A/N: Sorry it's been so long. I got like violently ill and wasn't able to do anything for a week. I hope you like this next chapter, i will try to get them out quicker. Thank you for the reviews, and keep writing them, they keep me going. Enjoy.
CHAPTER 10
"So when do I get my exclusive?" Lois asked Chloe as she followed her out of the coffee shop.
"What exclusive?" Chloe was only partially paying attention to Lois. 'What is wrong with me? I feel so light headed. Oh god I think I'm going to puke.' She put a hand to her mouth to stifle the nausea.
"Oh come on you've been married for two weeks and no one in the world knows. Someone has to break the story." Lois turned to look at her cousin and noticed how pale she was. "Are you ok? Hope you aren't getting sick? Might put a downer on the honeymoon. But it's not like you can't go some other time."
"I'm fine really. Guess I'm not getting enough sleep lately, what with Clark's going away party." Chloe chuckled to herself. "Besides what makes you think you are getting the exclusive. I mean I'm a reporter too. Why wouldn't I break the story myself?"
"Oh come on. You're going to give yourself an interview? Crazy, party of one, your table is ready. It would look a little ridiculous." Lois linked her arm with Chloe's as they walked down the street to the Daily Planet building.
"I don't have to do an interview to announce my marriage. As soon as all the legal matters are taken care of we'll announce it. And I suppose we could, together, announce it." Chloe looked at Lois and noticed her excitement. "You've already written the article haven't you?"
"What? Like you haven't?" Lois opened the doors to the Planet's lobby and gave her cousin an incredulous stare. "Your's is probably all gushy and romanticized. Mine strictly deals with the facts."
"Oh I'm sure it does. Tell you what, you bring over your article and questions and we'll decide together…all three of us…what to put out to the public. Come over after work, we'll have dinner together." Chloe leaned in and hugged Lois before leaving. Normally she would have noticed the car. Normally the two men trailing her would have been a dead give-a-way that something was definitely not right. But normally she wasn't so lightheaded she could barely walk straight and every smell that wafted by didn't make her want to puke.
Chloe continued on down the street, slowly making her way to Queen Towers. She had almost made it when a limousine pulled up beside her. Slowly she walked over to the limo, 'Why is Oliver riding in a limousine? What does he have planned no…not him. Why is he here?' The window had lowered to reveal Lex Luthor. "Lex, what an unpleasant surprise."
"Chloe, lovely as always. Especially lovely in the morning, if memory serves." Lex taunted her.
"What do you want Lex?" Chloe threw every ounce of contempt she could into saying his name.
"I've been wanting to have a nice chat with you about our evening together, but you've been very hard to get a hold of. Disappearing from the continent for 2 months. We have a lot to talk about. Why don't you get in?" Lex asked her in his most charming voice.
"I'm not going anywhere with you. I'm not going to stand here any longer and waste my time with a bastard like you. Goodbye Lex." Chloe turned to walk away but was grabbed by two large men and shoved into the limousine.
"I'm not letting you leave. You belong with me." Lex laughed as she was chloroformed and quickly passed out on the seat. The limousine pulled away as if nothing nefarious had just happened. Those few people on the sidewalk who had seen the exchange went on about their business as if nothing was wrong about a woman being taken. In fact the only person who thought it stank of evil was the Queen Towers bellman. He immediately tried to call Oliver Queen who was unfortunately unreachable.
"Chloe? I'm home. Where are you?" Oliver walked off the elevator into the loft. He began searching for his wife who should have been home by now. 'This is so weird. Chloe should be here. She told me that she was going to work on her article.' The buzzer rang just then and he looked at the screen, 'It's Lois why is she here?' Oliver pushed the button to allow Lois in and went to greet her.
"Oliver, where's Chloe? Did she tell you about the interview? What's for dinner?" Lois rambled on as she walked in a settled herself on the couch.
"Lois what are you doing here? Did Chloe invite you? When's the last time you saw her?" Oliver moved to stand in front of Lois.
