Conner sat on the floor while Megan cleaned his cuts, Kaldur was looking out the windows in case Robin appeared and Wally sat with a frown on Megan's chair. Artemis could feel his eyes burning a hole into the back of her head. Roy was aware of the tension between the pair but remained silent knowing well that he was the reason that Wally was acting like this. Then he felt someone looking at him but he didn't dare to turn around and see who it was because he knew it was Wally and he did not want to meet his friend's angry green eyes. He tried to stand up but failed as the pain in his chest returned. He turned to Artemis to see if she would come to his aid and she almost turned around but didn't, instead she continued to stare at the wall of the ship lost in thought. Megan flew over to him and told him to lie down. He did as he was told and she started inspecting his wounds.
"You broke some of your ribs, you shouldn't try to stand up for a while." she told him. Roy nodded slightly and she flew back to her boyfriend. He would lie down for at least one hour and then he would try to get up again, he couldn't stand lying there for the whole time. He turned his head to look at Artemis again but this time she was staring at Wally with a pained look. Wally was staring at the floor now though the frown on his face never left.
"Megan try to see if there is a way to go back to the cave" Kaldur's voice interrupted Wally's concentration on the floor.
"Sure I just-" she couldn't finish her sentence. She fainted conveniently on Conner's arms. "Megan!" Conner yelled frightened as everybody else turned to see her faint so randomly. "Wally check her vital signs, Conner carry her to the chair, Artemis stay with Roy in case he needs help, Robin check if you can communicate with the Cave" Kaldur began ordering to keep everyone calm. Everybody started doing their tasks as they were commanded except Robin. "Um… Kaldur ... I don't think Robin could hear you" came Artemis' muffled voice at the back of the bioship next to Roy who was currently sitting straight as if he had sensed something. Kaldur lifted an eyebrow in confusion. "What do you mean?" The ship started shaking as he finished speaking, the trembling sending him to his knees as he tried to stand without success..
"Megan?" Conner yelled as Wally took her from his arms and put her on her chair. Her lips were pale and she was sweating like crazy. Conner bit the inside of his cheek to keep himself from screaming and didn't let go even though he had started tasting blood. Wally was checking her pulse and let out a breath.
"She has pulse but its going slow." he said looking up at Kaldur. The leader didn't know what to do. The ship had stopped shaking but before they could go out and figure out what had happened they had to figure out what was wrong with the Martian. He froze when all eyes went to him for answers. He stared at the Martian in concern, what happened to her? She did seem horribly exhausted after their mission and had just woken up. What if she had gotten hurt badly?
Kaldur frowned and started pacing. The door to the bioship had opened when the ship started shaking and a fresh breeze came inside carrying the scent of mountain laurel. As soon as he caught the scent of the flower it became clear to him that they were in a mountain somewhere. The scent of the mountain laurel reminded him of Black Canary who had once said that she was allergic to Daisies.
Suddenly Kaldur's eyes widened and he rushed over to close the door. Then he walked over to Megan and started fanning the air around her.
"What are you doing Kaldur?" asked Artemis raising one of her eyebrows.
"I overheard once that Martians have a weakness here on Earth. It doesn't kill them but it knocks them out. Its almost as if they are allergic to them."
"What is it?" Conner asked impatiently.
"Mountain Laurel, this mountain is filled with mountain laurel." he said while fanning the air around Megan.
Megan groaned and everybody turned to look at her. She was still unconscious but with the door closed she seemed to be gaining some color.
"We need to get out off this mountain." said Conner looking worriedly at his girlfriend. Kaldur shook his head.
"We have to discuss this first. If we leave then Cheshire gets away and we have to find Robin."
The Kryptonian looked around as if he had just noticed the absence of the youngest hero. "Fine." he said. "Lets go find him and figure out what the hell Cheshire is doing here but Megan stays here."
MINUTES LATER
They were now in complete darkness and their hearing and feeling senses activated automatically. Everyone kept silent except for the small whimpers Megan gave now and then from the smell of the flower that was left. Wally was worried, he was blind and he was panicking now.
"Guys what's happening!" came his anxious cry. He tried to balance himself on a chair but couldn't find one. Finally he could feel something. Rather someone and it wasn't strong and toned so it couldn't be Conner, it wasn't tall either so it wasn't Kaldur and Roy was still sitting on the floor because of his broken ribs. He kept tapping until he could feel a smooth shoulder. "What? Are you scared of dark?" a witty remark from the blonde female could be heard close to his ear. He backed away forcefully, as if he was touching a boiling pan. There was no noise after that.
Had he just ignored her? She suddenly felt hurt and was glad Wally couldn't see it in her eyes because of the darkness in the bioship."Quit moving we need to find something to light the ship." Roy said sensing the tension. The air became thick and it was hard to breathe now, they realized it wasn't just the tension that made it hard to breathe but it was actually starting to lack oxygen around them. " Can't- breathe" and that was the last they could remember.
