Watchtower

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The Watchtower
non profit
Field	Heroes base
Industry	Estate
Administrator	Jimmy Olsen (owner, deceased) , Chloe Sullivan (current)
Location	Metropolis, Kansas
Status	Operational

"Jimmy wanted to know that no matter where I was in this city I could look up here and see this Beacon... The Watchtower," Chloe Sullivan to Clark Kent.

The Watchtower is a loft apartment overlooking Metropolis used by Chloe Sullivan to coordinate superhero missions for Clark Kent, Green Arrow and the Justice League.

The Watchtower was Jimmy Olsen's "wedding present" to Chloe Sullivan. Chloe decided to use the Watchtower to bring the heroes together and watch over the city after Jimmy was murdered.

Contents 1 Physical Appearance 2 Early History 3 Season Eight 4 Season Nine 5 In the Comics 6 Appearances 7 Quotes

[edit] Physical Appearance

The Watchtower is a large tower building located in the heart of Metropolis, with a loft apartment overlooking all the city. It is the tallest building in Metropolis, towering over the LuthorCorp building.

Inside, the Watchtower has high tech computers and computer equipment as well as a medical laboratory located in the upstairs. It has a main window through which one can see the whole city and is decorated as an office with a sofa and a modern desktop.

[edit] Early History

Jimmy bought the apartment and hoped that it could be a place where he and Chloe could start their lives together once they were married. However, after the events of their terrible wedding, followed by their separation, Jimmy decided to keep it a secret.

[edit] Season Eight

"You don't get it, Clark... Jimmy is here. He's watching over me. He knew me so well, he knew this place would be perfect..." Chloe Sullivan to Clark Kent. Doomsday

Jimmy brought Chloe and Davis to the Watchtower on Clark's request to keep them safe and then there, he confessed to her that it was her wedding present and that he was going to give it to her after the reception. After Jimmy revealed to her that he knew Clark's secret, she apologized about everything she did. After Jimmy told her that he understood, they proclaimed their love for each other and reaffirmed their relationship. Then, an angry Davis murdered Jimmy stabbing a pole through his chest. He was enraged at Chloe about the lies that she told him, and was about to kill her too, but Jimmy stepped in using the last of his strength and pushed Davis into a spike, killing him. Jimmy told Chloe that he loved her and then he died in her arms.

After Jimmy's funeral, Clark went to the tower to visit Chloe. After talking with her, he suggested that Chloe should leave the apartment and walk away. Chloe refused the idea, and insisted that Jimmy is still there and is watching over her. Then she revealed that she plans to use the building as a base, a Watchtower like her codename, to bring the heroes together after Oliver and his team leave the town. Clark told her that heroes don't have homes and that Clark Kent was now dead before walking away, leaving Chloe alone in the building.

[edit] Season Nine

Chloe takes refuge at the Watchtower after the dead of Jimmy and sat alone for 3 weeks trying to find Lois, who had been missing. When she heard a noise in the hallway, grabbed her gun and went to investigate only to find Emil Hamilton who was looking for her. Chloe explained that she couldn't find Oliver or any of the other Leaguers and Emil was showed skeptical to the idea of Chloe arguing that no one of them wanted to be found. After a touching and optimistic speech of Chloe, Emil provided the Watchtower with lots of high tech computers and then Chloe thanked him. Using the new technology at her disposal, Chloe found that his cousin had been definitely in the future.

When Lois was kidnapped by John Corben Clark went to Chloe's Watchtower looking for help. Chloe used the computers to locate the building which could be hosting Corben. Once Clark saved Lois, he returned to the Watchtower and saw the whole city from the stained glass window. He said that Jimmy had done well to choose the site and then apologized to Chloe for leaving her when she needed. Chloe admited that she missed Jimmy and then also apologized to Clark for thinking that he had gone ahead without looking back. After an emotional moment, they reconciled their friendship and then Chloe advise Clark to return to his double life at the Daily Planet to protect Lois from Tess.

Chloe used the tower to watch their teammates, and above all to spy Oliver as he was the most difficult to locate. When an air born virus was split in air from one of the Kryptonians, Chloe worked with Clark and Dr. Hamilton to find a cure. From the Watchtower, Chloe was able to infiltrate the security cameras of the Luthor Mansion to find out what was happening and when Clark brought a blood sample from Tess Mercer with which the virus could be analyzed in detail, she and Hamilton manage to use the medical laboratory located in the tower to remove a blood sample of Clark and make a cure.

When the Toyman reappeared, Chloe tracked him down since the Tower and with Clark, delivered him to the police. Later, Chloe used the computers to investigate a mysterious woman who had kidnapped Oliver and had looted his bank account. She also discovered that several kryptonians had landed on the planet and managed to locate the exact places where they had appeared.

Trying to locate the kryptonians, Chloe wanted hacked into the computer networks of Tess to look into her projects in order to find something but was constantly neutralized by the firewall of the system. After an arduous battle, and after one hundred disabled firewalls, Chloe eventually managed to find her adversary and using a modern system of fingerprint detection, was able to get the files of her opponent.

[edit] In the Comics

The Watchtower is the name of various bases used by the Justice League of America in DC Comics and various other media. It has been portrayed, in DC comics as a building on the moon and as a space-station in orbit, in the Justice League Unlimited cartoon.

The Watchtower debuted in JLA # 4 during Grant Morrison's run on the title. It is constructed of promethium (the DC Universe's equivalent of Marvel's adamantium) and used highly advanced Martian, Thanagarian, Kryptonian, and Earth technology. The arrival of Orion and Big Barda added the technology of New Genesis and Apokolips to the systems within.

[edit] Appearances

• Season 8 - Doomsday
• Season 9 - Savior, Metallo, Rabid, Echo, Roulette, Crossfire, Kandor

[edit] Quotes

Clark: This place, Chloe... just get rid of it. Just walk away and don't look back.

Chloe: You don't get it, Clark. Jimmy is here. He's watching over me. He knew me so well, he knew this place would be perfect. Jimmy wanted to know that no matter where I was in this city, I could look up here and see this beacon... the watchtower. And look -- Dinah, Oliver, and Bart all disappeared. Maybe it's up to us to bring them back home.

Clark: Home? I don't have a home.

Season Eight, Doomsday