A Horrible Week
AN: This takes place after Smallville Season 10 and during Arrow Season 3. Lois and Clark are married because I didn't like that their wedding was interrupted with Darkside. Also Lois and Felicity are close cousins and I couldn't figure out how to write it with Chloe because of her relationship with Smallville's Green Arrow. So she is not in the fanfiction sorry any Chlollie fans. CLOIS AND OLICITY ALL THE WAY!
Chapter 1 Monday: Fear, Distrust and Shotguns
Metropolis
It was going to be a long week.
NEW DRUG CAUSES CITIZENS TO GO INTO A FERAL RAGE. SO FAR NO CURE IS FOUND. MAYOR LEX LUTHUR IS URGING PEOPLE TO STAY IN DOORS AND STAY CALM. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY OF THE SYMPTOMS PLEASE GO TO THE HOSPITAL
All of that was blatantly clear as the headlines rolled across the screen.
Lois Lane-Kent starred at the TV with disbelief. Great time for Superman visit the Green Lantern Corps and would be out of contact for a few days. Panic filled her lungs as once again her home was subject to a zombie invasion. She heard in the trenches that the drug was mixed with Kryptonite. Which was the only glimmer of hope that her husband would be would not have to deal with zombies laced with Kryptonite for a little while. Doing a quick internet search she discovered the base of the drug was based in Starling City. Lois Knew she would need to make a phone call.
Starling City
It was going to be a long week
Felicity Smoak groaned as her computers confirmed the news. Vertigo was back. People in Metropolis were becoming zombie like beings with the strength of Slade's minions. Oliver was going to be upset. As she researched the drug, she discovered that they were mixing Meteor rock to help its potency. This was bad. The phone rang suddenly making her jump as she pulled her bright pink phone out of its drawer. She looked at the name and breathed a sigh of relief, not Oliver. She could avoid his dark mood for a little while longer.
"Hello"
"Hey Cuz, I need a favor ASAP."
"Lois?"
"Yes."
"How's that hunky husband of yours?"
"He's good or at least I think he's good He is visiting the Green Lantern Corps somewhere near Venus. Have you seen the news lately? I also need to find out where this lab is and what kind Kryptonite. And shut it down before my husband returns home. And You have any experience with vertigo? Maybe with your work with your friend. Can you come to Metropolis?"
"Vertigo is a nasty drug that is highly addictive and from what you told me about Kryptonite would make a deadly combination. I need to be there to be able to find the lab that is manufacturing the drug. I can be there in three hours."
"Felicity!" Oliver yelled as he ran down the stairs, followed by Dig and Roy apparently he had heard the news.
"I got to go Lois, I'll see you later. I love you Cuz" Felicity hung up her phone and turned in her chair.
"Is it true, is Vertigo attacking Metropolis?" Oliver called as came over to her work station.
"Yes. Apparently it's being mixed with Krypto… meteor rock. That's all I know. I have an informant in Metropolis that I need to meet with."
"Who do you do you know Metropolis" Roy asked
"Felicity you can't go to Metropolis" Oliver growled out.
"Oliver I have to. It's the only way we can stop this. Don't worry. Metropolis is probably as safe as or even safer than Starling City. I'll be okay I promise." Felicity grabbed his face and smiled at him "Oliver I'll be fine. I promise. I'll keep a line open I promise. Everything will be fine. I have a very reliable informant. I need to leave my train leaves pretty soon."
Oliver sighed. He did not like Felicity going to Metropolis. They weren't a couple just partners. They were stuck in a self-imposed limbo.
"Check in every morning and evening. Be careful please." Oliver said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. Determine to look her in eyes. He loved her deep brown eyes. She smiled as her heart skipped a beat. She knew that she and Oliver would need to talk once she got back. The tension between them could be cut with a knife.
Felicity nodded and walked out of the lair.
Oliver looked at Dig and sighed, then walked over to computer to activate Felicity's GPS signal on her phone.
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The train ride to Metropolis was empty and eerie, Felicity had her ear buds in and her German shepherd, Jasmine, was at her feet, keeping her safe. When she considered buying a dog, she never considered a German shepherd and one day she mentioned it to Oliver. He insisted that they were most protective dog. Jasmine was protective, but she was also a cuddle bug and on bad days Felicity would just hold her. It was nice to have her around. Especially during long hours at the Foundry by herself, Jasmine would keep her company. Jasmine earned her keep by stopping two kidnapping attempts on Felicity. Jasmine became that body guard that could be with her when Oliver, Dig or Roy couldn't and that seemed to make everybody breathe a little easier when it came to resident IT girl. This trip Felicity knew she would need her best girl to keep her safe.
The train stopped at Metropolis station and Felicity walked out to an empty station. She held on to Jasmine's leash and Looked for her cousin.