"We were going to do an interview together. She said we could have dinner together and discuss what to put out in the article announcing your marriage. She agreed this morning, surprised she didn't mention any of it to you yet. She's had all day." Lois rambled.
"Lois the last time I saw or talked to Chloe was this morning when I left for the office. She hasn't called or come by all day, and when I got home there was no note. I tried calling her this afternoon but the phone went straight to message."
"I don't understand, you mean you haven't talked to her at all since this morning? Was she working on an article that might get her in trouble?"
"Not recently. Hold on let me get that." The elevator was again buzzing. Oliver looked at the screen and was surprise to see the Morning Bellman Peter. "Peter? Why are you here so late?"
"Mr. Queen sir I have to speak to you about Mrs. Queen. I've been trying to reach you all day." The older man seemed urgent and nervous so Oliver pressed to the button to allow him entrance.
"Have you seen her Peter? Did she leave a message with you?" Oliver rushed over to the man.
"No sir. But I saw her this morning. She was almost home when a limousine pulled in front of her. It looked like she was forced to get into it sir. But I can't be positive. Whoever she was speaking to they were making her mad. I tried calling you all day but you were busy." Peter seemed to be getting more upset with every word he spoke and so did Oliver. By the time Peter stopped speaking Oliver was pacing the floor. I'm sorry I wasn't able to get to you earlier. I left to talk to you at the office but just missed you."
"It's not your fault Peter, and please call me Oliver. I will find her. Thank you for telling me what you saw. I'm sure you need to get home to your wife. She's still recovering from surgery isn't she? I hope she's doing better."
"Yes Mr.…I mean Oliver, she is doing much better. Ilene especially loved the flowers you and the missus sent." Peter walked back into the elevator and looked back at Oliver. "Please keep me updated on finding her. If I remember anything else I promise to call."
"Thank you." Oliver waited for the door to close before turning back to Lois. "Lois someone has her. Someone has taken Chloe." Oliver almost collapsed at the feet of a stunned Lois.
"Mr. Luthor, she's waking up again." The man on Chloe's right sounded confused.
"How can she be waking up again? You've already given her half the chloroform in the bottle." The other man asked in disbelief.
"It's her she's developing an immunity to it. Don't worry about it we are almost there." Lex told them as he stared out the window. 'Just a few more minutes and she will safe with me. No one will be able to take her away from me ever again.' Lex watched the tree's thin as the limousine reached the clearing and pulled through the large gate. On three sides of the clearing there was a sheer drop off cliff that had a beautiful view of the valley below. The fourth side of the clearing was the road which lead back into very dense forests. In the middle of it all was a large luxurious house surrounded by a fortress type wall almost 20 feet tall. 'No one can find me here. Even if they did find us no one could get past this security.' Lex smirked to himself as he stepped out of the limousine and admired the surroundings. Turning back to the car he gently picked Chloe up and carried her in his arms. Lex walked with her in his arms to the front door of the house. Before he carried he in he kissed her on the forehead and whispered, "Welcome home Mrs. Luthor. I know we will be happy here."
"Ok so the guys should be here within the hour." Lois snapped her phone shut and walked over to Chloe's desk. She began to randomly rummage through Chloe's past articles and research papers trying to find something that might help them find her. "Oliver? What's this research about?"
"Oh that. It's another meteor related story about a drink that made people very euphoric and lovey. It's a dead-end story though, nothing that she dug to deep into and she had no hand in shutting the company down so I think we can rule them out." Oliver rambled as he tried to hack into her computer while waiting for Victor to arrive.
"This is interesting though. Apparently it got used by a local club who made a special drink from it called Love Potion #9. Hey I took Chloe there and bought her that drink." Lois sat on the desk as she continued to read. "Good thing Chloe is only a persistent and not obsessive."
"Why would you say that?" Oliver asked looking up.
