<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ff80">Felicity was prepared for the second blow, and when it landed she took it in stride, knowing that he'd react like that to her mention of Shado. But a few moments later, her eyes widened in real fear for the first time since Slade had abducted her, when he pulled out a dagger and showed it to her, before he proceeded to drag it gleefully across <br/>
her stomach. She grit her teeth and sucked in a pained breath as the blade cut into her skin and caused her to bleed. Between the pain from her wrists and now her stomach, the blonde had to force herself to not react, but it was hard. <br/>
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She had struggled so much with her bound wrists, that she could feel they were bloody and bruised and scarred. And the wound on her stomach didn't help. She fought against the nausea that rose in her throat, and forced back the urge to throw up. The blonde heard the faint noise that came from a distance, and hoped that Oliver had finally shown up. By the sound of it, Slade had heard it, too. And his words caused her to flinch, because it meant that things were about to get a hell of a lot worse here. <br/>
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The young woman knew that as soon as Oliver showed up, the show that Slade was putting on for him, was going to get worse. So, unable to help herself and torn between wanting to protect Oliver, and also wanting him to show up and help her, she yelled out, "IT'S A TRAP! OLIVER, DON'T COME HERE!" Her words were cut off by what Slade did next. The blows he landed on her, caused her head to slam back into the hard floor at one point, and it made her see stars. Even as she felt him doing other things to her, she struggled to keep a clear head and not pass out from the pain. <br/>
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At one point during Felicity's struggle, a snapping sound had been heard and she gasped sharply at the feeling of having broken one of her wrists in her attempt to get free. The pain had started to cloud her thinking, and at that point, all she cared about was making sure that Oliver didn't fall for the trap. She didn't want him to get killed because of her. He didn't deserve any of what was happening.</span></span></span>