A/N: Chlollie requested this Chloe/Bart friendship oneshot

Post season 8 and into season 9

Disclaimer: I do not own Smallville

Chapter One: Getting Reinforcements

The bell rang above the door of the dingy diner in a small interstate town, the snow and coldness reddening her cheeks and nose, and her teeth chattered. She saw him sitting there flirting with a waitress as she poured some coffee. She could tell the happy tone in his voice was fake, because of the slump in his shoulders, as he took a bite of his eggs. "Bart," She saw his shoulders stiffen and he swiveled around on his stool, "Chloe what are you doing here?"

"You're kidding right I'm here to bring you back." She said. His appearance surprised her slightly he was thinner than usual; there was bags and dark circles under his eyes. His hair was longer than it usually was and a nice go-t was growing. "The team needs you to help fight the next apocalypse."

"No," he said simply, going back to his food, and turned back to his food. Chloe sighed and went to sit next to him at the old yellow bar.

"Bart we need all the help we can get."

"I'm not a super hero anymore, Chloe"

"That's bull, you loved your job being apart of the team."

"What's the point if you can't save your friends and family like Jimmy." He looked at her with questioning eyes and her heart tugged at the mention of her late husband.

"That – that was an accident."

He laughed without humor and said; "Now who's spouting bull shit Chloe. I like my life now it's like the old days no evil bad guys, trying to experiment on you, or me for that matter. Plus I don't have to worry about someone ending the world."

"Oh you mean when you were nothing more than a pick pocket," Chloe said sarcastically.

"How'd you find me anyway."

"Watchtower facility, I've been tracking you for the last three months and up until recently I was content to leave you alone then I realized how bad our situation was."

"How bad are we talking?"

Bad Zod, super alien commander is back and has amassed an army. He's trying to take over the world along with Tess, the eco-terrorist." She ordered a coffee from the waitress that Bart had been flirting with earlier.

"Wow huh I leave for a few weeks and look at the mess that you guys made, what the hell have you guys been doing."

"Trying to keep our heads above water, while I administer swift kicks in my boys asses." She said a small smirk on her face as she took a sip of her coffee.

"Let's make a deal, you eat here with me and let me stay here tonight I'll leave here in the morning." A tired smile lit up his face.

"Deal," she said and gave her order to the waitress. They ate in comfortable silence for a moment.

"Do you ever miss the old days Chloe, where all you wad to worry about was the 'Torch's Freak of the Week'"

"Everyday."

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The next morning Chloe woke up to an empty hotel room with a sticky note on the bedside table. In Bart's messy chicken scratch the note read, 'Race Ya.' A smile lit her face as she grabbed her phone and purse.

When she returned to her headquarters she saw Bart sitting on her couch with a pint of Ben and Jerry's, "'Bout time I have eaten everything in your fridge and every take out restraunt within as ten mile radius. And I'm still hungry." she smiled at her friend and shook her head not realizing how much she'd missed him.

A/N: I hope you liked it not very romantic I know but this was the first thing that popped into my head with them at its plot. If you want any more send me a note, that's for anyone. I may not be able to check it regularly because at the moment I have no access to the Internet on a regular basis anymore, which is driving me crazy. Happy Holidays!