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So, this really isn't my best or longest chapter but the flashbacks in episode ten really didn't give me much to work with. Hope you enjoy it anyway!

Argus safe house, next day

Morning

"I expected this kind of blunder from Mr. Queen but not from you." Waller told Maseo icily as the three of them walked through the base.

"We were following the trail of Omega, like you ordered us to do." Oliver said angrily.

"I also ordered you to be cautious, that's how you protect yourself and your loved. Ones you should have informed me before you abducted the scientist." Waller said bluntly.

"We need to assemble an extraction team to free my wife and Sara." Maseo insisted.

"From where? We have no idea where China White is located and we have more pressing concerns." Waller said indifferently.

"White has the Omega. We find her, we find Sara and Tatsu, and then we get the three of them out of there." Oliver pointed out briskly.

"If only it were that simple. I've learned that the Omega is actually made up of two components. The Omega she has is harmless without it's other half, Alpha." Waller explained.

"And where is that at?" Oliver asked with bite to his voice.

"Unfortunately, in the possession of the Hong Kong Military." Waller said with noticeable displeasure in her voice.

"I'll take it that's not a good thing?" Oliver inquired.

"Far from it, the only way to secure the safety of it is to destroy it." Waller explained.

"And by the time we do, Tatsu and Sara will both be dead!" Maseo snapped but Waller ignored him as they came upon a board with blueprints for a building on it.

"Alpha is being kept here, in a PLA military laboratory. The two of you, with backup, will break into the laboratory and recover the vial. It's tasked with GPs tracker which you will need to disable before extraction." Waller explained.

"And what about Sara and Tatsu? Stop ignoring us!" Oliver snarled as Waller finally looked at the both of them with displeasure written across her face.

"I'm not ignoring you two, I'm just focusing on the task at hand. Which, at the moment, does not involve recovering your better halves." Waller said her tone full of mockery before she began to walk away.

"If Sara and the baby die," Oliver began and Waller paused, "no force on earth will stop me from coming for you."

"Do not threaten me Mr. Queen." Waller said as she turned around to face him.

"It's not a threat, it's a promise. If they die, I'll have nothing to lose…and you will learn just how dangerous I can be." Oliver said darkly.

Triad safe house

Same time

"Welcome back." Sara told Tatsu as the older woman came to.

"Where are we?" Tatsu asked as she notices the bandage at her side where the sword had cut her.

"Some Triad safe house. Akio's fine." Sara assured Tatsu before she could even ask.

At that moment, the door to the room opened. The two women turned and looked as White walked in. she gave them a condescending smirk as she put a tray of food on the floor.

"I do hope you'll be enjoying your stay with us." White said mockingly.

"You're a real bitch, you know that?" Sara sneered as White laughed.

"You are lucky you are eating for two, I only need one hostage. Remember that." White warned as she turned and slammed the door behind her.

Hong Kong

Night

"We do this, and then we go get Sara and Tatsu. With or without Waller." Oliver said as he and Maseo readied themselves.

"Agreed." Maseo said as they went to work.

Oliver aimed an arrow and let it fly. The arrow, with a cable attached to it, fly into the way of a building next down. Nodding to Maseo, Oliver then used his bow to use the cable as a zip line. As Oliver slide down the cable, Maseo fired his rifle and a bullet went through the window. However, instead of going through it, Oliver banger his face of the glass. Grunting, Oliver Pushed himself back and tried to kick the window open to no avail. Clearly the glass was very reinforced. However, Oliver was not about to get up and, after a few more tries, he kicked his way through the glass. Falling to the ground ungracefully, Oliver picked up himself and his fallen bow before moving.

"I'm in." Oliver told Maseo through their communications as he ran into the laboratory.

Quickly locating the vial containing the Alpha, Oliver picked it up and carefully removed it from its container. Spotting the black end that no doubt concealed the chip, Oliver quickly went about removing it from the vial. Once he spotted the chip, Oliver removed it from the vial just as Maseo and their backup arrived in the lab.

"Found it." Oliver told them helpfully as he turned towards them.

Just as they reached him, guns went off, instantly killing one of their men. Oliver, Maseo, and one of their men quickly took cover behind a mental desk as they saw the shoots shooting at them from the upper level.

