The bright sun shone through the delicate stained glass of the omniscient Watch Tower. The air was buzzing with the energy of all the electronics that Chloe had in her possession. Chloe Sullivan sat at one of her many computers, her eyes fixated on the screen. Oliver was no-where to be found- he was completely off her radar. His disappearance had Chloe up night and day in a panicked state. She was anxious to find her missing lover.
Her determined glare wavered when she felt a sudden, yet familiar whoosh of air behind her.
Chloe turned to greet her friend, and gasped at the sight of him. Clark's black shirt had been half torn off of his bloodied and bruised body and his usually vibrantly green eyes were weary with fatigue. In his arms was Oliver.
"Oh God, Oliver! Clark- "
"Chloe, I can't explain right now." Clark gently placed an unconscious Oliver on the couch. "Oliver is fine, he should wake up shortly. Stay here and do not move. Put this place on lock-down security! I mean it, Chloe. I have to go back."
Chloe shook her head in disbelief. Lock down security? What?
"Go back where? Where did you find-"
Before Chloe could finish, Clark was gone. She couldn't believe Clark would leave her there with no answers to any of her questions. Relief washed over her as she set her eyes back on the man that she loved. She sat down beside him and gently caressed his face. Oliver stirred and slowly opened his eyes.
"Chlo."
Chloe smiled. "I've missed you, Oliver. I have so many questions for you. But I just want you to know that I do love you very, very much."
Oliver started to sit up.
"Are you okay to be upright?" Chloe asked cautiously.
Oliver nodded. "Yeah, I'm not hurt. I just passed out."
Chloe's concern was all over her face. "Can you tell me anything at all about your disappearance? You were gone for-"
"Two weeks. I was captured and taken to God knows where. I thought for sure that I was going to be tortured or killed, but I received no ill-treatment from my capturers."
"Well, what did they want from you then? What happened to Clark? He looked like a mess when he brought you back to me."
Oliver's face turned solemn. "Clark found me and he was attacked. These people knew how to hurt him. Luckily we got out of there in the nick of time, or else we both would have…"
Chloe waved her arms. "Alright, well you're okay. Let's not think about what could have happened. But I'm still not one hundred percent sure on what exactly did happen. Why did these people take you- WHO took you?"
He hesitated for a moment. "Chloe, I was captured because I'm in love with you."
Chloe stared at Oliver. She didn't understand what that meant. Captured because he was in love with her?
"Me? I mean, what do I have to do with this?"
"They wanted to get to you through me. They knew that you would eventually find me- and they were hoping you would have done it without Clark's help. Chloe, your life is in grave danger."
Oliver grasped her arm very tightly and his gaze drifted to the room surrounding him like it was his first time observing it. "We need to get this place secure."
"Can you please tell me what's going on here?" Chloe shrieked. She still had no idea who was after her and why.
"All I know, Chloe, is that these people want you for something. I don't know the reason why- but they are after blood. They think you are a threat to their cause, and they will stop at nothing to bring you and yours down."
"Who?"
"The organization is called Chimera. I don't know much about them, which is why I need you to do some digging."
"Of course," she responded quickly. Chloe got up from the couch and over to one of her computers.
"Wait, Chloe, there's one thing you should know."
She turned to face her love. "Besides the fact that these people are out to kill me? What else is there to care about?"
Oliver left the couch and shakily stood to his feet. He walked up to her and looked her straight into her eyes. "Their leader is… Lex Luthor."
