Sleeping Beauty 1/?
Author: Joy Blue
Title: Sleeping Beauty
Rating: R
Summary: All Connor Queen wanted was to see his mom again.
Spoilers: Nada. Unless you haven't seen S1-S3
Kindly feed me with your comments... please?!?
Chloe Sullivan cursed Pete and Clark as she lurked in the shadows. They were supposed to
help her today, but unfortunately for her, it was the night of the Superbowl.
“Boys!” Chloe muttered under her breath as she looked around the abandoned barn.
She’d been hearing the townspeople talk about something strange going on. There
were unexplained noises and lights coming from the barn. At first, Chloe chalked
it up to teenagers using the place to have a party, which really didn’t interest her.
If there were drugs involved however, it was definitely worth a look.
“This... this was never party central.” Chloe sighed as she stepped out of her hiding place.
She’d been hiding for a few hours, waiting for people to start coming in. It was almost 9 pm,
and she still had a few articles to edit. Knowing that there was nothing here, she looked around
her disappointed that nothing happened. She made her way towards the exit when she stepped on
something and slipped, and Chloe could only scream as she fell down with a thud.
“OH MY GOD! I am so dead!”
Chloe winced as she tried to move, the moment she opened her eyes, she quickly got up
and her eyes locked with a young boy who looked at her with a shock expression.
“Who are you? Where am I?” Chloe asked as she took in her surroundings. No longer was
she in a dark, abandoned barn, but in a brightly lit room that had a few computer terminals
and massive plasma screens all around.
“You can’t be here! You have to go back!”
Chloe looked at the boy who looked like he was hyperventilating.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“I will be, as soon as you go away!” The boy hisses as he made
shooing motions with his hands. Chloe tightened her hold on her messenger bag
as she looked around.
“I would if I could. I don’t even know where I am or how I got here. One minute I was
in the old Thompson Barn, next thing I know, I’m here...” Chloe stopped talking as she
noticed what the boy was holding in his hands. “What is that?”
“Connor, where are you? Did you take the John’s disc again?”
The boy, who Chloe assumed was Connor quickly hid the disc in his pockets and walked
towards Chloe as he pushed her towards a closet.
“You have to hide, my dad can’t see you, and he’ll kill me if he sees you!”
Chloe was about to protest when the door opened, and a tall, blond man walked in the
room. She felt her heart beat a little faster and felt a blush heat her cheeks as he
stared at her. The man seemed to recover from shock as he looked at Connor.
“Dad, I can explain... I think.”
Connor’s dad looked at her with such an intensity Chloe felt tongue tied.
“Ummm, Hi. I’m Chloe Sullivan, I swear, I’m not breaking and entering...
not here, anyway. And I don’t have a very good explanation why I’m here, except
that I’m from Smallville, and these things just happen...” Chloe babbled but stopped
when the man still won’t stop giving her a weird look.
“Connor...” the man said softly as he looked at his son.
“I’m sorry! I just wanted to see mom again!”
Chloe looked uncomfortable as Connor began to tremble. “Hey... Connor.”
To Chloe’s surprise, the boy just threw himself at her and started to cry. Oliver
clenched his fists as he walked over a much, much younger Chloe and his son.
“Connor, you know your mom’s not gone.”
Connor kept his hold on Chloe as he glared at his father. “You’re lying! I’m not stupid!”
“She’s not gone, Connor...”
“Then why won’t you take me to see her?” the young boy demanded not relinquishing
his hold on Chloe.
Oliver didn’t know how to discuss this with Connor with a young Chloe so close by.
“I’ve explained it to you.”
“I don’t believe you!”
Chloe cleared her throat as she touched Connor’s head tentatively. She was about to say
something when she realised she was probably just going to make it worse if she told Connor
about her own mom. The last thing she wants to do was freak him out even more.
“I’m sure your mom’s okay...” Chloe offered weakly with a smile as the boy looked at her with
earnest green eyes. For one instant, she felt like as if she should know him.
“Connor, she doesn’t belong here, she needs to go home.” Oliver said softly as he tried not
to look at Chloe. It felt so surreal seeing the younger version of his wife standing before him.
“No!” Connor replied as he glared at his dad. “I want her to stay with me. Just because you
don’t want her anymore doesn’t mean I don’t!”
Chloe felt uncomfortable the way this was unfolding around her. She cleared her throat before she spoke.
“Your dad’s right, Connor. I have to go home, I still have assignments to complete, and I
still need to work on my high school paper...”
“The Torch, right?” Connor asked brightly as he ignored his dad. Chloe looked down in surprise.
“You know about the Torch?”
“Connor!” Oliver snapped before his son could say something. He needed to do something
now before any damage is done. “Give me the disc.”
Connor looked at his father defiantly as he shook his head. “I don’t want to!”
Oliver knew he had little choice, and as much as he hated what he was about to do, he
grabbed Connor by the arm, making sure not to put too much pressure as he tried to put a
little distance between Connor and Chloe.
“Connor, please. Just give me the disc.”
“No!” Connor replied as he winced. His reaction was not lost on
Chloe who grabbed Connor and glared at Oliver.
“Hey, watch the hands, pal!”
Oliver raked his hand over his hair as he tried to assess the situation. He needed to
send Chloe back to her own time and hope that the time line has not been altered.
“Connor, I’m sorry if I hurt you. But I need to that disc back.”
“Fine!” Connor replied as he grabbed something from his pocket and Chloe could only watch as
a black disc slipped from Connor’s hands and fell to the ground shattering into pieces.
Connor looked at his dad with panicked eyes and gulped.
TbC
and this is me jumping the time travel bandwagon! I wrote the draft before, and trying
to flesh them out while trying to work out the sequel for Trouble with Love. Hope you
guys enjoy this one, and a big thank you to you82it and sarcastic_fina
for commenting on the draft.