In The Shadows (Arrowverse RP)
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				Title: <strong>In The Shadows (Arrowverse RP)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>greenandgold</strong> on <strong>25-07-2017, 21:23:10</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">Felicity and her friends had made it to the ship with only moments to spare and try to take cover from the blast. She checked on Thea, John, and the others and after getting confirmation that everyone was okay aside from a few bumps and bruises, felt her heart rate settle down a little. A strange thing happened as they all hunkered down on the ship. Several more explosions went off, and then a large one that looked like the entire island was in jeopardy, which told her that Chase had somehow managed to set off the landmines. The ship shook dangerously as the landmines caused more and more damage and caused huge fires to spread across the island. <br><br>Her concern wouldn't go away anytime soon, because they didn't know if Oliver and William were still alive. Samantha was a few feet away from her, trying to leave the ship and break free from John, who had grabbed her to keep her safe on the ship, and keep her from running off half cocked to try and find William. The blonde sucked up the jealousy she felt at seeing Samantha, and walked over to the other woman, wanting to offer her comfort. The jealousy she felt was real and it reared it's ugly head but now wasn't the time to worry about such trivial things. She walked over to Samantha and gave the other woman a small smile. <br><br>"If there's one thing that I know about Oliver with absolute certainty, it's that he would and will do anything and everything that he can, to keep William safe. I just want you to know that. He loves <br>that little boy with everything in him and he will get your son back to you no matter what happens. I've seen Oliver do some amazing things, and if you think some little blast is going to kill him, well, you're wrong." The firm conviction in her voice was merely for show. She glanced over at John and Thea and shared a concerned look with them. They had to get Samantha and the others out of there and then they could start a search of the island for Oliver and William. <br><br>And Chase, if that jerk was still alive. Felicity glanced around and her eyes landed on a ship that had apparently seen and heard the explosions and was coming to investigate. "Rene, Dinah, Thea, you guys lead Samantha, Curtis, Slade and the others to that ship that's arriving. Tell them that you're from Starling City and all of you need to get back there. Quentin, John and I will stay here and track down Oliver and William, and we'll see if Malcolm's still alive. Send a boat back as soon as you can, but STAY in the city," The blonde said firmly. "The city still needs protection, and we don't want to spread ourselves too thin."<br><br>________________________<br><br>Iris was worried. It had been a few days since she had heard from Felicity or Thea. Neither of her friend's were answering their cell phones or house phones. And she had even tried calling Oliver and Quentin, hoping that they would know what was going on, but had got no answer from them, either. She walked into S.T.A.R. Labs, let herself inside and went to find Cisco. She knew that he would <br>be working on the treadmill for Wally. The young woman pressed a button and then spoke into the microphone to get his attention. "Cisco, we need to talk. Something's wrong with Oliver, Felicity, <br>and the other's in Starling."<br><br>"Can you take a break and talk to me?" The concern that she felt for their friends was clear to see on her face. After saying what she had to say, she released the button on the microphone and left the small encased room, going to the cortex so they could both sit down and talk. Iris took a seat and waited for Cisco to join her. When he walked into the room a few moments later, she looked up and then motioned for him to have a seat beside her. "Okay, so here's the deal. I can't get ahold of Felicity or Thea. I usually talk to them every other day or so, but it's been a few days and I haven't heard from them."<br><br>"I also called Oliver and even Quentin, and neither of them are answering either, and I'm worried. I know that Oliver's notorious for not answering his cell phone, because he hates the thing, but Quentin would never not answer his. So, what do we do? Can you and my Dad contact the SCPD and see what's going on? I'm sure that it hasn't escaped public notice that Oliver, the Mayor, and Quentin, an SCPD officer, haven't been seen or heard from in days. I mean, someone has to know something, right?" The worry on her face got more and more pronounced as she continued to speak, afraid that something bad might have happened to their friends. <br><br>"And I don't want you and my Dad to be the only ones that are doing something. I need to do something, too. I just don't know what that is. Tell me what you need me to do," Iris said, worried and eager to help. She fell silent after speaking and waited to see what Cisco would say to everything that she had told him.<br></span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: In The Shadows (Arrowverse RP)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Franklin</strong> on <strong>26-07-2017, 05:24:51</strong>
