CHAPTER 7

Oliver and Felicity kept moving their arms back and forth with the paddles. "You know, when we reach land, we are going to be buffed." Oliver said.

"I do not want to be buff, I am a girl. Besides I can kick your ass already." Felicity said.

Oliver looked over at Felicity saw her smiling. "Your right, you can kick my ass and I would love it."

"Oh Lord, what am I going to do with you?" Oliver started to laugh. "I know one thing. When we rest next, we need to switch sides again." Felicity said.

"Well at least switching sides has helped us paddle longer for sure." Oliver stopped rolling and placed the paddle in his lap. Felicity looked over and had also stopped. "Felicity, I know what happen to those girls was awful. But I am glad we were able to get some things from there that we could use. Is that wrong?"

"Oliver. No. It's not wrong at all. We took a bad situation and took advantage of it. We are fighting for our lives. We were lucky that we found some water bottles and the little food that was not wasted and we were able to bring with us. Now we have pillows and blankets instead of the hard seat and tarp to keep us warm at night."

"I know, but what if the yacht was not sinking? What would we have done with the bodies? Would we dump them in the ocean like nothing?" Oliver asked.

Felicity leaned over and hugged Oliver, "I do not know what we would have done. The only thing I know is, that we did not have to make that choice and we gave those girls the best burial that we could."

Oliver turned and looked at Felicity. Felicity looked into Oliver's eyes and leaned over and kissed him.

Felicity looked in the container and noticed they only had a few food ration pouches and the food they were able to salvage from the yacht left. She also noticed they only had very little drinking water that they were able to find on the yacht. Even with them eating one pouch a day and drinking water every few days, Felicity knew they would soon have nothing unless something happens. "Oliver, we need to stretch out our food and the water." said Felicity.

Oliver looked toward the ocean, hoping to see signs of people somewhere. "I know, but we got to keep up out strength. We have to keep paddling. Who knows, it might be this next hour when we will see something."

Felicity shut the container. She looked at Oliver and knew this was one of the reasons why she fell in love with him. There was more to Oliver than people gave him credit for. "Okay then..." Felicity picked her paddle up "... let get back to work." Oliver and Felicity gave each other a look and a smile.

Hours had passed and Felicity's arms were feeling heavy and hurting. She was not sure how much longer she could last. With hardly any food and her mouth drying out, she was not feeling that good. She could hear her stomach growling in need of food. Oliver looked over at Felicity. "You okay, Felicity?"

"Yeah, I'm good. Just need to take a break." Felicity laid the paddle down and lay back and rested her head on one of the pillows they had gotten from the yacht. "Oh thank you for this pillow." She rolled her eyes toward Oliver and saw he was holding a pouch toward her. "Oliver, we need to make this last long as we can."

"I know, but you are about to pass out. Plus, I can hear your stomach a mile away."

Felicity reached her hand out and hit Oliver on the side of his leg, "Hey, my stomach is not that loud." Again her stomach started to growl again. "Okay, so it might be loud then." She reached up and grabbed the pouch from Oliver. She slowly took a few bites and let the food digest before taking another bite. "Oliver, you got to eat too."

"Okay, I will." Oliver reached in and grabbed a pouch and ripped the top off. "MMMMM, steak and baked potato."

Felicity looked at Oliver, "Oh boy, you have lost it. I do not know what this is, but it is for sure not steak and potatoes."

"Felicity, use your imagination. You should really use your imagination more."

"Oh, I am using my imagination, but it is not what you think." Oliver looked over toward Felicity. Oliver could tell from the look on Felicity's face, again he could see Felicity grabbing the paddle and knocking him across the head and pushing him into the water. Oliver reached down and moved the paddles away from Felicity. "Oliver?"

"Yes?"

"What, are you doing?" Felicity asked.

Oliver swallowed hard, "Um, I'm just moving the paddles out of the way so you can have more room." Oliver looked at Felicity long and hard. Trying to see if he could tell what she was thinking.

