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Oliver didn't know what to do. Right now, he was trying to get as far away as possible from the people trying to kill them, while finding the thing that should be able to cure Slade, and now Sara has started having contractions.

"What? Are you sure?" Oliver asked, dumfounded.

Sara looked up at him with rage in her eyes. "Of course, I'm sure. I think I would know if a person was trying to come out of me or not!"

"We have to keep going. We can't stay here. It's not safe for any of us. If we get to the submarine, we can stay there until she gives birth, and then try to find what can help Slade," Shado said, taking control of the situation.

Oliver raised his eyebrow at Sara, then asked, "Do you think you can make it till then?"

After the contraction passed, Sara took a deep breath before saying, "I'll try. This can take hours, but I can't exactly control when they want to come out."

"Alright, so we are all in agreement?" Shado asked the group. They nodded. "Then let's move."

Oliver lifted Sara, trying to hold in the grunt as he carried her behind Shado as she led them to the submarine.

Present Day…

"Don't you want to stay with your Aunt Thea and Grandma? I bet you will have a lot of fun," Oliver said as he tried to convince his daughter to let go of the death grip she had on his leg.

"No, Daddy, don't leave me," she said through the tears that were pouring down her face.

Oliver leaned down and pushed her away gently with his hands and then placed them on her shoulders. "Hey, if you stay here, I bet Grandma will make you the best ice cream sundae ever. How does that sound?"

Mei looked to be in deep thought for a moment as she contemplated what to do. She turned to look at Thea and Moira who were close by, but far enough to give them their space, then she turned back to Oliver and nodded. He smiled at her, then wiped the tears out of her eyes, and gave her a kiss on the head.

"I love you," he told her.

"I love you too," she whispered, before running over to Thea's open arms.

Oliver turned to Tommy, then asked, "Ready?"

Tommy nodded, then turned to Mei and said, "Bye." She gave him a small wave in return.

Once the two men were in Tommy's car, they started chatting like old times.

"Hey, your funeral blew," said Tommy.

"Did you get lucky?" Oliver asked, though he already knew the answer.

"Like fish in a barrel," he replied happily, "they were so sad, and hungry-"

"-No." Oliver said, cutting him off.

"And I am counting on another target rich environment for your welcome home bash."

"At my what?" Oliver asked.

"You came back from the dead. This calls for a party. Tell me when and where. I'll take care of everything."

Oliver rolled his eyes. "Do you remember how hard it was to get Mei to let me leave her a few minutes ago. Do you think that I want to do that to her again? I just don't know if a party is the best option for me right now. I am a dad now, a single dad at that, so I don't know."

Tommy looked disappointed, but tried one more time. "Here, how about we have the party after she goes to sleep. Then you can sneak out, and then sneak back in before she wakes up. She will never notice you are gone."

Oliver didn't think that would work, but he figured that he owed it to Tommy to give him one night.

"Okay," he agreed, "but nothing too big."

"Sure," Tommy said, with no sincerity in his tone, "so what do you want to get into first, huh?"

"I want to see Laurel," Oliver said.

Tommy raised his eyebrow. "You want to see the one person who is not happy you are alive?"

"I have to tell her about Mei. She has to hear it from me. I had the news hold off on saying anything about her for a few days, but sooner or later, they will. So, that is why I have to tell her now."

"I'm sure her dad already told her," said Tommy as he tried to convince his best friend of the horrible decision he was making.

"He probably did, but I still have to talk to her."

Four Years Ago…

After a long walk, they finally found the submarine, and they were all thrilled. Shado had taken to helping Slade walk, as Oliver had his arms filled with Sara. They made it there with perfect timing, because once they stepped on the Sub, Sara yelled out in pain, "I NEED TO PUSH!"

Shado sat Slade against the wall, then sat behind Sara as she helped her sit up and held her hand. Oliver had to take the control of helping the baby out, so after swallowing back some puke that had made it's way up his throat from seeing things he did not want to see, he told her when and when not to push. He had seen enough movies to get the jist of what should be going on.

"Okay, I can see their head, give me a big push okay," Oliver told her. She gave her all for forty-five minutes of pushing on and off, before the rest of the baby was out, and cradled in Oliver's arms.

"Oh my gosh," he said in pure adoration, "it's a girl."

Sara held her hands out for their daughter. Oliver gently passed her over.

"We need to cut the cord," Shado said, as she took the shoelace out of her shoe and wrapped it around to clamp it. Once that was done, she pulled out a knife and cut the cord, which made the baby immediately start crying.

"Hi there, little girl. I'm your Mommy. I'm so happy to finally meet you. Sorry that this is what you are born into," she said sadly, then kissed the top of her baby's head.

Oliver climbed around to the place that Shado was sitting, and held Sara up as he too met his daughter. "Hey, I'm your dad. We are going to get you home one day, I promise," Oliver said, but it was only to make her feel better, as Oliver had no idea how he would do that.

