Arrow: Fracture Part 3

Rising Pressure

The sound of Oliver's pacing played lightly under Felicity's explanation of the evening to the team. A stream of mostly proud faces were the general response to the news of Felicity hacking into her friend's phone and stealing all his data. Thea in particular seeemed very pleased with Felicity's boldness in the matter, a feeling that Oliver clearly didn't share. His silence since their return had troubled Felicity into believing she had tainted herself in Oliver's eyes.

"So once the files are decrypted we should hopefully have a better idea of what HIVE's after right?" Thea asked, glancing to Felicity for her tech expertise. Oliver passed a warning glance with his sister, silently hoping she wouldn't praise Felicity for her uncharacteristic actions.

"If Victor keeps any professional data on his phone than hopefully yes." Felicity humbly replied, clearly not after any praise for her actions.

"Nice move, maybe you should call Anatoli and tell him to stand down." Diggle suggested as he looked over to Oliver, hopeful that they would have intel they could use against HIVE sooner than expected. Oliver shared a disappointed expression with his friend, expecting Diggle above all others to speak out in hopes of helping Felicity take another look at her possibly rash decision.

"That might be a bit premature. Some of these files are very well protected and it'll take some time to break into them." Felicity informed, knowing it was best to try and attack the situation from every angle they could.

"Well that's convenient." Riley announced as he started down the stairs. "Cause I have a lead that we need to follow up on and it will most likely take some time."

"Any chance you're willing to share?" Diggle asked, half expecting the ARGUS operative to feed him a need to know line.

"Only if you are." Riley quickly countered, looking to Oliver.

"What'd you need?" Oliver asked, knowing that whatever it was it something that Riley put thought into otherwise he wouldn't have been so straightforward with the team. Also somewhat thankful that this new development would distract him from his concerns with Felicity.

"Them...just for a few days." Riley stated as he pointed to both Thea and Roy.

"A few days?" Thea asked as she turned to her old friend.

"Yeah, Tokyo is a long way away." Riley explained, smiling as he gauged the teams' reactions. To his surprise they seemed to be growing used to his tactics and personality, as the looks were no longer stone faced glares but now more akin to puzzle solving.

"What's going on in Tokyo?" Felicity asked, somewhat surprised that Riley wasn't more focused on the fight in their city.

"As I said, it's a lead we need to follow up on. Some of my sources on HIVE's technical side point to a major component being in Tokyo at an upcoming closed door trade show." Riley explained, hoping the brief explanation would inform the team to the urgency of the assignment.

"Sounds like we need to be there then. Fill in Digg with the details, he can get you access to the QT private jet." Oliver announced as he nodded to his team before turning to Felicity and asking.

"Can I speak to you for a minute?" Felicity nodded as she followed Oliver away from the group as Thea watched, confused from Oliver's lack of concern surrounding this mission abroad. Felicity stopped beside Oliver as the reached the corner of the room where they kept storage out of sight. A conflicting expression overtook Oliver's face as he struggled for the words to relay his concerns.

"What's wrong?" Felicity asked, wondering what Oliver had to say to her in private.

"I'm worried about you." He blatantly began, looking to Felicity with round eyes.