"Oliver, that is sweet of you, but you do not have to do that. We need to get back to paddling." Felicity opened a water bottle and took a sip and put the lid back on. "Let's switch sides." Oliver handed the paddle to Felicity and moved to the other side.

A few hours later Oliver had yelled out, "LOOK!" Felicity looked and saw a small boat heading toward them fast.

"Oliver?"

"I know, but we have to chance it."

Within moments, the boat had pulled up next to Oliver and Felicity. Oliver saw there were two men on board. Oliver noticed that both men looked American. He was trying to measure them up just in case. One of the men looked to be in his 40's who had a belly hanging over his belt with rough shaved and the other man looked like he was in his early 30's who looked pretty fit. "Hello there." Oliver said.

"Well hello there. Looks like you folks in trouble. Do you need us to call the Coast Guard?" said one of the men.

"You're American!" Felicity said.

"Well I am, my name is Tom and this is Keith here. He is from Canada. Let's get you two on board out of that death trap your in. Do you need us to radio you some help?"

"Yes, please. My name is Oliver and this is my girlfriend Felicity."

"Hi there, and thank you so much. I did not think we were going to make it." Felicity said.

"No probs at all miss. Hey Keith, get on the radio let them know we need the Coast Guard help. We have two people needing help."

"Sure thing Tom." Oliver watched Keith climb the ladder to the top of the deck where the control panel is located. Oliver looked over and saw Felicity was trying to get his attention.

Oliver put his arm around Felicity and walked her over to the bench. "What is wrong?" Oliver asked.

"Oliver, the Coast Guard? This far out?" Oliver sat there and thought what Felicity had said. "Oliver, we need to get out of here now."

"I know, but there is no way we can escape these men." Oliver said.

"We can if we take their boat and leave them on ours. Once we are safe, we can then message someone and let them know where they are at."

"And, what if you are wrong?" Oliver saw Felicity looking past him and then heard the sound of a gun being cocked.

"She's not wrong. Get up and turned around slowly." Tom said. "Tom, get your ass down here now."

"You got it." Keith climbed backed down and grabbed some rope. "You. Mr. Oliver. Turn around with your hands behind your back." Oliver started to advance toward Keith but was suddenly stopped when he saw him pointing the gun at Felicity. Oliver turned around and placed his hands behind his back. He could feel his hands being tied by the rope. Keith had turned him around and made him sit on the deck. Oliver reached in his back pocket and had pulled a small pocket knife out and opened it. He saw Keith hand the gun to Tom and started toward Felicity.

"Hey, it's my turn. You had two of those women and I only had one of them." Tom called out. Right then, Oliver and Felicity knew these were the men who had killed and raped those girls. Oliver knew the same thing was going to happen to Felicity if he did not do something.

"SHUT Up, you will get your turn. Maybe some double action. Bet she can suck dick real good." Keith grabbed Felicity jaw tightly, "Tell me, you ever had two dicks in your mouth at the same time?"

"LET HER GO!" Oliver yelled. Tom walked over to Oliver and kicked him in the head.

"OLIVER!" Felicity yelled. Felicity felt her arms being pulled back and held by Tom. Felicity closed her eyes as she felt Keith ripping her shirt open. Then she felt the cold blade between her breasts cutting her bra open in the middle. As she stood there trying to free her arms, she felt his hands grabbing her breast and squeezing them.

"Force her on her knees. I want her boyfriend watch as she sucks my dick before I kill her." Keith said.

"Not till I get my turn with her." said Tom.

"Tell you what, you get from behind and I get the front, hee hee. Bet you like that. Would you? Hey pretty boy!" Keith called to Oliver. "Bet you're getting a hard on from watching this. Are you?" Both men started to laugh. Felicity knew she had to act fast or she was going to be killed. She knew once she attacked these men, Oliver will see a side of her he had never seen before. With her CIA training, she knew she could kill these men. Felicity was forced down to her knees, but she was able to manage to bring one knee up. If she was going to make her move, it had to be now. She hoped she be able to explain to Oliver without blowing her cover.

