Hey everyone! So I mentioned in a secret to all of us that I wanted to rewrite the story to add more details, plot lines, better timing (as in certain things not being so rushed), more easter eggs, etc. Well here it is! I hope you all enjoy it! Review with any thoughts you'd like to see, or certain items you liked from the last story that you particularly want in this story, or comment just to say hi! :)

Copyright: All the characters are owned by DC and CW and whatnot (I wish they were mine, then this story would be trueeee)

She couldn't breathe. I gotta get out. I gotta get out. She stopped short to look around at her surroundings. The walls towered over her up into the sky, grey, dark, cold. They surrounded her, engulfing her. She started to run straight again, hooking a sharp right at the first corner. Everything looked the same, the same walls, same corners, same coldness. She began to run again, her feet slapping on the concrete, echoing all around her, giving away her position.

'Don't forget your training' A male voice rang into her head. 'Don't give away your position.' Boomed into her head making her stop short.
'Quiet..I..I gotta be quiet.' She whispered to herself. 'Don't forget your training Felicity. Never forget. Look..look for an alternate exit.' She panted to herself. She started to silently make her way forward again, looking around for anything to help her when she heard someone scream behind her.

'Mom?' Felicity yelled and ran back, towards the source of the scream. She raced towards a figure at the end of the corridor when suddenly everything vanished and she ran into a mansion.

'Mom?' Felicity whispered. Silence. She slowly walked forward to look round. The room she was in was large, a chandelier hung above her with a table directly underneath it. Frames with photographs all sat in a circle around the edge of the table. She picked up one of the frames but the picture was blurred, she looked around and realized every picture was blurred. She dropped the frame and backed away from the table slowly until her back hit something solid. She turned around to see when suddenly the entire room was dark except the fire in the fireplace. On the mantle there was a single photo that wasn't blurred out. It was a family photo of four people. A mother, father, son and daughter. Panicked at the all too familiar photograph she went to throw it into the fireplace when something on the back caught her eye. She flipped it over to find the word LIAR in dark red lettering.

'That's what you are Felicity.' A voice came from behind her. Felicity spun around to face Oliver towering over her. 'Did you think I wouldn't find out? The lies. The secrets everything? Who you were, who you are?'

'I couldn't tell you. I just couldn't, I had to protect you-'

'But yet failed.' Another voice called out before a shot rang out and Oliver crippled to the floor. A tall dark figure slowly stalked towards Felicity.

'I've been looking for you.' He hissed out with the tongue of a serpent. 'You know the payment for disobedience.' He said, over enunciating his P. 'Guards.' His voice rang out and before Felicity knew, the room changed again to an open room with grey stone walls. Training mats littered the floor, and workout equipment was scattered around the room.

'No...No.' Felicity shouted. 'This isn't real. I got out. I got OUT.' She screamed.

'Or so you thought.' The mysterious man said with a sly grin. 'That's what we let you believe.' He said and snapped his fingers and guards came out with people Felicity all knew. Oliver, Dig, Thea, Roy, Moira, Laurel even Captain Lance. 'First we will punish you. Then them.' He said then nodded and Felicity felt the first crack of hot pain against her back and screamed.

Felicity shot straight up from her bed with a scream, she was covered in a heavy coating of sweat and was panting. 'Just a dream. Just a dream Felicity.' She kept repeating, while taking deep breaths to calm herself. After 20 minutes of calming her heart rate down she got out of bed, already knowing sleep was not an option anymore. Glancing at her clock, it revealed it was 2:30 in the morning, she knew exactly where to go at this hour. Dressed in yoga pants and a red knitted pullover sweater, she drove her car to the other side of town.

Ten minutes later she pulled into an empty parking lot and got out of her car eyeing the once vibrant colored sign. VERDANT. It was only patrol tonight Felicity. He doesn't stay late on these nights, calm down he won't be there. Felicity did a once over for Oliver's bike and found nothing, she looked again for any witnesses before she punched in the code for the back door to the foundry and entered. She descended down the stairs to find all of the lights off, expect the one by the light switch. She made sure Oliver left that light on for if anyone came here in the middle of the night during an emergency, that they could somewhat see where they were going. She stepped off the last step and headed towards the light switches before turning them all on. The basement was instantly illuminated, giving her some form of peace, as if shutting out the darkness she felt in her soul. Her nightmare coming back to her in bursts, the screams, the pain, the fear.

