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Oliver stood there staring at the glass stained windows of this hide out he had brought Chloe and Davis to. He always was struck by the architecture and art work of this place it gave him a nice peaceful feeling and made him think of Chloe. He saw her here. The place has such a great capacity for high voltages and upstairs there was a room for a nice living area. When he saw the place he knew it would be perfect for her. He could see her running all of the computers and keeping an eye on everyone while they were on a mission. He could see her on her coms bossing everyone around. He could see all of the computers and Chloe attached to them. She would be in her element here. When he got wind of Jimmy searching for a place for them to live he knew the poor kid couldn't afford much and he couldn't really stand the thought of his friend living in some dingy studio apartment near suicide slums. Which let's face it, was all the basement photographer could afford. So naturally he would assist. He of course knew a guy like Jimmy wouldn't do kindly with elaborate real estate gifts, especially since the two barely spoke to each other and as far as he was aware he only knew Chloe as the cousin of his ex-girlfriend. So when Clark mentioned Jimmy was looking for a place he had bought the place and decided to sale it to Jimmy for ridiculously cheap. His secretary looked at him like he was crazy and made some snide comments about he must have had done it for some young hot blonde he was screwing. He of course reminded her who was signing her pay checks and her comments ceased. He didn't care how it looked really. All he cared about at the time was that they eventually get the team together and Chloe would be where she belonged, as Watch Tower, full time, by his side.

He didn't really know Jimmy really well. All he knew was that he was with Chloe and he was pretty sure that Jimmy made Chloe feel normal. He knew that Chloe didn't exactly have high hopes to be normal like Clark but he saw that everything she has been through it was a relief to just breathe out of the craziness and have something normal. He understood that. It is what he felt with Lois.

He knew that eventually they would either have to make it or break it. He knew that she eventually would have to tell Jimmy at least about her part time Watch Tower duties and what better way than to open the conversation when they moved in. Or even if she never got the guts to, she could always have secret compartments. He didn't really care either way as long as she was back by his side while doing his thing. All he knew at the time was that Chloe was easily seduced by gadgets and technology and the prospect of using really cool gadgets and technology to save the world. It was how she rolled.

He had sold it to Jimmy after Jimmy's big break in breaking the blur story and he had been renewed in the urge to rejoin the hero life and he really couldn't imagine it without Chloe fighting by his side and whispering in his ear. They were always really effective when they were on missions together. Ever since she sauntered in bossing them all around and saved their asses for the first time he always wanted to work with her. He always wanted to steal Clark's best side kick away from him. He thought that this would be a good way to do it. Plus, he always kind of got a special little thrill working with Chloe.

He remembered when they snuck around when she was secretly working for him without Clark knowing. He enjoyed that, he enjoyed having secret conversation with her over the phone. He enjoyed working with her. He respected and appreciated her and loved to egg her on.

He just wanted her to be his partner; he saw her as a valued member of the team and kind of scoffed at anything she did that was normal, because she just wasn't normal. But then her life got even more complicated when Brainiac possessed her and he wanted to beat Clark for not making her stop, for letting his alien heritage ruin her life and hurt her and possibly destroy her. When she threw him on the floor as she did the strange reading Kryptonian technology thing and her eyes glazed over and her nose bled he was the second most scared he was in his entire life. The first time was when his parents died. In that moment when he pleaded for Clark to make Chloe stop all he could think about was them and how he lost them because they were caught up in all of this alien and Kryptonian stuff and now so was Chloe. He couldn't lose her too.

So when Clark told him that Chloe's memories were gone he was slightly relieved that at least she would be away from all of this Krypton crap but he also was conflicted and saddened that she wouldn't even know him. They only knew each other through Clark's secret through their secret super hero life without that all he was to her was Lois' ex. It was a sad twinge but as long as she was happy and as long as she was safe he made himself be ok with it.

Of course it only made matters worse and got even more tangled in Clark's heritage then before with Doomsday and Davis.

She got pulled back into all of this. Her memory came back. Her life went eschew with her imploding short marriage.

He wasn't exactly being a strong shoulder to cry on when she was complaining about not being a reporter anymore and about her failed short marriage. He thought he was learning who she was essentially pretty well and the reporter girl who was married to a basement photo boy wasn't exactly who he saw her as. So he made his sarcastic operatic comments about her being too over dramatic.

Then he tried to distract her. He saw her as Watch Tower that's all he wanted. He just wanted her to be by his side. That what this party was about he had hired the room for the night. He wanted to give her a good night to forget about everything and just have fun. He wanted her to get out of her head and into the party.

So then after telling her to stop acting all jealous of Lois for the life she wanted (he was not pleased about her still wanting to be reporting partners with Clark) and enjoy the party he went to get her the birthday cake for her. He knew throwing her a party wouldn't exactly make up for him black mailing her and making her keep that he killed Lex a secret. Deep down he hoped and thought she would understand. He supposed he always hoped that they were the same. He hoped if anyone could understand him it was her. He had that feeling if anyone could get him at least on the views of justice level he thought it was her.