"NO!" Oliver yelled out. Felicity looked over and saw Oliver's hands was free. Oliver had cut the rope and freed himself. He quickly rose to his feet and jumped at Tom, knocking him down.

Felicity had felt Tom's grip loosen when Oliver jumped him. Felicity made a fist and hit Keith between the legs. Keith grabbed himself and fell to his knees. Felicity looked at Keith in the eyes and had remembered the girls. She rose to her feet and gave Keith a kick to the head. "You sick bastard." Felicity kept kicking Keith in the face.

Oliver rolled on the deck with Tom, trying to get the upper hand. Tom had knocked Oliver off and stood to his feet. Oliver quickly jumped up to his feet and the two men grabbed each other, wrestling.

Felicity saw Oliver and Tom locked together and they spun around. Felicity looked for anything that could be used as a weapon. Where was the gun? Felicity looked and could not find it. She ran to side of the boat and reached over and grabbed one of the paddles from their boat. As she started toward Oliver, she saw Keith was on the ground holding the gun and was pointing it at Oliver. She quickly raised the paddle and swung down hitting Keith across the head. The gun fired barely missing Oliver and Tom. Felicity saw Keith was knocked out for good this time.

She quickly dashed toward Oliver and got behind Tom and swung the paddle toward Tom. Before Felicity knew what had happened, Oliver punched Tom, knocking him to ground. Oliver looked up and saw the paddle coming right at him. Before he knew what happened, he felt the paddle hitting him across the face knocking him over. As he fell back, he tripped and fell over the rail of the boat and landed in the water.

"OLIVER!" Felicity screamed. She ran to the side and looked over to see if he was okay. She saw Oliver moving around in the water. "Oh God, I am so sorry. So, so, soooo, sorry." Felicity felt Tom grabbing her wrist. She quickly turned around and twisted his arm and placed her elbow on the back of his neck and slamming him down to the ground. Felicity stood up and slammed her foot down on top of Tom's head. Felicity checked to make sure Tom was unconscious before getting back to Oliver. Then she heard a popping sound. She looked over and saw the boat engine was smoking and a fire had started. The bullet from the gun must have hit something. Before she could react, the flames had spread across the entire back. She quickly rose to her feet and ran and jumped off the side where Oliver was at.

"Felicity!" Oliver swam over to Felicity and grabbed hold of her. "We need to swim to the other side and untie our boat or it is going to burn up." Felicity and Oliver quickly swim around the boat trying to avoid the flames and sparks as more of the boat was burning. Felicity had reached their boat first and climbed aboard. She quickly reached over and untied the boat. She reached down and used the paddle that was still in the boat and pushed herself away from the men's boat.

Oliver swam up next to Felicity and grabbed the side of the boat. "PADDLE!" Oliver yelled. Felicity quickly sat on the other side of the boat and started to move her arms as fast as she could. Oliver held on to the side, kicking his legs, trying to help push their boat away from the fire.

Oliver and Felicity then heard the boat explode. Oliver reached up and started to lift himself up to climb aboard. Felicity laid the paddle down and helped Oliver. They laid there breathing heavily trying to catch their breath. They could hear the men screaming like crazy. The fire must have woken them up. The ship was completely covered with flames. The men kept screaming loud as they could as they felt their bodies been burned alive. Oliver and Felicity could make out the men moving on the ship trying to jump off the ship, but they had fell, then there was silence. The two men had burned up on the boat. "I am so glad they were awake for that. They deserved that." Felicity said.

Oliver held Felicity in his arms. "I know what you mean. Are you okay?"

Felicity wiped the tears from her eyes, "I am now. Now maybe those girls can rest." Felicity wrapped her arms around her knees and lowered her head. "I lost one of our paddles."

"You mean the one that my face found?" said Oliver.

