Would You Love Me Less? > Arrow / Flash x Reader

Chapter 19

I didn't know at the time, but two days had passed before my hopes of being saved were completely shattered. But what if Oliver did get the signal? What if he didn't think I was worth saving?

My head was resting back against the cell wall and my knees were to my chest; my hands rested effortlessly on my knees.

"Y'know..." I said out loud for the camera's benefit, but still kept my focus on the door. "I don't know if you're watching this right now, Dr. Wells... But I've figured it out. This was your plan all along, wasn't it?"

The smile that formed on my face was more of an ironic one, "God, you must have been thinking this through from the first moment you saw me and Barry together."

I laughed to myself, "Maybe even before..."

"You gave me that bow. You gave me the space and the means to train. And then you knew,- you knew that Lassiter was at that bank robbery... Which meant you knew I would want answers for Cecilia."

I sniffed to keep the tears at bay. "What's the plan now, Dr. Wells? Hmm? Keep your former physicist in a cell forever that she helped you to create?" I shook your head and spoke more to myself this time, "What else do you know about me?"

Just after I finished my sentence, I heard a loud explosion too close for comfort... Even with the thick metal and bulletproof glass separating me from it, I could tell it was close.

Not too long later, there was another explosion; it was the pipeline door. I was frozen in fear, pressing up closer to the wall behind me as if I could run any further away.

Through the smoke and sparking electricals that had been severed stepped Oliver Queen into sight with full Arrow gear equipped.

I stood to my feet quickly, somewhat surprised he came to rescue me.

Angrily, he slammed his fist into the door release, forcing the glass doors of my cell to fold open while also damaging the tablet. After shooting an arrow in the cell's camera, he ripped his hood off so I could see him better- he looks pissed. Oliver walked over and held out a hand for me, "I'm getting you out of here. Let's go."

"What happened, Oli? Where is Barry?" I asked, keeping my hands to myself.

Oliver groaned in response, "They are all alive if that's what you're wondering... Not even a scratch." The answer permitted me to give him my hand; he pulled me with him towards the exit.

Halfway to the exit, Barry zipped into view and blocked the only way out of the pipeline. Through instinct, Oliver pushed me behind him to protect me with his body. "You don't want to do this, Barry." Oliver promised, standing down with his bow.

"Do what, Oliver? Keep a criminal in a cell?" Barry snarled.

"She is NOT a criminal. You should know that just as well as I do." Oli responded in an equally stand-off tone. "No? She killed someone!"

"And what? I haven't? What are you going to do, lock me up too?" Oli asked.

Barry paused for a moment and looked down, probably finding a new path since he knew Oliver was right. "That's not what this is about, is it?" Oli asked. Barry shot him daggers from underneath his eyebrows.

"How did you even figure out where she was, huh?" Barry asked, changing the subject. "I keep up with those I care about. I keep up with my team, I keep up with you, and I especially keep up with her." Oli growled in response.

"How could you say that? You haven't checked up on her ONCE since she got to Central City!" Barry yelled.

Oliver's response was instant and equal in volume, "Because she chose you, Barry!"

The entire room fell silent, except for the electric sparking noises and the feint alarm sounds from the main rooms.

'I chose him... what does that mean?' I wondered silently.

"Y/N, please wait in the cortex." Barry requested, but never broke eye contact with Oliver.

Hesitantly, I obeyed.