He wanted to move past that and just have her on his side again. So throwing her a birthday party was his peace offering. She seemed to accept it. When he got her cake ready for her that's when things started to really change and that was when Zantana came in with her Magic show act and then Chloe had been distracted by her. The act didn't help Chloe's mood though she ended up getting wasted the rest of the night and she passed out in his arms. He remembered catching her in his arms and caressing her cheek, removing the small curl's that straggled across her face.

When he brought her home that night, he saw how driving in despair that her life has become. He wanted to do whatever he could to help her and make her life better. He knew she had always got the short end of the stick for so long and in that moment he promised himself that he would make things better. He remembered tucking her in and caressing her cheek and knowing somehow that ever since then things would be different.

They were different she had figured out that she belonged with him by his side as Watch Tower. It was something he wanted for so long. Things seemed to be finally falling in place and he was a little more at ease knowing she'd be working with him full time.

All of that fell apart too. This ideal partnership didn't last long and here he was hiding her with Davis.

He remembered when he buried Davis. He had gotten the phone call about Chloe killing Davis who turned out to be the Doomsday monster and a serial killer. When he arrived he saw Chloe lying on the other side of the glass prison wall. Davis lied there drenched in green liquid. Chloe lied there so completely torn down. She was torn apart inside. Tears soaked down her face and she still lied there in utter grief. His heart broke for her.

He looked at her and gently took her hand helping her up. She didn't say anything and still looked at him. Oliver wiped her tears from her cheek and said, "It's going to be OK."

Chloe asked, "For who?"

Oliver didn't know what to say to that. He didn't know everything about her relationship with Davis but he was starting to realize that there was something there. He realized that Davis was obsessed with her. He saw that Chloe did what she had to do but it broke her heart to do it. A part of him who saw her but didn't want to admit it that it would make complete sense that Chloe would fall for a guy like Davis, a hero on the surface but with a dark edge to him. She then hugged Oliver and laid her head on his shoulder. This was knew to Oliver he had never had comforted Chloe or any girl really like this. Oliver smoothed her hair and then whispered,

"Get some rest Chloe. I'll take care of this."

Chloe's water emerald green eyes up at him and then she said, "If anyone would understand, I know it would be you. You get it."

"I know." Oliver whispered, and smoothed her straight hair; he really didn't like having this in common with Chloe at this moment. He wanted her to acknowledge they were more a like then they let on, but at the same time he really hated it.

It was struggle. So he buried the body for Chloe in the rain. He got muddy, dirty, soaked, and got the dirt underneath his finger nails but it didn't matter he would do it. He did it for Chloe, hating she had to go through stuff like this but at the same time feeling like she was a kindred spirit no matter how messed up that was.

Then when he found out that he was alive. All he wanted to do was to go to Chloe and protect her from Davis. He imagined Davis being obsessive and unhinged and it made him want to cause him bodily harm. He wanted to kick his ass and get him the hell away from her. He knew he couldn't. He was merely human and Davis was some kind of Kryptonian genetic experiment. The best he could do was encourage Clark to kick his ass and take care of him.

When he found Jimmy first blatantly asking him for money and then sneaking and stealing drug money from Chloe, he felt bad for the kid. He really did. He lost his wife not only to another man but to a guy he accused of murder and he was right and now he was losing himself to drugs. He's been there, he could relate. He wanted to help.

Then everything went to hell when Davis captured them and they were stuck with him there. Being stuck with a guy with a monster inside of him was not the best situations to be in. He tried to stay cool and do the best he could to avert disaster and save Jimmy. In that moment he saw Davis and what he was going through. He had added up all of the facts that Davis had killed to keep the monster at bay. Honestly if it was him he'd do the same. He understood the concept of sacrificing the one for the many. He got that he was going a little crazy over a girl. He got it. He thought he got the whole situation. Davis said he had to kill; he had to kill to stop the monster from running loose. Then he heard Chloe's voice and he panicked. The thought about Chloe come back to this guy who could turn into this dangerous monster that could rip Chloe to pieces hurt him deep down. He couldn't let that happen he just couldn't. So he shouted for Chloe to get the hell of out of there. Realizing Chloe had kept him there. Then he was about to kill him. He was about to die. This was it he was going to die for jimmy and Chloe and this monster would still be let loose at some point. He would still kill he had to stop him but he was too weak, he was merely human so he was going to die.

Then Clark swooped in and saved him sped away taking Davis away. He thanked God and did a couple of hail marries. He called the ambulance and waited. He waited for the ambulance to arrive to save Jimmy and he waited for Chloe. She had kept Davis here in the basement. She had tried to save him and in the process… he didn't like thinking about her coming night after night fluffing his pillows and serving him food. She had ditched him quite a bit the last few weeks and that was why. He didn't want to think about all that she was doing down there in the basement alone with him. He didn't want to think about her being with them all night and all day. There was only so much they could do to occupy their time.

