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The Other Queen - 6

Chapter 6

Lian Yu 2007

Oliver, Slade and Victoria all were around a pile of sticks and Oliver was trying to start a fire. "You weren't a boy scout, were you?" Slade asked with a chuckle.

Oliver smiled, "What tipped you off?" he asked sarcastically.

"You better hurry. Wolves come out at night," Slade said seemingly serious.

"Are you kidding me?" Oliver asked looking over at Slade's still very serious face. "Of course cause what would be the worst place on earth be without wolves," Oliver said sarcastically.

"And if anything can keep them out it's fire," Slade said leaning in closer.

"Well you're more then welcome to help."

Just then Slade pulled out a lighter from his vest pocket. Oliver looked over at him annoyed. Then Slade placed the lighter back into his pocket.

"Seriously? I've been working on that fire for two hours," Oliver whined.

"Yes, I was watching. Thank you for the entertainment."

Oliver just looked at him with a glare and gave a 'you've got to be kidding face.'

Victoria looked at her picture with herself and Thea. Slade walked back towards the fire with his sniper rifle. "Is that your boyfriend?" Slade asked, not seeing the picture at all.

Victoria chuckled. "No, it's me and my sister, Thea," she explained.

"You two have a sister?"

"Yes, Thea Queen, she is thirteen years old. Short, brown eyes and dark brown hair," Victoria described to Slade, showing him the picture.

"You two look so different."

"Yeah, I've always wondered about that, I guess siblings can look very different than each other."

"But you and Oliver look alike."

"Don't ask me, I don't know how all this stuff works," Victoria exclaimed.

Slade chuckled. "So where did you learn those high kicks of yours?"

"You mean the ones that hurt my feet every time they hit into your face?" Victoria asked looking over at Slade.

"Yeah, those ones," Slade said shortly.

"Probably between doing ballet since I was six, green belt in karate and yoga," Victoria explained proudly.

"Are you joking or serious?" Slade asked with a chuckle.

"I am being completely serious," Victoria reassured.

"I didn't know you did karate," Oliver added.

"So what's your story for all of them?" Slade asked.

"What do you mean?" Victoria asked confused.

"There must be a reason you did all of those," Slade explained.

"When I was five my mom took me to a ballet. I loved it, every second of it. Afterwards I would beg and beg her to let me take ballet. She must of thought it was just some phase because for nine months she told me no. Until finally at age six I was allowed to join ballet classes. Year after year I took it, in fact I was still taking it the day before we were shipwrecked," Victoria paused. "Anyway, at age fourteen I was offered to tour either Russia or France, I even took Franch and Russian in school. Month after month I would ask my mom if she thought I could go and for a while it sounded like I would, but then one day I asked her again and she told me I couldn't go. I was so angry, I thought about running away from home," Victoria explained.

"How is it that I didn't know anything about this?" Oliver asked annoyed.

"Because you never listen," Victoria remarked.

Slade chuckled at this and Oliver glared.

"What stopped you from leaving your home?" Slade asked.

"It was the night I decided to run away. I was packed and almost ready to go when... Little Thea came into my room saying that she had had a nightmare. So I wrapped her into my arms laid her in bed and laid beside her till she fell asleep. I remember before she drifted to sleep she said 'I'm glad you're my big sister Victoria.'"

Slade smiled and looked over at Oliver who was still looking all confused. "What about taking karate?" Slade inquired.

"One of my friends had this boyfriend, he was very abusive to her. So I took karate to defend myself," Victoria explained.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" Slade asked bluntly.

"No, I don't," Victoria said shortly.

Olive was placing a hand over the picture of Laurel.

"You're going to wear that thing out just by looking it," Slade joked. Then he sat down. "Don't worry, I'm sure she'll be waiting for flowers when you get back," Slade reassured.

"I doubt it," Oliver remarked. Slade looked at him confused. "Remember when I said I was shipwrecked? Her sister was with me when the boat went down," Oliver explained.

"That's funny, I never took you as the bad boy. You seemed to lack the spine," Slade joked.

"That's why I need to get back, to make this right," Oliver said adamantly.

"You think you can sleep with your girlfriend's sister and still make everything right? You're dumber than I thought. And believe me when I say that's saying something," Slade remarked.

"I know he is stupid," Victoria said with a chuckle.

Oliver glared at Victoria.

"Well you don't take me as the kind of guy to accept apologies, so," Oliver snipped back to Slade.

"Everyone is in this life for themselves," Slade remarked.

"Where did you learn that? At Austrian spy school?" Oliver joked.

"No, I learned that here. Do you remember I told you I had a partner?" Slade asked Oliver.

"Yeah," Oliver replied quietly.

"Remember the guy who tortured you?" Slade asked looking much more serious.

"You mean that freak show was your partner?" Oliver asked angrily.

"His name is Billy Wintergreen," Slade explained.

"Oh, okay," Oliver exclaimed, rolling his eyes.

"Billy and I were sent here to infiltrate Yao Fei and find out why Fyers was so interested in him. Our plane was shot out of the sky before we could see the airstrip," Slade explained.

"That's where we found you," Victoria exclaimed in understanding.

Slade shook his head in agreement.

"When Fyers took us prisoner he offered for us to join him and his men. Billy agreed and I declined. He was the godfather to my son, Joe," Slade said raising up from his seat. "And he turned his back on me without another thought. Everyone is in this life for themselves," Slade said angrily and walked away.

"Wow," Oliver said after he had been gone for a few minutes.

"That explains why he is so grumpy," Victoria remarked in understanding.

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