The Assassin's Creed

Untitled Part 12

Oliver, Felicity and Slade walked into the safe house in Kaza the rest of the men having gone to stay at the League training facility where they would house the children. They were all going to meet at the building where Sara and Nyssa were staying in an hour, so Felicity and Oliver headed to their rooms to settle in before leaving. Oliver wanted Felicity to rest and for once she was not arguing with him. Her arm was sore from her training earlier in the day and she just wanted to rest it with a hot cloth over it.

She gingerly took off her shirt and laid down on the bed, placing the hot cloth over her shoulder. She sighed as she started to relax and her thoughts went over everything they had been through the last few months.

Their boat had gone down and Felicity remembered back to them agreeing to stay with the League and train with them. They had felt like they owed them after they saved their lives, but they had not been told that they would lose their memories, especially their memories of each other. It made her angry. No it made her furious. She was grateful that they had been able to get their memories back. She was determined that when they got back to Nanda Parbat that she was going to convince them to utilize her tech if it was the last thing she did.

Felicity heard a knock on the door, and she looked up to Oliver walk into the room, closing the door behind him.

"Hey, how are you feeling?", he asked as he walked over and sat on the bed beside her.

"I am a little sore but overall good.", she said. She wasn't going to let him know that her confidence had dipped after talking with Slade on the plane.

"I saw you and Slade talking on the plane and he seemed to have upset you. What was that about?", he asked, taking her hand in his.

"Slade is concerned about me fighting while injured and he wanted to make sure I felt up to it.", she said.

"I am not going to lie Akilah, I am concerned too. But I know you and I trust you. If you say you feel up to fighting then I believe you." Felicity looked at him curiously. She knew how hard it had been for him to say that. So what was going on? He usually would argue with her.

She removed the washcloth and gingerly sat up in the bed. Oliver saw her wince but said nothing.

"What is going on Sah-Him?", she asked suspiciously.

"What do you mean?"

"You normally would argue with me about this. Why all of the sudden are you agreeing?" She said.

Oliver looked at her and sighed. "Because as much as I want you here, safe and far away from the fighting, I know you! I know you would hate yourself if you stayed behind." He gently caressed her cheek. "And you would never let me hear the end of it.", he teased.

Felicity scooted closer to him, and took both of his hands in hers, "Oliver, I want nothing more than to go back to our old lives. But do you know something I have learned? Akilah is a part of me. Just like Al-Sah-Him has become a part of you. We can't go back to how we were before the boat went down. So even when we do go home. It won't be like it was before. We won't be the same."

"I know. And my hope is that you can live with what happens tonight, the lives you might have to take." He looked at her with concern. He never wanted her to regret her decisions, so he hoped that things would go smoothly tonight.

"I can deal with it Oliver. I promise."

Oliver looked at her and he knew she was right about what she had said. He couldn't separate himself from Al-Sah-Him and because of that he knew that she could not separate herself from Akilah. They both needed to be ok with that.

"I want to do this mission. I want to help those kids. I want to know that despite the fact that I am considered an assassin, that I am a good person.", she said.

"Me too.", he said softly.

She leaned over and kissed his lips. "It's almost time to go."

"Akilah, please stay close to me, and if you are feeling like you cannot handle things, then let me know. Ok?"

She nodded and reached for her shirt. She dressed and then kissed him softly before they headed to the living room to meet with Slade. Strapping on their weapons they each went over their role in the mission and Slade gave Akilah one last look of question before he turned and headed out. Her eyes told him everything he needed to know. She was 100% ready to go.

***

Oliver, Slade and Felicity met up with Sara and Nyssa outside the building. They went over the layout of the building and where the kids could be found on each floor. Felicity was going to stay with Oliver while Nyssa and Sara took a floor and Slade along with the rest of the team came in from behind. Oliver looked over at Felicity and with his eyes he told her how much he loved her before they set off to head up the stairs. They were to take the second floor, as the first floor was only for adults. She kept her dagger tightly in her hand, her other weapons hid amongst her League gear and followed him up the stairs. They were quiet and kept to the shadows as they moved down the first hallway. The parents of the children were suppose to have notified them of their rescue, so they were hoping the kids would cooperate as they removed them from the building.

Finding the first room, Felicity slid inside as Oliver kept watch and gathering the five children she led them out the door and started down the hallway. She heard a scream as two men appeared before them in the hallway and Felicity let her dagger fly. She barely missed the man's arm and she heard Oliver yell "Duck!!", before two arrows flew over her head killing the men instantly. Felicity looked back with a grateful nod before she passed the men, grabbing her dagger as she went. Shit! She had missed. She couldn't dwell on that though. They needed to get the kids down to Slade and his men and head back for more.

Slade and his men were waiting and they took the kids as Oliver and Felicity headed back up the stairs. As they made their way down the second hallway, another man appeared and before Felicity could react, Oliver engaged him and slit his throat. The man slid to the ground silently and they moved forward. Felicity tugged at his sleeve stopping him. "The next one is mine.", she said. She needed to get her confidence back and seeing that, he nodded before he let her take the lead.

They quickly found the second room and Felicity led the kids out and they quickly made their way back down to Slade. So far things were going smoothly other than Felicity missing her target, and she followed him back up as they headed to the third and last classroom. The moved silently down the hallway and Felicity gripped her knife tightly, she was ready. They found the last of the kids on their floor and Oliver led them back down the hallway, with Felicity bringing up the rear.

As they quickly moved down the hall, Felicity felt a hand grab her and before she could scream, a hand was over her mouth. She struggled trying to get her blade in a position to strike but before she could she felt a pain in her head and then everything went black.

Oliver moved quickly reaching the stairs. He turned to guide the children down, knowing that Slade and his men were waiting at the bottom. But when he turned he stopped dead in his tracks and his blood turned cold.

Felicity was gone!