Delirium
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the idea you see within this story. Presenting one way Oliver could get off the island, and seeing as how we yet don't know how he wound up back on Lian Yu. I decided to do this.
Summary: At some point during his 5th year on the island, Oliver is ill and pretty much out of his mind because of it.
It was a rainy night in Starling City and Moira Queen unfortunately had to be out in it due to being called up to the precinct that Detective Lance worked at. The reason for her having to come there is cause her daughter had wound up in trouble again, but due to her age they had decided not to place her in a cell just yet. Instead having her sit near Lance until she could get there. To say Moira was angry is an understatement. Though she had to thank Quentin in her mind for watching over her daughter until she could get there. And despite their differences since the sinking of the Queen's Gambit, the man had wanted to see Thea grow into a responsible adult. If anything so that at least he wouldn't have to deal with another trouble making rich kid. Something that Moira honestly had to smile at despite his words. She quickly made her way inside the precinct and nicely managed to find Quentin and her daughter rather easily.
Quentin it seemed was trying to ignore any attempts made by her daughter to annoy him. Which left the young Queen a bit unhappy herself as it left her bored. "Alright now, I'm here Quentin. Thea, you and I are going to have a talk young lady." The only response she got to that was a scoff from the young girl. Quentin could relate seeing as how Sara was something of a wild child herself. Despite what Laurel thought, he wasn't completely in denial about how his daughter could be at times.
"Yeah, we'll see about that mom." The young girl honestly doubted anything would come of it. After all they had such a sweet deal going between the two of them.
The glare she got actually made her back down a little as it wasn't often she got that sort of reaction from her mom. "Kid, for cryin' out loud. Just listen to your mother alright?" Lance told her exasperatedly.
Thea could only roll her eyes at the older man. Surprised he would even try considering how she knew he disliked her brother very much because of Sara. And of course Laurel before the Gambit. But before anything else could be said, Moira's phone rang and in her haste to answer it she accidentally turned on the speaker portion of the phone so that everyone could hear who it was. Something she'd later thank whoever was watching over them for that mishap. "Hello, Moira Queen speaking." Came her polite tone of voice. Hoping it wasn't business.
"Mom? Is that... Is that you? Or is that just me being hopeful again?" Moira's eyes, along side Thea's and Quentin's widened in shock. As it couldn't possibly be who they thought it was!
Gathering her wits about her, she responded to the man. "I think you have the wrong number sir."
A crazed sounding laugh could be heard next. "Oh ha ha ha... I kinda hoped I wouldn't have done that. My bad. Guess even when I'm out of it I'm still doing the wrong thing. That's what I do after all, the wrong thing is me. Should be my name instead of Oliver. Wait... Is it Oliver? Lady do you know?" His crazed ramblings was beginning to scare Moira a bit. But the more he spoke, the more she began to realize that maybe, just maybe it truly was Oliver.
"Y-yes, I believe I do know. You're my son!" Thea could be seen with tears in her eyes while Lance sat there in stunned disbelief.
"Whoa! I am!? That's, that's totally cool! I always wanted to be a son! Ya know, I think I was a brother once. His name was Wilson too but he left me alone. Aloneness sucks you know." He then giggled a bit madly, as if laughing at a joke only he was privy too.
Lance managed to shake himself out of his stupor and quickly got someone to start tracing the phone call as well as recording it as a just in case kind of thing. Moira had her own tears now that could be seen. Worried deeply for her son. "Oh sweety, this is a miracle!"
Laughing could be heard again. "Miracles? Oh no no no no... Miracles are bad ya know. They also come in the form of Mirakuru. And that stuff makes ya nutty! Made my friend Wilson that way it did. I think I mighta poked him in the eye or something like that. I honestly no remembers now. I wish I could spins around and around. That would be a ton of fun. Do you ever do stuffs like that?"
Moira had a hand covering her mouth, barely being able to hold back the sob she wanted to let out at how her beautiful boy was sounding. Thea just wished she could hug him or something to help make the bad stuff go away.
"Hellooooo? Did youse hang up on me's? Wait... I'm talking to nothin' aren't I? Oh well, at least I have the rain drops to talk too!" More crazed sounding laughing could be heard.
"Oh no sweety! I'm right here! You're mother is right here I promise! We're gonna get you home soon okay?" She hoped her re-assuring words would help him. But the state he seemed to be in likely hindered that.
"Home!? But I thought I was home? I mean yeah, there's lots of trees and stuffs like that. I think there was lots of buildings too with people speaking weirdly. Oh its hard to remember, I feel funny. Maybe that's why I no remembers?" He started to make whoosing noises to amuse himself for whatever reason that only made sense to him.
Moira tried to compose herself a bit more before speaking again. "Oliver sweety, do you know if there's a name for where you are? Is there anyone there with you?" And if there was, why weren't they looking out for her baby!? Or where they responsible? If they were, there would be Hell to pay!
"Uhh... I theenk its Purgatory or sum such like that. Or maybe Lian Yu? Oh its hard to 'member for little Ollie. Little Ollie's head hurts. And no one here but little Ollie. Been 'lone long time I has. Peoples go bye bye and even go under da ground too. Just leaving poor little Ollie by his lonesomeness. I founded raydeeooooooh stuff to mess withs, was kinda fun. I tink." He went off on another round of laughs and giggles, complete with more whoosing noises.
Loud thunder could be heard in the background. Making those who could hear the phone call guess that maybe it was storming right now. Thea despite her tears, was texting Tommy to let him know that Oliver is alive. But that maybe he should get to Detective Lance's precinct pretty quickly if he wants to hear he brother's voice. "Oh sweety, I'm truly sorry no one else is there with you." Moira murmured softly to him.
"S'okay... Means no one here to hurt me's. Except for Shado. Shado was pretty and very, very, very nice. Hated water bowl slapping, dat was boreded stuffs. But she say I do it or else!" Moira wondered if this Shado person was real or not and if so, what she had in mind if he didn't do like she asked. And why would she want him to slap a water bowl anyway!?
"Oliver, we're going to get you home okay? Don't you worry anymore sweety, you're coming home!" And she believed what she said too.
She could hear movement and guessed it was him stumbling about. Likely in the darkness. "Okie dokey mokey okey! But I dink I go bye now. I tired of talkin' to nuthin's and want to shut eyes for 'while. Or maybe dey are and I just don't know it? Oh well... Hee hee, bye bye." A crashing noise could be heard and then complete silence.
"Oliver!? OLIVER!" Moira called out frantically, Thea rushed to hug her mother.
Mrs. Queen then looked over at Quentin with a hopeful expression in her tear filled eyes. The Detective then looked at the guy he got involved to help record and trace the phone call. Receiving a small nod, he glanced back at Moira with a small smile on his face. "Well, it looks like you're getting that boy of yours back." He hoped he hadn't sounded petulant or anything like that. As at least one of them finally had their kid back.
Quentin had wanted to ask the kid about his daughter, but that aloneness bit made him decide against it. Thea rushed to hug him as her mother had to sit down in a nearby chair in shock of all that happened.
It'd be two weeks later however when a rescue team finally made it to Lian Yu to track down the missing Oliver Queen. And when they did find him, it would turn out to be him who found them. Confused but happy they had even found him. And soon enough, he was on his way home.
Author's Notes: And there we are folks! I have no plans to continue this but if anyone wants to take a crack at it. Feel free but let me know you're doing it! Hopefully I made a believable delirious Oliver here. R and R!