Fic: Chloe/Oliver – Penance 4/?

Title: Penance (or Injustice: Redo!) 4/?

Author:Cking1575

Fandom: Smallville AU

Pairings: Chloe/Oliver,

Rating: PG(for now)

Disclaimer: I do not own Smallville/DC or the characters. I am just playing with them.

Summary: Penance: an act of self-abasement, mortification, or devotion performed to show sorrow or repentance for sin. I am really not like Chloe's story arc so I've decided to change it a little to suit my own needs. That's what fan fiction is right? LOL

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It was late, well after midnight as Oliver paced back and forth across his apartment as the other men on his team watched anxiously. He paced like an animal that's been caged. Back and forth with determined angry strides, his feet carried him across the floor. His mind was racing. His heart was hurt. He couldn't believe that she willingly left with a murderer. He couldn't believe that she willingly loved a man, regardless of what he was told, who was capable of such dastardly deeds that Davis Bloome was capable of. 'No,' he thought, 'not Chloe…but if being in love with Davis wasn't the reason for her leaving then what was?' His mind argued against itself.

His heart ached with missing her, as his brain continued to wage war with his heart. 'How could she run off with that mad man after all that they had shared a couple of weeks ago?' He thought that they were finally starting something the night that she had agreed to become his Watchtower full time. The night that they shared together had meant something to him, but obviously he was a fool for believing that something had begun between them. He had to leave on business the day after she became his Watchtower, but she knew that he was going to return. After the night that they spent together she knew that he was going to come back to Metropolis, that she wasn't just another one night stand. He spoke to her on the phone and via the internet and not once did she mention Davis. So when he arrived at her apartment expecting to surprise her with his return, he himself had a surprise. Instead of finding her happy smile to great him upon his return, what did he find when he shows up at her place, none other than Davis Bloome. He had come to terms with the fact that in order to love and to be with Chloe, he was going to have to share her with Clark…he was however, unwilling to share her with a man who was more beast than man.

"Where the hell can they be? They've only fell off the grid five days ago." Oliver thought out loud.

"Maybe she and Beastman left Kansas all together, Boss man. Maybe we should broaden our search?" Bart said to Oliver.

"Maybe or maybe it's just time to realize that she doesn't want to be found…by us or by anyone and call this fruitless search off. Maybe she really is in love with this Davis and wants to be with him. Maybe she doesn't care that he's a murdering psychopath." Oliver didn't want to admit it out loud what he feared to be the truth. Maybe Chloe was truly in love with this other man and had willingly followed him. Maybe he missed his chance with her, yet again.

"It's hard to believe that Chloe would fall so hard over a guy like Davis, Oliver. I just can't believe that she would leave everything and everyone that she loves for one guy that she hardly knows. That's not Chloe. Chloe would never leave Clark. There has to be more that we are missing." That was not the right thing to say to Oliver at this particular moment in time. His brain, which had been dueling with his heart, latched onto Victor's one statement, "Chloe would never leave Clark." Chloe always chose Clark. She was his ever faithful shadow…his sidekick. Oliver could feel his jealousy rise slowly from the pit of his stomach. He admired Clark and all that he stood for. He considered Clark to be a close friend, but Clark was not perfect. Why did everyone have him up on such a high pedestal…Chloe in particular thought that Clark could do no wrong, and that irritated him beyond anything else.

"Yeah well, if Chloe wanted to be found she would have left us some clues. It's obvious by now that she doesn't want us to find her. You know what," Oliver's irritation over not finding Chloe, of always being second best in her eyes, bubbled to the surface. His anger and jealousy quickly took over his rational mind, "if she thinks she can handle that thing on her own well so be it then. I'm done. She should have come to me long before this situation ever got to this stage. I thought she was my friend, my partner, our watchtower. I guess the joke was on me…on us all. She sure did pull the wool over my eyes. I just never thought that she could turn out to be one of the bad guys, ya'know?"

"Oliver, man, I think you've got it all wrong. There is definitely something that we're missing here. She would never turn against us…against you. You know that." Victor said to his distraught leader. He saw the way the two of them were together. He watched quietly as their relationship had deepened when she and Jimmy had split. He saw the way the two of them watched each other slyly, when they thought that no one was watching. He saw the attraction build and felt the tension at times fill the room. He wouldn't have been surprised if they had announced that they were together sometime soon once her divorce was finalized by the courts. But this…this situation with Davis, he didn't see coming. They all had been blindsided by Chloe leaving with Davis Bloome. Oliver seemed to have been blindsided more than anyone from the way he was behaving.

