The Light of Hope, AU from the end of Injustice onwards. part 2
Title: Light of Hope Part 1
Length: 1501 words
Summary: Clark decides to save Chloe and Davis from Oliver's justice, and manages to give both Chloe and Davis the happy ending they deserve. Absolutely no appearance of Jimmy Olsen at all, or Henry or whatever they call him these days. This chapter includes Oliver and the JL.
I don't own Smallville.
“It won’t kill you Clark, it’ll just get your ego out of the way long enough for us to do what needs to be done.”
Clark laid on the ground, writhing in impotent agony, the kryptonite dart that Oliver had shot into his back emitting its deadly radiation. Oliver had betrayed him, he had literally stabbed Clark in the back, the betrayal hurt, but what really made Clark mad was that Oliver’s plan was completely flawed. He intended to kill Davis in his human form, and thus kill Doomsday as well, but Oliver was being incredibly stupid. Davis had already been killed in his human form, he’d tried killing himself, but the power of the beast would always bring him back to life completely unharmed, and invulnerable to the method that had killed him.
The pain from the kryptonite dart was excruciating, but Clark had been exposed to kryptonite hundreds of times over the years, and the pain were in a way an old friend of his. Gritting his teeth, he mustered all of his strength, and tore the dart out of his back, holding the dart was burning his fingers away, but he held on to it, and with a final burst of energy, he threw as far away as he could. As soon as the dart was a few feet away, the pain vanished, and the wounds on Clark’s body healed instantaneously. Reaching into his jacket pocket, Clark fingered the Phantom Zone crystal, and was reassured that it was still there.
He had gone to tear open Tess’s vault, but it had already been blown open by something else, either way, the crystal hadn’t been there, so Clark had searched every LuthorCorp lab in the city. After hours of searching, Clark had finally found it, locked in a high-security safe at a hidden 33.1 lab. Apparently Tess had ordered the scientists there to destroy it, but, as Clark had deduced, they had been unable to even scratch it. Afraid of failing Tess, the scientists had reported that the crystal had been successfully destroyed, and had hidden it at the back of their most secure vault.
Their most secure vault had been ripped open by Clark as if it was made of tissue paper, and now he had the crystal, all he needed was to get to Chloe and Davis, before Oliver made another foolish error. Though he was still a little winded, Clark gathered his energy and super-sped away, heading for the LuthorCorp Geothermal Facility, where he knew Chloe and Davis would be, along with the traitors.
“Please don’t do this”
Oliver glared at Chloe, “Chloe, we don’t have a choice, it’s the only way.”
Chloe shook her head sadly, “The Oliver Queen that I knew would never say that, he would never resort to murder, that’s one of the reasons I respected him.”
Oliver pushed Chloe aside, and readied his crossbow, aiming at the helpless paramedic lying bound on the floor. “I’m not going to listen to someone who harboured and helped a serial killer, Chloe the only reason you won’t let us kill him is because you love him.”
Chloe frowned, “Yes, Oliver, I do love Davis, but even if I didn’t, I still wouldn’t let you kill him, taking lives is not our choice to make.” Oliver ignored her and prepared to fire, and just as he was about to let go of his arrow, Chloe leapt in front of Davis, her arms stretched out to either side of her.
“No, Oliver, I won’t let you do this, if you want to kill Davis, then you’ll have to kill me first.”
Oliver paused at this, he was willing to kill Davis, to take his life for the greater good, but the thought of killing Chloe gave him pause. The last nine months had been very hard on him, ever since Tess had told him that Lionel Luthor had killed his parents. The murder of his parents was what had motivated Oliver to become a hero in the first place, to fight injustice and to punish murderers and criminals. For years he had fought crime, and with each criminal he fought, he would tell himself that he was giving his parents justice by ensuring that what happened to them would not happen to anyone else.
For years, Oliver had stood by his rule, that he would never kill someone, but once he had met Clark Kent, everything had started to change. Tess had told Oliver that Lionel had killed his parents, about four months after Lionel had died, just a few months too late for Oliver to avenge them. Lionel had been killed by Lex, but it wasn’t the same as Oliver doing the deed himself. Oliver had then decided to track Lex down, and kill him, both for his crimes, and for depriving Oliver of the vengeance that had been rightfully his. Oliver had already wanted to kill Lex, but the thing that drove him over the edge had been finding out from Tess what Lex had done to her, that had caused Oliver to snap. Tess had been the first person Oliver had really learned to love after his parents died, she was his angel of mercy, and he had wanted to make Lex pay for violating her so horribly. He had done it, he had killed Lex, and he was convinced that it had been the right thing to do, Lex was dead, and he could never hurt anyone else, ever again.
Davis had murdered dozens of people, he had nearly killed Oliver, but most importantly, he had almost killed Tess, the one person Oliver loved more than anything else. Anyone who harmed Tess had to answer to him, and he had already done away with those meteor freaks that had tortured Tess in her office. For what he had done to Tess, Oliver would kill Davis Bloome, and anyone else who got in his way, just like he had done to Winslow Schott, when he had caught up with him after killing Lex. He readied his arrow to fire, but Chloe was still standing in the way, still trying to protect the murderer.
Oliver snarled in frustration, “That’s enough, Chloe, this monster has killed over fifty people, and you’re still trying to defend him?” Chloe just stared at him silently, her eyes not revealing any weakness or worry. The emerald archer raised his bow, “Fine, then you leave me no choice,” and with that he fired his arrow directly at Chloe.
Bart Allen and Dinah Lance watched in dumbstruck horror as the arrow flew straight towards Chloe’s heart, amazed that their leader would actually try and kill one of their own. Suddenly, the air in the geothermal plant whooshed, and Clark Kent was standing in front of Chloe, an expression of immense rage on his face.
The arrow struck Clark’s chest and promptly shattered to pieces, and before the shards could even hit the ground, Clark had seized Oliver by the collar and had slammed him into a wall. “What the hell is wrong with you, what were you thinking,” he growled angrily, his hands tightening on the billionaire’s throat. Oliver reached into his quiver for another kryptonite dart, but before he could use it, Clark had thrown him across the room, where he crashed through a wall, and lay unconscious.
Clark turned back to Chloe to see if she was all right, but she was already kneeling at Davis’s side, helping him up, and whispering soft words of comfort and reassurance in his ear. “Chloe, are you all right,” Clark asked, his voice full of concern, he was still processing what had just happened, and so were Dinah and Bart, both heroes were frozen with shock.
Chloe turned around and looked at him, her eyes brimming with tears, “Yes,” she said, “And so is Davis, but Clark, it’s getting worse, Doomsday is on the verge of taking over completely, and then Davis will cease to exist.”
Clark nodded his head; “Try to help him up, where is the black kryptonite.”
Chloe pointed at Bart’s bag, which was lying in a corner, “There it is.”
Clark quickly grabbed the lead box, and helped Davis to his feet, “Are you okay Davis?” he asked, the paramedic certainly didn’t look okay, his complexion was extremely pale, and his eyes were very bloodshot. Davis nodded, and croaked, “Thank you Clark, for saving Chloe, but you don’t have any time left. Go, take Chloe and get out of here, I can’t control it any longer, the beast is coming out again, this time for good.”
Clark shook his head, “No, Davis, there’s still time, Chloe didn’t give up on you, she was willing to sacrifice her life for you, so I won’t give up either, there’s still good inside you.” With that, Clark helped Davis to his feet, and put one arm around shoulder, and one arm around Chloe’s, then super sped them all to the Fortress.