The Hero In the Dark

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"How are you not in a lot of pain?" Felicity asked she stiched her side up and this time well enought to heal. It would still leave a scar and from what Felicity could see one to add to the collection.

"I've had my fair share. Phyisical and mental." Olivia looked down to her mother who's blond hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail. "You're the best you know."

"I hope I was enough seeing as we couldn't save your parents." Felicity said."Maybe this time we can."

"Where there's death...there will always be death." Olivia said remember something she heard as a child. "Besides...I don't think I'd change a thing." Felicity smiled at her and it made Olivia's heart warm. Even though she was luring she just like telling her how much she appreciates her in any way she could. "I love and you two are my parents too."

"Can we come in?" Oliver asked before rounding the corner.

"Just come in." Olivia said as Felicity put the needle through once more making her grip the table. Olivier and Dig walked in. Olivia sat on the steel table in her sports bra with her shirt sitting next her. "What's up? Have you made a verdict?"

"We'll help you," Diggle said as he crossed his arms. "But in order to find who these people are...we need information. We need a starting point. Unless you want to wait till your born?"

"Several problems, one, I can't be here for over a year. Two, me being here before being conceived is making this ten times worse." Felicity tied off the stitch making Olivia pinch her face and breath for a moment. "As for a starting point, I did see one of them when I they took him but that night is...foggy and in pieces. I just have to find a way to find it in my mind."

"Let me guess you blocked it out of your mind." Felicity said as in she knows someone who does the same thing.

"So far you'd reach china before you found it. I guess I picked up on more than just my fighting skills from someone." Olivia smile as he stepped forward.

"Speaking of, this can't be from last night." Oliver pointed to the bruis on her cheek. The one good hit Tony the Tiger had gotten still hadn't faded.

"Well...I'm not exactly the girl I was before they took TJ. A lot of...screwed up shit has happened since then. I get into bet fights sometimes. The reson we were driving in the middle of the night from the police station is me. I got arrested at a underground fight club. Which was funny because it wasn't even underground."

"You're going to be a greate teenager I see."Felicity put the patch around Olivia's waist. keeping it a hold.

"You're not wrong." Olivia's gaze moved from Oliver to the floor. She slipped her shirt back on then pulled her legs up to the table crossing them under her. "I'll stay out of your hair. I'll sleep on the cot down here. I'll-"

"Don't be silly. Just stay with us."

"Felicity-"

"She's staying with us."Felicity turned to Oliver with a sharp look. Olivia took in a deepbreath then turned away."She's injured and a teen. She's staying with us." Diggle walked over to Olivia's side."Now, I'm going to pick up William and dinner, meet us at home." Felicity walked out with Oliver standing there arms crossed and closing his eyes gathering his thoughts. He looked over to Olivia.

"I'll grab you another shirt."He walked off leaving Diggle and Olivia alone.Once Oliver was out of ear shot Diggle stepped infront of her making her look right in his eyes. Not a lot get's passted him. Nothing ever got passed him.

Diggle is her uncle. Her god father. Kept secrets for her and snuck candy to her in the middle of the week with John Jr. She had to many sleep overs to count. He's her second dad. She trusted him with stuff she knew she couldn't tell her father like dates with boys. After all he's the one who made sure his parents got together in the firstplace.

"What's your real name." He asked quietly. "I heard it. And I can also put together one and one pretty easily." Olivia looked down at her locket. She knew she could trust him. She took her locket off and handed it too him. He opened it up seeing a picture of his best friends holding two smiling todlers.

"Olivia and my brothers is Tommy." Diggle smiled at her. He already knew he's someone important to her. "If I tell them the full truth...We might not be born."

"I can keep a secret. We'll make sure it stays secret." Olivia put her pinky up out of habbit. Diggle just smiled and wrapped his pinky around hers.

"Thankyou John."

"This is the living room, kitchen-"

"I remember Felicity."Olivia said as she set her bag down near a stool "We lived here for al ittle bit before we moved into a nice house."

"This is weird." William said as she sat down on a stool pulling out his homework.

"You'll get used to it. Our lives are full of weird." William started his homework and Olivia joined Felicity in getting dinner out onto plates.

"Maybe we can cook something tomorrow. I mean...Oliver can cook."

"I can cook too. I don't mind, after all your letting me stay here."

"From what you say you live here in a couple years. Don't worry about it."

Olivia looked around remembering everything. She had lived here till she was 5. When Tommy and she had grown to big they moved to house that was designed by Oliver and Felicity. The basement was where they all trained thanks to the cool upgrade Cisco had given it. When William left for collage Olivia was crushed. She looked upto him so much. But she was still a child considering the age difference was fairly big. But William was the collest big brother ever. Knowing she's older at the moment made her feel better.

Oliver looked from the front door as Felicity and ,as he thought, Lauren laughed together as they set up dinner. As Olivia already knew her way around she found it easy to help and even helped William with his homework. Seeing the ease in which she fit in to the family also made him question the situation. If they adopt her and her brother in the future, as she said, it would give him a chance to be a father to young kids. He loves William but he wished he got that time with him when he was younger. Knowing he'll get that time with her brought a feeling he hadn't had for a while.

With 'Lauren' here they could do alot if everything she says is true. They could help more people and stop a lot more of the bad ones. She'd prove herself sooner or later what she's really up to. Oliver trusted his gut that she wasn't being fully honest but he trust Felicity's gut on trusting her. Felicity is never wrong.

"Just carry that here and then do the problem from there." Olivia pointed out to William. He smiled as she finished the problem.

"I tought you a lot huh?" Felicity asked as they set the plates down at the table.

"You all taught me a lot. But Will actually mostly tutored me since you guys worked."

"What about your brother? TJ, right?" William asked. The idea of being an older sibling to them in the future made him feel happy. Seeing as their parents had died he could help them since he lost his mother. He knew they'd be happy with Oliver and Felicity because he did. Sure it's been hard sometimes but he knows how much they care for him. He also knows what they'll do to protect him.

"He was more into reading. He spent a lot of time with Felicity. I think he spent more time with you sometimes, Will and I'm his twin. You played games together all the time especailly after he got old enough."

"And you?" Felicity asked.

"I actually bounced between you. Until TJ was taken I spent a lot of time training. Maybe too much." She looked over at him as he only had his eyebrows pinched together. "I begged you to teach me everything you knew so I could help. He was stubborn but so was I."

"That makes sence." Felicity held up her chopsticks full of noddels. "He's pretty protective."

"But melts at my puppy dog eyes." Felicity laughed at Olivia's comment knowing he was easy to win over with experience. Oliver just looked at her wondering what she held back. He saw so much of himself in her personality it confused him. But at the same time familiar questions filled his head.