Disclaimer: I don’t own the characters from the DC universe or Smallville universe. I’m merely playing a puppeteer and pulling the characters strings for my own enjoyment.

Warnings: Chloe Sullivan/Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen/Chloe Sullivan, AU and hardly any updates.

Author’s Notes: This first chapter is a phone conversation between Perry White and Chloe Sullivan. The rest of the plot will follow in the future chapters so I hope that my readers are patient. I’m going to take my time with this story.

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Gotham

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“What do you have for me, Sullivan?”

“A bat, Perry, a god damn bat.”

“Please tell me this is another failed attempt at humor on your part…”

“Ha, hardy–ha Chief. I’m serious, Perry. According to the police reports and eye witness accounts it’s definitely a rodent vigilante scouring Gotham in the night.”

“Damn, a rodent?”

“Well what do you want me to write about, playboy billionaire Bruce Wayne? Oh please, Perry you shipped me out here to freak city screaming and kicking, demanding a story worth writing about. I sincerely doubt Bruce Wayne is worth my time.”

“Bruce Wayne is worth a lot more than your time, kid. Considering whom you are an interview with Wayne would be very nice…”

“What about the Batman?”

“Bat-who?”

“The vigilante rodent, Chief. That’s what I’ve dubbed him – Batman.”

“Great, you discover a bat with the fetish for justice and now you’ve given him a name? What’s next, you going to adopt him or has that already happened?”

“Perry!”

“Sullivan, forget about the Bats for a moment. Go get an interview with Wayne. You’ve been in Gotham for two months now and you haven’t submitted any articles and everyone’s been wondering where the Great Chloe Sullivan has disappeared to. Anyway like I said considering who you are I’m sure your article on Wayne wouldn’t only be based on your interview…”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Come on, the last time you interviewed Lex Luthor you both ended up with guns aimed at your faces and don’t forget when I sent you out to interview Oliver Queen…I seem to recall both of you getting kidnapped so I’m guessing an interview between you and Wayne would end up in bloodshed - that’s where the trend is heading anyway.”

“Hey, how many times am I going to repeat myself? It wasn’t my bloody fault!”

“Sullivan, wherever you go danger is sure to come knocking. Why do you think you don’t have a partner? You are worse than Lois!”

“No, wherever billionaires go danger is sure to follow – or have you forgotten LuthorCorp charity ball last year?”

“That was Luthor and everyone knows he’s evil and a magnet for danger like you!”

“Hey I can’t help it if danger likes me more than Lois!”

“Yeah, yeah…”

“So what do you want me to do again?”

“Forget about the Bats and score an interview with Brucie and remember-! No bloodshed, Sullivan.”

“Gotcha Chief, no bloodshed…”

“And please don’t get the man killed.”

“Whatever.”

TBC