The Abandoned Hero 9/?
Title: The Abandoned Hero 9/?
Summary: Takes place after Season 7. Oliver gets Chloe released from prison and presents her with a proposal. Reluctantly, she must accept. Little does she know of Oliver's other intentions.
Rating: NC-17 (Yes, it will come eventually.)
Notes: Sorry everyone for the update taking so long. I though I would have finished it WEEKS ago. I felt onto the wagon called the Twilight wagon and well it has taken up some of my time. Anyway, here is the next chapter. I'm predicting two more chapters and it will be over.
Chloe had struggled since her capture, hoping to be freed. Not only had she worried for her own safety but she worried for Bart’s and she also worried for Oliver. If Oliver was as committed to keeping her safe as he seemed then he would know doubt find her.
Currently, she was residing in what seemed to be a very expensively decorated room. There were a few side tables, a couple of sofas, and a coffee table. It didn’t appear to be a room normally in use so Chloe could only assume it was one room in what was most likely a large house. Lex’s house if she had to guess. At least he hadn’t brought her to one of his facilities, but that probably wasn’t far off.
Lex hadn’t made an appearance yet, but the two men who had abducted her still remained and another man, dressed in a neat suit sat comfortably across from her, tapping away at his phone. For a while she just sat there, arms bounded behind her, waiting in silence for something to happen until she finally screamed. “What he hell is going on!? If someone finds me here all of you are in big trouble.” She grounded out angrily.
“Oh,” Charles looked up innocently, “you mean your friend the Green Arrow and his little group of meteor freaks, or perhaps your friend Clark? I can assure you Miss. Sullivan that they will not be finding us here.”
His words caused her to worry a bit, but she’d been in trouble numerous times to know that between Clark super powers and Oliver’s expensive toys that one of them would be able to find her. “Yea right. So where is your boss? Because I know it wasn’t you who orchestrated this?”
“I can assure you that it was I who orchestrated this.” Charles stood up, a little affronted at her assumption that he would not have been able to pull it all off. “But it was Mr. Luthor who gave the order.”
Chloe snorted. “Yes, I’m sure Lex did.” She shook her head. “Mr. Luthor.” She mumbled under her breath.
“I think it would probably be in your best interest to cooperate with Mr. Luthor and give him the upmost respect. I can assure you that he will not be putting up with any foolishness.”
This time Chloe rolled her eyes. “Are you serious?” Obviously this guy didn’t know anything. Chloe had been fighting Lex for years; she wasn’t just going to roll over now. The door finally opened to reveal Lex followed by another man. “Surprise, surprise.”
“I didn’t expect it to be.” Lex stopped a far distance from her, knowing if he got to close he would be tempted to choke her. “You don’t know the trouble I had getting past Oliver’s security. It looks like he might need an upgrade though.”
“I’ll be sure to let him know.”
“Don’t hold your breath.” Lex nodded his head to the man at his side. “Let’s skip the small talk Chloe. I think we know each other well enough don’t you? I want you to meet one of my employees.” Lex held his hand out to the man at his side. “You don’t need to know his name but I can tell you that he is meteor infected like you. His ability has made him very useful to me though. He has the ability to read minds.” Her eyes widened and Lex couldn’t help but feel pleasure. “I don’t need to exhaust all of my resources to discover why you are so important to Queen.” Lex held out his hand towards Chloe. “You may proceed.”
There were so many things that flashed through Chloe’s mind as the strange young man walked towards her. Clarks identity, her powers, Oliver, Green Arrow, Project Akeso, Bart, Victor, AC, Lois, Lionel Luthor, her mother. So many things that Lex didn’t know about, that he didn’t need to know about. What would happen if he found out? There were no physical sign, such as raising his hand, to make her aware that he had begun. It was the slight pressure in her head, like a headache, and then sudden memories that she suddenly remembered. Things she hadn’t though about in years. That was what made her realize he was in her mind. Her shield didn’t come up by her own decision, it was panic that caused the lights to surround her body and push him away.
“What is going on?!” Lex screamed and backed away from the circle of light surrounding her.
“I don’t know.” The young man said and tried again to reach out to her but found nothing. “I’m not doing it. She is. I think she is blocking me.”
Chloe could slowly feel the shield beginning to drain her energy, just as it had done the last time she used it. It had been nothing she had attempted to try again at the risk of unknowingly harming herself. She held out as long as possible though, determined to give Oliver and Clark as much time as they needed to find her. Then just as her eyes began to close and she began to lose consciousness she dropped it. As much as she didn’t want to be awake for him sifting through her memories she needed to be. She had to know what he discovered.
For a while all of the men in the room stood silent and still, expecting some new presentation of her power, but nothing happen. “Come on!” Lex exclaimed. “What the hell are you waiting for?”
The young man nodded and cautiously approached her again. When she didn’t move or even seem very aware of him he reached out again. After a few moments of no fight from her he became more confident and delved in deeper.
“So what did you see?” Lex asked anxiously. It had been almost fifteen minutes before the young man walked away from Chloe.
“She knows quite about the man you call Clark and the woman Lana. Lot’s of secrets that she has kept to herself for both of them.”
Lex shook his head. “I don’t care about Lana. She’s gone and I know almost everything I need to know about Clark. You can tell me that later. What else?”