Suddenly become all the much, Felicity stumbled towards her computers where she placed her hands on her desk taking deep breaths in. 'It's okay Felicity. Deep breaths.' She said to herself.

Oliver emerged from the bathroom, before stopping in his tracks, a little stunned to see all the lights in the foundry on. I swore I turned them off. His instincts kicked in, he walked sideways, heel to toe to silence his footsteps and proceeded forward, but stopped when he saw Felicity at the light switch looking around the foundry. curiosity got the better of him when he saw her. He opened his mouth to call out her name when he saw her face change from neutral to a mix of fear and pain in one. She rushed to her computers and braced her hands against the sides. 'It's okay Felicity. Deep breaths.' He heard her say as he could hear and visible see her chest expand and contract. A minute later her back straightened and she stood back up, running her hands across her face, back into her hair. Something was off about her tonight, clearly. Not wanting to spook her, he remained in the shadows as she walked around the foundry.

Felicity began to walk around the foundry, more like pace to ease her mind. She stopped when she came across Oliver's crate he brought home from the island. She ran her fingers along the wooden curve of his bow. She picked it up and grabbed an arrow next to her, nocking it. Raising the bow to chest level, she pulled the string back to her mouth. Softening the clench of her hand on the grip. Never forget your training. Hissed into her brain.
'Use your mouth as an anchor.' She breathed out. 'Lower your elbow and..release' She released the string and the arrow flew through the air, hitting dead center on the target Oliver uses at the other side of the foundry. She reached behind and fired another arrow. Then another. And another. Each quicker than the last. Each one hitting dead center, splitting the previous arrow straight down the center. 'If only you could see me now.' She bit out. Turning and putting the bow away, she scrubbed her hands over her face, before moving to her temples, rubbing in small circles.

Oliver watched from the shadows as she used his bow, impressed with her accuracy, but furthering his curiosity. She turned to put his bow away when he slowly walked towards her

'Felicity-' He said next to her alarming her. She grabbed his outstretched hand and placed her foot under his tripping him, she spun herself and him until his body hit the ground with her on top, her hand tight on his throat with her other hand behind her in a fist.

'Oliver? Oh god.' She stood up, backing away from him. 'I'm so sorry. I-' She stopped and paused while he stood up and rubbed his neck. 'What the hell Oliver!' She yelled and him, earning a confused look from Oliver. 'Stop sneaking up on me like that!'

'Coming from the person who just flipped me..' He said slowly.

'Right. Sorry. But still, you know not to sneak up on me with your ninja skills, I hate it.'

'I didn't want to disturb you.'

'Thank-disturb me..how long have you been here? How long have you been watching me?'

'I guess the whole time, I came out after showering to find you roaming around here, I was about to call out your name when you stopped at my case.' His gaze drifted towards his archery target on the other side of the basement, he turned back to see Felicity slightly blush before she placed her hands on her face and rubbed her eyes.

'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to intrude, I just..'

'It's fine, really. But why didn't you tell me?'

'What was I suppose to say? Hey, not only can I hack into things, but I also know my way around a bow as well, because that would have seemed like 'such' a normal conversation.' She snapped out.

'You couldn't have told me any other time? Is there anything else you'd like to mention?' Oliver snapped back, feeling his frustration rise quickly. Felicity stepped back after he finished his sentence, her nightmare hitting her like a freight train 'That's what you are Felicity.' A voice came from behind her. Felicity spun around to face Oliver towering over her. 'Did you think I wouldn't find out? The lies. The secrets everything? Who you were, who you are?' Fear began to rise up and she felt her throat clench as she slowly back away.
'Felicity?' Oliver asked slowly and took a step towards her and reached out for her.
'NO..no..don't, don't touch me...I can't...just stay ba..' Felicity gasped out her fragmented sentences before she felt her eyes watering and the room slowly began to spin. 'I'm sorry.' She whispered before bolting out of the room towards the back alley entrance. She burst threw the door and fell onto the side wall of the club, turning around she slid down until she was sitting, pulling her kneels up to her chest, hiding her face in the small space between.

