Chapter 6
Oliver banged his fist off the desk in frustration as he stared at a photo of Sapphire taken from the docks security camera before whoever it was deleted them which had been almost immediate according to Chloe, but he did have some new information she wasn't working alone but were there more than the two of them and the hacker or was the man the hacker. "Ughh" he groaned hitting the desk again he was only giving himself a headache.
"Mr Queen" came his secretary's voice over the intercom "a Mr Fossil is here to see you but he doesn't have an appointment"
"it's ok" Oliver replied holding down the itercom button "send him in" he sighed stanging up and walking around his desk. a few seconds later Henry Fossil walked through the door. "Henry" Oliver said reaching out for his hand "it's nice to see you again, what brings you here?" Oliver asked curious as to the man's sudden appearance expecting it to be Declan he did business with if at all.
"Umm" he paused "it's actually about Megan, you got a minute" he asked obviously uncomfortable with the situation.
"sure" Oliver instantly agreed noting the concerned look on his face sweeping his hand to indicate that he should take a seat returning to his desk. "what seems to be the problem? is she ok?" he asked once they were both seated
"physically she's fine" Henry said shaking his head " but it's just since she got back from the party she's been in a bad mood, i thought she was just tired but" he paused " i just got a call from Turk, Megan's Head Surgeon" he added seeing Oliver's confused look "and apparently she's been in a mood all day and i was wondering if anything happened at the party i know you two were hanging out" he said looking Oliver directly in the eye for a few seconds he thought that Henry was accusing him of something but there was no accusation in his eyes just concern. Oliver dropped his gaze unsure if he should tell him the reason for her bad attitude. "you know something" Henry said taking in his body language.
" i don't know if i should be telling you this" he paused "but i think you'd be a lot better choice to have this information than me" he paused again looking up Henry again who's brow was now lined with worry "it's about her Father"Henry looked shocked but merely motioned for him to continue "he lives in Metropolis and apparently Paris, Katie and Cindy have been trying to get her to find him." Which i think she wants to do she's just scared he'll reject her" Oliver finished watching the other man rub his face
"makes sense" Henry finally said "she's always had Daddy issues but i'll talk to her about it" he said rising and extending his hand to Oliver "and thanks for telling me"he said as they shook hands.
"it was nice to see you again and if i can help Carter's not a bad guy he's ust a bit of a jackass" causing Henry to look directly at him shocked
"you know him?" Henry asked confused
"vaguely" Oliver replied releasing that giving him that particul piece of information may not have been very wise why would a billionaire know a museum curator.
"ok well anway thanks for seeing me" Henry replied turning to leave as Oliver only nodded Henry was about to leave when the door to his office when a very exasperated chloe came flying through them almost knocking him off his feet. "hey there slow down" Henry said taking a step back
"oh i'm sorry" said Chloe looking up a him apologetically
"Chloe Sulliven" Henry said as chloe nodded "i've read some of your articals your a very talented writer" he said causing Chloe to blush "anyway thanks again Oliver" he called exiting the office throwing a wave to Oliver as he nodded in return a few seconds passed and Chloe didn't move still starring at the door which Oliver couldn't help but smile at.
"see something you like sidekick" Oliver said earning him a Chloe Sullivan glare as the blush returned to her cheeks "so besides the company" Oliver said taking his seat again what brings you here he said motioning to the files in her arms.
"this isn't the first place they've been" Chloe said throwing the files on his desk a bright smile coming over her face "they've been at it for years" she said " over the past ten years there have been sightings of this woman and a group of six or seven others coming into a city infested with crime and cleaning up the streets and while they're there i think they train others with abilities to handle things once they're gone and move on to the next city i think this is just the latest stop on the map" she finished smiling clearly proud of herself.
"ten years" Oliver said raising a disbelieving eyebrow "she's only in her early twenties it that story is true then she'd have to be in high school when she started"
"so" Chloe countered "clark started in high school"
"yeah dealing with people in the school" Oliver replied flicking through the top file "that's a little different from cleaning up the streets" he said running his over a few eye witness accounts
"girls mature earlier than boys" Chloe said which caused Oliver to look up at her.
"you really believe this" he said throwing the file back on the desk.
"yes" she replied firmly to which Oliver only nodded "so what are we going to do now?" she asked clearly impatient
"wait until we run into them again " he said "if there really is a group of them running around Metropolis we'll run into them again probably sooner rather than later" Chloe nodded and turned to leave but turned back "his name's henry fossil" he said already knowing what she wanter causing her to blush again as she hurried out the office.
As she left Oliver picked up the file again and noted the seven others all of which were quite think he had a lot of catching up to do he sighed leaning back in his chair and re-opening the file 'this could take a while"he thought as he once again began skimming the pages.