To Dance with a Prince

Untitled Part 33

Felicity opened her mouth to speak but suddenly there was a large boom that reverberated throughout the palace. The lights flickered and then went out and she held onto Oliver for a moment before he jumped out of bed and threw on his clothes. Felicity jumped up as well as Oliver ran out the door into the hallway. She could hear Slade yelling something to Oliver and then the guards were there and escorting her to Oliver and then down the hall toward the safe room.

"What was that?" Her voice was shaky as the men surrounded them as they walked. They all had guns drawn and she knew something big was happening.

"Nothing you need to worry about ma'am." The big guard to her left said with a gruff voice and she looked at Oliver with concern. However, he was focused straight ahead and when they got to the safe room, he ushered her inside. Slade followed them in and she could see the look on his face.

"Slade what happened?" Felicity turned to him, she had to know what was going on and if that sound was a bomb.

Slade looked at Oliver to get his approval to tell her and Oliver finally nodded.

"A bomb went off in the castle near the kitchen. I have dispatched some men to check it out and see if anyone was hurt and we have contacted the authorities."

Felicity quickly looked at Oliver and he could see the small amount of fear in her eyes. She turned back to Slade. Maybe if she knew more she could help.

"Do you think this is connected to Oliver's threats?"

Slade nodded, "We received another more serious threat right before the bomb went off. We think this is a distraction to get our attention focused elsewhere, away from the Prince. That is why I have you here. I will have three men stationed out front until we have more information."

Oliver motioned for Slade to follow him over to the door away from Felicity, "I am going with you. I am not going to sit back and do nothing, especially if there were other people hurt because of me."

Felicity heard him speaking to Slade and she stalked over, "Oliver this person has escalated and is now hurting other to get to you. You need to stay here and let Slade and his men do their job."

"I am going with them Felicity. If I am who he wants them let him come, try to get me. Maybe by me being out there instead of in hiding he will show himself."

Oliver took Felicity by the elbow and walked her a few steps away from Slade. "You will be safe here and I will return soon." He saw the look of concern on her face and he kissed her softly. "I need to go help."

Felicity lifted her chin and then gave him the most stubborn, determined look he had ever seen cross her face, "Then I am going too."

"No Felicity."

"Oliver I am not going to stay here and sit twiddling my thumbs. I want to help."

Oliver thought for a moment. He knew she might be a big help, but he could not imagine her being out there where he could not protect her. He looked over at the desk nearby and he remembered they had placed a laptop in the room for communication as well as entertainment, in case he needed to be there for an extended period. He hurried over and pulled it out of the drawer. "Can you use this?"

Felicity's eyes lit up at the state-of-the-art laptop. It was better than most on the market today. "If I can get WIFI in this dungeon then I can definitely use this to hack into the cameras and see if I can find footage of what happened."

"This whole room has been wired for WIFI." Oliver smiled and gave her the laptop. He kissed her again a little harder and then stroked her cheek.

"You get to work, and I will be back." Oliver hurried out the door followed quickly by Slade and Felicity heard the door slam behind them and lock as she sat down and got to work.