"Do I?" Oliver's voice rose angrily. He felt betrayed by her leaving. Hurt by her blatant disregard of what had happened between them a few weeks ago. And finally, he felt jealous that she was with someone other than himself. "Do I really know what kind of person she is? Or have I just been duped? I'm done searching for someone who doesn't want to be found. But by all means if you want to waste your time looking for her, keep at it. I'm too busy. I've got a city to watch over because its self-appointed savior is off on a fool's errand looking for his supposed best friend. A business to take care of that is in the middle of extremely important negotiations with an over seas company that wants to establish a home base here in the states that could bring in thousands of jobs and revenue for our economy. Oh and I am trying to figure out where Lex's 33.1 labs are and shut them down there-by saving those who have been imprisoned there. I don't have the time to be looking for her, when she so obviously doesn't want to be found." Oliver said as he stormed out of the living room. The loud bang of his bedroom door reverberated through out the apartment as he slammed the door. Chloe missing was affecting Oliver a lot more than he was trying…unsuccessfully, to let on.

"Dude, I think that Ollie has some abandonment issues that he sooo needs to work on in therapy." AC said to Bart as his eyes followed Oliver's retreating form to the room. Bart watched too, his eyes narrowing in thought. Neither man really believed that Chloe left with Davis because she was in 'love' with him. There was something else behind her leaving. If there was any man that she was in 'love' with in Metropolis it was the man who just left the room. They all knew that something was brewing just beneath the surface with those two. It was just a matter of time. Even Bart had really come to terms with the fact that Chloe was never going to be his, but at least she was going to be with a good man. He couldn't find a better substitute for himself than Oliver. If she couldn't be with him at least she was going to be with Ollie.

"Seems to me that I'm not the only one with feelings for Miss Chloelicious. It looks like our fearless leader over there is harboring some pretty intense feelings for our Watchtower. Five bucks says that he doesn't even realize that he's in love with her." He grinned at the thought of Oliver suffering unrequited love like he did. It would serve him right to suffer a little before he got the girl.

"Oh you are so on!" AC shoved his open hand at Bart ready to shake on this sure-thing bet that they were making. "Boss man knows what he's feeling alright, it's just that he doesn't like feeling those feelings. Dude, double or nothing that when Chloe comes back the Boss man will finally make a move on her."

"You are on!" Bart said as he pumped AC's arm up and down excitedly. There was no way that his Chloe was going to fall so easily for Oliver. No way was that going to happen so soon. "My Chloelicious will not fall for his charm. He will have to work hard to get Chloe. She's one smart chica."

"Yeah, well she's still a woman. And you have to admit, when Ollie wants something all he has to do is pour on his charm and well, he'll get it." He pointedly looked at Bart. They both knew that Oliver could charm anything on two legs, be they old or young, man or woman. He was just a smooth talker. It was a gift that both AC and Bart admired about him.

"But Chloe is different. His charm never worked on her before, what makes you think that it will work now."

"Ha," AC laughed. There were plenty of times that he had witnessed Chloe melt at Oliver's charming smile. Oliver always blew it with Chloe though because he always went over the top with her. She was the type of girl that a little charm would go a long way with, "what makes you think it never worked? She's just as susceptible as the rest of them; she just can hide it better, is all. She wants him as much as he wants her, I will bet my hard earned cash on it."

"You've got a deal. My Chloelicious is immune to the Queen Charm."

"Yeah ok, we'll see. Ten bucks to the winner if Chloe succumbs to Oliver's charm with in the first month of her returning."

"You're on." They shook hands on the bet as Victor shook his head in disbelief. Those two were under the impression that things were going to go right back to the way they were before she left. Didn't they realize that things had changed? Didn't they witness Oliver's emotional outburst just moments ago? What those two forgot to realize is that even though Chloe and Oliver had blatant feelings for one another, this situation has spiraled it's self out of control. Love may not be enough to get them through this. He was willing to bet that it was going to take a long time for Oliver to get over this. He just hoped that Chloe was willing to work hard for Oliver's forgiveness.

Tbc….

A/N: Constructive feedback is always appreciated! Thanks for reading! :)