone who could lose their family any moment. He saw her expression change and she turned her away and looked at he painting again. Felicity thought of it and even though she knew she had a good reason not to worry, Oliver couldn't find out. She breathed in and tried to calm down again, without succes. She didn't knew what to do now. She just walked away, out the living room, searching for a bathroom. When she finally found one she sat down on the ground. She didn't knew how long she could keep this fake identity alive. She wanted to cry and scream, but if she did Oliver would hear her and ask what's wrong. She just couldn't lie anymore. She thought of last night, when she found her house trashed with the message on the wall, and then she thought of the man who came fot her when she stepped in her car. The memory was unbearable, but she couldn't forget it. The whole thing just played in her head again.

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Felicity stepped in her car and buckled up. She knew she hadn't had much time but she needed to try to get help from someone with experience that didn't wanted to slap her for destroying his career. She thought of her ex William. He'd been stalking her after they broke up and when she confronted him with it he denied and touched her in the wrong places. He was lucky she didn't told the police he touched her, but he did got an restraining order and Felicity was fine with that. She started her car and put the adres in her navigator. She only started to turn her car when she saw a shadow behind her. When she tried to look behind her two strong hands grabbed her head and turned it to look forward. The hands were cold and rough. Felicity was scared to get killed, but even more scared that this was the man who took her family and found out she was trying to save them without holding up to his demands.

"Felicity Smoak, is a beautiful name very very pretty," He said with hoarse voice "They told me you were beautiful, but..mmhh...you're so much more aren't you? With your keyboard you know how to do some incredible things don't you?," He touched her head slowly and the car stopped. She was shaking and her eyes filled up with tears. She wanted to scream but she couldn't.

"You are very trustful that you turn to a stranger for help, after meeting him once, right? Or maybe you saw him before?" He tried to get some information from her, but she didn't knew what. She'd only saw Oliver once in her life and she wondered if he was behind all of this or at least has something to do with it.

"I..i..i don't know what...You mean...," she stuttered through her cries. She just wanted this night this to end. She wanted to go home with her family and and just be normal. Why did she had to be the target of a madman of all the people in Las Vegas! She thought about her plan and wanted to promise never to ask for Oliver's help and just find The arrow and get her family back. But she knew It wasn't going to be that easy after she tried to outsmart him.

"Oh but dearie i know you don't remember, i was the one that made you forget..," He put Two needles in her neck and a blue liquid injected it in a vine in her neck. When the liquid made it to her blood he got in shock. Her whole body was shaking from her toes to her head. She was shaking so badly the whole car seat was shaking too. Then she just lost control of her body, she was still aware of anything that was happening but she couldn't move or speak, her whole body was limp.

"..But that doesn't mean i can't still hurt you with the memories, because i really need you to do something for me and you will listen to me," Felicity wanted to scream, but she also had a lot of questions. Like why the hell the took her memory of something and what it was that was so terrible that she wouldn't want to remember. He continued without answering one of them.

"Won't you dearie?" His hand touched her cheek and he sniffed her hair. The smell of honey filled his nose. "You see i want you to infiltrate the Arrow cave, to find information and to tell me all the identity's of the people in it. And then, only then i will free your family. But dearie remember you can't outsmart me know. I will be your eyes and ears, cuz you see, that serum that's stopping you from moving right now will also show me exactly what you're doing, It's because.." He stopped for a moment to swallow and played with Felicity's hair "Well there are these micro-bots that are.. How did he say it again.. They are my eyes and ears through your eyes and ears, i think i got that right.." Felicity was starting to think the man was a madman and tried to move so she could get out of there but she still couldn't move. He kissed her cheek with his bare lips. Then he disappeared, he just vanished into dust, like he was never there. Felicity's legs started to move again and she could barely breath. She didn't knew what just happend or what she was supposed to do. Then she got a strange message on her phone.

'You look a little flustered dearie, well you know what to do. Find the arrow.'

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Felicity cried over the memory. She never wanted to betray anyone and know she was supposed to find the arrow and all his followers. She didn't wanted to keep remembering, she wanted to forget, but she knew she could never. He had her family and no matter what she needed to rescue them.