The Assassin's Creed

Untitled Part 24

Felicity quietly moved along the wall, her eyes constantly looking for Darhk's men, but never straying far from Oliver and Darhk. She had stood quietly in the shadows as Al-Sah-Him had dispatched Darhk's thugs and a wave of pride had flowed through her. She had only been in the field with Oliver a couple of times but standing back and watching Al-Sah-Him at his best was a beautiful sight. Maybe she had been wrong. He didn't need her help.

She had decided at the last minute to follow him, to be there in case Oliver was walking into a trap. But she had realized after only a few minutes that Oliver had Darkh right where he wanted him. He knew exactly what he was doing.

She turned and walked out, making her way quickly to her car. She could still get to A.R.G.U.S., and help John and Lyla monitor Oliver's comm's. She was sure that Oliver knew by now that she had been a no show. But she would have to deal with that and his anger later. Right now she just needed to get to work. Felicity changed from her League gear into a pair of jeans and a shirt and slipping on her tennis shoes she headed toward her office. John gave her a disapproving look as she quietly slipped in the door, but Lyla just continued to listen through the headphones. Crap! She was going to have to deal with Diggle's anger too.

He grabbed her elbow and pulled her out into the hall, so as not to disturb Lyla and Felicity could tell by the look in his eyes he was upset.

"Where have you been?", he asked. He already knew, so it was a redundant question. But he wanted to hear it from her.

"You know where I was John. I followed Oliver to the warehouse.", she said. It sounded kind of crazy now that she thought of it. But she was not sorry.

"And when you were hiding from Darhk's men, trying to keep an eye on Oliver, did it ever occur to you that we might be worried about you? Or how it might affect him in the field?", he hissed.

"Of course it did John, but I had to go. John if anything were to happen to him......", she couldn't say any more. He would just have to understand. "I am here now. Let's get in there and make sure he gets out of this alive."

Felicity hurried back inside and left John standing in the hallway. He regained his cool before he followed her inside. They would continue this conversation later.

John went back to the computer system and let Felicity take over, but not before he reassured Oliver that she was here with them and safe.

Felicity watched the computer monitor, seeing the view from the cameras in the warehouse. She had hacked them earlier when they were sure that Oliver was going under cover and she was glad she had done it. It gave them a clear view of every room. That made her feel better.

***

Oliver breathed a quiet sigh of relief when he heard John's words. He was angry that she had followed him without him knowing, but that was something he would have to deal with later. Right now, Darhk was leading him through the largest room of the warehouse, and Oliver had to keep his wits about him.

They stopped at the end of the room, and Darhk picked up a laptop that was sitting on top of the crate. It was one he had asked one of his men to test with the software that Waller was supplying and they had confirmed it was working properly.

"When you guessed I was working with Waller it surprised me. But now I am glad that you know. You see she and I have plans, big plans." Darhk said as the computer booted up. "Right now people's wants and needs are only tracked by cookies on a computer. Taken from where they shop and what they search online. It works well, but companies still struggle with what their customer's REAL needs and wants are. Now they will know. Directly from the mouths of their customers. You see we are going to not only monitor people through their online presences but through their televisions and even their phones. Radios, cars, anything that is electronic. And do you know what the best part of all of this will be, other than the money we will make selling the data to companies and retailers?"

Oliver just looked at him. He saw a bit of crazy in Darhk's eyes, so he waited.

"We will be able to monitor our enemies without them knowing. Any country, any government agency, anyone who has an electronic device we will be able to monitor. And it will give us tactical advantage.", he said, and Oliver looked at him in surprise. Of course. He should have known the tech would be used to give Darhk and Waller complete control. If in the right hands, the tech might be useful. But in the wrong hands, it was downright terrifying. They needed to be stopped.

Darhk grinned as he started up the software, his eyes dancing with glee as he typed in a few letters. Then all of a sudden an error message flashed across the screen. It was the bug that Felicity had installed kicking in, and as the software shut down, Darhk became angry. But he hid it from Oliver and smiled coldly.

"We are still working out a few bugs!", he said, making a note to talk to Waller immediately. The bug needed to be fixed right away. He was not happy.

"So what do you need me for?", Oliver asked.

"We know the League does not subscribe to using electronic devices. We need you to convince them otherwise.", Darhk said.

Oliver scoffed, "And just how do you expect me to do that?"

"That is up to you. I don't how you do it Al-Sah-Him. I don't care how many of them you have to kill to convince them. But I expect you to do so....", he trailed off.

"Or what?", Oliver asked.

"Or I kill you.", Darhk said simply, matter of factly.

Oliver laughed. "I'm not that easy to kill.", he said, his eyes cold.

Darhk smiled and took out a small hand held device, "Oh everyone has a weakness Al-Sah-Him!" Before Oliver knew what was happening he felt electricity coursing through his body. Felicity, Lyla and John heard a high piercing sound coming through Oliver's comm's and Lyla jerked off the earphones, her ears starting to buzz. Oliver started to slide to his knees. The electricity flowing from his comm into his body was excruciating and before he could remove it, he blacked out.

Felicity shot up from her seat, "Darhk knows!! He knows!!", she screamed. John grabbed her arm as she tried to run toward the door.

"Felicity we don't know that!"

Felicity turned and grabbing John's hand pressed her thumb into the webbing between his thumb and forefinger, causing him to cry out and immediately let her go.

"John I know a R.A.D., when I hear one.", she says.

"R.A.D.?", John says confused.

"It is a remote activated device that can be used to disable any electronic device within a 100 yard radius.", she said. "I have to go help him."

Felicity raced out of the building, glad she had kept her League gear in the car. Her heart was racing , a roaring in her ears. She couldn't think straight. All she knew as she needed to get to Oliver and quick.

She couldn't lose him!