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AN: Another update hehe…. Next one will be Wednesday only like 5 or 6 chapters to go and I promise the ending will be worth the wait. Enjoy! (P.S thank you Smallville writers for certain bits of dialogue)

Chapter 15:Shining light into the Dark

"She's meteor infected too? How many secrets does she have? Is she from krypton as well?" Oliver Queen paced back and forth having a hard time believing what he was hearing, and letting it sink in.

"She is very much human Mr. Queen. Yes and given Chloe's ability her body should be dealing with the withdraw symptoms better than this." Emil said his attention on the LCD monitor in front of them watching Chloe Sullivan pace back and forth in the small room mirroring Oliver's own actions.

"Ability, what ability?" Clark quirked an eyebrow in confusion, just another secret out of a long list Chloe had.

"Ms. Sulli…" Emil was about to explain when John cut him off.

"She can heal people, but when she does she takes on the others pain. Chloe's Empathic." Empathic, that made so much sense to Oliver it was scary. Of course she took others pain he found that out the day she walked into his penthouse.

Chloe was always too busy taking care of others. For the second time in the past few hours they heard the scream again, in seconds Oliver hand was gripping the door handle ready to run to Chloe. Just as his hand was on handle Emil's hand was on his shoulder. He knew that he shouldn't open that door, but he had too she needed him.

"I'm sorry Mr. Queen, but there's nothing you can do. The drug has to run its course, if you go in there she might not even know who you are. She's confused her mind doesn't know where she is right now. Ms. Sullivan is a danger to herself and anyone that goes near her in this state." Emil tried to convince his boss not to disobey his diagnosis.

"Chloe's not a crazy person, she's suffering because of something that viper did to her, I'm not going to let her go through this alone." Oliver stood his ground on the matter and shook the firm hand off his shoulder. "I promised her that she would never be alone in in darkness again."

Clark didn't say anything he just stood in the background he knew Oliver cared for his best friend, but for some reason he felt like he was losing his place in Chloe's life. They had never been a couple but they were close, guilt washed over him again.

"Wait archer you're going to need my help." John stepped forward and followed the emerald archer into the darkened room. Oliver didn't reply just finally turned the knob and entered the small room.

"Lois, Lana called me and told me everything. Did you really have to hit that doctor?" Martha Kent asked through the phone. That girl sure knew how to get into trouble at the most inconvenient time.

"He was being an ass...I mean the way he was talking to Lana it wasn't right Mrs. K" That much Lois was right about, from what Lana had said the doctor was being rather rude and cruel in his accusation.

"I know, I understand sometimes you have to let actions speak louder than words. That's who you are," The older woman said smiling to herself. "Too bad I won't be home until tomorrow, otherwise I'd be right there to bail you out."

"Tomorrow you're not going to be back until tomorrow, but you were supposed to be back tonight. What happened? What did Clark do? " Martha laughed over the phone at Lois' unending faith in the fact that if anything went wrong Clark was always at the root of it.

"No, Clark hasn't done anything. There are just a few things I need to take care of." She answered as she gazed over a document that had anonymously come into her procession. "I will see you tomorrow Lois, and do me a favor don't swear at the sheriff anymore I don't think it's helping your case."

With that Martha Kent hung up the phone knowing that with everything going on Lois would be fine where she was, and went back to the document lying in front of her. She had come by the Luthor Corp. file 'anonymously' like that was even possible. It just showed up on her desk one day Martha was sure Lionel had put it in her files, but why give it to her wouldn't Chloe have more use of it?

As a mother she wanted nothing more than to save Moira Sullivan from Lex, but as a senator she couldn't do anything. Not with whom her own son was. If she ever went public with this information then eyes would be on her and move to Clark. That was the last thing anyone needed, then again maybe she wasn't suppose to go public with it maybe she was suppose to tell Clark.

If Lionel tried to tell him, Clark would never believe it, but this way her son would believe the information and be able to do something about it. But should she believe it herself? Martha was again reminded of her own need to protect Clark against all bad things, he was her son she would do anything for him and had done anything for him in the past. This Moira Sullivan was Chloe's mother, she had told Chloe that she would be there for her and knowing her sons ambitious best friend Chloe probably already knew about her mother.

Maybe she was even doing something about it? Chloe was always more capable then Clark thought. Martha loved her son but sometimes he didn't give his friends as much credit as they deserved. After all, Chloe had already hidden her relationship with Oliver Queen from him without a problem. How anyone else missed the way those two looked as each other when they were in the same room Martha couldn't figure out.

