What's wrong with us when happy hurts

I'm holding on your rope Got me ten feet off the ground

Notes:

I know I haven't updated in forever and I am so so sorry! Life has been crazy working three jobs and family things and then I got stuck and wasn't sure how to move from where I left the last chapter to where I want to go, I wasn't sure if I should skip ahead or actually go into everyone's reactions after Oliver's kidnapping. So it took me a while to figure out how to proceed and this is what came out. I hope you guys like it.

Also big thank you to Onyon23 and SweetEvil09 your inputs are highly appreciated and helped me a lot for this chapter.

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I'm holding on your rope Got me ten feet off the ground And I'm hearing what you say But I just can't make a sound

Thea

Thea helped Laurel get Joanna outside and to a safer place further away from the building where they could wait for the ambulance Felicity had called for them. She stayed with them, sure her brother and Dig would join them shortly after Given the limited time they had to escape before the explosives inside would go off. It was only when she saw Dig come running outside with a woman in his arms and no sign of Ollie that worry began to settle in her stomach; she looked at Laurel and Joanna for a moment, before her eyes followed Dig once more and then moved back to the entrance of the building, waiting for her brother to join them.

The five minutes either were up already or would be soon. She hadn't really paid any attention, and she was cursing herself for it. But Ollie would've. He'd know whether he had time left or not. He wouldn't stay inside knowing it was going to blow up with him inside. Ollie wouldn't lose track of time.

"Felicity, what time is it? How much time is left until the building blows up?" She was sure their IT-genius kept track of it as well, she always did, it was difficult to keep on top of it while also fighting, this was why Felicity took over that part, she could set a timer on her computer and let them know.

"They've been up for several minutes now, but the heat signal is no longer active, so they must have been turned off. Why?" The reply was instant and brought some relief with it, even if only a little, they could still be set off manually, but for now, Ollie wasn't in immediate danger of getting blown to pieces, that was a good thing.

"Because Ollie's still in the building. Alone. I'm going back in to see what's going on." She turned around and ran towards the building before she finished the sentence. Something was wrong. Her brother had insisted on not staying inside longer than necessary. He had told them repeatedly that the plan was to go in, get Joanna and get out, no lingering around for longer than they needed to get Joanna. And now he was the one not following his own plan. It wasn't like Ollie. Something was wrong, and she was going to find out what was keeping her brother.

Thea had almost reached the entrance when she got attacked by several Ghosts who tried to keep her from entering the building. Now she knew for sure that Ollie was in danger. It couldn't be a coincidence that they hadn't been here or just let them enter the building before and now they were trying to keep her from getting back inside.

The Ghosts trying to keep her from getting to her brother were seriously pissing her off, and she was grateful when Laurel came and joined her. She had no chance against the number of Ghosts guarding the door alone.

It was only once Dig entered the fray that they managed to get rid of all the Ghosts, and they could finally reenter the building; they ran towards the elevator and it felt like it took forever to descend and it was driving her crazy, especially given the silence they were greeted with as soon as they had entered the building. Dig had said Ollie and Prometheus had been fighting when he had left. It shouldn't be this eerily quiet now.