Forgiveness 5/?
Title: Forgiveness 4/?
Summary: Two people that have wronged each other and their friends will only find forgiveness with one another.
Rating: M
“Whoa!” Bart exclaimed as the lift came to a stop.
“Give it a rest.” Oliver grounded out. Bart ignored him though and practically pushed Chloe out of the way. Oliver snatched the back of his jacket and yanked him back. “Ladies first you idiot.”
“I’m sure that wasn’t directed at me.” Dinah said with a smirk as she followed Chloe off the lift. “But thanks for the thought.”
“Her ankle Bart.” Oliver shoved him to the side and stepped off.
“I thought you said ladies first. You’re not a lady.” Bart joked and followed the rest of them.
“I’m your boss, I employ you, and I’m bigger then you.”
“But I’m faster.”
When Bart spontaneously appeared in front off the rest of them Oliver frowned frowned. “Bart!”
“Give the kid a break.” Victor nudged.
“Wow.” Chloe stopped in front of the large computer and surveyed it.
“You too?” Oliver groaned and turned away.
Chloe ignored him and turned to Bruce. “May I?”
“Go for it.” He nodded to the chair and turned back to Oliver. “All of your gear arrived about three hours ago; I have it set up in the back.”
“What’s that?”
“Bart, don’t touch anything!” Oliver boomed and turned back to Bruce. “It has something to do with his ability. He just can’t sit still.”
“We’ve tried medicating him, but his metabolism is to fast.” Victor shrugged.
“So Victor is going to stay behind and monitor the situation from here. I’m going to have Dinah, Bart, and Arthur secure the perimeter. You and I will get Chloe in. How much time?”
“Two hours.” Bruce responded.
“Alright guys.” Dinah cleared her throat. “And girls. Go ahead and gear up. Victor go ahead and get set up, and run it through with Chloe.” Victor nodded and headed to unpack his equipment. “Chloe.” She spun in the chair she was currently occupying and looked up at him. “Come here.” He watched her foot as she stood up, as he had been the past couple of days since they set the date. She still appeared to be keeping weight off of it, but she’d promised him it was only as a precaution.
She allowed Oliver to lead her away from the others and entered another room of the cave. “Wow.”
Oliver looked around and surveyed the various Batman costumes in their glass cases. “Someone has too much time on their hands.”
“It’s kinda cool.” She stepped closer to one of the cases to take a closer look.
“Anyway.” She stopped and turned back to him. “You sure you’re okay with this? They have to know we’re coming. Last time might be easy compared to tonight.”
“I’m fine. If we can just avoid the bullets and I can stay on my feet then we’re good. Plus, we’re already here; I can’t very well back out now.”
“Sure you can. Tell me you don’t want to do it and I’ll call the whole thing off.” Ever since they had boarded his jet something had been bothering him. It reminded him of the first time he’d gone out as the Green Arrow. His stomach was in knots the whole time. Oliver was nervous.
“Oliver it’ll be fine. Don’t worry about it.” She grinned up at him, but his brow drew together and she swore she could see a vein in his neck ticking. “Ollie.”
“I don’t like this.” Her hand slid up his chest and touched his cheek. He grabbed her hand and pulled it away. She wanted to comfort him, but he didn’t want it just then. The last thing he wanted at that moment was to believe everything was fine. “If I don’t worry about it then who is?” Somebody had to worry for her.
“Fine.” She sighed. “If you’re determined to be worried….” She looked around and looked up at him with a grin. “Think Bruce would give me a tour?”
He rolled his eyes. “Do you want an autograph? Maybe you and Bart could start a fan club since you both seem to have a bat crush.” Her hands were on his chest again but this time they moved up his body to wrap around his neck. She was teasing him he knew, but his ego was still slightly bruised.
“Aw come on. He’s got some cool stuff. But I think the Green Arrow is so much hotter then Batman.”
“I’d hope so. Nothing with ears can be that attractive.” He lowered his head and pressed his lips against hers.
The kiss started out soft, but soon he was pulling her up his body until her feet were barely touching the floor. Chloe slid her hands into his blond hair and silently scolded herself for starting something that they wouldn’t be able to finish. As she suspected Oliver soon lowered her back to the ground and pushed her away gently with his hands on her hips.
Chloe dropped her arms from him and released an irritable sigh. For the past couple of weeks since their last time in Gotham City it was always the same with him. They’d kiss then he’d be the first to pull away.
