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The Other Queen - 5
Chapter 5
Lian Yu 2007
Oliver felt life rushing back to him. As he reached the surface he gasped for air. He swam up to the shore and quickly reached his pockets and felt something, he pulled it out and found a map of the island.
When Yao Fei had pushed him over he place a map in Oliver's pocket and touched a nerve on Oliver's neck. Then he pushed him over, hoping that Oliver would make it.
Oliver studied the map closer and noticed a line to follow to an x. And it had the words 'Shēngcún' on it. "Shēngcún, survive," Oliver said to himself and crawled out of the water.
He started to walked to where the cave was, to get Victoria.
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Victoria paced back and forth. Where was Oliver? He should be here by now. Then she heard footsteps and pulled out her pocket knife. She saw Oliver heading towards her. He looked very tired and wet. "Where have you been? I've been worried sick," Victoria fussed at her brother.
"It's a long story. But look I have a map and somewhere for us to go," Oliver pointed out, showing her the map.
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Oliver and Victoria walked and walked till they got to a clearing with a plane that had been destroyed. They stepped forward timidly, worried of what they might find.
Stepping into the broken down plane Oliver and Victoria looked around and couldn't see anyone. Before Oliver or Victoria could say a thing a figure fell from the roof of the plane and placed one sword across their necks.
"If you try calling for help I'll cut out your throat," the figure threatened with an Australian accent.
"What?" Oliver said confused.
"Ollie?" Victoria said worry they were going to be her last words.
"If you don't tell me something believable in the next ten seconds I'm going to cut out your voice box," the man threatened again.
"I'm pretty sure Yao Fei didn't send me here for you to kill us," Oliver remarked sarcastically.
"What?" The Australian man demanded.
"Yao Fei sent me," Oliver clarified.
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The Australian man pulled out the map Oliver had. "Shēngcún," he said with a smile.
"Yeah it's Chinese for survive," Oliver said with a small smile.
"Yes," the man quickly replied.
"What do you think he meant, besides not getting killed?" Victoria asked bluntly.
"There is an airfield ten clicks from here. Yao Fei and I have been analyzing it for months. But then Yao Fei was compromised and we were separated," the man explained. Then he handed Oliver and Victoria swords.
"What are you doing?" Oliver asked.
"I think Yao Fei sent you both because he knows I can't take the airfield myself," the man explained.
Then he started to fight with Oliver. Oliver didn't know what the hell he was doing.
"What are you doing? Fight back," the man exclaimed.
Oliver tried but ended up nearly falling on his face.
"You have no skill, no strength, no training to say that you fight like a girl would be a compliment," the man yelled.
"I'm not a soldier, I was shipwrecked here, I only killed the guy wearing this uniform by accident," Oliver explained.
"Where was Yao Fei?" the man asked.
"He told me to run, so I did," Oliver explained.
The man hit Oliver over the head.
"What was that for?" Victoria asked in shock.
"You're turn," the man said.
He did a different move and Victoria was ready to block it and tried to fight back.
The man laughed. "See you fight better then him," he remarked.
The man handed her over a drink. "What about him?" Victoria asked pointing over at Oliver.
"You'll see soon enough," the man remarked.
Victoria started to feel drowsy and felt strong arms holding her.
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Oliver and Victoria were tied up in chairs. "What?" they both asked when they became conscious.
"Sorry, it's nothing personal," the man reassured.
"What are you doing?" Victoria asked nearly shouting.
"I can't take the airfield by myself and I can't take it with the both of you. If they find you, they will torture you until you give up my location. And I can not allow that to happen," the Australian man explained.
"So what you're just going to kill us?" Oliver shouted.
"Like I said kid, it's nothing personal," the man commented.
Oliver lifted out of the chair. "Hey, I'm not going to tell them anything."
The man pushed him back into the seat.
"Hey, don't hurt him," Victoria begged.
"Don't make this harder on yourself. I can do this in such a way that you won't even feel it," the man reassured.
Oliver broke his thumb and cried out. As soon as he was free he punched the man square in the face. The man pulled him by the collar of his jacket and started to laugh. "Slade Wilson," he introduced, holding out his hand.
"Oliver Queen," Oliver replied shaking his hand.
"Well Oliver Queen, there might be a fighter in you yet," the man remarked.
"What is going on?" Victoria asked in confusion.
"What do you mean?" Slade replied, raising an eyebrow.
"One minute you're trying to kill us, the next you're our friend?" Victoria asked.
"Okay sweetheart, what's your name?" Slade asked Victoria.
"Victoria Queen," Victoria replied.
"Well then Victoria Queen," He untied the rope that was tied behind her hands. "I want you to know that even if your brother had not escaped I was still going to take you with me," Slade explained looking her right into the eyes.
