Meeting with dl_greenarrow, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="thek

[chloesullivan]

The snow storm was past them and the boys had been working on the new floor, which would be for Lois, most of the day and had wanted to patrol. But Oliver had stayed behind with Chloe and Lois and now they were just waiting for Clark to get back from an emergency call so Lois could finally fill them in on what they needed to know.

Chloe was still nervous about them finding out more about the future, but the fact that this future Lois had come from clearly wasn't exactly the same as theirs did comfort her a little because then maybe, whatever bad that had happened might not happen in their present.

With a deep breath, she shifted on the couch and looked towards the window that Clark had left through, "I wonder how long he will be."

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[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Seated on one side of her, Oliver gently rubbed the back of her neck with one hand, pressing a kiss to her temple. "I'm sure he'll be back soon." He glanced at Lois, who was drinking her third cup of coffee in the last forty-five minutes. Remembering her addiction to it, he'd not only stopped at Starbucks to grab her a latte, but also to buy a bag of their coffee. He was starting to think she might just finish the entire thing off in one day.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe leaned a little closer to him and nodded a little, glancing at her cousin who looked more nervous than Chloe herself felt, which wasn't exactly helping Chloe feel any calmer about this particular conversation.

"Lo, why don't you sit down?"

[dp-lois.livejournal.com]

"Pacing helps me think," Lois responded without looking up.

[dp-lois.livejournal.com]

Not really, Lois thought, the smile slipping from her face as she looked down at the floor for a long moment. She tapped her foot nervously, her hands cradling her cup of coffee tightly.

"Lex Luthor is alive." Her voice was quiet. She looked up at them, expecting to see all of them looking surprised.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, we know," Oliver said quietly, glancing at Chloe, then Clark, before looking at Lois with a nod. "We found out a couple weeks ago."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With a deep sigh, Chloe nodded too, "he's in Central City as far as we know," she told her cousin quietly. She shouldn't have been surprised that Lex was behind whatever was bothering Lois, even before, she knew the man was bad news.

[dp-lois.livejournal.com]

Lois grimaced. "January. The first." She looked at Chloe. "And believe me, you and I did everything we could to make it public that he wasn't of age to run for president."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"But it's Lex, so it doesn't matter," she sighed deeply and looked at Oliver then back to Lois, "where is he making his announcement? Maybe we can stop it from happening."

[dp-lois.livejournal.com]

"What's the biggest New Year's celebration in the United States that you can think of?" Lois asked, folding her arms across her chest and arching an eyebrow.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver rubbed the back of Chloe's neck reassuringly, shifting a little closer to her to try and help her relax. "I assume I get shot at the gala." His voice was quiet.

[dp-lois.livejournal.com]

She looked at him worriedly. "Lex didn't know about Chloe's abilities until she healed you right there in front of everyone."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

At that, her eyes widened, if she exposed herself in front of everyone, especially Lex, it would only put her and the baby's lives in even more danger, assuming Lex knows about the baby, but of course she wouldn't think about that if Oliver was hurt, "and what happened?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at her passionate display, though he remained silent. He shot Chloe a look, wondering what exactly had happened between Clark and Lois in the future.

[dp-lois.livejournal.com]

She shook her head. "The way we're going to save the world is as a team. Not as any one person going off on their own half-cocked with a murderous plan--" She shot a look at Oliver, then looked at Clark. "--or trying to be friends with the devil."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe met Oliver's eyes for a second and nodded slightly, their interaction was definitely different, at least on Lois' side, but it didn't seem to bother Clark at all so she figured that was a good thing.

When Lois spoke again, she turned to look at her, the hint of a smile on her lips, it was really good to have Lois back and even better that she was going to help her knock some sense into Oliver and Clark when necessary.

"Lois is right," she agreed, "enough with self-sacrificing heroic acts," she looked between the two men too, "we need to stick together and be smart about this, there is no point in risking ourselves more than we need to."

Finally, she stood up, a hand rubbing her stomach unconsciously as she tried to think, "our main goal right now needs to be stopping Lex from making his public appearance and hopefully his nomination, but we need a backup plan if we can't stop him and the only thing I can think of is backing someone who is running against him."

She turned to her cousin again, her eyes squinting slightly as she tried to think of more options, "who are his opponents and is there anyone we can trust?"

[dp-lois.livejournal.com]

Lois was silent for a moment, looking lost in thought. Then she slowly turned to look at Clark once more, her eyes wide. "I have an idea."

[thekentboy.livejournal.com]

Clark was already afraid to ask, the look on her face meant it wasn't good. At all.

"What is it?"

[dp-lois.livejournal.com]

She could tell by the look on his face that he wasn't going to like it. "I think it's time you shed the dark avenger look," she told him seriously. "And take a big flying leap out of the superhero closet."

[dp-lois.livejournal.com]

She smirked at Oliver. "For a guy who's a crazed genius, Lex Luthor has a way of missing the obvious."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver returned her smirk, relaxing a little at the confirmation. Then he looked at Clark. "Still. It's Clark's choice. This is his life we're talking about here."

[thekentboy.livejournal.com]

Clark frowned a little and nodded slightly, "I guess... we could give it a try." He looked at Lois, "is that what we did in the future?"

[thekentboy.livejournal.com]

Clark took a deep breath and rubbed the back of his neck "as long as you think it would throw Lex off..." but he still wasn't sure about 'Superman'.

[dp-lois.livejournal.com]

"I think it's our best shot. And he won't see it coming. He doesn't know we know he's alive. But we have to act fast." Lois finally looked up at him.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe cocked her head a little and smirked at Oliver, "I'm sure you did."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He smirked back at her. "It helps with the aero-dynamics," he defended.