Maybe Chloe was hiding this from Clark too? It would explain why Clark had not come to her with this secret himself. Martha had faith that her son would have done something about this if he knew. Clark was always the hero and cared for Chloe very much. He would never let anything bad happen to her or someone she loved. Now to just get the information to her son, she couldn't use the jet's phone she had used to get a hold of Lois and her cell wasn't secure enough. She would call him and tell him to meet her at the airport that would have to do.

The pain was everywhere her body hurt, her head hurt, her heart hurt, it was so dark in this small room. Where was she again? Oh yeah, she let them lock her away she knew too much about all of them and herself. The only person in the world Chloe barely knew about was her mother, which came back to the want and need to find her. But then there was the worry for Oliver she had to save him to and Clark she had to save everyone. Why couldn't she just focus on one thing?

Chloe's breath grew heavy like it was hard to breath, she needed help, needed out of this room. Needed this all to be over, Chloe shrunk back into a corner back into the darkness. The room wasn't a very big one. It was probably a guest room for the team to stay in or something like that. She had never been in this room before. There was just a bed and night table with a lamp on it.

It wasn't at all intricately decorated like the rest of the penthouse. Not at all complex like the man who owned it, it was so simple, why couldn't things be like that when it came to their lives, why couldn't they be normal?

Then maybe there wouldn't be so many secrets so much pain, speaking of pain, another tremor racked through Chloe's body accompanied by several flashes of all the things she cared about running through her mind making her head hurt even more. To make things worse she suddenly felt like she was being restrained like someone was holding her arms behind her back, Chloe had to get away she had to fight.

'Watchtower steady your breath, clear your mind.' Chloe felt a pair of gentle hands on her head and she knew exactly whose voice she was hearing. John, he was here in this place with her, it was seconds later that she realized who was holding her still.

"Ollie?" Chloe stopped her struggle to get away at the realization of who had their arms around her.

"Don't worry Chloe your safe, I'm here and I will never let you go." Oliver whispered into her ear trying to sooth her and then looking to John not knowing what to do next. "Is she going to be okay now?"

"Mentally yes, I've helped Chloe clear her mind. But, physically she's still got several hours before everything will be alright. And don't worry the child is fine." John replied taking his hands off of Chloe's head and retreating from her mind, but not before checking on the small life growing inside of her.

"Thank you Detective Jones, for everything." Oliver said thanking the older hero for all his help and turned Chloe around in his arms so she was facing him. "Wait. Where are you going?"

"She seems to be in good hands now. There is nothing else I can do here, I have other places to be things that need to be done before Watchtower can complete her mission. And don't worry archer she will get through this." John made his way out of the room leaving Oliver holding a barely conscious but coherent Chloe and locked the door behind him. Chloe heard the Martian's words and knew they were true, she was in good hands no one else in the world could take care of her the way Oliver could. She had never felt for anyone the way she felt about the emerald archer not even Clark Kent.

"John, is she going to be okay?" Clark asked as the older man exited the room and Emil locked it behind him.

"As I told the archer Chloe will get through this just fine, but I'm a little concerned about her mind." John's brawl furrowed in worry and concern, when he cleared her mind he felt like there was another presence there and it was not Chloe or her child.

"What about, detective?" Emil inquired watching the older man's expression knowing that he was deep in thought.

"I cleared Chloe's mind all she has to do now is endure the physical part of the withdrawal, but when I was in her head I felt another presence. It wasn't threatening, but it felt like another conscious has touched her mind recently. " The telepath answered still confused as well about the whole matter.

If anything it might have been her mother the empathic bond between daughter and mother was quite extraordinary for the two individuals involved being human. John could only speculate that it had something to do with they're meteor infections. Even so the bond was quite a strong one especially if it was able to reach across such a distance, wait maybe it wasn't as far as he thought. That meant the older Sullivan was closer than they predicted.

"Is that bad or good, what does it mean?" The farm-boy voiced his concern again his own brawl furrowing at the information.

"I don't know Kal-El, all I know is she isn't in any danger now. Who or whatever was in her mind is gone. But I need to figure this out, Dr. Hamilton call me if her condition changes. Kal-El I will see you later we have much to discuss." Without another word John Jones was gone out of the penthouse with an all too familiar whoosh.

"Does he ever use a door?" Bart Allen groaned out as the Martian flew out the balcony windows waking him up from his snooze on the couch.

