kitmerlot_1213 | FIC: The Defiant Ones

Title: The Defiant Ones
Author: Kathy
Rating: PG 13 to R
Pairings: Chlex
Spoilers: None this short story is an AU of S5
Category: Action/Adventure and Romance
Summary: Lex and Chloe work together to get the good on Lionel Luthor--once and for all.
Disclaimer: This story is purely for fun and no profit. I don't own Smallville or any of its characters.
A/N: Originally posted at Naughty-Seduction the Chlex fan site.
This is my entry for the March Pic Challenge at NS. All fics have to pertain to the given theme, and be between 800 to 1500 words, and Chlex has to be at the center of the story. Please tell me what you think.

The Defiant Ones

Lex grasped Chloe's shoulders tightly, his eyes practically boring into hers. "I swear to you Chloe, I won't let my father get anywhere near you or your family. Not ever again"

Chloe gazed levelly back at him, trying to mask her fear. "If anything happens to my dad..."

"Nothing will happen," Lex quickly assured her. "We'll stop Lionel, and put him away. For good this time."

Chloe nodded her head, relief palpable on her face.

~~~

It shouldn't have surprised him that his father had resorted to threatening Chloe again, but it still did. He had somehow hoped that Lionel Luthor had learned his lesson when he's been sent to prison the first time.

But as soon as he was released back into society, he paid Chloe a visit while she worked late into the night at The Daily Planet. He'd casually handed her pictures of her dad in his new life in Edge City. Pictures of him driving to work, sitting in his apartment, going to his local diner for lunch.

The threat was implicit. He could get to Gabe Sullivan whenever he wanted to and he wanted to make sure Chloe knew it.

Chloe didn’t waste anytime in calling her dad, urging him to be alert for any danger and then she came to Lex, a plan in her mind and anger in her heart.

~~~

It hadn't taken them long to uncover who Lionel was working with.

When Lionel and Morgan Edge were still up and coming thugs in Suicide Slums, they'd been friends with a third hoodlum named Tommy Cavanaugh who was trying to make a name for himself as an enforcer.

The three remained friends into their adult lives and helped each other to legitimatize their various criminal enterprises. It was Lionel who'd given Tommy the money he needed to buy their local pub, The Antrum Brewery, and he now owned several pubs and restaurants throughout Metropolis.

Word on the street was that Tommy was Metropolis’ drug connection and that Luthorcorp was his mule.

Lex and Chloe investigated all of their leads: he'd sent his best security people to search Tommy's warehouses and his more well to do restaurants while he and Chloe searched Tommy’s home but everyone had come up empty.

So Lex and Chloe surmised that Tommy kept all of the manifests for the shipments of his drug ring in the office of The Antrum Brewery, his home base of operations.

If they could find the shipping logs, then Lionel could be convicted as a co-conspirator because Tommy was using, with Lionel’s authorization, Luthorcorp trucks to deliver the drugs to various dealers in the city.

Chloe had no trouble hacking into Tommy's home computer and she searched his entire server, and she was only able to find a mention of "log book at the Antrum." No other folders were related to anything criminally oriented.

In the end, it made a strange sort of sense for Tommy to hide all of his important papers in the one place that had started it all.

