Disclaimer: I do not own Smallville.

Clark Kent sat in his passenger sit as Lois Lane, his partner and fellow journalist, drove down the dark empty highway faster than the speed limit allowed. Lois had that glint in her soft brown eyes that made Clark mentally brace himself for their newest story and "adventure". After a blast of phone calls and an excited Lois calling him with a, "Smallville get in the car" they were driving an hour out of the city. He was unaware of their destination but when the car pulled to a halt on the side of the road Clark got out skeptically. That's when Lois got out her flashlight and he immediately knew this was a bad idea.

He had tried reasoning with her, even if he knew she would still have her way. And in doing so she ignored him, turned on her flashlight, and walked down the small path into the dense forest. Looking up and down the empty highway that was lined with nothing but trees he rolled his eyes and chased after her.

"Lois?" Clark asked in a hushed tone, he wasn't sure if they were doing something illegal yet and refrained from his normal tone of voice. "Where are we going?"

"You'll find out soon enough, Smallville." She merely replied keeping her quick pace down the path.

"Lois!"

"I got a source telling me about how an abandon warehouse that apparently isn't so abandon anymore." She vaguely told him aiming her flashlight. The thunder above them boomed loudly, only making the smile on Lois's face grow. "And there hasn't been any record of activity in this place since the Dust Bowl. Don't you think that's a little suspicious that suddenly it's just bursting to life like it's the newest coffee shop in the middle of a no bean community?"

"Well maybe we should wait then till…"

"Till what? Morning?" Lois finally halted in her stride and turned towards her partner placing a hand on her hip and raising an eyebrow. "C'mon Clark think about it. Mysterious happenings, happening about twenty feet away from us. I just happen to get a mysterious phone call telling me about it. This could be the story of the lifetime and you want to wait till you've had breakfast!"

Thinking as if she had gotten to her point and it was a very foolproof and sound point she turned on her heels and started walking again. Lowering her flashlight to the ground Clark stared grimly at the fence they had somehow managed to find. To the average eye it looked like a random fence in the middle of the woods blocking off one side of trees to another side of trees. That's what had Clark worried. Lois made her body through the slim hole of the fence and continued on without giving a second glance at Clark. Sighing he made his way through the fence which ripped easily in half for his large frame, Lois not noticing this, and silently cursed at the small rip he had received on his shirt.

They ventured further and Clark could see Lois's frustration starting to grow. Suddenly the hairs on the back of his neck stood up and he froze.

"Lois, I don't think…" Clark began before Lois was flung across into a tree and falling limply unconscious. Listening with his super hearing Clark reacted too late when he heard the soft breath.

Clark flew back with a grunt as the brute force hit him square in the chin. Something walked from the shadows as if they spread apart like dust and stalked towards him.

"Raven! Cease fire!" a voice commanded. Clark jumped and ran, hitting his now visible attacker to the ground.

"Boy Scout!" Clark froze. Turning around a tall clad figure in green leather landed in front of his attacker placing a hand on Clark's chest.

"Oliver?!" Clark spoke allowed as Green Arrow removed his hood in return.