"Chloe, are you ok?" Lois said as she ran to her cousin with open arms.

Oliver found it some what strange that this clearly injrued girl who seemed to be through some type of tramatic ordeal had a wide grin covering her entire face. What is with this girl?

"What happened?" Oliver found himself asking with out really thinking about.

Chloe looked at him as if she just noticed he was in the room.

"Oh, hi Oliver. What are you doing back?"

"I'm here on some business... what happened Chloe? Are you ok?"

Chloe laughed, "I'm fine. You know just an ordinary day in the life of an investigative reporter."

Lois looked at her full of concern. Then she said, "I'll get the first aid kit."

Lois went to the restroom.

After Lois shut the door Chloe sat down on the couch and went into her purse picking up a commputer disk.

"You don't by any chance have a lighter on you?" Chloe asked Oliver.

"Uh, yes actually." Oliver dug into his smooth black acromie pants and grabbed a dark green medal lighter. He handed it to her.

"I didn't know you smoked."

"I don't." She said with a smirk. She then lit the lighter and caught that disk on fire. Then she threw it in the trash smiling looking very satisfied with herself as she gazed at blazing fire.

She then found a water bottle in her purse and threw water on it.

Oliver sat next to her smirking.

"You know most reporters don't destroy the evidence."

"Yes, well Mr. Queen as I'm sure you've surmised by now. I'm not like most reporters."

"So I've gathered." Oliver said as he sat next to her. He examined the gash on her forehead, and then gently touched her face.

"Are you sure you ok?"

Chloe scooted back a little obviously not very comfortable.

"I told you Oliver I'm fine. This is nothing. I've been through worse."

"I bet."

Oliver said looking at her wound.

"So I was meaning to talk to you."

"About?"

"33.1."

"I kind of figured. So any luck?"

"Yeah, we closed 9 facilities. On our last mission we found plans for a new one right here in Smallville."

"Yeah, I know I've been working on it."

"So?"

Chloe was shaking her head, "So what?" Then she grabbed her head in pain."Owe."

Then Lois came in with the first aid kit while Chloe said owe.

"Ollie what did you do?" Lois said running to Chloe in overprotective mode.

"He didn't do anything Lois. I just got a head ache."

Lois went into the first aide kit and started applying the bandages with hydrate peroxide to the wound.

"Well, duh. So this better of been some major front page story."

"I'm still working on it. But it's pretty big."

"Do want to give your fav. cuz a preview?"

"Sorry."

"Oh, come on Chloe I won't scoop you. You didn't scoop me about the Green Arrow so I won't scoop you." Lois said.

"I know you won't but…" Chloe paused briefly glancing at Oliver and then continued,

"I'm just not ready to share anything it's all very vague."

"Yeah, of course." Lois said and then she started sniffing.

"What's that smell?"

Then Oliver said, "Oh, sorry Lois it was me. I was smoking a little I hope you don't mind."

Lois gave him a skeptical look, "Ollie, that's not a smell of cigarettes believe me I would know."

Oliver picked up his lighter from the couch and said, "I don't know what to tell you. Well I best I better be going."

"Wait, Oliver why are you here never explained your self."

Oliver was about to open his mouth when the door flew open and in came Clark.

"Geesh, Smallville do you ever knock?"