<P> The season six finale reveals that Chloe has the ability to heal others . Mack describes Chloe's newfound meteor power as similar to "empathy". The actress further defines the power as the ability to heal others by taking their pain and making it her own . Writer Todd Slavkin contends that giving Chloe the power to heal was the best choice for the character . According to Slavkin, Chloe has sacrificed so much in her life for the greater good that it only seemed natural that her meteor power would reflect that . For the writer, it did not make sense for her ability to be something "malicious and evil and destructive". In season eight, Chloe discovers that she also has super-intelligence--being able to solve complex algorithms faster than LuthorCorp's most powerful supercomputer . She and Clark later deduce that her newfound intelligence was brought on during her encounter with Brainiac, who infected her with a part of himself during his attack . </P> <P> One of Chloe's key relationships is with the series protagonist, Clark Kent . Although believers in the "Chlois" theory initially suspected that Chloe would eventually become Lois Lane, Clark's future wife in the comics, Mack contends that Clark does not love Chloe in the way that she loves him . The actress does not believe that Clark's feelings will ever change . Regardless of Clark's feelings, Mack recognizes that Chloe is blinded by her love for Clark, which ultimately affects her judgment in not only seeing Clark's faults, but making choices that place her character in danger . In season five, Clark finally discovers that Chloe knows his secret, and this revelation allows Chloe the opportunity to come to terms with her feelings for Clark; this also provided a means for the two have a more meaningful friendship, without the concerns of Chloe's unrequited love . </P> <P> Speaking on the evolving relationship of Clark and Chloe, Mack believes that the season six introduction of Jimmy Olsen into Chloe's life increased her value to Clark . Before, Chloe would drop anything for Clark, but now that Chloe has other priorities, it makes Clark realize how valuable she is to him . The introduction of Jimmy Olsen also provides Chloe with someone she can finally have a romantic relationship with . The relationship is strained when Chloe has to lie to cover up Clark's secret, as well as keeping the fact that she is meteor - infected hidden . Writer Holly Harold questions whether or not Jimmy has taken over the place in Chloe's heart that Clark occupied for so long . </P> <P> Chloe's relationship with her mother is one tackled both off - screen and behind the scenes . In a brainstorming session, Mack, Gough and Millar came up with the idea that Chloe's mother had left her at a young age . Mack wanted to make the character a "latchkey kid", in an effort to explain why she is out all hours of the night . Mack feels that Chloe has real abandonment issues, which play on the fact that she never feels like she is good enough for anyone . These abandonment issues were meant to provide a reason for why the character is devastated by the fact that Clark does not love her the same way that she loves him, as well as the reason for why Chloe does not have many female friends . One of Chloe's story arcs in season five involved her finding her mother in a mental institution, and living with the fear that she will have a mental breakdown of her own and end up in a psychiatric facility . This fear also affects Clark, who worries that keeping his secret will have negative effects on Chloe, like it did Pete . </P>

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