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[olliequeen]

Oliver's mind had not been on work the entire afternoon, especially when he'd gotten a message from Chloe stating that Stuart had woke up, and that she was going to go talk to him. His stomach was tight with unease as he waited on the doorstep. It never felt right to just barge in on her. Watchtower was her place, and while she'd always made it clear he was welcome, it just felt wrong to let himself in.

So he reached up and rang the bell, looking up at the security camera and offering her a grin. Not as wide as it could have been, but a grin nonetheless.

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[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She stilled at his words, it sounded horrible when he put it that way but she shook her head, "no, I'm talking about protecting the six billion humans that will vanish from Earth if the Kandorians get what they want."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"But right now those Kandorians are all human, Chloe." There was a wildness in her eyes that he had never seen before.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe's eyes narrowed and she shook her head, "there is nothing human about them, Oliver. Just because they don't have their powers, it doesn't make them humans. They are soldiers, Zod's soldiers and they won't think twice before killing us if they have a chance to."

She stood up straight, eyes on his, "Clark was raised here, he has human roots, he's different, but the rest of them, as much as they look like us, are no different than Brainiac or Doomsday."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

As soon as she said Doomsday, it all began to piece together in his mind. Realization registered in his eyes and on his face and he stepped closer to her, resting his hands on her shoulders.

"Listen to me." His voice was quiet. "I get it. I know where you're coming from. But this isn't what we're about. This isn't what you're about." Oliver shook his head a little, gazing at her intently. "We'll figure out what to do about all these Kandorians, but killing them isn't the answer at this point."

He drew in a breath. "Chloe, I get that you're scared. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little scared, too. So let's take a breath, step back from this for a little while, and then put our heads together and come up with a plan."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She took a deep breath, keeping her eyes on his as he spoke. He was right, she was scared, she knew he was too, and he should be, but waiting was not the answer, giving them the benefit of the doubt was not the answer, she had chosen to help Davis, and although Jimmy's death was by the hands of a human, Doomsday had killed so many others before and after he left Davis' body.

With the exception of Clark, Kara and Jor-El, no Kryptonians had ever shown any mercy towards humans before, Zod had killed Jor-El, she knew he wouldn't hesitate to kill any and every human who crossed his path.

But Oliver didn't understand, he hadn't dealt with them as closely as she had.

"We're wasting time."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Slowing down and stopping to consider our options isn't a waste of time. But jumping headlong into one solution that may or may not work is a bad idea in any scenario."

He had to get through to her somehow.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"I'm not planning on going out there and starting to kill them, Oliver, but if we want to stop that from happening, we need something, and we need it fast." She kept looking at him, her jaw tight.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"I agree." He stepped back from her for a moment, letting his hands fall from her shoulders. He began to pace the length of the Watchtower. "The key to the Kandorians regaining their powers is those towers being built, right?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With a deep breath, she crossed her arms over her chest, watching him, "as far as we know."