“I know, I know. Look when this is all over-.”
“Hey!”
Oliver turned behind them to find Bart sticking his head in.
“Let’s get a move on fearless leader.”
Chloe glared daggers at Bart and turned back to Oliver. He looked as if he wanted to say something, but didn’t. No one knew about their new relationship, and with Bart still standing their tapping his foot there was nothing Oliver could say.
“Alright, let’s go.”
“Cyborg, status.”
“Everything looks good. Aquaman and Impulse eliminated the security at the south exit. Everything is quiet.”
“Arrow out.” Oliver shut off his earpiece and turned back to Chloe. “How are we looking?”
“The download is almost complete. I’m setting up the virus to upload. It shouldn’t take as long as last time. The configuration of the computer is almost an exact duplicate.”
“If you have to just take what information you can get. I’m not worried about that. I just want to get it destroyed.” Batman’s low voice said from the darkened corner.
Chloe only nodded. Everything else was silent. She’d made it quite clear before they left to keep the line quiet. The only sound was Oliver breathing behind her and the clicking of her keyboard. When the download reached a hundred percent she pulled out her flash drive and immediately began uploading the virus. “Download complete, the virus is uploading.” Then it stopped. “No.” She shook head and tried again. “No! No! No!”
“Chloe what is it?” She didn’t respond to him though and started typing furiously on her keyboard. “What is it!?”
“It is protected from the virus. It evolved. It built a defense to it. You little shit.”
“Can you still destroy it?” Batman said from behind her.
“Probably. The virus was like blowing it up, now I’ve got to go in and take it down bit by bit.”
Oliver frowned and angrily tapped his earpiece. “Canary, Impulse, Aquaman. Sweep the perimeter. We’re going to need more time. Cyborg?”
“Everything is clear.”
“Arrow out.”
Chloe pulled her earpiece off as the other began reporting in to Victor. “Don’t say a word.” She warned the other two men in the room.
The minutes drug by and Oliver had begun pacing until Chloe screamed at him to quit it . Then suddenly the lights dimmed and the room turned dark. “What the hell was that?”
“The computer.” Chloe held her breath, waiting. “It’s dead. It had been powering the entire building.” Then the sirens started.
“Not again.” Oliver growled. “Come on Watchtower.”
“I can’t see!” She grabbed her keyboard and unplugged it and reached blindly for her bag.
“Son of a bitch.” Oliver grabbed for her bag and snatched her keyboard. After shoving everything in it he thrusted it into her arms and pulled her off the chair. “Don’t fall.”
“Arrow, they’re moving in on you from the east and north. You’ve got forty-five seconds before they reach you.”
“Copy that.” The emergency lights came to life and dimly lit the room. “Let’s go.” Oliver pushed Chloe forward, behind Batman who was leading their escape. “If I tell you to run you run. Understand?”
Her heart was beating hard against her chest. All she could do was nod.
“Their closing in on you. The south entrance is blocked.”
From the chatter on the other end Oliver knew the others would be of no use to them. “Cyborg. Get them out of here.”
“Freeze bat.”
Oliver stopped in his tracks at the sound of a gun cocking. This he could handle, but with Chloe there….
“We were expecting you.”
“I was expecting you.” Batman said gruffly.
Even with the emergency lights Chloe didn’t even know what was happening. Just as a scream rung out Oliver pushed her to the ground. She crawled away from the scuffle and thought she was safe when she found herself being yanked up by her hair. Chloe screamed until she felt the barrel of a gun press against here side.
“Where were you going?” He masked man sneered at her.
She didn’t even get a chance to fight back. An arrow whistled through the air and was already embedded in her attacker.
“South exit clear.”
“Watchtower, run!” Oliver aimed another arrow down the long hallway at the approaching men. “Now!”
Chloe snatched her bag and took off down the hallway. “Cyborg?”
“I’m with you Watchtower. You’re all clear. Take a left.”
Screw the super computers. If she ever came across another one she’d just blow up the damn building.
“Open the second door on your right.”
The directions he was giving her weren’t to the south exit. It was plan B, the roof exit. The problem was without Batman or Oliver there was no way of her getting off the roof. She ran up the three flights of stairs and pushed the door open. “Rain.” She frowned and shut the door behind her. “Cyborg, I can’t get off this roof on my own.”
“Help is on its way.”
