Disclaimer: Although I'd love to, I do not own these characters and only get to play around with them when inspiration strikes.

A/N: It bugs me to no end that Isabel schemed and took over Oliver's company. I'm sure it could be fought in "real life," but it makes for a great plot line in Arrow this season. Still it gives me some fun creating ways to have fun at Isabel's expense.

A/N: This has turned into a collection of one-shots due to ideas, ideas, and more ideas invading my brain. :)

Chink in the Armor

One-shot

What a damn commute, Felicity thought, as she unlocked her back door, stepped into her small kitchen, and reached for the light switch. Laying down her purse, she shrugged out of her tight black pumps and wriggled her toes, one of her favorite things to do each afternoon when she got home. It had also been a hell of a commute home to her brownstone, having to endure the inevitable congestion of two fender benders as she traveled during the peak of Starling City's rush hour, and she desperately needed a mojito, heavy on the white rum.

But . . . that was the only bad part of her day. Felicity slowly smiled, and it wasn't just because her feet felt better.

Working with Isabel as CEO of Queen Consolidated should have, by all rights, been sheer torture. However, she was reveling in finding all kinds of ways to make the experience worth her time and effort. Unfortunately for Isabel, she needed Felicity until she hired a suitable replacement. Felicity knew she could quit any time she wanted, but she also saw this as a prime opportunity to wipe computer files, set up tracers, bungle a few meeting dates, mismanage a few dealings here and there with stockholders, and generally anything else that would undermine Isabel's hostile takeover . . . including "violently" breaking the new coffee maker Isabel recently purchased. Oh, the list went on and on of Felicity's fun.

"This is just until we're finished with Slade," Oliver said in a tense conversation the night he discovered what Isabel had done while he was frantically searching for Thea.

"Add Blood to that," said Diggle.

"Oh, yeah – he definitely made the short list we're after, all right," Oliver quipped.

Felicity had looked at them both and said, "No problem – I can certainly put a few chinks in that woman's armor." Her mind raced over her list of things she could do in the next few days at Queen Consolidated as Isabel's "doting" Executive Assistant, and Oliver and Diggle swore they could actually see wheels turning inside Felicity's head.

"She's got zero idea of your, um, talent, but I've got a feeling she's about to find out."

"I just hope she doesn't ask Felicity for a cup of coffee," teased Diggle, his eyes crinkling at the thought as he playfully dodged a punch in the arm from Felicity.

Felicity sighed happily for what seemed the hundredth time since the disastrous conference call ended this afternoon like a plane going down in flames as she relived the interface problem she – oops! – created causing Isabel to miss an important interview with three of Starling City's movers and shakers.

She mixed her drink in one of the tall glasses that came in a "mojito" set Oliver had given her, taking care to muddle the mint leaves and garnishing it with a slice of fresh, pre-sliced lime that was waiting for her in the stainless steel refrigerator. Taking a long sip of her drink, the ice clinked against the glass as she eased down the hallway to the den so she could check the evening news she found so entertaining these days as the newscasters would surely be summing up the latest QC blunder Isabel unknowingly suffered at the hands of Felicity. The cool liquid felt as though it was washing the headache of the commute away. Much better, she thought as she started scheming tomorrow's task of dismantling QC's top-notch firewalls. Rival companies having full access to Queen Consolidated's company secrets . . . she was, after all, a bitch with wifi.

A/N: I had to borrow that line from S2E21 (I think) about the "bitch with wifi" - that was a great line for describing Felicity's prowess with computers. XD