Epiphanies [7 of ?, part 2] PG13 for now
Epiphanies, Chapter 7, part 1
and now on to part 2
Back at the Daily Planet, Lois finishes up her new story, about the police defunding a successful beat cop program that had reduced crime in one of the city's lower income areas. Since the change three gang related deaths had been reported in the area, one on the campus of the local high school during school hours. Sitting back in her chair she runs spell check and smiles with satisfaction.
When her intern scurries around the corner she yells for him. "You, whatever your name is, get back here." He comes towards her, clearly intimidated despite the demand coming from Chloe's mouth.
"Yeah?" he stutters.
"Give me your camera."
"What?" Why?" He looks guilty, sure he'd been caught.
"Just give it to me and head home, I'm sure your mommy is worried about you."
He hands her the camera and rushes away, moaning about how Lois is going to kill him. Lois (as Chloe grins. She looks at the camera, taking out the storage card. "Jackpot." Her voice is full of smug satisfaction. Suddenly she changes back into herself, the clothes she's wearing tight and constrictive. She laughs and sits down to look over the pictures.
CO-CO-CO
Chloe, Oliver and Clark track Zatanna to the hotel she's staying at and if the unnatural glow of light from the rooftop is anything to go by, she's already started the spell. Oliver shoots up an rappelling arrow and begins his assent.
Chloe turns to Clark. "Clark, you need to
get up there and put an end to this right now."
"I know what you're about to say, but-"
She stomps her foot, looking up at him earnestly. "No, Clark. There are no buts with you. No exception to the rule. Now, superleap up there and stop her."
Before his eyes suddenly she changes into Chloe and the spell fades in the face of incontrovertible proof that the weird and unexplained could be real.
"Yeah, okay. Okay, Clark, you don't have to know. If you won't believe in yourself, then let me believe in you. Okay? I know that deep inside, you don't want to just be a normal guy sitting behind a desk reporting on disasters while you could be out there stopping them. Now, use the power you feel. The world needs you."
He plants his feet and pushes off, nearly flying up the side of the building.
Chloe rushes inside to the elevator.
On the roof, Oliver tries to reason with Zatanna but is hesitant to get to close to her, knowing she could knock him off the roof without even touching him. "You need to stop this spell." Clark arrives and Oliver nods with a smug smile. "Wanted to join the fun again, huh, Boyscout?"
They circle Zatanna as the dark figure of a man appears inside the ball of light that she has summoned, the book open in her hands but clearly forgotten as she stares at the image of her father tearily.
"Don't do this Zatanna. He's your father. He gave you life, he'd want you to live your's," Clark reasons with her.
"It's what he did for me. He wasn't meant to die. I owe him this. I know the rules. A life for a life. I have to make it right. I'm not afraid," she looks hopefully to the light, making the most of the moments where they are almost face to face again.
Chloe finally arrives on the roof and somehow the expanding ball of magical light surrounds her.
"Chloe, no!" Oliver calls out in fear. All of them realize that it's Chloe's life that will be exchanged for John Zatara. Oliver tries to push down his panic at seeing Chloe in danger yet again, and works with Clark to reason with Zatanna who reluctantly closes off the spell, letting her father go, and saving Chloe's life. As the light disappears Chloe falls to the ground stunned, Oliver there immediately to check on her.
CO-CO-CO
Back at the DP, Lois sees pushes the memory card into a card reader and waits intently for the pictures of Davis following her (as Chloe) all day to open, knowing that once she shows them to Chloe it's game over for Davis Bloom. The pictures finally finish copying over and open and Lois groans in misery. All the pictures are blurry, not a usable one among them. "Damn it, damn it, damn it to hell."
CO-CO-CO
The next night Chloe is waiting for Oliver to finish up sending an email in his office downstairs from his apartment in the Clock Tower when Zatanna enters.
Oliver stands up defensively, looking from Zatanna to Chloe warily. "What is this? You drop by to kick my ass again? So much fun for me the first time."
Zatanna looks at both of them shamefaced. "I came to apologize. I just…I'm sorry. Chloe. Oliver."
"'Bound by steel,' right? That's what you said to me backwards - 'bound by steel'? I had plenty of time to mull that over when you, uh -you left me there strung up to either die or have my identity revealed," Oliver reminds her with a hard expression.
