When his voice disguised with the device he still used answered the phone, Chloe answered back. "Oliver! Thank goodness I reached you! There's this girl came into Isis didn't even schedule an appointment, and just broke in! She had a gun and was wanting some help but she was going about it all wrong!" she breathed heavily as she kept running.
She had locked the building door and the girl was unconcious but she didn't know for how long the girl would stay locked up.
Oliver took a deep breath before answering. "All right, Chloe. Lock yourself up and stay there. Me and Clark will be there as soon as possible," Oliver said, hoping that Chloe recognized his comforting voice through a voice modulator.
"So, what's happening?" Clark whispered next to him.
"Hostage situation. Chloe, stay on the line with me. Now what flowers do we want for our wedding?" Oliver asked, hoping to take Chloe's mind off the situation by bringing the subject to their wedding.
"White roses. Oliver, I'm scared," Chloe whimpered softly, nearly unhinging Oliver.
"I know. Just stay calm. I'll be there in a few minutes," Oliver said, hoping he would make do on that promise. He wanted to marry Chloe. He wouldn't come close to losing her as he had with Lex.
Right now Chloe wished all she could focus on was their wedding. Planning it sounded like a brilliant idea. Chloe wished Oliver and Clark would hurry up and get there. She had found an empty room and locked herself in it. Then she pulled a desk in front of the door blocking she had to, she would escape out the window but it was a longway down.
Outside the door, Chloe heard nothing the girl must still be out cold she thought. When she woke up, she was going to be extremely angry.
Soon enough, the girl woke up with a splitting headache. She couldn't find Chloe anywhere. But the building was locked up. So she still had to be around "Chloe, you can't hide from me forever!" she yelled.
Oliver and Clark stopped by the Isis Foundation building and looked at the door that had been beaten in and the siding splintered.
"Okay, so now what do we do?" Clark asked as Oliver ran his gloved hand over the siding.
"You go inside and find Chloe. I'll call the police and see what they can tell me. Hurry, Clark," Oliver said. Clark sped inside the building and Oliver ran to the pay phone. He hoped that he got the police. It didn't look good if they didn't stop the crazy girl that was threatening Chloe or got her out in time.
Clark looked around the building as he ran at top speed. Using his superhearing he listened for Chloe. He heard her heavy breathing along with a few muttered threats from a girl who sounded as if she smoked.
Chloe winced as the girl was now trying to break into the room where she was at. Chloe had no idea that Clark and Oliver were already at the building. She hoped they hurried. She couldn't fight the girl much longer. Chloe pulled out the gun, if the girl broke the door down and entered; she would have no choice but to shoot her. She wished she could help the girl really she did, but the girl should have made an appointment like everyone else. Chloe's business was listed in the Metropolis phone book. The girl must be after her for something else, she just didn't know what.
The girl broke through the door by kicking it several times. She looked pretty rough. She was bleeding from where Chloe had hit her with the vase. As she came charging towards Chloe, Chloe aimed the gun towards the girl and fired some shots. Hitting the girl in the chest didn't seem to stop her. So she hit her with a clear shot in the head. Once the girl was down, Chloe's heart pounded hard. She had never been so scared her whole she hadn't killed the girl, she would be the one who would be dead right now.
Stepping outside the room, Chloe surveyed the damaged area of the room. The room looked trashed and it looked like there was signs of struggle. Chloe knew eventually she would have to tell her story to the police. Seeing Clark arrive in a hurry she was releived. Where was Oliver? The gunshots were still ringing in her ears and smoke came from the gun she held. "Clark, Where's Oliver?" she asked. Chloe looked rough herself. Her hair was in a mess, and her shirt had been torn during the struggle with the girl.
Clark looked at Chloe in shock. The last time he had seen Chloe look that bad was when they were in high school and a meteor freak tried to kill her in the Kent barn. Well, this time she wasn't bleeding, but her hair was a mess and the sleeve of her shirt was ripped at the seams that joined to the shoulder.
"Clark, where's Oliver?" Chloe asked again, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"I'm right here, Chloe," Oliver came out of the shadows. His Green Arrow hood and sunglasses had been removed and Oliver had turned off the voice modulator.
"Oliver!" Chloe sobbed, running straight into Oliver's arms. She sobbed uncontrollably as she kissed his lips gently.