Everything was in order good. Lex Luthor shut his laptop after checking on all of his accounts and arrangements for a certain meteor infected pawn. He may have forgotten the last 24 hours and that was unnerving, but things were still going his way. Things would always go his way, he was a Luthor and a Luthor always got what they wanted. What he wanted, he gazed across the room at the object of his affection fast asleep.

Lana had once said that he craved things that he couldn't have and then asked what he did when he got them. Lex guessed now that she had the answer to that inquiry. He took care of them guarded them with his life and cherished them. Their child was gone, and Lex vowed to do everything in his power to figure out what had happened and how. Lana would have to go through a battery of test and he was sure that she would agree with him. Her love for him would not allow her to do otherwise. With this one set back, his goal would take just a little longer to accomplish, but everything else was going as planned.

"How can you hold me now? After what I did, after all the secrets and lies?" Chloe asked as Oliver pulled her closer to him. They weren't standing anymore,Oliver had his back to the wall letting it support his weight with Chloe comfortably resting in his lap.

"Shhh…Chloe no talking." Oliver said stroking her back soothingly knowing anything that came out of Chloe's mouth right now she might regret later.

"No, we have to talk now. There are things, important things I need to say to you before I lose the unwillingness too, things about the future." She was right they had a lot of things they needed to figure out, but he could wait.

"They can wait professor, just let today be today and we will deal with tomorrow in the morning. The only thing I care about right now is you and the…" Oliver used his favorite nickname for her and paused not being able to say the word baby just yet. "The only thing that matters is your safe, the both of you."

"You have to know Oliver. If I had known, I would have never confronted Lex the way I did. I would never do anything to hurt her. If you never believe anything I say again believe that." Her, how did she know it was going to be a girl already. He was having a hard enough time wrapping his head around the fact she was pregnant let alone the gender of the unborn child.

"I have to believe everything coming out of your mouth your still dosed with a tell all drug .My attractive subtle humor aside, I know you would never put an innocent life endanger." His demeanor turned from humorous into serious in a matter of seconds as Oliver tried to a sure Chloe of his undying faith in her. "But seriously what were you thinking getting captured like that? Do you have a death wish or something? "

"It was part of the mission, when Lex thinks he's in control and that he's won. He can't help but tell you how his brilliant strategy works. And I've always been good at playing the damsel." There was now a hint of humor in Chloe's tone and he felt her smirk against his neck as she leaned into him when another tremor racked through her petite form.

"So that was your ingenious plan, play the equivalent to Russian roulette with a viper and somewhere along the way hope he reveals all the cards in his hand." He grasped her closer to him as the tremor fated, Oliver wished she wasn't going through this pain, at least he was here for her and Chloe wasn't alone.

"Yep!" Chloe stated like she was proud at her ability to use peoples egos against them.

"I know you're the brains and I'm the brawn in this relationship, thank you for the vote of confidence in my intelligence by the way. But seriously Chloe what were you thinking? Why didn't you come to me, I could have help you." A frown formed on his handsome features at the thought of her not trusting him or needing him the way he needed her. "We could have figured this together. Instead you go off all half cocked. Lex could have killed you or sent you away and I would have never seen you again."

"I went in knowing that, I wasn't planning on coming back." Chloe gazed into his eyes and Oliver saw a kind of pain there that he had only seen a few times from her. She felt guilty now more than ever and he could tell.

"What's that suppose to mean?" He didn't mean to say it, but the question slipped out anyway. He was frustrated as it was, they weren't suppose to be talking about this now not when Chloe didn't have a choice at answering anything she was asked. He didn't want to admit it, but Oliver what afraid of the answer to his question.

"After John and I found my mother, I was going to run away with her. I knew once we freed her if we got that far, Lex would stop at nothing to get her back. She's very valuable to him, I knew I had to leave Smallville otherwise he would have gone after everyone I cared about." Her reasoning was flawless as it always was, Chloe was right in everything she was telling him, he had to give her that much.

"Running is never the answer Chloe believing me I know that better than anyone." Oliver pulled her closer to him thinking subconsciously if he did Chloe could never run away from him.

"I knew you were going to say that." She didn't move or fight against the gesture of being held so tightly against his body. "But at the time I didn't have a choice, no one knew about us. Knowing our luck though he would have found out someway somehow, I mean Lex has already had the Green Arrow shot."

"Shot, me? What are you talking about? I don't remember getting shot, when and where did this happen?" Oliver didn't have any idea what Chloe was talking about at this point, was her withdraw now causing her to remember things that weren't true?

