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Chapter Ten
The cloaked figure was her.
She stared at the apparition in front of her in shock and something inside her made her feel as if she's had an experience like this before. She must be going crazy because there was no way in hell that this was possible. She should be running for her life, there was a ghost in front of her, a freaking' ghost that resembled her was standing in front of her. Stuff like this earned you a one-way ticket to loony bin and yet here she was standing her ground unafraid, just confused very confused.
She opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. Her ghostly imaged stared at her and Chloe didn't miss her upset face. She was worried and slightly afraid. A few more seconds passed and as soon as it opened its mouth to speak it started to flicker. The image gave Chloe a worried look before disappearing completely.
She heard a faint whisper in its wake. "Don't-"
Did that just happen? Chloe was still trying to process whatever it was that had occurred a few moments ago. She was so consumed in her thoughts that she failed to hear the clicking of heals on the pavement.
She was startled when she felt a hand touch her shoulder. She spun around and came face to face with Sandy. She sighed in relief and brought her hand up to cover her heart. "Oh, God. You scared me." Chloe laughed nervously.
Sandy narrowed her eyes at her. "What are you doing here?"
Chloe's eyes widen slightly. "I- I thought I saw someone familiar and um followed them, I took a wrong turn and ended up here." She swallowed and gave the brunette, who had raised her eyebrow at her response, the most reassuring smile she could muster.
Sandy sighed deeply and cast her eyes downward. She shook her head and raised her eyes back at Chloe.
"You're becoming too much of a hassle you know that?"
Chloe gasped when she heard a deep voice come from Sandy. Before she got a chance to say anything everything around her started to shift, figures were blurring and Sandy wasn't Sandy anymore. She was dizzy, her head was pounding, soon her knees gave out and she was falling. There were dark spots clouding her vision and the last thing she remembered seeing before everything going pitch black were a pair of blue and brown eyes staring back at her.
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Tess Mercer was sitting on a chair in front of the computer at her desk. She was looking at some video footage of the room where Chloe was currently in. She saw the woman flinch and jerk around in the bed until she finally settled down. The illusionist was sitting on a chair next to Chloe's side.
She sighed and she reached out for the phone to press the number she knew by heart. She couldn't go through with this anymore, she was already running from someone, she really didn't want to add someone else to the chase.
"This is Oliver Queen. I'm not able to answer the phone, so please leave your name and number; someone will contact you as soon as possible. Thank you."
She hung up then picked up the phone again and dialed.
"Dr. Richards here."
"It's Mercer, I need an update from this morning."
"Her brainwaves have spiked to abnormal levels. It seems that her brain is trying to fight off whatever is happening to her, there are times when the spikes are all over the charts and it's unstable. Then there are those when they seem normal as if nothing was happening to her."
Tess could sense that there was something else the doctor was holding off on, unsure if he should tell her or not.
"What aren't you telling me?" She heard the doctor sigh on the other end of the phone.
"I might be stepping my boundaries here but I need to give you my professional and honest opinion. Whatever he's doing to her isn't safe; the brain is a very sensitive and complex organ. It's the center of the nervous system and one wrong choice; one small mistake can cause serious brain damage. It is extremely dangerous what he's doing and if her brain goes on overload it can fry her neurons which are necessary to carry information throughout her body. Without those her body will shut down completely or worse she could end up brain dead instead. Honestly, I don't want that young woman's life in my hands. I've returned the check to you and I suggest you find another doctor to help you. Goodbye Ms. Mercer."
All she heard was the dial tone and she cursed. She set down the phone harshly and closed her computer. She stood up, grabbed her coat and headed out the door.
She had to fix this, even if it meant biting the hand that feeds, metaphorically speaking of course.
Once inside her car she called Oliver again only to get his voicemail. She sighed. Why did things always have to be done the hard way? She threw her phone to the back seat and stepped on the accelerator and prayed that she had enough time to get it all done under the radar and flee before he found out.
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"Boy Scout online, calmness on the forefront, I'm checking out."
"Negative, Boy Scout. Arrow, Aquaman and Impulse need you. Watchtower's tracker came back online, check your PDA I've sent you the coordinates."
"Got it, I'm on my way over there now."
Victor heard the rushing of air over the comm. link. A few second later he heard the Green Arrow's distorted voice.
"Team's all here and everyone is in position. Boy Scout is up to date with the plan as well. Any change Cyborg?"
"The outside guards will be doing their shift changes in about 5 minutes. That means that in about four minutes the guards will up and leave, giving us a window of one minute. I have programmed the security systems to go off for that split minute giving Impulse and Boy Scout enough time to get to main computers and set off the cameras and begin the loop video feed. Don't worry Boy Scout, no lead walls of any sorts, it's safe."
"Good."
"Wicked awesome."
"I have also set the sprinklers to go off to give Aquaman and extra boost."
"Sweet."
"Ok, the change is coming up, once inside Arrow head two floors up and turn left it's the 5th door on your right."
"Got it. Alright boys, it's time to get Watchtower back."
"4… 3… 2… Impulse, Boy Scout." Victor heard a whooshing sound.
"Way ahead of you Tin Man. Stretch, dude you slowing down on me?"
"Impulse sto-"
"That's Mr. Fastest-man-alive to you, Slowpoke."
"I'm sorry to interrupt you two, since it's not like we are on a rescue mission here or anything but when you're done, would you mind, oh I don't know switch the video loop!"
"Don't get your Speedos in a twist, Bumble Bee Tuna."
"Enough! Boy Scout, the video footage."
"Already playing."
"Cyborg?"
Victor was staring at the screen and pulling up more video feed of the building surroundings.
"Clear, the heat signals inside indicated that they are still in the upper levels. The window is now open."
"Gotcha."
The Green Arrow and Aquaman moved to the door. They made their way inside.
"Sprinklers going on in 3… 2… Aquaman the first floor is clear. You know what to do."
"Got it."A.C ran down the left side of the hallway.
"Boy scout, you and Impulse take the underground levels."
"On it."
"Affirmative."
"Arrow, go down the right you will find the stairs that lead to the second floor." Oliver ran opposite from A.C once he reached them, he ran up to the second floor.
"Second level clear."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah." Victor kept staring at the video feed before he got static signals on the screen.
"Shit!" He was typing furiously suddenly the screen went black and red letters came on.
You can't save her.
A/n: I know I apologize all the time for taking too long, but I am sorry! I hope people are still interested in this story. I will continue to the end no matter what, for those of you who still read it thank you and for those readers I've lost I'm sorry. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Thank you for reading and reviewing!