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Chapter 21:Ruins of the Knight

"I'm scared Ollie," Chloe still rested her head on his leather clad chest his arms wrapped securely around her petite from, a chill still in the night air. They had laid her trench coat out on the old roof locked the door and made themselves comfortable laying on top of it and watching the moon. "I've survived two meteor showers more near death experiences than I care to count. Did I ever tell you that I was buried alive? But none of that compares to the fear I felt in that moment."

Chloe hushed herself falling silent locking her emerald eyes with chocolate ones and melting at the emotion she saw behind them. Neither Oliver Queen, nor the Green Arrow would ever admit to feeling fear, but she knew that he shared her insecurities.

"It felt like Dark Thursday all over again, it's a type of fear I can't describe, I felt so alone." Eyes still locked with his and Chloe rolled over turning her back to him trying to get away from the penetrating gaze he had on her.

"Chloe if you remember we we're both trapped in the dark that day and not just figuratively, we we're together then and we're together in this." He encircled a arm around her coming to lay on his side behind her and rested his head in her neck smelling her hair.

"You say that now, and I would never question the love I have for you either,playing house for the past few weeks has been amazing. Waking up next to the one you love is the only thing we all really want."Chloe still didn't look at him. How was she suppose to look Oliver in the eye as she questioned if he was genuine in his promises to take care of their unborn child."But isn't that all we're doing Oliver, is playing?"

"I don't know about you, but to me all of this is real and I can't say that I'm completely ready for this or for her." His gloved hand moved to her abdomen rubbing it lovingly as if to make his point. "But I'm here now and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to keep the both of you safe and happy."

"Is that the Green Arrow or Oliver Queen talking?" She sat up moving away from him, but not off the trench coat and brought her knees up to her chest hugging them. "What I mean is you have the hero in your heart it's one of the things that made me fall in love with you. But what I'm asking is, are you saying theses things and making promises to save us as a hero or just a man?"

"Do you know what the first thing I thought was after I heard Lex tell you that you were pregnant?" Oliver followed her example sitting up not putting his arms around her just yet knowing that she needed space right now, but he did place a finger under her chin making her turn and look at him. "In that moment, I felt confused and for the first time in my life I didn't know what to do next, but then that uncertainty was replaced with the facts."

"And what facts are those?" The questioned sounded offhanded like she had no faith in what he was saying, but Oliver could tell that,that wasn't the case.

"That the woman I loved needed to be saved as quickly as possible, for the first time in my life I would be truly needed, and I didn't just want something, but I need it." He was cupping her face now in both of his hands and Chloe knew there was no escape. The Green Arrow had her in his clutches not that she wanted to be anywhere else, but the depth of emotion behind his eyes was almost scary.

"What are you talking about?" Her words were barely above a whisper.

"When my parents died they didn't just leave me behind, they left a legacy. One that I've tried so hard to live up to, but nothing I do is going to matter if I don't have someone to share it with." He was being serious, he didn't often talk about his family, and when he did it was always connected to something dear to his heart.

"You know you can share anything with me." Placing her own hands on his wrist taking them off her face and moving them to rest on his chest. She finally gained the courage to look him in the eyes without being forced to.

"Yes and I wouldn't trade what we have for anything. However, this is different, I will be able to give her that legacy. No one will ever question that she is a true Queen." The pride in his tone was not unnoticed, this met more to him than she thought. Their child would be a Queen, someone Oliver could call family and unlike her he didn't have that.

"I didn't know you felt this strongly about any of this." As if to apologize for her insecurities' Chloe pressed her lips to his in a chaste kiss and backed away wrapping her arms around his neck "I'm sorry, it's just that everything is going by so fast. One day I'm trying to save the world from an alien virus and trying not to think of how much I regret not kissing someone that even with his x-ray vision never saw me that way to falling in love with another hero, finding out that I'm meteor infected, then saving my mother from a viper that wanted to use her for world domination, and for the cherry on top of the cosmic joke I'm pregnant."

"You forgot playing sidekick to a martian." Oliver replied not taking offense when she called her life and everything in it a cosmic joke. It was a term either of them said when they were frustrated with something.

"You're lucky your subtle humor is so attractive. I just…I only questioned your heroic tendencies because of my own." Chloe cast her head down in shame. She was sitting in his lap now one of her favorite places in the world.

"No one can blame you for being on edge professor. A lot has happen in so little time. What about your own hero status are you uncertain of?" He asked a bit confused Chloe was a hero and good at what she did.

"For a clever thief you really are dense sometimes aren't you? I thought it was obvious."She quirked an eyebrow, he had been so understanding and sometimes knew what she was thinking before she did.