Oliver held her tightly as she cried in his chest and kissed his lips every few minutes. "Are you all right?" Oliver asked as her sobs abated and he cupped her soft face gently. A couple of tears ran down her cheeks onto his gauntleted hands.
"I am now. I just knew you'd come," Chloe said, her fingers in Oliver's hair as she stroked his face and hair gently.
"I love you. What happened to the girl?" Oliver asked after kissing Chloe's forehead.
"She came in and I had a gun. Oliver, am I going to jail?" Chloe asked, burying her face in his chest and the tears fell again.
"I wouldn't think so. It looks like self-defense. The police are going to be here in a minute. I'd better hide. I'm still a criminal to them," Oliver said, stepping into the shadows.
"Oliver, I love you," Chloe whispered softly as she went to the sink against the wall and ran some water. She then put a rag doused with water on her face as a siren cut through the night.
After seeing Oliver, Chloe began to calm down some. She went to the sink to splash some water over her face. She still held the rag onto her face as the police came there was only two cops. Chloe looked over to Clark. Clark had promised to stay nearby to make sure that she remained okay.
The cops came in. The first one to come in was on the fat side, and was black and he looked like that Winslow Father on Family Matters. A show she enjoyed when she was younger." My name is Officer Rains. Can you tell me what happened?" he raised his eyebrow when he saw the body.
Chloe told him what all had happened how the girl broke in and didn't schedule an appointment. She also told the cop the girl had tried to kill her, they struggled, Chloe took the gunaway from the girl to keep her from shooting her. Then she told him she knocked the girl out with a vase then locked the place up and ran and hid. Then the girl came back for seconds and broke into the room where she was. Chloe told him the girl would have killed her if she didn't shoot her right then she also said she had blocked the door with a desk before to keep the girl out. But that hadn't kept the girl out long.
The Officer was recording everything Chloe had told him and was taking notes. When he looked up he saw how terrified Chloe looked. "It'll be okay Ms. Sullivan. Your not going to jail. This was complete self-defense,Your statement just proved it to be so. Now what we're going to do is just have the body removed from here and just rule out the shooting as self-defense. I've done got her down for burglarly ", he pointed to the lifeless girl "And attempted murder". he finished jotting down more notes "And miss, just to be on the safe side, you might need to get more security around here".
"Like guard dogs?" asked Chloe. She had been meaning to get a few but just didn't know where to look.
The Officer nodded "That would be perfect. Or if you could have someone be with you at all times while your in business. Like have someone during the day, and at night as well with you. Your a young lady who shouldn't be anywhere by yourself. It's too dangerous in this city. I should know, I have a daughter about your age who's on her own".
Chloe nodded and thanked the Officer for coming by. The Forensic Team gathered all the evidence and took the body with them so that the coroner could take it back to the she was done she called back Oliver.
"You know he is probably right. A few guard dogs wouldn't hurt," Oliver said coming out of the shadows. Chloe all but ran to him, wrapped her arms around his neck, and smothered his face with kisses.
"Why do I need a dog when I have you?" Chloe asked between kisses.
"It was just a thought. Are you all right? Really?" Oliver asked, covering her lips with his hand.
"I'm fine. All she did was pull at my hair," Chloe said with a weak grin.
"Are you sure? I could call Lois to take you to the hospital?" Oliver asked with concern in his voice.
"Oliver, would you stop it! I'm all right! I'm alive and we are getting married in a few days. Now shut up and kiss me," Chloe said, pressing her lips to his. Oliver kissed her back, smoothing her hair back gently.
"I love you, Chloe," Oliver said softly as they walked out of the building.
"I love you too. Thank you for rescuing me," Chloe said.
"Any time. Now I've got to get home and change. I want to take you out to dinner. I wanted to ask you where you wanted to go for our honeymoon," Oliver said, giving her her purse that she had dropped on the ground in her attempt to get away from the girl.
"Okay. I need to get cleaned up too. I probably look a mess," Chloe agreed.
"You don't look that bad. You have a few scratches and your hair's a mess, but you look beautiful to me," Oliver said, cupping her face and kissing her lips again.
"You look handsome to me when you have what amounts to hat hair," Chloe teased, running her fingers through his blond hair.
"Hey! I don't have hat hair," Oliver protested.
"Could have fooled me. Your hair is pressed against your head as if you did," Chloe said with a huge grin.
"Hmmm. Very funny. Any more comments like that and I won't marry you," Oliver said, giving Chloe his credit card.