"That's reassuring," Victoria said sarcastically.
"Hey!" Oliver cried.
"Nothing personal kid, I just didn't feel right killing a woman," Slade explained.
Victoria shook her head.
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Slade, Victoria and Oliver were all sitting in chairs.
"I hope you know that this doesn't change anything between us. If you get caught, I will kill you. You've been given your second chance," Slade explained to Oliver.
"We need you as much as you need us. What is our next step?" Oliver asked.
"Making you both into something that won't get us all killed. Choose a weapon," Slade ordered.
"Are we starting now?" Oliver asked in confusion.
Slade glared at him, so Oliver and Victoria got up. Oliver headed over to the case of weapons and pulled out a yellow and black mask.
"That's mine," Slade said proudly.
"You're the lunatic that tortured me," Oliver shouted.
"No that was another guy," Slade explained.
"Bull," Oliver replied.
"This is my weapon equipment balaclava, my partner and I wore them to classify our identity during our missions," Slade explained calmly.
"You're a liar. Fyers told me this nut cake who wore this mask was a prisoner on this island," Oliver explained.
"And Fyers is such a trustworthy individual, he lied to you. My partner and I were on a mission to free and get Yao Fei off this island. We are A.S.I.S, Austrian intelligence. Now it's time for you to find yourself a weapon. Have you consider a sword? I like swords," Slade asked.
"I want a sword," Victoria said bluntly.
Slade chuckled. Oliver looked shocked at his sister.
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Slade started training Oliver and Victoria the very next day. Every time they fought him, he ended up kicking their buts.
Every time he pinned Oliver to the ground, "Dead," he would say.
One day Slade was training Victoria and Oliver with bamboo. Oliver at first was doing pretty good until Slade kept hitting him, because he was leaving himself open.
"How did you survive here for six months. I've seen girl scouts with more fight then you," Slade remarked as he was training Oliver alone.
"So what, we are girl scouts now, Slade?" Oliver asked jokingly.
Slade hit his hand.
"What the hell," Oliver whined.
"Kid, we only have ten days till the plane arrives. Only ten days to at least make you both half a soldier. So you might want to start taking this seriously," Slade explained.
"But what is the point. I don't know if you noticed but these guys carry guns not bamboo. So what am I supposed to do if one of them shove a gun in my face. Threaten them with my stick?" Oliver shouted.
Slade pulled out a gun from his pocket. "Shove this gun in my face. Do it," Slade ordered.
Victoria knew that Oliver would get his ass kicked and he did. She watched as Slade flipped Oliver into his back. And pointed the gun that had been in Oliver's hand at Oliver.
"I give up," Oliver said holding up his hands.
Slade grabbed Oliver by the collar and kept the gun pointed at him. "There is no giving up to these guys. No whining or buying your way out of this. You have two choices either escape or die. Now choose," Slade explained shouting.
"Escape," Oliver replied.
Slade started to put the gun down. "Then let me show you how not to die," Slade said.
They went back to training and Oliver was getting better and better.
"That's enough for you right now. Victoria you're up," Slade ordered.
Victoria stood in front of Slade. At first she kept getting hit until she started to block more.
"Good, but you need to start attacking me more. I'm being easy on you, these guys won't," Slade explained.
Victoria nodded and started to fight Slade. She hit the sticks he kept trying to hit her with until she changed up her attack and surprised him with a kick to the face. Her foot hurt afterward.
"Wow, I didn't know you could kick," Slade said with surprise.
"Yeah well there is a lot you don't know about me," Victoria remarked with a smile.
Slade smiled in response.
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Back in their camp Slade pulled out photos of different parts of the island. "Lian Yu."
"I know, it's Mandarin for purgatory," Oliver said proudly.
"Yes, wonderful," Slade remarked. "The A.S.I.S. took satellite images of the entire island." Then he pointed to a spot on the image. "This is Fyers's main camp. I was held there for almost a year."
"Do you think that's where they're holding Yao Fei? Maybe we can send him a message, tell him we found another way off the island?" Oliver suggested.
"Forget about him," Slade states firmly.
"But he is the reason we are still alive. We have to save him," Victoria argued.
"Listen to me sweetheart, we only have a little while until the plane comes. We are not waiting around to save someone who isn't with us. You got that?" Slade explained.
"I understand not wanting to delay but he saved Oliver and I. I don't want to just leave him here," Victoria argued farther.
"I understand, sweetheart, but we have to be leaving," Slade reasoned calmly.
"Fine," Victoria said angrily crossing her arms.
"Here is the airstrip. It shows ten men on pretrial at any given moment," Slade explained.
"What too many for you?" Oliver asked with a chuckle.
"No," Slade replied with a small grim smile. "My problem is this guy, up in the tower," Slade pointed to an image of the plane tower. "The U.S. set this up for disaster zones in Korea after the tsunami," Slade explained.
