A/N :I'm sure there are going to be lots of questions, but all will be revealed in time, and I am firm believer of Happily Ever After, so don't panic and not having ever been a mother, I'm doing the best I can with the pregnancy stuff.

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"So this mission isn't going to be at all easy." Oliver spoke to the room of senior heroes. "There's a facility we found just off the great barrier reef," he spoke keying up large presentation on a screen. "There's a holding facility with at least 9 heat signatures indicating prisoners."

"A seek, collect and destroy?" Bart asked. "Isn't that routine?"

"The problem is Bart is that the facility was made in the delicate ecosystem. You blow it up, and you destroy the reef. It was planned in great detail, which means that there are high level prisoners there." Chloe spoke entering the room holding a manila folder.

She moved to stand in the front of the room, A.C just smirked, he was always so proud of her, she seemed to shine brighter when she was in charge. "So, you seek, recover," she spoke. "And dismantle."

"Aren't there reeeeeaaaly big sharks in those waters?" Vic asked turning toward A.C

"Please, give me a little credit. I've asked my cousin Namor to join us, the two of us can keep the sea life out of our way."

"Is there something else you're not saying? Cause this doesn't seem like its more dangerous than what we've done before." Vic asked.

"The facility is also built on a microscopic fault line." she spoke. "Any change in pressure of the floor at the facility will cause it to trigger a self destruct." A large collective of expletives were heard. "There's a plan to the facility, sent to each of your iPhone's study it." she frowned a head ache brewing. "Study them, be ready to take off first thing in the morning, wheels up at 0600, anything else Arrow?" she asked grimacing through the pain.

"One last thing," he spoke. "This may last a while, so if there are any loose ends you need to tie up, get it done tonight. See you all in the morning." he spoke. Chloe nodded and turned and left the room, hoping against hope she could duck into somewhere quiet before she got grilled by her very over protective husband.

"Not so fast, short stuff." A.C spoke from behind her. She paused, gritting her teeth with the pain behind her eyes.

"Hi, honey." she refused to turn around.

"I've been in meetings all damn day, and all you have to say is 'Hi' when I know damn well you have another wicked headache?" he spoke resting his hands on her shoulders and massaging gently.

"I was hoping to get rid of it, before," she spoke and he turned her around.

"And in a split second you were going to do this?" he smiled. Chloe just bit her lower lip. "Come on, let's get up to our room so I can take care of you and build up some memories before I'm gone for how ever long this takes."

"Hmmm, take care of me like how?" she smiled. He leaned and kissed her and then whispered things in her ear.

"Good enough?" he asked.

"For now." she laughed. He scooped her up and carried her down the hall toward the elevator that led to the rooms.

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Namor and Chrissa sat on the spread out blanket in the park, the sun starting to set, one of her favorite times of the day.

"So this is a tricky one hmmm?" she asked, while putting her sandwich down and grabbing her sweet tea.

"Yeah, I could be gone for a week maybe more." he spoke staring at her, trying to judge her reaction.

"Just be careful ok?" she smiled at him. He leaned across the blanket to kiss her.

"I will, I have to much to live for." he smiled.

"Charmer." she smiled.

"Let's finish this and go for a swim." he spoke.

"But the water is freezing." she protested.

"I have wet suit for you, love, I want to show you something," he smiled. "Share with you more of my world."

She nodded her head and worked on finishing her sandwich.

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"How's Chloe doing?" Tom asked into the phone while he chopped up vegetables for dinner. "Well head aches are supposed to be common." he spoke. Tom was aware of the awkward silence over the phone. "You ready for tomorrow?"

"Dad, this one is going to be sticky and I really hate leaving Chloe behind."

"I know son, but she'll have company and comm. contact with you."

"I know, but this is our first really big mission apart."

"Well, for mission experience, you're ready. From one who's gone off on dangerous missions, just remember why it is you do this and what's waiting for you."

"I know," he sighed.

"I did too, but you get focused, tunneled, from a voice of experience, I get it. it's a trick to keep in your back pocket. I'm going to have to go soon kiddo, Atlanta is coming over for dinner."

"I really wish that I could be more open with her, but I can't, sorry Dad."

"It's alright kiddo. Don't worry about it, I'm not at all. You take your time, your emotions are very real and will take time to get through. I just know how I feel, and what I want. I won't put you in the middle of us, and I won't let her pressure you, I promise."

"Thanks, again dad, you're the best."

"Nah, go take care of that wife of yours, and good luck tomorrow."

"I will, have a good night dad."

"You to, kiddo." he smiled. "Good night." and hung up. Tom shook his head he would say a little prayer for the team and trust that if it got sticky he taught them well to get out of trouble.