Present Day…

Walking into CNRI, Oliver felt a twist of nausea in his stomach. He went to the floor that Tommy told him she worked on, but not before warning him that it was not going to be pretty, and that he would leave his but behind. Oliver wasn't expecting her to be happy to see him, and he wouldn't be surprised if he was slapped in the face, or even punched for that matter. He knew he deserved it, but she had to hear about Mei, and Sara, so after taking a deep breath, he opened the door and walked in to see her talking to another woman around her age. They were discussing someone, and Oliver's eyes widened when he heard the name Adam Hunt, one of the men on his father's list. She turned around and noticed Oliver. As soon as she recognized the man in front of her, her smile fell from her face.

She was speechless, so he decided to say something, "Hello, Laurel." She still didn't say anything. The shock was keeping her quiet right now, but he could tell by the look on her face that she was about to blow at any moment, so he asked, "Why don't we go outside?"

They walked outside in uncomfortable silence, so once they got out there, Oliver decided to fill the silence. "So, you went to law school. You said you would."

"Yeah, everyone's proud," she said before looking away from him.

"Adam Hunt, he's a heavy hitter. You sure you want to get in the ring with him?"

"Five years and you want to talk about Adam Hunt?"

Oliver stopped walking and turned to face her. "No."

"Why are you here, Ollie?"

"To apologize. It was my fault. I wanted to ask you not to blame her," he said, chickening out of telling her the truth.

"For what? Falling under your spell? How can I possibly blame her for doing the same things that I did?"

"I never meant t-"

"-She was my sister, Ollie. I couldn't be angry, because she was dead. I couldn't grieve, because I was so angry. That's what happens when someone dies while screwing your boyfriend."

"We buried an empty coffin, because her body was at the bottom of the ocean, where you left her. It should have been you."

"I know that it's too late, but I'm sorry. There is something else, though."

"What? What else could there possibly be?"

"Sara made it to the island with me. She lived for a year before she died. She died from an infection she contracted after she…after she gave birth to our daughter," Oliver lied, the truth being obviously to complicated to tell others.

Laurel's eyes widened in shock as she tried to comprehend what he was telling her.

"What? You're not saying…that my sister and you…that she," Laurel couldn't finish her sentence. She looked around for a chair, and once she found one she sat in it and stared into space.

Oliver sat next to her, then said, "We have a daughter, and we call her Mei, but her full name is Laurel Meifen Queen."

Four Years Ago…

Once the amniotic sack was dispelled, thrown out, and Oliver had taken his shirt and wrapped their daughter in it, the young parents sat with their back against the submarine wall while they stared down at the baby they had created.

"She is so beautiful," Oliver commented as he rubbed his thumb down the side of his daughter's bald head.

"Yeah, she is," Sara agreed, "She is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen."

"I can't believe we have a baby. Especially like this. I'm surprised she seems okay."

"Yeah, but what are we going to do now? Infants need a lot of stuff that we obviously don't have, and we are constantly running for our lives. We can't do that now she's here," Sara said as she started to get anxious.

"Hey, hey, hey, it's going to be okay. I don't know how, but I will make sure that it is okay. Now, let's think about a name for this little one."

"I don't know if this makes sence, and if we do escape-"

"-We will escape," Oliver interrupted.

"Okay, but I think we should honor the person who was most important in our lives, before she came along, of course. I think we should name her Laurel."

Oliver thought it over. Yes, it would be would be weird if they made it off the island and told Laurel that the daughter they conceived while Oliver was still with her, they named after her. It might make for an awkward situation, but the chances of them actually making it back were so slim, and she was the one person they both could count on, so it did make sence.

"Yeah, Laurel. What about a middle name?" he asked.

They both contemplated ideas in their head's, but came up with nothing, so Sara turned to Shado and asked, "What do you think?"

She looked up from the Mirukuru she was examining, to say, "Oh, I don't know. I'm not sure if I have any interesting names. I'm not that creative."

"Oh, come on. I'm sure you have some cool names in your family," Oliver pushed.

She thought it over for a second, then said, "Meifen. It means beautiful."

Sara smiled. "That's a pretty name."

"It's my sister's name."

"I didn't know you had a sister," Oliver said.

Shado was about to respond, when they heard a loud groan come from Slade, who was barely able to sit up on his own. They ran to him quickly, Shado helping him back into a sitting position.

"I…don't think…I am going to make it…much longer," Slade said as his eyes started to droop.

Shado pulled out the Mirukuru and said, "We can use this. It can save you, but it can also kill you."

"just…do it," he said with all the energy he could muster.

Shado stabbed the Mirukuru into his leg. He continuously gasped for air, until his eyes widened, and he dropped to the floor.