"About two months ago, that night you supposedly hit your head while training. Well you didn't, I told you I didn't stop by that night. But the truth is I did I even helped you put your gear on and made dinner to celebrate our one month of whatever it is we're doing." Chloe's mouth was running a thousand miles a second and Oliver just let her say everything she needed to. "I was waiting for you to get back when your alarm system went off. I called John and he already got to you, he brought you back to the penthouse so I could help you. "

"How the hell do I not remember that? Where is the bullet wound? I don't have a scar anywhere on my body." He quirked an eyebrow and motion towards his body as if daring her to show him evidence of what she was saying.

"Right here," Chloe's hand instinctively went to the spot on Oliver's toned chest where there would have been a scar if it wasn't for her. "I healed you using the last bit of RL65 I had."

"RL65? You had some left, you weren't using it were you? You know what that can do to someone's mind." That drug she used that drug on him, after they had talked about it and he swore he would never use it again. Oliver pushed any anger about the situation to the back of his mind, there was no use having resentment about it now.

"No I never used it. I just had it in case of an emergency, I couldn't lose you Oliver." Chloe did it for him just like everything else she had lied about, all to protect those she loved.

"Oh… One more thing," Oliver's brawl was still knitted together in confusion, he knew she could heal. But what was the extent of Chloe's abilities? "How did John expect you to help if I was that seriously injured?"

"I can heal people, he thought I could heal you. But I was so scared Ollie, what if I lost control? What if you died because I wasn't powerful enough? I'm a ticking time bomb." Chloe tried to pull away from him, but Oliver didn't let her. She was not going to start down the road of self despair, not as long as he had anything to say about it.

"No you're not, you're the strongest person I've ever met and that's saying a lot considering the company we both keep. Stop beating yourself up, you're not alone in this." Oliver met her teary eyed gaze again seeing all the anguish and pain Chloe had been hiding from the world.

The emerald archer wanted nothing more than to wipe her tears and kiss away the pain. Just like the first time they met, he would distract her make Chloe forget everything but him. As Oliver pressed his lips to hers in an innocent kiss, he knew this was more for his own peace of mind then it was for her. Just like the day they met he wanted Chloe to know more than anything that she wasn't alone.

"No…no…Ollie. I won't let you die for us." Chloe broke the kiss resting a small hand on her abdomen, dying who said anything about dying? True he would die for her, but he wasn't planning on dying anytime soon.

"Don't worry Chloe, I'm not going anywhere. I'll never leave you, either of you." Oliver placed his hand over Chloe's knowing she knew what he met by the small action. "I love you Chloe, the both of you."

Neither of them said another word as their lips met again in a kiss more passionate then either of them had felt in a long time. As Chloe's small hands ran over his body Oliver felt his strength return and his mind turn from frustrating and fragile things to more pleasant thoughts. He missed this more than he knew, it had only been a few days since Chloe said they couldn't see each other anymore since the day he thought he might never get to touch her like this again. And now he was in her arms again surrounded by her presence where he knew he was safe and loved.

"That's hot…But they sound like a bad Spanish soap opera." Bart said taking another bite of his taco. The rest of the league was on the other side of the room enjoying their food and staying away from the kitchen counter at all cost,trying to give the happy couple some privacy.

"You're a perv..." Victor said turning off the visual and audio equipment monitoring the duo, but leaving the medical equipment monitoring the couple on. "Get away from here, give them some privacy they need it."

"Well it seems to me given Chloeliclous' heart rate your right." Bart remarked and then sped away from the small work area before Victor could hit him. Sadly for him though he stopped right next to Clark Kent, who without apology slapped him over the back of the head with little effort. "Was that necessary?"

"Yes." Clark replied and then looked down at his phone hearing his mother's ringtone. ""Hey mom, What do you…Oh… really…Why am I not surprised? Okay I'll be there in few minutes."

"Your mom? The cows need milking?" Bart verbally jabbed back at the farm-boy knowing he was no physical challenge for him.

"No its Lois, she's in jail again. I have to go get her and take her to meet my mom's jet at the Grandville airport. I'll be back as soon as I can. Have Chloe call me when she and Oliver…" Clark's cheeks wore about to turn red and he just put his hand on his forehead feeling a headache suddenly come on. "Just have her call me okay?"

AN: Needed some Chlollie myself today wanted to share it with the rest of you ASAP. Who better to help Chloe through her pain than dear Ollie. Oh and just for reference I'm not a scientist or a doctor and I don't have much knowledge when it comes to drug withdraw. Please just go with it. Thanks for the reviews, faves and most of all taking the time to read this fic.