Chapter 6

Felicity kept yelling for Oliver. She watched as the sharks went under where the container had sunk. "Oh shit, No, no, no..." Felicity said. "OLIVER!" She yelled. She sat there looking. The ocean was calm with the small rocking of the boat from the water moving back and forth. Felicity started to fear for Oliver. She did not want him to die. She wanted him to be alive and well. There was so much she wanted to tell Oliver.

Felicity screamed when she saw the sharks fighting in the water. She looked closely and saw them fighting over a body, pulling it apart. Was it Oliver? Where was he? Did he drown? Felicity kept thinking these questions in her head. Fearing the worst had happen. Felicity had notice the sharks was gone and the water was still. "Oliver?" she cried out in a low voice. She kept looking toward where Oliver had dove in.

"Hey!"

Felicity screamed and turned around and saw Oliver climbing onto the boat. "OLIVER!" Felicity reached out and grabbed Oliver and helped him onto the boat. She sat there looked him over to make sure he was okay. She raised her hand and slap Oliver across the face, "DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN!" Felicity sat back and started to cry.

Oliver reached over and held her close, "Hey, I am sorry. But I had to swim around the long way to avoid those sharks." Oliver reached over and pulled on a rope. Felicity saw Oliver was able to grab the container he had dove in for. "I almost lost this here."

"What is so important about this container?" Oliver looked at Felicity and smiled. Felicity watched Oliver as he opened the container and could not believe her eyes. "Oliver?"

Oliver pulled a tarp out and underneath the tarp Felicity could see small pouches. "This is why we needed this. We have a tarp to use for cover. These are food ration packs for emergency. The container it self was supposed to float, but it must had got a crack in it from the explosion." Oliver reached down and opened one of the packs, "Here. Eat." Felicity reached out and took the pack from Oliver. "Many of the containers are made to be able to float so they could be easily found."

"Oliver, this is great. But our boat here is too small." Felicity looked toward the wreckage. "I notice some of the Gambit is floating." Again Felicity looked over what remained of the Gambit. "I think I have an idea." Felicity looked and saw the water was calm again where the sharks were at.

"You think they are gone now?" Oliver asked.

Felicity pointed to the side, "Over there." Oliver and Felicity watched as they saw the two shark fins swimming away from them. "Now is the time." Felicity said. The two quickly leaned to the side and started moving themselves closer to the wreckage. As they came up to each one, Felicity tied a rope on to the containers the best she could. "Oliver, I am running out of rope."

Oliver reached over and opened one of the containers. "Here..." Oliver reached inside and pulled a rope out. This container has rope, hooks and clamps."

After a few hours, Felicity laid back on Oliver. Oliver reached over and pulled the tarp over them to protect themselves from the sun. "We don't need to over do it." said Oliver. Oliver leaned over to the side and started to pull on one of the ropes. Felicity raised herself up and watched him as he brought the small container aboard. Oliver opened the container and pulled out a tube. "This is for our burns and blisters. We have many of the containers and crates secured the best we could."

"I know, but with all of this tied to our boat, there is no way we can move." Felicity said. "And what we have here, we can only do so much." Felicity started to apply the lotion on Oliver worst blisters on his face. "And the food is only going to last so long."

Oliver raised his hand up and placed his hand on top of Felicity. "At least I will be with you till the end. Here, give me this. You need this more than I do." Oliver took the tube from Felicity and started to treat her blisters and burns.

Felicity gave Oliver a smile, "Let us not worry about that till the time comes. We are going to have to make some choices." said Felicity.

Oliver nodded his head agreeing with Felicity. Felicity and Oliver spent the next few hours opening the containers to see what they need to keep and what can be let go. Felicity knew this was hard for Oliver. He watched his father died saving their lives. She wanted to tell Oliver she was a CIA agent sent to spy on his father. The chance, that his father could have been a terrorist supporter would be to hard right now for him to listen. And she had spent all of this time lying to him and his father. The one real truth about her, she was in love with Oliver. The one thing the CIA had warned her and so many other agents in training that could happen.

As the sun was going down, Oliver and Felicity lay there eating one of the meal pouches. "So, out of 17 crates and containers, we only ended up keeping 3." Oliver lay back and looked toward the sky. Hours had pass and the night sky was upon them.

"It's very dark. I do not like this. Bad enough we got to deal with sharks, but not seeing the sharks when they come is the worst." Felicity said.