"You're the one that said I was the brawn in this relationship, Mrs. Super genius." Damn he slipped she was a Ms not a Mrs. not yet anyway. "My nonexistent stupidity aside, you're just as much of a hero as the rest of us."

"Exactly and that's the problem. I want to be a good mother. I want my daughter to grow up in a loving environment and a safe world. But I will not give up what we do. Saving that world is what I do. If I couldn't be a hero than I'm afraid I would lose who I am, my identity." The guilt in the pit of her stomach was making her nauseous or was it the morning sickness. "And I know its selfish but that's how I feel."

"Wanting to be a hero and a mother doesn't make you selfish. You have a hero in your heart to, but there's also a place in there for her. And I think I would know, having a place in there myself. " Oliver kissed her trying to get his point across moving his lips to her exposed neck and squeezing her upper arm trying to comforter her.

"Ow...Ow." Chloe moaned out causing Oliver to rip his lips from hers to see what was wrong. He watched her hand flying to where he had squeezed her arm. The pain on her face was obvious, what was wrong with her was the first question in his head.

"Chloe, What is it? Are you okay?" His hand was caressing her cheek the concern in his face evident.

"Yeah I'm fine, everything will be okay. Don't worry about it." Chloe said trying to right it off as nothing.

"Don't worry about it? You're hurt. How did it happen? Who hurt you? Tell me so I can go punish them for touching you." His over protectiveness made her smirk.

"No one hurt me, this is my own fault." He looked her up and down trying to see if she had any other injuries she wasn't telling him about and then finally noticed which arm it was. The source of her pain was exactly where his had been.

"Why did you do it? I would have healed in time." Oliver embraced her again careful not to hug her to tight. She had healed him without his noticing it, she must have done it while he was sleeping.

"Yeah, but not quick enough Metropolis needs the Green Arrow to be healthy." Chloe snuggled into him again reveling in his smell.

"Yes,but I need you be okay, and what happen to your fear of using your powers?" His brawl was furrowed in confusion and worry.

"I don't know, but we can talk about this later." They both heard the sirens blaring both surprised that they had gone this long without being interrupted.

"Fine, but this is not over Chloe." He kissed her one last time in a deep passionate kiss, she helped him fix his hood and glasses and watched him head for the edge of the roof. "Hey wait its late and I don't want to leave you here. The streets are dangerous this time a night I'm still a little perturbed that you came here by yourself in the first place. Maybe I should.."

"You shouldn't worry so much besides I'm not going anywhere. I have some work to catch up on anyway. It'll keep me busy until morning now go before I push you off this roof. " At her statement the Green Arrow jump off shooting a grapple as he made his decent. Chloe watched the figure of the man she loved practically fly off to play hero until he was out of sight and then headed down to where her desk she hadn't seen in almost two in half weeks still stood.

Oliver dragged his weary body through his penthouse heading straight for the Green Arrow room. Damn thugs and thieves, he was so sore and it didn't help he went a few rounds with someone that had an axe to grind with the police and not just fugitively. Oliver removed his vest followed by his shirt and pants next. He looked at the clock it was only 4:56 am Chloe would still be at the planet. How she managed to stay up so late without her caffeine he didn't he commended her ability to resist what use to be her life line, she was quite a strong woman.

Chloe's caffeine withdrawal had not hit full force yet, and when it did he was going to be the first on her hit list. Oliver cringed at the thought of how Chloe might punish him, and then smiled. Maybe it would be a pleasant punishment knowing her and her hormones. Trying not to think of how hot the thought of her made him sweat, Oliver laid down on his couch knowing he would never get any sleep in his bed without Chloe there with him. He could nap for a few hours until he had to wake up for his day job, he was now in a pair of sweat pants and an actual shirt.

Chloe's mother was probably sleeping and wouldn't be up for a few hours. But if she came out here and saw him lying on the couch half naked she might think he was waiting for Chloe or something. He still couldn't figure out how Chloe could even think about sex when her mother was staying a floor away.

Placing a throw pillow under his head and making sure his cell phone alarm was on Oliver closed his eyes hoping to get some sleep. Luckily for him his tired body easily complied and his mind awarded him with a satisfying dream of a little blonde cyber savior.

"Hey bright eyes. Long time no see. How have you been?" Jimmy Olsen's comment brought Chloe Sullivan back to reality.

"Oh hello," Chloe replied smiling a sweet smile. "Yeah, sort of been taking a breather, I've been good though, Yourself?"

"I've been okay, but it hasn't been the same around here without that megawatt smile of yours." The young photographer leaned not so nonchalantly on her desk. "Look after you're done knocking down the Mount Everest worth of paperwork you got there, I was thinking maybe we cou…"

"I'm truly flattered Jimmy I really am, but actually, I'm sort of off the market." The blonde reporter finally admitted to someone outside her hero circle that she was taken.

