Abducted

Chapter 18 - Escape

Mixed POV

Diggle knew that after Felicity's words Oliver would find a way out of there even if it killed him. He knew Oliver would do anything to keep her safe, especially after she said the words I believe in you! Diggle just hoped that whatever Oliver was planning wouldn't hurt him too bad.

Everyone watched in shock as Oliver twisted around, causing his chains to twist as well, before reaching up and grabbing on to them. Oliver then pulled his feet over his head, with a small grunt, so he was now hanging inverted from the chains. He then proceeded to pull himself up until he was more than six feet off the ground. He paused for just a moment, taking a deep breath to prepare himself, before letting go. This caused him to drop, putting just enough pressure on the twisted chains, for them to break and drop to the floor. 

"Ahhh." Oliver cried as he hit the ground on his wounded side.

"OLIVER!" Everyone cried at the same time when they saw him hit the floor.

"So that's how he did it!" Diggle stated, in awe at his friend. He had just discovered how Oliver had gotten himself out of the same situation the last time that Malcolm had captured him. He was sure that Oliver had to be in no small amount of pain right now not only from falling on his injured back and shoulder, but Digg was pretty sure he heard Oliver's left shoulder dislocate again when his friend dropped to the floor.

"Oliver, man, you alright?" Diggle asked, concern clear in his voice.

"Fine." Oliver replied, unable to keep the pain out of his voice.

Moira watched as her son rolled over with a look of pain on his face. She could not believe what she had just watched him do. She knew that he had more abilities than she even knew about but she had never imagined that he could do this, that he would do this. As she saw the cuts on his back from the whip she could not keep the tears from running down her face.

Felicity was deeply relieved. Oliver had found a way out of his restraints and even though he was in pain she knew that he would get them out of there. She watched as he pulled himself to his feet slowly and a bit unsteadily to start with. He looked to her and she gave him an encouraging smile despite the pain from the arrow in her shoulder. He took a step towards her before turning to the door.

Oliver was in a hell of a lot of pain. His back was burning from the cuts from the whip, the stitches in his side were coming out causing the bullet wound to hurt even more, there were ribs that were either cracked or bruised, the wound in his shoulder was hurting pretty bad - not to mention the fact that the drop had dislocated his shoulder yet again. He simply hoped he was able to get out of here without passing out. Thankfully though, he had enough adrenaline right now to keep him going.

Oliver was headed over to Felicity when he heard the footsteps in the hallway. He knew that it wasn't Malcolm because the man's boots didn't make the right sound on the floor, he just hoped that the man had the key to the cells. He walked over and stood by the door waiting for the man to come through.

Lance had watched as Oliver freed himself from his chains. He knew that Oliver had to really be hurting right now due to all of the injuries that he had sustained. He was still awestruck that Oliver had endured so much with hardly a sound. In fact, the most that he had heard from Oliver was just now when he dropped to the floor. Oliver had been silent the whole time and Lance simply could not believe that the young man had been able to endure so much so silently.

Laurel watched, concerned for Oliver, as another man walked into the room. He walked to the center of the room where Oliver had been chained up, walking right past Oliver at the door. She watched, somewhat surprised, as Oliver came up behind the man and kicked him in the back of the knee causing him to drop to his knees. Oliver then put him in a sleeper hold causing the man to pass out, before he searched the man like he was looking for something specific.