'Felicity?' She heard a panicked voice. 'Felicity?!' Next thing she new the voice was right next to her. 'Felicity.' Oliver said softly and bent down, sitting down next to her. She hadn't realized she was sobbing until Oliver pulled her into his lap, rubbing circles on her back.
'It's okay Felicity, its okay.' He whispered.
'I'm sorry I just, had a bad nightmare.'
'It's okay, I get them too, just focus on breathing.' Felicity slowly started to take deep breaths in and out. Not long after her breathing was in sync with Oliver's breathing. She was starting to feel her eyes droop when she started to feel jostled as Oliver picked them up. Bringing them back down stairs and onto the couch Oliver brought in after Felicity insisted for the nights he stayed late. He laid against the back of the couch as placed her in front so her back was against his chest. If she hadn't been so tired so wouldn't been babbling about being snuggled up on a couch with Oliver Queen.

'My father taught me how to use a bow and arrow when I was very little. I picked it back up again when I was a teenager, but I..I don't like to talk about it.'
'How come?'
'It makes me think of my family. It makes me think of a lot of bad stuff what happened when I was younger.'
'I'm sorry for pushing you.'
'It's okay Oliver.' Oliver placed his arm around her waist and pulled Felicity closer to him, within minutes he felt her breathing even out before his eyes slowly start to droop.

Diggle descended down the stairs next morning to find Oliver and Felicity curled up the couch they kept down there. He saw Oliver poke his head up and put his fingers to his lips in a 'hush' signal before de-tangling himself from Felicity.

'Exciting night Oliver?' Diggle said with a smile as Oliver approached. His smile quickly disappeared when he saw Oliver's face. 'What's wrong?'
'Last night, Felicity came here..Or well this morning after a bad nightmare'
'Okay..we've had some particularly bad missions lately, do you think it's from that? Maybe she needs a break to clear her head. She has been pushing herself lately Oliver.'
'I know, but I don't think it's from that.' Oliver said and pointed towards the arrows Felicity fired.

'You mean..she?' Diggle question and Oliver nodded.
'When I approached her after, I catch her off guard, and she knocked me down. Like physically, without a bit of hesitation or struggle, threw my entire body weight to the ground. Later she revealed that she doesn't like to talk about her past regarding, her archery skills because it reminds her of her family and her past, which she said a lot of bad stuff happened when she was younger.'
'Well Oliver, some people do like to have a personal life, everyone has secrets. I don't doubt that something is clearly up, but if she doesn't want to talk..don't push it. It won't end well. I will admit that I am curious about how she learned her training skills. I've trained with her and most of the time, it looks like she has two left feet. That's not something you can easily hide..you of all people know that fighting is a primal instinct that. Oliver if you are right, something like that must have taken years of training to hide.'

'Which it did.' Felicity voiced called out behind them.

'Felicity..we're just worried about you. I mean your new found fighting skills. Your new found archery skills?' Oliver said, walking towards her. He stopped when she put her hand up.

'And how many secrets did you bring back from that island Oliver? Then how many of those secrets did you tell john or I? I didn't question when Sara resurfaced from the dead. Or any of the number of times you brought me ridiculous lies down to me last year. I didn't poke and prod into your past Oliver. Least you could do is extend me that same courtesy. Because if you continue to, you may not like what you find.' Felicity finished before grabbing her stuff and leaving.

'Oh yeah, something is definitely up Oliver.'
'I know what you're going to say Dig, she just needs her space but-'
'Not this time Oliver...I've seen that type of rage in people's eyes before. That voice. I knew Felicity had a guarded wall, but something tells me a storm is about to knock it down, and the fallout? It Doesn't look good.'

Here is the end of the first chapter! Hope you guys enjoyed it!
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