The Amazo: 2006

Oliver hadn't notice when the two had first busted in, but the one of them seems to be hurt, The taller of the two was favoring his right leg and trying to put the least amount of pressure on his left. They were both had blood on their clothes here and there, but his leg seemed to be soaked in it, so Oliver suspected the man had either been shot or stabbed in the leg. It was hard to tell with their full face masks but Oliver suspected that they were both men considering their body builds, but they were wearing some sort of protecting padding that looked a little like the bullet proof vests Ollie had seen in the various TV shows he used to watch. So he might be wrong but he doubted it.

The both had a quick look around the room, like they were looking for something. He wasn't completely sure what, but he had a guess so against his better judgement he spoke, "There are medical supplies in the room." He pointed in the direction of the only other door in the large room, the door led to the room that Ivo used as his Office/Lab/Torture chamber. Both men's heads snapped to look at him. If he had to guess, probably with a look of mistrust and suspicion. The uninjured man made the other stay where he was and then pulled one of the two swords strapped to his back to check the room but before he did the masked man turned to Oliver, "If your lying, I will come back and slit you throat." His voice was deep and gruff with a accent he could not place. With that he turned and went in search of the medical supplies before Oliver had the chance to reply, and even if Oliver had the chance to he didn't really know what he would of said. He was still standing there a little shocked by the threat and the tone of voice that made a little shiver run through him in fear.

The man returned a few minutes later with a first aid kit with many of the same things Oliver he had woken up to in his cell that first time.

He watched the process as the man removed the bullet from his partners leg, Oliver was expecting a scream or maybe a shout but as the forceps dug around in his wound there was just the occasional pained grunt.

After the wound was bandaged, the other man left again through the door they had come through, only to return moments later and head straight to the blonds cell, Oliver backed away from the door so he was as far as he could get from the door and the man about to enter through it.

"Wh-What are you doing?" He was scared, and he was man enough to admit that, the guy had two friggin swords strapped to his back and Oliver was pretty sure they weren't just for show. Plus the threat from the before was still hanging in the air, though he hadn't lied he didn't know what to expect.

What he hadn't expected was for the man not to enter at all. He unlocked the door and stood there holding the cell open, Ollie instead of walking out of the cell like the man expected he just stood there looking at the man frozen not knowing what to do, his brain didn't even processing that the door was open. Until the man let out an annoyed sound and said, "Hurry up, I don't have all fucking day kid." Oliver looked over to Anatoly who had been quiet through the whole thing. He just shrugged and indicated that he should go with a sort of What have you got to lose gesture.

The shouts and footsteps were getting closer now, this would be Oliver's only chance to escape from this ship but who were these two men?, he will just have to figure that out later for now he is just going to follow his gut, So he steps out of the cell then stops at a loss as what he is suppose to do. The Man sees this and says, "Help Billy stand. We need to get out of here." Oliver goes to the man he know knows is named Billy and helps him stand, they are about to walk out of the door when Ollie pauses and asks. "What about the other prisoners?" some of them have started shouting for them to unlock their cell or to help them. "We don't have time." as if to prove his point a gunshot goes of down the hallway outside the door. "Let's go. Now!" Oliver wants to argue but he knows there is no point, so just before he walks out the door he looks over to Anatoly, trying to express with out words that if he survives this he will come back and free him. Anatoly seems to get it because he gives a small nod and gestures for him to get out of here.

Billy's partner who Oliver still does not know the name of, navigates the ships hallways and takes out anyone who they run into, Oliver tries not to flinch at the ease of which he dispatches of the people they encounter. Soon they have made it to the ships deck and Billy had pulled out a gun alongside the other man as Oliver unties and lowers a rope ladder to a boat anchored next to the Amazo. With a little difficulty they all end up on the boat speeding towards a island in the distance.

Starling City: 2012

Over the next few weeks Oliver adjusted well to being back in starling. Yes he has to lead a double life, keeping two parts of him separate, but he adjusted. Lying to his family was not his intention when he came back, at first he just couldn't talk about it, then he found his father's letter which led to the creation of the the Arrow. He decided to don Yao Fei's hood to hide his identity to keep the people he loves safe. When he first read the letter it gave him a purpose and a detraction from everything that had happened in his past, but he was also angry. What had his father gotten himself into, why did it lead to his kidnapping, why did his father have to involve him. There were many more unanswered questions running though his head and the only one able to answer them is now dead. There was also one other much simpler reason Oliver hid the other side of himself. He was afraid of what they might think of what he had become. What if they saw him as a murderer, a monster an not understand that he had done everything to survive.

What his family didn't know was about three years ago he had the chance to return home, and he decided not to. Thinking that he had changed to much to ever be accepted back into his family, not only was he gay he was also a killer. He was a living weapon, forged through the events and experience on the Island and the Amazo. He was more mature and had seen and done things that no one should have to, but he did because he wanted to survive. Back then he didn't trust his family enough with the man he had become, he didn't even check to see if they were okay, which he regretted now, maybe he could have done something to help his family after his fathers death. At the time he just wanted to forget selfishly happy being with the man he loved and those he had come to call his new family. Losing people and being stuck on Lian Yu alone for six months changed that. He wanted to see and protect his family. If they couldn't accept what he had become he would leave, knowing he had at least tried.

When he got back, he saw how happy his mother and sister where that he had returned, and he just was not ready to take that away from them or himself. So he hid the new part of himself, happy to pretend for a while. Pretending like nothing had changed since he left, Pretending he wasn't plagued by nightmares each and every night, pretending he wasn't slowly breaking to pieces, pretending that his family wasn't the only thing holding those pieces together and if they rejected him he would finally shatter.

Then he found the letter, and it gave him a reason to keep hiding the other half of him, separating himself into two so that he could fulfill his fathers wishes and stay with his family. Not having to worry about telling them the truth because he had a reason to hide it from them, to protect them.

He easily slid into the roles of both Oliver Queen, playboy and the Arrow, vigilantly/murderer. His days spent, with his family and friends, avoiding his bodyguard and running his new club which he named Verdant and his nights are spent roaming the rooftop crossing people off his father's list one by one, avoiding his bodyguard and in Verdant's hidden basement.