"Cici!" Lois Lane called. Felicity turned and smiled a huge smile. She watched as the tall brunette walked toward her. Felicity ran forward and gave her cousin a huge hug.
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The ride to Smallville was a welcome relief than the empty city. Lois Lane-Kent drove her husband's truck. Felicity sat shotgun and Jasmine sat center. Jasmine was enjoying the car ride much more than the humans.
"Why are we driving to Smallville? Lois? I thought you lived in Metropolis?" Felicity broke the silence recognizing the drive to her cousin's mother-in-law farm house.
"I've done the whole Zombie thing before in the city, and trust me for sanity sake. Being on the farm is safer." Lois said as she drove her husband's truck to the country.
"Please tell me they have Wi-Fi out here."
"Of course, but we will need to have share a bathroom."
"Please, in the foundry I share a bathroom with three men. It will be like old times. As long as my perfume doesn't send you into anaphylactic shock, I think it be fine. Just don't laugh at my panda pajamas."
"Okay you have to promise not to laugh at my hair metal pajamas and bunny slippers?"
"Deal"
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Later that evening Lois watched the news with more news form the Zombie epidemic. Felicity was sitting at the table with her tablet, with wet hair from a shower. Jasmine sat at her feet with her head in Felicity's lap. Felicity was patting the dog's head while her eyes were fixed on her cousin. Lois was pacing.
MAYOR LUTHER HAS TOLD CITIZENS OF THE CITY, THERE IS NO THREAT. EVERYTHING IS CONTAINED. THE LAST VICTIM OF THE DRUG ADDICTION HAS DIED.
"Ugh, of course Luther would say that. How is it contained? How do we know that? I can't believe this. Where is Clark when you need him?" Lois exclaimed. "Cici, you know about vertigo right? Is it easily contained?"
"No, it's pretty easy compound to replicate. Metropolis crime bosses would love to get their hands on it. When is your hubby supposed to be back? Because if we are heading back to city. We might need to bump up our weaponry. Ooh can I have a shotgun. It would works so much better on the undead and blowing their head off. Or at least that's what I've seen on the movies" Felicity babbled on.
Lois smiled because her cousin's babbling was a welcome distraction. She said "You know it would probably be bigger than you. But we will make sure you have a shot gun. Let's just hope that doesn't come to that." Lois's smile faltered and she continued to watch the footage in silence.
Suddenly the "men in tights" theme blared through the small kitchen. It startled both Lois and Felicity. Felicity answered her phone.
"Hello Oliver." Giving her cousin a look
"What happened to calling each evening?" Oliver growled through the cell phone
"Well since it's only 10 here, I thought I would wait tile at least 1 or 2 knowing you nighttime activities." Felicity said unfazed by his tone. She looked over at her cousin and Lois just rolled her eyes.
"Felicity, why are you in Smallville. I thought you were Metropolis?" Oliver changed to another pressure subject.
"Did you ping my phone? Really, you can't trust me to do this job. You have to keep track of me?" Felicity yelled through the phone.
"Felicity you told me that you would be Metropolis. Now you are in Smallville. As far as I know you shouldn't have left. Not when the world in Metropolis is coming to an down. You need to come home."
"Oliver that's not going to happen till I get some leads. I am the only who can find the lab. I'm fine and I'm safe okay. Oh yeah the mayor just declared the city safe." Felicity yelled into the phone and quickly ended the call.
She ran her hands through her hair and Jasmine licked Felicity's hand to offer some comfort to her owner.
Lois turned off the TV and pulled two beers out of the fridge.
"Over protective, acts like he cares and too scared to do anything about it?" Lois asks as she sat down
"You forgot stubborn and bossy, also thinks he owns me"
"Amen Cuz"
"So what do I do?"
"Just love him and until it gets through his thick skull. Enjoy life. Go on a few dates. Make him jealous. Don't lose your belief in him, in yourself and you guys as a team. He needs to see you guys as someone who will see him through anything and once he sees that he'll come around."
"How do you know?"
"Clark took six years, trust me, if you love each other. It will happen."
Felicity smiled at her beloved cousin.
"So what are our plans tomorrow?"
"Getting leads and avoiding Zombies."
"So you didn't believe Luther either?"
"Cici he's a snake even with his sudden return from the dead. No one ever believes I knew him before he was mayor. Once a snake always a snake."
"So how do we avoid Zombies?"
"Your guess is as good as mine"
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"Soon Metropolis will be teeming with men who are worthy of my species. And the Kryptonian will finally make me his queen." A voice called from the lab where chemicals were bubbling and meteor rock was being melted down. Around the room were 18 unconscious men being pumped full of a bright blue liquid.
SHOULD I CONTINUE? LET ME KNOW. Also Felicity is super fun to write. :)