The Abandoned Hero 10/?
Title: The Abandoned Hero 10/?
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
Before Chloe had time to move, someone’s hands were on her and pulling her away. With her open shirt forgotten she looked over at Oliver, dressed in his Green Arrow gear in complete shock. Then she looked down at Lex, who was struggling to stand. Then other men in the room were passed out cold on the floor. She thought of Clark, thinking it would have been him who’d complete such a large task without being seen but when she looked to her side she found Bart. It was he who had pulled her away. His hand touched her shoulders and she realized that he was laying his jacket over her. Finally, she realized her shirt was torn and pulled the jacket around her.
Lex laughed as he put his hand on the back of the sofa and pushed himself up. “Come on now Queen, you can take the mask off.” Once he was standing he surveyed his shoulder and glanced at the small bow in Arrow’s hand. “Didn’t think you would get here so quickly. I thought I would have more time to ruin her for you.”
Oliver dropped the bow and took one step forward to put himself in reaching distance. His hand shot out and he wrapped it around Lex’s neck. Lex choked and Oliver couldn’t help being a little satisfied. “You will not mention her again.” Oliver gave his neck another squeeze, causing Lex to gasp for breath, before throwing him to the ground. While Lex lay on the floor choking, Oliver turned to Chloe. She clung to Bart’s jacket tightly around her body and was staring up at him with her tear stained face.
Chloe wanted to go to him and almost did so, when she spotted movement out of the corner of her eye. “No!” A shot rung out. Bart moved but it had been too late. At first Chloe wasn’t even sure Lex had hit anything as Bart disarmed him, but then Oliver stumbled and Chloe flew to his side. She wrapped an arm around his waist and tried to hold him up. If he would have fallen she probably would have been of no assistance to him but somehow he still managed to stand.
“Chloe.”
Chloe turned her head to spot Clark in the doorway. “Oliver’s hurt.”
“I’m fine.” Oliver ground out through clenched teeth and finally straightened. He winced at the pain in his side but did his best to ignore it. “Watch that idiot.” He said, indicating Lex, and turned away to unzip his vest.
“Wait.” Chloe moved his hands and did it for him when she noticed him grimace again. As the vest fell open, she pulled it away and spotted the bloody wound on his side. “Clark your jacket.” As he shrugged it off she walked around Oliver and spotted another wound on his back. “It went all the way through.” She took the jacket from Clark and pressed it against both wounds. Oliver tensed and she looked up at him apologetically. “Is he okay?”
Clark narrowed his eyes and x-rayed the wound. “He’s fine. It missed any vital organs.”
Chloe sighed in relief. It didn’t matter really. If it had hit any vital organs she would have taken care of it. But it was still nice to know he wasn’t dying. Oliver’s hands then came to her open shirt and pulled it together and she momentarily forgot about his wound. She had lost Bart’s jacket in the commotion and had forgotten about her bare chest. Somehow, Oliver hadn’t. He closed the shirt around her and when she searched his eyes she could see that same pain there that she had grown so accustomed to.
“I’m sorry.” He whispered. “I should have been here earlier.” In fact, she should have never gotten caught. He was supposed to protect her and he couldn’t even do that.
“You were here just in time.”
“Whoa.” Victor skidded into the room followed by AC. “What did we miss.”
“This retard about to get his ass kicked.” Bart said and gave Lex a shove for good measure.
“Everything’s clear.” AC said. “You okay Arrow?”
“I’m fine.” Oliver grounded out.
“Next time you won’t be. Next time I’ll make sure I’ll kill all of you.”
Oliver turned slowly to Lex. He could only take so much before he would break. Forgetting about his wound, forgetting about Chloe, and everyone else in the room, he flew forward, grabbed the gun from Bart’s hand, and grabbed Lex by the throat with the other. He slammed the other man into the wall with a satisfying thud and brought the gun to his head. “I’ve had about enough of you.” Oliver grabbed his mask and yanked it off. “Look at me Lex. When I put this bullet in your head I want my face to be the last thing you see.” Lex began to speak but Oliver tightened his grip around his neck.
“Oliver no!” Chloe screamed and was at his back. “Please don’t.”
“Why not?!” Oliver looked at her disheveled appearance and her torn shirt. “Look what he did to you?! What was he about to do?!” Oliver sneered and turned back to Lex and pulled him away from the wall and banged his head against it. “What the hell did you think I was going to do to you for touching her?!” Oliver cocked the gun. It was the only way. Lex would never stop.
“Oliver, Chloe is right.” Clark stepped forward.
“No. He’s dangerous. And somehow he knows who I am.”
Chloe grimaced. What she was about to say probably wouldn’t help to save Lex’s life but they had to know. “He knows more than that. That man over there.” Chloe pointed to one of the unconscious bodies. “He’s meteor infected and a mind reader. I tried to use my powers to protect myself, but it didn’t matter.”
“It’s not your fault.” Oliver growled out and pushed the barrel of the gun harder into Lex’s temple. “Some things you should really leave alone. Ever heard of the phrase curiosity killed the cat Lex?”
“Wait!” Clark exclaimed. He could hear Oliver’s heart quicken and knew he was about to pull the trigger. “I can change that.” Oliver’s heart rate seemed to slow a bit and Clark calmed down himself, but just slightly. “Look, I can erase his memories.” Lex tried to talk but it came out as a choking sound as Oliver tightened his grip on his neck. At least Oliver hadn’t shot him yet. “All of them. I can make sure none of them remember any of this.”
Chloe breathed a sigh of relief. “Oliver, just listen to Clark. He can fix everything and no one has to die.”
“Shouldn’t he die though? How many people has he hurt, how many people has he killed, and how many more people will he add to that?”
“I don’t know. But one day he will mess with the wrong person and he’ll get what he deserves. But I don’t want you to be the one who kills him. You aren’t a killer.” Chloe waited impatiently as Oliver seemed to think it over. When he lowered the gun her whole body relaxed.
Oliver turned to Clark but didn’t release Lex. “Are you telling me the truth? You aren’t saying that to stop me from killing him?”
“I swear. Trust me; the last think I would allow is for him to get out of here knowing everything. I know what’s in Chloe’s head.”
Oliver took Clark’s word and released Lex. “Your lucky.”
After Lex was able to stop coughing he glared at Oliver. “You’re going to wish you killed me.”
Oliver smirked and raised the gun. “You’re going to wish I did too.” Then he pulled the trigger.
Lex closed his eyes at the sound but felt nothing. He turned his head and found smoke escaping from the hole in the wall.
“Get her out of here.” Clark nodded his head to Chloe. “We’ll take care of the rest of this.”
Oliver nodded and reached out for Chloe’s hand. When she didn’t hesitate in threading her fingers through his, he chose to ignore the feelings that were beginning to arise in him again. “Thanks Clark.”
“My pleasure.” Clark grabbed both sides of Lex’s head and frowned. “You should have backed off Lex.”
That was the last thing they heard before closing the door behind them.