"I just wanted to fix a wrong. My father never should have…not for me. I can't ever totally make it up to you, but I would like to try to make sure that something like this doesn't happen again." She offers her assistance for any time in the future they face another magical foe, knowing that there are many more magicians out there, and some that deal much more in the black magics than she is willing to.
Olive and Chloe both indicate that she's forgiven and Zatanna gives them both her card to call on her in a time of need. She glances at Chloe with a smile. "I guess you're not going to come to my show then?" Chloe smiles but shakes her head 'no' emphatically. Zatanna smiles and nods. "Understandable. But please remember, I still have the ability to grant both of you a single wish."
Chloe looks wary, and Zatanna smiles ruefully. "I promise to not grant you any wish unless you knowingly make it and state it out loud."
"That's comforting," Oliver intones dryly.
The dark haired magician looks from him to the short blonde at his side, his hand resting on her lower back. "I thought for sure I could temp at least one of you." She turns to leave. "I suppose there are many kinds of magic in the world. Some need no outside assistance."
Chloe looks puzzled and glances up at Oliver, who is watching Zatanna leave.
"Well, let's head upstairs Sidekick. I have a dazzling array of junk food for your consumptive needs during this our first inaugural movie night."
They head upstairs with Chloe relating how Clark had come to apologize yet again. "I hope you didn't forgive him right away, " Oliver says. She smiles at him sheepishly. "Of course you did."
"Well, not exactly. And he didn't really do anything wrong. I told him he needs to tell Lois or stop leading her on. And I may have told Lois a few things to use to torture him at bit more."
Oliver grins and laughs as they sit down on the couch. He runs his hand down her arm which is covered in green leather. "Nice jacket."
"You like? It's new. A birthday present from a good friend."
Oliver smiles and takes her words as they're meant, a compliment. They are friends, good friends. And that is a good foundation for a relationship. They settle in for movie night, and Chloe grins imagining how annoyed Clark will be with he finds out that Lois now knows about his framed copy of her rules for reporting.
AN-This felt like a chapter that wouldn't end, the use of some dialog from the show probably didn't help, but some of the lines were funny and some of it was needed to show the progression of the episode.
Some Clark bashing in this one, I just couldn't help myself.
and now on to part 2
Back at the Daily Planet, Lois finishes up her new story, about the police defunding a successful beat cop program that had reduced crime in one of the city's lower income areas. Since the change three gang related deaths had been reported in the area, one on the campus of the local high school during school hours. Sitting back in her chair she runs spell check and smiles with satisfaction.
When her intern scurries around the corner she yells for him. "You, whatever your name is, get back here." He comes towards her, clearly intimidated despite the demand coming from Chloe's mouth.
"Yeah?" he stutters.
"Give me your camera."
"What?" Why?" He looks guilty, sure he'd been caught.
"Just give it to me and head home, I'm sure your mommy is worried about you."
He hands her the camera and rushes away, moaning about how Lois is going to kill him. Lois (as Chloe grins. She looks at the camera, taking out the storage card. "Jackpot." Her voice is full of smug satisfaction. Suddenly she changes back into herself, the clothes she's wearing tight and constrictive. She laughs and sits down to look over the pictures.
CO-CO-CO
Chloe, Oliver and Clark track Zatanna to the hotel she's staying at and if the unnatural glow of light from the rooftop is anything to go by, she's already started the spell. Oliver shoots up an rappelling arrow and begins his assent.
Chloe turns to Clark. "Clark, you need to
get up there and put an end to this right now."
"I know what you're about to say, but-"
She stomps her foot, looking up at him earnestly. "No, Clark. There are no buts with you. No exception to the rule. Now, superleap up there and stop her."
Before his eyes suddenly she changes into Chloe and the spell fades in the face of incontrovertible proof that the weird and unexplained could be real.
"Yeah, okay. Okay, Clark, you don't have to know. If you won't believe in yourself, then let me believe in you. Okay? I know that deep inside, you don't want to just be a normal guy sitting behind a desk reporting on disasters while you could be out there stopping them. Now, use the power you feel. The world needs you."
He plants his feet and pushes off, nearly flying up the side of the building.
Chloe rushes inside to the elevator.