When Chloe came everything boiled at the surface and he went all out yelling at her telling her she was way over head and calling her out on her having to be with him to save him. If that was really the case why did she leave him alone? If that was really the case why didn't she just call him tell her the situation stay with Davis while they figure something else out. But no she decided to play marder and nurse maid and play house with this killer. He saw through her crap and her denial. She said she was just helping him but he saw right through it. He could tell that she cared about him.

Then she left and he discovered she ran away with him. It wasn't exactly surprising. He hoped Clark would just kill him and be done with it but he knew Clark was always against any type of killing even if it was to protect the world. He hoped at least he'd take him to that phantom thingy before but Chloe beat him to it and she was on a run with a serial killer.

Part of him knew that they were just trying to survive. That Davis just was trying to live and not be a monster and not kill, first by killing the one to save the many and then by being with the only person who could stop the transformations. The other more dominant part of him couldn't stand the thought of Chloe being on the run with him. He didn't know how it all worked. What if she stopped working and she couldn't stop the transformations? Even if it continued to work, what kind of life was that for Chloe? She'd be doomed to stay on the run never able to have a life of her own, never able to come back to her friends and always having to be by his side every second of every day. He couldn't stand the thought of her being trapped like that.

What drove him in even more crazy was the thought of her actually wanting that. The thought of her loving this guy so much that she'd give everything for him and wanted to only be with him made his blood boil. It made him really angry. The whole literary subtext of the situation wasn't lost to him. Chloe was the beauty and Davis was the Beast, well Doomsday was the Beast. Love was what kept him a man. He got it he saw it. He had to stop it. He felt a bit like Gaston being the arrogant extremely handsome jack ass riling everyone up and bringing their pitch forks to go after the beast. He didn't care. Sometimes you have to be a jack ass to save people you care about.

Now, that it was over he didn't know what to do. He supposed all is well that ends well. He kept them there and kept them safe for a reason. He couldn't stand seeing Chloe go on the run again, leaving him again. He also couldn't stand that his suspicions were true and Chloe just wasn't doing this to save people. She did it because she cared about Davis. Seeing them kiss tore him up inside. It made him want to punch Davis so bad. Now that Davis was merely a human he could. He didn't know why it made his blood boil so just the thought of them but it did.

He knew that no one would find the place. The only people who knew about it were him Clark and Jimmy. He called Clark and he was going to come soon. After Jimmy's encounter with Davis he had convinced Jimmy to go this rehab place that he went to when he was younger. Jimmy didn't like handouts he saw what he was turning into trying to ask for drug money so he gave Oliver back the deed of this building as payment.

So they'd be safe from any awkward confrontations. He didn't know what to do aobut Davis now. He still was labeled a serial killer with Tess running the paper running stories about him and causing the police to look for him.

He didn't know how they could get out of that one. He wish Chloe would just let him turn himself in and cut her ties with him and get back to living her own life, but he knew her better than that. Once she committed herself to helping someone she stayed until the bitter end. Besides it looked like she really loved him and she wouldn't give up.

Oliver took a deep breath and breathed in and out. Enough contemplating. He knew what he had to do. He just wasn't looking forward to it.

A/N: OK there it is I know its way longer then my 1st chap but I had to get all of Oliver's musing down and basically a recap what happened. A lot of this is his thoughts on canon but there are a few changes. Just in case it's not obvious. I know it's been a while since s8.

Change 1) He owned WT and sold it to Jimmy. I had that in my head for a long time. It made NO SENSE what so ever that Jimmy could afford a place like that on a basement photographer's salary. For me it makes more sense for Oliver to buy it and sale it to Jimmy and makes more sense for Oliver to see Chloe in a place like that then him. The worse thing they ever did w/ WT was introduce it in the worse possible way.

Change 2) Hex scenes so after finding out Bryan Millers original plan I squeeeed and then felt jipped that they didn't give us this foreshadowing. This would totally lay more foundation that something could happen later and show someone actually being there. So in case you didn't know he wanted to have Ollie getting the cake ready and him taking her home after passing out. Awwwwe.

Change 3) Oliver being there for Chloe after Eternal and seeing her reaction to killing Davis. I think that it was impor tant to see his reaction and to see someone comfort Chloe is something that should happen more often. I didn't change Ollie digging the grave though. He mentioned he did this in Beast in case you missed it or forgot. I always kind of like that he did it and too me he was sooooo doing it for Chloe.

Change 4) Jimmy going to rehab. It made no sense that he automatically was over his addiction and could help Oliver just like that. Oliver acted like he was on drugs before and went to rehab before so you'd think he'd know that. Oh well in this fic Ollie does.