The Assassin's Creed

Untitled Part 11

"I am not staying behind and working on comms Sah-Him!" Felicity said, growing extremely frustrated. They were meeting with Slade and Maseo, trying to work out a plan for extracting the children and Oliver was being stubborn. He did not want her to be in the field since her shoulder was not fully healed. However, Felicity had other ideas and she knew what she and her body were capable of handling. It was also doubly frustrating because Maseo did not know they had their memories back, so they were having to emit an aura of indifference that was grating on Felicity's nerves.

Oliver glared at her and then turned to Maseo and Slade who were watching them argue back and forth with humor. "Will you two help me here?"

Slade held up his hands as if surrendering. "I am not getting involved in this one. However, I will say that I think Akilah should be able to decide if she feels up to going or not." Felicity looked at Slade with a smile and then turned her eyes to Oliver. He watched her for a moment, knowing fully well he was losing this battle.

Maseo sighed, "I have to agree with Slade. Akilah is a fully trained warrior Sah-Him. She has every right to make this decision herself."

Oliver gritted his teeth. "Fine! But she stays near me.", he said and Maseo looked at him in surprise but said nothing.

"Ok, now that we have that argument resolved let's get down to business." Slade said. They all looked at the satellite imagery of the building where they had found Nyssa and Sara. "It looks like we can have our men stationed here and here." Oliver said pointing to two adjacent buildings that gave a perfect line sight to each entrance.

"How many men are you thinking we need?" Maseo asked.

"It depends on how many children we need to extract. I am not concerned about the adults they can handle themselves.", he said and looked at Slade.

"I agree.", said Slade. "I will get a message to Nyssa and Sara and let's plan on heading out tomorrow evening. We can fly in and will have the cover of night to see what we are up against."

They all agreed and Maseo watched with interest as Oliver and Felicity left and headed to his chambers. As soon as the door closed Felicity turned to him, her anger showing in her eyes.

"What was that about?" She asked.

"What do you mean?" Oliver knew exactly what she was referring to, but he didn't want to admit it.

"You trying to keep me from going to the warehouse.", she said and stepped closer to him. "Were you TRYING to make Maseo suspicious?"

"No! But Felicity you are not fully healed. There is no reason for you to be involved in the fighting when we can use you on the comms."

Felicity took a deep breath. She should have known that with his memory coming back that his protective side would too. She tried to understand, but the part of her that had changed over the past few months, the part of her that was always independent needed him to know that she could take care of herself.

"Oliver, I love you, and I love that you worry about me. But I can take care of myself. I can throw a knife more accurately than most of the men in the League and you know me! If there are children involved I am not going to sit back and just be on the sidelines when I could be doing something to help."

Oliver looked at her, contemplating what he was going to say. He knew she was right. He knew that she could take care of herself, and she absolutely could throw a knife better than most men he had trained against. So why was he so worried?

He took her hands in his and looked at her with resignation. "I love you too Felicity. And I am sorry if I come across as overbearing. I just.....I just want you to be safe."