Chloe moved away from the entrance, just in case, and stood to the side. It wasn’t long before the door flew open. She’d hoped to see green, instead she only so black. “Where is he?”
“On his way. Let’s go.” Batman grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the edge of the roof.
“No!” She yanked her arm back, but his grip was unrelenting. “Not without him.”
“I told him I’d get you out of here if something happened. We’re leaving.”
“No!” She screamed over the rain and tried to pull out of his grasp. But the grappling hook had already been released and he wrapped an arm around her waist. She tried pushing away but he was already hauling her up to the ledge and then they were flying through the air. They landed on a rooftop and she immediately pushed him away. “How could you do that?! Cyborg! Where is Arrow?!”
“I’ve lost him.”
“What?! No.” She shook here head. And tried to think of something, anything. “You’ve got to go back.” She stepped in front of Batman. “You can’t just leave him there!” There was the sound of something hitting cement and she looked up to find an arrow sticking out of the brick. She spun around just in time to see Oliver land on the roof. But he didn’t land on his feet. Instead he went tumbling. “Ollie.” She launched herself forward and rolled him onto his back. “Oliver.” She pulled his glasses off to reveal his eyes. Slowly they opened and looked up at her. Something was wrong. “What’s wrong?” Where her hands had touched his face there was a dark smudge. She looked down at her hands and gasped.
“He’s been shot.” Batman dropped on the other side of him and unzipped the vest. “One through his shoulder and the other through his side.”
“Oh god.” She looked over his bloody chest and just stared as the rain tried to rinse it away. Oliver coughed and she looked up to see blood splatter his chin.
“We’ve got to get him out of here.” Batman said and went to grab Oliver but Chloe placed a hand on his arm.
“Wait.” She turned to Oliver and leaned over him. “Ollie.” She whispered and brushed a hand over his cheek. His eyes opened again and he opened his mouth to talk but only coughed up more blood.
“There is no time.”
“Ollie I…” She searched his face and tried to say something, but nothing would come to her. She looked back over at Batman. “Keep me out of the hospital will you? I don’t like waking up in the morgue.” He drew away and she could tell he understood. Although neither her nor Oliver had told him of her ability Chloe had a feeling he already knew a lot about her. He only nodded.
She turned back to Oliver, lowered her head, and pressed a soft kiss to his forehead.
Summary: Two people that have wronged each other and their friends will only find forgiveness with one another.
Rating: M
“Whoa!” Bart exclaimed as the lift came to a stop.
“Give it a rest.” Oliver grounded out. Bart ignored him though and practically pushed Chloe out of the way. Oliver snatched the back of his jacket and yanked him back. “Ladies first you idiot.”
“I’m sure that wasn’t directed at me.” Dinah said with a smirk as she followed Chloe off the lift. “But thanks for the thought.”
“Her ankle Bart.” Oliver shoved him to the side and stepped off.
“I thought you said ladies first. You’re not a lady.” Bart joked and followed the rest of them.
“I’m your boss, I employ you, and I’m bigger then you.”
“But I’m faster.”
When Bart spontaneously appeared in front off the rest of them Oliver frowned frowned. “Bart!”
“Give the kid a break.” Victor nudged.
“Wow.” Chloe stopped in front of the large computer and surveyed it.
“You too?” Oliver groaned and turned away.
Chloe ignored him and turned to Bruce. “May I?”
“Go for it.” He nodded to the chair and turned back to Oliver. “All of your gear arrived about three hours ago; I have it set up in the back.”
“What’s that?”
“Bart, don’t touch anything!” Oliver boomed and turned back to Bruce. “It has something to do with his ability. He just can’t sit still.”
“We’ve tried medicating him, but his metabolism is to fast.” Victor shrugged.
“So Victor is going to stay behind and monitor the situation from here. I’m going to have Dinah, Bart, and Arthur secure the perimeter. You and I will get Chloe in. How much time?”
“Two hours.” Bruce responded.
“Alright guys.” Dinah cleared her throat. “And girls. Go ahead and gear up. Victor go ahead and get set up, and run it through with Chloe.” Victor nodded and headed to unpack his equipment. “Chloe.” She spun in the chair she was currently occupying and looked up at him. “Come here.” He watched her foot as she stood up, as he had been the past couple of days since they set the date. She still appeared to be keeping weight off of it, but she’d promised him it was only as a precaution.
She allowed Oliver to lead her away from the others and entered another room of the cave. “Wow.”