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				&nbsp;"What's wrong with this stupid thing?" Cisco muttered under his breath as he stuck the probe onto the circuit board, then jerked his hand away as a large spark was ejected from the machine, and the diagnostic test that he had just completed went from green back to red. Cisco slumped back onto the floor with a sigh as he glared at the equipment. Truthfully, he knew exactly what was wrong with the treadmill, he just couldn't wrap his mind around the solution as other thoughts kept interfering. <br><br>&nbsp;"Where are you, Caitlyn?" Cisco asked softly. It was hard to believe that only a short time ago STAR Labs had almost felt crowded. But now H.R. was gone. Jesse had left quite a while ago. Harrison had also decided it wasn't worth sticking around. And Barry had literally ran off to be with the speed force. Cisco wasn't sure what that was all about yet, but it had seemed Barry hadn't had much of a choice in the matter, so his leaving hadn't cut as deeply as Caitlyn. Caitlyn had been his partner and friend for years. He'd promised to always be there for her no matter what and thought she had felt the same way. But when it came down to it...she not only hadn't taken the cure, she'd willingly walked out on him. So that was the departure that hurt worst of all.<br><br>&nbsp;But there wasn't a damn thing he could do about any of them. If Caitlyn didn't want to come back, there was no way he could force her. And Barry could only leave the speed force if he was replaced by another speedster, at least as far as Cisco had been able to learn. And while it had seemed Central City had been over run by speedsters a time or two, right now they were in short supply. At least speedsters Cisco was willing to condemn to be a prisoner in the speed force. <br><br>&nbsp;"All right...let's try this one again." Cisco said as he grabbed the probe and leaned forward again, but it appeared the lab wasn't as deserted as he thought and a voice, rather than his own thoughts, distracted him. She didn't identify herself, but she hardly had to. There were only a small number of people who could get into the lab without setting off the alarm (at least he hoped the latest upgrade had worked) and the fact the voice was female narrowed it down even further. It had to be either Iris or Caitlyn, and Cisco knew better than to expect Caitlyn to come back.<br><br>&nbsp;Cisco practically rolled his eyes as Iris revealed she thought there was a problem in Starling as well. Because OF COURSE there would be a problem in Starling. The problems in Central City obviously weren't enough. Cisco glanced back over at the observation window and nodded. It wasn't like his current project was an emergency, and Cisco wasn't the type to turn away someone with a problem. Especially not when that someone was his best friends fiancé, and especially especially not when said problem involved another computer nerd he considered a friend. He left the tools were they were...he'd get back to that project soon enough...and trailed after Iris into the cortex...after a brief stop to pick up a mug of coffee for both of them. <br><br>&nbsp;Cisco settled into the seat opposite her and placed her mug on the table next to her, taking a small sip of his own drink while he listened, frowning as she outlined the problem. "I haven't heard from them either." Cisco admitted. True, Felicity was really the only one he'd had anything like regular contact with, and it wasn't unusual for him to go weeks without hearing from her. And of course Oliver had never, ever called him, nor had Quentin. And he could count on one hand the number of times Thea had contacted him while they weren't involved in a joint operation. But it sounded like it was different with Iris.<br><br>&nbsp;"Quentin...might be just drunk or something. Felicity has mentioned he's taken Laurel's death extremely hard, and understandably so. So that alone isn't cause for concern. And like you said, Oliver being silent is nothing unusual. But Felicity and Thea..." Cisco trailed off, then leaned over and accessed the computer on the next table over. He logged into his social media account, then frowned, a frown which only intensified as he checked a few other files. "Neither has been online for a few days." Cisco finally reported as he leaned back with a sigh. Felicity practically lived with her computer, and Thea was a teenage girl with a constant online presence. THAT was cause for concern. "I'm not picking up anything from their cell phones either." If Oliver had disconnected his phone, that wouldn't have been unusual. And if Quentin had forgotten to charge his phone for a few days, nothing strange their either. But both Felicity and Thea going dark? Iris was right. Something was wrong. <br><br>&nbsp;"I don't think Quentin is with the SCPD anymore." Cisco admitted. It was a bit hard to keep up with the man's career, but last Cisco had heard the man had quit the force after his daughter's death. "And if it did escape their notice, I'm not sure asking questions, and getting others to ask questions, is the right approach." Cisco leaned back in his chair. Fortunately they had other options. <br><br>&nbsp;"I could try to vibe them" Cisco admitted. He was still learning to use his powers...he thought he would always be learning how to use his powers...but he had had some luck with the process before. He glanced over at Iris when she asked if there was anything she could do...but he couldn't bring himself to ask. There was an aspect of his powers he'd found to embarrassing to reveal...namely that the more intimate an object he used to try and vibe, the greater the chance of success. So quite frankly, if Iris managed to get ahold of a pair of Felicity's underwear, Cisco was pretty sure he could lock onto his friend, and probably even open a portal to her location. But that wasn't something he could bring himself to ask. <br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>&nbsp;"This ain't Aruba." Mick was obviously not the most intelligent member of the team. Hell, considering the team consisted of a man who had figured out how to build a shrinking suit, another who had won some sort of prize for some sort of discovery, and someone who read books for a living, that was hardly an embarrassment. No, Mick was the muscle of the team, and he knew it, so as he rose from his seat and looked out the window at...whatever the hell he was looking at...a small smile formed on his face. Dinosaurs were awesome, and while he would NEVER admit it out loud, he'd been kind of envious of Haircut being stranded in their time period. And now here he was with an awesome view out the window at some of his favorite animals.