"What's this?" Chloe asked.
"My charge card. Take a cab to your house and get ready for our date. Then come back to the building and I'll take you out to dinner," Oliver said in a whisper.
"Okay. I should be ready in two hours," Chloe said.
"Fine. Just one more kiss before you go," Oliver said, pressing his lips to hers. He heard Chloe sigh softly as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I love you," Chloe whispered softly as she left.
"I love you too. Be careful," Oliver whispered as he turned and walked back to his building.
Chloe done as Oliver told her to do, she used his charge card and called a cab to go get ready at the Watchtower. Once she was there she went through her closet to find something nice to wear. She chose a navy blue formal silk gown that she wore to one of Oliver's parties in the past few years, and put on some diamond earrings. She also cleaned up her face and her cuts and applied very light makeup. Next she put her hair up in a french twist then proceeded into wearing some black low-heels. Within 3o minutes, she was ready.
Chloe then looked at her perfumes. She chose to wear that night Lavendar/vanilla and even put some vanilla lotion on her hands. After applying last minute eyeshadow, she was soon downstairs ready to walk back towards the waiting cab. The cab took her back to Isis building where she would meet up with Oliver again. It was nice of Oliver to trust her enough to give her his charge card. Chloe never planned on using his money since she had two jobs that paid fairly well plus she helped superheros. But it was nice of him to give her money anyway and cover expenses like The Wedding, and the Cab.
The next day her and Lois were going to go to the local pound to see if they could find suitable guard dogs. Chloe wanted to get either Dobermans or Labradors. Soon, Chloe saw Oliver heading her way. She touched her blue stoned necklace and eagerly waited for him to come to her.
"You look beautiful," Oliver whispered after he gave Chloe a kiss.
"Thank you and you look handsome," Chloe said with a bright grin as he led her to his car and opened the door.
"What did I do to deserve such a beautiful date," Oliver teased after they had gotten into the car.
"You just have good sense and taste, Ollie," Chloe teased back as they pulled into their favorite restaurant.
"Go inside. I'll park the car," Oliver said as the valet opened her door.
"Okay. At least it's not crowded," Chloe said kissing him gently.
"I love you," Oliver whispered.
"I love you too," Chloe whispered back as she left the car and walked up the cobblestones to the restaurant.
Oliver parked the car in less than five minutes, but Chloe was already seated at their table and had a cloth menu in front of her. "So what do you want?" Oliver asked, holding her hand that was on top of the cloth tablecloth. Her engagment ring sparkled on her slim hand.
"I don't know yet. I'm thinking Chicken parmesian," Chloe said thoughtfully. Chloe always ate something different each time they came here. While Oliver ate salad and a breadstick Chloe mulled over the choices and appeared to make up her mind by the time the waiter got there.
Chloe finally decided on Chicken parmesian and a glass of tea. Soon their food arrived and they didn't have to wait a long time. Chloe took several bites out of her food chewed thenasked Oliver a question "What did you want to talk about here?" then she sipped her tea. Beautiful music played as they ate and they had a great view out of the window nearby. Chloe liked it when Oliver held her hand as they ate it was so romantic. Candles were lit at their table to provide more romantic feel. Chloe also wondered if they were going to take Oliver's jet for their Honeymoon. But she wanted him to bring up the Honeymoon first.
"Well, I kind of wanted to know where you wanted to go for our honeymoon? We can go anywhere with the jet," Oliver said as he took a bite of the shells in vodka sauce.
"I don't know. I was thinking of Paris or Hawaii," Chloe said.
"Well, everyone picks Hawaii. I wasn't thinking of it. London sounds good too," Oliver said, picking up her hand and pressing it to his lips.
"I like the idea of that. I've always wanted to see London, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales," Chloe said.
"Well, I guess we have our destination picked. We're going to London. Are you and Lois going to pick out some dogs tomorrow?" Oliver asked as the waiter brought then their dessert.
"Yeah. We're going to the humane society tomorrow on our way to pick up flowers and decide what kind of cake we wanted," Chloe said.
"I thought we all agreed on Chocolate and white and red flowers," Oliver said as he ate his slice of cheesecake.
"We do, but we want to see if they even have them," Chloe said, rolling her eyes. her reaction to his question was as if she couldn't believe that Oliver could be so dense. Maybe it was best if he didn't question what she and Lois decided for their weddings.