"Oh Oliver, so sorry. I did not mean to hit you, I mean there has been a few times the thought came across my mind but not that time, I was going for hitting Tom instead of you but..." Oliver put his finger on Felicity's lips to get her to stop. "Oliver, you're going to have a huge bruise and maybe a black eye by tomorrow."

"Felicity, slow down. You're rambling. It is okay. I know you were aiming for Tom. I am fine, got a headache, but I am good." Oliver reached up and rubbed the side of his head and started to laugh. All this time he kept seeing Felicity doing the thing he was afraid she was going to do and had done it.

"What's so funny?" Felicity asked.

"Nothing, nothing at all Felicity. I am just glad we're alive."

"You're not the only one Oliver. But we have a problem.", said Felicity.

Oliver stopped laughing and started to cough. "I know. That boat was too small to get this far out in the ocean. That means two things."

"We are either close to land or there's a bigger boat out there with more of them.", said Felicity. Felicity looked back at the boat as it was burning. "So, the question is, do we follow the path and hope it leads to land or do we avoid where they came from cause there might be a bigger ship with more men like them on there?"

FREIGHTER SHIP

Sarah lay on her bed, still healing from her crash. She still could feel the pain in her body. Her left arm and right leg were itching from the cast. Her bones still had not healed all the way. Her waist was wrapped where she had broken some ribs. She looked over in the mirror and saw the stitches where they had sewn her up. She was thankful for the man who saved her. However, she wanted to go home. She kept asking if they could contact someone who could come and get her or if they could take her to the nearest city. He kept coming up with reasons why they could not. The ship was on a course to an island called Lian Yu.

They were under strict orders; no communications to the outside world until their job was done. She wondered if this was a government operation. She could hear some argument going on outside. With the steel door's she could not make out what was being said. She heard the door open and the man who she had met walked in. She could tell he was worried about something. "Are you okay? Sorry, I forgot your name again." Sarah lifted herself up and let out a little cry. The pain was still great.

He turned around and laid his wire-framed glasses down on his table. "Ivo, Professor Anthony Ivo. And yes, we just lost contact with two of our men. I am sure it is nothing. But we are on alert just in case it is the pirates." Ivo turned back around and started working on his chemicals. "Now young lady, there is no need to worry. You're safe on the Amazo. Now..." Ivo rose from his chair and walked over to Sarah and eased her back down, "...you need to rest. If you keep moving around, you will not heal all the way and not be able to walk off this ship. Let me get you some more Lorcet for you pain."

"Thank you. And, I hope your men are okay."

"I'm sure they are. Might have turned off their radio and went fishing." said Ivo. Sarah gave a small giggle.

A.R.G.U.S.

"Get me Mark Shaw in here now."

"Yes ma'am."

Moments later, Mark walked in and sat in the chair in front of the desk. "What you need Ms. Waller?

"I have a mission for you. I need you go to Corto Maltese. There is a local drug cartel we need you to infiltrate. Here is your file jacket. Read it, learn it, live it then burn it." Amanda walked around to the front of her desk and sat on the edge. "I am not going to lie to you. This is dangerous."

"When has ARGUS ever had a mission that was not dangerous?" Shaw asked.

"Point taken. Your plane leaves in an hour." Mark Shaw stood up and walked out of Waller's office. She walked back around to her chair and sat down and opened another file. "You can come in now."

Lyla Michaels walked in and laid a folder with photos in them. "Her name is Chein Na Wei, people call her China White."

Waller picked up one of the photos and looked at it. "I know who this is. I just need you to see where she is staying at. This woman had to bleach her hair to get it that white. I want you to get Maseo Yamashiro to follow her. I have been waiting for her to head back home. I need to know as soon as she books a flight to Hong Kong. I do not care how long it takes."

Lyla turned and left Waller's office. Waller leaned back in her chair and took her phone out. "Hello, this is Waller. I will contact you as soon I know the target is heading to Hong Kong and Mr.

Fyers... I am paying you a lot of money. Failure is not an option."