Disclaimer: I do not own Arrow or anything else you may recognize.

This is a prequel to another story I have called 'The Arrow and the Canary' as well as a story challenge from Changingdestiny40. It is not necessary to read the other story, but it might explain what Sara is still doing with Oliver.

Hong Kong

Early morning

Oliver gasped as he shot up in bad, the image of Slade's madness and the water crashing in around him and Sara flashing in his mind. Looking over out of instinct, Oliver's relief at seeing Sara asleep beside him was enough to cause a few tears to fall from his eyes. Sara stirs and opens her beautiful eyes and it enough for Oliver to lose control of his emotions. Sara starts when somethings grabs her, but relaxes when she realizes it is just Oliver hugging her and returns his embrace. After reassuring themselves that the other is indeed alive and unharmed, the two let go of each other and begin looking around the room.

It was like no room that either of them had ever seen. There were no doors, simply empty walls with long ropes of beads where a door should be. Instead of carpets, there was what looked like sheets made of straw. There was a ceiling fan spinning and both of them jumped up when two men in suits walk into the room. They tossed Oliver a shirt and said something to him in a language neither understood before showing that they were armed. Realizing that they had no choice, Oliver and Sara were led from the room after Oliver put on his shirt.

The pair were led out of what they realized was a hotel and into a back alley. Just outside the alley was a Limbo with a door open with a few people standing in front of it. They were a few more men in suits and an African-American woman who was obviously in charge.

"Mr. Queen, Ms. Lance, my name is Amanda Waller; we have some things we need to discuss. Welcome to Hong Kong."

Hong Kong, five months later

Afternoon

Oliver and Sara ran through the streets, shoving people in order to get a head. Oliver snatched the phone out the hands of a passerby and started dialing on the way. However, he dropped the shot when a shot rang out. Looking back, the saw the man in the suit they had escaped from aiming a gun at them, so they quickly took off. As they ran from their pursuer, Oliver knocked over some random items in an attempt to slow him down. After making some turns, Oliver and Sara barged into a restaurant.

Spotting a laptop, Oliver saw his chance as he shoved the owner aside. Oliver quickly logged onto his email account and typed a message. However, before he could send it, a shot rang out and Oliver stepped back as the laptop sparked. Oliver and Sara turned around to see their pursuer. Oliver and the man exchanged in a short fight but, in addition to their pursuer being better trained, Oliver was exhausted, so he quickly fell to the ground, Defeated. The man began talking in his native tongue as Oliver looked up annoyed.

"I already told you, I don't speak your language." Oliver snared.

"I told you if you tried to run again, I would beat you senseless." The man sneered as he struck Oliver across the face as Sara cried out ion outrage.

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Later in the afternoon

"So this morning makes how many escape attempts in the last five months?" Waller asked testily as she walked over to Oliver and Sara as they sat in lawn chairs.

"Nine." Oliver growled.

"So this is my thanks for rescuing the two of you off the shores of Lian Yu?" Waller asked angrily.

"Why'd you do that anyway?" Oliver demanded with Sara looking like she wanted to know as well.

"That's need to know." Waller said in a condescending voice.

"You can't keep us here." Sara hissed.

"Oh but I can. You didn't get to send your message and, as far as the world is concerned, Oliver Queen and Sara Lance died two years ago and are currently wasting away at the bottom of the North China Sea." Waller reminded them cruelly.

"You should know that we will never we will never stop trying to escape." Oliver sneered.

"Then you should know it's extremely easy to kill people the world already thinks are dead. Although that may not be something you two desire, considering recent events." Waller told them as though they were supposed to understand.

"What are you talking about?" Sara demanded.

Waller smiled a nasty smile, a cruel glint in her eyes. Waller reached inside her briefcase and pulled out a piece of paper. She shut her brief case before showing the paper to Oliver and Sara. They looked at it, but it was just a bunch of mumbo jumbo to them.

"Is this supposed to mean something to us?" Oliver asked starting to get impatient.

"This is Ms. Lance's bloodwork. Tell me Ms. Lance, lately have you been a little temperamental, noticed an increase in appetite, needing to use the restroom more frequently, your clothes seeming like they are shrinking?" Waller probed and Sara becoming unnerved at Waller's seemingly endless knowledge of her.

"How do you know that?" Sara demanded.

"Because those are the symptoms of a woman three months pregnant. Congratulations you two, you're going to be welcoming a little one into the world." Waller smirked at the stunned looks on their faces.

"Why should we believe you or anything you say?" Sara demanded, both of them becoming suspicious that this was a ploy to get them to cooperate.

"You don't have to believe me, you can believe this," Waller says as she hands Sara a box of pregnancy tests, "I'm sure you know how those work. One line and I'm lying, two I'm not. Now, you'll go home with Mr. Yamashiro and you, Mr. Queen, will start to cooperate or Ms. Lance will meet with an unfortunate accident. Do we understand each other?"

So, what do you guys think? Please give me some feedback, it would be greatly appreciated.