crossoverfic | The Smallvillian Patient 1B/? (Reply)

Title: The Smallvillian Patient
Sequel to: "When Rosalie Met Chloe" and "Meet The Cullens"
Fandoms: Smallvile/Twilight
Pairing: Chloe/Edward
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I do not own Smallville or Twilight
Summary:When Chloe dies again Edward and Alice hurry to Smallville to take care of her despite her desperate attempts to convince them that dying really isn't that big a deal for her. And how is she supposed to get better if she and Edward are always arguing?
Note: The ARTEMIS ROD is taken from Vampire Knight, I don't own it.

When Chloe gasped her first breath of life it was agony. Blood began to be pumped through her now beating heart, flowing forcefully through veins and feeding muscles that’d begun to harden in death. People were always scared of death, but the worst part of dying was the rebirth.

It hurt like a bitch.

Green orbs flew open.

“Shhh, calm down.” That soothing male voice whispered close to her, hand on her shoulder, keeping her pinned to the bed when she wanted to jolt up into a sitting position.

Chloe screamed, closing her eyes as tightly as she could, as her body’s insides twisted and turned, tightened and relaxed, agony a part of her just like her breath.

And then it was all over, leaving her breathless, thoughtless and disoriented, lying heavily against the bed.

During it all his cold hand kept a protective hold on her, his voice soothing the fire that burnt her insides like hell.

“Here, drink some water slowly.”

Chloe slowly opened her eyes as his arm went around her back and carefully raised her up so that she could drink the cold water from the glass he held to her white, parched lips. The liquid was nearly as heavenly as the cold of his skin, dousing the fire within her.

The blonde looked up at the one whose presence had been most present to her during the odd moments of awareness in death.

“Ed…ward…” her voice was hoarse and her throat scratchy.

“Hello.” He smiled down at her, hair falling down into his face. “You gave us a scare. Do you always take this long to revive?”

“How---long?” Chloe rasped out before taking another longer sip of water.

“A day and a half.” Edward grimaced, slowly lowering her back onto the bed when she’d drank her fill. “Maybe more. I stopped looking at the clock after the first day.”

“Less----than usual.” Chloe forced the words out, swallowing saliva desperately, trying to wet her throat enough so that it didn’t hurt when she spoke. “Two days.”

Of course, it depends on if I have to re-grow anything back.

Edward frowned, placing the half-empty glass of water back on the table. “What happened? Alice saw a vision of you fighting some monsters and dying, we caught the first flight out and broke every speed record from Metropolis to here but we couldn’t make it on time.”

“It’s…nothing.” Chloe took in a deep breath, looking around her room, wondering why it felt different. “The usual.”

At least this time I fell unconscious before I died. I was so numb from the blood loss I only had a prickly sensation. Thank God. Last time wasn’t this painless.

Edward’s fists clenched. “You will return with us to Forks.”

She snorted. “Yeah, right.” Blinking when all she got was silence, Chloe turned her surprised eyes on a glowering Edward. “You’re serious?”

“You are not safe here, Chloe.”

“I have responsibilities here Edward!” Chloe vaguely realized that she was now able to speak normally, and that she’d managed to sit up on her own as well. The recovery process was surprisingly fast this time around. “I can’t just abandon Isis, abandon everyone and run to Washington just because I got a little careless during a fight!”

“Chloe, I ventured out and saw the cadavers of these creatures you fought.” Edward’s eyes were black ice. “They were monsters, multiple monsters you had to duel with alone. It is amazing that you were able to kill them all before succumbing to your wounds! If you had been in Forks I---.”

“J-just wait here mister!” Chloe leaned forwards and pressed her hand against his unbeating heart. “I don’t needanyone to take care of me. I’m fine. See? Even if I die I come back good as new, all I need is a resting period.” She pressed against his chest when he opened his mouth. “No, Edward. I get it, really I do. You come from a time when men had to be gallant and save the pretty damsels in distress. It’s engrained in your brain, I get it, but I’m a feminist, and a damn strong one at that. I’m fine. I can take care of myself.”

Edward watched her, eyes narrowed. “You will not come with me to Forks.”

“No.” Chloe shook her head. “My world is here. Chloe Sullivan has never run away from anyone or anything and isn’t about to start to do it now.”

The vampire continued to watch her before he stood, determined. “Then I will stay here.”

Chloe nearly fell out of the bed. “What?”

“You obviously need protection and are too stubborn to accept the protection you’d have in Forks, so I will stay here and protect you.”

She narrowed her eyes at him. “What part of I don’t need protection didn’t you get?”

“The part where you actually believe it!”

The blonde metahuman and bronze-haired vampire glared at each other, at a stand still, neither backing down, growls and snarls escaping their lips.

“Did I come back at a bad time?”

Black and green orbs swerved to the doorway, where Alice stood, looking happy and a little nervous at the same time.

“Alice.” Chloe smiled at the vampiress.

Alice grinned brightly and sauntered into the room, throwing herself on Chloe’s bed and hugging the blonde. “We were worried about you. When I saw you dying Edward and I got on the first flight out.”

“He told me.” Chloe ignored the seething vampire and smiled at his ‘sister’. “Thank you, but you really didn’t have to do that.”

“Of course not.” Edward snorted to himself. “We should have left you dead in the mud, or so you keep saying.”

