Lockdown with chloeas

[have_no_mercy]

Tess is tired of running. She's tired of hiding, tired of acting like the scared little girl she shouldn't be anymore. But most of all, Tess is bored.

Luckily, all that hiding and boredom has led to a plan: If she can take out the Castle's systems, then maybe she can get its residents out in the open long enough to take them out. At this point, it's worth the risk, because Tess will no longer allow herself to be hunted down and exterminated like a pest. If she's going out, she's going out fighting.

Of course, in order to put her brilliant plan into action, she needs a database. A very powerful database with very sophisticated computer equipment. Any of her Luthorcorp labs are out of the question; no doubt Checkmate is watching them and she'd never make it inside alive. But there is one place Tess can think of that no one would ever expect her to be at. So that's precisely where she goes.

Getting inside Watchtower is easy. As soon as she'd figured out Chloe was behind it, setting up a DNA cloak was child's play and it's one of the gadgets Tess actually took with her. Accessing the system puts her meager hacking skills to good use, but something catches her eye before she really starts to put her plan into action. A file on the Kandorians.

"Not on my watch," Tess mutters and then sets about purging that particular file from the system.

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[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe made her way back to the Watchtower after her meeting with Lois, everything had been set up and bought for Clark's birthday party the following day and should be on it's way to Smallville right now.

She stepped out of the elevator and toward the main room, a soft smile on her lips as she read the text message Oliver had just sent her, letting her know that he, Mia and Michael were going to dinner since she had already eaten with Lois.

It was Friday night and she knew they had been training for a long time, so she was about to reply just as she stepped inside the main room, she stilled for a second, one of the monitors was flashing a warning at her.

Something wasn't right, quickly, Chloe made her way to the main desk and reached under, looking for her gun, but it wasn't there.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe will just stare in disbelief for a second, "because clearly the bullets can shoot through the steel doors," she remarks with a roll of her eyes, "I could care less if one of of them ricocheted and killed you but maybe you could be less selfish and think of your unborn child for once," she says loud enough for Tess to hear her over the loud noise the bullets are making as they hit the solid mass of steel.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe just rolls her eyes and continues to scan, her eyes widening a little as the device starts to make loud noises, "there's something here."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe is mildly disappointed by the lack of reaction, but she will just take the silence and work on stitching up the two small cuts for a moment.

Then she pauses and frowns, noticing for the first time the lack of warning from the Watchtower, "looks like my system is safe, at least."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"No, but you need my equipment, assuming we can access it again," Chloe says with a roll of her eyes, completely dismissing the attitude, "and I want Checkmate gone almost as much as you do."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe looks at the other woman for a long moment then quickly turns to look at the monitor when Watchtower announced it has completely shut down air supply.

Pursing her lips together, she starts looking around, maybe it's time to worry that Ollie might not make it on time after all.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

If the level of sarcasm is anything to go by, Chloe thinks Tess will be fine, but she appreciates the mostly sincere answer, "sounds like a plan."