<br><br>&nbsp;Oh, sure, Mick wasn't a complete idiot. Dinosaur's did not walk on paved roads. And while he liked the theory that dinosaurs were still alive either deep in Loch Ness or the darkest jungles of Africa...they did not wander the streets of LA in 2017. "I didn't do it." Mick claimed as he glared around at the rest of the group, certain one of them would blame him for breaking time as blondie had put it. Mick didn't even know HOW to break time. Sure, Rip and Whitey had explained it multiple times about how it was important not to interfere with the normal course of events, but Mick had always tuned that part of the mission briefing out. All he needed to know was where to go and who he was supposed to hit. And while Mick considered himself a tough guy, the closest thing he saw to an enemy right now was the Tyrannosaurus Rex trying to take a bite of the ship, and even Mick knew better than to go outside and try to hit that. <br><br>&nbsp;"Think there's a bar around here? Gideon?" Mick demanded. It would probably take the egg heads a few hours at least to figure out the scientific mumbo jumbo that would precede him being told who to hit and what to steal, so he might as well be comfortable while he waited. And speaking of comfortable... "Care to join me?" He asked the new captain. True, she'd decked him not to long ago, but then she'd also told him he earned the right to choose the destination...a destination they hadn't arrived at yet. "Least you can do after crashing the ship." He teased her. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: In The Shadows (Arrowverse RP)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>greenandgold</strong> on <strong>26-07-2017, 06:35:51</strong>
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				Iris paused and then an excited look came over her features. "I don't know if it'll work, but I have some of Felicity's clothes that she left over at my place when she came to Central City for a week after her boyfriend Billy died. Maybe you could vibe that?" A blush came over her face. "It's uh, something that we should maybe keep between ourselves, though, okay? Why don't you come to my place and I'll show you?" A few minutes later, the two of them left S.T.A.R. Labs. They got into their separate cars <br>and drove to the house. Once they arrived, Iris unlocked the door and the two of them went inside. <br><br>She closed and locked the door behind them once more, and then told Cisco to have a seat in the living room and wait for her, before returning to him a moment later. "This is embarrassing, so don't tease Felicity about it when we get her and the others back, okay?" Iris took a seat down on the couch beside Cisco, and handed him a matching set of bra and panties that the blonde owned. They had been cleaned, but had been left behind on accident, along with a pair of shoes that looked like they had seen better days. "I have this that belongs to Felicity, and a pair of shoes. I don't know how your powers work, but hopefully one of these things will help."<br><br>After handing the clothing over, Iris fell silent and waited to see what was going to happen. There was so much going on with them trying to figure a way to get Barry out of the Speed Force, and now they were needed to try and track down 'Team Arrow', as Cisco and Felicity called their friends in Starling. "Do you think this going to help?" She couldn't help but ask. This was crossing a line by giving him the blonde's intimate clothing, but if it helped them to locate their friends, hopefully Felicity wouldn't be too upset about it in the end. She wouldn't do something like this for kicks. The situation was serious, and if this could help, they had to do it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: In The Shadows (Arrowverse RP)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Franklin</strong> on <strong>26-07-2017, 07:06:09</strong>
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				&nbsp;"I don't know if it'll work either, but clothes have one of the better success rates." Cisco admitted, once again leaving out the fact that the more intimate the clothing, the better the connection. "But it wouldn't hurt anything to try." It was certainly a better option than sitting around fretting about Barry. He nodded when she suggested they keep it to themselves, though he wasn't sure why. Unless the clothing was...but no...that was to much to hope for. <br><br>&nbsp;On the drive over, Cisco wondered if he should feel guilty visiting Iris's place. Oh, he'd been over there plenty of times, though at first she'd lived with her father, and then with Barry, and one of them had always been present. He couldn't remember a time he'd actually been alone with Barry's fiancé at her place before. But no...she'd asked him to come over, and it was necessary to help their friends. And he certainly wasn't going to do anything inappropriate. So even if Barry did somehow manage to see what was happening, they had nothing to hide. <br><br>&nbsp;Cisco took a seat on the couch, then glanced over at Iris as she emerged with the clothing, and his eyes widened slightly <em>'Was she telepathic?