"Hey, we got the moon. And the way the moonlight shines on your face, you're like an angel." Oliver said.

Felicity could feel herself blushing. Felicity still wanted to tell Oliver the truth about her. However, any chance of them getting rescued could cause problems. Felicity held Oliver's hand; she knew in her heart, he was the one she never knew she was looking for.

"It is amazing how many stars you can see out here. I wonder why we cannot see this many stars at home." said Oliver.

"Light pollution."

Oliver turned his head toward Felicity, "Huh?"

Felicity propped herself up on her side with her hand as a brace for her head. "Light pollution. It is the reason we cannot see the stars in the city."

Oliver looked back up toward the stars, "Yeah, I guess that makes sense." Oliver held Felicity is his arms and closed his eyes.

"Oliver." Oliver felt himself been shaken. "OLIVER!"

"WHAT?" Oliver quickly opened his eyes and rose up when he heard his name been yelled out. He saw it was daylight and the sun was already high above them. He looked and saw Felicity pointing out toward the sea. As Oliver rolled over, he raised his hand above his eyes to keep the sun out. "Is that what I think it is?"

"I think so. I think it is a boat." said Felicity. Felicity and Oliver grabbed their makeshift paddles they had made out of the wood and steel from the Gambit. As they paddled, they could tell it was a yacht. "Oliver, I cannot see anyone moving on the boat."

"Yacht." said Oliver.

"A what?" Felicity asked.

"It is a yacht. A small yacht compared to mine. But a yacht" Oliver said.

"Oliver Queen, do not make me hit you with this paddle. It floats, it is in the water. It is a boat. I do not care what its correct name is. It is a boat and we are saved."

Oliver looked at Felicity and turned back and looked at the yacht. "It's still a yacht." Oliver said softly.

"Did you say something?" Felicity asked.

Oliver looked back at Felicity and saw her holding the makeshift paddle in both of her hands. Oliver sat there and imagined Felicity swinging the paddle across his head and pushing him in the water. She would not do that, would she? Oliver thought. "No, just sitting here thinking, how great it is to go home."

"Keep thinking that rich boy." Felicity said. Felicity started to paddle again. She looked over at Oliver and gave a little smile.

Oliver and Felicity moved toward the back of the boat. "There's a ladder. Felicity, stay here while I'll go and check it out." Oliver reached over and grabbed hold of the ladder and started to climb to the top. Felicity knew she was better off handling herself better than Oliver. She reached up and started up the ladder behind Oliver. When Oliver reached the top of the back deck, he saw Felicity was right behind her. He reached down and helped her up. "I thought I said, wait there."

"Oliver, I have been stuck on that boat for God knows how long. And there was no way, no way you are going to leave me behind. We go together and look." said Felicity.

"Okay, but just stay behind me. Okay?" said Oliver.

Felicity nodded her head. Oliver reached down and grabbed Felicity's hand and started to walk to the door on the deck. "Oliver, something is not right."

"I think your right. HELLO!" Oliver yelled out. "HELLO! IS THERE ANYONE HERE?" There was no answer. As Oliver and Felicity reached the deck door, Oliver noticed the door had been busted. "Felicity, this does not look good. I think you need to go back to the boat now."

"Not on your life. We go together." Felicity said.

Oliver opened the door and started too walked down the stairs to the lower deck. "Hello?" again Oliver called out. "It's too dark. See if you can find a light switch." Felicity rubbed her hand against the wall and found a switch. As she flipped the switch up, the light came on and Oliver let out a scream. Felicity quickly ran up behind Oliver and looked passed him.

"Oh shit! I think I am going to be sick." Felicity covered her mouth keeping her from throwing up. Oliver lean to the side and had throw up. Oliver started to cough and started to spit. Felicity started to rub Oliver back. "You okay?" Oliver nodded his head.

Oliver and Felicity looked as they saw a woman on the ground naked with her hands and legs tied being pulled apart been with blood underneath her. Felicity saw the woman throat had been cut. The woman had bruises all over her body as she had been hit over and over. Felicity could tell from her training, the woman had been sexually abused many times. Oliver quickly grabbed Felicity and ran back up the deck. "Get back on the boat Felicity."

"No, not until you do." Felicity responded.