When Chloe's dessert came, she dug into it enjoying the flavor. She had chosen Apple Pie with a scoop of icecream and it was warmed up. She was excited about getting married again, and just reminded herself that men didn't know a whole lot about wedding planning than women did. It was always a good idea to check with the Florist, and Bakery to make sure they had everything they wanted. Stuff sometimes just went out of stock too fast. The waiter had sprinkled a little cinnimon on her dessert as she requested and it was on top of her icecream.
That's right, it's going to take a lot to plan a wedding that's going to take place on New Year's she thought as she ate. Maybe they all needed a Wedding Planner, wouldn't hurt to look into one. "Wedding's take a lot of work", she said to Oliver "Me and Lois was thinking of hiring a Wedding Planner to help with the rest. And we'll need a Photographer as well since of course we want tons of pictures". Chloe just hoped the weather would be perfect that day. Just warm and just right. "Speaking of wedding, I found this perfect place to have it and we can have the reception there to as well. How bout we get married at that Fancy Marriott downtown, or We can get married at a Plantation Mansion?" Since it was going to be cold outside, Chloe decided they all needed to get married inside.
"Sounds all right to me. I'll just back off and let you and Lois plan this whole thing. I don't know how to plan weddings," Oliver said, rubbing his thumb over her soft hand.
"I can't argue with you there. You just find a nice tux and wedding rings and come to the hotel or plantation ready to say "I do," Chloe said with a grin.
"Sounds easy," Oliver said as the waiter brought them their ticket.
"It'll sound easy for you, but me and Lois have the hard part. We have to plan the wedding. Just do me a favor. Don't go out as the G.A. that day," Chloe whispered so no one could hear in the restaurant.
"Don't worry about it. Victor and Bart have promised to cover for me that night and the week we're on our honeymoon," Oliver said as they stood and put their coats on.
"Thank you. I'm just so happy. I can't believe in two weeks we'll be married," Chloe said softly as they stepped out into the cold.
"Me neither. I have loved you since that day I rescued you. I wanted to kiss you, but I didn't think you'd like it since you had just lost Jimmy," Oliver said, cupping her face gently and playing with a few strands of her blonde hair.
"I wanted to kiss you too. I kept looking at your lips and wondering what it was like to kiss them," Chloe said, smiling back at him. Oliver leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers. He heard her sigh softly as she kissed him back.
"I love you," Chloe said breathlessly when they broke apart.
"I love you too. Now take this and buy whatever you need for the wedding and the dogs the policeman was talking about. I want my girl safe at night when she's at the Isis Foundation," Oliver said, pressing his credit card into her hand.
They got into his car and drove back to Lois's apartment. Oliver opened her door like a gentleman and escorted her to the door. "Be careful out there, Ollie. You are going out as the Green Arrow, right?" Chloe asked.
"For awhile. Don't you worry. I'll be all right. Just kiss me and I'll go," Oliver said, kissing her once again.
"Okay. Just be careful. I get so scared," Chloe said in a trembly voice as he kissed her forehead and walked back to his sports car.
"Just remember to call me if you get into any trouble. I'll be there," Oliver said getting into his car. Oliver hated worrying Chloe when it came to being the Green Arrow, but he knew that this job had to be done and so did Chloe. At least she was more accepting of his double life than Lois had been. He wondered if Clark had told Lois about him being the Blur yet. Lois wouldn't take it well if Clark and her went into this marriage and he didn't tell her.
Chloe and Oliver parted ways as soon as he dropped her off back at the Watchtower. Chloe patiently waited for Lois to show up to take her so they could do errands for the day. Chloe watched Oliver drive off until he was gone still thinking about him. It was hard to believe in a few weeks, she'd be getting married again. It even seemed almost like a Dream. Happy Endings didn't just happen for Chloe Sullivan. Sorrow followed by pain and disappointment usually did.
Chloe tried to shake those thoughts out of her head. Chloe just chouldn't shake off the bad feelings she was just getting. Everything had been normal lately. Everyone getting their life together. Her and Oliver getting married, now Lois and Clark were getting married. Chloe had a strange feeling something bad was about to happen to one of them though she wasn't sure her and Lois went to get the dogs, and pick up some dogfood and bowls. Then they went to visit the Florist and Bakery. They were in luck, they had exactly what all they wanted for the wedding, and put in order for them while they were there. They would have to pick it up in a few weeks close to the and Oliver and the others decided New Year's Eve was when they wanted to get married.