</em>' He wondered with shock as Iris held out Felicity's underwear to him. There was certainly nothing more intimate than that. "Not a word." He assured her as he ran his finger along the cup of Felicity's bra. He wasn't being a pervert, he just needed to establish a connection to the blond computer hacker, and to do that he needed to conjure up an image of her. And the image of her that was most indelibly imprinted in his brain was the time her shirt had caught on fire after Barry had carried her through the city, and he'd seen her in her bra. It hadn't been this bra, of course, but it was close enough for the image to work. <br><br>&nbsp;"It will help." Cisco declared as he held the cup of the bra in one hand, then reached out and took hold of Felicity's panties in the other. He didn't have as strong a memory of her wearing this article of clothing, as the most he'd ever seen were snatches as they peeked above her pants as she bent over, or the one time he'd been working on the computer console, flat on his back, and just happened to catch a glimpse up her skirt. <em>'Okay...she's a B cup...thought so...' </em> Cisco thought as he located the label on the bra. He'd always suspected it, and while he tried not to stare, he couldn't help but notice all the times she wore cleavage revealing shirts...and you weren't supposed to think of bride's that way, but it had been a sham wedding and she'd looked hot in the photos he'd seen...and there was that time his arm had accidently brushed her breast while they tried to hack that computer together. "I'm getting...getting something..." Cisco stated excitedly as he felt the familiar tingle and his vision started to fade out, the usual indication of an upcoming vibe. "Grab my shoulders." He ordered Iris. He wasn't sure if he'd be able to bring her into the vision as well, but he had to try. He usually grabbed hold of someone's hand at this point, but in this case his hands were full and he didn't want to risk losing the connection he'd established. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: In The Shadows (Arrowverse RP)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tremerette</strong> on <strong>26-07-2017, 10:36:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/thea-queen.jpg)</div>Thea was angry at Ollie, she was angry at herself. She shouldn't have left him and the others behind but it was too late. He'd somehow convinced her and barked orders and she'd moved. A knot in her stomach kept twisting, it was too late to turn back but she shouldn't have left. She knew from time to time she made poor choices, Ollie had made damn sure she knew of that recently not that he was a poster boy for making sensible choices. Her knuckles were white as she gripped the shaft of her bow hard.<br><br>She was angry at a lot of people right now but top of the list was herself. She went over the steps that led here and how she could have avoided or handled it better. If a few bad guys wanted to make an entrance she'd be very welcoming in that special brand of violence her family traded in... <strong>"We shouldn't have left."</strong> Thea declared to the team around her but knew it was too late. She had to say something, to do something.
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				Title: <strong>Re: In The Shadows (Arrowverse RP)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>greenandgold</strong> on <strong>26-07-2017, 12:01:42</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">The next several hours were exhausting for Felicity, John, and Quentin. After sending everyone else away on the ship, the trio had spent hours trying to track down Oliver, William, Chase, and Malcolm. There was good news, bad news, and news that was a mixture of good and bad. The good news was that four hours into their search they had found Chase's body washed up on shore. The bad news <br>was that they still had three other people to locate, and they had to make it carefully across the island without getting blown up. The news that was a mixture of good and bad, was that they had retraced <br>the route where Thea and Malcolm had been when the landmine went off, and found no sight of Malcolm, which could be good or bad.<br><br>There wasn't a body, so that was good news. For Thea at least. The bad news part of that was that if Malcolm was still alive, it meant there was a good chance that it wouldn't be long before he was involved in something dangerous that would put Thea at risk, like usual. As the hours dragged by, the three of them kept searching. They were exhausted, dirty, sweaty, hungry, possibly dehydrated,<br>and still had not a single sign of Oliver and William. The boat that they had been on had been blown to pieces and there was no sign of their bodies either, thankfully. The sun was starting to sink <br>behind the trees and before long it would be pitch black out. They needed to find some place to rest, even if it was just a short one.