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Chloe was treated like a Queen, bubble bath, massage, and then carried to the bed for lazy loving from her sexy husband. Laying in the cradle of his arms, in the wake of the loving made her feel delicious.

"So," she purred.

"Yes?" he spoke kissing her temple.

"You promise to be careful?" she asked.

"Are you serious?" he chuckled. "Yeah, I do, I go the same pep talk from my dad while you were in the tub."

"Good." she sighed.

"What else is on your mind gorgeous?"

"I can't shake this feeling that something bad is going to happen." she frowned.

"Did you have another nightmare?" Chloe nodded. "Why didn't you tell me?" he turned to hold her closer.

"I chalked it up to hormones." she blushed.

"Baby," he kissed her forehead. "Hormones or not, you should have told me, at least grabbing me at lunch to tell me."

"I…" she frowned. "sorry," she apologized.

"Nothing to be sorry for, just spill it ok," he kissed her forehead.

"We were back in Hawaii, at the beach for the surf competition, you won, and when I went to the awards area, there was a women there who was all over you and kissing you. The harder I tried to get to you the further you got from. She only laughed, calling me weak, she said that the son of Atlantis was her destiny and no human could carry the heir to the people. I pleaded with you screamed and then you started laughing at me too. I woke up to you laughing at me."

"Oh Chloe," he spoke and held her. "You are the strongest woman that I know, tougher than even Clark, you keep us all in line." he kissed her cheek, kissing away the tears that had began to fall. "And as a son of Atlantis, I decide who my destiny is and it's most certainly you and you are carrying my child, one made from love. I'm not interested in producing an heir, that thought has never crossed my mind. This child already has the blessing of my uncle, which is just icing on a very sweet cake. That my birth family, find you as great as I do."

"Why do you have to be so…perfect." she sniffed.

He nodded, "For you? I strive for it. But honey, one of the great things about us? We aren't perfect, and to me that's just awesome."

"I love you Orin." she whispered.

"I love you too Mrs. Orin," he grinned cheekily and waggled his eye brows. "Now, no more keeping secrets, if you have a bad dream tell me, if I'm on a mission, jot it down, writing helps to clear the conscience and then we talk when I get back." Chloe nodded.

"Okay," he smiled and Chloe rolled over to lay in the cradle of his arms.

"Now, I have to get up early, you don't take on comm. until at least 2 tomorrow, why don't you call my dad, go out, or see Lois." he whispered.

"I dunno, I may just lounge around until I take up communications."

"I would prefer you hang with someone so you won't be alone."

"Than I will call Tom, he's talked about starting me on a low impact Yoga plan." she smiled.

"Perfect, now good night goldilocks." he kissed the back of her head.

"Good night Orin," she yawned and drifted to sleep.

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Chloe woke up the next morning with a rose on her pillow. It was 8a and A.C was gone. She heard him get up, but he made her promise to stay in bed.

She called Tom and he came over and they did have a Yoga session and then she napped. She went into the computer room an hour early to get prepared. She pulled up schematics and diagrams and keyed up the team channel. She got a text from her husband, she smiled and blushed.

She put her ear piece in and waited, picking up one of her mommy and me magazines to pass the time.

"Aquaman is online." he spoke. " At drop point one to rendezvous with Roman." he spoke.

"Copy," she spoke. "Check back in in twenty." she spoke.

"Yes ma'am" he spoke and the line was clear.

In the time before Aquaman checked in again, the others came on line and put themselves in position for the dive to the underwater station.

"Aquaman with Roman," he spoke. "Diving now, radio silence." he spoke.

"Copy and good luck." she spoke.

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The station was three levels deep, at the very bottom were two cells at opposite ends of the room. In one rocking back and forth was a red headed girl that was in a straight jacket. She was rocking back and forth, clearly with drawing from medications of some sort.

Down at the other end was a tall man, or man like figure, he was also part shark, very near to a tiger shark. He also in straight jacket and all he was muttering was Maluhia, over and over and over again.

Each captive had no idea that above them that they were finally going to be free of their hell.

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"This station has been forgotten." Cyborg poke as he was logged into the computer he did a rapid down load as he couldn't stand in one place too long as the sensors would pick up a shift in the weight and trigger the self destruct mechanism.

"Alright, then we have to do this in stages. We got intel from the computer, we go back to the boat and regroup." he spoke. "We have time, we just have to avoid the self destruct mechanism." he spoke.

"Impulse you have a head count?" he asked.

"The first two floors, the original count from the recon. There is a sub level, and its heavily armed."

"Okay, then lets regroup, and get back at this at the morning." Arrow spoke. They all nodded and dove back up to the boat.

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Chloe was surfing through the data that Vic obtained and found weaknesses that could easily be breached. She sent them to each iPhone. She even gave them back up access. She had one of her trainees take over so she could get a sandwich and water and go to the bathroom. When she came back the room was in total chaos.