Oliver looked around and surveyed the various Batman costumes in their glass cases. “Someone has too much time on their hands.”
“It’s kinda cool.” She stepped closer to one of the cases to take a closer look.
“Anyway.” She stopped and turned back to him. “You sure you’re okay with this? They have to know we’re coming. Last time might be easy compared to tonight.”
“I’m fine. If we can just avoid the bullets and I can stay on my feet then we’re good. Plus, we’re already here; I can’t very well back out now.”
“Sure you can. Tell me you don’t want to do it and I’ll call the whole thing off.” Ever since they had boarded his jet something had been bothering him. It reminded him of the first time he’d gone out as the Green Arrow. His stomach was in knots the whole time. Oliver was nervous.
“Oliver it’ll be fine. Don’t worry about it.” She grinned up at him, but his brow drew together and she swore she could see a vein in his neck ticking. “Ollie.”
“I don’t like this.” Her hand slid up his chest and touched his cheek. He grabbed her hand and pulled it away. She wanted to comfort him, but he didn’t want it just then. The last thing he wanted at that moment was to believe everything was fine. “If I don’t worry about it then who is?” Somebody had to worry for her.
“Fine.” She sighed. “If you’re determined to be worried….” She looked around and looked up at him with a grin. “Think Bruce would give me a tour?”
He rolled his eyes. “Do you want an autograph? Maybe you and Bart could start a fan club since you both seem to have a bat crush.” Her hands were on his chest again but this time they moved up his body to wrap around his neck. She was teasing him he knew, but his ego was still slightly bruised.
“Aw come on. He’s got some cool stuff. But I think the Green Arrow is so much hotter then Batman.”
“I’d hope so. Nothing with ears can be that attractive.” He lowered his head and pressed his lips against hers.
The kiss started out soft, but soon he was pulling her up his body until her feet were barely touching the floor. Chloe slid her hands into his blond hair and silently scolded herself for starting something that they wouldn’t be able to finish. As she suspected Oliver soon lowered her back to the ground and pushed her away gently with his hands on her hips.
Chloe dropped her arms from him and released an irritable sigh. For the past couple of weeks since their last time in Gotham City it was always the same with him. They’d kiss then he’d be the first to pull away.
“I know, I know. Look when this is all over-.”
“Hey!”
Oliver turned behind them to find Bart sticking his head in.
“Let’s get a move on fearless leader.”
Chloe glared daggers at Bart and turned back to Oliver. He looked as if he wanted to say something, but didn’t. No one knew about their new relationship, and with Bart still standing their tapping his foot there was nothing Oliver could say.
“Alright, let’s go.”
“Cyborg, status.”
“Everything looks good. Aquaman and Impulse eliminated the security at the south exit. Everything is quiet.”
“Arrow out.” Oliver shut off his earpiece and turned back to Chloe. “How are we looking?”
“The download is almost complete. I’m setting up the virus to upload. It shouldn’t take as long as last time. The configuration of the computer is almost an exact duplicate.”
“If you have to just take what information you can get. I’m not worried about that. I just want to get it destroyed.” Batman’s low voice said from the darkened corner.
Chloe only nodded. Everything else was silent. She’d made it quite clear before they left to keep the line quiet. The only sound was Oliver breathing behind her and the clicking of her keyboard. When the download reached a hundred percent she pulled out her flash drive and immediately began uploading the virus. “Download complete, the virus is uploading.” Then it stopped. “No.” She shook head and tried again. “No! No! No!”
“Chloe what is it?” She didn’t respond to him though and started typing furiously on her keyboard. “What is it!?”
“It is protected from the virus. It evolved. It built a defense to it. You little shit.”
“Can you still destroy it?” Batman said from behind her.
“Probably. The virus was like blowing it up, now I’ve got to go in and take it down bit by bit.”
Oliver frowned and angrily tapped his earpiece. “Canary, Impulse, Aquaman. Sweep the perimeter. We’re going to need more time. Cyborg?”
“Everything is clear.”
“Arrow out.”
Chloe pulled her earpiece off as the other began reporting in to Victor. “Don’t say a word.” She warned the other two men in the room.
The minutes drug by and Oliver had begun pacing until Chloe screamed at him to quit it . Then suddenly the lights dimmed and the room turned dark. “What the hell was that?”
“The computer.” Chloe held her breath, waiting. “It’s dead. It had been powering the entire building.” Then the sirens started.
“Not again.” Oliver growled. “Come on Watchtower.”