"So what's the problem?" Victoria asked with her arms still crossed.
"The glass is bulletproof. So I can't take it out with my sniper rifle. And if he thinks anything is suspicious he'll call Fyers and we are cancelled. I need you both to take him out, up close and personal. Are you ready for that?" Slade asked looking them both right in the eyes.
"Do you think we are ready?" Oliver asked.
"I think there is only a supply plane every three month. So either we make it or die soon after. I'm all for making it," Slade stated.
"Yes, so am I," Victoria agreed.
"We leave tomorrow at six hundred," Slade said.
Oliver was climbing in bed and pulled out a picture of Laurel. "Don't worry, you'll be with your girlfriend soon enough," Slade reassured.
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Victoria found herself awake before the others so she just lied in bed. She heard Slade waking Oliver up.
"Raise and shine," he said sarcastically. Then Victoria saw him head towards her. "Oh good you're awake," Slade said with a smile.
"I'm an early riser," Victoria explained.
They carried everything that they were sure to need. Slade picked up his old mask and dropped it carelessly back. Like he almost wanted to forget it forever. "Come on, we're heading out," he said with a wave of his hand.
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Oliver, Victoria and Slade all as quietly as they could walked through the trees and brushes leading to the air field.
They were in a clearing when Slade made them stop with a signal of his fist. He looked both ways and seemed a little out of breath. "All clear," he said in what sounded almost like surprise.
"Can we rest for a sec?" Oliver asked/ whined.
Slade pushed forward. "We can rest on the plane."
"Yeah, I'm really looking forward to that in flight movie," Oliver joked. Then he heard a click noise.
He looked down, Slade and Victoria turned around.
"Oh My Lord," Oliver remarked.
"Don't move," Slade said holding out his hands in a calming/commanding way.
"Is that a mine?" Oliver asked.
"Don't move," Slade ordered, holding out a hand. Then he lied down next to Oliver and pushed away the dirt around what was underneath Oliver's feet. "Yep," he answered to Oliver's question.
"Oh my gosh," Victoria said covering her mouth with her hand.
"Did the soldiers bomb the island?" Oliver asked his voice getting high.
"No, this is probably a Japanese bomb from World War II. Impressive," Slade said half in awe, half in concern.
"Can you disarm it?" Oliver asked worriedly.
"Without disarming you," Slade remarked and looked at Oliver in concern. Then he looked past him. "Soldiers," he warned.
"They're going to see us," Oliver remarked.
"No," Slade said taking off Oliver's bag he was carrying. "They are going to see you," Slade said taking Victoria's hand and running away.
"Slade, what are you doing? Ollie needs our help," Victoria shouted whispered as she and Slade went running. They were far enough away that no one but themselves could hear.
"Sh...," Slade whispered, gently placing a hand over Victoria's mouth.
Meanwhile Oliver pulled over the balaclava over his face, pretending that he was one of the soldiers. A group of three soldiers came over to him. "What are you doing so far from camp?" one of them asked Oliver.
"I got separated from my unit," Oliver replied.
"Come with us," the same guy replied.
Oliver looked down at the mine. "I can't. I'm kind of having a bad day, you know?" Oliver asked jokingly.
Just then Slade came running back with a sword in his hand and yelling. He killed all three men as Victoria came up behind and watched, she couldn't say a word just stared at how fast he seemed to kill them.
After he had killed them he placed his hands on one of their bodies that was close to Oliver. "Be still," Slade hissed. Then he pushed Oliver by pushing the body where Oliver had been on the mine.
"Thanks," Oliver said in shock.
Slade nodded his head and looked over at Victoria. "Are you alright?" he asked gruffly.
"Yeah," she replied with her mouth still a gasp.
"See I had a plan," Slade remarked to her.
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In Fyers's camp Yao Fei was walking into a tent. Fyers saw him at once. "Oh, Yao Fei, come in. Sit down," he said with fake politeness.
Fyers stood up and walked over to a create. Yao Fei noticed the gun that was pointed at him on the table. "I remember the first time I saw you running around with this," Fyers said pulling out Yao Fei's bow. "I thought you looked utterly ridiculous," Fyers said sitting down. "That is before you took out three of my best men," Fyers said with respect. "A shipment of 25 long bows will be arrive on tomorrow's supply plane. I want you to teach a few of my men how to use them," Fyers ordered.
"Archery can take years to master," Yao Fei explained.
Fyers glared at him, "I'm sure you'll be a proficient teacher. That will be all, you may go."
The man with the black and yellow balaclava came into the tent.
"I hope you're steadfast in your commitment to our cause. For her sake at least," Fyers threatened.
"I am," Yao Fei replied.
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