"What do you mean sort of? Wait it's not Mr. Blond billionaire playboy is it? Cause I thought you only used him to irritate the Dr. Evil wannabe?" He raised a questioning eyebrow.

"Do you always speak in media labels and references?" Chloe laughed at her own comment and went back to her work avoiding the questions.

"Wait no, let me take another guess he's tall dark and drives a tractor? Then I get the 'sort of' bit, your relationship went from one level to the next. Sometimes its hard to…" The questioning eyebrow didn't low as he still waited for an answer.

"No it's not Clark and that's not it at all." She cut him off mid sentence and leaned back leisurely in her chair making sure to suck in her belly a little hoping Jimmy didn't noticed that her waistline had expanded a few inches. Thank goodness she wasn't showing enough for people to be asking questions quite yet. "It's just...how do I put this? It's complicated."

"That still doesn't answer the question. But whoever he is I'm glad you're happy Chloe. But if it doesn't work out give me a call." With that Jimmy Olsen pushed off where he was leaning, gave her another understanding smile and headed for the door.

Chloe was amazed at everything that had piled on the desk in her absence, thankfully she was a fast worker and she had breezed through most of it in a matter of a few hours. Her sabbatical had apparently gone unnoticed for the most part. Not that a few people in the office weren't looking at her in jealousy of her last article. Glancing at the clock she smiled at the thought that it was a good time to call her mother. Something that Chloe thanked her lucky stars for. She didn't use to have the ability to do.

"Hey sweetheart, I didn't see you leave this morning. Did you go into work early or something?" Moira greeted as she answered the cell phone that Chloe had given her. Technology was amazing these days, the ability the little device had was a far cry from what mobile phones could do in her day.

"Yeah I had some stuff to do. Have you eaten breakfast yet? What are your plans for the day? Did you sleep well?" Chloe asked her normal barrage of questions, she was really being over protective as of late something Moira was starting to get fed up with.

"Nothing much, just going to finish another book is all. Maybe call Mr. Jones." She added the last bit knowing that when Chloe came back to the penthouse to fine her gone that she would look at her phone records. Moira had a plan she was finally ready to make her move.

Intent on taking the man down that had tried using her for world domination, Lex Luthor. She didn't want her daughter getting in the way, which would never do. Moira did not use other people to get what she wanted she was not a Luthor and not the villain. Killing Lex Luthor was going to be a necessary evil, and she would be the one to pull that trigger.

"Okay, well don't do anything too exhausting." She could hear apprehension in her daughter's voice and concern filled her until Chloe spoke again. "Look mom, I know you don't like laying low, but things will get better in time I promise."

"I know baby, hey my coffee is almost done talk to you when you get home Chloe."Moira lied as she put on a black trench coat being as quiet as possible as not to wake up Oliver who was still on the couch. "Have a good day at work?"

"Don't drink too much isn't good for you. Hey is Ollie awake yet?" She smirked at the irony of Chloe's statement, who she had come to find out had a caffeine addiction of her own. Poor girl couldn't fill that addiction anymore thanks to the pregnancy.

"Still out like a light on the sofa, I'll have him call you when he wakes up." Moira said quietly hanging up her own cell and shutting off the blonde billionaire's phone, she retrieved from beside the sofa. Not having the time or patients to figure out how to go through the menu options in the high tech device and turn off the alarm manually.

She looked around the penthouse one last time as she made her way to the hidden elevator Moira knowing perfectly well that it was silent enough to conceal her escape from her ivory tower. The older Sullivan hung her head in regret silently apologizing to her daughter for not being able to hold down her anger at the Luthor Devil and his progeny.

The path she was about to head down was not one for the weary. Coming back from what she had planned was not a possibility in her eyes and Moira did not and would not let Chloe get caught in the crossfire. Chloe had been through enough already and she had her own child that would need her one day.

"Oh…Ollie…more…" She breathed out as he drove into her again and again, Chloe's moaning was driving Oliver wild it was only a matter of time before he fell over the edge.

"Chloe" Her nails sunk into his back he felt the pain mixed with the pleasure of her walls clenching around his….

"Ollie…Ollie…Ollie…"Her voice was a sweet song to his ears one he never wanted to stop hearing. "OLIVER!"

"Huh...uh…Ow…" Oliver groaned out landing unceremoniously on the floor of his living room and coming to grips with cruel reality. It was only a dream, damn. "No, hello honey I'm home? Did you have to rip me out of such a great dream?"

"I'm guessing I had the starring role in your mind-movie from the way you moaned my name? Was I as good as I am in reality?" Chloe not so innocently asked not really caring weather he answered or not.