"Jenna what the hell happened?" she yelled as she slid into her seat.

"I dunno, it was like totally quiet, and then like chaos."

"Tower to Arrow, do you copy." she spoke as she typed furiously. Chloe checked everything including a weather map and a storm that hadn't been there before was there sitting right over the boat.

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"I can't get through to Tower!" Oliver shouted as he prepared to dive into the water. The wind was going to tear their boat apart.

"We can't survive in this boat." Vic spoke. Bart was too green to even speak.

"Pack up the equipment into the containers and abandon ship." Ollie spoke.

"Bart!" he shouted. "Get yourself tanked up and get into the water." Bart nodded and did as he was directed trying not to throw up all over the place. A.C and Namor were already in the water trying to use it to keep the boat from capsizing.

Minutes later everything was tossed over board and Vic and Ollie were in the water. The wind tore the boat to shreds and it sank quickly.

"Now what?" Ollie shouted.

"We hang on, this should pass," Namor spoke. He was concentrating hard on keeping the team he adopted as his friends above water. There was something familiar and evil about the wind, it was an evil he hadn't felt since he was a child. Sirens. Now there were the one's who he stole Atlanta from in the vortex, but this darker, this was rogue. He looked around but Vic got sunk and he had to concentrate harder to keep him afloat and when he got his bearings again the touch of evil was gone making him wonder if he ever felt it at all.

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"Comm. is totally down," Chloe shouted to the newbie. "Recall Shay, she was on vacation." Chloe shouted as she typed furiously. The newbie went to another terminal and began to type into the messaging system. "And Clark," she shouted.

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In the sub basement the young woman in the straight jacket rocking back and forth, was shifting from human to blue skinned, fangs, pointy ears and dark oval eyes. "Meral" she growled. "I am siren." then back to human, "I am Mera, must find Orin." A wind whipped around her a tempest of her madness. When finally the transformations got so overwhelming she passed out and the storm in the building and outside stopped suddenly.

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"What the hell was that?" Oliver spoke.

"I have no idea." A.C spoke.

"Comm. is gone," Vic spoke.

"Any body need a hand or a boat?" A familiar voice spoke over head.

"Hey pretty lady." Ollie spoke to Shay who hovered over head.

"Can't stay out of trouble for one week?" she teased.

"Well you know." he smiled.

"You got these guys for a bit, I can get a boat." she spoke. A.C and Namor nodded.

She winked at Oliver and took off.

"Shayera to Tower, all is ok, boat was destroyed getting the back up ship." she spoke.

"Thank god." she sighed into comm.

"Now, give me 30 minutes and then they should be back on line."

"Thanks." Chloe spoke. Chloe ran her hand absently over her belly.

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After the arrival of the boat, Shay stayed with the team to help. They got dry, ate food, especially Bart and rested up for the long day ahead. A.C logged into the new com to talk to his wife briefly.

"Tower here." she spoke absently accepting the link. She looked up and smiled. "Hey."

"Hi,"

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"I am, it was crazy, that storm or wind what ever it was just came out of nowhere."

"I was so worried."

"Don't stress your self, baby." he frowned.

"I can't help it, I worry."

"And I love you for it, thanks for the intel on that sub level." he spoke.

"Your welcome." she smiled. "You better get some rest," she smiled. "You'll need it for tomorrow."

"I will, you rest too,"

"I will," she smiled.

"Love you." she smiled.

"I love you too." he smiled and cut the link. She sat and sighed, he was ok, she felt that he was but it was so much better to hear it personally. She did another few hours of computer work then curled up on the couch that was set up specifically for her when the missions went long. She yawned, tossed a quilt over herself and then fell asleep.

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"He never loved you," the red head hissed.

"No, its not true, he loves me. We got married, we're having a child." Chloe cried.

"He'll never remember." the woman flashed to some blue skinned creature. "I can control his mind, his thoughts, you won't ever be any more than a memory he can't quite figure out,"

"Noooooo, please god No," Chloe shouted as the blue creature walked up to A.C as the long haired red head. She looked up into his eyes, he looked over at Chloe then back to the woman. He cupped the woman's face in his hands and kissed her gently.

"Noooooooooooo," she shouted and cried.

"Chlooeee girl wake up!" the voice was familiar. She opened her eyes and it was Tom, with a very worried recruit at his side. She sat up and hugged her father in law like her life depended on it. "Heather can you bring in some tea?" he asked. The young girl nodded and left. "Shhh, Chloegirl, shhhhh."

"Oh Dad, it was awful," she cried.

"Shhh, try and calm down…."

"I can't….something very, very bad is going to happen." she pulled back from his hug. "I'm going to loose him, and there will be nothing I can do to stop it."