<br><br>They weren't going to sleep. There was no time for that. They would just sit down for a few minutes and let their bodies rest. Felicity didn't know how much time had passed, before John and Quentin got to their feet and said that they should resume looking for Oliver and William while there was still the barest hint of light, and she agreed. The light lasted for another two hours before the sun went down completely, but luck was on their side for once, as something caught the blonde's eye. "John, Quentin, I see something. There's some kind of lump about 30 feet away from us.." As soon as she spoke the words, the three of them wasted no time and went to examine what had caught her eye. <br><br>The two lumps turned out to be Oliver and William, and she had never been so happy to see someone alive, as she was to see them, now. She kneeled down onto the ground and pressed the fingers of her hand against William's neck and found a strong pulse which thankfully meant that he was alive. She moved over to Oliver who was only a few feet away and repeated the action, feeling his neck for a pulse. A sound of surprise left her lips when one of his hands quickly grasped her wrist in a firm grip, before his eyes opened and locked on hers. "You're going to be okay."<br>_____________________________<br><br>Iris did as Cisco said to do, and placed both of her hands over his shoulders. A few moments later, the scenery around them changed. They were no longer at her place. They were surrounded by sand, trees, and lots of water. However, after a few minutes, there was an image of ome blurry figures that righted itself after several moments, and she was able to make out what looked like Felicity leaning over a body on the sand. "Cisco? Are you seeing this? It looks like Felicity's okay, but I can't really tell. Can you see where she's at?" The brunette had a pretty good idea of where their friends were now. There was only one place that she could think of, that resembled the scene they were looking at.<br><br>"Why would Felicity and possibly all of the others be back on Lian Yu? I mean, that's the island where Oliver was trapped for ten years. You'd think that that would be the last place any of them would be. Is there anything that we can do? Can we send help or something?" Her words trailed off as suddenly the scene before them faded away and they were at her place once more. "That didn't look too good," Iris said worriedly. "Do you think that we should rent a boat, or a plane and try to get to them?" Her hands were in her lap, and twisted anxiously, as she hated knowing that their friends were out there with no one to help them. "I mean, we're already batting 0/1, with trying to get Barry back. The least we can do is help our friends."</span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: In The Shadows (Arrowverse RP)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LostSoul</strong> on <strong>26-07-2017, 18:21:01</strong>
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				Chase had been an ego-maniacal bastard to the very end, taking his own life in a final bid to take everything else from Oliver for choosing to save his son. With staring, haunted eyes Ollie had watched the blooms of fire erupting over that cursed island that seemed to only bring pain. He'd killed them. He'd gone after Chase and everyone else had paid for it with their lives. All he ever gave anyone was pain, loss. He could feel the familiar bleakness starting to settle into his heart once again when the warm solidness of his son intruded.<br><br>That was the old Oliver, the hardened killer who'd sought to cleanse his city under a mound of arrow-riddled bodies. He wasn't that man anymore. He had to believe he was no longer that man. He had a team now, people who believed in him. He had Thea. And somehow, there was always Felicity who seemed incapable of giving up on him totally. He needed to place his faith in them. Curtis and Felicity were two of the smartest people he'd ever met. Slade and Malcolm were cunning as fiends. They would have found a way to escape...<br><br>His train of thought cut off as he noticed smoke begin to billow from the inboard engine. Oliver seized William and flung himself over the side, kicking hard for distance. He felt a wave of blistering heat, light spearing through his eyelids, and pressure.<br><br><br>He felt wet sand beneath his body and a vague sense of heaving himself out of the surf before collapsing. But he wasn't alone. Someone was getting closer, fingers pressed his throat. Oliver's hand flashed upward like a striking snake to lock around their wrist. A moment later, his vision cleared to the indescribable joy of seeing Felicity's gorgeous face alive and unharmed. She said he'd be OK, but that wasn't the priority. "William?!" he croaked. "Thea? Everyone?"<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: In The Shadows (Arrowverse RP)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>greenandgold</strong> on <strong>26-07-2017, 21:23:29</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">"William's right here. He's still unconscious, but he has a strong pulse." Felicity assured Oliver, wanting to ease his worries. "Thea and the others managed to get on a ship and get out of here. They're on their way back to Starling and will send another ship back for us. John, Quentin and I are the only ones still here, with the exception of Malcolm possibly still being here, but who knows if he survived the landmine. He has a way of always surviving really bad situations." After speaking, she helped Oliver to sit up, removing her wrist from his firm grasp. The blonde reached down and ripped the bottom of his shirt, and used it to wipe the blood off his head and hands. <br><br>"We got Samantha out of here, so she should be okay once we get William home." The words were said softly, and she had finally, mostly forgiven Oliver for lying to her about his son's existence. But