"Apparently a few people who had obsessive personalities reacted very badly to the drink. They become obsessed with the person, or in this woman's case the people, they because romantically involved with while under it's influence. They started stalking the other's and became convinced the other person was the one. Some even became delusional, paranoid and extremely jealous." As Lois read the articles that Chloe had clipped completely enthralled and didn't notice Oliver's face grow pale.
"Oh god please let it be anyone, anything but that." He whispered as he fell back in the chair.
"Almost all of them were shipped off to an insane asylum."
"What do you mean almost all? Didn't any of them get better stop obsessing?"
"Well one committed suicide, and the other mysteriously recovered. Apparently the man she was obsessed with lived in Smallville near some gorge. She just snapped out of it one day extremely embarrassed and apologetic." Lois suddenly stopped and reread a paragraph. "That gorge is filled with green meteor rock. Maybe that is the cure. I mean when I used that red meteor rock lipstick it was a spray made from green meteor rock that snapped me out of it."
"I'll have some of my researchers check it out. Maybe we can give those people their lives back." Oliver got up and moved to the phone. "Dr. Stevens. Oliver Queen here. I was just reading an article about some people effected by red meteor rock and I think we might be able to help them. I believe green meteor rock might provide a cure for them. I'll send over the papers immediately, thank you for your help Doctor."
"The guys are here Ollie." Lois pointed at the TV screen showing the three men standing in the elevator. Everyone of them had a worried look on their face, especially Bart. "Do you want me to stay and help? Or try a little investigating of my own?"
"Considering your penchant for getting into trouble I think you'd better stay here." Oliver greeted the guys as they stepped off the elevator. "Thanks for getting here so quickly, I'm about to lose it."
"So you haven't found her yet? No word on where she might be?" Victor asked.
"There is one thing, one person who might have her, but if he does then it's going to be very hard getting her back." Oliver told them.
"Who?" They all asked.
"It's possible that…possible mind you…that it was…Lex." Oliver quietly breathed out.
"WHAT? Why would Lex kidnap Chloe?" Lois asked.
"Well he has kidnapped her before, and she is always causing problems for him and his company." AC commented.
"Kidnapped her to experiment on her. That guys a creep." Bart huffed as he paced the room.
"But what made you think of him this time." Victor asked.
"An article Lois found." Oliver told them.
"The one about that drink? But why would he kidnap her over that?" Lois looked confused for a moment. "Wait that was his club wasn't it?"
"Yes. But after you left she told me he shared a drink with her. I believe that he's become obsessed with her." Heaving a huge sigh Oliver sat on a chair. "I didn't tell her this but he's been tracking her movements, and spying on her intensely for about two months now. Since the night at the club probably. I'm pretty sure she knew she was being followed though, but she brushed it off."
"Are you telling me a billionaire psycho has kidnapped my cousin?" Lois practically yelled.
"I think so. I pray it's not because trying to find her if he does is going to be like looking for a needle in a haystack." Oliver seemed to almost give up when he said those words.
Lois seemed stunned as she let it all sink in. She shook her head and took in the Four Men around her who looked like they were all about to cry. "Oh don't be an idiot. We will find his crazy ass, kick the shit out of it and get her back. But that won't happen if you give up before even trying. Now get off you butt and call everyone you can to help. Get Dinah, and Andrea here and call your friend Wayne. I'm sure with his resources he can help somehow. I'll call Mrs. Kent and the General, have them keep their ears and eyes open. You, Speedy, go get up lots of coffee and brain food. Vic, I want you looking up every piece of property Lex owns and don't forget to look under his aliases and even Chloe's name. AC, I need you to arrange someplace for everyone to stay or find out how to fit them all in here. Oliver come on get up. Go call Wayne. Come on people, lots to do. Now move out." Lois whipped out her phone and dialed Martha's number. She looked up when she put the phone to her ear and saw the guys just staring at her, mouths open. When she barked at them, "Quit gawking and get a move on.", they began scrambling to do as she had told them. Walking outside to the balcony she mumbled to herself. "Stupid guys. Wonder how they ever got anything done. I bet it was all Chloe."