"It's always good with you professor." He sat up not ready to stand and pulled her down to him for a kiss, which Chloe denied him. "Hey first I get a rude awakening and now a cold shoulder, what's up? Is the world ending again?"

"No, the world isn't ending. I can't find my mother anywhere in the penthouse." Her tone was one of panic and she pulled away from his grasp motioning around to make a point.

"What do you mean, she's not here? Isn't she still asleep? Why are you home early? What time is it?" He looked confused realization suddenly dawning on him as he glanced out the window the sun was high above the horizon, to high for it to be before noon. "What time is it?"

"It's after noon, weren't you suppose to be up hours ago? Nevermind, I think I found the reason you missed the first half of your day job. She turned you off." She held up his cell phone showing him that it wasn't on. "No wonder I couldn't get a hold of you when I left the planet."

"About that, you were supposed to be back hours ago, what took you so long?" Even with her mother missing Oliver was still concerned with her well being, she'd barely slept the night before that couldn't be good for the baby.

"I had more work to do then Clark stopped by the office. We had a long conversation about your Bromance." Chloe smirked at the way she labeled the relationship between the man she loved and her best friend. "He still thinks you're mad at him. Shouldn't you forgive him by now?"

"I've already forgiven him it's not my fault he hasn't gotten the message and you're the one that I don't know if I'm ready to forgive. We still need to have that talk about your ability. But as I'm sure your about to point out. It has to wait, we need to find your mother. Where do you think momma bear went to?" Oliver felt her arm seeing if it was still sore and smiled when she didn't flinch at his touch. He always wanted to touch her when she was near, but what he had in mind would have to wait for later.

The large room was darkened holding the tone of unhappiness and anger, barely any light made it through the stain glass window as Lex Luthor took another sip of his scotch. The supposed love of his life had been gone for less than a week, and everything he had work so hard to accomplish had fallen to pieces. Lana's leaving was the last nail in the coffin, his life was now officially over. It felt like he had nothing left to live for, but of course this feeling passed through him and then left as almost abruptly.

He was a Luthor and a Luthor didn't get sad, angry, or depressed with their life. A Luthor got mad, even and used the world as their own personal playground. Yes, he was going to get even and he would start with Oliver Queen and the Green Arrow. His fellow billionaire may not be the emerald archer, but he was still an enemy and needed to be dealt with.

"I will get you Queen if it's the last thing I do." The bald viper hissed out not talking to anyone in particular.

"Like a Siren, he loves the sound of his own voice. Right Mr. Luthor, but it's not healthy to make empty threats while you're talking to yourself. " Moira Sullivan said stepping into a ray of light that somehow found its way into the darkened room. Making sure he saw her face and recognized her, she saw his face pale. "What's wrong, you look like you've seen a ghost."

"You're dead, how did…" He stood in shock and stared at her in disbelieve.

"I can assure you the reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. And to how I survived that's a tale that you will never find out." She didn't budge just kept her eyes on the snake as he rounded his desk.

"I'm not going to ask how you got in here. I have it on good authority that my security is unreliable. And don't worry I will find out sooner or later. The shock of your resurrection is not as big as you think it is." Lex was getting closer and closer to her like she was prey. "Now that you're here I can continue with my plan."

"No I don't think you can." Moira hissed out watching the scaly creature encroach on her personal space and smirked when he didn't get within three feet of her. "I believe you recognize subject 009987 or as his mother named him Lowell. He's the first one you made me control, his power is super strength. But I see you already realize that."

"What do you want revenge on me? Go ahead, do it, but it won't change anything you're still a freak just like him and just like Chloe." Lex choked back as the younger man's hand enclosed around his neck and lifted him off the ground.

"My progeny and I may be oddities of nature, but so are you. As for my revenge this is not as black and white as you think. You're not atlas, the world is not on your shoulders and it doesn't revolve around you." She stepped closer with a steely gaze anger written all over her face. "You see this isn't just about the son, it's about the sins of the father. He stole me away from my daughter and then tried to take her out of this world."

"I saved her from him, call off your dog and we can talk about this." Lowell's gripped tightened at the insult and Lex gagged a little.

"Not to tight Lowell, we need him conscious for what I have in store. You may have saved her from the devil, but you're a devil as wells. Your sins outweigh your good deeds and now like an angel of vengeance it is my task to judge you." She finally pulled out the gun and pointed it in his direction cocking the revolver. She had learned to shoot a gun a long time ago, being related to a General had its benefits.

AN: Momma bear is not happy…What is she going to do to Lex? Can Chloe stop her in time? Where did Chloe learn to be a pool shark? R&R... Thanks for reading this far and BTW I do reply to all reviews.