Title: The Geneva Connection

Author: Tboy1971

Disclaimer: I own nothing on DC Comics or Smallville. I do not own these characters or make any profit. I have been inspired by all the spy films watched and novels read over the years. But, will be using Smallville/DC references, mainly characters being borrowed but adjusted slightly to fit skills to time story set in.

Rating: The rating will be mainly T, with the odd move to M (not too explicit but just in case).

Premise: A/U. Romance/Humor/Drama. As above aiming to be a spy story, set in the 30's just before the war, when things start to get tense in Europe, but who is involved from Metropolis, can Clark find out and will he be side tracked by the intrepid Lois Lane. Always felt with Clark's abilities he would make a great spy, so thought an AU set in the 30's would be worth a story.

This is my first fanfic, please be kind and give me feedback, constructive would be appreciated.

Prologue

London 1938

3 years!

Clark thought to himself! Had it really been 3 years since Oliver had convinced him to join the Department.

So here he was in London-3 years later on another mission for the Department of Justice!

Oliver Queen had been given carte blanche by the government to recruit his team. Due to their dangerous operations the team had to have implicit trust in each other as they would sometimes face life and death situations. Even so Oliver Queen had still been secretive about who was a part of the department, as not everyone in the government was excepting of their backgrounds and the abilities of his team.

Additionally, Oliver had already had to deal with the politics of other department heads and even their jealousy over the successes that the Department of Justice had already achieved. So secrecy was the watchword! This made Clark happy, even more so when he had found out that Oliver's superior and reporting Officer was Oliver's wife's uncle, General Sam Lane. This helped form an extra bond of trust, as it made all in the team feel more confident that the team's unique abilities would be protected as much as possible.

So here he was standing on the roof of the Houses of Parliament in London, England, looking across the London skyline just after sundown. Clark could clearly hear all the hustle and bustle of the city below him, people going home from work ready for their evening ahead, he could hear the tube trains working overtime in the rush hour & the red double decker buses full of tired commuters planning their Friday night entertainment.

Whilst Clark could hear the life of the city, he thought about the team he was privileged to work with and their many talents:

A.C.- specialises in aquatics and sonar intelligence...

Dinah-Vocals and Linguistics...

Victor-No code he couldn't break...

Bart-speed was his name which meant he could infiltrate many secure sites undetected and a chemistry 101 helps

Oliver-before he joined the department he was already a famous and successful businessman, due to this he was able to use his connections and his company for the teams benefit. He was also a martial arts expert and a skilled marksman with a deadly aim, especially archery, like a modern day Robin Hood.

Chloe- Oliver's wife & Clark's oldest friend- was the eyes and ears of the team, she helped co-ordinate and gather the intel for their operations. Also, she was the niece of the General and this connection proved invaluable.

Even Bruce Wayne helped at times, sometimes similar cover to Oliver, but when extra cover was required for the team, with his brilliant detective mind, master martial arts and his planning skills he was a real asset unofficially to the team.

Add to this Clark and his abilities being second to none, they were quite a team.

Clark then laughed to himself and thought how right A.C. was to call them the Justice League, as A.C. always felt they were in a league of their own!

So as Clark looked out across the River Thames from the rooftop where he was situated, he could see the street lights from the embankment shining brightly, glistening across the river and shimmering with the water lapping against the river's edge. He stood thinking about his friends and some of their previous missions, the places he'd travelled and the people he'd met. He always got a bit introspective at the start of a new mission and even though surrounded by the bustling city he still felt alone!

It had always been with him since he had discovered his alien heritage, he had felt different and had been different, but all he had ever wanted when he was younger was to be normal, to be like everyone else. Clark wondered if he would ever have a special someone in his life. Someone who would see him for himself, not just for his abilities and what he could do, but to love him wholly, Clark and Kal-el. He wanted to be able to come back from his missions and have a settled home life, even though he knew not easy in his line of work, but, when he saw Oliver and Chloe he wondered if he would ever have that. A person he could love and who loved him, but also be a support and strength to each other. Someone he could come home to after a mission and just be with them, a relationship that would ease the cares away. One day! Clark thought to himself, perhaps it'll happen one day!

Clark's background was a perfect cover, he was the son of a couple in Smallville, Kansas. Jonathan & Martha Kent, farmers who were a hardworking couple. Clark had been raised in a house full of warmth and love. They had raised him as their own, cared for him, protected him when his abilities had surfaced and supported him without question. He had gone to college and majored in journalism and even though he enjoyed being at home on the farm, Clark had felt the need to move to Metropolis when his training with Jor-El, the AI of his biological father had been completed.

Clark had worked as a freelance journalist for 2 years before joining the team, after Chloe had introduced him to Oliver. It proved to be a perfect cover for him, in his dual roles, he was able to go into countries and places without much questioning due to his journalistic credentials and this meant he could investigate and not raise too much suspicion as too why he was there. Perry White had been a great ally to him in this regard, as he had been able to get some of his stories printed in the famous Daily Planet and due to this he had a press pass for the Planet when required. Although, his contact with Perry was by mainly phone or correspondence, they did have the odd meeting but away from the Planet's building, but as there were many freelance journalists it helped keep Clark incognito to the other journalists when on assignment.

This was ideal for the mission he was about to start as he had a week's conference to cover in Geneva, a political conference with many heads of state involved and the very people the team were investigating would be there.

Europe was on a precipice and concerns over a particular European nation - Kandor and their head of state General Zod were high on the team's radar. He talked a good talk when it came to peace and unity in Europe but those in the know, knew he was doing the opposite behind closed doors or behind his nations borders. There was whispers of advanced weaponry and also stockpiling of bombs, guns and ammunition. Also, the Kandorian army was constantly recruiting even down to 14 years of age, anyone willing to fight for Zod was taken for training. However, due to Zod's guile and his diplomacy many were taken in and refused to believe what they had heard and felt it was rumour mongering by others who wanted more control themselves.

Clark was sure Europe was going to war whatever happened, but the departments remit was to investigate the advanced weaponry as they had heard from a source that certain meteor rocks were being used to power the weapons and it was having dangerous effects on people when they tested the machines. So for Clark this mission was dangerous on 2 levels, he knew firsthand what those meteor rocks could do to people when affected by them, but also it was dangerous on a personal level as they all had an effect on him, one of the only things he was vulnerable too.

Also, they needed to investigate who was supplying the meteor rocks as the only place they had so far been found, was in and around Kansas, as they had arrived with Clark, when his spaceship crashed near Smallville. Therefore, the team needed to investigate who was supplying them and try to stop it at its source, which meant Clark would need to go home for this mission. At least I can stay at my parents, spend time with them and still be investigating Clark mused to himself, this brought a smile to his face when thinking about his mom and dad.

With these thoughts going through Clark's mind, he heard the chimes of Big Ben announcing it was 8pm, enough time he thought to speed back to his hotel, have a shower and change for the evening. He was due to meet his contact at the Cafe Anglais at 9pm, a popular nightclub which served as great cover. With that he flew in the direction of his hotel ready to get the job started.