4. The Doom Conversation

Dinah and Bart

Bart and Dinah told Clark they were leaving to search for Chloe. Dinah said they would let him know if and when they found her, but instead of looking for her right away the two caught up with each other at a set of train tracks that ran along the outer edge of Smallville.

"I'm still a little fuzzy on what just happened back there," Bart said in confusion.

"Oliver kept something from us. That's what happened," Dinah announced in an empty tone. She didn't know how to feel about the announcement Clark made.

"Yeah, but think about if you killed some one would you tell the rest of us?" Bart asked her.

"Probably not," Dinah sighed.

"Exactly, come on Dinah, you of all people know that Oliver is not a bad guy. He's just confused that's all," Bart told her.

Dinah clicked her tongue in irritation, "Putting aside my feelings of any kind toward either Oliver or Clark…who's plan do you like best?"

"Like? Well I don't actually like either plan but I think Oliver's might be more realistic," Bart sighed. "I really wish Clark's was a little more…"

"Thought out? Like what do we do with the beast once we separate him from Davis? Or how do we know that Davis will still be Davis? That kind of thing," Dinah sighed.

Bart nodded, "I mean there's a possibility that it could really work out well, but there's a major possibility that everything could go wrong."

"But then again Oliver just wants us to confront and destroy both of them yet he hasn't said HOW we would do that," Dinah sighed.

"We would burry him in the geo-thermal plant," A voice said suddenly from behind them. Dinah's first instinct was to turn and kick this strange person, but halfway through executing this action she realized it was Oliver. He caught the heel of her boot as her foot slowed down.

She jerked her foot out of his hand and placed it down on the ground. She glared at him. She really needed to let go of her anger. At least until Doomsday was stopped.

"Look, we all know that Clark's plan not only risks letting the Beast loose on the world but it also risks losing Clark. We can't afford that," Oliver told them.

Bart and Dinah shared a worried look. They hadn't even thought about that.

"So, what do we do?" Bart asked.

"I've got a plan," Oliver said reluctantly.

"But?" Dinah asked knowingly.

"But Clark might not ever trust us again," Oliver said as he swallowed thickly.

Bart and Dinah anxiously waited for Clark. Neither wanted to do what they were about to do.

"I never thought it would come to this," Dinah said softly. "Using Boy Scout's weakness against him? It's just…wrong."

"Green Arrow's right, though, we have to do it," Bart sighed. "Speaking of our green friend…anything going on between the two of you?"

"You're asking me this now? Impulse, we're about to betray a friend. Not really the right time to talk about it."

"Which means the answer isn't a simple 'no'," Bart smirked. "I think I just got my answer."

Dinah scowled, "Can we NOT talk anymore?"

The next one is the conversations you've all been waiting for. I think you know who it's going to be with.

Enjoy!

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