"Chinese military?!" Oliver asked Maseo over the gun fire as the glass wall in front of the desk was shot to pieces in seconds.

"Triad, China White's men." Maseo assessed and Oliver cursed silently.

As the gun fire slowed for a moment, Maseo took a chance. Grabbing his rifle, Maseo shot up from behind the table and fired, managing to kill one of the Tread assailants. As said assailant fell from the platform dead, Maseo ducked back behind the table and turned to Oliver.

"Head for the exit, I'll cover you!" Maseo told him.

"What about you?!" Oliver asked over the returning gunfire.

"You need to get the Alpha out here." Maseo reasoned.

"But-" Oliver tried.

"Get it away from them, Go!" Maseo barked and Oliver finally relented.

As Maseo and the surviving Argus backup covered him, Oliver ran for his life. Emerging from the laboratory, Oliver realized he was being tailed. The Triad assailant following him pulled out a gun and Oliver ducked behind the corner. As the gun fire stopped, an idea occurred to Oliver. As the assailant neared him, Oliver, fast as lightning, sprung from the corner and knocked the gun out of his hand. Oliver punched the man in the face before grabbing him then slamming him against the wall. Oliver then threw the assailant to the ground and notched an arrow, aiming at the assailant as he held up his hands in a pleading manner.

"No." the man pleaded.

Oliver did not move for a moment. Sensing this as his chance, the man stood up and fled. Oliver lowered his bow as Maseo and the surviving member of their backup came up behind him.

"You had him, why didn't you take the shot?" The Backup demanded but Oliver did not answer.

"We need to get out of here, now." Maseo ordered and the three men fled the scene without another word.

Triad safe house

Later

"I hope Akio is okay." Tatsu said softly as she and Sara sat with their backs against the wall.

"He'll be okay and you will see him again," Sara promised as Tatsu looked over at her, "if there's one thing I know about Oliver Queen, it's that he never gives up. They'll find and you'll see Akio again."

Before Tatsu could respond, the door burst open. The pair turned to see an angry White storm in. she walked over to them and angrily lifted Sara up by her shirt. Tats u cried out in protest, but White ignored. Sara did not react, simply looked back at White, Sara's calm blue eyes staring into White's angry brown pair.

"Your boyfriend interfered in tonight's operation." White hissed.

"Good for Ollie." Sara said as she flashed a mocking smile at White.

"It is not a good idea to antagonize me." White hissed as she leaned closer to Sara.

"If you were gonna kill us, you would have done it already. You still need us for something, maybe leverage, maybe for our skills, I don't know. But you need us." Sara deduced.

White snarled before letting Sara go and storming out of the room, slamming the door behind her harshly. Sara sat down shakily as Tatsu helped her pregnant friend, looking equally impressed and scathing.

"She's right; it's not wise to antagonize her." Tatsu warned.

"I knew she wouldn't hurt us. If she was gonna kill us, she would have slaughtered us and Akio when she came to the apartment. But she didn't, which means she wants us for something." Sara told her.

"What would she want us for?" Tatsu wondered.

"Maybe leverage against Ollie and Maseo or maybe they think they can use us in their operations. Either way, they need us…and we can use that to our advantage." Sara told Tatsu.

Argus base

Same time

"Well done Mr. Queen, good to know my investment in you hasn't entirely been for naught," Waller said as she pocketed the Alpha, "although I was disappointed to read Agent Pearson's after action report. You let one of China White's men get away."

"I hesitated, it was a mistake." Oliver lied.

"It really was, now we have no one to interrogate." Waller said as she walked away.

"You mean torture, right?" Oliver shot at her retreating back but she didn't answer.

"I saw you with that man," Maseo said once Waller was gone, "you didn't hesitate; you chose not to shoot him."

"I put the GPS from the vial in his pocket," Oliver revealed as he turned around, "Now he's gonna lead us right to Sara and Tatsu. We're gonna get them back."

"Oliver…what you've done…I will forever be in your debt." Maseo told Oliver grateful.

"You can thank me by helping me get the woman I love and our unborn child back. We still need someone to operate the GPS, someone who won't tell Waller what we're doing." Oliver told him.

"I know just the man." Maseo said as his mind drifted to John Smoak.

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