On the roof, Oliver tries to reason with Zatanna but is hesitant to get to close to her, knowing she could knock him off the roof without even touching him. "You need to stop this spell." Clark arrives and Oliver nods with a smug smile. "Wanted to join the fun again, huh, Boyscout?"
They circle Zatanna as the dark figure of a man appears inside the ball of light that she has summoned, the book open in her hands but clearly forgotten as she stares at the image of her father tearily.
"Don't do this Zatanna. He's your father. He gave you life, he'd want you to live your's," Clark reasons with her.
"It's what he did for me. He wasn't meant to die. I owe him this. I know the rules. A life for a life. I have to make it right. I'm not afraid," she looks hopefully to the light, making the most of the moments where they are almost face to face again.
Chloe finally arrives on the roof and somehow the expanding ball of magical light surrounds her.
"Chloe, no!" Oliver calls out in fear. All of them realize that it's Chloe's life that will be exchanged for John Zatara. Oliver tries to push down his panic at seeing Chloe in danger yet again, and works with Clark to reason with Zatanna who reluctantly closes off the spell, letting her father go, and saving Chloe's life. As the light disappears Chloe falls to the ground stunned, Oliver there immediately to check on her.
CO-CO-CO
Back at the DP, Lois sees pushes the memory card into a card reader and waits intently for the pictures of Davis following her (as Chloe) all day to open, knowing that once she shows them to Chloe it's game over for Davis Bloom. The pictures finally finish copying over and open and Lois groans in misery. All the pictures are blurry, not a usable one among them. "Damn it, damn it, damn it to hell."
CO-CO-CO
The next night Chloe is waiting for Oliver to finish up sending an email in his office downstairs from his apartment in the Clock Tower when Zatanna enters.
Oliver stands up defensively, looking from Zatanna to Chloe warily. "What is this? You drop by to kick my ass again? So much fun for me the first time."
Zatanna looks at both of them shamefaced. "I came to apologize. I just…I'm sorry. Chloe. Oliver."
"'Bound by steel,' right? That's what you said to me backwards - 'bound by steel'? I had plenty of time to mull that over when you, uh -you left me there strung up to either die or have my identity revealed," Oliver reminds her with a hard expression.
"I just wanted to fix a wrong. My father never should have…not for me. I can't ever totally make it up to you, but I would like to try to make sure that something like this doesn't happen again." She offers her assistance for any time in the future they face another magical foe, knowing that there are many more magicians out there, and some that deal much more in the black magics than she is willing to.
Olive and Chloe both indicate that she's forgiven and Zatanna gives them both her card to call on her in a time of need. She glances at Chloe with a smile. "I guess you're not going to come to my show then?" Chloe smiles but shakes her head 'no' emphatically. Zatanna smiles and nods. "Understandable. But please remember, I still have the ability to grant both of you a single wish."
Chloe looks wary, and Zatanna smiles ruefully. "I promise to not grant you any wish unless you knowingly make it and state it out loud."
"That's comforting," Oliver intones dryly.
The dark haired magician looks from him to the short blonde at his side, his hand resting on her lower back. "I thought for sure I could temp at least one of you." She turns to leave. "I suppose there are many kinds of magic in the world. Some need no outside assistance."
Chloe looks puzzled and glances up at Oliver, who is watching Zatanna leave.
"Well, let's head upstairs Sidekick. I have a dazzling array of junk food for your consumptive needs during this our first inaugural movie night."
They head upstairs with Chloe relating how Clark had come to apologize yet again. "I hope you didn't forgive him right away, " Oliver says. She smiles at him sheepishly. "Of course you did."
"Well, not exactly. And he didn't really do anything wrong. I told him he needs to tell Lois or stop leading her on. And I may have told Lois a few things to use to torture him at bit more."
Oliver grins and laughs as they sit down on the couch. He runs his hand down her arm which is covered in green leather. "Nice jacket."
"You like? It's new. A birthday present from a good friend."
Oliver smiles and takes her words as they're meant, a compliment. They are friends, good friends. And that is a good foundation for a relationship. They settle in for movie night, and Chloe grins imagining how annoyed Clark will be with he finds out that Lois now knows about his framed copy of her rules for reporting.
AN-This felt like a chapter that wouldn't end, the use of some dialog from the show probably didn't help, but some of the lines were funny and some of it was needed to show the progression of the episode.
Some Clark bashing in this one, I just couldn't help myself.