That night, she tossed and turned; unable to sleep well. When she finally did, she had a horrible nightmare. In it, both her and Oliver were coming out of a Movie Theater laughing and talking about the movie. Ollie had his arm around her. They were almost to Oliver's car when a strange man with a gun began accusing her of something so about his wife's safety, Oliver stepped in front of Chloe to shield her from any flying bullets. "Sir, we mean no trouble, Chloe has done nothing!"The man in a complete rage, shoots at Oliver and then runs off. Chloe in horror watches Oliver sink to the ground unable to save him. Then Chloe sat up drenched in sweat; she had to see Oliver now! She needed him to comfort her. But she was in no shape to drive. So she called him hoping it wasn't too late to disturb him.
Oliver stood on the roof of the Daily Planet watching the activity below when his cell phone rang. He pressed the call button. "Hello?" Oliver asked.
"Oh, Oliver! You're all right!" Chloe said breathlessly.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Oliver asked, a little perplexed as he heard breathless sobs fill the phone line.
"I had a terrible dream. I dreamed we were married and someone shot you when you tried to protect me," Chloe wailed.
"Chloe, calm down. No one is going to shoot me or you. Now I think you have just had a dream considering all that has happened with Lex and that girl who tried to kill you. Now I'm going to call Lois and Dinah. They will stay with you until I take you out to dinner tomorrow," Oliver said in a calm voice. A lot of the time Chloe said she hated that maddeningly calm voice he used when she was this terrified. This time was no exception.
"Oliver Queen, how could you be so calm? I love you and you put yourself in danger. I don't want to lose a husband like I did Jimmy!" Chloe practically screamed into the line. She was so loud that Oliver had to hold the phone from his ear.
"You won't lose me, Chlo. Now listen to me. I love you too, but you are not going to go into hysterics. You knew I was the Green Arrow before you ever agreed to marry me. I want you to calm down and I'll call Lois and Dinah to go to your apartment and I'll see you tomorrow. Now don't open the door until you have confirmation that it's Lois," Oliver said firmly.
"All right. Maybe you're right. I love you," Chloe sniffled, sounding calmer than she had a few minutes earlier.
"I love you too," Oliver said, disconnecting the line. Oliver felt a little worried, but he didn't doubt that he'd be safe. Chloe just had to believe he'd be all right. Oliver punched in Lois's number, hoping she was willing to go to Chloe's at three in the morning.
Lois wasn't exactly thrilled having Oliver call her around Three in the morning. She was actually just getting some real sleep before he had called. But, being the concerned cousin as she was of Chloe's; she just had to go over to her cousin's just to make sure that Chloe was going to be alright.
Lois knew a thing or about having some really nasty nightmares and maybe having a few friends over to talk about it was just what Chloe needed. "Might as well make it a sleepover". she said to herself and packed an overnight duffel bag of things she needed. She agreed to meet Dinah at Chloe's place but first she'd stop by and get some icecream because Chloe could sure use it this late at night. When she was at the store, Lois chose Chocolate Caramel Delight Chloe's favorite when she was depressed or having nightmares, she loved to eat that or cake.
Then not long after that, she was at her cousin's. She had also gotten the latest gossip magazines that Chloe loved. Lois knocked waiting on Chloe to answer. When she did, Lois came in and Dinah was already there. "You okay Cous? Heard you had a pretty nasty nightmare!"
"You have no idea", said Chloe letting her cousin in.
Lois "I have an idea of what having nightmares is really like had some nasty ones myself. All you need to do is think about Happy things and then they go away". They settled down into having a wondered what Oliver was doing, probably patrolling the city as G A, she thought and grinned at her new nickname for him.
Oliver stood on the top of another building, watching as two criminals broke into a safe. This was different from his "Robin Hood" philosophy of robbing from the rich to feed the poor. The first time he had ever met Clark Clark had told him he was wrong to do that.
That Oliver could help people as the Green Arrow without stealing to help them. Chloe had more or less said the same thing when she and Oliver had gone out to dinner. Chloe was smart and knew what she was talking about.
He now hoped she was all right. She was frightened about people hurting her. Oliver hoped that Chloe wasn't scared now. He wanted her to feel safe and protected. She had already been through too much in her life with all of the events that happened in Smallville and Metropolis on a daily basis.