there would always be that little bit of hurt because of the lie. The blonde hated that Samantha had made him choose, and the other woman would probably never let Oliver see his son again, because this was the second of his enemies who had used William as leverage. Felicity didn't want that. She wanted to explain to Samantha that Oliver wasn't the same man he used to be. He wasn't a shallow player who used women for a good time, and he wasn't a drunk anymore. <br><br>But she didn't know how well that would be received. And even if the other woman didn't tell her to mind her own business, it wasn't her place. She and Oliver weren't together anymore, and it had taken Felicity time to accept the fact that Oliver had killed Billy. It had been a setup by Chase, of course. But the end result was still the same. She couldn't blame him for what had happened, though for a long time just seeing Oliver had made her feel betrayed and so she had left the team. But whatever this thing was between them, whether it was love or friendship, or a mixture of both, she knew that it wasn't finished with either of them yet.<br><br>She also knew that the moment Oliver had opened his eyes, that she would love him for the rest of their lives, no matter how bad things got. The blonde simply couldn't live without him in her life. And no matter how much they fought or how much pain they caused each other, they were still the best thing to ever happen to each other. </span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: In The Shadows (Arrowverse RP)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LostSoul</strong> on <strong>27-07-2017, 12:07:50</strong>
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				Hearing that William was alive and nearby lifted a huge weight off Oliver's chest, although the sharpest worry he'd had was banished the instant he saw her face and heard her voice. Despite everything that had happened between them, he loved her with the same fierce intensity that drove him to protect his city. Felicity had called things off between them. She'd moved on. It was hard, harder than he'd ever care to admit to think of her as just a friend, a colleague. But if there was one thing he was not short on, it was determination. If she was happier with him at arm's reach, then he'd pay that price.<br><br>Ollie's mind was already taking stock as he sat up with a wince. "Land mine?" He turned his head until he could meet Felicity's eyes. "What happened?" They needed to get off the beach soon. He couldn't afford to assume that Chase didn't leave another nasty surprise from beyond the grave. William was already stirring which was good.<br><br>John answered for Felicity. "Thea stepped on a mine while we were getting away. Malcolm took her place, said he'd catch up."<br><br>Quentin interrupted, "No offense, but could we continue this somewhere less exposed, I've been shot at enough for today." The tired looking man ran his fingers over the shaved stubble along his scalp. <br><br>Oliver let Dig help him to his feet one-handed while Deputy Mayor Lance got William vertical. "Can you walk?" The boy nodded, too worn by recent events for anything more.<br><br>Oliver took the lead, striding confidently. "The cave is this way. We'll wait there until the ship comes."
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				Title: <strong>Re: In The Shadows (Arrowverse RP)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>greenandgold</strong> on <strong>27-07-2017, 20:12:49</strong>
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				The five of them made their way to the cave, and though there was a lot that Felicity wanted to say, she wisely kept her thoughts to herself. For the time being. She walked over to William and gave him a friendly smile. "How are you feeling?" She asked the boy gently. "Are you cold? Do you need to rest?" The group of them walked until they found Oliver's cave and as they walked, the weather turned nasty. At one point it started to rain, and the weather turned cold, so she slipped off her jacket, and wrapped it around William's shoulders to keep him warm. When they reached the cave, she gently grasped the boy's shoulder to stop him.<br><br>"Wait. Let's let the others check it out, just to be safe. Who knows if there's anything inside the cave?" Several minutes later after getting the all clear that the cave was empty, Felicity nodded and all of them walked into the cave. She led William further into the cave to get him away from the wind and rain, and sat down, motioning for the boy to sit down beside her. "I know you're scared, but it's going to be okay. Your Mom, and our friends are going to do everything they can to get us out of here and home safely. I have an idea," The blonde said softly. "Why don't you tell me what you like about school? It'll help to pass the time."<br><br>Over the next while, Felicity nodded and listened as the boy talked about sports and his friends, until he eventually curled into her side, rested his head in her lap and fell asleep. She smiled softly at William as she watched him sleep, glad that the distraction had worked to keep him from being scared, and after fixing her jacket over him like a blanket to keep him warm, turned back to the others. "When the rain lets up or stops, I think we should try and send out a fire signal, so that when the others send a boat back, they'll know where to look for us." Once she had said what she needed to say, she fell silent once more, and started to rub William's back, hoping the action soothed the boy as he slept.<br>
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