“Project Akeso was initiation by her mother and Oliver Queen’s parents to protect her. Her meteor ability is to heal. It does come at a cost though. She always takes whatever she is healing into herself. She has died twice by taking in someone else’s death. It would appear that she was purposely infected by an alien named Jor-El so that she would be able to heal her friend Clark.” The young man paused for a moment then continued. “It would appear that Oliver Queen has taken up the mission of protecting her.”
It all made perfect sense now. Lex was already aware of Oliver’s parents’ unwillingness to dispose of the Traveler also known as Clark Kent. But he had no idea that they had been so willing to keep him alive. Of course Oliver would continue something they started.
“That isn’t it.” From what little the young man knew about Lex Luthor’s enemies he was aware of the fact that both Oliver Queen and the Green Arrow were a thorn in his side. “Oliver Queen is the Green Arrow.”
So many things flashed through Lex’s mind at that revelation. It was as if he was finally completing some puzzle that he was always missing the pieces to. That would also explain the Green Arrow rescuing Chloe the other night and then her ending up at Oliver’s. He laughed and shook his head. “Which means that he and wonder boy will be here at any moment.”
“One more thing that you mind find useful.” He added and waited to receive Mr. Luthor’s attention. “I think there may be something between the woman and Oliver Queen. It does appear that she has feelings for him and from what I have seen of her memories he also cares for her but has been resistant to act on them out of the fear she may have to heal Clark Kent one day and lose her life.”
Lex didn’t even hear the bit about Clark and Oliver’s resistance. All that he could think about was why every woman he had ever met had the inability to resist every hero they ever met. What made it even worse was that he hated both Oliver and Chloe with a passion. Not only had Oliver Queen been the perfect, handsome, charming rich boy, but now somehow he had taken a liking to Chloe Sullivan. Why? That’s what he wanted to know. Why had Oliver taken a liking to that annoying, nosy reporter? She was cute he supposed but she didn’t have the exotic dark beauty of Lana. And although Lois Lane was just as annoying and nosy she was much more eye catching and enticing then Chloe. Chloe was nothing, just nothing and yet Oliver Queen had risked everything to keep her alive and seemed to be falling for her.
Lex bounded forward, grabbed Chloe’s arms, and yanked her up. “So Chloe tell me. Besides Oliver Queen being the Green Arrow and bent on making my life hell what is going on between the two of you. I have no doubt that he is going to come in here full force to rescue you. Not only because it seems he had made it his mission to do so but because he cares for you doesn’t he?”
Chloe fought to open her tear filled eyes. She’d seen the memories play out in her mind and heard everything the meteor-infected man told Lex. He knew everything and there was nothing she would be able to do now. It was only a matter of time before Lex had her sent to one of his facilities and tested her powers to the limit until she eventually didn’t wake up. Wouldn’t they want to know what went on inside her body when she did come to the point of death? “Don’t you already know everything?”
“I know enough. But I want to know what it is with you and Queen?” Lex shook her slightly but it didn’t alleviate any of his anger towards her. “I mean what is it with you?!” Lex hauled her over to the wall and slammed her into it. She cried out when her head hit the wall and he took a slight amount of pleasure at her pain. “You and Queen have been a thorn in my side for years. I know he will be here.”
Suddenly, Lex relaxed and that worried Chloe more than his anger.
“I’m sure it would upset Oliver to come here and find his love broken and ruined wouldn’t it?” Lex smiled grimly and took her chin in his hands roughly. “His sweet, sweet Chloe. I wonder what that would do to our beloved hero?”
“There is nothing between me and Oliver.” Chloe grounded out. Somehow it did seem to be the truth. Even though Chloe had seen hints from Oliver that he cared for her in a romantic sense she had never been sure.
“Somehow,” Lex released her chin and trailed a finger over her jaw and down her chest until he reached the neckline of her shirt, “I don’t think so.” He curled his finger around the first button and yanked it down roughly, succeeding in ripping her shirt open.
The only thing Chloe had been aware of was the sound of plastic buttons bouncing off of the hard wood floor and the cold air hitting her chest.
“There must be something that Oliver sees,” Lex trailed another finger over her shoulder and pulled her bra strap down. “But I’m not sure what.”
Finally, Chloe came back to her senses and pulled her foot up and kicked. “Get off of me!” His hands fell away from her but were back on her again, grasping at her bare shoulders, making her stomach clench in disgust. Their struggle continued for a few moments before one of the lackeys assisted Lex in holding her against the wall.
“Now Chloe,” Lex pulled his hand back and slapped her across the face, “calm down.” She cried out and slumped over. “That’s better. Now…” Lex pressed his knee between her legs and stepped forward, “let’s see if we can ruin you for Oliver Queen.”
“Get off!” Chloe screamed again and bit down on his shoulder with all of her might. She only felt pleasure for a moment as he screamed before he grabbed her head and slammed it back against the wall, hard. Pain was all she felt, it overtook her body and she fell to the ground, the world a blur before her.
Even Lex’s pleasure at seeing her pain was short lived. Something shot through his shoulder and he cried out, falling to his knees at the pain.
“If you touch her again Lex, the next one is going through your head.” The Green Arrow sneered angrily.