Lex looked at Chloe, knowing without even asking that she would want to go to the pub herself and search Tommy's office. He spoke to his security people and he and Chloe were both equipped with tasers, and pepper spray, and Lex was bringing his .38 Smith and Wesson, just as a precaution.

~~~

Tommy had made The Brewery the place to be during March because in his pub, St. Patrick's Day was celebrated all month long.

The line to get in was quite long and Chloe worried that they might be turned away, but Lex managed to bribe the bouncer guarding the door to let him and Chloe in before the rest of the massive crowd.

Chloe smiled gratefully at Lex, and then turned her attention to locating the office, when she felt Lex grab her arm. She looked up questioningly at him, as he'd put his arm around her, and brought her closer to his body. He leaned towards her and murmured, "Relax, we have to get a drink first and blend in. We don't want to arouse any suspicion."

She nodded in agreement and followed Lex as he made his way to the bar. She shook her head in amusement because even in the disguise his security team had insisted on their wearing, Lex still exuded a power and authority that made people get out of his way.

And he was just as handsome as ever.

Chloe stopped in surprise at her own thoughts, but by then, Lex had reached the bar, and ordered two pints of Harp's and pulled Chloe to stand next to him. She could feel him looking at her and she tried to keep her expression neutral.

He titled his head down to look at her and grimaced slightly at the feel of the hat on his head. He was dressed as a dockworker, complete with peacoat, work boots and watchmen's cap, and while he appreciated the warmth of the coat, the hat felt foreign to him.

Chloe was similarity casually dressed: her blonde hair was curled slightly, and she wore black jeans, and a green top, but she still looked at lovely as ever. He paused and blinked in surprise. Since when had he ever thought of Chloe as lovely?

He shook his head to clear his thoughts and out of the corner of his eye, he could see one of his security people standing by as back up. That was the reminder that he needed to get his mind back in the game. He and Chloe had a mission to complete and he didn’t have time for distractions.

Even if he noticed that the top Chloe wore made her sparkling eyes even greener.

~~~

After half an hour of listening to the band play every Irish song ever written, Lex whispered in Chloe’s ear that it was time.

They made their way to the back of the pub, past several people already passed out, and got to the door marked "Private." They nodded to Lex’s security man, who was acting as their look out, and easily broke into the office.

Chloe set about going through Tommy’s desk and bookshelves and Lex concentrated on opening the safe. After about five minutes, Lex found the log book that listed all of Tommy’s dealers names, and Chloe found every manifest that pertained to Luthorcorp and the drug shipments.

Using their camera phones, they quickly took pictures of every document, and then made sure to replace the paperwork exactly as they found it.

They placed their cell phones in the inside lining of Lex’s peacoat, and he had just closed the door to the safe when he received a text message: Get out TC on way

Chloe looked at Lex and she could see that he was trying to mask his worry. She instinctively moved towards him when she heard the sound of voices getting closer.

Lex didn’t waste a minute. He pulled Chloe into his arms and lowering his lips to hers, kissing her .

The kiss was soft at first, tentative, as though Lex was afraid of scaring her. Chloe gasped in surprise at his actions, but then she melted in his arms him, and returned his kiss enthusiastically.

At that point, Lex and Chloe both forget where they were, and just how dangerous their situation was. He pulled her even closer to him, and deepened the kiss while Chloe arched her body into his.

When Chloe asked him about it later, Lex swore that he knew that Tommy was in the room with them, but she didn’t quite believe him. They were both so involved in their kiss that neither one of them would have noticed if war had broken out.

Over the roaring of the blood rushing in his ears, Lex could hear a throat being cleared, and he forced himself to break away from Chloe’s lips. His arms were still wrapped around Chloe’s waist, holding her tightly to him.

He rested his forehead against hers, both of them breathing raggedly. Lex finally glanced up and was surprised to see Tommy smiling at them knowingly. "Listen kid, I get that you want to be alone with your girl, but my office ain’t the Motel 6. Understand?"

Lex and Chloe exchanged a quick look, nodded, and left Tommy’s office. The pair didn’t stop until they were outside of the pub and onto the Metropolis street.

The looked around to make sure no one was within earshot, but before Chloe could even speak, Lex whispered, "Chloe, we did it. We’ve got the evidence to put away my father for good!"

Chloe tried not to grin too broadly, so she whispered back, "Let’s get this evidence to the District Attorney and then..."

Lex looked at her sharply, trying not to look too hopeful. "And then?"

Chloe smiled and raised herself on her tiptoes, cupping Lex’s cheek. "We finish where we left off."

FIC: The Defiant Ones

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