“I can’t see!” She grabbed her keyboard and unplugged it and reached blindly for her bag.
“Son of a bitch.” Oliver grabbed for her bag and snatched her keyboard. After shoving everything in it he thrusted it into her arms and pulled her off the chair. “Don’t fall.”
“Arrow, they’re moving in on you from the east and north. You’ve got forty-five seconds before they reach you.”
“Copy that.” The emergency lights came to life and dimly lit the room. “Let’s go.” Oliver pushed Chloe forward, behind Batman who was leading their escape. “If I tell you to run you run. Understand?”
Her heart was beating hard against her chest. All she could do was nod.
“Their closing in on you. The south entrance is blocked.”
From the chatter on the other end Oliver knew the others would be of no use to them. “Cyborg. Get them out of here.”
“Freeze bat.”
Oliver stopped in his tracks at the sound of a gun cocking. This he could handle, but with Chloe there….
“We were expecting you.”
“I was expecting you.” Batman said gruffly.
Even with the emergency lights Chloe didn’t even know what was happening. Just as a scream rung out Oliver pushed her to the ground. She crawled away from the scuffle and thought she was safe when she found herself being yanked up by her hair. Chloe screamed until she felt the barrel of a gun press against here side.
“Where were you going?” He masked man sneered at her.
She didn’t even get a chance to fight back. An arrow whistled through the air and was already embedded in her attacker.
“South exit clear.”
“Watchtower, run!” Oliver aimed another arrow down the long hallway at the approaching men. “Now!”
Chloe snatched her bag and took off down the hallway. “Cyborg?”
“I’m with you Watchtower. You’re all clear. Take a left.”
Screw the super computers. If she ever came across another one she’d just blow up the damn building.
“Open the second door on your right.”
The directions he was giving her weren’t to the south exit. It was plan B, the roof exit. The problem was without Batman or Oliver there was no way of her getting off the roof. She ran up the three flights of stairs and pushed the door open. “Rain.” She frowned and shut the door behind her. “Cyborg, I can’t get off this roof on my own.”
“Help is on its way.”
Chloe moved away from the entrance, just in case, and stood to the side. It wasn’t long before the door flew open. She’d hoped to see green, instead she only so black. “Where is he?”
“On his way. Let’s go.” Batman grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the edge of the roof.
“No!” She yanked her arm back, but his grip was unrelenting. “Not without him.”
“I told him I’d get you out of here if something happened. We’re leaving.”
“No!” She screamed over the rain and tried to pull out of his grasp. But the grappling hook had already been released and he wrapped an arm around her waist. She tried pushing away but he was already hauling her up to the ledge and then they were flying through the air. They landed on a rooftop and she immediately pushed him away. “How could you do that?! Cyborg! Where is Arrow?!”
“I’ve lost him.”
“What?! No.” She shook here head. And tried to think of something, anything. “You’ve got to go back.” She stepped in front of Batman. “You can’t just leave him there!” There was the sound of something hitting cement and she looked up to find an arrow sticking out of the brick. She spun around just in time to see Oliver land on the roof. But he didn’t land on his feet. Instead he went tumbling. “Ollie.” She launched herself forward and rolled him onto his back. “Oliver.” She pulled his glasses off to reveal his eyes. Slowly they opened and looked up at her. Something was wrong. “What’s wrong?” Where her hands had touched his face there was a dark smudge. She looked down at her hands and gasped.
“He’s been shot.” Batman dropped on the other side of him and unzipped the vest. “One through his shoulder and the other through his side.”
“Oh god.” She looked over his bloody chest and just stared as the rain tried to rinse it away. Oliver coughed and she looked up to see blood splatter his chin.
“We’ve got to get him out of here.” Batman said and went to grab Oliver but Chloe placed a hand on his arm.
“Wait.” She turned to Oliver and leaned over him. “Ollie.” She whispered and brushed a hand over his cheek. His eyes opened again and he opened his mouth to talk but only coughed up more blood.
“There is no time.”
“Ollie I…” She searched his face and tried to say something, but nothing would come to her. She looked back over at Batman. “Keep me out of the hospital will you? I don’t like waking up in the morgue.” He drew away and she could tell he understood. Although neither her nor Oliver had told him of her ability Chloe had a feeling he already knew a lot about her. He only nodded.
She turned back to Oliver, lowered her head, and pressed a soft kiss to his forehead.