1. Services Are Required
November 8, 2008
Oliver woke with a pounding headache. He didn't groan, or even stir - Slade had taught him better than that - but instead kept his eyes closed and let his other senses tell him what they could.
He could hear… people. That didn't make sense. His breath caught as he listened. He could distantly recognize the vague babble of hundreds of people talking in the distance. The sounds of a city.
He was not on the island.
He was sitting in a metal chair. He felt something rough - rope, he identified, binding his limbs and extremities.
He smelled what he thought was cooking. He hadn't smelled that in so long he wasn't even sure, but he didn't know what else it could be. It didn't smell anything like fire, or the "cooking" he did on the island.
He could hear movement somewhere near him.
"You might as well stop pretending to be asleep," came a voice.
Oliver opened his eyes and glared at the man in front of him. He was a tall man, apparently Japanese, and had long hair up in a ponytail. His voice, though, was in near-perfectly accented English.
"Where the hell am I?" Oliver demanded.
"You're in Hong Kong," the man replied, "In my home."
"Why?" he pushed, "And who are you?"
"My name is Maseo Yamashiro, and you are here because my employer requires your services."
A/N:
This story will mostly be a bunch of flash fiction and short shorts about Oliver's time in Hong Kong, but there are a few chapters with over 1000 words. There will be some AU/canon deviation, but if you've seen season 3 and are familiar with the canon, you should be able to keep up.
One last thing - I already have the whole story written, so how should I go about posting it? One chapter a week, one chapter a day, or just post everything all at once? I'll let you guys decide. Tell me in the reviews.
I own nothing. That goes for this chapter and the rest of this story.
Sorry for the long A/N. Please review, guys!