Chloe glared at Edward. “All I said was that I didn’t need protection!”

“The fact that you’ve died so many times says otherwise!” Edward shot back.

Chloe opened her mouth, realized that she had no comeback for that, and closed her mouth, deciding to just glare at him.

Edward, realizing he’d won that argument, smirked smugly at her.

Alice giggled. “You two are acting like children.”

“He started it.” Chloe grumbled, folding her arms over her chest.

Edward snorted, looking away.

“You did!” Chloe gasped at his silent denial.

He scoffed.

Oooh! Next time I’ll tell Rosalie to do something worse than tell all his obsessive fan club he secretly wants them!

Edward’s eyes widened as he turned to Chloe in outrage. “That was you?!?”

The blonde paused, frowning slightly, wondering what he was talking about. “Huh?”

“You---you’re the reason Jessica Stanley renewed her infernal stalking! You!” The vampire glared, pointing his finger accusingly at Chloe.

Chloe was confused for a moment, wondering how in the world---and then it all fell into place. “You can read my mind.”

Edward froze.

Alice looked between vampire and metahuman, a large grin on her amused face.

“You can read minds and you never thought to warn me?!?” Chloe shrieked, outraged as she threw her pillow at him, hitting the vampire square on his face. “That’s invasion of my privacy! How dare you?!?”

Edward held the pillow in front of him, glaring at her from over it. “I don’t see any reason why I would have to tell you anything! It’s not like you thought of anything incriminating or embarrassing.” He paused, looking down at the pillow. “You---your brain is always working, you’re always thinking. ‘I have a meeting tomorrow with the my newest client.’ ‘How many weeks until I have to order more office supplies’ ‘I need to spend more time at work, those kids need me, we’re doing so well’ ‘I won’t lose to him’ ‘Even if I can help one of them this will have not been in vain’.”

Alice smiled slightly.

“You never once think about the trivial nonsense women are usually consumed by.” Edward paused for a second, refusing to look at her. “You---your thoughts are fascinating.”

Chloe knew she was blushing as she looked up in surprise at Edward Cullen, unable to understand how he found her thoughts fascinating. If anything they proved just how dull she was. All the thoughts he’d mentioned were work-related, proving that she really didn’t have a life outside of Isis.

Alice suddenly winced. “Uh oh.”

“What?” Edward asked, turning to her with worry in his eyes.

“Rose just found out. She’s pissed.” Alice hugged herself before turning to a confused Chloe. “When I had the vision Rosalie and Emmett were out on a hunting trip. They just came back and Carlisle told her. She’ll be calling us any sec--.”

Immediately Alice’s phone began to ring. “I hate being right.” With a sigh she answered her phone and walked out of the room, Rosalie’s shouting audible to the metahuman and the vampire who now watched each other in awkward silence.

For a lack of something to do, Chloe reached for the cup of water and finished the liquid with one large gulp, making sure her mind was purposely blank---something that seemed to annoy Edward.

“I don’t get something.” Chloe finally spoke, glancing up at the awkward looking vampire. “How could you know what I was thinking if you were all the way in Forks?”

“I---for some reason I can still hear you.” Edward admitted, leaning against the wall, not looking at her, hugging her pillow to his chest. “Never happened before, usually I have to be in a certain distance from someone to hear what they’re thinking.”

“But you can hear my thoughts despite the fact that we’re in different states?” Chloe asked, intrigued, forgetting her previous anger.

Edward finally looked and her and nodded.

Alice walked in, sighing. “Rosalie’s coming with Emmett and Jasper. Says we should have tried harder to get into contact with her.”

“I honestly don’t see what all the fuss is about.” Chloe announced. “I die all the time. It’s no big deal.”

Both vampires glared at her.

The sound of a car pulling up into the parking lot caused Chloe to suddenly wince and throw herself out of the bed, nearly tumbling as her feet caught in the blanket. “No No No No!” Hurrying to the window she peeked through the blinds and then jerked away, turning her back on the window and closing her eyes tightly. “Dammit.”

“What?” Edward asked, by her side in a second. He peeked out of the window, gazed at the person striding towards the door purposely, and then turned his gaze on a visibly terrified Chloe. “Who is that?”

“My cousin.” Chloe squeaked. “I was supposed to meet her at a bar last night! She thinks I stood her up! I’m dead!AGAIN!”

Alice just giggled, not helping the situation one bit.

The sound of a furious Lois Lane pounding on the front door reverberated throughout the house.

“Does your cousin know about you and what you do?” Edward asked carefully.

“She knows that I’m a metahuman---the second time I died was because I brought her back to life.” Chloe whispered, eyes still closed. “But she doesn’t know about vampires, demons, and the rest. She thinks that Metahumans are the extent of the weirdness in the world!”

The pounding got fiercer.

“CHLOE ANN SULLIVAN! I KNOW YOU’RE IN THERE!”

Alice got up and skipped out of the door.

“Where are you going?” Chloe hissed at her.

Alice paused and twirled in the doorway, grin bright. “To let her in, of course.” And with that she skipped away, giggling to herself.

Chloe groaned and leaned her head back against the window frame. “Hey Edward? Is that offer of protection still standing?”

She couldn’t help but whimper when all he did was chuckle.