"Fine, but when I say run, you run." Oliver said. Oliver and Felicity slowly walked up the steps to the upper part of the deck. Oliver and Felicity saw two other women both had been tied and killed. Felicity looked at the bodies of the two women and saw they also had been assaulted sexually. "I do not think whoever did this is on board anymore."

Felicity walked over to one of the women to get a closer look. "Oliver, the blood here is not completely dry. This happen not too long ago. I also think these women were raped." Felicity quickly moved to the outside and climbed the ladder to the upper area where the bridge room was at. Felicity saw the door had also been busted. As she walked in there, she saw blood all over the control panel. She looked for the radio or CB for anyway to contact someone. She saw the phone they had was busted up. She looked down and saw there was still power. Oliver came up to the door and stood there watching her. Felicity pushed the button to start the engine. Nothing, Felicity waited for a few minutes. Again, she pushed the button. "There is power, but how come the engine will not start?" She kept pushing the button over and over. "Damn it!" Felicity leaned back against the wall.

"I'm afraid I got some more bad news. The ship is taking on water. I went to check out the engine room. Whoever did this; they smashed up the engine pretty badly and made a hole somewhere. I cannot find where the water is coming in." said Oliver.

Felicity looked at Oliver. "We just keep getting bad luck." Felicity walked out of the bridge room. "Okay, let's get out of here. But first, I need you to help me with something and then we need to search this boat." Felicity and Oliver gave the boat a look over to see if they could find anything they could use to help them.

"Felicity, we got to go. I can feel the ship starting to lean to the side." Felicity and Oliver climbed back on their small boat and paddle away from the yacht. When they had gotten about 100 feet from the ship, Felicity laid her paddle down. "Felicity?" Oliver asked.

"Oliver, I just want to see the ship go down. Those poor women, no one will ever know what happen to them. We have no idea who they are or where they are from. Someone has to be here. This ocean is their burial spot. We..." Felicity swallowed hard as she tried to finish her sentence. Oliver laid his paddle down and grabbed hold of Felicity. Oliver and Felicity stood there for hours watching the yacht as it slowly sank under the water. "I am glad we moved those girls to the lower area, cover them up and seal them in one of the cabin rooms."

"I know, but I am worried that whoever did this is out here someplace. We have nothing to defend ourselves." said Oliver.

"I am worry about that too. How do we know the next people we run into are the ones who did this or not?" Felicity asked.

"I don't know. It is a chance we have to take. We can only last out here for a few more days." Oliver lean backed. "I know we past the halfway point to Shanghai before the storm hit us. The only problem is, how far off did the storm throw us off course? Did we move forward or back?"

Felicity looked behind her and then looked in front of her. "I have no idea. What ever you choose, I will go with it."

"Okay then, I think the storm had pushed us forward. I say we paddle west." Oliver reached down and grabbed the paddle and looked at Felicity. Felicity grabbed her paddle and gave Oliver a smile.

FREIGHTER SHIP

Sarah opened her eyes and saw she was alive. She laid there and felt her whole body was in pain. She tried to moved but found herself strapped to a table. "W-what's going on? Where am I?" Sarah felt her heart beating faster and she felt the fear taking over.

"Take it easy. You're alive. We had to strap you down because you were having seizure attacks. You also have many broken bones. We had to keep you stable and not moving around. We saw a plane had crashed into the ocean. You're in luck that we were close enough to get to you before the plane had sunk underneath the ocean. It was not easy. The storm made it real hard. You were the only one who was alive, or at least had time to check. It was a good thing you were close to the opening where the plane had torn apart. Or you would have gone down with the plane. When we brought you aboard, we did not think you were going to make it. You have a pretty bad knot on your head. Could have easily gotten brain damage or something like that. I just know you were out for days and I had to hook up an IV to keep you alive."

"Thank you. Thank you so much. I think you can let me up now." The man walked over and released her from the straps. "Now, I have two questions. One, where am I? And second, why have my clothes been removed?"

LOCATION UNKNOWN

"Ma'am, we have spotted them."

"Let me see." The woman leaned over and looked at the image on the monitor. "There you are." The woman leaned up and crossed her arms. "Keep a satellite tracking locked, and do not loose her." She turned and walked down toward her office. She looked around to see if anyone was around. She took her cell phone out and pressed a button. "Hello, yes. I have a job for you. I will send you the details and Ms. Michaels, be sure you do not fail."